December 14, 2006

today is my youngest daughter's birthday. Seems like just yesterday she was born. I remember I didn't feel like doing any Christmas shopping or card writing that year. She was actually due on the 24th. Everything was let go 'til the last minute. We had time immediately after she was born and we were home. But it was very hurried. She slept in her little bassinet in the livingroom while the other three children played their new record player full volume. We were in our unfinished living room at that time but had managed to put up a tree. There wasn't any finished floor in there just subfloor which in our case was planks. We heated our house with a wood stove in the basement and the heat radiated up through the cracks in the flooring which grew larger as they dried out. We had a large sheet of plastic between the kitchen and the livingroom since the livingroom was still "in process". I look back and I marvel since we had our last two children while trying to live in our house which we were building by ourselves. What energy we had back then and how we struggled to make a life for our 4 little children and ourselves.

We are having a cloudy day today. A few showers but nothing substantial yet. Tomorrow maybe! We need rain here. I did bike this morning with the club. Ralph has not been feeling well. He had some tests done this morning. He tried twice to ride with the club but felt poorly and had to quit. I hope this new cardiologist can get him straightened out. We met the new doctor on Monday and liked him very much. He thinks it is Ralph's meds that are creating the problems. Hopefully he will be back on track here soon.

Miracles are happening all around me. I am grateful for each and everyone. I forgot who it was who said, "Expect Miracles." I think it was actually Jesus Christ. I don't take them for granted but I do expect them.

I had an identity theft problem with my online banking accounts. Thankfully, Wachovia's fine Fraud division picked it up before any money was taken. But I had to change all my accounts. What a hassle that is. But I have notified nearly everyone who gets paid automatically from my account. I think I will be changeing my email address too after all these years with the same one. I feel violated and think that now the thieves have my email address, I don't trust the internet. Best to change the whole thing now. One good thing is it will eliminate the junk mail at least for the time being. I will keep you all posted when I change it.