Wednesday, May 28, 2014

FIVE POUNDERS!!

WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.  THE TWINS ARE STILL INSIDE MOMMIES TUMMY, AND LATEST REPORT ALL IS WELL, AND THEY ARE EACH OVER FIVE POUNDS!
IT'S SO NICE TO GET GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE.  IT'S  ALSO SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THE FACE OF THE MOMMY TO BE GO FROM STRESSED AND CONCERNED TO CALM AND RELAXED.
I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT IN ANOTHER SHORT WEEK OR TWO, I WILL HAVE ANOTHER GRAND SON AND ANOTHER GRAND DAUGHTER.  SO VERY EXCITING!
MY OTHER TWO KIDS HAVE BECOME WORLD TRAVELERS.  MY SON AND HIS FAMILY ARE NOW IN HAWAII FOR THEIR ANNIVERSARY, AND MY OTHER DAUGHTER IS TRAVELING TO PARTS UNKNOWN.  I THINK HER TRAVELS WILL BEGIN FROM AUSTRALIA , BUT I'M JUST THE MOM, WHAT DO I KNOW?
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE SUCH A FULL AND HAPPY LIFE.  THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYTHING IS HOW I WISH IT WERE, OR THAT I HAVE EVERY THING I WANT.  WHAT IT DOES MEAN, IS THAT JEHOVAH HAS GIVEN ME PEACE DESPITE WHATEVER SATAN THROWS MY WAY, AND THE HELP I NEED TO COPE.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY I AM NEVER LONELY, I HAVE A VERY POSITIVE VIEW OF THE FUTURE, AND I HAVE MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TOO, WHO ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE VIEW OF THE FUTURE, AND GIVE ME SPIRITUAL, AND MORAL SUPPORT.  SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU!!
THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE-LINDA OUT

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

NICKNAMES!

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING REMINISCING ABOUT ALL THE CUTE LITTLE NICKNAMES MY HUSBAND MIKE HAD FOR THINGS., AND ME!!
WHEN WE FIRST MET, HE WOULD CALL ME "BROWN EYES".  ALL THE LETTERS AND CARDS HE GAVE ME WOULD BE ADDRESSED TO "MY DARLING BROWN EYES".  THEN, AFTER MANY YEARS OF MARRIAGE, AND ALL MY ACHES AND PAINS, HE CHANGED MY NAME TO "PATCHES", BECAUSE I PUT PATCHES ALL OVER MY BODY WHER EVER I HAD PAIN!
I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE MY BACK WAS ITCHING THIS MORNING THAT CAUSED ME TO GO DOWN MEMORY LANE.  MIKE LOVED ME TO HAVE MY NAILS DONE.  HE CALLED THEM "BACK SCRATCHERS".
HE ALSO HAD A FUNNY NAME FOR MY BRAS.  HE CALLED THEM "HOLDSEMFROMFLOPPING"!
MIKE WOULD TAKE OUR DOGS FOR WALKS TWICE A DAY-EVERY DAY.  WE HAVE TWO ADORABLE CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIELS, BUT WHEN EVER PEOPLE WOULD ASK HIM WHAT KIND OF DOGS ARE THOSE, HE WOULD SAY THEY ARE "SHEDDERS".  HE CALLED THEM THAT BECAUSE THEY SHED SO MUCH!!
I WILL FOREVER MISS THAT ADORABLE SENSE OF HUMOR OF HIS.  I SURE HOPE HE STILL HAS IT WHEN HE IS RESURRECTED!!
FOR NOW, LINDA OUT

Monday, May 19, 2014

WE ARE NOW WAGING BETS ON WHEN THE TWINS WILL COME!

WE OR SHOULD I SAY SHE IS NOW IN HER 33 WEEK OF HER PREGNANCY, AND STILL HOLDING HER OWN.
SHE HAS BEEN IN BED NOW SINCE WEEK 27 WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE OUR LITTLE ONES FIRST WANTED OUT!!
IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A TUMMY CAN STRETCH SO MUCH, BUT AS THE SCRIPTURES SAY, "WE ARE WONDERFULLY MADE".

Thursday, May 1, 2014

GOOD NEW AND BETTER NEWS!!

MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER HAD HER SECOND LITTLE DOLL BABY, AND DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS THIS TIME.  SEEMS LIKE HAVING HER BABY AT HOME WAS A GOOD IDEA AFTER ALL!
MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN BED RIDDEN NOW FOR THREE WEEKS BUT THAT HAS ALSO PROVEN TO BE FOR THE BEST.  THE TWINS CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE SAFE WARM  ENVIRONMENT OF THEIR MOMMIE'S TUMMY.
WE'VE HAD A FEW SCARES LIKE THE POSSIBILITY OF PREECLAMPSIA, BUT THANKFULLY IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS A FALSE ALARM.
IF WE CAN KEEP THOSE BABIES INSIDE THEIR MOMMY A FEW MORE WEEKS, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR LUNGS DEVELOPED, AND BE MUCH STRONGER.  THAT'S DEFINITELY THE GOAL!!  
LIFE HAS BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR ME TOO. AS OF LATE.  SINCE MY DAUGHTER NEEDS CARE 24/7  THAT MEANS HER HUSBAND MYSELF, AND SOMETIMES MY SISTER ARE REGULARS AT HER HOUSE.
I'M LEARNING THAT IF I AM SUPER CAREFUL I CAN DRIVE AT NIGHT,  AND UNDER DIRE NECESSITY, I CAN EVEN DRIVE IN THE RAIN.
THERE IS NOT MUCH A MOTHER WILL NOT DO FOR HER CHILDREN.  LINDA-OUT