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Jeanne I made a mistake on the date. Thought it was yesterday until I looked at the calendar.

I understand about broken promises.  It is tough.

I have been trying to move things around on my computer.  It is hard when I really don't lnow what I am doing!!!    

Kassie's relationship with Josh may be over....he is a nice guy but they are still so very young.  Her attitude is so sweet.  "Mom it is in God's hands, He knows the future and I am leaving it there."

Well back to work.

Judy

Euchre was so much fun.  Yesterday we almost broke our record of high temperature that was set back in 1955 but we only tied it.  93 degrees.  But I still had chili for all of us at Euchre.  They must have liked it...only a small bowl left in the crock pot! 

Today I took some things to a friend.  Then went to a small restaurant in Lapel for breakfast.  I had a two-egg cheese omelet, hash browns, two slices of wheat toast and coffee...only $5.34.  A dollar for coffee...haven't seen that for a long time!

Then I went swimming.  My scanner is about shot so I went to Walmart to look at scanners.  None.  Went to Staples and it was too thick to go under my cabinet.  Went to Best Buy and they only have printer/scanners.  But I got an HP that is a printer/scanner and wireless.  My printer for the desktop died a few months back so it will replace it with a USB cord and I will be able to print wireless from the laptop!  And less than $70!! 

After that I went to AAA and got a new Indiana and Missouri tour book.  Also a Hawaii book for wishing.     Then I found a key ring with a pouch on it that when you unzip it, it is a sling bag.  Will be great when carrying the camera and still need my billfold, phone and keys! 

After lunch at McD's I came home.  Oh...and did I mention, it was raining cats and dogs from Walmart to home??  Much needed rain and only 73 degrees.  But tomorrow it is to be back to 94 degrees!  I sure hope we have some fall weather.  Our summer has been so hot and dry.  I hope we don't skip fall and go right into cold and thick white stuff!

My visit with the ENT went well as far as my throat is concerned. The irritation is being caused by my sinus's draining. He tried to go up the right side of my nose to take a look at my throat and ran into a problem there. My septum is deviated  over to that side (broken nose twice), there is a spur  and the passage is convoluted. So he numbed the other nostril and went that way. I go back in a month, he incressed my Flonase Nasal spray  to B.I.D two puffs and prescribed Mucinex B.I.D. Later on after  I am no longer in a cast we will be fixing the inside of my nose to make it easier for me to breath.

Thanks to all who have been praying for me.

Hi everyone.  I just heard on the news that we have had 83 days this summer with the temperature over 90 degrees and today and tomorrow will add to that total.  Our air conditioning bill is huge but we have been cool. 

I have a clean slate on the calendar today.  Pat didn't have to report for jury duty today, the fourth day she has not had to go in this week of service.  So she will be able to attend the special Bible Study that is being taught by her friend.  It is one of the Precept ministries Bible courses and is the study of Jeremiah.  This is the 3rd or 4th week of a 16 week study.

Pat and I attended Bible study yesterday with our pastor but did not go for coffee or lunch afterwards.  It was sort of downhill the rest of the day however had a good nights sleep and feel better this morning (as I usually do when I first get up).  I am hoping it will last all day. 

Marilyn, glad the doctor found your problem and he will ultimately be able to make it easier for you to breath.

Etta Sue, I love chili anytime of the year.  I really don't know why we consider it mainly a winter dish since we eat many other foods served hot during the summer.  Hope you like you new printer.

Judy, as you know Kass has lots of time to develop relationships.  It does sound like she has a mature attitude about things.

Janet, I thought the wind always blew in Kansas and Okahoma.  That is one of the things I noticed after we moved away from there that it was blowing and was so nice.

I HATE COMPUTERS!!!!  Let me go back a tad.  I hate computers when things don't go right!  I have been installing my HP printer since 4:30pm yesterday!!  Installed on the desktop and the laptop with USB but not the laptop with wireless.  At 11pm, it kept 'Installing device'.  So I went to bed.  1am something.  Still installing.  I have been up since 3:45am.  I finally did a system restore.  I had an update for Adobe Flash Player.  Had to uninstall that and re-install the update.  That uninstalled the Flash Player for IE.  I love working Shockwave Jigsaw Puzzle and couldn't do it.  I couldn't get IE to work so finally went to www.ninite.com and installed the Flash Player for IE.  Now IE works, too!  And the puzzle works.  It's 8am and I think I am going back to bed and forget the HP and the laptop for now.  Maybe a fresh start later will work!  I did remember to turn the anti-virus and the firewall back on!

I am so sleepy! 

Last night was one of those nights that I had difficulty sleeping.  Today it is up early as I have a physio appointment today.

Please pray for a family that Kass knows well.  The young man who is the father of 2 and boyfriend to Kassie's friend committed suicide on the weekend.  Everyone is having difficulty understanding.

Al hasn't been around since Sunday, Al I pray you are all right.  Praying for you brother.

Thank you Judy.  I think I will not complain!  All is relatively well here.  Our oldest daughter got a job that starts Friday, so that's a big thanksgiving.

Good morning!

Larry, glad to see you feel better today, hope that continues.  Yes, the wind does blow here a lot, but not always!  Those days when it doesn't blow helps me apprecite the reprieve.  I don't mind "breezy" but lots of days what we get in the way of wind, others would call hurricane force!  We had a little rain last night, so it is nice and cool this morning.  I have the garage door and house doors open to let in the nice fresh air.

Etta Sue, you have my sympathy with the computer problems.  I just cannot deal with them, so there are lots of things I just don't even attempt to do on the computer.  And when I get into a real mess, I have to wait for a grandson to come bail me out.

I am feeling low today.  Got my feeling hurt yesterday.  But that is just the enemy's attempt to put me down, and I am determined not to allow him to stop me from living a victorious life.  Besides that, what happened was not at all intentional, I knew it at the time, but old feelings of inferiority reared their ugly heads and are trying to steal my joy.  Have you ever noticed that the devil will steal from you any way he can?  I need to go take a long walk and pray and clear my head.

Marilyn, what is B.I.D.?  I also have a deviated septum, but was born with it.  Hope you continue to feel better.

Judy, sorry about your night.  As you know, I have those, too--hate 'em!  So sad about the young man--the devil sure convinced him that his life wasn't worth living; now others are left with the pain and the questions of "why?"

Marilyn, I am so glad that your doctor found that the problem with your throat is explainable and correctable.  Praise the Lord.

Praying for strength and comfort for the family of the young man who committed suicide.  So often there is no reasonable answer to "Why?"

Janet B. I. D. is Twice per day. in medical jargon.

We are waiting for two workers to show - this was "promised" for today.  Oh, my.  Don is not taking it well today.  We can't do much as I have to be around to talk to the contractor & need to get groceries sometime too.  Blessing today was that a battery was dead in our 4-wheel drive.  Don jumped the battery & took it immediately to WalMart for a new battery.  Now the blessing is that we can pay for it and I know something like that problem is a huge burden for those living on the edge financially.  Always thankful for hot showers & being able to get things fixed.

Marilyn:  The good news is that there is a solution to your throat problem.  How are the dogs?  We have dogs in the family and two are elderly.  Really, everyone is a rescued dog & there are always health problems with each of them.  Only one puppy looks healthy. 

Janet:  Today is a better day for you!  Hugs......

Larry:  We are way above normal here too after a below normal springtime. 

JudyB:  Kass is a mature-thinking girl for her age.  I am so sorry for the sad news on a friend's suicide.  Many times there just are no answers to that action.  A pro football player for a team here just did the same and everyone is questioning. 

Etta Sue:  Do hope you feel refreshed after a little sleep this morning.  Yes, this technology can get anyone feeling down.  You'll conquer the problem. 

Carol the dogs are doing well. Happy has responded  miraculously to the thyroid medication he is like a young dog again.  His coat has all grown back now but he is shedding like crazy leaving fur every where even though I brush and comb him daily. Bebe hates the brush so I finger brush her when I take them outside her fur flies all over. Thank you for asking,

I was pleased to find out there is nothing wrong with my throat. Being a former smoker I get uptight about  anything to do with my throat or lungs. Understandable I know. It will feel so good to be able to breathe through both nostrils after my nose is fixed and not have to breathe out through my mouth when I am walking outside.  I am sure that  has affected my allergies over the years, to breathe in all  the stuff outside.

Judy I am sorry to hear about the  young man who committed suicide. When Gilbert was in high school one of his best friends, 15 yrs old, hung himself over a girlfriend. That  really traumatized Gilbert and the other boys they hung around with. I will keep Kass in my prayers.

Thank you for praying for Kassie and this family.

Al I am glad you are well and the job is there for your daughter.  Ya know ya gotta stay in touch or I will call you!!!

Well there is good news from my physio appointment.  He said I am a good candidate for surgery. So I have made an appointment with my Doctor for the referral. 

It has rained all day.  Kassie has a weekend camp out with cadets this weekend and the forecast is for rain.  She will come home with a load of wet laundry and cold!  Them's the breaks!  LOL

Hi.  I am stopping in with a prayer request for my GD Amanda.  She started back to college, moved to Victoria and a new part time job, and is having serious health problems.  Has a couple of other long time problems, but now has severe virtigo attacks and Wendy had to fetch her and take her to the ER and dr. again. Will be ages until she sees a specialist and none of this is good....

We are helping her with financial stuff (no holidays for gramie) but this is going to create so many problems.  She went back today and hopes to work tomorrow, has to get back into her classes, etc.  Looking very ill, so prayers will be most appreciated.

Things keep chugging along here.  Angry folks everywhere in the news, talk about recalling a bunch of MLA's over the HST tax that was recently put in place.  So many angry people! 

Fall is definately here and quite chilly at night and in the mornings.  I put my cozy winter bedding on again and so am quite snug at night.  Misty (cat) comes to keep my feet warm.  The cats and I are growing very old together.

Nice that some of the TV shows are back.  Dancing With The Stars has a lot of new faces.  Will be fun watching them compete.

God Bless.

Liz

Liz what are MLA's and HST tax?

I had a fun evening.  Diane called to say that Abby was playing volleyball here at 4:00, so I went to watch her.  Had a nice visit with Diane and Jeff and Diane even had time to make a short visit to the care home to see her sister Beth and her Grandma.  Abby's team played seven games (only to 15 points) taking the first to win 2 out of 3, and they won against two teams and lost against one, pretty good start for seventh graders.  Then Jeff asked me to eat supper with them, so we went to a Mexican place we like.  So nice to visit with them.

If my moulding comes tomorrow, I have a framing job to complete.  And I want to do some painting, have a project in the works.

I wish you all a restful night's sleep.

Well, I let an Indian have access to my computer yesterday....for three hours!  And I still don't have the printer recognizing my wireless router.  And I still had to pay him.  He said in the very beginning after running a quick scan that my computer was corrupted with many virus's and corrupted files.  I told him no way.  He wanted to install an anti-virus.  I already have an anti-virus.  I also have Auslogics Booster and ccCleaner.  Then he said for $199 a year, I can have 24-hour computer support.  I used these same guys for almost a year.  They couldn't get rid of a virus and it cost me locally to get rid of it.  I cancelled my membership and they still took out $119 for the next year.  After calling them several times, I did get credited! 

Anyway he said that my windows installer would not stay on and that is why the wireless hook up won't work!  What does the windows installer have to do with wireless?  So I think I will go to Best Buy today and see what they might tell me.  The printer works fine with the USB cord on the desktop and the laptop...so the printer is okay.  Just can't figure out the wireless part! 

Today Ivalou and I are getting a haircut, then Kitty and I are going swimming.  And hopefully, Best Buy.

THank you for asking about Paul.

He seems to be doing better and is resting his leg a lot. 

Pat, that card made me hungry--YUM!

Happy birthday, Liz.  I hope you have a very special one!  You, too, Cowgirl!

I went for a long walk before dawn this morning, then did some chores around the house; then went to the senior center and built a clubhouse--all by myself!    We have been asked to read stories to the children for the reading day, and they wanted something to dress up our booth.  They got me these huge sheets of cardboard, 40 X 60 inches, and I painted them up to look like a kids' clubhouse.  I painted the boards, knot holes, cracks, etc., made a little window, painted NO GIRLZ ALLOWED,  struck out the girlz and put BOYS, painted Mickey Mouse ears and some names of kids.  One of the gals at the center printed out Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the computer in raggedy letters and cut them out.  I made the back wall 2 pieces of the cardboard wide, one side the same and the other side to lay horizontally.  They will get a rug and a rocking chair, and we are all set!  Also will have magic markers so the kids can print their names on the walls.  It took me about three hours all together.  Fun!  

I got my moulding, and it is cut wrong!  They cut the bevels of the pieces so that the unfinished edge will be on the outside and the finished edges inside.  Now, that won't work!  And they are closed until Monday, so I have to wait........

Talk to you later, time to switch laundry loads!

Made me hungry too, Janet!   Glad it's "cyber calories"!

Hi everyone.

First of all, Etta Sue, please check into a program called Network Magic http://www.purenetworks.com/download/ .  I have used it for years.  I initially downloaded it for the 30 day trial and after using it the first time and finding it make networking very easy, including sharing printers, I purchased it the same day and have never regretted it.  As long as you have a wireless network in your house it works beautifully.  It won't cost you to try it.  Sorry you had so much trouble.  I didn't have success with a wireless operation on my printer either so have the cable to my desktop and then just share it on the laptop.  You can also share files with the program.

Pat, glad to read that Paul is doing better?  Is he in Virginia and is he where he can take calls?

Janet, you are so creative and I bet the kids at the library had a wonderful time.  Do you wear a costume as you read to the children?  Glad you were able to spend time with Diane and her family and attend Abby's games.

Happy Birthday Liz and Cowgirl.  Sorry to read of the new health problems for Amanda and at a time when she is back i school and working.

Marilyn, that is a very pretty Birthday card.  I love the graphics on the card.

Judy, so sorry to hear of the death of Kassie's friend.  That manner of death is so devastating to loved ones and friends because there will never be answers.  Glad you got positive news from your appointment as to future relief for your shoulder.

Carol, it is amazing that some of the workmen can have any work the way they attend to their commitments.  We have been fortunate to have good contractors that have been very reliable and have completed their work ontime.

Al, I understand completely your comment about your eldest daughter getting a job.  We recently had that same sense of relief with our son. 

This has been a long day for us but do have praise to God for the result of the heart cath that our daughter had today since both bypasses were completely open.  She had gone to the ER very early yesterday morning after waking up with severe chest pain.  They did a stress test and other tests yesterday and decided they should go back in an check her heart today. 

They also discovered her sodium is too low and her liver enzymes were elevated.  So they are keeping her in the hospital again tonight.  We don't know  whether she will go home  tomorrow or not but we will not go back down tomorrow as she has her wheelchair in her room as that is how she went to the hospital yesterday. 

There is a lot of walking in the hospital and I was able to use the chair to go back over to her apartment to get a couple of things and also get around in the hospital to the Heart Center, cafeteria and back to her room.  Without it am sure I would have been totally exhausted as still haven't gotten all my strength back from spending most of several days laying down.  Pat was exhausted from all the walking.  She did take her cane and think that helped a bit but as soon as we got home we both took a long nap.  She says we are going to out eat this evening as she is too tired to face the kitchen.

Thank you for the lovely Birthday wishes.  Wish I could eat that Pat, but since it is pretend, will indulge   Happy Birthday Cowgirl.  Marilyn, you are very talented.

Wendy had to have another scan today so we went out for lunch after as a Birthday treat.  We went to my favorite Market where they have the best bread and a great little place to eat.  I like to buy their bread as it is all organic products and so good.  We talked to a trained expert about Amanda's virtigo.  It is really serious as lasts days and she can't even stand when the attacks come.  Not simply getting dizzy.  Got something called Turameric (New Chapter and that is really a good brand) and Wendy is going to take her to see the lady in her office.  She stated it is caused from inflamation and allergies....so worth a try.  This is someone who is a trained medical person but works outside of the box....

Marilyn, to answer your question, MLA is Member of the Legislative Assembly....kind of like your senators (?)  HST is a Sales Tax that replaces two other taxes and now includes things that were exempt in the past.  We are having a lot of anger over it.  There is good and bad.  My opinion is that now in place, we do not need a $30M vote to see if folks want it.  The problem is the way it was sneaked into our lives without people having the option of an opinion.  Nothing new in our society in these times....One way or another, we have to pay for services and it is done thro' taxes!  

Sorry if I am not the most cheerful person at the moment.  Hurt a lot and all the rain is not a help.  Will have to come and post some 'Smiles' again.  Where have all the folks gone who used to post?  Read that Eliot Switzer will be having a talk program on CNN in Oct.  Remember him, the guy who was a gov. and had to resign in disgrace.  Guess that is good for either a laugh or a good sigh....Well, God will deal with all the mess in our world.  We just have to stay strong in our faith, Right?

God Bless,

Liz

I saw my Internist today and he ordered an EKG, Blood draw and chest X-ray tests that for pre-op on my hand. He said the Ortho Surgeon wanted the tests. Good I am glad to have all that done. It has been a long time since I have had the Chest X-ray and EKG's done.

Liz Happy birthday.  We too have had to suffer the HST.  It is a terrible tax for those of us who need to drive everywhere.  When the HST went on our gas went up 8 cents a liter.  To over 4.00 a gallon. 

Etta Sue I too hate computers.  Thankfully Sunday Heather is coming over and will see what she can do with mine.  Half the time I can't get on line.

Marilyn I pray all goes well with surgery.

Larry I am sorry to hear your daughter is back in hospital.  Praying for you and pat as well.

Tomorrow is the funeral for the young man.  This is such a sad situation.  The children don't understand what is wrong.

Have a good night everyone.

Not much going on here today, Last night I was chatting with my son Ron on Facebook and he tells me that he goes for an interview in Lynchburg VA  for that job on Monday.
Thoughts and prayers would be appreciated..

Happy birthday to the birthday girls!!!

It's almost noon here and I am still drinking my morning coffee!!

I went to Best Buy yesterday and they want me to bring in my laptop to see if I do have a corrupted windows installer.  No!  Or have the Geek squad come here to install the printer to the wireless router.  No!  In other words, everyone wants money!  A clerk did say she had to turn off the printer, the laptop and the router and then turn them all back on and then her printer recognized the router.  So if that doesn't work, Larry, when I get back from my little trip to Precious Moments, I will download Network Magic and see how that works.  If it doesn't, I will use the printer with the USB ports!  Question Larry!  I am confused.  Does network mean sharing files, printers, etc. between, say my desktop and laptop OR does it mean wireless?  Seems the instructions for the printer networking and wireless means the same. 

Busy today making brownies for dessert for a bean supper at church tomorrow.  Packing for my little trip and then tonight Ivalou and I are going to the local Lions Club for a Fish Fry.  I am certainly ready to spend 4 days on the road and away from home.  I have got to slow down!  I don't have time for leisure at all! 

Interesting, Marilyn.  I am not aware of what the "jog" is all about.   At first I thought he was going to Liberty!  lol

Hi Etta Sue!