new FH Chat #7 Honor One Another Above Yourselves

Yeah it is true some of my clients coming down with the flu really bad I haven't seen that since winter of 2011 even I got sick on that all I did watch soft launch of Antenna TV on KTLA 5.1 LOL!

We're back to more winter-like weather here. Drizzling rain off and on.

I got everything unpacked so now all I have to do is put our pictures on shelves. At last!

I'm meeting new people and I'm really enjoying living here.

Hope everyone has a good weekend. Hugs.

Hello to my Fresh-Hope family. I know it's been a long time, and I'm sorry for that. :(
For those who have been praying for me, thank you. I'm in a very sad time in my life and I need the people who know me best, so I came back to the only place I feel safe. I wanted to write more, and will later. I just wanted to say hello to all of you and tell you that I've missed you.

Cheryl so sorry to hear of your loss we are praying for you and for the guiding grace that comes from the Holy Spirit... Praying in the Name of Jesus Christ.. Amen.

Cheryl, welcome home! looking forward to talking and keeping in tough here on FH! and ya, it's where I feel the safest also.

today will be a hard day for me...it's our first Sunday knowing Kennedy is with the Lord. I pray his family is there, but it will be hard...I've been crying already, it makes me think of you Cheryl and your loss....it's not been a good year thus far....

I have enjoyed the rain however....everything is clean and smells fresh. We are looking forward to more this coming week. 

just got back from my it's a beautiful morning. over cast but beautiful...


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Hello, again.  Thank you for the warm welcome.  I've wanted to come back for a while, but I just didn't.  And Ed and I were very involved in the Presidential campaign.  And I'm proud to say that Ed (at 70 years old), registered and voted for his first time in his life.  He won't get to see the inauguration, which will take place on his own birthday, but said it's a pretty darn good birthday present.  So, I will quietly celebrate my husband's 71st, and Mr. Trump's inauguration.  In the last year of Ed's life, he was moving closer and closer to the Lord.  Especially in the last months.  And he was overjoyed to know that with Mr. Pence being the Vice President, that Christianity has a chance to be brought back to schools and the homes of our citizens.  I also pray this to be so.  Mr. Trump is a baby Christian, so Mr. Pence can teach him a lot.  (yes, I am already well aware that most of you here, do not like our new President, but we've all managed to agree to disagree over the years.  But, you must be happy that that other one is on the way out.) 
When I would speak to Ed, he actually joined the conversation, about what the Bible tells us about the Lord.  Ed was saved a long time ago.  I knew this, but he finally told me recently.  But, he fell away for many years.  I hold my husband up to the Lord and ask for mercy on my husband's soul.  I am not equipped to say one way or the other, so I leave my husband to our Lord.
This is about the extent of what I will say about Ed, or myself in an open forum, at this point.  ("they" only know what I will let them know)  No one knows the Ed that I know, except for all of you.  And I aim to keep it that way.  I've already spoken with Cindy, so when she gets here, and I can write in the private forums, I can talk to you all easier.

But, I want to respond to a couple of your recent posts. 

Margie, I'm so happy for you, that you were able to sell your house so quickly!  I know you've wanted to sell it for a few years now.  I pray you are happy in your new environment, and look forward to hearing all about it.
I looked up your house on a realty site and did you EVER have the most beautiful, classy home!!  I hope you got every red cent you were asking, because it certainly was worth way more than that!!  I think one room was bigger than my whole house!  And your landscaping was immaculate.  I feel ashamed, now, when I shared mine.  Because yours and probably many others, here too, had even prettier landscaping.  I wish you and others had shared more too.  I love looking at what others do.  Cindy shared quite a bit of hers, though, and it was SO pretty.  Well, now that I think about it.......others did share theirs, and it was a lot of fun.  OK, I'll shut up about it now, because the more I write, the more I remember, and I'm babbling just like I am with everyone lately.  (more than usual)
 
Well, on another subject, the weather has been pretty cold here too.  Some days are tolerable, other days are down right cold.  The rain finally stopped.  Just north of me they are threatened with an ice storm.  My younger sister said they were told it may arrive tonight.  I haven't checked a weather map, yet, but will.

Lulu and Ron, I'm so sorry to learn that you have had so much loss in your lives, lately.   My prayers are with you, that you may find comfort, knowing that your loved ones are with our Lord.  I know that doesn't help those of us, who are left behind to grieve, but because we are Christians, we trust in our Lord to sustain us and help us move forward.  (I know that sounds so clinical, but you know what I'm trying to write to you.  )
And thank you both for the phone call, last night.  You gave me more than you know.  I will write more in a private message to you, later. 
And Ron, I'm so sorry that you've gotten laid off.  But, on the brighter side, like I said to you on the phone.  Now you and Lulu can move where ever you want to!!  a...hem... KENTUCKY!!    There's a house right next door to me, for sale!! 

Lorrie, thank you for letting our FH family know about Ed.  When he was hospitalized, I felt everyone's prayers for him.  And thank you for updating for me, and for all the prayer chains you started, because prayer is really the only thing I need.  God will take care of the rest. 

Leonard and Barbara, thank you for your prayers too. 

Anna, I love reading your posts.  I've popped in here time and again, and tried to keep caught up on everyone.  I love reading about you.  Thank you for your prayers too.

Cindy, I just read that you were sick during Christmas.  I'm sorry.  It's not good being sick at any time, but Christmas?  I hope you are feeling better now.

I'm probably forgetting a whole slew of folks.  But, I will never forget you, Ruthanne.  In these past couple of weeks, you have held my head above water.  Thank you, my dear friend and sister.  And when I get myself together, I do want to plan to come see you, like we talked about.

~~~shudder~~~ a snake.  I know I have them here, and actually did have a run-in with a snake.  I have a big ol long story about that one.  It attacked my BIRDS.  OK, anything or anyone, who attacks my bluebirds will get a beating from me.  And that's what this snake got that day. 

OK, was going to wait to tell it, but will forget to.  So, Ed and I were hanging some sun blinds on our new deck and my birds started chirping something fierce.  It was almost as if they were crying.  I said, "Ed, the bluebirds sound like something is wrong!"  Well, we were in a position where we really couldn't put things down, so he said, "In a minute, I'll go check them".  I said NO.  I dropped my end of the work (oops) and ran to see.  The mom & dad were just going frantic!  Like they were saying "Help! Help!".  They were diving at the bird box and flying toward me and diving again and again.  I was like......."what?!  OH NO!!!"  It's when I saw it.  I big huge rat snake was shimmering up the telephone pole and before I could get Ed's attention, it swooped out and went right into the hole on the bird box, where there were 6 babies.  I started screaming and crying and Ed ran to the garage to get the shovel.  I grabbed a nearby broom and just starting batting the box to get the snake out of there.  I was crying, "You get away from my babies......don't you hurt my babies!!"  It wouldn't budge.  (Lulu told me that I should have grabbed onto the snake and whipped it out of there.  ew)  But, right about the time, the side door of the box came open and snake and birds and nest all came tumbling out, Ed was there with the shovel and killed the snake.  The snake was still trying to after the nest and when Ed knocked him away from it, it snapped at Ed.  The nest had fallen upside down, and I didn't have any gloves on, so I carefully scooped up the babies and put them back in the box and closed the door.  Ed carried off the snake, but the bluebirds were still so upset and would not go feed their babies, but they didn't leave them.  So, I opened the door, so they could see them, and they sat on the gutter of our house for a long time, before they would come feed them.  Within a few days, the birds fledged (only 5...don't know if the snake got the 6th one, or if the egg never hatched), but the blue birds have not built another nest in that box.  I know they stay in there, for the cold weather, for warmth, but they won't use it for their young.  So, I'm going to have to replace that box, or move it to another location.  Anyway, that's my snake story.
I don't remember how to post a picture, but I did get a  picture of the snake.

LOL, I liked your cat & mouse story. I could picture the whole thing going on.   Only one thing though..........if a mouse has the nerve to come into MY house, he breathed his last breath!  LOL  He doesn't get let outside, so he can come right back inside.  NOPE
But, I still enjoyed your story, though.