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Etta- I lost it all BUT it is sometimes good to restart things lol. Ruth is 14 months, walking and talking and running momma and nama (what she calls my mom cuz she can't seem to say nana) and papa all over lol. She is a very very active little girl but wouldn't have her any other way We have seemed to have traveled all over today and I am ready for bed as she is already in her bed so we will talk to ya'll later!

Sarah:  Your baby is 14 months old - my, the time has gone quickly.  Doesn't it though?

Larry:  We just paid our taxes early as after all there is nothing made on interest from the bank & we always talk about a friend who has passed & how he rejoiced in the fact that he had enough money to pay his taxes.  So, it is so much better than complaining but I do wish they would use that money wisely. 

Friends coming tomorrow to stay and he has two days of tests and appointments at Mayo again.  She is bringing the dinner for tomorrow night - I will make a salad so that is easy.  Yesterday, all the flags, AZ state, the POW flag, and our USA flag were all at half staff for the last veteran of WWI.  Can you imagine?  He was in the army when he was 16 years old.  There is a very nice veterans area by the pond near town center with a bronze statue of a WWI soldier saluting all three flags.  It is a special place to see on our walk. 

Hi Sarah!  Good to see you here again.  Give your little one a hug for me.

I saw on TV about the last WW1 Soldier's funeral--he was 110 years old!  Wow!  I certainly agree, Carol, about the government not wasting our hard-earned money, and using it for things that we absolutely do not agree with.  I remember my Dad talking about someone he knew (many years ago, of course)  who reared back, stuck out his chest and declared, "I pay income taxes!"  Back then, few did, and if so, it meant they were making good money!

I have to work again today and I am so tired already.  Three days this week, and I told my boss I'm going to quit if she keeps having me work so much.  I do still have a life!  And lots of responsibilities and such with Mom and Beth.....

I must go, it is that time.

Hi everyone.  I didn't oversleep this morning so have a few minutes before heading out to coffee.  About 10:30 this morning we will head down to Atlanta to have lunch and spend a little while with our daughter.  It is suppose to be a nice day on this St. Patrick's Day.  There is a new pizza place opened in the building where she lives so we will try that out for lunch with her.  I am sure I will watch considerable basketball the rest of the day after we get home.  This is the real beginning of the NCAA Tourney.  

Sarah, nice to see you posting again.  Those little ones are a lot of work but a lot of joy.  Enjoy her while she is little.  

Carol, I probably should do the same with my taxes but am so frustrated with our government that I don't intend to give it to them one week before necessary so they can squander it on some worthless project just to be spending money.  Enough of my soapbox for one day.  

Janet, I see you posted as I was writing.  I do hope for your benefit that this is the last day this week they ask you to work.  Don't forget that "no" is a complete sentence.    Of coarse, I wouldn't want to give you advice since I don't walk in your shoes. 

I got an email from Janice today.  She said

QuoteEtta Sue, we are sad at our house.  We learned this morning that our son passed away at his home in another city.  He is age 50.  His wife called Elaine our daughter and told her as much as she knew at the time.  She did not want to have us learn over the phone that he had died.
They think it was a heart attack, but will have to have an autopsy to know what happened.
His wife owns a kennel / dog grooming business and sometimes stays overnight there with the animals for security reasons.  So she was not at home.  When he did not show up for work this morning, his boss went to their home to check on him.  He was lying on the floor beside a vacuum which was still running.  

Elaine told her it was OK to wait until she felt like talking to call us when she learned anything about it.  She was quite upset and Elaine had trouble understanding what she was saying.  We have not heard any details as yet.  They had been married only 5 years (a little less actually) so he had no children.  

Our son was a Christian, he was baptized when he was almost 11 years old.  But he was not attending church for quite awhile.  At least we know he had trusted Christ.

Please pray for Janice and Earl.  

Us Hoosiers are so looking forward to today!  It is suppose to be 70° today!  The sun was shining but it has gone behind a cloud right now.  I walked to the mailbox without a coat on today.  First time for 2011. 

I am doing some laundry and when that is all dry and folded and put away, I plan to take a book outside and read. 

I love Spring!  New beginnings!!

Tonight is the planning committee meeting for the retreat.  Always fun!

It is raining.  Warmer than yesterday but rainig.  At least we don't have to shovel it!!!

Etta Sue I am going to add Janice's prayer request to the prayer and praise section.

its official 34 days left in this school year YAY:) still on spring break so Ruth and I have been all over. Her fever blisters have decided to make an appearance so we are back on medicine again. Just received word that a class friend died last night due to an infection in her incision from the c section she had 11 days ago. She has 6 kids the oldest is 9 and the youngest is 11 days. She was a stay at home mom and did everything she could for the kids. Amber will be missed.
Sarah

So much heartache in this old world.  I'm so sorry for Earl's and Janice's loss.

When I came in the door this afternoon, Darrel looked at me and said, "You look beat."  My reply was, "I AM."  Yes, Larry, I know that "no" is a complete sentence, and that's what I told her about working on Saturday next week; then I went and crossed that day off her schedule in the kitchen.

Our new pastor came to meet Beth today.  He assured her that she is still an important part of the church, is loved and valued, and he prayed for her.  The last guy never visited her one time in the 5 years he was here!

Larry, having a pizza place should be handy for your daughter, especially if she likes pizza!  

Goodness, Sarah!  Was this Amber near your age?  Six kids!  They need their Mom.  What about the dad?  Does he have family who will be able to help with them?  As I said above, so much heartache.........

I'm so saddened by the loss of Janice and Earl's son at such an age.

We'll put a topic in our Sympathy and Bereavement area for them and let's all post there so that when Janice comes online, she'll have some messages to read.




Janet, I'm so glad that you said "NO!"!  What a lovely gesture on the part of your new pastor to include Beth.  That's so important and I'm sure he'll be back again to visit her very soon.

Yes, Pat, he promised to visit her often.  He may bring his kids to see her, as she loves little ones so much!  Also, he told her he looks forward to meeting John in June.

That's so nice, Janet.

I wish I were closer so that I might drop in and visit her. 

Beth would love that, Pat--and so would I, because then I'd get to see you, too!

Hello everyone.
I used to frequent this site a few years back and happened to see the mini challenge and wanted to enter, so I clicked on the link.
I had opportunity to see all the beautiful, encouraging posts that were made when I came here before, and though I don't remember why I ever stopped coming, it's time for the prodigal daughter to return home.  
So glad to see this site still going strong.
Prayers and Blessing to all,
Joann

Welcome back Joann.  We are glad to see you ae back.  Join in the conversation, with a Coffee/Tea and a snack,   Great to have you here!

Hi everyone.  It is going to be a glorious day here in Georgia, as was yesterday.  It was 60 degrees already when I came by the bank and is to get into the high 70's today.  I just now turned off the furnace and expect that was needed early this morning and expect to open the house up a bit by afternoon and enjoy some fresh air. 

So saddened to read of the death of Janice and Earl's son and also of Sarah's friend and both at such a young age. 

Joann, nice to see you posting once again and we hope you will become a regular poster here in "Thoughts".

Janet, I am sure having the pastor stop by to see Beth met a great deal.  I was shocked to read that the last pastor had not visited in 5 year's time as hospital and nursing home ministry is a normal part of pastoral care.  We  have members of our church who serve on a committee to visit those in the hospital and nursing homes to supplement the visiting of our pastoral staff.  A couple of times Pat and I have been the recipients of such visits and I know how much that met to us.  Particularly the day that our daughter had her second heart surgery and we will sitting along and two wonderful friends from our church came and sat with us for several hours.  They even came back the next day with another kind lady from the church to see how things were going.  It made me realize how these kindnesses can be so healing and just having someone else to talk with for a little while gets your mind off of the situation a bit and helps the time pass.

Janet, I am proud of you to use the pencil to mark through a day you didn't want to work at the home. 

Yesterday when we visited our daughter we ate lunch at the new pizza place and it was very good pizza.  It is a place that has obviously opened on a shoestring and they just used three or four card tables with inexpensive chairs to seat those wanting to eat in as we did.  It was a Brooklyn style, which apparently means the pizza is baked at a lower temperature for a longer time to be sure the crust is not only baked on the top and bottom of the crust but also in the center. 

Marilyn, that was a pretty graphic for St. Patrick's Day.  I couldn't even find anyting green to wear for the day so wasn't very Irish yesterday.  However, no one pinched me so that is a good thing.

Etta Sue, thanks for sharing the information regarding Janice's son.  Also appreciate Pat and Judy attending to creating a place where we can leave remarks of condolence.

Not much on my schedule tonight.  I did attend coffee but did not walk as didn't get along too well yesterday morning and had some recurrence of the pain in my shoulder when I went to bed last night so decided not to push it for the rest of this week.  I do have a friend stopping by about 10 am to spend a little time with me on something we are working on together.  Then I will just rest, watch basketball, play on the computer and read for the rest of the day. 

It doesn't look much like spring yet, but it is starting to feel like maybe...  Bright sunshine, warm temperatures near 50 and lots of March winds should help to get rid of some of the snow.  Of course, there's still plenty of time for more cold and snow, but today is definitely a promise.

It's wonderful to see Sarah back posting with us.  Hard to believe that baby is already 14 months!  Sorry to hear about the friend who died, leaving six very young children. 

Well, I thought of all kinds of things to say but now that I am here, I am blank!! 

Today is rehab day for Ivalou.  Hope this helps the pain in her arm and she won't have to take those terrible pain pills that makes her sleep all the time and therefore, she is sluggish.  I was up at 3am and her kitchen light was on!  I never know if she slept so much she is awake or is still sleeping in her chair in the family room.  She isn't as good now as she was this time last year, for sure.

It is cloudy today but warm for this time of year in Central Indiana. 

The weather is so unperdictable.  Last night we had a thunderstorm and heavy rain, this morning it was snowing, now there is no snow but it is windy.  Temp is about 0*C, so still quite chilly.  

When it gets to this time of year I think about Don.  I am sure he is busy with his greenhouses.  I wonder if he is going to have those wonderful cherry tomatoes?  http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=8685.0

My arm is doing well.  My Therapist is pleased with the progress.  I soon willto begin muscle strengthing exercises.  Every week he gives me something new to do.  Always challenging the muscles.  Ice has become my best friend!

Got to get some other chores done, so Bye for now!

I meant to tell you about a fire in Listowel.  A Dollar store was on fire and the volunteer firefighters responded, 2 were killed in the fire.  We need to pray for the community as well as for those families.

Good Morning, Boy oh  Boy there are sure a lot of posts since I was here the last time last evening. It is good to see all the newsy postings.

Sarah glad you came  back and I am so sorry to hear about your friend. Likewise I am very sorry to hear about Janice and Earl's loss of their son.

I am trying to stay off the computer as much as possible to be furiously crocheting a baby afghan for my grand daughter, I may have already told you but I have already finished one that I started 3 years ago for my grand daughter in law. I have been out of touch with that part of the family for so long. I recently have been in contact with some of them on Facebook.

Well I have to get  going to the gym  here in just a couple of minutes, gotta keep up with the exercise!!

I was just trying to upload a photo to my album and I got an error  that  my session had ended to try logging out and back in. I tried top log out and got the same message. Can't log out and back in, Can't  upload a photos What is going on? Is there a problem with the site?

Don't think so Marilyn, I will check it out.

Well, guess who got called in to work again today, for the FOURTH day this week??  Right.  But I only had to stay about an hour and a half, till the other gal got there.  She had a dead car battery, lives way out in the country and had to wait for someone to come give her a boost.

Larry, you can give me advice just any time you want to! 

I am supposed to go to the State Senior Spelling Bee again next week.  Sure would be nice if I could win it!  Then I would get a $1500 scholarship to attend the National one in Cheyenne, Wyoming!  So wish me luck; or rather, pray that I will be able to think clearly and will get words I can handle.

I'm going to the senior center for a bit, then have to try to get several things done that I've had to let wait because of working too much.  See you later.

So sorry to read about Janice and Earl's son.

Welcome back Joann!  Nice to have you returning.

Janet:  Cheyenne is just up the road from me - well, I would say two hours going through Denver too.  I hope you get there too - we were there for the first year of our marriage.  I married an Air Force guy & lived on Sagebrush.  Isn't that an appropriate name for some place in Wyoming???

Egg salad, brownies & some fruit is ready for either a picnic or lunch here or whatever our friends want - they are having medical appointments (he is at the Mayo hospital) this morning.  Yesterday was the same so he is very tired & they may want to stay indoors or sit on the patio.  We will drive them to a nearby lake if he feels up to the ride. 

Marilyn:  Be careful crocheting - your hand, I mean.  Enjoy your work because I know you will enjoy gifting that blanket.   

Judy I kept getting the same message so I uploaded the photo to my Live account on MSN and  posted it from there.

Carol I only crochet for a few rows then  stop  and do something else for awhile.

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Shinenlite  Thankyou for that.  Have a good night and may you est in God's Peace.

Hi everyone.  Looking forward to another very nice day.  It was up in the 80s yesterday and we were able to open up the house a bit and had to have the ceiling fan on high in the family room to stay comfortable.  Didn't have the furnace on all night and still comfortable here in the house.

I was very sluggish yesterday.  I did not walk yesterday morning because I hadn't felt very good the day before and I was sure glad I didn't as was so tired.  I did make a trip to Wal-Mart in the afternoon for a few grocery items and should have used the electric cart and saved my energy but made it and was glad to get back home.  Looking forward to a better day today.  I will attend a meeting this morning and then take it easy the rest of the day.

Shinenlite, thanks for the little graphic, which is a good reminder.

Marilyn, it sounds like you are getting a lot of knitting done and there will be a very lucky person to receive your gift when it is completed. Pat is now quilting a quilt top she made for her good friend's birthday.  Don't know whether she will have it done by then or not but it could be a belated gift.

Carol, it sounds like you all are having a wonderful time in Arizona.  I have found memories of the seven years that I visited my folks for a week or so while they wintered in Arizona.  The only bad time I had there was when I ended up in the hospital with my heart and it took forever to finally get all the insurance claims paid (but that is a past bad memory I don't think about.)

Janet, I will be pulling for you in the spelling bee.  When I watch the kid's spelling bee's on TV I can't believe where they come up with some of the words and more amazing is that most often the kids are able to spell them.  Maybe this will be your year to go to the Nationals.  I have never heard anything about that type of contest around here other than for the school age children.  Glad you didn't need to work very long.

Judy, that sounds like a terrible tragedy in your area.  Were these professional firefighters or volunteers?  Sounds like interesting weather you are having.

Etta Sue, sorry to read that Ivalou is in pain and not doing as well.  I know that must be of great concern for you as well as for her.

Jeanne, when it gets this time of year spring can't be too far away.  Things are really greening up down here and I noticed yesterday that the leaves are about out on the Bradford Pears and the flower petals  are quickly falling to the ground.  I noticed the beginning of green showing in my yard yesterday and I have grass that doesn't green up until later in the spring.