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Carol, glad you like your new haircut.  It's amazing how much easier it is to keep your hair when you have a skillful cut.  You do stay busy entertaining company, don't you?

My sister Shirley and her daughter JoAnne are coming for a visit next week, and I am so happy about that!  We don't see each other often enough, but do stay in touch by phone.

Etta Sue, 10 hours is a long day of driving, so it's good that you stop to stretch as often as you feel the need.  Ivalou is so blessed to have you for a sister.  Enjoy your time in the sunshine state!!

Larry, I hope Pat is feeling better when you get (or got) home.  Darrel reminded me not to complain about the cleaning lady, as it doesn't cost us anything.  It is a service provided by our Senior Center.  But we do make a donation occasionally to help cover things like that.  I guess I really shouldn't expect others to work as hard or as fast (or as thoroughly, when it comes to cleaning!) as I do.  Lord, help me develop more patience, and show mercy. 

I need to get busy.  I got up early, but haven't begun the day's tasks yet.  I did the most important part,though, spending time with my Father.

Good Morning from the rainy Oregon Coast. I didn't make it to the gym this morning because Keith had to take my car to work. We have a 4 car garage  that looks like a two car on the out side. His Corvette is parked in front of his Camaro and my car is parked behind his antique Opel that doesn't run. So when the Camaro wouldn't start this morning he couldn't take the Corvette either. I didn't want to take him to work because of the back and forth  driving to and from the Office.

Today I think I will work on another Web page for my Website, and do some vacuuming.

Tomorrow's dinner will be a crock pot of chicken soup, a chicken/corn/bean fiesta salad and a corn bread casserole.  Frozen berry pie for dessert or a simple baked cookie - the dough is frozen & ready to slice.  If company comes for two days,  we can go out for one meal don't you think?  I packed my sewing machine away because it is too cumbersome when company visits & now Don tells me his cousin is coming next week.  I had a really long nap this afternoon.

Janet: I sure have longed for a cleaning person to help at times.  We had one come to the house when I was facing back surgery and our oldest son had been in a roll over accident so he was in great pain - a half day she worked & would only wash the kitchen floor and asked for more money to wax it so I waxed the floor.  She complained about the stairs & all the work - so she never was asked to come again.  Good going for you on selling those books. 

Ken:  My sympathy to your and your family on the loss of your grandmother. 

Well, we got here around 5pm.  1068 miles from home.  Kaye Don said that was pretty good since his last trip down was 1067 miles!!  We have already went out for Chinese and we are both trying to relax.  I bet the bed will feel good tonight! 

Not much to talk about so ta-ta!

Well, today was plenty busy!  This afternoon, I worked in the studio, got some bookshelves cleaned out, and another big cabinet/closet emptied because I needed to move it over about 16 inches, and couldn't budge it while full.  Now the place looks worse than ever, because stuff is piled on every flat surface!  I'm thinking it's time to give away a ton of stuff from in there!  Since I no longer am teaching painting classes, I need to pare down the painting supplies, too.  When I don't teach, I don't sell much at all, and I will never live long enough to use it all myself!

I have a portrait class coming up, starting on the 20th, am thinking I will take a bunch of supplies there and put them on sale, priced too good to pass up!    Sound like a plan?

I went to a birthday/tea party this evening!  It was fun!  One of the gals in our group who scrapbook together had her 60th birthday yesterday, and she had a wonderful collection of teapots, tea cups and saucers, and a HUGE table.  She loves to host parties, so we all got dressed up, wore too much jewelry, too much makeup (some did!) and had a tea party.  We had several kinds of wonderful tea, cucumber sandwiches, crab sandwiches, cookies, tea tarts, gooey cookies (called chess pie cookies!) fresh strawberries, and chocolate cake---MMMMM!  Diet food?  NOT!    It was fun.  We didn't stay too long, as this is church night.

Tomorrow is my book signing at our local library.  I'm praying to sell lots of books!

Ken, my thoughts and prayers are with your family in the home-going of your Grandma.  Grandmas are very special!

Etta Sue, glad you are there safely!  Now get some rest, then have all the fun you can handle!

Hey Janet, I've been wondering if you used my old home address. I went by last week and checked the mailbox and will do so tomorrow if I have time.

I'll send you a personal message here on CP with the new one just to make certain.

It's good to hear from y'all, and truly hope your day has been good.

Now, it's time to "lay me down to sleep."



G'nite,
Ruth Ann

Ken - I'm praying for you and your family. It's never easy losing a family member.

I stayed home from work today, a bit under the weather with a cold. It made me think that when I retire I won't always have to push myself to go to work when I'm not feeling well. I'm still considering retiring in the spring.

Continuing to read and pray for people here.

As so many have said, I find retirement a great time. It's when we can make our own schedule, or, in my instance, to "schedule" a little "sabbath" in the midst of the week, for that's what my mind and body needed.

No personal info, but would need prayer support at 2 pm Central time. Thank you, friends.

Ruth Ann

Ken I was looking for the hymn "Faith of our Fathers" to post today.  We don't have it so I will look again tomorrow and see if I can at least find the words.  Praying for your family.

I am off to bed, see y'all tomorrow. 

G'mornin - where's that great cartoon Pat posts sometimes -


Y'all have a good day with our Lord.

Ruth Ann

HI everyone.  I am looking forward to to pretty quiet day after going to coffee, meeting with our broker's agent here in our town to see about having our account transferred to here so we have someone local to speak with.  I also need to make a quick trip to buy my car tags and pay the taxes on the car.  Then the rest of the day is free.  Pat is meeting a friend for lunch and plans a trip to Aldi's, which will be more than enough for her and know she will be exhausted the rest of the day.

Janet, Pat was still asleep when I got home from coffee so she didn't attend Bible study with me.  However, she did make her hair cut appointment close to noon.  I am shocked that a cleaning service would be provided by your Senior Center.  I doubt that there are too many people who are able or willing to work as hard or as fast as you do.  I have to say that our cleaning ladies do a very good job although Pat gets frustrated occasionally by something they have done.  I sure hope we can keep them a long time as have gone through several different housekeepers and these are by far the best.

Marilyn, the car situation gave you a good excuse to stay home and work on your website.

Carol, we don't too often have overnight house guest but when we do we will often try to have one meal at home and then eat out a time or two.  Too bad you had an unpleasant experience with your cleaning lady.  The two cleaning ladies we have spend about two hours and clean our whole house and are willing to take on anything we request. 

Etta Sue, hope you got a good nights sleep and didn't dream that you were still in the car. 

Janet, it sounds like you ladies got to be little girls again with the tea party. 

Betty, retirement can be wonderful.  It is not the end but just the beginning of a whole new way of looking at life.  Hope your cold is better today.

Ruth Ann, I see you beat me here this morning.  I love mornings as always feel my best after a nights rest.

RUTH ANN, I checked my receipts from the Post Office, and I mailed your book on January 24.  I sent it to the correct address........Darrel thinks I should wait another day or two to see if it arrives, so will do that.  Seems to me it should have arrived long before now, but the PO isn't what it used to be.  Even letters, etc. mailed to someone right here in town are sent to Wichita to be postmarked, then returned here!  Efficiency?  I don't think so!  I'm sure you will let me know when it gets there, and if not, will proceed as I told you in the PM.  Thanks for your patience, love you.

Larry, yes, it was fun to be little girls again for an hour or so.    Sounds as if you have a really busy day ahead of you.  Our Senior Center offers many services not usually found in those centers, such as cleaning, handy man, help with taxes, nurse services every day! and several others.  It's a wonderful Senior Center.

Betty, feel better soon!  I am busier since retiring than I was when working!  Of course, having the luxury of being able to say 'NO" is great,(even though I  don't often exercise it!)

My book signing at the library is today at noon, so I will get off here and pack books and things, as have to take the van to pick up Beth and that always takes extra time.  But she really wants to be there, and it's good for her to get out for things.  Prayers for today appreciated!  Thanks.

Overcast but 68°.  I'll take that.  I think we are going to go to the Sweet Tomato for lunch.  They say it is a huge buffet. 

I hope I get used to sleeping with someone else in the bed, with too many lights on, with the temperature too hot, with a dog in the bed and other people getting up and down for the bathroom.  If I didn't wear earplugs, I probably wouldn't sleep at all!  It will get better.  At least, I am not home and looking out my window at my maple tree.

Hope to go swim this afternoon.

Hello Everyone My name is Larra Freeman my mother Marlo has asked me to let you know that even while she is in the hospital you all are on her mind and she is still praying for you everyday.  I am truly blessed to have a mother that is so sound in the word, I pray that I can follow in her footsteps.  She heard me say that today and she told me she didn't want me to follow her footsteps she wanted me to follow Jesus footsteps. 

JudyB  she said a song:  The Rose of Sharon  is you need help Jeanne could help

Many blessings and Prayers Larra Freeman and Momma

I'm praying as we speak, Larra, and thank you SO MUCH for posting for your mother. My best wishes and prayers for her recovery.

Ruth Ann Bice

Larra, please give my best wishes to your sweet Momma, and tell her I think she is raising a wonderful daughter!  I  am praying for Marlo's supernaturally fast recovery and return to health.  With my love, Janet

Ruth Ann, L left you a message in the Mod's Lounge. 

This is for Marlo!  Hope you are better soon! (I hope it is the right one!)

Larry or Ruth Ann, I hope you can answer a question for me. My printer quit and I want to get a wireless printer, do I need to get a  wireless plugin in for this old PC  to communicate with the printer.  I could use my Netbook but I don't use it as often ans the PC and never use it for my graphics or to print out stuff for Keith's work.

Ken:   My sympathy to you on the going home of grandma.

This is and will be a busy and trying time for me as just Wed. past my Aunt had her cataract surgery.    It was a very old cataract that had to be chipped off which took longer than normal  the surgeon said he was lucky but I said no the Lord was guiding him.
She could see right away and after getting home everything looked new and even now she is still living the joy, when I arrived this morning to put her eye drops in she was sitting reading the paper.    She has a most wonderful neighbor that is also helping me by doing her drops twice a day and I am then able to do the other twice.   

I must also say that I am very tired.

Blessings   Ruth

Ruth Know you are prayed for during this time.

Went out today to take some pictures with my Christmas present, came home to download them only to find out the adapter I use to download pictures is missing!   Grrrr that is so frustrating.

Have a good night folks I will be back tomorrow.

I ordered my new printer  from Walmart after I discovered they didn't have it in stock. It is a wireless but has the  cables to  hook it up to the desktop. When I get a new computer I think I will get a laptop. The printer will work with the Netbook, but the satellite   maps that I need to print out for  Keith  are just not big enough for me to see them well on a 10.5 inch screen. I wish I could just get a wireless card for the PC but why do that when this computer is so old it may quit anytime. It is 9 years old.

I need to be able to print wirelessly also, Marilyn. Possibly Larry can get us both on the right track. And, of course, others on CP may be able to help, as well. So, here's an "all points bulletin" for a computer guru to give a few moments of guidance. 

God has certainly gone before me, been with me, and encircled me with His loving guidance today. Thanks for praying. And, He even cleared my appointments for tomorrow so I can be focused! That's just like His great love, isn't it.

Must go - rest is definitely needed tonight.

Love y'all, Ruth Ann

Marilyn, my wireless printer is plugged into my desktop but I can use it with the laptop as wireless.  I had a guru come to the house and while he was there he set up the wireless part with the laptop so I don't know what he did.  I also have an Epsom printer so when I use the laptop, I have to remember to choose which printer I am using. 

The buffet was really good yesterday.  Huge salad bar, then a potato bar, soup bar and desserts for one price.  Sweet Tomatoes!  I guess they did have tomatoes but I don't think I had any!  Today I think we are going for early bird supper at Anna Marie's Oyster Bar. 

Sun is shining so looks to be a nice day in Florida.  I heard it was snowing back home!

Hi everyone.  We are bracing for cold weather that is headed our way tonight and for the next couple of days.  Saturday and Sunday nights are to be in the low 20s.  Just back from coffee.  Two of my friends brought in coffee cake and biscotti to help celebrate my birthday, which occurs on the 12th.  I really appreciated their thoughtfulness.  The only thing on my schedule for today is our ROMEO's luncheon.  We are going to a place called Wild Wings.  Fortunately they have a large menu as wings are not my favorite food.  I was able to get my car tags yesterday afternoon and there was no line so was in and out in 5 minutes or less.  I should be set now for another year.

Janet, I heard yesterday that the Post Office had a deficit of  another $3 Billion dollars for, I believe, the last quarter.   Nice that Beth can participate with you at the book signings. Hope you sold a lot of books.

Etta Sue, it has been some years since I ate at the Sweet Tomato.  Hope you enjoyed it.

Larra, thanks for letting us know about your mother.  She had indicated she was having health issues but didn't expect to hear of her being hospitalized.  Please keep up informed as she is a part of our CP family and I will be praying for her.

Marilyn, I have had no experience with a wireless printer other than sharing via wi-fi. One of my printers is wi-fi but never had success setting it up that way and the cables work quickly and well.   If your old PC does not have a wireless card you definitely would need one to be able to get your print jobs to your printer.  You are probably wise not to buy a wireless USB  adapter since your computer is getting very old in computer years.

Ruth, wonderful that your aunt's cataract surgery went so well.  If she hadn't been seeing well and now can it is no wonder she is filled with joy.

Judy, does your camera have a micro memory card in it?  If so and your computer has the built in readers for the card you can simply pop the card out of your camera and into the comptuer where it will appear as another storage device and then you can pull off the pictures to your computer. 

Ruth Ann, If you have wireless in your apartment using the wireless printer should work well as your computer should see the printer when you go to install a new printer through the control panel.  You do have to have wireless capability on your computer but most of the newer computers always have that.  Not long ago the wireless card in Pat's computer quit and I just bought a USB wireless adapter and that works fine to connect your computer to the wireless setup in the house.

I had the best night's sleep last night I've had in a long time!  Praise the Lord!

I'm just home from the dermatologist's office.  I have a big brown spot on each cheek, the larger one is scaly and bothers me a bit, mostly because it just looks bad.  Anyway, they aren't anything to cause concern, she said, but if I wanted, she would spray them with liquid nitrogen and take them off.  But it isn't covered by Medicare, so the cost will be.........$10.00!  Ha!  I told her I thought I could afford ten dollars!  So she sprayed them, and now I am back home!  The other good news is that while there in her office, I  sold two books!  One to her nurse, another to a patient who was waiting to see her!  You never know who might be interested unless you ask!  I need to get the word out, so am becoming bolder, especially after getting so many comments saying the book is a good read, enjoyable, encouraging and not at all a downer.  Thanks for the help, everyone!  God has plans forthis book---I really believe that!

Etta Sue, I think you will probably enjoy a lot of good meals while there!  I hear they cater a lot to older folks (not that you are one!) and have those early bird specials.  Enjoy!

I have a wireless printer, use only my laptop now, since my other computer died.  Darrel nor I could get the wireless to work, so grandson Mark came and spent a couple of hours, but he got it figured out, bless his heart.  Got to love those grandsons! 

A dear lady I have known for several years and who was a resident at the care home, earlier at the assisted living when I cooked there, passed away.  Her service is at 2:00 today at the Episcopal church, and I plan to go, red spots on my face or not!  Marilyn was a true lady, and so sweet.

It's sunshine and mild weather here today, continues to be dry, though.

PRAYER REQUEST!!  My youngest daughter, Kerri, emailed me this morning to say her planned visit with us for this weekend is off.  She had a mishap as she left the EMT place where she worked the night shift.  The toe of her boot caught the lip of the sidewalk and she fell face first into a brick wall!  She said she wasn't sure if it knocked her out, just remembers lying on the ground thinking, my head hurts!  My knee hurts!  and wasn't able to get up for some time.  Then she drove home, showered and went to work, but felt muddled and in pain all day, at times her words came out garbled, and she says she is monitoring herself for a brain bleed; that she knows she has a grade 2 concussion.  And of course, she has a big goose egg on her forehead.

My response was to tell her to go get checked out!!  Good grief, she is not a doctor, even if so, should not be trying to treat herself..... prayers much appreciated!  Thanks!

Larry my computer doesn't have the built in card reader.  I need the attachment in order to read the card.  They run $20 so not that expensive.  It is here I think I put in a place where it wouldn't get lost!

We have snow.  Still coming down, and covering all the brown spots of earth that look so ugly in the spring!

John is home so I am off till this evening.

Hi everyone, I can't believe how quickly this week has gone by!  I appreciate your thoughts and prayers regarding my grandmother's passing.  Been in touch with family all week, as we are getting plans made.  Because our family is so spread out, it looks like we will have two services, so to speak.  The "real" service will be in South Dakota on the 18th, then we'll have a celebration of life get-together in California on the 26th.  Because I am somewhat in the middle (in more than one way), I will probably go to both, weather permitting.  I've been asked to speak at the service in SD, so I could use some prayer as I prepare the words God gives me to share. 

Janet, all the comments I've been reading about your book are exciting.  When life slows down a little, I will get on your website and order a copy.  My eldest daughter has aspirations of being a writer, so sharing wonderful successes likes your's should be a great encouragement to her.

Larra, please tell Marlo she is in my prayers, as well.

Marilyn & Ruth Ann, I wish I could offer you some good advice about wireless printers, but my only experience is with Bluetooth, rather than WiFi.  Wireless printing via WiFi will give you a lot more range than Bluetooth, but if you do all your work in the same room, Bluetooth works great.  It is getting where most modern computers come with Bluetooth capability, so all you would need is a Bluetooth capable printer.

JudyB, I really enjoy the musical ministry you bring to this forum.  Sometimes I think you select hymns from my list of favorites!

I haven't seen a post from Pastor Al lately, does anyone know if he's made it home yet?  He, and all of you, are in my prayers.

It is well,
Ken