Colton took this pic yesterday morning at the St. Croix Inn.  He sure gets some wonderful pics.  I see this and I can't help but think, the cold darkness of this wicked system is on it's way out and the new system is on it's way in. 
 
 So I woke up and studied my WT for tomorrow... how awesome!!!!  I was excited for the assembly, but after studying my WT I really look forward to hearing the part on it.  We are so close, we just need to do whatever it takes to hang in there.  And we have to remember, we can't do it alone, we need Jehovah's help to make it.

Yesterday started off pretty rough, but it wasn't horrible.  I had to take some extra pain meds, but I managed.  I woke up early this morning with a lot of pain, so I popped yet another pain pill and was able to go back to sleep.  Actually, the pain pill is a type of muscle relaxant for my digestive track.  

I actually made an appointment to go see my ENT the beginning of Dec. It hurts to much to line my jaw up straight.  It is always off to the side now.  It just feels like it is getting shoved over more and more each day.  It mostly likely is.  I would have made it for Nov, but EO is going to be gone and there is just so much going on.  Well, not exactly, He just will be gone pretty much the whole month, and I would like him to be able to go with me for that apt.  

I have my notebook out and  was glancing at some of the notes from the Special Assembly Day, because we already attended it while we were in California.  There was on part... "Encourage One Another, 'For This Is The Will Of God'".    SOOOOOO GOOOD!!!  The part, not only brought out why we should, but HOW to and that we have help in doing so.   LOVED IT!!!  Every day I pray for encouragement, because I need it so so so so so much, and that somehow I can encourage someone in return.  I also endeavor to see Jehovah's hand in answering my prayer and pray that I don't fail in showing my appreciation for Jehovah's generosity in giving me the strength I need to endure.  I know sometimes I do fail, sometimes I forget to thank Jehovah, and sometimes I fail to see his help.  But as soon as I do see it, I embrace it.

Steph bought a new coffee maker, that also will just heat water for tea, hot chocolate or whatever.  There are so many dials and buttons on it, I have no idea how to even make a pot of coffee.  The water I can do, but not the coffee.  So I guess she will be the one making coffee.  

Some of my family is coming down for the assembly too.  It is getting too hard for them to make the 2+ hour trip north for their assemblies, where it is 45 mins to ours.  Plus some others have been coming down in recent years because of the ASL set up that they don't have at their assemblies.  So it will be really nice to see the family more often.  I think James is coming down to stay the night here, and he and Colton will ride together tomorrow.  IDK if Steph will go with them or ride with us.

As much as EO loves hunting, he hasn't been able to get himself out there yet.  Once he gets going, he gets into it more, but right now, he just keeps putting it off.  He did go out last night and was encouraged because he did see some does and fawns.. oh and turkeys.

So we totally cheated.  We have just had so much we have to pay for lately, that we didn't get money put aside ... we had some aside but not all of it.  for this weekend.  So we found out you can get gift cards for various restaurants at JCPennys.  So we charged on our JCP account for a gift card to Outback SteakHouse, Who would have though I could put that on my JCP card.  So it is kind of funny to me.  So that is where we are going for dinner after the assembly.  B&C have never been there.  Normally, we figure out what we are going to do, after we are up there, so it is kind of strange to have that planned out ahead of time.

So last night I had one of my favorite types of dreams... the ones that we are at a convention or assembly.  I don't know where EO or Colton were, but it was me and the girls and we had my mom with us, and she was walking.  I think I really want to remember her like that. I don't think I am going to dwell on her suffering.  She is doing better since her surgery, but she is still very dizzy.  So at least she is making progress. All day yesterday I was worried about her, I still am, if she were to fall with no one there.  Well, at least she has lifeline, if she does fall she can call for help by just pushing that button on her necklace.  Lifeline then calls us, they also call for an ambulance if they fell she needs it.  I am so glad she has that program.