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Thanks Judy.  I'm a fair bit younger than Al, and find myself forgetting simpler things at times

At least he has an excuse!  I will keep him in my prayers.

Yesterday was my son in law Jeff's birthday, so I called to wish him a happy one.  I asked if I could pray for him and of course he said yes.  We had a good visit and time of prayer together.  I am thankful for Jeff.  He is a great husband and Dad and really has a heart for the Lord.  I didn't get a sore ear because he is always a busy guy!


I have stayed busy all day.  Gym workout this morning, computer stuff, after lunch I cleaned out the refrigerator (not my favorite task) and tried to get rid of a lot of accumulated mail.  PURGE!

We will leave early in the morning for Liberal, as Darrel has a 9:00 VA appointment (over TV)and following that he has one with  his urologist at 10:30.  I must get hearing aid batteries, and we want to get the car washed at the Squeaky Clean Car Wash.  When we get done in Liberal we will head on to Amarillo to visit Darrel's sister who fell in November and broke a hip.  We have been meaning to go see her since then, so are just going!

All this to say I will likely be among the missing for a couple of days!

Glad to hear Al is doing okay.  Thanks, Judy for finding out for us.

I think this machine has a virus.  The popups are driving me nuts!

Good morning everyone. Well it looks like spring is back, high today of 60 rising to the 70's for the weekend with rain forecast.

I've read all the posts but will just remain silent for now.

Sorry to hear about Al and will be praying for him.

Have a great day everyone.

Hi everyone.  It is a nice sunny morning that started out at 36 (at least when I got up).  I met a friend for breakfast and this afternoon we are going to the home of friends from our church to play some card games.  So it should be an enjoyable day.

Jeanne, sure glad that latest storm has passed you by.  It looked like Cape Cod and that area were having a terrible blizzard.

Judy, glad to read that Thomas continues to make progress.  Not being able to use your muscles for a number of days or weeks allows them to weaken so much.  He will have a lot of work to do in the days ahead. 

Ken, I expect most of us can related to the forgetting things at times. 

Janet, it sounds like you have a great SIL in Jeff.  I am sure he appreciated your call and wanting to pray with him.  It sounds like you and Darrel have a very busy day planned for today.  Hope you find Darrel's sister doing well in her recovery. 

Good morning Don.  Your weather forecast sounds much like ours.

Update on Thomas....

QuoteThomas continues doing great. Today he had physio to help him reawaken the muscles required to sit upright. Exhausted by that, he then slept for 2 hours.
Most of his nutrition is via a feeding tube, but tonight he quite enthusiastically ate a small bowl of pureed roast beef! He was like a little bird opening his moth for more! He also sipped some water - a first!
Tomorrow morning he has occupational therapy AND speech therapy so will probably end up sleeping away the afternoon again!

Heavy snowfall last night and today.  John is being sent to Rhode Island.....You remember the "hurricane" going on out there.  I am praying he refuses the trip.  HE said he will call me back when I called him.

MaxA has spent this week in Hospital in Statesboro Hospital. He said yesterday he would be released today.  I am praying that is so!  Pray for our brother that he continues to heal once he is home!

Marilyn I tried to email you, the email was returned as undeliverable.  Can you send me an email please. I need some help with PSP.

Will be back later!

Thanks for the news on Al.  We miss his postings. 

You should have seen the quail line up this morning so delicately walking on the stones then they ran across the street - heads bobbing as they ran. 

One repairman is on the roof checking out the air conditioner.  and our favorite handy man is taking apart the washing machine. 

Thanks for the devotions.  Always so interesting. 

Update on Thomas.....

QuoteThomas enjoyed eating a bowl of cream of wheat this morning with mom controlling the spoon.
He did well with the speech pathologist, able to produce a kind of humming noise.

Hi, friends,

I'm back.  It's so good to hear the reports about our folk who are hospitalized, and then also a bit about Al Moak. He's such a special person. I hope he remembers how to come back to us soon.

I think I'll mosey on over to the Prayer and Praise section. It's a wonderful way to learn about progress on previous requests. Come join me over there.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

Hi everyone on a rather dark and dreary and rainy morning here in Georgia.  At least it isn't very cold.  It should get up to 60 degrees this afternoon but there is rain in the forecast until 10 pm tonight.  Fortunately I plan on staying in today.  We had a nice time playing cards with friends yesterday afternoon and enjoying a lovely meal together. 

Judy, it sounds like Thomas is making strides everyday.  Maybe the storm will be over and the roads clear by the time John gets to Rhode Island. 

Carol, it sounds like you are having a lot of maintenance done as you prepare to sell. 

Ruth Ann, hope you are doing well today. 

He wound up not going. They changed his dispatch because of his objections to heading east of I81.  He headed north instead.  That is fine with us.

I have a lot on my plate today so will be gone most of the day.  Have a great day everyone.

Marilyn please email me.

Judy I emailed you

Larry:  The air did not feel "cold" when we tested it so they added freon and fixed what they hope is the leak.  The washer needed to be fixed as it really went off balance when I couldn't run fast enough to stop the dreadful machine --- now everything works well in this place. 

We had an offer on this condo/ accepted right away and the next day the couple from Illinois said they were backing out.  Meanwhile, we missed showing to several people.  Then, an entire day devoted to closing the door here and maintenance repair.  This morning, we had one showing scheduled - actually, three real estate people showed over a few hours time and we were napping when I heard voices on the walkway - scurried to the front door just as a real estate gal stepped inside.  She had not called = "thought this place was empty".  Woke Don & we got out in under two minutes - I know it is nothing compared to other things happening to so many of you - it was unsettling though.  Not sleeping, awake at 3 am.  Like a Janet night?  We are back to square one now and back on track with no planning until we get a firm offer. 

Missing the children & grands.   

Another update on Thomas!

QuoteThomas made a lot of progress today. He was able to eat a cracker and chocolate chip cookie for the occupational therapist today, so has been given the all clear to try eating regular soft foods. If that goes well over the weekend they will be able to remove his feeding tube perhaps on Monday.
He also did well with the speech pathologist this morning, but it's one of the more difficult things to relearn.
Because he is a typical teenager, all of his frustration and anger is directed at his parents which makes things a bit more challenging for Joe and me. But we were expecting this so will deal with it.
His blood pressure has been normal so they will not be doing the kidney ultrasound and eye exam.  He has a friend as well as his sister and her boyfriend coming to visit this weekend, otherwise it should be pretty quiet.  Keep the prayers coming!

For this lady to say "Keep the prayers coming!" means a lot....up till mow it has been doing in her own strength and $$.  She has found out the value in prayer!

Hi everyone.  It has been a rainy day but is now clearing off and tomorrow should nice.  I have had a full day as this was our annual Al-Anon District Day where members from all the groups in the district get together for a day of workshops, lunch, a raffle and then a speaker in the afternoon.  It is always a most enjoyable day.  I fear this may be my last time I will be able to participate as I came home very tired as had been gone for 7 hours. 

Carol, too bad about the back out on the contract.  However, it sounds like you are getting a lot of traffic.  The joys of selling real estate. 

Judy, it sounds like prayers are definitely being answered with regard to Thomas. 

For sure, and for certain, she said a mouthful when she said that Thomas is directing teenage angst toward the parents. Likely, many of us who have parented teenagers have dealt with this not too great occurrence in a youngster's growing up years. It's really good to hear that she's acknowledging that prayer helps.

It quit raining here about 2 pm, and then we had cold, blustery winds. I kept my winter jacket on, and was thankful for it.

Larry, it's a good thing to be able to remain indoors when the weather's not great.

Hi, Marilyn and Judy. Hope each of you has had a good day.

Wow, Carol, it seems something always changes during the showing of a house. I empathize with you.

Well, it's time to check on the Prayer and Praise section. What a great way to have a nice prayer list laid out for us as we traverse this website.

May our Lord bless each of us real good.

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  I slept in this morning but finally up and going.  I have a simple day planned as will go to church, get something to bring home for lunch as Pat isn't feeling up to going to church this morning, and then will listen to Don Reid's Classical music this afternoon and rest and then watch the basketball games tonight.  We have a congregational meeting after the church service this morning so it will be a longer time at church. 

Ruth Ann, we had similar weather although we did have some rain after 3 pm.  No rain in the forecast for today. 

After church today we are having the Potato Potluck, I make a Triple Chocolate Cake yesterday to take. It started with a cake mix and I added dark chocolate ;pudding and some dark chocolate chips to the batter then put more chips on top after I frosted the cake. I can't wait to try a piece. Mmm Yummazing.

Hi Everyone

Just home from church and a great worship service and then we had a 5'th Sunday dinner with lots of good food and fellowship. Seems there are just not enough months with 5 Sundays.

Now I have to go back to church to gather all the trash and take it to the recycle bin and then it will be time for a nap.

Have a great afternoon everyone.

I figured out how to add text to a scanned page for John.  It took a bit but I went back to basics and used a printed page  then on a blank document put in what he wanted and reprinted the same page with just the lines. If you can make that out you are doing better than me!!!  I know how I did it, and can do it again.

Church was good again today, Pastor John  is getting better every week!

A friend gave me her knitting needles, and all her knitting patterns.  She is 92 and basically cleaning house.  I welcome what she has given me, however I checked with her Husband if there would be any hard feelings from any family members at her giving me the yarn and patterns, There is no other healthy family member who wants it. 

Well I will be back later

The description of that cake, Marilyn, has my mouth watering!

Larry, it's been a beautiful day here, too. I enjoyed our worship service this morning, then lunch out with friends. And, now I'm feeling rested and refreshed after a quiet afternoon.

Don, at one of those "dinners-on-the-grounds" one time, I watched a little boy who was far too full to eat anything else slip a piece of cream pie in the pocket of his smart looking little sports jacket. Wonder how that mamma felt when she realized what her son had done!

Oh, how sweet of your 92 year old friend to recycle her yarn and needles with you, Judy.  You will enjoy her generosity.

Much love to all who come here to read and/or converse.

Ruth Ann

Time to start a new "Thoughts for the Week"  HERE