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Good evening all,

It has been tough with everything. What is it about people who claim to be Christian, claim to be concerned about you and then don't "follow" up on their offers? Don't know, there is too much of it lately.

Saw the doc yesterday, see the orthopaedic surgeon next, unofficially officially the knee has to be replaced, no questions. If it helps the pain, then the sooner the better. On the other hand, arranging for Michael to be taken care of on "my" shifts and get my parents taken care of too...well...let's just say it will be interesting.

Despite everything, writing about God helps immensely. He is so wonderful and if we let Him, holds us close. Well tis the season, so here is my offering. God bless one and all and know I am praying for you all.

Jeannine, that is so beautiful.  Thank you.

Thank you, so much, Jeannine, for sharing your thoughts and talent with us.  I love the poem and I understand what you are saying (reading between the lines) and feel as you do about unkept promises and offers of help.  All I can offer you is my prayers, and you've had them all along.  It is so good that you have this outlet (your poetry) for your emotions and prayers.  Our Father understands and He knows and He cares .... I'm glad you can just let Him hold you close during the tough times. 

Colin, I love your poem from the donkey's point of view ... I also copied it for future reference.   

I had written all this, and more, earlier but when I hit the "post" button my computer had a nervous breakdown!       

Gotta go now before something drastic happens .....

Morning all.  The washing machine is going and we will take off later in the day to visit & overnight with son & family.  Snowfall again tonight so we don't want to drive back in the dark - not on that crazy highway - and, it does close much too often. 

Jeannine:  Sorry about the friends who say they want to help.  It is only a human trait and they just don't know what to offer to do at times - the next time anyone says that, tell them what you really need & perhaps it will stick in their minds.  My prayer to you! 

Jane:  LOL on your 'puter nervous breakdown. 

Larry:  Don't these   'puters give you fits too? 

Had a note from a cousin in Seattle and her adopted granddaughter who ran away has now returned and the Sheriff is involved - that is good news because the child is too wild for the family and a grandparent shouldn't have to have that stress.  I don't know all the particulars but it is great that someone is setting rules. 

Here, a son still needs a job and now it is getting late in the do-nothing at the office time of the year - I mean, all work seems to stop in some departments and no one can make a decision on Monday or Friday.  It looks like a decision cannot be made until next year & probably is budget indecision but it sure is hard on the person trying to get a job. 

We had a wonderful Spirituality meeting last night and that is timed for once per month now as the retired pastor needs time to prepare.  Don and I won't say this to anyone else but we get so much more out of this than some of the sermons.  Wish that we could meet on this much more often. 

Time for coffee.  Carol

Hi everyone.  Another beautiful morning here in Georgia.  I just noticed the temp at the bank was 61 degrees so we have another day of nice weather.

Jeannine, so sorry that things are so tough for you.  It is hard to understand why a person makes a commitment and then doesn't follow through.  It is wonderful that you have a strong faith to keep you going.

Carol, hope you have a visit with your family.  You are wise to stay off the roads at night.  I don't like to be out after dark and try to limit that to the trip to the church for choir practice.  Hope something comes along for your son.  We spoke with our son yesterday and he said he had started a new job working in a bowling alley.  At least it is a job, something he hasn't had for a long time.

Jane, I think we all understand the frustration of preparing something to post and having it disappear.

Need to get busy on the website that I am working on.  This afternoon I have to go down to Atlanta to pick up our daughter for the weekend.  We will take her back to her apartment on Monday morning.

Good Morning from the cold California coast.  There is ice on my porch and the grass is frozen. Not much is new here, just the same old going to work and coming home, going to bed and getting up. Same thing every day.

On Saturday I will do my laundry and clean my house, pay my bills on line, maybe go to the Co-op. I definitely will be walking the dogs  every day if it doesn't rain. Life is so boring right now,.

Good morning from rainy Indiana.  Dark and gloomy. 

Yesterday was Red Hats day.  We didn't know where we were going but we ended up in Indy at Cheeseburger Paradise.  The decor was palm trees, starfish and ocean scenes.  Real neat place.  It felt warm in there except when someone opened the door and immediately you were back in Indiana.  I ordered 6 mini-cheeseburgers and sweet potato chips.  Both were wonderful.  The mini-burgers were about the size of dinner rolls only round and the burger about the size of a silver dollar.  Tomato, pickle and onion was on each burger.  I brought some home so I had two meals out of it.  The chips were great.

Then we went to the Queen's home and exchanged gifts by playing a game.  I ended up with some Red Hat items and two kinds of lotions.  I really don't care for lotions but the older I get, the dryer my skin is getting so I may have to use lotions anyway. 

Today is 60 Chix at IHOP.  Then I need to stop at Applebee's and get a gift certificate for Barb and Kaye Don from Ivalou and I. 

Then this evening I am to go to one of the ladies that was in my Small Group Bible Study.  Just the women.  We are having snacks...taking my Christmas Mice...and we are to do facials.  Sounds like fun! 

That's it for Indiana!  Everyone have a God Blessed Day!  From Indiana prayers are prayed for you and praises are shouted for the world to hear...all in Jesus Christ's name! 

Marilyn, sometimes "boring" is a good thing.     The older I get, the more I appreciate my alone time and the knowledge that I have no agenda!

Carol and Larry, my 'puter totally went bonkers!  I had to finally shut it down and wait a while before rebooting.  In the meantime, the phone rang so that took a while before I could get back here!   

I'm praying everyone has a truly blessed and God-filled day.  Stay warm and dry and safe as you travel the winter roads.   I'll be back.   

I sure hope the weather is "boring" here tomorrow!  I'm supposed to be at the surgery center in the morning at 8:00, and do not want to drive or ride on ice!  Up around Salina, where my youngest lives, they had the big ice storm, are out of power, may not get it back for 10 days!!  If they don't have power by the 21st, they won't get to come for Christmas, as they have to stay there and keep the generator running, to keep the pipes from freezing.     We were so looking forward to having them home for Christmas.  But maybe they will still get to come.

The Democrats are yammering on in their Iowa debate.  I'm getting sick of politics, and it's still almost a year until election time.   

I have most of the gifts I have wrapped, but don't have them all, that's the problem.  Boys in their teens and 20s are hard to buy gifts for---everything they want costs a fortune!

See you later!

Thank you all who commented on my poem. Pat..thank you for all the Christmas music. God bless all.

Colin & Jeannie: Good poems and you both have the kind of talent I do not have.

Jeannie:  Many times I felt alone but I had the comfort of knowing that God was always there for me.

We have had more snow today and more is on the way, my Christmas errands are not finished yet but I will have to make sure that I have a list on hand and be ready to go when the weather is clear. More and more I am a fair weather driver.

Have some puter errands to get done so will scoot.     Ruth 

For some winter themed amusement go to this site and design your own snowflake
http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/index.html?id=5215636

Smokey, that's a neat site.  I made my snowflake.

I can't sleep, so here I am. Hi Jeanine you are probably up and so is Colin. Jeannine I know just how you feel about people who say they are going to do something and then  don't do it. That has happened to me so many times. It is especially hard when  you really need the help because it is something that you just can't do by yourself or you need someone to take over for you like in your present situation, I wish I was in a place where I could come and help you care for Michael.

I was in pain earlier and took a pain pill and I should have known better than than to take one, they always keep me awake.

My afternoon may soon be over, They may be moving into a retirement apartment where a care is provided to them. I may know more in the next few days. I promised to make biscuits and gravy for the  before they move so that is what's for supper tonight.

My phone not working right I can hear the person on the other end but they can't hear me so I ordered a new phone from Amazon. That's what I get for buying a cheap phone.

I guess I will go back to bed and try to sleep. 5 am comes awfully early I just might skip Curves if Will doesn't call me to go. She doesn't usually go on Friday.

Good afternoon.  It has been a busy morning for me but what a wonderful morning.  When the sun shines, it really makes one feel better, I think.  Even my solar heat is running right now...free heat!! 

My house smells like heaven....Green Tomato Pie!! 

Yesterday was my lunch with the girls in my class.  There were only 5 of us but I like that because you get to visit more.  Then last evening I went to one of our old Small Groups homes for snacks and a facial.  I didn't realize that Dana sold Mary Kay and I am allergic to Mary Kay!!  So I still did the facial and then took it all off.  I looked good but I can tell this morning that I am redder than normal.  So I didn't buy anything. 

Tonight I am going with Tony and Charlene somewhere to eat and hopefully they will come in when we get back and visit for awhile.  I love visiting with them and that seems sparse lately!!  And the Green Tomato Pie is for Tony!!

Thank you all for your kind comments, it's nice to know some people really do care, I guess we just need to hear it sometimes.

Ruth, we all have our talents given by God, I'm just glad I can do a little something to give back to Him and try to get His good news out.

Thank you Marilyn, Larry, Nita, Jane and Carol, hope I didn't leave anyone out if I did I'm sorry.

:-[Colin, I am remiss, your poem is lovely, brill and I love it! Forgive me for not commenting sooner, losing what's left of my "marbles" I am.  lol.

To everyone else who comes today, I hope you have a God filled and blessed day/afternoon/evening. Take care and know I am praying for you all.

Definitely still Trusting_In_Him!
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Hi Jeannine I be remiss too.Your poem is lovely too and thank you for your kind remark.

We had a so-so drive through the snow this morning.  We raced down to Denver leaving a full coupla hours before Don said we were going & I felt frazzled & didn't get things finished around here befor leaving.  Had to go see a car.  We drove it - liked it - price was too much - left there & finally had our breakfast at 2 P.M. when we picked up a son.  Then, 3:30 on the other side of town, went to jazz band practice - then went to the house & had a very quick dinner - then choir concert.  This child is in everything.  We could have gone to tennis too but it is just too much sometimes. 

Foggy and snowing.  We had driven the little car that needs new tires & wouldn't you know that it would snow hard.   We made it regardless of the awful people on their phones, tailgating and so forth - they should give IQ tests to these drivers.   

Just IM'ing with daughter.  Nice to catch up with her some way at least. 

Colin:  Hello to you.  Do people decorate their homes at Christmas in your area?  Just wondering.  We only have two little shrubs outside with lights as it isn't good to climb the ladder just for putting up lights anymore.

Jeannine:  Love your bible verse at the bottom of your post. 

Janet:  Do hope that the weather improves for so many are having such hardship right now.  We don't have the ice too much in our area although some streets could be plowed better. 

Larry:  These little trips sure can be tiring but oh, the joy! 

Carol

I have been asked to post something for mom, she actually asked me to post something a few days ago but we are both running like crazy at the moment so I totally forgot until she called this evening to say goodnight. 

Mom's computer still isn't acting right, she needs a memory upgrade, probably a new hard drive and a faster processor.  We will work on one thing at a time, but it's going to take some time to get it all done for her. 

My grandmother is in hospital at the moment, she went in yesterday.  I don't know all the details but as far as I could tell when I went to visit her this afternoon, she is in good spirits and the nurse says she is doing well.  Please be praying for her.

I will also be posting something in the recipes section for mom, so you might want to check that out as well.

God bless,
Heather

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLIN!

  Gosh I am getting old but thank you very much Jeannine!

Hello Carol....yes we do decorate here...some more than others! Most people decorate the living room and a few decorate outside and some overdo it and then it looks a real plaster as we would say! Do you know....Ballymena was the first town in the British Isles that was decorated for Christmas....1st Novemeber! Hope all is going well or you.

Hi all!

Hi eveyone.  I have been very busy the last couple of days and I didn't get to read postings yesterday so am a bit behind.

Yesterday was our computer learning center volunteer meeting and then the senior center gave us a lovely Christmas party.  They had it catered by Longhorn Steakhouse and the meal was delicious with a big, thick juicy steak, baked potato, salad, roll and cake to finish the meal.  They had the center decorated in a very festive mood and a DJ was there to play Christmas music.  It was just delightful.  Then I had a meeting to attend last evening where I was responsible for the program.

In just a few minutes I will leave for the church for the dress rehearsal of our Christmas music program tomorrow night.  We are will be there from 11 am until 1 pm today.  Then I will come home and watch the remainder of the national championship game that my college in participating in on ESPN2 .  This is Division II college football.  I will miss the first half but get to see the end of the game.  They lost in the championship last year so hopefully this will be their year.

Guess I better to short today.  I am hoping next week I won't have such a busy schedule as this week.  I will take some of that quiet time with no demands.  It has turned colder here today and we are suppose to have some rain.  It is a part of the storm system that is dumping snow on Kansas and across the midwest and that will bring the bad storm to the East coast.

Thank you Marilyn!

Happy Birthday, Colin!!!  I didn't realize you were a December baby! 

Well, Indiana is in the middle of a Winter Storm Warning!  Predicted to have 2-12  inches of the thick, white rain!  You would think with all the technical technology they could do better than 2-12" of snow!  I remembered this morning that I didn't go anywhere yesterday so needed to start my car today to keep the battery charged up.  So I went to the Dollar General...was there before they opened.  So now I do have milk, OJ and some snacks. 

So sad to see the photos of Oklahoma and the ice storm and now snow on top of that.  We are just praying that the electric stays on here.  I have nothing if the electric goes out!  No heat.  No water.  No computer!  No TV! 

Last evening Tony, Charlene and I went to Chili's for our Christmas outing.  Then they came in and we visited for awhile.  Both of them were up late the night before so they left around 9:30pm.  Tony was really happy with his Green Tomato Pie! 

Hi, kids!  I will try to post a few lines, even though I can barely see.  My cataract removal and lens implant went very well yesterday, now I am just waiting for the vision in my left eye to clear.  Of course my glasses don't work well at all now, but I am so looking forward to having better vision.

I have been doing some framing, and as soon as the one in the vise is ready, I will assemble it, and then we will go to Abby's house for the rest of the day and evening, and watch her dance in The Nutcracker tonight.  Mark's friend Meme is there, and we look forward to meeting her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLIN!!  I printed out copies of the poem you wrote to go with my painting of "Learning the Carpenter's Trade" and am enclosing them with the Christmas cards I got using that painting.  Thanks again!!

Must go, straining my eyes and getting a bit of a headache trying to do this.  Blessings to you all.

Thank You Etta Sue for your birthday greetings. I am indeed a December baby! Take care.

Hi Janet...thank you for your Happy Birthday and it is so nice you are using my poem. God bless.

December birthdays are nice as you get twice the presents - Don's B-day is Dec. 8th. and we always get together with the children plus it seems like he celebrates most of December.

Janet:  It will be a little difficult for you until you have the 2n.d eye operated on - and I remember Don having to wait an entire year for that procedure.  I had about 3 months and it was maddening to say the least. 

We called niece in Fort Worth.  She & her husband said that her sister could live with them until she found a job and this has dragged on for months so it isn't easy for any of them. 

Crocheting hot pads just to have on hand for little gifts and I made some fudge sauce.  Don was complaining that he didn't even get to scrape the pan I had it in the dishwater so fast. 

We have a gathering tomorrow afternoon at one of our fellow volunteer's house - she went to Texas with us last February.  Lots of appointments this week & a mammogram as well.  My cholesterol is now 159 - I haven't had pancakes or too many sweet things but chocolate remains my sinful food. 

Carol

Hi everyone.  I think winter has finally arrived here in Georgia as they say we have had the high for the day and it is about 35 degrees now. We did have some blessed rain yesterday and last evening but don't know how much as don't have a gauge outside.   I am ready for church but it will be a couple of hours before we leave. 

This evening is our Christmas cantata and we have a young man, who is a voice senior at Furman University and the grandson of a couple who sing in our church who will be doing the baritone solo.  All the little ones will be doing their Christmas program before the cantata.  Prior to the musical program we have a fellowship supper and they are fixing roast beef and the trimmings.  Should be good.

Janet, glad that first surgery is past and know you are looking forward to better vision. 

Etta Sue, hope you don't lose your power.  A house really gets cold quickly when there is no heat.  Down here we fear ice storms rather than snow. 

Colin, happy birthday.  I think I forgot to do that yesterday.

Carol, I understand how Don feels about not getting to "lick the pan".  I always look forward to angel food cake as I usually got and get to eat the crusty part on top.  Also to clean out the pan when Pat makes fudge.  Yum.