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Goodnight, Colin! 

Well, today I was taking Judy McKenna to Hamilton for her checkup with the surgeon and it was so bright and clear here in Guelph.  But as we got closer and closer to Hamilton, the snow started and we were right at the edge of Hamilton and it was white-out conditions and blizzards-like conditions.  The roads were so slick and snow-covered and slippery...so I found a safe place to turn around and we came back to Guelph!

We'll try again another day.

I had this poem sent to me from Greenisland Baptist Church, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland and I thought I'd share it with you all.


   



"While the child was still alive I fasted and wept...but now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."  2 Samuel 12:22& 23

  : Good evening to all .  We are getting clobberd with the white stuff called snow and this some of the storm coming from the states.
I have been trying to get onto the site but it seems that there is always somthing else gets in the way.

I have been trying to get caught up on reading the post's and they are always interesting and if you did not see it I did say a welcome to Mike from the U. K. 

Liz.  I am supposed to here from my doctor this week about my results from the cat scan

Nick  My wife has a lot more problems with her back than I do .  She has suffered for over 4 year's  she had a double fusion done and it has not gone the way we thought it would.  But she is amazing how she handel's and some day's it is very hard for her please pray for her.

Karmat.  I can remeber those days  when there was so many things to do for the kid's , and whenwhen they get to be teenagers and older it deos not stop.  But you know that our heavenly Father will give us the strength to get through and we love them  so much.

Ruth Ann Bice.  Will pray for your request's and the Lord will give you strength to get through

Al.  Hope that all is well thanks for your prayers.

Janet.  I always love when I see your smiling picture when I come onto read the post's.  May the Lord be with you and keep you the rest of this week and keep smiling.

Colin.  How are you doing hope that all is well send me an email if you get time and let me know wht's new.  God bless.

Its great to here about all the others that I have not mentioned and to here about what is going on in your lives may the Lord Jesus always be 1st. in your life and give allto him.  Good Night and God Bless you all.

Hi, friends,

I have been late at work helping my brother prepare a PowerPoint (by long distance from Nashville to Cincinnati). So, he sent the file to me, and I taught him step by step by telling him the next thing to do.

He apologized for keeping me so long, and I reminded him that (1) I loved him, (2) I thoroughly enjoy working in PowerPoint, and (3) that I love my Master most of all. This file is being presented at a large conference of our denomination next week, and my brother doesn't have a secretary.

So, it was such an honor to get to help him by "remote control."

I'm grateful that God has given me the few computer skills I possess, and like the rest of me, it's all dedicated to Him.

I'll be in Atlanta (weather permitting) tomorrow and Thursday, returning to Nashville Friday very early in the morning.

Y'all have a good few days without me.

Love and hugs and prayers to each of you.

Ruth Ann

Good morning all,

We are getting clobbered here with the white stuff, it's pretty, good for photographing, but I'd rather see flowers blooming. We have about 6 inches now which means right now it's falling at a rate of 1 inch an hour, supposed to pick up in intensity, glad i'm in.

Larry ~ sounds like Linspire is a better OS than Red Hat, I tried that and it never found the wireless network. Had another version you could run from the cd and it never even found the direct connection to the internet. Hope this one works well for you. Dual OS and booting are fun. have fun with it

Hi Pat, Janet, Etta Sue (love those gifs), Karmat, Liz, Marilyn, Gord, Kevin, Colin and any and all who come through, God Bless you all!

<><Jeannine

Pat:  The poem from a church in Ireland was so sad but ended with the promise of what is to come.  It was good that you turned the car around before driving through the snowstorm.  It is very nice of you to take Judy to her checkup.  Send along a big hello her way. 

  Sipping coffee with Hazelnut flavoring.  It is too early and I can only think of places to go today - dr., then quilt at church - there is another meeting but I am going to skip that one as we have to get ready to go and watch granddaughter for about 5 days.  Always a joyful anticipation.

It is bitter cold here again but not the heavy dumping of snow others are experiencing.  Stay safe everyone.

An update on the two high-school boys who each lost both of their legs when they were fixing a flat tire - a girl drove into their car - they are now both released from hospital.  Many fundraisers in the community.  One young girl sold her prize-winning animal for about $30,000 and gave all of the money to the boy's fund. 

Marilyn:  You can see how healthy your dog is by the bright eyes and glossy coat.  You take wonderful care of your dogs. 

Carol

Good morning!  I am so sad after reading the posts today.  I forgot to wish Larry a Happy Birthday.  Please forgive me, Larry! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!

Well, we do have lots of white stuff on the ground.  Thick white rain!!  Last I heard was 9" and was to snow 3" more in the night.  I do believe it did.  I didn't even open an outside door yesterday but tried to open my side door this morning.  It is a crusty snow.  We had sleet yesterday sometime or other and it is a hard crusty snow.  My g-nephew is suppose to come today with his 4-wheeler + snow blade and open Ivalou and my drive.  I don't know if he will be able to do it.  I may be here until spring!!  And there is no above freezing degrees in the near forecast.  In fact, we are to have down to 18°F BELOW zero every night until the weekend!  Not fun!

And Nick likes the changing of the seasons.        

As you might already know I am not going anywhere today.  Maybe not even to the mailbox!  I have at least a four foot drift on my drive that is about 20 feet wide!! 

By the way, I do have some pictures in the gallery.  I noticed one of you left comments and I thank you very much, Janet.  I took these photos to Guild Monday night and they had some very encouraging comments on them. 

I feel like putting a shovel out at the road with a sign saying 'FREE SNOW!  TAKE ALL YOU WANT!'

Great idea, Etta Sue!  But you may need to add "from the driveway and walks."  You have been busy with animations---thank you!!  They really brighten up the place here.  And thanks for the Valentines day wishes, too! 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, EVERYBODY!!  I hope you see or hear from those you love today!

I made three Valentines cards yesterday, for Diane, Abby and Darrel.  Then when I gave him his, I had to explain it to Darrel.  I teasingly asked him "have you forgotten the language of love?"  (He didn't understand the hearts and the XOXOX's.) 

Gord, thank you so much for those kind words.  Always good to read your posts here.

Pat, sorry you and Judy Mc. ran into such a blizzard.  Has she been released from the hospital now?  Give her my love when you talk to her, please.

My Abby is more excited about her Grandma taking piano lessons than she is even about hers!    She can't wait to be with me so she can tach me what she knows that I haven't learned yet.    I practiced probably two hours yesterday.  Darrel told me not to get better at it than he is, and I told him he is safe for a while, at least....but if I do, it will be his fault, because he's the one who enrolled me! 

We got more white stuff overnight, and more is falling, to continue off and on through the day.  Darrel is going back to the doctor, so I will have him drop me at the gym while he does that.  We don't want to make any unnecessary trips, the road is so awful. 

Ruth Ann, stay safe on that trip, we will miss you.  It is so nice you were able to help your brother "by remote control" with Power Point.  I envy you those "FEW" computer skills!!   You're great.

Carol, I will get to go stay with granddaughter for a few days next month.  She is busily planning ways to keep Grandma busy.    I wish they didn't grow up so quickly..........well, of course I want her to, but since she's my youngest.....I'm sure you know what I mean.  Enjoy that  .

Hey, Jeannine.  Have you gotten the test results yet?  Prayers continue.....

Pat, that was an insightful poem; sad, but also pointing to Jesus.  I have thought about those mothers whose babies were so cruelly slaughtered in the attempt to snuff out the life of Jesus.....so terrible I cannot imagine.

I must hit the shower and be ready to go with Darrel soon.  See you later!

Good Morning I have been for my workout and not am ready for work, but will go to Tai Chi before I go to Ruth's.

Carol thank you for the compliment on my dogs, I do try to give them the best possible care. I feed them only a natural diet without additives. The dog food is rather pricey but they are worth every dollar I spend. I am just thankful that I can afford to take such good care of them. I also give them a supplement for of vitamins that also takes care of their joints. It is a product that is from the company I have my business with.

Thank you for the work you put into your animations Etta Sue, and I will go look at your photos shortly. I took some yesterday that I will post later.

TTYL

My Sweetheart gave me a dozen RED ROSES

Ruth

I am so excited. Gilbert called me today and  They got their Marriage license. However today will be official date that they got Married. her father (a minister) is going to fill out the papers for today's day, but the wedding will be later. God is so good

I have uploaded two pics to the gallery.

Next Wednesday I am teaching the Tai Chi Class. That should be interesting.

WOW, Ruth!  How sweet.     My sweetheart gave me a lollipop with a smiley face on it.     They gave it to him at the doctor's office when they gave him a shot, then remembered he is diabetic and told him to give it to his wife.    But, to be fair, he did take me to lunch at the Pizza Hut.  He said my gift is still at the store. 

Marilyn, I didn't know your kids were just living together.  I'm sure you are glad they are finally making a committment.  That's progress.

We are having church tonight, and it is time to go..........bye!

They are getting married tonight Hallelujah

I have been praying for this for along time, Last month I decided to proclaim that this is the year that they get saved and married. Woohoo God sure answered my prayers fast. Gotta go to Eureka shortly.

Hi everyone. 

Just returned from choir practice.  Our director is really under the weather so we had a shortened choir practice but she still put us through our paces.  This morning we had Bible study with our pastor as we continued a study of Revelations. 

I then went to pick up some material for an organization and stopped at Kohl's to return some slippers Pat had given me for my birthday that didn't fit.  I found a pair of Totes that were marked for $30 and they were marked down to $6.  I have had a pair of Totes house shoes for many years and really liked them so was very happy with my find.  I stopped and got some perfume for Pat for Valentines Day.  Unfortunately it was not the brand she likes so I had to return it this evening.  She decided there was a book she would rather have since the Chanel she likes is so expensive.  That sounded good to me.

Colin, thanks for your response.  I will begin to work on that project in the days ahead.  Our friends should be back from wintering in Florida in the next few weeks and I will give it to her when she gets back.

Marilyn, I am sure you are happy for Gilbert.  Thanks for your birthday wish for me.

Pat, it sounds like you and Judy sure made the right decision to get back home.  The really cold weather is now reaching us although we don't have the snow.  This is some major winter storm.

Jeannine, I installed Linspire on my hard disk of my old computer today but did something wrong in terms of a dual boot and think I overwrote my Windows operating system.  I was not concerned as I really don't use this old computer anyway.  I didn't have any trouble being on the Internet as it found my wireless network automatically.  However, neither of my printers will work with it but I have a KVM switch between my two computers and if I need to print something can always do it from the other computer.  I just wanted to experiment with Linux and so far it is very impressive.

Well it is late so will sign off for tonight.

Morning Everyone,

Well, we got about 2 feet of snow, been a very long time since we got that much at once. I know other places got clobbered worse. Missy goes out into it and can't seem to walk very good, it's hilarious to watch.

Larry ~ that's what i did too, an old comp and did overwrite the Windows OS but that's what it was for to play with. Linux is pretty cool to experiment with, but I will stick to Windows, looking forward to saving enough money to buy Vista.

Congratulations Marilyn,  God sure is good!

Hi Carol, Pat, Ruth, Janet, Etta Sue, Karmat, Kevin, Nick, Al, Colin, gracious can't remember all the names. Hi to Everyone and may you all have a God filled and blessed day!

Still Trusting,
<><Jeannine

Marilyn ~ I know you are estatic!  What a great Valentine's gift for you and Sarah...well, Gilbert, too.  And mostly Savannah and Forrest!

Now it is down right cold!  Brrrr!  1°F above!  Only suppose to get to 16°!  That's cold for central Indiana. 

But my nephew got my drive and Ivalou's drive cleared with his snowblower.  My g-nephew didn't show up but he told Ivalou that the 4-wheeler wouldn't shove this heavy snow.  So it is a good thing Ivalou's son came up. 

So I called where I get the car maintenanced and I am to be there at 10am. 

Remember my computer making loud noises?  Remember I cleaned it out?  Well, yesterday morning it sounded like a snowmobile running and I realized it was my computer.  I whammed it one and it stopped.  I went back to bed...got sound asleep and it did it again.  After the third time I stayed up.  It did it again so I took off the panel that the fan is on on the case.  I am going to call my pc guru in a little while to see if he has a fan like it and if so, go get it.  I know it won't hurt to run the pc without the panel.  The fan was for cooling and without that panel, it will stay cool. 

Please pray for a gentleman that stopped to help someone yesterday morning in Greenfield.  Another car hit him.  His name is Terry.  His left arm is broken and left leg is amputated presently from below the knee.  The doctors are going to have to go back in and amputate above the knee.  His pelvis has multiple factures and his back is broken at the T10 location.  Presently we do not know if he suffers from any paralysis/spinal cord damage, but they do have him medicated under paralysis conditions.  His spleen and liver suffered some damage.  His brain and heart appear to be operating fine.  He had blood around his lungs, which they had to remove and if that continues to be a problem Terry will have to go in for surgery to find out what's causing the bleeding.  What a terrible accident for a Good Samaritan!  Please pray for him, his family and the whole community.  God Bless You.

Etta Sue, what a terrible thing to have happen.  Glad you were able to get your driveway opened up and hope the roads are clear.  In listening to the weather reports it sounds just terrible in so many places in the North Eastern part of the US.

Jeannine, I am in no hurry to buy Vista and will probably wait until the next time I get a new computer. 

Back from coffee at the cafe.  It was pretty chilly in their this morning as it is only about 23 degrees here at sunup.  It is suppose to get to about 40 degrees today.

This evening our church group that does a lot of things together is going to have it monthly birthday event and we are going to the Red Lobster.  Since they will be celebrating my birthday and that of one of the ladies in the group the rest of the group buys our dinners and that of our spouses.  We always have a nice time.  Since I don't have anything else on the calendar for today I will be able to stay home all day long so maybe can get a few things done.

Hope everyone has a nice day and is staying nice and warm.

Somehow, I have been waking the last three mornings at 4:45 on the dot & cannot sleep again even after taking a sleeping pill today.  What a rut I am in....

Marilyn:  Fantastic news about Gilbert.  I am going to start again those prayers on one son & his very long live in girlfriend.  Those are the things that my mind cannot stop thinking about even though I do think I have given it over to the Lord.  Terrific news for them.

Etta Sue:  A very sad story about the many you mentioned.  I hope that he recovers well.

So, we are getting ready to drive to daughter's home and watch granddaughter.  Bringing some sewing for her.  The rest of the family will be in Salt Lake City for a hockey tournament with our grandson.  This hockey is really taking over their lives & now - he is trying out for the only AAA team in the state & he isn't even 12 yet  - only 18 kids will make the team so we have no idea if he will get on that elite team - it is a huge family commitment & I am not sure if that would be best but we have nothing to say about it.  The kids must be 12 - and he has been invited to practice with them.  I don't know. 

Sleepless in Fort Collins

Good Morning Larry! 

Hello all!  I think we've got our virus situation (computer) about half fixe.d  the laptop is doing okay, but the desktop is still aching.  we took down our network so they wouldn't keep swapping stuff.  ugh.

anyway.  cold here.  and my kids suddenly just got really quiet.  i'll try to be back later.  gotta run.

Good morning from frozen SW Kansas.  Thermometer says 1 degree!  Brrrr.  Our water is frozen off, not handy at all.    We can get water from a faucet in the back of the garage, so carry bucketsful to do various tasks. 

Etta Sue, what a tragic accident for the Good Samaritan.  So similar to the boys Carol told us about recently.  It is dangerous out there on the roads!

Darrel had to run a trouble call over in Montezuma (about 50 miles away) so I am praying for his safety on the slick roads today.  I told him to take the cruiser, because it has front wheel drive, rather than the service van, which is pretty much helpless on icy roads.

Carol, I sure understand about the hockey.  I'd be just like you, wondering if it would be the best for the boy and his family.  One of the many times to remember that God is in control.  I will pray with you about your son and his situation.  I have a nephew who lived with a girl for several years, they have two children together; When she wanted to get married, he didn't, and vice-versa.  Now she has left to shack up with someone new.  He is heartbroken, they are fighting over custody of the little girls........what a trail of heartbreak and tragedy we leave when we don't follow God's laws!  It's really awful.    And my sister had kept those kids from birth, so she is having a really hard time coping, too.  The mom moved to another town, so the dad and grandma here do not have easy access to the girls.   The daddy is sick with worry because the mom and new boyfriend are into drugs pretty heavily.

Larry, enjoy your birthday meal!!  Sounds good to me!  And the price is right! 

Jeannine, hope you can stay in out of the snow!  Ours from yesterday is so beautiful---looks like that fake snow we used to buy in bags at Christmas time.  Very fluffy and crystal-y. 

One of my painting ladies went out to get her mail a couple days ago, fell and broke her ankle in two places.  She is in the Dodge City hospital, has had surgery on it.  I am concerned about her recovery as she has many health problems including diabetes.

Pat, are you all right?  Come in and say "HOWDY," will you? 

I shall return...........

Good Morning.

Thank you Etta Sue Jeannine and Carol for praising God with me about my answered prayers for Gilbert and Sarah. This Mother was so ecstatic and flying high last night. We met at her parents house about 8:30 last night and I was back home by 10pm. I just had to share my excitement on here before I left and kept coming back to see if any of you had posted anything in celebration with me.

I took all the photos using three camera two still and one video. The video camera was set on a cabinet. So some of the photos aren't the best. I will crop some and post them later, Gilbert's camera is in his possession so I only have the ones from my camera.

Got to go finish my soup that I am eating for breakfast and get to work.

ps they were married in a CHRISTIAN ceremony

Marilyn, sorry if you misunderstood my comment last night.  Of COURSE I'm praising God about your kids making the right decision!  Who wouldn't?

I have posted  wedding photos  HERE You will have to go to the gallery to see the larger photos.

Sorry Janet I took it the wrong way like you were looking down your nose at them for not being married all these years. Please forgive me.

Marilyn..............       

Hi Everyone,

I put Colin's poem together with one of my photos...which can also be seen full-sized in the Gallery.


In His Grip,
Kevin

Marilyn, I just skimmed, so I assume the announcement was that Gilbert and Sarah got married after living together.  Congrats!!!  I know that that is a relief and blessing to you -- and to them to, they may just not realize how much, yet!!

Yes they did Karma.  An answer to my prayers. there are photos in Photos Here.

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