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Shine on Award

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I’ll do my best, I’m getting tired and I have three more of these to do. I do love recognizing the blogs I enjoy so much.

Wayne, thank you again! The support is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for thinking of me. You are to kind!

Wayne at

http://thebottomofthebottle.wordpress.com/

Will lift your spirits with his motivational posts and poetry, as well as his brilliant photography. Please take a look. It is worth the trip into the blogosphere.

The Shine On Award

nominated by randomuzings and the othersideofugly

To me this award is for the blogs that shine, make you feel good and are inspiring to the reader. The blogosphere is a large place and there are so many blogs out there that deserve this

I’m going on memory for the requirements for the award, so I’m sure I have forgotten something. 

1. nominate 15 blogs, as well as recommend notable blogs that tickle your fancy.

2. I believe there were some questions to be answered, but I’m not sure. So, I plan to skip this part.

I am going with some of the newer blogs I have recently discovered, as well as a few I have followed for a while. Then my list of ‘Tickle my fancy’ Blogs are going to be a mixture of the two as well.

My nominations are as follows:

http://iamsyeela.blogspot.com

http://xbrittx13x.wordpress.com

http://theasianreloaded.wordpress.com

http://getreadingnow.org

http://georgettewright.wordpress.com

http://aboutthechildrenblog.com

http://notyourdirtyunderwear.wordpress.com

http://www.michiganblog.us/

http://carldagostino.wordpress.com

http://stripedcandy.wordpress.com

http://fredphillips.wordpress.com

http://theseeker57.wordpress.com

http://urbanwallart.see.me

http://determined34.wordpress.com

http://schirtlea.wordpress.com

http://stuffitellmysister.me

Tickle my Fancy Blogs

http://heartflow2013.wordpress.com/

http://honesttogodjo.wordpress.com/

http://creativityuntamed.com/

http://inlovewiththelord.wordpress.com/

http://thekatandthefallingleaves.wordpress.com

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Illuminating Blogger Award

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A few days ago, I got nominated for this interesting award, Illuminating Blogger Award, by Wayne

http://thebottomofthebottle.wordpress.com 

Thank you, Wayne. As usual you are gracious and kind. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all four awards. Check out Wayne’s blog for fantastic photographs and inspirational poetry. 

2. Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and link back. 

http://thebottomofthebottle.wordpress.com

3. Share a random thing about yourself.  

I have brown eyes that my hubby swears are green at times.

4. Select 5 or more nominees for the award, a link to their blogs in your post, and tell them on their blogs.

I came across a few interesting new blogs this year, which I  think you may find interesting. Take a look.

1. http://getreadingnow.org/

2. http://theasianreloaded.wordpress.com

3. http://aboutthechildrenblog.com/

4. http://xbrittx13x.wordpress.com/

5. http://georgettewright.wordpress.com

6. http://writersite.org

7. http://gooseyanne.wordpress.com

Thanks to all of you for your kind words and support.

Day Dreamer Award

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My Gift to the wonderful bloggers who have Gegebearbear is

THE AMAZING DAYDREAMER AWARD

This award has very simple rules:

1) Upon receipt of this award, you are to take a mental vacation for five minutes. Gaze off into space, look out of the window, have yourself a wonderful day dream.

2) When you have returned from your day dream, you are required to take another one tomorrow.

3) Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

4) Award this to three (3) people. You can only pass on this award to three (3) people only.

To accept this award you are required to have a daydream a day. You will always feel better after a good daydream!

Many thanks to Thomas for this rules text.

May all the following Nominees have much fun following these rules:

http://xbrittx13x.wordpress.com/

http://aboutthechildrenblog.com/

http://notyourdirtyunderwear.wordpress.com/

Thanks to Tomas of heartflow2013 for the nomination and support. You are the best!

Super Bowl Sunday

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I’m not a huge pro-football follower, I’d rather see college games.

The biggest game of the year is on. The team that beat our home team is getting beat, I’ll admit I’m enjoying it.

Third quarter has just started and the dome loses power, no lights! I love it. All those people down there sitting in the dark. They paid a lot of money for tickets and are going to miss about 20 minutes of a game that will definitely go down in history as “The Dark Bowl”

Do they get a twenty minute refund? I’d be asking.

I guess the halftime show was too hot or could they have forgotten to pay the bill? Wouldn’t that be funny.

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Choosing a retirement car

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When you retire, do you go for creature comforts or do you get the car you always wanted, but didn’t want to spend the money? These days,  what is my scooter carrier gonna do to the look of a hot rod?

Better yet, what are Barry and I gonna look like getting out of a hot rod? Can I get out of a hot rod? What is an old woman going wear in a hot rod. Barry has not wanted to spend the money on the car, but he has plenty of gear to wear. Trust me! He has been hot rod ready for several years.

I do not want to be the reason he is not getting the car he always wanted. If. It comes down to it, he can get a lift and swivel put on my seat.

Barry driving, not his hot-rod!

Barry driving, not his hot-rod!

 

Importance of Sleep

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Have you ever had one of those days when nothing goes you’re way?

Two days ago, I hadn’t rested well for over a week. I had a free day and thought”awww, I’ll get some rest”. Little did you know, the people I live with are making plans.

Mom was feeling good and decided she wanted to go work out and wanted me to go with her. She pops her head in my room and screeches wake-up, sleepyhead. I told her to “go away”. When she left, I was wide awake, so I got up and had breakfast. I tried my best to relax and sleep while she was gone. I was starting to doze off when she walked in again.

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Barry was not at home, so I let my mother know I was going to take a nap. I couldn’t get comfy in bed, so I headed for my favorite chair in the living room. I nicely asked her to let me nap.

I got comfy under my blanket and got ready for a good ole’ snooze. I was starting to relax and kinda dozey, when mom felt it necessary to check on me, in her high heeled boots. She does not have a clue how to walk quietly and on these hardwood floors. I politely told her I was fine and to please let me take a nap.

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She started some laundry while I was snoozing. The alarm on the machine kept going off. She got frustrated and woke me up. I got the washer going and headed back to sleep. It wasn’t 10 minutes later and it was buzzing again. I fixed the problem again and attempted to go back to sleep. The same cycle repeated so many times to the point that I was aggravated. Mom finally got her wash done and I got about an hours nap. All that managed to do was make me sleepier.

Barry walked in at 4pm, so it was time to get dinner going and spend time with my sweetheart.

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After dinner, I thought I’d relax s little and dozed off in my chair. About 2 hours later Barry had a meeting at the church. He woke me to say he was leaving. There I was, wide awake again.

I attempted to sleep while he was gone without success. He was home in a few hours and we got comfy for the evening. We sat in the living room watching NCIS and I dozed off again. I woke Barry to go to bed. I had just fallen asleep when he woke me up to let me know he was going to the living room, because he could not sleep. I tried for a few minutes to get back to sleep and I was wide awake again. I headed to the living room to watch TV around 3am.  I think I dozed off for a few minutes after 5am.

At 5:45am, Barry was rustling around in his chair and woke me up. It was time for him to get ready for work. I told him I was getting in the bed and if I was asleep when he left, please do not wake me to say goodbye. When I woke up at 1:30 pm the later that day, I felt a little better.

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I had some lunch, read a few emails and Barry was home early, due to the weather. He fixed the washing machine while I went back to sleep. I woke up in time to watch the Wednesday night church service on the internet and back to sleep I went. I woke around 1am and drug Barry off to bed. He was up and off to work this morning . Kissed me goodbye and I stayed in bed till 9am. I felt drugged getting up this morning, but I am not sleepy. I actually managed to get a day of rest. Thank you, God!

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Daily Prompt: Sliced Bread

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Most of us have heard the saying, “That’s the best thing since sliced bread!”What do you think is actually the best thing since sliced bread?

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At first, I was going to say the Bible. It is one of two things that I can count on using daily. I realized more than likely,  the Bible has been around longer than sliced bread, so that kinda put it out of the running.

Of course, I’m not sure whether anyone sliced bread in the Bible or they just broke pieces off. I’m a constant student of the Bible, but I am afraid this is one thing I cannot quote book and verse on. 

According to Wikipedia: 

Sliced bread is a loaf of bread which has been pre-sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped”.[1] This led to the popular phrase, “the greatest thing since sliced bread“.

I refuse to say that the cell phone was my second choice and they, in my opinion,  are definitely not the “best thing since sliced bread”. Although, they are handy. We would all live without them! Yes, kids, you can live without your cell phone. Believe it are not, you can actually have a conversation with another human being. 

My personal opinion is that current medical technology qualifies as ” The best thing since sliced bread“. New innovations in every field of medicine improves the life of numerous people daily!

Barry and I are both still alive today, by the Grace of God and modern medical technology. I would have lost Barry twice  if someone hadn’t figured out how to replace the aortic valve and how to go into an artery of a patient, actively having a stroke, to manually remove the clot and stop progression of the damage that a stroke causes. 

The brain tumor I have was only diagnosed at autopsy before 1985. I thank God for giving someone the knowledge to invent the CAT Scan. I’m ready to take my place in heaven when the time is right, but for now I plan to enjoy every moment of life. Good or bad…..

Daily Prompt: Musical

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What role does music play in your life?

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In school, music was all I thought about. As I grew older, music became rather miniscule in my life. Church, Marriage, Family, Home-making, and Career kicked in and took over my life.

I have always loved to sing. I have always been part of our church choir. I sang in the chorus through middle and high school. Loved every minute of it. I would sing anything, even theme songs to television shows. Music took a backseat in my life and about the only time I had to listen to music was in the car or on an elevator.In the car, I’d roll the windows down, turn the radio up and sing my fool head off. I was a wonderful feeling. I continue to do so today, but it is not as pleasant as it used to be.

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Since the craniotomy in 2009, my vocal cords have twitched. this makes it difficult to even talk some days. Barry and I found a church home last April and I have begun to sing when the congregation does. My vocal cords are actually letting me sing at times. Although, I’m sure every cat within range is screeching with me, but I give it my all. It feels wonderful to have a small piece of something back I thought I had lost.

I’m not ready to solo, but who knows……..

Insomnia versus Zombie-head

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I have no trouble taking a nap during the day, but I have been up doing housework, running errands, shopping, and/or exercising.Most days, all the above. I get tired easily during the day.

As the day comes to an end, I cannot turn my head off to save my life. My sweet hubby is next to me sawing logs. The dog is at our feet snoring in tune with Barry. Hear I sit, typing up a storm. The universe does not seem to be lining up for me tonight.

You’d think with some of the medication I’m on, I’d be zonked out cold with everyone else in the house.  Mom is even out for the night.

Dad has trouble sleeping, as well as both my sisters. I usually can nod right off, but not tonight.

I had an adverse reaction to one of the drugs I was on and of course, my brilliant doctors have decided to play with my medication again. I call my neurologist brilliant, because he told me he is and that I’m lucky to get to see him.

I can’t wait to see what he wants to replace it with. Baclofen was working wonderfully and my brilliant neurologist wanted to see what would happen if I came off it. I was back on the drug within a month, but now suddenly, my lower extremities resemble those of an 80-year-old woman.

I truly do not like taking the drug, but it took some of my pain away and didn’t give me ‘Zombie-head’. It had other side effects that were pretty miserable.

Now they will be looking for a substitute. I guess this is just part of the plan and I do not need to question it. I need to take one day at a time, read my Bible and pray for patience. A few sleepless nights won’t hurt my too, too bad. After all, I can stay in bed all day if I want.