Where I Spend My Day

Most of my family and friends have never been to my office.  I thought I would post some pictures so you would know where I am for over 40 hours a week.

I got two screens with the merger.  I love it.  I can toggle back and forth and it sure saves a lot of time.

 

 

Take a look at the bottom of the right hand screen.  See the yellow sticky note.  It has the date 8-24-2016  My retirement date.  To work everyday I take pills, lots of pills. Can't wait until I retire.

 

Winter is here and I am the only one freezing so I run my heater until the unit says 71.  Off, On, Off, On,  all day.

 

All the red folders and the blue one are suppose to be paperless, but not yet.  It takes a while,to work up the old files and go paperless.  A paper file may have over 300 pages and when all is paperless they will be under a hundred pages.  Some even a lot smaller.  That is going to make my job easier.  I want be having to pick these files up. work them through one page at a time and then take them to the mortgage department to be filed away.  Paperless I upload the files send to the investor and shred the small stack of paper.  That is going to be so nice.

 

See my double window.  Across the hall is our fitness center.  I get on the treadmill at least once a day for 15 minutes.  Since my doctor said I had to get sunshine I go outside my last break.  This is a new thing,  exercise, eating right, getting sunshine and more rest.

 

 

 

 

I started an excel program to keep up with everything, Date, Water, Fruits, Vegetables, Exercise, Mood 1-10 and I am adding Sunshine.

 

I want to thank my sister.  She has worked with me for several months showing me how to work my blog.  This week she even stopped long enough to write all the directions down.  I now know how to import from Picasa, enlarge my pictures and change the pixel.  I saved the directions in my phone and in my password book, now I just click and I have the directions right beside me.  I even learn how to edit.  I may not catch all the mistakes but I can fix a lot now.

 

I was just diagnosed with RA and I am under the care of a Rheumatologist and my GP and will be going to Arkansas Pain Clinic in a couple of weeks.  With medications and a new life style, I hope to be doing better real soon.  I have lots to do, places to go, kids and grandkids to see.  Parents to spend time with.  A sister that I can't wait to run around with and take lots of pictures.

 

My "Little House" in LR is almost finished.  Heating and Air today and I hope water next week.  Then I can really start cleaning.  I have moved in but I am still living in Russellville until my house sales. 



I can only imagine a deer slipping to the edge of this stream to get a drink.  As the deer longeth for water my soul longeth after my God.


COUNT 1000 GIFTS

Today is the 29th of January and I am starting a little late but I hope to go back and pick up the days I missed.
TODAY   A song heard, a soft word, light seen.

A  song heard

Tonight at church our first hymn we sang was "As the Deer"   written by Martian Nystrom copyrighted 1984

As the deer panteth for the water, So my soul longeth after Thee, You alone are my heart's desire, And I long to worship Thee.

You're my friend and You are my brother, Even though You are a King.
I love you more than any other, so much more than anything.

I want you more than gold or silver, Only you can satisfy. You alone are the joy giver, And the apple of my eye.

Refrain
You alone are my strength, my shield; To You alone may my spirit yield.  You a lone are my heart's desire,  And I long to worship Thee.

A soft word,
I was setting in the sun for 15 minutes.  As I closed my eyes I heard a distant sound, it was soft words from a Bird.  It had a very calming effect on me because I was setting in down town Russellville., Noise cars, Trains going through all the time and a plant was in full swing but I still heard the small voice of one of God's creations.

Light Seen
I think of the "Light that Jesus shows on us"  His perfect light will look at my imperfect self and judge me for what I have not done. Even things I felt like was service to him I am afraid they were for the wrong reason.  At 63 years of age I don't have a lot I can do but what God guides me to do I will do it. I don't want to go empty handed.

The water is running so swift that a deer will look for calmer water to drink out of. Maybe we need to get of the train and walk a little bit.  We can see more of God's handiwork when we are looking for a gift from God.   A rock shaped like a heart.  A tiny seed trying to grow from a dirty tennis shoe.

 

Pastor Doug has asked us to claim a scripture that we can post every where as a daily reminder. I our daily walk with Him.

 

I will be posting right back at you.

 

I will be posting more about my life.  I am not asking to walk in my shoes but just realize these shoes have been in a lot of places.





The Focused Life

It is hard to focus when everything seems so out of focus.  I thought 2014 would have to be better, so as I work through all of life's experiences I have to remain focused.   I have said all this to say.  I am going to eat better, exercise and get out in the sun. (Doctor's orders).   I have set up an excel spreadsheet so I would be more accountable to myself.

I went to Walmart Monday night and bought groceries.  Might not be a big thing, but I had to talk all the way from Little Rock to make myself stop and go in.  I did good.  No panic attacks or anything.  I bought way to much but that is ok since I  haven't been shopping for weeks and weeks.  I had to buy all the stuff you need to make anything. 

I bought a George Forman Grill.  The small one.  I was so tired after the shopping Monday night that I had a peanut butter sandwich and I cooked tonight so I ate a grilled cheese sandwich.  Forgot to buy the bacon bits but that is ok.  It tasted great.

The pictures that I uploaded today I had put in a folder.  Tonight I could only remember one step.  I went to Libraries and then found the Blog but I guess I didn't do it right.  I will work on it tomorrow night.

They are showing my house tomorrow morning.  Maybe this will be the one.

 

I am learning something about the workings of this blog.   

 Here is the afghan that you couldn't see last time.

Now you can see the little seed.

 

Cathy, thank you for helping me enlarge and show me out to export.  I plan on posting more often so I don't forget how to do it.



Can you believe this is 5 P.M. as I left the bank.  When I saw the full moon.  I went to get my camera out of my purse.  This is the first time in a long time that a I wanted to take a picture.

 

 

You know you live in the country when you see a cattle guard at the edge of a field.  The gate maybe keeping more than cows in.  I looked up and saw an oil drilling ridge getting set up.

 

 

I took a detour into the woods and found an old dump site.  I saw a afghan, records, rusty toaster and an old shoe.  All of these items were used and cherished at one time.  Now they are laying open for the elements to  do their magic.

 

 

 

I moved the tennis shoe, look close, there is a seed growing inside the shoe.  Maybe I was looking for something positive in the negative and I spotted a little seed growing inside the shoe. What a struggle with so little soil. 

 

The weather was great and I enjoyed the afternoon of sun and getting back to what I enjoy.  I am not a winter person so I really enjoyed today.

 

I wish I had cropped these pictures but I forgot that part of the process until I had trouble finding the oil ridge and the afghan.  I will work on this next time.  

 

 



January 2014

It is here.  The new year.  For weeks I have heard, can't wait until this year ends and the new year has to be better."  Many families have had such hard times this year so we are all looking and hoping for a better new year.

This year rather than make a new years resolution, I want to use the phrase "The Focused Life." This is the Title of a devotional book by Turning Point that Christy told me about.  To make 2014 better than 2013 I need to be more focused.  I am not sure what part of my life will be affected but I am sure I am going to have many surprises.

I want to be more focused on:
Growing in the His Word.
Living through my grief.
Making a difference.
Being there for my family.
Making friends.

Our family has gone through a lot this year and Dylan going to heaven has been very difficult.  I was looking for a picture to post and this one made me stop and think.  This was a very special time in Dennis and my life.  We had all the grandkids up for a week and we did lots of fun things.  I shared with them my first attempt at being a author.  The kids loved it.  I look now at this picture and realize how sick Dennis really was that week.  But we still had a wonderful time and we made great memories. We just did not realize that in a few months Dennis would go to heaven and then two years later Dylan would also go to be with him. Heaven has always been special to us and desiring to go there has more meaning now, than ever.

Dylan's birthday is the 3rd  and our hearts are still so heavy at his going.  It has brought up so many feelings of Dennis' death.  It feels like I am reliving it all over again with a heavier heart because of Dylan's going.  I am so glad that I got a chance to spend time with Mike's family.  I have lots of pictures and lots of memories.

 

 

We spent a week again this past summer in Florida.  We were looking all the time for the large shell and the perfect sand dollar.  Most of the time Mike had Aida on his hip so this was a special opportunity for father and son to search together.

 

I am glad that I took a lot of pictures so I have a lot of visual memories.  We will not forget our special Dylan.  A little boy that could make what he dreamed up in his little head.  He was talented with tools and he had a way with his winning smile.  We will miss him.

 

Judith