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I have not heard about Jopin and tornadoes - sending prayers for those people. 

Nita:  Nice to read your post.  You are strong in faith and will persevere.

RuthV:  Wouldn't you think those expensive techie satellite dishes would clean themselves?      We have one at home but now going back to nothing when we return after all, we lose hours upon hours of television when the snow drops in that spot. 

Ruth Ann:  Thank you for the description of your home.  Now I can visualize you in your cozy but most hospitable place.  Nice that you have a room in the building to meet with your friends as I assume it is in your building where you play the piano for your gatherings.  I hope there is a place for all of you to go in case of a tornado siren... 

Missed a call from a cousin who wants to visit next week and bringing a cousin on her side so we will work that out & have a lunch for them.  This table sits 4 but I am hoping the patio will be warm enough for the men or else we have two little chairs so will just have to sit six in 4 places.  No room for another 1/2 person.  We will make it work. 

Hello Gord!  Nice to see you checking in here.  Regards to Noreen.  Rain?  You would think it would still be snowing in your area. 

Just home from Bible study.  We are studying Genesis, and really digging into it, and there is much richness there.  No matter how many times we read it, there is always fresh insight to be had.

Yesterday we had temps of 75 degrees---today we had snow!  You can't say Kansas weather is boring!

I discovered yesterday evening that there was water in the bottom of the lavatory cabinet in our bathroom.  It hadn't quite ruined the wood as yet, so I removed everything and dried it out good.  We couldn't tell from where the water came, and when I checked later, it was wet again!  So I called Lon (who did all the remodel after the flood) and he came right out and found the faucet was broken up inside.  He turned the water off to it and came back today.  Took the faucet off and said we need a new one, which will likely mean a trip to Garden City.  Sometimes living in a small town is a nuisance.  Well, only when you need to buy something and nobody here has it.  So we are using the laundry room bath to brush our teeth.    (See how clean they are?)  Ha!

I want to read a little bit before I go to sleep.  Goodnight, all!

Hi Everyone...

I got home from Winchester late Sunday night and slept most of yesterday to get rested up!  LOL

Tonight, my friend who was looking after my cat, Lauren, brought her home.  I bought her a small teapot and two mugs with spoons that matched created by the Audubon Society with sweet birds in flowers on it.  We'll enjoy tea together soon.    This was a "thank you" for minding the cat.


When with Larry and Pat in the restaurant, the waiter took our photo and here it is:

Great picture of you all.

Janet, can't you use a lending library to get books for your nook?  The books come in many formats.  Even with the mp3 player there were audio books I could get, so I'm sure they have E books.

I read this:  "(CNN) -- About three quarters of American public libraries currently lend out e-books, and in the past year libraries have seen a sharp growth in e-book borrowing. Still, well over half of U.S. library card holders don't know whether their local public library lends e-books, according to a new Pew report."

Maybe yours does.

A service man is working on my heat pump as I am typing!  I sure hope he finds a problem because I know there is a problem!  It is working right now but when I asked him what he did, he said he just turned it on!!  Grrrr!! 

Tonight is the first night for our Wednesday Night Live Bible Study.  I am sure it will be a booklet and videos of someone.  It will last about 6 weeks but not sure if it is weekly or bi-weekly!

Today is Tony, my son, birthday...he is 52 now.  I don't mind saying that I am 70 but 52 is too old for a son!!  So everyone say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONY!

Hello to all who has posted and to those who haven't....shame on you...

Hope you get your heat pump fixed, Etta Sue.  There's nothing like a nice warm home.

For you, Etta Sue.   I am posting even before coffee.  And now.......I need to try to wake up.   I'll sit in my recliner with a cup of coffee and two dogs on my lap.  That's the way we roll around here.

You're so right, Pat.  It's great to have a nice, cozy, warm home.  And then every time I give thanks for it in weather like we had last week, I am reminded of the poor homeless who have to resort to over-crowded public shelters - or worse yet, no shelter at all.    

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONY!!! 

Etta Sue, is it not frustrating when what is broken, works when a repair man looks at it. That has happened to me with the car; fortunately the latest mechanic knew what was wrong by our description.  Now to just get the part!!!

Pat, lovely picture!! It's really great when we C.P.ers can meet each other this side of "home"!!

And of course, I forgot to say how much I enjoy that picture, Pat, of you, Paul, Larry and Pat!    Thanks for sharing it with us. 

   Good morning to all.  I just came back in from doing my volunteer at the mission and it was very quiet today at the pick ups that I did today.   It is still raining a lot and now the wind is blowing a lot and our weather is supposed to get colder again and stronger winds.

Pat.  That is a very nice picture of you all I saw it on your face book ones.  Hope that you are well.

Etta Sue.  I sure hope that you get this furnace heat pump fixed.  It seems that when the technician comes to look at them they are o.k. and I have had the same thing with my cars. It is a real pain.

Well all the rest of you have a great day and for those of you who read but do not post we would love to be able to pray for you and your families so don;t be shy.  God's richest blessings to all.  Gordon and Noreen.

Well I did post but the post went poof. 

Gord stay long enough to sing with us!

It rained here all night, the snow is melting quickly right now, however this is the leading edge of a Colorado low, and we expect to be blasted with snow later today.  John called warning me not to go out.

The fellow John is training is from Russia.  He would be interesting to talk to and learn about his country. 

Have a great day folks!

Happy Birthday, Tony!   

I've been here for a while.  Waiting for the bank to open.     I got a call last night from the fraud dept. saying they had noticed attempted charges on my bank card!   Someone tried to purchase a ticket on Kuwait Airlines for more than $1,000.     I'm sure glad it didn't go through, and very grateful that the bank caught it and called me about it.  I wonder who and how someone could have gotten hold of my card number.  hmmmm  Anyway, the card was deactivated immediately, and I have to go to the bank today and have a new one issued.

I also found a charge on my credit card statement that I did not make.... I have already entered a dispute for that one!  How does this stuff happen, anyway?  I'm guessing it has something to do with the phony email that went out in my name saying I was in Cyprus with a sick cousin and needed money!   

At least I can take care of all this without too much inconvenience. 

Y'all take care now, and I'll be back d'rectly..... 

Hi everyone.  According to the TV we may be in for a pretty tough weather day here in Georgia but it will still be warm.   It sure is too warm for the end of January.  I attended Bible study this morning   I did talk with the Lifeline people again yesterday and the man assured me that the Lifeline will work on the same line as the pacemaker/defib monitor.  He also said that next month they are coming out with the GPS systems since so many people are going to cell phones and doing away with the land line. He also explained more that if a person became unconscious while lying down the Lifeline probably wouldn't detect it as that feature is based on falling to trip the sensor.  I will also check with another company that has a GPS system. 

I am running late today since I was gone all morning I am limiting my individual comments today as I need to rest. I have to research info on the gps life alert system that I purchased on Walmart this morning.  It is much less expensive a month than other plans but want to read the comments and reviews.

Judy, I know you will enjoy the Bible study you are doing.  Are you tested on the work as you go along or is it not that type of study?

Etta Sue, not good that you are having more problems with the heat pump.  At least it sounds like they will give you prompt service and have been in business a long time.

Ruth Ann, I think I heard on the radio a little bit ago that the Nashville area had some severe weather already today.  We are under a tornado watch until 4 pm.  They had a tornado in Adairsville, GA this morning, which is north of Atlanta.  Sure hope you cold doesn't develop full blown.

Nita, we are glad to have you back posting and feeling the contentedness of this group. 

Janet, if you can get apps on the Kindle then I suspect it is some form of a tablet and has wi-fi built in.  Are their icons on the main page?  If so that is a good indication it is more than an ebook reader.  Not good news on your dentist appointment.  I have a cleaning appointment in the morning. 

Jane, sorry to hear about the fraud on your bank account and glad they called you.  Stacey has indicated she is having a problem with someone charging her debit card for a cab ride in New York City.  That is all she needs.

    How Great is our God!!!

            Our Creator and Redeemer . . . and do we THINK about it

            God's accuracy may be
            observed in the hatching of eggs.. . . . .

            For example: -the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;
            -those of the canary in 14 days;
            -those of the barnyard hen in 21 days;
            -The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days;
            -those of the mallard in 35 days;
            -The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.

            (Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!)

            God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant.
            The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on two legs. For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.

            The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation!

            God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains.

            -Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind.
            -Each orange has an even number of segments.
            -Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
            -Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
            -Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number.

            -The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.

            -All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundred fold all even numbers.

            God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!

            The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life. If you try to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide them to a profitable end.


            I HOPE YOU FIND THIS AS FASCINATING AS I DID. May God Bless You In Ways You Never Even Dreamed. I didn't think twice about forwarding this one.

            The Bible.....
            When you carry "the Bible", Satan has a headache, when you open it, he collapses,
            when he sees you reading it, he loses his strength, AND when you stand on the Word of God, Satan can't hurt you! And did you also know...

The heat pump is working right now.  I am a little devious because of him telling me that the unit wasn't installed properly....it works great when it works.  I only paid for a service call today but he is coming back once he gets some parts from Mitsubishi and fix the unit so that it will be under 'their' warranty.  He can't warranty work on someone else's faulty installation.  Something was mentioned about the wrong freon...and only two screws was holding the outside case on the unit outside!!  It's a wonder it didn't blow away last night...I even got up and turned on the TV to see if a tornado was in the area!! 

Anyway, the cost will be less than a new unit.  They have me over a barrel.  I want my heat pump so I just about have to do what they say!  I wish sometimes I was a heating and air expert so I am not taken advantage of!!  Maybe if I were a man....

Good morning Everyone, I have been here daily reading the postings, however I didn't have much to say or enough time to say it. It was just a quick run through before going to work.  It is god to see Nita and Jane posting and also Pat and Gord posting in the day time.

Today I have been to the gym and done a few things around the house and shampooed my hair. I am off until Sunday. Well it's time for me to make lunch for Keith he will be home soon.

Thanks for the hint, Nita.  I will take both the Nook and the Kindle to our library and see what they have to offer in the way of eBooks.

Larry, I don't think I know enough yet about the Kindle to do what I want to do.  I think it is quite a lot like an iPad, am I right or wrong on that?  My grandson's wife won a Nook just like the one I have, and they had put several aps on it for the little girls to play games---so, is it a tablet?  I sure don't know!  Both the Nook and the Kindle have wi-fi built into them, I do know that.

Hope you get the lifeline figured out for Stacey soon.  Good to see you and Pat in the photo with Pat and Paul.  Wish Darrel and I could have joined you!

Our little snow is fast melting, and will likely be gone by tomorrow.

Etta Sue, hope you soon have the heat pump problems resolved and without too much expense.

I am reading a wonderful book (Hard back) called Dead Heat.  It is a novel about the End Times, and even though it's a novel, it closely follows scripture; just with made-up characters.  I can barely put it down!

Later!

JAne there are people with scanners out there that can scan your cards as you use them, also they can scan them when they are in your purse/pocket.  A good idea would be to get one of the metal card holders that protects the information on the card.  That is what I use all the time.

It is still warm enough that the snow is melting.  I'm wishing for colder weather so this early melt stops.  Not -30* weather just a bit colder.

Larry yes I have tests to do with each lesson, and cannot get the next lesson until the test is done.  I am thoroughly enjoying this.

Keep Heather in your thoughts as she walks through the college course she is taking.  It is quite a shake up for her husband and family!  She is enjoying the work though.

Have a great day.

Hi everyone.  It looks like we are going to have a sunny day.  We had continued rain throughout most of the night but the storms had moved on.  However, there was strong wind most of the night.  At least we didn't lose power.  I will have to leave in less than an hour to go to the dentist for my 6-month cleaning appointment.  I will be glad to have that past for another time.  Depending on how Stacey is feeling today I may go down to wish her a Happy 48th Birthday in person.  We already celebrated with her earlier in the month when we were down there.  I do need to take this 5 Star Urgent Response System to her so she can start being protected.  They did come yesterday and fixed her power chair so she is mobile again.  However, yesterday she wasn't feeling up to getting out. 

Etta Sue, that was an interesting piece on God's plan for nature.  Sorry to hear you didn't get the correct installation of the heat pump.  How are we to know.  Hope they get it fixed up for you this time.  I would think it would be an EPA violation to use the wrong freon but guess the company is out of business now so not worth fighting.

Marilyn, I have been missing your postings so glad to see your message yesterday. 

Janet, it sounds like the Nook is a tablet if it can run apps.  Along the top does it list several menu items with apps being one of them?  The wi-fi built into both the Nook and Kindle are for downloading things from those companies and I believe you have to connect to your own wi-fi through the settings in order to use the features of the tablet like email and web surfing.  I am decided to go with the Lifeline unit I purchased yesterday as it will give her security whereever she goes in the city.  I wish you and Darrel could have joined us at the Chinese place as well. 

Judy, I understand that putting the card in an aluminum sleeve will also protect the cards.  Glad you are enjoying your Bible study so much.

In a bit of a hurry today I will post the hymn this afternoon.

The wind is blowing!  and blowing!  and blowing!  "They" say gusts may be 60 mph and sustained winds are 25 to 30.

We lost power for a few seconds - just long enough to set the clocks blinking.      The ground is so saturated it's very likely trees will be coming down and if they then take wires down, we may very well lose power for a longer period.  So if I seem to disappear that's likely the reason.

We are having sunshine in our neck of the woods.  It's beautiful........all round and yellow and matches the blue sky.  I think every green thing is reaching up to touch it.

Have to head out for a doc appointment, so will take advantage and do a few more errands.

Prayers for today are that we may all feel HIS presence all around us.  I so need God's touch, His mercy, His grace, His Father-ness.

G'Mornin'   
Judy, I have never had my card out in public.... it is a debit card, and I use it for online purchases or bill paying, mostly.  I have used it at the ATM and when wiring money to my granddaughter last week.  These attempted charges were in France and Kuwait!!  Even the young man at the bank was baffled.  Says it could be some "computer nerd" or a "bad guy" from inside .... They are monitored very closely at my bank, he said, but suppose it could happen somewhere within the system.  My bank card number is nowhere in my email and elsewhere (the bank and accounts I pay online) only the last four numbers are used ... Oh well, the attempted charges were denied, and I have been issued a new card.   

P.S. Hi Nita ... you came in while I had my head down, typing !   

Hello! My goodness, it is the same here with the wind. It has been going all night like this. Gusts up to 90 mph. Pine needles are glued to the patio door from the wind and rain.  I am glad that we don't have a fishing boat tied up to the wharf. We went through this once before when we had what was called, "The Groundhog Day Gale".  My dear FIL had just sold his fishing boat and it ended up being broken up at the wharf. Sad for the new owners (this was quite a few years ago) I do pray those that do have to work on the water, keep safe. A fisherman's job can be so dangerous. I remember worrying about my DH and FIL when they were out there.  FIL has passed on, and DH is retired so no worries for us in that department.
It was nice to read all your posts. I enjoy them so much and then learning about other parts of the country.
Hard to believe that this is the last day of January. Even though I don't care for winter it seems to be going fast enough. I have been ordering my garden seeds and planning out the garden spaces of what goes where.  Early I know, but it is a good winter pastime to get this all planned out.  We have two large vegetable gardens. They keep me very busy from spring until harvest then canning and freezing.  I do look forward to it and enjoy it though.
God bless you and keep you safe as you trust in him

As I am sitting here at the front window, it is snowing....sideways!  We had terrific wind again last night and snow today!  It isn't accumulating much but still snow!  And yes, the last day of January.  We need to get through two more months and April will bring showers....and lawn mowing!

Well, the temperature on the heat pump was set at 72°.  I got up in the night and my furnace had been on....registers warm.  So I checked.  69° in the house but the heat pump was throwing out warm air.  Since getting up I change the fan on the heat pump to high and the temp to 73°.  Just checking now...temp in the house 73°.  I just know that something is still wrong but at least, it is throwing out heat!! 

Today was bed changing day and the old linens are clean, folded and put away.  My Bible reading was long today since I was interrupted yesterday by the service man. 

Wednesday Night Live Bible study last night is on the book of Matthew.  Bob Russell, a retired minister from Southeast Christian Church in Louisville is the teacher on video.  Steve prints questions and the answers are provided in the video.  We will meet every Wednesday night for 6-8 weeks!

Nothing else planned today but staying in and keeping warm!

It is amazing how quickly I have been able to check everything. Hi speed is truly wonderful!

The weather seems to be the main topic of conversation right now, here on CP and in the public  It is 12*F where I am sitting in my car, and the wind is blowing.  Christa stay warm, you too Jeanne.  I will. have to light the fire when I get home, didn't bother before I left.  You know because of the dampness it feels colder than when it is -40!

Have a great day folks.

Our daughter and family is in Minnesota for the weekend.  It is the school's Family Weekend, one of two each year and I just wanted to mention that the wind chill is minus 22 F.  I told her that she can do this for after all, there was a school day when  school was not closed and the wind chill was minus 70 degree F.  I personally drove everyone to school that day. 

We just came back from a walk and it feels so good to get out of this place and not cough - our colds are improving.  I have set up two days for lunch here next week.  Yea - meeting people again. 

Love the picture!  The one with the two Pats, one Paul and one Larry!  What a great time you must have had visiting. 

My next book to read is Max Lucado's Grace - this is a library book.  There are always a couple of Lucado's little books in the house just to pick up and browse at times. 

Jane:  There are wicked people out there and why they have to steal everything, I'll never know.  So glad you had a phone call. 

Stay safe while there are storms surrounding so many places.