Thoughts for the Week~Sept 29

[Don]

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Morning Devotional...

Restoration to Come

Verse

But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. Hebrews 1:2


Rebellion and sin have left a monstrous blight upon the earth that God created. But we who have come to trust this Creator God and the written revelation He has left for us are convinced of two truths. One, heaven and earth are a unity, designed and created by the one God. Two, this sovereign God did not make the universe to be an everlasting contradiction; a day of restoration lies ahead.

When we approach the letter to the Hebrews, we discover a revealed truth within the writer's insistence that God has appointed Jesus, the eternal Son, "through whom he made the universe," as "heir of all things" (1:2).

With that expression, the writer is asking us to stretch our minds and expand our understanding. See it again: God has appointed His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the One who made the worlds in space, to be the eternal heir of "all things."

Thought

Ahead lies the future restoration of all creation from the destructive consequences of sin. We shall come to a fuller understanding of heaven and earth-—a new heaven and a new earth (Rev. 21:1). The Eternal Heir of all things shall bring it to pass.

Prayer

Someday, Lord, I will understand all that is involved in You being heir of all things.

From Devotions By Dr. Tozer

[Janet]

Good morning!  I will be back later.

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone.  It is going to be a little warmer here today, up to 82 degrees.  I didn't go anywhere yesterday but to early coffee at McDonald's but passed on my Monday luncheon and also the evening meeting and was in bed before 8 pm and stayed there for 12 hours. I don't plan on going out today.  Pat is going to run some errands, including a trip to Walmart, in a little bit and that will be our exciting day.  We did have a pleasant surprise when our son and DIL called last evening.  They are both doing well and plan on coming over for the day next Monday, which is his day off from work.  It will be so nice to see them as it has been 9 months since they were here at Christmas.  Stacey also seemed to have a pretty good day and had played bingo in their common room.  I am always glad to hear she has participated in something at the apartments.  She was still talking about it this morning when she talked with Pat. I wrote postings the last two days but must not have hit the post button as see no postings from me since the 28th.  I am sure you didn't miss anything as have not been feeling well for the last 5 or 6 days. 

Carol, do you have one of those lifter devices they used to advertise on TV and the sliding pads.  I don't have the lifter but have used slides that work very well and protect the floor.  Staining baseboards isn't easy either.  Did you have to get down on hands and knees at floor level. 

Don, thanks for that fine devotional. 

[Janet]

Well, Lon is still sick, so no progress again today.  I guess a few weeks or months from now, it won't make any difference.  Sigh......

Tomorrow, I am to meet Kristi and two other ladies who exercise with me at the high school track, where we three ladies will run a mile and a half!

That will be a test of what kind of shape I'm in!

I messed up on a frame I was making; had to break the corners apart and start over.  There was a difference of only 1/4 inch, and I wasn't quite careful enough.      

Another lovely, cool day here.

I am sick of O-care and all the blah blah, yada yada about the whole mess. 

[Janet]

Larry, it appears everyone except Don, you and me are on vacation!  I just finished another story for our paper, thought some of you might enjoy reading it, so here it is:
                TREASURES FROM GRANT COUNTY

                                                                  BY JANET DAMON

                                                      HAROLD J. DuPREE

Harold DuPree was born September 2, 1938 in Jerome, Idaho.  His parents, Roy and Bea, had been living in Juneau, Alaska where his dad worked as a taxidermist and taught Indian leather work.  They were moving to Dodge City and Harold was born along the way, in Jerome, Idaho.


Harold's natural father passed away when Harold was only three years old.  His mother remarried and then they moved around pretty often because of the step-father's job.  Harold began his schooling in Dodge City, where he went from kindergarten through first grade; grades 2 and 3 he spent in Satanta, four through six in Cimarron, and then 7 through 12 in Plains.


He enrolled in Wichita Technical Institute with a vague notion of studying in some area of the industry of the newly-invented television.  But a chance encounter his mother had with a customer at her café changed his plans.  She was chatting with some men who stopped in to eat, who were talking about their company, and asked, "Can you put my son to work?"  And that's how Harold Dupree wound up in Ulysses.  He came here in December 1956 to work for Dowell (a division of Dow Chemical Company.)  He worked for them for two years, then went to Colorado Springs and worked helping build the Air Force Academy for two years.  They returned to Ulysses, intending to go on to California, but the guys at Dowell talked him into coming back to work there.  He worked there until 1968, and then started his own backhoe company doing a lot of work for Ulysses Irrigation Co.


Harold sold the backhoe operation to Rusty Carpenter in 1978.  In 1975, he had started Brown DuPree Oil Co. with Jerry Brown.  They bought the original company from Ed Bruntzel.  Harold sold his share to Jerry in 1984.  In 1989 he started DuPree Testing Services, testing lines and underground tanks.  He ran this company until he decided to retire, and then sold it to his two sons who had been working with him for years.

A favorite teacher of Harold's was Earl Minx who was his football coach in Plains.  That was Earl's first job right out of college.  Many will remember that Earl later taught in Ulysses for years.


A memory Harold shared with me concerns a time when he was living in Cimarron.  They had an old work horse, and Harold was out riding him with his faithful dog Rover trotting along.  Rover flushed a rabbit and took off after it.  Harold was a ways ahead of dog and rabbit and decided to play a trick on his dog, so he got off the horse and lay down in the weeds directly in the line of the dog and rabbit.  Just as they approached, Harold sat up, and both the rabbit and the dog crashed into his upper chest with such force that it killed the rabbit!  He said he will never know why he pulled that stunt, but he was rewarded with a sore chest for a while!  He was in 4th grade at the time. 


He remembers that when he first lived in Dodge City, hamburgers cost 10c each.  He said he used to ride his bike down to the Arkansas River in Dodge City in the winter, and ride it out onto the ice.  One trip he remembers from high school days was when he and a few other boys went to Wichita where they saw Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and the Comets, the Platters and the Jordonaires---in person!  When he began dating, those were mostly going to the movies.  They liked going to the drive-in movie in Meade. 


Harold was introduced to "Sis" LaFever here in Ulysses by a mutual friend.  They dated one year before they married on July 5, 1958, in the old Christian church in Ulysses.  The couple had two boys, Troy and Brad.  Both sons now live in Hutchinson.  And now there are also seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.


Harold says that Ulysses has grown so much; there are a lot more people, more traffic than when he arrived.  The greatest change between then and now is technology.  The DuPrees say it seems kids are so busy now with sports, etc., that it doesn't leave them much free time.  "Manners could improve," they added.


Harold's hobby and passion is flying.  He can no longer fly because of health problems, but he spent many happy times flying.  He owned a Taylor Craft plane with Raymond Cott in the 1960s.  Since then, he has flown a number of privately-owned planes with friends.  He said, "We used to fly to Saskatchewan.  From there, we were flown another 300 miles north to a special place to fish.  One year, we brought home 400 pounds of walleye fillets!  They won't let you bring out that much any more, though," he said.


One year, while they were at the cabin in far northern Canada, there were a lot of forest fires as they flew up there.  And after a few days, their Indian guides, who slept in a tent, came pounding on the cabin door yelling "FIRE!!"  So all seven of them got up and dressed and ran to their boats, so they could put out onto the lake.  They watched the fire a while and decided they weren't in danger, so went back to the cabin and to bed again.  But a couple of hours later, again the Indians woke them, warning "Fire!" and again they went to the boats.  There was a high hill just behind the cabin with a pretty sheer drop-off.  They could see the redness of the fire, and sparks coming down from the ridge.  They watched a while, then one of them said, "We should at least go back and see if we can save the cabin."  All agreed, so they went back.  They took all the pots and pans from the cabin, filled them with lake water and watched for sparks that ignited tiny fires.  They promptly doused them, and with seven of them, they could carry a lot of water.  So the cabin was saved, and when they settled accounts with the owner, he knocked $50.00 off each of their bills in gratitude.


Harold and Sis made many other trips by air, and always enjoyed them.  When their first boy was a baby, they went to Lakin, got on the train and went to California.  That was a trip with some misadventures they remember to this day.


Some of Harold's accomplishments and achievements are:  He served on the airport board for 35 years, during which time many improvements were made at the airport, including longer runways and a new terminal building.  He served on City Council 5 years, was Mayor of Ulysses for 8 years, and served on the Home Products Dinner Committee four years.  And that was when the committee had to do the lion's share of the work.

A valuable lesson Harold would like to share is:  work hard, be honest and ask a lot of questions.


The time period of his life he feels were the best years were the early years of marriage, and while the boys were young.  A strange thing he did to earn money was that his mom got him out of school for a week during his junior year to work on a pipeline.  He wonders if such a thing would be permitted now?


The wildest thing he did as a teenager was when he lived in Plains.  He took an outhouse, put it in front of the front door of the school, then drove to Kismet, took the sign off their city hall, brought it back to Meade and hung it on the outhouse.  He stills laugh when he tells about it.  (This was a Halloween prank.)



Harold's mother worked very hard.  She ran a café in Plains called The Round-Up Café and worked from 4 A.M. until closing at 10:00 P.M.  So most of his meals were eaten at the café, where he also pitched in and washed dishes.  He said sometimes after a game he would take his buddies to the café, unlock it and cook burgers or even chicken fried steaks for them.  I'll bet he never lacked for friends!


Harold has always loved music.  He sang in men's glee club, sang barbershop harmony, and used to sing at the music festival in Dodge City.  He once sang a solo, for which he was awarded a II, and in their notes it stated that the reason he didn't get a 1 was that his voice had a "western twang" to it.  He enjoyed being in plays and told me he once played a woman in a play.  "I had to talk real high," he said, demonstrating.  Another time he played the little Dutch boy who kept the dike from breaking by plugging the hole with his finger.  "I enjoyed that one, because I got to eat cookies," he grinned.  And he once played a little black boy in a Minstrel show.  So he got to have his face blacked.  (Again, would that even be allowed any more?)  Harold bought a guitar and taught himself to play—"a little," he said.


Harold's favorite foods are his mom's chicken fried steak, fried chicken, and corn on the cob.  His favorite desserts are coconut cream pie and peanut butter chocolate pie.  His favorite movies are any starring John Wayne.


Something he has always wanted to do but hasn't yet is to go to Juneau, Alaska where his parents used to live.  He and Sis are planning to do that before long.


His step-dad taught Harold to drive when he was in 4th grade.  Harold says if he could do anything over, or change anything, he would have good health and still be able to fly.


I asked him about his first car, and he said he bought a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500, brown and cream, in Meade, for $2400.00  He picked it up on a Saturday, picked up his girlfriend and started for Dodge City.  It was really foggy out, and a guy who was driving drunk ran into the back of them, totaling the car!  He had only had it for two hours!


One of the toughest times in his life was watching his son Troy go through a bout with cancer.


Barney Rogers was the person who most inspired or influenced Harold.  They were good friends, and he got Harold involved in city politics.  They also ran around together, making trips up into Canada and other places.


The person he most admired was his mother.  She worked so hard.  She once was house mother to 65 boys at U.C. Davis in California.  She cooked for all those guys, and lots of times for their girlfriends as well.  Harold remembers a lot of them writing his mother letters of appreciation and staying in touch with her for years.  His mother lived to the age of 95.


The single biggest change he has seen in his lifetime is transportation.  He cast his first vote for president for Dwight D. Eisenhower.  The worst crime he remembers is the Clutter family murders.  He feels the greatest achievement of the USA is putting a man on the moon.  "We were glued to the tv during that time," he said.


Harold says he has had his mouth washed out with soap, more than once!  His favorite comic strips are Pickles and The Lockhorns.


The DuPrees say they hope our country can finally get back to some semblance of common sense in the governing of it.


Harold played sports:  football, basketball, softball and track.  He enjoys good Western music, his favorite TV show is The Voice, and his favorite song is Dance.


He told me about a practical joke he played on a guy he shared an apartment with at one time.  Harold sneaked into his friend's room after he went to sleep, changed his alarm clock to go off at 2 A.M., and tied his boot laces together.  When the alarm went off, the guy jumped up, tried to get his boots on, finally woke up enough to check his watch, and wasn't really happy with Harold.  "He yelled at me and called me lots of names, none of them Harold," he laughed.


Other changes he has seen are ones here in Grant County.  Farming is so much more high tech now, and with huge equipment.  They even have GPS on tractors, so you can sit there and read a book until you get to the end of the row, then all you do is turn the tractor around," he said.  Corporate hog farming also brought changes to our area.


He remembers several dust storms and the big blizzard of 1957.  A bad memory he has is of a terrible car accident he saw shortly after it happened near Plains.  Eight members of one family were all killed in that.  He has never been able to erase those images from his mind.
He says the best thing that has happened to him; also his best decision was marrying Sis and raising a family.  He sometimes calls his wife Sweetie.  His collie dog Rover was the best pet he ever owned, and he was heartbroken when he got run over and killed.


Harold was sometimes called by the nickname "Harry."  "I have no idea why, though," he said.  His favorite flower is a red and white rose.  Special trips include 3 or 4 trips to Hawaii, and going to Canada for their 40th anniversary.  They went to Banff and to Lake Louise, such beautiful places, and enjoyed that very much.


He said his step dad whipped him with a belt with metal ends.  He got kicked out of school once for skipping school.  Wonder how that worked out?  Other times he was punished by being sent to the office where he got "a good talking-to."


His advice for 18-year-olds is:  Respect your elders and do what you are told.


Harold feels the smartest thing his mother ever did was move back to Kansas after her last husband died.  He and Sis enjoyed having her close enough to them that they could visit her and keep an eye on her care.


I had a wonderful visit with the DuPrees, as I'm sure those of you who know them well can attest.
                                                                               www.janetdamon.com

[Carol]

Don:  Thank you for devotions - some day we will all understand.

Larry:  Such nice news that Stacey met with mates in the common room and liked her visit plus your son is coming for a visit.  Super news!  Yes, we have glider pads I had to buy but then forgot to use them for moving furniture.  We are ready for them tomorrow morning.

I quickly put together a breakfast casserole for tomorrow's bible study.  Our table and one other table is in charge of breakfast type food  - mine will be baked in the morning after setting in the fridge overnight.  It is rich and too rich for me to eat much but people like it and proof is that one can barely read the original recipe from Don's sister. 

Speaking of Don.  He suddenly decided that we needed to drive to look at the aspen trees turning.  We first went to Georgetown and walked around then up to Guanella Pass which will close fairly soon.  Spotty trees.  Don used the horn 4 times and he never honks the horn but one was for passing right towards us - no guard rails, etc. and another stopped in the lane to take pictures, and another - well, you get the picture. 

Love the story tonight of the WWII veterans who were flown to Washington, D. C. to view their memorial.  It was closed for the government shut down.  They just went right through - knowing it was their only chance to see that memorial.  Bless them!   

[Carol]

Where is everyone?  I have been to bible study and then coffee with two friends and finally came home.  Windows and doors are open while carpet is being changed in the walkout part of the basement.  The weather is so nice and we are getting warning about tomorrow night so it will drop 30 or 40 degrees. 

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone.  This has been a good day for me as I don't feel exhausted nor am I short of breath.  After coffee I dropped Pat off at the church for Bible study and I went and had my teeth cleaned (no cavities-Yea!). I then stopped at Dunkin' Donut as that is where Pat was a spent sometime visiting with my friends.  Then Pat and I stopped at the buffet and had lunch as so won't have to worry about supper tonight.  I actually felt like eating a plate of food, although sure I didn't get my money's worth, but ate all I wanted.  We came home and I rested for a couple of hours and she went for another massage.  That is it for today. 

Janet, sorry to read that progress on your repairs has stopped. We will be hearing about O-care for a long time and the shutdown.  I saw a chart yesterday showing the number of people affected by the strike by department and agency.  The agency I used to work for has no one impacted by it as their funds have a several year appropriation they have funds to continue operations and don't need the continuing resolution.  I didn't remember any impact from the 1995 shutdown and it dawned on it I was retired earlier that year. 

Carol, the last couple of days we detect from the telephone calls that the increased medication has helped her out of the depression she was in.  She actually had lilt in her voice today, which was so good to hear.      Glad you remembered your glider pads for future furniture moving.  I was very pleased when I heard that the WWII vets moved the barricades and went into see the memorial.  I guess common sense can't prevail anywhere the government is involved. The fought to protect this country and certainly are not going to mar something that honors them, regardless of the fact that most of them are in wheelchairs.  This is the same kind of trip our friend Jack went on earlier this year. Glad to see that your carpet people came on schedule and you have a nice day to have your house open.  Your are right it is pretty quiet here in CP.

[Janet]

I went to the track and did the mile and a half run this morning.  Made it just fine, even though really out of breath.  Kristi said I was right on the money time wise for my age group!  Yea!  Hardly any sleep last night and have tried to stay busy all day, but sure am planning to go to bed early!

Lon showed up today, bright and chipper, and wound up tighter than an 8-day clock!  (His words.)  His meds really had him flying high.  He had been thinking about how to create a tile rug in the new room, and got busy and got it laid out in about 30 minutes!  Said he had been thinking about it while he was sick.  He is so creative and talented, my goodness.  He worked like a house afire until about 2:30, then ran out of steam and went home.  I told him this morning not to overdo it and get a back set.

Larry, so good to read good news from you and from Stacey as well.

I attended a Red Hats luncheon today.  We had 15 ladies there, nice time.

I'm soon off to get some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZs.

[Ruth Ann Bice]

Hi, friends,

I was here last evening (and it wasn't even late) but pain precluded sitting at the computer - bad enough I was lying on my side in bed, not sleepy at all, by about 7 or 7:30 pm.

So, I'm baaaaack.

I've read a couple of books lately. One was on living simply - so a major divestiture is about to take place here at this apartment! The other was on a tribal lady in Cote d'Ivoire (I think that's the way it's spelled) who deduced that the sacrifices her folks made to various spirits of the earth and nature weren't helping things at all, and, just for good measure, her father would also sacrifice to the god "up there" that must have taken care of all other needs. Slowly she began to hear and respond to christian teachings and values and even as a child of 8 began attending church all by herself. She served our Lord beautifully and taught love for the Bible and its teachings. She was the first lady in that country to be ordained as a minister of the gospel. She lived her testimony for the remainder of her life, and died still loving and serving her Lord.

What inspiring reading. The pain kept me low in body, but during that time, God nourished my soul. How good He is!

Janet, I'm still working on the questionnaire  from you.

Much love to our Master, and to each of you,
Ruth Ann

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone.  It is a beautiful sunny morning here in Georgia.  I expect to stay home today as Thursday's and Friday's are Pat days she can count on having use of the car and I stay home if possible (which I look forward to).  Yesterday was a really good day late in the afternoon with a bump in the road when our DIL called to say our son was back in the hospital with arm and chest pain.  The good news is that they checked him out and the stress test showed something to them they feel the problem can be controlled with medication. He had not had a heart attack.  So he will go home today. 

Janet, glad Lon was feeling up to working yesterday and hope he is back today.  I have no idea what a tile rug is.  Good job on your run. 

Ruth Ann, glad to see you felt like posting yesterday.  I can't imagine the pain you must be experiencing.  Interesting reading. 

[Jeanne Lee]

Ruth Ann, I pray for relief from your pain. 

This is a perfect drying day, so the washer is doing its job and will soon signal there's a load ready to hang outside.  The colors are finally coming nice and bright.

The estimate I got, from the only roofer who responded to my calls, knocked me for a loop.  I said I guesed I'd just have to put up with leaks and he asked how much I could afford.  I gave him a figure and he thought a minute, did some figuring on a pad, and said he could coat the entire roof with tar for that amount.  It wouldn't look pretty but it would be waterproof for a few years.  I said I'd go for that and when he came here on Tuesday he said he had bought the aluminum type which would probably look better, but wouldn't cost me more than he had quoted.  He and one helper were finished in about 3 hours and from what I can see it doesn't look bad at all. 

I would recommend this young man to anyone.  He always arrived about 10 minutes earlier than estimated and finished the job about 1/2 hour sooner.  Cleaned up everything, even got a couple of tiny little splashes off the window of my car which I couldn't even see, and was always very cheerful and respectful. 

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone.  It is another sunny and nice day here in Georgia.  Pat is at Kaiser for a doctor's appointment and will go on from there to a meeting and have lunch with her friends.  Our son did not get to go home yesterday from the hospital as before they would release him they wanted him to walk around the nurses station a couple of times.  On the second round the angina came back so they are doing a heart cath, which should be occurring as I write.  I will be surprised if they don't do another stent. I arranged for several of our double-pain windows to be replaced where the seal had broken.  We also will have the house pressure washed tomorrow as it really needs it to remove the mildew that is a problem here in the south.  It doesn't hurt the vinyl but sure looks bad on a couple of sides of our house.  It has been several years since we had that done.  I also arranged to get our furnace checked out for the winter.  There are a couple of other things I need to do like replacing the springs on my garage doors but that can wait a bit longer. I hope I don't burn up my checkbook with all this service.

Jeanne, so glad you got your roof fixed for a price you could handle and it even looks good.  The main thing would be eliminating the leaks and those can do other damage that isn't seen for a while.  It sounds like you called on the right person.

[Jeanne Lee]

I'm so glad I got the wash done and hung outside yesterday.  Today is dark and dreary with showers off and on.     And I know my roof won't leak! 

[Janet]

Yea for Jeanne of the no-leak roof!  And she got the laundry dried in tome, too!

Lon is nearly done with our bathroom (again!  ) and will start the tile work today, though he won't likely get any of it laid, just the under-layment for it that keeps the tiles from cracking should the concrete under it crack or move.  Boy, talk about costly!!  That stuff is expensive!  But I don't want the tile cracking.  Larry, sorry to hear of your son's heart problems.  Is heart trouble something that runs in your family, before your generation?  I pray all goes well for him.  Good they had him do the walking bvefore releasing him.

It is cool here, and "they" say temps will drop to 33 tonight!     That's mighty close to freezing!

I worked last night on getting Darrel's tee shirts folded and put away.  My daughter Kerri showed me a really cool trick she learned on Pinterest, works like a charm.  And you can see every tee shirt when you open the drawer, no more scrambling the stacks!!

The guys are here, think I will go see what they are doing!

[Carol]

Ruth Ann:  So sorry to hear you are having pain and I send along my thoughts and prayers for your quick recovery.  Nice to see you posting. 

Janet:  You could join Senior Olympics - you are a star!  You haven't mentioned it for some time and I am curious about your book sales - doing well? 

Larry:  Good for the doctors having your son checked more closely! 

Yes, we have had snow all day but the sun came out and this is wet and heavy so it is virtually gone except for moisture.  We made a trip to COSTCO and picked up stuff for our neighbor as well as us.  They are the friends who stayed in Kansas as he was in Critical Care for a week while they were suddenly stopped on their trip home.  He looked good and we got hugs- he is back on chemo and felt good today.  We keep opening boxes and making decisions on what to keep or donate - on a roll over here.  It sure feels right. 

Time for my 

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone on another nice day here in Georgia.  They are now saying most of the rain from the tropical storm should be south of the Metro Atlanta area although we are to get some tomorrow.  I am expecting a call from the man who is going to pressure wash our house today but expect it will be later this afternoon.  I think the only things Pat and I will do today is go out for a late lunch and then she won't have to cook an evening meal.  Of course, I will watch some football, including the Georgia/Tennessee game at 3:30 this afternoon. Our son went home from the hospital late yesterday afternoon.  The heart cath showed some blockage at his stent sight but apparently not enough to justify restenting so they sent him home with four new medications.  They told him he can go back to work tomorrow but is not to lift anything for some time period. 

Jeanne, it sounds like you are getting a quick check on your new roofing coating. 

Janet, yes heart problems do run in my family on my father's side of the family.  My grandmother had a heart problems but did live into her 90s.  My dad had several heart attacks while working in the field and would get off his tractor and lay down under a tree for awhile then when the pain stopped he got back on the tractor and continued to work.  It is a wonder he ever lived through that.  He did have a heart attack and heart by-pass surgery the day after he admitted mother into the nursing home. He was 79 but probably should not have as it resulted in the loss of his leg due to the many medications they had to give him in the ICU as he was so ill.  Of course I and my kids have heart problems. which started for all of us in our mid to late forties.  Glad that your home repair work in progressing.  Everything related to our homes is expensive.  The glass replacement we are having done will cost almost $800.  It seems to early for freezing temps. 

Carol, nice of you to do some shopping for your neighbors.  It sounds like you are on a roll with that cleaning out.

[Janet]

Today was Fall Fest here in Ulysses, which means there were lots of tables out on the sidewalks with people selling all kinds of things.  Curtis (grandson) had a booth inside the teen center gym, with some of his alarm stuff.  He asked me if I would come and help him, as they brought the Plinko board so the kids would have something to do.  That's a really simple game, even the tiny ones can do it.  They just place a wooden disk against the slanted board, which has pegs all the way down.  The disk goes crookedly to the bottom, where there are numbers 1, 2 and 3. (only one 3) Anyhow, they had bowls full of little prizes,  They get to pick a prize from the corresponding numbered bowl.  Whew!  too many words trying to explain something so simple!  Anyway, I worked really hard!  There were literally hundreds of kids streaming through there!  The place had other booths, too, of various kinds.

At noon, there was a free hot dog lunch outdoors.  It was quite chilly all day here.  Oh, yes!  They were giving away a boy's bike and a girl's bike, and great-granddaughter Lexi won the girls!  It is so pretty--pink and purple, of course, and she also got knee pads and a helmet.  So she was a very happy little girl, and so was sister Chelsea.

It is almost time to go to get Beth and head to church.  Hope you all had a good day.

Larry, thanks for the information on your family.

See you all tomorrow.

[Carol]

After many trys, I was able to download the new iOS 7. And it is wonderful on my iPad.  We are trying to figure out a cell phone plan as our oldest son has been paying for us when we thought it was a family plan and he told us not to worry about it.  It has to be Verizon as otherwise we are often in no cell range with other plans.  Any ideas for us? 

Larry. Congrats on your Georgia team.  Overtime it was great. 

ENjoy Sunday!

[Janet]

Carol, please forgive me for failing to answer your question about book sales.  They have been really slow.  I am trying to find groups who need a speaker, Rotary clubs, church groups, etc.  That is the best way to sell books, but not easy to get them lined up all the time.  Beth sold two last week!  She was so proud of herself!    And I have a promise from the man who publishes a paper called Southwest Kansas Faith and Family, that he will feature my book on the front page, but had several others ahead of me, he said.  So I just keep on keepin' on.  I am sorely disappointed in my publisher, they said they would promote the book and distribute it, but they expect me to do it all.  Live and learn!

Church was really good tonight.

[Larry Hanna]

Hi everyone.  So far this morning the sun is shining but think we can expect some rain in our area before the day is over.  Glad it is nice this morning as Stacey plans on attending church so hopefully will be able to get there and back before the rain.  We did get our house washed yesterday afternoon and it looks much nicer as does the walk to the front door and the back outside patio.  We will go to church this morning and out to lunch and then spend the rest of the day taking it easy.  Pat's new computer won't boot.  It was getting where I had to power off and on two or three times before the Windows would appear but yesterday and today it won't even boot.  There must be some bad parts in this model of the Lenova.  I will have to contact Office Depot and probably Lenova tomorrow and suppose send it back.  Very frustrating.

Janet, the plinko board sounds like a good draw and just hope it brought some business as well.  Nice of you to help Curtis.  You are certainly the go to person.  How nice that Lexi won the bike.  Is she old enough to ride it.  Interesting what promises we are given before the fact and then little follow through after the fact as you have found with your publisher.  Are there any Barnes & Nobel or other book stores close by you that might stock a few of your books?

Carol, that was a very exciting win.  I had about given up hope for them and missed the tieing score at the end of regulation as had to be outside with the man had finished pressure washing the house and needed to be paid.  It sure looked like Tennessee was going to win.  Carol, if you like the iPad I think you would like the iPhone 5 or the new 5S or even the 5C models. 

[Jeanne Lee]

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