Maw Maw's House

Saturday afternoon 4-9-10

2010-04-10T14:02:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,
Hope this finds all of you doing well.
I am sitting here watching one of my favorite movies - Shylark- It is a Hallmark Classic and I love it.
I have all three and I never get tired of watching them. The same with Ann of Green Gables.
Harrison has stayed with us this week end while Bruce and Kristi are on a trip with the Young People of our church. They are in Tennessee until sometime late tonight. They left Thursday morning and I know they were blessed being at a Youth Rally for a couple of days. I am excited to hear what God has done for them when they all get back.
Well, my Harrison will be 10 years old tomorrow. We are going to get up early and get ready for SS and church and take him to McDonald's on the way for a Pancake Breakfast. He loves their pancakes.
We are having Taco's for dinner tonight and we all love them.
Today has been a very good day for all of us. I got the kitchen mopped and cleaned along with the living room, computer room and bathroom. Larry was able to get the grass cut and that was a lot of work for him since he has been ill. The front porch I got cleaned off and that was a big job in itself. I need to iron Harrison's clothes for tomorrow and then it will all be done for the day.
After we eat we are going to take our showers and get ready for bed then probably watch a good movie. Justin's first graduation is May 11th. from Cleveland Community College with a 2 year degree in Auto Repair. Then his High School Graduation is May 13th. from home school. We are so proud of him.
Tuesday Kristi will be having a wonderful birthday dinner for Harrison and he has given her his list for the meal.
Pork Chops, Mac. & cheese, green beans, corn, rolls and of course his cake and ice cream.
She does this with all the children. They tell her what they would like to eat and that is what she fixes for them and has the grand parents over. It is always a very enjoyable time for all of us.
Well this is it for today.
I pray that all of you are doing well and that you will have a great day tomorrow in the Lord. He is so faithful to us and we should be faithful to Him.
Nanny

Loving Parent's

2010-04-06T15:09:00.000-07:00

It is strange how 7 people can be raised in the same house by the same parent's and end up remembering different things being done in the home by correcting their children.
I remember my mother of 2 sets of twins and 3 singles always having a beautiful clean house and cooking such wonderful meals for her children and making sure that her girls always were clean and acted like ladies. She also made sure the boys were clean and dressed like boys should be dressed.
As for the correction of her children she had to do what needed to be done when she could because she had this responsibility by herself.
She took us to church=by herself. NO help from her husband who was either working in the coal mines, working in the garden or would be gone drinking the entire week end.
If we looked at this really good and would think clearly on it for awhile we would see that she was the one being abused not her children. that she did indeed LOVE with all of her heart.
When I was at home until Larry and I got married I don't ever remember my mother whipping me with a coat hanger or even a belt. A few times I had to go and cut a switch and she would correct me with that. I look back and really there were times when I should have been corrected more than I was.
Now I don't know what took place after I left home but I never saw any on my brothers and sisters with bruises on their bodies and if they did have them they probably needed more than what they got. I say that in love. I know some of the things that went on after I left because my mother would call me crying not knowing what to do. I could not help her as I was not living for the Lord and I was far away.
I do know that if they corrected the way God's word tells us we should correct we may not have those who got out into the world and have had so many heart breaking problems in their lives today.
Try and remember the wonderful things while growing up at home with 2 parents who loved as no other loved us at that time.
Remember how mom would go and buy dresses for Easter for her girls and wear the one she always wore every Sunday. Remember the wonderful meals that were ALWAYS cooked for us and never did we have to worry about what we were going to eat or never have to go to bed hungy. Remember the times we played hide and seek in the house at night and the times she would read the Bible to us and get on her knees with her children and pray.
I thank God for our home as a child and for the parents that God gave to us. If it were not good enough for you then you need to be in a home and see for yourself what some children are going through today. Stop living in a place where you cannot take responsiblity for yourself and blaming your parents for the life you are living now.
God help us to remember the good things that our parents left us.
This is for all those children who lived with loving parents and do not see it as love today.
Be thankful for what God gave you and do something positive with it.
Love,
Nanny

2010-03-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,
I am sorry that I have not blogged in a couple of weeks but my hands have been full.
Larry is doing great and I am really proud of him.
His blood sugar has been running in the low hundreds or in the 80's and 90's. This we are praising the Lord for.
He is loosing more weight but it is a good way of loosing weight. He is eating all the right foods.

He did have Pecan Pie this week end and I must say it was the most weonderful Pecan Pie that we have ever eaten. Our Kristi made it from Bruce's Aunt's recipe. Now she could make some good money on those. Thank you Kristi for that wonderful pie. You can do that again any time.

Church was wonderful yesterday and what a blessing to be able to worship with my husband again. It was so wonderful to see all the love that was poured out on both of us. How wonderful it is to have a christain family.

When we got ready to leave someone came to us and told us to stop by and get our dinner that it was ready for us to pick up and it was great.

Then our daughter told us we could come by and pick up our Pecan Pie.

Then my Secret Pal got me a candle and a 50.00 gift certificate to Ingles Food Store. How God takes care of all of his babies. Thank you Secret Pal whoever you are. It was a REAL blessing and I know that it was our God who laid that on your heart.

Well Larry had a treatment this morning and he is now sleeping in his big chair.

He has had this chair since 1992. It is one of those huge Lazy Boys. It is so worn out as he has had to sleep in it for the last 4 or 5 years. Please pray that we will be able to get a new one for him soon.

Please have a good day and we love all of you so very much and appreciate all of your prayers.

Nanny / Maw Maw Birt

2010-03-01T17:16:00.000-08:00

Hello,
Well I just got off the phone with Larry's doctor and they have decided to put him in the hospital Thursday morning between 9 and 10. They will watch him during the day and plan on doing a couple of hours of dialysis's Thursday evening then early Friday morning they will do the surgery.
There are some things that they are concerned about and have decided to do it another way.
Please pray for him as you have been.
I know God is in control and he will be with him all the way.
Will keep you updated.
Love and Prayers,
Janice

2010-02-25T06:15:00.000-08:00

Good morning,
Well, it has been a ruff few weeks for all of us. Larry has had it bad since Feb. 14th.
We were on our way to church Valentines morning when Larry passed out on me. I pulled off the road and he passed out again. I stopped a car and they called 911 while I went to the other side and tried to help him.
The ambulance came and took him to the hospital. He was in for 5 days and they could not find out why he had passed out.
They did an Ultra Sound of his neck and the result is that the Cort. Arteries were 90% blocked on one side and 95 on the other. They sent him home only to make an appointment for a stress test that would have taken place today then make another appointment to have the surgery. I ask why they could not do the stress test while he was there in the hospital and they said they had no slot. I was really upset with them and so with prayers from my daughter and so many other friends that were holding us up before the Lord he was able to get into the Sanger Heart & Vasecular Clinic in Shelby.
When they looked at his reports from the hospital they sat up an appointment for this past Tuesday for the Stress test and then we were able to meet with the Vasceluar surgeon on Wednesday.
It seems as though Larry had a heart attack a while back which no one had ever told us he had one.
Anyway, he will have his surgery on one artery March 2nd. which is next Tuesday and then in 30 days he will have the other one taken care of.
He slept so good last night and is up on the computer this morning. Today is going to be a very good day for him.
He is talking with Bunny Rabbit now. "KRISTI"
I fixed Larry some Turkey Bacon, Egg Beaters and Lite Whole Wheat toast for breakfast this morning and he had no complaints. He should not eat a hillbillie breakfast anymore. :{ :{
Well I am stopping this for now.
I want to thank all of you who have been so faithful in praying for Larry during this time.
Please continue to pray for him and our family as he get's ready to go through his surgery next week.
Love to all,
Nanny

2010-02-01T17:52:00.000-08:00

Let It Snow, Let IT Snow, Let It Snow.
It did my friend and it was so beautiful. It still is!

We have been in since Friday night with home made vegetable soup and all the fixins. :} :}

Our son John came over about 5:15 this morning and took his dad for dialysis's in Kings Mountain. He came back and stayed here until he was ready to come home.

I am so thankful for John's willing heart. He is always ready to help us when we need him. I know he could have stayed home in bed under warm blankets but he got up and came with a smile on his face.

When he got his dad home I had biscuits, bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, orange juice, milk and coffee with home made jams from our friends that shared with us at Christmas. It was wonderful.

After all that, our son went out side and took the snow shovel and scrapped off the steps as good as he could and tried to get our sidewalk but it was totally frozen and would not come up. He then left for home.

Thank you John for all that you did for us today. We love you son and pray that God will always keep you safe in His loving arms.

I pray that you and Jenny enjoy the home made soup tonight.

It has been very quiet here today. Larry went to bed after John left and it has been so peaceful.

Larry did not want REAL supper tonight he wanted French Toast. I cannot handle that even in the mornings. Anyway that is what he had for dinner. Not good for him but that is what he wanted and normally Larry eats what he wants. Sometimes good sometimes bad. This one was bad for him. He does not do that very often which I am glad.

Dolly on the other hand will eat anything and everything she can get her little paws into. She is very demanding at times. She will take her paw and pat me on the leg over and over again just to let me know she is there or when she wants to go outside or just when she wants her back rubbed. She does know how to talk to us.

I few weeks back I decided to bake some yeast bread. The house smelled so good that my husband could not hardly wait until it was ready. So here is the out come of that wonderful day.

Now I really enjoyed doing this for my hubby and I plan on doing this tomorrow. I will take a picture when they are done and post it later on this week.

We have missed our church very much since we have been snowed in. It will be good to get back into the house of the Lord to worship with our brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Larry just brought me Graham Crackers with peanut butter, marshmallow cream and hot chocolate. I really did not need it but it was so good. I did enjoy it so much.

I am closing for now. Please have a good evening and I love all of you very much.

Nanny

2010-01-30T10:42:00.000-08:00

Our son John attached a camera to our tree in the back yard and look what we have visiting us in the evening and early in the mornings. She is beautiful that is for sure.

Larry and I noticed a couple of weeks ago that a family of 3 were enjoying our back yard. Mamma, Poppa and baby deer.

We told John about it and he came over with his camera and bucket of corn that he uses when he goes deer hunting and hung on our tree out back.

It has really been nice opening up the disk and finding out that we not only have deer but also have many and I mean many squirrels that like to feed on the corn also.

I talked with my sister Joyce this afternoon and she is staying in Atlanta due to the bad weather. All flights to Ashville have been canceled so she will be staying there and flying out to California Monday morning where she will be working for a few days.

I am so glad that I can reach her when she is away. I like to know that she is OK wherever she is. She travels so much and I know that God is the one who protects her.

Well, it is that time to stop for now.

We can do nothing but be lazy for a few days until this snow and ice go away.

I have had a bowl of wonderful home made vegetable soup and just wanting to go and take a nap. I really don't need one but since I have nothing else to do I think I will.

Please have a good day and I love all of you.

OK, I tried to get you some of the shots of the squirrels but they are not really showing up good on my blog. Sorry!

Love ,

Thursday

2010-01-28T14:42:00.001-08:00

Hello Friends,

How have you been today?

This has been a good day for me.

I have had my Pumpkin home today and this is one of his good days.

He made me coffee this morning and brought it to me. Boy was it good.

We are fixing dinner together. I took a turkey breast out of the freezer that I baked about 3 weeks ago, cleaned and rubbed down sweet potatoes, baking a couple of bisquits and having a salad. Now that just sounds down right yummie.

We are suppose to have between 2 to 4 inches of snow and sleet beginning Friday night. Time will tell. Taking no chances. I am getting up early in the morning and going to the store. I am getting things for a pot of home made vegetable soup and some other things called comfort food. :} :}

I think I will bake an apple pie or pumpkin pie. I really enjoy pumpkin pie but Larry is an apple pie guy. I guess I will please him.

My Dolly is so sweet. It is like she love's Mommy and knows how to wrap me around around her heart to where she gets anything she wants. Ha ha, she does any way.

Now is that not the most beautiful face ever. Try saying no to those beautiful eyes. What a blessing she has been to me and Larry.

You should be here to smell our home. It is what you would smell if you were going to Maw Maw's house to eat supper.

Well I need to go and get to fixing the rest of dinner. Wish you were here to enjoy it with us.

Love all of you and have a wonderful evening with your family. Don't take them for granted. You may not have them tomorrow!!!

Tuesday

2010-01-26T10:56:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends,

Hope all of you are doing fine today.

I want to tell you about my last couple of months.

I got sick the first part of Oct. with a cold. Or at least that is what I thought it was.

I went to W.Va. with the ladies from our Church and had a wonderful time but was sick while I was there. By the time we got home I was worse but instead of going to see the Dr. I tried to cure myself with my home made medicine. After about a week or so I went to the Dr. as it just got worse. I kind of knew then that it was not just a cold. This was in November. Well it was so bad that when the Dr. opened the door and was reading my chart she went out and came back in with a mask on. I knew then I was in trouble. Not really she was pregnant and was just protecting herself and the baby.

I was put on 4 different kinds of medicines and sent home to go to bed and not get up unless I had to. Well again in Nov. I went back to the Dr. and they put me on more medicines this time. Told me the same thing to go home and go to bed. I did what they said. All this time I am in so much pain in my rib cage on the left side. Every time I took a breath it felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife. I went back to the Dr. about a week later and he gave me a shot in the rib cage. I had coughed so hard that I tore some cartilage loose from my ribs and every time I coughed it just got worse. The shot helped but he also gave me some steroids to take along with more cough medicine with codine to help me sleep. It did not.

I have been back since and I have been put on another round of med.'s. It has helped a great deal. I was able to go back to Sunday School and church service Sunday morning. It was great to be back into the house of the Lord.

Last night for the first time since Oct. I went to bed about 8 or 8:30 and did not wake up until a little after 7 this morning. Went to the bathroom and got back in bed and Larry came in at 10:10 AM and woke me up. What a wonderful nights rest.

I fixed breakfast and lunch and did the dishes. Larry is taking a nap at this time and I decided I would blog.

I pray that you stay well and if you do get sick I pray that it will not last long.

Love all of you,

God Is Good All The Time

2010-01-18T21:05:00.000-08:00

Hello,

I have had a great day today.

I woke up this morning and was feeling better than I have felt in a very long time.

About 11 or a little after a dear friend and her daughter from church came over with home made Chicken Pot Pie and a Pineapple Upside Down Cake. "Still Warm".

With me being sick and Larry not well they decided to bring us dinner. Well, about 5:00 PM another lady from church came and brought us meatloaf, mashed potatoes & corn for dinner. Now I will not have to cook for a couple of days.

Yes God Is Good All The Time.

I did not go to church again yesterday because of how damp it was outside. I am still coughing and don't want myself getting back to like I was a few weeks ago.

Larry came home after his treatment today with a new perscription for Blood Pressure medicine. His b/p was very high this morning and he was not doing good at all.

I started watching the Smallville series and it is really good. So far no cursing and I have watched 4 DVD's.

Each one is about 45 minutes long.

My new Bible verse for this week is Psalms 1 : 4, The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

If you have read verses 1, 2 & 3 you will see how well this verse fits in with Psalms chapter 1.

Everyone please have a great day tomorrow and I love all of you.

Nanny

A few weeks ago I decided to bake some yeast bread. This is one of the 3 that I baked and they were wonderful. I love baking in my kitchen for my family.

Friday

2010-01-15T17:43:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends,

Well everyone tells me that they love it when Friday rolls around. I do too. The only thing is it goes by so fast that before you know it Monday is here and we start all over again.

Friday started out good for me today. I got up and did not have the coughing spell like I normally do. That is a GOOD sign.

Larry came home from dialysis and I fixed him scrambled eggs with ham and toast. I was not hungry so I did not eat.

He went to bed about 12:45 and got up a little after 5.

John and Michael came over about 5 to clip Dolly's toe nails and he brought me the entire 7 season's of Smallville. I am going to try and watch them through the day when I am not doing something else. I know it will take a long time to get through them all.

John and Michael let me fix them some dinner and I fixed a plate for John to take to Jenny. She is working on 2 cases and he took it to work so she would have something to eat.

John and Michael left here full as a tick. It was just left overs but the way they carried on you would have thought that Emeral had cooked them a meal.

Of course it was not Emeral but it was cooked in Emeral's cook ware. If you don't have a set it is well worth the money.

My sister Joyce called me this afternoon. She just got home from Texas. If I have not told you she works for the Joint Commission and travels all over the states auditing the hospitals.

She does love her job and is very good at it. She has her Master's in Nursing and thinking about getting some more education in this area. She would have made a wonderful doctor.

Well here it is Friday and I have had no sweets all week. That is a record for me. I have also cut back on my portions and hope to do more of that next week. I want to start walking when it get's warm out.

Continue to pray for me please. It is not an easy thing to do when you have not disciplined your self to eating only what you really need to survive.

Larry wanted to drive to Wendy's and get a Frosty and I told him that I did not need a Frosty. He said I am sorry honey I forgot. Being a diabetic he doesn't need one either.

My Dolly is such a sweet dog and we love her very much in this home. She is our child that will never leave home. Ha Ha

John came over today and she just about had a fit. She loves John.

John saved 5 little puppies that were not even 8 weeks old. This lady was getting ready to kill them. John took all the dogs and they were eat up with ticks and fles. He took the dogs to the vet and because of what John did to save the dogs he only charged 10.00 for their shots. John brought 2 of them over to let us look at them and we fell in love with both of them but one took our hearts immediately. She was so shy and quiet. Just clung to us when we were holding her. She has been with us ever since.

She is still a very shy and scared dog. She is scared of all men except our grand children, Larry & John. Of course no one else knows that and when they hear her bark it frightens them. Good watch dog.

Well, I must sing off for now and get ready for bed.

God is good all the time. Please remember that. He is faithful in all things.

My goal for 2009 was to read the Bible through for the year. With God's help I was able to do that.

This year I want to learn a new Bible verse each week.

If you want to know which verses that I have learned so far, read Psalms 1: 2, 3 & 4.

Love all of you,

Nanny
Let me introduce you to our Baby Dolly. this was taken a year ago and she in now about 75 pounds of love. My sister Joyce told me her time was off on her computer. After I finished my blog I looked at the time and my time is off also. Can anyone help?

2010-01-13T18:08:00.000-08:00

Hello My Dear Friends,
I first want to ask your forgiveness for being off my blog for such a long time.
I really have no excuse for not blogging except being busy and not taking the time to let my friends know how our family is doing.
I have for the past weeks been reading my sister's blog and I have found myself waiting for the next day so that I can find out what she is saying in her blog for that day.
She has really spoke to my heart through God's word about something that I have struggled with all my life. Can you guess what it is? You are correct. FOOD!
I won't go into details but I will give you her blog name and you would really enjoy reading what God has laid on her heart.
It is called "Telling myself the truth". If you get a chance to go there, read Jan. 10Th.'s blog. The verses there have really caused me to stop and think about myself and what I am doing to destroy this Temple that does not belong to me but belongs to God.
You are my friends and I am asking you to please pray for me in this area. My eating is out of hand and I MUST do something about this SIN in my life.
Now to let you know about Larry. If you have kept up with Kristi's blog which I know you have, then you know that Larry has been in the hospital since my last blog. This has been at least 3 months ago. Anyway, Larry is doing OK.
He is getting weaker each week after his treatments. I have noticed that he stumbles a lot and his balance is off.
They called me today from the Dialysis Center that he was not doing well and very weak and could not drive. I left and picked him up and got him home and put him to bed. He slept until after 4 P.M..
He did not eat very good tonight. Not even half of what he normally eats. I took him over to the clinic and he picked up his truck and drove it home. I stayed with him to make sure he got home safely.
Continue to pray for him and his needs.
He is back on the Transplant list and has a few more test that need to be done. After all the test are done then we just wait until they call us.
Our children and grandchildren are doing well.
We are not sure about Taylor as we never hear from her or her mother. I ask that you please pray for them.
My Michael is so tall that I have to look up to him. He does like that. :} :} He is now 15 and a Junior in High School. He is a very smart young man.
Justin is a senior this year and has many plans for himself when he get's out of school. He will still be in school, hopefully at the Fireman's Academy. He has really prayed about what God would have him do with his life and he truly believes it is to be a fireman. WE are very proud of him and the way he is letting God lead him.
Hannah is a ninth grader. She is such a beautiful young lady and she too loves the Lord and serves him in every way that she can in our church. I know God has a wonderful journey waiting for her when she graduates.
Harrison is the youngest of the grand kids but none the less you know when he is around. He is a little Georgie Porgy if ever there was one. He has all the little girls wanting to marry him. He is going to be the ladies man that boy is.
Well that is all for now. I am not going to promise that I will blog everyday but I will try to blog at least 2 maybe 3 times a week.
Take care and I love all of you.
Nanny

Hello, It me

2009-06-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,
It has been so long since I have posted that I just don't know where to begin.
Everything is going fine here on the home front and both Larry and myself are doing just fine.
Larry has had a heart cauterization and he will not have to have surgery.
His heart has developed some more problems but due to the diabetes he will be put on medication for that and hopefully it will do the job.
I am still the same. Nothing seems to get me down anymore. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
I am doing laundry today and it is just about done. It seems to be better for me if I do our clothes on Saturday.
One of our friends at church had a get together at their home and it was a great time of fun, fellowship and laughter. Yes a lot of laughs.
Thank you so much Mrs. Janet and Brother Greg. It was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!
I stopped to get gas on the way and when I came out of the gas station I fell. Yep, flat on my left
side. I was calling for Justin to come and help me and between him and another fellow there, they got me up without a problem. The problem was my right thumb and right knee.
When I got back into the car we went on to the Poston's and of course Greg being so smart when it comes to those with bad sprains and broken bones he was kind enough to suggest I go and get x-rays on my knee. Of course being me I rejected.
Hey, I came for fun, dinner, games and laughs and that is what I needed after the fall.
My thumb is much better and my knee is not swollen today. The swelling in my thumb in down but I still cannot pick up any thing with that hand. I will be fine. It could have been worse.
Larry is watching a James Stewart movie and I am still doing laundry and of course I am baking cookies.
Chocolate chips for the little ones tomorrow at church. I teach the 5 year olds and thought they would enjoy them after our lesson.
Our Pastor and his wife should be back from their vacation tomorrow. We sure missed them while they were gone.
Well, I am closing for now and I promise to try and be more faithful with my blogging.
Love you,
Maw Maw Birt

Get Ready, Get Set, Go !

2009-03-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

Now who do you think won this race?

I will never tell.

Today was a wonderful day at the park.

This is the second day of me starting my walking program and Kelly Ross said she would come with me to help encourage me and believe me she has.

Benjamine and Larual were also there. We had a wonderful time.

They were such a joy to have with us. I must say that the energy that children have today is wasted on the young. :}

Then we began our walk.

There was no sunshine today and a lot of wind but the fellowship was wonderful with the Ross family.

Thank you Kelly for being such an encouragement for me. It has helped a great deal.

Paw Paw Birt went with us and this is where we found him on the first time around.

He went for a nap and some lunch later. :} :}

These faces are just beautiful.

If there are any other famlies out there that want to go please let me know and you can encourage me also. I try to be there about 11:30 am.

Larry and the children had ham sandwiches, cheese sticks and chocolate chip cookies and Kelly and I had a wonderful salad with our cold water.

Then we finished with a nice piece of Cherry Cheese pie. Low Fat and it was GREAT!!!! Mrs. Kim O'Malley made it for us over the week-end and we were able to share it with Kelly today.

Thank you Mrs. Kim it was great.

I will post a few more pictures and then I will sign off.

Thank you to the Ross family for such a wonderful outing at the park and lunch.

Love all of you,

Maw Maw Birt

Long Time, No Blog

2009-03-21T09:11:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,
Please forgive me for not blogging in such a long time.
I have been in bed for 10 days due to my infected leg.
I have devoleped Phybytis after a long period of trying to get better from my hip surgery.
Getting out these past few night has been wonderful for me spiritually.
I have missed 3 Sunday's and 3 Wednesday night services due to not being able to get out. So the revival this week with brother Joe Author has been a blessing to me.
I felt like I was dying inside without seeing my church family, hearing my wonderful pastor preach and teach the word of God, hearing my church choir sing and all the special music that we have in our church.
Now if you have ever been to our church then you know what I am talking about.
I never go to a service where my God does not meet with me there.
My Hannah is here today cleaning for her Maw Maw. I needed the help and she needs money for her trip to Murfreesboro Tennessee.
They are having a youth conference and she is going. This way we both help out with each other's needs.
She is such a pleasure to have with us. She will always bring a smile to our faces with her sweet disposition.
We have truly been blessed with our grand children. "All of them."
Please pray for Larry. He has been throwing up for some time now. He is not running a fever but he is sick on his stomach.
I love all of you and hope all is well.
Love in Christ,
Janice

Tuesday afternoon

2009-03-02T10:38:00.000-08:00

I will finish the blog I started yesterday afternoon.

I thank God for our place that he has given to us for all these years.
Sometimes I get so lonely to see my loved ones. I really want them to enjoy what God has given to us as much as I enjoy recieving them.
Believe me I don't deserve them but God still smiles on me and always lets me know that he loves me.
His handy work yesterday was no exception.
If you want to see more shots please go to the previous blog.

This next shot is of Larry coming home from his dialysis and it was about 12:15. The archway was still there.
Don't worry, this morning the trees are standing back up after the snow melted.

Once he got through the trees he was able to get some good traction and was in the carport before I knew it.

Of course Larry would not have had a good day if he had not had any snow to eat. haha! After I took the shot he spit it out.
No ice cream snow this year.

No pictures today. It is extremely cold outside and I really don't want to go out into the weather.

I hope each of you will have a great day and that you will enjoy what God has sent our way for a day or two.

He knows what we need when we need it the most.

Take care and I love all of you.

Love to all,

Maw Maw Birt

Back in January I wrote something out of a calander that my sister Joyce sent to me for Christmas.

It has a new story for each month and I said I would share the new one with you guys each month. I failed to send the one for February. So here it is and I hope you enjoy reading it.

Thanks again Joyce for this very special gift.

The Story of Two Very Different Sisters

One is here, one is there. One is a little taller than the other. They have two different styles of hair, two different outlooks on life, two very differnet views from thier windows. Both have different tomorrows ahead. Each is unique in so many ways. Each has her own story with all the busy things going on in the present. Each has different work to do and different demands on the day. Each has a separate destination and a distinctly different path to get there. But, for all the things that might be different and unique about them... These two sisters will always share so much. They will always be the best family and friends, entwined together through all the days of their lives. Their love will always be very special: gentle and joyful when it can be, strong and giving when it needs to be, reminding them, no matter how different their stories turn out....

They share the incredibly precious gift of being "sisters." When you think of some of the best things this world has to offer, a blessing like that is really...what it's all about.

I want to thank God for ALL my sister's. They are and always will be a wonderful memory in my mind.

Monday Morning / 03/02/2009

2009-03-02T06:16:00.000-08:00

Good morning,

Boy did we have a snow last night.

I was not able to go to church yesterday but Larry went to both services. What normally takes us 30 minutes to get there took Larry 1 hour and 30 mimutes to get home. He said it was really bad coming home. He could not drive over 10 miles an hour.

God is Good all the Time!

Here's what it looked like when it was first coming down and this was before Larry got home.

I kind of helped him up the steps and into the house.

He was able to get something to eat and relax for about 20 minutes or so and then we lost power for the rest of the night. We have our gas logs and were able to keep the house warm with those.

Our son John had them fixed for us a few weeks ago and we are so thankful John for what you did for us.

When we got up this morning this is what we opened our front door to.

Now what you are about to see is what Larry went through this morning to get to dialysis in Kings Mountain. He was glad to hear the snow crunch as he was going down the steps. He said that was a good thing as he would be able to get some traction.

There you have it for now. I called to the center to make sure he made it and he did. He called back a little while after I called to let me know he made it. :} :}

They started him up about 8:30 and they will run him for 3 hours instead of 4. He was glad for that.

When he get's home I will try to have some more pictures.

Love all of you and really missed you at church yesterday.

Love,

Nanny Birt

Saturday

2009-02-07T10:42:00.000-08:00

Good morning friends,

This is Saturday and we have finished cleaning the house and boy are we tired.

Now tell me this, how can 2 people and a dog live alone and by Saturday your house is a mess.

Dust every where even though we polished the furniture last Saturday and you could put your initials on the furniture by the next Saturday.

I must say that my dear sweet husband has been wonderful.

He moved the chairs from the kitchen table and ran the sweeper under the table where our area rug is, then he swept the kitchen floor and is just getting ready to mop the floor for me.

He cleaned all the appliances and the counter top. He ran the sweeper in the living room, hall way, computer room and both bedrooms.

You say what did she do. I cleaned both bathrooms, dusted the furniture, changed sheets and made bed, fixed bacon, eggs, toast with orange juice and coffee. Tried to do most of the dished while I was cooking then Larry finished the rest.

I am awarding us the "MEDAL FOR HARD LABOR".

I have pinto's on and will fix some chicken wings, potatoes and cornbread.

a great week-end and I will see most of you tomorrow.

Then my honey will leave and preach at the nursing home tonight.

Well girls I guess you will need many years to train your sweeties to do what my love does for me.

Even though he is retired he really works hard on Saturday's.

He calls himself my "MAID". :} :} I LOVE IT!!!!!!

Have

Love you,

Thanking God

2009-01-26T17:56:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful day we had in the house of God yesterday.
Both services were just GREAT!!
God was so real to me yesterday and I thank Him so much for all that He has done for me.
Things have been going really good the past couple of weeks and I was talking with some one last week about this.
They too were telling me about all that God has blessed them with also.
I told them we cannot get relaxed with this as the Devil was just waiting to attack.
Tonight was the night for me but I am praising God anyway.
Let me share a little bit with you.
About 7:45 I took Dolly out and I was sitting on the porch while she was going to the bathroom when a car was coming around the curve. I thought to myself how wonderful it would be if that was our son Larry Jr. coming to visit with us.
Then I started thinking about the morning that our door bell rang at 5:00 to let us know that our son had committed suicide.
Tears came to my eyes as I was thinking about how I would love to have him back just one more time to hug me and me hug him and let him know that I love him.
Then I remembered how unhappy he was for a long time and also the sin he was in and that is when the attack happened.
I thought to myself that one day I would see him again and the devil said "Maybe" you will if he was saved. "IF."
I started to question that and the thought of my son being in Hell is something that I just cannot handle.
Of course I prayed and ask God to help me through this time and that is when the devil lost.
I remember when Larry was a small young man that he gave his life to Christ. I KNOW that I will see him again and we will hug one another.
It still hurts and I still miss him but God is my comforter in this time of my life.
I do thank God for giving Larry to us for so many years and I will always miss him but the good memories will always be with me and no one can take them away.
Proverbs 3: 5 & 6. These are my life's verses.
He will not only direct my path but He will also direct my thoughts.
Love,
Maw Maw

What a week

2009-01-16T08:44:00.000-08:00

Good morning,
I hope this small blog finds everyone doing well.
It is very cold this morning and we are suppose to have about 5 degrees in the morning hours.
Larry had his dialysis this morning and he is very weak and kind of dizzy.
I fixed homemade biscuits, bacon, scrambled eggs for him and he had to have some gravy with his biscuits. It was a good breakfast and I have cut back a lot so this morning's breakfast has left me with an upset stomach. I did not eat that much either. I guess drinking about 24 oz. of water before breakfast did it to me.
Water is good and I have lost about 12 pounds drinking it.
I got 4 - 2 lt. drinks of diet coke for 4 dollars and have not opened any of them yet.
Well, I hope that all of you are going to have a great week-end and that I will see many of you at church Sunday.
Love you,
Nanny

Our Sweet Missionary Family

2009-01-08T11:47:00.000-08:00

This is the John O'Malley Family

We love them so very much.

Their son John has left and gone back to school in California and may get to come for a week or so in March.

He is one of our many adopted grandson's that we hold very dear in our hearts.

While John was home on Christmas break we were privaliged to be invited to his birthday party. He turned 20.

Each year they have a theme and this year it was on Disney.

I am going to share some of the photo's that we took while there.

This is John as he is entering their Kitchen and we all yelled SURPRISE! As you can see he is smiling from ear to ear. He had no idea that the theme was Disney.

Not only were we there, but his family from Florida was there on the internet and it was so much fun interacting with this precious family that we had not met before.

I believe this is his Uncle Mark. If I have the name wrong I am so sorry.

For the theme they would ask questions that had to do with Disney. When John would answer the question correct he would get to open a gift. There were a lot of questions asked and John got them all correct. He sure knows a lot about disney. Enjoy the photo's.

This is John's grandmother from Florida.This is his beautiful mother and boy can she sing. One of my favorites is Don't Give Up.

Of course a birthday party is not a party without the party clowns.
Of course you also just have the clown.
The clown was just hungry for the camera.

What a wonderful time we had while there.
Thank you Mrs. Kim, Brother John, grandmother and John 9th for such a wonderful time.

Love and Prayers,
Janice

Prayer

2009-01-06T10:48:00.000-08:00

I have purposed in my heart to pray more this year for our missionaries.

I have always been a believer in sending out missionaries to other countries. Now I pray for missionaries who have completely surrendered to the Lord to serve God also in the USA.

Never before have I seen such sin amoung our young people as well as our older adults.

As we get older the word of the Lord SHOULD become more precious to us than ever berfore.

I know that today for me, it just gets sweeter and sweeter as the days go by.

You ask yourself sometimes why now.

I really don't have an answer to that only that as I get older life becomes more precious to me.

I don't think of myself all the time but find I think of others and their needs.

Our missionaries have needs that we have no idea of at this time.

God knows what those needs are and if we only pray, "Lord I don't know what their need is at this time but you do." Please supply what you know they are in need of.

We had a missionary family in last night for dinner before their son goes back to college. I found out that there was a missionary who was in need and had no money and needed it NOW, or so he thought.

On Monday he got an anouminous gift of 6,000.00 dollars for Christmas. The missionary who recieved this 6,000.00 was not the family we had in for dinner last night but a family friend of theirs.

What a blessing to be able to call this family and say, hey, you just got 6,000.00 for a Christmas gift and I am putting that money into your account now.

Now in God's own time the Lord supplied his every need and more.

He is always on time with all of our needs and those needs will be met in God's time.

We cannot forget that our job is to pray and pray some more.

This week I have a special missionary that I am praying for. I am praying for him and his family that God will always supply all their needs but also that His hand of protection will be on this family at all times. God does not just call a man but his entire family so we must pray for all of them.

This does not mean that I am not praying for all of our missionaries and their needs but I want to choose a missionary to pray for several times a day for a whole week and call that famlies name out to our most wonderful Heavenly Father.

Thank God for his promises to take care of us where ever we are and that he will supply all of our needs.

Philippians 4:19

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Love to all of you,

Janice

This Is For You

2009-01-03T21:03:00.000-08:00

My sisiter Joyce got me a beautiful 2009 calander for Christmas.

For each month it has a wonderful saying for a sister and friends.

I would like to share the saying for the month of January.

"There are a few absolute gems in this world. They are the people who make a tremendous difference in other people's lives...with the smiles they give, the blessings they share, and the way they warm the hearts of everyone around them.

Those rare and remarkable people are so deserving of every hope and happiness. They are the people who are incredibly unique, enormously thanked, and endlessly appreciated for everything they do.

And one of those wonderful, deserving, and one -of- a- kind people is most definitely...you.

Written by, Douglas Pagels

This is the way I feel about so many of you.

Thank you for being my friend and some times my sounding ear.

I love you in the Lord and thank you for all your prayers.

Happy New Year

2008-12-31T20:20:00.001-08:00

I would like to take this time to tell each of you Happy New Year .
May God bless each of you and keep you safe in his care.
Love you,
Janice and Larry

Christmas At The Morrow Home

2008-12-27T06:35:00.000-08:00

What a night we had at the Morrow home. It was great being together. The first thing we did was greet one another when we each arrived with big hugs and kisses.

Then we watched Kristi and a few other's sneaking into the wings that their dad had made. Boy were they good.

Then we prayed and dug in. The food was so good.

We had meatballs, chicken wings, spinach dip, taco dip, taco pie, chips, cheese ball, cheese, crackers those huge bread rolls for the meatballs if you wanted it like that, devil eggs & cheese sticks.

Then we had this table of pure home made fat. This was not all the sweets either. We had not finished putting things out yet. We still had home made peanut butter candy, home made fudge, and of course it would not be Christmas without the Christmas Punch.

These are just 2 of the sneakers that could not wait and they got caught.

After we finished we listened to Kristi sing while Bruce played for her.

The Greatest Christmas Tree. The words are so beautiful.

We would normally have a drawing for cash but this year we did it different and I really enjoyed doing what Kristi choose to do. She would ask a Bible question pertaining to Christmas and the one who answered it first by raising their hand got to open a gift. "Of course some of us yelled out the answer and did not raise their hand". Wright Maw Maw Birt? That was great Kristi and thank you for doing that. I have forgotten who the first person was that opened their gift but I am going to add some shots that Larry took at random. Enjoy.

Kristi, thank you so much for opening up your home this year for all of us.

You were a wonderful daughter for going the extra mile.

Take care and have a great week end.

Love you, Mom

This is Daniel, Amber's friend.

Kristi and Jenny.
Amber with her gift card to Old Navy. From maw maw and paw paw Birt

Jessica opening up her gift card to Old Navy from maw maw & paw paw Birt,
John opening up his Pressure Cooker that he ask for from maw maw and paw paw Birt.Some of the gang.
Hannah just waiting. Is she not the sweetest little lady??? "DUH"!!!Our sweet little Harrison.
Some on the gang. John, Justin, Hannah, Bruce & Kristi. Part of me. The part that should not be showing.
Is she not cute.
This is our Kristi with her Christmas outfit on. Beautiful socks and of course her Elf hat on. Of course she had ear rings in her elf ears also.
This is Justin just being Justin!!!!!

This is my beautiful Jenny opening up one of her Christmas presents from Mom and Pop. It was a set of Flannel sheets for their bed. She just had her Gall Bladder removed on Monday and was able to be there Wednesday night. "Not without pain to say the least".
And what would we do without our singing Christmas Cow.
What would a Christmas party be like without the party clown modeling his new shorts that John and Jenny got him for Christmas. Way to go Bruce!!!!!!!

These are just a few of Kristi's Nativities that she has displayed all through her home.
Kristi opening up the recipe book that she was trying to steal from me last Friday when she came to clean. I had to hide it from her. She got it Wednesday night.
I will share more pictures with you later. I am soooooo tired.

Love you,

Nanny

December 22, 2008

2008-12-22T13:15:00.000-08:00

Hello,
Today has gone by so fast.
I got up at 5:15 and had my devotions then I got my eggs out and waited about 20 minutes then started baking my banana breads and Christmas Breads.
They have turned out really good.
I will try to do my candies tomorrow if at all possible. My right leg is giving me fits. I am having upper thigh charlie horses and they are so bad. Please pray for me.
We had our church play last night and it was wonderful. We had so many people at church last night. A lot of lost people.
They heard the gospel through this play for sure. It was for everyone not just the lost. You knew that the Holy Spirit was in every word that was spoken.
The children and the youth choir did a great job when they sang.
Well, I must go for now.
Please have a wonderful Christmas and may God bless each one of you.
Love you,
Nanny

God Is So Good

2008-12-16T16:49:00.000-08:00

Good is so good all the time.

My Physical Therapists arrived this morning at 8:30 and released me from their care.

After she left Larry and I headed out to the DMV because my license had expired on Oct. 14, 2008.

Since I had not been driving for about 2 months it had not crossed my mind that I needed to go and have them renewed.

When we got there I took my test and passed it then the officer said since they have expired I will need you to do a drivers test. I explained to him that the blinkers were not working and he said do you want to do the hand signals. I said yes so off we go.

When I got back he said please come on in and go to my desk.

He smiled and said that will be 20.00 and I wrote out a check and smiled. They took my picture and now I am legal again.

Then we went to Sam's and picked up some chicken wings for Larry to do for the Christmas party next Wednesday night.

While I was trying to get into Sam's there was a woman watching me and Larry. Unknown to me she was watching us walk into the store and prayed about something that God had laid on her heart to do.

When we came out of the store she was getting into her own car and as she was leaving she came up to me and said do you have a scooter at home. I told her no and she gave me her mother's scooter that was purchased at the scooter store 18 months ago and was only used 2 times. Her mother passed away in Feb. on 2008. She is bringing it to us tomorrow from her home in McAdenville.

We had been trying to get one for some time now and God has provided one for us.

God is so Good.

I have a regular Doctor's appointment tomorrow morning at 8:30. Please pray for me.

Love to all of you,

Secret Pal Christmas Party

2008-12-15T10:20:00.000-08:00

Hello,

Last Thursday we had our Secret Pal christmas party and it was just great.

It is the largest group we have had so far. At least as long as I have been coming.

Mrs. Janet did a wonderful job as always and the food was great.

She had help this year as she has just had major surgery.

Thank you Mrs. Janet and all those who helped make it such a great time of fellowship.

We had Shrimp, stuffed mushrooms and cheese sticks as apertizer's.

The main course was baked chicken, baked potato and salad.

The ladies supplied the desert's and it was so good.

I am now going to share some photo's with you.

If I miss your picture I am so sorry but I hope I get everyone.

The ladies who are hugging are revealing who their Secret sister.

These are two of our deacons wives who is loved by all. They are Mrs. Anna Paris standing and Mrs. Debra Lovelace.

Decorations, Dr.'s visit & breakfast

2008-12-09T10:10:00.000-08:00

Hello and where do I begin??

Sunday night Justin, Hannah and Harrison came home with us from church.

On Monday morning Justin and Hannah went out to the shed and brought in my Christmas tree and all the decorations.

Hannah bless her heart is always the one to get the lights plugged in correctly and then Mrs. Philbeck gave me some lights that I just loved that she has had for years. Justin put those on for me along with my other 400 lights. Thank you Mrs. Philbeck for remembering me and how much I loved those lights. They look great on the tree.

Then they started decorating and I left them to it. They did a beautiful job and I have plenty of pictures to share with you.

Harrison bought me a beautiful angel for the top of my tree last year as he felt the little one I had was so sad to look at and believe me it was. Anyway, Justin helped him up and he topped my tree with it.

Enjoy the photos. This is Justin, Hannah, Harrison & Dolly getting ready to start the decorations.

I was told that I could not tell whose feet these belonged to. So you have to ask Hannah yourself.

This is half way through the decorating.
This is Harrison putting my beautiful Angel on the top of the tree. He was so pleased when he was able to put it on for his Maw Maw.

Of course the tree was not the only thing that was decorated. :} :}

Like grandson like grandpa!!!!

Grandpa was not to be outdone by the kids doing all the decorating. He really got involved.

Now Dolly was letting them know where the empty places were.
She was making sure they did it right.

Now I hope you will enjoy all of these pictures as much as I enjoyed having the children here.

Thank you Justin, Hannah & Harrison for being such a wonderful help.

Today was my doctor visit with Dr. Hayes. This is Dr. Hayes. He is a wonderful Doctor. He has replaced both my knees and also my total hip replacement. He is a saved man and I was in much prayer when I was looking for the right Doctor to do my first knee. After I met Dr. Hayes I knew that God had sent him my way

Thank you Dr. Hayes for all you have done for me since 2005.

May God continue to bless you in your work for Him and also your work to help people like me.

My appointment went well and he was very pleased with my progress.

I still have to take it easy and not over do it but my time for release will be some time in Feb.

God has really done a miracle in my body. I have no more of the hip pain because they have removed all the arthritis .

Now after my Dr.'s visit was over Larry and I went to

We both had the weekly special which was 2 eggs, hash browns, 2 sausage links, 2 pancakes, grits, orange juice, coffee and diet coke for $4.99. It cost us $10.98 plus our tip. We rally enjoyed ourselves. As you can tell by this plate.

After breakfast we went to Wal-mart and did some grocery shopping then came home.

My P T just left and my last day with Physical Therapy will be next Tuesday.

I really want to thank everyone who has played a part in helping me with my recovery. God has put each of you in a place where people like me can face each day with a new look at the future.

There have been times when I have just wanted to quit but in ways that you are not even aware of you have helped me. This goes for my grand children as well as my daughter. Also those who have prayed for me. Thank each of you for those prayers. God has and is still answering these prayers.

I love each of you,

Nanny

Saturday

2008-12-06T13:43:00.000-08:00

Hello to all my friends,
This is Saturday and I am still at home doing fine.
Today has been a really good day for me because I have done nothing.
I mean nothing.
I have watched the Hallmark channal all day and it has been nothing but Christmas movies. They have really been good.
I am going to go to church tomorrow night with Larry. I cannot go to Sunday School and church as it is to long for me to sit in the pew. I am looking forward to Sunday night.
Larry went out a few minutes ago and got some diet cokes and he brought back some brownies and I just had one. Man was it good. Thank you for doing that for me.
I have learned a new way to get into my tall bed without to much pain.
It has been so much easier getting in and out of bed by using the sides of my walker. Since I have been doing this "as of yesterday" my leg it not hurting as bad and also I have started taking my pain medicine again.
I have missed my little grandchildren so much. I am really excited about seeing them again tomorrow.
I was going to let them come and put up my tree but I have decided not to put it up just let them get out some of my Christmas decoration this year and not mess with the tree.
We would have already had it put up but just not really in the mood now. It would only be up for a couple of weeks and then we would have to just take it down again and put every thing away. I guess if it were not for the surgery I would be busy as we speak.
Anyway, Christmas is more than a tree. It is the Birthday of my King.
I love Him and thank Him for so much that he has done for me. More than I deserve.
Please send me emails if you want to and send me comments as it does get king of lonely looking at 4 walls all day.
Love you guys.
Nanny

Home

2008-12-04T10:59:00.000-08:00

Hello,
This is Thursday afternoon. I am waiting on my P.T. to arrive to make sure that I am doing my exercises. Today has been a hard day for me. I am hurting on my lower left side. It does not hurt all the time just when I move. :} :}
I came home on Tuesday afternoon. Larry was some what happy. I really don't think he was ready for all my moans. haha!
He has already told me he was going to take me back to my doctor because of how much I am hurting. I have gone off my pain medication and I don't think I am ready to do that completely. So today I have started taking them again and hope that it will help.
Larry said he has talked to a lot of people who have had this done and within a week they were back on their feet. That is not what is happening with me.
My appointment is with the Doctor next Tuesday and I hope I am musch better by the time I go back to see him.
Continue to pray for me please and for Larry.
I miss seeing the children each day but it will be a treat for me when they come over.
Larry fixed a great lunch today. Tomato soup. I have not had that in a long time and it was really good.
He will be going tomorrow morning for his dialysis and then he will have a week-end break. He always looks forward to the week-ends.
Dolly cannot believe that I am back home. She is such a sweet dog. She is scared of my wheel chairl. I hope she will get use to it soon being in the living room.
I think the children are coming over this Monday to decorate the Christmas Tree if I decide to have one this year. I am really not in the mood but Larry and Kristi know how much I love to decorate at Christmas that they want me to let the kids do it. I don't know that I am ready for that at this timel. We'll just have to wait and see.
Our church family will be leaving this Friday morning for Pidgon Forge to see Charistmas at Dollywood. This is the second or third year they have gone. We were hoping to be able to go this year but it is not going to happen.
Well, I am going to go for now and get ready for my Physical T. to arrive.
Take care and I will be sending you guys something else in a few days.
Love to all,
Nanny

Christmas is on it's way.

2008-11-29T11:44:00.000-08:00

Well here it is Saturday morning and I am trying to get really started for the day.

It is already 2:31 and I have been up since 9 this morning.

The only thing is I have just cleaned up for the day. It has really made me fill better but I am getting bored. I want to go Christmas shopping and I know that I cannot really do that at this time.

Now Kristi has taken me out a few times but I tire easy and really cannot constrate on what I am doing. Maybe one day next week I will fill like doing something.

Kristi fixed me turkey, dressing, swwet potato casserol and olives. That was at 12 and it was wonderful. I am still full. :} :}

Harrison is out playing with one his friends from the neighbor hood. I just saw him running in their drive way and he looked so happy. A big smile on his face.
Kristi has added me a photobucket to my computer and I am trying to learn how to use it. Sooooooooooo, bear with me as I am learning to use this new feature.
Hope all of you will have a great day and I will visit with you some more tomorrow if I am not to tired.
Love to all,
Nanny

27 days left

2008-11-28T06:14:00.000-08:00

Good morning,
How are all of you doing today. This is the day that the Lord hath made. We should all be happy!!!!!
Do you know that we have 27 days left before we celebrate the Christ Child being born. WOW! Just think, it did not stop there. He grew as a child and became a man, then suffered and died just for you and me.
What a great and wonderful God we have.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and we spent so much time getting ready for that big day. When we sat down and ate our dinner it was over with-in an hour.
Is it not wonderful that our salvation last forever.
It is wonderful that no one and I mean no one can take us out of our heavenly fathers hands.
He is a great and mighty God.
Well this is my first post on this new blog so I pray that you will enjoy this post until after Christmas.
Have a wonderful week-end and I love all of you.
Nanny