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Well, we got Ivalou's car maintenance done.  Then we visited Judy B, classmate, at rehab.  She looks great and said, Yes, it is painful but each time I go to rehab it is easier.  And her other leg is much better also. 

Then Ivalou and I went to a Chinese Buffet.  And we just got home.  It is dark and neither one of us left a light on before leaving.  We didn't think we would be out this late!!!

Good devotional.  Far too often I hear people expecting to be exempt from trials, temptations and sicknesses, yet they want to bew like the Saviour.  Somehoe those two images don't match to me...."

QuoteJesus, our example for prayer, once prayed, "Everything is possible....Yet I want your will, not mine" (Mark 14:36).

Sometimes His will isn't pleasant, but it is His will and long term we grow and mature.

Thank you for praying, John made it safely to his destination and has now stopped for the night.  one dispatcher was more concerned about the frieght being late than the safety of the driver, truck or the freight.  Thankfully sgew isn't John's dispatcher.

The snow seems to have stopped.  We have been really dumpped on.  Looks nice but it is cold.

Off to bed, Night all and God bless.

Hi everyone.  I tried all evening to get online but there seemed to be a problem with the backbone, which I am assuming had something to do with the storms in the West and East.  So I will quickly post this morning in case we have the same problem later today.  It seems to be fine now.

My defibulator check went very well yesterday and all is done.  I also was able to get my tooth filled, and it was a big one.  I guess it is a good thing that it fell out as there was decay behind the filling.  Then by the time for us to meet with friends for ribs and the numbness had gone away.  It was also a beautiful day here, cool and windy but sunny.

JudyB, was glad to see your posting that John was safe.  You would think the dispatcher would be more concerned for the safety of the drivers and the timeliness of the delivery in circumstances like a bad storm.  It is hard to understand some people.

Etta Sue, we don't like to return home to a dark house either and my wife is very good to leave a light or two on when we leave in the late afternoon. 

Liz, sorry to hear you arae doing without power but glad you have heat and the ability to cook.  I liked your poem.

Janet, it sounds like your busy schedule has picked up where it left off before your trip.  You are one really busy lady.

Carol, hope you enjoy the PSP lessons and your birthday plans for Don work out well.

It is time to leave for coffee so I will quit for today.  I see Marilyn is still offline.  Hope she is all right.

Larry - I'm sure Marilyn will appreciate that you were concerned.  She has to wait for a new modem to arrive and be installed.  You know, of course, that when we're waiting for anything, then it takes twice as long.  I 'spect she'll be back within the next couple of days.

Just called and talked to her - she's still waiting, but it should be very soon.

Just heading our.  I have to take Mom to the lab for blood tests, her Doctors appointment is Thursday.  Tomorrow I have to take Heather to her doctor.  All these doctor appointments are scheduled well in advance.

It is another snowy day, so I will be travelling slowly,  This afternoon is piano, Elizabeth has quit, so I have started, this is going to proove interesting.  One thing Fran has me doing is site reading.  That is something I was never taught, and I have found there is a skill to it!  What you don't learn when you are "old".

Got to run
Love y'all God Bless
JudyB

JudyB ~ Thanks for the comment about the devotion.  We do tend to want our answers, not God's will.

Larry ~ When it is dark out here in the country, it is dark.  There is a dusk to dawn light between Kaye Don and Ivalou but it doesn't shine on my deck.  After dark, if I drive, I have to walk from the detached garage to the house.  If Ivalou drives I usually tell her I can walk from her house to mine...unless I have a lot to carry in the house...like groceries.  But I do have a switch in the garage that turns on an outside light and I can turn it off near my basement.  And if I know Ivalou is gone after dark with no lights on I turn on my flood lights, 5 of them, so Ivalou can see to get into her house.  She said that really helps her!  Us sisters have to watch out for each other. 

QuoteCheck yourself to see if your prayers are focusing on your interests or on God's.

Hard to do but I am trying - one son needs a job and I really concentrate on asking only for what is right.

Chinook winds here & it is 70 degrees F. outside, very odd. 

Larry:  What a busy day for you!  Great that you have the energy for all of those appointments and then meeting with friends. 

Carol

Etta Sue, I love hearing about your relationship with your sister.  If my sisters and I lived as near as you and Ivalou, I know we'd be the same.   Thanks for sharing sister love with all the rest of us. :)  Tell Ivalou we know all about her. haha 

the storm has ended.  As far as I can see, anyway.  I know the utility workers and road crews and police personnel are really glad.  I've looked around outside and only had some fence damage.  My roof is intact.  I was worried I might lose some of it, but it held firm.  I'm due for another one, but that won't happen until next year.

Today is house cleaning day.  I can't put it off any longer.

I don't know much more about my sister, Faye.  I did learn she had two kinds of cancer, one rare, one stage 3.  I'll be glad when I can get some concrete answers.  Or maybe, with cancer, it takes a long while to get that.  She won't start chemo and radiation till after Christmas.  That must have been her choice.  I'm sure my nephew and family are coming out for Christmas.

ok.  Gotta get this day on a roll.  I'm staying away from Kim and Paul's for another day.  They need lots of time alone with that baby.  I'll call later and see if they have dinner for tonight.  Women from the church are delivering them but I'm sure I'll have my turn too.

Blessings, y'all.  Nita

Hello to all y'all :)

I had an appointment this morning and while I was away Marilyn called to see if Nita and I were okay after the storm.  She said not to return her call (she wouldn't be home) and, if her computer is still out of sorts, I can't email her but, as Nita just said: we're okay.   :thumbsup:

Nita, I know how you are with your sisters ... and family.  I'd like that here, too.

Etta Sue~The devotional is just how I have been (trying to) praying for some time now ... "Not my will but Thiine be done" ....  He knows what's happening and He also knows how it will turn out ... He knows ME too ....  :-\

BTW my appointment was with the ENT doctor.  Still trying to figure out the cause of my persistent cough.   Well, I think he is a very knowledgable Otolaryngologist ... and I feel very confident with him.  Actually, after the tests (which included putting a camera down my throat) it seems I have the makings of the same thing you experienced.  No surgery required at this point and we can look for reduction of symptoms within the next couple of months.  The reason it takes so long is because my condition is "well extablished" and has been with me for a long time.   Oh, well.....

The storm blew down a lot of trees, and a panel of glass all over my front porch, but I have no damage other than that.  A neighbor has a tree now lying in the lake, and there are other trees down in this park but none fell on homes or cars.  Both Nita and I live on hills so the flooding doesn't bother us.  I haven't ventured into town and don't have any plans to so I can keep my feet dry.   :)

I gotta get some housework done, too, Nita ....  :-\  Hey, someone's gotta do it and, since I'm the only one here, guess who gets nominated?   ;)

I'll be back later .... now it's off to my corner again..................... :sulk:

I am still hacking and coughing, ugh.  :(  Tomorrow Pat and I are taking Beth shopping in Dodge City, and I am dreading it, as I'm still really tired and not at all in a shopping mood.  But Christmas is coming, whether or not I am ready.

Liz, I loved your poem.  So much truth expressed in so few words!  Hope your power stays on now.

It was 70 degrees here today too, Carol!  So strange for December.

I went for piano lesson today, and my teacher wasn't very happy with me.  Too many missed lessons, too little practice.  She was in the hospital, and then we were gone.  But she bragged and bragged on how well Darrel is doing.  :-\  I'm happy for him, but wish I were doing better.

Did I tell you that my 91 year old Mom was really sick while we were in Peru?  She had double pneumonia, and they took 18 # of water off her.  Now she has congestive heart failure, but she is feeling and looking so much better.  I'm thankful nothing happened to her while we were so far away.  God is so good.

Etta Sue, I think it's so neat that your sister/best friend is also your nearest neighbor.  Enjoy!  ;)  8)

I am fading fast, plan to go to bed early again tonight.  Maybe in a few more days we will get rested.  (I hope)  The trip was worth it, though!  :thumbsup:

Janet - while you're in Dodge City tomorrow, be sure and stop in at the Long Branch saloon.  And say hello to the Marshal.  How far is that from where you live?

Al, Dodge is 80 miles East of our town.  I have been to the Long Branch several times---had a Sarsparilla!  ;) (Tastes like root beer to me!)  And if I should run into the Marshall I will give him your greetings.  ^-^

We had a horrendous storm here on the island.  A most terrible snow storm, high winds, then down came the hard rain.  We were without power after my last post, from noon on Monday until 3 PM today.  Candles and oil lamps (small) don't throw much light and it gets dark around 4 PM and not light until around 7:30 AM, so it surely was a long time....some still without power.  Lines down everywhere, flooding all over, businesses suffering large loss due to water, etc.  Some trees in the back of the yard are badly damaged and the kids have to get a tree fellow to come and stop them from collapsing on the rabbits and this house.  Some folks were not so lucky and they got hit....

This house was sure lucky with having gas heat and cooking possible, tho' not easy in the light of candles.  My SIL is looking into getting a small generator this week.  Much of the damage is due to development causing run off and flooding happening.  Not to this house, but many places have suffered terrible loss.  Washington is in a bad way, and the mainland (Vancouver) had it even worse than the island.  I feel that we are protected by a kind God, as Amanda had to get home and leave her car due to the snow.  Folks at work helped her and watched over getting her back home.  She is fortunate to have so many caring people where she is working...not usual in this day!

I got to enjoy the radio again and caught up on all the old music from the 60's & 70's.....Played solitare by candlight.  Would have gone upstairs and played Yatzee but didn't want to leave the cat alone with all those candles.  I was raised on a farm  in the Prairies and we used lamplight until after the war and power became available.....forgot how hard it is to function without our things working with the touch of a button!! 

Thanks for the comments on my little poem.  I am sorry about your Mom, Janet and your sister, Nita.  I will continue to pray for them and you both.

Time to go.  Cooked dinner and just finished cleaning up.  Wendy is so tired and stressed...so got one of my hasty meals together for them.  We went out for breakfast and no one has been eating much the past two days.  So it will be good to get back to normal....whatever that is!  Storm may not be done yet.  So best enjoy the wonders of light and TV again...... :) :) :) :) :)

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

I found your account of the storms up there quite interesting, Liz.  We were living in SW Portland in Otober of 1962 and experienced the Columbus Day Storm, so I know whereof you speak.  In that one the entirety of Portland and Vancouver, Wash. were without power for some time, and there was much wind damage.  I thank our God that you were kept safe through your storms there.  And I pray you'll be able to get the damage repaired quickly.

Liz:  So sorry for the storm and damage to so many on the coast.  It sounds like you were able to cope probably much better than those who are so used to flipping a switch to make things happen.  We keep a wind-up radio around but I would have to look for it and wind-up flashlight as well.

Hoping and praying for all of you in the midst of these storms. 

Carol

SNOW!!  SNOW!!  SNOW!!  It is so pretty outside but not looking forward to going out in this stuff.  If I get a call from the Vet, then I am going to get cat food.  Otherwise, I will go with Ivalou when she gets her protime blood test.  She sure doesn't need to be driving in this but I will feel better if someone is with her. 

Nita and all the SrNetters on here ~ Ivalou and I went to the Calvary Bash I think back in 2003.  We went in the hotel, went to the basement where the lunch room was and as we exited the elevator, everyone said, 'There's Etta Sue and Ivalou'.  Ivalou was so surprised that everyone knew her.  They all talked to her like they had known her all her life!  She told me she really felt comfortable with all the people there.  She still can't realize how you can 'talk' to people through cyberspace and they become like family to you.  She doesn't have a computer! 

Well, like I say....I will be going out in this but not sure which way I wall be going.  I took this photo this morning out my front window.  You can see the red bows on my deck blowing in the wind! 



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I have a rather urgent prayer request, I am putting it here because it will be short term.

Behind us we have bush, lots of forest both owned by us and others as well as crown land.  This is a vast area of forest.  While the girls were heading to bed last night they complained that they were seeing lights shining in the sky.  I popooed it and sent them to bed.  Today while they were in the bush they heard a woman and a child screaming for help.  When the girls called they said they had been out all night lost.  Please pray for the woman and the child, I have called the police and they are geearing up to go searching for these two.  Please pray safety for the police, as well as success in locating the people.  It was a VERY cold night last night and today is not much better.

Thank you
JudyB

Oh, my Judy!  That is indeed a worrisome situation with the cold we've been having.

Liz, I'm so glad you're ok.  I've been hearing the news about your awful storm and yours as well you folks in Oregon and N. California.

We've had it as well.  It's been terrible.

Everyone, dress warmly!

Thanks for the devotional, Etta Sue!

We only want what is God's will for our lives.  Sometimes it's hard to wait but wait we must!

I am back online. no time to  post much righ now I still have to read all I have missed and check the hundreds of email I now have.  

Hey there, Marilyn!   :wave: Welcome back!! You really were missed, y'know.   ;)

Why thankee Jane.

Ok I have read all of the posts for this week but still have to go back to last week or maybe not.  I got another job last week  cooking supper for a couple threedays per week, then the lady fell and was in the hospital for a few days and now that job has increased. Praise the Lord. I have the two jobs every day and then every once in awhile driving yet another person to town to shop.

The Caregiver Registry called me last week to interview me for a featured article on me for the next Caregiver quarterly newsletter. I can't get over  how much people like my work, to me it is just being me and the compliments overwhelm me.

I sure had computer withdrawals for a week and a half.  I was so mad at Earthlink  that they gave me a $5.00 refund on last months bill after the first call  and this month is free after phone calls every day telling them how unhappy I was; and the trouble they were causing me by not listening and sending me the new modem a week ago when I told them that was the problem. Theyhad to take me through all these troubleshooting changes and even sent out the phone ocmpany to check he lines. The telephone repair men updated  the lines from the pole to the house and installed an new box put new lines in for the house. The box and lines were not the problem. Etta Sue I wish you had told me about Earthlink before I signed on with them.  I am now stuck with them until Sept. 2008 then they raise the price to $ 29.95 from 19.95 and I will be changing at that time.

Gotta go now I am late for Bible Study.

Nice to see you back Marilyn!

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Hi everyone.  Once again this was Bible study day with the pastor at the church and then I had choir practice this evening so spent most of the day at the church.

Marilyn, glad to see you back online and sorry you have had so much trouble with Earthlink.  I had a DSL account with them some years ago and they were fine but I think the company has fallen on some hard times and the quality of their service as declined.  Our church website is hosted by Earthlink but I access the files using FTP and haven't experienced a problem with that part of their service.

JudyB, certainly hope they can locate the woman and child.  That would be so frightening.

Liz, they have had a lot of film on the news concerning the flooding in the northwest.  Glad to see you back online. 

Etta Sue, that sure looks like winter up your way.  Glad you have a nice warm home.

Time to turn in for the night.

Hi, Marilyn. :) :)

Not many messages today.  Good to have you back with us, Marilyn.

Etta Sue--pretty photo, but B-r-r-r-r-r-r!!  Good you and Ivalou take good care of each other.

Liz, what an ordeal for you and the others on the island.  I'm so glad you are all right!

It was cold here today, but not a flake of snow.  Judy, I hope to read here tomorrow that the woman and child were found safely, and with no frostbite!  How awful for them!

Al, I didn't see the Marshall, but Miss Kitty sent you a big kiss!  <3   :lol:

I don't think Pat and I will attempt to take Beth out for the day again, or at least not soon.  It is an exhausting ordeal for us.  Beth can barely drive her power chair, can't reach and get anything off a shelf, she falls to the side in her chair and can't straighten herself up; and she nearly slides out of the chair (in spite of the seat belt) and it is all the two of us can do to pull her up again.  I know she needs to get out some, but it is becoming a really hard job.  Poor Beth----and nothing we do seems to improve her condition in the least, just downhill more and more.  OK, enough of that.

Good news!  My niece Audra, who had the very, very serious heart surgery, did well, and is back home recovering.  She is not to lift, or do hardly anything for some time yet.  Her husband had used all of his vacation days to be with her at the Mayo Clinic, but his co-workers  donated one day each of their days off so he could stay with her the first week back home.  Now my sister (her grandma) is staying with her for two weeks.  The kids are in day care and pre-school (maybe he is in kindergarten) but anyway they are away during the day so Audra isn't being tempted to lift or do things for them.  Thanks for your prayers!  :)  God is so good!

I am exhausted, heading for my pillow now!

Hi, Pat!  Love you!

It's so nice to see those of you who are checking in.  Janet, I'm praying for your niece!


Now, I'm going to post the winners of the last Challenge in here.

Would you all please go to this topic...

http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=6428.msg113811#msg113811

and congratulate the winners?

Thanks so much...








Thank you to everyone who entered the 14th Mini Photo Challenge, and thank you to everyone who voted.

Here are the results of the photo challenge entitled:











































Pat

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Well, I am CARless again.  I went out to start my car and it wouldn't start.  I put on the quick start and it still didn't start.  So Ivalou drove to her doctor and I went with her.  While she was seeing the doctor, I prayed....asking God what I should do.  The answer came that I should call my third cousin's business and see if they do electrical work on cars!  Yes, they do.  Meantime, I had put the regular charger on my car battery.  It started up fine.  So I drove to Ivalou's....long distance...and asked her to follow me.  Miller's Body Shop is about 4 miles away....a lot better than the last guy which was about 20-25 miles away...one way.  I am confident that they will find my problem. 

Kaye Don called me last evening and is sending me the receipt that he has when he bought my quick start and I will try to exchange it for one that has more amps.  If it won't quick start a car, then it is no good to me. 

So today Kitty is driving me to my doctor appointment to get my flexible laryngoscopy!  Then we will come back here, watch a TV show that she wanted me to keep and then go to her house and we are making Christmas Mice. 

JudyB ~ Did they find the woman and child?  How sad! 

Jane ~ I didn't mean to slight you.  Did your doctor find a growth on your larnyx?  I still have a deep cough.  But I don't know if it is from the surgery or still a cold hanging on. 

Gotta run.  Gotta dry my hair!

Thanks, Pat, for posting the winners.  It's very encouraging - they're the ones I picked!  If you want, from now on, you can just ask me who the winners should be.

Thanks, Janet, I know the people there probably missed me.  I don't think there's an episode of that series that I haven't seen at least twice (or many more).  We love the exchanges between "Doc" and Festus.

Well, I gotta go for physical therapy again this AM.  It's the next to last of the scheduled appointments for this TMJ problem that I had.  It's very much better now, so, hopefully, I won't need any more appointments.  As sinners, we deserve all our maladies, but our God is so merciful that He has provided us doctors, etc.  Thank You, Father!

Good Morning last night I forgot to tell you that  on Tuesday they xrayed my left thumb area and my right wrist. I am supposed to hear from the Orthopaedic Surgeon by Monday with an appointment, if I don't I have to call my doctor's office back to have them call again.

JudyB I hope they have found the woman and child and that they are alright.

Liz you sure got is bad during that storm.

Gotta go now and catch up a little bit on SN before I go to work. I am doing three jobs today, I had a prior commitment to take someone to Winco in Eureka to shop before my hours got extended at my afternoon job.

ooooh I made third in the challenge - well that's an improvement on last outing.  Maybe if we have a contest that no-one else enters I'd even manage 1st  :lol:


I've put a series of Christmas poems onto my web page (under Christmas work) for anyone who might be interested.
http://wordsculptures.co.uk/default.aspx

Quote from: Etta Sue on December 06, 2007, 08:02:31 AM

Jane ~ I didn't mean to slight you.  Did your doctor find a growth on your larnyx?  I still have a deep cough.  But I don't know if it is from the surgery or still a cold hanging on. 
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The doctor said "It's quite common .... "  And here I thought I was unique.   :-\  Anyway, no growth but a swelling of the little gland/polyp between the vocal chords.  It's probably been that way for a long time (he says due to acid reflux, but I don't have heart burn, etc.) just getting progressively worse, and he has me on a generic Prilosec for 8 weeks and then I return to see how things are.

I still cough a lot ... and there's always mucus, but I suppose I should take his word for it and just wait and see .......  In the meantime, it's quite miserable and a distraction whenever I'm any place other than alone in my own home.   :-[  Oh, well.......  S'pose this is TMI, but you did ask. 

Wordsculptor - I really love the implications of the last line of your poem.  That's truly well said.

The only time I have been out the door today was to get the mail this afternoon!  I'm trying to get some things done, and this was one day I had no obligations or appointments outside the house.  I did get quite a bit done, including some matting and framing.  I'm hoping tomorrow I might even get the tree up, but don't quote me on that!

Wordsculptor, I love your little poem, must go and read some more of them.

Nothing much new here, they are predicting freezing rain for tomorrow, maybe turning to snow.  I will wait and see.

Hope all of you are doing well.

The Best Gift of
All This Christmas


The best gift of all this Christmas is the gift of God's own Son, Jesus Christ He is eternal life, He is your peace forever with God, He is your sins forgiven, and He is a home in heaven for you dear friend.
   But to make that gift yours you must openly receive it into your life, you must receive Jesus Christ into your life as your Lord and saviour, it is a positive action you alone must make of your own free will, no one else can receive Jesus Christ for you.
   The apostle Paul writes in, Colossians 2:6, "As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk in Him."
   If you have received Christ, you will need the support and fellowship of other Christians, and as a Christian, it will be more likely that the fellowship of other Christians will find you, that's a miracle in itself, its one of God's ways of saying, "You are Mine."
   Please do not leave this earth without knowing Jesus Christ as your Saviour, your own personal Saviour, and God whom you can call Abba father, literally, Daddy, to do so would be an act of rash foolishness. By accepting Christ you have all to gain and nothing to loose.
   A suggestion is to read the book of Ephesians chapters one and two, near the back of your Bible, from the very beginning learn to find passages of scripture for yourself it's the only way to learn and grow in the things of God.
   

Love and best wishes to you this Christmas

Hello again.  There are so many things I would like to say but it would sound like I was whining sisters I do not have but wanted so very much to have my brother and I are not close in that his life seems to be going in a different direction and besides he is 7 yrs younger. 

I heard a sermon on the TV and we should give Thanks first because God is already taking care of the situation, yet generly we give thanks after the storm so to speak.

It sure seems that it is winter and more winter, similar to the winters of 40 plus years ago.     I have been going to a chiropractor and he wants that I see him twice a week  results I am seeing for the first time since my back problem flared up last August.  It was also today that I had 3 medical appointments all part of the yearly med check up at least that is over. 

Judy has the missing lady and child been found yet? 

Mel is out curling and until he arrives home I will curl up with a book. Usually I do my reading in the afternoon while at work but a little job has been added so I have lost my time to read. 

Ruth   

Hi everyone.  Mom's computer isn't working at the moment so I am posting for her today.  These are her words:

Hi folks, the emergency in the back 40 was worked out.  Whoever had been there was gone by the time the police arrived. 

My computer has completely quit.  I think the on/off button is broken.  I am going to be taking it to Heather's to see if she can sort it out for me. 

I will be back when I can.

JudyB

Hello all
I'm am back yet again things are well going busy busy busy for all i know... it is quite cold here and only supposed to get colder well anyways i must be off gotta go to bed get up go to work and be off and about all over again tomorrow i'll tlak to you later havea  great time!
Sarah
Janet i was driving to work the other day and heard jeff on the radio promoting his business and i thought hey i know that guy LOL anyways talk at ya later

Good late evening to all.  Well the wife and have been very busy helping our daughter with our grandson and it is hard for such a change in there life.  In a few weeks things will get better.

I have read through the posting's and it is always so interesting to here what you are all doing.

Janet.  You sound like your atre very busy please look after yourself.

Etta Sue: Thank you for the devotional and it is amazing how God's timeing is alway's perfect the devotional was so good for me and for others.  Thank you.  Wealso had chinese food last night.

Judy B. Hi judy and  Heather Glad to here that John arrived safely. Re: piano.  Can't teach anold dog new tricks.  HA HA.

lARRY you sound like you are always so busy please send me some of your energy.  I need it for the grand kids.

Al; These computers are pain in the neck at times. hope you get what you need.

Carol:  Hope all is well and you can keep the snow.  :D

Nita: Sound's like yoour weather is much worse than ours please stay safe and warm. :coffee:

Well it is getting late and we have a very busy weekend as we are doing the Christmas visting to our very close friends up in the cityof Toronto and the surrounding area's as time is flying by. So my the  Lord bless you all and give you all a wonderful weekend. <3 <3

Here we are Friday already and I am looking forward to being able to get the rest of my Christmas decorating done.  Mel rec'd his Christmas pkg from P&G yesterday yes all retiree's will get this gift as long as necessary, he could choose to have the value donated to United Way but he does like getting the gift lots of goodies.
I am doing some coping of receipts  then I will be sending the originals off to the ins. for payment into our account.  Better keep going inorder to have it finished before leaving for work. 

We had more snow this morning but later in the day it is to clear up bringing sun.

Off to have a cup of tea    :coffee:   Ruth

Still CARless!  Kitty took me for my flexible laryngoscopy yesterday and to the grocery store.  She needed some things at Best Buy.  Then we came here to watch 'Flip that House' that her cousin's son was a contractor in Austin, Texas.  We also watched the Rockettes on the Radio Hall Music Christmas Special that I recorded.  Then we went to her house and made Christmas Mice out of Marichinno (sp) cherries, melted chocolate, Hershey kisses, sliced almonds and decorating gel.  Fun!  Then she brought me home.  Great day! 

Jane ~ I found out the tickle, cough, mucous was my blood pressure pills.  I changed pills and was okay.  But since my last cold, I still have some tickle, cough and mucous. 

Marilyn ~ I forgot to comment on your Earthlink and why I didn't tell you about Earthlink.  Well, I probably did tell about my problems with Earthlink but that might have been before you were using Earthlink.  All I know is my computer was acting so crazy and when I had a computer guru come look at my computer, he told me that Earthlink items were causing my problems.  He deleted everything about Earthlink...I use Outlook Express now.  And all the other things that had the Earthlink software, he deleted.  Now if I 'search' on my computer for 'earthlink', it will show nothing about Earthlink in my computer now.  AND the best part....my computer is running fabulously now! 

Tonight Ivalou and I are going with 5 others and meet 13 others at Boggstown Caberet.  I don't know how many miles it is but at least an hour away.  It's a dinner theater.  I was going to drive this other ladies new SUV but one lady heard it may snow and sleet tonight so she isn't going.  So the lady with the SUV said she is going to see if her husband would go and HE could do the driving and us women could talk!!!  Sounds great to me.  I really don't like to drive someone else's vehicle if the roads are bad.

New snow this morning.  So pretty unless you have to get out in it!!  Below is a picture on my disco chairs on my deck yesterday!




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Well, Etta Sue, I probably would not be sitting out there on your deck in those disco chairs today.  Brrrrr

That flexible thingy is what I had, too.  Anyway ... I will go along with what the doctor says and let it play out.  He thinks, when I return in 8 weeks, things will be back to normal (whatever that is) .... Hope he's right!   ???

Great picture, Etta Sue!  Won't be long till Spring... I hope, I hope!  ;)

Lovely poem, Keith.  Thanks so much for sharing.

Hope it's not too long till Judy's computer is fixed.

It's so nice to read all your posts.

Do I just love Hershey's chocolate Etta,

Etta Sue, if your coffee is too hot, just set it on that table and it will cool off in no time!  Have fun at the dinner theater!  I love going to those, but this series we haven't gone to Dodge, as we dislike that long drive home in the dark.  :(

Glad the people near JudyB are all right, or I guess that's what her message meant. (?)

I did get the tree up today, and some other stuff done, as well as coloring Pat's hair for her.  She's a decided redhead---she decided years ago that's what she wanted to be!  And she fixed my hair, too.

I got a call from the Care Home today.  They say neither Mom nor Beth is doing well.......... And that I need to tell my siblings that they should come to see Mom soon.  Doesn't sound good at all.  She seemed so much better to me a couple days ago, but she seems to have "lost her spark" so to speak.  No matter how old we are, I guess we are never ready to let our parents go, are we?

My painting meeting tomorrow has been canceled until January because of bad weather.  Fine with me.  I was ready, but can sure use the extra day to do stuff around here, really must go to the Home tomorrow and check on Mom and Beth.

I just hope the weather doesn't keep me from getting to the eye doctor early Monday morning!!!

Hi everyone.  It is getting late so will try to be brief but wanted to check in.  I spent a good part of the day getting my Christmas Cards and letters ready to mail tomorrow.  I also tried to find something for our daughter-in-law that we wanted to get but they apparently don't make that item anymore.

Janet, so sorry to hear that your mother and Beth are both failing.  I agree with you in that it is never easy to give up our parents but most of us have to face that time.  The thought of losing a child is even more frightening. 

Pat, thanks for sharing the winning pictures and congrats to the winners.

Etta Sue, sorry to hear of your new car problems.  Hope they find the problem.

I have read all the other postings but will not try to respond to them tonight.

Here, it has been snowing all day but not much accumulation. 

Gord Brown:  Now, how did you know we had some snow???? 

Still, I drove to the gym for pool exercise - even though I have a reaction to a Shingles shot in my upper arm but it is a closed area, just red & feverish in a huge spot.  Ugly.  Tried all day to work on sewing bowls for gifts and they are not good enough for giving away so now, I will have 4 fabric bowls in my sewing room for odds and ends (of which I own too many odd things)

Judy  B:  Thanks to Heather we know that everyone is out of the woods.  Hope your 'puter is fixed.

Janet:  Praying for you and the family.

Marilyn:  Welcome back - I am so glad that you have some more hours for work. 

Pat:  Hi - I sent in Lesson 4 and will see how that PSP lesson turns out.  Carol

Well today was sort of busy. I had to get up at my usual time in the afternoon, but instead of going to work, My wife and I had to go and sing in our christmas program at church. Fortunately I got 4 hours off so I could fo it! Well now I have to finish the rest of my 12 hour shift. Tomorrow we do the second performance, but I don't have to work that night.

I am enjoying my new working hours and both of my Jobs. The morning job is two hours on Monday morning and one hour the rest of the week. I am loading or unloading the dishwasher, making beds, general housekeeping. the afternoon job I am mainly just being there for anything they need.

I was originally hired to come for two hours and prepare supper and clean up afterward. Then Evelyn fell and went to the hospital for a few days;the family decided that they both needed someone to be there for more hours. So Now I am doing what I always do, the light housekeeping afternoon snacks, supper etc.

I do spend  some time petting their dog Buck and teaching him how to shake hands and do the tricks he knows for treats. He is a Springer Spaniel and so smart. He learned to give me his paw on the 3rd try.

I have two hours 4 of those days between jobs, that gives me time to come home, let the dogs out and take them for their walks. I wouldn't even think about taking them out for walks after dark so this works out perfect for me and for Happy and Bebe. we have no street lights on the route that I walk them, we are semi rural here just a Municipality, many of our streets are gravel, mine happens to be paved. 

Today I am taking care of those things around my house that need doing. like washing the kitchen curtains, and my sheets. I will also vacuum and clean the kitchen too. It doesn't take long in my cozy house.

Janet what sad news to hear about Beth and your mother. I do hope they improve even if only a little bit I will pray for them.

Carol sorry your fabric bowls didn't come out the way you wanted them . I don't sew if I don't feel well or am hurting someplace or in a hurry. It never turns out the way it should. Now with my hands hurting so much of the time I have a hard time just holding a book in my hands. My time on the computer is diminishing considerably.

This post is getting too long to include all I want to and my hands are hurting so Hi everyone hope you are all well and healthy. I will write more later.

It was fun last evening.  Great food.  Very, very good Golden Butterfly Shrimp, baked potato with butter and sour cream, salad and fried biscuits with apple butter.  The show was audience participation.  And I was seated on the aisle.  Now there were only 70-80 people there so that wasn't too bad.  But first thing they took three ladies out and put aprons on them that looked like they had bikinis on and taught them to dance a routine.  I am sitting there telling myself, if you are chosen to do something, just do it.  Make the best of it.  Go along with the flow.  I certainly don't like attention brought to me.  I was getting anxious...hoping he would come to me and get over whatever I needed to do.  So then he pulled a lady out of her chair and took her to a gentleman and told them to dance together.  Slow dancing.  After about 5 couples dancing, he came to me.  Okay.  I can do this.  I used to love to slow dance with my husband.  But the M.C. danced with me.  I was so relieved when it was over.  And I really enjoyed the rest of the show since that was over. 

It was raining when we left and 35°...just enough for it to still be rain and not sleet.  But Sam drove his own SUV and did very good, except when he looked at the GPS on the dash or his wife in the front seat, the steering wheel turned the SUV to the left.  I didn't like that.  I never saw anyone drive left of the center line as much as Sam!  It was a 77 mile ride on country roads!!  But we made it and all is fine. 

Tonight Ivalou and I are going to her minister's home for a Christmas Open House.  That should be fun.  Her minister and his wife and I know a lot of people in common from my church!  And one of their son's best friend is getting married next weekend in my church. 

Cold here.  Only 30°.  Not melting the existing snow at all!! 

Below you will find a picture of a Christmas Mouse.  Remember marishino (sp) dipped in melted chocolate for the back half.  A Hershey kiss for the head.  Almond slices for the ears.  And decorating gel for the eyes and nose.  Fun!




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Etta sue that mouse is so cute.

But would you believe I have never eaten a Christmas Mouse.  I ate some cherries that didn't have any tails though!

 
Etta Sue, that mouse is sooo cute!  My, you have such an interesting life....I love reading about all your activities.

Cold here and they mentioned snow on Monday.  Glad it is going to wait, tho' had planned a trip to the 'big' city that day.  Will wait until later in the week.  I went out and bought some powerful battery op. lights for the next disaster....just in case.  Also a little reading light for me and my SIL, we both had a problem with the candles.

I am cooking dinner tonight as we all are going to a 'light up' outdoor, carols, fire, gathering of the neighbors.  My daughter and another couple of ladies got it all arranged and people are most receptive to the idea.  They are also trying to arrange a neighborhood watch program.  It is going to be 'A Lovely Day In The Neighborhood' if they keep at this......

Tonight I am cooking oven baked steak, vegetables, salad and a light lemon pudding.  Still lots of problems with my tummy and it is hard to eat anything without adding to the problem....medicine doesn't seem to help much, so not rushing back to the doctor.  Ah me, the price of being old!  Good thing I really am not fond of food or it would be a really big problem!!!

Glad that you are happy in your new work, Marilyn.  Also, sad to learn that Beth and Janet's mom are not doing well. 

Must go now.  Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz
   

Quote from: SmokeytheDog on December 08, 2007, 12:09:15 AM
Well today was sort of busy. I had to get up at my usual time in the afternoon, but instead of going to work, My wife and I had to go and sing in our christmas program at church. Fortunately I got 4 hours off so I could fo it! Well now I have to finish the rest of my 12 hour shift. Tomorrow we do the second performance, but I don't have to work that night.

Smokey, that sounds like a lovely evening.  Hope it all went well. 

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Etta Sue, that's a fantastic idea for a dessert!

Thanks for sharing!

Liz, I've been thinking of you and all that horrible weather during the past couple of weeks!

What a time the west has had!

Your dinner sounds so delicious!


I'm so enjoying REJOICE RADIO here as I read your posts!

Have you got it on?

Click on this link:  REJOICE RADIO (http://www.rejoice.org/)

AWWWW, what a cute lil' mousie!  If Abby were here I would get the stuff and make some of those.  Maybe we can do that when she's out of school for Christmas break!  Thanks for the photo, Etta Sue.  When you told us about making them I wasn't able to picture them in my mind.  A picture truly is worth a thousand words!

My painting meeting was canceled and I have worked all day "decking the halls" so to speak!  The living room, dining room and kitchen look really nice, but my bedroom is a disaster!  All the wrapping stuff is piled in here.

I had to stop what I was doing to go to the care home.  Mom looks bad, feels bad.  So sad to see.  Beth is aggravated because of the lift they have to use for her declining condition.  She and I went to the Sunflower room and I addressed her Christmas cards for her---until we ran out.  She has a lot of friends!  :)

Pat, when are you going to be available to talk?

I must try to get my Christmas letter written!  The days keep flying past!  :o

Hi everyone.  We were gone all morning and then went out to lunch with friends.  I came home and took a quick nap and since then worked for several hours on redoing the website for our PC User Group.  I am using a new program I got and it really makes a nice looking page.  I have a few more hours of work to do on it.  I am now sitting in my easy chair and watching a women's basketball game between Kentucky and Michigan.  It is a good game and tied with only about 2 minutes left.

Etta Sue, I showed the little mouse to Pat and she wanted me to send the picture and how you made it to her.  She likes to make fun things like that for the holidays.  It sounds like you had a good time even if you did have to perform at the show.  The meal sounded very good.

Janet, do Beth's friends visit her in the home?  One of the things my dad couldn't understand was why when he was in the nursing home that so few of his friends would come to visit him.  There were a few that were faithful.  With your sense of art and design I am sure your home but be beautifully decorated. 

Pat, I haven't been listening to the Rejoice station but the Pandora site and listened to Christian music all afternoon. 

Liz, you are wise to be prepared for a loss of power.  I did something similar a few years ago but probably need to do more.  Hope you won't need to use the items.

Marilyn, glad you are enjoying your new jobs and they sound ideal for your situation with the dogs.  Sorry to read that your hands are bothering you so much.

Smokey, glad you were able to get off to participate in your Christmas music program. 

Carol, are you a perfectionist?  You sort of sound like my wife in not thinking somethings she has made are good enough although I don't hear this very much anymore.  Are you getting snow out your way?

Etta Sue:   Thanks for sharing your Christmas Mouse with us. I will be getting the ingredients and giving them a try, it sounds time consuming but easy.

This afternoon our son came with a delivery of paper product as he works in the industry, he and his Dad did a couple of errands  one of which they bought an electric insert for our imitation fireplace it looks so much nicer than our very old one, this one also has a heater in it as well.

Marilyn it is good that you puter is back to normal again, you feel lost when something is not in working order.

We are getting more snow this evening I do not think we are to get very much I hope as I would like to go to Cdn Tire for some Christmas Snow to finish putting together my village.

Tomorrow is another day          Ruth

Larry, could you tell us again about Pandora please?

Hi everyone, so good to see all the posts from y'all.  Marilyn, I'm glad you are back online and your employment has improved.  Janet, glad you made it home safely, but sorry about your mother and daughter, will be praying. 

Pat, I met a couple from Toronto this afternoon.  They were on their way to Florida.  They stopped at my little store while their motor home was being serviced.  I immediately thought of you, (beings that you are from Canada and all!)


Been really busy working and doing school with the kids, I get online but don't have much time to post.

Later,
Samantha :)

Hi Samantha

Hi Samantha!

Wish I had been with them!  It's so chilly up here.  Have a look in my temperature in my signature and you'll see what I mean!

(Thanks for thinking of me!)

Thanks for the comments on the Christmas Mice.  It is really fast doing them if two people work together.  I coated the cherries with stems in the melted chocolate and laid them sideways on parchment paper.  Kitty put the unwrapped Hershey Kiss on the end of the cherry and added two slices of almonds for ears.  After they set awhile, she put on the eyes and nose with red decorating gel.  Thats it!

Since I am CARless, I am going with Ivalou to church this morning.  It was so much fun last evening at her ministers home.  What a spread of food!!  Then this afternoon Ivalou and I are going to Welliver's Smorgasbord in Hagerstown, IN.  I haven't been there for 40+ years.  It will be our Christmas present to each other. 

Good frozen morning to all y-all.  I am going to wear my winter tights under my clothing this morning, also put on two pr of gloves to try to keep my hands from hurting. I wish I could just stay at home where it is nice and warm and not have to go out to the cold car. I will also be wearing my long, lined leather trench coat.

I did manage to get out yesterday and walk the dogs, the day was beautiful but cold.

I spent about two hours IMing with my grand daughter late in the afternoon.

I pray all of you will  be keeping warm today.

Howdy!  It's cold here, but the really bad stuff missed us.  There was a continuous stream of church service cancellation notices running across the TV screen this morning, so much of our area got the bad weather.

Our pastor and wife are having an Open House this afternoon, then tonight is dress rehearsal for the Christmas play the kids are doing next Sunday night, so no evening services at our church tonight.  They are starting (in the new year) something called Six for Dinner.  Everyone who signs up will be divided into groups of six--four adults and two teens--and once a month for three months they will get together for dinner.  When it is the teens' turn, they can either cook or we will go out together for dinner.  Sounds like a nice way to get to know the church family better.  I signed us up!  :)
OH!  After the three months, we will be assigned to new groups for the next quarter, etc.

My computer says it is 23 degrees here, and it feels like it!  But no wind, so could be so much worse!

Prayers for me would be appreciated--my appointment with the eye specialist is early in the morning in Garden City.  Dr. Fry will decide if it is time to remove the cataracts, and I'm praying he will do it.  I went for a consult with him two years ago, and he said no at that time.  I JUST WANT TO SEE!!

Marilyn, do you have arthritis or rheumatism in your hands, or is it some other problem?  I'm so glad I had my surgery and my hand no longer hurts!

Larry, thank you for those kind words.  I wish I could say you are right, but I am not a great decorator!  But I like what I have done, guess that's what counts.  I'm so excited for you and the wonderful Christmas you will enjoy with your family!  God is SO GOOD!!!  :)

It's a little cold in here, my back is freezing, think I will go where it is warmer!

We have another little 'winter wonderland' on the island this morning.  The snow came one day early and it is supposed to rain later today.  Then one day of sunshine tomorrow.  So could surely be much worse....!  Cold, but pretty  :)  The cold here is so damp..not like in Alberta.

I didn't go out last night, it was so cold.  Wendy can hardly move this morning and it was not good for her....They had a nice group turn out and much singing went on.  This type of gathering is so good for everyone now, what with all the change going on around the area.  Neighbors getting to know one another and watching out for problems.  It all started with the death of that beautiful young Christian daughter, when people reached out to the parents.  So God's influence is present.....

Have read all the posts and will pray for the problems mentioned. 

Pat, I tried Pandora when Larry first mentioned it, they wouldn't do Canada.  So much for free trade!!!!   ;)

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Liz, the gathering sounds so nice, sorry you had to miss it.  In these days of hurry-scurry, hustle-bustle, we need to slow down and make time for appreciating people.  Maybe if we all try to just give a warm smile and look into people's eyes and say something kind, it will go a long way toward a more civil world.  What do you think?

Stay warm!

Janet I have a bone spur at the base of my left thumb, been there for years. But lately (last 3 years) has been very painful at times. I have developed a cyst on top of the wrist bone, the one that sticks up. I am sure there is some arthritis or rumatoid arthrits as my little fingers are crooked and maybe some Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. God healed me of CPS 9 years ago.

Good sermon this morning but Danny got rather long wnded at the end telling stories. We went way overtime and I was starving by the them he let us go. I have eating my spinach salad right now. It has tomato, clementine tangerine, red bell pepper, celery, olive oil, vinegar, and fat free sour cream. I will also have a grilled cheese sandwich.

I am sad beyond belief over the shootings at a missionary school in Arvada - we were watching our grandson play hockey & thrilled at their win over the   #1 placed team - & he had 1 goal and 2 assists - big scoring.  We were right down a few blocks from the deranged killer.  Just make me so sick over this violence & a church in Colorado Springs had a shooter so they are trying to find out if it is the same person.  Imagine - that huge church had an armed security guard.  What in the world is happening to our county? 

Marilyn:  When things hurt a lot, I take a generic Aleve.  Blessings to you as you!

Larry:  We have about 5 in. of snow, have new tires so the minivan did alright today - we just wanted to watch our grandson play and visit with the children at a pizza place.  Our wishes were granted - I am sick at heart over the sad news of this rough society.  When gentle, loving people are hated so much. 

Pray for these families.  Carol

Well Our Christmas program went well on Saturday, we had about 110 who came. A few more than on Friday. We dodged the bullitt weather wise. They were predicting sleet and freezing rain for Saturday night, but it held off till Sunday afternoon, and then it wasn't as bad, as they had predicted.

Just some thoughts from Sunday morning

Choir performances are like life... you just have to keep going

Sunday morning we did about half the christmas program, and boy did things go wrong! We had problems with the sound, the monitors weren't working, the mikes on the actors developed severe scratching noises, and we had plenty of feedback. On one number the CD even started to skip! (I thought that went out with records!) We started that song over. Even though we had all those problems, we still got through it. We will all have problems in life. With God's help we will be able to keep on "performing" for Him!

FYI  the name of the program was "In the fullness of time" by Richard Kingsmore

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Hi everyone. 

We are going to have a very unseasonable 75 degrees today and about that for the next 3 days. 

Last evening was our Sunday School Christmas party and we had a carry-in dinner with everyone pitching in for the ham and turkey.  One of the ladies had beautifully decorated the big round tables and everyone seemed to have a very good time.  I think we had 25 in attendance.

Pat is at the church this morning with her portable sewing machine helping make  costumes for our Christmas cantata new Sunday evening.  Our church has been borrowing costumes and our director decided it was time to have some of our own.

Carol, that was certainly a tragedy with the shootings in your area yesterday.  Glad you got to see your grandson play and be your family for pizza.

Pat, www.pandora.com is a website that lets you select the artist or type of music you want to hear and it will play some by that person and similar music by lesser known artists, which I have found to be of excellent quality.  You can setup your own stations after you do the free registration.  It doesn't put any software on your computer.  Liz, I didn't realize it wouldn't work in Canada.  I would think it would be available world-wide although I can see they might not allow registration outside the US. 

Smokey, the problems in your program sounds like the things that directors would least like to happen but the program must go on.

Marilyn, sorry it is so cold out your way and that your hand is hurting so much.

Janet, we are really looking forward to Christmas this year with those little ones.  We have even done our shopping early.

I am going out to get Pat's Christmas present this morning but want to wait until they open and be sure they haven't sold out before I make the trip to the mall area.  I want to get up there an back before Pat gets home.

Ohhh, Smokey!

What a hassle for the folks running the program.  I bet it was still enjoyed though. 

Larry when I click on the Pandora link, here's what I get:

Dear Pandora Visitor,

We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.

We believe that you are in Canada (your IP address appears to be 99.225.42.13). If you believe we have made a mistake, we apologize and ask that you please contact us at pandora-support@pandora.com


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Hi all! 

I have my car back.  Not fixed but okay, I guess.  There is a drain from the instrument panel on the battery and one small drain from the radio on the battery.  He said when I leave my GPS on that adds to the drain and if left un-started for 4-5 days, my battery will be dead.  So he says to make sure all my lights are off and my GPS's are UNPLUGGED, not just turned off AND to start the engine every other day at least, that I should have no problems.  He said it was quite costly to get the instrument panel fixed and the radio checked out.  So I told him....one more time of having to use a quick start or a charger, and I would bring it back and get it fixed right! 

So Kitty took me to get my car.  Then I went to the bank.  I am baking baked beans in the oven right now and when they are done and cooled enough to handle, I am going to Kitty's to help her put a kitchen together for her granddaughter, Katie, for Christmas.  Then tonight is a pitch-in at the Photo Guild.  Big day!! 

Time to lock the door and open a new topic for the week.

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