Customer Service Success Story!

Hurrah! I just got a call from Backyard Gear and my missing part is in the mail! So happy to be able to use my Garden Center! My advice for anyone trying to get in touch with a service department - KEEP TRYING! It pays off to be persistent!
Tooth update: The dentist drilled a hole in the tooth and is letting it "drain" - sounds icky but the pain is letting up! Friday he will finish the root canal and close up the tooth. I can't wait to chew something! Liquid diets get really old fast. However since I have a "weigh-in" next week with my diabetes nurse practitioner - I guess it came at a good time. Surely I've lost some weight!
Thank goodness for Planet Smoothie and their low-carb smoothies!

Customer Service

Well my beautiful Garden Center arrived and John put it together for me, only to find out that we have two right hand doors and no left! I've called the company and of course can only get voice mail. I've emailed them and have no response. So frustrating!
I was so excited about this, it has a sink and all kinds of great organizing space.
I am going to set it up between the greenhouse and my little tool shed...it'll be great for potting and washing out the pots after I transplant. I'm thinking about buying a grill cover to put over it.
It would be so nice if I can only get that door!!
Dentist this afternoon and I'm hoping to get back to normal...these tooth problems have really messed up my week. And now we're going into the 2nd week with them!
Dentures are looking really good!

Root canals

Suffering with a toothache all weekend, called dentist on Monday only to find he was on vacation! But I did get referred to a doctor who saw me on Tuesday and has a root canal scheduled for this morning. That was the quickest I've ever gotten taken care of! I wonder how this health care stuff is going to affect our waiting time? And how will it affect dentists? Right now my dental plan stinks....I only have $1000 coverage per year and once I max that out - nothing, everything else comes out of my pocket. Wish I would have known years ago that I would need to have so much dental work done, I would have put away some money for it. At least we have access to dentists...many countries don't. I can't imagine the pain they have to endure.
Even in our own country, places like Appalachia do not have easy access to dentists. So instead of complaining, I should be thankful.

Little things mean alot

We received the sweetest card from our vet today. His words were comforting, reassuring and gave us much peace. What a kind thing to do for us!
And a phone call from a friend, the one who originally found Shadow and gave him to us...she shared some special memories that she had of Shadow when he first came to her house. Emails and facebook comments keep coming in and help to heal our hurting hearts as we receive many understanding and comforting comments from friends far away.
A scripture that was shared with us was Romans 8:19-21:
"For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
A reminder that the whole creation will be restored one day.

Life goes on

We couldn't sleep much last night...so many memories going through our minds. This morning Ranger scratched at our door...usually Shadow did this every morning. We opened the door and Ranger jumped up on the bed and gave us lots of love and attention. We really soaked it in! Here's a picture of Muffin and Ranger keeping us company on the bed.















It's been a difficult day, with alot of soul-searching questions of "Should we have noticed a problem with Shadow sooner"? "Could things have been different?"
But we have to rest in God's sovereignty....He is sovereign over all of His creation, all of His creatures. Doesn't Matthew 10:29 tell us Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father."

Mourning Shadow's Death

If you aren't a pet owner, this post will probably seem silly to you...but I am grieving tonight the loss of one of my three cats. He was the first cat I've had since I was a little girl. We adopted him 8 years ago when he had wandered into a friend's garage. She already had 2 cats, and they didn't get along well with this new one, so I agreed to take him. We named him Shadow...a beautiful grey long haired cat. He was so striking that I couldn't believe he was a stray. His fur was silken and he was very proud...I would call him "King Cat" because he always acted as if he were royalty. So loving at times of his choosing, but aloof and independent too.


He was so smart, if we were asleep and he wanted to go out, he would stand on the dresser and push the bottles of my perfume off, one by one to get our attention. Or he would go over to the answering machine and press the button to make it beep until we got up and let him outside.


I know it will take some time for the sadness I feel to subside...he was a good friend. When we would pull into the driveway, he'd roll over on his back and stretch out...showing us he was happy we were home. In the wintertime, he always would keep our feet warm in bed.





I miss him...Sleep peacefully tonight Shadow without pain!