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I just went to check, and we aren't getting snow yet, but the wind is howling.  We have had well over three inches of rain, and the ground is saturated, with puddles everywhere!    This should prove to be the drought-breaker we have been praying to have.

It has been snowing to the west of us, from the next town on into Colorado, and to the south of us, in the Oklahoma panhandle, and they say we are still to get snow, too.

Yes, Carol, we got some groceries, after we visited Beth and Mom.  My son, (Beth's brother,) and his daughter, my granddaughter Katy, were there, so we did get to visit with them a while.  That was an unexpected blessing, and I'm thankful.  Why do families get these "distances" between members?    Ruth Ann, I'm so thankful that things in your family are showing great improvements!

I spent this entire day cleaning my bedroom.    I found dust bunnies in places I had never even seen before!    And I am still not completely finished.  Of course, it would help if I didn't have to do everything at once.    My desk is still a real mess. 

Al, your suggestions for dealing with caregivers is very, very good.  And I'm thinking that same advice would apply in lots of other relationships as well.  I will suggest to Beth that she put it into practice.  Thanks!

Larry, I'm so sorry to hear of Stacey's latest heart problems.  I will continue to pray for her--and for you and Pat, as well.  I know well how tough stress can be.

Oh, by the way, when I clicked on Pat's elf thing, I did get to see elf Pat dancing and dancing and dancing and.............   Cute!

As you might guess, I am really tired, and my back and legs are hurting.  Too many trips up onto and off a chair today.  I know, I know, I'm not supposed to be doing that; and soon I will get myself a step stool.   Anyway, I think I will get into my pajamas, take a pain pill and go read for a while.  See you tomorrow!

Janet I am already in my Pajamas.

Not much new here. Carol You can now come and donate some of my junk er knick knacks etc.

I can tell you how it feels to be the caregiver of a grouchy or inconsiderate person. Been there and done that.

Later

Well, Marilyn, I think I'll get into my jammies now too.

I'm feeling so tired.  I haven't got rested yet since coming home from Janice's.

But before I go to bed, this is for Ruth Ann...

ok, I guess I'll get in my jamies too.    I'm ready.

Larry, I'm so sorry about your daughter's health problems.  I know this is such stress for you and Pat too.  It's so hard to remember to take care of yourself when a child is in need.

My sister is a caregiver too.  Like, Marilyn, she's done this for years.  I know there are times when she might be having a bad day, a caring word from a client can make her day better.  If she's tired or stressed, a simple "thank you"  can give her assurance that she is doing something worthwhile and gives her strength to continue.   We are all humans with need to be accepted, appreciated, shown dignity and respect.  It doesn't matter if you're the caregiver or the one being cared for.    It's really hard caring for someone who is complaining and/or angry.  It can wound your spirit, if you aren't aware of what's happening.  Caregivers are to be honored, in my opinion.

I had the 'little' roof problem.  Today I finally decided to call my insurance company, and withn a few hours (literally) an adjuster called, saying he was in town on another claim, and could be here within 15 minutes.  He came, and we looked deeper.  I hadn't even known that the water had caused damage in the wall upstairs (missing Sue's head and bed. ).  When I was pulling out the bed for the adjuster to see, I felt the carpet and it was soaked!  With Sue gone during the week, I hadn't even noticed that.

He made a claim adjustment of $2225.00  Minus my $500 deductable, that still leaves me $1725 to have the work done.   And here I wasn't even going to bother them. I've never filed a claim before.

My son was here to tarp the roof today, and my son in law was going to come and replace the few shingles tomorrow.  I'm glad I felt inclined to call the insurance company instead.   

I'm giving the Lord praise for prompting me to make the call instead of trying to save money.  It ended well.  God is so much smarter than I am.

Blessings, nita

Nita that is soooo great about your roof!     Almost like my fire a few years ago, hunh?  We have such a loving and gracious Father.  And He takes such good care of us.   

Hi everyone.  Yesterday Pat and I went downtown and saw our daughter.  She looked good and seemed to be feeling pretty good.  She is suppose to be dismissed today.  I am not sure whether we will go down and take her to her apartment since she has been told the hospital will provide that service if needed.  She said the doctors have changed most of the medications she is taking so after dismissal will have to wait at the pharmacies for the meds.  This hospital is so large it has 4 different pharmacies. 

Nita, sorry to hear of your roof damage.  Know you will be glad to have it fixed. 

Janet, those dust bunnies seem to have a way of multiplying.  Our housekeeper has been ill so hasn't been here for several weeks and we are seeing the results.  Hope you haven't gotten snowed in overnight.  Glad that Beth is feeling better.   

Carol, I guess those periods when you snowed in give you a chance to do some of those things that are easily put off.  I sure don't envy you all of that snow.  We are suppose to have rain for the next couple of days.

Our daughter just called and indicated her blood enzymes had gone back up  and they may keep her another day. 

JudyB, sure hope that ear problem heals up quickly.

Janet, it sounds like you may need to get your sled out to get around.  Glad you have gotten rain as sure the farmers need it.

Hope everyone has a nice day. 

Good Morning. Larry sorry to hear that Stacey's blood enzymes have gone backup again. I do pray that the Doctor's will get it all under control for her and the new meds will be the answer.

I am about to leave for Curves in about 20 minutes, then on to Ruth's after I come home and change. I have to do some shopping for her today and prepare enough food to last her until Tuesday morning, get her showered and vacuum her house.

This afternoon I need to come home and clean my own house and load up the car for recycling, go do that then I am home free for what is left of the day/night.

I am so glad that I feel better after being led by the Lord to buy and drink some Organic Apple Cider Vinegar yesterday. It sure settled down all the gassy stuff going on in my intestines.

Later y-all

Marilyn ~ I think I would rather have the gassy stuff going on in my intestines...

Larry ~ Sorry to hear that Stacey's enzymes have gone up. 

Jane & Nita ~ During our last wind storm, some shingles on my brother's house blew off.  He is glad he came home for Christmas to get them fixed.  I walked around my house and mine are A-okay! 

Janet and Carol ~ I heard on the TV that you guys are in for another big snow.    So far we are fine here.  In fact, I went to Ivalou's this morning in shirt sleeves and it wasn't bad at all.  No wind. 

Pat ~ Rest up.  You never know when the next project comes up. 

I looked out my front window yesterday and there was a hot air balloon floating in the sky.  I would love to do that.  But then it is cheaper to look down on things with Google Earth! 

I started a baby afghan for Ivalou's 5th g-grandchild last evening but I don't think I will finish that pattern.  You crochet squares of teddy bears and then put them together.  I had a mess of yarn hanging because of the color changes.  So I took the square to Ivalou's to give to Jo so she can make a pillow out of it.  And I found another pattern that has 9 teddy bears on it crocheted in filet.  One color.  Lots easier.  So I will start that this afternoon. 

Good morning to everyone else that has posted and will post.

Colin!!!!  Where are you??

Larry,  have you heard yet if your daughter is staying in the hospital another day?  That must not have been news she wanted to hear.   I'm so sorry.

Marilyn, my dad used to drink Apple Cider Vinegar every day.  I think he started out adding apple juice, and after awhile he liked the taste, and liked that it relieved his arthritis.  After awhile he stopped taking it, but I remember all of us were taking apple cider vinegar at one time. Etta Sue, it leaves a good clean feeling in your mouth.   It's better than white vinegar.  Go ahead....take a swig and call me in the morning.      Nita

Oh, phooey!  I just noticed Carol sent me a shout.  I answered it, and my post disappeared.  So--don't do that! 

We were without power from about 7:30 AM until about 20 minutes ago.  It's been really quiet around here!!  I spent the morning sorting through photographs, looking for those I took of Abby while she was in Kindergarten.  And didn't find them. 

We had some water, we heat with propane, so we were just fine.  You sure miss the electricity when the lights go out, though!!

Larry, I sure hope Stacey is doing all right now.  Liz and I both understand the worries of having a daughter who isn't in good health.  So none of us is alone in that.

We want to go to Moscow (about 30 miles) tonight to hear Curtis doing Karaoke, but it might get canceled, and we don't even know yet if we can get out.  Our pastor has already sent out word that we are not having services tomorrow.

I'm going to post this before I make another boo-boo and lose it again.

Etta Sue I used to put  ACV in my water bottle every day and carry it around with me, That was last year.  I put about ½ oz in 16 oz water, now I am just  using ½ oz in about 3.5 oz water. It has to be the Organic because it has what they call the Mother in it. I use Braggs Natural Organic ACV.

You would not want the gassy stuff I had it was PAINFUL!!

Nita it is good for Arthritis, do a google search on the  health benifits of ACV.

It is shirt sleeve weather here, I've just come back from walking to dogs so Irbe better get up from here and get my house cleaned up.

I sure can't get used to this new mouse pad the kids got me. It is just too slick being the hologram that it is.

Laters

Thanks, Pat, for "To God Be the Glory" - that also is my former pastor's favorite song.

Hope your daughter is better, Larry.

Marilyn, I've heard of using vinegar for lots of things - healthwise and also for cleaning.

Janet, hope your electricity stays on so y'all can watch services on television.

Etta Sue, instead of crocheting, right now I'm embroidering some pillowcases. I think it's going to take forever to finish them.

I've been cleaning my bedroom today. And, yes, Janet, I also found LOTS of dust bunnies. Thought I was going to have to name them. 

Y'all have a good evening.

Ruth Ann

Hi Everyone!

It is New Year's Eve morning here.  And we are about to head to church for our annual Testimony service.  Yep, just testimonies!

I'll chat with you next year!

In His Grip,
Kevin

HAPPY NEW YEAR, KEVIN!!

We watched a DVD movie last night & of all things, it was checked out from our supermarket.  I say this because it was a documentry of the 5 missionaries killed in Ecuador in the late 50's.  I remember the story because one was from Seattle.  If you want to see how God works in mysterious ways - check out the movie "Beyond the Gates Splendor".  Here is only one website that is so interesting -
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06008/633940.stm 

Our church gave both pastors some vacation time so we didn't have communion last night nor a sermon but a lot of singing.  It is a great idea for pastors to have a little rest after all of the work for Christmas.  Very few people were there as streets are not the best yet.

Etta Sue:  I gave away my knitting and crochet - but do miss it at times.  X stitch is sitting here waiting for me to decide if my eyes are good enough to try again.

Janet:  Do hope you keep the power.  We watched a highway patrolman on television going to talk to every person heading east & stopping people who were not local or emergency - talk about some angry drivers but it sure gets icy once you head east of Denver to the flatlands. 

Larry:  Did your son (who moved) make it over for the holiday?  No, you don't often get snow, do you?  I don't mind and in fact like to drive in snow, doesn't that sound crazy?  Just have everyone stay away from me. 

  It is 10 degrees F. now but the sun is rising and we will get melting on the roads then freeze every night - the snowbanks are quite high so corners are the hold your breath & hope that no one is coming fast. 

Carol

Good Morning one and all. I am ready for church with time on my hands so I thought I should check in here .

Hey Colin where are you? We miss you. What have you been doing?

Hi everyone.....so glad I am home again! I was in the U. S. A. touring all the states...really tired! Really..you might say..were you really in America Colin..and I would have to say....... NO! My USA was the Upper Side of Ahoghill..Pat knows where that is...and all the states I toured were the housing.... e...states! I know you miss my jokes!
I have been here everyday reading all your posts and seeing what you were all up to. Have not commented because I am keeping very quiet. I have been praying for you all... especially the ones with health problems. You are a great bunch of guys!

I was going to post a poem but not sure you have started your"week" yet. Karen from Australia is likely into the New Year and probably Kevin as well...I am just a little over 6 hours away as I write this. I shall return later and post my poem..even if you have not started your "week"! I really get tired and weary after every 7 days because 7  days does make one week (weak(!
I know...I know...I am not getting any wiser!

See you later!

Yea!  Colin is back!  I thought maybe you were out digging a hole and found yourself in a depression.....         Sorry, that was bad.   

Kaye Don and Barb are in Florida until April.  Ivalou left yesterday for Ohio for at least a week.  So I am alone in the neighborhood.  I have home security alarm system.  Aaron Stevenson called...my nephew...and wanted to know if I would like to go somewhere for something to eat last evening.  I did.  I set the alarm.  When I got back I turned it off with the remote.  It didn't go off right away but did.  I was going in and out bringing groceries in.  A few minutes later someone knocked on my door.  Scared the be-jesus out of me.  I went to the front door.  No one but a car was at the road.  I went to the side door.  No one but a police car in the drive.  I then saw a policeman through the dining room window.  I opened the front door.  Two policemen.  One said 'Is everything all right?'  I said, 'Yes.  Why?'  He said, 'We got a panic call from your alarm system.  This is xxxxx, isn't it?'  I then explained that I had just gotten home and it didn't shut off like it usually does.  But at least now I know it works after having it for 4 years.

I woke up this morning to rain.  When I got in the car for church, it was raining and the wind was blowing fierce.  But I hit a dog this morning.  I got south of Pendleton and it was raining so hard I had to put the wipers on fast.  I looked down at my dash and back up and this big white dog was coming right toward me on the road.  I swerved to the left but he did too.  I hit him with the front of the car.  But looking back in the rearview mirror, I didn't see anything.  I know, I should have stopped but I wasn't even near a house and like I say, it was raining really hard.  I was almost sick to my stomach. 

I went to two services at church and then to a steak house for lunch.  When I went past the place where I hit the dog, I saw nothing around there at all.  My car isn't damaged either.  I am praying now that the dog is okay.  Just bruised and sore but I really don't think that would be possible. 

It just doesn't seem possible this is the last day of 2006.  Where has the year gone? 

HAPPY NEW YEAR CP MEMBERS AND GUESTS!!

I decided to post this poem now because there is a strong wind blowing and our electric might go off. I hope you all had a good Christmas. I just want to wish you all a very happy and peaceful NEW YEAR! Take care and God bless!...Colin

Etta Sue..you are not wise...but you are ok! I should follow up your story about hitting the dog with my poem the SCRUFFY PUP...but it is way way too sad!

I had two of my Christmas poems published in our local newspaper and my New Years poem will be going in this week. I also had my song which I composed, played on the radio today in a gospel programne.So I have made a nice end to the year and also a nice start to the new year.

I will see you all next year!

COLIN!!  It is so good to have you (and your humor and poetry) back!!  Please don't stay away so long in the future, okay?  I love your New Years poem, very nice.

This is a rather strange day for me.  I wasn't out of the house at all yesterday, and we are still snowed/iced in, but it is thawing out there.  It will be good when all the ice is off the high line wires.  Some of the neighboring small towns have been told it will be from three days to three weeks before their power is restored!!    That would get really old.  We are blessed in having ours stay on after being initially restored yesterday.

I went to five different churches today (via TV) and then decided to take down the Christmas tree, take the Christmas linens off the dining table, put some stuff away.  That much less to do another day.

Etta Sue, I hope the dog is or will be all right, too.  I really hate hitting any kind of animal with a car.  When I was just learning to drive, there was a turtle in the road, and I swerved to miss it--and couldn't have hit it more squarely if I had been aiming for it!    As you can see, I have never forgotten that. I liked your "depression" joke to Colin! 

Carol, I don't think any church services were held anywhere in our area today.  They have had a steady stream of cancellation notices going across the TV screen all day.  My whole week will be mixed up from not attending church today!

Hi, Marilyn.  Hey, Pat, what are you doing today?  I guess most folks have church or other things, not many posting yet today.

I have some calls to make, then it's back to the photos again.

Hi everyone from a rainy and dreary Atlanta, Georgia area.  Fortunately it is now 63 degrees so no danger of ice from all this rain.

We did not attend church this morning but rather elected to go downtown Atlanta to visit our daughter, who is still in the hospital.  While we were there they came in and removed the Heperin (blood thinner) that she has been on and will monitor her probably overnight.  They tried to get her off of it about 36 hours ago but her heart enzymes went back up (as I previously posted).  She hopes to go home tomorrow.  She is going to have to rest and be careful of her exertion level for awhile.  She is weak not only from the heart attack but also from basically being in bed since Wednesday.
Her spirits are good and she has really calmed down and understands she is where she needs to be right now.

We got home a little before 3 pm and I took a nap and Pat has been sleeping in the recliner.  We plan to stay in for the rest of the evening.  I am thinking of putting my laptop back into factory condition and starting again with it as it has become bogged down.  Over the time I have had it I have put on and removed a lot of programs.  I will then put back only the programs I think I will be using. It was very fast when I first got it. 

Colin, good to see you back posting and thanks for sharing your New Year's poem with us. 

Etta Sue, glad you had a positive experience with your alarm system.  Sorry about your experience hitting the dog but perhaps it was more a passing blow and he/she was able to walk away. 

Janet, it sounds like you have been enjoying your forced time of not being able to get out and go.  Glad you have power restored.

Marilyn, I have heard of using the apple cider vinegar.  Glad it helped you. 

Carol, our son and daughter-in-law were here on Wednesday evening for a meal and our Christmas together.  Here came back and visited with us on Thursday for an hour or so while his wife was visiting somewhere else.  I heard on the news that the storm moved out of the Denver area faster than had been expected.  Sure you were all glad about that.

A special hi to Nita, Ruth Ann and Kevin and all those posting later today. 

Happy New Year everyone.  Even with the trial our family has encountered this year it still has been a wonderful gift from God and he has blessed us richly.  I am looking forward to see what the new year brings as God unfolds his will for my life in the days to come. 

Colin ~ Love the poem.  Congratulations on your publishing of your poems!  Some day some one is going to ask me if I have read any poems of Colin Moffett's and I will say 'Yes!  I know the famous poet Colin Moffett very well!'

Janet ~ Sounds like you have really been hit hard with snow and ice.  I have a lake again to the west of me.  What is it?  One inch of rain equals ten inches of snow if it were snowing instead of raining.  If that is so, then we would be in for three months if all this rain was snow! 

Larry ~ So glad that Stacey is better and in a good attitude.  I sure hope she gets to go home tomorrow. 

I just had a nap, Inky slept with me.  Kitty, her husband, Bob, and I are going out to eat later this evening.  That will be fun! 

Etta Sue...you are a gipe..Pat will tell you what that means and then you can box my ears! People have already asked me if I know Etta Sue!

Hi Larry...nice to hear you are taking it easy...sorry about your daughter. I will keep you in my prayers.

Hi Janet..thank you for missing me.

Hi Marilyn..thank you for missing me as well!

Hi to all the rest ....one hour for me to go into the New Year!

Oh, dear, Colin, then I may be too late to wish you and all my other friends Happy Hogmanay!

No, Pat, I didn't forget. 

I had an unusual lunch today. It was a "progressive" lunch, in that I ate 2 vegetables and hot tea with friends from my church, then scooted about 20 miles away to eat with my disabled friend and a mutual friend. There I had fish and salad. So, all together it was a great meal and absolutely wonderful to share love and hugs with friends, some of whom have known me longer than anyone else on earth.

Colin, thank you for the poem. We've missed you.

Our minister gave us a 2007 calendar (very tiny) tag that we can attach to our keyrings. He finished his sermon this morning by challenging us to remember that each day is given afresh to us and that we now have a completely new calendar of 365 days in which to live our lives, and that we can control how well we live it for God - through helpfulness, service, love, nurture, and other attributes. I shared the challenge with my friends at lunch.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

I closed earlier saying I had calls to make, and then discovered our phones are dead.  So I thought to use the cell to call the phone company---to find that we have no cell phone service, either!  So I really feel marooned today.   Isn't it amazing how dependent we become on all the conveniences we have gotten used to, that we grew up without??

I have been working on Abby's scrapbook (photo album) again today.  And I never did find those kindergarten photos, even after hours of searching.   I sure have lots of pictures of her, though.

Larry, glad Stacey is feeling better.  I think I would like to have a laptop, especially if we start traveling with the 5th wheel and pickup.  That would be after the price of gasoline comes down some.

One Night With the King is going to be on TBN tonight at 9 our time, and I sure want to watch that!

Ruth Ann, it sounds as if you had a lovely day.  Good for you!

I really hope we can either get out tomorrow, or at least have phone service back.  I'm starting to get cabin fever!

Quote from: Janet on December 30, 2006, 03:40:15 PM
Oh, phooey!  I just noticed Carol sent me a shout.  I answered it, and my post disappeared.  So--don't do that! 

Janet, not sure what you are talking about.  I saw the shout and it's still there.  Only the last 5 show but the rest are showing if you click on "View All" but I saw it while it was on that page before it went into the history.

Yes, had a very busy day with two granddaughters here today.

They've gone out and I feel like going to bed.

Ruthie phoned at about 1:30 or so today to tell us that our Aunt Flo (nearly 91 years old) fell at church this morning and broke her hip so she's in the hospital.

Then later on I called our brother and he sounded so awful and sick.  Not sure if it's the cancer or just the "flu".  Anyway, it's left me feeling kind of "down".

We have our family gathering tomorrow at Andrew's so I won't be around then either.

Happy New Year everyone!