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OK Al I will tell her that when I call next week.

I'm happy to report that I'm feeling better today, although still have a sore throat.  Strange--dry cough and throat pain, maybe it is just because it is so awfully dry here.

The dinner last night was nice, and Beth had four guests, which made her happy.  They were: me, her sister Diane, her college friend Mindy, and our wonderful chiropractor and friend, Forrest Saxon.. The food was good, she received lots of attention and love from both her guests and the girls who care for her there.  Nice to see Beth having a good time. 

I am trying to get errands done today, busy as all of you are, I expect.  After today, things should slow down.  We do have the Christmas program at church on Sunday night, in which I have a 10 minute speaking part, so have some practice to do.

Must go, see you later!

Hi everyone.  It has been a gloomy but warmer day here.  It was 35 degrees when I checked not too long ago.  We did our usual things for Wednesday, i.e., Bible Study, a time for coffee at the donut shop and then Pat and I went to lunch at a buffet place that is very reasonable and has a good variety of food.  I will need no dinner this evening.  I do have choir practice this evening but have had a nice afternoon rest period.  We may have some freezing rain later today so do hope to get home before that starts, if it does.

Judy, am listening to "O Holy Night".  That is one of my favorite Christmas pieces.  Thanks for the info on the rust.  That is something we don't have to worry about down here and we don't see cars that have rusted out places.  However, I do remember that from other places we have lived. 

Janet, nice to read that Beth had a delightful time surrounded by family and friends.  We all need someone else to show they care for us and that is why friends and family members are so important to us.  Glad you are feeling better.  That sounds like quite a speaking part you have at your church Christmas program. 

Al, glad to hear that your cold is better.  Take good care of yourself.  I doubt that we hear anymore concerning the theft at the church.  Our police are too busy to concentrate on things like this.  We were figuring this morning that there must have bee $600 or more involved in the theft.  Just hope it fed someone and not a habit, which is, unfortunately, more likely.

Good evening, I have stopped in for a visit, while I wait for part of our dinner to cook, then back to the kitchen to finish.

Larry:  As Judy said getting the veh rust checked is our attempt to extend its life and no it is not compulsary. it cost me $130.00 and if it works then it is worth the money.

It was coffee with the group this morning some were missing One couple was going to another town to give some Christmas cheer and it is with sadness another a former school bus driver is in the hospital which does seem to be very serious.

On the bright side it was a cold but sunny day the beauty after a major storm.

I agree Ruth the bright sun sparkling and reflecting off the snow was magnificant!

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Well, the internet was out again.  Three nights in a row.  They said it wouldn't be on until 9pm tomorrow but it is on right now.  I did ask to be compensated on my bill so I am suppose to get 4 days credit! 

Just glad I have the Droid to keep up with some things.

Taking the lady to her surgery this morning was interesting.  First, I have an indoor temperature thingy that tells the outside temp.  At 3am it was only 4 degrees.  Then I couldn't go back to sleep because .... what if the garage door is froze shut?  What if the car won't start?  Finally I decided if that happens, I will call her and tell her I can't take her.  But all was fine.  It sure is dark at 6:30am and I have never been to her house after dark.  Glad I turned in the right driveway.  No street lights in the country.  We got to the surgery center with 2 minutes to spare.  And her DIL came at 8:30am like Edith said she would. 

When I came back home, and got in the door, I smelled a strange smell...then it disappeared!  Then I went to church this afternoon to sort Christmas cards and smelled the same smell when I came in the door.  I got to thinking/worrying....what if it is a gas leak?  I called my niece whose husband and son are on the fire department to see if fire departments have gas sniffers.  She called me back and yes, they do but I live in a different county than them so they told me to call 911.  So I did and was told to leave the house and watch for the firemen.  I did and walked back from Ivalou's...in the snow.  Anyway, no gas leak.  And it is determined that I have a dead mouse or chipmunk in the crawl space by the door.  Also by that door is the hot water baseboard register where water pipes come through the floor.  I could smell the smell by my coat rack...also a register there.  And here in my chair...a register here.  So I am relatively sure that I will wake up in the morning since it isn't a gas leak!  Thank God, no gas leaks!

Okay...that's it!  Who knows if I will have internet tomorrow or not!

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Janet:   I tried to chase a cold and or flu away and so far kinda yes but I have been left with a dry cough.  Last evening I tried the ginger and honey mixture before going to bed and I did not cough all night I will be doing the same again tonight. At first I did not think it would work but I guess it did.

Give it a try and let us know.

I have all the fixings for the family fruitcake recipe - don't laugh about it, this one passes the taste test & isn't like a brick.  Anyway, neighbors said they missed fruitcake so I thought they might like a loaf.  It bakes for hours in a slow oven with a pan of water for moisture.  You can always dunk the pieces in melted chocolate!

Almost every letter to friends is ready.  I don't want to add any more on the card list because it has become a two or three day event for me to write personal notes on the back of what Don has printed.  It is a stop and go thing and I had to clear the table twice for company so it becomes a not so fun thing anymore. 

We are over 20 inches behind in snow for this time of the year.  It is lightly snowing now.  JudyB and RuthV:  In Minnesota, I used to clear a two lane driveway the old-fashioned way and then the snowplow would dump the biggest load right in front - sometimes, I just gunned the engine on our Suburban and went through that pile of snow.  Good luck getting in and out this winter - oh, it isn't winter quite yet. 

Al:  thank you for reminding us to pray for the sinner as well as victims. 

Colin:  We do appreciate your lovely poetry.  Thank you.

I had a post ready to go and it went poof.  Have a good day everyone.

Judy, I thought I felt a bit of a breeze - must have been your post blowing past.   

Hi everyone.  It is a chilily, rainy morning here in Georgia.  We had icing in certain parts of the area.  Our choir practice was cancelled last evening although think it was probably all right.  The director started out and ran into black ice so decided it wasn't worth the risk of it getting worse.  She lives in the upper part of the county and the church (and we live) is in the lower part.  She had already received notice the 11 of our choir members weren't going to be at the practice.  We have been practicing what we will do on Sunday and the director thinks we can put final touches on it if we get a full 30 minutes of practice before the service.  

It is suppose to get up to 50 degrees today and that will be appreciated.

I have a clear schedule today except we are meeting friends for dinner this evening.  As far as I know this will just be dinner and not a game of dominos afterwards.  I will work on some projects here at my desk and just have a quiet day.  Pat is making some caramel corn so we can give some to the two couples we will be having dinner with tonight for a little Christmas gift.

Carol, your fruitcake sounds tasty.  I like homemade fruitcake.  Hope you get some snow before long.

Ruth, hope you are feeling better today.  Hope your rust treatment does the job.

Etta Sue, glad you didn't have a gas leak but expect you will be smelling the mouse for quite awhile.  I don't envy you.  It sounds like you weather is very unpleasant.

Judy, now I wonder what you said in your lost message.  Thanks for the Christmas music you have been posting.

I feel really lousy today.  Coughed all night and the whole inside of my mouth and throat are sore.  So I finally gave up on home remedies and had Darrel call the doctor for an appointment for me, but they can't see me until tomorrow morning.  Ugh.

This is so unfortunate because our g-grands are here this week, and I don't want to expose them to anything...............

Larry that last one I remember singing in the Junior Choir with Rudy leading.  To this day I love to hear childrens voices singing it.  

I can't believe my internet has been on for awhile.  Hopefully it is fixed for good now.  Seemed that when the sun went down, so did my internet!!

And yes, I woke up this morning like I thought I would.  Also woke to all white again.  Snowed last night and snowing right now!  But warmer.  My pine trees are beautiful with white snow on each branch.  It is so pretty but why can't we have pretty snow in July when it would be warm enough to enjoy it?  Hunh?

Not planning on doing anything today but work on a projector for Sunday at church.  The lady that is doing the communion meditation had the pages of a story book copied by the secretary.  I got the flash drive yesterday with the pages on it.  51 pages.  And I have to crop, color saturate, resize, sharpen, add a border, and resize again on each photo.  Then put them in a Power Point Presentation so it can be used on the software that the church uses for the projection system.  Glad I am running the projector Sunday and will have to remember to tell Sue to read slowly or I won't be able to keep up!  Just a small project...yes, sure...

That's it from central Indiana.  And to answer JudyB yesterday.  I have never been to that part of Minnesota.  I have only been on the west side of Minnesota and that was summertime so it was beautiful!

Pat:  I just started to answer the recipe forwarding and will send one on to you.  It is an easy & always nice recipe for a group. 

The bread machine is ready to make some Christmas bread and just have to time it right.  We went to Home Depot and bought some lumber so Don can make a hardy shelf and we came home and he fixed scrambled eggs and bacon for lunch.  He just defragged the laptop today too. 

Jeanne:  I am going to send a recipe on to you - it is something Pat did last year and we all enjoyed the new recipes.  Usually, I don't care to participate in these forwarding things but this one is very nice. 

Janet I hope you are feeling better today, but the doctors visit is a good idea.   There are so many bugs going on here too that I feel fortunate to have so far stayed well.

Carol my bread machine gave up the ghost.  It was about 15 years old when itdied.  I now use my regular KitchenAid with the hook attachment to make bread, using the same recipe and method as with a bread machine.  It turn's out quite well, the only difference is I have to put it in a pan and let it rise then bake.  When it comes to bread my son-inlaw Heather's husband makes the best bread I have ever tasted.

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Good Evening;

Janet: My home remedy is working at least to stop the cough.  I did cancel a dental appointment until sometime in January giving the cold time to be gone. Yes I have increased by vitamin "C"  as well.

Earlier in the day I phoned my aunt to tell her that we had been invited to spend Christmas with Sue.  Her reply you will need to keep your eyes open for a gift as I want to give Sue something.   Bless her heart.

Mel & I did go out earlier in the day to do some errands, he needed a shovel and I bought oranges & grapefruit from a traveling truck(fellow) that has a route going to different towns with the fresh fruit straight from Florida. So fresh and so good.  Then to Shoppers Drug Mart and the Dollar Store before heading home.

Oh Boy there is more snow to shovel.

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I have a dentist appointment today.  Be back later!

What I always think is a small project turns out to be huge!  The Power Point wouldn't work in the software...I think it is too big.  So I 'pasted' two images together and now have 25 images to load into the software for Sunday's communion meditation. 

I called Kitty and asked her if she would like to go for pizza.  She said she could if she was back home by 6pm...since she had a Webinar to watch at 6pm.  I looked up webinar since I didn't have a clue what that was.  Like a seminar but on the web.  It had something to do with painting on the computer which Kitty is into.  So Kitty and I had pizza together.  I took her the three pairs of gloves that I crocheted for her as stocking stuffers and some Party Mix.  She brought a scrapbook she is making for g-daughter, Katie, for me to see.  Later I got an email from Kitty saying that Bob was enjoying the pizza she took home for him AND the party mix!

Today Ivalou and I are getting our haircut.  Then Ivalou needs to go to WalMart for some things.  I am sure I will return with some things also. 

Warmer today but more snow last night.  23° and the sun just came out!  That always makes it feel warmer.

Hi everyone.  It has been a busy morning but plan to slow down for the rest of the day.  We had coffee at the senior center this morning and then 4 of us went to the gym and walked.  I walked about 3/4 of a mile without any problem.  I came home and then went back to the gas station to fill one of the cars and then to Kroger's for a list that Pat had prepared.  She is getting ready for Christmas so went ahead and bought two hams that she is going to bake and some other items.  The produce has really gone us.  I paid $1.30 for one baking potato.  Came home and put the things away and am now ready to rest the rest of the day.  Pat just left for a meeting and then will go out to lunch with some friends.

Last evening we met two other couples at a buffet and enjoyed a nice meal and good conversation.  One of the couples had no business driving after dark, and it was also raining, so I drove their car to their house and Pat brought our car to pick me up.  

We are having a beautiful day here with the sun out and the temperature up to 39 degrees.  There is a little wind but not gusting.  

Janet, sorry to hear that you are down sick.  This is a bad time of the year to have a cold or flu.  

Carol and Judy, the talk of making bread really makes me hungry.  We have a bread machine but Pat seldom makes it.  Usually when she does she turns them into sticky buns, which are very tasty.

Etta Sue, reworking over 50 graphics is a big job.  Hope it is going well.

Ruth, glad to read that you are feeling better.  We have a Dollar General store not far from us that just opened a couple of months ago.  It went in where a drugstore had failed.

I am still alive and coughing.  Ugh.  Ruth, give me the particulars on the honey-ginger mix, please.  I have some cough syrup but it tastes HORRIBLE.  

The doctor said this stuff is not contagious, which surprised me.  She also said it is bacterial, not viral, and that my lungs already have some stuff in them, so we need to get it headed off before it turns to pneumonia.  I have had that twice, sure don't want it again.  I kept bugging her asking if it is contagious, and told her that I need to go to the care home and sure don't want to expose those people to anything.  She said go ahead, it will -be fine.    I got a z-pack to take for 5 days, and some cough lozenges.

Oh!  We finally got a little skiff of snow!  Not enough to cover the ground, but at least we know it CAN snow.  Temp was 34 when I was out.

Janet at least if ut is bacterial, you can take antibiotics.  I pray they work quickly!

Larry maybe you can figure out how to use the bread machine.  John's dad always was the one to make bread. Is is really quite easy.

I picked up the 3 flosses I need to finish the X-stitch I am doing,...Time is running out!   

My brain is foggy from lack of sleep.  Maybe it was the chocolate I had after a Chinese meal.  Now is not the time for me to cut fabric for a table runner.   

Fruitcake is finished here and I am bringing one loaf to a neighbor.  Don is in the basement building a shelf for a t.v. so the DVD or whatever it is called can stand underneath.  I can't keep up to this techie stuff.  Even my Yahoo mail is acting up again. We brought a quilt I had made for our grandson since he is now an Eagle Scout.  He was happy & surprised.  Tiny bit of snow all day.  Great hassle with Comcast over suspending our television - it took several phone calls & just wears you out.  They don't listen or read anything you write. 

Larry:  the bread machine is easy, just put things in order and push a button.  Easy Peasy. 

JudyB:  Don't fall off the treadmill. 

We were going to drive neighbors to Loveland today but he caught a chest cold so they want to go next week instead.  There is a fantastic cheese place they have never been before, you walk into a huge refrigerated room. 

Janet:  Don't forget homemade chicken soup. 

Carol For having a foggy brain you are quite coherent!  But I understand not wanting to cut when you feel like that. 

I am baking today.  Boterkoek or Dutch Buttercake as well as several loaves of bread.  We have a pot-luck after service on Sunday.

Back later

Before leaving to go out earlier in the day a picture of Christmas mice came on the computer screen, I had made these a couple of years ago,   This prompted me to purchase the ingredients to do the same again this year something a little different to take with us tomorrow as we are having dinner with a friend and children will be there.

Janet:   Hope that you are checking in, the ginger and honey that I put together was  11/2 tsp. or so of ginger powder in a small dish then I added enough honey (creamy or liquid) the kind does not matter to blend just like adding enough milk to make it moist.  I could have added 3 tsp. or so of honey. then have a tsp. or less when needed. It did not taste of ginger per say but it did keep my cough quiet all night.   I have also used it in the day.     Good Luck     

Back to making my Christmas mice.