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Etta Sue,  Thank you! I am glad you got such  a good deal on the book! Is it the pink one by Jean E. Syswerda? I led a class using that one. (I did find a couple mistakes in it)

Larry, Marilyn, Gord, Pat and anyone I have forgotten, thank you for welcoming me.

I am snowed in, in TN, have been all week, but have a warm house, plenty to eat, my Bible, camera, phone, and Internet! So blessed!
Someone did clear my porch and steps enough yesterday for me to take out trash, get mail, take a few pictures and get my grand babies Valentine cards in the mail box. I do not know who cleared the snow and ice, but thanking God!

I have been cooking a lot. Made 5 different kinds of oatmeal cookies the last 2 days, just kept adding things to the batter, raisins, cranberries, nuts, chocolate chips, coconut, and orange juice. I will share with everyone in Sunday School Sunday.

Larry, I have read that those bell fruit things are the best in the world! And only available a few weeks out of the year. Glad you got to enjoy them!

There is a very good christian radio station here with music and good teaching. (No adds, supported completely by listeners.) I earned/won a free book today; Slave, by John McArthur.

So many prayer needs mentioned, I am lifting all of you and everyone around you in prayer.

Hi everyone.  Today is actually my birthday but I have been having a great time with pre-birthday events like our celebration with Stacey when she was here where we could celebrate both birthdays since she won't be with us today.  The men at coffee yesterday recognized my birthday and sang Happy Birthday.  On Wednesday night the choir sang Happy Birthday to me.  Today my wife gave me a new white shirt and a nice gift card from Barnes & Noble that I can use online to purchase books for my ebook reader.  She had previously given me a gift card for McDonald's, which is very handy. 

We had a lovely time last evening with the Valentine Dinner at our friend's church.  There were about 700 seniors there as they had 89 tables and each table had 8 people.  There was a lot of red in the clothing.  The food was delicious and Janet Paschal sang beautifully and seemed to be such a nice person.  It was a special evening.

Vapor, I looked at the website of the company selling the Honey Bells and they are all sold out for this year and taking orders for next year already.  They are rather pricey but they are certainly good.  It sounds like you all had a lot more snow and colder temps than we had down here.  Our snow didn't last even 24 hours.

Hope this is a good day for everyone who stops by today.  I know I am going to enjoy this beautiful day that God has allowed me to have and try to stay in the moment.

Happy Birthday, Larry, today!!  You sure get around.  I read about your birthday on FaceBook!

Vapor ~ I don't know which book I was talking about but I am in two studies right now.  One book by Max Lucado and the other is by Andy Stanley.  Both are great!  Where in Tennessee are you?

Well, doom and gloom...I think we got more snow last night and wind.  My path to the garage is blown shut!  I can't get out without walking through a foot of snow!  So since this doom and gloom of being a jurist on Monday is hanging over my head and knowing that if the trial is still on and I HAVE to be there before 8am Monday morning, I called Tony for him to bring his snow blower up and opened up the path again.  This winter I would rather rely on him than the weather man saying it is suppose to melt all of this snow and ice by Monday afternoon!!  (Me being a worrier is new to me.  I don't like it.)

I will be soooo glad to see the winter of 2011 over! 

Not planning on doing much today.  I am reading a book on Kindle and it is getting soooo good!  An inspirational romance.  Happily Ever After by Susan Mae Warren...in case anyone wants to find it.  It is a long book since I have been reading it for a week and just now a little over half way done!  But it is getting good.

And since our trip to the hair dresser yesterday, I now have to get used to seeing Ivalou with curly hair.  I like her in curly hair but she was getting so she couldn't comb it right...so she went with straight hair for awhile.  She has straight, thick coarse hair.  I have curly, thick fine hair.  And we are sisters!

It is sunny here today...already 30 degrees.  The solar system has been running some today.  I got a call from Jake's and they are to come Wednesday morning and fix the heat pump!  I am thinking that when the heat pump is finally fixed it will mean warmer weather! 

Hello friends.  This has been quite a day for me.  Got a call about 7 this morning that my Mom was unresponsive, they couldn't wake her up.  So I showered, dressed and went to the care home, where I spent the next five hours.  They had given her glucose under her tongue, but everything was dropping, sugar, blood pressure, etc.  Jeanie and her son Lance came, we tried talking to Mom, no response for a long time, then she began to respond a little bit.  Along about 11:00, they checked her sugar again, and it was 167!  And her BP and oxygen saturation were nearly perfect!  So I think she may stay here a while.

Tonight her sugar is 305!  Way too high, but they didn't want to give her any insulin unless they can get her to eat a little bit.

We are dressed and ready to go to our Valentine banquet, but I will have my cell phone at hand, just in case.  Darrel has looked forward to tonight for weeks, and I see no reason to disappoint him.  They know to call me if any change.

Sorry to not address everyone, no time.  Back tomorrow, I hope.

Ohhh Janet.  Praying

I can hardly believe this!  Mom is up, and in the dining room eating supper!!  (What she considers supper is bread and gravy, but still!!)  PTL

Hallelujah Janet. PTL

Hi Vapor!  I'm so happy that you figured out about posting and also getting your profile photo (avatar) in place!  Just keep posting and posting and the more you do it, the better you become.  It will become like second nature.


Happy Birthday, Larry!!!

What radio station were you listening to, Vapor that you won a book?  bbnradio.org is a good one with no advertisements.

Janet, what a day you had!  I'm so happy that your mother rallied.  Please know that I'm praying for you and the family circle.

I am all ready for church.  I will find out soon if I have to go or not to jury duty.  I cleaned out my purse this morning...no nail files, no lotions, no lethal weapons.  I don't know what else they might consider a problem but you can't take those things in a court house today! 

It is suppose to get up in the 40's today.  It wasn't below freezing all night but I can't see that it has melted any ice around here.  I can see the edge of my deck but there is still 4 inches of ice on it! 

I called Tony and he opened my path to the garage again for me.  Then we talked and talked and talked some more.  Great time with him.

We may go to a funeral visiting after eating today.  And Small Groups is tonight.

We have a new challenge CLICK HERE to find out about it.

What a great challenge too!

Even those who are not photographically inclined, should see something RED over the next few days to photograph and enter! 

Marilyn, you asked about my arm (at least I think it was you). 

It's doing pretty well most of the time.  If someone had said when I injured it that it would take 15 months to heal, I would have thought that they were joking but that's about the time it took to start to feel better.  I still can't lift it to put cups and plates up into the cupboard, etc.  And I vacuum with my left arm. 

Yes Pat it was me that asked. I am glad to hear that it ifs finally getting better, Maybe if you keep exercising it you will eventually be able to reach those cupboard shelves. I am still working on exercising my  thumb and still unable to reach  the ring finger but I can now Crochet. I couldn't do that before without pain. I did have to  file down my  fingernails to play my Native American Flute, and there is some pain in my thumb if I am  playing for a long time.

I'm crocheting today, Marilyn.  My daughter-in-law's niece had a baby girl.  This is the wedding that I took the wedding photos of last February.  She (bride--Nicole) has always called me "Grandma Scott" and now I'm "Great Grandma Scott!".  HAHAHA! 

Hi everyone.  It is 63 degrees here today and really nice.  We went to church this morning but passed on the Senior Valentine's Banquet.  I am feeling so weary today that it is a struggle to do anything.  We ate a bite of lunch and then I came home and rested for several hours but really don't feel at all rested.  Settled in my easy chair for the rest of the afternoon and evening.

Pat, nice to see that your shoulder is feeling better.  Just continue to treat it kindly.

Janet, it is amazing how people can revive from seemingly impossible situations.  So glad your mother has responded.  I experienced something very similar with my father when it didn't appear he could recover and the next morning he was sitting in his wheelchair having breakfast.  He had been in very severe heart failure.

JOhn has headed out on the road.  A short turnaround, and as a result no log book reset.  He will (thankfully) be staying in Ontario, log book rules are a little different.  He is tired so he will be stopping in a few hours for rest..  17 hours at home and he still took the time to wash floors for me!!!

He thanks everyone for the congratulations on his Road Knight position. 

My cousin & wife (plus their barky little dog) left yesterday.  I wish that she wouldn't bring the dog as the high pitch yapping just jars Don's hearing to no end.  Otherwise, we always have a wonderful visit.  We took them on hikes and a drive to a nearby lake and so forth then had to take naps after they left. 

Ruth:  So sorry about Mel having his elbow fractured - one son had that happen while they were climbing on him in Boy Scouts & he had to have surgery.  I couldn't walk on ice with smooth sole shoes and I hope Mel can get back to his favorite sport soon.  Hugs to you. 

Pat:  How wonderful to read that your shoulder has improved so much.  It sure has been a long time and all the moving in that time frame as well.  You couldn't have been busier if you tried!  Take care of that shoulder. 

Another week begins and it's time for a new Thoughts for the Week HERE.