Troy W. Smith


The Week Of Ups And Downs

Posted about 1 month ago

This has been a week of ups and downs. So many emotions churning in my head. Friday morning we took our one and only daughter to San Francisco International Airport. She left for Massachusetts to be with her husband. They got married July 25th and she lived with us while she finished school. She graduated from the Paul Mitchell Beauty School of The East Bay in October. Then she took her state e…

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Sorry I've Been Gone So Long.

Posted 2 months ago

It’s been a long time. Wow, so much has happened since I stopped posting. The Great recession has played hell on our family and life style. So many lessons learned and so much to be thankful for. It’s been one heck of a year for us all, I know and feel real lucky to have a roof over our head. Nancy took on a part time job at a super market as a checker to help us make our monthly obligations. T…

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Where the heck have I been?

Posted 4 months ago

Well July 25th was the wedding between Chelsea and Thomas. What a beautiful day and wedding it turned out to be. There were about 90 guest and the weather was perfect. One day earlier and it would have been too cold and one day later and it would have been too hot. Absolute perfection, it just shows the power of prayer. There were so many guest praying for a perfect day and that’s the way it tu…

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We're super busy planning a wedding. :-)

Posted 6 months ago

Our daughter Chelsea got engaged earlier this year to Thomas. We are so excited about the engagement and we thought we were going to have a couple of years to plan for this special day. But we found out last Sunday that Thomas is going to be stationed in Massachusetts for three years. So the two love birds…

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Just another update.

Posted 7 months ago

Just wanted to give you all an update. I have a small rotator cuff tendon tear. Got a cortisone shot and I start physical therapy next week. On top of all that I’ve been having computer problems. Finally got it worked out though, turns out I had a bad processor, I replaced it last night and things are great again. I upgraded a little and went for an Intel Core 2 Duo Quad. A Q9650 to be exact. ...

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Just A Shoulder Update.....

Posted 7 months ago

Well I finally got a date for my MRI. It will be Thursday at 11:45. The pain has gotten much better but it’s still hurting and as long as I rest it some the pain gets better. If I use it that is when it get painful. So hopefully by early next week we’ll have an answer to what the problem is and hopefully be on a path to some type of resolution to this pain. Thank you all for your prayers, they …

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If you can please send me some healing prayers.

Posted 8 months ago

Well I finally went to the Dr. today about an injury I had at work last week. Last Wednesday I was tightening a bolt on some play equipment and felt something stretch and pull in my Left shoulder. I tried the ignore it and it will go away approach but that didn’t work. But I did log it in the injury report log. So today the pain got so bad that I thought I was going to cry. So we filled out an …

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Natures Fireworks Is Being Featured.....

Posted 8 months ago

Just found out Natures Fireworks is being featured in the Purple Passion Gallery. This is truely an honor because purple is my favorite color. I would like to thank the host of this group for this feature. They are jack01 and “Deborah Bo…

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Knick Knack From India is being featured.......

Posted 8 months ago

My shot Knick Knack From India is being featured in the Knick Knacks Group. Thank you to the host for this honor. They are hallucingenic and CaptWuffles.

Thank you to a…

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Color Changing Bulb Earns A Feature

Posted 8 months ago

Well I just found out Super Macro Photography is featuring my newest shot Purple Rain. This was a shot made with my color changing light bulb. For more details click on the link to Purple Rain. I wo…

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