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This week's promise: Blessings come from obeying God

What does God promise to those who obey?

Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers. But they delight in doing everything the Lord wants; day and night they think about his law. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.
Psalm 1:1-3 NLT




Morning Devotional...

Great devotional today, Judy.  And thanks for the hymn, one of my favorites.   

Yes, Judy, thanks for the devotional for this week.  That is one of the hymns my mother had me memorize when I was a kid.   

I also learned Trust and Obey as a child, still know all the words.  I wish memorization and retention was as easy now!

We were invited to Diane's for the noon meal today.  On the way home, bout 3 o'clock, we watched the temperature on the dash climb up to 110*!!  THAT IS HOT!!      (That is sweat, not tears!)  Oh, my....and this is still June--July and August are still to come!  Please, Lord, send the rain!

Pastor preached this morning on how complaining makes our lives so much less enjoyable, and becomes a habit.....so the above isn't a complaint!  

I am waiting anxiously for the next update from Africa; should be here tonight.

According to Marilyn's description, Hawaii is front-wheel drive.  Kaye Don and I looked under the hood the other day and he showed me where to check the oil.  I said...that's not my job.  That's the job of where I take my car to be maintenanced!  He laughed.  But it was in the middle in front.  And the motor sure is shiny and silver looking!  Looks like a new motor!   

And the window sticker is the paper that was stuck on the window that tells all about the car...motor, color, standard options and other options.  I wish I had that sticker.  For instance, the manual says I may have heated side mirrors.  I don't know and won't know until winter now!  I brought the manual in last night but haven't gotten to Bluetooth yet.  I will and I know I can do it...get it working with my Droid.

Church was great yesterday and I used my Hamburger Speaker in Sunday School.  It wasn't as loud as I thought it would be so I am charging it now.  It plugs into my USB port to charge.  Handy. 

Ivalou and I went to a 90th birthday party for a woman that I have known all of my life.  She fell in the middle of the night a few weeks back and broke her arm but otherwise, she looks great sporting her shocking pink cast!  Saw some people that I haven't seen in years!

All this time it looked like rain any second.

Then when I got home and caught up online, Inky and I took a nap.  When I woke up, the sun was bright and the sky had beautiful puffy white clouds!!  Great weather for a picnic.  Ivalou and I went to the picnic and what a great time for all.  Games for big kids and little kids.  A silent auction for kids, men and women.  I got to hold two little babies and put the youngest one to sleep!  And, of course, Clarksville Christian Church has great cookers!!  The food was superb!  We were home by 8pm. 

Today is rehab at 12:30pm and VBS tonight at 6pm.  I got to thinking...it has been 60 years since I have been to VBS!  It's about time, ya think?  Pray for lots of little ones attending and for all the volunteers.  We are a small church with not many children but we are hoping for 40 kids.

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee.  This morning was our daughter's hearing before the Administrative Judge regarding her Disability claim.  By the time I got home she had called her mother to tell her that the judge had approved her disability on the spot.  What a relief.  This will now qualify her for low income housing and some other things and it certainly lifts a burden from us.  She initially applied for disability three years ago.  

Jeanne Lee, do hope your TV is fine.  We recently went through that experience and became afraid our's would burst into flames with the terrible noise it made when you turned it on.  We no longer have that TV.

Marilyn, I didn't realize that about the engine and front wheel drive but it certainly makes sense.  

Judy, thanks for the new devotional for this week.  When we built on a solid foundation of Jesus Christ we really don't have to worry about withstanding the storms of life to which we all are subjected from time to time.  That is also one of the hymns from my childhood and still a favorite.

Janet, that kind of temperature is just a fact not a complaint.  Hope you have a good report on Shirley's condition.

Etta Sue, I have the same attitude on who should open the hood of my car.  I don't know what I see when I do open it so why do it.  The new cars I have purchased will usually have the window sticker removed and placed in the glove box.  However, I expect you have checked that if you are reading the book about the car.  Hope you learn a lot at Bible School. 

Wow! So many things I learn here at CP. How to work with the internet setup of my laptop, how to determine whether my car is front wheel drive or not, etc.

God is so good to grant each of us knowledge and experience according to our own needs, and when one has a need, it seems He provides someone with the understanding of our problems.

HOW GREAT IS THAT!!!

Yesterday I had the most unexpected blessings poured down all over me. At lunch, someone suggested maybe I could give a ride to some event a friend wanted to attend, so I grinned and said, "Okay, where are we going?"

We ended up at a huge church where this friend got to attend (and I was privileged to be the "fly on the wall") at a reception honoring the Christian broadcaster, who through 31 years of selfless devotion to God and others and the priceless music that adores our Lord, my friend had been brought from a life of deep sin. She actually had the courage to stand and give her testimony to this in a room filled with contemporary and traditional Christian artists, broadcasters, radio executives, etc., and give that testimony. She had been unchurched and this music was played each day on a secular station that she had to hear over a broadcasting system.

So, for 26 years, she had been blessed by this man's deep love for our Lord and others.

She is vision challenged, so couldn't see people pulling handkerchiefs out to wipe their eyes, etc. When she finished with her clear, ringing testimony, spontaneously they stood and gave her an ovation. As she was speaking I heard someone behind me give a loud, "Praise the Lord" and this was in a church environment where quiet is the order of the day.

And different people stood and led us all in some of the great old songs of the church. IMAGINE the harmonies, and the pure joy of singing His praises in that group.

After he was honored, the M.C. encouraged folks to just enjoy talking for a while, and she whispered nervously, "We can go as SOON as you want to go." It was touching my heart so much to see these great performers enveloping this little lady in bear hugs, and coming to ask for her address so they can keep in touch.

NO, I was in noooooo hurry to leave.

It was kinda like rain on my dry parched ground as we drove away feeling how Wonderful Our Lord is.

Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann how awesome it must be to live in Nashville Tn among those great  artists and to hear them sing and applaud your friends testimony. Oh how I would have loved tio be a fly on the wall at that meeting.

Etta Sue and Larry most of the newer cars are front wheel drive. even my '88 Chevy is front wheel drive. I have always checked my own oil, Tranny fluid and power steering fluid. Added if need be. I once installed a starter and solenoid in one of my trucks when I lived in the desert.

I am still waiting on solid news about Shirley.  Her husband called while I was at the Chiropractor's office this morning.  Darrel said Delbert said he had gotten word that Shirley had dislocated her hip; but he didn't know what happened, or if it was the atrificial hip or her other one.  And no email update as yet, so please just keep praying for her.  The divil will NOT win!

Ruth Ann, what a joy for you to get to be in that service!  Praise God!  That is just a tiny reward for your willingness to help out your friends.  A kiss thrown to you from Daddy God! 

I am trying to do some cleaning and organizing and if I don't get back to it, I will fall asleep on my keyboard.  I had another of 'those' nights.......

Today, as so many of my cousin's fellow professors, and 2 Christian college (now a university) presidents, and so many friends who loved her, I again marveled at God's love for us and how He simply knows our needs.

This well-loved saint's life of loving service to her Lord and to others was celebrated with sweet stories such as the church's Seniors Pastor (for whom I played as he sang God's praises many years ago) related how, as a student in a tiny Christian elementary school Jack first met my cousin Mabel. She was then a grad student with a speech major & literature minor. As they sat cross legged around her, they quickly noticed a little unconscious habit she had all her life, and they repeated this little "get ready to talk" habit when she came in the next time to try to teach these young ones to appreciate poetry. As she drew her breath, straightened her shoulders, and prepared to...unconsciously purse her lips together, she glanced at her mischievous students who in unison pursed THEIR lips together, and Mabel broke into giggles. When Mabel lived with us here in our apt. building for the last few years of her life, she attended this church, and gladly and willingly hugged her "Pastor Jack," who proudly stood and sang the last song, "How Great Thou Art." The loving teacher was also a humble, loving, respectful parishioner.

And her love for others now lasts and WILL last long after we shook hands, hugged each other, and left.

But, like the ole die-hard preacher's kid I am, I was close to the last one to exit and out of the corner of my left eye, I caught glimpse of a young man who said, "Ms. Bice..." and I turned to see who called my name. He and his wife have been called to missions and at the "fragile emotional time in our lives" he said, Mabel had prayed with them, loved them, and just when they would feel really low, a greeting card would arrive from Mabel with a handwritten note of encouragement. Ben said, "M'am, I don't know why, but I wonder if you could be our prayer partner now."

And we cried together as I related that my parent's great love for missions first funded a centrifuge (in lieu of flowers in my mother's memory) that went to the Hospital in New Guinea where they had hoped to finish their lives serving others. Mother was chief x-ray technician in a hospital. And, then in lieu of Daddy's flowers, the gifts helped fund a Work & Witness team to Thailand. And, of course, back in '73, gifts to the little church where my hubby and I worshipped, built a second story on our basement which held Sunday School rooms and was dedicated to my hubby's memory and the excess amount purchased our church's organ.

How did God work with 2 people who never met each other to hug (2 generations apart) and agree to pray together for missions as they move abroad with their 2 sons to serve Him???

More and more rains on my dry parched soul today.

    I guess I can say good morning to all.  I have just gone through the post's and it is so good to read them all and Judy B. thanks for the devotional and the great old hymn and also a favourite of mine.

Larry:  It is so good to here that your daughter has been granted the disability and that will make such a difference in her life.   Hope that you and Pat ore o.k.

At this time I must go to sleep but will try to keep in touch sooner.

Love to all in Christ.  Gordon and Noreen    


Happy birthday to Jeannine coming up.        

Larry, I was so happy to read that Stacey has FINALLY been approved for disability!  I hope that takes a lot of the financial pressure off both her and you and Pat.

Ruth Ann, what a lovely and touching report!  God bless you continually, you sweetheart!

I have been busy juggling appointments, as the hospital moved Beth's appointment from today to tomorrow.

I finally received an update from Eli, but not yet from Shirley.  He didn't mention her name, but I feel she must be okay, and wonder if the person they took to the hospital was her.  I will post the update below.

Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 9:04 AM


Just got back from the other village run this last sunday...today is monday here! The beginning of the week was really trying. We had to take someone to the hospital and that was just really icky! Good news though is that they are all right and up and at 'em and ready to take on the rest of this mission trip. God has really showed healing in the midst of a lot of sickness. last week Tim was sick and a guy on our team named Chris contracted Malaria, and now we have a guy named Alex sick with some sort of parasite, may be Malaria or something else. Me and Tim are really mucusy and icky and Shelby and Wendy are ill as well. So it's a good thing that we are in the city for the rest of the week. We'll recuperate and get on with our lives...we have things to do and we're not going to let the enemy get us down. BUT!!! We are gonna get stronger before we go out into the middle of nowhere once again!

Had some pretty crazy things happen to us while we were out in the villages. Found out a witchdoctor was super ticked off at us for preaching against witchcraft, and apparently that got mad at us saying that 500 witchdoctors couldn't come against our God. Ha ha! 2 centipedes attacked me out of nowhere and a guinea worm came after us in our drinking water...good stuff... >.> Im fine though and I aint gon' let nature get me down...ha ha


i think i'll update later due to the fact that i'm bored....

He's bored?    Thanks for the latest from Eli, Janet. 

Ruth Ann, you continue to bring us such a beautiful testimony!  I pray our Heavenly Father continues to rain these wonderful blessings on you. 

That's exactly what I thought, Jeanne!  How could you possibly be BORED??  Kids!  Anyway, this just popped in from Shirley's daughter in law, and I was right.  Praise God!  When Shirley gets her update done and I get it, I will post it, as well.

Aunt Janet:

I heard back from Eli...Here is what he wrote:



Yeah she pulled out her hip and it was a really painful experience for her, but we took her to the hospital, got it put back in, and now she's up and at 'em. I think she's even said that it is better than before. I think we prayed a lot and she got healed. anyway, i didn't want to tell you too much due to her not wanting you guys to worry. she's going to email you sometime today, so i would just be expecting that. Don't worry about her, she's doing amazing right now...



Praise The Lord!!!! He told us just enough to make us worry..Silly boy!! But sounds like she is doing great now and even better than before...I can't wait to get an update from her..Sounds like they are in the city now for much needed rest and recouporation (sp?) I will send you undates as I get them..Have a good day..Leanne

VBS was great even though it was organized chaos!  No one seemed to know what they were doing.  There were only 27 kids but that was enough for the first night.  My old church, Park Chapel, had almost 250 kids...can't imagine that!!  By Friday evening, everyone will know what to do and when...the last night of VBS!!

I got ready for bed and my utility room floor was wet under my A/C unit.  I first thought Inky missed the litter box but it was the A/C leaking water!  I shut it off and the manual said if water leaked from the inside unit to shut it off and call the dealer.

So I called the dealer this morning.  I won't be home this afternoon...Euchre...but I told them the back door would be open and for them to come on in and fix it!  So far it is very comfy in here with ceiling fans and oscillating fan going.  At least the air is moving! 

So glad that Stacey got her disability approved.  What a benefit that will be. 

And what an awesome treat to hear a great speaker in Nashville!

I have worked on furnaces, computers, a lot of electronic things, but a car was never my forte!  I leave that to the car mechanics....especially today with so many computers in the car! 

And I will look in the glove box...if I remember there was something in there when I started putting my stuff in there!  Thanks, Larry!

Hi Gord!!

Hey, friends, my "get up & go" got up and LEFT without me today. Whew!

I had lots of trouble sleeping - it was most likely triggered by intensely emotional feelings.

But, our Comforter allowed me the privilege of sharing memories just about all night long. And, then, I fell asleep sending a thankful prayer to Him for stick-through-it-all friends.

G'nite - errrr - G'day - errrrr--

Well, that's all folks. May our Lord grant peace and rest to those who need it today.

Ruth Ann

Good rainey day.  The belt came off the mower deck  Grrrrr.  Think I will drive it over to a mechanically inclined friend.  I personally think the belt is too big, but what do I know!  LOL.

My internet speed was way down at 12 Kbps this morning and over the weekend,  Right now it is more normal.  I may HAVE to go with the expence of satellite.

Picked up a new blackberry yesterday.  That is quite the learning curve!!! 

We have a new cat... a long haired white one.  She is pretty but needs a good brushing.  She is slowly getting used to our place! 

I found out why I have been struggling with dizziness.....Low blood pressure!!! I was told to drink more!  What has that to do with blood pressure?

Got to go much to get accomplished.

Judy, your fluid level and your blood pressure are indeed connected.  (Don't ask me how or why)  I normally have relatively low blood pressure but if I don't get enough fluids it fluctuates quickly back and forth between very high and very low.  A good tall glass of water calms everything down and I get back to normal.  Well, at least as far as my blood pressure is concerned.   

Another update from Eli; and I also got one from Shirley (much more informative!) which I will post next.  Unless you are getting tired of them!?!

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 8:04 AM


Hey guys. I wanted to give you all an update on how things are going so far. Sorry for the short message yesterday! Everyone is getting better. Grandma is doing great. She was in the hospital on sunday due to her hip popping out, but they got her on some nice meds and she got it popped right back into place. i bought her crutches and she gets mad because i make her use them. other than that, she's a lot more energetic and she's probably the most loved on the team. Everyone goes to her for advice and I get to brag on her a lot! It's fun having her. She's so funny! She's having a great time. I think she will be emailing a couple of you guys with details on what went on. She's such an amazing woman though! In the midst of all of her pain, all she did was praise God! She said it was worse than giving child birth to four children! Soooo, it had to have been bad! Regardless, she was praying and blessing the Lord. It was an amazing site to see, and it was almost like God was telling the rest of us that He wants us to do the same in the midst of such pain!

We did a lot of good teaching this week in the villages. We cut off some witchcraft charms, i got attacked by 3 centipedes, we got really close to encountering a guinea worm (google it), and everyone got sick. We're taking the week to recooperate. We aren't going to let the enemy bring us down. We have a job at hand.

One of the pastors told me that he was going to change, and that his church was never going to be the same due to my sermon. That felt really good. He said that he learned a lot of doctrine and a lot of practical stuff--he was really appreciative. It seems like that's the norm around here now. I guess that is what we really came for is to see changes in peoples hearts and to see the church grow.

Me and Tim have been doing a lot of searching--price checking that is. We have found out how much it is going to take us to buy/rent a house, food, gas, vehicle, etc. We're getting a pretty good feel of it all. We have also been talking to a lot of the people here about our vision and dream for Malawi. So far, many are in! I think we get to talk to the General Overseer of Foursquare Malawi sometime this week. We really want to talk to him and see what he thinks about us being missionaries here in Malawi. it was really cool this last week because he asked me to be a missionary, and i kind of shrugged it off--or played it off as nothing, but that was exactly the conformation that i was looking for in order to be all in on being a missionary in Africa. So now, I heading straight for the goal. No messing around anymore! Ha ha! Tim is super excited as well. I think he's a little more excited than i am actually!

The rest of the week, we're resting. I think that I got internet on my phone now, so i may be able to do a little more updating. We'll see if it works. If it doesn't, then oh well.

Please keep us in your prayers continually. We need them. Thank you guys once again for all the support and the wonderful replies. I love hearing from home. I don't quite miss home just yet, but that's because I feel I'm exactly where God wants me right now. Love you guys!

Eli

Dear Family and Friends at home.

I'm sorry I didn't get this to you sooner but I did try.  I typed for an hour and 20 minutes and when I hit send it was erased.  I was out of time and had to go so today I will try again.

We had an attack of the enemy out in the village where we last ministered.   When we awakened the last morning, two of our team members was sick.  One was down and the other needed to be, so as I was putting the cot together for her, my hip popped out of socket!  I was in agony of pain, of course.  Everyone began to pray for me, even calling the states to put me on a prayer list of a million people.  Eventually, they managed to get me down on the cot intended for Shelby, but there was no relief.  I don't have time to give all the details but for 11 hours,  they  prayed and did everything possible for me but to no avail. 

The van, which was our only transportation was gone to town to get a tire fixed and for fuel as it was low.

Even before that, a huge black centipede, 6 inches long and as large as my finger had dropped down from the rafters, almost falling on Eli's head.  They are said to be very poisonous, with pinchers like a crab.  Eli cut it into pieces with his knife and threw it into a fire outside.

Eli was supposed to preach that morning on the evils of witchcraft and the power of God to overcome it.  When the van didn't return, he went ahead with the service as we waited.  Tim was wetting paper towels from a pitcher of water and putting them on our foreheads as the other two were feverish and I had broken out in a sweat from the intense pain.  He even had poured some of the water on us.   Then as they packed up our stuff, Wendy was about to dump the pitcher, when she noticed something moving in it.  Looking closer she saw that it was a worm, as fine as a hair and six inches long.  She began to ask everyone what it was.  Eli came into the church then and was asked.  He had just recently studied about dangerous creatures of Africa and this was one of them.  It is called a guinea worm.  It will bore into man or beast and go to the heart and stop it.

The van returned with Issac and some pain medication, so they loaded everything up and had fixed me a bed on four seats, and we began the long treacherous drive back to Blantyre.  We stopped at a hospital  and borrowed a wheel chair.  By this time my bladder was about to burst!  The managed to get me into the bathroom, then called Eli to carry me to bed. 

While in the village they had attempted several times to pull my leg and get it joint back into place.  They had moved it quite a bit but I could tell my leg was still at least an inch short.  All that had been gained was lost by the time we  got to Grace.  It was then decided to call an ambulance to take me to the hospital.  It had been eleven hours since the ordeal began.

The ambulance arrived within ten minutes and I was taken to the hospital where they gave me an injection and I drifted  peacefully away.  The next morning the doctors began to arrive and by 9:00AM I was x-rayed and taken to the theatre, as it is called here, where I was the star of the show!  The Dr. put a syringe of something into the IV tube and in  what seemed like seconds later, he was tapping me on the shoulder saying, wake up, wake up!  It was over and I hadn't  felt a thing.  Back to x-ray, then to  the ward.   In the afternoon the doctor came in and said if I was okay after standing on my feet, he would dismiss me.  I swung my feet over the edge of the bed and slid to the floor.  To my amazement, there was no pain.  I think the doctor was as amazed as  I was.  I went home with two  sticks as the doctor called them.  (crutches)

The doctors and nurses as well as all the team members had treated me like I was something very important.  They were so helpful, encouraging and kind.  I will never forget this experience.

We know that  ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE LORD AND ARE CALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE!

There is much more to this story, but I have to cut it short.  I am fine and praising the Lord for his mercy and grace toward me.

We will be here at Blantyre until Friday, then its off to another village!
Love to all.

Shirley

Hi everyone.  I am late getting here today as was a fairly busy morning. 

Ruth Ann, what a wonderful day you experienced just from doing a kind deed for someone.  I am sure you won't soon forget the day.

Marilyn, you have talents with cars that I certainly do not have.  I keep the oil changed on a very regular basis and have never experienced any significant problem with my cars. 

Gord, we are doing fine, just the normal aches and pains. 

Janet, Eli's report sounded like it might not have been Shirley and that it must not have been serious.  Too bad about the illness but guess that is the danger of being in a different climate and conditions than those a person is used to.  Now I see your later postings that it was Shirley but glad to see she is back on her feet.  What experiences they are having. 

Etta Sue, I think organized chaos sort of goes with that age bracket.  Glad you are enjoying it.  Hope you got your A/C fixed and are cool again.

Judy, hope you like the Blackberry and also get your mower fixed. 

    Good Late evening to  all.  Well an other busy day for us and it is was my daughters birthday today and it is hard to believe that she turned 32 years old.  The time goes so fast and it is hard to think that her oldest son will start school this September.  

Well it is late and I must get to sleep as we Have a Dr. app tomorrow and some other errands to do.  May the Lord richly bless you.  Love in Christ.   Gordon and Noreen.

Hi everyone.  Hasn't been long since I posted but wanted to get back on schedule of posting in the mornings.  We escaped any rain yesterday although storms were forecast.  Don't think we are to have anymore for a few days.

Today is Bible study and then at 5 pm Pat has a doctor's appointment and I will have a blood test to check my PSA count.  These blood tests are now down to once a year since it has been over five years since the cancer was treated.  We will then eat out this evening.  That will be our exciting day.

Gord, the years really fly by and our children become older too quickly (as do we).  Our son is 47 and our daughter is 46.  Our granddaugther is 25 and she has four children with the oldest being 7.  We are aging before our eyes. 

Time to leave for coffee.  Hope everyone has a nice day, I intend to do the same.

I have just a few minutes this morning before Beth and John come to pick me up to go to Liberal, where they will have photos taken and we will take Beth for her swallowing test.  Yesterday Sondra, Beth's favorite nurse, came and had lunch with us at Pizza Hut, then they all came here and visited for quite a while, until Beth got tired.  It was SO GOOD to see Sondra again!

I think Eli needs to take a writing class!  I was so glad Shirley explained things; too bad her first long email disappeared.  God surely answered my prayers on my sister's behalf!

Larry, hope you and Pat both get good reports!

Gord, the older we get, the faster it seems the days whirl past---and the weeks, month and years.  Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset; quickly fly the years.  One season following another, laden with happiness....and tears.

I started weeding out the clothes in my closet yesterday, am trying to decide who to give them to.  Most are quite nice, but I am not wearing them, so someone should be enjoying them.  So far, I have only gotten through half of the upper rod!

Well, I need to go "put on my face" before the kids get here.  (See--we call them kids, even when they are 46 and 54 years old, if they are OUR kids!  )

Well, it's Winco day again.  Winco is the big warehous-like store, and we save an average of 20 % on groceries.    Then home, then lunch, then fitness center for our treadmilling.

I, for one, am NOT getting tired of the reports from Shirley and Eli.  My only regrets is a photo of them so I can 'see' who is reporting!

Euchre was fun yesterday.  A/C is fixed.  Two more kids at VBS and much less chaos last evening.  Amazingly, we have three sets of twins in this group of 29 kids!  Even Krista, the Youth Ministers wife, (with Ellie, an almost 10 month old and Emma, due to appear the middle of August,) said the time seemed so much longer last night.  That's because it was smoother! 

Today is the third day in a row of sunshine for Indiana!  Not a cloud in the sky!  Yay! 

Rehab at 12:30 today and VBS at 5:30.

Janet, tired of the updates from Shirley and Eli?  NEVER! 

Dark and windy today, but so far no rain.  We're 1.21 inches above average for the month of June and more than 5 inches for 2011 so far.  Used to be they would say "normal" temperature or rainfall or whatever, but now they only say "average".  I guess nobody knows any more what "normal" is.   

Say Jeanne haven't you heard "normal" is only a setting on your drier!

Today started off cloudy and chillly.  Now we have sun and a lovely breeze.   I spoke to the farmer about the belt on the tractor and he said he would be over tomorrow to "fix" it.  I hope he brings over a shorter belt, maybe it would stay on longer.

Woke up at 5 in the morning with the cat screaming howling. (try to imagine) I sat up in bed and saw this beautiful white cat covered in what looked like blood!  I got up and found it was one of the sticky fly tapes that we had hung.  It was wrapped around its body, back legs and tail.  At 5 in the morning I am really not awake!  I took the cat to the bathroom and used toilet paper to pull the tape off the body, Kitty didn't like that one bit.  When it was all off she started licking at the left over residue.  Panic time again, tinking that would be poisonous!  I hunted down a pair of scisors and "chopped" the fur off where the stickyness was.  What a hatchet job I did.  Kitty is quite happy now, and is laying in the bathroom sink purring.  Needless to say I am tired!

I have washed my sheets and think it is still windy enough to put them on the line to dry.

Bye for now
Judy