Prayer Requests

 One of our most dear friends at church died on my birthday back in January.  She was the minister to the senior adults.  But more than that, she was an awesome prayer warrior.  Her gift was praying for people -- over the phone, in text messages, emails or snail mail.  Since she died, I felt like it was my job to continue her prayers -- praying for friends, family and strangers if they asked for prayers.   

Since then, I can't begin to tell you the times that the Old Man and I have gotten phone calls, texts, and emails asking us to pray for them.  I truly feel like we are doing what we are meant to do - carry on for our dear friend Vicki's prayer ministry.

That having been said, we've got a list of twelve friends and family that we are praying for today.  We've got so many people on our prayer list that we are going to start our night prayer time in a few minutes so we will get everybody covered.

So, if any of you, faithful readers, have prayer requests, just let me know and me and the Old Man will get you all prayed up.

Thank you again, Vicki, for your prayer legacy.  I hope that we can do you proud to carry on. 

Covid 19 Update

Today, they laid to rest a dear coworker from the factory who died last week from Covid.  I also found out another coworker tested positive a couple of days ago and is having a pretty rough time with the symptoms.  And we found out that my cousin's husband's neice's (stay with me) 8 year old daughter and 13 year old son both have Covid.  The boy is especially in need of extra prayers -- just a few weeks ago, he rang the bell and finished his cancer treatments that he's been going through.  This kid has fought cancer for over two years.  And to make things worse, he is Autistic. 

This is getting more scary to me than it is getting better, faithful readers.  All I can say is to wear your masks, keep your distance from others when possible and get your vaccine. 

Security Tip Sunday

I've noticed a very disturbing trend lately: people hanging their work ID badges on their rearview mirrors.  As a security consultant, and as a person who [I think] has common sense, I do not recommend this. I noticed 4 ID badges in plain sight when I walked from the parking lot into the grocery yesterday.  The badges give a lot more information to thieves than you think.  First of all, it has your picture.  Then your first and last name.  And where you work.  Thieves could look at the badge, see your name and know that you are not at home.  It only takes a few seconds to do an online search to get an address.  And it would only take a few minutes for the thieves to get to their house and break in - knowing full well they aren't at home.  Same thing for during the work day. 

I know keeping track of your work ID badge is just one more thing you have to keep track of, but keep it in your purse if you are a woman, or if you are a man, keep it with your wallet at home on your dresser.  Or put it in the glove compartment.  Just remember that you put it in the glove compartment. 

 

Covid 19 Update

 The Old Man and I are now officially triple vaxxed.  We went Thursday night and got our third Pfizer booster.  We woke up yesterday morning feeling fine - not even the least bit of soreness on our arms where they gave us the shots.  We still feel fine, thank the Lord. 

It was a bit ironic to me that on Thursday - the day that we got our third boosters - a friend/coworker died from Covid.  He wasn't vaccinated, and from what I heard, the guy died alone in his house.  And it could have been prevented.  

It Was A Weird Wednesday

 Yesterday sure was a Weird Wednesday.  Me, the Old Man, some friends, co-workers and kinfolk had weird vibes going on.  I was thankful when 10:00 came around so I could just go to bed and hope for a better, non-weird Thursday.  

Stay tuned. 

Thank You, Monday

 My Monday started out pretty shitty.  The garbage bag was leaking all over the kitchen floor as I started to take it out to the big garbage can.  Thank goodness I caught it in time and dragged the kitchen garbage can out to the big garbage can to keep leakage down to a minimum.   And before that, I had double bagged two Kroger bags and poured some old veggie soup in it to throw away, only to find the bags had a small hole.  But once again, I was able to intercept and avoid more leakage.  

Luckily, those were the only two big messes today.  The rest of my Monday went great. 

Stay tuned. 

Thank You, Saturday and Sunday

 I would like to thank Saturday and Sunday for coming this week.  

This week was without a doubt the busiest week I've had at work in years.  We are backordered on so many pumps that we normally would have thousands, if not tens of thousands, in stock.  It's truly a scheduler's nightmare.  But I made it through the week, and don't have to schedule anything for two days. I sure will be taking advantage of that.