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Well, Larry, judging from how often you've mentioned haviing to do things for the Senior Golden Games, you deserved AT LEAST what you got!

Ruth, I would love that, too!  Let's make it happen!  (But how?)  Someday, I believe we will be able to get together, though, and hope it will be this side of heaven.  If not, we will have eternity to get to know one another and enjoy time together.....and even then, eternity will have only just begun.

Hi there, Al!  How goes it?  I hope you're continuing to grow stronger each day.

I had a nice surprise at lunch.  The youngest son of our former neighbors walked into the Sr. Ctr. and smiled at me...I jumped up to give him a big hug, we talked a bit and he said he wanted a book.  I carry some in the car all the time, so went to get him one and autograph it for him.  We had such a nice visit!  He is living about 20 miles from here, in another small town, his wife teaches school there.  They are the family who shared several scuba diving trips with us, and Jeff is a little younger than our grandson Curtis.  It was so good to see him!  He had come to eat with his grandma.  Gotta love those young men who love their grandmas!     

I must choose what I am going to wear tonight for the banquet.  I think maybe I need to go shopping for clothes, but if and when I do, I want Darrel with me, as he buys me nicer clothes and ones that look better on me than I do!  I haven't bought much of anything now for several years, as I dislike shopping.

Anyway......see you later!

Boy, I wish I could sleep the second half of the nights!  Here I am up way too early again.  I made myself a nice cup of hot chocolate and hope I can go back to sleep in a little while, for a little while at least.

Mallory's body was found!  It was about half way between the Royal Gorge bridge and Canon City.  Two of her aunts went to make the identification, and I understand the plans are for cremation.  Such a loss......

The mother daughter banquet was nice, the decorations were borrowed from the Junior class of the high school, what they had for Prom.  Their theme was Arabian Nights, so lots of palm trees, towers, etc. with the little lights, most of the decorations were purple--very pretty!  But the program was MUCH too long...we sat there for over four hours without even a break!  So lots of us had to take a break anyway!  Beth's poor bottom was really hurting, in spite of the fact that I tilted her chair as far as possible to try to relieve the pressure.  We may have to rethink things before taking her to something like that again.   

Today, Darrel and I will tackle the rest of the garage.  That work will consist mostly of moving things and sweeping and mopping the floor.  We have several pieces of furniture out there we plan to give away but are waiting until after the reunion, as we can use it then.

Good morning to whoever wakes up and comes in next!  I left some warm banana bread on the counter next to the teapot and coffeepot for you! 

Janet:  Thanks for the warm banana bread - cyber style - I just had a piece of toast.  It had to be difficult for the two aunties to identify their niece.  Praying for the family. 

It is raining and in the mid-40's this morning. Nice, and fresh air.  I pray that some of this rain will make it to the fires near Fort Collins, our old home area.  That was a accident by a man who turned himself in to the police.  Apparently, he was camping and knocked over a propane stove & immediately lost control of the fire.  We have fire bans all over so I don't know if that county had it in effect already or not.  Always someone who thinks they know more than the firemen. 

Today is the Colorado Quilt group I  and we are meeting at a large church in Longmont.  Rain, hail or snow doesn't stop this group.  It looks like a mild rain for the day.  Nice for my newly planted mugo pine in front.  It is so cute.  Yes, little evergreens can be cute.    

Hi everyone.  Just back from coffee with friends at McDonald's.  It is going to be another beautiful day.  Nothing other than the routine things on my schedule for today.  I see in my e-mail that I have more Golden Games results and pictures to work up today.  Thank you all for your kind comments on the award.  I appreciate it and I appreciate your comments.

A 4 hour banquet is really excessive--what could the organizers been thinking to program something like that.  Thanks for the banana bread.

Carol, I would think it was unusual for a citizen to turn themselves in as the cause of a forest fire.  It sounds like an obvious accident with dire consequences.  Hope you have a great time at the quilt show.

Janet, the banquet last evening sounds like a very special occasion.  It seems that your town does a good job of having civic events like the banquet.  I bet they have chocolate everywhere.  One of the Golden Corral dining places we go to has a chocolate fountain so have experienced that and it is enjoyable but can be a bit messy until the chocolate hardens.  Hope you have a wonderful turnout for the book signing on the 24th.  That certainly was a good write-up in the paper.

Etta Sue, glad your eyes are now doing well and your vision is much better.  You deserve to reward yourself. I certainly hope Jacob comes out of the coma so his rehab can continue at Shepard's.  It would be a shame for him to have to leave but can understand why they wouldn't keep him indefinitely.

Ruth Ann, hope you had a restful day yesterday.

Marilyn, does Keith generally come home for lunch everyday?

Ruth, sorry to hear you are not able to get enough rest.  Just keep in mind if you don't take care of yourself you are not going to be able to care for others.  There is nothing selfish about taking care of ourselves. 

Busy day so far.  Up kind of late and ate my breakfast.  I took a cup of coffee and the recipe for Pumpkin Pie Cake to Ivalou to show her a YouTube that her grandson, Parker did.  I cried like a baby when I saw it first but Ivalou shows no emotion.  I would like one time to see her tear up!!    And she didn't tear up watching the video.  If you want to see it, here it is.  Parker is Jacob's first cousin and the same age.  Part way into the video is the tree that Jacob hit and a picture of his blue truck.  Then lots of Parker/Jacob pictures.  Nice video and a great tribute to Jacob.  Jacob is in a natural coma.  There are several stages to a coma and Jacob is in stage 3-4 now with a few stages yet to go!  He is waking up but slowly!

Then I mowed the grass and fixed lunch.  I finally read my devotions and went out for the mail.  No mail for me but Ivalou had some so I took hers to her so going out wasn't a lost cause after all. 

Not much else going on today.  Just happy to be seeing clearly!  There are some wispy clouds, very little wind and suppose to be the hottest day of the year so far!  I think I forgot to lower my deck when I mowed and had a hard time seeing where I just mowed.  It's dry here so far this year!  Bad for farmers.  Good for lawn mowing!  And no, I do not water my grass!

Larry yes Keith comes home every day for lunch, this town is not very big and his office is only about 2.5-3 miles away. On Memorial day there is going to be a Tsunami drill we are not in any  danger from a Tsunami where we live, The church behind us and the one around the corner are both gathering places. I hope everyone in the danger zones will participate and find where they are supposed to go.

Etta Sue, thanks for sharing Parker's video.  He did a great job on it and I don't know how anyone related to Jacob could keep from tearing up watching it.  And I pray Jacob comes out of the coma soon.  God is doing a healing work even while Jacob is in the coma, the results will be seen when he fully wakes.

We worked on the garage until noon, I came in and made us some lunch, Darrel turned on the TV (our biggest enemy at times!) and The Diary of Anne Frank was just coming on......guess who got stalled out on their work.  The wind shifted around to the North, so we couldn't have the overhead door open, thus not enough light, etc.  You don't have to look too hard for excuses, if you want one!    One less day to get it done!

Marilyn, if there is no danger of a tsunami, then why are they having tsunami drills?  I must have misunderstood something there.  I'm guessing you mean the area where you live is higher or something.  It would have to be the largest one in the history of the world, if a tsunami ever hits here!  But who knows?  There are always tornadoes, earthquakes, flash floods.  When nature goes on a rampage, lots can happen.

Tomorrow is graduation here, and a lovely girl from our church is graduating.  Then they are having a reception for her that evening.  Since we got an invitation, we plan to go.

Janet we are up a steep hill from the bay and down into a dip between that hill and the next, therefore our area is protects by the hills surrounding us. We are even uphill from the Baptist Church behind us. If you look up North Bend Oregon on Google maps you will see that there is plenty of water. in this area.

Yes, Marilyn, just sbout every place in Coos Bay or North Bend is within a mile or less from the ocean, so tsunnammis could certainly happen.  But if you're uphill far enough from the water, it's much safer.  Where we are is probably 3 or 4 miles from the ocean, plus we're on the other side of a hill, so I think it's fairly safe here also.  I'm glad, though, that they're having drills - at least they'll know where to go snd how to get there.

I've got to get busy and send these applications I just got for permanent absentee ballots.

Larry:  Thanks for the encouragement but  most often I am my own worst enemy. 


I have spent a good part of the afternoon a Jean Auld book in fact it is the last one in her series.
A good story but I will be glad when all 822 pages have been read.

Hi, friends,

What a busy, confusing, happy, wonderful!

Free skin cancer screenings were offered by one of our major hospitals. A friend wanted to go, but forgot a mutual friend planned to ride along, too.

Then, she either didn't receive or didn't read the text message last night when I replied to hers that if we had only a few parking places, we needed to leave 45 minutes early...Well, after drumming my fingers on the steering wheel, reading all of the morning paper, and part of a magazine, I finally called her (had been waiting 30 minutes already). Well, it ended up being another 20 minutes before she came out.

So, off we went - she and I had different understandings of where in the hospital complex this screening was to be held. So, finally, I chose to go to the first location, which, ultimately, ended up being the correct one.

Then, she called and said that she had had a call from our mutual friend and she was waiting for her ride. So, I left the parking garage and drove back to the apartment complex, picked her up, and we returned to the hospital.

The skin cancer screenings were wonderful, staff was so friendly and helpful, and there was no cost involved.

Then, the lady I took first, pulled out a great certificate for $100 of food she had won at a seminar we attended a few months back. So, she took us to that really nice hotel grill and we enjoyed a leisurely brunch.

On the way back, she mentioned needing to go by the LifeWay store, for they were having a big sale. So, I detoured, and off we went. What a great time we had browsing, and each of us made purchases.

On the way home we laughed and quipped back and forth like giddy schoolgirls.

Then, after a brief afternoon's rest period, we met up again at the church across the street for a wonderful lasagna meal followed by such a sweet, moving performance by the children of the church.

So, yes, the day was a mixed-up kind of day, but all's well that ends well, especially with praises for our Lord and Saviour.

Y'all have a wonderful rest of the day with our Lord.

Ruth Ann

It was a quiet day yesterday...unlike Ruth Ann.     I did get the yard mowed so it was a productive day.

Today however is another day.  Church, SS, eat out.  Then I want to go to the Dollar General and to Ricker's Convenient Store.  When I get home I want to change the bed linens, do some laundry and make some Cinnamon and Sugar Pretzels. 

Then Kitty is to come around 4pm and help me pull weeds out of my rocks!  I told her I would go one way and she could go the other and when we met we would be done!! 

Then for a treat we will have Pretzels and Iced Tea. 

And I have to remember not to eat or drink anything after 9pm...a fasting blood draw in the morning!

Janet, I forgot to mention that I am glad that they found Mallory's body...will give closure for her family members.  Such a sad situation. And thanks for watching Parker's video!  He did do a great job, didn't he?

As one week draws to a close, another opens.  And so it is with our "Thoughts for the Week" also.  It's time to move on over HERE