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That's a kitty in Indiana today!  Not really but if a kitty were outside, that would be the kitty!  It is cold and no predictions of above freezing in the forecast!

Yes, Janet!  Everyone needs a sister!  And a brother but nothing is like having a sister!  Don't want my mind to wrap around not having my sister with me.

Today is my class luncheon.  I have looked outside and it seems it stopped blowing after I got home yesterday and I can still see my car tracks in the snow.  God is good.  I read on Facebook someone saying they disliked all the snow and cold.  Someone else said the snow is God's painting.  Then the first said, I just wished God would paint in warmer weather!  Do I hear an AMEN?

This no TV stuff let's me get things done that needs to be done.  I was up until after midnight working on the 'pages' to print and put into the class Memory Book that we want to give to everyone in May.  Now they are all uniform with the same font, justify, and format.  Whew!  Why couldn't I remember all that when I made a new 'page'?

Bright and sunny with not a cloud in the sky! 

I forgot to let you all know that Lauren needs prayers.  Lauren is the 22 year old granddaughter of Ivalou's that had the bi-lateral mastectomy in September and is undergoing aggressive chemo.  She is receiving her last aggressive chemo today and then goes on Herceptin for a year and a half.  She has been told that her hair will grow back and that she won't be sick after the every three weeks treatment. 

But my prayer request is that the doctor told Lauren Tuesday that she should have her ovaries removed since the type of cancer that she had attacks the female reproductive organs as well.  This is entirely up to Lauren so pray that she makes the right choice for her and her body.  I just can't imagine facing what she has faced and will face at her age!

Thank you Christian friends!

We get to go home today!!  Yea!!   They say around "noonish."  So I will be home this afternoon.  It is about a 2 1/2 hour drive, and we must stop once every hour and let Jeanie walk around a bit.

Aw, poor Lauren.    It will be hard for her to make that choice, I would think.  I will keep her in my prayers.

My friend Bonnie, with whom I am staying, hurt her back yesterday.  She was trying to make things ready for the delivery of her new washer, and moved two heavy boxes of ceramic tile.  So she is going to the chiropractor this morning.

I just wanted to check in.  Now I will start packing up this ton of STUFF Jeanie brought.  (She walways takes ten times as much as she needs!)  And then I will make several trips down to the car and load it.

Back to work tomorrow for me.

Blessings to all of you here.  Let's see how many I can think of quickly--Larry, Etta Sue, Carol, Jeanie, Al, Jane, Judy, Gord, Pat, Ruth, Ruth, Juanita, Kevin,.....and the rest of you too!! 

Praying Etta Sue

Those Bible questions came from a Bible trivia game I have had since I was in my teens.

Elizabeth skipped off the last 2 periods of school on Monday.  Today she has a 3 day in school suspension.  Got a text on my cell from her saying she is hating the suspension......My response is "Good!  Don't do that again!"

I have to go feed the fire, I will be back later!

I'm so sorry to read that about Lauren, Etta Sue.  Thanks for the update.

Hi everyone.  Just checking in this evening as it has been a busy day.  I won't go into details but all went well. 

We are suppose to get snow here tomorrow and it doesn't take much to create a bit of havoc here. 

Janet, glad you were able to go home today.

Etta Sue, so sorry to hear of the decision that your niece will have to make.  A tough decision for someone so young.

Thank you Pat for the congratulations re the birth of our little grandaughter Alia. Mum and dad and baby are all home now.Dad is a lot more nervous about caring for his daughter than her mother. I'm still trying to coach my mum about her name. She thought it was Italia or Talia.

geoff t   in Oz.

   Larry

I wish you a Very Happy & Blessed Birthday.



Having done my computer stuff - soon I will be headed out to do some errands and perhaps have a cup of      along the way.

Ruth

Thanks for the prayers for Lauren.  She got her last big chemo yesterday so she will crash for a little over a week.  Then she has to make her big decision. 

I got a new DVR satellite receiver.  He said the other one was certainly faulty after I told him a few things that I didn't like about the old one.  He said the new one will be much better.  At least it programs the same and I don't have to learn a new version. 

Kaye Don and Barb are in from Florida.  Ivalou, them and I are going out for lunch in Lapel. 

I woke up this morning to the most beautiful hoar frost I think I have ever seen!!!  Each twig is about 2" diameter with the beautiful white stuff!  I was going from window to window and taking photos.  Now it is falling off the limbs and the sunshine is giving all of it a sparkly show. 

Off and running.  Kaye Don just drove in the drive!

Thank you all for the Birthday wishes.  I really appreciate them and am so happy to have reached another birthday.  Our daughter was planning on coming out tomorrow but we will have to see what the weather does and may postpone it until another weekend. 

I just plan to stay in where it is warm unless Pat decides she doesn't want to cook this evening and we go out to eat.  It is suppose to start snowing here later this afternoon.  I heard this morning that all 50 states have snow falling somewhere in the state and it is the first time in recorded history this has been noted.

 
My son and three friends...  are coming tonight for the long weekend, so I have been a little busy     




Larry

Larry, I am so glad God gave us the gift of YOU, and that you have reached another birthday.  I hope you enjoy each minute of it, and will be around for more of them.........as many as you want!



I worked this morning, and she said I don't have to work this weekend after all.  I am happy about that.  I'm supposed to go paint tomorrow.

Janet's message is also my message to you, Larry.\
-Al

What a terrible accident for the Georgia team.  My prayers are with them.

Janet ...... Good that you are off for the weekend.

Etta Sue .....Continuing to pray.

Ruth V Have a great time with your son and friends.

Ruth G...... How is your brother.

Hi everyone. Thanks again for the kind birthday wishes.  It was a nice, if uneventful day, other than the snowstorm we had all late afternoon and evening.  The snow is now over for today and it is truly beautiful outside.  It is suppose to get above freezing around noon and warm up a bit this afternoon so the streets and walks should clear.  We are staying in until the streets are OK.  I don't even own a snow shovel and there is no place we have to be today.

Stacey had planned to come out this weekend but we decided yesterday to postpone that for another time.  The buses are not running in Atlanta today although the subway system is running.  Almost everything has been closed for today and activities planned have been cancelled. 

Yesterday Pat developed a new point of severe pain in her shoulder and right arm.  I am sure it must be the fibromyalgia as she hasn't done anything to cause it.  Last week it was her lower back, which now seems to have passed.  This is a strange disease.

Did you all enjoy the Olympics Opening Ceremonies last evening.  I thought they did a fine job.  However, it is way too long. The visual effects were really amazing. So sorry to hear of the fatality of the young athlete.

Another morning of hoar frost but not as pretty as yesterday.  If today had been first, it would have been beautiful but yesterday, God outdid himself!

Larry ~ You say you don't own a snow shovel.  Ha!  I own one but I only use it as little as possible.  Snow is heavy!  Like people around here say,
they like rain better.  You don't have to shovel rain! 

I remember being in Anniston, Alabama, when it snowed after Christmas.  Even Walmart and Kmart closed!  I had a Bearcat Scanner and heard them say that a sand truck was coming to 5-Points.  We were at 5-points where it turned into a parking lot because a sheet of ice was all over it.  Sure enough, here came the sand truck.  A pickup truck backing up with a man standing in the back shoveling out sand on the road!!  I will never forget that sight or the sight of people trying to walk on that ice and sliding off the road!

I stopped watching the Opening Ceremony right after Canada came in the stadium.  I was watching the recording so I will finish watching sometime today! 

Today Kaye Don, Barb, Ivalou and I are going to Kaye Don and Barb's granddaughter, Jenna and Nick's wedding reception.  Jenna got out of the Navy in December.  Nick is making a career of the Navy.  He got in last Friday and they got married Feb 9 at the county clerks office.  But they are having a reception today at a nice restaurant.  Like so many others today, they got things backwards.  Nick goes back to Bahrain March 5th.  Jenna will have their son, Colt Dylan, in June.  In July Nick is coming back to the U.S. and then all three will go to Hawaii for his next location.  Road trip!!!

I read on Facebook someone said that the only state in the U.S. without snow was Hawaii.  I have been to Hawaii three times..all in January...and on the Big Island there was snow on top of Mauna Loa or Mauna Kea...whichever is in the middle of the island.  So I am with Larry...snow in every state in the U.S.!!

I am home from my painting day.  The car is acting up a lot worse than it was before we had it worked on.    Really bad.  I am glad I rode most of the way with my friend, as I am not sure our car would have gotten us there and back!

Beth called last night to tell me she wanted me to come take photos of her roses!  John sent her a dozen red roses with baby's breath; a box of fancy chocolates and a little bear.  He is so thoughtful.........Oh!  AND a really nice and mushy love note!    So I went by this afternoon on my way home and took pictures for her.  They were on the phone when I got there. 

We are going to attend a Valentine Banquet at the Country View Baptist church tomorrow night.  I am going to dress up in my nice outfit I got in Viet Nam, which I haven't worn yet.  I'm looking forward to it.

I haven't yet received a Valentine.....but I did send a few! 

Janet be sure to get a photo of you in your nice outfit.

Sorry that I have not been  around much lately but I really have been here reading and making a small comment now and then. I have been working on my PSP projects, animations lessons and some advanced type stationery  script changing lessons. I do still walk the dogs almost every day and today got in two nice long walks. The only days I don't walk is when it is raining   more than a little mist.

Keith's youngest son and his girlfriend  surprised us today, they were in town and stopped by for a bit. Two of my Grand daughters have contacted me on Facebook , one lives in North Carolina and the other  is now living in Venice, Florida. I have not seen them in about 17 years.  that sure brought some joy to my heart and is an answer to my  prayers. I have been praying for all 4 of those girls ever since I got saved. Praise God.  One of the 4 lives in California someplace and the other is the heroin addict and I am not sure where she is. This is the family that one of the girls committed suicide in 2003. Tina tells me that  the family is still traumatized  over that.

Hi everyone.  Am ready for church but still a couple of hours before time to leave.  Pat is not going today as she is in a lot of pain with a shoulder that has given her fits the last couple of days.  She says the pain is worse than what she had in her back.  She spent the day yesterday sitting in her chair with a heat pad to her shoulder most of the time and taking pain medication and tylonol.  She is not feeling any better today.  She is going to miss the annual Valentine's Day Senior luncheon at church.  She wants me to go as it will be a nice event.  Our church has done this for the seniors every year since we have belonged to the church.  It is a dress up affair so will be wearing my suit with a tie this morning.

Hope I will be able to sing.  In past years the choir has been composed of seniors but this year our director has decided there are too few seniors still able or willing to sing so has asked the regular choir to join with the available seniors this morning.  My cold seems better this morning and hope I will be able to sing and not have coughing fits during the singing or services today.

My son sent pictures of the snow in South Carolina.  They looked very much like our area yesterday morning.  The roads are now clear and a lot of the snow has melted.  However, we may be getting more snow tonight and tomorrow morning. 

Marilyn, I think Facebook and similar Internet tools have helped to bring families together in many instances.  It is a safe way to rebuild a relationship.  I can understand your excitement at this turn of events. 

Janet, I know that John has added great value to Beth's life.  It is nice he remembers her on the these special occasions.  Sorry to hear of your continued car problems.  When our trust in the dependability of a car is destroyed it is hard to restore.  Glad you were able to get your painting event.

Etta Sue, hope you enjoyed the reception. 

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone.  I did get Pat a card and a couple of cans of nuts.  She prefers those to candy. 

The reception was lots of fun.  Lots of mingling and visiting.  Wonderful seeing people you haven't seen for awhile.  A beautiful family, if I have to say so myself. 

I just got an email from a classmate asking if I had heard that the 2010 Commencement of Lapel High School had been changed from May 29 to June 5.  NO!!  That means we have to get reservations all changed in Brown County and our dinner on Friday night!  What a mess!  I did find out that Lapel High School has a website now so I sent an email to the lady that contacted me for my class addresses. 

I just got a call from Ivalou and she is going to church today.  Yeah! 

Another morning of hoar frost.  God is outdoing himself painting a pretty picture every morning with frost.  If it just wasn't so cold...

Etta Sue, if it wasn't so cold you wouldn't have the frost.   

A beautiful sunny day today and the temperature is heading UP!  My thermometer reads 30, but there's a wind chill that makes it feel like only 19.  Oh well.  That's better than having the actual temp at 19 with added wind chill.   

It is cold and windy here today.  I don't mind cold, but I dislike wind.

Larry, sorry that Pat is having such a time with her shoulder.  Give her my love, will you?  Did you get to sing today?  I know they miss your voice when you can't sing with them.  The Senior event sounds very nice, hope you enjoyed that, too.

Yep, the car is giving us fits.  Darrel went out and started it and listened to it a while; he says it sounds like the transmission is going out.  We thought about trading it off but he decided to have it repaired, and those guys really messed it up, big time.  What to do now?  That is the question.........

I think I will take a little nap before time to get ready for the valentine banquet.  I will probably need to press my clothes.

I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday afternoon!

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