Taking a Leave - 111 - Colonoscopy - No Yard Sale

My life has been a bit crazy lately as I am trying to get all the medical tests I need done as soon as possible.   

I haven't had medical for so long, that there are many things I need to check out, and my age brings a few tests into being. I had the sleep study last week that I shared about in a post, and then starting the next morning, did a prep for a colonoscopy. I have never had one and had NO idea what the cleanse routine would do to my system. I wanted to help it along, so I ate a grapefruit which makes everything clean out as well. I don't eat red meat so there isn't lots of stuff stuck in there for much time anyway, and eating no gluten and only one meal a day. I figured it would be fairly clear. 

Let's just say that they should give you a diaper when telling you how to prep for this. I went to the store and barely made it home, but didn't quite get to the bathroom. So, I decided to stay home from that point on. I had cramps and was in the bathroom all night. So, not much sleep the night before due to the sleep study, and then in the bathroom most of the night of the prep, so I maybe got five hours of bad sleep in two nights. 

I go get the procedure and my sister is a saint for taking me there and back. They said it was super clear and no concerns at all, it looked boringly normal! All my friends that have had them done had polyps and had to have them removed. I was so grateful everything went well and things looked so good. I woke up wide awake and the orderly told me my blood pressure was like a teens and that I woke up abnormally fast and happy. So, all in all, it was a great day. However, I started to have cramping and gas from the procedure that evening. I climbed into bed early and woke an hour later to a pop in my neck and then couldn't get back to sleep. I guess maybe the position I was in on my side caused my neck some issues. Not being able to sleep, I got up and started going through things as I was going to have a yard sale this week. 

I was feeling so horrible Saturday, I was crying with so much bloating, cramping, and a headache as we have had rain every day. I was supposed to have a yard sale this past weekend but with the rain and the procedure, I just didn't have the energy to do it. I was going to put it out on Saturday, but couldn't. 

I was going to put it out on Sunday after church, but there was LOTS of wind, and a meeting on how to use the scripture app and I wanted to learn that but my phone was dead. I charged it for a few minutes after a video chat with my girls and went to the meeting. I got home feeling so horrible and tired after only a few hours sleep in four days that when my sister came to pick a few items up I needed delivered to family as she was heading to visit some, I told her I just didn't have the energy to do it. She called her husband and twin daughters to come over and help me put them out. 

I just am so exhausted that after they left, I just couldn't do it. I had told my sister prior to that, that I may leave town for a few weeks to just get away from everything and regroup on my life priorities. I have so much I want to do relating to my mom and it has been getting more and more clear that I need to fulfill the promises we made to her on her death bed to publish her book. I stopped working on it for a few years as her stuff was getting overwhelming and now I have nearly two bedrooms and some garage area with her items in it that I need to finish organizing, cleaning, refinishing, scanning, transferring to digital etc. 

I have decided that I am taking a break from my blog. I clearly haven't done much with my YouTube channel or blog, and I keep getting notifications from Google telling me there are issues with my blog but GOOGLE owns Blogger and I can't even reply to comments anymore. It takes so much longer to post as the action buttons don't work. So, it is nearly impossible to find my blog posts on google due to the issues with blogger that I can't fix, so I will be taking a leave for now. I have over 3000 posts on there, and over 1000 videos on my YouTube channel. I have 81 I have uploaded and never taken the time to list as it takes about an hour per video and I still have lots of videos that I haven't even uploaded to YouTube that may never get uploaded or posted on YouTube. 

I keep sending YouTube suggestions to allow people to republish videos that are old and not getting views without the algorithm putting and keeping them at the bottom. I think if they would allow a "republish" button for people who have older videos on there, they would get more views as the videos would now have tags and could be found. 

I started YouTube in 2010 and so much has changed in the nearly 13 years I have been posting on YouTube. I think kids now don't want to read a blog, they want to watch short videos as their attention spans have gotten down to seconds. The most popular videos are the ones that add cuts to recapture their audiences attention every few seconds. It is a sad state for our society that people can't focus for more than a few seconds, but I feel it is time to focus on other things rather than blogging. 

I have enjoyed watching my children grow as the blog was like a journal for my family. I may pick it up again at some point, but it won't be with blogger as it is beyond help, and I think Google gave up trying to fix the bugs hoping people would move on. 

I am exhausted, falling asleep more and more as I have tried to blog these past few months, and it has lost is enjoyment in my life as I have had some nasty stalkers write dirty things about my family members as there are perverts everywhere, having been online for such a long time, I got a few pedophiles commenting and have had to delete a few posts due to the attention they drew. 

I thank those of you who have followed me for so many years and am sorry to those that I haven't been able to reply to these past many months, but appreciate all the comments you have all given me over the years. 

I thought it was so funny that two of my video's yesterday got 111 views. I took it as a sign that the choices I am making in my world are the best for my family.

I am grateful to my sister and her family for helping me put the tables out and I am sure tomorrow, he will help me put them back as I am planning some visits to my kids since I am taking this break, I want to connect with those who bring JOY into my life! I am so blessed with healthy and happy children and want peace and joy in my life. They are the peace and joy in my world! 

I will maintain the horsehairinhumans website and my YouTube videos as I feel a need, but taking this break will be such a relief. Can you imagine writing an hour or more blog post every day and a few weekends for almost 13 years! I had hoped it would bring me some financial relief, but I make less than $20 a month on the blog and I spend at least 5-10 hours taking photos, editing them, transferring them, and adding videos sometimes and then writing the post. 

If I have helped anyone, it was worth it, but it is still a fun history for my family and my kids will look up their favorite recipes at times. I think they will be happy I am not blogging anymore, but it has been a good outlet for me to share those things in a way that will allow them to be there for my grandchildren as well. 

I feel truly blessed to have this in my world and know it helped in other ways I can't share publicly, but I feel that God put it in the right hands at the right time to bless me in so many ways! I am grateful for the gratitude moments that are now there for my family to see. My 111 moments, and my "Trust in God" posts, that they can know the ways that my Father in Heaven speaks to me, and has blessed my life! 

I want to thank those friends who have been with me most of the way. Sara for suggesting I write a blog, Julie and Julie for their many generous comments and gifts, Jay for teaching me so many thing I would never have thought of on my own etc. My kids for their patience in allowing me to post their good days and their bad. My friend Katie who gave me one of my "Biggest Wins" and always has a kind word for my posts and videos. My siblings for the many times they have helped me with weddings, activities, crafts, family history projects, reunions etc. I truly love that God gave me a place to share my gratitude for so many things! 

And possibly for the last time, I hope you have a BLESSED DAY!

Another Double Rainbow, 111, and A Great Play

I have shared recently how often I am seeing 111, double rainbows, and finding coins. It is so often that I feel silly mentioning it so much, but it is what it is. 

This week, I found three coins but have to share that during our Sunday lesson in the women meeting at church, the teacher mentioned that her extended family finds dimes all the time and it reminds them of their mother, and they often find them during times of stress. They also keep them in a jar as I do. I thought that was so interesting. Then I get home and Princess Four spoke at her church on Sunday and sent us a recording of her talk. During her talk, she talked about finding a dime with a few friends and explained to them that it has God's name on it and shouldn't be on the ground and she also has a jar she keeps her "found money" in. 

I have seen 111 so much as well. Tonight, I went to a play, and wanted to catch a few Pokemon at the venue where I attended the play as it was full of them. I was spinning to get a few more balls before leaving, and as I was leaving, it was midnight, and the first and last catch as I pulled out was this! A 111 rated Pokemon. 

I saw a double rainbow last night again and it started on one side of the sky, and a long time later, the other end showed up and the beginning side was gone. It is crazy to me how many double rainbows that have shown in the past many months. 

I loved being able to go to a play today and see a few friends on stage. I enjoyed supporting them and seeing them use their talents. I feel blessed to live in a country, state, and town with such talented people and the freedom to mingle and share talents! 

Have a blessed day!

In God We Trust, 111, And Doing Todays Work Today

I shared how tired I was last night in my blog post for today. I saw a quote today on Facebook that I really felt went with how I have been feeling. I took a photo and it is at the top of the page. I really just need to do what I can do today as I am constantly feeling guilty I am not getting more done each day. 

I got calls early today from the Neurologist office about my reaction to the shot I gave myself last week for a migraine. 

I told the office it wasn't an emergency, but just wanted the Dr. to know that I had a reaction and wouldn't be taking anymore shots. I got a call after falling back to sleep from a Dr. wanting to know how my reaction was. I told her what happened and how I reacted and that I wouldn't be taking those shots anymore. I mentioned it wasn't an emergency and that I just wanted the Dr. to know the shots didn't work as our appointment was a month out and I didn't know if he wanted me to try a different medication before our next appointment. 

I fell back asleep and got a third call from the Dr. covering and she said that she had spoken to my Dr. and he said that they needed to report the reaction and that I shouldn't take any more shots and that they would notify my insurance that I had tried two tiers of medication that were unsuccessful for my migraines and they would hopefully now cover the medication that did work but isn't usually covered under most insurance plans until all other medication has been tried. I asked if there was a way I could donate the rest of the shots to somewhere so they could give it to someone who may need it that didn't have the funds to purchase it and she told me that they can't take it and the pharmacy can take it and dispose of it but can't do anything with it so I should just throw it out. I understand the reasoning, but it is such a waste of money.

I am SO very grateful for God's hand in my life. I wouldn't have even known to ask to see a neurologist if I hadn't gone to a radiologist in another city just to ask what they schedule was like that day to see if I could get my cat-scan of my lungs done there. I had a migraine and was talking to the receptionist when a nurse came to the desk and over heard me talking and mentioned that she also had one and I asked her if she had tried Nurtec for her headaches and told her that I had tried Nurtec and that it had taken the bulk of the headache away, but my insurance wouldn't cover it. 

She then reported that her insurance told her the same thing and that she had to go see a neurologist to get him to say that she needed that as the other medications hadn't worked. So, I am grateful that someone nudged her to come into the conversation so that I would know to ask my Dr. to give me a referral to the neurologist. 

The Dr.'s all mentioned the anti nausea medications and I now have several to try next migraine, but that doesn't help with the splitting head which causes the nausea, so I hope that the insurance will cover the Nurtec so I can stop having so many non-functioning days. 

There has been rain almost daily for a week at some point in the day, which is so wonderful as we need the rain, but it hasn't been the best for my head. 

On a wonderful note, I went to the store yesterday and there was a penny in the self-checkout I went to out of  the five there and I happened on my turn to get that checkout. Then, I got a statement for one of my retirement plans and it showed a $111,000 for the quarter on the statement and I just smiled as God is in the details of my life. 

My friend Matt sent a thoughtful gift and the routing number had a 111 in it. We were on a call and our call disconnected at 11:11 on its own, and on and on. I saw rainbows many times in the past few days, heard it said several times on shows, and am still seeing the 111 everywhere. 

I am not sure why it is so prevalent in my world right now, but I am grateful to have those reminders in my life. Here is a link to the 111 posts. Here is a link to the first rainbow post, and here is a link to the first "In God We Trust" post. 

I feel very blessed and I hope you are as well!

Two Double Rainbows In A Week and It Continues

Just as I have been seeing 111 that I posted about yesterday, the last month I have seen so many rainbows! 

I saw something I have never seen before. It was a double rainbow that lasted about 45 minutes! I was visiting Princess One, and we were headed to a play, and it started before we left the house and continued while we drove to the play, and then for a good half hour after we sat in the rain at the play. 

It was SO beautiful, and framed her home and then at the theater, it framed the stage! 

A few days later as we were headed out to do some fireworks, once again, there was a double rainbow in the exact same spot! I asked Princess One if that was a regular occurrence and she said in the over 8 years they have lived there, she has seen maybe one other! 

I wanted to get some good photos of the family sitting to watch the fireworks they purchased, and as I was taking photos of her, she told me that the rainbow was coming down right over my head. I opened my mouth and everyone was laughing as I "swallowed" the rainbow! 

I got a few good photos, but the color was really dark on my camera. I should have used my actual camera to take some as there were THREE rainbows at one point. The two and attached to the lower rainbow was a third rainbow and the photos just didn't capture the colors. I wish I had used my camera instead of my phone.

I have seen several other rainbows and this morning my friend Matt sent me a text with a photo of a rainbow telling me he saw it today and thought of me. 

I was shopping at a thrift store and saw a rainbow on the back of a book. The book was about leprechauns and had a rainbow on the back cover! 

As I was writing this post, I was watching a Netflix show on fishing called "Battlefish" and just as I was starting my post, I was transferring the photos and labeling them "rain" to save them, the men on the show said, "A rainbow" and then joked about the tuna being at the end of the rainbow etc for a few minutes. It was weird I was watching it as I had watched it before, and there are so many things I haven't watched I wasn't sure why it showed up on the suggestions to watch, but since I just listen most of the time I just let it play. It was interesting that I was watching it for a second time just as I was posting about rainbows. 

 It is so interesting to me how at certain times in my life, the different things come up. Sometimes, it is all 111's, and other times it is certain songs, but lately, I have had lots of everything going on.  A few weeks back it was about finding coins! In fact as we went into the play seeing the first double rainbow, as we went to sit down, there was a penny just under our chairs. Grand Princess Found a coin another day while I was visiting as well! 

It seems like my mother, God, and the Cosmos is trying to let me know things are "OK" as they are all going on at once! 

I am grateful to have reminders to Trust in God, and reminders that my mother loves me as the rainbow is a reminder of her as she sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" to us each night! The 111's have just always showed up as I needed reminders. I have links above to each of my first posts about these things to help explain them more. 

I almost forgot. As I was scrolling through Facebook tonight, one of my extended family members posted a complete double rainbow on their feed. I looked to see if it was maybe one of the ones I saw as that isn't such a common thing except this year for some reason. Hers was new and not the same city. So, in the past month or so, I have seen three double rainbows myself. One in my town and two in Princess One's town. Here is the link to the one in my town just a few weeks back. 

As I was looking at my YouTube Channel tonight, I laughed when I looked at my income for ads as it was $191.11. Once again, a 111!

I am blessed!

The 111's Are Stacking Up - Even for Friends

I have been seeing 111 everywhere and I mentioned it on a recent post. This past week, I have seen it several times a day. 

I finally started taking photos of the last few days. I get Pokemon often that are 111. However this week, I opened up my "items" bag and I had 111 of a certain type of ball. 

I catch a pink 111 Pokemon and happen to look at my car clock and it was 1:11. I laughed and took photos of each. I then noticed that I had 111,000 plus "Star dust" not long after that. 

I get online this week to blog and notice I made $1.11 on my blog advertising. There are other 111's throughout the days, and even yesterday, when I took my shot I blogged about yesterday, as I was posting, I noticed that the upc number on the shots had a 111 in it. 

I get a text from my friend Matt who saw all the 111's in my life when he visited me a few months back as we toured several states. I told him that it was a little reminder to me that God is in my life and he said, "I don't see it." yet every day, he started to notice he was seeing it as well but maybe not just as aware of it. 

He texted me the other morning saying that he had been reading scriptures and listening to some Christian music and started to play Pokemon and the first Pokemon he caught was 111 cp and sent me a photo. 

He then sent another photo of something and it didn't come through, however, it showed up as a "loading" photo, but I laughed and took a photo to send back to Matt showing him that it was 111 kb in size. 

It is amazing to me that 111 can show up so many times in a week! God is good and I feel blessed! I love that my friends are seeing them as well. 

Have a blessed day!

Double Rainbow Day with a "Shiny" Bonus

I was running errands yesterday and had a text asking if I wanted to do a Pokemon Raid for a Mewtwo which is a powerful Pokemon. It was at a gym that I didn't know existed in our town at a hotel near an exit. 

My dear friend and her husband showed up to play as well. When I pulled up next to them in the car, I rolled down my window and asked them if they know how the algorithms work for getting "Shiny" Pokemon as I hadn't gotten one in a long time. 

We played the game and we each got a different powered Mewtwo to "capture" at the end of the raid. I was giddy with joy when I saw that the one I got was a "Shiny" mewtwo! It isn't common for the Mewtwo to be in the gyms, and to get a shiny one is rarer still. 

Not that Shiny ones are all that powerful as they are rarely powerful, but they are just rare so many people just collect "Shiny" Pokemon. 

After leaving there, I went to a park as I needed to spin some stops to get more poke balls. I wasn't there long before I look over and see a rainbow! I thought, my mother was saying "hello" and then a second rainbow showed up! I tried to get a good picture but the second one didn't photograph well. I finished up there and start to head home and there is a rainbow in my front yard. I stop and take a photo. I then park in my driveway and get out of my car and the rainbow connects and my home is directly under the arch of the rainbow! 

I told you recently how many 111's I have been seeing, but I have been seeing rainbows as well. Here is a link to my original 111 post. I really just feel like my mother is letting me know that things will be fine as I have been super frustrated with my health situation and how I can't seem to get the information I need from the medical community and specialists who should know "everything" about the part of the body for which they specialize, but they don't know things that should be known. 

I will be making an update video this week on my health situations and what has been going on. I really feel that my mother and God are letting me know that in the end, it will all be "OK." 

It was lovely that my home was at the end of the rainbow at one point and then directly under the rainbow in the end. It was such a lovely thing as rainbows are such a reminder of my mother. Here is a link to my original post about that.

Have a blessed day! 

Finding a Box Took All Day - 111

I was writing in my journal last night and mentioned that I have been seeing 111 everywhere all day long for a few weeks now. 

Sometimes it slows down and I see it once a week or so, but even today I have seen it about 10 times. I needed to find a large box to ship a big chandelier. I went through all the boxes I had at home. I took the tops candelabra tops off trying to fit it in a box. 

I then went around town looking for a box at the few stores in town that may get shipments in a box large enough to put the light fixture in the mail. Walmart won't give boxes away unless you get managements approval, but they didn't have any large enough. 

I went to farmers supply to see if I could find one. I parked and looked down to turn off the car and noticed that the odometer was at 111.1 miles. I had to take a photo. I then went to Home Depot as all the other stores didn't have a box large enough and the first two people I asked said they had crushed their boxes and that I would need to talk to customer service. 

While walking through the store, I saw a person stocking the shelves and asked him about it, and he walked me to the back of the garden center and had a huge box! I was so happy that I asked if I could take a photo! It was the last store in town that would have a box big enough for me to ship the light fixture. 

I was so relived to get the box and also loved getting another 111 while headed home, I stopped at a few Pokemon stops. I am grateful for the constant reminders lately that things are all good! 

Have a blessed day!

A Fun 1111 and a Thanks to Matt

I am on a Pokemon local group that will text when there is a large pokemon raid going on. They will meet up or do a remote for the raid. 

I did a raid with them and even though we won the raid, I asked someone in the next car to try and catch the large Pokemon, they were not able to catch it for me. 

The next day, they had another raid for the same Pokemon, I was out at Walmart returning something so I stopped on my way home and we once again won the raid, but I threw three balls trying to hit it and missed all three. 

I got out and went to the car behind me and it just so happened that it was one of my bunko friends husband. I asked if he could help me catch the large Pokemon as my throws weren't always great. He was able to catch the Pokemon for me. 

I laughed as he had 2 games going at the same time. He had a phone and an ipad that he was playing on and was able to catch the large Pokemon on one, but not on the other. What I found out at that point was that not everyone in the raid catches the same Pokemon. I had no idea. The one that he caught for himself was a lower CP point than the one he caught on my phone. I didn't know that was a thing. 

I stayed and played a bit longer on my way home and caught this 1111 CP point Pokemon and smiled to myself feeling blessed that the many people I have been meeting playing this game have been really kind. There was a "task" that makes you trade Pokemon with someone else and nearly every person I have met that plays this very much plays two games so they can trade with themselves, get lucky and special / shiny Pokemon and trade them to their main game, and kick themselves out of Pokemon Gyms at strategic times to get coins etc. 

Since I already am wasting so much time playing one game, I cant justify playing a second game, nor do I want to do that, so I needed to find someone to trade with locally as that is something that can only be done in person, so I saw a young couple in the car next to me playing and knocked on their window asking if they would be willing to trade with me. 

They were willing and both traded with me so I could finish that challenge / task. I asked if they were in the local raid group, they weren't. I was able to put them into the group so they would get the texts when there was a raid going on. Then, I was able to share all the cool things I have learned from the others in the group who have been so patient telling me facts and tricks that even some of my girls don't know. 

Every person plays the game differently, but the main majority are trying to get perfect Pokemon and develop them into a few different levels so they have strong Pokemon at each battling level. I am learning and have been evolving the more balanced / perfect Pokemon and have been learning to win battles as I learn which Pokemon are better with different types of Pokemon. 

My friend Matt is sweet. As he has more time to play, he gets really far ahead of me in levels and then waits for me to catch up. I have been limited by not having enough space as you have to earn coins. You collect coins by putting Pokemon in gyms and taking over gyms. I guess he got tired of waiting for me to earn enough coins, so he purchased me a $50 apple gift card so I could use it to purchase Pokemon coins and build my space for Pokemon and items. I have had over $20 on credit on my apple account for a VERY long time. We had over $100 at some point, but the girls have downloaded songs over time and I didn't know I still had that amount on my account. Here is the post to someone getting us gift cards.

I figured out how to use the gift card and purchased some poke coins so I could expand my storage. I think I will use some of it to let all the girls / guys purchase some remote raid passes so we can all do some battles together! I have been doing several raids with Matt and a few with the girls, but mostly doing local raids when I happen to be out and someone posts one. 

I am really enjoying making new friends. My bunko friend added me as a friend when her husband arrived home after helping me catch the larger Pokemon and doing a few trades. So, now I have a bunko / Pokemon friend combination, which in my world, is better than any Pokemon I could catch! 

I wish Matt could find some friends playing near him to be able to do the larger raids with, but I think people in the west are sometimes more open to a stranger approaching them than those in the East. It is a culture thing. 

Thanks for the gift card Matt. I am blessed with good friends, and good Pokemon Go friends! 

Have a blessed day!

111 - Thyroid Specialist - Tests Look Like Hashimoto Disease

Last week, I went to see three specialist in another city. One of the specialists I saw was an endocrinologist as I had some abnormal thyroid tests. I have been dealing with thyroid issues for many years now and thought going gluten free was going to help as my TPO, which is an indicator that something is wrong, was 590, but eating gluten free, it went down each year when I would get retested. 

My local Dr. didn't run the TPO test even though I wanted to see where it was at after 5 years. I was hoping it would be much lower with how I eat. 

When I saw the specialist, she asked me the standard questions about symptoms common with thyroid issues. I have all of the symptoms. She wanted to run her own tests, so basically, I just had my blood drawn and she said she would order medications after she saw the labs. 

I haven't heard back from her office, but was able to look up my labs online. I was so disheartened to see the TPO was over 800 after all those years of not eating gluten! So sad! 

So the tests results that I have that are off, are all the indicators for Hoshimoto's disease. This is not anything new to me as I figured with all the symptoms I have that I had it. I tried several thyroid medications in the past few months, but the thyroid specialist said that the amounts I was taking were way high so I hope that my body will be able to find the right balance so I don't have to go through the horrible symptoms and weight gain that I had trying the meds last month. 

What I hope more than anything, is that no matter what happens, that I can start feeling better. I have so many things that need to be done but when I look at them, I just think I can't start them because I know I won't have the energy to finish it! 

I had to smile when looking at my test results as I had a 111 as one of my test result numbers! I feel like it was God letting me know that things will work out! I am grateful that I was able to get in to the specialist and to start moving forward with my health! 

Have a blessed day!

Little Reminders To Trust in God - 111 - Angels Guiding Reunion

I saw three different specialists this week. I had to travel to a large city for that as there were only a few options and I would have to travel in different directions to visit different specialists. 

I asked the Dr. if he could refer me to one larger city / hospital and see if I could get the appointments on the same day rather than traveling in different directions. He sent the referrals and then I called in and after a prayer was able to make all three appointments several months out and get them all on the same day. 

I was going to head out of town the day before and visit my mothers grave along with my grandparents with my family on Memorial Day, but I had a horrible migraine and vomited and felt horrible for the entire day. I ended up getting up super early and made the long drive to the first appointment. I walked out of that appointment at 1:11 p.m. I laughed and took a screen shot as I took it as a sign that things are going to be "OK" when I saw that. 

I then drove to the next appointment, then the third specialists. This appointment was at the Main Hospital and the parking garage was crazy. I drove around and around looking for a parking spot. Finally, someone pulled out and I pulled in. 

When getting out, a tissue dropped out of the car onto the ground. I noticed it when I closed the door. I am not one to litter, so I bent down to pick it up and saw a really dark penny on the ground just under the car that I couldn't see from my angle while standing. I had to take a photo as it was so weird that in the entire four or five level parking garage, I get the one spot that has a penny on it and somehow drop a tissue out of the door trash. 

I then went to put a rainbow pinwheel on my mothers grave since I wasn't able to go visit it on Memorial day, and I get talking to my sister on the phone as she texted me while I was headed to her grave. I sat in my car visiting and when I hung up, I was about to start my car, and I hear voices behind my car and I look back and see my oldest brother, his wife and their youngest son walking to her grave with a container of flowers! 

I guess they weren't able to visit her grave that day either. If I hadn't have talked to my sister in the car, I would have missed them. We had a good visit for over and hour and I got a great hug from my nephew. 

I can't help think that my mother was orchestrating all those events to let me know that things will be alright. I was grateful for those reminders to Trust in God, and for the 111 and especially getting to see my brother and his family who are leaving to serve a mission in South America assisting the leaders over 5 countries. I won't see them for 18 months. I was grateful for that visit and getting to say goodbye.

I went to the store to pick up some groceries today since I was out of town, and there were a few pennies around the store. I found one at the checkout, and I am grateful for those constant reminders to Trust in Him! 

I am blessed!

A Day Filled with 111 - One Probably Not an Accident

I woke today with a migraine and chased it all day. I climbed back into bed and didn't get up until 11ish. 

I opened my Pokemon game as I always send gifts the night before to my friends, and then open my gifts in the game when I get up or leave the house. 

I get a text from my friend in MA who started playing the game while he was visiting me a few weeks back. He wrote: "Did you deliberately open that gift at that time?" Now, I have to tell you that I have NEVER noticed that the game even told you the time a gift is sent or opened. I am clearly not that observant. I open the gift, send a gift and haven't even used any of the other buttons or know what they do. 

He sent me a photo of the time I opened his gift and I guess the person that sent the gift can look and see what prizes you got in the gift. I had no idea about that! I looked at his photo and chuckled to myself because when he was with me and we were driving through three states, I would point out all the times 111 would show up in my world. 

I think at first he thought I was just crazy making it up, but then he realized I couldn't make these things up as they weren't me just looking at the clock in the car, they were external things. 

I sent him back a text telling him I hadn't noticed, but if it was 1:11 his time, it was 11:11 my time when I sent it being on the west coast. I told him it shows up all day every day of my life! He said, "It may show up all day in your life, but not in mine!" 

I told him that he just needs to ask God how he can show Matt how HE loves Matt! I thought of the blog post I did many years ago about how I know God loves me. Here is a link to that post. I hope that Matt can find out how God shows him that he is loved by God! 

I had two different Pokemon show up today that had 111 in them. That isn't something you can make happen. They are random and you get what you get. I had bunko today, I pulled into my driveway and looked down to shut off my radio, and the Stones song playing was number 111 out of over a thousand songs in my car playlist, so just randomly, 111 played. I took a photo to share with Matt as I had taken photos of the other two Pokemon random 111's as well. He knows I couldn't fake getting the Pokemon of 111 HP as you can't make that happen.

I get into the house, do some laundry, take more medication for my migraine which was getting worse by the second. I put my shirts in the dryer to let them heat up and get wrinkle free and pull them out wet to hang to dry, so I leave them in for about 5 minutes. 

It was midnight, so I send out my Pokemon gifts, make a video for my YouTube channel, and I look at my Pokemon while I am waiting for my computer to start uploading, and I notice that Matt has 1111 water type Pokemon he has caught! Now that is something he could count and plan. I don't know if he did or didn't, because by this point it is near 2 a.m. my time. I am taking more and more pills trying not to throw up with my headache but am trying to be productive while I can't sleep due to the headache. 

I laughed out loud when I saw that number. I took a photo and sent it to him telling him he is hilarious! But, he didn't know about all those other 111's I have seen today! I didn't have time to send them and it was late when I arrived home after Bunko tonight, so was planning on sending them tomorrow. 

If he didn't plan it, it is still funny, but I have a feeling he did it to be funny as we talked about it today! 

God is so good to me! I had a rough day yesterday afternoon and this morning with the headaches and God just let me know He loves me, and is so good to do it on the days or times that I need it the most! 

Matt, I hope you can find the way that God shows you HE loves you! And, I wish all the same for you, my internet friends! Have a BLESSED Day!