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Wow here it is Saturday evening and I am the first one to post for the next week. Thank you Al for the devotion and your interpretation of Psalm 59. I  love the Psalms. they ar beautiful if you read them as the songs they are.

I have been working on my website off an on today, I had to take time out to  get away from the computer and get some exercise, so I took the dogs for their walks.

We made the rounds this morning to Walmart for a few things, the pet store to get  dry food for the dogs and cats. This afternoon we went to Bi-Mart to pick up Keith's meds and to the Auto parts store for some touch up paint and a couple of fuses for the Camaro.

We will be going to Portland to visit Keith's sons probably next weekend if he can reach the oldest on the phone this week. It will be my first time going to Portland, I have never been there before.

Talk about being quick!  I hadn't even finished posting the new "Thoughts" yet when, Marilyn, you had posted!

   Al.  Thanks for the devotional and it is a great way as you think about the pain that the chains would have caused.   The song is a beautiful old one and today I was singing at a Christian Transportation Convention at a beautiful bible conference grounds and it went well one of the songs that I sang was  It Took A Miracle and the many older people that were there enjoyed that.  I feel it a wonderful privilege to be able to sing for the Lord.

I do hope that all on C.P. have a wonderful day in the House of the Lord tomorrow and that the message that you here will be an inspiration to you.

have A GREAT DAY.  Gordon AND Noreen.

I wish you all a wonderful Lord's Day, and a great Memorial weekend!

Today is Race Day in Indy.  At least the radio is talking about the traffic around the Speedway.

Yes, Marilyn, Kindle is free on Android but some of the books are not.  I paid for two books...the rest have been free.  I enjoy reading books on Kindle/Droid. 

I am all ready for church.  Ivalou is driving so I have to watch for her to come into the drive.  The grass is wet! 

I talked to a classmate yesterday that has been lost.  I got an address and phone number from another classmate and I called the number.  It was her!  She has moved around a lot and found out her husband was in the military.  Now she and her second husband lives in North Carolina to be near her son.  So glad we found her! 

Hi everyone on the Memorial Day weekend here in the USA.  It is going to be a nice one here in Georgia.  After church we are driving to Madison, GA to meet our son and DIL to celebrate her birthday with a good meal and a good time. 

Etta Sue, nice to see you had a good time on your excursion away form home but know you always do.  I do have LiveBible on my new smart phone and also have it on the iPod Touch.  I have three versions loaded on the phone.  I like the feature of hearing it read while reading it.  I have the Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook ebooks reader apps on it and the Nook is the best I have seen on these small devices.  Great you were able to reestablish contact with your former classmate.

Marilyn, I am not Etta Sue but have used both the Kindle and the Nook and several other of the ebook readers on my Touch and they work very well.  There are many books available free to download and B&N offers a free book each Friday, although not all are of interest to me.  One thing I really like about the Android is the ability to have more than one application run at a time such as listening to music from the radio and reading or working on another app.

Janet, I know you will do what is best for you on the job offer.  However, I remember how tired you seemed to be when you worked so much.  When you put the cable from your camera into the USB plug it will likely start the software for the camera and guide you through the process.  If it doesn't your computer will recognize th camera memory as another disk and you will see another letter associated with it.  Just open your windows explorer (file manager) program and you should be able to see it.  Then just click on the folders until you find the one with the pictures.  If you get stuck on that just give me a call and perhaps I can walk you through the process. 

Jeanne, I haven't seen bananas that high in our markets here.  I have eaten so many bananas over the years that I have sort of tired of them but still try to eat them fairly regularly.

Al, thanks for that posting about prayer and the new devotional though.  I think life would seem to bleak for those who do not believe in God and in Jesus Christ.

Gord, I love that song you sang as well.  There are so many miracles in our lives and so often we fair to recognize and acknowledge them to God. 

 :    Good morning to all and we are also ready to go to church but I am dropping my wife of today as I have my large choir which is out of town and I have to go to meet a fellow choir member.  Be back later.  God bless.   Gordon.

Good morning everyone,  Not much going on here today, just the usual  Sunday things, although we did the Walmart run yesterday so no Walmart today.

It looks like it is going to be a day of sun and clouds and I hope it doesn't rain today. But this is Oregon so you never know when the weather will change.

Al:  thank you for devotions.  I also like what you wrote on how we should pray and do indeed try to frame a prayer as something like praying for acceptance and full faith in what happens, happens.  Tough at times.  We were reminded of this in service this morning. 

I went to church but Don is coming down with a chest cold & feeling the heaviness so he stayed home.  I came straight home and this morning thought about a younger cousin who was battling brain cancer and soon after the phone call came that Paul had died this early morning.  He had cancer for quite a few years and was prepared for the end.  We cannot get to the funeral and Don is not well enough to travel now - it is about 1,000 mile drive and we have made it before but there are so many relatives that we cannot get to all the gatherings. 

  Gord:  Insert Quote
:     

QuoteI am dropping my wife of today

- I hope Noreen is OK after being dropped - hang on tighter next time 

Don't forget to fly the flag tomorrow.  (for those in the US) - We have been at war for ten years and it is hard to believe this still goes on. 

This is the Lord's Day and I will be glad.

I am just busy relaxing and yes staying out of trouble. I was going to purchase some plants to finish with the flower beds but that will wait until tomorrow.  Later this evening I will be making a jelled salad and perhaps a cream cheese cake as I am going out for pot luck dinner tomorrow,as this the last game of Euchre until September.  There will be lots of food for sure.

Another project I have is trying to figure out how to make a fabric book cover, I do have a pattern which seems so complicated.  

To the rest of you have a great day.

Larry, I got the disc (software) installed on the computer and downloaded the photos from the camera, but am having trouble figuring out how to edit and delete.  Mark told me to go to my computer and find them from there and it should be easier, so will try that.  If  I get in trouble, I will give you a call.  I used to do that stuff nearly every day, but now have forgotten all of it, and can't find the tutorial on here, either.  Have to go look again.

Darrel and I ate at Pizza Hut after church, then came home and changed clothes; then went to the cemetery and put out flowers on his family's graves.  We anchored them down as well as we could, but the wind has been howling all afternoon, so those flowers my be in Lakin by now!  I will go out in the morning and check on them.

I have been searching for inspiration for something to paint next week in my class in Flowler.  I want to do a lovely scenery one; haven't found THE one yet.

Carol, I hope your husband feels better real soon.  Sorry for the loss of your cousin.

Well, guess I will try again to figure out the photo problem.  Bye!

Hi everyone on this Memorial Day in the USA.

We had a nice visit with our son and DIL, although it was only a little over an hour.  Our DIL wasn't feeling well and wasn't very conversant.  However, we enjoyed being with them and sharing a meal.  They both look better as have each lost a lot of weight.  Our son has taken off 75 pounds and our DIL almost 50. 

Have a quiet day planned or unplanned today.  We don't even have our usual Monday men's luncheon as decided to take the holiday off.  I will work more on understanding my new smart phone.  There is a lot of learn.  Fortunately my friend and I have both gotten the Android phones about the same time and can help each other, although he will probably do the most helping as he has had his longer.

Carol, thanks for the reminder about the flag.  I have a small flag on a stick that I can place in the ground and attach to my mailbox.  It is sad to lose a relative.

Janet, it must be very satisfying to find a picture and be able to recreate it in a painting. 

Soon time for coffee this morning. Looking forward to it.

Janet, all the "How To" topics are HERE  If you can't find what you need from that list, let me know and I'll see what I can do to help.

I'm hoping none of my neighbors were looking out their windows at 5:30 this morning.  That's when I went onto the front porch and lowered my flag to 1/2 staff.  In my nightgown.   

 

I hit a wrong button just as I was finishing up a long post. Now, it's time to try to reconstruct it.

Today's news informed me that flags are to be lowered for the first half of the day in honor of our deceased service members, and then raised at noon to honor those currently in the armed forces.

Y'all have a good day.

Ruth Ann

I got plenty of nothin',
and nothin's got plenty o' me

That's what we've got to do today.  That'll be interestin'.

When you 'lose' a post, click the 'go back' button before doing anything else.  It works for me.  Takes me back to the page I was composing on! 

Kaye Don called me last evening late...scares me when he calls that late but must remember when they are 'home' that he does this...and asked if I could go out to breakfast with him, Barb and Ivalou.  Sure.  But the catch was he wanted to leave before 8am!  I told him, I could do that since I can take a nap if needed in the afternoon!  Ha!  So we have all been coffee'd and fed!  It was for Kaye Don's birthday tomorrow.

Now I am doing some laundry.  I need to get my house key to Kitty to take care of my kitties Thursday thru Sunday.  They are going to Ohio the 1st and we are going the 2nd.  So it is today or tomorrow and she is going to be gone all day tomorrow! 

What a difference a few days makes in Indiana.  A few days ago, it didn't even get to mid 60's and yesterday and today was and is to be in the 90's!!  Thank God for A/C!

Enjoy the holiday!!

Thanks, Jeanne.  I had gone looking, and the good thing was I saw a lot of photos I hadn't previously seen; bad news was I didn't find the how-tos!  I worked quite a while last night, figured out how to delete bad photos, plus the doubles I had downloaded.    I am determined to relearn how to post photos, need to learn the new software from the new camera so I can edit and improve and resize, etc. 

And thanks to both you, Jeanne and to Larry for your offers of help with this.  I need all the help I can get!

I'm heading out to the cemetery to attend the Military ceremonies, and to see if the flowers we put there yesterday have blown away.  Still blowing today.  Yuck.

I have caught up on reading the post but do not have the time to respond to all.... I have read that the little boy from Peidmont was found in the lake.... The family has lost 2 kids from the tornadoes and the expectant mother and the oldest kid have underwent surgery and are still recovering.... I hope everyone is having a good Memorial day.... we have been lazy today and not done too much Ruth let us sleep in til 930 which is unusual since she is usually up at 630.... started my summer job last week so I have been busy with that and Ruth But now I must be off so that we can put up our clothes and get on with the day have a good day
Sarah

    Good day to all.   We are having a very quick heat wave as it has hit us in the last couple of days.  The temp is around 87 too 90 degrees  F.   And a bit humid but we will take it as the farmers need this so that they can catch up as they are so far behind.

Janet:  Don't feel bad about not being able to post pictures that is something that I have never tried but would like to be able to do it. Hope that you are enjoying your holiday today.

Al:   How is your health doing I do hope that you are out of the lazy boy and back into your own bed. I hope that your wife is good to.

Judy B.  Still waiting for that call.  Sis.

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Our Choir that I sing in had our last concert last night and that was our 75th. one and it went very well and a rough guess there was at least 75 plus voices singing for those of you who don't know it is a barber shop style choir and the perts are Bass, Baritone, Lead and Tenor and we sing all gospel music and we have a lot of fun.   We sing all over southern Ontario.

I also had the op pertunity to sing solo on Saturday at a conference and that went excellent.  Well I must go for now hope that you all have a wonderful week and again may the Lord give you many opportunities to be a witness for him.   God bless to all.   Gordon and Noreen.

We have the flag out and did not know any news about lowering it half day - it may not be possible with the container the flag is set in by the front of the house. 

My walk yesterday was cut short because I spotted a humongous snake stretched across the entire walking path - yes, I stopped & stared while it finally went into the grass.  It was most likely a bull snake but there are rattlesnakes in the area so I did not stop to check it out but warned some walkers with dogs.  Heart beat was up for the next hour.  Today, I made myself go right back to that old ranch area and walk the same path - nothing around but a neighbor had seen a deer.  I would never have made it as a pioneer out here 

Today, must knit a little - work on a little genealogy tomorrow (that is not interesting so far) - make meatballs, and am cleaning iPod audio books.  Winds are picking up with gusts to be 60 mph so there is no sitting on the deck.   

I'm really praying that no fires get started anywhere in our region today, as the wind is over 50 mph.  UGH.  I hate wind and dirt blowing, and it is
SO dry here.  It will take several inches of moisture to get it back into anything like normal conditions.  But.......still better than tornados or floods, or earthquakes, either.  So we must be thankful for the protection of our loving Father.

I am going to move some furniture.  I'm so restless today and can't seem to settle down to anything but need to accomplish something!!

I want to honor two of my sons who have served this  country in the US Navy
Donald Thompson served 4 years on the  Josephus Daniels. Ronald Thompson served 9 years first on a ship that I can't remember the name of out of Norfolk Va., then on the Kitty Hawk Aircraft carrier, and at the Concord Naval Weapons Station. They are a blessing to me and to the United states of America.

Hi everyone.  Wow, what a hot day we had here yesterday and the remainder of the week is to be in the low to mid 90s.  Will be staying in as much as possible.  Thankful for the AC in the cars as well.

I have to call and get a new internet account setup.  By moving our home number to my cellphone I have to establish a new internet account.  Hope that doesn't take ten days or will be without service for a bit.  I will still have my smart phone so not cut off from the world if that happens.

I have a meeting this morning and a luncheon with the ROMEO's from my church this afternoon.  That will be enough for one day.

I had not heard that about the flags.  Since mine is just a very small one fixed on a dowel I could not lower it.  At least I did remember to put it out and then take it in before dark.

Etta Sue, that technique also works for me in using the back button to recover what I have written if it times out or otherwise doesn't post.  I have a 24 inch monitor and have started opening two browser tabs at the same time by splitting the screen.  With Windows 7 (and I don't remember about the other versions) I can hold down the windows key and the right or left arrow button to make that active page take up one half of the screen.  I then just grab an empty tab and pull it over to the desktop and repeat the process using the opposite arrow key and the windows key.  Then I open the discussion and scroll to the posting box and can write as I read and not rely on my memory or have to scroll back and forth.

Gord, do you have AC?  Wish I could hear you sing?  Glad your concerts went well, as well as your solo.

Carol, I don't like to see any snake.  I don't blame you for not going on.  Perhaps you need one of those forked walking sticks that would pin a snake if it came at you (perish the thought). 

Marilyn, your sons certainly served their county and deserve our grateful thanks.  Thanks for sharing that with us.

I now have a nice desk in the living room for my laptop.  I had been using a narrow folding table for many months, and this will be better because now I have NINE drawers in which to put stuff!  This is a very old desk; Darrel says he remembers his Mother using it all his life, and thinks it masy have been his grandmother's before that.

The housekeeper was here for her bi-weekly two hours, so the kitchen floor is clean again, puls a few other things.

No news today from this corner of the world.

    Good day to all.  It is again a very warm day here.

Larry:   Yes we do have A/C and are we ever thankful that we do but our basement is always so comfortable.  Hope that you and Pat are well.   How is your daughter doing this week?

Well I will check in later have a wonderful day.   Gordon.

Last week it was mid-60's.  Today it is to get to 93°!!  So....when I took the trash today I walked through the grass with my sandals on and it was a little damp with dew.  So I decided to wait about an hour and mow.  I fixed my breakfast, read my devotions and did my back exercises.

Then I opened the garage door and took my weed killer outside and sprayed some weeds.  Then I mowed the grass.  Then used the weed-eater.

I came in and got my shower and fixed a bite for lunch.  

This evening is Beef and Boards and we are going to see 'Cinderella'.  I know the story so now to see how they put this on stage.  Betty is driving here around 5:15 and then I am driving her car to Beef and Boards.  She doesn't do traffic and night driving.  

That's it for central Indiana.  Bright and sunny out there with some wind. Suppose to have some showers later but nothing long or extreme.

Larry and Marilyn, I downloaded Nook yesterday on Droid.  So now I have Kindle and Nook.  I had better start reading!!  Also downloaded TuneIn Radio.  Now I can listen to my local country music or Christian music.  By then I was running out of space and had to delete some things I seldom use.

I really like the 9/4/2009 image on screen at left by doughaas - it's a person picking a banjo - makes me think of smeone having a good time.

It's a scorcher here in Nashville, and I'm preparing to go to our Tuesday night Bible study tonight. I'm making an impossible chicken pot pie to take. Certainly not IMPOSSIBLE - otherwise the pot pie would exist!  ;DI, too greatly honor my 2 sons who served in the military - one was in the first Iraq war serving as commander of a POW camp and the other served in the Air Force - I never knew his position - what he did was classified.

I also honor those of our midst who served and pray for the wounded.

Y'all have a great day

Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann both of my sons also did classified work, it was top secret and they  will never talk about it as they have been worn to secrecy for life.

All that talk about 90 degree weather is sure a contrast to what's happening here.  It's been raining a good part of the day, and it's somewhere near 56  degrees.  I's send some down Janet's way if I could.

Wish I was in your area, Al. Currently it is 30 degrees Celsius here, or 86 Fahrenheit, with a humidity level that makes it feel like 95!!!

A dear friend from Florida once marvelled at my comment re the nasty humidity we have here in the summer.  We are located between Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie. That is why we have the oppressive humidity.

Even so, I much prefer the summer temps to our nasty winters.

Thank you for the devotional. I too find much comfort in the Psalms.

We would gladly take the rain, Al!    Today was really pleasant, warm and not too windy, such a nice change from the past two days.

If any of you do not watch Glenn Beck, I highly recommend that you do.  He has some serious warnings of what is happening and what will come if we don't stand together and PRAY.

     Janet:   We also could give you some warmth as it did get to around 90F and a little bit humid and our plants have got so big so fast.

Strollin: Very warm EH for this time of the year.  I see that you also live in Guelph that is where I was singing this  past Saturday at the Guelph Conference Grounds and it was a great time.

Well will check in tomorrow and God bless to all.   Gordon and Noreen

Well it's about 50 degrees here, and it's supposed to rain on again and off again for the next week or so.  We're not at all used to this much rain this late.

Janet, I'd love to be able to watch Glenn Beck, but unfortunately it would mean an extra $50 a month on my cable bill.   

It didn't rain yesterday after all. 

Ah, 'Cinderella' was wonderful!  Love all the dancing, singing, acting and great costumes...and the food was great, too! 

This morning I woke at 7 something to the sounds of a tractor.  Sounded like it was outside my window.  I finally got up around 8:30.  The tractor is across the road preparing it to plant soy beans, I hope.  It was corn two years in a row.  Usually it is corn one year, beans the next! 

So I got dressed and went to Lapel to the bank, to eat at Woody's and to the Dollar General.  You can't beat Woody's for the price.  One biscuit with gravy, hash browns and 2 cups of coffee....five dollars even!!

Ivalou is getting a new A/C unit installed today.  She sure can tolerate the heat better than me.  I would have slept outside last night if I hadn't have had A/C! 

I was to have a meeting at the minister's house tonight but his wife, Ruth Ann left a Voice Mail telling me it has been cancelled.  She forgot today is her birthday!!  And no meetings on her birthday!! 

So I am home now until Ivalou and I leave sometime tomorrow for Ohio for 4 days! 

Bright and sunny again in Indiana.  I will take this heat...lots better than the cold, snow and ice of January and February!

Five twelveths of 2011 gone!!  Kaput!

Etta Sue, it would surely be GREAT if you came to Nashville, TN for your retreats!

Our Metro schools are to be dismissed at noon today - don't you just KNOW those children are relieved to have their summer holiday!

Gord, I've often thought about joining the Sweet Adelines here in Nashville - barbershop-type singing is such great harmony and the subject matter is clean, too.

Y'all have a great day.

Ruth An

We had one of the worse storms I have ever seen, here last night.  The lightening was circling the house and came in waves around us.  Even the dogs were edgy.  There were three storm fronts that hit us, all with severe lightening and thunder, and heavy rain.  I am sure we were hit on more than one occasion.  Thankful today for lightening rods on the house!

Went into North Bay  for a ceremony at the waterfront to thank our troupes.  The Air Cadets marched in with the military from the base.  What a sight seeing all the military  people in full dress uniform marching down the road to the waterfront.  Really impressive.  On a side note Kassie is considering going the military route for her career.

From an oppressive 35*C (95*F) yesterday it is now about 18*C (65*F).  It will warm up again tomorrow and Friday but not to the degree of yesterday.  Saturday I hope it is a cooler day as it is the Cadets Annual Inspection, (inspection by top DND commander) Which will be full dress uniform, and later in the evening the Annual Dinner. They charge parents/guests $20 for the dinner but the food is good and worth it.  I am so pleased that no alcohol is served!

I am off   God bless you all.

Gord, thanks but no thanks on the offer of warmth--it was 90* and windy here today, and continues to be drier than two year old corncobs!  Please, Lord!  Send us RAIN!!

Nothing newsworthy here today, just getting ready to go paint next week.  Went to Red Hats today; took Beth some chicken wings from Pizza Hut, went and made a scrapbook page; Mark called and was here, so I hurried home to see him.  Got to have those wonderful grandson hugs when I get the chance!

Mark showed me a couple things on here with photos, maybe I will eventually figure out how to post again, I hope.  I don't try to learn it at night when I am already tired, though.

See you all tomorrow!   

Hi everyone. Today was a much more comfortable 23 C (73 F), and more like our usual spring temps.

Glad to hear you had a good time here in Guelph Gord. Though I do love to sing, especially in praise of our Lord and Savior, I was not considered good enough for our local women's Barbershop group when I tried out a few years ago.  That's ok with me, as the Lord just wants to hear from us and doesn't care if we are off-key.

Judy. That sounds like quite a storm, possibly like the one we had come through here on Sunday night. Very noisy, windy, and lots of rain.

Bonnie.

Hi everyone.  Expecting another very hot day up to about 95 degrees.  Sure was surprised yesterday to hear of the tornados in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Judy, how frightening.  Lightning rods are something that were common when I was growing up but you never see anymore.  Perhaps they have some other way of grounding the house.  The Atlanta area loses a number of homes a year to lightning.  Certainly glad you had no damage other than to your nerves.  Sounds like a big decision for Kassie about joining the military.  Many young people make a career of the military.

Janet, we are also becoming very dry again in the state of Georgia.  We did have the 2 inches of rain in a deluge the other night but not much in the forecast at this time. 

Bonnie, at least you gave it your best effort to audition for the barbershop group.  My son and I both sang one year in our county choral guild and enjoyed it but didn't continue with it.  I do well to keep up with my church choir, which I have participated in for many, many years.

We have friends coming this afternoon to play dominos.  We will eat out sometime around 5 pm and then come back and finish our domino game and then have some apple pie.  Pat talked about fixing baby back ribs for the group, as she had done once before, but I asked her not to as it wears her completely out.  The group almost always goes out to eat together, which we all enjoy.  These are two couples from our church.

CP is super, super slow today for me!!  For a few days, I thought it was fixed. 

Don't have time to write much.  Ivalou and I are leaving for Ohio in 50 minutes and I am not done packing yet. 

Great to talk to Gord yesterday.  Love the accent!!  I don't have an accent!! 

I am taking my laptop to Jo's so I will be online there also. 

Looks like great traveling weather today.  Overcast and no rain!!

From 90 yesterday to 40 overnight, dark clouds, wind...  this is June?   

It is about 61* F in the shade here and there is a steady wind.  Beautiful almost cloudless sky, and the grass is growing high again!!!  Time to mow.

Not much on the agenda, other than the lawns.  Have a great day everyone.

The weather continues to wreak havoc across the country!  We had a violent thunderstorm with really high winds last night; got about.40 of rain.  This morning, you couldn't even tell it had rained.  The dry, parched ground just sucked it up and cried out "MORE, please!"

I have been awake since about 2:30, don't know what's up with that, but it is really hard to get anything done when I am so sleepy.  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

We are  going to Portland  tomorrow for a couple of days to visit with Keith's sons. His oldest (the doctor) has just purchased a house and they got all moved in about a month ago. That is where we will be staying. His wife if  pregnant and due around the end of the year, they are having a boy.


One of my grand daughters in California has just had a baby girl, Kylie Danielle 8 lb 3 oz. 20.5 inches long.  I have two more grandaughter's  having babies this year. I still have 3 more afghans to make before the babies get here. Busy busy.

Marilyn - we lived in the Portland area from 1959-1963, again from 1969-1988.  We were in Tualatin, Tigard, SW Portland, Oregon City, West Linn, and Canby.  We're extremely familiar with the area, and some of the kids still live there.  I worked in Wilsonville and Beaverton, and we lived in Wilsonville while I worked there.  We would love to have lived in the area longer.

By the way - it's about 56/57 degrees here today and no significant rain.

How about a FROST advisory in June?   

Yes Jeanne we are close to it as well...Maybe I should cover my plants?  I have the furnace going tonight, and Cimi is shivering!

Kass is working hard getting ready for the final few days activities at cadets.  Always a mad rush at the end. 

Hi, friends,

I was shopping today and then rested when the groceries and I got home.

Y'all have a great day with our Lord.

Oh, yes, if anyone wants to reach me on Skype, my moniker is Grandma.rab.

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  Another hot day here in Georgia that I will stay in out of as much as possible.  Nothing special on the schedule so get to stay at home.  I always enjoy these quiet days.

Etta Sue, hope the first part of your trip went well.

Jeanne, it isn't yet 7 am and we already have 72 degrees.  I would enjoy a cooler day.

Janet, the night really gets long when you can't sleep.  I have had a couple of those the last couple of weeks, which is very rare for me.  Last night Pat woke me up saying my phone signaling something.  I adjusted it and the sounds repeated and did this a couple of times with me trying different things.  Finally, I got up and took my phone into my office and get back in bed and here is the sound again.  It turns out it is her cellphone telling us the battery needs recharging. 

Marilyn, is this your first grandchild?  Regardless it sounds like that number is growing quickly this year.  Hope you have a nice time in Portland.  I remember being there once on business and it is a pretty town.

I am in Ohio after a great trip on I-70 and I-75.  Lots of traffic but all was fine.  Last evening I took Lydia to her dance rehearsal while the rest of the family went to the high school graduation for Kara.  Dance rehearsal used to be until 11pm but Lydia and I were home by 9pm. 

Soon, here comes the rest of the family home.  Then, of course, we talked and talked until midnight. 

And then you know how it is in a different bed with different sounds in the house.  No sleep for a long time.  Now were are vegging out until the dance recital tonight. 

I am online but my emails won't go out.  Says it can't connect with my pop.xxxxx.com server!   So I will use droid for my outgoing emails.

I never could get the reply box this morning, but now I have! 

Busy day, up early after a good night of sleep (Thank you, God!) Spent time in prayer and Bible reading, watched Joyce Meyer, went to Pat's so she could do my hair, then to the dentist, where he put the permanent crown on my tooth.  From there, I went to the senior center for exercise class, stayed for lunch; then went to see Beth.  I wrote some thank you notes for her, then back to Sr. center to help put out stuff for tomorrow's garage sale.

Home, rested a bit,then was painting when Darrel called me to "come here a minute."  He was looking at something in the back kitchen sink, he didn't recognize what it was.  I said, "Oh!  A bat!"  We had never seen one here before, have no idea how or why it got in the house, at least in the building.  It seemed very tired, and I wanted to take pictures of it, so brought it into my studio and got several pictures of it, then I put it outside in a big pot with a tomato plant.  Just before dark I went out to check on it, and it was gone.  I hope it survives.  They are very beneficial little critters, and some species are being threatened.

I am going to lie down and read a while.  Good night!

Janet you can have your bats!  I had a friend who had to put down his beautiful Shepherd Dog because he was playing with a rabid bat.  The dog was up to date with his shots but the Dept of Health didn't trust this and the dog had to be put down.  I am so thankful for our hawks as they get rid of our bats.  

This has been a long day,  Tomorrow will be even longer.  I will need to be up before 7 to have Kassie at  cadets for 8.  The Annual Inspection starts at 1:00 and ends at about 4:00.  Two hours later is the dinner.  That will end about 11:00.  So I won't be here tomorrow at all!

I need to get to bed so Night all and God bless.

Hi everyone.  It was really hot here yesterday and to continue for the next several days.  I try to stay in the AC as much as possible.  I do have to be out, but only from the car to a building and back, this morning.  This afternoon we have a 50th wedding anniversary to attend at our church for friends we made when we first joined this church in 1996.  So it will be a busy day.

I am making a lot of progress in leaning how to make the most of my new smart phone and enjoying it more each day.  I printed out the little manual that I downloaded for it, only 194 pages, but not much info on each page. 

Etta Sue, glad you had a good trip and that you are enjoying your visit. 

Janet, your calendar must have really large blocks on it to be able to get all those activities on it so you remember what you have to do each day.  Aren't some bats also very dangerous in terms of disease they may carry?  Sure glad you had a good nights sleep.

Judy, what a long day for you all. 

The site was much faster this morning.  Maybe the repairs have been completed.

When my niece, Lauren, was about 5 years old, she was in church with her family.  She saw something on the floor in front of her and it was a bat.  But it bit her.  They were so glad that someone thought to capture the bat and have it checked out!  And sure enough it was rabid so Lauren had to go through the series of shots!  They were told when bats are lethargic that they most likely are rabid!    But Lauren didn't like the shots.  That's one reason she hates shots today!

Still here at Jo's.  She is preparing food for this evening for the Open House for Kara.  The Dance Recital was fun last evening.  I have gone to this recital for several years and it is fun to see girls all grown up and still dancing.  There was only one little boy, maybe 5 years old, in all the dancers.  Lydia, of course, did a great job in her solo. 

Looks like it is going to be another hot, sunny day here.

The risk for rabies was my first though, too, when I read Janet's post.  The Lord surely had a hedge around Janet and Darrel, protecting them from harm!   

It's a lovely sunny day here, too, but far from hot!  It will be surprising if it goes above 70 later. 

My goodnesds, Janet! Today's going to be a busy one. Hope to enjoy a movie - first ever 3-d movie. I've always been interested in the prehistoric drawings on walls of caves and in other locations.

A new cave was discovered in 1994 and GREAT care has been taken to keep that cave pristine. If you want to look this up on the internet, search for The Cave of Forgotten Dreams. An archaeologist was allowed to go in under extremely strngent restrictions for 1 hour a day. The 3-d documentary is the result. I was thrilled to learn it's just opened up at one of our Nashville theaters, So, hope to go this afternoon. What a fantastic opportunity!

Y'all have a wonderful day with our Lord.

Ruth Ann

Aw, come on, folks!  The poor bats have been so much maligned through the years, and so many have been killed,that their populations are endangered, and there is a great increase of harmful insects (which also carry diseases!)  This little guy/girl made no effort to bite at all.  And being lethargic was probably because it was so bright and the light hurts their eyes.  We learned so much about bats and how helpful they are to mankind when we were in Costa Rica.  Of course, I wouldn't want a child to try to handle a bat--bad for both child and bat!  I think you need to go read up on bats!  (Just my opinion, of course.)  While I know some of the stories about bats are true, many are much exaggerated, and the true (bad) accounts get all the publicity, while the many benefits of bats are overlooked.  Sort of like the honeybees.

Once, years ago, I found a tiny green-throated hummingbird in the yard.  Sadly, it didn't live.  That's the only one I have ever seen around here.

Now that I have likely made everyone unhappy with me, I guess I'd better go away, which I am doing, for a week.  Hope everyone has a good one!

Well, the weather forecaster gave us either/or temps for highs this week - what were the choices??? Ummmm 95 or 96!

I just made a bit of chicken salad and put diced fresh tomato in it - now to make a bit of fruit salad and yogurt. What great food for almost no effort. And, no cookin' in hot weather really appeals to me.

Y'all have a wonderful day.

Ruth Ann

HI everyone.  Decided to check back in as wanted to share a very neat site that I think you might enjoy.
http://inoyan.narod.ru/kaleidoskop.swf  It reminds me of my childhood and getting one of these in the little cardboard tube.

Janet, I don't think anyone would be upset with you from expressing your opinion.  I also am aware of the benefits of bats but wouldn't care handle one.  As Judy indicated there is a risk and I certainly would prefer not to prove the case one way or the other.   

Ruth Ann, we have the same choice in the weather forecast.  Very hot here this afternoon. 

Jeanne, enjoy your beautiful weather. 

We had a very nice time at the 50th wedding anniversary.  There were a lot of people in attendance and was held in our large fellowship hall, which provided plenty of room to move around, visit the banquet tables and then find a place to set at a beautifully decorated table.  The food was very good, especially the chocolate cake, which was super. 

Wherever you are, rest assured, your comments didn't bother me.

That cave documentary was fabulous! I really felt I was traveling through that cave with the archaeologists, and the 3d was a wonderful experience. If money allows before it leaves here, I'll go back again.

Love to everyone. Ruth Ann

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