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I received this in an email from strollin.  its too good to not share.

After returning from Sunday School, Mom asked her little daughter, what the Sunday lesson was all about ?

Her daughter answered, " Don't Be Scared , You'll All Get Your Quilts " Needless to say, Mom was perplexed.

Later that same day, the Pastor of the church happened to drop by for tea. During their conversation, the mother asked the Pastor " What was this mornings Sunday school lesson all about " ? The Pastor set down his tea and replied.

" Be Not Afraid, Thy Comforter Is Coming "

  If I am your Facebook friend, you may already know that I am having cataract surgery May 8th for one eye and May 9th for the other eye.  Then the 9th they will set up an appointment to return for a checkup and to make sure I am alive!! 

When Dr. Miller said cataract surgery, I said 'Oh, Great!!'  He looked at me kind of weird and I said, 'I don't like surgery but if that is what it takes to be able to see out of my right eye again, I am all for it!'  Has anyone ever had mono-implants?  I have always wanted contacts...one for far-sighted...one for near-sighted.  Dr. Miller told me they can do that and even have bifocal implants now.  My one concern is most people after implants have to wear glasses again eventually.  Will these implants be a problem if I need to wear glasses again?  I guess I will search online for some answers or I am sure the Eye Specialists will know the answers. 

The best part is Eye Specialists is located at 19th and Meridian in Indy...about 45 minutes away.  They provide transportation.  I will get a call Monday evening from the driver to tell me when I will be picked up.  Then get my surgery and they bring you back home.  Another call that evening and the driver will tell when I will be picked up, get my surgery and they will bring you back!  How wonderful is that?

I have read all the posts but won't make comments today.  Just know that prayers are going out for those with prayer requests and praises to God who have had praises. 

Last evening was the first fundraiser for Jacob....a cookout at the high school that he attended.  The biggest praise is it was damp with a little rain and sunshine that made perfect double rainbows!!  God was there!  Jacob is still in a coma but he pointed a finger to the therapist yesterday.  And after the therapist put a ball in his hand, he dropped it in the therapists hand.  He just keeps amazing all of us!  God isn't through with Jacob...he will return!

Got word that Kaye Don and Barb are headed home this morning.

It is hazy today but the sun is shining.  Windy again!  Temp is low 60's.

Larry I am going to central California, Stockton which is 50 miles south of Sacramento. Roger lives in Stockton, Carol lives in Manteca 10 miles south of Stockton,,on lives  north of Sacramento. Ron lives in North Carolina, he won't be there.

As I sit here at my desk under the window i can see a little birdie coming up to the window and pecking, I don't know what to feed it, if it is a seed eater or not,

Beautiful baby!  I will pray for complete healing on her future foot surgery.  Paul and Pat:  So glad you had a close visit with Cayla. 

Ruth Ann:  Praying for strength as you "Fetch and Carry".  I lived in Texas and finally had to ask what they meant by carrying a person.  Everyone at work had a good laugh at me. 

We have had two more days of roof hammering and the reason is the county inspection wants something done differently so the contractor is fixing everything right now.   I woke up really fast last night after getting up & stepping on wet carpet around 2 AM.  Then, I proceeded to search & found wet carpet in two closets so I decided Don would have to wake up.  We found the problem under the sink drain & stopped it right away - then, I dug out the Little Green Machine we have had for years of cleaning small spills on a carpet.  It vacuums up water.  Put a fan in there & pulled things out of the closet.  Yes, we finally got to sleep & also had naps.  Company is coming but not until Saturday - thank goodness. 

Wed was bible study in the morning and a lunch at our leader's house.  She asked everyone to bring something, I brought chopped tomatoes and we made a haystack salad of mexican ingredients.  Very good.  Long day for me because I had driven gals to Tues night quilt group and was still stressed from driving on dark roads with no markings - not fun at all. 

Marilyn:  Enjoy the family visit - it sounds great. 

Beef stew leftovers tonight.  Beef was finally on sale - we sure have been eating chicken a lot more for years and beef tastes so good when you don't have it too often.  Meat isn't always on the menu either.  I still make the five hour oven stew after 50 years of cooking.  Yep - actually cooked since the age of 8 or ten. 

Well, I understand about doing the family's cooking at a young age. I started early, too, and the memories of those days are standouts in my young life. What fun I had!

Etta Sue, I wish I had been offered the mono-type implants. The only reason I wear glasses is that my implants were set up for distance vision, so I must wear trifocals (top, pure glass-middle, for computer use and piano playing-bottom, reading lenses). Oh, well, I really enjoyed wearing the mono-type compacts for a few years. How great to have the surgeries so close together!

Oh, dear, we've had thunderstorms with hail predicted, and I now hear the hail hitting my windows. Wow, more damage for little Josie PT cruiser!

"Montezuma" must be mad at me...I've been dealing with his "revenge" all afternoon, so had to get someone to take my place at that dinner tonight.

Larry, I thoroughly enjoyed reading that message. The story I have about good-hearted truckers comes from a very long trip my 4 children and I took in 1975. I had trained my 14-yr old son to drive just enough that he could get us to another town if my back went out on the trip. But, that's not what happened. Instead, we left El Paso, TX about 2:30 in the afternoon, expecting to find a motel where we could rest when we were driving back east across Texas. NOT TO BE!!! Two truckers realized my predicament (dad had sent us on vacation with his CD radio) and one got in front with the other in back. As the night wore on, the one in back would really blow his horn if I began to drive a bit erratically. Finally, the one in front led me to a Holiday Inn just as dawn was breaking. It's then that I learned he was mayor of his town, and served as assistant pastor in his home church. So, thanks to God's merciful kindness in sending these two godly men to "shelter" me as I drove alone through that long night, we got into the motel, and my oldest took himself and the other 3 out to enjoy the amenities of the hotel while I slept. Isn't it so wonderful that God provides, even when ignorant ladies take on a challenge such as that without any warning of the dangers involved for the night ahead. Praise His Holy Name!

Now, to shut down the computer and try to get settled in for the night ahead.

Much love to everyone.

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  The sun is about to come up and it looks like it will be another very nice day in Georgia.  This morning is our morning to participate in the Senior Golden Games by playing Rummikub.  It starts at 9 am so I will have to make my time short at coffee this morning so we can get there on time.  Then late this afternoon we will be playing dominoe's with the other two couples we get together with and then will go out for the evening meal.  I was so saddened to learn that Pat Howe had lost her valiant fight with cancer.  What a terrible struggle she had and I can't even imagine what she had to deal with on a daily basis.  She will be missed. 

Pat, a beatutiful baby and thanks for sharing the pictures.

Ruth Ann, you had quite a day yesterday.  It is so thoughtful of you to support the work of your church in helping those caught up in the disease of addiction.  Hope the charity event was a huge success.  My daughter's church has such a program and I am convinced it had a lot to do with her coming back to the Lord as she has.  It is hard to remember that each of us is one of God's children and deserve love and respect.

Judy, glad you liked the trucker's story.  Just because a person has a crusty exterior sure doesn't mean they don't have a soft heart and care about others. 

Etta Sue, you are quite brave to do the eye surgeries a day apart. I wondered if the surgery center provided transportation for you and I see that they do.  More good news concerning the slow recovery of Jacob. 

Marilyn, thanks for the clarification concerning your trip. 

Carol, not good to get up and step on wet carpet.  Glad it wasn't a major repair problem.

Ruth Ann, it sounds like you have a very good story of your own experience with truck drivers and their kindnesses to  you.

Hmmm--how does the notify button get disabled?  I got way behind in here again!   I'm watching the 700 Club, so be back in a bit!

Yes, next day surgery is a little new for this facility.  I don't remember when Ivalou had surgery but for her and Mom, they had one eye done.  They wore a patch over that eye for a week.  Then a week later, they checked that eye and did surgery on the other eye.  Then a patch on that eye and a week later you went back for both eyes to be checked and were done.  Now instead of 3 weeks, it could be 3 days.  And they had to put in eye drops every so often each day.  I will let you know how they do things now...in a few days!

I am trying to think whether I want one eye far and one near or the bifocal implants.  I don't think the bifocals are covered by insurance, even though I have three insurances.  So I guess $$ will be the factor in that.  I haven't read the whole book I received yet either.

Sheree wrote yesterday...

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They had made several attempts to plug Jacobs trach but he would have difficulty breathing so last night they did a scope of his throat and found 50% blockage or stenosis. His doctors will be meeting as a team to decide the next step since they are still treating him for a blood clot but this may involve surgery to repair the blockage.

It does seem that there is more wrong with Jacob than what is being told.  But my mind's eye still sees him crossing that stage to get his high school diploma with his other classmates!!

Parker was telling his grandma, Ivalou, that the fund raiser at the high school Wednesday night raised over $8,000 for Jacob and his parents!  What a blessing!

Today I am going to Kitty's to make sure her two kitties have food and water.  Then this evening I am going to Tony's and then Tony, Charlene and I are going out to eat at 'On the Border'!  Didn't surprise me that we are going Mexican.  Not at all!

Very bright and sunny today with very little wind.  BUT the temp is on in the 40's!!

Etta Sue, Darrel's cataract surgery was very recent, and they waited two weeks or so between the first and second eye.  And YES he had to do the drops--I can't imagine they would discontinue those--but who knows what changes in a short time or in different areas.  And they haven't been required to wear the eye patches for years, only really dark, protective sunglasses, which they give you.  That's the way of it here--I don't know about there!  And Darrel paid extra $$$ for what they called a toric lens, which is to correct astigmatism.  He does need glasses for reading.  But he has worn glasses most of his life and really likes the transition lenses, so after his eyelid surgery on Monday and the healing time, he will get glasses.  I recommended he get plain glass in the top and reading in the lower part, transition lenses, and he will be more comfortable.  I found it was a royal pain having to hunt for reading glasses every time you want to read something!  Much easier to just wear glasses, and for those of us who are used to that protection in front of our eyes, it just feels more comfortable.  We weren't told about the mono type of lenses, though, but I'm sure they do have those.

Pat, what a cute baby.  I will go check the prayer section to learn what the problem is concerning her.

Ruth Ann, the constant helper in time of need, bless you!

Larry, thanks for sharing the trucker story.

Carol, I, too, learned to cook at a young age, and each of my daughters could put an entire meal on the table for the whole family by the age of 9, and none of them have ever regretted knowing how to cook! In fact, they are all very good cooks---better than their Mom!  Beth loved to cook as long as she was able.

Good news re Jacob, and may God continue the healing in his young body.  Great that the fund raiser was such a success.  People are usually very generous when it comes to helping someone, especially those they know.

We have a terribly windy day here today---   YUCK.

I must go, tons to do, we are leaving early this evening to attend a play in Dodge City with friends, so have a shorter time to get stuff done.  The play is Harvey--should be lots of fun!  The Chinese Acrobats were good last night, too.  And tomorrow night is my HS reunion, and I get to speak about my book and sell those, so you can see I have lots to do!  Why do things always seem to come in bunches? 

A bit discouraging today as the roof did not pass inspection in four places.  It will be taken care of but the ladder is still tied down right in front of our garage (they leave a tied ladder for an inspector). The contractor had to fire one crew out of the 3 crews he has working.

I made pumpkin bars and refrigerated all, well, we did have to taste them first.  Mom was excellent at pies and we remember going to the alley in back to pick blackberries for a fresh pie.  Nothing better than Washington berries and it must have been the refreshing misty mornings with the afternoon sunshine. 

Well, here I am, about ready to say "Good Morning!"

As the day wore on, I felt better. So today's agenda was to take the disabled young man to work, then drive about 30 miles north of town to get a much needed item that was offered through Freecycle.com. That lady was so sweet. She almost loaded me down with gifts including a half pint of honey straight from the hive, a pen that will be nice for my carpal tunnel pains - is't round and fat. Also she had fixed a lovely plant for my apartment, and gave me a great ceramic baking item from Pampered Chef! She insisted on having lunch with me, and her homemade spaghetti really "hit the spot." Yum! We had not discussed faith, but enjoyed sharing our favorite Bible verses, and even sang along with a CD of fine old Christian songs. What a nice mini-vacation!

Then I ended up at my son's apartment to take his meds to him, and what fun the kitty Sasha and I had playing together. I was even able to get her to take treats from my fingers. He said he had never been able to get her to do that for him.

So, the last half of the day was great!

I really like your cartoon today, Etta Sue, and will be praying for you and the doctor and insurance can agree on the very best option for your eyes. What a difference it made for me. I also waited 2 weeks for the second surgery, and during those 2 weeks I was constantly delighted to see that my friends actually DID have color in their faces, and the flowers and decorative trees and bushed really made an impact. I could hardly wait for the second surgery.

It's so good to see everyone here, and to enjoy the contributions to the conversation. You just don't have any idea how great it is to hear from each of you.

It's time to rest my eyes for this evening. Tomorrow will be scurrying around to prepare for an event tomorrow afternoon and continuing into Sunday.

Much love to our Heavenly Father first, then to each of you. Rest well.

Ruth Ann

Hi everyone.  I have a few minutes before coffee so will write a few lines.  We had a very full but enjoyable day yesterday, including the late afternoon of dining with friends and then playing Mexican Train until about 8 pm.  Today the big activity will be to go to Atlanta and help Stacey get everything back to her apartment from rehab as she is finished with it today.  I did the grocery shopping she needed yesterday.  It will be mid-afternoon before we get back home.

Carol, it is strange they couldn't find another place to tie their ladder.  Sorry that the roofing saga goes on and on for you all.  I guess we were fortunate as our roof took only two days.  We don't have inspectors in Georgia and I didn't see any ladders being tied down.

Ruth Ann, what a unique experience you had on your trip north of town to meet the lady.  This world has many fine people and it sounds like you met one.

Etta Sue, when we were waiting at the eye doctor's office for Pat to see the eye doctor we talked to a woman who had the different lenses in each eye.  One was far-sighted and one was near-sighted.  She said after a few days her brain adjusted to this and she was glad she did it.  Pat wanted nothing to do with that type of arrangement.  I have worn glasses so long that I don't think I would be comfortable without them.  I have always had good food at "One the Border". 

Janet, Pat had to wear the eye patch for each of the surgeries she had.  Guess that differs by doctor.  I agree completely with you on how difficult it is to keep up with two different pair of glasses.  I have worn progressive lenses now for several years and can't imagine not having them.

Good morning!

What a fun evening we had last night, attending the dinner theater play with friends.  Harvey is a really fun play, and although I haven't seen the movie with Jimmy Stewart, I could just see him, in my mind's eye, playing the part of Elwood.  Jimmy Stewart is (was) my all-time favorite actor.  I did a really dumb thing---left my cell phone and my bracelet lying on the table there in the theater!  I missed them when we were half way home, and my friend called back and left a message there as soon as we got to her house.  I hope they won't mind packing them up and mailing them back to me.  I never should have laid them down!  I have prayed over this and believe I will get them back!   

Carol, getting your roof fixed shouldn't be such an ordeal!  My goodness, good help is sometimes really hard to find.  Your cooking always sounds so good!

Larry, I hope you and Pat don't overdo it today.  Glad Stacey has the rehab behind her now.

I'm going to look a few things up on the computer, then work on my talk for tonight some more.  It will be another late night for us.

I didn't realize till today that I didn't post a hymn yesterday.  Sorry about that, I will post one now.

Thanks for all that was said about cataract surgery.  I am looking forward in seeing clearly, better, colors, in dim light, in bright light and anything else.  Eye Specialists of Indiana have been in business since 1987.  I was there with Mom and Ivalou.  It seems this two story house is a hustle bustle...kind of like herding cattle with people going every direction.  But the staff is very efficient.  Seems when you reach the back door, you are ready to go home!

I just got home from going with Ivalou to the drug store, Woody's Restaurant, the bank and Dollar General.  She did pretty good driving.  Only scared me a couple of times.     Mostly it is her jack rabbit starts and stops.  Plus she has a heavy foot.  She drives way too fast!!

I would like to do some house cleaning today.  Maybe I should re-phrase that...I am going to do some house cleaning today.  Much needed!!

Sheree wrote...

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BIG day with Speech Therapist today. Jacob was the most awake the therapist had seen him. On command Jacob raised his index finger two different times, opened his hand, squeezed her hand, turned his head to look at her and had both eyes open. Praise the Lord!
This was the most Jacob has done in a session! So proud of you Jacob! You were working so hard !

Soon we are all going to read that Jacob is awake!!

It has been raining today and very chilly.  Great time to do some house cleaning!

Hi everyone.  It looks like it is going to be another  very warm day here in Georgia on this Sunday morning.  We are planning on attending church and then will probably eat out and then have a restful rest of the day.  We were able to get Stacey moved back to her apartment around noon time yesterday.  She was very glad to be finished with the rehab.  Fortunately at her apartment building they have a new exercise room that is available at no additional cost to the residents so she can continue to do some of the rehab type work.  When she isn't using her power chair she will have to walk with a walker for support.  Late in the afternoon she called in a panic saying she had lost her credit card.  So I immediately got on the phone and called and had the card blocked.  It wasn't 20 minutes after I did that when the phone rang again and she said she had found it.  I will call today to see if the block can be removed and if not tomorrow will have to arrange for new cards to be sent. 

Janet, it has been years since we attended at dinner theater and it was so much fun.  I don't think they have any professional dinner theaters around here although we do have good stage plays.  Sure hope you will get your items back that you left on the table.  Hope your talk last night went very well and that you sold out on your books.

Etta Sue, your eye clinic sounds like an assembly line.  I think most of them are run about the same way. 

Judy, thanks for posting the hymns.

I am ready for church.  A busy day and a busy week this week.  Something on my schedule for every day until Saturday. 

I did get my house cleaning done between phone calls.  I did crochet some on a Chemo Wrap.  And I did get caught up on my TV shows! 

Sheree said last evening...

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Jacob was very sleepy today so we just let him stay in bed and sleep most of the day.
We did ask him several times to raise his finger to show us a #1. He responded after a long delay - so thankful he is starting to respond to commands as we keep moving forward ! Thank you Jesus !

But I had a 'J' night last night!  I didn't have caffeine and I thought I would go to sleep easy since I was tired from house cleaning.  I don't know what it was except the alarm was set!  And not much chance of a nap this afternoon.  So bedtime will be early tonight.

Larry, the theater group at Boot Hill in Dodge City isn't a professional group, but they are really good.  It started out as a community theater group, but they have been going for 30 years now, and a lot of the people have been with them for years, so they are good!  Very enjoyable experience.  And they did find my things and are to mail them to me; then I will reimburse them for the postage--and I plan to add some $$ for their trouble.   The incident with Stacey and her credit card sound exactly like something Beth would do.  I don't know how many times she has panicked and told me she lost something, only to tell me later she found it.

We had church outdoors in a park by the swimming pool this morning.  The weather was absolutely perfect!  Then we had a baptismal service where 17 people were baptised!  Praise the Lord.  All that was followed by a lovely picnic.  We brought Beth and she stayed awake and really enjoyed being outdoors for that time.  I was concerned about sunburn because she insisted she wanted to be in the sun.  I did notice that her head was really red in the parts of her hair!    Oops!

I am going to update my blog on the webpage, you might like to check that out if you are interested.  I don't want to type it all twice.  Okay, yes, I do know how to copy and paste. 

Since we got home at midnight last night I just might take a nap in a while.  We have to leave really early to get to Garden in time for Darrel's eyelid surgery.

Larry & Janet : Stacey & Beth are your children but the both of you just keep on keeping on and that is a real encouragement for me as I try to do for my aunt, she does appreciate what I do  but with the short term memory on its way out it is so very difficult and also the few relatives that we have left they are backing away from taking the time to even phone her.
This coming  month is going to be tiring for me as she is have her second cateract operation on Wednesday I will be praying that this goes as well as the first then enjoy her joy as she will be able to have balanced vision.

Janet:  About our rental hot water tank the company really did a game playing and we just gave up, they changed the rules in their favor.  If we had known at the time I feel that we perhaps would have been owners and not renters of the tank and in time I do feel that we will purchase one rusty water, once a year fee to have it cleaned is far less money than a monthly rental. Currently we are paying $25.00 a month and I say for what.     So much for my griping.

Etta Sue:  We also have that type of eye clinc here as well. You can be at them for at least 4 hours although I did feel that they could be faster.

Our son came by for a few minutes after lunch to bring his dad some paint and to pick of some of his fish from a fishing trip that was in the freezer.

The sun has been shinning bright all day.

What a week this has been.  I love Sundays. 

I had a quilt meeting in Golden at the Mountaineer building.  When you go in the front door, there is a super high wall of several floors where you can climb the wall.  I didn't do that but opted to take the stairs instead of the elevator.  354 quilters came to the state council meeting.  CQC it is called.  Very interesting - the speaker is from New York City and she was so humorous and talented as her showings were all cloth kaleidoscopes.   Imagine the patience of sewing. 

Coming home late in the afternoon and our friends had not phoned so we thought they were still in Tucson - nope, a phone call and they were not far from our house.  We went into high gear here and set up our bedroom for it is on the main floor & he cannot do the stairs to our guest area.  I made a dessert and salad but opted to buy the bake it & top our own pizzas.  Papa Murphy's pizza, it is good.  We had a great visit as always.  They left around 11 AM today - he is in such pain that there is no way we could have taken him with us to church.  He is having a meeting at Mayo Clinic this week.  They are under such stress, I think they just forgot to call and we have noticed little things like that for a few years. 

Larry:  We have all gone through the trials of mislaying things.  I am always and forever looking in my sewing room & it is organized and labeled but I put something down in the wrong place for just a second.... sure is aggravating. 

Time to close this week's postings and now we have a new one for you all.

See you there!