I'm excited about a poster I just ordered on Amazon! It says "Unto a child is born." I'm gonna put it outside on the window of our patio. AND my light up cross from last winter. woohoo!
Since I don't care at all to decorate for Halloween, I'm just gonna skip to Christmas and decorate for that. Praise God for Christmas and may God protect us all on Halloween!
The cross I feel is kind of like the blood the Israelites put on their doorposts at Passover; maybe it will help protect our home from the increased demonic activity around Halloween time. :( Yep. I recommend you putting up some crosses to too protect your home. Might seem overly superstitions but if it helps why not do it? lol God bless!
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Game Plan for Grandparent Care
Ok here's my thoughts on how I would take care of my grandparents....
My grandma doesn't have her teeth anymore so she could eat yogurt mostly and drink protein shakes. That was pretty much all I consumed for awhile in my life, which was how I stayed skinny lol Slim fast shakes could work for her too. :) She could also eat oatmeal, which is great, maybe eggs...etc.
We could get a TV for their room and they would probably be as happy as clams laying in bed watching TV together. I don't think they have ever, ever done that actually because their TV was always in the living room. They don't even know how awesome it is to lay in bed and watch TV lol so funny. :)
My grandpa could go for walks outside on our land. That would be good for him to get outside. He has always loved getting exercise and being outside a lot.
We will be getting dogs soon, two labs, which would be gentle enough dogs that hopefully they wouldn't knock my grandpa over. lol
I might have to help my grandma shower but I'm hoping we can get a nurse out to our house just to do that every day, because I would rather not. That would be awkward. :)
I guess my grandma has diapers which probably my grandpa could change but I could help.
My grandpa still has teeth so he can eat pizza and stuff so that's good. :)
I can get a chair for their room so I can go in and sit and talk to my grandma, since she will pretty much be stuck in her room since she is bedridden.
..........to be continued....
My grandma doesn't have her teeth anymore so she could eat yogurt mostly and drink protein shakes. That was pretty much all I consumed for awhile in my life, which was how I stayed skinny lol Slim fast shakes could work for her too. :) She could also eat oatmeal, which is great, maybe eggs...etc.
We could get a TV for their room and they would probably be as happy as clams laying in bed watching TV together. I don't think they have ever, ever done that actually because their TV was always in the living room. They don't even know how awesome it is to lay in bed and watch TV lol so funny. :)
My grandpa could go for walks outside on our land. That would be good for him to get outside. He has always loved getting exercise and being outside a lot.
We will be getting dogs soon, two labs, which would be gentle enough dogs that hopefully they wouldn't knock my grandpa over. lol
I might have to help my grandma shower but I'm hoping we can get a nurse out to our house just to do that every day, because I would rather not. That would be awkward. :)
I guess my grandma has diapers which probably my grandpa could change but I could help.
My grandpa still has teeth so he can eat pizza and stuff so that's good. :)
I can get a chair for their room so I can go in and sit and talk to my grandma, since she will pretty much be stuck in her room since she is bedridden.
..........to be continued....
Friday, October 23, 2015
Grandparents
Here why we should probably let my grandparents live with us and care for them....
1 Timothy 5:4, "But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God."
That's a pretty intense verse lol but yes amen. They should be repaid for all they have done! Yep!
The estimated time that I feel God telling me is that my grandma has 6 months left to live and my grandpa has 2 to 3 years. It's just an impression that I have. Not that I heard some audible voice lol. It's just a sense that I have in my gut, so to speak.
I would love it so much if my grandpa could kind of mentor my hubby. He is the most godly man ever! He might as well have been Billy Graham cause that's how I see him lol :) Go grandpa!
I have a very strong sense that the reason we got approved within ONE DAY for the mobile home and everything is working out so easily is SO THAT I can have a place to care for my grandparents. It's the least I can do, with all they have done for me over the years. And all they did for my mom, giving her money when she was a single mom many times etc. They have done so much for us for sure.
I'm thinking they can have the master bedroom. We can get them a TV. My grandma is bed ridden so I would have to bring her food. My grandpa can walk around though so he could always bring her food too. :) hm...
It would be interesting for sure. I wouldn't be bored like ever. lol I could hear more of their wonderful stories about their awesome lives. I might even write my grandma's book. She has been saying for years that I would write the book about her life someday, so maybe I would. Her story needs to be told I think. I could just self publish the book like I did my other ones. Would it sell? Who knows. But at least I can make her dream come true of having a book about her life stories.
May God give us all wisdom on what to do on this and when to do things. Amen. God bless!
1 Timothy 5:4, "But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God."
That's a pretty intense verse lol but yes amen. They should be repaid for all they have done! Yep!
The estimated time that I feel God telling me is that my grandma has 6 months left to live and my grandpa has 2 to 3 years. It's just an impression that I have. Not that I heard some audible voice lol. It's just a sense that I have in my gut, so to speak.
I would love it so much if my grandpa could kind of mentor my hubby. He is the most godly man ever! He might as well have been Billy Graham cause that's how I see him lol :) Go grandpa!
I have a very strong sense that the reason we got approved within ONE DAY for the mobile home and everything is working out so easily is SO THAT I can have a place to care for my grandparents. It's the least I can do, with all they have done for me over the years. And all they did for my mom, giving her money when she was a single mom many times etc. They have done so much for us for sure.
I'm thinking they can have the master bedroom. We can get them a TV. My grandma is bed ridden so I would have to bring her food. My grandpa can walk around though so he could always bring her food too. :) hm...
It would be interesting for sure. I wouldn't be bored like ever. lol I could hear more of their wonderful stories about their awesome lives. I might even write my grandma's book. She has been saying for years that I would write the book about her life someday, so maybe I would. Her story needs to be told I think. I could just self publish the book like I did my other ones. Would it sell? Who knows. But at least I can make her dream come true of having a book about her life stories.
May God give us all wisdom on what to do on this and when to do things. Amen. God bless!
Extra Room for Grandparents?
We will most likely be buying the 4 bedroom double wide mobile home soon and we will have an extra room. I'm not entirely sure who will be living in that extra room yet, or why God has opened the doors so well for us to get such a big mobile home. It makes me think someone else is supposed to live there with us, but who? hm.....
Well my grandparents are about to move into an "old folks home." This somewhat makes me sad because my other grandma lived in one for a long time in San Diego before she died, and I think it was overall a very sad experience her. I used to drive all the way to San Diego from the OC and go visit her every couple weeks and she said to me once; "Lisa people don't come her to live, they come here to die." She said this to me as she was watching paramedics go into her neighbors house and possibly come out with a dead body. Yikes. :( I can imagine that would be a very sad place to live, with people dying all around you left and right.
That's just not how it was meant to be. I am a firm believer that elderly people should get to live with their children or grandchildren before they die. They put a TON of effort into raising their kids, and their kids should repay them by taking care of them in their old age. That is what it means to "honor your mother and father" in the Bible; to take care of them when they are old.
So today I was considering that my grandparents, my mom's parents, could maybe live with us soon. We would have the extra room, I feel like I owe them a lot for all their amazing help in my life, so why not?
But the why not would be that my grandparents fight like cats and dogs lol. They have been married about 65 years I think, which is really cute, but they can be very mean to each other sometimes. It's sad. :( There definitely is a lot of anger and tension between them. They seem to deeply love each other but also deeply hate each other at the same time. It is very strange. That is one reason I waited so long to get married lol because I didn't want to have a marriage that was anything like theirs for the most part.
So my second thought, and this might be easier, is that after my grandma dies my grandpa could come live with us until he dies. It sounds odd to estimate a thing like death, but I think my grandma only has about 6 months left to live. This is the grandma who radically touched my life when I was 14 and we moved to Cali. She inspired me to be a better person and stop sneaking out at night and drinking and smoking and having boyfriends and shoplifting etc. She encouraged me to finally respect my mom and most importantly, to respect and honor God with my life. Amen. Yes I was in pretty bad shape when she got a hold of me lol thanks to my parents divorce. Divorce really does mess children up A LOT. I was just trying to forget the pain I think of having a broken home so I did tons of bad things to distract myself. And if it wasn't for my grandma's influence and guidance I literally could be in prison today, who knows. I was certainly headed down that path. Praise God for my grandma! Praise God for her so much! :)
But she might not have much time left. Which is sad. :( But death is a part of life. I'm 99% sure that she will be going to heaven, so in a way I can't wait for her to experience the joys of heaven and be done with this annoying thing we call life on earth lol. I know she is in a lot of pain right now and suffering and I pray God does not prolong her suffering for too long. I pray that he will take her home, being heaven, soon. In Jesus' name Amen. :)
About 3 years ago she had a stroke, coma and almost died actually. I was then in Cali about 2 years ago after my fiance died and hung out with her some. I even took her to my church Mariners with me. :) She said to me, "Lisa I just don't know why God didn't take me. I don't know why I'm still alive." I didn't know why either.
At the time I was asking the same question actually; why did God kill Roger and not me? I suppose it was so that I could have my two wonderful daughters though and hopefully change the world for Christ through my writing. Yeah! :) But Roger had two kids already. I wondered for awhile why God couldn't have taken me instead of him. For awhile I wished that God had done that, because outliving someone you love can be very, very hard. :(
One thought I had recently was maybe God is keeping my grandma alive so that she can see my children before she dies. Most kids don't get to meet their great grandmas but maybe mine could. :) She and I were always super close, I think because we are so similar, so I would love if she could meet my children before she dies. :( So maybe both of them could live with us. But of course my hubby would have to be ok with that, which as of now he doesn't like the idea. I don't blame him. It would be a lot of work.
But I feel like I owe them SO much. I wish I could repay them for how bright and amazing they made my life! My grandpa was like a dad to me after I left my dad and came to Cali when I was 14. My grandma has always very much been my number one spiritual mentor. To me, in my eyes, she has always been like Mother Theresa. I think she lived her life as the Mother Theresa of Orange County, CA. :)
I always greatly admired her connection to God and her constant effort to witness to almost every single person she came in contact with. She was NOT afraid at all to share her faith, and neither was my grandpa ever. I admired greatly their boldness. I love them both so much! The world will miss them too because they made any world around them a much, much better place. There just aren't many people like them alive anymore.
So may God open doors for them to possibly move in with us, or for at least my grandpa to move in with us. If we could get paid somehow to take care of them that would be amazing! I pray things could possibly work out and if they do, that God would give me the strength and energy to serve them in the same love and devotion that they served me all those years. 14 years they did all they could to make sure I turned out into a great citizen and a great Christian. Praise God for them! Pray for them please and about all this. Thank you! God bless!
Pain in the Neck
If you have lots of shoulder pain and neck pain like me try this: scrunch your shoulder up and tighten them. Like raise your shoulders up to your ears and tense up. Hold this for about 10 seconds. Then release and relax. You will feel much better instantly. lol Repeat as necessary. :)
I remember doing this after my last labor and delivery and it helped with the tension in my neck a lot. No one told me about it; it was just something I randomly thought to do. Perhaps God told me to do it. Praise God for the Holy Spirit who leads us into wisdom on all things amen!
This technique helps a lot if your neck muscles have been stressed and strained recently in any way. Also of course ice packs and heat packs help too. And really hot baths with menthol Epsom salts works wonders for sore muscles. :) Hotter baths might be hard to get used to at first, but take the heat like medicine. lol :)
God bless!
I remember doing this after my last labor and delivery and it helped with the tension in my neck a lot. No one told me about it; it was just something I randomly thought to do. Perhaps God told me to do it. Praise God for the Holy Spirit who leads us into wisdom on all things amen!
This technique helps a lot if your neck muscles have been stressed and strained recently in any way. Also of course ice packs and heat packs help too. And really hot baths with menthol Epsom salts works wonders for sore muscles. :) Hotter baths might be hard to get used to at first, but take the heat like medicine. lol :)
God bless!
On Drugs
On Drugs
Most dont realize it, but we are all under pressure to take drugs every single day of our lives! The obvious ones are smoking and alcohol. Alcohol is a drug, and smoking is a drug. Sure they are legal but they are BOTH just as bad for your body as cocaine or heroine. Don't smoke and don't drink, if you want to take good care of your body.
But getting off my high horse lol I will admit I smoked a couple cigarettes the other night. Why? Cuz I've had a throbbing headache for about 6 days now. Plus my husband smokes so there are always cigarettes around, which probably isn't good. I smoked a lot in Jr. High, as crazy as that sounds, and it is always a bit of a temptation for me. I smoked my first cigarette when I was 11 years old after my parents divorced. I was under tons of stress at that time, with my dad always bad mouthing my mom etc., and I think smoking helped me in that time. It is a good stress reliever, but of course it is horrible for your body, long term.
So parents watch your children. Yes children can think of smoking as early as 11, I did. How did I get the cigarettes? I picked up cigarettes around our apartment complex that weren't fully smoked and finished them. Yep, pretty disgusting but true. lol
Smoking a few days ago did take the pain of my headache away, but only for about 10 mins and then the pain came right back along with nausea lol.
But besides smoking and alcohol, there are the more subtle drugs that we don't think of, like birth control pills, anti depressants, anti anxiety meds, etc. Those are drugs too. Sleeping pills are drugs. People feel that these are ok JUST because a Dr. prescibes them, but you mght as well go buy cocaine from a local drug dealer because you are doing the same damage and harm to your body by taking prescription drugs. Drugs are drugs. Dont do drugs.
An exception to this is insulin for diabetics. Obviously that is necessary for their very own survival. They would die without it. But most things people take that doctor's prescribe could be avoided. There are natural cures that one can do instead of swallowing a pill every day.
For one, if you have headaches, go to a chiropractor and get your neck fixed. Headaches almost always originate in our necks. We carry a TON of stress in our necks. Also for headaches, get a massager to iron out the kinks in your muscles rather than taking pain meds of any kind. The more you take advil etc. the more your headache might get worse because of the overload of pain meds in your body. I have learned this many times from experience. Usually massage will fix knots in your muscles naturally, which is always ideal, and your headache will go away.
If you are taking anti depressants, try going for a WALK every day. Studies have shown that 20 minutes of exercise a day has exactly the same effect on the body as taking an anti depressant. Don't worry about a gym membership or running or overly exerting your body. Just walk. That's all you need. Just move and your depression will probably lift. Praise God. :) It's the sitting on the couch all day watching TV thing that leads to depression. Why? Because you aren't DOING anything with your life. Go do something. Get active. Help Others. Stop thinking about yourself all the time. And you will feel happier and have less depression. Sorry for the blatant honesty, but someone needs to be honest on this planet. lol It's the denial of our issues that leads to the continuing of issues.
If you are taking anti anxiety meds, try taking hot baths every day. and listen to some relaxing classical music. :) There is nothing IN THE WORLD more relaxing than a good, long, hot bath. :)
If you are taking sleeping pills, try taking a hot bath right before bed time. You will fall asleep in minutes, guaranteed. :) And try to clear your mind as you are falling asleep. You have to force yourself to STOP thinking and stop moving lol. I know it's hard, but you can do it. :)
If you are taking birth control pills, tell your husband to stop being selfish and use condoms. He still gets to see you naked, that should be enough. lol :) Yes sex may not feel as good for him then, but then at least you aren't killing your body by taking birth control pills. Many brands have had MANY lawsuits against them of how they have messed women up, made them unable to ever have children etc. Be smart. Don't take birth control pills. Use condoms. That is the ONLY form of birth control that doesn't have any bad side effect; the ONLY one.
So those are some tips for life. Take them or leave them. Just passing along wisdom I have learned about things over the years and that I think God has taught me. Hope God blesses you and may you grow more and more in wisdom every day! May God wash your mind with his word and may the Holy Spirit give you wisdom in ALL things in life, ALL things. Amen. God bless!
Most dont realize it, but we are all under pressure to take drugs every single day of our lives! The obvious ones are smoking and alcohol. Alcohol is a drug, and smoking is a drug. Sure they are legal but they are BOTH just as bad for your body as cocaine or heroine. Don't smoke and don't drink, if you want to take good care of your body.
But getting off my high horse lol I will admit I smoked a couple cigarettes the other night. Why? Cuz I've had a throbbing headache for about 6 days now. Plus my husband smokes so there are always cigarettes around, which probably isn't good. I smoked a lot in Jr. High, as crazy as that sounds, and it is always a bit of a temptation for me. I smoked my first cigarette when I was 11 years old after my parents divorced. I was under tons of stress at that time, with my dad always bad mouthing my mom etc., and I think smoking helped me in that time. It is a good stress reliever, but of course it is horrible for your body, long term.
So parents watch your children. Yes children can think of smoking as early as 11, I did. How did I get the cigarettes? I picked up cigarettes around our apartment complex that weren't fully smoked and finished them. Yep, pretty disgusting but true. lol
Smoking a few days ago did take the pain of my headache away, but only for about 10 mins and then the pain came right back along with nausea lol.
But besides smoking and alcohol, there are the more subtle drugs that we don't think of, like birth control pills, anti depressants, anti anxiety meds, etc. Those are drugs too. Sleeping pills are drugs. People feel that these are ok JUST because a Dr. prescibes them, but you mght as well go buy cocaine from a local drug dealer because you are doing the same damage and harm to your body by taking prescription drugs. Drugs are drugs. Dont do drugs.
An exception to this is insulin for diabetics. Obviously that is necessary for their very own survival. They would die without it. But most things people take that doctor's prescribe could be avoided. There are natural cures that one can do instead of swallowing a pill every day.
For one, if you have headaches, go to a chiropractor and get your neck fixed. Headaches almost always originate in our necks. We carry a TON of stress in our necks. Also for headaches, get a massager to iron out the kinks in your muscles rather than taking pain meds of any kind. The more you take advil etc. the more your headache might get worse because of the overload of pain meds in your body. I have learned this many times from experience. Usually massage will fix knots in your muscles naturally, which is always ideal, and your headache will go away.
If you are taking anti depressants, try going for a WALK every day. Studies have shown that 20 minutes of exercise a day has exactly the same effect on the body as taking an anti depressant. Don't worry about a gym membership or running or overly exerting your body. Just walk. That's all you need. Just move and your depression will probably lift. Praise God. :) It's the sitting on the couch all day watching TV thing that leads to depression. Why? Because you aren't DOING anything with your life. Go do something. Get active. Help Others. Stop thinking about yourself all the time. And you will feel happier and have less depression. Sorry for the blatant honesty, but someone needs to be honest on this planet. lol It's the denial of our issues that leads to the continuing of issues.
If you are taking anti anxiety meds, try taking hot baths every day. and listen to some relaxing classical music. :) There is nothing IN THE WORLD more relaxing than a good, long, hot bath. :)
If you are taking sleeping pills, try taking a hot bath right before bed time. You will fall asleep in minutes, guaranteed. :) And try to clear your mind as you are falling asleep. You have to force yourself to STOP thinking and stop moving lol. I know it's hard, but you can do it. :)
If you are taking birth control pills, tell your husband to stop being selfish and use condoms. He still gets to see you naked, that should be enough. lol :) Yes sex may not feel as good for him then, but then at least you aren't killing your body by taking birth control pills. Many brands have had MANY lawsuits against them of how they have messed women up, made them unable to ever have children etc. Be smart. Don't take birth control pills. Use condoms. That is the ONLY form of birth control that doesn't have any bad side effect; the ONLY one.
So those are some tips for life. Take them or leave them. Just passing along wisdom I have learned about things over the years and that I think God has taught me. Hope God blesses you and may you grow more and more in wisdom every day! May God wash your mind with his word and may the Holy Spirit give you wisdom in ALL things in life, ALL things. Amen. God bless!
Thursday, October 22, 2015
You Have What You Need
This is a great sermon! Check it out! I love Joel Osteen. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ch5Jh56EQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ch5Jh56EQ
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