The REALLY good looking radiologist called me today---the news is that I will be around a few more years--unless one of you run over me when I am out on the road! I have to admit--I was concerned---if you have ever done the "Stress Points" the test that indicates your likely hood of having a major illness--you know my points are over the top with all the life changes I have had in the very recent past. SO--there was every reason to think there was the possibility that I might ---WELL I DON'T!
SO---I am in the "Moving Mode"! Scheduling the time---with the mover-the realtor--the former tenant---ETC ETC. PACKING AGAIN---Oh Fun! The good news---I seriously culled everything 18 months ago when I moved out of my home of 28 years. BUT I will have less space--less storage---you get the drift---SO I am looking again with a more critical eye!
Turning on and turning off utilities---looking for a cable service---SUDDEN LINK---S----! SO looking forward to being in a city where there is competition and better prices and better service!
LOTS TO THINK ABOUT!
After NOT moving but a handful of times in my life---I seem to be on a "Moving Roll"!
IT IS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The buyers of my home have sold their house---LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN! I've rented a duplex in a 1920's house right by TCU and close to downtown. Only catch it is even smaller than my home- has 2 not 3 bedrooms and 1 not 2 baths---SO I am downsizing again. WAIT---I seem to be moving backwards!
Let's see I started out in a 2000 sq ft house--lived there about 11 years
Moved to 2900 sq ft--lived there 28 years
Moved here to 1850 sq ft--been here 1 1/2 years
NOW I am going to 1500 sq ft.
Perhaps this is what happens in life ---never really expected it--but prepared to embrace and enjoy it.
My apartment is upstairs---someone told me today I would get plenty of exercise--something tells me they are correct. I will be close enough to a grocery and pharmacy to walk 3-4 blocks, restaurants 2 blocks---right in the big middle of it all.
I've never lived in a city---so I am excited and petrified at the same time! Security has never been an issue in R---but I will have to think about that now. It is going to be a huge change---and VERY SOON--working out the details of moving as I write!
Cowtown here I come!
Let's see I started out in a 2000 sq ft house--lived there about 11 years
Moved to 2900 sq ft--lived there 28 years
Moved here to 1850 sq ft--been here 1 1/2 years
NOW I am going to 1500 sq ft.
Perhaps this is what happens in life ---never really expected it--but prepared to embrace and enjoy it.
My apartment is upstairs---someone told me today I would get plenty of exercise--something tells me they are correct. I will be close enough to a grocery and pharmacy to walk 3-4 blocks, restaurants 2 blocks---right in the big middle of it all.
I've never lived in a city---so I am excited and petrified at the same time! Security has never been an issue in R---but I will have to think about that now. It is going to be a huge change---and VERY SOON--working out the details of moving as I write!
Cowtown here I come!
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
JUST IN CASE-you didn't know---MEN invent all the medical machinery used for women! IF a woman had invented them---they would be MUCH more sensitive to the pain endured. IF a man had to have his most sensitive area tested, there would NEVER be ANY pain or discomfort involved!
SO--I went today for a little testing. A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE---NOT all good! In the past, I have had a couple of biopsies done---not a bad experience at all. Someone comes in and puts you to sleep and the next thing you know---WAA LAA---it's a done deal. A little soreness afterward--but no mental trauma involved.
WELL---it seems my doctor---A MAN---thinks I should have this less invasive test done----SO much better for you. He OBVIOUSLY has never done anything like this to his parts! SO anyway----you lay on your belly on a HARD FLAT table with a hole cut out of the middle of it--for obvious reasons. They crank the table up---not unlike a hydraulic lift at the service station---BUT they DO NOT change your oil or rotate your tires!
They spend what seems like hours lining everything up just so--taking image after image ALL WHILE you are in a vise grip set to squeeze hard. They finally get everything perfect and tell you whatever you do ---DON'T MOVE! Great! AND you don't move for what seems like hours!
Then they start the numbing. SUCH FUN---Their words "It will sting a little" YEAH RIGHT! They do this for not one---but 3 layers--going deeper each time. NOW---those that know me well---KNOW- I don't have a lot of real estate and there was NO need to deaden THAT deep!
THEN they turn on the roto rooter---SUCH FUN! What real estate there was has now been severely decreased! I kept hearing---3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 12 o'clock. They left the room--the came back--and then I hear 4 o'clock,7 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 1 o'clock. They left the room and THEN they come back for 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock. WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST TAKE THE WHOLE CLOCK TO START WITH. Oh--by the way--did I tell you the roto rooter is a hollow core needle? Then they put a titanium marker in so they will know where they drilled! If you find no oil at this spot, you try another next time. YEAH, THEY ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE!
FINALLY---your done--THEN to add insult to injury---they put you back in the HARD squeeze to stop the bleeding. HOW KIND! Ice and bandaging and sit and wait. She finally comes back in the room and says---we just need to do a couple more "squeeze pictures"--you women KNOW what I am talking about. THANK THE GOOD LORD FOR DEADENING!
As I said---SOME MAN--came up with this form of torture!!! SUCH a FUN Tuesday!
OH --BY THE WAY---if you happen to see me out and about---I am NOT lop sided---and I have NOT grown---it's swollen!
SO--I went today for a little testing. A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE---NOT all good! In the past, I have had a couple of biopsies done---not a bad experience at all. Someone comes in and puts you to sleep and the next thing you know---WAA LAA---it's a done deal. A little soreness afterward--but no mental trauma involved.
WELL---it seems my doctor---A MAN---thinks I should have this less invasive test done----SO much better for you. He OBVIOUSLY has never done anything like this to his parts! SO anyway----you lay on your belly on a HARD FLAT table with a hole cut out of the middle of it--for obvious reasons. They crank the table up---not unlike a hydraulic lift at the service station---BUT they DO NOT change your oil or rotate your tires!
They spend what seems like hours lining everything up just so--taking image after image ALL WHILE you are in a vise grip set to squeeze hard. They finally get everything perfect and tell you whatever you do ---DON'T MOVE! Great! AND you don't move for what seems like hours!
Then they start the numbing. SUCH FUN---Their words "It will sting a little" YEAH RIGHT! They do this for not one---but 3 layers--going deeper each time. NOW---those that know me well---KNOW- I don't have a lot of real estate and there was NO need to deaden THAT deep!
THEN they turn on the roto rooter---SUCH FUN! What real estate there was has now been severely decreased! I kept hearing---3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 12 o'clock. They left the room--the came back--and then I hear 4 o'clock,7 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 1 o'clock. They left the room and THEN they come back for 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock. WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST TAKE THE WHOLE CLOCK TO START WITH. Oh--by the way--did I tell you the roto rooter is a hollow core needle? Then they put a titanium marker in so they will know where they drilled! If you find no oil at this spot, you try another next time. YEAH, THEY ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE!
FINALLY---your done--THEN to add insult to injury---they put you back in the HARD squeeze to stop the bleeding. HOW KIND! Ice and bandaging and sit and wait. She finally comes back in the room and says---we just need to do a couple more "squeeze pictures"--you women KNOW what I am talking about. THANK THE GOOD LORD FOR DEADENING!
As I said---SOME MAN--came up with this form of torture!!! SUCH a FUN Tuesday!
OH --BY THE WAY---if you happen to see me out and about---I am NOT lop sided---and I have NOT grown---it's swollen!
SMALL GROUP
Sunday, January 27, 2013
How does one make lifelong friends----the kind of friends that listen to what you are saying---care about what you are feeling---will be there for you in thick and thin? I have many many wonderful friends---including two sets that come as a group-due to like pursuit. Of those two--tonight I had dinner with my Small Group to welcome me back to Ruston.
It is a wonderful blessing to have studied, prayed, served and lived life with this group. We have "Officially" disbanded---but though not functioning as a study group together anymore--the bond has been formed by all these years together. We have worked sided by side and eaten more meals than I can count. Laughter is always included---in each and every gathering. What a great blessing!
Most of us find ourselves in the same season of life---many with grands, some with great grands, retired or nearing retirement---some alone--some still a couple----ALL love the Lord. It has been a wonderful part of my life for the last almost 10 years to grow to know each of them and grow to know the Lord in a deeper way with them.
I will miss them tremendously. I am blessed that they have been by my side though and thank God for putting us together. BUT I'm not gone yet---and something tells me there will be a few more meals together. I just really love them all----more than I can say.
It is a wonderful blessing to have studied, prayed, served and lived life with this group. We have "Officially" disbanded---but though not functioning as a study group together anymore--the bond has been formed by all these years together. We have worked sided by side and eaten more meals than I can count. Laughter is always included---in each and every gathering. What a great blessing!
Most of us find ourselves in the same season of life---many with grands, some with great grands, retired or nearing retirement---some alone--some still a couple----ALL love the Lord. It has been a wonderful part of my life for the last almost 10 years to grow to know each of them and grow to know the Lord in a deeper way with them.
I will miss them tremendously. I am blessed that they have been by my side though and thank God for putting us together. BUT I'm not gone yet---and something tells me there will be a few more meals together. I just really love them all----more than I can say.
WHAT ABOUT LIVING IN RUSTON
Saturday, January 26, 2013
I had someone ask me this week---"Since you are leaving, would you give me your honest thoughts about living in Ruston." I didn't mind doing that and don't mind putting it on my blog.
I told them that it had taken many years, but I had grown to love Ruston. It's not unlike any other relationship---there have been rough patches--times that I wanted nothing more than to move. There were times that I thought I would like to live in a different town--all over the country-for a year at a time. That has all passed----Ruston and I have grown quite fond of each other.
Ruston has the wonderful quality of being small enough that you know MANY of the citizens---call many friends---but most just acquaintances. Those that you do call "Friend"---well there is just something about Southern small town friends---there is nothing quite like them. They will laugh with you, counsel with you, cry with you, and live life with you. You know they have your best interest at heart.
Ruston can also be a difficult town-especially for newcomers. There is sometimes an air of non-acceptance that comes from some. It is sometimes impossible to penetrate the circle of "Old Ruston"--and for some reason it matters. We all like to stay in our comfort zones and grow fond of the familiar. We sometimes forget--to look around for the person standing alone and seek them out.
I finally came to peace and began to love Ruston when I accepted who I was---sought out those that appreciated me for that, and didn't think about the rest. We can't all be friends---embrace those that God has placed in your path---be the best friend to them that you can and hope that the others are doing the same for each other.
So I do love Ruston---and I will miss it greatly---but I am thankful for a short drive and family and friends that will always be just a few hours away. Ruston is what you make of it---not unlike life---it's all what you make of it.
I told them that it had taken many years, but I had grown to love Ruston. It's not unlike any other relationship---there have been rough patches--times that I wanted nothing more than to move. There were times that I thought I would like to live in a different town--all over the country-for a year at a time. That has all passed----Ruston and I have grown quite fond of each other.
Ruston has the wonderful quality of being small enough that you know MANY of the citizens---call many friends---but most just acquaintances. Those that you do call "Friend"---well there is just something about Southern small town friends---there is nothing quite like them. They will laugh with you, counsel with you, cry with you, and live life with you. You know they have your best interest at heart.
Ruston can also be a difficult town-especially for newcomers. There is sometimes an air of non-acceptance that comes from some. It is sometimes impossible to penetrate the circle of "Old Ruston"--and for some reason it matters. We all like to stay in our comfort zones and grow fond of the familiar. We sometimes forget--to look around for the person standing alone and seek them out.
I finally came to peace and began to love Ruston when I accepted who I was---sought out those that appreciated me for that, and didn't think about the rest. We can't all be friends---embrace those that God has placed in your path---be the best friend to them that you can and hope that the others are doing the same for each other.
So I do love Ruston---and I will miss it greatly---but I am thankful for a short drive and family and friends that will always be just a few hours away. Ruston is what you make of it---not unlike life---it's all what you make of it.
CITIZENS ARREST!
Friday, January 25, 2013
So---you might wonder---how does the Fort Worth Code enforcement find out your car is parked in the grass? It turns out there are various "volunteer" neighborhood patrol cars. They have magnetic signs on their doors and drive around--checking out how you are maintaining your property--where you are parking---etc etc. Sort of reminds you of "Big Brother"---only without the enforcement power.
They call the city code regulation department and report the problem---then you have a visit from the official regulation guy. NOW---I totally understand trying to maintain the integrity of your neighborhood, BUT wouldn't it be nice if you stopped by your neighbor's home before calling the code police? There might be extenuating circumstances such as a new baby and a mother staying to help for a while.
Next thing you know the they might just pull up in your drive and yell,
They call the city code regulation department and report the problem---then you have a visit from the official regulation guy. NOW---I totally understand trying to maintain the integrity of your neighborhood, BUT wouldn't it be nice if you stopped by your neighbor's home before calling the code police? There might be extenuating circumstances such as a new baby and a mother staying to help for a while.
Next thing you know the they might just pull up in your drive and yell,
"CITIZENS ARREST---CITIZENS ARREST!!!!"
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