Friday, May 28, 2010

Life and Living


I wonder where the time goes--it goes so fast.
June is almost here and it seems it was only yesterday it was February and snowing. I am glad spring is here and my trees are full of fruit. The cherry tree had lots of cherries but they were so small it was hard to prepare them. The cherry pie was good.
The garden is coming along but with my shoulder still weak i don't have a lot in there. I did have spinach this week and it was very good.

We went to Shoney's tonight and met my sister Deb, she came from Pulaski and we had a good visit and meal together. Farmer Man asked Deb after our meal if she knew who I was? He had another little stroke this week and every day he has been very confused.
He hasn't known me this week. He asked me lots of questioned trying to figure things out. I try to kelp him --I told him not to worry I was here to help him. He said he was confused he just couldn't understand how things got this way. It is hard for him i can see it in his eyes.

"We win by tenderness;we conquer by forgiveness." ---Fredrick William Robertson

I pray I can live up to this.

Love,
Marie{aunt maria}

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Happiness!!!


Benjamin Franklin says--"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of the mind than on outward circumstances." Having the HEART right with God must be where it begins.

I was happy I got to go to church today. Bro. Dough was not able to be there after the latest surgery. We are all praying for his complete healing to take place. He has had a very hard time after heart surgery ---it has led into many other surgeries.
He keeps on going soon after each surgery.

I will just say a word about the day with Farmer Man. Today he wanted to know where our white car was. We don't have a white car just a red truck. He was thinking of yesterday when our daughter came in her white car. Next thing he was in bed ---I ask," What's wrong"? I am mad about my car being gone. I explained Betty came in her white car and he was just thinking it was our car. He eventually got up and never mentioned it again.

I want to get back to my painting studio and be creative again. If I don't get back in there my chickens keep trying to take over the inside of the house as well as the front porch. All the old wooden boxes and other antique things out there is where they lay their eggs. I have a cat hole in the back door and one smart hen went in there and made her nest on my paint table. I kept running her out so now she is back on front porch.

Have a blessed week.
Love,
Marie{aunt maria}

Friday, May 14, 2010

Some new things!


I have been missing for a while. I thought when spring got here and I could get out and work in my garden and do other things outside---everything would be better. For some reason this doesn't seem to be the case. I have had some things to hinder me. I fell as I told you earlier this year and had to go to therapy for a while. It did help me but my shoulder is still weak and I have to take care of it.

Well about a month ago another freak accident that left me in much-much pain. A can of pinto beans fell off the pantry shelf onto my big toe. I ran hopping and moaning --Instantly my toe nail was black. That night I wouldn't have been in any more pain if I had been in labor to give birth through my big toe than I was that night. I slept about 3hrs after I took pain med.--The next two days I thought I would die it hurt so. I had to sit with it on a pillow with really no relief.I had many offers to drill holes in it ---but I couldn't stand for the sheet to even touch it. I did go to the Dr on the third day and it was swollen in a strut and black and red and inflamed looking. He took an instrument with a hot wire on the end and burned three little holes in the toenail----OH-- the instant relief, did not hurt any more blood ran out and now the whole toe is pealing off. The fever and swelling caused the skin to come off and my toenail is going to come off too. I am sure you liked this play by play story of my toe experience. I just hope you never have a full can of anything to fall on your toe.

Farmer Man is still getting worse in his memory and knowing who some of us are at times. He does go to the barn with me and feed the goats now if we feels like it.
I have a new kitty out at the barn and he likes her. He has never liked cats but he likes her. She has some kittens and they are just now showing their faces. I hope they are as sweet as Pinkie their mother.