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Ruth Ann - you said something about looking for supplement insurance to go with Medicare.  We had AARP, but then heard of something better.  It's Mutual of Omaha.  I suggest looking into it.

    A late early morning post.   It is great to read all the post's and always to here all the things that are goung on in each others lives.


This weekend we will be celebrating mothers day with our kid's and grandchildren as it will not be possible on the proper one and also my birthday is coming up so we will also do it at the same time.  I cannot believe an other year has gone by.

We had some good new's about our grandson as he has just seen both the main doctor's that are looking after him and he also had an E.E.G. and all is well, also regarding his vertibrae the specialist says thing's at this age for him are looking good.  But we still need to continue to pray for little Kaeden as he has long way to go.

Pat and Judy. Hope that Murray is feeling a bit better and will remember him and please say hi to him and Grace.

Larry:  You asked me if my friends were relocating out to western Canada yes they are planning to.

To all others on C.P. have a wonderful weekend and may the Lord richly bless you all.

Hi everyone.  Interesting posts from yesterday.  A number of you are certainly busy.  I enjoyed a nice quiet day and hope for another one today.  We will attend a meeting this morning when I get back from coffee.  No walking today as the gym is locked on Saturday.  Pat is up early this morning and just took her blood pressure and it is high again so she definitely needs to be on the medication for it.

Jeannine and Colin, what tales and I will take a look at the pictures a little later.  The catching salmon in the middle of the road really threw me.

Janet, you are certainly a busy person.  That is really good news concerning Beth and the shoes.

Gord, glad you little grandson is doing well.  I know that is a big concern for all of your family.

Ed, I am sure your reunion will be very rewarding.  A couple of years ago I planned our family reunion, the first one our generation had ever had, and I agree it is a lot of work but was certainly worth the effort.

Etta Sue, you and Ivalou are wise to take in plays and concerts in your local school.  I am sure it will be a fun evening.  I see the weather saved you again from having to bleach your porch. 

Hi Al and Pat.  Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Well I think summer is almost here.  I just looked at the 5-day forecast, and most of it is for sunny.  The temps are between a low of 45 and a high of 63.  Sounds great to me!  It's laundry day, so Marbeth will go up to the laundry room for about 3 hours today, and then we'll go out for lunch somewhere.

I had forgotten you called, too, Janet.  We must do that again when we are both home and can talk instead of using the answering machine. 

I, too, have Mutual of Omaha as a supplement for Medicare...Part F.  So far this year I have only had premiums to pay...nothing else out of my pocket.  But my drugs are still $1100 deductible so I use Generic when possible. 

The play last night was the first musical in Lapel for over 20 years.  The new auditorium was great with a large stage, lighting and spots and a fantastic sound system.  707 seats.  There were 36 performers with costume changes.  Two acts with set changes.  The singing, acting, costumes, make-up, sets were great.  Kitty painted some of the sets.  Oh, yes!  The play was 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' written by Andrew Lloyd Webber back in the '60's!  Wonderful to see a biblical play in a high school auditorium performed by high school students! 

Next weekend they are having the Lapel Show Choir 40th Anniversary Show.  I have tickets for it, too.  The following weekend is the Variety Show.  So nice to drive maybe 2 miles and see a great performance!! 

Today it is only 66° with high winds.  Water, 66° and high winds spells too cold to bleach again today...

Kitty just sent me this picture she took at rehearsal of Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat! 

WOW   

WOW is right!  That IS an amazing coat!  Etta Sue, I envy you the opportunity to go to so many live productions--I love them!

Ohhh...my old bones are groaning this evening.  I worked much too hard today.  Darrel and I did more cleaning, moving, etc. etc. in the garage.  I will be surprised if I can get out of bed in the morning (and I am heading there soon!)  I must have made at least 50 trips up and down the stairs, carrying things on each trip.    I just know I will be paying for it during the next few days, but still I thank God I am strong and able to do such heavy work.  Even though I didn't have any "quitting sense" today. 

Carol and Liz, I can really relate to what you are both going through at this time.  It will be nice to be rid of a ton of stuff, and to have everything clean, but oh, what a process. 

What I was going to mention after we got home is that Darrel's brother is a really different sort of guy.  He is wealthy, but lives really strangely.  They live in a beautiful house, but he has done no upkeep, repairs, or anything in the 18 years they have lived there, not even painted a wall.  And he buys and buys and buys.....stuff.  Stuff he has no earthy use for nor intent to use.  He got addicted to buying things online, she was buying from QVC, they had their own contest to see who could spend the most money.  I don't know who won, but he spent $22,000 and now all that stuff is piled out in the shed in the back, no doors, perfect invitation to burglars, and they have discovered that fact.  Very dysfunctional family, in Don's own words.

I have tried for years to find a way to reach Don for the Lord, but if I bring up the subject, he gets instantly angry and tells me in no uncertain terms that he does not want to hear anything about "religion."  He respects the fact that we love the Lord, but he doesn't want to talk about Him at all.  And he is 77 years old, just sitting in his chair and waiting to die!  Very sad situation.  Do any of you have any suggestions on how to reach him for the kingdom of God?

That's what I was thinking of when I said our home is our refuge and place of peace.  I was most happy to get back here!  TMI already, sorry.

I need to find something for us to eat, then I am headed to my bed.

So good to read all of your news.

Well, all this "social butterfly" activity of mine has worn me out!

G'nite, friends.

Janet, I wish I had some magic words or actions for you to reach him, but I don't.  What I have found though, is even though he rejected Jesus today, and maybe tomorrow, there may come a day when he doesn't.  All we can do is keep praying for him, living Jesus in front of him, and be ready to talk when the Holy Spirit guides us to. 

It didn't rain today!

Wish I had an answer, Janet.  Tried with my brother and he is in his 80's now.  I didn't say anything about religion for a long while, but he became quite unpleasant on the phone, then stopped calling and didn't even send a Christmas card.  Also a man with much money.  His daughter lives with him and is not a nice person, so I can't even phone to find out what is happening.  Sometimes we simply have to leave things alone and quietly pray....

All that remains to be done with the hardwood floors, are the stairs.  Workmen have done a fantastic job, then take off for days and who knows when they will return.  Seems that is the way with all the trades here now...Painter has some more to do, electrician was here today doing the new light fixtures (lovely) and also has to return.
And so it goes......

My daughter asked me to watch the Kentucky Derby with her today.  I don't normally watch racing..don't like gambling or what they do to the animals.  Love horses tho' and was horrified when the beautiful filly came in second and collapsed, then had to be put down right there, due to broken ankles.  My daughter was so upset and like me, won't watch again!

I saw Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat a few years ago at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.  It has Donny Osbourne as the star and was wonderful.  My daughter is taking me to see the Anne Murray concert in Victoria next week.  I love her music and it is my mother's day gift.  It is going to be a real treat as I have never been to one of her concerts and her voice is still great.

Have not posted a little smile in some time...so here is one:

"A dog named Mace"


A mechanic who worked out of his home had a dog named Mace.

Mace had a bad habit of eating all the grass in the mechanic's lawn, so the mechanic had to keep Mace inside. The grass eventually became overgrown.

One day the mechanic was working on a car in his back yard and dropped his wrench losing it in the tall grass. He couldn't find it for the life of him so decided to call it a day.

That night Mace escaped from the house and ate all the grass in the back yard. The next morning the mechanic went outside and saw his wrench glinting in the sunlight.

Realizing what had happened he looked up the the heavens and proclaimed......

"A grazing Mace, how sweet the hound that saved a wrench for me!"

                                     

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Oooohhh  LIZ!!  That's a real groaner.   

Well, my goodness!  Can you imagine me, this elderly lady, having a Bridal Shower?

Well, I had one!   Thanks Judy and Ruthie for organizing this.

I travelled into my cousin Ruthie's home yesterday in Toronto and found several cousins and friends there and what a lovely time we had.  And some sent gifts who couldn't attend!

Whewww...  I feel young again!

Hi everyone.  We ended up with basically no rain yesterday.  Today is just beautiful and suppose to get to 75 degrees.  We will be headed to church shortly and probably out to lunch. 

Pat, you are young and I think the bridal shower was very nice.  Glad you enjoyed it.

LIz, it is too bad the workmen don't finish what they are doing at one location and then move on.  Several years ago I had some carpentry work done upstairs and the man I hired focused on what he was doing and had the job done in about three days with no followup needed.  Liz, that story really lead us on--aren't you ashamed of yourself? 

Janet, it sounds like you had a very uncomfortable time with your visit to Darrel's brother.  It is sad when money becomes the focus of life and it certainly doesn't bring happiness.  I can't imagine just buying things from QVC or other online sites and never even opening the boxes.  What a waste of money.  Is your garage under your house?  I didn't understand the climbing the steps so many times while working in your garage.

Etta Sue, that is quite a costume.  The new school auditorium sounds really nice.  After our new high school opened a few years ago down the road from us we attended a play.  However, they had no sound system and most of the kids couldn't be heard unless they were singing in a group.  I expect they have fixed the problem by now but we haven't been back to a play.  I know we would enjoy it if we would just go.

Al, it sounds like you are ready for spring out your way.  You all sound like us in that when we have a major choir to accomplish or have been out to appointments, etc., Pat is often too tired to cook so we will eat out.

Liz ~ The insert in our program for 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' states that

QuoteReally Useful Films released a filmed version of the successful London Palladium production starring Donny Osmond, Joan Collins and Richard Ateenborough in 1999.

Did you mean Osmond instead of Osbourne? 

Church was great today as always.  I slept good last night...maybe because I really didn't want to go to church today for some reason.  So I guess my mind was telling me, if the alarm doesn't work..no big deal...you don't want to go anyway!  But, in fact, I woke up 5 minutes before the alarm alarmed and so I was ready and out the door in no time!  Still...I think Danny Curry is an amazing preacher!!  Not afraid to preach about anything.  Today was about SEX!  Our sermons are online now so if you want to listen, click on http://www.parkchapel.org/Park_Chapel_Christian_Church/Park_Chapel.html then >>Podcasts>>Crossing.  Today's isn't on there yet but later it will be May 4.  You can listen to April 20...I am getting ready to listen to that since I was sick that weekend.

Congratulations, Pat, on having a Bridal Shower.  No matter how old you are, you are a Bride so why not a Bridal Shower?  It's the gathering of lady friends that count! 

PAT!!  There is NO WAY you can convince anyone that you are "elderly"     Besides that, as Etta Sue noted, all brides deserve a Bridal Shower ... and getting together with good friends is a real blessing in preparation for your big day.  I'm happy for you --- and forget about using that "o" word (or even the "e" word), okay?

Amen Jane  We did have a great time.  I saw cousins that I havn't seen in a couple of years, in one case more than a couple.  Pat received some very nice gifts and I know she and paul will ewnjoy them.

We just finished a birthday party for Elizabeth.  Some good friends came to my place of work and had a wonderful time of fellowship.  Two of these friends created on the spot, songs for her wishing her a happy birthday.  Justin is like a son to us and a brother to the girls, he is so very talented. 

Well I have let the cold that is making the rounds catch up with me.  Sore throat and full sinuses.  I don't have time for this.  I will be off to bed early tonight to see if I can sleep it off.

Bye for now, God bless.
JudyB

Guess that was a senior moment, Etta Sue.  Yes, I did mean Donny Osmond. It was the live production and quite good.  I think that is what sort of started his career again? Joan Collins was not in it tho', this was the American production.

I used to get to live shows.  Not possible now.  Most of the things at the new centre in Victoria are not my kind of musicals.  Anne Murray is different, besides, my budget does not allow that sort of expense.  Horrible price for most things.  There are some great shows being done at Brentwood School, which is close and a reasonable cost.  If the kids ever get their lives back, will try and talk my daughter into going.  People come from all over for some of the shows.  Brentwood is a private school and has students from all over the world.  Quite posh!!   

The sun is out today.  Hope it stays out tomorrow. I am going to run away for the day and window shop in Victoria.  Peace at last

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

I'm Back, had a very ice weekend. Made a short call to Nita to ask how Rocko was doing? He hasn't been well lately. Still trying to catch up on my reading, just wanted to tell you that I made it home safely although I did get a speeding ticket coming back home.

Welcome home, Marilyn

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