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JudyB:  Heather is in my prayers.  So sorry to hear that her scores have dropped, no doubt from the stress and everything associated with her concussion.  We know a little bit about concussions since grandson plays hockey - it it happens, they put the person in a completely dark room for 24 hours, test again and then they are slowly let out of that area.  The brain needs rest.  Maybe it would be good for Heather to have two weeks of solid rest in a dark room?  I don't know - hugs to you.

Sun is shining on the beautiful snow.  All our freeways in all four directions have had closures off and on for three days - the truckers must be itching to get on with their work.  Not to mention everyone just trying to move through this state.  We can't seem to have a gentle snowfall - oh, no.  It has to be horizontal snow. 

Larry: I am going to have a cup of coffee now - thank you. 

Larry, thanks for the video--I had read the story before, but the video makes it even better.

Etta Sue, I had a good chuckle re the "green slime" and how you described it working, then your description of the chemo in your bladder--quite similar applications!    So glad you found it and got it treated early!

We woke up to a white world this morning!  Now most of it is gone.  That SHOULD be the last snow for this season!

Beth's Care Plan meeting was at 11:00--nothing new, which is a good thing.  She seems to be holding steady now.

Humour of the day!

My humor for the day. There comes a time when a woman just has to trust her husband.

For example:

A wife came home late one night, and quietly opened the door to their bedroom. From under the blanket she saw four legs instead of two.

She reached for a baseball bat and started hitting the blanket as hard as she could.

She left the covered bodies groaning and went to the kitchen to get a drink.

As she entered the kitchen, she saw her husband reading a magazine.

Hi Honey, your parents have come to visit, so I let them stay in our bedroom, I think their still in bed.

Hi everyone.  It is a dreary looking morning but 68 degrees.  However the forecast is for rain throughout the day and the temperatures to drop.  I just am back from coffee and then a quick trip to the Post Office, the store and the gas station and think I will be staying in the rest of the day.  Nothing really much on the schedule for today.

Etta Sue, thanks for the explanation of Slime for the tires.  The chemo treatment you had is something I had never heard of before.  Sure glad it worked well even if uncomfortable at the time.  Good advice on being checked out if you think something may be wrong. Glad you got someone young to be the yard work and taking care of yourself.

Judy, Stacey called this morning and said she had already been down to her apartment and done a load of laundry.  She has gone there everyday since she has been in rehab.  I asked her if she needed us to help with the laundry and she said no.  I also wish we would hear from Gord.  It sounds like Heather has done major damage to herself from that fall.

Carol, I would think hockey players would be subject to a lot of jarring of the brain as well as concussions since it is such a physical game. Hope your snow is over for this season.

Janet, good to read that Beth is holding steady.  Maybe our "daughter" will be able to stay on a steady course for awhile.   

Ivalou's shot she gets in her eye for mascular degeneration (sp) is what they give people with colon cancer.  Maybe they will start giving Slime for bladder cancer instead of Botox!   I don't think it would work.  I wouldn't want my plumbing stopped up, just relaxed. 

Kitty called and I am going to her place at noon, then to a Mexican place for lunch.  She needs some groceries and I will probably get a few items, too!

It was 30 degrees cooler here than in Georgia at Larry's house this morning.  It was in the 70's after dark and sure dropped during the night.  I live on lake front property now!!  The sump pump runs about every minute!  So much rain and water, water everywhere!  The farmers are looking out wishing they were out in the fields. 

Tony was here last evening and I had to order a part from Sears and it won't be here until next week, the 25th or before.  Then Tony has to come and put it on and Slime the big tire.  Then I should be good to go!  My grass seems to be growing an inch or two every day!  I might need to rake but rakes don't fit my hands anymore!!  So if I have to I will mow the grass twice!!

I had to call Lowe's this morning - the blinds we ordered are apparently on the way but in bits and pieces.  No communication unless I initiate it.  No dates - I have to call the blind company.  Then, we drove over to a place where I was told they could make an acrylic insert for my sewing machine, oh sure - for at least $250.  Not to be.  We went shopping for a few things and came home.   The more hurried I go, the behinder I get... that was written on a wall once.  So true.  Going in circles some days. 

I don't want to turn on the news.  Do hope they catch that young Muslim boy - yes, he is not a Christian.  His religion will be downplayed for sure. 

Tea time.     I found a lemon Ginger by Bigelow. 

Thank you for Psalm 23

I got this off FaceBook 

OPINION
Wrong is wrong even if everybody's wrong
by Jeannie Deangelis    April 15, 2013, 12:55 pm ET 16 Comments

QuoteWhen I was a kid, my father used to say to me, "Right is right even if nobody's right, and wrong is wrong even if everybody's wrong." That pearl of wisdom really stuck with me. Now, as an adult, and being the type of black-and-white person that I am, I'm extremely troubled by how moral relativism is destroying the fabric of society. My unwavering conviction and 34 years of Bible-believing Christianity inform my belief that fallible people acting as autonomous gods can only cause much suffering for everyone, regardless of what they believe.

Modern society has devolved to the point where the right to do whatever you want takes precedence over doing what is actually right. Killing unborn babies has morphed into the "right to choose," sodomy has mutated into gay rights, and bilking the system as a way of life more than seven generations after the fact has become the right to reparations for slavery.

Double-destruction has befallen us, because the Bible says, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Moral relativism has delivered "woe" to those who refuse to acknowledge the true difference between right and wrong.

Thirty years ago, I had a conversation with a moral relativist that I've never forgotten. The young man was indignant that I dared to suggest that there are moral absolutes. My argument was that the Bible says that human beings intrinsically know the difference between right and wrong, indicating that, like it or not, there are standards. My point was that moral relativism is merely an effort to quell the conscience and make excuses for a sin nature that, without the constraints of God's truth, is capable of fantasizing, stalking, trapping, and then cannibalizing another human being.

The moral relativist continued to stress that there are no moral absolutes and that the concept of right and wrong is relative to many factors. His premise was that the individual, not God or others, should judge personal truth. That's when I asked him, "Oh, so if you lived next-door to a child molester and they felt that having sex with a five-year-old was acceptable, you'd be fine with them sexually abusing your child?"

My stammering opponent responded to that absurdity by saying, "That's taking things a little too far!" I then asked, "Are you saying there is a standard for right and wrong, and the difference is that you get to set the standard?" That question was followed by a couple of seconds of heavy silence. I persisted: "So, in your opinion, raping children is wrong? Therefore, even though you don't want God or society to impose their morality on you, you're comfortable imposing your morality on the pervert with a lecherous eye on your preschooler?"

Shocking as it may sound, that particular person was so steeped in the desire not to judge or offend that he actually said, "Well, I guess I really couldn't say anything, because it wouldn't be my right to impose my standards on the guy next-door just because he likes to have sex with children." For the committed moral relativist, chancing sacrificing his child to a molester is certainly a high price to be willing to pay to preserve the right to retain subjective (and in this case, disgusting) preference.

Currently, Americans live in a culture where individuals arrive at conclusions based on limited life experience, a faulty knowledge base, and ambivalent emotions, all of which are influenced by lies, skewed perception, and human weakness. Add to that the growing belief that moral values are not divinely mandated or commonly relevant, and you have a recipe for disaster.

That's why, when I read stories like the one where an Oklahoma mother and her 11-year-old son were arrested after the little boy purportedly raped his 6-year-old sister and her mother told her not to tell anyone, I'm not shocked.

What's shocking is the public's response to a sexualized youngster raised in an atmosphere void of moral restraint acting accordingly. A young child violates his little sister, and the culture that's guilty of fostering degenerate behavior asks why?

The bigger question here isn't why things like that happen, but rather who among us has the right to say that what the boy did was wrong. Who has the right to tell a mother that failing to report forced juvenile incest is unacceptable? Isn't drawing an ethical line in the sand and saying that there is something very wrong with a child raping a sibling and their mother attempting to cover it up imposing a standard of morality on a family whose measure of decency may be different from our own?

By adhering to the tenet of moral relativism alone, moral relativists and their ilk have zero right to oppose any kind of behavior, even if such perverse or evil conduct shocks them or negatively impacts their lives. Remember, the price of subjective preference can be very high.

The older I get, the more I understand what my father was saying. Attempting to run a society based on the belief that morality's canon is independently decided upon seems like a great idea until some lunatic shoots up an elementary school or a prepubescent brother rapes his little sister. That is when the ramifications of a misguided ideology that preaches the abolishment of moral absolutes end up proving that "right is right even if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong even if everyone is wrong."

Janet I wish we could send some of our rain and water to  you.  Our lake is higher than normal, and we are experiencing sinkholes and ground saturation.  It is a great concern for us.  Thankfully we live on a hill and are not affected. However the creeks are over their banks and warnings are out not to go near the creeks, rivers, or lakes.  The saturated ground is directed to the lake and that increases the water height for our lake as well as ultimately the great lakes!  You are in a drought and we have too much......

They have the suspect in custody, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

Have a great night everyone!

Hi everyone.  After a very rainy and dreary day here yesterday today is really beautiful.  It as only 41 degrees when I went to coffee but is suppose to get up too 65 degrees this afternoon.  Our main activity for today is to go to Atlanta and spend a little time with Stacey and take somethings to her apartment.  I watched the drama play out in the Boston area last night and was certainly glad when they got the young man.

Etta Sue, I heard that your state was slammed with rain yesterday.  I hope your sump pump can keep up with the water.  It does sound like there is going to be some terrible flooding in the midwest and other parts of the country this spring. 

Carol, we have a church friend who made an acrylic insert for Pat's sewing machine when she got the new sewing table several years ago.  He made several trips between his home shop and our house until he got it just right.  He is also the person who gave me the desktop computer recently. 

Judy, I like the saying you posted.  Now people try to make everything relative and distort the truth for fear of hurting someone's feelings.  This is also an effective way of controlling people by demonizing them if they dare speak their minds.  It sounds like you all have had enough water up your way.  We seem to be hearing more and more about sinkholes. 

Hope you all have a nice weekend. 

Brrrr!  It was 31° when I got up at 8:30 this morning.  That's freezing!!! 

Indiana only has one major river.  White River goes through Noblesville.  It is way out of its banks.  Several roads and highways were closed yesterday due to water over the roads!  Lots of emergency personnel out helping people to be taken to the hospital and doctor's offices.  Yes, water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink!!

Jeremiah is suppose to come today and work in my yard.  When I saw the temperature I was hoping that he wouldn't come early.  It is to be a bit warmer this afternoon and it is partly sunny...sounds better than partly cloudy.   

I am doing some laundry and really not much more planned today.  Just staying in.  I sure don't need a set back with my cold!

Good Morning today I am nursing a cold, So I feel rather  miserable at this time. I have been here to read all the post and pray for those who need prayer. The sun is supposed to come out later today, if it does I will walk the dogs well, even if it doesn't I will walk the dogs.

We went to another dinner theater play last night in Dodge City.  It was The Fox on the Fairway--hilarious, and not one dull moment.  We laughed and had such a wonderful evening.  Got home at midnight, and I was up at 5 this morning as had to be at work at the home at 6:30.  So I am looking forward to a good night's sleep tonight!

So glad they caught the other terrorist--but think they need to arrest, not deport, the Saudi who they were looking at first.  There are sure to be more involved!

And the tragedy in West, Texas is so sad.  Lots of terrible stuff happening, all over the world.  But God is still on his throne!

Hi, friends,

It has been a chilly day here in Nashville, and when I get cold, I'm kinda like a bear - my body wants to hibernate.

Finally, my oldest son and I went to supper and then to do a bit of shopping. Fortunately, nothing I bought had to be brought in tonight.

Brrr - it was too chilly for me to be out long enough to load up a shopping cart. <<shivvvvver!!!>>

Now, that's my story, 'n I'm stickin' to it! 

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

I am ready for church.  I thought it was spring but I have winter clothes on.  It was 33° when I got up.  I have on long pants, long sleeved sweater, shoes and socks!!  My toes want to be out in the open!! 

Looks to be a nice day today.  Sunny with thin clouds and a gentle breeze from the southeast!

Hi everyone.  The sun in shining but it is still cool here this morning, 46 degrees, but should get up to about 70 this afternoon.  Pat is going to church with me this morning, which is the first time in several months.  We had a nice visit with Stacey yesterday and she had purchased lunch tickets for us to eat at the rehab center.  She seems to be very happy with the food there, which is nice to hear.  Since she was there last they have completely remodeled the floor she is on and she has a lovely room with lots of space.  The only problem seems to be the very small bathroom and that is shared with the room next door.  She told us that she expects them to start the process of getting her an artificial leg in a couple of weeks or so and that the stump is healing well.  This was great news as I had expected this not to occur for sometime.  So things seem to be looking up for us and we are thankful.  If Pat still has enough energy after attending the church service this morning I expect we will go out to eat but not sure she will be up to getting with our friends as we usually don't get home until after 2 pm when we do. 

Etta Sue, glad you do not live close to the White River.  I remember growing up and seeing the major river in our county, which we lived several miles from, flood farm land.  I expect it is doing that again this year.  Pat's grandmother used to live in a house that wasn't far from the Missouri River in Kansas City and she experienced flooding at least one time.  Hope you got your yard work done.  My toes never want to be out in the open as my feet always seem to be cold.

Marilyn, sorry to read that you are fighting a miserable spring cold.  Hope you are feeling better today.

Janet, you are sure fortunate to have another dinner theater to attend.  I am hoping that one of these days Pat will feel up to attending the theater as we have a great professional theater about 5 miles from us and friends tell me the productions are outstanding.  They do not serve meals. You are right about all the bad stuff happening throughout the world. 

Ruth Ann, it has been chilly down here in Atlanta as well.  Yesterday as we got to the point where we would head to Atlanta on I-85 all the traffic was diverted back north as there was a suspicious package on the road and a large stretch of it was closed.  Fortunately I knew an alternate, but it took about 30 minutes more than usual.  It was a false alarm, thankfully.   

Larry we have had a lot of flooding, sink holes and are under a flood watch......this is rather a disconcerting situation for us.  The south river it way too high, as is lake Nipissing.  Many of the small communities around North Bay are at risk of being cut off, some already are.  The cold spell yesterday and today are good news as it lets the ground firm up.  The "oldtimers" are prepared, and this isolation is not a problem, we/they have enough supplies to continue life as normal as long as the hydro doesn't go out!

Today is bright and sunny....a welcomed change from the past week.

Have a wonderful God day,

Today is our outdoor church service, followed by the baptismal service (indoors!) and a picnic.  It LOOKS warmer today, but I still plan to dress warmly and bring along an extra blanket for Beth!  We can always take off a layer if it warms up enough!

Larry, that is great news from Stacey!  Like you, I expected it to be much longer before they attempted to get the artificial leg for her.  She must be healing well, always a good thing!  How is her other foot?  Boy, I wish we had a professional theater group that near to us!  The one in Dodge is what I would call "semi-professional" and they do a great job!  But that is a 160 mile round trip, so I am very thankful for the friends we ride with.  There are three couples who go together.  The other night we were right against the stage--and I mean, literally!  There are no bad seats in the house, though, so it was fine.

Time to get showered and dressed for church, have to go a little early to pick up Beth!

Good Sunday Morning ....     Today is my daughter Joy's birthday.  I was quite surprised to see that notation here, on the forum index, yesterday.  So ... I decided to click on her name and went back to read all (or most of) her posts from when she was active here.  What fun.   She remains quite busy in her corner of the world ... church, apartment manager, all around go-fer .... I guess that's what keeps her young.  Kinda like the way some of y'all are.  (Not naming names because there are several of you who keep on the go pretty much non-stop).

My granddaughter, Laura, has moved to Springfield, Oregon, and is working at the Home Depot in Eugene.  She is Jean's youngest daughter (25 years old) and has a son who will be one year old on Thursday.  I am planning a drive up to see them this week ... maybe tomorrow ... and will take them my old TV and DVD player, and a few other things, so they can at least watch movies, etc.  It should keep the baby entertaied for a while, at least.  They came up from Sacramento on the train, last month, with just their clothes and some baby things, and have just recently gotten an apartment.  Of course, it's unfurnished so there are many things they need to make it liveable.     I give her props for such a courageous step into her future.  She didn't want to raise her son in the environment where she had been living.   

Time to start a new week  here.