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Today is a special day for my B.W.  She is now as old as I am.  (At least she will be at midnight.) 

I won't tell you her age but she qualifies for Medicare now.

Pat, little Elsie is now TWO years old, not five!    Thought you might want to correct that in the above link.

Ed........hmmmm........now, how many years young would that make her     When I had "that" birthday, my husband told folks I was "on the Government payroll now." 

Can anyone tell me how to not feel guilty for feeling relieved that the doctor told me I can't do all I have been doing?  And we still do not have reliable help for Beth.  I'm hoping that by the time she gets out of the hospital again, we will have someone lined up to help her on whom we can depend. 

Marilyn, glad you had fun with the kids today.  I look forward to seeing your photos.

Pat the devotional reminded me of the experience of a nephew of mine who was questioning things about God at one time.  He was outdoors, walking around and mulling over in his mind about life, creation, etc.  He sat down on the ground, absently pulled some blades of grass and sat examining them.  Then he thought...man can make something that LOOKS like grass, maybe even FEELS like grass, but he cannot make it GROW.  And through that experience his faith was strengthened and he grew closer to the Lord.  He was killed in an accident a few years later, and this little story was told at his funeral service.

I GOT MY NEW CAMERA TODAY!   I just got the battery charged up, so tomorrow I will experiment with it a little bit.  It's a Kodak P850 with a 12X zoom.  I surely hope I will like it.  I have SO missed having a camera.  Well, we have several film cameras, but I missed my digital.

Time to pop a pill and hit the hay.  I think after about 4 or 5 more good nights of sleep, I will feel human again! 

Ok Janet get busy taking photos with that new camera.

I am going to  get away from this compute now and go watch TV for awhile. will be praying for all those who have asked for prayer .

Nite now.

C~U~Manana

Janet you have no reason to feel guilty.  You have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Rest in the Lord and allow Him to heal your body (tiredness) and spirit.  He is able.

There is so much sadness in the world.  Sometimes wonder how to cope.  One thing I know. Our Lord is holding us in His hand and there we will remain.

God bless all of you and may you feel His presence.

Good Night

Judy

Pat:  Thank you for devotions again.  It just shows that we need to look closely at what is happening around us to understand the big picture.

Jeanne Lee:  Nice to see your post.  How are you doing?

JudyB:  We need to be reminded not to feel guilty so often.  Thank you for your post.                                                                                                                               

QuoteJanet you have no reason to feel guilty.  You have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Rest in the Lord and allow Him to heal your body (tiredness) and spirit.  He is able.

Ed:  I am going to guess that BW means "Beautiful Wife".  Congratulations to her! 

A full day with the quilt group.  Bye (Is this heaven or not?)

Carol

Have you all voted?
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You are right Carol about guilt.  How often do we continue to beat ourselves up over an infraction or sin that we have committed.  We have gone to Father and confessed and repented yet we continue to beat ourselves up.  At times like that I turn to John 3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (KJV)

So the condemnation and guilt we feel is not from our Lord, rather from our enemy.  As that sinks into our consciousness our relationship with our Lord becomes even sweeter.

This is turning out to be a beautiful day. The sun is shining and the rain has gone.  We have a problem with our lawn tractor.  There is a hammering at the front of the engine.  I have had a small engine guy that we know take a look, and I thinkk he is not looking forward to taking the engine apart.  I am going to put some new Gas into the tank and see if it is the old gas that is causing the problem.  Don't ask why this would make a difference, I really don't know but that is the first thing he wants me to try.

Rick is becomming increasingly bitter.  He is blamng God that his dad is suffering.  As he puts it, "Dad doesn't deserve this." I have pointed out to him that Jesus didn't deserve to die on the cross for us either.  I have told him to go to his Dad and let him see his (Rick's) heart, and see what Dad says.  Rick's dad is a wonderful Christian Man.  Please pray for the family and Rick

I am continuing in prayer for the other needs here at CP. 

Have a good day folks, and feel His Presence during this day.

What a relief it is to have this place where we can pour out our hearts, and folks will understand, care and pray.  I feel it is a safe horbor from the many problems in the world.  I love you all.

I am going to ride down to Hugoton with Pat, she is going to Yardmaster to buy plants for around the church, and I will get a chiropractic adjustment in hopes that will stop the headaches I have been having.  I know it is mainly stress, but my neck feels stiff, and I don't want to head to Amarillo hurting.

This afternoon I need to pick up Beth's commodities, then this evening is our Mother-Daughter banquet at the Senior center.  Diane and Abby are coming  and I will also be taking Beth.  It is always a special time, and they are promising that this year's entertainment will be extra good. 

Talk to you wonderful people later.

Pat, thanks again for the morning devotions.  I especially liked the quote at the beginning by George Whitefield.  I never heard it expressed in those exact words.  I printed it out on a card do keep on my desk as a reminder from time to time.

It is a cloudy, overcast day here in Ohio.  So, I'll keep on more inside lights to overcome the "gloom".

My thoughts and prayers are for all of you, for all of us humans need God's help in one way or another.

Just for fun I voted for that photo #11 - he really made me smile. 

Well it's gray and cool this morning, and that's the way it's supposed to be for the next week or so.  But may all of us who love our Lord find it bright and shining in His house this week!

Good Morning to you all that means all of you.

For the last couple of days my right knee and hip and been bothering me, can't figure out why., but not too concerned about it.

I posted some pics of the kindergarten and first grade classes that went onthe filed trip yesterday in my gallery. Kids are so precious. 


I have been working on a Menu for the Kingdom Cafe in the church fellowship hall. I don't like the way the first one turned out, so will get back to it this afternoon.

Mar frances hello there good to see you this morning.

New Recipe Mexican Pasta Salad

TTYL

Quote from: Janet on May 11, 2006, 11:18:47 PMEd........hmmmm........now, how many years young would that make her    

She is, like me, 49 Q....she, like me, went to letters after 49.

Quote from: Carol on May 12, 2006, 08:47:52 AMEd:  I am going to guess that BW means "Beautiful Wife".  Congratulations to her! 

A former writer for the Detroit Free Press in his column, always referred to his wife as "My B.W."  It meant of course, Beautiful Wife....and Donna is that.........

Remembering a recent discussion here on the DaVinci Code book, I got this email today from Coral Ridge Ministries.

DEBUNKING THE DaVINCI CODE:

Web address for D James Kennedy of Coral Rdige Ministries.  He will have a program on this topic May 13 & 14.

http://www.davincidelusion.tv/default.asp?id=crm&ec=I1301&eid=814&mid=112915

I'm home for a while, maybe even have time to take a little rest! 

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Janet, I'm glad you're getting some rest.  My doctor gave me Ambien awhile back.  I take it only when I've days of not getting good sleep.  I don't want to depend on it, but it does give me a good night's sleep.

I think we always feel guilty when we can't be everything and all to our loved ones who can't care for themselves.  But the truth is, we are not everything and all.   You can't make your body do more than it can.  In fact, you already know this.......our body begins to "act out", trying to send you that message.  I know you would do everything and more for your Beth, and have...but what you can't do, you can't do.  You want to be there for her, so have to take good care of yourself to do that.  I'm praying you find the person to care for her if she continues to live in her own place.  Whatever happens, you have done everything for her with everything you have.  Believe the doctor.  You can't do it anymore.  It's hard when a chapter closes.  You as Beth's primary caregiver has ended.  A new chapter in the book of Janet's life in Christ has began.   Rejoice and trust God.  He loves Beth more than you ever could.  You are both His.

We have so much wind today.  Nice sunshine, but the wind keeps us inside.  The Oregon coast....we do have our wind.   But, oh, the lovely days we have also.

I'll be 65 in October, so I'm beginning to get calls (and even a drop by visit)from people wanting to sell me supplemantal ins.  I have ChampVa, so don't need to purchase more.   I think our names get put on a "ATTENTION: Turning 65" list. 

Well, I just wanted to check in and say hello while seeing how you all are doing.   Nita

I love these temperature icons.

I see that Janet is HOT and Nita is warmer than Guelph!

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Good evening folks.

Had a good evening so far and will continue to be a quiet one.
Good Night everyone

Judy

Good Evening (in the voice of Alfred Hitchcock)- Do y-all remember how he started his program way back there in time?

I have been busy in PSP since I got home from work, creating new stationery, resizing and posting some photos on flickr (Yahoo) in the Older Photographers group. Then I had to make a sign for the Kingdom Kafe at church. We have coffee, tea or hot chocolate and bagels every Sunday morning before Sunday School.  

I am glad that Etta Sue got her log in problem solved. You get some rest Etta Sue after your long day today. Sure was nice talking to you on YIM.

I have an early day tomorrow only because I can't have any coffee before we go to the graduation, I think ya know why.   I have to pick up Jan at 7:15 she wants to go real early to make sure we get her in there in the wheel chair the school is  providing.  

TTYL

Hey Pat when I get to 10,000 posts do I win a trip to Ontario compliments of Pat Scott. 

I am back home from a very rainy two days going to and coming from Grand Rapids.  Not hard rains but constant!  And cold??  Let me tell you how cold it was in Michigan....BBBBBBBbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Yes!! I have DSL!  Yes!! I can get on CP!!  Yes!!! It wasn't as easy as 1-2-3 getting an account set up with my DSL!  The disc would do what it should and ended up calling 3 different numbers and waiting on 3 different people to talk to.  Finally a guy named Carrington...isn't that a regal name?....walked me through on the internet and got everything set up.  And would you believe there was already a user name of ettasue and etta taken at earthlink?  Then I was blocking cookies and ended up not getting emails.  Then I had to go to bed so I could stay awake to drive to Grand Rapids. 

I talked to Tony and he told me to 'restore' when I got back home.  I did and everything is great now.  I LOVE this faster service.

So sorry to hear of everyone's bad news, bad times, illnesses and all.  God loves you!

Tomorrow I go to the Indiana Historical Society to receive my second place award....maybe I should take my wheelbarrow to carry all that money back home, hunh?

Locking the door now, folks..

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