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Hi everyone.  Another sunny morning here in Georgia.  My main activity for today will be leaving shortly to make a trip across Northern Atlanta to see my Urologist for a followup visit related to the prostate cancer.  Last evening Pat and I joined friends for a nice dinner and conversation at a local restaurant. 

Ruth Ann, congrats to your son and sure it is a relief to him and you.  Does he have more exams to do or is he finished with this phase of the training?

Carol, we watched the debates last evening.  It is amazing how many people seem to have no interest in what is happening to their country and one day, perhaps soon, will wake up with few freedoms. 

Etta Sue, agree with your comments on the debates.  So nice of you to help with the funeral dinners.  Sounds like you have a full day today.

The furnace is on because it is 34 degrees outside but the house only went down to 61 degrees.  Good house even though the windows are not the best.  We have lots of windows - the better to watch the deer in back this morning who were in turn watching the neighborhood tailgaters (drivers). 

Etta Sue:  I so admire you for speaking you piece on the debates.

Larry:  Don said that it would be interesting to have a real manager again and he mentions Eisenhower as the last real manager.  A person who could prioritize and delegate - it would be a different government for a while at least.  Have a safe drive and good checkup today!

We had such a good bible study yesterday and perhaps it seemed better because I missed the entire month of Sept.  We count our blessings on finding this church, neighborhood and friends after leaving Ft. Collins and moving so many times in our lives - this is my favorite place. 

Today my son actually got the CDL license in his hands. And, since he's been sick with an upper respiratory infection through the entire rigorous training period, the main trainer approached him and will lend his vehicle and keys so he can get treatment tomorrow at Veterans hospital in Dayton.

Oh, how I praise the Lord for His tender loving care over all his children (big or small).

My training sessions went well toda, so now I'm well versed in the new Medicare changes for the upcoming enrollment period (Oct. 15 through Dec. 7). Did y'all see that Medicare has not only authorized payment of regular flu shots for us, but for those of us with age-related conditions, we are allowed to get a 4 times stronger flu shot this year, again, at no cost to us. How very thankful I am for that change! And some of the presenters had not read that yet, so it was such a joy to actually be able to contribute this small, but important, piece of information in my small group session.

Now, to rest --- tra-lah-lah-lah, it's off to BED I go! 

G'nite, folks,
Ruth Ann

Whew!  I have just finished reading all the posts from the past almost three weeks!  Glad to read the good news from Al, to know Carol and Don are safely home again, that Stacey is home from the hospital, that Pat got some relief for her back, that Marilyn's cold is better, that Ruth Ann is still our sweet encourager, that Larry is still our model for living fully in today, to hear from Janice....and whatever else I am forgetting at this moment!

We got home Tuesday evening and I have been playing 'catch up' since then.  I needed to get more interviews done, as they printed the last story they had, so I got two done today.  Tomorrow I will type them up and get them to the News.  Which reminds me, whose was the last one I posted in here?  I need to post some more for you.  It's a fun project, as each person has such a different story from anyone else.

We had a nice trip, and the trees were changing colors, something I have always wanted to see.  Even though they weren't at their peak color yet, they were so beautiful, and I thought of Jeanne every day, as I know she lives where she sees that magnificent sight each year.

I will tell you more about the trip in the days to come, but I'd better get myself to bed now, before my face hits the keyboard!

Love to all of you----Oh!  Jane!  Good to "hear" from you, too!

Janet

Ivalou and I got our hair cut and set.  We had a lunch at Hardee's.  Then to the funeral home.  I saw people I hadn't seen for over 50 years.  My, they look old!!   

Then it was home to take Ivalou and get my salad and off to church.  Then it was wait until the funeral party came.  So nice to link people to people...parents to kids and g-kids.  After clean up at church, I came home and mowed the grass!! 

I was certainly ready for bed! 

Then again, I woke about an hour before the alarm and just cat napped the rest of the time.  I am squeaky clean and ready to leave for Kitty's in a few minutes.  We plan to go to Riley Day's at Greenfield...James Whitcomb Riley lived in Greenfield years ago...remember 'Li'l Orphant Annie'?  His birthday is October 8th so the Riley Days are always near that.  But it looks like rain so if it is raining by the time we get to Greenfield we are going on south to Columbus for lunch and then to an outlet mall so Kitty can see if she can get some new shoes.  She has to wear special shoes that takes her inserts $$$$$. 

That's it for today! 

Again, it cloudy and looks like rain and cold!

Hi everyone.  Yesterday was a very busy day as had an appointment with my urologist in the morning and then stopped at Aldi's on the way home for our monthly larger stock up of groceries and produce.    By the time I got home I was beat.  I did finish watching the "Phantom of the Opera" on Netflix and it was great.  At the end they brought out the men who have played the Phantom part on the London stage and they all sang with Andrew Lloyd Weber.  The costumes and production were unbelievable as was the singing.  Just back from coffee at the senior center and plan on attending my ROMEO's men's luncheon at noon and maybe watch the Braves in their playoff game this evening.

Carol, it is always great when we find the church that is for us.  One of the first things we do when we move is check out local churches.  I see it is really cold out your way today.  It is fun to watch the dear.  I haven't seen any in our yard for a long time but am not where I could see them even if they were in the yard.  Sometimes I do see tracks.

Ruth Ann, is your son going to be based in Dayton for his job?  Hope the infection can be quickly eradicated.  Your training sounds interesting.  We got our new Medicaid book in the mail a couple of days ago.

Janet, glad to see you home and to see you had a nice trip.  I have been missing seeing postings from you these last several days.

Etta Sue, hope you and Kitty enjoy your day at Riley Days and that the rain stays away until the event is over.   

Good morning, friends,

It's so good when we awaken fom a refreshing night's sleep, isn't it. Now, to the activities of today...

Well, I relaxed my left wrist for a jiffy and all I had typed went away.

My son will aparently be based in his truck cab.

The gentleman who moved in to the motel room last night is finishing his 6 month commitment with the company, and in the last 6 months, he has only missed being in 2 states. So my son will be seeing new and different parts of the country for awhile.

Larry, if you look on the back of your Medicare book for this year, you'll see the name of the volunteer organization I work with - it's called SHIP. There are more than 450,000 of the volunteers who, with coordination by our SHIP coordinators, help others choose the best plans for them, given health conditions and medications plus finances. It's such a worthy opportunity to serve without pay. I'm so thankful we can each find our ways to contribute, some (like Marilyn) work with pets, others (like you and Etta Sue) have contributed to both community organizations and the church with your own talents, and so many of our members - God gives us a way to serve. It's so satisfying to do so - and I think of the phrase "if you helped them, you did it unto Me."

Y'all have a great day with our Lord. I'll be mighty busy the next 2-3 days, so will check in as opportunity rises.

Love and adoration to our wonderful Lord, and love and gratitude for this website and the opportunity to share our lives and to help bear the loads of others,

Ruth Ann

Afternoon folks  it is sunny 61*F here today however, we can expect, snow by Tuesday.  I know that is a 4 letter word, especially for those of us who don't like cold.

We have beauty beyond what a camera can catch, reds, oranges, yellow, rusty oak, and deep green of our evergreen trees as a contrast.  It is absolutely beautiful.  The leaves will have dropped by Monday......sad to see them go.  The wind has already started to set up.

We have 3 large trees to cut down, cut to length and split, then get thrown into the basement. This will be a heavy work weekend. 

To my Canadian friends  enjoy the pumpkin pie!  To my American friens have a great weekend!

We got up to 70 today with lots of sunshine and it looks like that will be it for quite a while.  We aren't expecting snow yet, like Judy, but the frost warnings are out for next week, after some low temps and rain over the weekend. 

The news programs are saying the colors, especially in the Adirondack mountains, are great this year, but in my immediate vicinity they seem very dull.  Even the yellows are kind of "rusty" looking, and I haven't seen any really bright reds at all so far.

Good evening--or good morning, depending on when you turn on and tune in!

I managed to stay busy again today.  I have three more interviews ready to type, and permission for several more, so will continue to be busy for a while.

We have frost warning for tonight or tomorrow night, too.

Larry, thanks for noticing that I'm back! 

Janet, welcome back.  You were missed!

Hello, Janice, and thanks!

I'm up because I couldn't sleep, my stomach is having fits.  Ugh.  Computer is a way to get through the long sleepless nights.  Maybe soon I can sleep some, at least I really hope so!

Hi everyone.  Another Saturday morning and it looks like it is going to be a nice one.  I will go to coffee at McDonald's but may not stay very long as the two guys that always join me on Saturday are either out of town or have another commitment.  However, their may be someone there to talk with.  I have a meeting to attend this morning and then will enjoy the football games. I was sorry to see the Atlanta Braves lose their game last night and to see how badly the fans behaved with what they thought was a bad call-no excuse for throwing things on the field.  Today Georgia has to play South Carolina and that is always a tough game for them.

Yesterday morning I saw an ad for Fry's that they had a new Lenovo laptop for just a little over $200 that had 4 GB of memory and 320 GB of hard disk space and it had Windows 7 professional and a free upgrade when Windows 8 is released later this year.  I am now the owner of one of these.  The old laptop I was using is very slow and unreliable and is the one Pat had given up when she got her new laptop. I spent the evening loading the programs I want on it and getting it set up.  I still have more to do but not too much.

Ruth Ann, you are so right that each of us has opportunities to serve others in some capacity and often we don't even realize it.  Even a smile to a stranger may be service as that may make someone's day brighter.  It sure sounds like your son is going to be seeing the country.  Does his truck have sleeping quarters or will he be staying in motels along the way?

Judy, your country sounds so beautiful.  None of our trees have started to shed their leaves yet although looking very drab.  The yards are still green as we had that large rain a few days ago. Don't envy you all with that heavy work involving the cut down trees.  I hope you are not going to jeopardize your repaired shoulders.

Jeanne, I guess it is time for frost up north.  I think we are to have cooler temps into the 40s at night perhaps starting tomorrow.  Your trees must look a lot like ours in being rather drab.

Janet, hope you were able to go back to sleep and your stomach calmed down. 

Well, yesterday I had read that neither Kitty nor Bob could put together an artist easel that Kitty purchased.  Then my phone rang.  It was Kitty saying that the TV just said that rain was on it's way and perhaps hail.  And maybe we shouldn't be out in it and to leave later.  So I told her that I just read her email and why don't I come to her house to see if I could put her easel together. 

So I went to Kitty's.  Well, I determined that she had identical uprights instead of a left and a right one.  So we boxed up the easel and headed to Hobby Lobby to exchange it.  It was raining big time, I drove since Kitty doesn't like driving in the rain. 

It was kind of suppose to be my birthday outing.  So after the exchange, we went to Don Pablos.  We both have reward cards and the waitress came back with mine and said that I get $10 off of my meal for my birthday!!  (it was only good for 3 more days) So my lunch was very reasonable!! 

Then we decided we had enough of running in and out of rain and went to her house.  Within a half hour, we had the easel put together!!  Her painting teacher told her she needed to paint in natural light instead of the basement even with certain kinds of light bulbs.  So she has decided to paint in her dining room since it is only used as a dining room at Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

Later last night she sent me a photo of a photo of her granddaughter, Katie, and the beginning of a painting of Katie!  I know Kitty will really enjoy painting upstairs and not in the basement!

And I got two messages on my answering machine when I got home yesterday.  I didn't understand the message...just that it was from Chuck and hoping I was Etta Sue.  Then the second message was his phone number.  I called back and sure enough it was my husband's son, Chuck.  I haven't heard from Chuck since his Dad's funeral day 21 years ago.  Seems that he is bringing his wife, Julie, to Indiana to show her where he used to live and go to school and wants to see me and where his Dad is buried.  He didn't even know I didn't live in Greenfield anymore!!  So I expect I will see him within a couple of weeks but I am not holding my breath until I see him...if you know what I mean....

It is a beautiful sunny bright day today after lightening, thunder and rain during the night.  Wish it would get dry enough for the farmers to pick the corn that surrounds our three houses so we can see out!  That day will come soon.

I got two more stories ready for the paper, and another one partly done.  The lady is 95 and somewhat confused.  So I need someone from her family to help me sort things out.  For starters, she told me she was born during the Civil War!  And she was quite insistent about it!     Such a sweet little lady, though, and fun to talk with, even if things don't quite jibe.  But I'd like to have the story at least sound plausible.   

It has been cool and drizzly here today.  I spent most of the afternoon at the care home.  I am wanting to get at least two weeks ahead again.  And I will put some more of them in here for you to read, as well.  People are really enjoying the stories, so that makes it worth my time.

Darrel and I just went out and brought in three of the tomato plants in big pots, so the frost won't get them if it comes tonight.  I thought it frosted last night, but the tomatoes are fine, and quite a few nice sized ones still on the vines, so I'd like to keep them.

I have been sort of at loose ends all day, except for the time spent at the care home.  Guess I need to start reading another good book, also catching up on my Bible reading.  One of the gals took my bag containing my one year Bible by mistake when we got home from the trip.

Etta Sue, you're a real helper!  Thanks for all you do to help folks.  God will reward you!

Heavy day cutting wood between rain and snow showers.  Not as much as we wanted dome but more than if we had quit.  Thank you to Elizabeth and her boyfriend!

Time to move over to a new week:  HERE