April 2, 2009
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TIme Flies When You’re Having Fun
Times flies when you’re having fun????
I’m here to attest to the fact that time also flies when you AREN’T having fun! Yesterday, this morning . . . EEEEEEK!!!!!
I was supposed to hold still this morning through my 30 minute MRI of my thoracic spine. No problem – I almost fell asleep. I had trouble sleeping again last night and had the alarm set for 6am so I could bathe and leave by 7am. Much earlier than my body likes to be up moving OR driving and having to pay attention!
Embarrassingly, I yawned while I undressed, I yawned while the tech put me into the machine, took me out of the machine and injected dye (into my right hand this time – no veins left that haven’t already been stuck in the past 2 weeks), put me BACK into the machine (I had to *will* myself to not yawn), while I redressed, and as I walked down the hospital’s halls to have my hip x-ray done. I apologized and apologized for my gaping, yawning mouth and no one thought ill of me, as my eyes clearly show I’m sleep deprived!
Maybe . . . JUST MAYBE . . . I will have Friday through Sunday for rest and repose! Since no clinics or offices are open on the week end, I’m hoping they all leave me alone!
Can’t complain about even one person I’ve dealt with – all have been simply wonderful, as was the new doctor’s office yesterday. A wonderful Nurse Practioner saw me and was very helpful getting my medications switched over to their clinic. All I take is something for my insomnia and thyroid pills, but she was helpful in getting everything taken care of and at the cheapest cost to me.
I had to laugh at these pictures. I’m never happy for someone’s loss, but this one time . . .
. . . well, see for yourself!
This was the scene of a vicious fire last Friday night.
This is a piece of property that houses several bars, nasty adult stores, etc. There are a few legitimate and “not nasty” businesses, one being a discount furniture store owned by a Christian family I know.
As I said, a very *vicious* and destructive fire.
No one is quite sure how it was started. They think there were gasoline cans stored in the attic (???) and that is where the fire started. The fire department was greatly hampered while fighting the fire because of our ice/snow storm on Friday night of last week. “Greatly hampered” is an understatement!
The church we attend, occasionally, has property right next door to this building. The church has asked for a long time if they could use this property owner’s parking lot on Sunday morning, since the church membership had increased greatly and none of the building’s businesses were open on Sunday morning. For a fee of great substance, the owner of the property set his terms – an amount the church couldn’t afford.
We prayed for the owner’s salvation many times. The church membership was always kind and loving toward the property owner. Yet, look at the destruction of this one exceptionally wicked set of establishments. Next building down is where my friend’s furniture store is located. It came through the huge fire totally unscathed.
So let us remember together the words of God – “Vengeance is mine” . . .
. . . and it was last Friday night.
Look carefully at this set of signs.
Focus in on the name emblazoned in bright red letters for all the world to see.
Up ‘n’ Smoke
And so it came to pass (and now is) as the sign declares!
Be Blessed ~
Comments (10)
Oh my, Cher!
When I saw that sign, I wondered if that was one of the stores that was destroyed! God not only is a righteous judge, but has a sense of humor as well!
hmmmmmm….a God thing? So happy that the people you are dealing with have been so wonderful…PTL.
Wasn’t that funny/interesting/appropriate? Not to be ugly but that place has always bothered me when I drove by.
Your sense of humor is still working,I see. Hope the weekend does give you repose.
I’m guessing no-one was hurt in the fire?
Hope your weekend will be one of rest and relaxation. Thanks for posting those verses. I’m going to copy them out and pray them for you when I do my devotions in the morning. Blessings~Dawne
Rest girl and then rest some more! You need all the r-n-r you can possibly get!
Notice the sign below it said “dejavu”! Dejavu all right!
the irony … and the blessing of the fire! Praying you get some rest tonight!
Interesting- and what a weird coincidence about the sign Up N Smoke… God works in mysterious ways.
Reminds me of when the great Alaska Quake struck when my Dad used to live there. He said there was a street that was pretty solidly bars and other nasty places . . . . and the quake basically swallowed that whole place, and remained so unstable no one could re-build on it! Even though he wasn’t a Christian at the time, it had kind of impacted him.
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I remember that earthquake I think. I was in elementary school and I remember watching TV news and seeing the streets swallowed up buildings. It was weird to see pictures and they left an impact on me for life. It must have been in the very early 60′s. Does that sound right?