Linkwithin Widget
I read about the linkwithin widget on Karens’ blog Karen And Gerard so I added it a few days ago to this WordPress blog to see how it works. Apparently I don’t have any related posts on this blog because nothing shows up except the widget itself. I sent an e-mail to linkwithin support yesterday, but haven’t heard back from them so I guess they’re very busy. I will give it till Monday then I’ll just deactivate it, I know sometimes widgets can clash so I was hoping to hear from their support. If anyone knows of another type widget that shows related posts I would appreciate you letting me know, thanks.

DIL/Ethan
I must have been concentrating very hard on my DIL and Ethan yesterday because she finally called after a month to catch me up on what is going on. They will finally get Social Security survivor benefits from my Son starting in May, now that’s good news because we’ve been very worried about her down in Kentucky by herself. She’s a nurse, but hasn’t gone back to work yet and since being certified she was doing the traveling nurse thing for the past 5 years until Ethan was born 9 months ago.

She’s considering going back to that and applying for a job around here because Ethan needs to be around family and that way I can babysit him, I’m so excited and hope she doesn’t change her mind. At any rate they’ll be coming up in August for Ethan’s 1st birthday and hopefully she’ll have everything in order on her end, we can’t wait to see the little guy. He started crawling forward yesterday and she was excited to let me know and I was delighted to hear from them finally and he was jabbering away.

Can someone let me know if the video posted in the last post is slowing down loading time for this blog? I sure would appreciate it, thanks.

Music is very powerful and it affects all of us in different ways. I know everyone has their favorite songs and when you hear certain ones they can bring back so many memories. There is one song that affects me deeply and it is the one I have posted below. I’m sure you’ll enjoy listening and I also posted the words. When my Son died Chris took her assortment of pictures to the funeral home, but they were of her wedding and her life with Eric.

Thankfully she did choose a couple of Eric’s younger pictures that I had taken down with me, but she chose not to include any of me and Eric although she did include one of Eric and his stepfather. The funeral home made a DVD of all those pictures and used the song below as the background music. I find myself watching that video over and over and I simply can’t hold back the tears. I posted one of the pictures from the DVD below.

Remember that old saying “A son is a son until he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all of her life”? Well, it really is true when our sons get married we lose them we become the second most important woman in their life which was fine with me I could deal with that, but I always hated that shut out feeling. If you have a daughter-in-law that treats you as good as her own Mother and calls you all the time and asks for advice then cherish it because your very lucky.

Chris/Eric

The Kingsmen/”Wish You Were Here”

“Wish You Were Here”

I can just see them

walking on the shores of heaven

praising the lord

and watching the tide roll in

friends that have gone on

oh,how i miss you so

and somehow I know if you could

that you’d let me know

that you’re doing fine

and it doesn’t hurt anymore

things couldn’t be better

that heaven is worth waiting for

that you miss me to and til then

you’ll be praying for me

and i know if you could

talk to me now

than here’s what you’d say to me

chorus:

wish you were here

it’s such a beautiful place

wish you were here

nothing but clear sunny days

well it never rains

and no one complains

and we haven’t seen a tear

we’re having a great time

wish you were here…

I can just see them

walking on the shores together

their talking with Jesus

safe and secure in his love

friends and loved ones

walking in heavenly peace

and I know if they could

talk to me now

then here’s what they’d say to me

chorus:

wish you were here

it’s such a beautiful place

wish you were here

nothing but clear sunny days

well it never rains

and no one complains

and we haven’t seen a tear

we’re having a great time

wish you were here…

well it never rains

and no one complains

and we haven’t seen a tear

oh, we’re having a great time

and we wish you were here

By the time Bill got home from work yesterday I was ready to pull my hair out because of all the down time with my blog and I know my blood pressure must have been sky high, not good for a Mature but not senile woman although he does think I’m senile at times. My head was busting even though I took some extra strength Tylenol it wouldn’t go away and I couldn’t make myself calm down.

I knew we were going up to put a down payment on the trike we’re going to pick up Saturday so maybe that contributed to my hypertension also. Bill practiced a bit in the parking lot so he could get use to turning the front wheel around turns instead of leaning trying to turn it like a Harley. I know he’ll get use to it in time, but we want to make sure we get it home all in one piece. They are going to change all the fluids and work on getting that wobble out.

I did calm down a bit, but around 10:30 I had a very weird blinding pain behind one eye and I thought I was having a stroke or something since they run in my family. I went to bed and didn’t get up til 6 this morning and thank God that blinding pain was gone and I hadn’t had a stroke. I would hate to be helpless and useless and have to have someone help me do everything. That’s actually my most dreaded fear and I try to keep it out of my mind because I certainly don’t want to attract it to me.

Okay I got all of that out of my system. The reason I am actually posting today is to give you a hand and foot bath recipe that we used in school and the salon I worked in. The footbath is for aching, tired feet for those that stand on their feet all day and jobs that require a lot of walking, also it would help runners and joggers. I know I always soaked my feet and nothing felt better than a good soak and a foot massage, now that was my idea of heaven.

Footbath For Tired Aching Feet:
3 Drops Rosemary

2 Drops Peppermint
1 Drop Lavender
Tepid-Cold Bath

For those that suffer with arthritis and cramping or just overuse like being on the computer all day then I would suggest the following hand bath to help ease the pain.

Arthritis Hand Bath:
2 Drops Juniper
1 Drop Lavender
1 Drop Cypress

1 Drop Rosemary
Warm-Tepid Bath

Posted: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:53:39 +0000