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  1. Well, I’m up to Sharing this, now. 
    A few weeks ago, we lost our Hop-Along. (That is a bitter story) 

    We both doted on him. He was a beautiful three legged kitty. It was those three legs that did him in. He could run fast enough. 
    We have two new kittens. A long hair tuxedo kitty, and, his bro, a tabby, tailless short hair. 
    They are rescues. Born under a bridge. 
    Bob, (no tail) thinks all is well. The black and white is more feral. And, glares a lot. But he does not live inside the recliner anymore. They are in the cat tree! 

    I have misgivings. This was not my choice.   But, I will have a grand time with this new adventure. 
    I had to move my Zoom room upstairs. My den is a big ol cat house. 
    I can just hear our brother say, “No, I don’t know about your cat-during the GT.

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    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      I’m having a hard time. We have here, my Batgirl, and as of yesterday, two additions. Now, I will see if I can fetch a picture of Hop-Along.365D72B6-0110-4D0C-9152-527B994C2E38.thumb.jpeg.13f1b32a958c2472e7b59d87e1d68740.jpeg

    3. bagwell1987

      bagwell1987

      Oh my goodness, look at those beauties! I'll take the black one with socks! Oh but wait, a bob-tail....my weakness! I love all your kitties Bea, especially the Maine Coon. I really want one of those! Give them a smooch for me, ok?

    4. Miss Mouse

      Miss Mouse

      Your  little tabby looks like my cat Bea she is a female we call her " Miss Mouse" because she is grey and loves her

      fake mice she plays with. :) Have to say I am a cat lover.....I am sorry you lost the three legged kitty :( 

  2. Sisters, I don’t know about you, but, I’m 76 and have nice heels for the meetings. I put on a pair the other day, and, I don’t know. My days of heels may just be gone. I’ve been sort of careful, because I knew I was pushing it anyway. 
    If this is so, it will be a whole new world for me, when and if, we get back to the hall. 
    In the meantime, um, shhhh. Barefoot is just wonderful. At the hall, if I could, I’d be barefoot. (I do have shoes right next to me. For the meeting. But...) 
    There’s a gal, Rihanna Geddings, a singer. She was on stage, “dressed to the nines”, and,  barefoot. My kind of dressing up. Country and western singer, and, sort of blues. 
    Barefoot Indians. My good friend said something derogatory about such. That is fine. If I have a choice, it will always be barefoot! 

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    2. georider

      georider

      I'm always barefooting, well I do put socks on sometimes! Barefoot has been my thing! However, I've been homebound for several years, oh well! Happy barefooting!! My feet do not like shoes anymore!!

    3. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      That may happen to me. I’m trying to find a comfortable pair of shoes ,(online) so if we ever get back to the hall, I can be halfway comfortable. (And not in my nice heels, with my walking stick, so I don’t fall down) 

      In reality, we lived rural as kids, and, would spend the summer pretty well  bare foot. (As I wrote this, a memory flashed in my mind. Me, probably 5 or 6. A yellow two piece bathing  suit, with blue fishes in the front. And, I’m in awful trouble. I tossed the top!) 

    4. georider

      georider

      I've been a tomboy most of my life! Me and my feet have not liked shoes! I would be very well dressed with a nice pair of flats on! Didn't have to worry about my heels getting stuck in the cracks! I am now 67, in a few weeks 68 and I still feel the same way about heels for me! Now, I have the perfect excuse, homebound, where would I wear them? I've always admired women in heels! I had flat feet and sometimes unbalanced so I needed to be as close to the ground as possible!! lol!

  3. As I read the account of the new COBE among us, and my statement, “Jehovah knows best”. 
    Long ago, when we had the CO, and the DO, and, rarely they would visit our congregation, well, there they were. And, we were meeting for service. Me, shaking in my boots, thinks, if I go alone, I will get put in a car with one of them. My smart solution, ask someone to go with you, that day. Two of us. I relax, and off I go. 
    Well, I got taken care of, good and proper. Me and my partner were assigned in a car group with, yep, the DO, and the CO
    I thought different in those days. Now I take the CO’s wife on calls with me. (Um, used too) 

    We have a small congregation, and, it is our privilege to get to work with the CO, his wife, and, elders on a regular basis. 
    But, I still laugh at how Jehovah showed me who was in charge, long ago. 
    I love our little congregation. Jehovah has absolutely been there for us. It’s a marvel when you see it with your own eyes! 

    1. Friends just call me Ross

      Friends just call me Ross

      I was working with our CO's wife one blustery Spring day.

      But that turned out to be the least of my worries.

       

      It was really REALLY windy, but not cold.  

      So I hadn't bothered to wear a coat.

       

      Hard to hold down your skirt while trying to share a Scripture

      at the door.  :D My presentation was...interesting. :D 

       

      I was so nervous about my skirt flying up in my face

      that I forgot who I was working with.  

      Traded one nervousness for another. :D 

       

      Oh well, we had a wonderful day in service

      and I learned to always wear a coat on really windy days.:D  

    2. LeslieDean

      LeslieDean

      Our visiting CO and his wife were from San Diego. Very laid back and mellow. Young--early 40s. A sister was driving and we had alot of lake call properties. The sister asked the group meeting for coffee break who would like to go with her on her 'dam' call.😀  not damn call.  When another sister quickly tried to explain the co 's wife smiled and calmly said 'I just figured she knew them better than we do."

      🙃😂🤩

  4. Okay, got my program printed out. Pens, water, bible at the ready. Music starts in ten minutes! 
    I’m off to the assembly!

    1. Friends just call me Ross

      Friends just call me Ross

      Me, too!

      Be thinking of you there. ❤️ :D 

    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Excellent! 
      I’ve eaten, visited, fed the bird 20 pounds of food, and, now recovering. 
      I love having a little desk to take notes! 
      My partner is snoozing. 4E56D1A6-2AF5-4281-8FC3-D05932F18A3C.thumb.jpeg.1d25cbf9dcb849fefc7f5d790a9baa52.jpeg

    3. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      At an assembly, how many times, have I looked at that cool cement floor, and thought, “if I could only lay down”. 
      My back gives me fits if I sit too long. 
      Welllll, here I am. I have 5 minutes to recover, and get back to business. 
      Yes, I am laying on the floor, on a fur rug, and, it feels so good.

  5. The winter birds are leaving. Juncos and purple finches. And, well, birds, I call for now, sparrows. 
    I have an area where we feed birds. I cannot tell you how many times during the day, I stop, watch them, and, thank Jehovah for those little creatures. 
    I know they know me. A few years ago, in a December, I went up, and sat there, with birdseed in my hands. Yes, here they came. Mostly little sparrows. Juncos, a little snobbish. 
    But, those dear little sparrows ate out of my hand. 
    Someday..

    Meanwhile, um, blue jays, and, some other variety of, yes, blue jays. 
    And some new little sparrows, with little white streaks on their heads. This year, I got a really special treat. Purple finches. A flock of them!

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    1. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Um, Mister Demeanor! 
      Not the birds friend. At all. We have regular heart to heart talks, “the are not prey. This are innocent little creatures. Leave them alone!

    2. Friends just call me Ross

      Friends just call me Ross

      How wonderful, Sister Bea!

       

      Our Juncos are strictly ground feeders, which may account for why

      they did not eat up off the ground from your hand. :D 

    3. LeslieDean

      LeslieDean

      Rick use to have a blue front amazon who had quite a vocabulary.   The bird did not like me and I did not like him.  The bird keeper who sold him to Rick years again in 2000 said most birds usually only like one person either male or female.  He said he was all this bird knew so he imagined he would continue to prefer men.  Which he did.  I feel down a huge flight of stairs when we moved into a new house.  I could not get up and there was no phone close be.  I would scream and cry and the bird would mimic me.  I would scream shut up and he would scream shut up.  Gosh I hated that bird. Then one day he started singing 'We are Je-ho- vah's witnesses, we sing out fearlessly".  My friend who was a pioneer said 'Girl,  we've even got the animals praising God's name"! After that I thought about how smart these creatures are that Jehovah has given us! 

  6. Another theocratic milepost for our little congregation. This week end, the 24th, is our first online circuit assembly. Yes, it’s online, but we have been encouraged to sit down, and enjoy it as we would have, sans this virus. On the 24th! 
    What a joy. To be at the assembly, in spirit with our dear brothers and sisters. Yet, in the comfort of our own home. 
    Six months ago, I would have thought my mental senses had left me, if I imagined such. 
    And, yet...

    Jehovah has almost reached, literally into our homes. I know. I know. But, for some of us, it can be a hard concept. At times. 
    For some of us, it is a gift of unmeasurable value. 
    I remember the feeling when a brother first gave that prayer, yes, on Zoom, but in my own home. I was able to say, “amen”, to a prayer, by a brother, comfortably, in my home. 
    For me, nothing short of a miracle! 

    1. JudyO

      JudyO

      I miss singing in the middle of the congregation, though. I do wish they would allow the volume to stay on during the songs so we can hear everyone singing again.

    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Um, not me! I sing terrible, but I love to. I’m one of those who just can’t stand still. Lr, for that matter, sit still. It’s like when I’m in my car, going through beautiful scenery, singing to Jehovah! 

      Plus, I’m using headphones, so as to not disrupt my husbands, day, or evening. I cannot fathom what he would think, me, singing away, totally enjoying myself, and, what is coming out of my mouth?
      Let’s say, I do sing at the hall, I find someone who can sing, and, try to harmonize. Quietly, but, not in my heart! 
      Other then that, my singing is between me and Jehovah ! 

    3. daydream

      daydream

      https://www.lifehack.org/288228/11-amazing-benefits-singing-you-may-not-know

       

      Quote

      1. Singing releases endorphions and oxytocin

      Singing in a group harmony is even more beneficial. So sing away or singalong with the JW vocal song. Or any silly ditty. It will do you a lot of good. 

  7. I’m having trouble adjusting to the way I study and comment. I used to write the scriptures down in the margin of the WT. And, I used my digital copy, to be able to see something but all that writing on the WT. I’m questioning that. I need a clean copy of that WT, because I’m not able to use the iPad for myself. 
    The midweek meeting. I was surprised how much I am used of bringing things up on the iPad, to, even jiggle my thought pattern. I sat there last week, “Where’s my paper workbook”, and, where’s my book on Jesus life? And, I have to be able to add to the discussion on Bible gems. Without that digital bible in my hands. 
    I have my little phone, but, I need to get my act together. 
    The conductor asked how many of us still wanted to be a part of the school. A question that I have to give thought to. Very few households have two sisters in it, so, how does that go about? 
    Plus my study area has been decimated. It was upstairs, in our unfinished bedroom, which is gettin finished now. It is a construction zone. 
    It’s nice because I do have someplace else to nest in, our, well, my den. It’s warm and comfortable, but, no view. 
    I am a creature of habit, and, I figure just when I get this all figured out, and, get comfortable, things will change again. New adjustments. 
    In reality, just for the theocratic activities to take place that are, and, in my home! To me, it is a bit of a miracle. 
    I have my routine, and now, the rest of the congregation is almost a guest in my home. Who would have thought? 

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    2. echo

      echo

      I too have an unbelieving husband. I find that the most challenging. The past few meetings, I'm having to go out into our trailer, so I don't disturb him. We aren't set up in our home for this, but that's okay! If It's too cold out and I have to, I just go into our bedroom, turn off my video, and participate that way. The main thing is I'm "there".

       

      Miss Bea - I'm like that too to a degree. I just print them off and then I can still write my thoughts/comments.

       

      These are incredible times, aren't they? We are cared for SO well! 

    3. daydream

      daydream

      I'm quite resistant to change as regard anything connected to IT. But once I tried to figure it out myself, I've no problem going along with the processes.

      When I first started going for the Zoom meeting, the 1st meeting was a wash out. I couldn't hear anything. So I missed the Midweek meeting. Then the next meeting, I took 1/2 hour to find my way into the meeting place. My CBOE who I suspect is a System Analyst said that it was very easy. It was quite easy once one is familiar with the process. Not a old fogey like me. 

      The last weekend meeting was not better. I somehow pressed a button and the audio went off. So I had to contend with just the public talk. I then went poking around the internet and found someone posting all the Watchtower and MWM meeting answers on Facebook. I'm a sucker for things like that. 

      So let me see what other snafus is going to crop up in the near future. 

      I really enjoyed having a table to write notes while listening to the Zoom talks. Note taking has been ingrained in me after the decades in the truth. I see in the video gallery that the almost all didn't take any notes during the meeting. A pity. I'm going to share the notes with an Indonesian IT student I just met at a Mall. He dropped his wallet containing all his essential cards and quite a big sum of money. That's a long story. Never one to resist taking the long arduous journey to locate the owner. In the end, I found a young friend to talk with and go shopping in the Mall. He didn't find it awkward having an old woman accompanying him on his rounds. I find that so refreshing in a young person. We make quite a pair. Two sloppy persons wandering around the aisles. MCO tales.

      Long winded as usual. 

    4. echo

      echo

      M'Awan - I'm glad you got it all figured out. I'm like you - I HAVE to take notes. In part because if I don't... I don't remember much of anything! 🤣

       

      Wonderful experience you had with this young IT student. He, I'm sure was so appreciative that he got his wallet AND money back. 

  8. We are leeching acorn flour. (It’s in the kitchen sink, in a big strainer, lined with cloth, and the faucet is dripping. I stir it regularly)  In the old days, it was leeched with a creek. And, this is only tanoak acorns. We ground up the acorns. Well, sorry, my husband did. . So, in 12-24 hours, we can make acorn soup. The variation is we want it to taste, “as sweet as water”. 
    That soup only takes a little to be satisfied. Old Indians used to eat it when they were sick. To help them get well.

    I say, at this point and time, I’m lining up my remedies. And, this is one of them!

    1. bagwell1987

      bagwell1987

      Nice! never heard of any of that. You have nice old ways.

    2. Lance

      Lance

      Cool..never heard of it.

  9. Note to Bea. 
    Regulate online time. 
    Get busy with the WT! Prepare for the meeting! 

    1. Myew

      Myew

      The cats of the interwebs will await your return.
      happy cat GIF

  10. We have to go to town today. I’m putting oil of oregano on my fingers. That smell will stop me from any hands on the face, pronto. (Like rubbing peppers in my eyes!)
    Will cleanse hands, repeatedly,

    After we get business taken care of, we will hunker down, here at the house. And not go out in the public unless we have to. 
    And, of course, follow the advice from Jehovah’s organization.

    Also, I’m taking my oil of oregano. It may not help, but, any virus that visits me, will be, at least, uncomfortable.! 
    And, lunch? A protein drink. 
    I’m not in the mood for someone else to prepare my food. 

    1. JudyO

      JudyO

      Wait! Won't you be washing off the oregano when you wash your hands?

    2. Loje

      Loje

      Thanks for reminding me - I bought oregano oil capsules but I was waiting to take them, suppose it is better to use them now.

    3. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Yes, but it will last through one washing. Strong stuff, then, I reapply it! And, if I smell stinky enough, maybe people will think I’m sick, and steer clear of me! 

  11. What has happened? Did my iPad have a nervous breakdown? This is so stressful, I just leave. Can’t make sense of either this new layout, or my iPad hates me!

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    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      It is not horizontal. It is vertical. I have dyslexia, and need to think on some something. Such as direction. And, this is a perfect example. 
      I told my husband that I figured out north and south, (in the Hoopa valley) by looking at the directional indicator in my car. 

    3. Myew

      Myew

      Yeah, it definitely sounds like it's loading the mobile version rather than the desktop version.
      In Safari browser: Go to the website -> tap the aA icon -> tap Website Settings -> Toggle on Request Desktop Website
      That should change it per website.

    4. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      It’s fixed. I started to go to some of the sites you suggested, sister. Sort of started fooling around with it. 
      I touched something. I know not what. But, thanks to you, I can come here, and feel like it’s home again.🌷🌷🌷

  12. This just happened. I feed birds. And for weeks, I’ve had one Towhee feed with the juncos, sparrows, and blue jays. 
    Yesterday, my little towhee hit our window, and broke his little neck. I took care of him. Went into a hot fire. 
    Today, I was looking up at the birds, praying. This world is so full of mourning, how long can we take it, please Jehovah...

    He came another Towhee. As I was praying. I have never seen two of them before. Just the one.

    Tears...

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    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Sorry. It’s been a rough week. The grandson of one of my dearest friends died last week. He wasn’t a Witness, but he lived at her home where we meet for service on Wednesday, and have lunch. He joined us. His Gram said the midweek meeting was part of his rehab.  He came to that meeting. He did not have to be a part of our family. But, he was. And we loved him. Then, Sunday, an elder and his wife lost a daughter to death. 
      It has about been too much. We just have to keep on keeping on. 
      It ha been hard, with deaths, and then my little bird broke his neck. He died in my hand. 
      I sick of death. It is such an enemy. 
      Plus other major things have went on. I’ve talked to the brothers. I just feel sick and tired. And, I will get up in the morning, cook for our group, drive the 45 minutes, just to get to the hall, come back to where our calls are, then go back to where the hall is, and, have our lunch. A dear sister  is hosting us, until things settle down where we normally meet. 
      I was almost in tears, I know, that poor little bird. Knowing I was going to miss him...pushed me over, it did. 
      You dear friends put up with a lot. 
      (I’ve been in town all day. Just got home)
      (I fully realize that bird showing up when it did, was, yes, that bird, showing up, when I did)
      But, I also realize Jehovah gives us every good thing. And, that is where I shall leave it. 

    3. daydream

      daydream

      I lost my brother in law last weekend. The husband of my husband's younger sister. He was only 61. A very loving couple though not in the truth. Chai Jyy called him, the best husband there is. He was a diabetic on dialysis. He had a boil on his thigh, had it operated successfully but the bacteria travelled to his heart. So his organs started failing one by one. The doctors couldn't do dialysis because he was too weak. His heartbeat was getting worse. His lungs were filling up with water.

      We really must stop eating all these unhealthy  foods that are slowly killing us : sugar, processed food, fried food, saturated fats etc. 

      Our kidneys for example work so hard to filter out all the wastes from our bodies. I read recently it also produces hormones. Yet we sabotage our kidneys by drinking soft carbonated drinks. It really harms our invaluable kidneys. If only we try to find out what our wonderful body is doing to keep us alive and healthy.

       

      Kidney coloring that explains how the nephron works.

       

    4. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Oh my goodness. I’m so very sorry. This system seems to be roaring, to its end. But, we stay where we belong, and, we will be okay. 
      I totally agree about what we eat. I try to eat simple foods. Succeed most of the time. We don’t need all that junk this system is promoting. Jehovah gave us simple foods. 
      Diabetes is insidious, once it gets going in a bad way. Horrible to go through. 
      Take care, my sister, and, I thank you for your kind thoughts. ❤️❤️❤️

  13. Now I remember why I came here from my bible reading! After many years in the truth, how many times have we read the Bible. And I made a point to read it some years ago, in a year. 
    Well, as I started my weeks bible reading and research, it dawned on me, this is the first time I am reading some scriptures, since our bible was released at that annual meeting. What a treat. Refreshing!

  14. Snippets of my life. 
    I saw this goofy ad on tv. (I thought) A thingy to shave off ladies sideburns. Sideburn, you say. On me? Off I go to the mirror. Yep. Longer then my husbands. (I accused him of shaving them, his) My hair is pretty well white. And, , my, “sideburns”, are black. I kid you not. And, no, I refuse to touch them! (Actually I have a ring of baby hair that is black, all around my face. The doctors have a name for it) 
    Then, my husband changed the lights in the washroom. He told me to go check. I told  him I may sit up a study-station in it.  Beautiful white light. 
    Then...as I am getting birdseed out of the bin, the youngest dog, a big, ol huge pup. He touched my mouth, (closed, thankfully) with his nose. And I bonked my head. Only once!
    I promptly came in and, um, washed where that nose had been. 

    1. GrumpysWife

      GrumpysWife

      Oh Bea, I have a mustache but no sideburns. What a pair we make. I shave my mustache.

    2. kejedo

      kejedo

      I might try face planing, as it is a type of exfoliation. Wiki:  "From childhood onward, regardless of gender, vellus hair covers almost the entire area of the human body. Exceptions include the lips; the backs of the ears; the palms of hands; the soles of the feet; certain external genital areas; the navel; and scar tissue."                                                                                              Ah, I see Sis Vernalee  is already  doing a bit of face planing. A sister I know plucks her chin. 

      Nice dog story. 

       

  15. I’m heading upstairs. Having just looked at a couple of wonderful houseplants, I look up through the window, seeing some of the colored glass I so enjoy. 
    I think, Jehovah knows what I love.

    Then I look down at what I’m holding. The materials I need to do my theocratic activities for the week. 

    A moment in time...
     

  16. Why is it that when I make the bed, or, worse yet, change sheets, my cat thinks it’s, “party time”? 
    It so bad I have to scheme on how to, um, negate the situation. 
    (wrap her up in the sheets I just took off the bed, or, put her out on the deck!) 

    Sometimes I try to sneak upstairs...she has very good hearing. She’s in her senior years, so, I’m trying to appreciate her aggravations more!  

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    2. Tortuga

      Tortuga

      Our 17 year old female cat does the same thing. We can't change the sheets without her supervising...

    3. Good-O

      Good-O

      Both of mine do the same.  I have had to put them out of the room and close the door. Pepper especially doesn't like it as he 'screams' and tries to run up the curtain on the french doors.  Also put him in the bathroom and closed the door.  LOL  But Tipper just glares at me and 'dares' me to move him.  

    4. Myew

      Myew

      This is mine now. Cat reasons.
      tired go to sleep GIF

  17. I have done something so simple, yet, it is almost bringing me joy. I look up, and, when possible, write the scriptures in the WT margin. I started using my trusty, marked in, and, much loved Reference Bible. Oh, I know the value of our updated bible, but this one has all kinds of notes. Written by a long ago friend, me! 
    I say that because they might as well been written by a stranger, and yet... Wouldn’t it be wonderful  if our storehouse of theocratic knowledge we’ve gotten throughout the years, if we got all that back in our memory banks? So, we are aware of them. 

    1. New World Explorer

      New World Explorer

      At elders school we we encouraged to use BOTH  Bibles ...Reference Bible is not replaced, just supplemented. (They gave examples how useful it is) Keep using it, both Bibles are gems. 

    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      I know. I use our new one, too. The little one at this point. I see wording in the reference bible, and think...hmmm, “did donkey replace ass”. Yep. And for some of the cited scriptures that are pretty long. I have my choice, see what the reference bible says, or our new one. The heading thing, or what is stated in the new bible. 

    3. New World Explorer

      New World Explorer

      I use Reference Bible for deeper study.

      Compare for example middle column in both Bibles with scriptural references (cross type references)

      Study Bible includes only the most important ones but the Reference Bible is larger in scope allowing deeper study.

      Point is Reference Bible and Study Bible sit on my desk right now ...using both enhances our understanding of subject.

  18. We decide what to put in our brain and heart, then they decide what comes out of our mouth. 

  19. I’ve had a rude awakening. Pain. My back. I’m hoping it’s not permanent. The constant pain puts me aside. Sort of pre-occupied. That being said, I know there are ones out there that have no choice but to deal with this particular thorn. 

    I shall remember you in my prayers. 

    Nothing like getting slapped along side the head to develop empathy! 

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    2. bagwell1987

      bagwell1987

      This song is from my childhood. It's familiar. 

    3. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Doctor said it’s classic. I have about four more weeks to suffer with this. She’s going to prescribe a muscle relaxer, and a series of appointments with a chiropractor. (One used by the friends, and highly spoken  of.). I can suffer through it.at my age, I worry I will be like this for the rest of my days in this system. 

      Cheryl. Hard to think about. Each unexpected move is scary. And, painful. I was afraid of a compression fracture. But, my abdomen did not fill up with blood. 

      I don’t think we totally escape with back problems. 

      Won’t it be wonderful to not have to worry about physical ailments? 

      We are sisters of several kinds! Ain’t it wonderful?

    4. bagwell1987

      bagwell1987

      Oh honey, my sister I truly can empathize with you. Sometimes it feels like this will never go away. It's is so unbelievable,  I feel so awful, I even had to hire someone to come and mow my lawn a couple days ago! I have never done that in my entire life. There is a brother that comes to visit our congregation very frequently from another city, he's a ministerial servant in his congregation and is used frequently in our congregation, he said he would love to come and mow my lawn so in a couple weeks he's going to do that for me. I just don't want to do anything that will cause my mid back or my ribs 2 hurt any worse.

      I hope I can get this to stop hurting. Using massage and Chiropractic I'm hoping to get this to stop hurting.

  20. When cats were created. “Let me add something special, let it be able to purr”. 

    And, Batgirl purrs away...

    1. Good-O

      Good-O

      I saw a cute pix of a cat face w/big eyes and the caption read "does your alarm clock purr?"....yes mine does about 3/4 a.m. and he wants to be petted at that time.  LOL  

    2. Meditate!

      Meditate!

      Spot on there!

      In fact our cat has quite a few alarms during he day :)

       

      We own a cat but I think it is the other way round!  😻

       

       

    3. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      They are downstairs now. Creating a ruckus. The wild life has been assaulted. We will have to get rid of a body or two. 😒

  21. Please pray for me. My son and I regularly go to the convention together. This year, his inactive wife, (for years) is going. Just for the trip.(her FB posts tell that tale)  I decided long ago to not go with a person not in the truth for conventions, (long story there) and, alas, here I go again. (And I’m surprised my son’s congregation turned a badge loose for her. We almost had to have a notarized statement to get more then one badge.) 

    Any way, good for her. We are busy planning details. I think she is in for a theocratic shock. She’s never seen our videos. 

    So, pray for her too, that this is the jolt she needs. 

    I know we need it! 

    1. New World Explorer
    2. kejedo

      kejedo

      Being instrumental to someone's attending a meeting (despite past letdowns,) shows mature Christian love on your part. Knowing you, I'm not a bit surprised at that. Yup, prayers are going out for all in your group. Jehovah knows how much effort we exert to get our calls, Bible Students, and especially our family/extended family members to the congregation assemblies; prayer being perhaps the most visibly unnoticed.  Satan would like to keep her away from the convention. Congrats for helping overcome obstacles. Y (standing in the back of the room doing jumping-jacks)S

  22. My back is, “out”. Which means I can hardly get out of bed, and, there is no bending over. At all. And, pain. 

    Usually I know how it happened. Not this time. In service yesterday,, I was grateful to be put in a car with some bible studies. 

    This is the type of pain that no sort of pain numbing pill will work. I am hooked up to a TENS machine. 

    I got it because at the conventions, my back would hurt so bad, I wanted to cry. Again, pain pills will not work. 

    So, me and my little machine will be good friends until this is over.

     (I always get scared that I’ve done something really bad to my back that will almost incapacitate myself.) So far...

    Sorry for complaining.☹️

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    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Back, still not 100%. (If ever!) But, it is better. I am forced to have wonderful posture, still bending...not good. But, I’m still moving around, doing what I do, just slower, and more careful. 

      Not too bad, actually. I need to be more methodical anyway. Give thought to what I am doing.

    3. daydream

      daydream

      I spend hours on my PC and like to slouch. Doing my back no favors. Then I'm out most days taking public transport and slouch some more. 

      The back problem started decades ago when I got baptised in the sea while I was having a fever. Then with my wet clothes, waiting to be transported back to the hotel, I caught rheumatism. My life went downhill from then onwards. My bible study conductor and her older brother put a lot of pressure on me to get baptised. I blamed them for my back problems. Both of them are dead. The sister from cancer and her brother from heart problems. The Society only recently brought out the fact that we should not force people to get baptised. 40+ years too late.

      Suffering all these while with an Aspies husband in tow, life has not been a bed of roses. Sigh. Sorry for venting. 

      Come to think of it, Jehovah has given me many blessings. Like the many humble brothers and sisters in my non-English congregation. My heart overflows with joy. Must meditate on my blessings. Write it out in a book. What priceless gifts from on High. 

    4. daydream

      daydream

      Thank goodness, your back is on the mend. Take it slow and easy. As we grow old, our body starts to creak and groan with all sorts of pain. Just be mindful of not overdoing things. Relax and learn the correct way to breathe. I just found that out recently. Woe is me!

  23. Can someone fix that double post. No, I do t know how it happened.

    Thanks!

    1. carlos

      carlos

      Shawn beat me to it. :)

    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      This group just warms my heart! 

  24. Okay. I’ve done it. We have a safe. (We don’t lock our doors when we leave. We figure if they got to the house, past the big, growly dogs, they are serious about getting in.)

    We are so rural, that, well, come on in, don’t do damage, take what you desperately need, and, just go! 

    Among what we might loose, we don’t need to be repairing windows or doors. 

    Sooooo. Oh, we have a safe. A big one. We put things in there that really mean something to us. 

    Me? My jewelry. Some of it is worth a little, but most of it, well, I’d be hard pressed to replace it. Never mind what is gifts...

    Anyway, I have a red, sparkly box, about 6x8 inches or so. It has a bow on it! It has the pieces that mean the most to me. 

    And, yes, I vaguely remember stashing it someplace, thinking, “I will remember”. Yep.

    The house is not that big, but, my stashy places are numerous. From when we didn’t have the safe. 

    I got lazy, and am paying for it.

    I will find it...I know I will. 

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    2. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      I do this, then I say to myself, pretty soon it will be gone anyway...Actually, I have a talk, and I had to stop worrying about it. So, we shall see. 

      It’s just stuff, I tell myself. Then I start thinking about who has given me what. Then I start fretting again. 

      Today, the meeting, tomorrow, town, then...

      At this point, all I can see myself doing is a, “we are going to move”, house cleaning. Ugh. I used to do that. Then I got old. And tired. 

      At times like this, I wonder why I am trusted to drive off of the property! 

    3. Miss Mouse

      Miss Mouse

      Where was it you lived again Bea ?  LOL I am just kidding. I am slowly giving things of any value away ...purging and

      down sizing. I am not that ancient but feel less and less attached to things because when the GT comes it may all be left behind so might as well let go and feel a sense of freeness. I have things no one wants ....tried giving to Grand Kids ...nope they are not in the least bit interested. I let go of my moms treadle Singer sewing machine not one of the Granddaughters wanted it :shrugs: so it went to a grandson. 

    4. Miss Bea

      Miss Bea

      Um, I found my stash place. I’ve been deep cleaning, and I found my stash in the top center drawer, my dresser, upstairs. I just sort of kept deep cleaning, and figured, sooner, or later. 

      I toddled downstairs, and put the found items in the safe. 

      The more you have, the more you worry about. 

      But, I started to think. A crystal necklace given to me by a dear, dear sister. She wore it in her younger days. A woven piece, that is unique, and beautiful. A green dentilliam necklace my husband gave me, a Klamath jade that I love. Me and rocks! It was made by a friend. Etc. 

      Stuff. I know. It’s the sentimental pieces that mean the most. One, day, I suspect, it will be just memories. But, for now...

  25. It’s a sad day for me. My sister has died. She’s resting now at last. In Jehovah’s perfect memory. 

    I will find time for tears, but, I just made a salad, and, it is time for service. 

    I think I’m afraid to start crying. 

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    2. Miss Mouse

      Miss Mouse

      My Dearest Bea,

       

      I was sad to read the loss of your sister its difficult to loose a family member.  Family's are like a tree although there are many branches going in different directions and perhaps not all producing the best results , none the less it's still family and it's blood. We are forever connected by the roots we share the same DNA and in effect they will always be part of us. Soon Jehovah will finish off death forever, resurrect our loved ones and those who need a fresh start will have the opportunity to know Jehovah's love and goodness. Hang in there Bea you are a trooper and we love you :wub:

       

      Wendy xo

    3. Poly Ester

      Poly Ester

      I'm so sorry Bea,  death is so unnatural... Jehovah sees your pain and hopefully it won't be too long before she's back with you.. sending you lots of love and hugs xx

    4. Cool Cat

      Cool Cat

      I am very sorry for your loss. May Jehovah comfort you over this period of time. Xx

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