Brothers Birthday

Today is my brother, Jim's,birthday. He turned 60 years young today. We as a family celebrated his birthday at The Cellar. (A steak house in Porterville). Had a great time of fun and fellowship with the family.

As a tribute to you, Jim, I would like to say I still like you, in fact, I still love you. You have been a great brother, especially after we grew up. As brother and sister we did our share of arguing and disagreeing but we survived.

Thanks for being there for all of us. Especially these past few months. Thanks for the advice and the time you take to do all the little extra things for us.

Thanks for the good times and for the rough times. I think we learned to appreciate each other more throught those times. I won't take time to name all the bad things you did growing up, there's not enough space and if there's not enough space for that then I know there's not enough space to write about the good things so just let me say, "You're a great brother that I'm proud to claim."

Love ya,

I'm back

After computer problems this week, I'm finally back.
What a life with a new pup, Jazz. I told Mervin the other day it was like starting with a new baby, especially when she needs out around 3:00 am. We are enjoying her though. She's housebreaking quite well. Tomorrow she goes to the groomer. Needs her nails clipped and needs to be clipped around the eyes. We'll see how she likes that. She does quite well with the bath and brushing so she may do fine.
Not a whole lot happening right now. We're getting ready to take a trip to Indianapolis, IN in about 3 weeks. Looking forward to that trip. Have never been there before.
Will write more later.

My Heritage

Today during m devotional time, I was reminiscing about being a preachers kid. I loved those years. Were they without problems? No, a thousand times no!!!!!! But I loved them anyway. Today my memory was drawn to Daddy's praying. He spent a lot of time studying and praying in the living room. I loved to hear my dad praying whether it was in the middle of the night or during the day. I just knew he was in contact with God. I recall bringing friends over to the house and hearing Dad praying before I opened the door. Was I embarrassed? NO! I would just remind them that Dad was praying and to stay quiet till we got past the living room. They were always so in awe that our home life was so different. I knew this was uncommon, but my prayer in my heart was always that hearing my Dad pray would never become common to me. Though my Dad may be gone from this earth to his reward, I can still hear those prayers. Thank you Dad. I'm still serving God today because of those prayers.
What a Pentecostal Heritage!!!!!!!

Saturday

"This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it." What a laid back day. Yesterday I cleaned house and Mervin worked in the yard and washed vehicles. This morning he ask if I had any plans for today. I said, "No, I just want to take it easy." I should have thought faster and said I wanted to go to Morro Bay or Pismo.
Anyway, I haven't left the house except to take Jazz for a walk. I'm trying to get her used to a leash. She is doing real good. She is house training very well SO FAR. I'm sure we have a ways to go yet.
I thank God that I seem to be getting my strength back. I am feeling so much better. It even feels good to know that summer is almost ended and fall is in the air. I love fall, winter and spring so much better than summer, but I do know we have to have summer to survive here in this valley. (we need that cotton and fruit)
Looking forward to great services tomorrow.

Thursday

Today Jazz went to see the vet. She got a clean bill of health. She is so cute, everyone wants to keep her, even the vet. She seems to be doing real well and settling in very well.
I had a wonderful birthday yesterday. Merv and I went to Visalia and did some shopping. Came home for a while and then went out to birthday dinner with Terry and De Nita. Had a very nice and relaxing time.
I truly missed Mom yesterday. In my 63 years, this is the first time mom wasn't there to wish me a Happy Birthday. I survived with my wonderful husband keeping me busy and going on a buying spree for me. Thank you Babe.
Well I need to get dinner ready (didn't cook an yesterday) as we have service tonight and it will be that time soon.

My apology. Jazz is actually 3 1/2 mo old. I don't know what I was thinking when I stated she was only 7 weeks. Sorry.... Ok, I did weigh her and she weighs 2 lbs. She has done quite well today on the training issues. We bought a little Ben clock to go in her bed with her and she did real well the first night. This morning she woke and began to cry at about 3AM. I turned the house alarm off and took her to the back yard. I brought her back in and put her back in the cage and just got back to bed and she began to cry and whine. I got back up and shut the door to her room and also the door to our room so I couldn't hear her. When Mervin got up a little after 5, he came back in the bedroom chuckling and said her clock had ran down and she couldn't hear the ticking (another heart beat). We'll make sure the clock is wound tonight.

Jazz-lynn (Jazzie)

You have now met Jazzie, our new addition to the family. I just hope we can hurry and get her potty trained and house broke. She is such a loveable pup. She did quite well last night. It was her first night away from the litter.

Since my birthday is Wednesday, she is an early birthday gift. In my previous post I explained her breed, so we will see how it all goes
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GONE

The above new week is now gone and another is appearing on the horizon. Another week to serve the King of Kings and worship Him.
We have had a very busy and hectic week, but God saw us through.
We, as of tonight, have a new arrival in our family. My husband got me a beautiful puppy. Will post pictures later. This is an early birthday gift. She is half Maltese and half Lhasa Apso. She is adorable, but only about 7 weeks old. Well, we'll see how tonight goes......