Thanksgiving Week

So much going on.   We will be having the whole family here this week for Thanksgiving.  I am so excited.  On top of all of that, I have surgery scheduled for Tuesday.  One night hospital stay.  

  Things are progressing with my Parkinson's Disease.  I have freezing gait.  I still fall from time to time. I have "Lost Moment" where I don't remember where I am or what I am doing.   Some people call it dementia moments.  Parkinson's Disease is different for everyone so I am told.  I am not sure how it is with everyone else but this is my journey.  My tremors have gotten so much better with this new medicine.  I still have them a little but not as wild as before.  I wonder when it will be time for me to stop driving.  Maybe I have already gone longer than needed with driving.  I am still working full time.  I will continue to do that as long as I can.  I think I told them at work, when they asked how long I planned on working here, I told them they would have to move my dry dead bones out to the dumpster.  

  I hate this all for my wife.  She has so much to deal with and trying to take care of me and everyone else it seems.  Prayers are always appreciated.  I don't want this to turn into a woe is me party!  I just want to remember all that happens or let others remember.  Maybe help others understand what some go through with this disease.  I may be depressed at times but I know I have so much more to do.

                                                                                Jeff

 

Changes

   I know it has been a very long time since I have posted here.   So much has changed over the many years since my last post.  All of our kids have grown up and moved out.  Our Youngest has not gone to college and is in his Sophomore year.  Lexi and Allison are now married.  Lexi lives out of the area and Alli is close by.  The in-laws had moved in with us but found that they were not very comfortable so we bought another house for them to live in that is just down the road.  I have recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and we are now dealing with that.  I will comment more often now and see how everything goes.  I feel this is the best place for me to share with who may be interested and to maybe even start posting videos.  

  May God Bless you all as I start to journal more and tell my story.

A Wonderful beginning to a New Year

The Picture above is the sunset from this evening.  So beautiful.  It reminds me that there is always an  ending before a beginning.  The Lord showed me that he wasn't done yet.  I explained to The Lord that I was content and happy with where I was in my life.  He told me that I had a choice to make.  I can either be content or be overwhelmed because he is not done yet.  Don't be content.  God has so much more in store for us.  BE OVERWHELMED!!!

Last week of 2015

What a crazy year it has been.  So many things have changed this year.  I did add my live weather station to my blog.   You can see it just to the right of this post.  My brother gave the weather station to me for an early Christmas present.  I have wanted one of these for years.  This being the last week of the year, I am looking forward to what is in store for my family.  Not just the crazy weather we have been having but everything else that The Lord has in store for us.  I can honestly look back to this past year and see how The Lord has moved in everything.  We sometimes put ourselves in the circumstances that we are in but He always steps in.  God is Good all the time.  Have a blessed new year.

Fall Back

  It has been over a year since my last posting.  I know I should update this more often but at least now, one can tell how quickly things change.  This year has been full of changes.  We go from being so far in debt that we could almost not breath to now being completely out of debt.  All within the same year.  God does move in "suddenly's".  I go from one job at the beginning of the year and end up working at two other places within the year.  I go today for a job interview for a new job.  The Lord just keeps providing.  And this year, I loose my Mother.  For someone who doesn't care to much for change, it sure has this year.

  We have moved into our new home and things are just wonderful.  It's nothing that we have done to make it wonderful.  It's the Move of The Lord.  I have noticed that when we go through so much, that when it is all over and the dust settles,  I can look back and see what The Lord has brought us through and just look at amazement.  There has been so much talk about the world ending and bad times and stuff, but I am not worried or concerned about the timing.  I just need to make sure that as far as Me and My Household, we will serve The Lord.  His timing is not our timing.  I also need to make sure that I share The Love of The Lord with everyone and hopefully lead many to Christ so that they too can experience HIM.

This year was our first Family vacation ever to actually go somewhere together and enjoy things together.  I was totally awesome.  We did so many things together.  We went to the beach, para sailed and was also able to stop for the last couple of days on our way home and spend time with cousins that I haven't seen in many years.  These are memories that our family made together and my children will never forget.  I am so thankful to the Lord for the time he has given us together.

Our own little Selfie.  My wife and I at work.  Yes, we both have the joy of working together.  It is such a joy to be with my wife at work.  It is easy for us to work together but hard for us to be working both so many hours.   We are in the process of being debt free.  The plan is within 2 years.  As we both work on this, we have figured out that it will take both of us working.  My sweet wife, who was used to being at home with our kids for so many years is now working more hours than me most of the time.  I can't wait until we meet this goal so that we can make plans for her to be able to be back at home again.  She is such a true blessing to me.