Christian Photographers Community

I am just back from the Podiatrist and I have a huge  bandage on my right foot big toe, He dug out a  very big chunk of an ingrown toenail. No wonder my toe has been hurting for over a month. I thought it was my shoes causing the pain. He put two shots of  numbing agent in and  think it is starting to wear off.

Hi everyone.  Again a bit late in the day.  It has been a busy one so far.  I left shortly after getting back from coffee to drive to Atlanta as had an 11 am appointment to have the pacemaker checked.  I got there on time and the tech had me out of there shortly after 11.  It is approaching the point it is going to require replacement but she said it should be fine for another three months.  I won't be having it checked at this facility again as Kaiser is stopping their relationship with them in December.  I then went over and picked up Stacey and brought her out to spend the night.  We got back to the house and picked up Pat and we went to new eating place for lunch.  It was almost 3 pm before we got home.  I then had a nice nap as was beat.  I will take Stacey home probably tomorrow afternoon.  Her sprained foot is better but she still isn't able to walk more than a couple of steps.  She uses the transport chair and a cane to go backward in the house to get around. 

Marilyn, I can relate to your ingrown toenail situation.  I had that done on both of my big toes at the same time several years ago.  It wasn't fun but it sure helped. 

Etta Sue, your son's visit was a nice surprise for you.  I am sure it warmed your heart to give him the quilt and afghan.

Ruth V, Judy's surgery should be over for her now and the recovery begins. 

JudyB:   Prayers for a quick recovery.  Take your time and try to not do too much.

Etta Sue:  It is just lovely that your son thought of his blanket and wanted to keep it with him - very nice memory for him.

I had a class on the iPad and was able to keep up so that is good.  Don sat in the car and read a book and then drove us to a little fish market/cafe.  We had seafood salads for our anniversary tonight.  Kids have called, sent cards & they send too many gift cards but we used one tonight.  Don has eye scan at the VA tomorrow so that is the third appt. in two weeks - long day again tomorrow. 

Larry:  Sprains take a long time to mend - bless Stacey. 

Surgery over, doing better this time. Thank you Ruth. See you soon.

JudyB: Smiling and praising God for bringing you through the surgery so well. Talk to you soon!!

Hi everyone,

Awaiting time to go to the Senior Center for men's Friday coffee.  We have several men who attend on Friday that do not join us at McDonald's daily.  The big activity of the day will be taking our daughter home later in the day.  We usually go back with much more than we came with and this time will be no exception.  Sometimes I can find a grocery cart at her apartment house to use to transport what we take back but will also have the transport chair and that works well to carry heavy and bulky things.  We also have to deal with crutches, which are not the easiest things to handle.  I did go to Wal-Mart last evening to get somethings she needed and somethings that Pat needed.  I think I called Pat three times while shopping to confer.  Having the cellphone is really handy. 


Judy, I was hoping we would see a message from or about how you were doing.  Glad that is over for you and shortly you will be able to begin your rehab.

Carol, you didn't say whether you learned anything in your iPad class.  It should come in handy as you wait for Don on his medical appointments.

Hi, friends, I've been working on a data analysis project for the church. How nice it is to be able to use skills developed before retirement to furher the workings of the church.

Other than that, I'm kinda tired, so won't stay on long.

Much love to everyone,
Ruth Ann

new morning. excuse lack of capitals.  got to resist using R hand.  thankful for johns puter.

ruth could  you unlock the door before 4 so kass can get in?  but keep the key.

john and pat going for some shopping before we head out.

thanks folks for praying.

Ivalou called me at 7:30 this morning saying she just had a call from Rehab and Jacquie called in sick so Ivalou couldn't do swim rehab at 9:30.  But Jen said she could work Ivalou in at 9am.  So we left a half hour earlier.  I was in the water an hour so Ivalou had to wait on me today. 

Then we went to Big Lots.  Ivalou had never been there before so she enjoyed seeing what all they have.  It's a store of discounts...just about everything other than refrigerated or freezer items.  Sofas to baby clothes!

After that we went to Jim Dandy...a local restaurant.  I think it was old folks day.  Other than one woman and her two small daughters, I think I was the youngest.  Then we realize the two little girls' grandma is a waitress.  I got an email from Jim Dandy yesterday with a printable 20% off coupon.  So Ivalou and I used them for our lunch buffet. 

Got some laundry in the dryer and now time to rest.  I think I over did it in the water today!

I have a new great grandson, Ethan was born yesterday he weighed in at over 7.5 lbs (not sure of the ounces) and 21½ inches long. that makes 7 the 8th is due Dec. 5th and I am still working on his afghan. Hopefully I will get it done before he is born

Hi everyone.  I got Stacey back to her apartment this morning and then stopped at Walmart to return two of the items I bought yesterday. I also got a broasted chicken for dinner tonight.  I came home and unloaded the transport chair and put the boxes and cooler back in the car.  Had a bite of lunch and then rested for about ninety minutes.  I am still feeling the effects of the day and will likely go to bed early tonight.

Marilyn, congratulations on the new great grandson.  You are ahead of us as we only have five great grandchildren. 

Etta Sue, we have several Big Lots stores out this way including one about 4 miles up the road.  I don't stop there very often.  Sounds like a good restaurant you went to today and the coupon is always helpful. 

Judy, are Pat and Paul driving you home later today?  Nice to see your posting.  Hope the pain isn't too bad.  You do very well with the one-hand typing.

Ruth Ann, I think I have pretty well lost some of my work related skills.  I try to keep things simple now.   

Larry John was down with me the whole time.  The pain is tolerable and I will be cutting back on the pain meds soon. They do nasty things to my digestion.

I'm on my cell have to pick up puter from Heather then home.  I've read most of the posts and will comment tomorrow.

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee and plan on staying home the rest of the day.  I have been running here and there everyday this week and just need a decompression day so am treating myself to one.

Judy, sure you are more comfortable at home.  Glad John was with you.

It is a nice fall type day here this morning.  It was 50 degrees when I went to coffee and my fleece-lined sweater feels mighty good this morning.  It is suppose to get up to 68 degrees this afternoon. 

I had better watch myself today.  I always fix two cups of coffee in my coffee maker.  I went to get the second cup....but poured it in the sink instead of my cup!!  So I am running on one cup today! 

I don't know what is wrong with this laptop.  I type and then a second later it shows on the screen.  Must be a keyboard problem but I don't know what to do about it!  Frustrating.  Also I work a Daily Jigsaw puzzle where you click and drag the puzzle pieces.  I click and drag....then the piece follows...sometimes.  I sent an email to Shockwave but no answer yet!  I re-installed Shockwave and the Flash Players...don't know what else to do. 

Bright and sunny here today but cold.  I took out some letters to the mailbox and even though I was bundled up, I sure didn't mosey!  I think it is only 43 degrees now but colder when I got up.  Frost advisory tomorrow morning!!

I checked Market on my Droid.  I searched for 'Pedometer' and sure enough there is one.  It shows steps, miles, steps/minute, mph and calories burnt.  And works when you leave it on and turn off your Droid!  I walked 17 minutes this morning in the house...  0.589 miles but only burnt 20 calories!

Etta Sue I am glad you mentioned the Pedometer on your Droid. Which one did you download?

Oh, what a sweetie!  Thanks for sharing, Marilyn.   

PRAYER REQUEST: Please pray for my friend Kitty Leftwich. She has spend the last month and a few days in the hospital. She was released from one hospital and is now in a different hospital in Isolation. She has some kind of infection the she picked up in the first hospital as well as a lung infection and Congestive Heart Failure. She is very swollen. and God knows the rest. Please pray for her. She called me this morning from the hospital, she is really scared. I prayed with  her on the phone and she asked that I put her prayer request online as well.

Prayers going forth for Kitty, Marilyn. 

Also praying for Kitty... I am soooo thankful JudyB didn't have to spend time in the hospital. Two dear friends, recently, have spent time in the hospital, one has C. difficile and is quarantine and the other had to go back because a flu bug caused dehydration (she is fine now)

Just a short "Good morning, Friends!" I'm almost ready to slip out the door and across the street to church.

See ya later...

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  It is a cool but sunny morning here in Atlanta.  I just heard we are not to get above 70 this afternoon.  It was good sleeping weather last night and since this is Sunday I was able to sleep in a bit longer than usual.  Am ready for church and will leave in about an hour. I don't think Pat is going to go with me as her big toe is swollen and she can't get her shoe on.  She said this morning she things it may be gout.  She is going to have blood tests done this week so that will probably show up in the readings.  I enjoyed the quiet day I planned yesterday.  Other than church today and perhaps a trip to the grocery store later in the day as the freezer is looking pretty bare, I plan another quiet day.  Just hope the Atlanta Falcons can win their football game this afternoon.

Etta Sue, have you tried doing a system restore as that might solve the slowness problem.  It sounds like something is using up the cpu at 100% and this will cause the slowdown.  You can do a Cntl, Alt, Del at the same time and then click on the Start Task Manager link and under processes or one of the tabs you will see what percentage of the CPU is being used.

Marilyn, what a cute pictures of the new baby.  Sure is a chubby fellow.  My latest great grandson is also a bit chubby.  I will pray for your friend.  Hospitals, while necessary, are becoming a very dangerous place to be. 

RuthV, better to stay out of the hospital if you can. 

Hope everyone enjoys a nice day and Judy that you are feeling even better today.  Ruth Ann, no slipping please.  Hope you all have a wonderful church service.

Right now, it's raining lightly, with a little breeze.  Our forecast is for only mid 50's today, after a low of about 45 overnight.  My furnace has come on for the first time since I had it cleaned - and it sure feels good!   

We got a little rain and now the sun is  brightly shining, I hope it stays that way for a few hours at the least. it  is supposed to rain a lot later either tonight or starting tomorrow. we will see how right or wrong the weather guessers are.

Two weeks ago I got my furnace winter-ready, after shivering for a week.  Of course, that's when the temperatures went up into the upper 70's so I didn't need heat.  But this morning, with the temperture at 43 and raining, I was very glad to have it come on - and repeat a couple of times so far today.   

Marilyn:  Nice picture of your new baby - will you be seeing this one soon? 

Larry:  I did pick up more than a few points at the Apple Store & would like to go again.  The library may help me with this one -- downloading their eBooks to a Kindle app on the iPad.  Somehow, it takes me to Amazon & I don't want to pay for the book so don't understand that part yet.  Loads of free classic books out there.  Audio books are easy. 

Ruth Ann:  Super that you can walk across the street to church.  My ideal - we are only five minutes to drive from our church so that does make me happy too. 

We had  a great sermon on generosity this morning and a freebie book on a bible study of subject - my neighbor took the other free book that precedes this study so we can each read both books.  Don is watching a football game and his is not feeling up to going anyplace.   We did watch the high school kids from all over perform with their marching bands yesterday so he is still worn out and started a new medication today.  Oldest son drove us there and back to his house & our car and he has been so caring for us just as all the children.  We are so blessed. 

Long day so far.  I ran the projector system at church today.  Then Sunday School. 

I told the four ladies going with me to go home and I would go pick them up.  I did and we all went to Cracker Barrel at Anderson.

Then to Anderson University to see the musical 'I Love a Piano' by the chorale group at AU.  Eric, our pianist at church, is a Senior this year at AU and is majoring in music.  It was a great show.  Pretty much continuous medleys.  I was fine when the songs were loud and peppy but the slow ones, my eyes wouldn't stay open!! 

I just got home at 5pm. 

Once I get caught up online, I think this is a wonderful cool night for popcorn and a Dr. Pepper!!

Marilyn, it is just called 'Pedometer'.  The icon is a blue timer with white face and the 'hand' is a black foot.

Try this location for a nice new week.
http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=11975.msg166842#msg166842