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May we all remember 9/11 2001 today.

Thanks for the devotion, Jeanne.  I, too, feel we are in the beginnings of the end!

Constructive day yesterday.  Ivalou and I used Kaye Don before he left for Florida.  Our mailboxes are side by side and the snow plows had made them lean and twist!  Kaye Don fixed them.  And I had a board on my garage that needed nailed back down.  Also I needed a nut on the air filter on the Honda mower.  It kept dancing around and rattling when I mowed.  It won't now. 

I came in and got caught up online and took a book to the spare bedroom to read.  I went to sleep and slept probably 3 hours!!  I watched TV in the evening and went to bed by 10pm...slept great all night. 

I am ready for church.  Our church is small and during the announcements they ask if there are any birthdays.  The person gets up and put the amount of money of their age into a little globe bank.  I get up today!  I love that part of our church service.  Also the announcements of anniversaries!

It is suppose to get warmer today..85 degrees.  Looks cloudy right now with the sun shining some. 

Hi everyone on this 9/11 Day of Remembrance.  I will attend church this morning where we are having a special service with the church that meets in our building at the same time as our late service.  It is a church of Indian Presbyterians that was founded in the 1940s in India by combining Presbyterian, Methodist and Episcopalians into one church.  The service will be a combination of their service ritual and of ours.  We will also celebrate communion together.  This should be an interesting Sunday.  The choir is singing and our choir director is singing a solo appropriate to the day.  It should be an interesting and touching morning as we remember 9/11.  Yesterday was a quiet day of rest, watching football, and finishing up a library book on my smartphone library e-book application. Other than attend church today will be similar to yesterday in that this afternoon I will rest, watch the Falcons, work on the computer and read.  Pat does not plan to attend church with me today as sitting for an hour, and probably longer,  is problematic for her. 

Janet, it sounds like your remodeling plans are right on track since you have heard from your contractor.  I recently went through my clothes and got rid of things I no longer wore.  I do not have a large wardrobe but find my clothes do wear out.  Once I retired I no longer needed more than one suit and a couple of dress shirts and I have a few pair of slacks and summer and winter shirts and sweaters and that is about it in my closet.  I have one little side rack in the walk-in closet and Pat has four others.  She thinks that is about right.   :)  Hope you had a great day yesterday with your friends at the ladies' conference.

Judy, while you dread the surgery you also know that it will ultimately make you feel better.  Keep the goal in mind and take it one day at a time.  It must be getting cool up your way.  Have the trees turned yet?

Jeanne, I truly believe the role of a caregiver must be one of the most difficult in the world.  The stress of the constant unknown from one day to the next and having to be alert and there all the time is exhausting. 

Etta Sue, as I recall the presentation of the food at iHop is always very nice.  The food is also tasty.  Glad you got to go where you wanted to go.

Hi Marilyn.  I was surprised to read that Office Depot paid for your breakfast when you had to be at work early.  What did you do at Office Depot?  Stacey years ago worked for about two years in the call center taking orders.

Ruth Ann, hope the commemoration service was good.  I was invited to a special musical program later today but don't plan to go as it is almost an hour drive there and by that time of day I just don't have the energy.  I will be watching some of the TV coverage throughout the day.  I saw the visit of President's Bush and Obama at the waterfall and meeting some of the families on TV this morning while I ate breakfast.

RuthV, I have never heard of Ice apples.  We used to have a Jonathan apple trees that produced tart apples and made great pies.  This was on the farm as I was growing up.  I am sure the deer appreciate your letting them have some of the apples.

Jeanne, what an interesting devotional you have left us for the week.  It certainly presents and interesting image of world events in the larger context.

Etta Sue, the church where I grew up also had the little globe bank that people put pennies in, one for each year of birth, on their birthday weeks. 

Larry I was a Cashier and Administrative assistant. When we went to work at 6am it was to rearrange the shelves or do inventory.

This song has been swimming through my mind yesterday and today.  Perhaps in my somewhat wharped sence of fitting, I think it fits with today's devotional.  I don't have the music....here are the words

DOWNHERE LYRICS – How Many Kings

Follow the star to a place unexpected
Would you believe after all we've projected
A child in a manger

Lowly and small, the weakest of all
Unlikeliness hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl
Just a child
Is this who we've waited for?

Cause how many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Bringing our gifts for the newborn savior
All that we have whether costly or meek
Because we believe
Gold for his honor and frankincense for his pleasure
And myrrh for the cross he'll suffer
Do you believe, is this who we've waited for?
It's who we've waited for

How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
Only one did that for me

All for me
All for you
All for me
All for you

How Many Kings Lyrics- DOWNHERE Song words

Single Song Words by Artist / Band : DOWNHERE

HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=_9HodA8jUCk&gl=US) is the UTube video of the song. 

Jeanne, thank you for that powerful message from Max Lucado ... he always has captured my attention with his ability to "paint word pictures" .

Etta Sue I like your new avatar! :)  Good for you and Ivalou for getting Kaye Don to fix things up for you before leaving for Florida!   :thumbsup:

Judy, I had never heard that song, but I agree with you that it seems fitting for today.  Very powerful ... and the video as well.  I'm so happy that I can now watch/listen to YouTube!  

I have been taking it easy all day .... just now getting online, in fact .... for some reason it just seemed like a good day to lazy(er than usual).  :D

Back home today, I have been staying with granddaughter while her parents flew to be with son in Minnesota school.  They came back today & the airport was really heavily guarded. 

A day of remembrance -our flag is at half mast.  Glad that Don could do that as I sure couldn't figure out how to fly the flag that way. 

Thank you for your messages today.

Yes, the commemoration service last evening was great. As was church this morning.

The seniors are bringing in veggies, salads and desserts for a semi-potluck dinner tomorrow - I have a huge pot of pinto beans cooking in the crockpot, seasoned with onion, a can of tomatoes, and two wonderfully large smoked turkey wings. Those beans will really be yummy tomorrow morning when I awaken. :)

May our Lord be with us and with all those bereaved and/or are broken in body because of the events of 10 years ago.

Ruth Ann

A "J" night.  Keeping an eye on a mother cat having a first litter of kittens.  Why couldn't she have done this on Sunday morning?  5 so far. maybe 1-2 more.

Mother cats have their own ideas of where and when to have their litters!   :D

:)

Church service yesterday was sad while remembering 9/11.  We live so far away from it that it seems unreal.  Last evenings TV show about one fire department in NY really brought the memories back.  So sad and so unnecessary.  Sad to think that someone hates the US that much!  And what satisfaction did they get??

Kaye Don is preparing for his 'move' to Florida.  He has decided to make his home in Florida...meaning being there more than in Indiana.  He cancelled the trash removal, cancelled his home telephone service and will make Florida his home for 7 months a year instead of 6 months.  When he cancelled his home phone they asked him if he wanted the home number for his cell phone!  He opted not to but he knows I have been thinking about giving up my home phone and going with Verizon for internet services.  May have to think more about that.  Not many people know my cell number but a lot knows my home number.  If I could use my home number as my cell, that would relinquish a lot of problems. 

Today is rehab for Ivalou and a doctor's office call for Ivalou.  She said I could drive her car.  Then when I get home, I plan to mow the yard...then later, it is church council meeting.  Hope I can get it all done.

There is a final total of 6.  Poor mother was worn out.  The babies are fine, even split of male to female. As always they are cute but kittewns grow up into cats, and 2 is enough. they both will be fixed when the kittens are gone.

I'm heading back to have a bit of a snooze.

Hi everyone.  This has been a very busy morning and still have my Monday men's luncheon to attend.  The housekeepers were here and the yard men should be here sometime today.  I had some business to take care of this morning.  The weather is just about perfect this morning as it is not too cool and not too hot and little humidity.  I have had a couple of emails from my best friend telling me that after flying all night they were safely in their hotel in Rome.  They will stay in Rome for 2 or 3 days and then start their cruise.  Our coffee group at McDonald's was sparse this morning as not only is my friend overseas, another man that I pick up each day has gone to Pittsburgh and won't be back until the 28th.  I will be ready to rest this afternoon.  It was a bad weekend in Atlanta for our sports teams.  The Braves lost two games and the Falcons lost.  In addition, the University of Georgia lost on Saturday. 

I have read all of the postings from yesterday but since I am running late decided not to make any individual comments today. 

Hi everyone.  This has been a very busy morning and still have my Monday men's luncheon to attend.  The housekeepers were here and the yard men should be here sometime today.  I had some business to take care of this morning.  The weather is just about perfect this morning as it is not too cool and not too hot and little humidity.  I have had a couple of emails from my best friend telling me that after flying all night they were safely in their hotel in Rome.  They will stay in Rome for 2 or 3 days and then start their cruise.  Our coffee group at McDonald's was sparse this morning as not only is my friend overseas, another man that I pick up each day has gone to Pittsburgh and won't be back until the 28th.  I will be ready to rest this afternoon.  It was a bad weekend in Atlanta for our sports teams.  The Braves lost two games and the Falcons lost.  In addition, the University of Georgia lost on Saturday. 

I have read all of the postings from yesterday but since I am running late decided not to make any individual comments today, except as follows. 

Judy, you should be able to migrate your home phone number to your cellphone.  I did that when we recently eliminated our home phones.  The old house phone number is not on my cellphone.  If you have AT&T you can have just Internet with them and not have a house phone.  They create a new phone number for your Internet but it was seamless for me.

Hello everyone,  Larry I think your post to Judy was meant for Etta Sue.

Etta Sue I like your new avatar.

My Sleep study is tonight and I have been busy this morning.  I have showered and shampooed my hair had breakfast, been to the gym vacuumed the large master bedroom and  sent off a new stationery to my stationery group, I also fixed a couple of my grand daughters photos that were too dark and re-posted them on Facebook. Whew!!

Judy we have two male cats one is neutered and the outdoor cat is not. I keep telling Keith we have to get him neutered and he seems to thing neutering is unnecessary because he is an outdoor cat. Hmmm?? that doesn't make sense to me.

Jane I missed you this morning at the gym.

Stopping in with a small story that keeps alive the hope that miracles still happen.....even now!

A 3 yr. old boy was abducted from his bedroom in Sparwood, BC and RCMP and all the local people searched.  They were certain that a known sex offender had taken him.  I was sick when reading the story in the paper, as were many others.  Yest. he was returned....to a house that was even under police protection.....and the man was not detected!   The little boy is unhurt:

At the Hebert family's church, the Sparwood Fellowship Baptist, members rejoiced and cried with news of Kienan's safe return. Pastor Ron Rutley said Mr. Hebert called him at 3:25 this morning and said simply, "Kienan's back!"

The community is pointing to his return as nothing short of a blessing. "Here we have a miracle in the valley," said acting Sparwood mayor Sharon Fraser, after visiting with the family. "Whatever the child weathered, he's certainly back to being a normal little boy," she said.

Sparwood is a small mining town in the Kootenay Rockies.

I thought you folks might enjoy this little 'true tale' after the sadness of Sunday.   :)

God Bless,

Liz

Liz: Many prayers were said for the Herbert family and Kienan!  We are rejoicing!!

Liz:  We all need good news - blessings to the family and friends of that youngster. 

We just made a trip to the library and I am bring home fewer books because of the iPad reader. The library is helping with information on how to proceed with genealogy search - this is taking over my life and I don't have time for it.   :(   Cleaned all the floors & dusted, washed clothes & ironed & all is ready except to pack the food for going to the mountains.  A neighbor couple may join us for two days - it looks like rain for some time but the elk won't care and we will be in the vehicle anyway. 

We had a card for Starbucks & both of us ordered the Salty Carmel drink - it has sugar and salt. Different - will not order again.  They were nice and said they would make another drink for us if we did not like it but that was enough coffee for the day. 

Heading out for a cheap and bulky dinner with friends.  We can get at least two meals out of the servings & the owner has given us big packages of tea to boot. 

Hi Larry:  It sounds like you lead a great social life with your frequent coffee times. 

Hi Everyone.  We had a most glorious day here yesterday.  I am hoping for another to follow today.  I didn't accomplish much yesterday but did manage to wear myself out.  My Monday men's luncheon was very enjoyable at Golden Corral and the usual hour stretched to 90 minutes as no one seemed anxious to leave.  Yesterday I put out on the street the treadmill we were disposing of and within a ninety minute period it was gone, which I was happy about.  Just hope they don't bring it back.  I have a light schedule for today with just an activity this morning.  I had a message from my best friend in Rome saying they would be doing a tour of the Vatican today and knew it was going to be a long day. However, it sounds like they are having a great time. 

Marilyn, hope your sleep study went well.  You had a busy day yesterday.

Liz, what a frightening story but with a happy ending at the return of the little boy. 

Carol, I go to coffee six days a week (five days at McDonald's and Friday's at the Senior Center).  I have done this for the fifteen years that I have lived in this community.  I always enjoy it and it gets me out of the house each morning and brightens my day.  That Starbucks drink sounds very different.  McDonald's has added a lot of different coffee and sweet drinks to their menu but the only one I tried, as a sample, I really didn't like. 

Good morning, friends,

Yesterday I went to our craft room, and thoroughly enjoyed sitting there embroidering while the friend who runs the craft room was de-tangling yarn a handicapped participant had gotten tangled up. We had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon, and I'll go back as soon as possible.

This afternoon and evening will be filled with activities, so I must do some work here in the apartment and then get ready for the rest of the day. :)

Y'all have a wonderful day with our Lord.

Ruth Ann

The sleep study went as well as can be expected, I didn't sleep much and when I did it wasn't for long. I feel rather dragged out this morning. bur My hair is now clean and I am well fed. The sleep center gave me a coupon to a local restaurant for breakfast on them. I think I am going to work on making some more Blackberry jelly today.

Marilyn: It's too bad that sleep studies cannot be done in your own home. The first night in a strange bed I NEVER sleep.  I wonder how the monitors can get an accurate reading.

Larry: We live 23 km (14.2 miles) from the nearest town and 50 (31) from the nearest Tim Horton's/Coffee Time/McDonald's, so it would be an all morning excursion for us to go meet friends for coffee  ;D
I'm only 12 km (7.5 miles) from Judy and I don't get over there very often!!

I just got my car back (-$316) so I'm happy  ;)
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Larry, I never thought about asking the phone company if I can keep the internet and do away with my house phone.  Won't hurt to ask.  That would be cheaper yet for me if possible. 

I went to Verizon today.  I had a couple of problems with my Droid or questions.  One solved...the other, he said to hook up my Droid to the internet to see if there are any updates available for my Droid. 

Also asked about Verizon internet.  I should first call my phone company and get my home phone disconnected and my house phone number put on my cell phone.  Then go to Verizon and get the wireless thingy.  I can get the USB port one and put it in my wireless router and then both the desktop and laptop would have internet and my wireless printer would work the same as always.  If I take the laptop, just put the USB thingy in a USB port and I have wireless internet. 

How many of you use gmail?  Do you like it?  My friend in Mexico says it is great but then everything he has is great..if you get my drift!  If whatever he has is different than what I have, his is better! 

Now I think I will call the phone company and asked if I can have just the internet service.  Even if it costs me more than I pay now it would be cheaper in the long run. 

I also went to Walmart today and I have mowed the yard!  Time for a shower.  Hope no one comes before I get that done.  They wouldn't stay long...whew!!

Etta Sue, I love your new avatar!   :thumbsup:

Yes, that is a very nice avatar, Etta Sue. :)

I'm really tired - went to a free ladies' health seminar today at a ritzy hotel downtown, and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Now, to rest up for tomorrow - all told, I will be 1. taking son to license bureau to update car license, 2. go to 2 hours of physical therapy, 3. take son to doctor's appointment, 4. see another doctor late tomorrow afternoon. -- makes me tired just to think of it!   ::)

Y'all have a good rest of the day. :)

Ruth Ann

Thanks to all who commented on my avatar.  It was cropped from the group photo at my class luncheon on my birthday.  So that's me at 69 y's o!

Today Kitty is taking me out to lunch for my birthday.  She has been so busy with her 50th Class Reunion and today was her first free day.  She reminds me of Janet...here, there, everywhere, all at one time!  She said she found a new Mexican restaurant so I am anxious to try it out.  Bob doesn't care for Mexican so when we go out to eat, we both know it will be Mexican! 

It is cloudy and overcast today with predictions of rain.  Hope it doesn't rain to hard or I will be driving Kitty's car.  She doesn't do rain very well. 

I have noticed looking out my window this morning that the plants in my planter and the leaves on my Tulip Poplar tree are turning yellow.  Fall is in the air!  Hope it is a pretty fall.  The last few years the leaves have fallen before turning all their vibrant colors.

If you don't have Facebook, I will write it here.  I got my electric bill yesterday and I owe 14¢! ! !  I thought surely that is a mistake and had better check before I owe big time.  I called and it was their mistake.  I remember in June I had a big bill.  July and August were what I thought was normal.  But they sent someone out and read my meter and adjusted it so with the overcharge for three months, I owe 14¢.  I guess the meter man should get out of his truck to read my meter...he sits in his truck and reads it....about 20 feet away! ! ! !

Hi everyone.   Just back from a busy morning of coffee (coffee and soft drinks are free this week whether you purchase a food item or not).  Then I went to Bible study and from there to Kaiser to pick up medicine and then to Sam's for a few items.  I did get Pat a new set of knives that they had a special feature on and a man was demonstrating.  They are suppose to last a lifetime and will be replaced even if the fault is the users.  I then went to Kohl's and got some new winter fleece pullover's that were on sale.     This is choir night.  Happy to be able to say that Pat is feeling better today. 

Marilyn, I doubt that most people sleep well in those sleep studies.  I remember when Pat did her study she reported the same thing. 

RuthV, you do live out a bit.  I wouldn't be going to coffee every morning if it were more than a mile or two.  Glad you have wheels again.

Etta Sue, I have used Gmail probably 5 years or more and love it.  I can access my e-mail from any computer and save as much as I want as they give you basically unlimited storage. It also does a good job of filtering junk main and gets most of it.  I also used the Google documents and use the Google photo feature to store my photo online.  On occasion I use Thunderbird but just to sent a message if I want to embed a graphic.  There is a way to do it in Gmail but it isn't a matter of copy and paste.

Ruth Ann, it sounds like you schedule is almost over packed for one day.  I do the same thing on occasion and end up exhausted.  However, today I got along very well and didn't even use the electric cart at Sams.

It started out sunny this morning, but now the clouds are getting thicker.  The rest of the week, into the weekend, is expected to be cool - nightime might even get down to 40.  Guess it's time to move my fans out to the shed.

We've had wind, rain, more wind and the sky looks like more rain.  The neighbour has dumped 15 cord of hardwood here, a job and a half for the weekend

Last night I met John late in NorthBay...about midnight, to get a cage of 5 (yes five) more finches!  Because we have cats, I keep them in our room.  I really have decided I don't need an alarm any more!  The birds do a great job of that!!!

Had a wonderful visit with Pat Monday night and Tuesday.  Enjoying myself so much that I was late in leaving!.

Talking to Kassie I heard a first (for her) in cadets.  She is IC for her flight, (IC = in command.)  Last night she had a new recruit walk up to her out of the flight at the attention command (That is a big no-no) and say I don't feel well.  She instructed him on the proper way to do that, and told him he could go to the bleachers. As he turned to walk away his tummy erupted, all over Kassie.  I have a major laundry job to do now.  She has to strip and re-polish her boots as well.. Poor cadet her must have really felt bad.  Keep Kassie in prayers, she is going through a rough time right now, in other areas of her life.

I am off to pick her and the uniform up, and to run some errands in the Bay.

Hi everyone.  I think we are to have a little cooler day here than yesterday, when it got pretty hot.  Today should be a quieter day than yesterday.  I do have an errand to run this morning and that should be it for today.  My friends should be on the ship headed to Israel this morning.  They apparently had a very enjoyable time in Rome.   Pat seems to be much better as of yesterday so think this episode of hip and leg pain should be about over. 

Judy, what a bad experience for Kassie.  So sorry to read of the rough time she is experiencing. 

Kitty took me to Cancun, a Mexican restaurant in Carmel.  Carmel is where we used to swim.  Then we went to Hobby Lobby.  I purchased some yarn for an afghan for a baby boy, my step-granddaughter is to welcome her son to the world in November.  I got a card in the mail for a silent baby shower for her.  That's a first!!  You are to mail a gift to her address.  Besides it's the second child.  I never heard of showers for second children unless they are years apart.  Her daughter, Claire, just turned one in April.  Oh, well! 

Then Kitty wanted to check out sewing machines.  The electrical storm took out her sewing machine also.  Zapped it.  Un-repairable!  She looked at a Janome which is on sale until the end of the week.  They are leaving for Branson so her husband said 'Let's wait until we get back!'  It won't be on sale then and he will say she can't have one that expensive.  Grrrr!  She would be saving $400 if she went today!  My sewing machine is a Brother and I got it from Fingerhut probably 45 years ago!!  Still works great!!

When I got home, I went to Ivalou's and asked her if she wanted to go to Woody's for supper.  We went and I had the best Meatloaf sandwich I have ever eaten out!  Yummm! 

The rest of the evening was crocheting on the baby afghan and watching TV. 

I am ashamed of how late I slept this morning.  Two things are allowing me to sleep so late...taking Zyrtec and the Botox is working better this time! 

Ivalou got a call from rehab this morning saying there is a cancellation for the pool rehab at 9am tomorrow and Ivalou asked if I could go also.  I think she is afraid to drive after being in the pool.  It does make you feel great but causes you to be sluggish for awhile.  So we are getting in the pool tomorrow!

I have a pot of my favorite meal on the stove....smoked sausage, onions, carrots, potatoes and green beans.  Add bread and butter and yum!!  I need to name that pot of stuff!  Perhaps Etta Stew!

There is a chill in the air, frost on the car windshield this morning and the maple leaves turning red.  The aspen are fading from the brilliant green, as are the birch.  There is rust settling in to the oak leaves...... Autumn is here.  I sit in my kitchen at the computer and watch the changes occur.  The cats are more content to be inside rather than out, Sun rise is coming later, sun set earlier.

Kassie had to work today, I am thankful she has a job, and I am looking forward to the end of her school year.  This is the last year I have a child in school.  I no longer need to wake he up in the morning, her maturity does that.  I call and she is already up and getting ready.  It is so wonderful having a "baby" in the house but it is also wonderful to see them grow up, mature and get ready to launch out on their own.  As mothers we always worry, especially as we with the mistakes they make in their lives, but they are their mistakes and they have to live with them.  Only God can turn the ashes to gold, I am praying that for Kassie.

Have a great day folks

Hello All,
I hope you have had a good past couple of weeks mine have been BUSY BUSY. I am learning a new job as a lab tech and taking care of ruth and what not its been crazy :). Anyways just dropping by to say hello since I had a few minutes free Ya'll Have a good evening
Sarah

Hi everyone.  Will leave a quick note since I read the postings since I posted this morning. A little while ago I completed reinstalling the Windows 7 software on Pat's desktop.  It had started doing really weird things.  A few weeks ago I read how you can put the Windows software back in original condition without bothering your installed programs and settings.  It worked great.  I anyone would like to have the instructions, which I got out of a Windows Secrets Newletter, just let me know and I can email to you.  I has saved hours and hours of work to reload everything on a computer.  I was very pleased.

Etta Sue, I hadn't thought about Fingerhut for many years.  I did a search to see if they are still in business and found that they are.  I can't remember what we may have purchased from them.

Judy, it is always pleasant to watch the changing colors of fall and to enjoy some crisper days.  Of course, that means that winter isn't far away.  I just realized that fall will officially be here in a few days. 

Sarah, it sounds like you are keeping very busy.  Hope you like your new job.

Sarah, I often think of you and ask our Lord to help you with your really busy life. Your new job sounds great, and should be the beginning of your career ladder - keep up the good work, gal.

Larry, I'll be one of the first to ask for a copy of that newsletter. I read everything I can that will help me to do a better job of administering "first aid" to my computer. That's so much better than needing to pay lots of money for expert help.

Etta Sue, "Etta Stew" sounds delicious! I may need to cook up something like that soon. ;)

Today was a really busy, harrying, hectic, stressful morning, so when I finally got home, I had to take a couple of tylenol and lie down. Now, I feel a bit better.

Most likely it would be a good thing to have a bit of supper, methinks, since it soon will be 10 pm!  ::)

Y'all have a wonderful rest of your day with our Lord.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

Larry, I would like to have those instructions as well.  Thank you.  I would have to get Sara (gr dtr) to do this for me, I would ruin things for sure if I tried.
I had to check my profile to see what email address was showing there....and I had to update it, as I suspected!

Hubby has a new Home Health nurse and also they have put him on physical therapy again.  His previous nurse had so many patients that she was getting overwhelmed.  The new one is young and perky, but she does seem to know her business. 
I know now why people always say they have to take it one day at a time, that is just the way it is. 
Thanks to all for the prayers, it helps a lot for me to count on the prayers. I am truly grateful. 

Have any of you been hearing of cantaloupe causing listeriosis lately?  A friend of ours is one of the fatalities of 3 in our state.  So sad.  We even bought a cantaloupe that came from the Rocky Ford area of Colorado, which is where the contaminated ones were from.  Uh oh! 
All of the other supermarkets in town say they got theirs from California.

Blessings,  Janice

Yes, Janice - some of those cantaloupes made their way to Tennessee, too. The loss of your friend is so sad.

This makes me think ... so many people find it difficult to trust our Lord, yet we all depend on so many forces for our daily lives that their lack of trust in God is puzzling to me.

Well, must go - have a meeting with a plumber in about an hour.

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  We are much cooler here this morning and it is overcast.  We had some wind about 5:30 and I thought it was raining but apparently no rain.  My big activity today is to see my doctor for my annual physical.  I already did the blood work but he wants me to repeat some of the testings before seeing him this morning.  So I have to hope the lab isn't too busy when I get there.  I also need to get my flu shot but don't think I can do that on a Friday at Kaiser.  I also need to stop at Sam's and return an item I got for our daughter.  Pat is actually going to get out this morning and then have lunch out so know she is feeling a lot better.

Ruth Ann and Janice, I will send you a copy of the instructions as just sent them to someone else and can just forward that on to you. 

Janice, so sorry to hear of your friend being one of the victims of the cantaloupe situation.  Hope the new home health care nurse works out well for your husband. 

Larry, are those instructions just for Windows 7, or are they for any computer?  If they're for any system, I'd love to have a copy, too.

Fall doesn't actually begin until next week, but for sure summer is over.  Not only have the temperatures suddenly dropped about 20 degrees, but there's a brisk breeze as well. 

I was wondering that too Jeanne  If they are for any computer then I would like them as well!

John will be home soon, till Sunday afternoon. 

I am also wondering right along with Jeanne and Judy, if they are for any windows system I would also like a copy.

Yes, Larry--me, too!  If it works for Vista.  When I had Windows reinstalled last year, they didn't use Toshiba so many of my Toshiba functions do not work.  If I could use my recovery disk and not have to reinstall everything, that would be great!!

Ivalou and I went to the pool this a.m., then to Marsh's for some groceries.  Kaye Don and Barb are having a fish fry Sunday afternoon and we needed some ingredients for our covered dish/pitch-in.  Then Ivalou said she was hungry.  It was 10:50 so we stopped for lunch and had breakfast food! 

I am doing some laundry now. 

It was 45 degrees this morning.  I don't think there was frost but close to it.  My maple tree behind the house is a soft Maple and the leaves are falling...green leaves.  They haven't turned color.  The ground is almost covered with green leaves.  My other Maple trees aren't doing that....yet. 

Not ready for winter...NO!  Not yet!  If I just didn't have to wear a winter coat or bundle up, I wouldn't mind it!!   ::)

This article on the Window's 7 no reformat, nondestructive reinstall indicates Windows has had this ability since XP but for some reason Microsoft has never made nondestructive reinstalls an official repair.  So it would appear it should work for XP, Vista and Window's 7.  Jeanne, if I recall correctly you have a MAC for it wouldn't work for you.  However, just in case I am not remembering correctly I an send you the email and if you can't use it just trash it.  I have a rather long list of requests so will do BCC's on the e-mail.

Larry, my Mac has been out of the loop for quite a while.  I needed a PC for exchanging files at work and the Mac didn't get upgraded for several years - it still works and I can access the internet, but it needs more hard drive and lots more RAM.  So I'm mainly using Windows XP on a laptop right now.  I did receive the instructions, so thank you.   :thumbsup:

Just back to share something I got this afternoon that I really liked:

To brighten your day

Someone has written these beautiful words. Must read and try to understand the deep meaning of it.

Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in  trouble,
but it is a "steering wheel"  that directs the right path throughout.

A car's WINDSHIELD is so large and the rear view mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE.
So, look ahead and move on.   

Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
 
All things in life are temporary.  If going well, enjoy it; they will not last
forever. If going wrong, don't worry; they can't last long either. 



Old friends are gold! New friends are diamond! If you get a diamond, don't forget the gold because to hold a diamond, you always need a base of gold! 


Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end! 
 
When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.     

A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?"
He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!" 

When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you. 

WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.

Those are good sayings, Larry. :)

Etta Sue, I ended up getting the "lunch" for my breakfast! I forgot to eat before meeting with the plumber at my old house. So, stopped at a Subway, thinking they make breakfast food. Not this one! So, for breakfast, I had a turkey sub with very little mayo, very little lettuce, and sliced tomato on the thin bread.

So, between us, we "evened things out" as some folks around here say. ;)

Y'all have a good rest of the day with our Lord.

Ruth Ann

HELLO!!  I am back home again.  We had a nice time in Branson, saw several good music shows, plus NOAH, the Musical, which is great, in the big Sight and Sound Theater.  Yesterday, we spent the entire day at Silver Dollar City, wandering into one show after another and watching some of the artisans at work.  It was cool and cloudy all day, and then in the evening, just as the final show was starting, it began to rain.  They stopped, to cover the musicians and instruments on the stage with a big tarp, and after we waited some five minutes or so, came back out and announced that the Weather Service said more rain was coming, so the show was canceled and we all left.

Up early  and after a long drive, here we are, back in Ulysses!  Our guys didn't get nearly as much accomplished as they thought they would, so our bathroom is now not usable at all.  Thankful that we have another one not far away!  ;)

I have read all your posts, seems everybody kept busy and didn't notice my absence.  That's good!  Love you all.

Hi everyone.  We had a much cooler, in the 60's day, yesterday and it stayed overcast all day.  I think today is not suppose to get above 73.  It has been a long time since we had such nice temperatures.  Not much on the schedule for today.  After coffee I think I will make a quick trip to Sam's Club to return an item and perhaps stop at Walmart for something.  Then, if I am not too tired, I will attend a meeting this morning.  The afternoon and evening will be watching some football and resting.  My physical went very well yesterday.  I will recheck my blood in a couple of months as the creatine level is not within the range.  Of course, I have known for a long time that I had kidney disease, which apparently isn't unusual with heart disease.

Just back from coffee and we have been using the hair dryer to get the compacted ice out of the ice bin.  I appears the defrosting function of our refrigerator has failed and has allowed the ice to turn into a solid block.  We will have to have the repair people out and even though the unit makes ice we will probably just buy ice until it is fixed as it is a job getting all of the ice out of the bin.  I think we just burned out Pat's hand-held hair dryer but the ice is about melted.  Certainly something isn't right.

Ruth Ann, my wife reminds me once-in-a-while that it is alright to each non-traditional breakfast foods at breakfast time.  I think we are all creatures of habit.

Janet, nice to see you are back and had a good time in Branson.  What musical shows did you see.  Too back about the slowness of accomplishment in your bathroom.  Hopefully that will advance a bit more quickly now that you all are back.

Janet ~ Glad you are home safe and sound.  Kitty and Bob are going to Branson Sunday for a few days.  I have been wondering...did you get your eye glasses from the online site?  How are they?  Do they fit well?  Any problems?  Share your experience with us since I, for one, was wanting to try out that site in the future. 

Larry ~ I didn't get the instructions for re-installing Windows.  The email address in my profile is correct.

Ruth Ann ~ I can eat breakfast food anytime but not the other way around.  When working we had one gal that would bring cold pizza to eat before starting work!  Sometimes she brought chili but she did warm it up!  I couldn't eat lunch and dinner food for breakfast.  Almost like drinking Pepsi or Coke for breakfast...has to be coffee or juice for me for breakfast!  To each their own, I guess.  I guess I have never been hungry enough to eat foods any time.

I am loving this cooler weather.  Now if it could stay this temp for 6 months and then warm up!!

Larry, we saw Doug Gabriel, a family show, the Bretts, another family show, Cassandre, who is a gal from Nebraska with the strongest, highest voice I have ever heard!  We went to Noah, the Musical, saw several shows out at Silver Dollar City which were good, and I'm sure I am forgetting some.  Lots and lots of great musical talent in that town!!

Yes, Etta Sue, I got my glasses from the online site.  They fit great, no problems at all except I need the frames adjusted a little bit.  I was pleased that I could just put them on and wear them.  I like cold pizza for breakfast, can eat most anything anytime!  ;)  But I do not drink soft drinks for breakfast....nor any other time, hardly.  I do get thirsty for one occasionally, so drink one.  I know they are one of the worst things for weight gain and other health problems, so am glad I have sort of lost my taste for them.

Did you all know I have become a pilot?  Yes, that's right!  Stuff is so messed up and disorganized that I just pile it here, then pile it there......pilot!   :lol:  Sure is hard to find things, whew!

First off, I LOVE   the new look of our website!!!  <3 <3 <3

Next, a lady has offered 6 Readers Disgest condensed books on Freecycle, so I'll pick them up today to donate to our little library downstairs in the multipurpose room.

Now, it's off to "the races" for me - seeyalater, friends.

Ruth Ann

The new look of the site is wonderful :). We don't seem to slow down ever. Working in the hospital as a lab tech now it's a blast :) (of course I'm the one on the "right" side of the needle lol) Ruth is getting big and more ornery every day. this weekend has been crazy busy and we are going to Amarillo tomorrow for my birthday celebration. Our family tradition is that the one whose birthday gets to pick what to eat well since my birthday fell int he middle of the week I wasn't able to go to my most favorite restaurant The Olive Garden. So we will go tomorrow and get a few things from different stores while we are there. They have a "Once Upon A Child" store so we will be looking to see what they have for Ruth. Anyways y'all have a good evening  I am off to work on a paper for school and eat supper and go to bed TTYL
Sarah 

Nice website - thanks for all of your work!

Jeanne:  I love seeing your avatar - can you tell me why I see it under Larry and Marilyn's posts?   Is anyone else having this photo appearing under their posts? 

It has snowed on the mountain tops - not very much but this state goes nuts over who will begin skiing first.  The cabin had 34 degrees F. one morning & now into that cool of nights.  Aspen trees have not turned gold yet - bummer.  Elk are hiding in the trees - big bummer.  One huge moose and five Ospreys.  Not a great viewing.  We had friends arrive to a couple of days so with my grand sitting, & getting things ready here & up the hill, I have not had a free hour for a week.  Our dear friends are from church & neighbors as well so, we can talk of faith & family.  Great discussions on what we are reading and so many things.  Don and friend fished and they caught nothing but an Osprey caught a  fish and flew right over the guys.  Show-off!   

Looking forward to Sunday morning.  Peace to all. 

Happy Birthday to Sarahm :hb2:   

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARAH!!  How old is little Ruth now?  The Olive Garden is one of Beth's favorites, too, and she asked me to get her a bottle of their salad dressing if we went to one.  We did, so I did.  ;)

I just stopped by to say good night.  So.....Good Night!!

Janet ~ Thanks for the info about your glasses.  Sounds like a plus. 

When I got up at 7:30 I could see the sun shining to the east.  Now it is gone.  Clouds everywhere now.  And cool.  Only 54 degrees.  Just hope it doesn't rain. 

I got some more crocheting done on the baby afghan.  Using skein 3 now.  When I get it on the afghan, then it will be the border skein.  Love this pattern.  Hope she likes it for her baby boy.

I so wanted to stay in bed this morning.  I woke up thinking it must be time to get up but didn't look at the clock.  I think just as I got back to sleep, the alarm went off!  Scared me! 

Happy birthday, Sarah.  I got you on FB but not on here!

Carol, I have no idea why you've been seeing my avatar with Larry and Marilyn's posts.  They both have their own avatars which I see in the proper places. 

Hi everyone.  Another week has passed quickly and it is once again Sunday.  I don't have to get up as early on Sunday as other days as don't go to coffee on Sunday.  Just plan on attending church this morning.  The choir is singing a really nice anthem and looking forward to it. If Pat feels up to it we will go out for lunch after church.  Yesterday morning we did get the ice out of the ice bin and determined that the defrosting mechanism isn't working on the refrigerator.  I will have to call for repair tomorrow.  Fortunately the refrigerator/freezer are still working.  We have turned off the ice maker as don't want to fight that battle again of getting the ice that had melted together out.  I did return an item to Sam's and then stopped at Walmart to get Pat a different phone that has a cover on it.  However, will take it back as she didn't like it either as it doesn't have a camera as her current one does.  I burned some CDs yesterday afternoon and that was about it.  I did get a firmware update installed on my e-book reader and it seems to be working much better now.  I enjoyed reading with it yesterday evening.

Etta Sue, I resent the instructions just now. 

Janet, we didn't see any of the shows you did.  I know the performers change there a lot and this time of year there are more places open with shows.  You are right about the musical talent.  Janet, that was a knee-slapper about being a pilot.  Glad the glasses worked out.  I have been thinking about ordering a pair as mine have been worn so long the lenses have a few scratches.  However, I still like the ones I have.

Ruth Ann, nice of you to help build your little library. 

Sarah, a belated Happy Birthday.  Hope you have a great day in Amarillo.  They are building a new Olive Garden just about 4 miles from us and it should be open soon.

Carol, sounds like you are having a great time at the cabin.  It is always nice to spend time with friends. 

Church alone today - Don is just exhausted and plans to spend the day here.  A trip to WalMart - have you seen the price of spices rising? 

Jeanne:  I don't understand why your picture shows just under Larry and Marilyn.  I just don't know how it can be fixed if it is on my site or something else. 

A pot of chicken soup is in the crockpot. 

Larry:  I have to get up and move much earlier on Sunday.  We had a new song to learn - not impressed but the words are nice.  We have to keep the young people involved so be it.  Glad that you are getting your e-reader up to par.  I have much to learn on the iPad and want to take a class.  Everything is online but they might have some shortcuts too.  Isn't it wonderful?  My dad would have just loved the things we take for granted now. 

Janet:  I am so glad you got to Branson.  We never did and Don really wanted to go but the chance never came and now he cannot understand the music so anything would be a terrible screeching sound to him.  Love the gift of hearing because it can be temporary - that is what I say.  I hope your house is all finished. 

Etta Sue:  My yarn is sitting here waiting for me to make another sweater coat but first, I need to sew a baby quilt.  she was born this spring so I am quite late.  The colors are purples, a little pink and white.

Carol, it is so sad about Don's hearing.  Yes, it is a wonderful thing to have hearing, and one misses so much when it goes.  I am thankful for hearing aids, both for me and Darrel!  No, the house isn't finished!  Far from it!  I'm thinking it's going to be months........... :P  Hard to get used to living with everything out of order, so thankful to have at least the living room in order, but still with no shades/curtains.  I had a new king sized sheet with purples in it, got that out to use on the window, as the glare from an uncovered window hurts my eyes, especially if I am watching TV.  But this, too, shall pass!  And I'm thankful to have gotten those things repaired that had needed it for so long and bugged me so much!  For sure, I will have plenty to occupy my time for a long time to come, just getting things sorted and back in their proper places so we can find them!  By then we should know what we can do without, and get rid of more stuff!  So there is a silver lining!

Our young pastor gets better and better.  The new youth pastor/worship leader is doing a great job with the kids, attendance at the Youth Group has grown tremendously.  But I do hope he stops bringing so many new songs every Sunday.  Today there was only one with which I was faintly familiar, all others new.  And I am trying not to be an "old fogey" about it.

Lon is to come this afternoon for a short time to put another coat of mud on in the bathroom so it can be dry by tomorrow.

And I am going to read, and maybe take a nap!  Not much I can figure out to do to move the process along on the house, or I would!

Hi, friends, not too much to say today - just that I'm here and love each of you.

Have a great day with our Lord, and Sarah, do please enjoy your birthday today and then walk with God as you go through this new year. He will be your Friend and Guide. :)

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  Another overcast morning but suppose to see the sun later this afternoon and a possibility of a shower this evening.  It is suppose to reach 77 degrees here today.  Nothing out of the ordinary on schedule for today.  I have my Monday men's luncheon and we are going to Red Robin.  They have really tasty hamburgers.  I need to find the barber today and also may need to go to Aldi's for Pat.  That will be a full day and then have a meeting this evening. 

Carol, it seems everything in the grocery store is going up on a weekly basis.  Kroger had a head of cauliflower priced at $3.99 the other day.  I just wonder how families can afford to feed their families.  We lost our youth minister a few months ago and now we are seeing very few young people in our church service.  I just hope they are attending the contempory services.  We do have an interim youth minister.

We sang a most beautiful and meaningful anthem yesterday.  It was "For the Love of God".  I tried to find it on the web but had no luck. 

Janet, I like your positive attitude about your home situation.  Just take it a day at a time and one of these days you will find the project is finished.

Ruth Ann, we love you too. 

What happened to the format I had yesterday?  I didn't have the sidebar on the left yesterday.

I think there is an advantage to being lyric illiterate!  At church I think, this is a new song...and then I recognize the music as it being one that Mom used to play on the piano.  It's new to me....but then, some songs are new to me even when I heard it last week!  If the music is nice, I love the song!

I drove to Ivalou's yesterday...she didn't come out.  I honked the horn....she didn't come out.  I turned off my car and used her house key to go in the house.  I yelled, 'Lucy!'  Finally I heard her...she was still in bed.  Seems she went to her son's the evening before.  She fell asleep in the chair when she came home.  She woke up at 2am and went to bed.  A 'J' night from then on and finally fell asleep around 7am.  So she missed church. 

Church was awesome with the message being about our Church Family.  Great message.  Sunday School message was about Adam and Eve.  Love the story of Adam and Eve. 

I didn't go out to eat since Kaye Don's fish fry was to be at 2pm.  But I went to the convenient store in Lapel and got a cappuccino and a donut. 

The fish fry was superb.  Great fish and the other foods were fantastic.  I saw one lady leave with a ziplock bag of my Candy Crackers.  Her mother is in the hospital so she was taking them to her.  She said they are starving her Mom!! 

Marge called me last evening and asked if she could come down and look at my computer.  Her granddaughter, Alicia, is 'Shipmate of the Week' in the Coast Guard this week.  We found the website easily and I printed out the article.  I saved the picture of Alicia to my computer and then made it a 5"x7" and printed it for her so she can frame it.  I love doing things for people like that. 

Today is a nothing day.  I have taken the trash to Kaye Don's drive.  And I have a pot of Chili Soup on the stove!  The house smells soooo good.  It is rainy and dreary out so the soup will be a great comfort food. 

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