Full afternoon

I guess the whole day will be FULL,  This morning I paint and in the afternoon Margie has two appointments. We hope to also get in a visit to a dear lady from our church who in hospice care at a Lynden rest home facility. Tonight will be prayer meeting so the day is pretty well planned for us.  Hopefully Margie had a good night.  She is still sleeping as I write this.  Yesterday she discovered that one of the ingredients for the morning smoothie she drinks is making her sick, so he has eliminated that one from the list.   It is a trial and error method, that's for sure. Yesterday for the first time in probably a year, Margie attended the Women's Missionary meeting at the church.  It was so nice she could do this.  I took advantage of her being there to slip into town to get some material for the men who are coming Saturday to apply the mildew and moss "medicine" on the roof. 

Rejoicing

We are grateful for the good day Margie had yesterday.  Our son and family were here on business and brought lunch for us to enjoy together in fellowship.  Margie gave her nice keyboard piano to Monique, our granddaughter and Rawlie took that last night to their home in Stanwood.  My espresso coffee maker gave out and Margie went with me to town where I got another one.   She stayed in the car while I picked it up (about 5 minutes total time)  I had done all the research Online so it was held for me at the courtesy desk. Except for some nausea toward the end of the day, Margie felt pretty well. We pray today will be a good one for her. She is  asleep right now.  If for some reason she did not have a good night, I will add a footnote to this.  Thank you dear ones, for your faithful prayers for us.  We deeply appreciate it.

Pleading

Last night as I prayed I plead with the Lord to please give Margie some quality days of living. For years she has suffered in many ways from poor health.  But she has nobly carried on with serving and a prayer ministry that is probably unequaled.  I long for her to feel good so she can enjoy her days.  I know you will join me in this prayer and I thank you so much for the help.  Yesterday she had the first migraine in 30 years.  We don't know exactly why but this was accompanied with severe nausea, something she has been fighting for several weeks now. We were looking forward so much to being in church, but that plan had to be laid aside. She spent the day fairly miserably but we were able to hear some messages both on the radio and TV.  As I write this, Margie is  still sleeping. I think she had a good night but soon will know.  If things change, I will add a footnote to this after she awakens.  Praise the Lord. She had a GOOD night.

Not sure

I surely thought Margie had a good night, but early this morning she awakened with a terrible headache.  She has not had this problem in a long time.  So we are concerned.  As I write this, she is in bed trying to get more rest. If the headache disappears (with medication she took) we hope to attend church today. This is something unexpected. We have talked about being able to go to the service all week.  I hope it will be possible. Thanks for praying.  If things change, I will add an edit to this blog.  Latest word:  Margie's severe headache and extreme nausea will keep us from the service today.  We are so sorry about this because our desire was to be there.

Plenty to do

Our son comes today with a U-Haul trailer to take some things back to his home in Stanwood.  Margie & I will be cleaning our freezer (defrosting).  The forecast is for warm weather today and that will be nice. We can tell "fall" is in the air so our warmth is on the way out, we are sure. Margie had a full day yesterday by doing  the laundry from start to finish.  Her level of endurance is increasing and we are thrilled.  She felt bad toward the end of the day and that seems to be the pattern lately.  But we know that her enriched smoothie each day is really helping.  We are so thankful for getting this advice from her doctor about this nourishing drink.  So we take things one day at a time and are so thankful to you who pray for us.

Live and learn

In trying to find the right blender for Margie, I looked at many places and none had the item I wanted.  But on the Internet their stores carried it.  So I found it, paid for it and in no time an email advised me that it was ready for pick up in Bellingham.  What a neat deal.  So, as I write this Margie is busy washing the blender and cutting the fruit etc. to put in it.  I will help her get acquainted with the machine then she will know how to use it thereafter.  She had a restful sleep last night.  She looks forward to being able to do more today also.  I just received a call from the roofing company who will come Labor Day to give an estimate for the mold removal process on the roof shingles.  I am thinking I will have to have several estimates to get the right price. If it were not for my bionic knees and old age, I could pressure wash the roof myself, but at our stage in life, wisdom teaches me otherwise.  We trust you all have a good day and thanks so much for the prayer support.

More energy

How thankful we are to see Margie's strength increasing. She worked around the house all day it seems.  She prepared lunch, did some straightening up in the bedroom and several other things.  I painted in the morning and in the afternoon, mowed and trimmed the lawn.  At one time I looked out and Margie was sweeping the back porch.  I could hardly believe it.  What a blessing to see her energy level getting better.  Last night she said she had a more restless night, but at least she slept and is feeling fine today.  We are thankful.  I am waiting for a roofing company to give an estimate on removing he mild and mildew from the roof shingles.  Looking at them from one angle, you can see a line of "green".  That must be removed before it "eats" into the material and ruins them.  It is cooler today. We know winter is on the way.