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Hi, friends, thanks to our loving Heavenly Father, I don't have to get shoulder surgery. There's an impact fracture which will heal itself and a partially torn rotator cuff and there's hope it will heal itself, too!

What a way to begin Thanksgiving for me.

God bless each of you who come to talk or to read and pray privately.

Just a quick hello.  I have been gone for several days and I really have no reason.  We had rain for most of the day then just at the end of the day and the sun came out.

Will try to stop by tomorrow and if not Happy Thanksgiving.

Ruth

Just a quick hello ... everyone else has gone to bed so I can have a few moments on the computer to check up with all my friends.

John and Joy arrived yesterday and today John started to work on the "small" project I had for him in repairing the bathroom floor.  Well, as usual, when he started the work it turned into a much larger project ... Had to go buy  2x4 and replace a large part of the floor ... said there is a lot of rot underneath and it runs further than just the bathroom ... and he showed me where it has been patched before.  So the "leak" and damage has been there a long time.  I always feel so bad when someone (mainly my neighbor) wants to fix something here because they find so much extended problems once they start.    

Well, that project is completed.  Now, John thinks he will "fix" my TV ... I surely don't know what he figures to do.  The converter box that we all had to have doesn't do anything more than one channel, so I unhooked it and get four channels with just the indoor antennea (rabbit ears).  Well, I'll let him do whatever he thinks he can do .... I have a feeling he will find that his mother-in-law knows best after all.   

Jeanne~ I know exactly how blessed you feel with that generous and wonderful offer to bring you a complete dinner.  That is what John had said he wanted to do for me ... He said, to Joy, he just wanted to "do something nice for Mom" and he said they'd bring Thanksgiving to me.  Well, I just can't sit by and let someone else do stuff for me without trying to "help" myself.  So I got the recipes and some of the groceries before they got here, but they had stopped at Fred Meyers and really spent a lot of $$$ getting stuff.  Joy and I will be doing the cooking because John was working today and that's only fair.

My neighbors will be joining us for dinner tomorrow and are bringing a pie.   Seems nobody can just receive without giving in the process.  That's Thanksgiving!

I rejoice with you, Ruth Ann, that there will be no need for surgery.  I am thankful that you will soon be feeling better -- I know it is a relief just to know what the root of the pain and problem is.

Y'all have a great day of Thanksgiving and remember that, as Christians, every day should be filled with thanksgiving ... Be safe, be happy, and be blessed .... I'll be checking in later.

Just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Hope all have a Blessed day.

Don

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating our many blessing today.  In reading the postings since yesterday I see a lot to be thankful for just among our CP family here.  Jeanne, so happy for you to be receiving the Thanksgiving Dinner and know you will enjoy it.  Jane, a new floor as it sounds like the other one probably wasn't very safe and then a wonderful thanksgiving dinner.  Sounds like a memorable day. Other blessing mentioned as well but won't comment on them now.

We will head down to Atlanta in about an hour and meet our daughter at the Shepard Spinal Center Cafeteria.  They are serving the traditional Thanksgiving dinner.  I feel blessed to be able to do this and to save my wife hours and hours of work in the kitchen, which take such a toll on her.  Only problem is that we won't have left overs. 

My test went well yesterday.  I didn't have to walk after all as when they hooked me up and found my pacemaker was pacing my heart, which I could have told them had they asked, they said the test would be performed with me laying on the table.  Prior to that part I had laid under a big machine that pictured my heart or measured or something.  This took about fifteen minutes with my arms over my head.  Fortunately, I don't have shoulder problems.  Then the test was performed and the isotope they used for this part dropped my blood pressure way down and I didn't feel very good at all but as soon as they stopped pumping that drug into the vein I immediately started feeling better.  Then I spent another 10-15 minutes under the big machine for more pictures or whatever.  In between times I spent quite a few minutes in a waiting area.  The entire test period stretched over about a 90 minute period.  I should hear some results in a few days.

Ruth Ann, sure happy to read you don't have to experience more surgery--certainly a reason for Thanksgiving today.

Joyce, I was told my the people who check my pacemaker periodically to never allow anyone to put me in an MRI machine.  Perhaps the technology has changed.  I will try to remember to ask about this the next time I have mine checked, which will be in a month or so.

I have bitten the bullet and have started the installation of Windows 7 on my desktop.  I thought today would be a good day as it takes several hours, or did on my laptop.  However, this is a clean install so may be faster.  I think I have all of the information gathered that I will need to restore my programs back when it has finished. 

Again, Happy Thanksgiving to you all whether this is the day you celebrate or not.  Everyday should be a day of thanking God for his many blessings. 

I, too, got a great surprise.  My classmate, Bev, called and wanted to know if Ivalou and I were having a Thanksgiving dinner today.  If not, she was going to bring food to us for Thanksgiving.  I am so surprised and grateful that she thought of Ivalou and I. 

But it seems that around 21 will be at Ivalou's today for dinner.  I have Crock Pot Macaroni and Cheese going.  The iced tea and lemonade is made and sitting in Ivalou's garage.  That's my donation for the meal! 

I am praying that all the noise and people talking at once doesn't get to Ivalou.  She tended to do that when there were many people in her hospital room. 

Then I get to come back home and be with my two girls. 

Oh, yes!  I am still confused about it all but I don't think Charlene has Crohns Disease after all.  Last I heard, she had a cyst on one of her ovaries that burst!  That was what was causing the stomach pain and the diarrhea was from stress of the pain.  I think I will have to talk to Charlene to hear the whole story! 

Lauren is defying her nurse dad.  He said she shouldn't be around a lot of people but she said she feels rotten as it is and don't keep her away from her family!!!  So she is coming..the last I heard. 

Everyone count their blessings today and then we will all have many things to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day!

Each morning God's mercies are renewed afresh to us. How wonderful to know that He never, ever lets our "pot of mercies" run dry.

Hi everyone.  We had a very nice dinner with our daughter today.  The food was very good and plentiful and also very reasonable.  Hope everyone has had a nice day.

As we approach the Christmas season, I have a party invitation for you all that was sent to me by a very good friend.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~jimdandy/specials/xmas.htm

I just read this in my morning e-mail and wanted to share it:

A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas about God.   
 
Here are some of the results: scroll down.

GOD...
                IS LIKE L'OREAL
        "BECAUSE YOUR WORTH IT"



God is like. 
BAYER ASPIRIN 
He works miracles. 


God is like. 
a FORD
He's got a better idea.


God is like. 
COKE 
He's the  real thing. 


(This is great) 

God is like. 
HALLMARK CARDS 
He cares enough to send His very best. 


God is like. 
TIDE 
He gets the stains out that others leave behind. 


God is like. 
GENERAL ELECTRIC
He  brings good things to life.. 


God is like. 
SEARS
He has everything.


God is like.. 
ALKA-SELTZER
Try Him, you'll like Him


God is like.

SCOTCH TAPE 
You can't see Him, but you know He's there. 


God is like.
DELTA
He's ready when you are. 

God is like. 
ALLSTATE
You're in  good hands with Him..   

God is like.
VO-5 Hair Spray   
He holds through all kinds of weather. 


God is like. 
DIAL SOAP
Aren't you  glad you have Him?  Don't you wish everybody did? 

(that one is my favorite) 


God is like. 
the  U.S.  POST OFFICE

Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destination.

God is like. 
Chevrolet. . . .the heart beat of  America   

God is like 
Maxwell House. . .
Good to the very last drop 

God is like.. 
B o u n t y . . . 
He is the quicker picker upper. . can handle the tough jobs. . .and He won't fall apart on you. 

BLESSINGS FROM
MY HOUSE TO YOUR  HOUSE

Enjoyed that Larry. Thanks for posting.

Don

I wonder if anyone else had the same concern I did about the fifth-grade teacher, though - is this a good thing for children to learn - commercializing God?

Hope everyone was well stuffed with stuffing or stuffed turkey yesterday! 

There were 20 at Ivalou's yesterday for their Thanksgiving dinner.  We had everything from turkey to sweet potato casserole and from pumpkin pie to date pudding!  Very good indeed! 

They have all gone home but three still at Ivalou's.  I was just over there and I think she looked very tired.

I have to take my car to get it greased, oil changed and maybe tire rotation.  My favorite thing to do!  No way!

My, it is SO good to read all of the Thanks being given to God for His wonderful provisions, goodness, mercy and kindness to all of us!!  

I had a quite long post almost ready to post, when this laptop decided to shut down and install updates, so it was lost.  Grrr.  That was on Wednesday, just before we left.  We had a nice trip through parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, to grandson Curtis' for Thanksgiving.  Unfortunately, daughter Diane was sick, so she stayed home.  I hope she got enough rest to recover, and we missed her.

Curtis and Toni made a lovely dinner for us, and I was allowed to help with the prep and cleanup, so I didn't feel useless.  

That little great-granddaughter Alexis is such a cutie!  She gets cuter every time we see her, and is so good-natured and quiet, a really easy child to have around.  They are expecting baby #2 in April, and are hoping for a boy this time.  It was nice to visit with them.  Curtis and I went for a nice mile walk in the afternoon, so I had some good Grandma time with him.

Ruth Ann, how I rejoice with you that you won't have to have shoulder surgery! PTL!!

Darrel has an appointment for an MRI on Monday.  They aren't sure what is going on with his shoulder.  This is the one he did not have surgery on, so now both of them are giving him trouble.

I want to take the new dog to visit Beth, and am not even dressed yet.  We got home at 1:39 AM, so slept in a little this morning.

Can you even imagine camping out for two days in front of Best Buy, to get one of their 'deals'?  I sure can't, but we saw people doing exactly that, as we drove home last night.    I guess they sort of make a game of it, though.  Anyway, I'd think you would have to!

In the lost post, I had addressed each of you, but won't attempt to recreate all of it now.  Just continue to thank our most wonderful God for He daily loadeth us with benefits!  Praise His HOLY name!

Oh, the Lord is good! 

My dinner was delivered yesterday, just after noon.  And what a dinner! Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, squash, mixed corn and peas, cranberry sauce, extra gravy, dinner rolls, coconut custard pie and even mini York Peppermint Patties. And enough of everything for THREE full meals. 

It sure does feel different to be on the receiving end, but I guess this is one way the Lord is dealing with my pride.   

Hi, friends,

Today's my great grandchild's baptism, so I'll be leaving soon for Alabama.

It surely does my heart good to know they as responsible, loving parents are taking this step to pledge themselves to rear him as a Christian.

I didn't want traditional food this year, so my son and I ate at a nice Italian restaurant. And, guess what! The first menu they handed us was --- a traditional turkey meal with some Italian twists. We both opted for something from the regular menu.

Y'all have a great day.

Ruth Ann

Happy Thankgiving for yesterday.   Mel & I watched the parade it was so wonderful, the floats are huge with lots of work & thought for it to work.

I phoned my SIL & brother this morning, my brother  got good news from the insurance company.  Now we need to get more good news about his health. 
Prayer for the both of them would be welcome as even she is not well. 

Larry:  Thanks for the invitation which I have accepted and will be inviting others to come along.

Just a few days ago the Sr's in town and possibly some that have moved away rec'd an invitation from the Lion's Club for Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings on Dec. 7th. 

This is also the day that I will be meeting Sue for dinner and a girls night out at one of the churches in her area. I had better hurry or I will be late getting to our place of meeting.
Ruth

There it is again.  My favorite animation.  Just keep looking at the blurb, folks! 

Well, we sure got a great blessing for Thanksgiving.  The physical therapist told Ivalou that she could walk now without the air brace AND without a walker!!  So she is au naturel!!  I haven't seen her walk yet since Jo is still there.  I know she wasn't expecting that so soon!  I got my car maintained and that was it yesterday outside of the house.

Kitty will be here in a few minutes.  We are going shopping and then swimming!  Love it!

Beautiful day today!  Bright and sunny but cold...32°.  It was colder but the sun has warmed things up already! 

Etta Sue, that is wonderful news about Ivalou!  God's hand is obvious in her recovery.   

Great news, Etta Sue.  Hope Ivalou continues to progress until she is back 100%.

I went to a funeral this morning, then to visit Beth and Mom.  Now I want to get a few things done toward Christmas.  See you later.

Hi everyone.  It is a beautiful day here in Georgia and has warmed up from the near freezing we had last night.  Pat and I attended a meeting this morning and then went out to lunch with two other couples--which is always a lot of fun.  We had Mexican again so won't be needing much for supper tonight.

I have mentioned installing Windows 7 on my computers this week.  When I put it on my desktop something happened where I could not access my extensive music library, which was on a second hard disk and would not show up on the computer. I had a backup of it on an external hard drive I put together recently but the hard disk in that apparently failed (it was an old hard disk) so I was concerned.  My best friend, Rod, come over after coffee this morning and we moved some cableing in the computer and the 2nd hard disk showed up.  So this afternoon and I burning DVD's of all of my music library.  This will relieve my mind if my hard disk crashes since I can quickly restore the music library on another hard disk.  I have been needing to do this for some time. 

Etta Sue, great news on the continued progress for Ivalou and not needing to use the walker.  I am sure while she may have been tired from all the company it did her heart good to be surrounded by her loved ones.

Janet, glad you had such a nice visit over Thanksgiving and had special time with your grandson.  What did Beth think of the new dog?

Jeanne, just know that in accepting the gift of the special meal you brightened someone else's day in being able to give it. It sounds like you had quite a feast.

Ruth, glad you brother got good news on the insurance front and hope it will be followed by some good news regarding his health.

Ruth Ann, know it is special to get to witness the baptism of your great grandchild. 

Al, I hadn't thought about that commercializing God, but at least it caused the children to focus on God.

Don, thanks for the comment.  Some of the nice things I get just seem too good not to share.

Larry, please forgive my not mentioning the two things you shared.  I really enjoyed them and thank you.  I didn't think those things were "commercializing God", but rather, giving the children a new way to look for the wonderful attributes of God.  But since it is the Christmas season, and there is way too much commercialization this time of year, maybe that is why you mentioned that, Al.

Glad you didn't lose your music, Larry!!  Beth liked the dog, wondered why we didn't get a little puppy, and a famale.  I told her this one needed a good home and is already housebroken, then she understood.

I have been playing with my Cricut, and am so frustrated I could scream.  I guess some of us aren't meant to do this computer stuff.    Anyway, I am giving it up for now.  So far, having it connected to the computer isn't helping me to do the stuff I want to do. 

See you all tomorrow!

I think it is time I posted something. We had a great Thanksgiving trip south. We arrived  about  4:15 Wednesday afternoon. We got all checked in tot he motel and headed out to Gilbert's; Sarah made green enchiladas  for supper and they were great, I like the green rather than the red.

Then we sat around and drank Sarah's home made Blackberry wine and had a huge gabfest. The wine didn't have much alcohol content and it was very good. We stayed until about 9 Pm and headed back to the motel.

On Thursday morning wee went back to Gilbert's about 10am and  I finished  up the fruit salad. Keith and Gilbert went around measuring the house garage and property with Keith taking lots of notes and  lots of photos. Gilbert is going to do an addition to his house and Keith is drawing the plans.

Around 12:30 we head to Eureka to John and Ann's after we ate Keith took me over to the nursing home to visit with Fay. I used to be her caregiver, she turned 100 in July. She was still in her home labor day when I was there but has gone downhill ever since. We went back to where the kids were then we all headed back to Gil's where we stayed until about 9:pm then back to the motel to get up early and leave for home by 8am.

I went to pick up the dogs as soon as we unloaded the car. Keith's boys came over around  5. We all decided it was too go to the store for a frozen lasagna and to cook it so they went after Little Caesars pizza and a movie. We ate then watch The Changling on the big screen in the family room. The boys left here around 12:15 to go back to their grandpa's to  put up his Christmas decorations. Keith and I made Omelets for breakfast for them.

It sure sounds like everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family, friends and food! 

Janet ~ Kitty has a Cricut but I don't think she uses it much.  She has sooo many hobbies that she could do a different one every day for a year and still have some to do!! 

Kitty and I went to Office Depot, a camera shop, to Hobby Lobby, then we swam our 30 laps and walked 4 laps, on to Don Pablos and then to Kitty's home.  She couldn't get avery.com to work for a some new embossed notecards that she wanted to print.  You can print from online there so I got her fixed up on Avery.  Then she brought me home.

I went out to get my mail and then to Ivalou's to watch her 'walk'.  Seems that Jo took her to Walmart and wore her out.  She was asleep on the couch and didn't wake up while I was there.  But Ivalou purchased a new little microwave and some Correll dishware...lighter in weight and non-breakable!  The microwave is much closer to her kitchen table so easier for her also! 

So I came home and fixed myself a bite to eat and watched TV. 

I'll be back sometime today!

Good morning everyone.  It is another beautiful Sunday here in Georgia.  It is suppose to get up into the 60's this afternoon and is sunny today.  Tomorrow we are to have rain once again in the morning. 

I am ready for church and Pat is getting ready but still over an hour before we will leave.  I think we will have a pretty quiet day.  I just spoke with my daughter and she wasn't hurting this morning (unusual) and was going to attend her church today.  She had contacted the minister to be sure someone would put down the ramp she has to have to get her wheelchair into the sanctuary and to also have someone there to help her get down the ramp as it is pretty steep.  So she should be all set.  She has been told that in the next six months they will have their church more handicapped accessible.  She can get to the fellowship hall in the basement of the church but getting to the santuary is a real challenge.  There are a lot of steps.

I stayed up rather late last evening watching Georgia University beat Georgia Tech in the annual in-state challenge.  Georgia Tech has had the better season but this is a big win for Georgia.  They had lost last year to Georgia Tech.

I did get all of my music library backed up on 17 DVD's and think I will put them in my safe deposit box in the bank.  I have put lots and lots of work into them and don't want to lose them.

That is it for today.  Hope everyone has a nice day.

I feel Mr. Sandman knocking at my door so I had better send you all to a new room to post for the coming week. 

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