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Posting this at the request of my mom.  I wasn't sure how to embed the video, so I have shared the link anyway ... If anyone can help me with embedding it, I'd appreciate it.

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QuoteA lone young Belgian boy is waiting to salute the Canadian troops passing by who had been attending a memorial service.

Such class from our Canadian troops - watch what they do for this little boy.

The "Eyes Right" command is the biggest compliment troops on parade can pay and is reserved for dignitaries in reviewing stands.

Every now and then something just makes you smile!!!

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada, I think somethat like the USA Veterans Day.  11-11-11 the eleventh hour of the eleventh day the eleventh month the armistice was signed.  Yet wars continued, and continue to this day.  The Word says "there shall be wars and rumours of wars..." This will continue till the Lord comes again.
Does that me we can carry on without a care or concern for the sacrifice these men and women are making?  Do we try to "ban" war in favour of peace? 
Tomorrow The cadets, and local military will honour these men and women.  Who will be there to honour them?  Memorial Gardens holds 500 people, and is packed for some hockey games, and concerts, however for this important tribute to our soldiers there will be barely 250 people in attendance, most of which are parents or families of cadets and the soldiers.  Yes we wear poppies, that is a tradition, everyone does it....but does it really mean anything to those who wear them.  There is no flag waving, just a solemn ceremony with the veterans carrying wreaths.  I wonder how many know what the poppies really mean..The poppy for Remembrance day comes from a poem written by Dr. John McCrae, Who was born and raided in Guelph near where Pat lives. Colonel McCrae Wrote this while the shells of WW1 fell around him. 

In Flanders Fields  

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below. 

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields. 

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 

 

Hi everyone.  Will both of our kids are home from the hospital now and our son got good news from his doctor who released him to go back to work on Monday, although will likely be Wednesday before he can be rescheduled as it the beginning of a new pay period.  I had been concerned that this surgery would require a couple of weeks of recovery but apparently was quite different from the surgery he had a few days ago.  He went home this morning and Pat talked with him and he was feeling much better today.  Stacey has had a good day also.  She was called by the nurse from her insurance and was told they could arrange to have 10 meals sent out to her at no charge and that with a doctors order home care giving can be arranged for her, which she certainly needs.  She is very tired from the heart attack and the stenting procedure and it wears her out to get out and do anything.  She had trouble with the life vest last night as it kept giving the alarm and she wasn't able to get much sleep.  The company sent out a rep today and they fitted her with another vest saying the first one was too big.  Hopefully she will be able to get a good nights sleep. So things are definitely  looking up.

We had 10 retirees show up for our lunch today and we had a nice time, although the food wasn't very good except for the dessert.  The group wasn't in any hurry today and we spent about 90 minutes together.  Saw some men I hadn't seen for quite awhile.  We all seem to be aging.    Am watching the Georgia Tech/Virginia Tech football game this evening. 

Judy, you are right that tomorrow is a day to remember our veterans and those that have given their lives for our countries and the families that have been impacted by that service. 

Ruth Ann, hope you don't try to do too much when you can't access your apartment since you won't be able to rest from your activities until you can get back into your apartment.

Etta Sue, glad your tooth extraction went so well.  I fear I am going to have to have my top front tooth removed as a big filling came out last evening and this is the tooth that is cracked and the dentist said it couldn't be saved.  I already have the replacement for it but am trying to keep this tooth as long as possible and doesn't hurt.   We also buy the less expensive coffee makers and when they fail we just replace them.  I looked into the single cup maker now that uses the little cups of ground coffee but decided they were too expensive so continue to use what we have that works well. 

Good morning everyone.  It is a chilly but sunny 32 degrees in Georgia this morning.  Should have a pretty quiet day as after coffee and a quick trip to the post office and grocery store I hope to spend the rest of the day at home.

In the U.S. we have two special holidays set aside to honor our military.

Memorial Day in May was originally in honor of all our war dead.

Veteran's Day, which began as Armistice Day, was intended to honor living veterans of military service.

Over the years the intentions of both holidays have blended and all veterans, those who have passed on and those who are living, are honored on both occasions. 

Plus, today is extra special in my family - my #2 son turns 56 today!   

   Good morning to all it is very cool and a bit windy here and where Noreen and are going it is snowing so I am not looking forward to that but that is o.k. as I am going to be with my granddaughter and my oldest son and wife so that is good.  It is very dull where we live and I just got gas for the van and I almost got frozen as it is so windy.  Well we hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and may the Lord richly bless you all.  Gordon and Noreen.

Gord Summer does not last long enough and winter is too long.

Kassie is in the remembrance day services with the cadets.  I didn't go this year, various reasons.  We remember those who dies for our freedom.

Today I was suppose to start cleaning.  Ha!  I am still sitting at the computer.  First I downloaded a YouTube video and it wouldn't play on Sunday Plus, the software for the projector system at church.  I got the video converted to .mov and it is fine now! 

Next Windows Mail AND Firefox both did an update this morning.  Now my emails that have URL's embedded doesn't work.  When I click on the URL, a window pops up saying 'Windows cannot find http// blah blah.  Check to make sure the web address was typed correctly. '  But if I copy and paste the web address into Firefox, it works great.  Now I don't know if it is a Windows Mail problem or a Firefox problem.  LARRY, what do I do?

And I ran some more vinegar through my coffee maker and it worked fine this morning.  But the second cup looked like Desert Storm blew over so I cleaned and change the filter in my Brita Pitcher.

I have termite inspection once a year and Jeff was here this morning to do that.  No termite activity.  Yeah!

My mouth is doing fine as long as I get the food out where it packs in between two teeth.  And that is suppose to be the good side!!  Where the tooth was pulled, it is fine and dandy! 

Must go find a bite to eat and start cleaning.  Better turn on some zippy music!

I am giggling as I ead your post.  I too am supposed to be doing some housework, but discouragement has set in and I too am at the computer.

Larry I wish I could steel you for a day or two to "fix" my puter.  I cannot download firefox, really dislike windows 7, it says I have a pirates version and I bought it... I have two working HP versions sitting on my shelf above my keyboard that I would love to have back... Don't know how to do that, and don't want to loose what I have here.  That about sums it up.  I make do and thank God for what I DO have.
Have you ever been in a position where what you have will 'do" but not really meet the need?  Still the Apostle Paul said that we are to be content whether we have want or have all we need.  That is rather hard to do isn't it. 
How do we differentiate between want and what we need?  He has promised to meet all our need (note that is singular) according to his riches in Glory. How often do we want a cadilac when all we need is 4 wheels and a safe vehicle? We have a new addition to the family so we have to have that huge new house, when all we need is to declutter to make room.
Lets make an effort this year as the Christmas Merchandising continues to be content with little and then give big to others in our community.

Uh, when all else fails, restart your computer!  It worked.  Now when I get a notification email, I click on the blue words and it brings me to the web page!  Duh!!!

I, too, am having difficulties with my old computer. At some point, it will need to go back to Computer Renaissance to "be reborn," but not until money seems better than at present time.

Larry, thank you for sharing that information with Gord. He laughs about my "deep Southern accent." YOU BETCHA! I'm as Southern as they get!

It's certainly wonderful news about your children, Larry. Thanks for sharing with us.

Y'all have a wonderful evening. I got my little purple PT cruiser back about lunchtime, so have gotten shopping done that certainly needed to have been done. Now....... I'll need to rest up before putting anything else away. All the refrigerator/freezer items are in their rightful places, and now's time for me to eat a snack and relax.

Y'all have a great evening with our Lord.

Ruth Ann

Love the video of the little boy saluting the Canadian troops!  Charming.

Larry:  You can rest easy tonight with both of the children back from hospital.  Take care.

I went to my sewing room and started organizing again.  It will take days as some things are meant to be donated just to clear the clutter.  The gadget  that prints labels has been coming in so handy & is fun to use.  Now, if it only had an extra hand for me to deal with basting a table top.  My plastic box labeled "Projects" should also say, pending and hurry up, Carol. 

Christmas Eve is getting to be a difficult thing for the family to plan as they go to other relatives as well.  I am about to tell the children that we could meet ahead of time on another night though it pains me to think about it.  We always work it out. 

Looking for news about Al.  Will check that site now. 

Hi everyone.  Another very chilly night but we are getting up to a bright and sunny day.  I did enjoy a quiet day at home yesterday and finished up some projects I had been working on here in my office.  Not much on the schedule for today other than coffee and I have a meeting to attend this morning.  Then will enjoy the Saturday football.

Gord, hope you trip is very enjoyable and the snow is no problem for you.  Always good to be with family.

Etta Sue, that cleaning will always be there for you to do and you might miss something important on the computer.    Sorry but I don't have a solution for the email update problems.  It does sound like a problem with the updates and not with anything you have done.  Do a Google search on the problem and see what others are saying and possible solutions.  I find that almost always works.  (See you solved the problem with that old standby of restarting your computer.)

Judy, can you check back with the place you bought the computer or software.  Was your Windows 7 product number (license number) accepted when you set up the computer?  It sounds like you may have gotten a computer where they didn't use a new license when they loaded the Windows 7.  What is it about Windows 7 you do not like as perhaps I could help you with that aspect.

Ruth Ann, I have instructions to be able to redo the Wiindows software without destroying your programs.  If it would be helpful to you I can send you the file.  I used these instructions when I redid Pat's laptop a few weeks ago and it worked just like the writer said it would. 

Carol, my wife uses her dining room table for cutting and putting together quilt projects.  She bought some bed risers (that look like small buckets) but raise the table up to just the right height for her to work with. 

Larry:  I just found out how to print from my iPad.  It is astonishing what we can learn.    As for the cutting table, I have a long utility table in the sewing room downstairs and had Don cut to size an acrylic mat.  The table is on bed risers too.  Only, it is narrow so doing table runners works well and perhaps a twin size I could handle but have to send out larger quilts.  Sometimes the dining table works well too.

Looking for news on Al. 

We had a weather report of winds past 90 mph and it is all in the high country - two sons are up there over the weekend but I have not checked their area. 

Praying for all at Penn State. 

I was cleaning glass, mirrors, etc and dusting yesterday when my Droid said 'Answer the phone now.  Your son is calling!'  So I answered and Tony asked me to go with him to On the Border again.  Charlene comes back home Sunday.  She has been spoiling that new grandson and cleaning, cooking and running after Claire, the 18 month old, for Carol, her daughter.  She told Tony she was coming back to relax taking care of her little kids she baby sits for and doing her own cooking and house work! 

Anyway, I drove to his house and he drove us to On the Border.  I did go in and talk for awhile after eating but I was home by 8:30pm.  I will be glad to get this crown prep and a temporary crown.

I got an email from Kaye Don saying that Barb had a stent put in a 90% blocked artery.  She will be in the hospital for 48 hours to monitor her heart activities.  If needed she will have a pacemaker implanted Monday.  If everything is okay, she will go home Sunday evening.

Ivalou called me this morning.  Her son and daughter-in-law are there cleaning the house and the garage!!  I see an old toilet sitting outside the garage door.  Wonder what they will do with all of the stuff?  There are men in Lapel that will take metal for free and junk for a fee!  She ought to call them and get rid of all of it!  I told her I used to tell Mom, if you haven't used it in a year, you don't need it.  I told Ivalou, if you haven't used it in 20 years, (when her husband passed away) then you don't need it!!  She agreed.  Said she would like for it to be HER garage!

And as I was cleaning this morning, I thought about asking Jeff to come over and level my washer.  The man at church hasn't and I asked him 6 weeks ago and last Monday night.  But I thought, if I can lift the washer, I can do it!  So I used the claw end of a hammer to lift it, then slid a big ol' pipe wrench under the washer to hold it up.  I turned the leveler and set the washer back down.  Voila!  Fixed!!  And it took me 4-5 minutes!! 

Now to get caught up online, eat some lunch, then sweep the floors!!

Praying for all requests and send praises heavenward for those who are thanking God for answered prayers!

Larry I know how you are feeling about Christmas.  The more children you have the harder it gets.  We tried to have everyone go to the other side of the family one year and to us the following.  That didn't work as one family had 3 families to accomodate and the other 2 wanted them for themselves.  Then there was another family who refused to share it was there way or nothing.  There was no easy solution.   We decided to make it easy for all involved.  We have christmas at our place on January 1st.. Dinner and all.  Any who wish to join us, are free to.  It is the best solution and there are no hard feelings with anyone, and we don't have the hecticness (is that a word) on Christmas day...

Went to have sleep test last night. Got wrapped up in wires, lost the finger probe, They woke me up to fix things and I woke up again.as I felt myself getting tangled.  Would have slept better at home.

By the way, the poem "Flanders Fields", we as children had to memorize it just about every year.

Well I have a lot to do, so bye for now.

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