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Hi everyone.  I little late getting here today.  Today was Bible Study but Pat wasn't feeling very good first thing this morning and so didn't attend.  I decided to skip the time at the donut shop and to get my car filled with gas and inspected for this year.  Fortunately, it passed the inspection but wasn't worried.  This evening is choir practice. 

We finally have some sun this afternoon after a cloudy morning and it has reached 49 degrees.  Glad to see it a little warmer.  We are expecting a little more snow tomorrow night.

Shirley, you have my condolences for the loss of your brother  and your cousin.  It seems these things come in clusters.  Hope you don't get caught in unfavorable weather as you travel.

Ruth, chicken soup sounds good.  Hope you don't get too much snow this time.

Etta Sue, know that your medical report always eases your mind.  Once we have cancer that is always in the back of our minds that it may return.  I have a friend who received a whole series of botox injections to help with severe neck pain.  She has just undergone two surgeries on her neck as she was been in so much pain.

Judy, you do a good job with your one finger typing.  Glad you are safely home and in the recovery mode.

Janet, that sounds like you had balmy weather yesterday.  Those days are nice breaks in a winter season.

Marilyn, I looked at the page on the new phone you are getting.  I am sure you will enjoy it.  My good friend, Rod, recently got a smart phone and the carrier here has a $15 per month plan for data and a limited amount of texting, which he really doesn't do. 

Shirley I am, so sorry to hear about the loss of your brother and your cousin, Please accept my sincerest sympathy. I hope the weather clears up enough so you can go to the funeral.

Shirley--I, too, am sorry for your losses.  Hope the weather clears so you can go to the service for your brother.

Larry, the balmy temps are gone now!  I got called to work today, and while I was driving into town this morning a little after 6, it was so foggy I could see barely four car lengths ahead.  It stayed foggy all morning, then turned to drizzle, with the temp falling steadily.  When I came home after 2, it was 31 and the drizzle was starting to freeze on everything.  I will have to be careful in the morning, as I have to go to work again tomorrow.

Judy, typing with one finger sure slows things down, huh?   But thanks for checking in, and take it easy, ya hear?

My back is hurting, started about 9 this morning, which made for a long day at work.  I'm sure glad I have a chiropractic appointment on Friday morning!!

Thanks for the explanation, Etta Sue.  I remember you had some sort of procedure for your bladder urgency, but must have missed your posts about the Botox.  They injected lots of Botox into Beth's legs a few years ago, trying to give her relief from the cramping.  It wasn't helping, so they stopped.

Ruth, home made chicken soup sounds wonderful for a cold winter's night!  Yummy!

Shirley, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of both your cousin and your brother, especially so close together.  If things are done the same as here, there will be a service soon, and then another for the actual burial in the spring after the ground thaws.  Makes it a long wait between sometimes.

Shirley, My sympathy on the loss of your brother and a cousin.  It is hard when the loss is so close in time.

Pat:  Thanks for the report on Judy & devotions as well.  I hope she is healing quickly.  Typing with one finger.

Janet:  How fun for you to be with the hillbilly group. 

Strollin:  Hello - good to see you. 

Larry:  It sure is hard to give up the fun activities.  You might want to try to keep in touch with all by meeting them for breakfast or lunch. 

Good day today - lunch with two couples and our one couple friends found he may be able to skip the open heart surgery if the final results show that it is possible his problem is a virus. 

Hi everyone from a chilly spot in Georgia.  It is still only 28 degrees but the sun is shining. 

The main thing on our schedule today is to go to Atlanta and have lunch with our daughter.  We try to see her every two weeks and about every month or 6 weeks will bring her out to our house for an overnight stay.  We will meet her at the Shepard Spinal Center and eat in their cafeteria, which has good food.  Then we will go over to her apartment, which is just across the street, and spend sometime with her. 

I do plan on stopping at MicroCenter on the way to Atlanta to pick up a 4 gig SD card that they are offering via a flyer for free.  It is a promotion to get people into the store.  When I get my ebook fixed (as it is now dead as a doornail) I will use it in there as that will hold thousands of books, not that I will put that many on it.

Shirley, my condolences, too, on the loss of your brother and cousin.  I am praying that the weather holds out so you may attend the funerals. 

I am waiting....and waiting....and still waiting for the heat pump guy or guys to come and work on the heat pump.  It is snowing like mad here but that usually doesn't stop Hoosiers.  The snow plow has been on my road...going about 50mph!!!  The mail boxes are still standing but leaning!!  I would love to feel heat coming out of the heat pump and be able to stop using the expensive bottle gas to heat with.  I am grateful that I have both to rely upon as well as the electric fireplace and the solar heat. 

Last evening I got an email reminding me that at church we were starting 'Wednesday Night Live'.  I went and it will be a 10-week study on Faith.  We will be watching videos by Andy Stanley and then discussion time.  There were about a dozen of us there.  Nice size group.

I am praying that I will get to the doctor's office tomorrow for my BIMBO.  Kitty is to take me but if it is still snowing she won't drive while it is snowing.  They will numb my bladder but the rest of me will be okay!  I can go by myself and will be fine! 

Hoosiers are ready for Spring!!  This has been a winter that has been about 10 degrees colder than usual.  I have already swept off my deck twice this morning....about an inch of snow so far!  Nothing like Georgia has gotten with ice and all but still different than usual!  Maybe we were blessed by warmer weather the last few years! 

11am and still no heat pump guy!!  Grrr!

Hello friends,  I thought I'd pop in and let you know I'm still alive, though struggling a bit.  September 5th began a very difficult time of loss for our family.  We lost my stop-mother-n-law to cancer.  Some of you had been praying for & I thank you.  (we flew to Socal for the memorial) Then, about 5 weeks later, my sister-in-law was killed in a car accident, leaving behind a husband and two young sons. (we flew to Texas for the memorial) Just before we left for her service I got a call that my friend had been in a car accident.  She died the next day, leaving behind a husband and 6 children.  When we arrived back home, I got a call that my Uncle (not saved) had died. Then, another friend died after our return home as well.  During this same 12 week time period, more difficult issues surfaced that we are also having to deal with and grieve over as a family.

Needless to say, I've been reeling!  At times it has felt like I can't catch my breath before the next wave hits.  It's been difficult to concentrate or focus on anything.  It seems just survival and breathing take up all of my energy.  It's been hard to process everything since just when I've begun to deal with one loss the next one hit.  God is good, though, and faithful to support us in this difficult time and we are beginning to heal from all of this loss and trauma.  Please pray for all the families of these dear people, especially the spouses and children.  I will post this in the prayer thread as well. (I was just in that thread and didn't remember I had posted about three of the others.  Please pray for my memory.  It's frustrating!)

Please keep me & my family in your prayers as this will be a long road to complete healing.  It is encouraging that all of these but one are now in the arms of Jesus.  

Have a wonderful day, filled with God's blessings!  God is good, all the time!

Shutterbug and Shirley:   Deepest sympathy to you and the family's.

Larry:  The snow was just enough to look pretty.

Today we went to another local restaurant for launch this is ribs day but I had a western with a salad and others had the breakfast although most had the ribs.   Following that I went to the Wal Mart that is just down the road and purchased several of the Weight Watchers Smart Ones as they are on sale a good buy for the freezer. $2.00 a package.

Etta Sue, Carol, Jeanne Lee, Janet, Marilyn, Judy and the rest hello and have a great day. 

Shutterbug:  My condolences to you and all your family regarding the loss of so many relatives and friends.

Etta Sue:  I do hope your day went well and you were able to get to your appointment. 

Ruth:  Hi - are you smarter now that you are eating Smart Ones???   I need a ton of Smarts. 

I did make it to the quilting group that meets the first & third Thursdays  but late because I thought it was 10 instead of beginning at 9.  Knitting begins at 10 on every Monday.  A crockpot has my veggie soup going for dinner as we pick up our daughter at 5:30 and have heard that the airport is just awful to find anyone & park - 3 people have told us that is true.  We will bring the cell phone. 

Gas near Scottsdale is about $3.14 a gallon while other areas are under $3.  So, you know where we fill the tank as often as we drive to the cheaper location. 

JudyB:  Will this hand healing take a long time and will you have therapy as well?  We used a paraffin dip machine for Don when he has extensive hand surgery - you have to buy different paraffin than the type used for jelly jars but it is so nice & comforting. 

Carol, Judy's surgery was on her shoulder, not her hand.    Is it warm in the area of Arizona where you are now?

I worked again today, and boy!  Was it ever hectic!  Whew, I was so ready to come home.  If my back wasn't hurting, I'm sure the day wouldn't have seemed so long.  Sure glad I have that chiropractic appointment in the morning.

Larry, is this cold spell a record maker for your area?  I would have expected it to be much warmer there.  Hope it warms up soon.  I'm sure your daughter appreciates all the time and attention you give her.  Beth sure does appreciate us!  It constantly amazes me how happy she seems in spite of her condition.  I give John a lot of credit for that!

Ruth, I really enjoy ribs occasionally.  But no meat for me until after Jan. 31.

Screen jumping......later!

Oh, my, Shutterbug, no wonder your mind is wanting a rest..... that is much too much to cope with.  You must be a very strong person since  we aren't supposed to get more than we can carry.  My sincere sympathy.

Just checking here here today, rather late but I am here. Just go back from having my nails done.

Carol:  If I was smarter I would not need to loose those extra pounds.   

Today is my first physio appt.  the shoulder/arm pain is contrlled, the main problem seems to be digestion.  The sweetener in diet Gingerail has played havoc.  So no more, and a lite diet, I'll be fine.

We have snow today, looks pretty but not so nice for driving.  Plows haven't been out.

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee at the Senior Center.  Our group was small but we still had a nice time.  It is a beautiful and sunny but cold morning here, only 28 degrees. Think I get to stay home today as have nothing on my calendar so it will be a good time to catch up on a number of pending things I want to do and to just take it easy.

Last evening I thought I would plug my ebook reader in again to see if there was any possibility that it had lost its charge.  Apparently I had used it more than I realized as that was the problem.  When I flipped the switch before I went to bed it came up fine and it seems to be OK.  So I didn't have a problem with it after all.

We had a nice visit with our daughter yesterday and enjoyed having lunch with her and then stopping by her apartment for a few minutes.  

Janet, it sounds like you are overworking yourself to the detriment of your physical well-being.  Hope you will soon have a few days off to recoup.  Hope the chiropractor treatment made you feel better.  I am sure our daughter does appreciate us just as Beth appreciates what you do to be of assistance to her.  

Carol, your gas is more expensive than ours.  We are still at $2.99 but it varies several cents each week, sometimes changes on a daily basis.  Hope you have a nice visit with your daughter.  I remember that airport (Sky Harbor).  It is hugh.  At least you don't have to worry about ice and snow.

Ruth, I had a little chuckle when you mentioned going and having ribs to eat and then buying Weight Watchers Smart Ones at Walmart.  

shutterbugmom, so sorry to hear of all the losses in your family circle and among your friends.  That seems to be way too many for such a short period of time.  Brighter days must be ahead for you.  It is nice seeing you post.

Etta Sue, can you find another company to service your heat pump?  It seems they are really giving you the run around.  Just glad you have other sources of heat available.  Your Wednesday evening study sounds interesting.

Tisie and Marilyn, I noted your postings also.

Judy, good luck with your physio appt.  Glad the pain is being controlled.

I got my Botox this morning.  Kitty is a scaredy-cat  when it come to driving in any weather other than sunshine.  She kind of scares me because she isn't confident in her driving.  I believe in driving defensive but you shouldn't slow down when you see a car getting ready to stop at your road a half a mile away.  Anyway, she was driving me today.  I told her not to drive in my drive...that I would walk to the road.  So we did that. 

Before that, I did get my car out of the garage and drove up and down my driveway and Ivalou's driveway to blaze a trail!  Also if Kitty bowed out, I knew I could get to the doctor's office.

We got to the doctor's office early but they called me right back.  They put some numbing liquid in my bladder but the doctor didn't come in to inject the Botox for almost an hour.  I felt about 5 of the injections!!  (OO-EE-OO-AH-AH)  And I was having discomfort for about an hour later.  But I am find now and all is working correctly...if you know what I mean.   

I did not get the heat pump fixed yesterday!  All I know that was done was they removed the freon and put nitrogen in it and will come back in a couple of days...probably 4-5... to see if any leaked out.  He did say that a certain amount of freon was to be put in along with a certain amount of pressure...which the other guy didn't do!  I am just praying that this is going to cost me an arm and a leg along with the cost of heating the house with bottle gas for 2 months!! But it's only money!!

Shutterbug...so sorry to hear of all the sadness and loss in your family and friends.  It's time to say 'Enough is enough!'

Going to go relax the rest of the day.  I moved the laptop to the dining room table...since I don't eat there...thinking that I wouldn't be online so much!

It is sunny here today, but cold, and the wind is really whipping it up.  Change is forecast for Sunday with possibility of a little more snow.

I got my adjustment this morning and hope I can sit without pain for the retreat tomorrow.  My back was out of line in five places, ouch!  

Larry, I am not scheduled to work again till the 28th.  Yesterday was just an unusually hard day.  But I will be fine.

I got myself trapped today!  When I came home after my treatment and going to Pat's to get my hair done, I drove into the garage, and when I closed the door, I heard a loud SPROING!!  sound, and looked and saw one of the big springs that help operate the garage door swinging by one end!  The hook on the other end had broken off.  I called Darrel, who was in Liberal, and he said, "I don't suppose you can unhook the other end?" and I said I didn't suppose I was going to try, as I had just gotten my back adjusted.  So I called my sister and she came and gave me a ride to the Sr. Ctr. for lunch.  They had salad and green beans, which I could eat (took my own dressing) plus spaghetti and meat sauce, which I asked them to leave off my plate.  

I am so excited about what God is doing in my heart during this fast!!  Wish I had been serious about it years ago!!

Etta Sue, you made me smile when you typed that you hope it is going to cost you an arm and a leg.....methinks you left out a "NOT!"   

Snowing again.  Sunday night it's supposed to go down, depending on which channel you watch, to anywhere from 15 below to 25 below.

Yes, indeed!  We're suffering mightily from global warming.   

Jeanne - I think they got the name wrong on that "global warming."  It should be "bogus warming."

LOL @ Jeanne and Al.

Etta Sue  do I have to set up a gmail account for my phone in order to  set up my calendar. I have two gmail accounts  for my groups that I am in but I don;t want those two accounts on my phone. I also have two yahoo mail accounts, one for junk mail and one  for my bills. My personal account is my hotmail account. I will probably call you about this stuff on Monday. i have unlimited long distance on my home phone. you can send me your home number if  you will please. That way I can work on my cell phone while we are talking on my home phone.

Thought I'd best get in here and let y'all know that I've been reading your posts every day ... I just haven't had much to add so decided that "silence is golden" as my mom used to say. 

A fella stopped by this afternoon and asked if I'd like for him to remove the moss that has accumulated on my roof ... also showed me where some of the pipe covers had rusted and pulled away from the roof and should be replaced.  He could take care of it this afternoon, for the tune of $500. 

He came by, got up on the roof, and did his thing ... then came to the door to tell me he had found problems around the chimney and skylight and 3 vents needed replacing .... another $325!    He'll be back tomorrow to finish and I can write the check upon completion.  I guess so!  Oh, well, as Etta Sue says, it's only money.

I am so grateful that I just happen to have opened a savings account, a few months ago, for just this sort of "unexpected expense" ...  I'll be okay, and so will my roof ... 

Things with my family remain pretty much the same ... God is in control and I'll not try to tell Him how He should take care of things.  I KNOW His ways are best ... and beyond our understanding.   

I pray, daily, for all the requests I read here and rejoice in the triumphs each one reports .... Sorry if I'm not all that visible, but I'm kinda shy y'know ..... 

Talk atcha later .....

Hi everyone.  Up fairly early this morning.  Saturday is the one day a week I allow myself to have my breakfast at McDonald's.  I almost always have the sausage burrito and it is usually very good with hot sauce.  So I have a little extra time before leaving for coffee.

Yesterday was a good day as it was beautiful weather with the sun shining brightly and not too cold.  I mentioned I had found my ebook reader wasn't broken, as I had thought for several days.  Then yesterday Pat took her new quilting calculator back and was able to exchange it even though we had discarded the receipt and the packaging since it had seemed to be fine.  I guess the moral of the story is to keep all receipts on anything that isn't consumed and might have to be returned.  I also enjoyed my free day at home and got a number of little jobs done that I had on my list.

Today I have a meeting to attend.  The boiler has been broken where we meet and the room has been cold the last several times we have met.  I sure hope they have it fixed now. 

Our daughter called yesterday saying she had done her good deed for the day.  As she came off the subway she found a ladies wallet laying on the ground.  She noticed it had a bank card of a bank she was going to be going by.  So she stopped in the bank and they found the ladies number and called her to tell her her wallet had been found.  They took my daughter's name and number and later that day the lady called to thank Stacey for her actions and offered her $25.  However, Stacey refused the money saying she was happy to have helped someone have a good day.  I am proud of her thoughtfulness and quick thinking. 

I see it is time to leave for coffee.  My friend will be waiting for me to pick him up.

HI folks. Been along time since I last posted here but I'm still around but have been very busy. I was home this week with Judy's surgery so I could be of a little help to her. Its been nice to have a week at home. Its been rather busy with a lot of freight to haul and running a lot of miles in all sorts of weather conditions. Spent a lot of time in the midwest where they have been getting hit pretty hard with snow thios year. I always seem to run these areas in the winter as the fairweather drivers tend to refuse these runs in winter due to fear of the weather. But as my dispatchers say you boys from the north can handle it But it is nice to get a break from it. Judy is doing quite well although still in a fair amount of pain. we really appreciate the prayer that has gone up for her and it is qite evident that God has been hearing them. Its sunny but cold here right now and suppose to remain cold for the weekend. Temperature when i got up this morning wqs minus 27C which is about equal to minu 17 or 18 F BRRRRR.Going to run for now. Will be back later today when I get some things done God Bless everyone. Bonesy.

Hi Bonsey it is so nice to see you posting now that you have a little time to do so. It is also goo to hear that Judy is improving.

Hi Larry. that was very kind of Stacey.

Nothing much is new here, I have been working on making some new stationery's and today I have more to  do in my graphics groups.

I  am learning my new phone little by little, I finally logged on to Facebook through my phone this morning. but I don't think my message  posted there. Ah well it is gonna take time to learn.. I took a photo of Keith at his computer now I have to see how to delete photos. LOL

Marilyn...just sent you an email with my home phone number.  And yes, you do have to have a gmail address for your phone.  I set up one for Droid different than what I have on the laptop.  On the laptop, I use Windows Mail and I have that set up on the Droid.  This past week I haven't liked that.  I get emails on Droid but not on the laptop.  So I have learned to not delete until I 'see' them on the laptop if it is something that I know I would like to view on the laptop.  You can't view any .pps files on Droid.  It just shows the first picture.  You can access any web mail on Droid with the user name and password.

Janet...you caught me!  I try to proofread my posts and most of my mistakes are leaving out 'not'.  I guess I need to re-read after proofreading!!

It is cold here.  Finally up to 10 degrees.  The sun is shining but that's about it!  I got cold sitting here at the laptop and turned up the furnace a couple of degrees!  It's only money!

Kitty may call me later and I may go there to help her with her computer or computers!  She only has 4 and I think she needs to conquer one before moving onto another.  But....

I just want to share a Jim Elliot saying that really moves me:

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

Puts things kind of in proper perspective - none of the things of this life are ultimately important.

A good reminder for all of us Al.