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     Good afternoon to all. Today we have a beautiful sun shinny day and it is around  approx. 15c or 60f. and just very pleasant.

Janet:  I just watched a you tube on some things that happen in some of the counties where there is  a lot of tourist.  I do not want to get you upset when you are going away but there is a lot of pic pockets and they are going in groups of two's or women are in groups of three or four and if you wear one of those belts around your waist they have a way of getting into it and you will never feel them doing it. So the tourist companies are saying to leave any of your valuables in the hotel safes in your room or if you have to take your wallet  with you do not put it in a place that they can get them easily.

Judy B:  Thanks for the good thoughts and it does make you think are we doing enough for our brothers and sisters. I know that there are so many things that we all could do better including myself.  Thanks sis.

To all others May the Lord look after you  and those in the snow areas please be careful.  Love in Christ.   Gordon and Noreen.

We had rain, sleet and some snow today!  Cold and windy, too.  Now the storm has passed and it's warmer than it's been all day.  I just got home from visiting Beth, and she is doing well today.  As well as she can.....but we have high hopes she will soon be doing BETTER and BETTER!!

Gord, thanks for your concern, we will be careful.  We each have a vest with some secret pockets, and we never carry anything more than we need.

I feel really drained tonight, so won't gab any more.  G'Night!

I went for a little visit of five days (to Areley House). There were ten per­sons in the house, some un­con­vert­ed and long prayed for, some con­vert­ed, but not re­joic­ing Christians. He gave me the pra­yer, "Lord, give me all in this house!" And He just did.

Before I left the house every one had got a bless­ing.

The last night of my vis­it af­ter I had re­tired, the gov­ern­ess asked me to go to the two daugh­ters. They were cry­ing.  Then and there both of them trust­ed and re­joiced; it was near­ly mid­night. I was too hap­py to sleep, and passed most of the night in praise and renewal of my own con­se­cra­tion; and these little coup­lets formed them­selves, and chimed in my heart one af­ter ano­ther till they fin­ished with "Ever, On­ly, ALL for Thee!"
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I remember listening to an angel sing that back in 1959........

Another of my old favorite hymns!  Thank you, Judy, for that and the story behind it! 

Hi everyone.  Another fairly early morning and it should be a pleasant day outside.  We had a call yesterday afternoon from our daughter saying she has been admitted back into the hospital with pneumonia.  Pat has a medical appointment this morning and I have an appointment at the same time to get the oil changed in the car while she has the appointment.  We may go down and see her for a few minutes and see what she needs from her apartment.  She went off without the charger for her phone and it has run down. 

I was certainly sorry to see Pat's note concerning the hospitalization of Al.  Do hope he is doing better today.

Carol, hope you didn't have too much snow yesterday and that it warms up out your way today. 

Etta Sue, the nice thing about computers we really can do very little to hurt them as long as we don't delete essential Windows or operating system files.  If a computer gets messed up a lot of problems are solved by just rebooting and getting a fresh start.  They are like anything else we learn to do by repetition and what once seemed hard becomes understandable.  I know that many people struggle with the filing system on the computer and yet it is basically the old file cabinet and folders (and folders within a folder) that we use for paper storage.  The clock resetting may indicated a weak battery.  I have never had to change one but understand they can wear out.  Hope you get your car back today. 

Judy, thanks for your sharing your thoughts on carrying burdens and posting the hymn for us. 

Gord, enjoyed our conversation yesterday.  Hope you are feeling better today and that you were able to enjoy your Bible study last evening.

Janet, that sounds like Missouri weather which is often changeable throughout the day.

There were eight ladies at Crochet Angels last evening.  They are progressing nicely.  Even counting and knowing they missed a stitch and can find where they missed it.  Then either rip out to where they missed it or increase and go on.  They are learning!

Today is the DDS.  And I have a bridge that is bouncing up and down since the cleaning last week.  And the crown prep.

Then I will call to see if Hawaii is ready.  Ivalou wants to take me there since she wants to start getting her car maintained there.  Two and a half miles is a lot closer than 20 miles where she bought the car in 2001.  She thought all along she had to take it back there!!

Off and running.  If I get Hawaii, I need to go to the bank and Dollar General.  Of all things, I need coffee filters for tomorrow morning!!  Out!

I missed the note from Pat concerning Al being in hospital.  So sorry - praying for Al and Marbeth. 

Don said we can go out to IKEA for breakfast as I have been awake from 5:30 AM and did have a slice of toast, I can still eat pancakes with lingonberries.  I need a cover for a large pan bought there last year. 

Etta Sue:  Your group of crocheting angels has certainly been a hit with so many and kudos to you for starting the group.  Sometime, put in a picture of the work so we can see what everyone is accomplishing. 

Loved the snow day yesterday because we did not have to drive anywhere and we had electricity.  I worked for hours on a quilt top that is much too complicated for my lack of expertise.  Prayers help me so much. 

Another day of meandering thoughts.  With Al Moak in hospital I have wondered how I can help carry his burden.  I don't know the answer to that.  Yes I am praying for him and Marbeth, his health, and her concern about the nursing home.  Somehow that doesn't seem enough.  I think Marilyn, knowing the folks down there is in a better 'hands on" position, but in the same breath I feel so helpless, and wish I could do more. 
Then there are the others here, husbands who are ill, areas devastated by hurricane, falls and personal illnesses.  Sometimes I can't help but wonder when it will all end. 
I know it will end in Glory, and the Word comes to mind "Even so come Lord Jesus!"
I am stealing a phrase from Karma in Facebook, I hope she doesn't mind. 
"Sometimes you don't realize you've got wind in your sails until it all gets sucked out . . ."
If a sail boat has the wind sucked out it flounders.  The sailors are left helpless and stuck, however if they have a motor on the back of their sailboat they can keep on going to safety.  The Holy Spirit is our motor, blowing us to the word, and safety. 
There are people who have had the wind sucked out of their sails so often that they feel like they are dying a slow death inside, and all they want is to go Home.  They dream of this and as the days, weeks, months, and years pass that desire gets greater.  Do they have a death wish, no I think not, but they do have a Home wish.
How can we help to blow wind back into their sails?  How can we help carry that burden. 
How can we help each other here on CP to have The Wind blow back into our sails.

John Fawcett was a distinguished scholar and Baptist minister at Wainsgate, England. In 1772 he was to leave Wainsgate to be pastor of a prestigious church in London. The townspeople were so sorrowful about his leaving that he rejected the honor and stayed at Wainsgate and wrote the hymn "Blest Be the Tie That Binds."

 Hi everyone.  We had rain during the night and this morning we have some gusty winds but suppose to get to 65 degrees today so shouldn't be bad. Yesterday was a very busy day.  While Pat went to her appointment at Kaiser, I took the car over to get the oil changed.  I then picked up Pat and we had lunch at a Diner.  Then she went with me to MicroCenter where I bought a new desktop at a very reasonable price.  It is an eMachine and is the quietest computer I have ever owned.  I spent sometime during the evening downloading various programs onto a memory stick and will load them on this new computer later today.  Right now it is doing over 100 Windows updates.  So I will be busy today getting things set the way I want them and programs loaded. I do have ROMEO's at lunch time and we are going to a Mexican Restaurant today. 

Our daughter is still in the hospital receiving treatment for the pneumonia.  Yesterday she became so frustrated at not being able to get the medication she routinely takes for the pain in her legs and being ignored by the nurses that she got in her powerchair and went back over to her apartment and got what she needed and came back to the hospital.  She said they never missed her.  Her room is at the end of a long hall. 

That's sad Larry....

Well, the bridge needs to have the tooth it was fastened to removed by an oral surgeon.  Then my dentist is going to make a partial for the two missing teeth!  Plus I still need the crown on the other side of my mouth!!  Instead of ka-ching....it is KA-CHING!!!

And I got Hawaii back.  It was raining yesterday but today I looked her over real good.  Her nose is shiny and clean.  The rest of her body needs a wash job!  It feels good to drive a car that is all fixed up now! 

I went swimming today.  I was in the water for an hour and 15 minutes.  After I got dressed, I went to the front desk and asked if they knew who I could contact at the hospital to see if they would like crocheted baby blankets and/or hats?  I have a number but haven't called yet.  Crochet Angels would like to do this after the new year.

And I have a new step-great-grandson!  So far he only has a first name....Luke!  He was born last evening, Nov. 3, at 9:29pm.  He's a bruiser!  He weighed in at 10 lbs. and 10 ozs!!  And 21.5 inches long.  He won't be wearing any onesies!!  He is welcomed into the world by his Mom Carol, Dad Scott and big sister, Claire.  Also his grandparents, Charlene and Tony.  I have pictures already and he's a keeper!  Like my niece on Facebook said....a fish that size is a keeper!!

I just posted an update on Al in the prayer folder, along with his room number and the number of the hospital if anyone wants to call him an pray with him. He didn't sound good at all not a bit like the old Al.

It sure is cold here today at 37°, I've shampooed my hair and I don't use the hair dryer so it is still wet. I sure am not going outside with a wet head today. also my right knee is hurting again and I think the cause is the way I had it crooked under my  chair yesterday as I sat at the computer. I sure had a busy morning yesterday going to the gym, 3 stores and stopping by the Podiatrists office to drop off a check.

I just looked out the window and hooray the sun is  bright I hope it warms up a bit before I walk the dogs and bathe Bebe. Happy had his bath at the groomer on Tuesday but I will do Bebe.

After a "J" night, I got up at 7:30; had to be at the chiropractor's at 8:30, and have been gone from home until about 30 minutes ago.  Today, Beth was taken to Occupational Therapy at Garden city.  The therapist had them pick her up in the lift, then she measured her all over, also tried moving her arms and legs, etc.  She wrote up recommendations for better wheelchairs, three choices, for her.  I just hope the DON will follow through.  It would make it so much easier on Beth and all her caregivers, and us!  I needed to be there to sign papers for her, as I am her DPOA.

Does anyone know what happened to Al, to cause the rapid deterioration in his health?

When I got home, I had new cabinets in bath and laundry room.  Progress, yes!

Etta Sue, congratulations on the new baby in your family.  Yep, he's a big boy, all right!

Larry, wonder what they would have said to Stacey had they caught her?  I can understand her getting impatient at being ignored so long!

Janet Al fell last Week and was taken to the hospital and he is still there. I posted an update in the prayer folder today after I spoke to him.

Janet we both had "J" nights.  I'm off to bed.

Marilyn, thank you.  It's great that you're able to keep us informed about Al.   

Marilyn, I did read your update, but nobody had said what caused his decline, nor mentioned a fall, until now.  Thanks.

Hi everyone.  Another weekend is upon us.  Our daughter is out of the hospital.  They wanted to keep her over the weekend to try to get her sugar count under control but she refused as she can control it on her own better than they do in the hospital.  Every time she is in the hospital they play around with her insulin and it gets messed up.  The last x-ray showed her lungs were clear of the pneumonia. 

I did get my new computer pretty well set up with all of the programs I wanted, got my documents restored from a great free program called Mozy (that backs up the documents you indicate you want it to and will save up to 2 gigs of files for free).  I have used this program for several years and this was the first time I needed to use it and it worked beautifully and my documents were restored in about 90 minutes of downloading. 

Just plan a routine day today and will enjoy football.  Our local high school team completed its regular season undefeated and will now go into the playoffs for the state championship.  Georgia University should have an easy game today as they play New Mexico. 

Etta Sue, I am becoming convinced that as we grow older the dentist is out to break us.  I see I have a cleaning appointment next week and haven't decided whether to put it off or not.  It doesn't seem possible that it has been 6 months.  Glad you got your car back.  Congrats on your new great grandson.  I also have a step great grandson but just consider him without the step.

Marilyn, thanks for checking on Al.  So sorry to read he didn't sound like himself. 

Janet, do hope that Beth gets the equipment needed for her care.  I don't know what the hospital would have done, probably nothing. 

I was thinking earlier, I don't have anywhere to go today.  Then I read an email from Kitty wanting to know if wanted to ride with them to our classmates 50th Wedding Anniversary!  I had forgotten!  So I am heading to the shower so my head can be dry by 4pm!  First I want to design and print an anniversary card.

I got a call from Tony last evening.  Since Charlene is in Michigan with her daughter's family, he wanted to know if I would go out to eat with him.  Sure.  We went to 'On the Border'.  I got a burrito since they are soft.  My gum where the bridge was is getting sore!  I got so tired of chewing a different way that I couldn't finish my meal.  When we got back to Tony's I came on home instead of talking and talking and talking! 

Looks like another promising day.  Bright, sunny but cold. 

Another night, (last night) of meandering thoughts.  What do we do with our money.  Ok I'm not really wanting to know what You do it's my own pocket book I am thinking about.  I have struggled with the problems of debt and getting rid of it.  I am woohooing at the thought that in the new year we will be free. That place doesn't include our mortgage.  That IS a great place to be.  I know we are instructed to tithe, but it isn't one of the "big ten".  It is more of a try Me, challenge Me, see if I am true to My promise.  What is His promise?  That he will bless us.
I remember my father giving out of his wallet.  It had 2 sections one for his tithe and the other for other expences, gas, food, etc.  We all have them.  I remember there being a missionary need, or a church need , whatever the need, and him taking his "other" money and putting it into the offering plate. Did we go without?  I don't remember EVER going without EVER in my life at home.  Did we struggle, I suppose there were struggles, but there was always food on the table, heat in the furnace, and light in the rooms.  It comes down to "Did God bless my father?"  Yes far and above the $$ he put in the offering plate. 
I have read about the "dust bowl years".  The people had nothing, no way of income, yet they gave and gave, the more they gave the more they had to give.  Wow I'm not sure I have that kind of faith.
I come back to the situation we have been in.  Debt too high to give.  I wonder what would have happened if we had truly tried Him to see how we would be blessed?  Then again to tithe just for blessing seems a little hypocritical.  Therein lies the conundrum. 
I now tithe with the pure pleasure of giving.  Not for blessing, not because of "Law" but because it really is a pleasure to give to and meet needs.  Am I being blessed? I believe it is blessing to see needs met so yes I am being blessed!  Do I want/need other blessing?  No.
This is not condemnation on what others do.  That is between them and God. But what if everyone gave, for the pure unadulterated pleasure of giving, even just the tithe......I wonder how our churches would do with the additional income, what programs would they put into place to bring the lost to Christ. 
I am reminded of a part of a song....

A missionary came to your church
And his pictures made you cry
You didn't have much money
But you gave it anyway
Jesus took the gift you gave
And that's why I'm here today

That was my dad, and I hope it can be me.  Giving out of the pure joy of giving.

Hello everyone, it looks like y'all got here before I did today. Of course it is later there than it is here.

Not much is new with me.  I am going to work on some tutorials today so I better get busy.

Etta Sue, sounds like your day with "nothing to do" turned out to be pretty busy.  Those types of days are also nice.

Judy, a very thoughtful essay and thanks for sharing it. 

Been a quiet day.  Pat had the car this morning doing some grocery shopping for the month so I have just stayed home all day and really enjoyed it.  I am putting my music collection on my new desktop.  I have it all on DVDs so it just takes a bit of time to copy it all.  It doesn't have to be done today but will keep working on it.  It has been a nice sunny day here.  Our daughter was able to attend the bell practice at her church for tomorrow's service.  It is there interim music directors last Sunday.  She was pretty tired when she got home.  I have enjoyed watching some of the football games today and look forward to a big game tonight between the number 1 and number 2 schools in football (Alabama vs. Louisiana State University). 

   Good evening to all on this wonderful site.   It has been a very busy day which started around 7-45 a.m. and has not stopped all day.    This morning and in the city of Welland where I live it was our food drive for the three mission agencies that strive to help the neady.  My daughter and I went to the sorting area where the food arrives by what ever means of transportation that was available.  We have a company that supplies the trailers for putting the full boxes into and then takes it to our storage areas and we praise the Lord for the great blessings that happened today.  The mission that I work at had a 53 foot trailer and it was almost filled to the rear and I believe that the others were having the same blessings.  We have people who go to every home in the whole city and you leave a bag or box of non perishable groceries and it is picked up we had 3 ambulances and the fire Chief even come full inside there vehicles it was so much fun.   I have never pack so many boxes in such a fast amount of time.     Well at least one good thing today we go to bed and get 1 extra hours sleep as we change our clocks back one hour.

Well God bless to you all and have a wonderful and blessed day tomorrow

         Gordon and Noreen.

Good evening all. 
What is a "J" night?  I have seen it mentioned here several times.  Sounds ominous somehow!  

Larry, I have no doubt your Georgia team had no problem in walloping New Mexico. I have not heard what the score was as yet, but I can guess pretty accurately!  UNM never seems to have a good football team, and this year it's even worse.  I think our local high school team could beat the Lobos all to pieces!  UNM excels in basketball however, so that is good. They play in "The Pit" at Albuquerque which is an underground arena.  We went to a Billy Graham crusade in the Pit several years ago, and it sure seems strange to go down instead of up, to the seating.
I have been watching the Razorbacks game tonight.  Two of my brothers are graduates of that University,  also two nephews.  I have no doubt that some of them are at that game tonight.

Earl has been sleeping a lot today and tonight.  Yesterday he had a bad day and needed my help a lot just getting up and down.  In fact, he was so weak and short of breath, our daughter came and spent the night with us, just in case.  His blood pressure was in the 80's.  I have to give him Albuterol treatments every day to help with breathing. 

I hope Al is doing better now.  These falls can be so dangerous.  Earl has fallen numerous times and one time the back of his head was bleeding from hitting the corner of the dining table.  I watched him carefully for awhile after that, remembering the time my Mom had a subdural hematoma from a backwards fall into a door frame.  It did not show up for about a week, but then she had to have two surgeries in Texarkana, to relieve the internal bleeding in her brain.  Earl did not show any symptoms of that though, for which I thanked the Lord. 

Good night all.  Tomorrow, thank God that you are able to go to church.  I miss it so much; it has been months since we were able to go. 
~Janice

 Hello to all of you!  I've had a busy day, after a short "J" night.  Up at 4 AM, read until I finally fell asleep again and napped for an hour.  Worked all day on tasks like putting knobs on the new cabinets in the laundry room, bringing in the drawers from the old vanity from our bathroom, sorting their contents, throwing away a whole trash can full, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and then I emptied out the china cabinet because it will need to be moved so the walls can be painted.  I have no idea when the job will be completed, but I know I'm getting a lot of work from it! 

The wind blew here today horribly!  UGH, how I hate the wind.  Dirt blowing, tumbleweed stampede....I had to go take Beth some things, then came straight home.  Hard to hold the car on the road against that wind.   

So I hope when I get up in the morning, it will be still......And yes!  An hour longer to sleep, for those who CAN sleep!

Hi there, Janice!  I see we were typing at the same time!  Good to see you!

"J" nights are nights Jeanne Janet and I have somewhat frequently.  We get little sleep and are feeling the effects the next day.  Often the awake hours are spent in prayer...at least I do, and Janice you have been prayed for during those nights of prayer.

John is home, Kassie is now 17, and has a girlfriend here for the weekend.

Night for now
Judy