Git the Nip

Wa-Hoo Mom put the nip on the scratcher

again. Nap time after Nip time

Boat Regatta

It seems like a boat regatta every weedend

since they filled the river. Some of the boats

are really nice. The boat that is taking off

is the sheriff boat. There is a boat coming

that is going way to fast. Nuts like this is

what leads to accidents.

Here and there goes the boat. We wondered

if the Sheriff every caught up to it. The boat

to the left looks like it's just sitting there taking

it all in. Actually I didn't know that was the

Sheriff's boat until he took off after it and

turned the lights and siren on. I was out there

just at the right time with my camera.

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If you bigify the first picture there is a boat

up in the upper left hand corner of the pic,

in the path of the speeding boat. There was

no accident so I think it's behind the wake of

the speeding boat.

The face of the Deep

In the beginning God created the heavens

and the earth. The earth was without form,

and void, and darkness was on the face of the

deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering

over the face of the waters.

NKJV Genesis 1: 1 & 2

I was thinking this as the plane flew over

Lake Michigan. On the second day

of creation God parted the waters and

made the firmament and called it heaven.

I was entranced by the dark blueness of

the sky.

Nap Time

Mom came and laid beside me and

watched me sleep. She does that

sometimes. But then she had to get

that flashy thing out and take my

picture and woke me up. She said

she was sorry but the one without the

flash did not turn out for some reason.

Oh yes, Mom broke down and had to buy

a new vacuum cleaner a few weeks ago.

Her and Dad did everything they could

to get the wind back into the wind tunnel

but it was futile. So now instead of a

wind tunnel we have got progressive.

Mom went by consumer reports and

got a Kenmore that was listed. A

Progressive Whisper Belt. Ha, that

thing definitely does not whisper. Although

it may be one decible below the wind tunnel.

Whisker Wednesday

Mom had a great picture but Cleo moved

so her whiskers aren't as predominant like

they were the moment before this was taken

Mom used this picture anyway.

UPDATE

Daughter bean saw the chemo

doctor yesterday. He said the tumor

has shrunk a good deal. Daughter bean

will have a sonogram done next Tuesday

by the surgeon then the guess will

be, set a date for surgery. Daughter

bean broke down on Father's day and

cried. She said she couldn't handle

the pain, headaches especially. She

did that only in front of Mom. Both

had a little cry together. Yesterday

Daughter bean said the headaches

has subsided.

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Dad is doing

just fine. Mom says he is

ornery as ever. Oh how Mom

is thankful for all the prayers.

And oh yes, Mom finished painting

the last five boards on the porch this

morning. Only thing is she got a little

more paint on my pad. Guess I'll just

have to live with it. Also Mom asked

me to say that the picture on the

Saturday scripture post is of the

California Sierras taken from the

airplane window on the way to

Michigan.

Casper

Forgiveness and Redemption

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord;

O Lord, hear by voice. Let your ears be

attentive to my cry for mercy. If you O Lord,

kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness, therefore

your are feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul

waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul

waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for

the morning, more than watchmen wait for the

morning. O Israel, put your hope in the Lord,

for with the Lord is unfailing love and with

him is full redemption.

NIV Psalms 130: 1-7

International Cat in a Box Day

Painting the Deck

Mom has been painting the deck and it is

very tedious work getting into the cracks.

She says her body just doesn't bend like it

used to anymore so it takes longer than

she would like it to.

And on top of it, she is using my pad to sit on!!! Yep, she got paint on it.

Ann at Zoolatry made our beautiful header

picture. We just love it. Thank You Ann

Before and After

Remember the headline on the paper? It's posted

somewhere below this one?? Well this is the result of

closing the diversion dam. This is before

And this is after. Guess Mom should

have taken this picture the same time

as the other.

Right behind our mobile home, this is before And this is after Sure wish Mom could have gone down and got all these fev-vers. Mom was in her bedroom Saturday and she heard this huge commotion going on outside. She went out to see what was going on and all the geese were having a knock down, drag out fight. I mean they were really at it. Mom thought one of them was going to get hurt. Anyhow all of a sudden they all calmed down and started ducking in the water and cleaning themselves. Crazy!! This was the battlefield.

Glory of Glories

Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,

Let not the mighty man glory in his might,

Nor let the rich man glory in his riches,

But let him who glories glory in this,

That he understands and knows Me,

That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindess,

judgment, and righteousness in the earth.

For in these I delight, says the Lord.

NKJV Jeremiah 9: 23 & 24

In Charge

Mom put me in charge of the house

today while she was running back and

forth to the hospital. Dad has been complaining

of puressure on his chest so when Mom took

daughter bean for her chemo Monday she made an

appointment for Dad with his cardio doctor. He's

in the same building with daughter bean's doctor.

He went to his appointment yesterday

and they put him in the hospital. Right now

he is doing O.K. and is in good spirits. Mom

says it's because of the cute nurses there. He

had a stress test this morning and has to have

another one tomorrow. Hopefully they will make up

their mind what they are going to do

with him. Oh yes Mom has to

get another vacuum. She plugged it in and

it just wouldn't come on. Dead motor. Mom keeps

saying when it rains, it pours. And it did just that

a little while ago, with thunder and lightning too.

Oops, Mom said that is not what she meant. Well,

what else could it mean???

UPDATE

Dad came home from the hospital this

afternoon and is doing well. He had

a stress test yesterday and a long sonogram of

his heart and legs today. The doctor said he

wants him to try to wear a certain

kind of leg pants to push blood into

his lower heart, but he has to do the

pant thing at the doctor's office. Sounds

weird to me, but guess the doctor

knows what he is doing??? Mom

says, sometimes she wonders about

the doctors of today. Anyway Dad

is O.K. and that is the main thing.

Wind Tunnel Blows Out

Sunday Mom needed to vacuum the

house as we have been leaving a lot

of our fuzz around. About two weeks

worth. She vacuumed before she left.

Well, anyhow she started in

the living room and this big black

wind tunnel blew out. She couldn't

figure out why it was throwing the fuzz

and dirt back at her, and also it decided

to quit running. Anyhow

she started checking out consumer

reports on new vacuums. She went

to Sears and checked on them. Anyhow

the next day she decided she was going

to turn it on, and it started up so

she looked inside and the guy who fixed

it left one of the filters out of it. She went

back and got it. Thank goodness they had

it. Well after getting the house vacuumed it

started acting up again, but she thanked the

big guy in the sky that she got the house

vacuumed. She is keeping new vacuums

in the back of her mind. Only thing is

we are still depositing our fuzz all

around.

Daughter Bean

The prayers are still working for

Daughter bean. Her white cell

count is up. The chemo nurse told

her that her body is responding to

treatment very well. Her last chemo

was yesterday. She has a doctor's

appointment for next Friday so

we probably will find out what the

next step will be. Again, thank you

all again so much for your purrs and

prayers.

Refuge and Fortress

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will

say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust." Surely He will save

you from the fowler's snare, and from the

deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His

feathers and under His wings you will find

refuge, His faithfulness will be your shield

and rampart.

NIV Psalms 91 1-4

Yippeeee Mom is Home

Yippee, Mom is back. This is the big bird that took her away from us. We didn't get to post yesterday because she was busy getting her bills paid, going to the grocery and getting her errands done. She will probably show and tell about her trip in coming posts. She was so glad to see her son bean and daughter-in-law bean and of course her grandbeans.

Mom was ecstatic when she saw this headline in the paper today. That means we will be able to see a full river for another three years in the summer. It was closed three months out of the year. There is what they call a diversion dam down aways from here that when it is closed it fills up what they call Red Bluff Lake which is part of the river. This year the city said they weren't going to close it anymore which means we have beachfront property. Only thing is, when the river is full Mom won't be able to watch the geese and ducks for three months except when they float or swim up and down the river. She has the rest of the year to watch them though.

Daughter Bean

Daughter bean is going to have her last chemo treatment this coming Monday. Then there will probably be some testing before scheduling surgery. Mom is amazed how she is taking all this mentally. She says it's all the prayers that is helping her. Mom cries good tears because of all you great people out there. Thank you so much.

Casper