Sun. Update...DONOR-HEART PRAYERS

* UPDATE*

Sunday, morning...Little brother is staying with friends...but celebrating his big sister's courage and her NEW heart!


Little brother celebrating Big Sis's new heart

























Around 1:30pm, Sunday
After the heart was transplanted there was residual blood loss and some new blood clots.  The team of doctors had to re-open her chest and find the problems.
Sunday, 3:55pm
About an hour ago, they completed the repair.  Katie has come through surgery! Prayers answered! I've been a nervous wreck because she was so critical and we didn't hear any update for two hours. Dr. Kogan came and talked to us.

He got the clot and cleaned out some lines. Her vitals are much better and her blood drainage has improved.

We can see her in a few minutes, hopefully. Thank you for the prayers! Keep them coming! --Kerri



We've never seen this before with Katie:
Oxygen levels of 100%. This made us cry. --Kerri

 

 

Saturday night, 9:39pm

My sweet great niece is in surgery now; the doctors will be removing her sick heart soon. 

The transport team has flown out to pick up the donor's graciously-given heart.

Thanks for keeping she and her family in your prayers.
















John 8:31  "If you continue in my word, then you are truly Disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

Blessings,

BACK IN THE DAY becomes TODAY!

BACK IN THE DAY...
















as a youth counselor we had wonderful large gatherings of youth in
our home....
(just to clarify:  I couldn't see into the future--the timestamp on the camera was WAY off)

BACK IN THE DAY...

life was changing and transitioning as I left youth leadership with many tears in my eyes, a drape over my heart but my season was over for participating in that way.

(I had no clue at that point just how difficult my next couple of years would be...and that's a good thing)

BACK IN THE DAY...
I was new to blogging...and jumping around participating in 'memes' for the first time.  Leaving comments and receiving comments from many people I did not know at that time.  One of the first 'new friends' came into my world through SECOND CUP OF COFFEE's "I See What You're Saying" meme.  In response to my post that September day,

Kim said...So nice to "meet" you. My quiet place was the recliner in the living room at the parsonage. Then we began the pilgrimage that brought us here and I'm thinking my new quiet place will also be in the living room, but in my new Poang chair from IKEA since I couldn't bring the recliner.

Like you (and so many of the other commenters) say, blogging is such a huge blessing. Not only a way to keep in touch with loved ones far, far away, but a way to make new friends.
Hi new friend! I'll be back to your blog.

9/30/08

Instead of 'Back-in-the-day', THIS PAST WEEKEND, life changed in an 'oh so sweet' way.  "Be Still and Know" & I had the pleasure of getting to meet, hug, laugh, sing, praise, worship and reminisce with JUST A SOUTHERN GIRL's Kim.

There just wasn't enough time ya'll.  What fun we all had meeting, catching up and planning for our next visit (probably in 2016). 

 

God blesses in so many unexpected ways, and we are thankful.

 

John 8:31   "If you continue in my word, then you are truly Disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

Blessings,

FLATTERING VIDEO STILL ... not.

Why...

Just Why do videos ALWAYS choose the MOST flattering still shot as the thumbnail?

 

Several women who inspire me thru laughter, God-given talents, eternally teaching, Holy-Spirit inspiration, memories from the 60s and sharing patterns in yarn and life)

 

...wishing I had a pair of 'Sisterhood' blue jeans heading their way to make a dream come true:

1. Chatty Crone (a Christian middle aged mother of two, grandmother of two - one eleven years old and one almost two, and wife. I'm a hopeless romantic. I try very hard to see the world with rose colored glasses on.)
2. Carol MY Painting Room (a watercolorist, 'nuff said)
3. Kelle @ ENJOYING THE SMALL THINGS (lives Donna Markova's quote, "...choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit)
4. Elaine @ PEACE FOR THE JOURNEY (boasting only of Him thru her voice and pen)
5. Joyce @ FROM THIS SIDE OF THE POND (world traveler, 2-girl mother, An empty nester trying to figure out who she is in this season of life)
6. Pearl @ Pearl, WHY YOU LITTLE...(wanting to share with us what so many "Wanted" posters have failed to encapsulate)
7. Debi @ DIY HOOKS & YARNS (a 30-year crocheter who teaches us to put on our big girl panties and deal with it)

John 8:31 "If you continue in my word, then you are truly Disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Blessings,

GOLD-MEDAL BLOGGING

JOINING JANE AND GROUP...

I LOVE THE IDEA of inspiring us to BETTER blogging.

As Jane, noted with her Latin mantra from the Olympics motto:

CITIUS,  ALTIUS , FORTIUS

(FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER)

 

When I ponder how to incorporate these thoughts to blogging, here are my thoughts: 

1. short, concise info is GOOD (wordiness bores) 
2. spelling and usage counts  (effort shows)
3. bloggers LOVE big, clear pictures (focus matters)
4. give credit for others' work/images
5. announce 'time off'  (retains readers/commenters)

 

WHAT TIPS do you have to share with us?

 

John 8:31  "If you continue in my word, then you are truly Disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

Blessings,
Skoots1Mom

16yrs ago FAST PHOTO-PAST
(DisneyWorld w/ a 4yo)

A NEW CHAI T'GIVING TRADITION and RANDI K

While enjoying some blog hopping today, I ran across this…
I had recently begun pondering my ‘food lineup’ for the big day next Thursday

I believe this will make it onto the menu.   If the flavors come together, like I believe they will, it may end up being on my table every Turkey day...my friend, you know her with the initials BS&K…loves to bake bread and she LOVES chai tea, so this will float her boat also.)

Here’s the recipe…
Chai Tea Bread - from The Jey of Cooking
For the bread:

* 1/2 cup butter
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 Tbsp. vanilla
* 1/2 cup prepared black tea, cooled
* 1/3 cup milk
* 1/4 tsp. cardamom
* 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
* 1/8 tsp. cloves
* 3/4 tsp. nutmeg
* 2 tsp. baking powder
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 2 cups flour

For the glaze:

* 1 cup powdered sugar
* 1/4 tsp. vanilla
* 3-6 tsp. prepared black tea, cooled
* additional cinnamon

and...as a side note:
SANDRA SINGH is linking to RANDI K DESIGNS (who is having a neat giveaway...patterns, etc.) What beautiful work Randi does...very gifted in color and patterning.

You know I <3 your comments....so:

1)  WHAT NEW RECIPES WILL YOU BE TRYING FOR THIS YEAR’S THANKSGIVING FEAST?...'
or
2) WHAT NEW KNITTING PATTERNS ARE YOU MAKING?

PROJECT 365...Wk 42

Week 42.

10/10/11...gradually I'm getting my 'Fall' decorations in places.


...even though a few of them have disappeared


...DO YOU HAVE GHOSTS AT YOUR HOUSE?  


APPARENTLY  i DO...


after I put out SOME of my decorations (the cute Fall-colored linens on the mantle)


...seems the little ghost visited and moved them into our 'shawl storage chest' behind the recliner, hahahah!

10/11/11  i've also been having fun with some recent photographs...I just wanted to see how 'picnik's' enhancements looked...not too bad

10/12/11  Hubs was able to get the 'overgrown' shrubs out from around the mailbox, and the rain had stopped after making the ground nice and pliable.  Now my pansies have found their new home....here's the BEFORE.

 

and the AFTER.

AFTER a quick clean up, we were able to go to the church and enjoy dinner with many of our church family...one of our friends with his grandson...so sweet.

10/14/11  I enjoy a nice cup of 'cream of wheat' some mornings...
and yes, I make mine in the microwave. 
But, THAT morning I was later getting to my breakfast 


(I was watching DREW on PRICE IS RIGHT...and there was a precious young lady playing PLINKO


...and i HAD to see her 'release' her chips 


and see where they landed...


I was jumping up and down, because she won $21,000 ya'll!  




....and I forgot about my CoW...

hahahahahah!  had to clean it up quickly or it was going to turn into cement.

10/14/11
The following isn't my video; but it was making its way around FB...i laughed a lot.

Hope you like it, too.

10/15/11  While watching football throughout the early afternoon, I decided to crochet a hat.


it came out larger than expected...i didn't check my gauge.


oh, well, it is what it is...excuse my 'in-formal' model, Mr. Lamp


he doesn't have much personality.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Blessings,

FIVE SENSES FRIDAY…”since it’s Friday”, hahah!

Five Senses Friday, usually at a lovely blog - Abby Try Again... find her blog HERE...

SEEING: A couple of weeks back we moved BabyGirl into her college apartment to begin her sophomore year….excitedly, she made wall art to decorate the shared living room…see the bird silhouettes…scrapbook sheets, free-hand tree limbs and black Sharpe's did the trick and slathered with Modge Podge

SMELLING:   left—over coffee continuing to cool in my coffee cup.

TASTING:    Newtons Fruit Thins (fig and honey)…2 gr/fiber, very yummy

FEELING:  a little anxious if my BabyGirl decides to drive to Mississippi this weekend to visit friends…tropical depression #13’s brewing its way toward Louisiana…expected to turn hard right and head that way Sunday/Monday…don’t like the idea of her being on potentially flooding roads.

HEARING:   the whir of my portable fan compete with the newscasters as they describe events and then Giada as she whips up fluffy meringues in her blender on Food Network.

Play along if you like…leave me your answers or link.

Have a wonderful Holiday weekend!

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING, SMELLING, TASTING, FEELING AND HEARING TODAY?

P-I-N TUESDAY...skyping fun & thrifty finds

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HODGE PODGE WEDNESDAY, vol. 22

joining JOYCE @ THIS SIDE OF THE POND for wednesday hodge podge...

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HODGE  PODGE
	QUESTIONS	ANSWERS
	Rather talk to everyone at a crowded party for a short time Or have a significant conversation with two people?	I would prefer to have a significant conversation with family and friends; time is fleeting
	What objects do you remember from your parent's living room?	·        Mother would always play her high-back piano ·        Green sculpted carpet ·        Pleated drapes Mother made ·        Amber-colored glass rooster on her formal end tables ·        bookcase , front foyer, world book encyclopedias, family bible and bible story books
	Do you hog the bed…steal the covers? Snore?	We both snore…but I’m loudest…hold your applause…I HATE it.
	My favorite way to cook lamb is:	Grilled/smoked with BS&K’s apricot sauce, mmmmm!
	Where is your birth certificate? When was the last time you produced it to prove you're you?	Safe deposit box; had to secure a certified copy for my passport a couple of years ago…what a hassle…had to go 3 different times to get it…I believe I posted about that nightmare
	As a child, how did people describe you?	big-blue-eyed toe headed ballerina…hair white as snow; I always walked around on my tip toes
	What do you complain about the most?	‘horring’ mones, or the lack thereof…this is the worst experience of my entire life b/c it is unforgiving
	My random thought:	The most ridiculous fight I ever had with a family member:  A close family member (won’t specify which one)...anyway, this person got MAD at ME for being angry at MYSELF (they were tired of hearing me let my emotions out about another ‘stupid’ thing I did b/c of these ‘horring’ mones)…moan, moan, moan, I try NOT to do this to myself, but there are only so many repressions you can hold in and be somewhat healthy.

MARDIS-GRAS-STYLED HODGEPODGE

JOINING

JOYCE @ FROM THIS SIDE OF THE POND

1. Lent begins March 9th...do you participate and if so, in what way?  ASH WEDNESDAY services at our church are very solemn and soul-searching. 
 
Evading that service for some reason?  Please change your mind and go listen to the message because walking 40 days toward the cross is powerful.  The imposition of ashes, like similar external practices are hypocritical though unless there is a corresponding inner repentance and change of behavior. 
Isaiah 58:5-7 shared what God told him when he wrote:"Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?"

2. Traditionally pancakes are eaten on the day known as Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday (the last day before Lent).   So....What's your pleasure when it comes to eating pancakes?  Asking for my favorite topping or side fruit with pancakes is like asking me for my favorite flavor of chocolate...why any of it, of course! 

Different syrups and different fruits ALWAYS make me happy with pancakes, so I don't balk at any of them...as long as I have a wet wipe to keep my hands from being sticky.  Now, that's where I draw my line.  l can't stand having sticky fingers or a sticky fork while I eat pancakes or waffles.  hahahah!  Yes, we did have pancakes (w/ molasses-glazed plantains, jambalaya and collards.

3. Spring is coming. (It is coming, right?) What's your favorite springtime flower and do you suffer from seasonal allergies?  From my particular yard scene, my favorite is my 'blooming' butterfly bush in its vibrant purple...and it lasts quite a while.
I would have chosen my tulips, gerberas, azaleas and amaryllis but they just DON'T last long enough before they are gone again. 
Usually while they are all blooming I am suffering with the 'sniffles' but now that my good doc has me prescried with a specific nose spray, life is much better in the Spring.

4. "Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them than upon what they make us see in ourselves." Author unknown.         Why do you Agree or Disagree with this statement?   Sometimes Agree, Sometimes Disagree

5. Since it's "March" ...Mardi Gras just occurred.  Have you ever been in a parade? What's the best parade you've seen?  I've been in several parades (as a trumpet player and drum major in high school)...and the most fun one I was ever in was the DISNEY parade over the 4th of July in 1976.  Wow, that was a long time ago, you know? 

Watching a parade  is an entirely different thing to me because I want to be in all of them...much more fun.  I get irritated with parades and all their commercials just like I do football/baseball games and all their 'money pumping'...and don't even bring up the fact that you NEVER get to watch college halftime shows anymore...ya think it's a sore spot with me?  I'd say so.

6. You would jump up and down, shout for joy right now if someone told you "tomorrow morning you will wake up with the 29-yo body like the day you were married!  Yes, I would go to bed right after supper eager to meet the morning.

7. How clean is your car on the outside? Inside?  Is there junk in your trunk?  CLEAN is in the eye of the beholder. I have a few things in the rear of the suv that I must use in my study group, but it has been vacuumed...and the outside was washed last week, so I'm relatively beholding a 'keeper'.

8. Insert your own random thought here.  Yesterday I drove on some roads I was unsure of...and I left my 'helper tomtom' at home (a lot of good that does).  After thinking I was going in the right directions at two different times, I finally stopped driving gathered my bearings with the sun, looked at the compass in the car dashboard, and headed East.  Eventually I got to a road I knew and made it home 45 minutes later than expected. 

Thank you, Daddy, for teaching me how to 'NOT depend on maps' and use common sense.

Blessings,

PROJECT 365-week nine

 Week 9.

WATERING DAY FOR MY INDOOR TRANSPLANTS...love seeing what they're up to in their west-facing window.  Another hibiscus bloom, new leaves on my prayer plant and an unexpected gift from my cholea...it passed a seed to my hibiscus and grew and new little cholea

TUESDAY, 2.22.11

WEDNESDAY, 2.23.11

GRABBING MY KNITTING PROJECT AFTER WRITING HUBS A NOTE ABOUT HIS DINNER, I HEAD OUT TO WORK ON MY PRAYER SHAWL WITH SOME OTHER WONDERFUL PRAYER WARRIORS...

THURSDAY, 2.24.11

SOME LEFTOVERS WERE IN ORDER...USING THE JAMBALAYA WITH PORK/SHRIMP/RICE, I ADDED EXTRA SPICES AND CHEES AND IT BECAME ENCHILADAS.

FRIDAY, 2.25.11

BABYGIRL CALLED; HER VOICE WAS TENDER AND A LITTLE HOMESICK.  (WELL, IT DOESN'T TAKE A 2 BY 4 HITTING ME IN THE HEAD TO RESPOND TO MY DAUGHTER'S REQUEST.  

HUBS AND I DROVE THE EXPLORER HER WAY...WE SPENT THE DAY SHOPPING AT A MALL ABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM HER CAMPUS...

WE ATE AND LINGERED AT A RUBY TUESDAY

THERE WAS A NEAT LITTLE LAKE HOUSE (RESTROOMS, PICNIC TABLES) LOOKING OUT OVER THE LAKE FROM THE TWO-STORY DECK...

 WE SAT A TALKED FOR A WHILE THEN WALKED AROUND THE LAKE...

MY HEART FILLED THROUGHOUT THE DAY..I'M SO PROUD OF HER. HOPEFULLY OUR TRIP REKINDLED HER TO MAKE IT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THEN IT WILL BE  TIME FORE SPRING BREAK!

ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED TO LOOK AT A HOUSE THAT WAS FOR SALE ON ONE OF THE LOCAL LAKES....BUT IT WAS A LITTLE TOO DARK TO SEE MUCH, EXCEPT A GORGEOUS SUNSET FROM THEIR DECK.

HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD WEEK 

COME JOIN US AND SHOW US WHAT YOU WERE UP TO....
Blessings,