Christian Photographers Community

Thanks Colin!

Are  all those photos from your garden?  Wow!

Good Morning,

Well I am getting ready to have my 2nd  . Today my plans are to vacuum the living and bedroom, shower and shampoo and just spend time in the word and in prayer. If the rain stops I will get out of the house and walk the dogs.

Pat are you all ready for Paul's arrival today?

Quote from: Marilyn on March 15, 2008, 09:11:03 AM
Good Morning,



Pat are you all ready for Paul's arrival today?

Yes, Marilyn!    He's not leaving D.C. till lunch time so he won't be arriving till this evening. 

Yes Pat....the video was shot last summer in my garden. Even with all the wet weather the flowers did bloom well. Have a nice time with Paul when he arrives. Take care.

Hi everyone else. 

Thanks Colin.  I expect that he's going to be very tired with about 10 hours driving when he gets here so we'll start to visit tomorrow.  He'll want to get to my friend's home to get some sleep I think!

The garden is just beautiful.

Thanks about the garden Pat. Paul will be very tired I am sure. You are a very nice lady and I am so glad you have found someone special. I still smile about you...the minister...the cake and the mice! God bless.

Pat ~ You and Paul enjoy each other this weekend.  Hope he gets there before bad weather.  Maybe he will get snowed in in Guelph!   

Well, I got my Federal tax return yesterday    so when I woke up this morning...8:15am...I called Ivalou and told her I was going to the bank and if she wanted to go with me, we could have breakfast at Woody's.  So 20 minutes later we were on our way.  That's what I like about Ivalou...she seldom says 'no' when asked to go with me and I seldom tell her 'no'.  And it is so funny.  We both looked at the menu and when the waitress came, Ivalou said, 'I'll take the ½ order of biscuits and gravy, the Fried potatoes and black coffee.'  I laughed and said, 'We do this all the time.  I want the same thing.'  I generally say has browns but decided I wanted Fried potatoes this morning.  I am so glad that I have my bestest friend AND my sister living next door!!

When I get caught up, I plan to clean house to get ready for Euchre Tuesday.  While at the Flower and Patio Show, Ivalou and I bought 6 Ultimate Cloths and split them.  They are made with MiraFiber and cleans with just water.  You wet it, wring it out and wipe away.  Walk away and no streaks.  They can be used on any surface.  I have already used one on my stove top, oven door, windows, mirrors and other things.  Amazing.  Almost fun to clean now!!   

It is chilly today and was really foggy earlier.  Now it is cloudy and misting rain. 

Hi Colin...  Refresh my memory about the Minister, etc?

Etta Sue, he'll be here about 10 days so I'm sure that there will be some bad weather during that time.  We're to get snow on Tuesday again!!!

Hi, there,

I'm not in northern Atlanta area, but in the western suburbs with the children. Yes, the granddaughters gave me lots of hugs and closeness last night.

When I parked in their driveway, I saw lightning flashes and commented a storm seemed to be brewing.

As it turns out, we had a really hard thunderstorm and lots of blowing winds here, but of course, downtown Atlanta was hit with an F2 tornado with lots of damage, even to a very old historic area.

So, I'm grateful we were safe. Hope Larry is safe, too.

Y'all have a good rest of the day.

Oh, Ruth Ann, it's so good to see your post as I was wondering when I heard the news.  What a terrible mess Atlanta has!

God's blessings,

Love

Pat

I'm just home from our annual Health Fair.  I left about 8 this morning, got my blood drawn, ate a muffin and orange juice (provided by the hospital auxiliary) walked around the booths a bit, got a free 15 minute chair massage.  Then I went to pick up Beth, but she was in the bathroom and having problems, so it was an hour before we got back to the Civic Center.  She likes to go, just to get out of the Home for a while, also, she sees a lot of people she knows at the Health Fair.  Darrel came later and got his tests, we ate lunch, (they provide a nice free lunch for all of us) then I took Beth back and returned for the Pioneer Electric meeting (boring, and no, I didn't win any of the prizes.)  Now I feel the need for a nap!  Speaking of boring, just re-read the above paragraph! 

Pat, I'm  thinking about you and wondering if you got everything you wanted to get done before Paul's arrival!  There is always just one or two more things, right?  Have a great visit with him.

Marilyn, when is Michael due to arrive?  Is he back in the country yet?

I think I will have a cup of green tea!   

Janet Michael is NOT going to arrive I have cut off all contact with him and blocked him for contacting me. It's a long story, actually not long. It was not his photo but who some scammer found on the web. i have read up on all the scam websites  one in particular gave  much needed information.

Oooooo Pat you are loosing it my dear! Fancy not remembering that story. Take care.

Samantha, I think it was you asking, all I've heard is that the tornado in Atlanta got the top of the Georgia Dome.  No one was hurt, but they had to move all the games to the GT gym.   Sooooo, instead of 20,000+ people watching a game, less than 10,000 could.    Only players, cheerleaders, staff, and family were allowed in to watch.  Apparently UK fans really got the short end of the stick and were not happy.  (Oh yea, GO VOLS!)

Hi everyone.  All is fine where I live and where our daughter lives in Atlanta.  The tornado was a bit south of where she lives.  Storms, with big hail up to 4 inches or higher, have been common today but I think it has basically passed out of the area.  The local tv stations covered the storm all day and a lot of the time the weathermen were tracking the series of storms that they called a train as one just followed another and seemed to follow the same path.  I feel very fortunate that our area was spared but that we got some much needed rain last night, but not much rain today.

I had a pleasant surprise this afternoon when my phone rang and it was Ruth Ann calling to check up on us over here.  I was glad to hear that her family were not adversely impacted by the storm.

I fianlly completed this years work for the Senior Games.  I spent about an hour with my son on the phone directing him as he made some requested changes in a number of the reports that are genereated from the database.  Overall I probably printed about 1,000 pages of reports, including a sheet for each of the 410 participants and certificates for each of the 410 participants plus sponsor certificates.  There were several other smaller reports that were also printed.  I am not sure that I didn't overheat my printer as it started having paper jams, which I had never had before.  It may be ok with just printing a few pages.  I am glad the work is done for another year.  The actual games start next month.

Janet, you can't win prizes every year.    It sounds like you have a very active county and thanks for the information to my question. 

Karmat, I heard that there were probably only about 1,000 people allowed to attend the games that had to be moved to the Georgia Tech arena.  Since there were 30,000 people in attendance at the Georgia Dome for the game last night I am sure there were many dissappointed fans but there was no fair way to deal with that many people so only family, cheerleaders and bands were allowed to attend.  Georgia University has had two surprising wins in the tourney but have to play two games today.

Etta Sue, I also got our tax refund on Thursday but had it directly deposited in the bank.  It took 10 days to get the State refund and only 14 for the Federal.  I really like the electronic filing.

Pat, I know you will be happy to receive word that Paul has arrived in Guelph.  Have a wonderful 10 days as you plan for your future.

Larry, glad to hear that you and Pat and your daughter are alright, I've been checking in all day.

Marilyn, sorry about the scammer guy.     If we could find him we would  for you!

Marilyn!!!!!!

I can't believe this.  This is awful.  I'm so sorry. 

I'm sitting here waiting for Paul to get to Guelph.  Gail has left her door open for him as I haven't had a chance to get over there to get the key from her.  He's going to be very tired.

He phoned me at about 11 pm from just south of Buffalo, NY.

Talk to you all soon.

More hugs Marilyn coming your way. 

Psalm 30:1-2 really spoke to me this morning. I want y-all to know that I am fine. I slept very well last night, the love of Jesus is all I need. Today I am rejoicing Yes God has taught me a lesson well learned.

Someone on SN gave me a website to check out all the  things that those scammers will say, the phraseology (is that a word) that they and how they use a lot of lower case letters, adding and "s" where it doesn't belong etc. Sure enough all that was in the ims and emails he sent me. Beware of michael_eric2000 that is the ID he uses. I am going to  put that info in my blog too. They get the photos off the web and there is a website with the photos that they have used. It is over 1400 pages long.

The sun is shining brightly here today.  It's beautiful indeed.  You'll probably see a day or so of this in Guelph and on the east coast by about Tuesday or Wednesday.  Anyway, Paul & Pat - I hope you don't get snowed in.  I personally think Geordie should become an American citizen this coming May.

Good afternoon all,

MICHAEL IS HOME!!!!! 

Hope y'all have a God filled and blessed day!!!!

Jeannine

Welcome home, Michael!  And Jeannine, I do hope you can get some rest now.

We had an unusual church service today.  We had an audio tape for Sunday School and a video for church!~  The pastor is sick again.  Both were very good, though.

Marilyn, good you found out before real damage was done.  I was suspicious when you said how he travels all over the world, wanted to take you to Australia, etc.  Some lessons are painful, but glad you are doing okay.  If you really want to meet someone via the net, I recommend Eharmony.com.  I personally know a few couples who were matched in that way.  All are doing very well.  The guy who runs it is a Christian.

I'm a little hungry, going to get myself a nice big salad!  Yum!

Marilyn ~ How naive I am... I wasn't even thinking of a scammer.    Just so happy that you discovered it before it was too late.  And yes, God is number 1. 

Pat ~ Well, by now you should know what that little black box contains.  Are you happy?  What a silly question!     And I am thinking Pat, Lauren AND Geordie will be US residents soon! 

Jeannine ~  Hurray!!!  Michael is home!!!  Bet he is a happy camper!! 


Larry ~ I hadn't heard about the tornado in Atlanta until I was reading SrNet and then Ruth Ann's post.  So happy you, Stacy and Ruth Ann and her family are all fine. 

Ruth Ann ~ What a scare.  I am sure you are happy that all of you are fine and dandy! 

Janet ~ Hey, busy woman....slow down!! 

Today was an awesome time at church.  Palm Sunday services and Easter Sunday services are always outstanding.  I still can't praise my church enough that I can hear two sermons on the same subject.  Really sends the messages right to your heart. 

After church, I drove to our township's Lions Club.  Today was their Palm Sunday Pancake Breakfast.  Pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, orange juice and coffee...all for a free-will donation.  Really good and filling.  I saw Ivalou there and two other ladies from her church.  Then I went to Dollar General.  I broke my mop yesterday so had to purchase a new one...and some other items, too.  Can never leave there with just one thing!! 

It is sunny right now and 43°F.  When I get caught up, I am going to dust this house then relax.  Tomorrow is sweeping and fixing a crock pot full of Texas Chili.  Tuesday is Euchre here, ya know?

Hi everyone.  After such a stormy day here yesterday it is very bright, sunny and nice here today.  We attended church and the guest minister to wrap up our 30th anniversary events was the Moderator of the PCUSA.  Her name is Dr. Joan Gray and she pastors a church in Atlanta but is serving as the top person in our church government.

Following church we went to Sonny's Bar-B-Q for lunch.  This was on the way to the subway station and our daughter had put her things in the car so we took her on to the subway station.  I came home and rested awhile and have been watching the basketball games.  Our Georgia Bulldogs really shocked everyone by getting into the championship game today for the Southeastern conference as they had a pretty unsucessful year.  At half-time they were 10 points ahead of Arkansas and just now heard they are still ahead.

Jeannine I was nice to see that you had been able to bring Michael home from the hospital.

Pat, I am sure Paul must be exhausted from such a late arrival.  Hope he didn't have weather related problems on the trip.

Etta Sue, you must be overcleaning if you broke your mop. 

Janet, the man who started E-Harmony was a member of our pastor's church in Denver, Colorado and our pastor speeks well of him.

Marilyn, I am certainly glad you checked out that website. 

Glad that you and your family are okay, Larry.  What a terrible storm!

My daughter and I are both fighting a virus, which doesn't go too well with all the painting, etc.  They are doing a wonderful job, but it is a large house and another week + to go.  Then comes the hardwood.  So it will be at least towards the end of April before things return to normal.

The painter left some of his equipment outside the front door, covered with a tarp. Someone came up to the front door and stole the expensive electric drill.  Right up to the front door!  This once beautiful area is beautiful no more.  All kinds of crime has moved in with the so called, prosperous people who are building new homes.  Could be that is how they pay the huge mortgages?

Marilyn, like Janet, that was one of the things I first thought of...
Have read about all the scams going on and that is why I personally, do not make any money payments on the internet.   Or use chat rooms, etc.  Sorry that you got hurt.  Oh, in the town I used to live in, someone used my name on a dating service...also the name of one other single lady in my building.  I found out about it when I googled my name in fun. 

Hope everyone has a nice day.

God Bless,

Liz

These scammers are so awful.  That's the first thing I thought when Marilyn started talking about him.  I know I'm skeptical, so thought maybe I was being to quick to judge.  What do they want??  Marilyn, was he after money? Was he from another country?  I am so happy to hear that you are really fine.  I know if you were thinking of marrying him, you must have had feelings for him. I also know that our beautiful Jesus, our true Lover, can turn you so quickly away from the letdown and right back to Him.

Isn't He wonderful?

You're right.  You learned a lesson you might not have learned any other way.  We're all glad you're safe and sound and wiser.

Sunshine here today but I haven't been out in it.  I'm so tired lately.  I know it's the interrupted sleep night after night.  One of these days my granddaughter will find a place of her own, she and the baby will move into it, and I'll NEVER let anyone move in with me again.

And this time I mean it, Jane.   haha

Nita thanks for the comments you left on my blog I appreciate everyone's comments. How is Faye doing? I checked her blog and there hasn't beenany updates in a few months.

Yes he was after money it took him 3months to get around to asking me as you read on my  blog. He is in Nigeria.

The day is over!  But you can go here:  HERE