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Hello, friends.  We arrived back home last night.  What a trip, and what a job!  The old van ('85) hadn't been used for nearly three years, and some carbon or something kept getting sucked into the lines.  It ran pretty well going down, but sputtered and coughed all the way home.  Sure kept me praying! 

We pretty well got Mother's apartment emptied, some stuff was left for Dolores and Norm to deal with, but we had loaded the van to the max--wall to wall, top to bottom and front to back!  So we came on home, with the promise we will be back on March 15, as Darrel has a Dr. appt then.  Darrel's sister didn't really want to get rid of the furniture "that has been in the family for ages--this was Grandma Damon's, etc", so guess whose garage has yet another big pile of stuff we don't need?  Sigh.  Well, Curtis can use some of it, and maybe I can find a couple things I can get rid of to squeeze hers in, but this place wasn't built to accomodate three other households of STUFF.  (Mom's, Beth's and now Mother's.)

We are both really tired.  Darrel is here snoozing in his recliner, and I'm thinking that looks like a great idea!  Unloading that van after the stress of deciding what to do with what and loading it, wore us out!

Jane, your comments are never intrusive.  Please at least say hello.  And I think we all understand about family problems.

Nita, welcome back.  You were missed.  Hello to everyone!

Gord to get rid of this aweful flu that is going around I have been told to drink lots of clear liquids, tea, water and the such.

The number of earthquakes in the worls is amazing.  How Scriptural prophecy is being fulfilled.  I pray for those folks they suspect are trapped.  It would be a terrible situation for them.

I had physio today.  Bill has increased my exercises, and they are more taxing.  I will be glad when this all is over.  Met a gentleman in physio last time there and he was still going at 4 months.

John is heading to Guelph.  He has a problem with the truck and the dealer up here didn't have the parts to fix it.  That seems so unreasonable to truckers that have to keep rolling for their pay check.  So Pat you may be able to have coffee with him tonight!

Elizabeth will be home soon, so I am off till later.

Hi everyone.  

Sorry Jeanne and Nita, but it is another beautiful day in Georgia but is only 61 degree at the moment.  You will get even during the summer when we are very hot and your areas will probably be cooler.

Gord, sorry to hear of your flu and that Noreen is not doing well.  Good to stay in and rest when you are recovering from the flu, as I am sure you are well aware.

Nita,  there are many places to download free books.  Barnes and Noble offer a free book every Friday, not that they are always a book I would want to read, but I try to always check and have several from their free selections.  Google is a good source to download free books, those that are no longer under copyright.  You will find a number of other places if you just type in free ebooks in a search engine.  

Just going to say I have read all of the postings but since it is getting late in the afternoon and I have some other things I need to do I will leave it at that for today.  I have choir this evening.  Janet, glad to see you are home and didn't break down on the road.

JAnet I understand about trying to assimilate households.  It is never easy.  Glad the van held out, now to rest.

Larry your busy days concern me, don't wear yourself down now!

    Judy B.  (  SIS)   Thanks for the encouragement and you are not the first to tell me..

Larry:  Also thanks for the good comments and I did have a very busy week but had to cancel it all and that was including singing at my old Church and this is the second time I have had to do this.  I also had to cancel going to my large choir as it is just to much. when you have the flu.

So I hope that you all have a great weekend and a great day in the Lord's house.

                               Love In Christ.   Gord and Noreen.

Hi, friends, I'm here tonight after a very busy day. A tooth in the upper front broke off the 9th, and I called to see if the new partial plate was ready to use. Well, they got everything ready for me - and just in time! My daughter's wedding is Sunday! Now I can smile without looking like a hillbilly! 

Vapor, we should make plans to meet - I've lived in Nashville for many many years. If you would be interested, please send me a personal message and we can arrange to grab a glass of iced tea somewhere. 

Y'all have a good evening, friends.

Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann Good to see you back.    How I wish I could hook up with you and vapor!!  Perhaps she could take a picture and post it in the thread Pat started!

Joyce:  Greetings - nice to see you posting.

Nita:  There are lots of books free for downloading from your library.  It just takes some time to find ones you would enjoy.  I have not listened to "Abraham" yet but that is from the library. 

Larry:  I need to look into Barne's & Nobels free book a week too.  Thanks.

Grandson is back safe and sound after spending a night with the team in Fargo hotel.  Did I mention their team won the tournament - total of 4 games and they won 3 of 4, I believe.  Big trophy.  Highlights of the game were captured on a YouTube video from a nice Canadian fan who sent it to the Minnesota coach and it is just thrilling.  I wasn't sure if anyone would like to watch 3 minutes of hockey but I could email the site to you if anyone desires. 

Here, we did our walk and it was nice enough to clean the patio & outdoor mat & such.  Vacuumed all & getting ready for cousin to arrive Friday - she needs to call me back.  There is a big art show this weekend so that will be interesting - all outdoors & rain is predicted.  Hope not. 

Hi Ruth Ann:  Glad you are not doing the Hillbilly thing - I had a jagged tooth break last week & they did a bonding so I can smile again too.  Nice to see you.

Carol, our county library doesn't have e-books as far as I can tell from the website.  They do have audio books on cd but not for download.

Thanks, Larry.  I have been searching, but I didn't think of putting in "e-books".  I've just searched audio books.  I suppose for my purpose they are the same, but I probably did get different hits than if I had put that. I found some to download and then had to tweak my player some to get them installed to it.  I'm all set now.

We might wake up to snow in the morning.  We have warnings all over western Oregon.  It is snowing now in some locations, but not here.  I wonder if Oregon will have enough snow to be on national news?  Probably not.

Ruth Ann, I'm glad you will look unhillbilly at the wedding and can smile freely.

Good night all. 

Home care has just left.  It is snowing up here in the still wintery north.  I am envious of Larry and those who no longer have snow. I had a rough night with my soulder last night, the new exercises are rough going.

HAve a good day folks, I  will be back later.

Whew!  I am sore today...not as bad as I thought I would be but tender sore.  I swam 36 links yesterday...first time since January 12.  Good feeling. 

Kitty and I went to Hobby Lobby for me to get some yarn to make another baby afghan by March 13.  She got some paint for her paint class today.  Three tiny little tubes of water color paint was over $30.  Glad I don't paint! 

Then I went into WalMart to get some filters for my Brita pitcher.  The only faucet that doesn't have soft water in the house is the cold water faucet in the kitchen.  I use that to make coffee and hot tea.  That water straight from the faucet and well makes a scum on the second cup of coffee (hard water)...I say it looks like the Desert Storm blew over.  So I use the Brita pitcher to filter the water.  So I got 4 of them.  Great coffee this morning.

Then I was hungry for pizza and we came back to Lapel for me to get a pizza and Kitty had a diet coke and a chocolate chip cookie! 

She called Bob and told him she was going with me to Pendleton to get another animal print top.  I am talking about 'Africa' at our Woman's Retreat so thought that would look nice. 

Then I took her home. 

I stopped at Ivalou's and gave her her mail. 

Tonight we are going to Beef and Boards to see 'Hairspray'!  Lots of singing and dancing.  I know I will like it and hope the others will also.  I saw the movie on TV last week.

I think Hairspray would be much more fun to see on stage than at the movies, and I enjoyed the movie.  So, Etta Sue, I think you are in for a real treat, a fun evening!

Ruth Ann, it is SO good to see you here again.  I've missed you!

I had quite a day today, nearly overwhelming, but with God's help, I handled it well.  My mom almost died again this morning, sugar very low, unresponsive, etc.  They put glucose under her tongue, sugar shot up to 220, they gave her insulin.....   She said she wished they would just leave her alone and let her go.  I prayed with her, asked her to be very sure what she wants, she is sure, so I talked to her nurse.  I told her please do NOT take my word for this, go talk to Mom.  She did, Mom told her the same, also told my sister.  Now they are looking into Hospice for Mom, also checking into "Liability issues" about not doing the sugar thing any more.  I  spent from 7:30 until after 3:00  up there, and I feel like a wrung-out dishrag.  (Maybe look like it, too!)  All of this involved several calls between me and my two older sisters, conferences with the DON, etc.

They are to call me when and if they decide anything.

We are to leave in the morning to drive to Los Lunas, N.M. taking an empty trailer, and then pulling home a full trailer for grandson Curtis.  I just want to go to sleep for about a week........

Hi everyone I am checking in here, Don'tcha think it is time. LOL

Ruth Ann so good to see you posting again, and glad that you aren't doing the Hillbilly things with your teeth.

We are supposed to get some snow here, but I am wondering if we really will. Keith is planning on going to Portland tomorrow to see his boys so we are watching the weather very closely. I am staying home with the critters.

Not much going on here in my neck of the woods, I've just been doing the usual things I always do. Working on graphics in both PSP and Photoshop trying to learn as much as I can in Photoshop.

Hi everyone.  It has been a very busy day but still very nice weather as it was 66 degrees this afternoon.  It is suppose to rain tomorrow.

We had invited a friend, who is 94 years old, and another couple that are our friends to come for lunch.  The 94 year old used to attend our church and we once visited with she and her now deceased husband while we were in Florida several years ago.  She is a delightful person but almost stone deaf and it made it very difficult to talk with her.  She talked a lot and said she doesn't get to talk very much as lives with her daughter and SIL and is alone a lot as they both work and are active in their church.  About 2pm I took her home and then went on to an appointment with my cardiologist.  I didn't get home until a little after 5 pm and now just relaxing in my chair.  I am sure bedtime will come early tonight.  Pat had fixed a lovely meal and we all had a nice time. 

Janet, what a stressful day you had and what a difficult position to be placed in. Glad your mother revived but it sounds like with wasn't what she wanted.  Hope you have a good trip tomorrow as you help your grandson. 

Marilyn, hope you don't get snowed in.

Etta Sue, hope the play is very good.  I know that you like musicals from what you have said before.  Glad you were finally able to get back into the pool.

Judy, it sounds like the PT may have been too hard for you if it left you in a lot of pain.  Wish I could send you some of our nice weather.  Our flowering trees are all breaking into bloom and apparently the daffodils are also blooming although I haven't seen any of them yet.

Nita, I may have mislead you in suggesting ebooks as they are not audio books but rather like Kindle books. 

Carol, I know you and your family are glad to know your grandson is home safely from a very successful trip.

Ruth Ann, good to see your postings.  Glad you were able to get your tooth fixed before the wedding. 

Gord, sorry to see you missed being able to sing in your old church and also your choir practice.  I know I don't like to miss mine.

Larry, right.  I found that out as I did my searches.  

Janet, you did have a stressful day.  Making those decisions is such a hard thing to do.  I remember when my mom asked me to be sure they didn't do anything to keep her alive.  When they gave her something to keep breathing well till the end, the doctor told me it hasten her death because of its effect on her heart.  We all agreed that's what she would want.  She died peacefully.  Her fear had always been not being able to breath.  She saw her mom like that.  I promised her.   We do what we know our loved ones want, as they do have the right to make those decisions as long as they can.   I feel for you though.  Two deaths so quickly is hard.

Marilyn and Jane, wasn't our snow was short and sweet ?  I wonder if we'll get more tonight.

Oh Janet what a day and what a decision you have had to make.  I am not sure I could do that.  I am praying. 

Nita the snow was so pretty as it was falling I kept watching it out  the window, then when the sun came out again it all melted so fast. The the temp going so low tonight I am thinking there may be ice of the street in the morning when I want to go to the Fitness Center. I wonder if it will snow some more.

Janet:  I am so sorry about your day.  My mother had Written Directives stating DNR and when I had a phone call to verify, I did what my mother had asked and then cried my heart out knowing it was for the best.  I hope you are sleeping alright.

I bought two geraniums and put them on the patio table top but brought them inside for the night.  Just needed some flowers.  One of my favorite cousins & her husband are arriving tomorrow and we have not been able to visit for two months because she gets non-stop company .  She has to get out of the house or someone is calling for this or that.  Another cousin & wife are now in the area so we will either meet with them next week or ask them to drive here - don't know which.  Am trying to protect Tuesday because Knitting club meets and they always help me with my problems.  Don has given up on trying to get to wood carving and I feel so bad for him - every Friday we have something happening.  Grocery & other shopping at four different stores today - we are bushed.  There is a big art fair and 200,000 visitors are expected in this town of 22,000.  We will stay parked and walk around plus there is no way anyone can get into a restaurant so I have planned two days of meals here. 

Larry:  We are happy that g-son & all arrived safely as well. 

There is a big UFO convention in Phoenix.  I cannot imagine how weird that would be, can you? You should see the people being interviewed. 

Gord: Are you feeling better now? 

    Hi  to all. 

Carol:  You asked if I am feeling better and I still have a bad cough but other than that I think I am starting to feel better.  My Wife is still got a bit of her cough that she got nearly three weeks ago and also had antibiotics for so they did not take it away completely.

It is very late and I should be asleep a long time ago but I am a night hawk so I catch up on my emails and also read the post's.  Have a great weelend to all.   Gird and Noreen

Hi everyone.  It hasn't been very long since I posted so will just leave a brief message for today.  We had rain during the night, not that I knew it until I saw the water standing outside the kitchen window this morning, but the sun is up and it is going to be another warm day.  It looks like the remainder of February will continue to have warm days, which is great.

I got a good nights sleep but am really happy to have the rest of today with no commitments.  I need to get started on my income tax and have some other projects to work on so will be as busy as I want to be.

Larry we have income tax to do as well but we are waiting for documents from John's work first. 

We are having wierd weather.  There is a fine mist that may lead into freezing rain.  Thankfully it won't cause school busses to stop.  Soon is March Break, and all the kids will be out of school.  They will enjoy that.

Have to go. Bye for now

Janet ~ I know it is hard to let your Mom go but sometimes we need to put others wishes ahead of ours...as you are doing.  A minister told us when my Mom was dying that it is selfish of us to not let her know it is okay to go.  We did that and it was like a peace came over her knowing it was okay by us.  God bless you.  And all of this so soon after Darrel losing his Mother.

In Indiana, the doctors and nurses recognize Living Wills of people.  It is where the patient has signed that they do not want to be put on machines to keep them alive.  DNR type conditions also.

Hairspray was the best show yet!!  So much fun to watch and hilarious.  I truly didn't know that Edna Trueglad, the mother, was a man until I looked at the billing during intermission!  All the outfits and colors were great!  And of course, lots of dancing and singing!  You can see photos here. 

Out of our foursome two of the ladies opted out.  One in Florida and the other with laryngitis.  So I left it up to Jane to replace one of them and Ivalou went with us.  So when Jane's car came in Ivalou's drive, we were happy to see Jane's daughter, Judy, driving Jane's car.  She told her husband she was taking the Golden Girls to Beef and Boards.     I am so glad that Judy was driving.  When we left to come home, it was sleeting, raining, snowing...all of above!  I don't think Judy got over 40mph all the way home.  Too early for the DOT to be out yet! 

I woke to lots of snow this morning.  Even snow plastered on the west and south window screens!  While reading my devotions, I heard a scraping noise.  Tony!  He was shoveling my deck and almost all my drive...at least where it was the deepest.  So I have my drive opened up and he drove in Ivalou's back and forth to open hers.  I had a bulb burnt out at the back door and we found out it isn't the bulb but the fixture.  He has one so he will replace it someday.

Bright and sunny now and the temp is 30 degrees.  Melting even at that degree.   

All sorts of vehicles pouring into this town for the weekend art show.  Unbelievable.  I just baked cranberry muffins and started a beef veggie soup in the crock pot.  Have a little headache and little sore throat - sipping Echinacea tea but that doesn't stop a cold from coming on - I hope not as one cousin is on the way right now. 

Gord:  It just seems to take so long anymore just to get over a simple cold. 

Janet:  Thoughts and prayers are with you. 

The weather?  Well, just for variety sake, guess what...  it's snowing.     This time the temperature is around 30F, so it's the heavy, wet stuff.  I've been pushing my storm door all the way out every half hour or so, to make sure I don't get blocked in.  It's really piling up and we may get 18 inches or so before it's over. 

It was foggy this morning and kind of drizzly I was told, then the sun was shining, this afternoon it was flaky snow coming down, and finally it was sunny late afternoon.

I am home tonight, and John is home.   We are going to sit and watch some TV and head to bed early.

Jeanne, here.  Can you see it?  I'm handing you some of my blue sky and bit of sunshine.

Nita I can. I can!!!

Well it was hail/snowing here a few minutes ago.  It's off and on.  Supposed to get down to 27 or so tonight.  I'll take some of that stuff that Nita has.  It did that here today, too - sometimes.

Al it is only 35° here  too cold  brrrrr