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Janet actually my aches and pain  are  not very long lasting and I  am still very active.  The pain in my left thumb is the most painful and hurts all the time. The neuropathy in my feet comes and goes. Pretty much stays away as long as I take my meds. My asthma has been a life long thing and I can deal with that at least I am not having any asthma attacks and have the asthma under complete control.

When I say getting old is not fun it is only a figure of speech and meant to be tongue in cheek so to speak.

I made my homemade yogurt this morning, I can't wait to eat some. It will be done fermenting about 5 PM and have to cool down to room temperature before I put it into the fridge.

Good afternoon:  cloudy for most of the day no construction for about 2 wks as they will need to bring a crew in to drop the over head wires for the machines to have room for there booms. I like the quietness for sure.

Mel & I have shelled a bushel of peas and today I did the precooking for the freezer.  The next item will be the green beans when they are ready. We are seeing tomatoes on our plants and also the green peppers are coming along fine as well.

Yesterday Auntie called asking that I take her out yes she needed groceries but more important than that she has a neighbor that is presently at home due to a union strike but she cannot stay home, at the time of the call she was pulling weeds out of aunties garden.

Marilyn:  Where can you purchase a yogurt machine? If the machine is not overly expensive I would like to give it a try.

Janet:  It is good that Beth is slowly improving and you try to keep well

 

Ruth Put a request on free cycle, That is where I got mine.

Pat is on holidays, she pops in and out as she is able.  Pray for her this coming week as they are traveling.

Our birds are about ready to take up the entire coop.  John and Elizabeth are going to be working on it this evening.

We picked 6 baskets of strawberries, as did many other pickers.  The price of pick your own is half that of pre-picked.  The growers out here have lost a lot  due to the harsh winter we had.  As a result the berries are scarce and the growers are shutting down earlier..  It is too bad as they are delicious this year, but not enough sun to ripen them up.  I am into making jam when I get off here.

Have a good evening everyone.

Judy you got your Yogurt machine from Freecycle? Now why didn't  think of that, I paid $18.88 at Wal*mart online.

Marilyn I have had it for a while. Don't use it much though Marilyn.  I find it uses a lot of milk and at the price of milk you can buy yogurt cheaper..

OK I have 20 jars of strawberry jam and a bunch of frozen berries.  I feel sticky all over so it is in for a shower and then to bed.  John and I are tired after a restless sleep last night.

Got to go and finish up here.  Night all!

I was just talking to Kassie.  Be praying for her she is struggling at camp.  Upset tummy and all that goes with that.  I suspect it is a stress reaction because of the intensity of the course, but that doesn't take away from the struggle physically.  She is "Sucking it up" as she said to John. To me she has said she will go to the nurse tomorrow if she is no better.  Thank you for praying.

Hi everyone.  This has been a busy day so will just pop-in tonight for a quick hello. 

After coffee this morning I went to Atlanta and picked up Stacey and brought her out to see the chiropractor.  We then met Pat at a Mexican restaurant and had a buffet lunch, which was very good.  I took Stacey to the bank to take care of some business and then Pat took her to Sam's Club for some shopping.  It has been a busy day.

Janet, it sounds like Beth is making significant progress now more quickly.  Glad she is able to be in a chair for awhile.   

Well, today is Marbeth's laundry day up at the laundry room (about a block away in the mobile park here).  While she's up there doing that, I'll be down here finishing up my outline for the sermon tomorrow.  It's about our Lord's interpretation of the Law of God as contrasted to that of the Pharisees/Scribes.  It's from "The Sermon on the Mount."  Pray for me, and pray for the people - that we might all hear our Lord speaking to us.

Hello from Wichita in Central Kansas.

We got another disappointment yesterday evening.  A doctor (new one to us) came in and said that Dr. Jost (Beth's main surgeon) said he MIGHT get in to see her either Monday or Tuesday.  And I said, "If he doesn't forget."     She (the Dr.) also said that the care home in Ulysses will not take Beth back as long as she has the mallencot tube.  I talked to them about it, and they didn't tell me that.    So it is back to waiting.....and waiting....and waiting..............

I think I had a yogurt machine once, years ago.......wonder what happened to it?  We also had one of those sprouters.  We love sprouts.

Day 50 now...............

Kass Phoned at 6:40 AM and is still sick.  Wish I was there to help her out.   We have to leave this up to the military to sort out. 

Janet I am sorry about your waiting .  I know what that is like.  Can Darryl confirm this with Ulysses  See if there is a communication breakdown between institutions?  I am continuing to pray.

John's meals are done.  I am ready early this week.

Well Have to go.  Be back later.

Cloudy then sunny here in Indiana.  Cool.  It is only 64 degrees! 

Kitty called last evening after taking Katie home.  So I went over there and we matted my State Fair entries, another one for a friend and one for Kitty to enter in the basement at the building where the photography is.  It is a neat picture.  She took a picture of grandson, Alex and of granddaughter, Katie.  Then cut them on strips and glued the strips on something triangle shaped.  When done if you look at it from the left, you see Alex's picture...from the right you see Katie's picture.  It is similar to those billboards that have three pictures because the triangles turn.  Hope she gets something for it...at least a ribbon!

Then I went to McD and got supper and to the gas station to fill up my car.  $2.34.9 a gallon!  Yeah! 

Tomorrow I am doing the overhead at church so I asked Ruth Ann to let me know when she is going to church today to set up the program so I can practice.  I need practice when you only do it every 10 weeks even though I am taking someone else's turn tomorrow.

Hi everyone.  Took Stacey back to her apartment this morning and had a nice nap this afternoon.  It was only 68 degrees here this morning with little humidity.  It was really nice

Just taking it easy the rest of today. 

Janet, so sorry to hear you got discouraging news last evening.  Perhaps the home in Ulysses doesn't have the skill level to deal with the tube.

Judy, sure sorry to hear that Kass is ill at her training this summer.

Etta Sue, perhaps you have the winning entry this year.  Didn't you win last year with your Fair entry?

Al, I am sure you will bring God's word to the congregation. 

Well we have heard from Kass.  Her stomach has settled, everything she ate has stayed down.  She is now convinced Mom knows what she is talking about when she says it is a stress reaction.  Lets pray the rest of camp is less stressful.

John and I went out to dinner for our birthdays, Swiss Chalet style.  (Larry I would have preferred Steak and Shake!)  We had a good meal then home to water the birds and bring in Dana.  John is sitting beside me on a kitchen chair, asleep, so it is bedtime.

Night all and I am praying for both spoken and unspoken needs here.

It sounds like you both had a nice birthday dinner, Judy.

Poor John......he must really be sleepy if he can sleep on a kitchen chair. Bless his heart.  I could never sleep on a hard chair I don't think.  Or maybe I've just never been that tired.

I am sleepy already so am headed to my own comfortable bed.  Good night and God bless, everyone.

Al, I pray that the Lord's message, through you, will touch the hearts of his children with encouragement and conviction.

We drove from Reno, Nevada today - Don did all the driving today to Santa Rosa, CA.  We went to a beach & paid the $6 for a short time to watch the waves - gotta help California get solvent again. 

Reno is just so odd that I really wonder about the people.  They seem to look like they can't afford anything yet they put money into gambling and liquor - eating out as well.  Not everyone, of course. 

Janet:  You keep getting good news, and iffy news - but the good news is getting better.  Yes, I agree.  We are gone too often and you haven't had a chance to get to the Den. area at all.  Hugs to Beth.  Hang in there - apparently you are getting younger looking all the time!  Great! 

Al:  Thinking of you and your sermon tomorrow - it will move hearts and minds.  Take care.

Sleepy - this motel is quite noisy.  I hope no one parties tonight. We have our own pillows so that helps but in the place last night someone had pulled a prank and the alarm and radio went off at midnight.  Nice. 

I went to church last evening to set up the program for the overhead with Ruth Ann.  Good to refresh your mind in what to do the next day.  I am taking the secretaries place today on the overhead.  It already sounds like it is going to be a great sermon.  And I know I will be starved by the time lunch gets here.  I am going to opt for Chinese today!  Love it!

And for the State Fair, it is an honor to just get your pictures hung let alone get a ribbon.  Last year I did get third place in Color Creative. 

Looks like a cloudy day today and only 60 degrees right now.  But to get to 74 sometime today.  That is wonderful weather for me.  Cool at night and not too hot during the day!

Thank you for praying Carol.  You and Don got fairly close to where we live!  Santa Rosa is about, maybe 200 miles from here.  We're on the north coast just above Eureka.  Been past Santa Rosa many, many times, as well as over to the coast from that area.

Hi everyone.  About an hour before we head to church.  Our senior minister is on vacation this week so our Associate minister is preaching today.  This coming week is our last week without choir practice and then we start preparations for August and a little later Christmas.  We are always anxious to find out what our choir director has picked out for us. 

Carol, your experience at the motel reminds of what happened at Stacey's apartments on Thursday night when between 1 and 3 pm someone pulled the fire alarm three times and at sometime emptied the fire extinguishers all over the main hall way on 8 or 9 floors.  It was quite a mess with the white foamy residue that had to be swept up.  She got little sleep and said she went to the lobby at 3 am to see what was happening and there were 8 firetrucks there.  There was no fire and they circulated a flyer asking for help in identifying the resident responsible.  It is a serious matter.

Judy, nice to read that Kass was feeling better and hope that continues.

Good Sunday morning to all of you.  I envy your getting to go to church.  I have to settle for church on TV today.  One new friend has gone back to Western Kansas for the weekend, and one is really busy with her duties at the church, so didn't have time to pick me up.  It's okay, God is right here in this room with us.  We can talk to Him anytime.

Please pray that Dr. Jost does get here to see Beth tomorrow, and that he brings encouraging news about discharging Beth.  Taking care of that tube is simple--I could do it!  All they do is flush it once a day with Sprite!

I have Been to Santa Rosa many times---but the New Mexico one, not California.  I think I have been to Santa Rosa, California, too, sometime in the past.

Speaking of motels reminds me to thank God again for the Ronald McDonald house here, where I have been welcomed and comforted.
I went over there and baked chocolate chip cookies yesterday afternoon.  They won't last long around there.

Larry, I have just never understood the thinking of people who get their kicks out of vandalizing.  I hope the culprits are caught and properly punished.  Wasting the contents of the fire extinguishers could endanger everybody in the building, not to mention the damage and expense.

Etta Sue, may I go to lunch with you?  I haven't had Chinese food for quite a while.  Actually, nothing sounds or tastes good to me around here.  So I should be losing weight, but I feel like I am gaining.  

They should be bringing Beth's lunch soon.  See you all later!

Hey y'all, I'm still alive and kicking in Mississippi!  I check the site daily, usually from my phone (it's hard to post on it though).

Praying for the needs on here, and appreciate those who are praying for me, too.

Just wanted to let y'all know we started going back to the church where we started at, and this evening Terry preached!  It was sooooo good!  Felt like old times

I still have a lot that God needs to work on but have more hope than ever!  God is so good to us, isn't He?!!!!

Janet, I think of you and Beth and your situation and pray often.  Bless you both.  Keep hanging on!

Love you all,
Later,
Samantha

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