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Hi all:

Marilyn and to the others here as well.   It has been on the radio all morning about the benefits of 1/4 tsp. of cinnamon a day.  It is not very much to add to the meal but I will be one that will forget to make it a daily routine.

We had our share of rain yesterday and are getting more again this afternoon.   

After work I have a chiro. appointment to get my back taken care of, it is just a routine thing when everything gets tight. 

Have a great day

   Good afternoon and have been reading all the posts and very interesting.  We are very busy around our house as my sister-in-laws are having a big 60th. birthday bash for me so there is so many things to do.   So I only have a few minuetes. 

ETTA SUE:  The pie sounds delicious could you give us the recipe please as my wife would like to make it as I have just become type 2 diabetic. 

Well  I must go and hope that all well.

Hi All I  will be busy for a few days here I have to get my applications filled our and some of my photos on to disk and over to Costco for printing in 8 X 10 size for entry into the Redwood acres Fair competition I have to have the App in by 5/24 and the photos shortly after.

Hey Shutterbugmom did you take any pictures?  We would love to see them. 

I have had an afternoon of going through the pics on the forum and we have a lot of very talented people! 

So take a quick boo at the pictures and let us know what you think!

Quote from: Janet on May 16, 2007, 09:52:21 AM


Pat, we miss you.  What's happening in your life?  Love you!

Hi Janet...

I've been busy with one thing and another and tried to get in here to this topic at least once a day but have been trying to post in our Photos area a lot more.

We have some wonderful photos and many have been without comments so just trying to catch up there.

Will probably pop back in here a little later.

Kathleen, I'm so very happy to read your news regarding your eyes.  I have been praying for you and this is great news.

Etta Sue, as I told you in email, I'm continuing my prayers on your behalf as well. 

Well, Darrel may not be able to get his shoulder repaired next Wednesday after all.  The doctors are discussing whether he should get off the Plavix (taking it since his heart stent placements on March 14)  So we are in limbo concerning that, and neither of us is happy about it.  But of course we want him to be safe.

No new glasses for me at this time.  My problems are caused by the radial keratotomy surgery I had about 20 years ago.  They didn't realize then what the long term problems would be.  The surfaces of my eyes are unstable because of the surgery, causing my vision to fluctuate a lot during the day.  I am now wearing my computer glasses for distance until about 1 in the afternoon.  Actually, he says my eyesight is shifting from near to far sightedness.  I'm a strange case.

Pat, glad you are okay.  Since I no longer have a gallery button, I tend to forget to go look at the new stuff.  I will do better, I promise.  May even post some, if I can remember how! 

See y'all tomorrow!

Janet, what do you mean that you no longer have a gallery button?

Up at the top of every page in the forum are buttons under the verse that says, "Let everything that hath breath, praise the Lord." are many buttons starting with:

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gteat posts - read all of them and marvel at the opportunity to share.

tonit was 'moms day' - daughter and i enjoyed fish; she;s so busy, so good to catch up with her

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Oh Ruth Ann I am so glad you had time with your daughter.  That is precious time.

I have spent time going through the pictures again this evening.  What a wonderful way to lift your spirit, as you realize the marvelous creation that we live in.  When you feel overcome with the trials ond pain of the day take a look at the scripture pictures or the macro pictures.  The verse of the song
"He sees the little sparrow fall, I knows He loves me too" really says it all.  If we believe He sees the sparrow fall then we KNOW that He cares for each of us and our aches, pains, and concerns, seem a little less worry-some.  Let us rest in His care for us and let Him carry the burdens.   

May God richly bless each one of you with a restful night's sleep, and wake up refreshed. 
JudyB

Good Morning Everyone.  It is a beautiful day, the sun is shining and the birds are singing.  The rain has stopped, and there isn't a cloud in the sky!

This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Good Morning Everyone!

It rained quite heavily all night and today everything is nice and green and the robins are quite busy listening for the movement of worms coming up out of the earth to savour the moistness left by the night rains.

I must get my camera out again and start snapping.

Yes, Judy, it really is a lovely thing to view the images in the Photo section.  I go "awwww...." and "ohhhhhh" as I go through them. 

I have a busy weekend ahead and housework to do so must get at it.

Just before I start "hoovering" the floors (as they say in the UK sometimes when they are going to vacuum), I thought I'd share with you all a lovely photo by one of our newer members, Neil.

It's a robin but as you can see, it's a lot smaller than ours in North America being about the size of a sparrow or finch.





Please click on the photo to go to where Neil posted and leave him a note.

Not much going on here in Indiana.  Cold.  Only 49°!!!  Brrrr!  I do see the Sod Farmer is out cutting sod.  We have been told that he and his wife are retiring...selling their equipment, buying a 5th Wheel and are going to travel next year.  I sure will miss the big 'yard' that I don't have to mow!!  I can feel those corn fields closing in on me. 

I will go right now and post the Hawaiian Strawberry Pie recipe and then come back here and give you a link.

Out of my Healthy Exchanges Diabetic Desserts Cookbook is a Hawaiian Strawberry Pie recipe found here.

Just saw it, Etta Sue and it sounds so good.

Thanks!

Ow!  Ow!  Owee!  Pat just  me!  Yes, of course I know that button is at the top, but there used to be one by my name every time I posted, and it's gone.  That's what I was talking about.

Nice robin, I mean two robins.  I hear we have lots of lovely birds here, lots that migrate through, but we don't see them at our house.  Maybe because we have cats, and not the feeders they like, either.

We are waiting for a call from the doctor to let us know if Darrel's surgery is a "go" or not.

Etta Sue, the pie sounds good.

Hi everyone.  We also have a beautiful and sunny but crisp day.  Don't think it is to get as warm as the last few days.  Pat was sitting out on the porch when I came home from coffee but it was too chilly for me and I have my sweatshirt on, but that isn't unusual.

I had some blood work done yesterday and got the results over the Internet last evening and it looks like I may be a bit anemic as the oxygen levels of my blood on several tests are below the low numbers of the scales they use to measure.  I have a feeling this is one of the side-effects of the weakening heart function as my feet have also started to swell a bit by the end of the day.  I have a physical scheduled in mid-July so will see what the doctor says then.  I did talk with him yesterday and he wants me to see a dermatologist about a basil cell situation that has developed on my nose.  He said it wasn't the type that would spread but could become a problem on my nose if ignored.  He also authorized the ultrasound on the aorta that my cardiologist wants me to have.  So one appointment generates more appointments.  This maintenance work as we get older gets more burdensome. 

Don't have a lot on the schedule today.  I will go with Pat to her chiropractic appointment shortly and then we are going to go to Wal-Mart for a few items.

Our son and daughter-in-law were in town yesterday and we met them for lunch and then they came over to the house.  He was able to adjust our big TV.  He had done it before to reset the positioning of the color guns (it is a rear projectioin type) but hadn't saved his work so that effort had been wasted.  He didn't repeat the mistake this time and the pictures is improved.  Now if only the programming would improve.

My good friend Rod's wifes purse was stolen from her car that was in her driveway.  They are certain that a neighborhood boy was the thief as later the boys father brought over two car keys he had found, one of which was to Rod's car that had been in his wife's purse.  They got busy and cancelled credit cards and she got a new driver's license.  The problem is there were house keys in her purse and the automatic door opener for her car and her car keys.  Apparently she was carrying in groceries of something from shopping and had left the car unlocked with her purse in it.

Janet, I decided long ago that wearing glasses wasn't so bad and I wasn't going to let anyone work on my eyes if it was medically indicated.  Fortunately that has not been a problem.  When I was going to have the prostate biopsy a couple of years ago my heart doctor told me he thought it was safe to be off the Plavix and aspirin for 5 days before the procedure.  Of course, I wasn't having surgery so it was a different situation but have taken blood thinners for quite a few years.  I am sure they will work something out for Darrel.

Marilyn, I hope your fair entries do very well.  It is coming into that fair season.

Etta Sue, I agree with Gord that your diabetic pie sounds very good.  Thanks for providing the PowerPoint link for Janet.  You really miss out on a lot of beautiful things if you don't have a PowerPoint reader.

Karmat, I feel for Bernard with the sneezing and coughing.  That chest needs time to heal. 

Kathleen, it sounds like you had a marvelous time on your vacation.  I sure don't envy you in sorting out all of those photos you took.  Glad your eye situation has not deteriorated any further.  A praise indeed.

Carol, I am sure Pat would have taken in those quilt shops if she had been in the area.  This past Tuesday her quilting guild was having a quilt show at their monthly meeting and were expecting over 200 quilts from the members.  Unfortunately Pat wasn't feeling well that day and had to miss the event.  Fortunately she is feeling a lot better yesterday and today.

In the middle of this posting we left for the chiropractor and then stopped at the new acquatic center so Pat could see it and get the information on open times and classes.  We then went to Wal-Mart for a few minutes.  This time I got an electric cart and it sure helped as wasn't exhausted from the experience.  I will be doing that anytime I have the chance, especially in the large grocery stores and Wal-Mart.  Unfortunately many stores don't have that facility available.

Pat, that is a beautiful photo of the Robin. 

About time for a rest period. 

Janet, if you click on your name that button is in your profile under your photo.

Pat, if so, then I am blinder than I thought!  I surely do not see it.

Also, even though I downloaded the pp viewer Etta Sue posted the link for, I still cannot open the power point things.  How I wish I weren't so computer inept. 

Ah to be sure to be sure it is nice to be missed. Some people were asking where I was and what I was doing. Good question! What have I been doing....cos one thing...I know where I am! Well...I have been in the garden quite a lot. So much to do in it at this time of year. I made a new vegetable plot....sowed my little packets of carrots..lettuce..leeks etc and the pesky rabbits have danced through them and hoked holes and generally have made a mess of the whole plot. Grrrr! Rabbit stew anyone!...lol.
Jeannine and I have been so busy on our new website. We have added videos now and lots of other things. Also we have been busy putting a booklet of my poems together illustrated by Jeannine. It is now ready for the printer and hopefully will be available shortly. I have also been roaming the countryside with my camcorder and boy do I not enjoy that! Pat will know these places or some of them which I have videoed...The Giants Causeway...Antrim Coast Road...Glenarriff Glen.. . Slemish and various other places. These videos are for another project of Jeannine and mine. We are making a DVD which is also near completion. I am shooting the pictures..Jeannine is doing the audio narrating my poems with background music. We are pleased with the results and hopefully the DVD will be launched soon. So you can see I have been very busy.
I have been reading your posts....keeping abreast of developments. I have been not able to do all I want to do and have had to cut down on things. I blog in another place but have not posted there for awhile either...so my CP mates...I was not ignoring you or being disenchanted. Just trying to prioritise.
Take care everyone and I will drop in again shortly. An American lady asked me when our next big holiday would be in Northern Ireland and I said it would be the twelfth fortnight in July. Puzzling to her when she thinks there are only four weeks in the month.    God bless...bye for now!

Quote from: Carol on May 16, 2007, 10:47:31 AM
Hi to all from Sequim, Washington.  Leaving in minutes.  We had a wonderful visit with two nieces & two of one's children.  Then, we boarded a ferry and toured Victoria, B.C. for two days and the lush gardens.  It was so beautiful and peaceful.  Slept late this morning & a busy drive as soon as I get going. 

Carol I remember Sequim (pronounced "skweem")!  My daughters and I were there in 2005 during their Lavender Festival and then took the ferry over to Vancouver and stayed there a couple nights so we could take in all the sights.  That is really a lovely area and a place we will not soon forget.  Did you get a chance to connect with Liz while on the island? 

I have been rather scarce around here, as far as posting goes.     Things just seem to pile up and I have to take a break (much more often than some folks do, for sure).  I am beginning to think I have allergies.  Whenever I do any sort of work in the yard, I end up feeling bad for the ret of the day and into the next.     I have really been just lying around all morning so far.  Here it is afternoon and I'm just now turing on the computer.

I'll have to get back to y'all later 'cause I have other things to do now and places to go and people to see..............  Later

Hi, Colin!  Don't be so scarce; just pop in and say "hello" if you're short on time.

I'm going to a baby shower, then to an ice cream social (come with me, Karma!) for all the youth friends, parents and mentors.  Poor Darrel has to stay home.  Well, he could come along, but he won't. 

Still waiting on word from the doctor..............

Good to see you, Jane.  I feel good, but don't seem to get much done anyway.  Now, why is that? 

I have chosen the photos that I will have printed and matted for the Fair, got them on CD now all 7 of them.

Just mopped the kitchen floor. I won't have Saturday to do my housework so I need to get it done before then. I am working a booth at the Women's Health fair on Saturday. The will be myself, my Chiropractor, and two others at the booth. 

So much to do,  Where does the time to do those things go anyway? I took both dogs for a nice walk when I  first got home for my afternoon break. many days even my breaks are filled with stuff to do. On Monday I have to go to Blue Lake on my break to teach someone some computer basics like how to clean it up. We are doing this on the barter system. She will give me a jin shin Jyutsu manipulation . Ji Shin Jyutsu

Hi Colin good to see you stopping in, do that more often. Tell Jeanine to stop in too.

TTYL

Quote from: Janet on May 17, 2007, 02:38:26 PM
Pat, if so, then I am blinder than I thought!  I surely do not see it.

Did you actually go to the LEFT and click on your name to view your profile?  It's not showing unless you click and then see it under your photo.

Nice to see you posting Colin.

We used to love to see Jeannine's updates each day on her lovely son and hear about her husband's health and we've missed that.

Also, it was nice to see your poems in here.

'Allo all!  We've just finished our gourmet meal of pizza.    I honestly think my kids (especially Kristi) would eat pizza all the time, if I let her. 

got my hair cut off today.  It is ear length, and blond.  Bernard just kinda looked at me when I got home.  I like it -- it is off my neck so it feels a lot cooler and more comfortable.

Not a lot going on in WNC, today.  It was cold.  The blackberries are blooming, so I figured it was our blackberry winter, just a bit later than normal.

Karma you Have to take a photo and letus see your new look.

Good idea, Marilyn!  Karma, show us!


Have you all taken a peek at our CP Blog?

I've put one of our members' photos in today:

http://christian-photographers.blogspot.com/2007/05/inspiredgals-photo.html

I second that MArilyn ,  Karma take a picture let us see the new look!

Just checking in want to turn early tonight, have a busy day tomorrow.  I am painting and papering my bathroom.  Want to surprise John and have it done when he gets home.

This has been a wonderful day full of sunshine and no rain.  The sky is a deep royal blue with a deep pink at the horizon.  Janet you are the painter?

Have a good night everyone be thankful for you good health.

God Bless JudyB