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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:

God can change a ruler, God can remove a ruler, and God can overrule a ruler.


You ask, ?Should I pray for my leader if he?s wicked?? You ought to pray all the more for him. Why?  Because the Bible says, ?I exhort therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men; for kings and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior.? 1Timothy 2:1-3


The greatest responsibility in America is not in the White House but in the church house. We?re to pray for our government. Pray for those who are in authority.





ACTION POINT:

Would you pray for America right now? You might pray, ?Oh God, bless America. Lord, we deserve judgment, but we need mercy. Bring this nation, Lord, back to You. The troubles that we see in our land are tokens of Your love to bring us to our knees. Lord, it?s beyond us. God, we need You in America.?



Devotions taken from the messages of Adrian Rogers.

Hi, friends,

It has been a good day to worship. I  have begun watching a wonderful, live streamed church service on computer. Today was a great patriotic program.

For those of us who live in America, we need to remember that Christianity was the basis for our government and its laws.

May God lead us through His word.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

AMEN, Ruth Ann!

Good Monday morning, yes I am still in the land of the living, just not much to talk about, I know, I know, you are saying, that makes a change....

I got out of bed in a hurry this morning and put out my early morning empty vegi box for collection only to come indoors, then remember today is not Tuesday, so back to bring the box in...and to think I didn't need to rush to get out of bed in such a panic, the delivery man comes between 7.15 and 7.30, I woke up 6.40 this morning...an hour or so later than my norm...

Thank you Larry Hanna and Janet on my link....The Resume Of Jesus Christ....just happy that it never went unnoticed...

Metal man just turned up 15 minutes ago 10.am, no warning he was coming but...he is here to put my metal handrail in...let us hope this time round he doesn't fit it then reconnect it to take away with him to finish off the last piece and to galvanise...Anyway once connected if I choose to leave from the car to our back garden to get inside my home, this should make my life a tad easier, once I know my legs, my walking will be able to tolerate some large sets of concrete steps, I am sure better than tackling a downhill slope...I have trouble sensing the ground and my footing as it is, another MS symptom we have to deal with...

Hi everyone. Hi everyone.  I am getting off to a slow start this morning as didn't get up until a little after 8.  Pat beat me up this morning and had fixed her own breakfast.  The only thing on the schedule for today is to go down to our Kroger store and pick up an online order that Pat placed yesterday.  This will be our first time to use this service at Kroger.  It is going to be another hot and humid day with a halfway chance of rain this afternoon. 

Jeanne, that devotional thought is so right on and certainly fits with this week.  Thanks for getting us started for a new month.

Ruth Ann, nice you can watch a live church service. 

Jackie,  I get mixed up on what day it is on occasion as the days go by so quickly.  I hope you get your new handrail in today and it is a big assist to you getting to and from the car. 

I started to write about a few issues and erased it - giving buckets of thanks for so many things.  Love our family.  This is a great country no matter who runs it down - we are blessed.  So many grateful things on my mind.

We are having to finish a deck staining job today because we ran out of stain.  This can is , of course, a tad different in color so we are both working on the actually decking.  The rails will be a tad darker.  We hope.  Life is "Always Something" and gives us a few jolts but I prefer to laugh. 

We are on call to help a neighbor with a delivery - it didn't show last week.  Their outdoor furniture has to be inspected before they accept the delivery.  I called a cousin in Minnesota and they are on their way today for a Colorado Springs wedding at a Christian camp.  After the wedding, 4 will come and stay with us but that won't be until the end of this week.  Two are children of missionaries in Kyrgyzstan.   

Larry:  Good for you on using the pickup service.  That will save a lot of walking.  Our temps are just plain hot - sprinkled with fire danger warnings all week.  Also, flooding from all the mountain snow and warnings to river rafters. 

Tonight will be reheating the beef stew and fresh corn on the cob. 

Jackie:  You will really like using a hand rail.  We need to put one in the front - I use the hand rail every time going to the basement - it is an open basement with door plus windows so it is my sewing room plus a room with a bed and trundle bed sofas and fireplace for company.  I feel better having a rail for company and us as well.   

Oh, Larry!  I never thought you would beat Pat up!!  Is she all right?     We slept late here this morning, too, until 7:10.  Then we did go to the gym,
so have started our week right.

My brother's wife assured my sister that she had accepted Jesus years ago.  But Sis questioned her closely, and was assured all was well.  Several of her family members were there visiting at the time.  Today we got word that Lola is back in a coma and not expected to live.  Isn't God good?  He allowed her to rally and talk to her family and let us all be assured of her eternal home, now she can depart in peace.

Our dishwasher bit the dust yesterday.  We have been working on it but do not know if it will work properly.  So we may be going shopping for a new one in the next few days.
I don't want to go back to washing dishes by hand. 

Carol, I have done that a few times, too.  I decide why write about problems to people who can't do anything about them anyway.  I mean things other than prayer requests.

Seems it's hard to get two cans of stains exactly the same color.  Hope the deck turns out beautiful!

Jackie, hope your handrail is up and that it's a great help to you!  Nowadays, I always slide a hand along the rail when going up or down steps.  Just good insurance, and much easier than recovering from a fall!

I need to get busy!  Love you folks!

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Hi everyone on this 4th of July. This reminded me to put out my American flag on this bright, sunny and soon to be very hot 96 degree day.  I got about 9 hours of rest/sleep last night and more more alert this morning.  I plan to just stay in where it is cool today.  I do need to shred a pound of cheddar cheese and then make up some more sausage muffins for Pat but neither job is difficult.  I am sitting here eating some of our first watermelon for the season.  I like it very much for breakfast as it is cold and tasty. 

Yesterday I did go to Kroger's to pick up the online grocery order and it worked very well.  In fact, we liked it better than Walmart in that you actually get a checkout receipt as if you had gone through a register.  This is really the way to grocery shop. These two stores are right across the highway from each other.

Carol, I agree we have so much to be grateful for in America.  Hope you were satisfied with the final results of our deck staining.  We also had fresh corn on the cob last evening and it sure tasted good.  Only in his later years did my folks have a basement and he was pretty crippled up by then.  He always went down the stair backwards holding on to the rail so if he fell he would fall upwards and not down the stairs.  In the house we left to come here we had a second handrail put into the stair well as Stacey lived up there for several years and she never fell on the stairs. 

Janet, that is a good one.  I will have to be more careful with my words.  I am glad your sister was able to speak to Lola.  These are tough days for a family knowing the end is near for a loved one.  Glad to read you are cautious with stairs and use the hand railing.  Isn't there a saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure or something like that? 

Jeanne, thanks for the beautiful July 4th banners.

Isaiah 26:3 'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.' This verse reminded me of a song we used to sing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNUOHsZw4wY  I have forgotten how to post a URL, however enjoy!

Well I am doing better today after a very bad Vertigo attack yesterday. I that one was the last for awhile these last 4 or 5 days have not been any fun at all. We are  Taking Freckles to the 4th of July celebration that the Fire Dept is putting on at the Park it is the annual Family day. Furry friends will be there to showcase all of our dogs and the Therapy Dog Program. I am taking  the poster and all the handouts to be on my display table. They will serve hotdiogs and hamburgers but I am taking protein bars and drinks for me and Keith.

Funny Story: When we were at Sunriver last month, I took Freckles for an early morning walk, a young couple were sitting on a picnic bench enjoying the morning sun. We stopped and I told them all about Freckles. I was wearing my normal extra dark sunglasses.  Later that evening I came back around from another direction and they were out there again. They said to me "Your seeing eye dog must have gotten sidetracked and took you the wrong way, good  to see you finally getting back.

Happy Independence Day to America!

I am listening to ALEXA play "50 American Patriotic Songs".  Remembering watching Don lead the parades in the Air Force.  I grew up with all Navy surroundings - with many invited to eat with us so a shock when I chose an AF guy.  Also, I taught all our children to go downstairs by saying "Go Navy!" and they knew to hang on to a rail and go backwards.  We had some steep stairs in old houses. 

Janet:  You can now rest with assurance - peace be with all.

Jeanne:  Thank you for the firework pictures.  We are banned here but did hear a couple last night.  I hope the neighbors will be better this year. 

A cousin will be here this weekend along with 2 grandsons  - must get busy. 

Marilyn:  Sorry about your Vertigo episode. 

We visited and helped our good friends a little yesterday. He is very weak.  Next week, I will drive myself and her for updating our driver's license.  We can plan - they have so many emergencies that nothing is for sure. 

Judy:  I'll try again to find your post.   

Happy Birthday, America!  You are still beautiful to me, and much loved!

Happy Independence day to you all, and Jeanne, I loved the graphics you put in.

Larry, good to read you had a good full night's rest and are feeling pert today!  Good day to stay indoors!  I just had to tease you a bit about beating Pat up.  I beat Darrel up every morning, poor guy, he's really abused!

Darrel is really working hard lately.  After getting the hydrant installed and the dirt back in the hole, today we (read he) is putting in a new garage door, the overhead one.
Ours had gotten so it popped and creaked when opening, he had repaired it with angle iron, more braces, etc., but it was just about ready to fall, and we sure didn't want it to fall on the car!  He has been putting it together for a few days, and today we got the old one taken down and are working on putting the new one up.  What a job!!  I'm so thankful he knows how to do mechanical and repair type stuff.  Can you imagine how much money that has saved us through the years?  A lot, is all I know.  This is another really hard job, involving lifting, carrying, getting up and down from ladders, drilling holes in steel, etc.  Whew!

I just asked if he could take a break for some iced tea, so he came in for about ten minutes, now he's back out there.  I have been helping him since breakfast, and am at the ready to help when he calls!  Another pair of hands is really good to have, even if their owner doesn't really understand the whole process! 

Marilyn, sorry to hear of your Vertigo attack.  My sister was having those a few years ago, but got over them, thank God.  She said a doctor told her to just bend over as far as she could and then shake her head as vigorously as possible.  And if she couldn't bend over and do it, then lie on the bed with her head hanging off and do it.  It worked for her.  You might try it, if you want, I have no idea if it works for everyone, but it sure beats taking drugs or going to doctors.  (IMHO)

I guess that was a natural assumption, thinking you were blind.  Glad you're not!

Darrel just came in saying, "I need something!"  I ran to see what, and he was at the sink, holding his hand tightly.  It was bleeding profusely!  He was driving a screw into the metal (red iron around the garage door) and the head of the screw broke off, causing him to slip and cut two fingers on a sharp corner of metal, part of the new track for the door.  I wrapped a rag around the two fingers tightly and he waited until the bleeding stopped, then said to just put Band-aids on them, which I did, and he went right back to work.  What a guy!

Abby had to work today until 3:00.  She wasn't too happy about that!  But she's really making good money, so she does as asked.

Beth had John call a while ago to ask if I am coming to see her today.  I told them we are putting in the garage door, but I will try to come as soon as I can.  I'm glad she misses me!  I try to go several times a week, and if I miss as many as three days in a row, I get a call!   

I'll go back out there now.  I can see him from here at my desk.

Hello again from the south coast of Oregon.  I have been absent for over a week while my sisters and daughter were visiting.  We managed to go some place every day ... sometimes several places!  I took them to Shore Acres and they loved and photographed all the lovely roses blooming there. Then we went to Florence and had a great time, and wonderful lunch at Mo's (a very popular sea food restaurant).  We managed to get to Bandon, where my daughter really loves, and the Cranberry Sweets and Fudge Factory.  Later we went to Cranberry Sweets here in North Bend because my sister had something in mind that she wanted to purchase.  We also spent time at the Myrtle Wood Factory here in Coos Bay, and toured the History Museum and sampling the amazing cuisine at several local restaurants. 

My sisters are from Tennessee and Missouri and they managed to coordinate their flights to both arrive into Eugene at the same time!  They rented a car and drove down here and said we'd use that car for all our running around to save both my car and my daughter's the mileage and gas.  Dottie drove up from California, arriving Saturday evening and my sisters came in on Sunday evening.  Now all are gone and I have done the laundry and settled back into my usual (hum drum) routine.  It was really great having them here.  One has to wonder when or if that will ever happen again.  We just have to enjoy the moment as it comes and always be sure to let each other know how much they are loved.

Since I was not able to even come and read for so many days, I have just spend the better part of an hour catching up on all your posts.  Good reading, I must say.  Thank you for your friendship and sharing even with this silent listener.

What a busy bunch everyone has been the past few days!

Marilyn, I can't imagine what it must be like to suffer from such vertigo.  Prayers are definitely for a healing for that. 

Janet, do you ever slow down? 

Jane, it sounds as though you and your sisters had the greatest visit.

Jane...
...what a wonderful day trip, and time spent, you had with your sisters and daughter...just savour the moment and its memories as how true, one never knows if they will ever get repeated...

Thank you Carol, Larry, Janet for your comments, re, my new metal handrail...it hasn't been used as yet, only when it was erected and he asked me to test it... but it will next time I leave from the car...yes handrails seems to be coming as a fashionable object-item as we now age...so the more we need, the more we have, the more we use...I have metal handrails to the front, metal handrails to the back...

Marilyn...
...no fun suffering vertigo...
...just another one of my MS symptoms I have to deal with.....Quoting....


" Research by Dr. Pula published in the Journal of Neurology suggests that when MS is more active, meaning new brain lesions are forming or old ones are getting bigger, vertigo is more often reported.

What we found is that there are many parts of the brain responsible for producing dizziness, Pula says. Acute vertigo can happen in MS and may be responsible for some of the symptoms and disability that happen in MS..."

Hi everyone. We are going to have a scorcher of a day getting up to 97 or so with no rain expected.  We have planned to go to the Chop House to celebrate Pat's Birthday and our wedding anniversary when occurs on Friday and Sunday.  However, Scott called last evening saying we may need to postpone it until Saturday as he has the installer for Direct TV coming between noon and four.  If the installer gets there and gone so we can get to the restaurant before 4 pm we will go ahead with our plans for today and if not it will be Saturday in the early afternoon as he has to be at work at 5 pm.  We have nothing else on our schedule for today.

Last evening I watched two 4th of July programs.  They were both on Public TV so no commercials.  The first was presented by the First Baptist Church of Columbia, South Carolina and it was a wonderfully patriotic program featuring a lot of the military past and present honoring them and our country in song and words.  It was so touching in a couple of places I found myself shedding tears.  They had done a similar program last year that I had seen so suspect it is an annual event.  I then watched the Capitol Fourth Celebration from the grounds of the Capitol and it was also excellent and the fireworks were enjoyable as the orchestra played the 1812 Overture.   

Judy, good to see your posting as it has been awhile.  I hope you and John are doing well by this time. Thanks for sharing the video.  I don't think I ever heard that hymn before. 

Marilyn, glad that vertigo attack is over for you and you were able to attend the program and promote the Therapy Dog program. Did you go along with the couple thinking you needed a seeing eye dog who had had you out all day? 

Carol, was Don in a color guard in the Air Force.  I remember those steep stairs in the old houses.  The apartment my grandmother (my mother's mother) lived in had steep outside stairs.  We didn't have upstairs in any of the houses I grew up in.

Janet,  I had an even better night's sleep last night.  You ladies are bad about "beating your husbands up".  Did Darrel install a steel door.  We have had that type for quite a few years and they keep their appearance and aren't heavy to raise if the power is out.  I have a good friend who also dealt with vertigo as your sister has and it worked for him. 

Jane, I could read your happiness with the events of the last few days with your sisters and daughter.  What a wonderful experience and it sounds like you made the most of it. 

Jackie, glad you now have the hand rails available from either entrance to your home.  Do you have grab bars in your bath?  I did I am using ours more all the time.  I caught myself from falling yesterday morning as I went out to put up my flag for the 4th I caught my heal on the door sill.  Fortunately I was able to catch myself in time so no fall just a bit of a scare.  Not nice to see that among other things you have to deal with vertigo.  Pat has occasional bouts with it but so far I seldom have it although can get dizzy if I have been bent over and stand up but it doesn't last. 

Larry Hanna...
...we have hot, dry, sunny weather today, but nowhere near to your heat, think just touching under the 80...hotter than our last week or two, since our heatwave in the low mid 90s...of which I am thankful for, as I dont want to be seeing nor feeling that heat again...

Yes MS brings with it several ailments and illness....Oedema-Paraesthesia-Myalgia to name but a few...there is quite a long list...

Ha ha, " beating husbands up..." dont tempt me....

Larry even if you didn't fall, it still shakes one up, just the feeling that you may or may not have gone down....the thing is, we cant have metal hand bars everywhere...

Carol, you were posting as I was proof-reading yesterday. I did go back and read your posts--they are always interesting!

I'm just taking a short break while Darrel is reading the very confusing directions about the garage door.  What a job this is!  Yes, Larry, it is a steel door, as the other one was. This one has four windows in the top panel, the old one had two; so we will have more light in the garage now.  Right now, he is trying to figure out if we have the lifting cables attached properly.  It gets really aggravating when he has to keep taking parts off and put them back on again.  I wonder if he will think he maybe should have had someone else install it for him.  He's getting really tired.

Today is Red Hats day, but unless we are at a stopping place, I won't go and leave Darrel working by himself.  That wouldn't be good of me.

So far, it isn't hot here today, but my weather bug predicts a high of 93!  As long as it stays under 100, we can tolerate it pretty well.

Jane!  How nice to read your cheery report and find out your sisters and daughter came for a visit, and of all the fun you had!  I would love to share something like that with my sisters and daughters, but it doesn't seem likely.  So happy for you!

I got an email informing us the airline had changed the itinerary for our trip to Florida. The changes were for the better (shorter layover in Dallas) so we don't mind at all.

I did make it in to see Beth.  She was smiling, which always makes my day!  John says she is eating a little more, so I hope she gains some of the weight back.

Larry, your anniversary is close to ours!  It's July 18th, and I had hopes of going somewhere, however, that's the day my duties as Superintendent of the Art Department will keep me at the Fair until after 7:00.  Phooey.  Well, maybe we will celebrate the week following.  Happy Anniversary to you and Pat, and Happy Birthday to her!

We were both so tired that we were in bed before any of the 4th celebrations or fireworks came on.    So I missed all of it.  Had I known about the ones on PBS,
I would have watched those.  Maybe next year!

Jackie, hope your legs are behaving and you will have a really good day!

Hello Jeanne, Ruth Ann, and any others who pop in today!

Gotta run!

Larry I just kind of laughed and went on my way.

the program yesterday went well, lots of people stopped to hear about our dogs and to pet them. this morning freckles and I  with 3 other teams  went visiting at Baycrest Village with the patients. Freckles and I and another team went to the 2nd floor the other two teams went to rehab on the ground floor. Tomorrow we go to the hospital.

Hello from a hot suburb of Denver.  It is weather hot and certainly realtor hot -so many people moving here without a thought.  Our homeless population is many times what it used to be - many more without any working background and some seeking the now lawful medication'

Janet:  I have been wondering about Beth - glad to see your update.  I hope they keep her room comfortable.

Larry:  Don played trumpet in both high school and he had a music scholarship at the U.  He was not in music in the Strategic Air Command (that is now gone).  He did lead the parades on Saturdays.  He used to fly to Omaha (headquarters) nearly every week. 

Such a morning.  I called a friend to bring her along as we both needed to renew our driver's licenses.  She is the caregiver - but her husband had the helper today.  We did get out renewals but when I dropped her off, she accidentally slammed the car door on her good hand (she is the one who fell on ice and still needs elbow surgery and more hand mending  It bled profusely because she is on blood thinner for a blood clot.  Anyway, got her home and she iced her hand and has not needed to call us.  Her husband is failing more and more each day.  All we do nowadays is pray and laugh.  It could be worse. 

Well, I am going to try to talk with Verizon - this will not be enjoyable. 

Before I forget, we slept very little last night as neighbors to the south cul-de-sac had huge ILLEGAL fireworks.  The loud bombs were way over the top.  I couldn't remember the name of the street or would have called the police - as there has been two fires set by fireworks around here recently.  Caused by the arrogant crowd who don't have to obey any laws. 

Sleep deprived and now to talk to the cell phone corporation.   

Our weather has been just about perfect this week.  Sunny days, high temps about 75 to 80, cool nights in the upper 50's or near 60. 

And I've been spending my days in England, but home every afternoon when the tennis match goes off the air.     Sure beats house cleaning.   

Jeanne--   Most things beat cleaning house!

Well, after we had struggled and struggled to try to get the door straight and right, I finally called grandson Curtis, and asked him if, by chance he was in Ulysses.  He asked what I needed, and I told him we really needed some help, and what we were doing.
He said, "Let me see what I can do and I will call you back."  In just a few minutes, he called back and said he was on his way, would be here in 20 minutes!  Boy, he went at it like killing snakes, and it wasn't long until the job was done!  He figured out a couple of problems and fixed them, and since he drove his service car, he had all tools needed that Darrel would have had to trudge to the back garage to get, right at hand!  Gotta love those Grandsons!

I went to take my shower just after Darrel finished, and when I stepped in, the floor was slick, my foot slipped, and down I went!  My head barely missed the built-in shower seat, my knee hit the floor, and something cut the bottom of my foot , just behind my big toe.  I cried and yelled, but he didn't hear me, so I pulled myself up, using the safety bars (Didn't we just talk about that in here?) took my shower, wrapped me in a towel and came to get Darrel to help me doctor and bandage the cut, which had stopped bleeding by then.  Oh, boy.  Sure is good that we have each other to help!  My back and neck are hurting like crazy, so I'm sure I jerked myself out of alignment.  Have to go get my wheels aligned again! 

So, Carol, yes, I will slow down, go take some pain pills and hope to feel better in the morning!

Janet...
...if it was possible we would insert handrails and safety bars all through our homes but, the reality is...if we are to fall, we will fall, handrails-safety bars may not always prevent that happening....What a fright it must have given you, yes it was serious but it could have been a whole lot worse, you could have become unconscious, and with the hot water still running...Have to admit I do hate when I take my shower, the quicker I am to shower and get my hair washed the better, then out again....The one thing I dread is if I go down, doubt I will be able to get myself up again, and if I become unconscious, who will ever find me, and when...

Yes I have come across that also, a slick feeling to the shower floor, I have now worked out it is a build up of hair in the waters drain hole, the water builds up on the floor and makes my gripper mats slippery...of course I cant reach in or down to clear it so have to use a floor mop to clean the shower floor, well that works for me...

Jeanne Lee...
...how are you enjoying England? are you enjoying the Wimbledon strawberries and cream?...

Jackie, that feeling of fear of falling and not being found is the reason I have a life alert system with fall detection. If the sensors detect a fall and I don't respond (or possibly if I do, asking for help) an ambulance is sent.  There is a cost, of course, but living alone and often going two or three days at a time without contact with anyone, it's well worth it for my peace of mind - and that of my children.

And yes, I am thoroughly enjoying England with the strawberries and cream specials.  And wonder of wonders, so far there has been only one half hour rain delay.  Most unusual for the Wimbledon tournament.  (Hope I haven't just jinxed things!   )  Just too bad it can only be a cyber visit.

Hi everyone. It is already 80 degrees this morning and headed up to 94 with sun or mostly sunny all day.  We didn't get to the Chop House yesterday as the man installing Scott's Direct TV didn't finish until about 4pm.  So Scott and Jennifer went to the Wifesavers and got us all chicken dinners with sides for our evening meal.  We now plan on going to the Chop House on Saturday afternoon around 2 pm.  The only thing I have planned for today is to go to coffee.  I probably won't go to the Wisdom group today as I got up feeling weary and this heat really is a bit hard on me.  I may watch some of the golf later this afternoon.

Jackie, glad you are having weather more to your liking.  It is a scary thing even to start to fall even if you can stop it. 

Janet, glad to read that Curtis came and helped you and Darrel with the garage door.  Sorry to hear of your fall in the shower.  Those floors can become slippery.  Sometimes after the housekeeper has cleaned the shower stall I have found the floor a bit slippery so am careful to hold on to the grab bar and use it a lot while in the shower as well so I don't lose my balance.  Nice that your layover in Dallas has been shortened on your trip to Florida.  It is fair time again and it seems like you all just finished it a couple of months ago.  Birthdays and Anniversaries can always be celebrated earlier or later than the actual day.  After all we have had a lot of experience with them. 

Marilyn, most people are just naturally attracted to dogs.  Jennifer has a new puppy that is going to be a very big dog as it is already over 20 pounds and it is just over 3 months old.  She is getting a lot of joy from Ripley, which is nice to see. 

Carol, hard for me to understand how people who do not work can afford the drugs, whether legal or not.  Guess I am just not "with it" and never will be.  So much heartache and wasted potential and the risks of even starting are very high. Thanks for the information on Don's musical and military careers.  Did he stay in the military and retire from it?  Too bad about your friend and the car door. 

Jeanne, glad to see someone is having some nice and pleasant weather.  Glad you have been enjoying your English excursions daily.  The news had a feature on the towel incident where the player tried to throw it to a young person and this old man grabbed it and fought for it.  I firmly believe that every older person living along or left alone for periods of time should have the life alert system. 

 :We made a day of it in Garden City!  Had so many things to find, and we tromped all over the big appliance/furniture store, then Home Depot, then Menards, then Walmart!  Wish I'd had a pedometer!  We did find the weather stripping,the lumber and the curved piece, all for the garage door and its opener; then went to lunch at Arby's, then to Walmarts for odds and ends, then back to the appliance place.


We purchased a Kitchen Aid dishwasher.  If it's as good as the Maytag, it will last us for as long as we need it.  It has stainless steel exterior, which I have never liked, as it fingerprints so badly, but I can live with it.  All my other appliances are white.

It got up to 100* here today, so we were very happy the pickup has a great air conditioner!

Larry, sorry you were feeling weary today.  I felt good, except my cut foot didn't like me walking on it all day.  It's pretty sore, but I will be fine.

Yes, I am very thankful for the protection of the Lord.  Aren't you glad He loves you,
too? 

Jeanne, I'm glad you have the Life Alert system, and know it's a comfort to your kids,
too.

I think the shower floor was slick because Darrel had just gotten out and it was still wet from his shower, and likely slippery from the soap he used.  I am blessed not to have been hurt badly, as it could well have been, but for my loving Father watching over me!

I'm really wiped out, and heading to bed in a few minutes.

Jeanne Lee...
...go ahead, " jinx things...."   I could do with some rain...

....Our weather yesterday was still too hot for me ( and of course when you are stuck indoors, you dont realise how hot it is until you are out in it ) as I took a midday short walk down our slope to introduce myself to a lady similar age to me I pleasantly found when on meeting her.... A lovely lady who Richard spoke to a few days ago and found out she too has MS after he told her about me...I never knew we had two people on our site with MS but this lady and her hubby spend more time at their other location so are rarely ever in their home on our site but, they are here for just the one week, then off again...who would believe I have now lived here a whole year and yet we had never met.....It was a real pleasure that myself and the lady sat outside on her bench talking about our MS for quite some time...even though both she and the other onsite MS man dont really want to talk as if they have MS they seem to want to forget our illnesses, nor mix with anyone else who has it....I have to admit, I too want to get on with my life now, where I am not continually reminded that I have it....I do and will still attend my monthly social MS meet as I need to get out and socialise, and I do actually enjoy the talk subjects, the tea trolley and raffle.... but even that brings it on home when I look around at what is waiting ahead, and it does sink in that I am now one of them...in some ways it does not help, just makes me feel worse...if that makes any sense...I see myself as the same person I was before MS, it is just my body that is out of control...

It was a struggle going and even tougher coming back uphill, my body by then had really taken its toll with the afternoon sun... I am aware my walking is getting worse when out and about in public spaces, and I couldn't do it if I didn't have Richards shirtsleeve to cling onto, and I do mean clinging onto it... as I am pulling his arm down to the ground, almost out of his socket...so if he goes down, I go with him...