Gone On To Heaven

Last month I posted that I had taken Aaron to see a dear friend from church who had been to ill to come to church for quite some time. Sis. Lela went home to be with the Lord on Sunday afternoon. When it was announced in church on Sunday evening Aaron looked at me with tears running down his cheeks and said he will miss her. He said I am so glad we went to see her mom and took her some flowers he said people should have flowers when they are alive not dead.(and I agree with Aaron on that one). He did love Lela very much as did I. I am so thankful we got to see her during one of her "GOOD DAYS" she was feeling pretty good the day we were there she was quite happy to see Aaron too.
See you again someday Lela..................WE LOVE YOU.....

My friend sent me this joke....

I was feeling a bit depressed the other day, so I called Lifeline And was put through to a 'call center in Pakistan. I explained that I was feeling suicidal.


They were very excited at this news and wanted to know if I could drive a truck or fly an airplane....

The Weekend and the Association in Banning.......

This weekend was spent basically in church. It was the Southern California Local Association it was held at the Banning Missionary Baptist Church. We had a great weekend. The services were Friday evening and then basically all day Saturday. Bro. David Hardin was visiting from Georgia and told us about the Olympic Bible Project then he came to our church in Redlands Sunday evening. Aaron was quite impressed with not only the project but with Bro. David. Michael and Aaron were saying okay.... I want to go with Bro. David to China, and they would if we had the money to send them.
They are taking about 100 people with them in the group and it is about $2000.00 a person to go. I think Bro. David might have got tired of all the questions Aaron kept asking him over dinner last night after he told our church about the project. The Group is going to Beijing, China in 2008 and going to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people in China. It is an awesome project. We really enjoyed being with Bro. David the past 3 days and will enjoy him coming back again sometime to see us. He is on fire for the Lord and you can hear it in his voice when he speaks about going and doing God's will.
Here are some pictures of the weekend. Of course Aaron is in most of them since they are my pictures. (smile) But wanted to share them with you all.

It is getting darker and darker..... earlier and earlier..

Last night when I got out of my class at 7 pm I looked outside the windows and it was really dark. Just a couple of weeks ago I got all the way back home before it even started getting dark.. Mike just left for his Thursday night class at RMBI for Baptist Church History it is not even 7 yet and it is dark.. UGH...
I feel like the Cartoon Lady Maxine..

Corey .....

Today I started to watch a friend's grand baby.... She said the daycare where his brother goes that is around the corner from their home does not have space available at this time for a baby. When you are licensed you are only allowed a certain amount of children under 2 if you have older children you care for too. So I told her I would watch him for awhile even though I was not working right now. I forgot how much fun it is to have a newborn around. He is so sweet and loves to cuddle and be held. YES HE IS SPOILED... his name is Corey isn't he the cutest he is only 8 weeks old...Oh this Gramma Judy can really spoil such a cutie pie.. He has many expressions one picture I snapped looked like he was saying Hi!

Strange Questions That Will Always Remain Unanswered

When you read these you think.. UMN.. wonder?????????

1. How do blind people know when they are done wiping?

2. Could it be that all those trick-or-treaters wearing sheets aren't going as ghosts but as mattresses?

3. If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?

4. Is there another word for synonym?

5. Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do practice?"

6. If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff?

7. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

8. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

9. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

10. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

11. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?

12. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

13. How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

14. What was the best thing before sliced bread?

15. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown too?

16. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?

17. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

18. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?

19. Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "asteroids"?

Kendra Burdick's First Birthday Party

Today we went to Kendra's First Birthday Party a fun time was had by all.. Old and Young.. The younger ones and few who are not too young. (smile) even played Baseball.
Aaron enjoyed playing baseball too with everyone.
Kendra did really well this being her First Birthday she got tired but did not cry.. She is a good little girl.. Thanks for having us to your party Kendra. We love you..
Hugs.....

I had forgot to add this picture of Bro. Mark Minton in the slideshow of the Party he was having a little bit to much fun playing baseball...

Today at Bowling

Today started the Winter Bowling session for Bill's Special Kids. Aaron was very excited because Bowling is one of his favorite things to do that Bill's Special Kids does. He went to his Guitar lessons today too. Mike was able to go to the bowling today because of a mixup at work.
Here here a few pictures..
This is Uncle Aaron and Nathan...

Alot of people who do not know Aaron and Nathan very well think they are related they said they favor each other... Of course that makes Uncle Aaron proud...

This next picture was so cute... Nathan was calling Gramma Judy on the phone (That is me Gramma Judy) he says it so cute.. Juey.. what a doll he is and so so much fun..




This is Michael, Penny and Pam.. (they are two of Bill's daughter who help run the program of Bill's Special Kids) Pat is another daughter and she is Nathan's Grandma..

Good Day... Old Friends..

Aaron and I went to see a dear old friend today Lela she has not been feeling to well and she is staying at her daughters house right now (Kathy) who Aaron is also crazy about. So he got double hugs many times today. (smile) He has missed them both very much (I have missed them very much too)He said on the way there can we please go by a Florist mom I want to take her some flowers.. PLEASE...he said I will pay for them. He is just to sweet and has such a big heart....
We loved Kathy's new home it is beautiful and her view is awesome. I also took pictures of the view from her patio. So it was a wonderful day and I am so happy we got to go. GOD IS GOOD.....
Here are some pictures.
One is of Aaron with Lela with her flowers he took to her. Also another picture of Aaron with Lela...There is a picture of Aaron giving Kathy the bear hugs she loves to get from him.... And the last one is the beautiful view Kathy has WOW I love it....

















THANKS Kathy for having us over.. love ya....

Our Busy Weekend.. I am glad it is Monday.......

I usually am thankful when Friday rolls around but I am pooped. (smile) we had quite a busy weekend. I am to old for all of this.

Friday the day started off with getting Aaron off to school. Michael had the day off so we had some errands to do. We went to Redlands and took Bro. & Sis Wiggins (our Pastor and his wife) to lunch it was their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Friday. We told the waitress and they sang Happy Anniversary to them and brought them a Chocolate Dessert to share. Here is their picture.


Then Friday evening was the Youth rally it was a great rally I am so glad we went. Coachella church decided to get in the rotation of the rally's so sometime we will be going there for the rally too now. Matt, Trisha and Steven sang a beautiful song. I just love to hear Matt sing but of course I am a bit prejudice. Ha!
Steven Ridings is the new Pastor of Coachella and he gave the message on Friday evening and did a great job and there was a young lady saved too so that made it even more awesome. I am posting a few pictures from Friday night one is our Group from Redlands singing we won the banner for most in attendance too.

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We didn't get home till past midnight on Friday after the rally. So it was a late night and we had to be up EARLY to get to Lake Perris for CAST for Kids.

Bill's Special Kids had been invited to join in again this year. We arrived out there about 6:45 a.m. CAST for Kids is an Organization that gives Disabled children a chance to go fishing for the day. They give the kids a fishing pole and tackle box, a t-shirt and hat and all kind of goodies. They take the kids out on boats and let them catch fish you should see some of the smiles on these kids faces. These people are AWESOME!!!! Here are some pictures of the Morning....

We had to leave the Lake before the outing was over because we had a 50th Wedding Anniversary Party to attend for our Pastor and his wife.
It was a very nice small party and they seemed to enjoy the afternoon very much here are some photos I took at the party.

As soon as the Party was over we went to Loma Linda Hospital we had received a call earlier about Eveyln being taken to ER there she was vomiting up blood. Evelyn is Bill's wife (from Bill's Special Kids) they are like family to us. We got to the ER and they said only family could go in so I told her you want me to be truthful or lie. The lady smiled I said I am like a daughter to her. So she called back to the ER and they let me in. I told Evelyn and Bill when I got in and they said next time just tell them YES I AM a Daughter.. They were waiting for results back from the CT Scan they had done earlier. Penny was there also. (one of Bill and Evelyn's daughters) we tried to make Evelyn smile and keep her mind off of things until results came back so we talked about the adorable DRs in the ER. I think they do not hire UGLY or OLD Drs at Loma Linda. (Smile) The nurse (who was also a MALE) and was cute came over and told Evelyn there were not results back yet. So I told them I would go out with Mike and Aaron in the Lobby. Bill came out a few minutes later and to talk with us for a bit and then Penny came out and got Bill said the Dr was there. We did not get good news from the DR. They immediately called in a team of DRs to see what they are going to do. Today she is to have a Biopsy done. Please keep this family in your prayers..They are VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE and we have come to LOVE THEM ALL very much. Aaron has minimum days all this week at school so when he gets home today we will go to Loma Linda and check on her and see if they have any more news. But after we found out the awful news Saturday evening, Michael, Aaron and I went to the Yearsley's home to stay with Pam (another daughter) who was home taking care of her Special Needs Son, William and Nathan a Great-Grandson of Bill and Evelyn's. He is the toddler that Aaron is Uncle Aaron to. We stayed with Pam until Penny and Bill got home from the hospital that night it was about 11:30. I had rocked Nathan to sleep we had wore him out playing with him. And he learned to say my name Saturday Night.. we were playing peek a boo around a corner and I said say Peek a boo.. gramma Judy... and from then on it was Juey... Juey.. Juey.. it was so cute. And he said it again yesterday too so he did not forget..(SMILE)
So we got home about Midnight on Saturday night and we had to be up EARLY AGAIN.. it was our Annual Pancake Breakfast for Bill's Special Kids on Sunday.. So we got there a little after 6 am.. And yes of course I have some pictures of the day. hehehe

So you can see we had a VERY BUSY weekend.... and this week looks like it will be busy as well.
This week is Michael's standby week at work. He will leave at 4 am tomorrow morning and not come home till 6 pm next Tuesday.
So this will be a LONG WEEK....
So that is the update of our Busy life... PLEASE PLEASE PRAY FOR EVELYN.....

Patriot Day 2007

We had a service at our church in Redlands for Patriot Day. Tony Farrar Sr. brought the flag that flew over the Pentagon in honor of his son Tony Jr. who was killed in Iraq in May of this year. He put the flag up to be flown this year at our church.

On that awful day in 2001 a member of our church lost her daughter, Melissa who was in the Navy she was in the Pentagon when it was attacked. Our church was deeply affected by 9-11 and has been ever since. We have had many of our young men and women serving their country to help protect and defend. God Bless all our Military and bless all the families who have lost loved ones because of this tragedy of our Nation.








Our Pastor, Brother Lonnie Wiggins did a wonderful service before the raising of the new flag. We sang God Bless America. There were many people from our congregation there for the flag raising and memorial service. Pastor Wiggins wrote the following for the flag raising ceremony:

Psalm 33:12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance." As we come to the sixth annual Patriot's Day, brought into out lives by the horrendous attack on our country on September 11, 2001 by terrorists who would destroy this nation, we are reminded of the fact that out nation is great because it has had a strong center -- GOD. Just as our earth must have the sun at its center to keep it from flying off in space, so every nation and every individual must have a center. The earth revolves continuously around the sun and our nation must adhere to God in the same manner. Before our forefathers landed at Plymouth Rock, they had a business meeting in the cabin of their ship and drew up a document by which to live together, the Mayflower Compact. The compact put God at the center of their lives and the life of the nation they were destined to establish. When the forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence, they had a great hope for the little nation called the United States of America., for they knew that it was being founded upon a solid rock -- belief in the guiding and protecting hand of Almighty God. We became a great nation under God, a nation full of freedom and hope. Happiness itself cannot be guaranteed, only the right and assistance to the pursuit of happiness. Our founding fathers recognized this as fact. They could guarantee the right to life and liberty but not happiness -- only the right to pursue it. Happiness can only be guaranteed through dedication to God through Christ. He also read I AM THE AMERICAN FLAG! which was written by General Matthew B. Ridgeway a very moving story of the flag. Flag of the United States of America, with your proud Stars and Stripes, we salute you.......

Schools and Staff and No Patience or Understanding..

Okay first off why work at a school for Special Kids if you have a very short fuse?
That is my first question I plan on asking the IEP meeting tomorrow morning.
Last Thursday Aaron was at school was near the end of the day...
School had been in 9 days STILL NO ONE ON ONE was in place as of yet. Which I had been to the school 3 times in those 9 days to let them know I wanted his IEP plan put into place TODAY.. not tomorrow..!!!!!! They had all summer to see it was done. NOT!!!!!

Anyway...
Last Thursday here is a bit of what happened....

They told him to do a writing assignment they gave him a pencil and paper they did no give him his alpha smart keyboard he told them he needed his keyboard they said NO he needed the pencil. He said NO I need my alpha smart. This is in his IEP that he goes nuts about using a pencil many times especially if not in the mood it was the end of the day and tired.. So he told them again no I need my Alpha Smart to do this..
He got angry tore his paper up they took him to the refocus room and he got even madder..he hit the walls in the room and was yelling at them he wanted his alpha smart not a pencil....
They restrained him on the floor and he said one guy whose name I shall not use that every time he raised his head ****** would shove it back on the floor..
This man is a big guy so is Aaron of course. There were 3 others restraining him as well but just this one guy kept shoving his head on the floor.
I was called as Aaron was about to leave for home on the van I was told there was not an IR (Incident Report) today but they would have one tomorrow they said he had a small bruise like on his forehead. I just love how they word things... Here is what Aaron looked like when he came home..



Now if this were your child would you consider this a small bruise????

They did not say anything about the other side of his face..

You can see on his ear there are marks his cheek has a bruise and his eye is a bit swollen and turning black..

So needless to say Michael and I did not send him to school on Friday.... however Michael and I did go to the school we had scheduled an emergency IEP already for Wednesday of this week. So I wrote a letter stating I was taping the meeting you have to give a 24 hour notice in order to do this and I gave 96 hours notice so there would be no problem whatsoever. I told them also that I wanted to see copies of the certificates of the 4 ADULTS who restrained Aaron that I wanted to be assured they do indeed have PART which is a restraint traing method used for special kids etc. I stated if they do have certificates I believe it is time they take a refresher course then.... so we shall see what they come up with tomorrow as far as certificates..

I also found out the school had been sold last year to a new company which is in Pennsylvania so I went online and found the company and the corporate offices. I contacted them and placed a complaint. The Director called me later in the day and asked me to email the pictures to her. I did she was appalled this had happened to any child but especially at one of her schools.. She said there would be a representative for the company at the IEP meeting on Wednesday that they would fly in from Pennsylvania on Tuesday in order to be here for Wednesday.

I sent the pictures to his Worker at the Regional Center too after he got them she called and said she is coming to the meeting on Wednesday and that if needed we would contact the Regional Center Attorney. So this was good....

This picture was taken on Monday 4 days after the incident...




Aaron has still not returned to school he will go with me for meeting tomorrow.
Today the Speech person called and said she could not be at the school tomorrow for the meeting she only works 2 days at the school and tomorrow she is at a different school. She went over on the phone what I expected as far as Speech therapy goals are. They were giving him 25 lessons at 20 minutes each. It shall be changed to like 50 times at 30 minutes each which is still less than requested but the specialist at UCLA Aaron saw but ALOT more than he has been receiving.

Tomorrow I have a LONG LIST typed out to make sure gets put on the IEP.

WHERE IS HIS ONE ON ONE AIDE the district pays for?????
Transportation issues.. Why are the kids arriving an hour or more into the school day in the morning and missing their Math classes. Which is one of Aaron's favorite classes I might add and he hates to miss it.
So some of the issues to discuss are

Earobics Program
Was it found? And what number is it?
They have one called Step 2 for developmental ages 7-10

In prior papers stated that he should use
Fast For Word has this been being used or bought for him?

SLP stated in prior IEP
30 minutes x 2 times a week want a monthly report from her…

His ONE ON ONE Aide
I used to receive a log book daily from his one on one way back
when things were being done correctly. That way I knew it was his ONE ON ONE helping him and she would report any behavior issues or work issues. She also would write in his book when he was taken from classroom for his speech or his psychologist visits etc.

Make sure using Alpha Smart as needed and that it has batteries

When was his last I Q test and has
he ever been tested for Dyslexia?

Do all the teachers here have their credentials?

Also again ask about STAFF being properly trained..

Do you have any kind of Arts Class?
Drawing, music, acting etc?
Is there any kind of classes for this?

Transportation issues..
Needs to make sure they arrive to school on time.
He lost approximately 3 hours math time due to
late van first 4 mornings of school.
Last one on in morning on the van
First one off in afternoon..

These are just a few things we shall address but I wanted to make sure I had these written down..

I know I sound like a mean mom.. but seriously if I am not an Advocate for Aaron's education who will be?

He is a smart young man and deserves to have the best education he can comprehend.
I am not going to allow him to be harmed again by an adult who has to patience or understanding.

Wish me luck.. Hugs

Pavarotti died today

I did not know he was 71 years old.. wow what a voice this man had. This is very sad news he will be greatly missed by many I am sure.

He was the son of a singing baker and became the king of the high C’s.

Luciano Pavarotti, opera’s biggest superstar of the late 20th century, died Thursday.

Pavarotti, had been diagnosed last year with pancreatic cancer and underwent treatment last month, he died at his home in his native Modena at 5 a.m.

Guitar Lessons.. Working.. Health and IEP...

Howdee all been a busy time since I last posted. Last weekend on Saturday, Aaron had his first Bass Guitar Lesson. He really seemed to like it so we shall see how this goes. It would be a nice outlet for him if he does enjoy it.
After his lesson we went back over to the Pastor's new house to try and get some more things finished before they returned. We still had one more ceiling fan to get up but could not do that until the ceiling was textured from the fall through the ceiling. (smile) so Collin, John and Mike did that on Saturday. When they finished that Mike and John cut out the cabinet in the kitchen in order for Sis. Wiggins to have a dishwasher. There had never been one in this house so they had to make a place for it. Darla and I worked on cleaning the floor in the guest room once they had finished the texture ceiling what a mess men make when they work. Ha! Have to say though the finished results were very pretty. After they had the cabinet cut. Mike and John decided that since Monday was Labor Day and they had it off they would come over and put in the dishwasher then and Mike could do the fan first thing Monday morning could not do it on Saturday cause ceiling was still very wet.
Sunday of course was church and we went to lunch with John and Michelle and their son Michael, they were celebrating Michael's Birthday so we went to the Olive Garden. YUM I just love their Salad.
Monday we went to work again... Mike and I finally got the ceiling fan up but not without some problems. The other 3 went up with no problems. Darla and I agreed there was for sure some kind of bad carma in that bedroom. Ha! Almost anything that had went wrong the past 3 weeks it had been in that room. hehehe
But it finally got put up.. and the bedroom furniture all moved in it. Woo hoo.
Mark Minton had came by to work on the sprinklers a bit and he started to put in some of the plumbing of the dishwasher while we were finishing up the fan. Then Michael and John went to work on wiring the dishwasher. Michael was on the floor under the sink and all of a sudden we here this ZAP....POOF! they thought they had all the breakers off for that part of the house but OOPS they missed one. Michael just sat up not saying a word I kept saying are you alright finally he said YEAH! a couple of his fingers were black and later when he showed me the pliers he had been using they had burned and had like little cuts or holes in them from the ZAP.... WOOOOOOO very scary..After all that they also realized things were wired backwards in the kitchen ooh fun.. after quite some time with Collin, John and Mike trying to figure it all out. Collin went home. I told Michael call Bro. Rider he knows about this kind of stuff. So they did and he came over and figured it out, yes it was all wired wrong and a mess... and from the ZAP it had also messed up the electrical box that had the garbage disposal on it. So John and Bro. Rider went to Home Depot to get a new one. By this time it was 9 p.m. But when he came back and they put that in it all seemed to be fine. Mike went back under the sink to finish installing the drain for the dishwasher I said let's run it through a rinse cycle to make sure it does not leak. John and Mike looked at me like it better not leak. hahahaha.. they were so tired.
And woo hoo.. it worked fine.
I told them in this weeks church bulletin and I putting as the weekly tidbit..
How many Missionary Baptist Men does it take to get a Dishwasher in ?
Answer is 5....
Mike, John, Collin, Mark and Carl. hahahahaha...
On Tuesday after Aaron got picked up from school, Mike had taken that day off because we needed to go rent a car so I could drop my van off to get the door and fender painted from the mess up a few months ago..so we went and did all that. We rented and HHR.. Aaron has always liked them so I knew he would love it. It is a nice little car drives really nice and lots of leg room to drive more than even my van. It would sure be a cute car for Mike to use for commuting.
After Aaron came home from school back to Redlands we went to finish up some things at the Pastor's house. Mike wanted to check the rest of the wiring in the kitchen since the one side had been bad. And Collin, Mike and John went back to the Mobile Home where they had lived to finish getting everything out of their shed and over to the new house. I tore down all the boxes on the patio and swept and cleaned it up. It is a nice patio has misters too so make it cooler out there. They also have a built in spa.
Darla and I went to buy some extensions for the curtin rods the windows were a bit bigger at the new house. So when we came back we got the valances all put up. It sure looked nice and more like home with pictures on the walls now and the curtins up.
Darla and Cheryl were planning on yesterday doing last minute cleaning and touches before the Wiggin's got back from vacation last night.
Wouldn't it be nice to go on long vacation and be moved into a new place while you were gone. That is the way I want to move. Ha!
We had a lot of fun actually doing it. Who thinks Christians cannot have fun? (smile)
And you get John and Mike together watch out.. what a pair them two are together..

Now update on health issues..
On Thursday after returning from getting that machine for the sleep apnea etc.. The specialist I had seen called and said they had called in a prescription for MEGA vitamin D get tabs they are to only be taken once a week for 12 weeks. .they are like potent ones.. And then they called back and said my B-1 was also very low. I have been getting Vitamin B-12 injections for a few months now. But now I have to get the B-1 injection too. So on Friday when I went to my Doctors office I told the nurse I also need the B-1 she said ooooohhh you won't like that one. I said why? She said that one burns and hurts.. I said Nah.. it will be fine I had been taking the B-12 ones could barely even feel the prick of the needle. I don't mind shots. WEEEEELLLLLLLLLL she was right.. Man.. did it burn I felt like I had been stung by a bee WOW.. I said umn.. I don't want to come back for more of these. Ha! But I have to go back in tomorrow morning for another one. OH FUN... It actually left a bruise on my arm too.

Last night was my 17th week of the class I am taking I have 7 more to go. It has really went by very fast.

Next Wednesday is Aaron's IEP at his school and I have a long list of things to discuss. I do not think they will like me very well when I leave there. Ha!
Oh well I don't care as long as Aaron is getting what is needed and what he deserves to have. I am not there to win a personality and friend contest. (smile)
When I went to his school last week and met the new principal I told him I am not like most of the parents are probably at this Special School. I said many parents send their kids here to get them out of their hair and for you to babysit their kids basically all day. NOT Aaron I said I want him to have the best education that he is able to learn and I will see that he gets it. Since I am not working I told him I can come to the school everyday until I see his IEP is in place. I think I got my point across. So we shall see how things go next week.
Well I think that about catches you up and you can see why I have not had time to post this week.

Here is a picture of the cute car I am driving this week..

This joke was to funny not to share.. called Resume...

Resimay

Deer Sir,

I waunt to apply for the secritary job what I saw in the paper. I can Type real quik wit one finggar and do sum a counting.

I think I am good on the phone and no I am a pepole person, Pepole really seam to respond to me well.

Im lookin for a Jobb as a secritary but it musent be to complicaited

I no my spelling is not to good but find that I Offen can get a job thru my persinalety. My salerery is open so we can discus wat you want to pay me and wat you think that I am werth,

I can start imeditely. Thank you in advanse fore yore anser.

hopifuly Yore best aplicant so farr.


Sinseerly,

Peggy May Starlings

PS : Because my resimay is a bit short - below is a pickture of me.
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This was the Employer's response:......



Dear Peggy May,

It's OK honey, we've got spell check!

Are We Having Fun Yet?

A couple of weeks ago I took the test for Sleep Apnea I was put on a machine while I slept. What fun! (not)

So last week I get a card in the mail about coming in and getting the results, so I went today..
I have what is called Mild apnea it is when you have 5 to 15 episodes of apnea or slowed breathing per hour with 86% or more oxygen saturation in the blood she said mine was at about 10 and suggested I start using a CPAP machine. Especially since I will be having my gallbladder and other surgeries in the next few months possibly. She also told me that hypothyroidism plays a big part in the numbers for sleep apnea. And also my having bronchitis sometimes can cause difficulty in how I breathe at night as well. She said I would not have to be on this machine for life just see if it helps me.

So tonight I sleep with this other machine attached to my face and take it back in the morning. Then the results go to my DR and she orders the machine for me. This test tonight is to see how much air I need actually from the machine itself I guess. WHO KNOWS.. hehehe so tonight I shall be Darth Vader's Wife. (smile)

Thanks Pastor Wiggins for the pictures....

My Pastor knows how much I loved to go and hear Roger Bennett. It was so sad when he passed away this year in March.
He was a member of the Legacy Five Quartet he was their pianist. He died as a result of complications encountered through his long battle with leukemia. He was 48 years old.


Roger was born March 10, 1959, he grew up in Strawberry, Arkansas. In November of 1979, Roger fulfilled his life-long dream of being a part of professional Southern Gospel music when he was invited by Glen Payne and George Younce to join the legendary Cathedral Quartet. Though he would leave the group for two years (1987-1989) to serve as the president of Journey Records, Roger was the group's pianist at the time of the quartet's retirement in 1999.

Following the retirement of the Cathedrals, Roger and fellow Cathedrals member Scott Fowler launched Legacy Five. In 2004, Roger fulfilled another dream (having his own successful quartet) when readers of Singing News voted Legacy Five as the Favorite Traditional Male Quartet.

Although an excellent singer, Roger is best remembered as pianist--and often a comedian--for the Cathedrals and Legacy Five. Roger received the Singing News Fan Award for Favorite Southern Gospel pianist 14 years in row (1993-2006).

Songwriting was another forte' of Roger Bennett. Many of his songs appeared on the recordings of the Cathedrals, Legacy Five and many others. His writing talent was not limited to just songs, however. Roger was a contributing editor to Singing News, writing "Midnight Meditations."

Roger left behind his wife Debbie and their children Chelsea and Jordan.
And a mountain top full of friends.

I saw him many many times in concert first with the Cathedrals then with Legacy Five.
He was a great man and he is very much missed. I think it is so cool Pastor sent me these pictures. He is in Tennessee right now on Vacation and was nice enough to include me in the email of the mailing of the pictures he and Sis. Wiggins went on a search to find his graveside. Thanks again Pastor. Love ya......

Here are the pictures he emailed me today...

The Pastor and Sis. Wiggins New Home...

The Pastor and Sis. Wiggins are on Vacation in Tennessee.
Today they are at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge.
They bought a house before they left and Saturday some of us got together and moved them into it so they would not have to do it when they returned.
It is a nice house. Michael and I went the weekend before they left and tried to get ceiling fans in all the bedrooms and offices. Michael was on his way out of the attic doing the wiring for the LAST ONE and oops his foot slipped right through the ceiling. (ergh) he was not a happy camper. But Praise the Lord he was not hurt. Three of the fans managed to get up and they sure look nice. He will put the other one up this next weekend before they return from vacation, and after the hole in ceiling is fixed. (smile) The house is really coming together nicely. WE LOVE YOU PASTOR and Sis. Wiggins.. and miss you.. I took some pictures Saturday during the move so we could share with you (Pastor & Sis. Wiggins) so you can see kind of what your new house looks like. Now remember these pictures were taken on Saturday and not all was done. Hugs

Congratulations

Welcome the newest member of the Jason Gayler family. Isn't she adorable?

Another Busy Weekend

This past Saturday was the Opening Day for RMBI (which is the Seminary School) our church has. It went well and everyone seemed to have a nice time.
This whole month there has been something special happening on Saturdays good thing Aaron had a month off from Bill's Special Kids because our Saturday's are normally filled with things for Special Needs Sports etc.

Aaron will start school next Monday the 27th. And he will begin his Guitar lessons either this Saturday afternoon or the following one have not been in touch this week with the teacher yet. He is quite excited to begin the lessons.

He is also enjoying the Exercise bike he now has. It is pretty cool I like it too. He is computerized so it tells your heart and pulse rate etc and lets you know how many miles and minutes it takes you as well. It is made by Nordic Track. I will take a picture of him later today on it.

The Dr called and I have to go this afternoon for MORE BLOOD WORK.. soon I won't have any left I told them. (Ha!)

Michael starts his Standby today he left this morning at 4am and won't be home till next Tuesday at 6pm it will be a long week without him. But the city rules are he has to be within a 30 minute response time and we live more than an hour away.
He will have to do this every 3 or 4 weeks. Not sure how I will like this new schedule but we do what we have to do.

Sad Time....... then Rejoice....then Proud....

First of all the sad time was the passing of Bro. John Paul Goodreau from or church this past Thursday evening. He will be greatly missed. He always had such a pleasent attitude and a smile for everyone, always asking me how I was? When I could see that he was in great pain himself.

The rejoicing part is that John was saved and he was baptized in 2005. So this brings much joy to his loved ones left behind. John is no longer in pain and is in Heaven with our Lord. Maybe I should say this should be called the envy part of posting. What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see. AMEN....

The Proud part is that Sis. LaVerne, John's widow asked Aaron to be one of the Pallbearer's. He has NEVER done anything at all like this. So I must say at first I was a bit leary about it. But I have to say. HE DID AWESOME... everyone kept telling him how very proud they were of him and that it is an honor to be asked to be a Pallbearer. He would just smile and say I know, I will do my best. AND he DID...So this Mama is very proud of him. My baby has become a young man indeed!!!!!

LaVerne asked me to take some pictures and she wanted one with Aaron yesterday she said I want a picture with this handsome young man. (smile)

So the day turned out very well despite the awful heat. And our dear friend Bro. John , what we knew as his body was laid to rest at the Riverside National Cemetery. John was in the Air Force during Viet Nam at the same time my hubby Michael was in the Air Force. So he had a wonderful military service.

Aaron wrote a poem that he read at the funeral. I had to help him spell the words correctly but he did a great job. Here is what he wrote...

There was a man at my church his name was Brother John
He passed away this last week and now he is gone
He would come in and smile at me as he hobbled along
It is such a shame but he was in so much pain.


I bet my Poppy met him at the pearly white gates
I am sure Heaven is beautiful I too can hardly wait


The Lord took him home and I lost a friend
This is not goodbye Brother John I will see you again.


Here are a few pictures of the day......

Aaron Playing Bass Guitar

Aaron has expressed a desire to learn to play the Bass Guitar so I went on Ebay and bought him one also found an Amplifier on ebay too. Yes, I do love Ebay......

He will hopefully begin taking lessons in September. I found a Guitar Teacher who said he would love to teach a special needs child to play a guitar. He actually is getting his Masters and becoming a Special Ed Teacher. WOW was it awesome I called this guy or what?

Here he is with his new Guitar..

Cool Slideshows!

Movie Reviews..

Yesterday afternoon Aaron and I decided to go to the movies. Soon he will start school and he and I won't be able to spend all day together as we have these past couple of months. The summer has actually went very fast and I am so proud of Aaron and the way he is handling himself these days. Can you tell I love him Nah!!!!!
Anyway yesterday we saw NO RESERVATIONS what a wonderful CLEAN WHOLESOME Family movie. We both really enjoyed it. Yes, I did cry a couple of times. I am a sap with movies YES....

Then today Pat called and asked if she could treat Aaron and I to a movie with her and Nathan. They were going to see UNDERDOG. What a cute kids movie. Aaron and Nathan both enjoyed it very much. Of course Aaron would have enjoyed any movie going with Nathan and Pat. (smile) He so adores that little boy and Pat is extremely special to him.
We did have a lot of fun and a wonderful afternoon. Thanks Pat for taking us. We love you.. Hugs

Great weekend.. most of it in church

What a weekend... as stated in the last post it started on Friday evening with closing night of Vacation Bible School. Then Saturday morning we had to be up early in order to be in La Habra by 9:30 for the Ordination of Bro. Kevin Parsons. Who as of today is now a PASTOR woo hoo for Kevin. It was a wonderful service and there were a lot of people there. Matt came from Coachella and he led songs. (Good job as always) Wish he would have sang a special though. (Maybe next weekend? Please Matthew) hehehe
Jason, Jerry and Odis came too. It was great seeing all of them as well.
After services the ladies from the church served a wonderful lunch too all.
Then today of course was church. A bunch of us went to lunch (as many of us always do) today there were 16 of us that went we had a nice time. It was to late to come home after lunch because it would have been time to turn around and go back for evening services. So we went to the church. Bro. Mark Minton had his guitars as always with him. Aaron told him he wanted to learn to play the Bass Guitar so he sat Aaron down and showed him a couple of cords. He told me if I got Aaron a guitar he would help teach him that got Aaron all excited. Then Dad went to the van to get my camera he wanted some pictures of Aaron playing. It was really cute.
So as with every Sunday we had a very full day.
All in all we had a wonderful weekend. Next weekend our church is hosting a Big Youth Rally on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. So it will be another full weekend that weekend too. Then the following Saturday is Opening Day of RMBI. (Good thing Aaron had a month off from Bill's Special Kids before Bowling starts again) We have all the Saturdays in August almost filled with church activities.
Anyway hope everyone had a Blessed Weekend.

Vacation Bible School..Wild West Witness

Our church hosted a Vacation Bible School this year for a week. I took some pictures last night on the last evening. I am not sure who had the most fun the kids or our Adults from our church. It was enjoyed by all......