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Carol you make me smile.  I know people by their dogs as well!  I think that is common, the antics of dogs really capture the heart, don't they!

Etta Sue I would think twice about swimming today!!!

Praying for Marilyn.

I am home arm is still asleep from the nerve block the whole arm flops around like someone who has had stroke. I am pretty pathetic right now. But do have sling to prevent my from hitting myself in the face,

God is so good

Hi everyone.

Not feeling well today and know this will probably be a lost day.  I went to coffee but am now laying down.  Will try to get back later if I feel up to it.

Marilyn - that wouldn't be to handy.  Larry - just stay out of mischief, and may our God bless and keep you today.

Marilyn, I'm glad you're home and I'm sure you're very happy the procedure is over with.  Don't "push" - just let things heal slowly.

Larry, please do get some rest. 

After one of my nearly sleepless nights I'm not too chipper myself, but I'll get a nap in this afternoon and that should help matters.     Actually, I'm almost always glad for an excuse to take a nap.   

Rest well all good friends!

We just solved a mystery on the computer.  Everything had slowed on the desktop Don uses and the laptop here in the kitchen picked up the same way - really irritating to see that little circle spinning.  Well - Google had put something in as they were trying to put a chat site on our computers  - as soon as Don took that away, everything was back to normal speed.  Always something out there trying to get into our computers. 

I ordered bathroom rugs from Penney's online and once ordered found everyone was on back order.  It is windy and chilly outside with promises promises of rain.  We are not turning on the heat yet but not wearing summer clothes today. 

Kitty is back home.  She and her husband was spending time with friends at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  She is glad to be back home.  I am glad she is back also.

I got a phone call shortly after getting up this morning saying my lens was in.  So I headed to Noblesville.  Much better at seeing but still not sure it is right.  Will wait a few days before returning.  Then I had breakfast at Bob Evans.

Now I am waiting for the furnace man to clean and check my furnace for winter.  Ugh!  I don't like the thought of winter but God promised us seasons and winter is one of those seasons.

This is the beginning of our Thanksgiving Weekend and it is so sunny and warm out in fact our furnace is off and I was sitting out reading a Joyce Meyers book.

Marilyn: Glad that your surgery is over and now to heal.

In a few minutes I will be putting a pepper squash in the oven for dinner this evening. Mel will be doing pork chops on the bar-bee-Q

Tomorrow we will be attending Erin fair among others events they have a horse pull in the afternoon then when evening strikes they will have a tractor pull and that will not be over until approx. 11:00 I will be taking warm cloths and a blanket for that.

Larry, Al, Etta Sue, Carol & Judy have a great day.

Hi everyone. For the last several weeks I've had a client who, though 96, has shown herself to be completely competent in taking care of herself; bathing, meds, meals, etc. I had left messages with my supervisor telling her of the stiuation, and how this lovely little lady would be teary-eyed by the time I left her apartment each day.  Soon...though it seemed like an interminable wait, my supervisor paid a visit with the client while I was there.

To make a long story short, my supervisor was in total agreement with my "assessment/observations" and contacted the case worker. Apparently, simply because her family felt she needed the help, we were still expected to visit the woman!! A few more days of my dropping in, having tea with her, and listening to her pleading for the visits to stop, I again called my supervisor. This time the lady's wishes were respected, and she understands that we won't be back until she needs us.

I had been having many sleepless nights over this situation, and found myself thinking of her all the time, and praying for resolution too.

I thank the Lord for his mercy and grace in this situation, and am so grateful for his placing me exactly where he wants me.

Sorry this was soooo long.

Bonnie

Hi everyone.  Another beautiful day in Georgia ahead but we are to be in the mid-80s before the day is done.

Not feeling very chipper this morning so have no plans for the rest of the day.  I spent most of the day and night laying down resting yesterday but want to try to be up more today as don't want to get any weaker.  Fortunately, this is college football day so will try to watch several games, while doing other things. 

Bonnie, it sounds like you are a very caring person and had only the welfare of your little lady in mind.  Glad the situation has been resolved. I am sure her family had only her best interests in mind when they arranged for the help.

Ruth, your mentioniing the horse pull and tractor pull brought back memories from my childhood.  We had a tiny little town but had an annual horseshoe and they always had a horse pull and in later years they added the tractor pull.  My father always did the calculating for these events.  As I was growing up they are had a three and five gated horse show on one of the evenings.  They brought in the beautiful horses and buggy.  They would also ride and show the beautiful horses.  That was always special.  Good memories.  Ruth, hope you have a great day at the fair.

Carol, some computer programs are bad about wanting to install other programs unless you put a check in or take it out of a particular little box.  Yahoo is bad about that as it Google.  Glad Don discovered the problem for the slowing of your computers.

Hope everyone has a nice day.  Marilyn, if you look in sure hope you are making a fast recovery.

I am baking cookies for Monday night Photo Guild.  Kitty, Cherie and I are in charge of the refreshments this month.  I am also taking apple slices and Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip.  I don't know what Kitty and Cherie are taking.  A surprise. 

Well, I am having the PC Help come to the house Monday to install a new router and check everything out here.  Also the furnace man came and I have gas leaks...more than one in the basement.  So he is coming back and going to replace the copper tubing or galvanized steel pipes with flexible plastic tubing.  I am not to run the furnace until that is done but the gas leaks are not enough for me to have to leave! 

Kitty is wondering if the gas leak is why my eyes have been watering so much and me thinking it is allergies.  I did sit outside yesterday for a half hour reading while the farmer across the road was doing something in the picked corn field.  Dust!  Then the furnace man came and he opened the top of my Dutch door to the basement.  So the fumes came upstairs, too.  Last evening my eyes watered all evening.  Allergies or gas fumes??

I couldn't sleep last night so I almost got a fingerless mitt crocheted for Kitty.  Maybe I will get them done before Monday evening so I can give them to her.  Then I need to make the other one for me.  I made mine all wrong so it will be hard to get it duplicated!!

This is our turkey weekend.  We will be having friends over on Monday and having....wait for it.....  roast beef!  The price of turkeys is high this year.  So roast beef it is.  Pur company s bringing a pumpkin dessert. 

We have half the wood that is cut up already in the basement and stacked.  We have trees down in the bush that we will cut up and hopefully get stacked before snow blows.  I know that is a 4 letter word that few of us like.

Well I am off, supper will be ready very soon and then a movie night!

In Him
Judy

Hello, everyone!  I'm back home again!

I had a wonderful week painting, then today I attended a Women's Retreat here in town which was wonderful.  They had two great speakers, nice lunch, annointed praise, and just an altogether good day.

Then when I got home, Darrel and I put up a box of tomatoes that were given me by the folks who run the bed-and-breakfast where my friend Dee and I stay when we go to Fowler to paint.  They also gave me a lot of watermelons!  They said they were just sick of tomatoes and watermelons, so we are blessed with the end of their crop.

Marilyn, glad your surgery is over and done with, now for the healing, then most likely, the therapy.  Good luck with all of it.

The weather continues to be beautiful here, still no frost, which is fine with me!

Larry, I continue to pray for you.  It is such a comfort to know you are taking care of yourself, and that whether you have a lot or a little time left with us, we know you will live in heaven with us for eternity!  Of course, we hope you stay with us and feel good until Jesus calls us home.

I am a week behind with everything, so don't want to spend too much time on here.  I have read all the posts I missed, though.

Kitty called and we went swimming yesterday.  It had been two weeks since I had been swimming.  Good work out AFTER I fell on the side of the pool.  Slick and down I went! 

Then it was to Chili's for Chips and Salsa.  Then home to shower. 

I did get over half of the other fingerless mitt done for Kitty.  Should be able to give them to her tomorrow. 

Off to church!

Hi everyone.  Got up and got ready for church but don't feel up to getting out so will stay home.  I don't know whether Pat is going to attend or not, that is her decision.  I had a very good night sleeping without pain and felt good when I got up but as soon as I started moving around the pain is back.  So it will be another quiet day.  Yesterday I stayed reclined in my easy chair as don't want to be spending all of my time laying in bed.  I know that is also making me weak.  I am hopeful that this coming week will be a good one.  Enough complaining for today (of course, when you don't feel like doing anything you have little else to write about).

Etta Sue, a gas leak is frightening.  Sure glad you had the serviceman check before you started to use the furnace.  Hope you have no reprecussions from the fall at the pool.  It sounds like you were able to continue with your planned activities.

Janet, you sound like a different person so know your painting week was very helpful to you, although with your Retreat.  Glad you are home safely.

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who live in Canada.  Judy, roast beef sounds as good or better to me than turkey.  I enjoyed the Thanksgiving poem and graphics you sent via e-mail.

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Good Morning, I  think it is time fore me to post at least something. I am doing  pretty good as far as my recovery goes. I do have some pain but the  pain pills do help with that. I am able to do much more than I thought I would be able to do. Yesterday I  didn't feel very well so just took it easy all day. I think it was the combination of the pain pills for the  surgery and the Celebrex which is my regular pain meds. I just felt like laying down  and was a bit woozy. Every day is a little bit better though.

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