Common Ground Coffee House #112

[Barnabas H.]

Thanks for all your prayers and keep them coming please. I do not want to end up in the hospital with pneumonia!
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You skirting with pneumonia Lady Sue?! It cannot be. You know the saying, "You can't keep a good man down," and that goes for a good woman as well. Just keep your eyes focused on the Lord, our great Physician, He will heal you and making you whole!

Good morning all. Haven't been this side of town for a while, but I see everything is as used to be. Although I had to put on the lights at CGCH this morning, as I have been the first one to enter Lady Sue's domain.

Have a good day all, keep the faith, love the Lord, and may your day be a special blessing to you and your loved ones! :type:

 

[annsni]

Looks like I'm off to the dentist with Joanna (5) today. She was complaining her tooth hurt and after some examination, it's infected. I think she'll lose the tooth. Again. I don't know what's going on with this child and her teeth. :BangHead:

Other than that, it's a quiet day. The piano is tuned and the groceries are on their way so I'll have to put that away. The girls are home and will be going to see Expelled later today with the youth group then it's dinner and Bob and Lauren going off to college group. I MAY have to help my girlfriend with the horses this afternoon if her daughter doesn't get back in time to get her son (who was a preemie and cannot go to the barn yet). She'll call me if needed. I'll just walk them in.

Have a great day all!

 

[Friend of God]

Good Afternoon Everybody,

Today must be "Dentist Day" Ann. Our two "middle" Gkids had Dentist appointments today. Everything was fine, just cleaning with no cavities.
Of course it's a "Papa Rule" that if the checkup is okay that we stop at McDonald's for lunch on the way home[come to think of it we've stopped even when the checkup wasn't okay, but the Gkids did okay at the Dentist.]

How is our 'patient" Sue today? Still prayin' for you, Sis.

Gayla: Praying that when you get your markers that they are down.

Barnabas: Good to hear from you again. Your visits, although infreqent, are always looked forward to.

By the time Prom season is over we won't recognize my Cuz anymore. She's probably chained to the sewing machine with time out for bread & water and bathroom breaks. *PSSST* I hid a file in the black and white gown with the taffeta.

In celebration of the good Dental reports dinner tonight is Steak Diane with Cremini Mushrooms, Corn Souffle, Cheesy Cauliflower, and Peach Pecan Upside-Down Pancake for dessert.

Time to run. Unfortunately our Automatic Dinner Cooking Control is on the fritz again. So, since it won't cook itself etc, etc.

 

[annsni]

Well Rob - if we did the McDonald's thing with Joanna, she'd never eat there again. We couldn't get to see our regular dentist (yeah - they couldn't fit in a 5 year old with a tooth oozing pus), so we went to the pediatric dentist we used to go to before we had this insurance. Well, the cavities Jo has have been there atleast a year and a half which means the other dentist missed them. It also means we need to take her to the hospital for $3000 worth of repairs on her teeth - atleast one root canal, possibly another, plus 3 other cavities and she also needs a spacer for the tooth she had pulled 3 months ago. ARG! I'm so annoyed - AND my hubby is not seeing that we need to do this. He's saying to find someone on our plan who can take care of this. Well, so far 2 of the dentists have been bad - how do we know any of the others are good??

Don't mind me while I :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead:

 

[menageriekeeper]

Ann, I too do not see the purpose of a hospital visit in order to do a baby root canal and a bunch of filling and I've had this type thing happen. The kid's last "pediatric" dentist missed sooooo many cavities that Chris ended up with an abscess and I ended up with an $800 bill AFTER the insurance paid their part!

Unless your poor baby is terrified of dentists and won't sit still you don't need the hospital. This work does not have to be all done on one day. Life will not end and things won't get majorly worse by waiting and getting things done over a few months time. You will need a series of visits beginnig with the root canal. Do not let them put anything but a silver crown on a baby tooth. Insurances do not like this.

If you like the dentist you saw yesterday, get them to call your insurance company and find out how much the insurance will cover and give you an estimate of how much will remain. Then you can make a better decision of who you want to use. There are NO dentists on my plan in my area. I always end up paying, but by the time I drove 60 miles to the nearest one that I might or might not like, I wouldn't save anything. The insurance folk at my dentist are very good about finding out how much my plan will pay and telling me what I'll have to cover.

Watch out for what type of filling material your dentist uses. There are at least two different types and my insurance wouldn't cover the entire price of the filling material my dentist of choice used. I paid for the rest(willingly).

Right now, we are in the process of getting two of T's teeth root canaled and crowned, so I feel your pain. Guess how we will be stimulating the encomy?

Cuz, we have promed and now we are headed to Mobile for the ITA spring festival where our Tae Kwon Do instructor will recieve his Master's status and perform his Master's Demo.

I'll be back Sunday or Monday.

Sue, get yourself well!

The rest of you, enjoy your weekend!

 

[superwoman8977]

Good morning. I am new here but since I was invited I thought I would post. its a beautiful morning here but my mood isnt all that sunny. Uggh just please keep my husband Mike and I in your prayers because this reconciliation thing takes 2 people and he isnt quite getting that. Uggh I just keep praying , just keep praying. Its like this morning I had to use the last 15.00 I had to put gas in my van to get to work and that may not even be enough to make it home and my husband uggh told me he would supply my gas for these next 2 weeks and he is out on a range or something.....ugghhh...I just hope he one day soon figures out when his career in the army is over it will be me and the kids waiting to love and support him (if we make it this long) He was supposed to take me to dinner last night and the night before but bailed on Monday said he would on Tuesday and then bailed again last night......ugghh...I just want to scream. Then we are moving back into one place I wanted to be out of my place by the 30th of April and now hes saying it will be more like May. Does he realize I am going to have to pay another month of rent and utilities....uggh to that too. I keep praying he quits running from God and gets his priorities straight ...it is so frustrating when you know which way God wants you to go and your husband isnt going that way. Okay well I am going to take a break from these reports and sit out in the sunshine for a minute you all have a blessed day!

 

[annsni]

Ann, I too do not see the purpose of a hospital visit in order to do a baby root canal and a bunch of filling and I've had this type thing happen. The kid's last "pediatric" dentist missed sooooo many cavities that Chris ended up with an abscess and I ended up with an $800 bill AFTER the insurance paid their part!

Unless your poor baby is terrified of dentists and won't sit still you don't need the hospital. This work does not have to be all done on one day. Life will not end and things won't get majorly worse by waiting and getting things done over a few months time. You will need a series of visits beginnig with the root canal. Do not let them put anything but a silver crown on a baby tooth. Insurances do not like this.

If you like the dentist you saw yesterday, get them to call your insurance company and find out how much the insurance will cover and give you an estimate of how much will remain. Then you can make a better decision of who you want to use. There are NO dentists on my plan in my area. I always end up paying, but by the time I drove 60 miles to the nearest one that I might or might not like, I wouldn't save anything. The insurance folk at my dentist are very good about finding out how much my plan will pay and telling me what I'll have to cover.

Watch out for what type of filling material your dentist uses. There are at least two different types and my insurance wouldn't cover the entire price of the filling material my dentist of choice used. I paid for the rest(willingly).

Right now, we are in the process of getting two of T's teeth root canaled and crowned, so I feel your pain. Guess how we will be stimulating the encomy?

Cuz, we have promed and now we are headed to Mobile for the ITA spring festival where our Tae Kwon Do instructor will recieve his Master's status and perform his Master's Demo.

I'll be back Sunday or Monday.

Sue, get yourself well!

The rest of you, enjoy your weekend!

MK - Unfortunately, the insurance company is one where a dentist joins their group and for each patient they have with this insurance, they get a certain amount of money - no matter what is done. So it's actually easier for them to pull a tooth than to fix it (less time), overlook a cavity than to fill it, etc. The insurance company will do nothing with this other dentist - you go in plan or nothing.

The idea of going to the hospital is that Jo is just 5 and after having her tooth pulled, she's very nervous. Just getting the X-rays caused her to shake uncontrollably and the dentist said that it would be best for her mentally to just put her under and he won't do that in his office (which I agree with). If she were awake, he'd give her versed and then gas, and then novicaine but it's still traumatic and his goal is to make sure that they don't end up with a dentist complex like I did as a child. LOL So we'll see what DH ends up saying. I asked him to pray about it and get back to me. Fortunately, the zithromax and tylenol with codine will help for a time....

Today is a quiet day of cleaning and then tonight Robby and I will be going to the Mother-Son Pizza Party at church. We'll play games, eat pizza and have fun. Robby's really looking forward to it.

I left fresh banana bread on the counter and the coffee is on. Enjoy the day - it's going to be in the 70s and beautiful here so I think I'll work on the back patio to clean and organize it after a cold winter...

 

[Friend of God]

Good Morning Everybody,

It is 60 degrees and sunny here with a forecasted high of 74 with thunderstorms for this afternoon and evening.

I'll keep you and Jenna in my prayers Ann. A Dentist can be terrifying to a young child.

Praying for you and your hubby, SuperWoman. Welcome to the Coffeehouse.

See, Cuz I told you the file I hid in the gown would work. You might say "the tooth [of the file] shall set you free!" If 'Ol Arthur shows up at the event for the Master's demo - just give him a good swift kick ['Ol Arthur I mean - not the Master], even if you wince when you do!

If you would be kind enough to be in prayer for Brenda and I it would be appreciated. Our oldest Grandson was suspended from school [he's home today.] I can't go into detail right now but it was a very serious matter that resulted in the suspension.

Thanks for breakfast Ann.

Time to get some yardwork done before the storms hit.

 

[Gayla]

Hi!!


The tumor marker went up again!:tonofbricks: We'll start yet another chemo May 8. The Dr wanted to finish the cycle , 1 more treament, of the current stuff but I'm not sure about that. It's not working and my body wants a break from this junk. Even if it's only for two weeks.

Ol' Arthur has had his grip on my right leg for about three weeks now and doesn't want to let go!

We had our own dental visits with the Boy this week. Monday at the regular check up they found an infection, and pulled the tooth yesterday.


Other than that, everything is going great!!:laugh: :wavey: :thumbs:

 

[Barnabas H.]

The tumor marker went up again!:tonofbricks: We'll start yet another chemo May 8.

So sorry to hear that Gayla, but we trust that the good Lord will bring you through this also. Our prayers are with you!

 

[I Am Blessed 24]

Good morning all,

Sorry I haven't been able to stop in more often, but for the last six days, I've been very sick with a bout of Bronchitis. I am still far from well. The usual medications don't seem to be working very well this time.

I'm still not getting any restful sleep because of coughing fits all night, so rather than share my 'whines' with y'all, I've just stayed away.

Brent is moving to MO with his mother tomorrow, so I've not been emotionally up to posting either. Grandpa is moving Brent's bed, clothes, etc. down in the truck tomorrow morning. I believe this is a bad move, but there's nothing I can do but pray.

It came as a complete surprise to me, but he and his mother had discussed it and announced their decision to me Monday. I sent Brent for some Godly counsel at the church, but 'the grass is greener' is the state he is in right now.

It may all work out fine, I'm sure praying that it does, but it is still very painful after having him for four years. My being sick is not contributing much to my emotional outlook either.

I will stop back in when I can, but I think I'm going to try and sleep for a couple of days after Brent leaves to rest my body as well as my mind.

HAGD!
§ue

 

[superwoman8977]

Yay! Its Friday! Well I am kinda bummed since we closed on the new house yesterday and I dont get to start moving till May 3rd because my husband Mr. Soldier came home and was like I am going on TDY till the 1st so we cant move this weekend...uggh...okay and all pray for financial blessing because I am about to not have any money for gas for next week, uggh. This going from weekly pay to bi-weekly pay has been really hard on me. Oh well its going to be a beautilful day so I am going to go home and sit on my patio. My new house will have a deck and I cant wait....Blessings to all of you for an awesome Friday! And Weekend!

 

[annsni]

Oh Sue! I'm so sorry about Brent! I know that sometimes they need to do something to see the truth of their circumstances. I pray for your health and healing right now - and for healing of your heart and mind. ((HUGS)) It must be so hard.

Gayla - I'm praying for you and that God will heal you too. I pray that the doctors can get a good treatment going for you and that this cancer will leave soon.

Not much going on here today. I'm heading up to work in a bit to get the service together and do some graphics for the website. I'm going in a little late today because I had a killer busy day WHILE I had a stomach virus. Honestly the stomach cramps were as bad as labor and caused me to have to stop and breathe through them to get through. But I'm feeling better today and was even able to drink my tea! I couldn't touch it yesterday so that's a sign of improvement. I'll probably come home this afternoon and rest a bit just to recover a bit more.

Sorry about no breakfast today - I'm sure you don't want me preparing any at this point.

 

[Friend of God]

Good Morning Everybody,


Sue I'm so sorry about Brent. We live in constant fear of what you're now going through. The Gkid's Mother lives right across the street from us, and every now and then she decides to "play Mommy" and make a lot of promises to the Gkids that she can never fulfill, or she starts her "I'm going to take the kids and...etc. Sorry just seems so inadequete at a time like this. You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.


You're also in my thoughts and prayers Gayla. I'm praying that your docs can come up with a chemo regimen that is easily tolerated and effective.


We're still in shock about what our Grandson Jacob has been going through. Your prayers would be appreciated.


I'm so glad that your "stomach virus" is abating Ann. I'd join you in a cup of tea, if tea wouldn't turn my stomach that is. My Mom used to give us tea to settle our stomachs when we were little. Now just the smell of tea will turn my stomach. Go figure.

Congratulations on the new house Superwoman.

Lunch today is Barbeque Pulled Chicken Sandwiches, Cilantro Potato Salad, and Strawberry Shortcake with Whipped Cream. Enjoy.


We're trying to get the garden roto-tilled and ready for planting. Hopefully we can finish that by this weekend.

 

[PJ]

Oh Sue, I'm so sorry Brent has decided to move!

You need rest in the very worst way. Though it doesn't seem like it just now, you're going to feel better soon.

I'm praying for you dear, sweet Sue ... raying:

 

[menageriekeeper]

We're home!!!!!

Of course T is threatening thunderbolts to anyone who rings the phone before noon tomorrow(Tanya ), but we made it in just a few minutes ago. Of course, where did I have to check in first? Yep, right here at the BB where I can talk and he can't hear me.

The karate tournament was fun, frustrating and rewarding all in one. Fun was seeing our instructor receive his Master status. Frustrating was when he ended up seriously ill later on that night and no one knew anything until way late the next day because our AT&T cell phones were kaput (everyone on AT&T had problems that day). He's still doesn't have a complete answer for the problem and will undergo more tests next week, but the gist of it was that he couldn't perform his Master's demo.

Rewarding was finding out late last night, after all the illness excitement, that Chris was registered for the tourniment though we had told them to remove him from the competition(the reasons for this are to long and to complicated and didn't apply by last night). We hadn't brought his sparring gear, though we had thrown in T's gear "just in case". So we threw T's gear on Chris and let him go (sparring is not his strong point anyhow) and in the end he came home with a silver medal for his form!

Ya'll have a good evening. I'm going to kick around the BB for a while and then GO TO BED!

 

[TLB]

Sue...i'm so sorry about your grandson. we will be praying for you.

ok, i have the coffee on...at 7am on a Sunday that is about the most you will get from me in the kitchen. the rest of my family are :sleeping_2: due to Cindi's bad influence i can't seem to sleep past 6am.

we have had a busy weekend so far.

Friday started off by the kids and i cleaning out the mega van (yuck!) then we were going to go spend the day at my parents house. i'm glad i called before driving out there. it is only a 15 min drive but, they were not at home. they were in the city i live in =) shopping and then were going to waffle house to eat. we went to lunch with them and had a really good lunch. i find it funny that there was more screaming coming from the lady and her 1 child than the two booths we took up with my 7 children. then we followed them home. we left in time to meet Jeremy at home for dinner. Leah doesn't like my mom one bit! she screams and cries every time my mom touches her. my dad on the other hand, can get the biggest smiles and laughs out of that baby. when we got home my mom had left a message saying she had enjoyed our visit.

the first half of Saturday left me feeling like i had been beat up. well..i had been,by the puppy! Jeremy was sent home from work early due to a few rain drops. by the time he made it home the sun had came out. no big deal, we got to go on a lunch date

ok, i'm off to look around at my computer hangouts. Jeremy has said there are going to be some major changes in the kids this week...akk...that means he will be unplugging the tv and various other things. <akk!> the tv is already dead!! i better scoot and get my "computer fix" before he gets up! does he not know how many embroidery patterns i will miss from the free site i found? it gives away new ones every 10 mins!!

Cindi, i'm glad to know you made it home! pray the phone isn't on the hit list!!!!

 

[AVL1984]

Hello everyone. I didn't realize that the last time I visited here was November 11th of last year. I've not been posting on many of the forums that I've been on for the past few years. But, I decided to stop by this one since I hadn't been around.

Sue, I'm sorry to hear about Brent. I'm praying for the whole situation and those involved.

I guess I've missed a whole lot in the last five months. But, I guess for right now, that's a good thing.

Sue, I'm praying for you friend. You've been one of the few people who've kept me encouraged through many things in my life. God bless.

Bro. T:godisgood:

 

[following-Him]

Oh Sue,

I am sorry to read about Brent. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

I can post that we have some good news. We certainly need some!! Rob is now being referred to another consultant with a view to having radiosurgery on his brain tumour. We should get a letter with an appointment in the near future.

Things are very stressful here at the moment but I will look in when I can.

Blessings

following-Him :godisgood:

 

[menageriekeeper]

Hey Tony! I've been wondering how you were doing. Glad you stopped by.

Sue, are you doing this morning? I hate what's going on with Brent, and wish there were words to say to make it better. I'll be praying for you all.

Good Morning Everyone!

Hey Cuz! Where's my breakfast? I've got to work on the swimming pool some more today and I need sustenance. Something about being gone for 3 days this weekend meant I didn't go grocery shopping, so there is nothing in this house that doesn't require cooking. There isn't even any milk!!!! (I'd borrow some from the Coffee House, but for some reason my children say it's not sufficient.)

Once I get the pool work done I have to decide where to start spring cleaning. From the density of the cobwebs, I'm thinking it'll have to be in Jenna's room (that she rarely uses) and the hallway leading down to it that is my "laundry room". (the reason why she rarely uses her room)

I went to put in yet another load of trip laundry this morning and my spider sense told me to look up. What I saw wasn't a spider (PTL!) but a huge set of cobwebs! They weren't there on Wednesday! (at least I don't think so) I may have to clean the laundry before I can even get to Jenna's room.

Right this minute I'm having to be quiet because there are migraines in the house thanks to a storm system pushing through the state. The blackberries apparently are blooming and this should be our "blackberry winter", the last cold spell of the season. The migraines will slack off after this until a hurricane blows through. Yay!!!!!