Favorites Of Mine

Favorites? Wow, that is not easy to say. Some are lasting; others may change at the blink of an eye or until another favorite comes along. I will list a few, but I don't think there is a clear-cut winner. Here are my initial choices. Some of my answers perhaps were more applicable during my younger years before there were restrictions on my health.

1. Bible verse - John 3:16 "For God so loved the world...."; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, 22 "A time for everything..."
2. Colors - Red/white/blue; Navy blue; black; burgundy
3. Crafts - Quilting; Hardanger stitchery; cross-stitching
4. Desserts - Ice cream; homemade pies; puddings as rice, chocolate, and tapioca
5. Hobbies - My crafts; playing on the Grand Royale organ; genealogy; computer preparing blogspots, websites, statistical data;
6. Meal - Turkey, candied yams, mashed potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin pie; pot roast, mashed potatoes, carrots; chicken; but also casseroles such as goulash
7. Singer, female -
8. Singer, male - Jim Reeves; Willie Nelson; Neil Diamond; John Denver
9. Smells - Fresh baked bread; freshly mown grass or alfalfa; air after a light rain settles the dust;
10. Song, Christmas sacred - O Holy Night; Silent Night
11. Song, Christmas other - Pretty Paper; Silver Bells
12. Song, country/western - For The Good Times; If Tomorrow Never Comes
13. Song, other - O Danny Boy; The Rose
14. Song, patriotic - God Bless America; America the Beautiful
15. Song, sacred - How Great Thou Art; O Jesus, I Have Promised; Children of the Heavenly Father; Day by Day; I Look Not Back;
16. Sounds - Singing of birds; running water in a pool or rain falling on a tin roof; a faraway train whistle at nighttime
17. Vacation spot - Nashville; Branson; my own backyard.

Health and Medicine

16 October 2007: Here we are in the kitchen. In this drawer I keep my medications. I take most of them with my breakfast in the morning, but I take one Metformin pill at supper time, and some others about 9:00 in the evening. I've been on most of these pills for a long time, and I think they help me out. But I do have things that trouble me -- dizziness, tired, and more. I am growing older, so maybe some of those things should be expected. But since I do get dizzy and tired, I don't like to do as much driving or travelling as I once did. I have to (should) watch what I eat, as that too can send my blood sugar levels soaring and cause unwanted symptoms.


4 June 2012:  Wow, how time does fly.  I wrote my last post about 5 years ago.  I am now 80+ years old and am still having many of the same symptoms.  What I have been diagnosed with, and am taking medications for, are the following:  Diabetes Type II, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and irritable bowel syndrome (and maybe more).


The prescription pills I am taking are:


Metformin (2 in the morning; 1 in the evening)
Lipitor
Sertraline (generic for Zoloft)
Plavix (1 per day)
Atorvastatin 20mg tablet (1 per day)


Non-prescription pills include:


Multi-vitamin
Glucosomine
Garlic
Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc


13 June 2012:  I was having trouble with my breathing, so I called 911 and was taken to the ER at the VA Hospital. They did all types of testing and prescribed some medications which I hope will help me out.

Gardening

Pending. For use as Gardening

Music

Can you believe, here we are, already in the month of October. September has always been my favorite month. It has one of my favorite songs -- "Happy Birthday"!!! I'm kidding, of course, because that is not my favorite, and I certainly don't enjoy growing older, but this past month I reached the ripe old age of 76. Just a kid, some say, but I've got a lot of things I want to do before I leave this earth for that "Mansion Over The Hilltop." But I like to claim the whole month of September as "my very own" and celebrate every day. In this area of my blog site we'll be talking about music. I love music -- have always loved music -- but some days I just don't feel like singing or playing the organ anymore. I need music in my life, each and every day, so I hope to recover this joy again soon. (10/4/2007)