Mom

My dear little mother has be dealing with ( and basically ignoring) some health issues as she cared for Dad as his Alzheimer's took much of his normal living away. She finally had tests and more tests and cat scans and MRI's.....

.....and there is a growth in one of her kidneys with numerous challenges. She recently spent 3 days in the hospital as a complication of the growth. She visited Cleveland Clinic last week and will be having the kidney removed June 17th. After another day of tests on the 16th at the clinic.

I know she is hoping for a speedy recovery, which of course, we all will be praying for. She has alot of things she wants to do this summer.

My siblings have been taking very good care of her, she thinks they are fussing alittle much.

The Thompson Gang

Was sharing with a new found sister in the Lord, and of course family was part of the conversion, so to continue in our sharing I am adding this picture for her to see. Especially since we both love the Lord, both are half Swedish and both love coffee, sewing, laughing and much more. Don't just love it when God gives you such fun gifts wrapped in a blessing?

Tree planting

Aurora beside Grand Mimi's new 'little' car...

Esther Faith doing her share to make sure Mimi's tree gets a good start to growing. I think some mud and water probably helps little girls grow also!!!!

You add the caption for this one.....

Papa was quite impressed with the hard work Isaiah did to help get the trees into the ground.

He had quite a task, we didn't realize how many roots were still present from the neighbors tree that was removed a couple of years ago. But he stuck to it, what a great young man.

the hurrier I go..

The first few years of our marriage we lived in Pennsylvania Dutch country. They have a lot of interesting sayings--one is "The hurrier I go the behinder I get." Must say I am truly living that now. My life, NASCAR version is that my to do list is lapping my living. Or, to make it worse, my ratings on my ''to do list' to my 'done list' is as bad as some of the worst NFL teams.

Sorry--I'll before I lose all readers that still try to find me.

Just an update: I am still working for Viking, waiting for sales to improve. Spring has sprung and my lawn is getting mowed, often, by our awesome neighbor. Our trees are growing fantastic leaves and making both us and the birds happy. I must confess, I find myself just standing at the kitchen window looking at them with thankfulness for finding them, for finding great 'tree planters' and for the health they are showing. And of course, for the birds sitting in them and singing.

The third weekend in April I went to New York for my Mom's 80th birthday party. Jackson and Aurora went with me. We made great time, drive time was 4.5 hours. With a short lunch, potty break - we were there in under 5 hours. May I say, I don't recommend sharing a double bed with a 3 and 5 year old. One doesn't like to be crowded and one doesn't want covers, altho' the other two of us do....

One Week, One Day

The jury is still out. We are still in transistion, having very little stock. People still think we are closed. Fulltime is 37 1/2 hours instead of 40. The drive is longer (I drove 1.8 miles before, now 15 miles one way. Quess filling up on gas once a month is a thing of the past. Hopefully inventory increases this week. Needles, thread, feet, hoops and machines. It will be great to send people home with a machine instead of a work order.

Stopped into 'my JoAnns' Saturday morning to see my friends that only work on Saturday. Got alot of hugs and Steve, one of the Managers, told me to be careful or he would have me cutting fabric. :)

Employeed

After waiting most of the day, I finally received my phone call about 2:00 this afternoon. I was told pay rate, commission scale and that benefits would be avaiable, if I choose to accept employment as a salesperson at the Dublin location. Fulltime, with two other fulltime employees at this location. I said yes, I was somewhat disappointed, as I had hoped to be offered the position at one of the locations. But I had prayed about it, and I know that there is a reason that, altho' I have been with the former company longer than all expect 3 others that I wasn't choosen. God is in control, and His wisdom doesn't always match our supposed logic. The girl who is to be the manager at the Dublin store is a great girl, a Christian, and we are good friends. I believe we can be a great team.

The drive to Dublin is much longer than my 2 mile drive to Lincoln Village, I will have to drive within 3 traffic lights of LV to catch 270 north. I will have the joy of rush hour, at times, including stop and go traffic. I will be getting a new Franklin County map and try a couple back roads, if there are any.

My first day with VSM is tomorrow, 11-7. See some of you there. I will still the majority of my JoAnn shopping at LV.