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Scripture: Psalm 62:8
"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge" NIV

History tells us that in 1787 during the United States Constitutional Convention the founding fathers of America were struggling. 55 delegates after a few months were at an impasse that threatened to derail the whole democratic process. I can only imagine rooms full of politicians scheming and making plans and wanting to control the situation with their own ideas.

That is when a speaker took the podium and said: "Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer --- imploring the assistance of Heaven --- be held every morning before we proceed to business."

And with prayer all the political struggling and impasses meted away as "me" was replaced by "us" and emerged into the America we have today.

Next week we as a nation are going to the polls to elect officials to represent us. If you spend any time listening to the news whether on TV, radio, newsprint or computer --- I'm sure you are hearing some disturbing things.

Just as Benjamin Franklin more than 220 years ago addressed the Constitutional Convention and trusted Jesus to lead and direct the decisions of this nation --- I ask you as a reader of these cdd's to gently walk into your prayer closet and for the next few days pray --- pray as Ben Franklin prayed, pray that God will bless us with leaders who are secure in HIS Kingdom principles.

Prayer:Father I surrender every impasse in my life to your care and direction --- and I ask you to make a way for professing Christians who hold your values in their hearts to lead this nation. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!

Hi everyone.  It has turned out to be a beautiful, mild day here in Georgia.  This morning, after coffee, I took our Hyundai Sonata to the dealer for an oil change and then went to Atlanta to pick up our daughter to bring to our house for the night.  She hasn't been with us for probably 6 weeks and needed to get away from her apartment for a little bit.  The traffic was terrible on I-85 so took back roads as much as I could.  Then her street was very slow as they were doing road repair.  However, the trip home went very well.

Etta Sue, glad you were able to get your laptop backup and working.  If you have to have your laptop redone again, just pop in the recovery disk and it will be put back into the factory default and then you can bring Windows up-to-date and install the other programs.  You might try a Google search on how to restore your files from your external drive as it sounds like it probably came with a backup program.  If you have your e-mail available on your desktop it is an easy thing to go to the program and export your address book and then import it on the laptop. 

Janet, hope you will be able to fight off the cold with some extra rest.  You are too busy to be have a cold.

Judy, we have walked twice this week.  We will probably go walking again in the morning.  Hope your car holds up until you are ready to get another.

Carol, I was surprised to see the message from Gladys.  I really don't use Facebook very often.  What is a "Sprouts" store?  Have never heard of that name before.

Marilyn, it sounds like your nights are getting rather chilly.  Glad your dog is doing better. 

Jeanne, I agree with you in not enjoying night driving.  I still can do it when necessary but prefer not to.

My windows are clean, my windows are clean........... it was so nice that we were able to get outdoors and the wind has actually calmed enough to be able to get something done in the yard. 

I also carefully cut some fabric & that was tense as it had to be just perfect or it would be expensive to replace.  Then, I was able to knit without any mistake this time - this has been a nice day. 

Larry:  Sprouts is a store with a lot of organic produce but not all and it has health food & so forth.  I do like to buy chicken there especially when it is on sale.  They have bins & I bought & ground coffee, then bins of seminola flour for bread, raw almonds and I can't remember what else.  They have a few bins of spices as well as you can grind your own peanut butter or put honey into the container size you need. 

Janet:  Mmmm, your homemade salsa sounds nice. 

Where is Ruth Ann? 

Leftover chicken and brown rice for dinner tonight. 

Judy:  My best wishes on your vehicle lasting until you can find a really good working vehicle.  They can be so worrisome at times & you are not directly "in town" apparently.  Are you down to one dog in the house now?  I went to a house this week & both dogs (white West Terriers) hung on me the entire time - so soft and sweet. 

Etta Sue I may have lost mine as well.  I will go looking!

No We have 3 dogs.  Cimi as well as Kassie's dog Stiches, and now John's dog Sandy (Rambo).  Sandy is such a funny little fello, he carries a worn out glove in his mouth the whole time he is outside, or if he can find one, a ball.  He seems to never stop running, John adores him.  Unfortunately there is a company poicy in place that he cannot take the dog with him in the truck.  I really wish he could it would force him to walk every day.

I was over at JudyB's today and can vouch that the sweaters are BEAUTIFUL!! I hope all the recipients appreciate all the hard work and love you have put into each.

JudyB, two of your dogs chased me down the lane, about half way. They never came all the way down to the road.

I had to do a lot of catching up; from late Tuesday!!

The Cat/dog came back the very next day....woops.....the same day.  I didn't even know they were following you.  They were on the front porch almost right away!

Yesterday was coffee at Tim's and today ribs the best around at Oasis the name is fancier than the restaurant. 

Last evening was very windy and also we have had our share of wind today as well.

Judy:   Knitting what has made the change as I thought your hands would not stand up to the stress of holding the needles?   

Larry, Etta Sue and others all the talk of the computer parts is beyond me, I would need a tech. to do the work. I thought I knew a fair amount but when I hear you chat I know so very little.

Janet:  It is wonderful that you willingly go and help out at the centre. They also know a good and willing worker.

I went to a warehouse sale this afternoon and spent only $20.00  a good place to consider Christmas shopping and stock up on little gifts for the year.  Going early in the season is best as the selections get slim when you get closer to DEC.25

Hi everyone.  It looks like I will be the first to post today unless someone else is writing and hits the post button first.

Shortly I will take our daughter back to her apartment in Atlanta.  She has found it works best for her just to be here overnight rather than to stay a couple of days.  It is a nice day and sure hope the traffic is better today as it was a mess yesterday.

We walked at the gym this morning after coffee at the senior center.  This is still leaving me pretty tired but know it is important to try to do the walking.  Nothing else on the schedule for today.

Carol, thanks for the info on Sprouts.  That is a cleaver name.  When we lived in the DC area the Giant food store chain used to have a whole section where the items were in bulk and you could buy just what you wanted.  I don't see that down here anymore.  Glad you had such a productive day.  I can understand your joy at getting your fabric cut just right as hear my wife express concern about that. 

Ruth, you would probably surprise yourself on the computer.  I am basically self-taught, although my best friend is a computer whiz, who used to build and sell computers, and he helps me when I get stumped.  It sounds like you found some bargains.

Judy, I am sure having a dog in the truck would be a lot of company but there is probably a safety factor involved with distraction from the road.

RuthV, nice that you were able to see the knitting that Judy has done.

Morning all. After a rough night of stupid dreams, I am finally up.  Laundry is caught up, I just have a bit of folding to do.

Larry the reason for no dogs in the trucks is that there are so many people who are allergic to dogs, and when dogs have been allowed there has been chewing damage.  Owner Operators, (drivers who own their own trucks) take their pets with them all the time.  Cats, dogs, birds you name it the have it.  Silly in my books to have a bird, what if it fly's out!

There is a young man iin the town who has just started his own business in auto repair.  Very savvy when it comes to diagnosing a problem.  He has a Subaru that he is working on, he is rebuilding the engine.  This car is for sale and we are looking at buying it.  His price is reasonable, it isn't ready yet, the engine is completely out of the car. We are biting the bullet in getting the funds together for it.

Kassie is going out with friends tonight and John is coming home.  I have an appointment in town so inbetween appointment and meeting up with John I will have time to get a lot of the present sweater done.  I was thinking I would take a picture of them all when  they are done and give you a glimpse of what I have done.

Next weekend is Kassie's 16th birthday.  It is hard to believe that the little girl I took on the truck with me has become such a beautiful young lady.  A year and a half she is off to college.  She is making Music her minor, not sure what the major will be yet. I would like to get professional photos done of her.  We'll see maybe my camera will do the job...although I am not one to take good people pics.

Well off to folding and preparing for the day.  Have a God one folks!

Judy it would be great to see the sweaters you have made. Please do take pictures of them. I would also like to see a picture of Kassie. It is always nice to see photos of our families. I have a fairly recent one of Gilbert, Sarah and the kids that I need to scan into my computer so I can post it.

Before I forget, Don said we all have to download something to stop a virus on Facebook or all of our personal information will be taken.  Scarey stuff. Even if this is a  hoax, it is so unsettling. 

Walked in nice weather this morning and we are to have two days of high 70's and then it will be back to normal temps.  The leaves are falling here and the mountain tops have deep snow.  Perfect. 

I am thinking that my injury on my lips will never heal - another scary thought.  Never did have a doctor look at it & do not even want to think of that pain.  One son came over last night and found problems with our windows so now we need to fix them and will do that ourselves.  Off to do a little hardware shopping. 

Well, I called the company that makes my external hard drive.  I told him that following the online instructions, I can't find the .exe file to install the software.  He ended up telling me to format the hard drive.  In the external.  I would lose everything on it.  I told him, I didn't care if I ever used the external to save files again...I just wanted to get the files I have on there back onto the computer.  Then he gave me a number to call about data recovery.  I called them.  $500 to $2000 to recover the data and I would have to mail it to them.  NO!  So I called PC Help and I took my external down there.  There are a data recovery center also.  It is free to see if it can be done then they will call me to tell me the cost!

In the meantime, I get an email (see, I sent them an email and I am impatient) from  the external hard drive company and I have downloaded the software from the website.  Now I probably could do it myself! 

Whew!  Can you tell I am venting? 

And yes, Larry.  After I discovered the Recovery Blah Blah DVD, I realize I could have done all of the laptop on my own.  But I was SKEERED!! 

Ivalou went with me to PC Help and then we had Chinese food at our favorite Chinese place.  Then to Dollar General.  I used my $5 off coupon if you spend $25 or more.  I did. 

It sounds like everyone is busy, busy, busy!  And of course, I am no exception to that!

I got up this morning feeling better, started working on the last of the tomatoes (Making salsa) and soon realized I had a chiropractic appointment!  So I changed, went for that, then to Pat's to have her do my hair; then came home to get Darrel and we went to Pioneer Electric to eat Chili and cinnamon rolls for breast cancer research.  Pat and Gaylon came, too.  When I got home, I finished the salsa, then a customer came to have three things framed, I did that, Beth called and wanted me to come see her in her Halloween garb.  So off I went to the home.  She was GREEN, and I mean, dark green!  John had sent her green greasepaint makeup so she could be Frankenstein's monster.  Ha!

She had worn that junk all day and was tired of it!  She even wore it this morning when she went to the chiropractor!  He got a kick out of it, but said he got his hands all green!  Anyway, she wanted me to wash it off, and it took me 30 minutes to clean her face!!  She also had black on her lips and eyes!    What a mess.  But she had a good time.  The little kids from the nearby school always come to the home for treats, so she had enjoyed seeing them and having them see her.

Carol, the salsa is GOOD, even if I do say so!  I'm so thankful for those tomatoes.  Now we only have a few left to eat fresh.

Sorry for the two posts in a row, but this computer screen starts jumping when I pass so many lines, driving me nuts!

Now that I'm back, I can't remember what I was going to write!

The Vitamin C and Zinc seem to be helping a lot, am keeping it up.

Larry, hope the traffic wasn't too bad when you took Stacey home.

Judy, you do stay busy.  And I, too, would like to see the sweaters, and Kassie too.

Etta Sue, I'd be SKEERED too, to try to fix my computer.  It's acting up some, all I have now is the laptop, so I'm needing some grandson assistance!!

Ruth, thanks for your kind words.  I enjoy working, but really  don't want to work full time at my age.  Too many other things I want to do!

Anyway, I wish you all a most pleasant evening.

Hi everyone.  Once again I guess I will be first to start off the new day.  It is suppose to be a delightful day weatherwise here.  We had a cool night but going to warm up to about 70 or a little above. 

The traffic yesterday taking my daughter home was the exact opposite of the day before and I had no problem anywhere on the trip.  That was the big activity of the day except we went to a new pizza place for us for called "Fox Pizza" and shared a stomboli, which was very good.  That was about it for yesterday.

Today's schedule is not heavy either.  I will shortly go to coffee and later this morning attend a meeting.  Also today I need to work on Treasurer's reports for an upcoming meeting next Wednesday evening.  I will also be watching a lot of college football, especially the Georgia-Florida game late this afternoon.

Etta Sue, you might try saving a copy of all the files on that external drive to a folder on your laptop before you do anything that might destroy them.  Even though you wouldn't be able to use them in the saved format, you would have a backup copy of everything on that external drive that later could be restored if you end up having to reinstall the external drive hardware.  I would certainly advise not using the backup command in the future and just copying the files to the external drive and then you could recover them.  If many of your files are on your desktop you can copy those to the laptop through the wireless setup.  Call me if I can be of help to you.  I know you haven't had that laptop long.

Janet, it is good that Beth wanted to participate.  Yesterday we got to enjoy seeing some of the pre-school kids at the church where we walk come to school in their halloween costumes.  They were really cute.

Good morning.  I am still loading the laptop.  I haven't heard anything from PC Help but when I do and if they think the data on the external is recoverable, I will tell them what I have downloaded on the laptop....the My Passport Essential software updater.  To me it sounds like when I plug in the external hard drive, it should have windows just like before come up!  Hope I am not wishing a miracle but it sounds like it to me.

I really haven't done much since I wrote last except on this laptop.  I have put a time limit sitting here since sitting a long time at the computer at a time caused me to have to have a Selective Nerve Root Injection in my neck a few years back.  So I watched TV last night.

Kaye Don and Barb headed back to Florida yesterday.  They were staying a couple of nights in Tennessee and then go on to Bradenton.  So it is just Ivalou and I in the neighborhood now. 

It got to 32° yesterday morning.  Not as cool this morning.  I did get my furnace all fixed and have to use it totally for 2 days to get the air out of the water lines.  Then I can use the heat pump again.  Saves $$$.

I understand the problem of transfirring data.  I am trying to do that as well.  Kass has a document on the old computer that needs MSWord to operate.  My new computer only has Open Office.  In my opinion a cheep replica that is not compatile with Work and she cannot use it in school, where all they have is Word.  My frustration level is high these days.

Snow Snow beautiful Snow.  It looks beautiful but is the beginning of a long cold winter. 

Kassie has had a dissapointment.  The band program has practises on Wednewsday after school 3 - 5 and then on Thursday 6 - 8.  Kass has Biathalon on Thursday for a few weeks, then it moves to Saturday, in the morning.  That frees up my Thursday.  The teacher has said that because she cannot do the Thursday then she is out of the band.  If the out of town'ers want to be in the band they have to rely on their parents to transport them or they are out.  There is a late bus on Thursday at 5:15, but with the practise so late the kids miss the late bus.  Unfortunately she has committed to biathalon before band came up.  I am so looking forward to Thursday night being free and not having the hour and a half driving to do. If band was  from 3 - 5 then she could be in it and be totally happy with the music program, getting the late bus home.  She is in for awards in Cadets so I am not discouraging her there at all.

John has a 36 hour turn around this weekend.  He will be leaving early tomorrow morning.  I am looking forward to retirement.  then he will be home more...Nice!

Having a rough time with my shoulders this week.  Prayer is appreciated.

Not many posters yesterday.  Either I was late yesterday or I am early this morning.  I know I am early this morning.

Another day of frustration yesterday with the laptop but I figured it out!  Always something. 

Today I am working the projector at church and will be done with that until the last two weeks of the year.  I like doing it though.  So I am all ready to step out the door. 

It looks to be like another wonderful fall day in Indiana.  It is 38° and to be sunny all day.  I kind of had a rough night last night so I will probably be napping this afternoon during the sunshine! 

I am praying that everyone worships our God today.

Hi everyone.  Another beautiful fall day in Georgia.  It is a bit cool in the house but we still haven't had to turn on the furnace.  Each day we don't have to have it on helps with the utility bill.

I am ready for church.  I will be sitting in the choir but we are not doing an anthem today as our director is in New York where the Atlanta Symphony Chorus sang at a concert last night.  They were doing a work entirely in Russian.  Our director said it was tough going but sure they did it very well.

Judy, try this with the file that Kass has that you need on your computer.  Click on the file and it should open in Open Office.  Then click on File, Save As and at the bottom in "Save as Type" line find the MS Word 97/200/XP type and click on it and see if it won't save the document with that extension.  Just as Open Office will open MS documents it will also save them in MS formats.  I use Open Office all the time and no longer use MS Office 2003 programs.  Hope that works for you.

Judy, hope you are feeling better today.  Sorry to hear about the schedule conflict as sure Kass is very disappointed with her love of music.  I guess it just shows that life involves making choices.

Etta Sue, I am sure you and Ivalou will miss having your brother near by but the winter will go by quickly.  Are you planning to visit with them in Florida sometime during the winter?

Hope everyone has a nice day. 

Church was not a regular sermon today.  This entire month is talks on "isms".  Today was secularism that is in our culture vs. the church. 

I was able to add three free apps to my iPod - it will be great to have recipes handy when we go to AZ and fabric conversion charts under my quilting apps.  It is another techie thing to learn but will be oh so convenient if I can somewhat master this iPod. 

It is nice and sunny here with horrible winds last night - there is a fire again near Boulder where some have been evacuated three times this year - human set.  This one is 75% out already because they did not have the wind, thankfully. 

The Broncos are playing in London and it has to be so boring for the Brits as they are used to non-stop rugby and soccer. 

Judy:  Sorry about Kassie & her desire to be in two activities that collide.  You are a long way from town.  For years, we lived in a small village that had nothing but a hockey rink & bars and we drove 7 miles to church or groceries & gas.  But you are farther than we ever drove so I take my hat off to you. 

Etta Sue:  It is nice that you can check on your brother's house when they are away.  We appreciate our neighbors & especially our son who live fairly close as the boys will come inside and check things out. 

Waiting to see results on the election.  This is really traumatic as there is one huge part of the health care bill that was voted through that should be taken out or it is predicted that we will lose 46% physicians/surgeons.  They would have to check with Federal Authorities before performing certain services, or operations & if told "no" then they could be fined massive amount of money for not obeying. 

Larry:  That is amazing that your choir director & the Atlanta Symphony Chorus performed in NYC. 

Carol I saw that video about the Healthcare bill.  Keith  oldest son has just become a Doctor, and I worry what will happen to all the young doctors with their  great ideas on helping people to recover from the various things that will be rationed by that  National  Panel that will dictate what care if any the patients will receive. I know that Craig  is specializing in Internal Medicine he is working right now at Providence hospital in Portland. He wants to get his patients healed and out of the hospital ASAP because he says there is so much sickness, disease etc in hospitals and  it is better to get the patients out ASAP. We get monthly newsletters about his experiences in his first years of residency.

My Doctor has already  said to me that I will not have to ever have another colonoscopy because people of a certain age don't need them. He even suggested that I not have any Mammograms but I sure let him know that Mammograms are a must for me since my daughter has has breast cancer. I really would like to have a different doctor but there aren't any that are taking new patients in this area. There were only 2 when  moved here almost 2 years ago.

Marilyn, someone else told me that now they are saying not to have colonoscopies after a certain age--sure a switch from only a couple of years ago.  You just have to wonder who to believe.

Carol, your IPod sounds nice, but this simple cell phone I have does stuff that I don't yet know how to use.  What happened to your lips?  I guess I must have missed something, but I hope they are much better now.

I have another appointment with the ENT Doctor on Friday.  Don't have any idea what to tell him; this tongue is such a constant annoyance, and now it is the whole tongue, not just around the area that was removed.  Phooey.

Larry, I read your instructions to Judy, and I didn't understand them.  I guess I just have a computer lingo block!  I only know enough to be dangerous!

The youth group at church served a spaghetti dinner after service this morning.  They are making money to go to Youth Conference.

Marilyn:  I wouldn't stop having those tests and checkups.  Am just shaking my head at the new ideas being pushed into our heads.  You are still young

Janet:  My nose, lips & teeth met a concrete driveway the difficult way.  So grateful that nothing was broken.  If I can learn this, you certainly can learn it as well.  What is the matter with your tongue? 

I am thinking of making sweet rolls for Wednesday morning bible study - our table is one of two to bring food in for those who want something with their drinks.

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