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Praying Sarah!

Happy Anniversary to Pat and Paul.  
Someone said 3 years?  Can it be that long already?
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed your day.

Sarah, I heard about the newest tornadoes today, and yes we need to pray...so many lives lost already and the damage is horrendous.  I wonder if Joplin got hit again, the last I heard they were under a tornado warning there again tonight. 
I heard there were some people who went into a walk-in freezer to be safe.  That reminded me of the time Earl and I went to Fort Smith, AR for my aunt's funeral.  We were undecided as to whether to start home afterwards, or stay the night there.  We happened to go have some supper at a fast food restaurant and then decide.  After we were in there a few minutes one of the staff came around and told all of the diners that they got a phone call from the police warning of an approaching tornado, and to have all of us go into their walk-in.  Not very many of us were there but we went in for a little while until they got the all clear message.  The storm did not hit Fort Smith after all.

There was a wild fire south of us today, I forgot how many acres destroyed.  There was one about a month ago that burned out 17,000 acres in our county.  There were 2 or 3 homes burned to the ground too.  It is so awfully dry here, and we have wind frequently, so the fires are hard to control.  That one got started when a car on the highway had a tire blowout, and the sparks started the grass fire. 

Hi everyone.  I posted late last night so this will be a short posting for me. 

Sara, I was glued to the Weather Channel quite awhile last night as they tracked the tonados.  It sounds like today will have a continuation of them in some of the same areas and moving North.  I understand that there are still 1500 people unaccounted for from the Joplin tornado.

Judy, I very seriously doubt that you will find updated drivers for a scanner that worked with windows 98 but you can always so to the website of the maker of the scanner, do a search on your particular scanner model, and see if any exists.  Many people have had to replace scanners after new versions of Windows are released as the manufacturers decide not to update the software. 

Well today is the last event for this year's Seniors Golden Games and it is a luncheon and final business for the year.  Most of my webwork for the year is over for this organization other than to update minutes that we keep on line when they have a board meeting and there may be a few more pictures.

This afternoon Pat and I are going to go to the AT&T store and join our son's phone family plan.  I have decided to get a smart phone and will probably give my daughter the iPod Touch that I had planned to replace when the newer version comes out next.  With this smart phone that won't be necessary.  We will be eliminating our house phones and using strictly cellphones.  Fortunately, we are going to be able to keep our house phone number, which will be on Pat's phone, as she gets most of the calls.

Well, I am almost ready to leave for Nashville, Indiana, for a couple of days.  And yes, bad weather predictions.  Looks like rain any second.  Suppose to be winds, rain, hail, thunder and lightening.  Bad.  Pray that it goes north or way south! 

I got a visitor last evening.  The man (boy) that owned the truck that was towed away from between my drive and mailbox came to my door.  Seems he blames ME that he has now lost his truck!!  Said he was homeless and jobless and can't get his truck from the wrecker service.  He told me I called it to be towed the night he left it.  I let him know that HE should be responsible for his own actions and that HE was the one that told me he would get it the same evening he left it.  I waited 2 and a half days and then called the police.  Then it wasn't towed for 3 days...that was plenty of time to find someone that would have moved it for him.  Besides it was on my property.  He left it the 13th, wasn't towed until the 19th and just realized it wasn't there yesterday, the 24th!!  He ended up cussing me out and telling me God would punish me for being so un-Christian.  If it had been left anywhere that long, the police would have tagged it and had it towed anyway!

Well, time to move on.  I am taking my laptop and it seems that we all may be inside at Nashville a lot.  Suppose to rain today, tomorrow and Friday when we leave.

Etta Sue it is that attitude that has him out of work and no home.  I am sure there is a mens shelter somewhere.

I had a good sleep last night.  First in a long time.

I am working on a project here on the puter that takes up a lot of my time.  I get so involved with it that I forget to eat and sleep.  Sill I know but I am enjoying this so much.

We have a warmer day here, with low winds.  Everything is drying out again and I will be able to start mowing soon.

Have a great day everyone.

As far as I can tell everyone from this  forum are OK undamaged by the tornado's.  I am so glad I do not live in a place where there are tornado's, we only have to  worry about Tsunami's here. That is just as bad.

We went out to dinner last night for Keith's 65th birthday. We went to La Costa for  a wonderful Mexican meal. I love that place, I had the special which was a Chili Verde Burrito smothered in lettuce and tomatoes. Keith had his usual two Enchiladas , rice and beans. Next time we go there I am going to try the Peruvian food.

Rain here today.  I see my Dr. today for the results of the blood tests.

We are having a nice, cool, cloudy day today, but the wind is getting up again.  I pray no more tornados anywhere in the country will happen today!

I have been to my chiropractor, and Darrel has gone to the dentist.  I tink it's time I stopped playing on this computer and got some work done around here!

See you later!

Hello there!  I am (finally) back in my own home after a very long and tiring trip from California.  Nita met my bus last night and brought me home, but I was just too tired to even turn on this computer.

This morning I am still a little achy from the trip ... and the bus ride (from Eugene) was really bumpy!

I have been able to keep up with most of y'all from my son-in-law's computer, and I have been aware of the needs as well as the praise reports.  Would be so nice if the praises could far outnumber the problems!  One day that will be true.  Oh what a day that will be!

My cupboard is bare ... so is my fridge ... so I will have to go to the store sometime today.  Not at the moment, however, 'cause it's started raining pretty hard.  I'm not afraid of the rain, just don't exactly feel like getting out in it just yet. 

I do praise the Lord that the weather in California was "unusually cool" while I was there.  I really don't handle that triple digit stuff very well. 

Hi, friends,

I've been listening to a nonfiction book downloaded from the public library. It's by Buzz Aldrin who was the second man on the moon. How odd that on the last newscast, I heard this is the day President Kennedy declared that we would be going to the moon.

Also, Larry, I'm thankful for the laptop, and I don't know WHAT I would have done without your suggestions! It's great your daughter is out of the hospital, and I truly hope she is able to keep her readings and the pain within tolerable limits.

We have tornado watch due to begin about 9:30 this evening. So, I'll be dressed and ready if I need to evacuate.

Y'all have a good rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

Welcome back Jane!  Trips are tiring whether you drive or go by train, but I'm glad you got to do some of it the easier way.  I've been over the same miles more than once.  We took Amtrack from San Jose up to Olympia, WA one time.  Sure beat driving.  Anyway, may our God restore your strength & energy now.

This site is sooo slooow. I had great workouts both yesterday and today, I was there all by myself since Jane wasn't around to go.

back from the Dr. I am ashamed to tell you m,y LDL number. 166 my HDL was 63 and Triglycerides. 138. anyway the total is 257 she gave me some samples of 10mg Crestor to see If I can tolerate the Statin. She also gave me a Calcium channel blocker/BP pill the generic for Novasc  for the Raynaud's in my finger, I'm to monitor my BP 3 times per day and  start with ½ pill, if I have a problem with it only take it every other day or twice a week. the same with the Crestor. She spent close to 1½ hours with me answering questions and looking stuff up on line about the side effects of the meds.Plus the computer was kinda slow.

Hi everyone.  Just back from choir practice.  Almost all of our choir was present.  One of our soprano's had serious heart surgery yesterday but came through it very well and had a good night last night. 

It was a busy day today.  I did attend the final activity of the games and only about 100 of the 170 people who had signed up to attend showed up.  There were many vacant seats.  I didn't win any of the door prizes either but had a nice time.  The meal wasn't anything to write home about but served the purpose.  I came home and rested for 90 minutes and then went with Pat to the shoe store to pick up some shoes she had ordered that had come in.  They didn't fit just right so they are sending them back and getting a smaller size.  She was able to have the heals of her SAS shoes replaced and they now look like new. 

We then stopped at the AT&T store but ran into more obstacles as the lady we were dealing with wasn't there and they didn't have the phone I wanted in stock but was on order.  So we will try again next week.  It isn't an urgent matter.

Marilyn, hope the medicine will not bother you.  I have taken a statin for many years and it has never bothered me.  The meal sounds very good.  I don't know about the Peruvian food but will look forward to your assessment.

Jane, as Al said welcome back as we have missed you.  Traveling can be so tiring.

Ruth Ann, sure hope the watch doesn't turn into a warning.  Good to keep the TV on and be prepared.

Judy, it is nice to have an interesting project that we are very interested in.  Currently I have no major project I am working on but sure one will come along.

Etta Sue, hope those storms through the midwest don't interfere with your trip.

Interesting that you are all having problems with the site being slow.  I am finding it is only slow when the internet connection (dial-up) is slow. today I am running at 37.2 Kbps.... For me that is fast!  But not at all like dial up.  When the server in finished with the upgrades it will be much better.

Looks like John will have a longer time off this weekend.  I am praying for dry weather.  It is raining again tonight.

I do believe that from 2pm until midnight all three of the local TV stations showed radar screens of the weather!  Pre-empted even Oprah!!  There are 13 of us here in Nashville.  We all came up to go to bed, I am on the third floor.  We must have all turned on the TV because by 10:30 most of us were back in the basement waiting out another storm.  Nothing bad here but south and north are homes damaged and roofs torn off. 

It's raining so I doubt if there will be golfing or shopping today!!

The site works perfectly for me this morning.  But last night, I couldn't even get here, nor read any email, either.  I finally just gave up on it.  I sure want to keep an eye on email because of my book!

Larry, glad Stacey is home, hope she can get a grip on the smoking, as I know smoking compounds the problems she has physically.  I guess a disappointing meal occasionally make us appreciate all the good ones even more.

I have an app't. at 9, then there is a funeral at 10 for yet another former resident of the care home.  So many have died in these past few months!  This lady was nearly 102 years old, the grandmother of one of our church members, so our church is helping with the meal.  It is a Hispanic family with LOTS of people, so two churches are doing the meal.

I need to find another project to work on, I am feeling at loose ends since finishing the book.  Darrel says I should write another one.  I'm ruminating on that...

Etta Sue, I hope the weather doesn't keep you from enjoying the rest of your little vacation.

Ruth Ann, glad you are enjoying your laptop.  I surely do like mine!

WELCOME HOME, JANE!!!

Well, today I go to the ophthamologist, with the liklihood that he will set a day and time for cataract surgery, possibly next week.  The sooner the better, as I can't do much heavy studying until the eyes are better.  I pray that Stacey will be able to quit for good quickly, Larry.

Good afternoon everyone.  Janet I am so excited about your book I can't wait to read Beth's story.

I have been to Walmart to have the oil changed in my car, to the mall to have my thumbnail fixed, to the Dollar store for 4 items and over to the church to see what was going on there.

Keith went to the Archdiocese in Portland with a man from the Catholic church in Bandon, Keith was hired to do some plans for that church. They left around 8 this morning and I have no idea what time he will be back.

Well the rain has stopped so I think I will try to get the dogs walked before it starts raining again.

I've gotten in so excellent workouts this week, two days I was there all by myself. I stayed on each machine until I could "feel" that I had done enough.

We are back from a sleep-over at daughter's home and we all attended a "moving up" ceremony for granddaughter going into the 9th. grade & different building.  Some people talk and talk and it lasted 2 hours & 15 minutes - meanwhile, our daughter loses money on her contract work.  Otherwise, super kids were honored - I mean some top math students in the nation and all kinds of things - she has a high almost 4.0 average & does about 3 hours of homework nightly.  The class went swimming and ate lunch at a club that was a treat.   

Larry:  Your new Smart Phone is so smart - it knows your former home phone number 

Janice:  In all our moves, we have experienced three pastors who were neglectful of compassion towards those in need.  Not understandable at all - do look for someone who will listen to you.  Take care. 

I read all the notes & silently said prayers for those in need.  We are (at church) keeping copies of military children overseas & saying daily prayers over the names and those who are in missions as well.  Cannot fathom all the people who have lost everything including family members in these storms. 

Thanks, Marilyn.  I sure will let all of you know when Beauty for Ashes is available!  Things are moving along....

Carol, don't you hate it when people have nothing much to say and yet take forever saying it?    I know you are proud of the granddaughter, as well you shoud be!

I just got a call from another of our doctors, whom I had asked to write the foreword for the book--he had it ready, so I went to pick it up immediately!  It is really nice.  Also, Beth had her 'glamour shot' photos from Nursing home week, they are really nice!  Maybe one will be in the book!  It is really hard choosing which photos to use!

Tonight is Abby's dance recital, so I must eat something and then we will go.  Can't miss that!

I hope you all have a blessed evening followed by peaceful, restful sleep!

Hi, friends, I'm here, the storms really blew hard and both rain and hail pounded my windows, but my car doesn't show hail damage, so I'm very thankful.

I'll go back to listening to my book shortly, but wanted to peek in the door and tell y'all I love you.

I stopped by a little market selling chicken leg quarters for $.59 a pound, loose frozen in a 10 lb. bag. So, the crockpot is merrily cooking away while I'm here, enjoying the conversation.

Y'all be blest through His Word this evening.

Ruth Ann

I am finally on here at CP.  I have had trouble with all the different sites I go to, so I figure it is a dial-up or weather thing.  I didn't try very hard as I have been waiting for a phone call.

Funny story to tell you.  I have been dog sitting for my friend.  She is a beautiful Austrailian Shepherd, the colour of a red oak leaf in the Autumn with tan and white, thus the name.  The main colour being the oak red.  I had "Autumn" over Christmas as well.  When she comes she has her kong and a nylon bone to chew on.  Most of the time she is loose in the house kenneled when I go out and at bed time.  As a result I have kenneled my other 2 spaniels.  Our young lad loves to have something in his mouth; a ball, kong, bone, stick whatever.  Well little missy Autumn seems to know this and go with her kong and bounces it just outside the reach of our boy. then the barking begins.  He figures it is "his" kong and wants it, she continues to torment till I call her and tell her to lie down.  She does this very willingly, but leaves the kong just outside the reach of our boy!

I have one portion of my project completed.  now working on the next part.  A lot of fun but also a lot of work.

I have read all the posts.  I am praying for each of you, for God's protection and answers to your prayer.

I am not having the problems with the internet that JudyB is having, however I am on satellite. I did have an outage, earlier, due to storm clouds and rain.

I have been bookkeeping all day both outside the home and here at my computer. I think I'll stop for the night.

I enjoy dog-sitting too and enjoy it when I can have Judy's two over. In July I'll have my daughter's Rock / Shepherd cross here for a week. I was told, last week, I'll also have their newest addition, a white baby rat   

Lot's of good reading here today.... Thank You Lord for keeping our friends here, on C.P., safe and may the many, who have lost homes & possessions, feel your presence to guide and comfort...

Judy, what on earth is a kong?

Abby's recital was lovely.  Her first number was en pointe, and she did really well, and to Grandma's eyes, was beautiful!  She had another solo dance, a modern one, and was in the finale, Ave Maria...beautiful!  But she is looking SO grown up[!  Where did my little Abby go? 

I must go to Pat's to get my hair colored and styled; we have a noon app't. for portraits, in Liberal.  Seems they want one of me for the back of the book....

Must run!

Good to read all the posts this morning, will be back after I get home!

Excitement for Lapel Class of 1960 and Cornerstone Inn.  Four guys played golf yesterday in the drizzle.  The rest of us were in the basement just talking.  The guys came back but one decided to take a shower.  His wife was in the room also. 

Us in the basement heard water dripping.  One gals investigates and there was water dripping just outside the door to the meeting room.  She gets a waste basket and goes to tell someone of the leak.  She comes back and the waste basket is full so she gets a trash can.  The water was warm and sudsy!!!  I mentioned someone fell asleep in the bathtub!  Almost right.  Jerry slipped and fell in the shower on the second floor and on his way down, his elbow hit the knob that mixes the water and knocked it off the shower wall!!  Water gushed out and was hitting the opposite wall.  (Great water pressure here!)

His wife ran to see what was going on and saw all the water.  He was trying to hold the mixer fixture in place to slow down the water.  She called to report the problem and then took over while he dressed. 

One couple on the first floor on the opposite side of the hallway went to their room and water was streaming right in the middle of their bed!! 

All and all Jerry and Sue left and went home.  He knew he would be maybe too sore to drive home today.  They moved the other couple to a different room.  A plumber came and got the plumbing fixed.  Over 80 ceiling tiles are in need of replacing.  And the floors are sparkling clean! 

Other than wet spots in some of the carpet and a few rooms torn up with furniture moved, everything is back to normal this morning. 

Ah, Lapel Class of 1960......

I am going to leave here around 11am and meet Donna Getz in Carmel, Indiana.  Then home this afternoon!

Hi Everyone...

Life is so hectic at times.  I've been back and forth to Hamilton to the hospital to help Wanda's parents with the driving as Lee isn't well and Eunice really doesn't like to drive in busy cities.


Janet, here's a Kong with a dog treat stuffed into it:



Hope that shows...  


And here's a site with unreal photos of Joplin tornado:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389737/Joplin-MO-tornado-At-89-dead-twister-cuts-4-mile-swathe-Missouri-town.html

Hi everyone.  We had storms and a lot of rain here last night.  We didn't get much wind or damage in our area but Atlanta was heavily hit as well as other parts of the State.  At one time about 230,000 people were without power.  Two people were killed in Atlanta due to falling trees and there were several houses set afire from lightning.  After coffee this morning we walked in the park and there were small branches and twigs on the sidewalks from the very heavy rain.

Pat, you certainly do keep busy helping others.  I have never heard of a Kong. 

Etta Sue, some real excitement on your out-of-town trip.  I was afraid you were going to indicate the man had fallen and drowned or something.  It doesn't sound like he broke anything but you are right he is probably very sore today.

Janet, I am sure Abby is a beautiful young lady.  The time passes so quickly. 

RuthV, one of the problems with working at home is that you don't have to leave your work at the office when the clock says it is time to go home. 

Judy, the dog sounds like a real tease but a beauty.  Glad your project is going well.

Ruth Ann, those storms are really frightening, particularly knowing they are a part of the terrible storm system that has spawned so many tornados.  Sounds like you got quite a bargain.

Carol, I am really looking forward to the smart phone and learning to use the Android system that it has.  I played with the smart phone that my friend has for an hour at coffee a couple of days ago and know I am really going to enjoy it.  I was happy last night when I was able to download the Kindle application on my ebook reader.  So now I have both the Barnes & Noble and the Kindle book reader on my larger screen ebook reader.  Technology is moving quickly.  Sounds like you granddaughter is a really good student.  We have a prayer list that is issued each week at our church and a separate attachment listing those family members or close friends serving in the military.  Fortunately there have been no casualties of war from among our church family.

Marilyn, it sounds like you have resumed your normal activities now after your hand surgery.  Does it ever dry out in your area?

Al, I have little hope that our daughter will be able to kick the nicotine habit.  She has used the patch system several times with limited results.  Hope you got your date for the eye surgery set.

I guess you can tell by the length of my posting that I had plenty of time this morning as don't have much else planned for the day.  My wife just left to attend a meeting and she is going to call me afterwards to let me know if she is going to lunch with friends and if not we will meet for lunch somewhere. 

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the line at the bottom of the TV screen that said this area was under a tornado watch.  Not a normal thing for here, although a few years ago there was one that touched down about 50 miles south.  Add to that an almost steady stream of thunderstorms and I kept the computer shut down and disconnected from about mid afternoon. 

Pat, it seems as though you are always there, ready to help anyone.  How is Wanda doing?

Here's a page that has dog training tips and it's all about kongs.  Geordie was our first dog with one and I had never heard of them 15 years ago.  Designed in Germany and made of very, very thick and hard rubber. 

http://www.training-dogs.com/dog-toy-kong.html


Wanda is doing so much better.  She's in the hospital now Monday to Friday having therapy in the brain injury wing. 

THank you so much for the Anniversary wishes.  They are so very much appreciated.

Well, the date is indeed set for the cataract surgery.  It's Tuesday, June 14 at 1:45PM.  They said there's also slight possibility of glaucoma at some point and macular degen. also at some point.  Please pray that these will not happen  Thank you.  And thank God our Father, Who definitely knows best.