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The crew hired for these snowfalls has been outside since 5 this morning.  I have no idea how much snow has fallen but it isn't a blizzard, thankfully.

Marilyn:  I have been thinking of knitting or crocheting once again & asked a friend who continues these things for a pattern of a stole or something for when I sit just to keep my shoulders  warm.  She has lot s of patterns & knits for that Linus charity. 

JudyB:  What a talent that you can whiz through & make a dress so quickly.  Good Luck!

Gord Brown:  Peace be with your nephew & his wife as they go through this trial with their new baby.

Ruth Ann:  What a nice day you had with your son and it is so super that he could fix your plumbing needs.  It is always a great gift to have a new washing machine!  Nice that he installed it for you. 

Janet:  Hang onto your hat!  I think you have more snow headed your way, sorry to break the news.  Well, we and probably you too need the moisture. 

Morning All,

Pat,Ruthie, JudyB ~ I extend my condolences as well. Isn't it great to know she is with the Lord though, what a blessing her life was and still is.

Marilyn ~ if like me you have a hard time setting aside time to spend with God, I found a sure fire way this morning. Run an antivirus or spyware program and let the computer do it's thing and take all the time you want to read God's Word and just be in His presence. It worked for me this morning.

Colin ~ beautiful poem. GOd has really given you a talent for that and I am grateful as it touches my heart.

Bonsey ~ what a wonderful ministry. My brother is a trucker and I still pray he comes to know GOd as his personal saviour.

Etta Sue ~ what a picture that must have been.

The weather here has been very unusual. It's currently 56F and jsut gray. IT's like spring is coming again, way too soon. My daffodils are trying to come up. Boy are they confused.   Usually we have at least a few inches or more and temps in the 20's.

Everyone else have a wonderful day in the Lord and be Blessed by His grace and goodness!

Til later,
<><Jeannine

Hi everyone.  Today was the men's coffee at our local senior center.  We only had 8 men attend today but we enjoyed the time together.

While we were sitting there having coffee the weather alarm in the center went off and when I looked it said tornado.  However, it turns out to be a tornado watch for later in the day.  It is in the 60s here today, just too warm for this time of the year.

Colin, that was a wonderful poem.

Etta Sue, hope you get your water fixed today.

Glad to read all of the postings.

The water is fixed!  It was a blown fuse.  Actually disintegrated!  Nothing left but the end of the fuse.  The long type fuse like a shotgun shell only the size of your little finger.  Old type fuses but I was told that until I have to replace a lot of fuses in a short amount of time, not to put breaker boxes in.  And that actually fuses are safer!     Anyway, I ended up calling a well drilling person because the plumber didn't work on water pumps for wells.  I lucked out and called the company that drilled this well and installed the water pump.  He remembered.  He also installed a new pressure switch...the new fuse was on the shelf in the basement.  So all is fine now.  Halleluia!!

Oh, did I mention that not only with the towel on my head and going to Ivalou's but I had shampoo suds sticking out from under the towel.  I had to clean my glasses when I got over there because I had shampoo suds on the lens and shafts!  I was thinking....I wonder what I would have done if this would have happened earlier when Ivalou was in Ohio!!  I do know where a key is hidden so I probably would have still went to her house.

Today is a cloudy, cloudy day.  But it is to be 58°F later in the day.  Our temps are about 20°F higher than normal about every day so far this year.  We have only been below freezing one day!!!  One Day this season!!  Indiana had better get more tourism areas...people will be coming here for the winter!!  And the prediction for the next week is still above freezing.  My furnace and heat bill loves it!!

Etta Sue, would you please send some of that warmth over here to Kansas?  Well, really, yesterday was a beautiful day, so lots of thawing; but today it is much colder and all frozen again.  That was a good thing for me, as I got stuck right in front of the garage last evening after taking stuff to the care home for Mom and Beth.  Darrel had to come out and get the car out---but with it frozen, I was able to get out and back in today.  Our road is a muddy bog, though.  I hope the maintenance crew can get to it before too long.

The ice on the power lines in some counties near here was 7 to 8 inches in diameter!    It's no wonder the poles snapped like match sticks!  Between here and Garden City, the ice even brought down the big steel power towers!!  I saw the crew over across the highway this morning, working to replace the poles.  They have crews in from other areas, and the guys are working SO hard.  God bless them.

Carol, I heard we might be in for another snow.  I really don't mind, if we don't lose power.  That three inch rain before the snow was a real blessing.  If that had all been snow, boy, we would have been buried!

Good to read everyone's posts today.  I will be back later.

My car door was so hard to open this morning as it was frozen shut when I went out at 7 to thaw the windows so I could get on to Curves. When I got back my front door was standing wide open, I guess i didn't get it closed tight when I left. Bebe was standing inside,  thank God  she didn't decide to take run by herself.

Jeanine I  usually get up between 5 and 5:30, let the dogs out, get their food ready for when they come back in then sit down and spend anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes with the Lord. I have been doing this for  at least 7 years. I  used to get up at 6:30 but I made the extra effort to get up an hour earlier just for the Lord.


Gotta go now.

Hi y'all,
Just a quick stop in to let you know that I am still Trusting_In_Him but my name is now showing as my name. A little easier.

It is currently about 60 here in ER,NY. Now I'm off to see about signing my dad up with a subscription to Sirius satellite radio. Talk to y'all later.

<><Jeannine

Hello, all!

Well, this morning I'm the mother of TWO teenage daughters as today is my youngest daughter's thirteenth birthday.  Doesn't time fly?  It seems I was just holding that little newborn in my arms.  I am so thankful to the Lord and my wonderful husband that I've been able to stay at home and homeschool them all these years and haven't missed all the special moments and milestones.  We'll be taking the day off of school to celebrate this latest one.  What a blessing! 

It is 27 degrees here in Idaho right now.  We are supposed to get 2-3 inches of snow here in the valley tonight and more in mountains.

Janet-I've never personally seen that kind of ice!  Wow.  Did you get any pictures of it?

Etta Sue-Glad you got your water fixed.  Such an inconvenience!  Love the addition to my mental picture of the soap suds. 

Colin-Your poem is indeed touching.  I love writing them, too, but haven't done it so much lately.  Oh, I will try to post some pictures of my daughters in their Irish Dance dresses, like you requested. 

Gord Brown-I will be lifting your nephew and his wife and baby up to our Heavenly Father.  It must be so heartbreaking to see their new baby all hooked up and not be able to take her home and just enjoy her.  I will certainly pray for Nicole to be healed.

Time to get going.  Blessings to you all!
Kathleen

I just got back from Noblesville after going to Taco Bell, WalMart, the Post Office and Lowe's....got more fuses, just in case.  It is raining but warm. 

Janet ~ Sorry!  I have a feeling if I send the warmth to you, it will be cold here then.  Sorry, you will just have to get your heat from somewhere else.        I can't imagine 7"-8" diameter ice on power lines!  Whew!  We had an ice storm here about 10 years ago that felled about 10 towers north of us.  The towers that are like the one next to me. 

Kathleen ~ I love your little picture for your profile.  Looks like Idaho.  I have been on I-84 across Idaho and US-2 in the north.  We were suppose to stay on US-2 but I forgot to tell my husband to turn and ended up in Coeur d'Alene, then went to Spokane.  And I had a step-grandson stationed at Mountain Home. 

Jeannine ~ I like 'Jeannine' showing up better, don't you?  How is Michael today? 

Marilyn ~ There is a spray that you can buy that will thaw your doors and wipers easy.  I can't remember but it is something like 'Defrost'!  I used to have to use it when my car was outside all the time. 

Hi Etta Sue!

Thanks for the compliment.  The pictures is actually in Wyoming.  I have a B&W version in my gallery album.  It tells more about where it  was taken.  In fact, when I wrote about the picture, I forgot that I had posted it as my profile picture.  The bigger better version shows the texture of the barn, too.

I'm hunting for a decent picture of myself to use for my profile.  Wish me luck! 

Gotta go-"Willie Wonka" (the new version  ) is starting and my hubby is on his way home to help us celebrate our daughter's 13th. birthday today!

Blessings, Kathleen

Good Afternoon,

Kathleen ~ wish her a Happy Birthday from me!

Etta Sue ~ yes, Jeannine is a whole lot easier to see and congrats on spelling it right, it took my pastor a year to get it spelled right.   And Mr. Magoo (Michael) is doing fine. It's so good to not have him getting sick all the time.

Marilyn ~ it's great you are disciplined enough to do that. Sometimes I have to make the time since I'm always playing with pictures on the computer. I get up at midnight to take over for the nurse who is leaving and Michael is usually awake and needing mom's attention. So sidetracked at the git go.

OK, time to go. Have a blessed day/evening/night, depending on where you are and your schedule.

<><Jeannine

Hello everyone.

I am not going to comment on each post, they are all important, and you can know I pray for each person through my day.

I am about half way done my dress and this is a quick break.  I really don't like working on black, my eyes start bleering if I am at it to long. 

I am sorry for those of you who have freezing rain and the heavy snow falls.  It can be so dangerous.  It is hard to believe we still have no snow.  Temperatures are in the +6*Cmark. (42.4*F).  We are concerned that when the weather turns it will be hard and heavy going.  For the moment we are thankful as we can leave the dogs tied up when we go out and know they won't get too cold.

Well John has a Gospel Businessmens Supper to go to, so the girls and I will have an easy time with dinner.  I want to have this dress done tonight so I had better go and get sewing.

Good night everyone And God bless.

Quote from: Jeannine on January 05, 2007, 03:31:02 PM

Etta Sue ~ yes, Jeannine is a whole lot easier to see and congrats on spelling it right, it took my pastor a year to get it spelled right.  
<><Jeannine

Jeannine~This is interesting to me     My daughter's name was Jean and, of course, mine is Jane ... She named her first daughter Patricia Janean using both my name and her own in the spelling.  I guess there are many ways to spell a name.  I always thought that was pretty cool.   

Hi everyone...thank you all for the lovely comments you made about my poem. I have been reading all your posts. That Etta Sue is something else! I must go now and I will see you all later...God bless

Hi  Everyone. I am not going to name names this time  but I have read all the posts from everyone. I can't stay long as I have to go back to work shortly, and then I have a baby shower to attend tonight at the church.

I took Ruth to get a perm today and did some grocery shopping for her while she was there.

I  took the dogs for their walks and stopped to ask  a friends parents if they had a camp cot I could borrow, went back with the car and pick up the bed. Savannah and Forest are coming to stay the night tomorrow and go to church with me on Sunday. Gilbert is getting more lenient about them going to church. Hallelujah!!!! My prayers are being answered.

Gotta go now

Later.

Wonderful messages today. I was in two business meetings, one in which I taught a client and someone else the ins and outs of making pivot tables in Excel. That one took 3 hours. The other was a quick one - very impromptu, but brought me good news.

It's raining here in Nashville. I thought it would stop, but as I was leaving work, I had to use my security pass to get the bar across the garage to open, so turned my watch face underneath my left wrist to keep water from getting in it, the rain was so hard.

I saw Sarah peeking in the door the other day. Young lady, it's wonderful to hear from you. We love it that you let us in on your busy schedule. Hopefully today wasn't as difficult as the other one was.

Jeannine, I like your new screen name. Jane, that's neat the way your daughter spelled her baby's name.

I agree - it's impossible to remember all the posters' names so as to be able to respond, but I read them all, remember them, and pray for the requests.

Y'all have a good evening. I'm worn out after being "on point" for so long today.

G'nite, all!

Ruth Ann

  Hi from Gord. 

I want to thank you all for praying for my niece and we do not have any real good news yet. They had taken her out of the incubator and also taken the I.V. out of her head but then they had to do it all over again and also keep her in I.C.U. so we ask that you will all contiue to pray for little Nicole and of course her parents.

I have been able to read lots of the postings and am enjoying them so much.  I dont know why I did not do this more often before.  I do want to say and encourage all that post that the blessings from what you put into the site are awesome and I know that more people that we encourage to do this it will encourage Pat so much more.  Some of the newer people on this site may not know that Pat and I have known each other at least 39 years and she and her husband encouraged me throughout my  Christian walk so please keep doing the same for her and this site.

Jeannean  How is Michael I hope that he is doing well and the you are good too.

Judy B.  Who is getting married? You stll have not given me an answer re what you put on the posting on dec 26th.  You put down
Gord  about those caps!  Answer please. 


God bless you all and Have a woderful day with the Lords  people on Sunday.  Good Night.   Gord.

Hello all, I am awake but not for long. They are predicting 2 to 4 more inches of snow here for this evening and then it blowing all day tomorrow. I had to mess with truck today and we get a big one in to replace what was lost in the power outage. Any ways dad found out from tricounty (our electric guys) that if power goes out in any of these next snow storms (they are pretty consistant predictions for just about every friday so far) then we will be out for more than 46 hours because they are still working to fix this last storms problems  not what i want to hear but i guess you take what you get. Anyways i'm off to bed i work 745 til 5 today :S adios

Kathleen ~ My Mom always said, 'Don't take a picture of me.  It always looks just like me.'  So any picture of you would be fine for your profile.  I am thinking I need a new one, too! 

Jeannine ~ With a name like 'Etta Sue', I thrive to get the spelling of other people's name correct.  They get the Sue right but some people really butcher the Etta.  When I was younger I had long, dark brown hair and people thought I was part Indian.  I then told them Sue was spelled Souix!   

JudyB ~ You are having similar weather as we are in Indiana.  Still only one snowfall and it was gone by noon.  So much water.  Our little ponds were gone until yesterday and now there is water again everywhere!  Thank God for my sump pump or my basement would be flooded.

Jane ~ I like Janean and Jeannine.  I graduated from high school with a Jenene.  Really didn't realize they were pronounced the same until now.  I guess today if you look at the roster in schools you would see all types of unique spellings for common names.  Ivalou and I were discussing our names last evening.  All of our lives, we have had to spell our names.  And our maiden name was Stevenson spelled SteVenson...meaning not 'ph'.

Colin ~ The suds, at least, wasn't in my mouth to make me look like a rabid dog!  But that is all over and in my past memories now.  Thank God!

Marilyn ~ I can read the joy in your post just knowing that Savannah and Forest are spending the night AND going to church with you.  Now to get Gilbert and Sara to go with you, too.

Ruth Ann ~ I wish I knew more about Excel.  All I know is self-learned and trial by error. 

Sarah ~ I, too, forgot to mention you the other day.  Good to see you pop in and post once in awhile!  Your area is sure being hit hard with the snow and wind.  Come to Indiana....nice and warm...(for January)!!

Gord ~ So sorry to read about your little niece.  My prayers are said on her behalf and all the family.

Ivalou called me yesterday afternoon and wanted to know if I would like to go to Marge's for supper.  She invited Betty also so the foursome that goes to Beef and Boards Dinner Theater ended up at Marge's last evening.  We had chili soup, hamburgers, cut veggies, cottage cheese, chocolate chip cookies and iced tea or lemonade.  What a feast!  A lot more than I would have had at home by nuking my supper.  Then we played cards.  Euchre.  I don't know how many games we played but we were all getting tired and being silly.  We are all perfectly well today!!!  Laughter is the best medicine, you know!! 

Hi everyone from a cold but sunny N. Ireland. Hope you are all well.

Gordon Brown...I think I should apologise to you. I had replied to you in a posting when you first said hello...well I thought I had replied! I had a really long post written...was checking it in preview...forgot to post it and switched off computer! I did not realise until the next day.
I am sorry Gordon...I should have written to you again and I do hope you were not thinking I was ignoring you. I got you in my emails this morning...thought I could read what you sent me here....but no! So I kind of forget what you have said. I do not know Belfast too well but I have heard and recognize all the place names you mentioned. I live near Portglenone in the countryside and am about 30 miles from Belfast. Our nearest large town is Ballymena which is 7 miles from me. Yes..it would be nice to meet you when you come over to N. Ireland for a visit. Pat has told me a little about you...nothing I can print here...only joking!  I must go back to my emails and read what else you have said. Sorry again for not getting back to you sooner. I indeed will be praying for your neice.

Kathleen..happy belated birthday wishes to you daughter.

I also keep forgetting what is in each post and who is posting what...so if I have left anyone out..I apologise. God bless you all.

Good Morning Gord, Etta Sue and Colin. You have all been here before  me.  Well I was here to read but didn't post just then.

Yes Etta sue I am so thrilled that they will be going to church with me. Gilbert says that Forest hates church, so I am praying that "Forest will absolutely love going to church and won't be able to get enough of church." Will you all agree with me in prayer?

I will be going to work at 9:30  at Ruth's, This morning I am cooking her meals for the weekend. I am fixing her some  baked chicken and noodles, making a salad and that should last here until I get there on Monday morning. She prepares her own breakfast. It is such a pleasure to work for her as she is so easy to please and will eat whatever I prepare for her.

I am also going for my Saturday workout at Curves. I go 4 times per week.

A lady in my Tai Chi class gave me a blanket  a few weeks ago and I have never seen a blanket so long I can double it in half lengthwise and it still fits the top of my double bed. I am going to cut it in half and use it to put in to quilts.

Later

Hello, friends.  My grandson Mark is here, and has been using my computer most of the morning.  He and Abby are spending the weekend with us, a rare treat! 

Earlier this morning, I asked if they would like pancakes for breakfast---yes--- so Abby was being helpful, as she usually is, and looking in the pantry for pancake mix.  The pantry has WAY too much STUFF in it, and she accidentally knocked a jar of cashew butter out.  It hit the tile (ceramic) floor, and glass splinters went everywhere!!  I have found them in four rooms!!  Where it hit was close to three doors.  Anyway, the oil from the cashew butter, which rises to the top, made a real mess to clean up, along with all the glass.  Abby and I both worked to clean it up, sweeping, mopping with very hot, soapy water, etc.  I said about three times "I don't want to fall!"  You guessed it---I fell.  And I'm here to tell you, ceramic tile over concrete is VERY HARD.  I fell on my right hip, and hurt both arms, jarred me from top to toe.  I couldn't get up, my feet wouldn't stay under me, kept sliding.  Darrel came in and helped me up, and I'm so thankful nothing is broken.  But I am hurting.   Abby felt so bad about it, and has been trying to do all she can to help me, bless her loving heart.  Well.....this, too shall pass!

Poor Colorado got it again!  And they predict that next weekend, Kansas will also get another snow storm.  We could wait for that, but as Sarah said, we take what we get.  Hi, Sarah!  How about making me a Hawaiian lovers' pizza?  Thanks. 

Marilyn, so happy the grands will go to church with you.  Just keep talking positively about what a wonderful thing it is to go to God's house, he will come around.  I'm sure you don't need my advice on that, though.  It will be sweet to have Mark and Abby in church with us tomorrow.  And Mark can be in our Sunday School class, too!

Abby has a little friend here, and they are making some hot chocolate.  They have been out playing in the snow! 

I need to move around, I sure stiffen up quickly when I sit for a while.  Hope the effects of that nasty fall do not last too long.

Good morning all!

It's so nice to read through all your posts. I love the 'family' atmosphere here on these boards.

Yesterday I reached a milestone in my recovery since becoming sick 5 weeks ago - I drove our van to the shops.  It was wonderful doing a very normal thing once again! Praise Him!

The exhibition is really going well with lots of photos being sold. The Art Gallery owner is so excited and says they have never sold so many items from any other exhibition! Another point for praise to the Lord!

Here in Australia, we are in our school holiday which run for 7 weeks. The children return to school on the last day of January - so it's very full on at home with all the boys home, noisy and active!    All of them are very interested in playing instruments and writing worship songs. It's such a delight to see the children using their time to worship the Lord.

There's something I need a little help in, in relation to my photos : I would like to learn how to make photomontages and superimpose a number of photos together to make one new photo. If any of you have any time to explain to me how to do this, I would greatly appreciate it.

Well it's time to get the family ready for church (it's Sunday morning here), so I'll see you all later.

Have a wonderful day!

Love,

Hi Janet...I will write this the way we would say it over here...am sorry yae fell ah rickle again... So sorry Janet you have fell and hurt yourself. I hope you get over the effects very soon. God bless.

Hi Karen...have a wonderful day yourself! I am so pleased your photos have sold well. Take care and God bless.

Hi Marilyn..keeping you in my prayers. Take care. God bless.

There has been an avalanche on the road we take to go to son's cabin and they are up in the mountains this week of vacation - trying to talk with them now.  It is a road that has more than a few treacherous spots of possible rock slides or avalanche and our family knows it well. 

Tomorrow, we will go to the early service as a group of quilters will present three quilts to a Habitat family. 

Marilyn:  I can just imagine your big smile today!!!!

Carol

Janet:  So sorry but I missed reading when you fell - this has to stop!  Take care.

Colin:  Hello - Are you enjoying your weekend? 

Carol

Me, too, Janet - falling is NO FUN.

Shutterbugmom, I certainly appreciate your posts.

Marilyn, great news that the kids get to go to church with you. You've waited such a long time for this!

Etta Sue, you have problems with your first name - I finally gave up. If they call me Betty Sue or Margaret Ann, or whatever, if I'm the only one around with a two-word name, I just smile and answer. And, of all things, many people don't get Bice right either - they want to put an "r" in it!

I'm wearing a wonderfully warm sweater my daughter in law gave me for Christmas. It's black with a sprinkle of light grey or white threads, that makes it look like a black tweed sweater - very comfortable and it's kept me oh, so warm ever since I put it on this morning.

Y'all have a good evening.

Ruth Ann

Colin I have put the tea on and anyone else who wants to join me for a cup of Black Chai. 

Janet what are we going to do with you? you are beginning to sound like me falling so much. However, I am not claiming that; I rebuke that thought right now in the name of Jesus.  We are not going to fall down anymore. You hear me? 

I am still waiting to hear from Gilbert or Sarah as to whether or not I am picking up the kids or if they are bringing them here. I called a bit ago and they were expecting some out of town company momentarily.

Carol did you make all three quilts? I think that is so nice of  your church to present them to  Habitat families.

Wow Karen photo montages, I would like to learn how to do that too. I've seen some great presentations done that way. 

Inspired Gal I didn't know you have been sick or recovering from sickness. may I be so bold to ask what was the problem?

Jane and Nita where are you? Are you over there in the corner again eavesdropping observing? Want some tea? 

TTYL

Hey yeah, I'd like some tea, Marilyn!     Coffee will do just as well.   

I had a bit of "down" time earlier today then a friend sent a beautiful encouragement via DaySpring ecard...  That helped and then I "felt like" going to the store to wander among the real people for a while.  While there--wandering--a voice called my name.  It was a friend from our former church and the class I taught a couple years ago....She said she'd been thinking of me and was so happy to see me because she had some questions and just needed a bit of Christian fellowship ...... God arranged that for both of us!  He always knows just what I need.   

Sorry about all the slippery sliding around and other situations that have been mentioned here.    I know our Father has His eye on you all and He will see that everything is healed and back in fine shape immediately if not sooner.   

Marilyn, this was the first fall I have had in a long time.  And it wasn't because I am awkward, or do not have good balance---just water, slick tile and oil all together.  Not a good mix.  Ouch.

Carol, I have been watching the reports about the avalanche across the highway there in Colorado.  Goodness!  Scary!  So glad people have been safely rescued.  Do they know yet if they got everyone out?

Thanks, Colin.  I think I shall survive, albeit in color!  Beautiful shades of black and purple. 

Karen, glad your recovery is going well, and that your exhibition is going great!!  Must be a "God thing." 

Hi, Nita.  Nope, falling is no fun at all.  Glad you're enjoying your new sweater.

Hey, Jane.  Yep, God knows just what we need.  And right now, I need a hug.  Thankfully, I have three very capable and good huggers right here! 

Abby and I are going to watch Frankie and Hazel, a movie from Feature Films for Families, and then it's off to bed with her.  She was up too late last night, and in the morning is church.

I hope everyone is doing well.