Thank you Applebees.

Dear Applebees,thank you for the great sirloin steak lunch that you gave me for being a Veteran,and the cute thank you pin as well.

That year has gone fast

It is hard to believe that it has been a year already. Celestine gave me a "Re-Birthday card" today to show me how grateful she is that I survived my last suicide attempt. I AM SO GLAD THAT I DID AS WELL. THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WERE TOUCH AND GO AS TO HOW MUCH DAMAGE I DID TO MYSELF from the combination of medications that I took. One was for my seizures and one was the medication I was on as a mood stabilizer. When I came to at the hospital, I could not even talk right. I did not have control over my urine and needed a catheter put in. I was in the cardiac care unit because my heart was unstable. They kept pumping medication into me to help stabilize me.

A great day to be alive.

today is a great day to be alive! Today is POSITIVE DAY HERE IN THE LAND OF BLOG! This being said I am greatful to DIVA DAUGHTER FOR COMMING UP WITH THIS GREAT IDEA.For those who do not know who Diva Daughter is she is JENNIFER'S DAUGHTER,Jennifer being the great author of DUST BUNNY HOSTAGE!
now for some of the things I am greatful for.I am greatful to be alive.to have my own home(in a few more years it will be paid for) to be married to a warm and loving lady,My Celestine!She gave me a card last night that says "I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED,BECAUSE I HAVE YOU.LOVE CELESTINE. I TOLD HER THE SAME THING. I am forever greatful TO GOD for my soberity.I AM ALSO GREATFUL FOR ALL OF THE BLOGS THAT I FOLLOW THAT ARE SO POSITIVE IN MATURE,AND FOR THOSE BLOGGERS THAT KINDLY FOLLOW ME.

I'm thankful to have a great friend like you Mike. I just want all of your readers to know that. Big hug to you and Celestine honey. Sandee :)

good news.

I was just over visiting my friend Nick and he has some good news about Camryn. the Nine year old girl that I posted a prayer request for.She is improving,so let's keep her in our prayers.

crisis averted.

Thanks to my BIL Allan,we now have one working toilet. as of 8:30 am we were with a functioning toilet. both were flooding the bathrooms. now at least the down stairs one is fixed.Thank you God.

grateful.

I'm grateful for a few things like having my home and only having 10 more years to go before it paid of.The best reason for having this home is Celestine who has been my wife,my lover,and my best friend for the past 28 years. Having my family and my friends.
And last but not least my blogging friends. Thank you God for all these Blessing that you have Given me. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

Lookie what I just got!

My friend TRACY gave me this award.Thank you Tracy I'm honored and humbled that you gave me this! I'm giving it out to all that have stopped by to comment on my blog. For you have shown me your Grace in your remarks,and I thank you for it.

Ike slammed us here in Ohio

Ike or what was left of him slammed into Ohio and took out trees power lines and even a few lives. I'm grateful that things were not worse that they are.
That being said we lost out power on Sunday Night and just got it back today,about 45 minutes ago. I know I am behind in approving the remarks that every one left and I will answer each and every one of them. Please forgive me if it seemed that I was ignoring all of my blogging friends I have not been. I just was not able to go online. No electricity does that. I am grateful that things were not much worse and I ask for prayers for all those that have been affected by Ike's wrath.

my google reader.

To all my blogging friends; it is with a heavy heart that I took the action that I did today. I have dumped my Google reader of the over 100 blogs that I have been following.

The heartache that I feel from reading all the blogs has become way too much.

Part of this is due to the mental wounds that I live with,some of it has to due with the depression that has hit me like a ton of bricks. Reading all of the 9/11 blogs has not helped. Not to mention the feelings of being overwhelmed when there are 95 Plus blogs to read every day.

In the coming weeks I will be adding a lot of you back onto the reader. Those that do not see me much I will visit you for I still have you on My BLOG ROLLS ON BOTH OF MY SITES HERE AND ON THE WORD PRESS SITE.

I am doing OK and do have my support network in place,so Please do not worry about me. I'm hanging in there. I just have to take a break.
To those that do not get added back into the reader I am sorry about that.I just can not handle all the blogs again.
I am going back to the place where I started in December 2007 that is when I wrote my first blog and will work from there to build my Google Reader. Thank you one and all for your understanding.
Big Time HUGS and GOD'S BLESSINGS and LOVE TO ALL OF YOU MY FRIENDS.

I would like to add that Sept. is a rough month for me. Sept 2003 is when I lost my Mother. just as August is a bad month as well that Is when I lost My Dad in 1984. even as the years pass by it does not lessen the pain of their loss that I feel.

So Far So Good.

Well today is going good so far. I did start visiting a litttle.My comments will be brief for the time being.
This being said,I read a great post today by my friend Jennifer,called beauty.I recomend the read to every one. so much so that it is linked. Needless to say,yes I fit the posting. Hugs and Blessings to every one.

Sara, Was kind enough to give me this award. I feel Honored to recieve this award. I will be giving it to 5 special people real soon. 4 will be my regulars and one new blogger.








Lee, thinks I deserve this award. I thank you Lee for this one I feel Honored to recieve this award. I will be giving this one away real soon as well.

I did it!!

Well Folks I have just completed my Continuing Education. Now when I get my Certs in the mail I can send them to the State and pay my renewal fee. and my licence is safe for 3 more years.

I got a new award (the second award in a week and the second time for this one!)

Kimmie has given me this nice award. Thank you.
This is the second time I have been blessed with this award.And since I can give it away to at least 7 poeple I'm giving it all who have stopped by and HAS Commented over the past 2 Months!!! congrats to everybody!
Hugs and God's Blessings and His Love to all.

I have been relaxing.

To all I have been trying to take it easy since this weekend's scare and have been a little lazy about putting up a new post. This being said,I doing fine.
I just do not want to over do it until I can have the stress test done. I am going for the test on the 19th.

But I have been trying to visit the blogs. I do want to thank you for the prayers and the concern.

BIG TIME Hugs from me and God's Love and Blessing to One and All. Mike G.said that!

MIKE G. SAID THAT. (ITS AND A.A. THING)

I HAVE BEEN SIGNING OFF AS MIKE G. SAID THAT. (ITS AN A.A. THING) I AM CELEBRATING MY SOBERITY.
WHEN I WOULD ATTEND AN A.A. DISCUSSION MEETING WE WOULD END EACH COMMENT WITH OUR FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL (MIKE G. FOR INSTANCE) SAID THAT.

SO I HOPE I HAVE EXPLAINED WHY I'M DOING ONE THING I'M DOING.
THE OTHER STUFF WELL THAT IS JUST THE WAY I AM.

HUGS AND GOD'S BLESSING TO ALL.

A cool award that I just got

Jennifer over at the dustbunny hostage gave me this award. I have given it to some people already the list of recipients can be found on my WORDPRESS site. so drop on by and have a cup of coffee with me the pot's always on.

With Thanks to Michele T.

Michele T over at the writing the cyber highway gave me this, I accept with gratitude. Michele Thank you.

I'm doing better.

I know I only took a day off,the burn out started on the 24Th,and yesterday I stopped the reader and the blogs on this site as well as the word press site.

I had asked God to guide me,and heal me.I ended up diving into my Big Book,that I got from A.A. that seemed to help me a lot.

So now If I find myself feeling like I did.I'll be in prayer and doing a bunch of reading as I did.

Thank you Father for your guidance.

I'm back in business on the word press site as well. as you may have noticed I went on a you tube posting rampage,that helped me as well.
Coffee pots on let's have a cup together.

I also wish to anounce that there has been some new blog roll neighbors that have been added.

here they are;Hula Girl, Irene, Lee, Sage Grey, Sandee ,Tamara If you get a chance go over and say Hi and tell them I sent you.

A great big thank you.

Travis I owe you a great heart felt thank you for Making this Globe for me.

A thank you.

To my neighbor Mary Thank you for the new award and teaching this old dog a new trick.
Also a thank you to Trav for trying to teach me how to do this as well even if I was a little confused with his instructions.Mary simplefied these instructions where I was able to understand the instructions. Hugs and Blessing to the both of my great neighbors.