Wednesday, June 28th, I received a text from Hayden, our grandson. It simply said, "I'm having Cryo." What? I replied by asking if that was to a wart or something. He assured me it was.
Years ago when I was a teenager, I had what the doctor called a 'seed wart' on the bottom of my foot where the big toe joins the foot. If I remember correctly it was my right foot. It just got bigger and bigger. It is called a seed wart because it will come out in seed-like pieces if pulled on. Eventually our family doctor felt it best just to go ahead and burn it off. Basically that is freezing the wart and the skin dies and it falls off.
I shared this experience with Hayden and he said that was exactly what they were doing with his wart on his thumb. They have a quick in-an-out clinic at the grocery store and this is where they are doing it. They assured him it will not all come off the first time. It could take up to four visits before it is completely gone. He is to wait a certain number of weeks between each treatment.
Hayden was a trooper and completed the first treatment. He will probably have the second one just before school begins again for him.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
SRS...
Claude received a new calling at Church. We are all asked to serve in some capacity and the type of service changes throughout your life. It is all volunteer, no payment for service. Claude has been serving for the last 6+ years as a High Councilor. He has really enjoyed this.
Now he is working with a brand new program at Church. He is the Self-reliance Specialist for the Lexington North Stake (group of congregations).
The Church has had a Perpetual Education program and and an Employment program. These are now merged into Self-reliance. Training must be done with each Ward Council (leaders of a congregation). We have 11 units (wards and branches) within our stake. Claude will go to each of these on a Sunday and train the Ward Council's. Each of the wards can request that Claude or one of the members of the Self-reliance Committee, speak in the Sacrament Meeting (Sunday worship service) and/or train the ward members in a 5th Sunday combined meeting. The Ward Council will prayerfully select members of their ward to attend a special Devotional held by the Self-reliance Committee. From this special meeting, the attendees will receive some training and then self-select one of four groups they would like to participate in and receive further training to help them be or become more self-reliant. The four groups for training are: Personal Finances, Education for Better Work, Find a Better Job, and Starting and Growing My Own Business. These groups will them meet for 12 weeks and finish with the ability to be more self-reliant both temporally and spiritually. This process will continue to recur throughout the year, maybe three times a year.
Sunday, June 25th was the first training for a Ward Council. It just happened to be the Georgetown Ward. This is our home ward. I went with Claude to this training. Sunday, July 2nd, Claude went to Pioneer Ward and trained their Ward Council. Sunday the 9th of July I went with him on a marathon morning of training. We were at Frankfort Ward at 7:30am, then off to Beaumont Ward at 9:30am and finally to the Young Single Adult branch at 11:30am. Whew!! Claude trained the Paris Ward Council this last Sunday. And we go to Owingsville next Sunday. We will diligently get through all this training of Ward Councils.
This promises to be a great help to the members. It has been used outside the United States where the need is great for several years and the reports show marked improvement in many areas of these people's lives. How exciting to be on the ground floor of the program starting up in the United States. Grateful for a membership in the Church with all this concern for members lives.
Now he is working with a brand new program at Church. He is the Self-reliance Specialist for the Lexington North Stake (group of congregations).
The Church has had a Perpetual Education program and and an Employment program. These are now merged into Self-reliance. Training must be done with each Ward Council (leaders of a congregation). We have 11 units (wards and branches) within our stake. Claude will go to each of these on a Sunday and train the Ward Council's. Each of the wards can request that Claude or one of the members of the Self-reliance Committee, speak in the Sacrament Meeting (Sunday worship service) and/or train the ward members in a 5th Sunday combined meeting. The Ward Council will prayerfully select members of their ward to attend a special Devotional held by the Self-reliance Committee. From this special meeting, the attendees will receive some training and then self-select one of four groups they would like to participate in and receive further training to help them be or become more self-reliant. The four groups for training are: Personal Finances, Education for Better Work, Find a Better Job, and Starting and Growing My Own Business. These groups will them meet for 12 weeks and finish with the ability to be more self-reliant both temporally and spiritually. This process will continue to recur throughout the year, maybe three times a year.
Sunday, June 25th was the first training for a Ward Council. It just happened to be the Georgetown Ward. This is our home ward. I went with Claude to this training. Sunday, July 2nd, Claude went to Pioneer Ward and trained their Ward Council. Sunday the 9th of July I went with him on a marathon morning of training. We were at Frankfort Ward at 7:30am, then off to Beaumont Ward at 9:30am and finally to the Young Single Adult branch at 11:30am. Whew!! Claude trained the Paris Ward Council this last Sunday. And we go to Owingsville next Sunday. We will diligently get through all this training of Ward Councils.
This promises to be a great help to the members. It has been used outside the United States where the need is great for several years and the reports show marked improvement in many areas of these people's lives. How exciting to be on the ground floor of the program starting up in the United States. Grateful for a membership in the Church with all this concern for members lives.
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness...
Friday, June 23rd, Claude finished his Kentucky League of Cities Board Meetings in the afternoon. He returned to Sadieville for a little break before taking me to Georgetown.
We had a nice dinner at Chick-fil-A. Tornado warning were out for later that evening. We missed them completely. Got a little rain but no tornado.
Then we went to the church to clean the building. We have had only one Ward (congregation) meeting in this building the entire time we have lived here (almost 13 years). The last four years the members have taken turns cleaning the building each weekend. Three to four families are assigned a weekend and one of the families is designated as the team leader to coordinate the effort. Claude and I were designated as team leaders. Our team is made up of the Alcorn family, the Buttars family and the Molpus family.
The first time we were to clean was the weekend of our anniversary. Claude and I took a trip to Key West for four days. We were to have been back to clean in time. As poor fortune would have it, we both got very ill, me while at the airport in Key West and Claude the next night. As further good fortune would have it, we had a huge snow storm in Kentucky and it shut down the Lexington Airport which we were to fly home to and where our Jeep was parked to take us home. We had to get ourselves to Atlanta, find a hotel and stay there until a flight opened with space for the two of us to make it on to Lexington. That meant two night in an Atlanta hotel. We would still be back in time to clean but we were both in no shape to clean. Claude went to the Marriott next to our hotel and bought all the medication he could find. Then he came back to our hotel and promptly got the same whatever I had. It was like a debilitating flu. Absolutely no strength or energy to even sit up. We were grateful for 24 hours to medicate and rest before struggling to get home. All this time I was texting Luella Alcorn and explaining our situation. Love her heart, she took right over and told us not to worry about the cleaning, the rest of the team would do it and we were to go home and get well. We did make it home.
With this type of division of cleaning responsibilities, it meant we only needed to clean three times each year. I really like this set up. So we have fulfilled our responsibility the entire time with once having to trade our time with another group because of travel.
Now we have another Ward meeting in our building. I am not sure how the scheduling will work now. Not sure if we will have the same team. But our team decided, even though there was this change, that we would clean one more time together as the two wards determine the best way to handle the cleaning schedule. The Bishop of each ward was very grateful for that help and not having to worry about the building being cleaned that week. It was so nice to share in the cleaning effort with these other families.
I always thought the saying "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness" was from scripture. My parents said it a lot. I often heard it at Church. Today I Googled it and found this explanation of the phrase: "Being clean is a sign of spiritual purity or goodness, as in Don't forget to wash your ears—cleanliness is next to godliness. This phrase was first recorded in a sermon by John Wesley in 1778, but the idea is ancient, found in Babylonian and Hebrew religious tracts."
It matters not to me where this truth came from. It is a truth to me and I hold it dear. And...I believe it holds true as well in how we reverence the buildings we call Church and the purpose for which they are built. I am grateful for the opportunity to help keep our Church Building clean.
We had a nice dinner at Chick-fil-A. Tornado warning were out for later that evening. We missed them completely. Got a little rain but no tornado.
Then we went to the church to clean the building. We have had only one Ward (congregation) meeting in this building the entire time we have lived here (almost 13 years). The last four years the members have taken turns cleaning the building each weekend. Three to four families are assigned a weekend and one of the families is designated as the team leader to coordinate the effort. Claude and I were designated as team leaders. Our team is made up of the Alcorn family, the Buttars family and the Molpus family.
The first time we were to clean was the weekend of our anniversary. Claude and I took a trip to Key West for four days. We were to have been back to clean in time. As poor fortune would have it, we both got very ill, me while at the airport in Key West and Claude the next night. As further good fortune would have it, we had a huge snow storm in Kentucky and it shut down the Lexington Airport which we were to fly home to and where our Jeep was parked to take us home. We had to get ourselves to Atlanta, find a hotel and stay there until a flight opened with space for the two of us to make it on to Lexington. That meant two night in an Atlanta hotel. We would still be back in time to clean but we were both in no shape to clean. Claude went to the Marriott next to our hotel and bought all the medication he could find. Then he came back to our hotel and promptly got the same whatever I had. It was like a debilitating flu. Absolutely no strength or energy to even sit up. We were grateful for 24 hours to medicate and rest before struggling to get home. All this time I was texting Luella Alcorn and explaining our situation. Love her heart, she took right over and told us not to worry about the cleaning, the rest of the team would do it and we were to go home and get well. We did make it home.
With this type of division of cleaning responsibilities, it meant we only needed to clean three times each year. I really like this set up. So we have fulfilled our responsibility the entire time with once having to trade our time with another group because of travel.
Now we have another Ward meeting in our building. I am not sure how the scheduling will work now. Not sure if we will have the same team. But our team decided, even though there was this change, that we would clean one more time together as the two wards determine the best way to handle the cleaning schedule. The Bishop of each ward was very grateful for that help and not having to worry about the building being cleaned that week. It was so nice to share in the cleaning effort with these other families.
I always thought the saying "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness" was from scripture. My parents said it a lot. I often heard it at Church. Today I Googled it and found this explanation of the phrase: "Being clean is a sign of spiritual purity or goodness, as in Don't forget to wash your ears—cleanliness is next to godliness. This phrase was first recorded in a sermon by John Wesley in 1778, but the idea is ancient, found in Babylonian and Hebrew religious tracts."
It matters not to me where this truth came from. It is a truth to me and I hold it dear. And...I believe it holds true as well in how we reverence the buildings we call Church and the purpose for which they are built. I am grateful for the opportunity to help keep our Church Building clean.
Being Social...
Thursday and Friday, June 22 & 23, Kentucky League of Cities had their Board of Director's meeting in Georgetown. This is usually held in the current President of KLC's home town. However, Sadieville does not have a venue to accommodate such a large group. So it was held this year in Georgetown as Claude is the President of KLC this year.
Thursday evening they hold a social for all those attending. There is a meal and music and time to relax and just visit with the other Mayor's, KLC staff and other City Officials.
Claude invited the City Commission to attend if they desired. Commissioner Mike Mizell & his wife, Commissioner Detta Wilson & her hubby, Commissioner Carol Strother & her hubby and City Clerk Sandy Whelan all came. We all sat at a table for dinner together and very much enjoyed the two man band that played excellent music for our enjoyment. It was pouring down rain outside but we were happy with the warm friendship inside.
Nice to have these moments provided by Claude's service to our community and Commonwealth.
Thursday evening they hold a social for all those attending. There is a meal and music and time to relax and just visit with the other Mayor's, KLC staff and other City Officials.
Claude invited the City Commission to attend if they desired. Commissioner Mike Mizell & his wife, Commissioner Detta Wilson & her hubby, Commissioner Carol Strother & her hubby and City Clerk Sandy Whelan all came. We all sat at a table for dinner together and very much enjoyed the two man band that played excellent music for our enjoyment. It was pouring down rain outside but we were happy with the warm friendship inside.
Nice to have these moments provided by Claude's service to our community and Commonwealth.
Medical Needed as We Gracefully Age...
Wednesday, June 21st, I needed to take in for his next INR test. This is a test of his blood to be sure how thick it is since he takes a blood thinning medication. It had been a month since the previous test. It should give a reading between 2 and 3. The lower the number the thicker his blood and the concern for a stroke or heart attack. The higher the number the thinner his blood and the concern for bleeding if he falls or cuts himself.
On May 10th his reading was 1.9. That was an acceptable reading and we went home happy.
On June 21st the reading was 4.3. Cause for concern. The dosage was adjusted and we were to return in one week.
On June 28th the reading was 5.1. Greater cause for concern. A whackadoodle adjustment was made to his dosage which was something different for a dosage each day of the week. I changed all his pill box for this change. We were to return in one week.
We went back July 5th and the reading was 1.8. Back in a safer range. However, I now keep that whackadoodle adjustment for a month before we return. Goodness.
Then there is Claude...
Claude went to his Miracle Ear guy for a check on his hearing aids. They think he needs to buy new ones. No trade in value on the old ones. They are perfectly good. It is just felt he needs the newer technology, yatta, yatta, yatta. I honestly don't know what Claude with do. This is not an inexpensive change and he has only been wearing the ones he has for maybe 3 years. Ugh!!!
I continue to plod along, no doctor visits, Thank Heaven!!
On May 10th his reading was 1.9. That was an acceptable reading and we went home happy.
On June 21st the reading was 4.3. Cause for concern. The dosage was adjusted and we were to return in one week.
On June 28th the reading was 5.1. Greater cause for concern. A whackadoodle adjustment was made to his dosage which was something different for a dosage each day of the week. I changed all his pill box for this change. We were to return in one week.
We went back July 5th and the reading was 1.8. Back in a safer range. However, I now keep that whackadoodle adjustment for a month before we return. Goodness.
Then there is Claude...
Claude went to his Miracle Ear guy for a check on his hearing aids. They think he needs to buy new ones. No trade in value on the old ones. They are perfectly good. It is just felt he needs the newer technology, yatta, yatta, yatta. I honestly don't know what Claude with do. This is not an inexpensive change and he has only been wearing the ones he has for maybe 3 years. Ugh!!!
I continue to plod along, no doctor visits, Thank Heaven!!
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