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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
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- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
- Books Books – I Read – I Read – And I Wrote the Novel – Buddy for David – Key Words – Crime – Family – Hope – Despair – Adventure – Boy – Dog – Ex Convicts – Love – Courage – Victory – Rich in Action Scenes and Dialogue – Movie to Be –
- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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- Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
- Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Biscuits – Jules All-purpose Gluten-free flour – Substituted for Wheat Flour – Recipe Development in Progress – Canned Biscuits Cannot Compare with Homemade Biscuits – Steve Ate His with Peanut Butter and Peach Jelly – Interesting – Butter and Honey for Me – I’m So Predictable –
I’m a carbohydrate-loving woman. Alas! My downfall from being thin and wispy. Yet, I keep dieting in between my carbohydrate delights. Life without wheat gluten is bearable if it doesn’t mean life totally without bread, pancakes, noodles, and biscuits. I am thriving. … Continue reading
Good Morning, Great Big Beautiful Word! God Loves You All and Wants to Bless You –
John 3:16 – The Bible (KJV) – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 16:33 – The Bible (KJV) – These things I … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Thought
Tagged God, God loves People, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus loves us, Jesus overcomes the world, John 16:33, John 3:16, love, Ordered System, Tribulation, World
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We Could Have Had a Fire during the Night But Disaster Was Avoided – Hot Water Heater Malfunctioned – Saved by Rinsing One More Glass before Bedtime –
Ready to retire for the evening, I checked out the kitchen. The dishwasher was loaded. I needed only turn it on to wash the dishes while we slept. I noticed a glass and decided to rinse it off and … Continue reading
Reading Books – Learning about Ministries in Foreign Lands – Where Believers Match the Description Given of Us in Mark 16:17-20 – And Reading about Believers In the USA Walking in New Covenant Power and Authority – Speaking Words that Change Lives – I Am Challenged –
Mark 16:17-20 – The Bible (KJV) – And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly … Continue reading
How to Receive Healing – What Do I Need to Know – Jesus Loves Me – This I Must Know – God Wants to Heal Me – This I Must Believe – God Is Willing that Every Sick Person May Be Healed – God is Love – Believe It – Jesus Lives – Loves – and Heals –
Father in Heaven – Jesus His Son – and Holy Spirit – You are ONE God and YOU love us – all of us – You love those who are Your children by faith – You love each one of Your … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Believe, Carol Ann Hoel, Divine Healing, Father in Heaven, Forgave sin, God Wants Everyone Well, Healing, How to Receive Healing, JEHOVAH Raffa, Jesus, Jesus healed the sick, Jesus loved the multitudes, Know that Jesus Loves You, Lord Jesus, Son of God
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By His Stripes We Are Healed – We Believe Your Word and Embrace Your Promises – LORD – By Your Stripes My Husband Is Healed – Each Day His Healing Advances and His Wounds Disappear – Thank You – Jesus – For Your Faithfulness – Amen – We Rebuke Any Indication to the Contrary – Your Word Is Truth – So Be It –
Isaiah 53:4-5 King James Version (KJV) Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the … Continue reading
Husband Home to Recuperate from Surgery – Many Adjustments Ahead – We Learn Rules for Walking, Sitting, Standing, Stretching, and Certain Moves NOT to Make and Exercises to Aid Healing – Dealing with New Challenges – Life Will Not Be the Same – In the End – No More Pain – Much to Gain –
Carol Ann will be driving for quite some time. Uh… Steve has edema in his thigh from surgery. He says the skin on his thigh feels like it might split open from the strain, but we looked at images of edema … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Challenges, Dealing with Challenges, edema, Every desire of your heart, God is good, Healing, Hip Replacement, Life is good, Moves Not to Make, Recuperate, Rules, sitting, Standing, Surgery, Walking
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Stopping to Pass the News – Steve Has a New Hip – His Doctor Said the Old One Was Really Bad – In Fact – It Was Frozen – The Surgery Lasted an Hour More than Expected – Hope to Have Steve Back Home Tomorrow –
Steve is doing fine with his new hip. Nevertheless, the first thing he said after surgery were these words: “Remember when I told you this operation couldn’t hurt any more than my hip was hurting all these months. I lied!” I think … Continue reading
Celebrating Doctors – Nurses – and Medical Technicians – Today – Blessings to Doctors and All Their Assistants for Their Sacrificial Lifestyle and Devotion to Their Profession and Their Patients –
Tomorrow at 7:00 am my husband will undergo surgery. We are thankful for the skilled hands of a good physician and his staff. We expect God’s blessing and a full recovery for Steve. Thank you to all who have agreed in … Continue reading
Steve’s New Hip Is on the Horizon – Med Tests Supplied – Registered for Surgery – Educated in Hip Replacement Operation and Healing Process – Ready for a New Hip – Posts May Be Slow for the Next Ten Days –
The time for Steve to receive his new hip draws near. I’m being cool about it. I’m not obsessing or freaking out. As the day approaches, I am accepting that God has chosen to allow Steve to undergo surgery rather than to … Continue reading
The Lord Is My Shepherd – What Can Make Me Afraid – My God Created the Universe – Yes – He Did – Smile – Child – He Has Given Us All Things – I Know It and Believe It –
The Lord is my Shepherd – I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul… Whenever my soul shudders at my thoughts, I suspect I’ve been listening to a lie. … Continue reading
Zucchini Bread Recipe – Successful Substitution of Gluten-free All-purpose Flour for Wheat Flour – Excellent Recipe – Delicious Zucchini Bread –
Steve and I attend a weekly prayer meeting in the home of one of our friends. There are usually ten to twenty attendees. This week we took these two loaves of zucchini bread to the meeting to share with everyone. I … Continue reading
Home – Where Life Happens – Beginnings – the Middle – And Endings – Memories Are Made at Home –
Home is where life happens. Family, pets, the good stuff we talked about with one another and the stuff we tried to forget, it mostly happened at home. The days we remember about the people we love we frame in … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Believing, days we remember, Family, Forget, Home, Hope, Laughter, Life Happens, Memories, people we love, Pets, Silly stuff, stuff we tried to forget, times we cried, Together again
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Celebrating with Seafood and Gluten-free Fettuccine Alfredo – Demolition of Old Flooring is Finished – Cleanup of Thick Cement Dust on Every Surface Begins –
Shopping at Costco last night, my eyes fell on the seafood display of scallops and shrimp prawns. These are food items that we don’t usually buy. “Why don’t we celebrate finishing the floor demolition with a seafood lunch tomorrow?” I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Memoir
Tagged Alfredo sauce, All-purpose gluten-free flour, allrecipes.com, Egg Noodles, Fettuccine Alfredo, gluten sensitivity, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Fettuccine Alfredo, Gluten-free recipes, Homemade Noodles, Prawns, recipes, Scallops, Shrimp, Wheat Allergy
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Yellowstone Park – Anywhere USA – Prescott AZ (Photo) – Traveling as a Lifestyle – Does that Interest Anyone – We Are Thinking about It – Someday –
Have you ever thought of traveling as a lifestyle in a motor home or a five-wheel recreational vehicle (RV)? Some people do it after retirement. We know a few who have done it and enjoy it. Would we? We are … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Photos, Thought
Tagged Campground, Camping, Fifth Wheel RV, Lifestyle, Motor Home, Prescott AZ, Recreational Vehicle, Retirement, Roughing it, State Park, Tent, tent camping, Traveling, Yellowstone Park
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Summer Is Hot in Florida – And Hot in Arizona – Long Hair Needs a Jaw Clip – I’m Sending my Daughter in Florida Relief from the Heat in the Form of a Scunci Hair Clip – It’s on the Way Via U.S. Postal Service –
I was talking on the phone with my daughter when she told me that she was considering getting her hair cut short even though she prefers it long. She lives in Florida and doesn’t like her hair touching her neck … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Arizona, bun, Florida, Hair Clip, Hot Sun, Jaw Clip, Long Hair, Pony Tail, Scunci Hair Clips, Short Hair, Summer, Target, Updo, Walmart
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Waiting – Waiting – Waiting – Who Ever Wants to Wait – Must We Learn to Wait – If So – I Know How We Learn – God Is Our Teacher – He Makes Us Wait – AND – He Rewards Us for Waiting –
I have never liked waiting. As a child I hated waiting in line at school, waiting for my birthday or Christmas to come, and waiting to grow up and get married. After I got married, I hated waiting for my … Continue reading
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Emails, Emails, Emails – Accumulating Emails in My Inbox until Deleting Emails Becomes a Huge Project – How Do Bloggers Manage Emails –
I once had more than 30,000 emails that should have been put in the trash. You can imagine why I kept putting off the project. Finally, I tackled it and promised myself I’d never let it happen again! Yet, here … Continue reading →