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I will definitely be praying, Alan.   

I have a minor operation on my eye on Tuesday.  My eyelid is so droopy it's covering my pupil.  I have had this done 3 times in the past but also this eye had a retina detachment several years ago involving 4 surgeries and now I have a cataract in it that needs to be removed.  All these little things in one eye make you queezy sometimes. 

I finally got all of the reading done and wondered why I could not post silly me I had not signed in.

Paul & Pat Happy Anniversary.

The issue of smoking one has to be so strong and determind that they will succeed but all that is needed is for someone to not mind their own business and the smoker is at it again. How do I know I am married to one.  Even
X-Rays do not send a loud enough message in this house.

We had the threat of rain all day and I had a little job to do and came home frustrated which is the norm.

Larry:  Good Health for Stacey.
Janet: You will be pleased when your book is finally printed.

Time to shut the door until tomorrow.    

Etta Sue:  Good news that your friend had not fainted or was injured in the bathtub incident.  Did the motel tell your class to never return   

Al: Be sure and remind again of June 14th.  I think Don has a VA appointment on the 13th but not for cataracts as he had them taken years ago when he was in early 50's. 

Dentist visit today and all went well - the tooth I chipped in my fall last Oct, will probably be giving me more problems in future but another fix today. 

We are not driving or doing anything this entire weekend even though the local television is so proud of gasoline coming down a few cents.  The only thing I see is the same price is bananas @ 59 cents per pound (that is what Ruth Ann paid for her chicken).    Otherwise, everything else is higher. 

Janet:  Things are moving along so quickly for you - this is fun and interesting. 

Pat:  Thanks for all of the Joplin pictures.  It still is difficult to even imagine and this is so early in the year for our entire season of hurricanes and so forth. 

Al, you will be glad to be rid of the cataracts; I know I was!  My mom had the macular degeneration so bad and was nearly blind.  But now she has perfect vision, and perfect hearing, too!

I got an email today that my book is scheduled for production!!  But...."just to prepare you now, the book business is not known for its "quickness."  Production timelines for a book are usually 180 days, and some books take even longer."      I am believing things will move more quickly than that, though.  Beth is so excited she can barely wait!

They say production for my book is scheduled to begin in September.    I hope it goes faster, as the rest of the process has up to this point.  It is God's project, so he is in charge.

Thanks for the info on the Kong, Pat.  Not sure I understand it, but at least I know it's a toy made of hard rubber.  

Like Larry and Carol, I thought Etta Sue was going to say her classmate was injured or unconscious, and I was worried about him drowning!  That sure added some excitement to the class reunion!

Janet, because a kong is made of such hard rubber (like car tires), dogs can't destroy these "toys".  They actually were invented for training German Shepherds and we all know that they can be pretty rough with their teeth.

And when you go out, you just stuff it with little dog biscuits and it takes a few hours for the pup/dog to get them out keeping them occupied while you are out.  They also don't bounce straight when thrown and the dog has to be prepared to run every which way to retrieve it.

I don't know why my screen starts jumping when a post gets to a certain length, but it is very annoying.  So I will just do another one!

Pat, sorry your eye is giving you problems again, but glad doctors have the skill to help.  Bless you.

Hi, Ruth!  Are you saying someone in your house isn't perfect?    But we love them, anyway, right?

I wish I knew how to post photos.  Why have I  forgotten all of that?  I don't even know how to get them on to my computer any more, and I would LOVE to show you Abby dancing, she is really beautiful, even if this is Grandma talking.  Maybe in a day or two when I am not so brain weary, I will experiment a little.  

Beth called twice today, wanting me to come see her.  But I was in Liberal, so will go see her tomorrow.  Her speech was unusually clear, and I was so happy about that!

If I get it figured out, I will give you a link so you may look at the photos we had taken today.....that is, if you want to.

Pat, thanks for the additional info on kongs.  Sounds like a handy dandy thing for dog owners!

Of course we want to, Janet!

What kind of camera are you using? 

We have some fantastic tutorials on this site that can help you and a Gallery where you can upload the photos to.

Ruth and Larry I sure do know about  not being able to cease smoking. although I smoked my last  cigarette on Oct. 31, 2003, I didn't have a hard time that time I had finally made up mine that when I moved to  northern California I was no longer going to smoke, it took me 3 months to quit. I did take Welbutrin for 60 days. That drug takes away all desire to smoke, it is an antidepressant, with the side effect of helping  one to stop smoking.

Hi everyone.  It is to be a hot day in Georgia to start the long weekend.  Our only special plans will be to meet our son and his wife after church on Sunday in Madison, GA, to celebrate our DIL's birthday.  It is only about an hours drive for us and a little bit longer for them.

Al, glad you got the appointment set and sure hope you don't get the macular degen. in the future. 

Pat, your poor eye has really tolerated a lot.  It is wonderful that things can be done to fix these problems.  We have a church friend who had that surgery done not to long ago.

Carol, a few weeks ago bananas were 49 cents a pound but now 55 cents.  Everything in the grocery store seems to be costing more. 

Janet, September will be here before you know it.  It really gives Beth something to excitedly anticipate.  She will become the celebrity in the care home where she lives and the area.  Have you thought about a book tour?

Janet, I viewed your new photos on Facebook last evening.  They are very nice of you and together with Darrel. 

Marilyn, I remember well your efforts in 2003 to stop smoking and was so happy for your success. 

Yesterday I finally got the smart phone I have been wanting and went under my son's cellphone plan.  It is a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and it is great.  I worked on it from the time I got home yesterday until bedtime putting on most of the same applications that I have on the iPod Touch.  We will have our current home phone number for the next 10 days until it can be ported over to my new cellphone, at which time my temporary number will go away.  At that time she will use up her prepaid minutes on her cellphone and then my prepaid minutes on the old phone I have been using. 

I wish I could find bananas for .55 or .59!  I have to pay .79 and they're sometimes so green they spoil before they ripen. 

Janet, as Pat said, we have some tutorials for posting pictures and for uploading to the gallery here.  I know they're excellent - I wrote them!     If you need help, just holler.  Because we do want to see those pictures of Abby.  I remember the ones from a short while ago when she was enjoying her time with Grandma.   

Al, your appointment is on my birthday, so I'm sure I'll be able to remember that.   

In fact, Cornerstone Inn did ask us back next year.  IF I get enough interest, I will contact them for a couple of days...but earlier in May.  Seems when we went last year and this year it conflicted with high school graduations and dance recitals! 

I found Donna Getz's daughter's home easy.  We went to Chili's for Chips and Salsa and Avocado/Spinach dip.  We had a great time catching up with each others news and ailments!  ha! 

Last week at the Daybreak church, one on my classmates said she found online another classmate that we had no information about.  She said she would email the information to me.  I emailed her while in Nashville to remind her and got the information yesterday after I got home.  Today when I went on Facebook, I put this girls 'now' name in and she has friends with the last name of her first husband so I know it is the same woman.  So I sent a friend request and a personal message to her.  But still, I think I will call her this afternoon!  We were close in high school but I haven't seen her since May 18, 1960 when we graduated. 

Well, I am all unpacked and everything is put away but the laundry.  Today is the Indy 500 Parade in downtown Indy.  I like to watch it on TV.  Since I have no interest in the race, I am not even sure when the race is...tomorrow or Monday?  Aren't I a dedicated race fan?  But I plan to stay home unless it is to go to Noblesville, Lapel or Anderson for a meal!

It is cloudy, but suppose to warm up.  I turned on the heat pump last night...it was chilly in the house.  Now the A/C is back on.  Nice day for a parade though.

Larry, I have the Android system.  If you can download LiveBible, you will love it.  It is YouVersion Bible.  Also I have Amazon and Kindle on my Droid.  Small but great if you are out and about waiting on someone or something. 

Etta Sue is the Kindle free for the android system.

I visited Beth this morning and couldn't believe my ears when she asked me to polish her fingernails!    That's a first!  She had won a basket full of beauty stuff when they had the basket raffle for Nat'l Nursing Home Week, and in it was a bottle of really pale nail polish.  Her nails are nice now that she can't bite them.  (But I wish she had at least that much movement in hands/arms.)  They really needed to be filed some, but she didn't have a file nor an emery board, so I just polished them, will get her a big emery board later.  I think she now has enough hand cream to last her for a year or more.

She has asked two of the RNs and one CNA/MedAid to write endorsements for the book; they all said they will.  That will probably be enough, with the two we already have.  So things are rocking along....

Debra, my former boss at the care home, is trying to coax me out of retirement already!  I may agree to work some, but not full time.  Several people have quit, so she is looking to dependable Janet again. 

I think Darrel finally got the rest of the garden set out today.  It is a lovely day for it, cool and not too windy.

I am thinking three months will seem an eternity waiting for production to start, but maybe it will pass faster than I think.  (I hope!)

Bananas here are 79  to 89c too,but in WalMart yesterday (liberal) they were 59c.  Everything is going up, up and up!

I think  I will get my camera cable and see if I can put some photos on the computer.  Wish Mark were here to help his Grandma!

Thanks, Pat, but I pray the blessing will be yours.  It is blessed to pray, because we actually join in God's work when we do it.  He is pleased to use our prayers in the accomplishment of His work!  Everybody these days seems to think that we get what we want by "ganging up" on God, but that isn't really the purpose of prayer - prayer isn't for the purpose of "getting what we want," but is for the purpose of seeking and finding the face of God.
 I do pray for your eye also.  I pray that I may be drawn closer to Him in this.

Well, here's a new week.  May God add His blessing to it!

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