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I just uploaded the three photos I am entering in the Kokomo Photography Contest and one I considered but decided not to enter.  You can see them in the Gallery. 

Etta Sue, you're learning lots of neat things in your Photographer's Guild group.  Thanks for posting them here.  I really am appreciative of what you learn, so I can learn too.

A beautiful day here.  It's supposed to cloud up and begin raining tonight and then some wet and cold weather is forecast.  I'm ready to get outside and do more violence to all the dead stuff and new weeds.   Me, on a mission, and with my trusty garden clippers....we are a force to be reckoned with. (A force with which to be reckoned? lol)

Nita

Etta Sue - yer otter win with those photos.  Nita, I think yer gonna lose.

Marilyn, are you saying then that the diver's body has NOT been found?  (Pat thought it had been.)  Such a sad loss.

Busy day today, so I am tired tonight.

Nita--go get 'em, girl!  Those weeds better look out!

Etta Sue, your photography gets better and better!  I didn't post comments on all, but they are really nice.  Yes, those underwater photos are just wonderful!  Hard to believe he got his first camera in 2004, isn't it?

Larry, hello and God bless.

Carol, that would be a fascinating lecture, I think.  Hope you get tickets.

Howdy, Al.

Hi, friends,

Just restin' and readin' tonight. While I was doing a big file backup at work, I caught up my reading in here.

I've been also looking through the gallery as time permits. Beautiful, beautiful, intriguing photos.

Y'all are GOOD!

Ruth Ann

Janet and Pat NO! the diver's body has NOT been found. The Coast Guard is still on th elook out for it But not actively searching anymore according to the news last night. Nothing has been said on the news today or in the paper today.

It's sad about the diver.  I had heard that they had found a body and I thought it was his but guess it wasn't.

It's really awful.

Good Saturday morning to all of you

Hi everyone. 

It is going to be a warm and sunny day here but with a few clouds--no rain.

Just back from coffee and running a couple of errands.  We have somewhere we have to be shortly after 10 so don't have much time this morning.  I wrote such a long message yesterday I will be brief today.

Etta Sue, I use Google Gmail and it does a good job of filtering out spam.  I just have my ISP forward all the email that may come to that account over to Gmail so it is all together.  You can also set it to download POP3 mail but haven't done that as have been using Gmail for quite awhile and really like it.  It is web based and has lots of storage capacity and I can access it from any computer I use regardless of where it is.  I haven't used a special spam filter.  The problem with those is that the spammers probably use a different identification with each spam message broadcast so it is a losing game.

Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Larry

Thanks for the comments on my pictures.  It makes one feel it is worthwhile posting them when one gets comments. 

Central Indiana has lost 4 people due to two people at different times going the wrong way on an interstate.  One was a college girl driving  back to Ball State and the other was a person going the wrong way and hit head on with another car.  The first person was killed instantly and the passenger of the second car was killed instantly.  The driver of the second car was taken to a hospital by helicopter but has passed away.  So sad. 

Pat ~ Perhaps the person found was a student at Purdue University.  He was found after weeks being missing.  He was found in a high voltage room that wasn't locked! 

Nita ~ It is weird when you think all along you understood a theory and then find out you have been doing it wrong all along.  I am still wanting to center subject which I do if it is a single flower that fills the frame.  But I am learning but I know I won't be like some in my guild.  1) I don't have the money for the cameras, printers and other equipment.  2) I can't travel to get the diverse subjects that they get.  I get teased and most of the time they are right when a photo of mine is shown on the overhead and finally asked who the maker is.  I say Etta Sue.  Then they ask if it was taken out of my bathroom window.  Most of my photos are from my house! 

Al ~ At least in this contest, all the photos are hung!  That is a plus so I can say, it will be an honor if my photos are hung!   

Janet ! I truly believe that anyone who views the diver's photos is blessed.  What a tribute to leave to the world.

Ruth Ann ~ When is retirement in your future.  I know you keep putting it off.  I know when one works it keeps your mind alert.  That's what computers are for, right?

Marilyn ~ Do keep us informed about any information on the diver.  After awhile it won't be news but perhaps it will be in your paper and TV.  And thanks again for posting about him when he disappeared.

Larry ~ If I knew how to set up gmail, I would but I don't.  The trouble with Spamfighter is it only blocked by email address.  Not content or by a content word or two.  I keep getting those stock emails.  But like I say...much better than before when the emails were like what CP was getting!  That's when I changed email addresses.

Nards ~ Good Saturday morning to you, too!   

Where is Colin?  COLIN!!!!!  Where are you??

Jeannine......where are you??

Another night of no furnace running.  I love it!  Just wish it would stop raining so I could open up some windows and let the fresh spring air in my house.  At least right now it wouldn't be dusty!!  When I look out my windows I still see many, many pools of water!  So much rain!  My sump pump is still running about every 3 minutes.  Yes, it has paid for itself this season.

Not much on my plate for today.  Need to crochet and catch up on my TV shows!

Good Morning folks...

We had such heavy rain all night.  It was beating on the windows here and even Geordie thought someone was banging on the windows I think.

Nice to see you posting, Nards.  I'm praying for you.

Yes, I wish Colin was back posting.  I so love  his posts and poetry.

I have to deliver some Avon today.

I'll be back later.

Typical day  here on the island.  No sun and lots of rain!

Marilyn, seems we get lots of 'little' earthquakes here....no one seems to notice.  I guess it is simply a question of time until the 'big' one hits....think I will let God take care of the problem.  How do you get your information?  Is there a special site?  Questions, questions.

Large, sad photo of a beautiful white cat and owner in our paper the other day.  Cat is dying from the poison pet food.  There have been other cases here on the island.....I feed the cats organic food and also Misty gets dental food from the vet.  All dry products.  Hope they are safe...who knows today.  Why are we getting things from China that poison our pet food?  Think what they might do to ours.....! 

Lovely photo's from Etta Sue and Marilyn.  I will go out and take pictures when we have some dry weather....maybe it would be wise to buy a camera that works under water???  Do believe that all the rain has turned my disposition moldy

Here is a challenge for Colin....

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

Will continue to pray for all the needs.  Was sad to learn that gospel singer Gary Chapman again arrested on alcohol and drug use.  He won many Dove awards and was married to Amy Grant, in case some not familiar with his work.  Not easy to be a Christian in today's world.  We need to stay strong in our faith.

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

  Good day to all.  Well have been reading through the post's and it so good to here all that is going on in your lifes. I have just found out that I have  degenerative disc disease and this is what has been giving me the back pain.  But thanks to the Lord I am getting some relief from the physio and the pain is a lot better but could please pray for me as it is very easy to throw your back out with just making a wrong turn. God is so good to us .

Etta Sue.  Love your puter poem it was so good and also your beautiful pictures.  God bless.

Al.  How are you doing hope all is well.

Smokey and Owner.  Very cute dog

Pat.  It is soo good to see you posting more and it sounds that you are on the road to recovery.  But still take it easy.

Janet I do hope that Darrel is getting stronger and we will continue to pray for him.

Nards.  You seem that you are a very busy person but as others say take some deep breaths.








Marilyn.  You also sound that you are busy and it seems yall  keep working past 65 years old.

Hi Larry. It's nice to take it easy when you feel like it and not to have to rush around.  Golden Corral is a good place to eat as you have so much choices and yes I have a great time when I go to the choir but it makes for a very long day. 

Carol.  I have the same question I thought that Jane goodall was deceased.  Hope that you are both keeping well.

Nita. Do you want to come up and do a mission work on my gardens it sure would save me a lot of time.

May the Lord richly bless you all this weekend.

Good Afternoon everyone.

I just wanted to stop by and catch up on everyone.

Colin I pray that as you help sort out your Father's estate you remember that we are missing and praying for you and your family.

I will be going to a sewing class at the end of the month.  The cost is only $10.  I have to bring my sewing machine, two pairs of sicissors, a yard of small patterned fabric and a sweatshirt.  The end result will be a "sweatjackt" with a cut-out pattern in it.  When talking to my girlfriend, she called to see if there were any spaces left, and there was one available only because of a cancellation that had just come in.  I am really looking forward to it.

I was at my parents for dinner last night and my dog Noelle was spoiled by them.  She got roast beef and apple pie and old cheese to snack on.  I am really having a hard time remembering what life was like without her.

Now must get back to work and sort out the computer room and bookcases some more.  I moved the computer upstairs last weekend and things are still kind of wonky and in boxes.

   There are gremlins in here again!  And they whacked my post! 

We have been out to the health fair today.  And Mark just called to invite us down for supper, because it is Jeff's birthday tomorrow (son-in-law.)  Mark has been asked by a girl he knew in high school to take her to the Prom tonight; so I will get to take prom photos. 

Sue, nice to see you posting.  What kind of dog is Noelle?  Glad you are enjoying her.  Want to come over and do some sorting, moving, and cleaning for me? 

I guess I'd better be about getting ready to go to Hugoton.  See you later.

Etta Sue it is always so nice when other's comment on our photos or let us know that they looked at them. Thank you for commenting on mine in the gallery.

Jane thank you also for commenting  where they are posted in Photos Here. I think Liz, Carol and a couple of others looked at them too and commented in this thread.

Al was by here this morning  to checkout some CD's that Chris sent to him. Wow they were awesome slideshows of some of Chris and Margits photographs with Scriptures. They are so talented.

I went to town and bought a new bed just a little while ago. Hey Al I went to Vern's there is an Englander Mattress sale going on right now. They deliver and take aways the old set as well. I will get the new one on Monday.

I'm feeling just a little bit down today, Gilbert yelled at me on the phone last night and said some pretty hurtful things. Please  pray for us.

Don't be sad, Marilyn.  Sometimes our kids use us to vent.  I will (and have) prayed and God is watching over you and your kids.

Not usually on the computer this much.  Taking a break between cooking dinner for the kids and making a pot of chili for their dinner tomorrow.  Sometimes Wendy needs a little break.  Saying they like my chili best always works

Gord Brown, you and I have the same sort of back problem.  It's the pits!  I am using Infrared treatments now and it does give some relief from the pain.  Not a cure, simply helps and can help heal the body.  Not covered by our medical....but then what is.  Thought you might find this of interest....entirely up to you.

Back to the kitchen.  Wish I could sew like Sue.  Sounds like fun.

God Bless,

Liz

Marilyn, I will be praying for y'all. I'm so sorry that Gordon was unkind.

I had lunch with friends today, and then went to the grocery. So, stopped in my home office to rest a bit and enjoy reading at my leisure.

Etta Sue, I'm not sure about retirement. One of the major factors may be my health. Of course, the carpal tunnel surgeries (first one on Tuesday morning) will have a great bearing on whether I can continue to work. And, the docs are really concerned about my anemia - are going to do gastrointestinal testing - they believe I may have a blood loss problem. He says I'm almost to the state that they need to do a transfusion.

But, as the email that comes around fairly often says, I need to put all this into the SFGTD inbox - that's Something for God to Do. He knows who I am and loves me and will guide me through whatever's ahead. Of that I'm certain.

Y'all have a good afternoon and evening.

Ruth Ann

There was a student in Mexico last week who disappeared.  It was his body that was found.  He was a Canadian. 

I have had a busy day.  I sent John off to work, about noon, and after he left I cut out a dress for Elizabeth.  I have material for Kassie but not nearly enough to do what I want....that will have to wait.  I also have an outfit for Drake ready to sew.  Boy is he ever growing.

Pat do you remember the "rag curls" dad used to put into our hair?  Well I tried them on the girls.  It looks so funny.

We have snow today.  Started as rain, and has turned into snow.  Not sure if this is our "crow snow" or not.  Time will tell.

A friend informed us that his Dad because of cancer has been given a life expectency of 3 - 6 months.  When we visited last he was looking forward to going Home.  Keep the family in prayer. Sad for them but a celegration for him.

Well Mom is here.  She is relaxed, and laughing.  Still very tired from going down 50 stairs, but she made it.

I must go, I want to chase the girls to bed early and turn in early myself.

I continue t pray for the needs here.
Love JudyB

Ruth Ann my son's name is Gilbert. Thank you for your prayers.

Marilyn, I'm also sorry that Gilbert was unkind, but as Liz said, maybe he was venting; and maybe it really had nothing to do with you.  They feel safe venting on moms, because moms always forgive and keep on loving them.  It has happened to me before, too.  (((hugs)))

Ruth Ann, I surely hope they find the reason for your severe anemia and get it stopped.  You have had more than your share of problems.

We just returned from Hugoton.  Mark and his date had dinner with us, because the restaurant they had planned on going to was closed.  We had a really nice evening with all of them.  Abby is sitting here beside me now, reading as I type, so I must be careful what I write about HER.      

Liz, don't overdo.  I hope you are feeling better now.  We were to have a chili feed tomorrow at church, but it has been postponed for some unknown reason.  Now we will have to make different plans. 

I need to get ready for bed and get Abby to bed, too.  When she's here, she likes to stay up as long as I do. 

Hi everyone.  It is another beautiful Sunday morning in Georgia.  I have the back door to the screened in porch open and we are enjoying the fresh air in the house.

I have another fairly busy day planned.  We will go to church but not out to lunch as the youth are doing a spaghetti dinner this evening to raise funds for their summer mission projects.  We have never attended this event as Pat doesn't care for the spaghetti so we don't attend.  However, the after church group doesn't generally go out to eat when these events occur.

There are two ladies from the Golden Olympics that I have been working with the last few weeks that are coming by this afternoon to go over the database and reconcile what I have with what they have.  I am missing a few of the entries.  They also have more entries that have been received so will do those and get the reports to the lady that is handling that part of the paperwork.  They have to put together packages for each entrant with a t-shirt and other information and on the front of the packet is the individual report.  It has been a big job but this should be the year with the heaviest workload as we had to design the new database and work through what we wanted in the way of reports.  This is the last week for entries and then have some final reports to print out for the event managers and final totals.  It has been an interesting job.

Marilyn, I hope you won't fret over what your son said.  If you didn't cause it you certainly can't control what he says or thinks.  However, I understand that these things hurt at the time but we just have to keep them in perspective.  Hope you enjoy your new bed that you are getting on Monday.  That is something that Pat and I must replace one of these days as well as have had ours for a very long time.

Janet, it is so wonderful that your grandchildren want you to be a part of their life.  That is something we have basically missed in our lives having never been close to our granddaughter and now our great grandchildren.  I know you will enjoy your time with Abby.  I hope Darrel is feeling much better today.

Pat, I hope the rain didn't keep you awake as I know you need the sleep to aid your recovery. 

JudyB, don't think I ever heard of "crow snow" before.  Does it have something to do with the return of the crows to the north for the summer?  Certainly sad news about your friends father. 

Ruth Ann, that anemia sounds rather frightening.  Hope it can be taken care of soon and that it doesn't interfere with your surgery this week.  How long do you expect to be off work?

Liz, I saw that Japan had suffered a pretty severe earthquake during the night or yesterday.  We occasionally have a little one in this area but not too worried as we live on land that is a part of Stone Mountain and it makes a pretty good base. 

Sue, I hope you enjoy your sewing class.  My wife and her good friend are going to a quilt shop on Thursday to look for fabric to back a quilt that her friend is making for her son.  Pat never likes to miss an opportunity to go to a quilt shop.  That is sort of like me never missing the opportunity to go to the computer store. 

Gord, it sounds like you at least know what is causing your back problems and perhaps how to avoid aggravating the situation. 

I am also missing the postings from Colin.  I hope that he will soon be able to join with us again.  There are also quite a few others who once posted fairly often that we seldom hear from anymore.  It would be nice if they just stopped in to say hi even if they don't have time to write very much.  Of course, this is a normal situation with message boards and is not unanticipated.

Hope this is a wonderful day for you all.  After finishing with the Golden Olympics work this afternoon there are a lot of good basketball games to watch featuring both men and women as they come down to the final four in each.  There were some great games yesterday. 

hi all just passing through off for another busy day and running behind hope all is well welp see ya later!
Sarah

Good Morning I am all ready for church and it is pouring rain. That means my hair won't stay curled for very long.This will be our first day of a 4 day Revival Both services today and then night through Wednesday.  He has been here 3 times before. I amlooking forward to the services. We hare having a Spaghetti feed after church to benefit the Children's Ministry.

Thank you all for your prayers I am confident that soon he will call like nothing at all has transpired. Although it may keep him from telling me things that mean a lot to him. Sarah's parents know my son better than I do and more about them.

Pat what does "No Name" mean underneath our names.

I love it!!  I had windows open yesterday and plan to open some today!  No worry about dust flying in through the windows...it is still too wet out there.  Bright and sunny here and it is getting greener every day.  Soon you will hear about my mowing again!!

Church was great today.  So similar to a prayer meeting in both services.  Still the sermons was on the persecuted because of trying to spread God's word.  There are over 2 million TODAY that are being persecuted because they are spreading the Word.  So sad! 

Then a couple from my old small group asked me to have lunch with them.  Their son, DIL and 8 month old granddaughter joined us.  She is soooo cute.  I filled my car up with gas and got me a cappucino.  Then stopped for a few items at the grocery store. 

Now I feel a nap comin ZZZZZzzzzz!!

I'm sorry to have bad news, but this has been a terrible afternoon, and I just need to vent!  Abby and the little neighbor girls were out walking with the dogs, when the other neighbor's big German Shepherd dog ran up, grabbed poor little Mieka, bit clear through her, and ran away, shaking the life out of her.  Abby ran after them, and hit the big dog with her water bottle until it dropped Mieka. One of the little girls ran screaming to her mom, who quickly drove over, picked up the dog, wrapped her in a baby blanket and brought her and Abby to me, but it was too late; Mieka was dead.  It is just the grace and protection of God the dog didn't attack Abby when she went to the little dog's aid!

I then had the heartbreaking task of calling Beth and telling her her beloved pet was gone.  She got hysterical, as did Gloria, who was in her room visiting.  I asked if Beth wanted me to bring the dog so she could hold her one last time; she said yes, so Abby and I took her to the care home.  Beth held her and cried, Gloria cried; they took the dog to the couple's room that also loved the dog; he held the dog and cried and prayed for her to rest easy; then they took her to Beth's grandma's room (my mom) and she also cried.      Then we brought her home and Darrel helped me bury her.  Abby marked the grave.

Of all the dogs in this world; why did it have to be the one Beth loved so much?  She was the only "baby" she had; and she can never have another that will love her and know she belongs to Beth, because she can't have one there in the home.  It just isn't fair.

Janet:  I am so sorry.  Here I am back from a fun-filled quilting weekend and reading your sad news.  No, it just isn't fair.  The owners need to really train their dogs not to attack and thank the Lord that the girls were not hurt. 

The tickets to Jane Goodall were all taken - she is still alive.  I guess she is more known for chimps than gorillas - I think but today, am so tired of chatting until 1 A.M., and sewing hours upon hours plus I drove and so many things that poor Don fixed his own dinner tonight & I only managed to make a snack for us. 

Marilyn:  Blessings to you and a hug.  It is difficult when children say hurtful things. 

Carol

Janet, my heart just breaks...for Beth, for you, and for all those who loved Mieka.  Some things that happen seem so senseless and we have so many questions for God.

Oh, poor Beth.  This is like losing a little child.
I'm wrapping my arms around all of you in prayer, honey.

Right now, all I know to do is just pour out tears to our Father.  Beth's Father, your Father.  I know He'll accept that as my prayer for you all.  Nita

Janet I, too, am just lost for words with which to reply to your sad, sad news.  I can't even imagine how all of you are feeling.  With Nita, I am wraping my arms around you all and lifting you up for our Father to wipe your tears and take you onto His lap and hold you tight while He pours healing salve over your pain.      

Janet, I am so very sorry.   Thank goodness (and God) that the children are safe.  Please know that you are all being prayed for.

God Bless,

Liz