It's Thankful Thursday - August 13, 2009

( Picture compliments of Mary Dover Publishing)

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Good Afternoon Sweet Friends,

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And Welcome to Thankful Thursday

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Hope it has been a nice day for you,

My day has been very good so far,

we are about to get a Gully Washer, I think, (translates to

very hard rain - just in case you are not from the south),

Just saw yellow leaves flying off the tree,

looks like Fall out there already!! ha

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Well, I am very thankful that we got all the stuff

with the bogus checks taken care of accept for

one other thing. Just found out the new acct.

is only in hubbies name when I called the bank

about something else. Who knows why they

did that, since they opened a new one from

a joint acct., well.......... it was Sat. and they probably

wanted to get home to their family. Can't

blame them, I suppose!

The Lord has been very good to us to let

this whole thing be very easy for the most part.

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2.

I am also very thankful for the visit with my niece Heather,

who is 26, and sweet lil nephew Bryson. He is adorable,

we got the biggest kick out of him, and he is on the move

crawling and learning to walk. He was pretty pleasant

for a lil fella going thru so much.

Scott and DeeAnna had not seen her for quite a long

while, so it was fun for them to see her and the baby

as well. We had a nice Pot Roast din din with some

great cheesecake hubby got a Sams, and visited till late

in the evening. Told you late spells fun to us!!

We all had a good nights sleep and some breakfast

and She and Bryson left about noon today for home.

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We are so thankful for the prayers of God's people

for Bryson, he had no diahrrea all day yesterday

or up until she left today, and his lil bottom looks so

much better already............ so I am thinking it is

probably the prayer for sure.

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We are thankful that the Dr. albeit she was not quite

as helpful as we had hoped did agree to test him

for Celiac disease (thanks to a blog I read from

the Blessed Nest I think it is) if I am wrong let

me know and I will print a rebuttle!!

That is one thing he has not been tested for,

and the Dr. did say they would do more stool

samples and some other bloodwork, and that

Heather can have them done from a lab at home and

then the lab will send the results to the Dr., so that

was really good news.

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Also, we were thankful the Dr. said, that she thought Bryson

looked good, and had not lost any weight, and there was no

blood in his stool and she saw no signs of dehydration at this point

so she wasn't too worried. She asked Heather when she had him infused

last with Pedialyte and she couldn't remember the date exactly

because she only had 1 hr. of sleep the night before, so she

was exhausted and couldn't think straight, plus she had

her Drs. office fax all that info to the new Dr. - 2 weeks

ago, so that the Dr. would have plenty of time to check it

over and possibly formulate some ideas of what else to test for,

but she had not even looked at it!!

Very Disappointing to Heather, as you can imagine!!

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She did give Heather a new Probiotic to try

that is made specifically for children, so hope

that will be helpful as well.

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She told her to go home have them do the tests

and come back in a month. I told her I would

call and see if the results showed anything first,

because that is a long way to drive to come and

find out nothing or that there is nothing that

they are going to do! Told her she should have

them call the results to her pediatrician up there

if they want tell her over the phone.

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Now I am thankful for "Dulce De leche" cheesecake.

That was the new cheesecake hubby got at Sams,

It is a yummy treat I must say, not that we can

partake of it very often, but will sure be fun

when we can!!

8.

I am thankful for Parsnips!!

They are a new veggie

that I had heard about but never really tried.

I mixed it with the carrots and potatoes in my

Pot Roast last night and it was quite good.

If you haven't tried them, you need to, cause

they are really great. They look like carrots

only are white!!

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A while back I roasted Carrots and Parsnips

in the oven. Saw it in a magazine somewhere,

and they looked delicious so decided to try it,

and much to our delight they were as good

as they looked.

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Roasted Carrots and Parsnips Recipe

I cut them like french fries threw them in a bowl added

olive oil, granulated garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste,

mixed it all together, spread them on a cookie sheet.

You can spray the cookie sheet with Pam or cooking spray

but usually they have enough olive oil they don't stick)

(Mine is a nonstick cookie sheet but it is fairly old)

and baked them for about 15-25 mins. in a 350 degree oven.

Think you will like them a lot!!

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9.

And I am thankful for exercise, even tho there are times

I reallllllllllllllllly do not want to do it, I am so thankful

when we do cause I feel soooooooooo much better!!

I am especially thankful for Leslie Sansone walking

tapes because you can exercise anytime you want,

so when it is too hot or too cold, or raining or you

just don't feel like going out, she's is always

available, and most of all her exercise routines

get you in great shape. We have been doing

them for almost 4 years now. So thank you

Leslie, We love You!! No, I am not getting

a kick back for this free advertising, I don't

know her personally, but feel like I do since

we have been exercising together for sooo long.

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Well, guess that is my list for today, hope you

have a nice long list as well. It is always such

a good thing to count your blessings cause it

really helps your perspective on life.

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Oh Yea, and I am thankful for praying friends

like you..........there is nothing like it!!

You are a blessing.

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And I am definitely thankful that God is in the

prayer hearing and prayer answering business,

Thank you Lord!!

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Have a Great Evening,

and I will do my best to post the

"Parma Rosa Spaghetti" recipe tomorrow!!

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Love and Blessings,

Nellie