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14 Sunday Apr 2024

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My hubby, cats, coffee. Still in my nightgown. Perfect morning.

Residing in the back of my mind is my Uncle Rodney. He’s my late father’s only brother. He is 88 and has lived in the same house his entire life. Never in the military, never away at college, never married.

I am a creature of habit, but he takes the cake on being copacetic.

He is my only living Uncle. My Aunt, Parents and Grandparents all passed away. But Rodney. Rodney is always there for me.

For the very first time in his 88 years, he is away from home against his will. There is not a minute I don’t feel so much love as well as helplessness in this situation. He is very likely going to a nursing home from the rehab hospital he’s at now.

He doesn’t know yet. But, oh , he will. And the kicking and screaming will be able to be heard long and wide!

I absolutely despise having to be somewhere I don’t want to be. I want my home, my bed, my everything. Oh, if there was anything I could do to change this, I would.  

God, please, please help his heart and soul.

I had this prayer on a poster when I was a teenager. Even at that tender age, I really needed it. I still have this prayer in the living room of our home now. This is for Rodney, and myself (always).

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Happy Total Eclipse Eve!

07 Sunday Apr 2024

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Hi everyone! Happy”Total Eclipse Eve!”

Wishing peace, joy and good health to all and prayers for anyone needing them today.

 “Back in the Day” (i just love being old enough to say that!) I learned a trick to decrease the crazy amount of time I was searching for something specific on the internet.

Place a % before and after what you are searching for. For example:

%John Fogerty Centerfield album%

My husband also showed me an excellent source for additional shortcuts:

file:///C:/Users/Ramona/Downloads/google-search-tips-youll-want-to-learn

joy, hope, peace

Mona

too many scams

05 Friday Apr 2024

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I have no doubt that if you are reading this that you, or someone you know, has been scammed. I’ve even been duped a couple of times, but thank goodness it was with things I purchased with a credit card online and they fixed it for me.

Still, it’s no fun. The sad, sad stories I have heard or read about. People losing their houses, bank accounts, or all of their retirement savings.

I recently got scammed from an online Seresto Cat Collar site. They claimed to sell a very popular collar. We have 5 cats, therefore, 5 collars. It can be expensive. We got them directly from our vet last year, but this site was more than half the price. Big red flag there . Long story short, the collars we received were not new collars. The ID numbers did not match the one on the container they came in. There were also telltale signs such as missing parts.

I will now NOT buy from anyone online that I have not used before.

Here is a very interesting read:

Hero Bank Teller Saves Customer From Losing Millions on a Scam–by Asking a Few Simple Questions

39 years

04 Thursday Apr 2024

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One of mine and my husband, Tom’s favorite bands is MIDLAND.

We were scheduled to see the live, for our first time, in Nacogdoches, Texas at Banita Creek Hall.

We both went to Stephen F. Austin State University in the 80s.

One of mine and my husband, Tom’s favorite bands is MIDLAND.

We were scheduled to see the live, for our first time, in Nacogdoches, Texas at Banita Creek Hall.

We both went to Stephen F. Austin State University in the 80s.

SFA used to have concerts four or five times a school year. The were ALWAYS big artists at the time. The SFA Coliseum holds 7,200. At 18, that was really a huge crowd to me. The last time I saw a concert there was in 1985. 39 years ago! Hard to believe!

I called the college not long ago to ask them about concerts. She sadly said they have not had one there in many years.

That is too bad. Having concerts at a college campus were so special and unique. The majority of concertgoers were the students. Sporting events seem to be the only arena that college campuses seem to concentrate on.

When I attended, there was such a joyful cohesion at the concerts. Unlike sports, there wasn’t anger, frustration, and intense competition. At a concert we were “All for One, One for All”.

My favorite memory of all of the concerts was the group, HALL AND OATES. I was in the 2nd row, center, right in front of the stage. But as I looked around, nobody was in their seat. To this day, it is the only concert I attended where EVERYONE stood on TOP of their seats and danced. Memories like that are priceless to me.

My husband has taught me so many wonderful things. One very, very special one is that moments/events are more precious and priceless than collecting and buying THINGS.

The Midland concert was originally scheduled to be at Banita Creek Hall in the same city. But demand for tickets was so great, they changed to this larger venue.

I am so glad it changed! I like Banita Creek Hall, but I’m a lot older now and they hardly have ANY seats. My 18 year old self wouldn’t mind it at all. But at 60? I want the option to sit down! Now we will have that.

I’m excited. I have also not returned to the SFA campus in 39 years. Now I get to hold hands with my beloved as we walk among the old school buildings among the Pines.