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Morning Devotional...


Be the Good Soil

But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Matthew 13:23

Recommended Reading
1 Corinthians 3:5-8

If you are a vegetable gardener, you have had the puzzling experience of different plants of the same variety producing different qualities of fruit when planted in the same soil. Perhaps a large rock is blocking the growth of the roots. Or perhaps a poisonous chemical substance was accidentally spilled on the ground. Lots of things can render soil unsuitable for seed.

Jesus identified the soil of the heart as the primary variable in spiritual growth (Matthew 13:1-23). If the soil is rocky or filled with weeds and brambles, the seed of the Word of God cannot spring up and bear fruit. But if the soil is "good," then we "hear and understand" it and bring forth an abundant crop of spiritual fruit. And whose job is it to make sure the soil of the heart is "good," prepared to receive kingdom teaching? It is every Christian's responsibility to prepare his or her heart -- to be the good soil.

Whenever you are about to receive the Word -- before Bible study or a sermon -- ask God to give you a heart of good soil.



"As seed is made for soil and soil for seed, so the heart is made for God's truth and God's truth for the heart."
Richard Glover



From "Today's Turning Point" by David Jeremiah

Hi everyone.  Yesterday I bought Pat a Lenova desktop computer.  It has 6 mgs of memory and one terabyte of storage, which is an overkill but it sure is fast.  It does have Windows 8 but I have a mirror image of her old hard drive, which is Windows 7,  using Carbonite and sure hope it works as they say it will. I just finished removing her old computer and hooking up the new one in her office as I had been working on it here in my office.  Now am waiting on hold for Carbonite to give me some help in the steps I need to take to get the mirror image on the new computer.  I did not go to church this morning as this is our "send" Sunday with a brief service early and then the congregation fanning out in the community to perform various service jobs.  Pat went and after the service she and other ladies are continuing to work on the butterbean dolls they are making for the Christmas Boxes and for local charity.  I did make a brief visit to my good friend yesterday at the hospital.  I had no sooner got there than they came to take him for another test.  He did say the cardiologist thinks he will need a pacemaker and there is also indications many of his problems may relate to Parkinson's, which he has known about for sometime.  They are doing all kinds of tests on him.  I will check with him or his wife later today. 

Janet, rather startling to read you came home from Russia as didn't know you were out of the country.  :)  Of course, I know that is a town near you all.  I hate to share my food with flies.  I understand why you have a "fan club" and you deserve it. It is nice to know that people appreciate what you do even though you would likely continue to do it without the praise. 

Ruth, your day today sounds delightful.  It has been several years since we took a train ride and that was at the Royal Gorge in Colorado.  It was a nice supper ride and very enjoyable. 

Pat, sounds like a very nice evening at your church.  So sorry to read you are fighting that terrible infection. 

Good Morning, Jeanne and thanks for the new devotional thoughts for this week.  Good morning Marilyn.

Still waiting for Carbonite and have been on hold now for 23 minutes but won't give up. 

The train ride is called the South Simcoe Steam Train. It runs from Tottenham to just a little north of Beeton. While on the train your are given a short History lesson.  The engine reverses up the track then returns forward on its return trip, the whistle sounds at every crossing, from start to finish it takes about 1 hour in the summer it runs 4 times a day then after thanksgiving a change of passe, it does a Halloween run and then in December the Christmas run.   If you book in advance they have a special car for small parties.   Lots of fun. Pat check google to find out more. If you and Paul go we would join you .

Following that we had lunch at a lovely restaurant in town.

Thanks for keeping Peter in your prayers. Auntie sure misses him.

Janet my computer froze up as I was typing a response to you and I thought it didn't post either so i just closed the window and forgot about it  until I saw it today. Yikes!!! What I was trying to say is :  "I would be interested in seeing your questions, but can't guarantee that I would answer all of them, My life has been a chaotic mess at times". I supposed I could leave all of that part out right??

I have posted my Sensa Success story in my blog and on Facebook if anyone cares to read it and make any comments Just click on the l.ittle wprld under my profile picture and you will go right to my blog..

Hi everyone.  It is going to be a warm day here, up to 90 degrees, with a slight possibility of a pop-up shower later in the day.  I hope I didn't confuse anyone yesterday as I forgot to change the header on my post from Saturday to Sunday.  The saga of the computer continues as I had to return the desktop to Office Depot yesterday.. I got it all setup in Pat's office and went to open the CD/DVD drawer and nothing happened.  So I boxed it up and took it back and am suppose to get a replacement today that they getting from another store.  It is the same model but hopefully everything will work this time.  Today is my last treatment and I sure won't miss those trips to Athens each weekday.  Other than my meeting tonight that will be my day.  Pat just left to go to our local Kaiser to get her hip x-rayed and have a test done but should be back by 11:30, when I have to leave.  I did visit with my friend, Rod, yesterday afternoon for 15-20 minutes.  He had been able to get 6 hours of sleep on Saturday night.  They are definitely going to put in a pacemaker and he is still waiting to see the doctor regarding the Parkinson's or whatever else the problem is. 

Ruth, sounds like a lovely trip on the train. 

Marilyn, I think several of us are getting page not found or similar messages when we hit the post button but then find our message has posted.  If your computer froze up that is a different matter.  It is frustrating when it does that.  I am really getting worn out dealing with computer problems.  I got a virus on my laptop but think I got it removed, at least it seemed to be last night.  Before every few minutes Malwarebyes would inform me a virus had been detected and then would clean it but it was set up in the "Tasks" to reload itself over and over.  It apparently was carried by the Adobe Flash player software.  I think I will stay away from that. 

Not many postings today.  Hope everyone has a pleasant day. 

Well we have had a saga of a computer as well here as well.  John's truck is totally computerized, so if something happens he sees it on the dash.  On Monday the tail lights quit on the tractor. Everything seemed to work after 3.5 hours of work. Tuesday the tail lights quit again, 5 hours in the dealership. They changed all corroded connections and the main power connection on the truck.  All was well everything worked.  Last night on his way to the border the tail lights quit again.  Now this is getting frustrating.  I suggested that it might be a computer glitch......It happens here on CP so why not his truck!  Well they decided to reprogram the computer.  I also suggested that he get copies of the work orders in case it happens again and DOT or the police catch the problem, he can show he is being pro active about getting things fixed.  HE has the work orders it has been about 3 hours today that he has been down, I hope the reprogramming will fix things up.  11.5 hours and that is straight down time.  We are hoping he will be paid the hourly rate for this.

Larry John is heading to South Georgia, however it is doubtful that he will now have time to stop.  Thankfully he left early enough to get to the drop off on time, and still within the legal parameters.

We had an amazing time at church yesterday, Pastor John made it interactive, (Small congregation). He was speaking on one word, Go.  Based on the verses in Matthew 28:19-20  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.  HE asked us for reasons why we didn't "Go"  Considering that is a command, why didn't we just "go".  We came up with many reasons, fear, inadequacy, lack of holiness in our own lives, and on went the list.  It led me to wonder how many of the "reasons" are actually just poor excuses, all of which we can overcome if we truly want to be his servants.

We have a cool day here today, 61* and now cloudy.  I will be lighting the furnace soon.

Have a great day everyone!

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Wow!  Monday again already!  The weeks spin by so quickly!

We spent all day yesterday in Hugoton, as Chip Brim was speaking in both services at My Father's House.  He is a former baseball coach, so positive and fun to listen to, and really inspires you to do and be better!  "I am well on my way to becoming who I already am!"  He had us repeat that a couple times.  It is imperative we know WHO we are in Christ Jesus before we can fulfill the call  on our lives.  He  will be speaking there again tonight.

Beth has an appointment this afternoon to get a neurofibroma removed from her back that has gotten torn loose and keeps bleeding.  I wil meet her at the doctor's office.  Not sure how we can get her in a position so we can see her back.  :-\

The guys are about to finish putting the rock on the new addition to the front of our house.  It really looks nice!  :)  It will make it look more like a house and less like a farm shed.  ;)

Marilyn, I always tell folks they can skip any question they prefer not to answer.  As Larry stated, these stories become valuable to our families, especially when we aren't around any more.  Congrats on your weight loss.  I have Sensa, but can't seem to remember to use it!

I have an item to frame that I have procrastinated on for too long, think I will go "Just do it!"

Larry, I hope your computer problems are sorted out quickly.  I know how they frustrate me, and you do not need the aggravation!

Judy, hope John's truck problems are now in the past!

Hope you all have a great week!

Did my duty and just phoned 2 senator's offices and one congressman.  I was able to talk with humans and just gave name & address then asked them Not to vote for War in Syria.  We are not even out of Afghanistan.  That is about as political as I will get today.  Meanwhile, in a cleaning mode here for tomorrow's company - well, I just try to keep up anymore and it is a daily chore but so thankful that I can still do this stuff.

The new pastor came yesterday and he is a terrific speaker.  He does speak faster (is quite young) and Don missed some words and so did I.  He is fitting in right away - I don't know when they actually move here from Chicago.  The message is to listen and say more YES than NO to messages from above. 

Two of the boys stopped by for a visit and we always love to see them.  We had dinner with our other son and he volunteered to do some tile work in the kitchen so that is just so nice to hear. 

Janet:  He sounds like an inspirational speaker - the coach.  Bless Beth!  ---- take a picture of the front of your house and show us what is happening. 

Ruth:  Train trips are so neat.  We would take them more but so many have been cancelled around here. 

Today really feels like early fall with the temperature only at 68 here at my house.  Bright sun and brisk breeze - another of those ideal laundry drying days.  I even got a blanket washed and on the line.  A couple more need washing so I may get to those tomorrow if this weather continues.

The furnace is running,and the house has warmed up.  Still cold outside though.

I made a batch of peach butter, like apple butter only using peaches.  About 4 quarts of peaches.  I used the crock pot and the pot was full.  Today I finally had it reduced enough to jar.......2 small canning jars!  Tastes good though!

Ruth Nice to chat today!

Have a great day folks.

Judy, you reduced a full crockpot of peach butter down to two pints?? My goodness!  I love peach and apricot jams, and buy the kind with no sugar added.  I think they may be sweetened with pear juice.

I met Beth at the dermatologist's office, and she snipped off the neuro with scissors and put a band-aid on it.  No stitches.  It was about a half inch long and as big as a soda straw, and engorged with blood.  Glad that's over!

Darrel just told me he isn't going to church with me tonight.  I am disappointed.  :-\

Carol, like you, I have been letting my government people know I am NOT in favor of a military strike on Syria.  Both sides there are our enemies.

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Janet I can just imagine how many apples I will need for apple butter!!! I will want more than 2 pints!

Today is a lazy day for me, the uneasiness from last night took its toll.  There was a car parked just by our driveway when  I got home from church and their explanation just didn't wash.  Then the way they took off after I got home just left me wondering.  Their explanation was they were bird watching!  Right!

I have upped my walking, to twice a day. The second walk is short, but that will increase as i get into it. 

JudyB:  That would make me alert too. 

Janet:  How is Beth doing after her treatment today? 

Be prepared - Fall is instantly here and I mean it happened all at once.  A wind, hail, rain and flood warning came and hail did hit and damage areas in the metro.  We are suddenly cool after the last two weeks of being above average for at least 10 degrees daily.  Changed into long pants and now wearing a sweater.  More serious weather is expected.  Janet:  it is headed your direction.

We have an offer on our cabin owned jointly with one son.  Prayerfully, this can be resolved in the next two days.  Two families made one offer. 

Cooling just in time as tomorrow I will bake a walnut coil for the quilt group.  Some like coffee and most like iced tea and almost everyone likes heaps of ice cream.   

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That's  great breakdown of the promises of the 23rd Psalm, Pat.  Thanks for sharing.   :thumbsup:

The next two blankets won't get washed today - or for a couple more days.  It's raining.  And there may be some thunderstorms on the way, along with a last (I hope) blast of hot and humid.   :o

Pat:  Reading your note on Psalm 23 three - that is also a good way to begin the morning. 

It is just getting light and I can tell that the temperature is much cooler this morning so long warm pants are the order for my walk.  The best part of this weather cooling is that fire danger abates and we hope we have seen the last of it for this year. Sipping  :coffee: and now we have discovered a sugar-free chocolate creamer - yum. 

We had flu shots yesterday and were told that it is good to get the shot early because they are already seeing a lot of sick people. 

My post last night took a really long time but it did access the site.  Have a good day everyone.     

Just came back to check as my post did not go through for some time.  A newly charged battery is now in the wireless mouse.  The thing is - the battery in the mouse never stops running so that battery has to be changed often. 

Jeanne:   I like to wash pillows and blankets when it is hot & sunny too. 

Another sunny morning and sure to be warm day.  I picked up the replacement computer for Pat yesterday afternoon and unboxed it and set it up this morning.  I contacted Carbonite and they walked me through the first steps and we are in the process of creating a recovery CD before the mirror image can be restored.  When that is completed I will call them back and they will take control of my computer and do the mirror image restore to put it back as Windows 7 with all the programs and files Pat had on the other computer.  This seems to be a slow process.  I don't know whether I will go anywhere today or just stay home and do some things that need doing and rest.  I was happy to complete my 35 treatments and trips back and forth to Athens. 

Judy, I hope John gets paid for his downtime and it certainly isn't his fault that the equipment fails.  Computers are great but sure can be a problem on equipment such as cars and truck and refrigerators and microwaves.  Hope John has a nice trip to South Georgia. 

Janet, glad the procedure went well for Beth and no stitches required.  Your new front to your home sounds nice and I hope we can see some pictures when it is done.  Your home sounds very interesting as you have described it in the past.   I hope today will put an end to the computer problems here for awhile.  Pat enjoys the computer in her office and it gets her out of the easy chair where her laptop is located. 

Carol, I also need to contact my Senators and Congressman.  I think both of my senators have already indicated they do not support war in Syria but haven't checked on the position of my congressman.  Pat has trouble picking up all of the words from our Associate Pastor as she talks fast and the pitch of her voice is hard for Pat to hear.  Your weather can sure change quickly.  I have to have another blood test tomorrow and plan on getting my flu shot then.  I filled out the paper when I saw the cardiologist last week but ran out of time and can get it locally at the Kaiser facility. 

Jeanne, sounds like you are getting your blankets ready for winter. 

Larry John is confident that he will be paid for the down time.  I was talking to him last night just briefly.

We have a dull rainy day here today, however it was dry enough to take the dogs for a walk.  I saw a pair of deer tracks that were quite large right at the driveway!  I wish I knew how to make a plaster cast of what I see on a regular bases out on the road into the bush. 

I have 2 baskets of nectarines that I will make into Jam today, apparently you don't need pectin for nectarine Jam as the skins are left intact, and that becomes the pectin.  This will prove interesting, and I will use splenda instead of sugar.  I also have 2 baskets of pears to make pear jam.

Have a great day

I am confessing "The Lord blesses his beloved with sweet sleep".  Please, Lord, let it be so!

It was hard to get up and head right to the gym, but I want to be in the 8:00 class, as they do more advanced exercises.  Kristi told Darrel not to come today or tomorrow, because exercise can skew you blood tests, and his pre-op appointment is Thursday.  I was awake from 1 until 4:30, got tired of trying to get back to sleep, so got up and read for an hour.  Then I did sleep until 7:45.  Kristi is compiling a cookbook of healthy, skinny recipes for us, and today was 'taste test Tuesday' so we sampled skinny zucchini bread.  It was good!  She will have a new thing each week for us to try and then we get to decide what we think should go into the cookbook.  She is wonderful; always trying to do better and better things with and for us.  God bless Kristi.

Judy, I used to do so much canning.  I made hundreds and hundreds of jars of pickles, jellies, preserves, canned so many tomatoes and other stuff from the garden; even canned chickens one year that someone gave us.  But the last time I made jelly, I discovered that Darrel and I alone just don't eat much jams or jellies.  I think all but one jar of that grape jelly is still sitting in the pantry.  So we buy what little we need, and prefer the ones with no added sugar, but no artificial sweeteners, either.

Larry, hope you get the computer all fixed up soon.  This one is much faster since Curtis reformatted it, but I am getting a lot of those pesky pop-ups.  It is really good to know that you have completed all of your treatments.

Carol, I will go see about Beth today.  But if she were having problems, they would notify me immediately.  Glad you got an offer on the cabin.  And we will welcome cooler weather, but not ready for a freeze yet!

Hello to Jeanne and Pat.   <3  And others who check in later.

The news footage out of Syria is certainly disturbing.  It is prophesied in the Bible that Damascus will be totally destroyed and be a heap of rubble, never to be lived in again.  Is this the prelude to that?  I feel we are watching the end times prophesies being played out before our eyes.  But we as Christians have nothing to fear, praise God.  We must keep our eyes on Him and pray, pray, pray!

I want to go out and take another photo of the front of the house.  They will start putting the siding on above the rock today.  Lon is finishing the texturing inside right now. 

Good afternoon, friends,

I've been doing lots of nothing today.  ::)

Hope to see my son in a few minutes.This is the trucker son. So, it will be good to have a brief visit before he leaves back out for the road.

It was raining so hard when we talked that he remarked, "It's a build-an-ark kind of rain, Mom." :)

Y'all have a wonderful rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

Good afternoon:   
Perhaps it is a wheather thing that slows the computers down as it was slow here as well.

We had to go out earlier and boy is it hot I am glad to be back home.
On our way home we stopped at a roadside stand to purchase corn on the cob, $5.00 for a bakers dozen. What we do not have will go into the freezer.

Like Janet I do very little preserves, I once did more but have no need to now.

We enjoy jams and preserves, I pass on to family what we don't use.

It has been a hot day here as well I am hoping to take a hike up to the falls again this week.  I want to get some spearmint, and that may prove to be a challenge.

It will soon be time for another walk with the dogs!

Those nectarines sure sound good!  Send me some!

Give me your address and I will AL!

 :)Good evening to all.  Well it is good to read all the post's and here all the news.   Noreen is coming along and going to physio 3 times a week for now but that will not last as O.H.I.P. Will not continue to pay for it.  We do hope that she will continue to get more use of her knee and be able to bend it a lot more. she was up to 110% before the fall but is only at 60% and this has been very slow.  The physio has told her it could be a long time due to the amount of damage that the tare did so we asking for all people to continue to pray for Noreen and that she will do her exercises at home as well as at physio. :thumbsup: :)

We have had a very hot and humid day and it is supposed to stay warm for the next few days so we will not complain.  Again we want to thank you  all for the continued prayer for both of us.   All our Love to you and God's richest blessings.   Gordon and Noreen. :cp: :rocker: :bananadance: :)

Good Morning everyone.  Today is a day of remembering.  Everyone over 14 remembers where they were as the devastation occurred.  To know there is so much evil in the world today. Still we can know that God is in control, He is Sovereign, and when we have trust in Him we can know that we will be with Him in Eternity.

Deuteronomy 33:27   The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee;...........

We have gone out on our walk today and this time a little further.  I will make it to the Big Rock before winter hits.  That is about 3 miles round trip.  Today my legs are aching  That will pass right now water is my best friend.

IT is to be 77*F today, overcast and quite dull.  The leaves on the Aspen trees are turning to a lovely golden.  Can't wait to get some autumn pictures.

Have a great day everyone.

I was so nice and cool when I got up at 6, but is really heating up now!  I went to the gym and had a good workout, felt good about it, as I was so tired all day yesterday I had my doubts about going.  What a wonderful difference a good night's sleep can make!  Thank, you, Lord!!

Lon and crew have been here, the outside of the addition is finished and looks SO nice!   ;)  I will take another picture (have been taking them as it progressed) and then....hope to be able to show you!  ;)  Lon has to go get "stuff" and will be back on Friday.  He is working on cabinets for one of our banks, trying to juggle two or three jobs at the same time,and I understand that is not easy.  So I am being patient.......

I was certainly NOT impressed by the president's speech last night.

Darrel has gone to the chiropractor.  Tomorrow is his pre-op appointment with primary physician.

Great news!  My sister Shirley and her daughter JoAnne are coming for a short visit.  They will be here on Saturday.  I am getting a bed ready (it hadn't been used for a long time so needed to wash all the bedding) and doing a bit of housecleaning in anticipation of their visit.  I can barely wait!  Love those gals!

And, one last thing....I have all the questions ready to email to each of you for the stories.  But I do not have all of your email addresses.  So if you and I haven't exchanged emails, you need to send me a note with your email address, please.  Send it to janet@pld.com.  Thanks.

I will go ahead and send a few to those whose addresses I have.  Please feel free to add any other information, memories or stories you want.  The more you tell us, the more interesting and better your story will be!   :)   I am excited to get started on this project.  Oh!  If any question seems too specific for MY area, feel free to talk about the area where you are, or where you grew up, etc.  Thanks a bunch!

Hi everyone.  I am sitting here eating my lunch as have been gone all morning.  First I went to coffee, then to the church for Bible study, then to Kaiser for some blood work and my flu shot and finally made a short visit with my friend, Rod, at the hospital.  I was shocked when I went to the room where I had previously visited him and someone else was in the room.  On inquiry I found they had moved him down a floor, which is a step-down level of monitoring.  He thinks he will get to go home tomorrow but is still a very weak man and will have to have home physical therapy.  He is still waiting the neurology doctor to see him regarding the Parkinson's. I got Pat's computer set up yesterday except for some final things and getting her flies moved over.  I tried to do a download from Carbonite and it could only handle 5,000 files in an individual download and it took hours as made a big zip file..  Unfortunately, when I looked this morning the download hadn't completed, which I think was due to Pat closing the Chrome browser when she began to use the computer last evening.  Since this process is going to take many, many hours to complete and her old computer is still operating, I am going to bring it back in to my office and access her files and move them with a memory stick or DVD.  It will take awhile but should be much faster and there are probably many files that don't need to be put on the new computer.  I am very disappointed in the carbonite and plan to see if I can't cancel it for the remaining months and certainly won't renew it in the future. I feel I have wasted my money on that product, but live and learn. 

I need to go rest for a couple of hours so am going ahead an post for the day and will read all the previous messages later.

Are you all still having a problem posting a message?

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Please let me know as I'm dealing with the Web Hoster.

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If you see this Error Message after you click on the Post Message button, your post has probably been posted.  Just leave that browser window and open a new one and you'll then see your post.

We're trying to get it fixed.

Thanks Pat, and it does work to open another another window.

Hi everyone.  It is another sunny and warm day in Georgia.  We have to leave in a few minutes to go to Atlanta as Pat has a doctor's appointment.  We thought we were going to have lunch with Stacey but that has been cancelled as she now has the flu.  So we will take the few things we have for her and leave them outsider her door.  Neither Pat nor I need to get the flu.  We will then come home for lunch.  I am in the process of coping the files from Pat's old computer into her new computer.  I brought the old computer back in and hooked my desktop monitor and keyboard up to it and attached a mouse and I was in business.  This is going to take some time so brought my laptop into my office so I could read the message boards and post.  We did go out to our favorite Mexican place to eat last night and had another good meal.

Yes Pat that is exactly what I see and I do find my message has posted. 

OK my post went poof!

Be back later.

Yes, I'm still getting that message when I post.

So am I.

Yes from here as to seeing the same message.

Flooding all around today - with warnings.  I am watching a coyote creeping by a neighbors yard.  They always survive.  today, someone named Jesus (pronounced heysu) is coming to clean our carpet. He always sounds happy on the phone - how marvelous that this man cleans our carpets and is happy.  \

Don is at the men's breakfast.  I am going to quit a  book club because this month's selection is a worthless trash novel.  Not worth anyone's time to read.

Yesterday was just so sweet for me.  A good friend with lots of problems of her own and I sat and had a coffee from the church seating area overlooking the mountain range - spectacular view.  She has the gift of putting everything into perspective and listening and offered to pray with me - both of us had our loads lifted.  How perfect that we moved to find such good people in our neighborhood.  Now that we are retired and no children in the house it is so wonderful to have and take the time for these special moments. 

 

 :)Good afternoon to all.  Praise his beautiful name. :thumbsup: 

Larry:  Well you and Pat have such a time with your computers but it sounds that you have them fixed.  Your poor daughter she has the cold and you cannot come in contact with her.I do hope that she will get stronger. :)

I just talked to Etta Sue on the phone and she seems well and also her sister is doing o.k.

Judy b.  Did John finally get the truck fixed?  I do hope so.  I remember when the coaches first came out with computers in them there was so many problems.  Hope you are doing well God bless SIS. :thumbsup:

Pat the last post that I did I did have the same problem but it did go through. :coffee:

Well The physio that is treating Noreen is not happy with the way her leg is responding to the treatments so pleas continue to pray.  Thank you for all that do. :)

Well must go for now.  God Bless.   Gordon and Noreen :cp: :wave: :rocker:

Yes John's truck seems to be fixed.  However I am not holding my breath on that one!

Zeke was wining so it was back out for another walk.  Yup that was the solution.

A warm sunny afternoon turned into an overcast windy evening. 

Have a great evening everyone.

We got a beautiful rain!  Praise God!!

Late night, not enough sleep, I feel like a zombie today and I have so much to do..... :-\

I was supposed to keep the two youngest g-g-daughters this afternoon, but the baby is sick.  I don't really feel up to it, so guess it is just as well.

Darrel and I spent all morning at the doctor's office.... :-[....oops!  I already told you that, didn't I?  Sorry. 

Back to the chores!

They have called in the National Guard for the foothills area - many sad stories from this flood.  Now they are saying it is numbers of "biblical" proportions.   

Janet:  It is so frustrating whenever you hit a patch of sleeplessness.  Sorry - I cannot tell you what will work. 

Neighbors want us to go with them for pizza tonight and it just started raining heavy here but we shall see what it looks like around 5. Nothing should be flooding in our area we are watching though.   A young man on t.v. shows a big fish he caught in the street that is flooded.  Amazing. 

Gord:  Glad that you had a chat with Etta Sue and I am glad that she is doing well. 

The temperature has dropped to 56 with the wind it feels like 50.  Pat this is coming your way I do believe.
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I have to get supper ready, (preparing for one is not easy) change a dog bed and get Zeke in, feed dogs and cars, then relax. 

I am expecting John to call once he is close or over the border.  I have something from FB for you all to read.  It will let you know how happy I will be when John retires.

THE LAST 22 YEARS OF OUR MARRIED LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT MOSTLY APART..LEAVING US ONLY TOGETHER ON WEEKENDS AND DURING VACATION WEEKS..NOW, INSTEAD OF SEEING A SUITCASE SITTING BESIDE THE DOOR EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT...WAITING EVERY MONDAY NIGHT TO HEAR THAT KENNY HAS ARRIVED SAFELY TO YET ANOTHER DESTINATION...WAITING FOR THE NIGHTLY PHONE CALLS TO CHECK IN...LONG WEEKS FOR THE BOTH OF US WHEN WEEKENDS HE WOULD HAVE TO WORK OVER...

HE IS FINALLY COMING HOME. IN ALL THESE YEARS WE HAVE BOTH HAD TO LEARN HOW TO ADAPT TO MANY THINGS ON OUR OWN...BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER...HAD TO ADJUST TO ONE STAYING HOME AND RAISING KIM WHILE THE OTHER FLEW AWAY OR DROVE THE HIGHWAYS TO MAKE A LIVING FOR ALL OF US. A GOOD LIFE IT HAS BEEN IF YOU CAN GET PAST THE SEPERATION PART..

THE TRICK IS...YOU HAVE TO LEARN THAT YOUR HEARTS HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO STAY TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE PHYSICALLY APART AND ONCE DONE...YOU KNOW, THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT..TOGETHER YOU WILL STAY.

KENNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO GIVE 100% TO WHAT EVER HE CHOSE TO DO..AND THOUGH HE WAS AWAY ALOT...WHEN HE WAS HOME HE MADE SURE THAT WHOEVER NEEDED ANYTHING...GOT IT.

FOUR SUITCASES HE HAS GONE THRU DURING THESE YEARS...EACH ONE WINDING UP BEING BATTERED AND TORN FROM ALL THE TRAVEL...EACH ONE BEING LOST AT ONE TIME OR THE OTHER ONLY TO ADD TO THE FRUSTRATION OF TRAVELING.

I LOOK AT THE SUITCASE AND THINK...IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS SHINY AND NEW...STRONG AND ABLE TO HANDLE THE JOB IT WAS GIVEN...THEN, AFTER TIME, IT BECOMES WORN AND TORN AND JUST SITS IN THE CORNER WAITING TO BE REPACKED AND SENT OUT TO DO IT'S JOB.

MAKES ME THINK OF KENNY...HE STARTED THIS ADVENTURE SO LONG AGO...A DECISION THAT I LET HIM MAKE ON HIS OWN...ONLY SUPPORTED HIM WITH IT ALL THESE YEARS...AT THE TIME IT WAS A GOOD CHOICE...ONE THAT MADE US STRONGER IN MANY WAYS...WEAKER IN SOME...BUT MORE TOGETHER THAN IF WE HAD SPENT ALL THESE YEARS LIVING AS NORMAL FOLKS DO.

YOUNG, AMBITIOUS, OPEN TO LEARNING EVERYTHING HE COULD, DEPENDABLE, MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE COMPANY HE WAS WITH AND A COMFORTABLE LIFE FOR ALL OF US...IN THIS TIME HE HAS BECOME WORN AND TIRED...LIKE THE OLE SUITCASES...HE HAS DONE HIS JOB AND DID IT WELL AND IS A VERY SMART AND CAPABLE MAN IN HIS FIELD OF CHOICE AND IS DEMANDED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY...HE IS RESPECTED FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS FAIRNESS AND HIS HONESTY AND EVEN ON WEEKENDS HIS PHONE RINGS CONSTANTLY AND HE IS FOUND TO BE TROUBLE SHOOTING A PROBLEM OVER THE PHONE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS RUN INTO PROBLEMS...

THIS HE WILL DO WITH EASE AND MANY TIMES PEOPLE WILL REQUEST ONLY HIM TO COME INTO THEIR PLANTS AND WILL HOLD OFF WAITING FOR HIM UNTIL HE CAN ARRIVE...THIS IS NOT BRAGGING, THIS IS FACT, HE IS VERY SMART AND ALWAYS PUTS THE CUSTOMER FIRST..THAT IS WHY HIS PHONE IS NOW RINGING OFF THE HOOK FOR HE WILL SOON UNPACK HIS SUITCASE FOR THE LAST TIME...

COME HOME...AND WE WILL PICK UP OUR LIVES AND LIVE THEM TOGETHER ...MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES...LEARNING NOT TO BE SO INDEPENDENT AND TO RELY ON EACH OTHER MORE AS THE DAYS GO BY...A NEW PHASE IS BEGINNING AND AN OLD ONE WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN WILL BE PUT ON THE SHELF, LIKE THE OLE SUITCASE AND PUT AWAY IN THE PAST.

IT DID IT'S JOB AND DID IT WELL, NOW IS THE TIME FOR US. TRAVEL WILL MAKE YOU OLD BEFORE YOUR TIME...KENNY'S FEET ARE SLOWER TO PICK THEMSELVES UP NOW..HE IS TIRED...HE IS NEEDING HOME...HIS HANDS ARE CALLOUSED AND WORN FROM THE MANY YEARS OF WORK...HIS MIND IS TIRED AND NEEDING REST...

AND GOD SAW THIS...HE PUT IN HIS PATH 3 JOB OFFERS , COMING OUT OF NOWHERE...HE LEAD KENNY TO THE PLACE HE IS NOW TO BE IN HIS LIFE...AND THE DOOR OPENED FOR HIM...IT IS A WONDERFUL THING TO KNOW THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE THE BEST YOU CAN...YOU HOPE THE CHOICES YOU MAKE ARE THE RIGHT ONES...YOU TIRE BUT STILL WALK FORWARD AND YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS WORKING THINGS OUT FOR YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY..

AND IF WE GIVE MORE THAN WE ASK THEN ALL THINGS WORK OUT AS THEY ARE MEANT TO BE. KENNY WILL PUT THE SUITCASE AWAY..HE WILL START THIS PHASE OF HIS LIFE LEAVING FOR A NORMAL JOB, AT A NORMAL HOUR, GIVE HIS 100% , AND RETURN HOME TO BE HERE AT NIGHT...SOMETHING HE HAS NOT KNOWN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

HIS VOICE RINGS WITH EXCITEMENT WHEN I TALK TO HIM...THE LINES ON HIS FOREHEAD SEEM LESS PROMINENT.... HIS SHOULDERS DO NOT SEEM TO DROOP AS LOW...EVEN HIS STEPS SEEM HIGHER AND STRONGER...GOD KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE TIME AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT ALL THINGS COME IN HIS OWN TIME NOT OURS...

FOR HE IS LEADING US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US AND WHEN. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ALL THESE YEARS HAVE FLOWN BY SO QUICKLY...

NOW AT 60 YERS OLD HE WILL RETURN HOME TO WHAT I HOPE WILL BE MORE RELAXING YEARS FOR HIM...ONES HE CAN FINALLY ENJOY BEING HOME AND BEING WITH HIS FAMILY. WHATEVER IS TO BE IN THESE COMING YEARS WILL BE...THEY WILL BE WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR US...

AND LIKE WE HAVE DONE ALL THE YEARS BEFORE...WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIM AND ALL WILL BE JUST FINE. SO ....THE OLD SUITCASE WILL SOON BE PUT ON THE SHELF...MANY STORIES I AM SURE IT COULD TELL...PACKED AWAY INSIDE WILL BE OUR PAST LIVES...AND WHEN KENNY WALKS IN THE DOOR WITHOUT IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME...WE WILL START OUR NEW ONE..TOGETHER...

SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT KNOWN FOR SOME TIME NOW. GOD IS GREAT...GOD IS IN CONTROL...GOD LEADS US DOWN THE PATHWAY HE HAS CHOSEN FOR US...WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE SENSE TO FOLLOW HIM. SO...LIKE SO MANY YEARS AGO...WE WILL START OVER...WE WILL BEGIN ANEW...AND WE WILL GO FORWARD TOGETHER IN WHAT YEARS ARE TO COME...IT HAS BEEN QUITE A RIDE...ONE WE RODE TOGETHER AND SOMETIMES APART...BUT ALWAYS REMAINED TIED TOGETHER IN THOUGHT, IN HEART AND IN SPIRT.

ONE SUITCASE IS BEING PUT AWAY..."MY SUITCASE" IS COMING HOME...INSTEAD OF WORKING FOR A LIVING NOW...WE WILL WORK TOWARDS EACH OTHER...SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING...WE ARE COMING FULL CIRCLE IT SEEMS...STARTED OUT TOGETHER...YEARS WE SACRAFICED APART....NOW TO COME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN...

IN THIS TIME I HAVE BEEN MOST PROUD OF KENNY AND WHAT HE CHOSE TO DO AND HOW HE CHOSE TO DO IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT THE LIFE THAT SOME WOULD HAVE CHOSEN...IT WAS OUR LIFE...AND NOW, WITH GOD STILL IN THE LEAD...WE ARE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN...STRONG WE WERE THEN...STRONGER WE ARE NOW AND STRONGER WE WILL BECOME. I CAN NOT SAY THAT IT WILL BE EASY...FOR IT WILL NOT BE...

A LOT OF ADJUSTING ON BOTH OUR PARTS...BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS WALKED TOGETHER TO WHATEVER LAID AHEAD AND WE WILL WALK ON EVEN NOW.

SO...COME ON HOME KENNY, PUT THAT SUITCASE ON THE SHELF AND WE WILL BEGIN AGAIN...THIS TIME WE WILL GO TOGETHER ...EACH OF US HOLDING TO GOD'S HAND AND BELIEVING IN HIM AND IN US. TIME FOR YOU IS NOW...GOD IS HOLDING ONE SIDE OF THE DOOR OPEN AND I AM HOLDING THE OTHER SIDE...YOU HAVE DONE WELL...NOW WALK ON THRU TO ANOTHER CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE...THIS TIME WE WILL WALK IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON US.

Pat called and asked me to break this up to make reading easier.  It is from FaceBook, another wife expressing what I feel, the tears flow at her words.  I am anxiously waiting for John to retire.  I am not sure when that will happen however he is 65 and i pray it is soon.  Like her John has had other offers for when he retires, we will wait and see how God leads!

Hi everyone on another sunny day here in Georgia.  I went to coffee at the Senior Center this morning and plan on a quiet day at home as don't have anywhere I need to go.  Pat was told by her hip doctor yesterday that she is still in the healing process and the x-ray showed nothing wrong with her hip.  This relieved her mind even though the pain is still there.  We couldn't see Stacey yesterday as she is down with the flu.  We did go to her apartment and I just opened the door (I have a key) and set a bag inside with the few things we had to take to her this time.  We will be going down again next Thursday and hopefully we will be able to see Stacey then.  Apparently there are many in her building who have or have had the flu.  My friend Rod was able to come home from the hospital late yestereday.  I will call him this morning but not too early as hope he has been able to sleep in.  He is to have physical therapy at home and I hope it starts soon as he isn't able to walk now.

Carol, so glad to see your posting and know you haven't suffered in the floods out there.  It looks like the rain will continue into the weekend.  Perhaps the carpet cleaner is just happy to have a job.  It sounds like you have met a really nice friend at your church.  Is Jenny OK from the flooding.  I know you live fairly close so hope she is safe as you seem to be.  Did you see the news film of the rescue of the man whose car was upside down and they were not expecting to find him alive but he was.  It was really gripping to watch. 

Gord, as always good to see your posting.  Stacey has the flu rather than a cold.  Glad you heard from Etta Sue.  I had emailed her a couple of weeks ago and it sounded like she was doing fine.  Sorry that Noreen's leg isn't progressing as they would like. 

Judy, these animals can communicate pretty effectively.  They get us trained.  :)  Judy, that was a long story but can certainly understand how you would relate to it. 

Janet, hope you were able to sleep last night and will feel better today.  You all don't need to be exposed to a cold with Darrel's upcoming surgery and the demands you have on your shoulders.   

Thanks, Larry and Carol.  I did sleep last night, after getting up and taking an otc sleep aid.  I do not like to do that, as I do not want to become dependent on  any kind of meds to help me sleep.  I was very groggy when I got up, but worked through it and did go to the gym.  My arms were so sore from Wed's workout, so I only did treadmill and lots of stretches to relieve the soreness.

Our carpenter (Lon) has the flu.  His dad is worse than Lon--has the diarrhea and vomiting, plus the awful headache.  I told him to just stay home and get over it, we really don't need that, especially with Darrel's surgery coming up on Tuesday!  And if the kids and grands are still sick, we will have to skip Curtis' party on Saturday.  He will be thirty, so  Toni is going all-out for that one.

I did see the dramatic rescue from the overturned car in the water!  Wow!  Those guys are heroes!

I got all the laundry caught up yesterday, so today will remake the beds, dust and do the floors....ah, the joys of housework!   ;)

It is still really overcast here, and so nice outside!  Wonderful weather, and I am thankful we are not having the storms other areas are getting, nor the awful fires.

I resolved this morning not to complain about anything for one whole day.  Do you realize that is hard?  I have become aware lately of how much I do complain or criticize, and am not at all pleased about it!  God will help me to do better, and to live with an attitude of gratitude!  Glory!  :thumbsup:

Time to get with it!

Good Morning from an overcast Oregon coast.  I am taking happy to Coquillle this morning for his monthly check up. He is starting to have some  issues with his hind legs, sort of liming and he does walk pretty slow. He's 15.5 now so I don't expect him to get better very soon if at all. I do take good care of my animals, so i thing he will see 16 next may. Bebe is again too at 12.5 yrs now. She has a bad heart and I have to watch her very carefully if she decided that she wants to take a walk.

I saw all the flooding in Colo, i don't know how close it is to Aurora when my grandsons and their families live.

Janet you have my email address to send the questions to if you so choose.

Is anyone experiencing the error message today when posting a message?

I have  not had the error msgs, but haven'g posfed much eithef.

Well, now I've had it.   That last post didn't seem to post, but then when I came back to it, it had posted just fine,

Same again.

I'm still getting it, Pat.

Thank you!

I just need to report to our Webhost whether or not we still have the problem.

I am back to home after spending the day in the Bay.  Forgot a few things, so that means a trip tomorrow.  $80 to fill the Explorer......at $1.379 a liter it is expensive.

I need to go and get the car unloaded.

I had the error message.

Yes, still problems earlier with the message but I am going to post this anyway.

Marilyn  Aurora area had 5 inches of rain at one time and there were problems in the streets.  Of course, you probably know it is far from the hills so there isn't any major flood danger or mud/rock slides but surely there have been basements flooded from the more than normal rainfall.  Do you have any questions I could possibly try to find? 

Larry:  Certain that Jenny is alright as she is above the street we drive on - can't say for sure but if there was a problem it would have been a basement leak or most likely nothing at all.  Have not seen anything from her mentioning a problem. 

There have been and likely more to come some amazing rescues from the flash floods.  Communication is down so it is really difficult to find some missing people.  We give thanks for being safe here as the heavy rains could have gone anywhere - the most rain in 500 years.... is that a message? 

Pat I get the error message.

Carol thank you I think you've answered what I wanted to know.

Hi, friends, I have also had that error today when posting.

I was very surprised to realize there had been 4 days pass while I was doing lots of nothing!

Now, it's past 1 am and I'm still wide awake. I went out for a while today. Visited my disabled son, went to get a soft drink, read the newspaper while still in the car, and then caught up on all the DVR'd programs. :)

Y'all have a wonderful day, and I truly hope those Colorado rains and California fires stop.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann, I hope the car was parked while you read the newspaper!  ;)   :lol:

Good to have you back!

It is still raining here in our corner of Kansas.  While we are really glad to have it--nice, slow, soaking rain--I do pray for relief for Colorado!  Please, Lord, send the rain down on those awful fires instead.

Hi everyone on a near perfect day here in Georgia.  It was 64 degrees and low humidity when I returned from McDonald's.  I had two digests in my mail box this morning as was thinking yesterday I hadn't seen the digest.  So I have a lot of postings to read this morning.  I stayed home yesterday and finished working on Pat's new desktop.  I plan another day at home today and will watch some college football this afternoon and rest as was tired yesterday and not feeling real peppy today.  It was a busy week so it is refresh time this weekend.

Janet, I haven't noticed you complaining but rather just being honest about things because that is part of your life for that day.  Glad you were able to get some sleep.

Marilyn, it sounds like you have your hands full with your dogs. 

Al, that is experience I think all of us have or are having with our posts.  Just good to know it has posted even with the error message.  There must be a little software glitch and sure it will be fixed soon. 

Judy, I think paying over $50 at a fill up is a lot, however know there is a difference in our money in terms of comparisons.

Carol, I have seen several posts for Jenny and she hasn't mentioned any problems with flooding in her immediate area. 

Ruth Ann, sometimes doing a lot of nothing is what is called for as we recharge our energy.  I see it is cool up your way this morning. 

Marilyn:  FYI, there have been no evacuations in Aurora that I have seen - that is a large area.  Our news on t.v. is flashing all the time. 

This is a huge rain for our area.  It equates to having over 100 inches of snowfall.  I am afraid people won't be able to return for a long time because of so much road damage.

We had a call last night to pray for our good neighbors.  They have been visiting son in Missouri and they are in a town in Kansas with the husband and our friend in hospital ER.  His temperature went up & he was on morphine.  He has cancer.  I think it is about a six hour drive for her when he is released & I am wondering if their daughter will go there to drive them back... we are awaiting news. 

Larry:  Glad you are having a near perfect day in Georgia.  It is in the high 50's here this morning. 

Having not heard from you  Ruth Anne, I was ready to call you today.

John and I are heading out, we have a few errands to run, John is ready to go and I am sitting with the computer.  Got to hurry!!

Will be back later.

Hi everyone on an overcast Sunday morning.  Yesterday was sort of a wasted day for me as had one of those days when I just needed to lay down and close my eyes and was having some chest pressure and occasional light angina.  I did that from 11 am until after 5 pm and then went to bed about 8:30 and got a good nights sleep.  I feel much better this morning and plan on attending church and going to to lunch.  My friend Rod seems to be doing much better, perhaps from the medicine and/or the pacemaker.  He is able to walk again and feeling stronger.  Another friend who had a 4 bypass heart surgery a few weeks ago is also doing fine and hopes to return to our coffee group soon.  Stacey seems to be over the flu and felt well enough to get out and go somewhere for a little bit yesterday.  So things are looking brighter today.  What a difference a day can make. 

Carol, glad to read that Aurora hasn't been featured on the news.  My aunt used to live there in a retirement community and think my first cousin also lives there.  As I recall that is north of Denver.  Don't you and Jenny live south of Denver?  So sorry to hear about your friend ending up in the hospital while away from home.  At least they have some family at hand. 

Judy, wise to make your message short if John was waiting for you to go run errands.  :)

Good Sunday Morning everyone!  May our Lord richly bless each of you today. 

Our plans to go to a pot luck luncheon after church have fallen through, I have meals to prepare for this coming week.

I will be back later as we have to hurry and get ready for church!

 Ongoing disaster here as far as the poor people in harms way.    Aurora is a N e suburb of Denver and now has bee hit hard.   I am listening to Canadian radio with Radioman. So soothing. 

we went out for some groceries and now notice water is rising in the ravine but we are not too concerned.  It would have been nice to bottle up all that rain. 

It has been sometime since I was here posting but I have now got caught up in the reading.
Yesterday we went to a boast beef dinner in a community center, a lovely meal the tickets had been given to us but it is not a location I would go to very often as it is on the east side of Toronto, too far to drive most of the roads and also most the roads were under construction as well.

For me this week seems full of appointments, the one tomorrow I hope to get more understanding from the spec, it that does not occur I will be seeking another openion. The pain in my knee is just not going away.

It has started to rain here as well.

Now to see if this entry goes well.

I got the warning as well and it is so slow

Hi Ruth!

We're working on things.  Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Good to have you back, Ruth!  We have had lovely rains here in SW Kansas, and are so thankful.  But too much rain is destructive, as is water in the wrong places, as we are experiencing again in our house.  :(

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