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Judy, I hope your dial-up problems get solved quickly.   

Thank you Jeanne.  Couldn't stay on line last night or this morning for anything.  Can't wait till we have high speed in our area.

It is suppose to get to triple digits today in temperature today in Indiana!  Whew!  But I still plan to sit out under my umbrella and read.  This series of six books are so interesting.  Yesterday I read how in sewing leather together, it was discovered that instead of taking a bone awl and pushing the sinew through the holes, that they put a hole in the end of the awl, then put the sinew through the hole and then poked a hole in the leather and pulled the awl through the leather.  Thus a thread-puller was invented!

Ivalou's company is all gone now.  I saw her DIL was there yesterday and no other cars.  I thought maybe they all were gone while Linda cleaned Ivalou's house.  But later Linda was gone and no cars.  So I called Ivalou and she was in a clean house all alone!  She said it felt good to not have the hustle bustle of others around.  She can do what she wants to do when she wants to do it! 

I am doing some laundry.  After catching up online and having lunch, then I will be outside reading.  I don't sit in the sun but I am getting brown!

Hi everyone.   I went with Pat this morning as she got a blood test done.We  got my handicapped placard renewed as it expires in early July  and went to Walmart.  Thank goodness for the riding carts. Now we will stay in for the rest of the day.

A couple of days ago I got a nice check as a thank you for the computer work I did this year for the Senior Golden Games.  I plan on using it for a new desk chair and a new floor mat under the chair. 

Pat talked with her aunt in St. Petersburg this morning and she said they all weathered the tropical storm well.  The water had gotten to the top of the seawall at the back of her yard but not up into the yard and the rest of the family was fine.

I have read all the postings but just too tired to make individual responses.  Time for a nap as just finishing lunch.

Tonight we are in Rudesheim, and tomorrow morning early we head up the stretch of the River Rhein which has castles all along it.  Many of them!  So I plan to be up on the sun deck, camera in hand!

I got an email from the DON at the care home, saying Beth is fine.  I have been so concerned about her having that procedure when I wasn't there for support.  They say she still need the scope thing done,and has an app't for July 10, but I'll be there to go with her.  Said she is at risk for getting food or drink into her lungs, want her to bend her head forward while eating.

I read all the posts, but it's late and I'm tired, so heading to bed.

Blessing to each of you!

Larry:  Stay cool this summer.  It is good news that Pat's auntie is fine re: the storm. 

Janet:  My brother was stationed near Rudesheim, Germany and enjoyed many trips to the little area.  Don and I spent an afternoon there once.  I bought six glasses and toted them home, could not resist.  keep on enjoying.  Mercy prayers for Beth. 

All:  I don't mention every name but do think of you fondly and send up a prayer of blessing. 

God is good to Janet!!  When I woke this morning, it was pouring down rain, and that wouldn't make for good photos of the castles!  But I just thanked God for another beautiful day, dressed and went to get coffee, read my Bible and prayed, ate breakfast, and by then it was clearing.  By 8:00 when we started sailing, the weather was just perfect!  And with the morning sunshine, the photos all look to be great!  With some help, I will get some posted soon.

We are now docked in Koblenz, and will soon leave on a walking tour of it, followed by a cable car ride to Ehrenbreitstein.      I have really enjoyed being out in the sunshine and fresh air and walking so much, and noticed this morning that, like Etta Sue, I am turning brown!   

I need to get an email off to Beth, see you later!

Hi everyone.  Bracing for a record high temperature here in the Atlanta area today.  We are suppose to reach 100 degrees or more today and the next several days breaking heat records for us.  I had a rather strange day yesterday as went through the day feeling a bit dizzy and like my eyes wanted to cross.  However, I wasn't dizzy and they didn't cross just the feeling it was going to happen.  It seems to be gone this morning.  I have a light day today with just coffee this morning and then the ROMEO's meet at a new place, a Bistro, for lunch.  Then I will just stay in where it is cool. 

Janet, what a wonderful trip you are having and it sounds like a very healthy one with all the walking and sunshine.  I am looking forward to the pictures you will share with us when you return.  Certainly glad to read that Beth is OK and know it relieves your mind to have word about her.

Carol, we keep seeing the terrible news concerning the fire and seeing whole neighborhoods burned out.  What a disaster.  Glad that neither you nor Jenny and families are in danger. 

I see there hasn't been much activity here since I posted yesterday afternoon.  Hope all are OK and being able to stay cool as the country cooks.

Carol, I can't imagine what it would be like to be in the area of those terrible fires, or to have loved ones there. 

Janet, what a wonderful tour you're having.  Don't forget I'm here to help with your pictures in any way, when you return.

Larry, I know that "almost dizzy" feeling - kind of disoriented.  When it happens to me I find sitting down and just having a glass of water seems to help.  Of course, it's also usually because I've gotten up and started moving much too quickly.  One of these days I'll remember that I'm 80, not 20!   

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I finally turned on the news last evening and was seeing those Colorado fires!  Terrible!  And to watch them coming toward you...how devastating! 

And to be on a cruise in Europe!  Wow!  The sights Janet is seeing!  I would love it!

It did reach triple digits here yesterday.  104°.  It hasn't be 100 degrees here for 25 years, they say...whoever 'they' are.  I went outside to read and didn't stay long.  Even in the shade it was hard breathing that hot air.  I maybe was out a half hour but came back in.  I went out around 8pm and read and it was still hot!  My Droid Razr says it is 96 degrees already today! 

Just saw the mailman put something in my mailbox.  So I guess I will walk out and get that ad!

The heat in Stockton Ca. is something I am certainly NOT looking forward to during my visit there.

Marilyn, I don't blame you!  But maybe it will cool down a little while you're there.   

Hi everyone.

Larry, I can relate to what you are going through re your pacemaker. My defib implan/pacemaker, which should not, according to worldly measurements, need replacing until mid 2013, will need to be replaced in the coming fall. The readings taken in my most recent visit to the defib clinic show that the unit is running out of "juice" earlier than expected.  The Lord has brought me through so much re my physical health that I am not overly concerned.

Al, I tend to agree with Jeanne re the possibility that God has His hand in the possible removal of your driver's licence.  I am praying for the desired result.

Marilyn, I am so glad you have an opportunity to visit your children in California.  I am praying for that situation too.

Please pray for the families who have lost loved ones in the mall collapse in Elliott Lake, Ontario. 

I forgot to "sign" my note.

Bonnie

Today has been an exciting day in some ways.  I posted some pictures of the dogs, HERE as they watched me mow the lawns. Today was a hot day with heavy winds.  While I was working on the back portion I saw black smoke rising above the tree line.  I quickly put the dogs in and went smoke chasing.  Concerned for our friends and neighbours I followed where the smoke seemed to be coming from.  Our friends were safe at that point and the smoke seemed to be further up the road.  Tomorrow I will go looking again.  First there was a helicopter circling the area then water bombers came and soon all was out.  I don't believe anyone was hurt, will know when I watch the news.

There has been at least one death in the Elliott Lake Mall collapse.  Not everyone has been located yet.  it has been close to a week.  I agree with Bonnie we need to pray.

Just heard there were 2 deaths. in Elliott Lake

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Hi, friends,

A brief note before leaving to help my son at the house.

My goodness we both got hot yesterday - no WONDER, the temp was all time high for any day in recorded history here in Nashville - 109!

Well, must go and get busy.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee and then a quick trip to Office Depot.  It is already 86 degrees here with heavy air and suppose to go up to 106 degrees today, which will be an overall high for the Atlanta area since weather records have been maintained.  I will not be venturing out but perhaps to the mailbox.  I got a new desk chair after sitting in about 30 chairs.  It was the one that seemed to fit me best and be the most comfortable.  I also got a new floor mat to go under the chair as the one I have has many breaks and deep use spots, which make it almost impossible to move it without getting it. While there I also got Pat and new Brother's inkjet printer for her birthday, which willl be next Saturday.  The one she has, an HP, isn't very old but has never worked right and was difficult to use.  This one also has the individual color cartridges so you don't have to throw away ink if one color runs out.  Needless to say I am pretty exhausted as was tired when I got up this morning.  The heat really seems to do a number on me and they warm people with heart or lung problems not to be outside for any extended period of time. 

Jeanne, you described the dizziness very well.  After about 24 hours the strange eye crossing feeling seems to have gone away but still am fighting a bit of dizziness and uncertainty on my feet (which is a new element).

Bonnie, my pacemaker will have lasted about 81 months.  Sure hope I last another 81 months after it is replaced (wouldn't want to waste any of the available time on it.) 

Judy, not only exciting by also frightening with a fire in your area.  Glad they got it snuffed out quickly.

June 29...2pm  I am visiting with Ivalou when the TV reports that a storm warning for us is between 3pm and 7pm.  Not a cloud in the sky!!  Bright sunshine. 

3pm  I walked home and notice there were some clouds but white clouds.  Hardly any wind. 

3:29pm  Sudden darkening of the clouds and sudden gusting winds.  (and I mean sudden!)  The lights went out!  Then heavy rain...marble sized hail.  Thunder.  Lightening.  Winds from all directions! 

4pm  Stopped raining but still looks bad out there.

5:30pm  I called Kitty to see if her lights were out.  Left a message.  A minute later I got a call from Kitty.  She was still in Ohio where the storm was then.  She said half of Lapel, her BIL and the house across the street from them was out of electricity.  At 5:32pm the lights came back on so Kitty knew theirs were also.

5:35pm  Ivalou called saying she was getting ready to open her garage door and put her potted plants inside the garage when the lights went out.  Said the plant on her bistro was blown over, the dirt and plant is there but the pot is gone!  I walked around my house and I have no idea where her pot is!  I did pick up a piece of wood left by the trimmers.  A wedge of the trunk about 12" from end to end like a slice of watermelon and maybe 7" wide.  The ground was dry under it!!  So we didn't get much rain. 

Then before daylight this morning, it rained, thundered and lightened.  Some puddles in front of my drive that are gone now.  Precip today 0.47".  For the month of June...0.95".  Since Jan 1...only 3.36"!  That is really dry for Indiana!!

Right now it is overcast with 76% humidity and 78 degrees.  The flag across the road is hanging straight down!  A muggy day out there! 

Other than the weather...there just isn't anything to talk about in Central Indiana.      

Etta Sue, that kind of weather report sure seems like plenty to talk about! 

We lost power from midnight to about 7:15 a.m. Thursday morning, but not from a storm.  I don't know what caused it, but after it finally came back on, the power company had a crew working in my immediate area.  First they were checking junction boxes all along the road, then they brought in a backhoe and dug a trench about 3 feet deep and maybe 20 feel long, next to the edge of the road.  There are still little orange flags along the road edge and my lot has several spots of orange paint.  I don't know if anyone else's lot is marked and I have no idea what any of it means.  But so long as I have electricity, I guess it doesn't matter.   

I've had a busy last few weeks with retirement activities. I can now say I'm officially graduated from my work. I've been reading entries, but haven't had much time for writing - however, I have been praying.
I have some mixed feelings about retiring, but I guess that is normal. I'll miss the people I worked with, but not the constant pressure of the job. It's been good though.

Hello from Amsterdam!  This is the last day of our lovely trip.  And again, God is blessing us with pleasant weather.  I am dreading going back to hot and dry weather, maybe we will get some rain at home.

We just got back from a canal boat tour of the Venice of the North, as this place is called.  Really interinting, and so many really OLD buildings.  Now we have packed most of our stuff, and I am going to put a book in the ship's library that a lady gave me, which I'm really not interested in reading.  She said it is not well written, and is about time travel, so I don't think I'll waste my time on it.

This will be the last post from me until we get home.  We have a 10:30 flight tomorrow, direct from Amsterdam to Denver.  I hope the smoke isn't really bad in Denver, and that they are getting those awful fires under control around Colorado Springs.  I pray for the safety of the residents, and for the firemen involved.

Etta Sue, your weather report was much more thorough than the ones on TV!

Larry, stay in and take care of yourself!

Yesterday was a cloudy day with off and on sprinkles...not rain...just sprinkles.  Not near enough rain for this dry state.  Open fires and fireworks have been banned in my county, it is that dry.  The local volunteer fire department had two field fires and a double house fire plus a vehicle fire Friday night alone! 

I did get some laundry done, some crocheting done and I finished book #3 of a series of 6 books.  Now off to number 4.

I am ready for church and Sunday School.  We will have a new Sunday School teacher today...a retired minister.  Then I imagine we will go out to eat somewhere.  Then this evening at 5 we...meaning Ivalou and I...are to attend Brenna Rose's First Birthday party.  Brenna is the happiest little girl I have ever seen and is Ivalou's youngest g-granddaughter...my g-g-niece!

Half of 2012 is officially in the past now!!

Hi everyone.  We are just back from having breakfast at a Cajun restaurant.  They had a very nice buffet but some pretty spicy food.  We wanted to get out and back home before it got too hot but was still 96 degrees on the car as we drove back.  We elected to not attend our church service this morning as by the time it is over the car is blazing and it just saps what little energy I have right out of me.  Today is also a code red day and perhaps will go to purple (which I never heard of until yesterday on the weather report).  We will now just have a quiet day for the remainder of it.

Etta Sue, quite a storm experience.  Sure glad you got your power back so quickly.  I am reading and hearing on the news about the areas around DC and some places may be out or power for a week.  Did the tree trimmers ever come back and finish the job for you and the others?

Jeanne, glad you got your power back.  At least during the night it wouldn't be as hot as the day. 

Betty, Congratulations on your retirement.  It probably won't take you long before you find more than enough things to keep you as busy or busier than you want to be.  I have greatly enjoyed and appreciated my retirement of 16 years.  It is nice not having someone else directing your time.

Janet, it seems your time on your trip has gone by very quickly but you sure have done a lot of things to make the most of it.  I hope you have an enjoyable trip home and find the fire situation improved in Colorado but it sure doesn't sound like it is.

Happy birthday Canada and the USA! 

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