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Ruth:  Sorry about your knee pain.  Our visiting friend was here with knee problem and I have a flexible (not solid frozen) pack I put on and off for her - it helped with her Aleve pill too.  She thinks she twisted it. 

Jeanne:  Good idea - stay inside.  I have seen reports of fighting for food at stores - isn't that a shame? 

Don wants me to meet him on his walk and go for a coffee.  Maybe I will have something very mocha or chocolate ? 

Another friend at home called - her back surgery hasn't helped her at all and she says it is terrible pain to get in bed.  It is so disappointing to hear that news and tons of people prayed for her surgery to go well.     She is alone now and this is just so difficult for her. 

Quilting at church yesterday and I had found some great cotton fabric at a thrift store enough to make an entire back plus lots of squares.  There are about 4 Canadians there out of a group of ten so we had good conversations & talked about hockey - grandsons playing hockey and so forth.  Nice group - they bought places in AZ when the economy was down & they all have lovely homes here too - staying more months than we stay.  They are at a larger church but come to help this little under 50 member church - such a nice gesture on their part. 

Nope, time to walk down for a coffee. 

I went for my exercise early today, as we were using the pool.  I love being in the water.  Had a good workout, running in the water, not touching the bottom.  (We used floater belts.)  Believe me, that's a great cardio workout!

After I got home, I started painting.  Have all the trim that Lon made for the room we painted, to paint.  I got all of it primed, and will go in there and try to get a coat of the paint on today, too.  I can't work too long as we are going to the Sons of Thunder Valentine's banquet this evening.  Last I heard, they have over 700 reservations!  Wow!

I'm also trying to get the information the fellow wants for the book article together.  Darrel made some copies for me that I can send him; that will be a big help.  Mark is to be here tomorrow to take the photos for us.  AND.....drum roll......he has another interview lined up for a pilot job, somewhere in the St. Louis area.  His dad called to let me know and ask me to keep praying--of course I will!  I KNOW God has a wonderful plan for Mark!

Ruth, the little party was fun!  Just about 8 of us gals there, and we ate and laughed and shared--so nice to have friends.  And they all loved my outfit--said I looked "Cute!"  That's a first!    

I must get busy, much to do and little time to do it!

Well, I also have much to do, but the difference is...I have PLENTY of time to do it. The only thing that's missing is my "get up and go!." 

I enjoyed lunch with friends today, so will probably have something very small for this evening's meal. Ummmmmm - methinks it's gonna be a bowl of oatmeal with a dollop of greek yogurt.

Y'all have a wonderful rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

Ruth here I am, I have been dealing with the awful pain in my shoulders and neck, It is getting better, however tonight I can feel the tightness  in both sides of my neck but my shoulders don't hurt.  I have not taken any of the pain or muscle relaxer pills today but I will take a muscle relaxer pretty soon so it will take effect by the time I go to bed.

I have still been going to the gym every day just not doing any of the lat pull downs that would hurt my shoulders. The ladies I work with have been very good helping me and doing all the lifting of the large dogs on the stretchers taking them back to their kennel when they have awakened enough to be removed from my recovery area. I can carry the smaller dogs and the cats in my arms.

I started to watch part of the Olympics but missed my favorite part which is the Ice Skating. then I decided against watching them any longer because to the way the Russians are collecting the stray dogs and killing them.

Wow what a book I have written tonight.
Today I went to the mall  to have my nails done , did a few loads of laundry and read my book, still taking it easy and trying not to spend so much time on the computer. My new Years resolution was/is to spend less time on the computer, do more reading of books and work on my crocheting.

Speaking of Crocheting I am making to baby afghans exactly the same for the twins expected by Keith's oldest son and wife in July.  Jackson turned 2 in December now he will have two baby brother's to play with.  Stephanie's Doctor told her if they were going to have any more children to do it now. She has had a problem with endometrioses (sp) She has had multiple surgeries to correct the problem so this is her last pregnancy.

I am watching the Olympics. Today was the men's short in skating and our Canadian did well.  Evgeni Plushenko is out due to injury He has also retired.  I love his skating.  Tomorrow is the Long program.     
Feb 19 10:00 AM        Ladies – Short Program
Feb 20 10:00 AM        Ladies – Free Skating

Ice Dance Short Dance      Date: Sunday, Feb. 16
Ice Dance Free Dance        Date: Monday, Feb. 17

It must be warmer out tonight, I am still running on the last wood I put in the fire, Usually by now I have the oil furnace going!

Night all
I am looking forward to the dance competition.

Smokeythe Dog's father in law has passed away.  Lets let him know we are praying HERE

Hi everyone.  Most of the ice and snow is gone and should completely be gone by the end of the day.  We were able to go out last evening for dinner at a local place where there was no ice or snow.  I had a very busy morning as we had coffee at McDonald's this morning, then I dropped an Amazon return off at UPS, stopped at Kroger's to pick up a prescription, went to the post office, and back to Kroger's for a few grocery items. Then I went to the Post Office to mail some items, then had my car inspected and went to the tag office.  Fortunately, they didn't charge me a penalty for being late as they had been closed for the last two days.  On the way home I stopped and had a haircut.  I came home but decided to to back to Comcast and return the receiver box that Stacey had.  Unfortunately they would close the account until I get a death certificate.  I was able to return the equipment.  Now I am eating a bite of lunch and then will rest for a couple of hours. 

Judy, I never heard of "roving". 

Ruth, we were fortunate on the power situation.  I am not following the Olympics yet.  Maybe watched an hour of skating a couple of days ago. 

Jeanne, you sure have been snowy so far and several weeks to go.  Glad you can stay in--nice being retired. 

Carol, hope your got your mocha or chocolate yesterday.

Janet, I saw you picture with the tea party ladies on Facebook last evening.  It looks like everyone was having a good time.  Glad Mark has another interview lined up for a pilot job. 

Ruth Ann, aren't friends wonderful. 

Marilyn, is the pain related to the fibromyalgia?  I think the Russians are getting some bad press for a lot of things over there.   

ROVING
Roving is in the process of making yarn balls.  After the wool is removed from the sheep, it's combed and brushed and during the process huge quantities of wool is produced but it isn't spun yet and twisted which makes the yarn we use for knitting, etc.  So, "roving" is unspun fleece.

I found a photo of "roving".  Actually here are many photos of "roving".  What I've used is usually the natural colour but you can as you can see, even buy dyed batches of roving.

http://tinyurl.com/qer5apy

In Canada, roving is used in making slippers and mittens and other items where warmth is needed.  As you get to the stitch where you want to insert a small piece of roving, you simply pull off a small amount from the larger hank and knit that stitch together with the roving.  It is then anchored in the garment and you have "wool lined mitts"!



The above photo is one of thrummed (the stitch using the roving is called a "thrumb") mittens.  All the dots are different colours of roving.





This photo shows the mittens--the one on the left is the right side and the one on the right is the mitten turned inside out showing all of the roving inside the mitten giving the wearer of the mitten lots of warmth!  Thrummed mittens are usually considered to be native to the Eastern Provinces of Canada especially Newfoundland and Labrador.  But the process is also used in the UK.

I've made many, many pairs of mittens like this over the years and when we went to Heather's for Christmas, I was speaking about "thrummed mittens" and explained and showed both Heather and Judy about this and they got busy and have knit some since then. 


There!  You've had your knitting lesson for today!

All through my life, I've enjoyed Valentine's Day.  In our family, Dad always remembered Valentine's Day and Mum always received a nice new plant for her to put on the windowsill or a lovely box of chocolates.  He never forgot Judy or me either with some neat little inexpensive gift.  (It's not the cost but the thought behind it!)  From Mum, Dad was presented with some favorite meal!

So, with this little bit of family history, we as children and then adults, always took the opportunity to do something special for the ones we loved in our family on Valentines Day.

I was reading today's devotional by Joni and thought I'd share it here with all of you:


Love Has to Grow

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."       
1 Corinthians 13:4, 6-7

Love must grow. It can't stand still, and it certainly cannot go backward. Love must flourish or else it withers and dies. In fact, growth in a relationship is very much like growth in a tree or flower. If a flower doesn't bloom, if a tree doesn't sprout leaves, it signals a problem.

Our love for the Lord Jesus is also a living thing. We are intimately united with Him in His body. Remember, love between you and your Lord, like anything that lives, must grow. Just think, 1 Corinthians 13 is how God feels about you!

Good evening folks.  This has been a long day. I had to go for fasting blood tests, and didn't get to the hospital till noon. Very difficult not eating!  LOL

Have done groceries and home to have a restful night. 

John is back in country and we have been talking.  I believe we will be taking a trip to Sault St. Marie the last week of February, to take pictures!  Apparently the ice on the rocks is beautiful.  I just hope it stays cold till then so everything doesn't melt!!!  We are looking in to getting a Dash Cam so John can take pictures as he travels.  I really miss my little point and shoot, it is gone, I don't know where it is at this point, however the lens stuck at the half way point of retracting, and it would cost more to "fix" than what the camera was worth.

Folks vote on the challenge pictures, there are some really good ones there!

Have a good restful night in the Lord.

That will be a wonderful opportunity, Judy, for you both to get some photos of the ice.  I look forward to seeing the results!

I did have a mocha coffee yesterday to satisfy my chocolate craving.   

Looking forward to Judy's pictures of ice - since I heard that the earth has been cooling actually for quite a few years, that ice may still be there when you drive to take pictures.

Hi everyone on a sunny but windy and cool day here in Georgia.  Our snow is about gone except for some shaded places, like our front walk.  I went to coffee at McDonald's this morning and then back to Kroger's to get a few items that Pat needed.  A friend from church brought over our dinner for last evening, which we much appreciated.  Pat had worked most of the day finished sorting through through things I brought out from Stacey's apartment.  The next step is to get things ready for donation.  I don't plan to get out again today.

Pat, thanks for the explanation and pictures related to Roving.  I had never heard of that before and it was very interesting.  I can see why mittens would be very warm.  You have nice memories of Valentine's day.  Pat had to settle for a nice card yesterday.  Very nice writing by Joni and so true. 

Judy, a trip with John sounds like a lot of fun.  Are you very far from Sault St. Marie? 

Carol, glad you got the mocha coffee yesterday. 

This is a very uplifting day with the sun out in its full beauty.

Thanks Judy and Pat for the Roving Lesson I guess we are never to old to learn. I had checked 3 dictionaries and only 1 gave a hint of what it was.

We have a cheese factory that is in the area and soon I will headed there to supply my fridge.

Carol:  I have used ice packs plus the tube applications of hot and cold and many pills and at the present it seems that only knee replacement is the answer.  Last evening I tried a prescription from the Dr. and that did give me a lot of relief.


To one and all have a great day.

Larry, I'm sure that Pat was thrilled with her card you gave her. 

Ruth, years and years ago (maybe 25 or so as I was here in Guelph), Canadian Living had a very interesting article in it about Thrummed Mittens and all about Newfoundland, etc. and they had a kit you could send for with the yarn, roving and pattern included in it.  That's when I first started knitting these mittens.

Carol, that coffee sounds great.  I will have to try that.  Chocolate in coffee!!!!

I hope you are more comfortable today, Marilyn, with that horrible pain.  I understand completely what you are going through. 

Hi Janet!!!

It was so nice to see you posting Don.  I think of you often with your Nursery and the problems you had with the hurricane in that area and the terrible damage you encountered.

Thank you Pat. I went to the drug store to pick up more Flexeril and they hadn't heard back from the doctor's office yet. They faxed the request yesterday and i am out of them.  Today has been a pretty good day. Did you complete those SSTPSP classes you and Paul were doing some Time ago?

we are having so very severe winds blowing here today, I just read that they may get up to 95 mph. Our power has flickered a couple of times but we are OK at the moment. this house is all electric so if the power goes completely out we will have to keep warm and cook by the fireplace, Keith tells me the wood is still pretty green so he may not be able to get a fire going at all. Boo Hiss Bummer!!!

Well now to get back to my crocheting on the Baby afghans.

We had to drop out of the classes, Marilyn.  We only had about three lessons to complete but "life" got in the way.  We'll go back sometime and finish!

I'm on 3 flexeril daily right now along with two celebrex.

Good morning!  Well, it is morning for me, anyway.  I just got up!  I have no idea what happened t me, but we went to Dodge City last night with four friends to the dinner theatre.  We saw a funny play called Run for Your Wife.  By the time we got home I was hurting from top to toes!  I don't know what is wrong, but I got up at 8, after a sleepless night' we had been out until midnight.  Still hurting, got into the hot tub for a while, showered, dressed, tried to read on my computer but couldn't see, my eyes weer so blurry.  Back to bed and was able to sleep until 5 PM! I feel a little better but still struggling to see and aching all over.  Wonder if I will sleep tonight?

We had planned to go to church tonight, but that didn't happen! I hope I will feel like going in the morning.
I know....TMI!  Sorry.

Awww...  Janet, I'm so sorry that you aren't feeling up to par.  Hurry and get well!   

Found this on Facebook.  Note the first letter of each line and what it spells.
Written by our own member, Colin Moffett...

Colin:  We miss your notes.  That is a very nice Valentine message. 

Ruth:  I know so many friends have gone through the knee replacements - it takes a lot of time to heal but it turns out well.

We spent time walking through the Art Walk in Scottsdale today.  Nothing in our lowly price range at all and actually we do not need anything.  Stopped by to buy paint for the patio floor as it needs it again - Don likes to use a garage floor paint for patios and they do sweep up quickly & better than concrete.  His job - he does use a foam mat to protect his knees a bit.  I told him that he doesn't have to do it but he now has the paint so that is a given. 

Church in the morning - I sure like the 10 am service here and it will be hard to go home and be there at 7:30 am. 

Marilyn:  Neighbors just arrived here in AZ from southern Washington - they were tired of the rain. 

Well folks Home again for another weekend. Had an interesting trip to Iowa again this week. Going out there was great but on the way home ran into snow and freezing rain along the way. That's when the schedule goes out the window and the load will arrive when it arrives. As I say to my dispatchers, my load is never late. It always arrives when I do. I really enjoy the trips out to Iowa. A lot less stress than running the eastern seaboard. Had a couple of interesting experiences this am though. I was northbound into Northern Quebec to deliver the load I picked up in Iowa when I was met by an oncoming truck passing a snowplow, which caused me to have to take to the shoulder on my side to avoid getting hit by him. Thankfully it was a paved shoulder in that area. Then a few miles later another truck came around a curve at me about 2 feet to left of center in my lane. I sure appreciate God being there to protect me in situations like that. All is well with god at the wheel. I just go along as His copilot. I have often heard the phrase, God is my copilot but I always say I'm the copilot and god is in control of the wheel. I don't think I have had a single trip since Christmas that I haven't encountered  winter weather conditions along the way. Come on spring hurry and come soon. really looking forward to the day i can park the truck for the last time and walk away from it. It's not as much fun on the road as it used to be in the old days. I know I won't get any opposition from Judy on that one either. Well that about does it for the moment. Will be back later this weekend Have a Blessed day at church tomorrow folks God Bless

Hi, friends,

I've rested today, since yesterday was completely full and tiring.

I've watched a good bit of Olympics coverage, and likely will watch more throughout the games. It was an exciting game as the USA hockey team won over Russia - shootouts seem to really up my tension level.

Y'all have a good rest of the day.

Ruth Ann

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