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Etta Sue.... .......well..... ....I went to do that several days ago, but the boss lady was in a meeting, and........ ......I saw the schedule for August, and they have me on way too often.  I had planned to help them get through until school starts, which for public school is around Aug. 15, but for the Mennonite school isn't until after Labor day!  (Several of our cooks are Mennonites, and one has two young daughters, and her husband divorced her, so.........  Also, the little bit of money was never my motivation for going to work there.  I was looking for a way to have money of my own to give to the Lord, and I have been.  But He knows my heart.  Okay, TMI.

I surely hope my Abby has a few days to spend with me before school starts.

Y'all have a great day!

Hi, Colin!  Etta Sue made me smile, too!  I will go have a look at your video.

Oh, and I wanted to clarify that my husband also gives to the Lord, and since we are one in Him, that means I do as well, right?

Larry Good to know the antibiotics are working on  your daughter's infection.
Marylin  Hello and could you please share some of that cake and pie your baking today.
Larryboy07 This is a wonderful work you are doing among the youth.
Janet Thanks for sharing the name of the flowers(Alium) I had forgotten it.
Gord I certainly hope the crops have not been damaged to much by the rain.
Colin-Thanks for sharing another video . I am going to view it later
Today it's hot here and I am going to BBQ for supper.

    Etta Sue: I thought that was very funny but make sure that your son does check those things that I mentioned.

Colin:  Thanks for an other great video and I also watched some of your other one's and they are beautiful, my wife also looked at them and said it reminds her of when we were there.

Have a great day.  God bless Gord.

Hi everyone.  We did get our daughter home from the hospital.  While we are so thankful the hospital is there and that she is able to receive the care she needs, they really put the patients through a lot.  We got to the hospital about 12:30 and she was just getting to the place to meet us.  She turned in her pharmacy request to get 17 prescriptions filled and we went to lunch in the cafeteria as it takes awhile to fill them. 

After lunch we wheeled her to the central supply area to pick up supplies that she needed and then back to the pharmacy.  When she checked her number it told her to check with the triage person and she found that the doctor had not signed the sheet for the medication.  So her mother had to wheel her back up to the 10th floor to where she had been and they called a doctor to sign the paper. Back to the pharmacy and about a 90 minute wait.  When they called her number, she found that the doctor hadn't put down a number of pills for the pain medication so another wait while they called and got the info from the doctor.  Then she had to battle to get something else.  They also will only supply a limited number of syringes for the diabetic insulin and the doctors told her not to reuse any needles and had written the order as such to the pharmacy but they still refused to honor the doctor's orders.  She uses up to 4 a day.  She didn't win that battle so we will acquire the necessary syringes as she could easily reinfect herself by reusing a needle.  We finally got her to her apartment about 5 pm and helped get her settled in and I made a quick trip to the grocery store for milk and a few other items. 

It was after 7 pm when we got home and both Pat and I have been pretty tired today after two days of going downtown and especially yesterday.  I was so thankful we had the wheelchair as she is not suppose to walk more than a few steps and she is in a lot of pain from her foot and the bone infection.

She just spoke to her mother and told her the home care nurse had just left after seeing that she was doing the self-administered IV correctly (and she was) that she needs to get another blood test on Monday or Tuesday.  This means we will have to take her down to the hospital again for that test.  Don't know how often she will have to do that but at this point isn't able to use public transportation to get there.

Today I had another doctors appointment and he just changed some of my medicine and will followup with another blood test in 2 months.  From the appointment yesterday I am scheduled for a colonoscopy on August 15th.  The rest of the day has been peaceful as Pat and I are both feeling the effects of the last two days. 

I have read all the messages but am really too tired to try to respond to them tonight.

Hi everyone.  It looks like no one has posted since I did last evening.  Guess that is why I didn't see a little "New" icon on this discussion.

I am taking it easy today and just working on clearing some items from my desk and then will work on my daughter old computer, which she is going to give to a friend of hers as we will never use it again and it makes no sense to let it set here.  This shouldn't be much work as hers is still working but is pretty slow.  I will just clean up the hard drive and be sure that the Antivirus and other protective programs are up to date.

This evening I have a dinner meeting to attend, which I am looking forward to.  I don't think Pat intends to attend with me this evening.  She is still trying to recover from our two days of going downtown. 

We are expecting some rains during the day.  My good friend Rod's granddaughter is getting married this evening and it is an outdoor wedding.  However, they have rented a tent that can be used if necessary.  Hope the rain works around the wedding ceremony but sure it will be memorable regardless. 

Don't think I mentioned that yesterday was progress check day on my Weight Watchers program.  I am happy to say I had lost a total of 7 pounds.  This is very encouraging.  I am eating what I want to eat but watching quantities.  So far it has been no big deal as we are eating out when we want to and I am able to eat the recipes that Pat makes.  Last night we had a tuna casserole but we made it with a wheat type noodle and it was very good.  I just put the recipe in the WW calculator and it told me the points for each serving.  Really a neat tool.  So far I have always had points left over and have had no hunger pangs.

Hope this is a good day for each of you.   

Hi, friends, I'm here for just a moment. It truly HAS been a memorable week with my son in from the UK, then a great time of being with him and my daughter on my birthday, cards and calls and text messages and nice internet good wishes.

Yesterday was the pre-op stuff before next Wednesday's knee replacement. Dr. signed off on me, hospital kept me from 1:45 till almost 5 pm doing this test and another and another, etc. Then, when I got home, picked up my son who lives with me, my daughter, and off we went to meet the Atlanta kids in Chattanooga for a great little birthday celegration for little Georgia, who will be 5 next Thursday. Her eyes just sparkled. Her aunt gave her a birthday Barbie, and then uncle helped get it off the card so she could play with it. Uncle and I gave her Target gift cards, which she and Mommie are going to spend today.

And, they liked the little purple car, too.

Y'all, I absolutely adore those graphics. You're very good.

One of my goals is to learn how to handle graphics myself after recovering from the surgery. Not much need to say after retirement anymore -- that comes up on Thursday while my leg is in the constant motion machine! 

May you each have a God blessed day.

Happy Saturday!

Larry, sorry you, Pat and Stacey had such a trying and tiring day, I have had a few of those and they are no fun.

Ruth Ann, so glad you had a nice birthday and then got to celebrate with little Georgia, too.  We will be praying about that knee replacement, for sure.

I worked at the rodeo concession stand this morning.  A group of ladies do fund raising things, then use the money to hire a bus and driver to take us to Denver for the Women of Faith Conference.  They are raising the price of the ticket, and the cost of the bus went up $1500 from last year, so things are getting tougher all around.  I probably won't be going to the conference, but wanted to help out, anyway.  If I decide later to go, and tickets are still available, I can go.

This afternoon I will pick up my and Maxine's paintings and premiums from the fair, and that will be it for our fair this year.  I did watch the parade today, too.

Next Wednesday, I will be judging arts and crafts at Leoti's fair.  That's the only one I am judging this year.

I think I will go rest a bit and look over a new book I received in the mail a couple days ago.  It's Christmas stuff, so might get sent back.

I don't think I have been on CP for some time.  The store computer has a virus, and I haven't been able to get to Heather's to use her puter.

The girls are home!!!! WOOHOO I have missed them.

John will be home tonight.  I am off, ( I thought I was supposed to work).

Have a good day folks.
God bless
Judy

Ruth Ann - God is able to give the doctors special skill, wisdom, and insight, and I pray He will.
Larry - I think we'd all agree in prayer that you won't have to spend such busy, tiring days.  We'd like you to be around a while.

Amen.

Kitty and I and another photo guild lady took our photos to the State Fair today.  We took three other peoples photos also.  Now to have them hung.  That's the honor in the State Fair.  I think I am going with Kitty to the Opening next Sunday, Aug 3. 

I am tired this evening.  I woke up early this morning and couldn't go back to sleep.  And I don't want to take a nap this afternoon!! 

I didn't even know that this is a Saturday.  So many things - so many phone calls and other stuff.  We need to get settled but that is a month away.

Janet:  You can buy a very soft topping for Beth's bed & it is just as nice as going and buying the TemperPedic mattress.  They are for sale at Sam's Club and they are about 3 or 4 in. thick.  We put one on our mattress several years ago and it is just as nice as the TP that we slept on in a hotel.  Not kidding.  Now we are so used to it that it is hard to visit other beds.  I forget the price but it would be around $100 depending on size.  You open the box & plastic container & have to set it on the bed for a few hours while it expands.  Then, there is a light cotton zippered cover to pull on it.  This is exactly what could be of great help for Beth - no need to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars for the other kind.  I have seen these at other stores as well, perhaps WalMart or Target. 

Larry: Much too much for you and Pat to handle.  My prayers for your strength.

Gordon:  Thank you for explaining about the back surgery.  They don't give you much information, do they?  Sending up a prayer.

My cousin in Washington just wrote that they will be working in Mexico next month - at an orphanage they go to every year and drive down there with a trailer every year bringing clothes and stuff. 

Clouds everywhere and not a drop of rain today.  We bought a special oil to refinish the teak dining set that I bought in a divorce sale about 20 years ago.  We thought about getting that job over before the move.  Also looked at the stuff to refinish the new to us house, kitchen cabinets and that will take some effort - I hope to do that before the flooring is in.  We are taking up white vinyl and putting in wood colored laminate. 

Larry, I'm so sorry to read all about what you've been going through with poor Stacey.  I truly am.  Please know that I'll be continuing to pray for you all.

Sounds like you're doing great on Weight Watchers too!

Marilyn, I'm doing fine here in Virginia.  It's been very hot last week but it's cooler now.

Hello to all of the rest of you. 

Great videos, Colin.  It's so nice to see the "auld sod of the Emerald Isle".

Hi Gord!

Hi Judy!

Oops, I better stop mentioning names.  I'll forget one and leave you out!

Hi Paul!!

HI, PAT! 

Carol, we bought not just one but two of those pads for Beth's bed a few years back.  I took them up to the home after she had to go there, but after just a few weeks, she had them take them off the bed and asked me to bring them back home.  I asked her again this week if she wants me to bring them back, and she said she has half of one on her bed now.  So........I dunno!  For sure it would be lots cheaper than a new mattress.  We got her one of those high dollar ones that are supposed to prevent pressure sores, they air up, then let out air, varying the pressure continually, and she didn't like that, either.  Sometimes I just want to scream!  Thanks for the thoughts, though.

Etta Sue, good luck at the state fair!  Hope you come out purple! 

Hi there, Judy.  Good to see you posting again.

I've been cleaning and rearranging my bedroom this afternoon, trying to figure out how to fit in some furniture I bought last night.  I got a deal I couldn't pass by, from a resident of Park View who is moving to be closer to her daughter.  I will try to persuade a couple of young men from church to help us move it, because I don't think Darrel and I can handle the couch by ourselves.

Good night!

Good Sunday morning to you all! I just had breakfast and its a beautiful day here today.
Its a Good day to go to church and Praise the Lord.
God Bless you all today!

Hi everyone.  Melody, it is a sunny and bright day here in Georgia today and we will be in the 90s.  Thank you all for your words of encouragement and prayers.  I think my wife is finally pretty well recovered as didn't leave the house since we got home from taking our daughter back to her apartment. 

All seems to be going well with the IV's she is administering.  We stay in close touch with her both by phone and an occasion chat on Skype.  The Skype telephone arrangement for her is really working well and I am very pleased.  The quality has been good and it is very reliable.  I will not be renewing the Magic Jack service as our experience with it wasn't very good.

Janet, I was going to talk about the air cell mattress but see you have already tried that one.  It prevented my father from developing anymore pressure sores.  It was very expensive but when he inquired and I told him what it had cost and also told him it didn't matter since he wasn't going to get any comfort by resting on his dollar bills.  You may be in a catch 22 where it won't make any difference what type of mattress you buy.  However, I understand how frustrating this must be to you and Darrel.

Hi Pat and Paul, hope things are going well over your way.  Pat, are you adjusting to living in the US?  I still chuckle when I think of our experience at the Snellville Diner and that waitress. 

Carol, it sounds like your furniture projects will be keeping you busy until you get moved. 

Etta Sue, enjoy the fair.  I know having entries must greatly increase your interest level in it. 

Al, I hope I didn't come across as "oh, poor me" in my postings.  I was just expressing frustrations but trying to keep it balanced with thankfulness that these services are available for those who cannot afford it.  I certainly don't feel we are experiencing anything different that a lot of us have had.  A couple of days of rest and the memory of the experience fades a little.  We do what we have to do.

Judy, I am sure it is nice to have your family all back at the same time.  I hope you didn't mind the unexpected day off.  Did you get your computer fixed?

Ruth Ann, it sounds like the pre-op wasn't much fun.  I can guess it involved a lot of hurry up and then waiting to see folks or have tests.  This is the big official week coming up and after your surgery you can really begin to relax knowing you are retired and don't have to face that daily grind whether you felt like doing it or not.  I think we are all happy to see you reach this life milestone and the beginning of a new phase of life.  Retirement has many wonderful things associated with it and certainly some adjustments.  Glad you could meet your family in Chattanooga for the celebration as guess that is about halfway for everyone and didn't involve and overnight visit and the longer drive.

Pat and I are going to church this morning and then will go out to eat.  I went to a big celebration last night where there was a potluck dinner.  There was so much food and it was so tempting but think I managed to control myself pretty well with emphasis on vegetables and only a tiny few bites of one dessert.  (It wasn't easy!!  )

Janet ~ If I got a purple at the fair, the whole world would hear me screaming!!!  Again, just to have your entries shown is an honor at the state fair.  Preliminary opening...open house is next Sunday and Kitty and I plan to go. 

Church in a few minutes.  It really like Ivalou's church so I am thinking that Sept 7, I will change my membership.  My birthday is the 8th, so it will be my birthday present to me.

Larry - I didn't think of you as coming across in a "poor me" mode - just sincerely hope and pray it'll get easier for you.

We have just come in from church, and are wondering what to make for dinner.    We had some cold watermelon, so we ate that, and that seems to be postponing the dinner decision. 

Our Youth Pastor spoke this morning.  It was his first time to speak to the entire congregation, so quite a milestone for him.  He's a very likable young man who grew up here, and I guess used to be a bit on the wild side, anyway, he keeps saying that.  His entire family were in church for this occasion; none of them live here any more.  We are proud of Justin, and the youth love him.

Darrel asked Justin and another young man if they can help us move that furniture later this afternoon, they said yes, so we will wait for their call.  Justin's family will all be leaving later today, he said.

I think I will go make a nice big salad! 

 You guys have to see this!

I tawt I saw a Puddytat!!!!!

The birds love the cat.

Hi I'm home again. Got in about 4:17 unloaded teh car and took the dogs for a walk, Bebe is still limping somewhat but she is much better than  before I left.

I got everything accomplished in Oregon that I wanted to get done. The peach pie turned out great and brought some home as well as some German Chocolate cake and some mini Butterfinger candies.

I have put everything away and had a light supper. Now I need to catch up  my internet reading.

I think I'm so overwhelmed at what I want to get done here at the house before my surgery that I'm spinning my wheels and getting nowhere. Yikes!

Y'all have a good rest of the day, friends.

Ruth Ann

Hello to everyone !!!
How is everyone doing today?

Yesterday was a awesome day  at church. God is really moving and I am excited to be called into the kingdom for such a time has this.

This is a great day here and I am about to go for a good walk .

Melody:  That greeting of Good Morning would awaken anyone    It is starting to get light here and I am waiting for Don so we can take our walk.  A strange dream woke me at 4:30. 

We are about to set a heat record here of meeting 18 days of over 90 degrees F.  and I just looked to see that the same boring temps are predicted for an entire  week with only 10 % chance of thunderstorms every afternoon.  The fierce clouds appear over the hills and continue on northeast, dropping no rain in our area.

Off for lunch with friends today.

Hi everyone.  I am looking forward to a very quiet and peaceful day.  I do have a luncheon with 4 other men at 1 pm but that is very enjoyable with no stress.  Our little group started out with 2 men and has grown to 5 as we find other retired men walking the same path we are relative to loved ones.  Then I have the rest of the day free.  I will continue to work on the computer I am fixing for out daughter's friend.  I don't have too much left I want to do on it but need to download a couple of programs and be sure all the software is up-to-date.

My wife left a little bit ago to go to the chiropractor and then has a gift certificate at Border's Book Store so planned to stop there.  I think she had another stop she planned to make if she has the energy.

I spent all evening watching the Food Channel as they had the shows leading up to the last show of the series on the "Next Food Network Star".  The contestants are certainly challenged throughout the competition.

Carol, that heat wears on a person after while.  I can remember days of 100 degree temperature we had one summer in Oklahoma before we had air-conditioning in our house.  It was awful.

Melody, glad to see you had such a nice day at church.  Our youth minister preached for the second week in a row and gave another awesome sermon.

Ruth Ann, I hope you don't work too hard and hurt yourself getting ready for Wednesday. 

Marilyn, glad to see you are home safe and sound.  The goodies sound delicious.

Scotty, interesting picture of the cat and your birds.  Usually cats want to catch the birds but guess they learn to tolerate each other.  Thanks for sharing those two pictures.

Janet, good thinking to ask the youth pastor for the help you needed as sure he can get some of the strong young men to help him and make quick work of the job.  I will never forget the goodness of the college head football coach and some of his players who helped move a hospital bed that my Dad had purchased.  I wanted to pay them for their efforts and they refused to accept a cent.  That provided a good indicator of what kind of a man the coach was and I can understand why his players seem to regard him so highly and he had been very successful having national recognition in their Division.

Etta Sue, it sounds like you are making a good decision regarding your church membership.  Being closer to your church will help you be more involved if you want to be and will certainly save on your gas bill in getting their and back.

Al and Larryboy, always nice to see your postings.

Today is another Monday.  How quickly the weeks fly past!

Diane called last evening and said I could meet her halfway and pick up Abby.  She only has two days to spend with me, but whatever time we have together is precious, she is such a joy.

The guys never called or showed up to help with the furniture, so I called the lady last night to tell her it would be this morning before we came to get it.  She said the movers were to be there at 8 this morning and they could load it for us, and they did!    Actually, the couch wasn't nearly as heavy as I had thought it would be, but it was so nice of them to load it.  Darrel and I unloaded it and brought it into the house ourselves, not too hard with all the cushions removed.  It looks so nice here in my bedroom, as the colors go well with the carpet.  The one I had in here is blue and didn't match anything.  Abby and I enjoyed it a lot for the past several years, though, to sit and snuggle while reading together and to watch TV when Darrel is watching something in the living room that we don't care to see.    Abby likes sleeping in here on the couch, too, just to stay close to us.    And she was just about to get too tall for the blue one--this one is longer.

Now I am trying to figure a way to rearrange a little more so I can fit in the recliner I bought.  Hmmm.....that would involve moving my desk, not an easy job.  I will think on it a bit and try after lunch.

PAT..You asked about my new shoes.  They are MBT Phisiological Footwear.  (MBT stands for Massai Barefoot Technology.)  Look it up online, it's quite impressive.  My feet are better already.

Time to go to lunch!

Maybe that graphic will cool everyone today.  It is so humid here in Indiana today.  It had rained in the night and now sultry. 

But I have a couple loads of clothes on the line...Hope they dry.  I have swept all the floors and even went to Woody's for lunch with Ivalou.  Her company came...her sister-in-law from Harlingen, TX.  Her nephew from Austin, TX and niece from Flint, MI.  She has no idea how long they will stay except the SIL is to fly back to Harlingen August 7th.  I don't think I have seen Mike since high school and he's about 4 years younger than me. 

So now I am resting....