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Hello Pat,
I just read your reply to my post and realized I typed that it was Saturday night. I think the heat must have been getting to me because it was actually Thursday night. Sorry about that. Yesterday we decided to drive down the coast and spend the day at the beach. It was beautiful. The sea breeze just washed the heat away, but when we drove back we stopped at a restaurant for a meal and when we got out of the car the heat hit us.
Thank you for asking about my Hernia operation. It went well and I am healing fine. I don't know if you remember but I was also diagnosed with Colon cancer about 2 years ago. I was lucky as it was in the early stages and the surgeon was able to operate and remove part of my bowel. The hernias developed along the original  incision. Everything is fine now and I had tests done last Monday which showed all is well.
God bless,
Rob

 :)Hi to all.  It is very late and it is still very cold and today we had more snow in the Niagara Falls Region. 

Don:  It is nice to see you posting and we hope that you continue. 

Paul and Pat.  Hope that you have a wonderful trip if you are coming up to Guelph.  Be careful. Love ya Sis.

Rob:  My Brother used to live in Australia and I can remember he would tell me about the heat.  He now lives in New Zealand and they are getting a very warm time this year also

Judy B.  I also did not know that you would be finishing your job. Say hi to John and to Heather. Love ya little sis.

Larry:  How is your daughter hope that she  is doing better.  Also how are you and your wife doing hope that you are not overdoing it.  God bless.

Al:  How are you doing ?  Are you sleeping in your own bed or are you still in the lazy boy hope that the legs are getting better.

Good night or good morning to all and have a great day in the Lord's house this Sunday.

Hi everyone.  I am up and ready to go to coffee.  This morning we are going back to the Cafe where we used to us as it is under new ownership and they have made a lot of changes.  We have eaten lunch there a couple of time.

We had a good time last night when we met our friends at the Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then went to the home of one of the couples and played Mexican Train.  I didn't win other than to be in the company of good friends and having a good time.

Pat is attending a women's group luncheon at our church at noon today. 

Today is our daughter's 44th birthday.  We will go down to her apartment after church tomorrow and take her out to lunch.  She seems to be getting along pretty good but is awaiting to get the callback from the IRA to go back to work for the tax season, at least on a part-time basis. 

Etta Sue, it sounds like you have a lot of snow up your way.  Glad you didn't get stuck when you were out in it.

Carol, I am sure you have probably seen the note from Pat that the Seniors & Friends site is migrating to a new server so probably won't be available for a little bit. 

Gord, things seem to be going fairly well with our family.  Hope your family is doing well.

Rob, glad to see you had a nice day at the beach.

Janet, guess you are working as I write this.  Hope you have a fairly light work day and enjoy your event this evening.

Judy, it does take a long time to download a large program over dialup and the Adobe programs are large.

Good Morning Everyone

Ann,shes is my wife,and i made it back home last night about 7pm. We had a great day at the lake. Sure was good to get away and do whatever we wanted,which wasn't much, just ride around the lake and take photos. We didn't even have to get out of the car. This is the only place i have ever been that provides so many photo opportunities right from the seat of your car. All kinds of birds and other wildlife. When we got home we had photos of Egrets, Heron, Ducks, Geese, Nutria and Deer. I'll post some when i get time to process them.

We are going to do it again today if i can get Ann out of the bed. Don't know where we are going and don't really care.

Have a blessed day everyone
Don   

Gord I didn't tell many that I was leaving my job.  It was a matter of need to know.  Have a good weekend brother.

Finally got the car running yesterday afternoon.  Everyone starts off saying that it is the starter, then ends up saying no it is electronics.  The last person said probably the computer.  That will be a problem if it is the computer.

It is cold again today.  Janet I understand your need for rain, but I would love to have your warmth.

I must go I have a job I want to complete today.

Quote from: JudyB on January 31, 2009, 08:28:47 AM
Gord I didn't tell many that I was leaving my job.  It was a matter of need to know.  Have a good weekend brother.

Finally got the car running yesterday afternoon.  Everyone starts off saying that it is the starter, then ends up saying no it is electronics.  The last person said probably the computer.  That will be a problem if it is the computer.

It is cold again today.  Janet I understand your need for rain, but I would love to have your warmth.

I must go I have a job I want to complete today.

Sorry to hear about your car Judy. Wish i were closer so maybe i could help you out with it, i'm pretty good with cars, all i did for 20 years was repair cars. Hope you can get it straightened out.

Don

Thank you for that Don.  We am convinced that it is electronics.  Turn the key and it clicks.  if it was battery (and It has been but the battery was replaced) it would do nothing.  If it was the starter it would never start.  But if we try often enough it does start.  Also other electronic things stop working intermittently, then restart.  It is always a toss up if it will start any one day.  We have a young lad in town here who has specialized in vehicle computers, but with money tight we haven't gone that route yet.  We will, just a matter of getting the $$$ together first.  This lad has the dealerships going to him when they can't figure the problem out.

I am looking for a beater that is reliable so we can do the necessary work on this one to get it reliable again.  I love driving this car, it has all the bells and whistles and really don't want to scrap it.

Rob:  You have been through a lot with the diagnosis of colon cancer.  So glad to read that it was caught early. 

Today, I am going to the market for ingredients all for watching the Super Bowl tomorrow.  Rooting for the Arizona Cardinals - the quarterback, Warner, has an interesting religious background & he and his wife are fine people.  That is something not always found in the hype of sports in this country.

Good morning all!  Looks like another day without rain here.  We need more rain, as it's up only to about 60% of normal so far.
Gord - thanks for asking about my situation.  The swelling is pretty much gone in the legs, and they don't have to be wrapped anymore.  There is one fairly small spot on the left one where it has opened up just a bit, so that's a concern and requires a special kind of dressing that's expensive and a bit difficult to get.  However, i went to 3M and McKesson on line and was able to get some ordered.  I'm still using the recliner for sleeping.  If we can get this one open spot to heal I might be back in bed.

Al That IS good news.

Hello John and Judy,

My friend Art's son in law has a Dodge caravan which he bought for a song because it had similar intermittent starting problems. The lady basically gave the car away and Tom took on the challenge. He changed the computer with no success etc. and the van sat around for a year or so at least. He finally went to Craig's list web site on his computer and found maybe three others with the same problem of frustration. (As I think back, I remember a Chrysler town and country - 1998 or 99 - that died stopping in front on my house which they had to have towed away and I'll bet it was the same problem.) Tom found on Craig's List that the problem was a bad solder joint connection on a computer board. I think Tom was "Scotch" enough that he probably re-soldered the bad connection. I just tried to call him but no one is home. If you want further info, let me know. He now has a new van with very low mileage!

By the way, I have the same van as you may remember and I'm thankful to my Lord that I haven't had the problem yet?

Hi everyone. My client's car has a problem that it only starts with the sun shines. If it  is foggy or raining the car doesn't start. The daughter keeps telling me it is the battery, the battery is new and when it does start it kicks over on the  first turn of the key. I thought maybe the electric fuel pump because I can hear it running but it seems not to be getting any gas. or maybe a fuel filter. Her son thinks it is  water getting in the distributor. However they want ME to be the one to take it to the shop, and to walk home, What am I supposed to do with my  car for heavens sakes? That car has  over 250,000 miles on the odometer.

Not much new here, I picked up my ring from having it fixed yesterday. I will have to take a photo for y-all to see.

Going to a wedding this afternoon for the gal next doors daughter.

Back to my corner 

I woke today to see one of those mornings where everything was covered with frost.  But I was a tad too late to take good pictures.  The sun soon melted the frost.  Saturday is always a morning of doing things that I only do on Saturday plus today I did a load of laundry.  So I have done a lot of piddly things! 

This evening I am going to Tony's and her folks, brother and sister-in-law, Tony, Charlene and I are going out for Tony's birthday pizza!  I love eating pizza out...doesn't taste a thing like frozen pizza baked! 

That's about it, folks!

Hi, friends,

Well, I've just spent a wonderful period of time reading and catching up on this website. Now, it's time to "look alive" and get more done! 

It's in the 40's here in Nashville with beautiful sun shining. Tomorrow promises to be even warmer. Thank goodness for these occasional spring-like days.

It's so good to hear from everyone. I wish there were some way to let y'all know how important you are to me. You're like my second family, and what goes in on your lives is important and a means to help me keep in touch with you and to pray with and for you.

Y'all have a wonderful God-filled day.

Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann  you are important to us here too.  We love to read of your adventures with moving and settling in.

Paul that sounds like the problem.  Now If you could find out more that would be great.  I have sent the info to Doug and will hear from him tonight.  Thank you for remembering that.  Thank you for your help.  Now for the dutch to figure out how to fix it. 

Getting some needed work done.  Not rushing it.  Just taking baby steps.

Bye alll

Hello!  I am about ready for a little nap!  I worked today by myself (Only one cook on weekends) and the lunch menu was:  Smothered steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, creamed peas, tomato spoon salad, rolls and butter and poke cake.  So that kept me plenty busy.  The CNA was really good about helping with the dishes, so that was a big help!

Good to read all of your posts!

It is 63 here again today, really a beautiful day with no wind.  Wish you could all enjoy it![/b

Edit:  I see my temperature thingy below says 70 now!  Wow!  ]

Good evening y'all -

I've had company all week so haven't been on much.  I had to take her back to the airport this morning and just so happened to take my camera with me.  This is what I took a picture of - kinda scary when you are just looking around and not expecting it! [attachimg=#]

Good morning everyone. We are in the midst of a snow storm here so it looks like there will be no church today
Al-so glad to hear that update on your legs and  to know the swelling is gone down in your legs, praying that one spot will be healed also.
Have a great day each one

Hi everyone.  It is a beautiful, sunny morning and 26 degrees but to get up to about 60 degrees by the afternoon.  I am ready for churc but it is still about 40 minutes before it is time to leave.  Today is a special day at church as we formally install our new associate pastor.  It is also Communion Sunday so it will be a long service.  We are having a combined service with our contemporary service.  Following the service there is a reception for our new associate pastor and her husband.  However, it is our daughter's birthday celebration and we are leaving right after church to go to downtown Atlanta and take her out to lunch.  Pat will later help her with her laundry as it is hard for her to get into the laundry room with the powerchair and the laundry cart that she has.  I have the manual wheelchair in the car to use today as can't put the powerchair in the car.

Al, glad to hear of the success of your leg wraps and hope the little place that is still a problem heals soon.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Sounds like a full day Larry. 

Our Associate pastor is leaving and today is his final Sunday.  We too are having a luncheon at the church as a farewell to him.  It is interesting that he is going to Listowel to work with another dear friend of ours.  We are threatening to sell everything and follow him there.  Not likely to happen but it would be nice to go there.

We here in the north have snow yet again.  Janet I will bundle it all up and send it your way!

Have to run need to leave in 15 min.

Later and know you are prayed for.

I am ready for church but I still have at least an hour before I leave.  I got a call yesterday that we are supposed to wear football jerseys to church today and that the service will be different, I wonder what that means. At 3 there is to be a super Bowl party at the church in the fellowship hall, I think I will go to that too, although I sure don't need to be eat all the food. I do ope the service this morning isn't  focused on football that just wouldn't seem right. Maybe it will be focused on all the players who are  Christians. but that is speculation too. I will come back and let y-all know. I don't have a football jersey so I me wearing my Curves 400 workouts t-shirt with a blue thermal under it. I actually ave over 500 workouts but my t-shirt hasn't arrived yet.
Have a blessed day all y-all.

Yes, Superbowl Sunday again, already!  I am rooting for the Cardinals this time, but it's still hours yet until kickoff.  I am doing some laundry, and will bring my card-making supplies to the dining table so I can watch the game with Darrel and still do something constructive.

I think a nap may be next on my agenda.  I was so drowsy all through church that I heard little that was said.    A body can only endure so much, I guess.

Larry and Pat, have a safe trip and give Stacy my best on her birthday!

Okay...here is my adventure last evening.  The roads were clear going to Tony's home...about 13 miles away the way I went last evening.  Some roads had snow covering them but had recently been plowed smooth.  Tony drove and we went to a Pizza place.  Great meal and a great time with everyone there.  We went back to Tony and Charlene's for present opening.  I left at about 8:45pm...early for me.  About a mile and a half from Tony, a car was coming toward me about a block away and all of a sudden it veered to the right and off the road into a side ditch.  Just missed a utility pole!!  I slowed down and realized that I was in snow about a foot deep!!!  I got past the car and the road cleared up again.  Anywhere that the road had fields on the south, there was lots of snow on the road.

On the north/south highway, it looked like it could be black ice so I was very cautious on it. 

Then I turned off the highway onto my road and immediately saw flashing lights way down the road.  The road was covered with snow...3inches to a foot of snow.  I thought about turning at the first cross road and going around but decided I could go to the next crossroad.  When I got there, I decided the flashing lights were at my house!  So I went ahead.  I got to Kaye Don and Barb's and had to stop.  All our homes were okay.  There was a pickup with flashers on and a wrecker in front of Ivalou's with flashers on.   I called Ivalou on the cell and she didn't know anything was going on.  (Her family room is in the back of the house.)  Then the pickup decided to try to turn around in the road.  I backed into Kaye Don's drive.  Then I saw another wrecker and 2-3 cars behind it. I waved the pickup down and asked if I could get in my drive that I lived in the third house.  He said the wrecker was getting a car out and when that was done, I could get home.  About 10 minutes, they all left.

So I pulled in my drive...and almost got stuck.  Then I turned to go into my garage and DID get stuck!  I went forward, backward a dozen times and finally pulled into the garage.  Where I was in snow shin deep in the yard when going to Tony's, it was now no snow and I could see the landscape rocks.  But the snow was all on my drive!!! 

The wind howled all night but was I surprised that when I got up, no wind and 38 degrees.  I looked out and the drive looked fairly good.  Going to church all the roads were snow covered but the snow plows had been through.  Where they pulled the car out, it was really roughed up there...I think that car might have turned over!  After church and eating out, the roads are all melted and it is 47 degrees.  Getting in my car after eating out, it was actually hot!!!! 

Today I took my camera to church to take random shots of anything, everything, anyone, everyone for the Church directory.  Tiring but satisfying job...only because my back started hurting from standing up so much.  But I will take it again next week and that should be enough.

My classmate in Mexico's son passed away yesterday afternoon.  Please say a prayer for his family.  David was only 45.

That's it.  Not it is ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz time!

We left North Bay at 5:10 pm tonight and were faced with  the most spectacular sunset tonight  The clouds looked like they were on fire! We attempted to get home before it ended but alas at 5:34 the clouds were grey against a grey sky.  I have never seen a sunset "disappear" in such a short time!

Well today was the farewell to Pastor Jeff and family, complete with dinner.  Former members including our last associate pastor came to say farewell.  They have bought a home in which they had 3 bedrooms.  They have built 3 bedrooms in the basement giving them 6 bedrooms.  These fine people have 7 children.  The last three a boy of about 2 and a set of twins of 8 months.   These folks will be sadly missed.

Gord I will return your call tomorrow.  A lot on my plate tonight.

Have a good night everyone.

Quote from: Samantha on January 31, 2009, 07:59:25 PMI had to take her back to the airport this morning and just so happened to take my camera with me.  This is what I took a picture of - kinda scary when you are just looking around and not expecting it!

That shot coulda been taken at Detroit Metro.  NWA runway runs right over Merriman Rd.

It's gettin' toward that time again, so here's a new one.

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Hi, I'm here, and would have posted in the new message board, but it was giving me an error message that it's off limits to me. 

About moving adventures, Judy, I safely got a heavy box down from the shelf to begin emptying it. My 6'-4" son put it up there, and the shelf itself is higher than my head.

Between my arms, groans, grunts, and balancing the box on my head for a few moments, that box is now on the corner of my desk, shortly to be on the floor. 

We, too, had a dinner at church today. Each first Sunday of the month is family day at our church with families sitting together, sometimes 3 and 4 generations lining 2-3 pews! Then after a.m. worship, we meet for a potluck dinner in the fellowship hall.

So, I was up about dawn making food to take. Most of it was eaten, and what came home with me will be mighty good later this week.

Y'all have a great rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

I keep getting that message too, Ruth Ann ...   I got home about 3 p.m. after a quick trip to California.  It was physically tiring as well as very emotionally draining.  I am too tired, right now, to wait for the new board to open up so I'll come back in the morning and see what's cooking.