UPDATE ON RODNEY

JUST HEARD ABOUT 45 MINUTES AGO THAT RODNEY IS IN ICU AND DOING ALRIGHT. HIS WIFE NINA GOT TO THE WAITING ROOM AT 8:30 AM AND RODNEY GOT TO ICU JUST A FEW MINUTES TILL 5:00 PM. NINA SAID IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. THEY LET HER SEE HIM JUST A FEW MINUTES BUT VISITING TIME IS AT 5:00 SO WHEN THEY GET HIM SETTLED IN THEY WILL LET EVERYONE IN FOR THEIR VISIT.
SHE SAID HE LOOKED ALRIGHT AND WAS TRYING TO MOVE A LITTLE. THEY FIXED THE VALVE, THAT OTHER THING I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND FIXED A CLOGGED ARTERY THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT SENT UP PRAYERS.
I KNOW HOW HARD THIS DAY HAS BEEN ON EVERYONE SO WE'LL WAIT ABOUT GOING TO SEE THEM.

PRAYERS NEEDED

OUR FRIEND RODNEY NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS. HE'LL BE HAVING OPEN HEART SURGERY IN THE MORNING. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND HE'S HAVING A VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SOMETHING ELSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ENOUGH TO REPEAT.
RODNEY IS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WITH A VERY GIVING AND LOVING HEART. HE CARES SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE, HE'S ALWAYS HELPING SOMEONE. I PRAY FOR GOD TO GUIDE THE DOCTORS HANDS AND GIVE EVERYONE THE KNOWLEDGE TO GET HIM THROUGH THIS AND TO GIVE NINA HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS THE COMFORT AND STRENGTH THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH THE DAYS AHEAD.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK FOR PRAYERS FOR FRIENDS WHOSE HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE THE 23RD OF THIS MONTH. IT BURNED THROUGH THE ROOF SO I KNOW IT'S PRETTY BAD.
I ALWAYS HEAD FOR MY COMPUTER WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS PRAYERS. I FIND COMFORT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR PRAYING WITH ME. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON HOW RODNEY'S DOING.

LAPGHAN

THIS LAPGHAN WAS MADE USING LEFT OVER AND DONATED YARN. IT'S HEADED FOR A LOCAL NURSING HOME.

DO YOU THINK ANYONE AT THE NURSING HOME WOULD LIKE A SCARF? I HAVE SOME HOMESPUN YARN THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS.

2 LITTLE BURIAL POUCHES,



4 SMALL BLANKETS AND 1 MEDIUM BLANKET. THESE ITEMS WILL GO TO EGF AS ALWAYS. THE BLANKETS ARE MADE OUT OF SOME OF THE MATERIAL DONATED BY AUNT JANELLES SISTER HANNAH.

MORE YARN

I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE LADY THAT DONATED THIS YARN, SHE GAVE IT TO RODNEY AND NINA FRIENDS OF OURS. THE BOTTOM ROW IS BABY YARN AND THE REST WILL BE USED TO MAKE THINGS FOR THE NURSING HOME.

I'M WORKING ON A LAPGHAN NOW, I HOPE TO GET IT READY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

ANOTHER DONATION

TWO BURIAL POUCHES FOR DEKALB REGIONAL HOSPITAL. I DELIVERED THESE YESTERDAY.

DONATION FOR THE NURSING HOME

THE PICTURE LOOKS BAD BUT THIS IS A LAPGHAN FOR THE NURSING HOME. THAT MAKES 3 LAPGHANS AND 3 AFGHANS.


CANDY CANE HOLDERS AND WREATHS THAT I MADE.

7 SNOWMEN

AUNT JANELLE AND I MADE THESE THINGS DURING OUR CRAFTING PARTY. THE MATERIALS WERE DONATED BY VICKI MY SISTER-IN-LAW THAT HAS COPD.

THESE WERE SOME WREATHS SHE GOT SOMEWHERE.

ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO RODNEY AND HIS WIFE NINA TO GIVE OUT AT THE NURSING HOME WHERE NINA'S GRANDMOTHER LIVES. THEY GO EVERY NIGHT AND GET HER BACK IN BED. THEY HELP ME OUT BY DONATING MONEY TO MY CHARITY WORK AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLAY SANTA.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

LAST YEARS TREE,


THIS YEARS TREE. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT IN ME THIS YEAR TO DRAG OUT THE BIG TREE. SO I TOOK THE GARBAGE BAG OFF THE LITTLE TREE THAT WAS STILL DECORATED FROM LAST YEAR AND MY TREE IS READY. I MISS ALL MY HANDMADE ORNAMENTS BUT I DON'T MISS THE 3 OR 4 DAYS I SPEND STRESSING OVER THE BIG TREE. I SPEND 1 DAY JUST GETTING THE LIMBS JUST SO. NOT THIS YEAR, I'M ALL ABOUT LESS STRESS MORE FUN. MY TREE IS TINY BUT I FEEL GREAT.