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Morning Devotional...


One Step Enough for Me
by Max Lucado

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of the New York Times during the second World War. Because of the world conflict, he found it almost impossible to sleep. He was never able to get worries from his mind until he adopted as his motto these five words:  "One step enough for me" . . .taken from the old hymn, "Lead Kindly Light."

"Lead, kindly Light. . .
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me."

God isn't going to let you see the distant scene either. So you might as well quit looking for it. He promises a lamp to our feet, not a crystal ball into the future. We don't need to know what will happen tomorrow. We only need to know He leads us.  As Hebrews 4:16 promises, "we will find grace to help us when we need it."

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 Hi everyone on a bright and sunny, and soon to be very warm, beautiful Sunday morning.  We will be going to church and then out to lunch somewhere and then enjoying a quiet rest of the day.  While I rest on Sunday afternoons I listen to Don Reid's great classical music radio show and his wonderful commentaries.  I can listen on my iPhone or iPad with my headphones and get great stereo sounds. 

Karen, hope you and your daughter had a delightful day yesterday at the Three River's Festival. 

Carol, you are wise to give your children the right to try and succeed or  fail. I think a parent needs to point the way, get out of the way and love them whether they succeed or fail in their efforts. It means a lot when our children say things to us like your daughter did to you.  Very worrisome about your brother and the fires.  Hope you were able to reach him.

Jeanne, was the handyman able to reset the breaker or did it burn out the box?  Thanks for the new thoughts for this week. Those words are so wise and adopting a "One Day at a Time" and not wasting any of that day worried about the past or the future have totally changed my life and my enjoyment of life.  I leave the future to God and his infinite wisdom. 

Marilyn, hope the new treatment plan and actions you are taking really help the vertigo.  I have never had a serious or long-lasting case of it.   

Pat, I will vote after I finish reading the messages.  I have been getting the announcements fine with no blank or colored backgrounds. 

Jane, interesting that you are getting the red background. 

Larry, it was merely a matter of flipping the breaker on and off and on again.  The strangest part of the whole incident is that none of my neighbors were affected at all.   :)

One step is enough the bible says :Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for: the morrow shall take thought for the things of: itself.
beautiful day here today . Church  was great  :)

Hi, friends,

I, too, enjoyed church.  My primary wish for either the old or the new pair of glasses is tat they are trifocals, which make focusing on the computer ever so much easier. Thanks to each of you who commented. I'm also one of those who takes the glasses off the last thing at night and puts them back on before the feet hit the floor. That's why this situation is so puzzling.

About that pup with the broken leg, I had strung a line from the patio across the back yard to give this 6 week old puppy a place to get a bit of exercise. She was a golden retriever and would need lots of exercise. Well, she started screaming, and I hurried out to see about her, and she had gotten her back leg hung in the leash, with the leg dangling at an unnatural angle. So, this babe had surgery and a pin put in her leg, and then was put in a plaster cast to keep the leg stable. Imagine her going thump, thump across the street, with me in hot pursuit. Well, that's how the road rose up to greet me. And, as I was lying in the street crying, thump, thump, here the little doggie came to kiss my tears away. Still makes me smile.

Y'all have a good rest of the day. It's so great to see our friendship circle increasing once again. :)

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

Good Evening Everyone...

It's a warm evening and I managed to get my portable A/C into the bedroom and I'll have a good sleep tonight. 


Melody I'm so happy that you found your way back and even to a new topic!  It's lovely to have you posting.  Did you vote in the Challenge?


I also enjoyed church today, Ruth Ann--especially tonight.  The DVBS was held all this past week and tonight was the closing service and there were some parents there that wouldn't normally be out to a church service and that's always good.


Larry, I'm happy that you've been getting the messages alright.  That's really odd though as I haven't heard of anyone else getting them!  :)  Glad to read that you voted.


Thanks Jeanne for the devotional thoughts for this week.

I thought you may all enjoy this lovely video of our very own...

COLIN MOFFET



This is amazing to view if you click to "View Large".

Hi everyone.  It is to be another hot day here, as it was yesterday.  After church we went with six other friends to Appleby's for lunch.  The food was good but the service was slow and the server had some problem getting the food in the right places and the bills correctly done.  It was 2:30 before we got home.  We had a wonderful church service yesterday as well. Our minister did the first of two sermons on the book of Philemon, which is is only 25 verses.  Our choir doesn't practice during July but sits in the choir loft to help in the congregational singing and one of the new tenors sang a solo that was wonderful.  I don't know the man but he has a beautiful voice.  The minister also asked at prayer time if any members of the congregation had any praises to share and several were mentioned.   

Today will be relatively quiet.  Pat mentioned she would like to go to the new Sprouts market that opened a couple of weeks ago and I will go with her after coffee.  Then the day is clear until my Monday evening meeting. 

Jeanne, glad the electrical problem could be so easily fixed. 

Melody, your Bible quote has become a way of life for me.  We can never know what tomorrow may bring.  I make some plans but don't create expectations about those plans as often God has other things for me.

Ruth Ann, sure glad your new glasses are helpful. 

Pat, hope you had a cool and restful night's sleep last night.  Our Bible School starts today for the next five days. 

Pat, maybe I am thinking of the wrong messages but have never gotten a blank one.  I get them when a new discussion is created or a new weekly message occurs and a special message is sent.

I was really an early morning person, as I got up today at 3:00 AM!  I was so totally exhaused after the reunion and all that has transpired over the past few days, that I literally fell asleep twice while reading the posts here, and woke with my face almost touching my keyboard.  So I took myself off to bed at 6 PM; the reason for my unusually early rising.   :)

We all went to Hugoton to church yesterday, as they had a very anointed guest speaker.  He really spoke into my life, the very things God has been telling me.  The confirmation is so sweet.  He also prayed for my niece JoAnne who recently lost her husband so suddenly, for her son Joel, who has the call of God on his life (he wasn't there with us) and for my sister Shirley.  We were supposed to be in that service!!

I really enjoyed everyone's posts, and will try to get back on track this week.  Larry, thank you for sending good thoughts and wishes my way during our reunion.  Many of the family were missing, but those who came were blessed, and we praise the Lord for His sweet presence among us.

Abby liked her birthday celebration and was very appreciative of the gift we gave her.  It is a course in French, for which she expressed a wish several months ago.  I hope it lives up to her expectations.  She was very sweet, helpful and cooperative.  She LOVES family reunions!!   :)

John and Beth are enjoying their time together, of course.  We pray for John as well as Beth, for both of them to see their healing manifested, to be able to marry and live a happy, fulfilling and supernatural life for their remaining years.

My sister, her daughter and I had wonderful times of prayer and praise together in the early mornings, and while we walked together.  God strengthened the bonds of family love through His love for each of us.  He is SO GOOD!!

I need to go get dressed and ready for whatever this day brings!  I know it's going to be good!  8)

It has been VERY HOT here--well over 100*, and today looks to be the same.  How thankful I am for AC!  We do not have it in the garage, of course, and it got too hot to bear in there for reunion, so we moved into my painting room.  The AC in there is a little too small to make it really cool, but it was a great improvement over the temp in the garage!  There were only 24 of us, but it was a pretty tight fit in that room.  We managed, though.  ;)

Catch you all later!

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First off ... some updates -->

LARRY ... My daughter & I spent 3 1/2 hours at the festival & it was a WORN OUT DAY for both of us but we had a good time with each other ... and we hope to have another day today ... as we have to get a kitten from a friend of her's from work ... so that should be fun !!


Gloria ... Is doing well & got the ventilator out on Friday and so ... she is well & then the balloon will come out tomorrow with some luck and should be coming home on Friday this week so I will continue to UPDATE when I can ... so thanks for keeping her in prayer ...

Well not much else is new here with us this morning but I will do my best to RETURN soon.  Also if ANYONE here has FACEBOOK please message me your name so that I can add you there { I have Pat, Marilyn & Judy & a few other's } so if anyone else is wanting a friend do let me know. So, I better head off and get the morning started as I have ah been on the computer since 6am and I am needing to do somethings around the house before heading off with my daughter !!

Till next time today ... 

Good Morning!

It's a lovely morning here in Guelph.  My windows are open and there's a nice breeze blowing through the house.

Sounds like you had a lovely Sunday Larry. 

Enjoy your day, Karen.  So nice that you had a nice time with your daughter.  Still praying for Gloria.

So happy that you had a successful reunion, Janet.  I'm also happy that John and Beth are enjoying their time together.


Did you all see the presentation by Colin Moffet above of him painting?  Please tell me if you can't see it?  Thanks!  It's Post #6.

Talk to you all later

Yes, I did indeed see Colin painting.  It is so interesting - a super talented man and we all "know" him!  Thanks for setting up the video. 

Computer problems once again and this time it has been my ignorance, I am sure but would rather blame the computer myself  ^-^  I have missed some posts in here and other problems with Passwords (that is a wicked word today).  We donated to Goodwill and went to COSTCO then came home and I made pineapple/green apple and yogurt smoothies for us including the skin of an apple.  It was so refreshing but I don't have a recipe to tell you.  It seems as though you can't go wrong in making smoothies. 

PAT:  I did vote in photos.  Just so you know -

Marilyn:  I really hope and pray that you will find relief from the vertigo issue.

Talked with brother who is a volunteer fireman - he says he drives trucks and usually helps on little fires and accidents.  He is getting old to do this but I know he is careful too.  Chatted also with cousin who has more skin surgery for  pre-cancerous spots.  Otherwise, all that side of the family is doing well. 

Ruth Ann:  Thanks for telling the story about the puppy and your fall.  They are handfuls, needless to say. 

Waiting for a call back from my doctor's office.  They have made three mistakes in the last two years on my prescription.  Not good in that office but doctor is a keeper. 

I posted earlier but forgot to say that I did watch Colin painting,  Interesting how much he uses the palette knife.

Marilyn, my sister Shirley had some terrible episodes with positional vertigo, so dizzy she couldn't stand or walk.  After seeing two doctors who said there was no help for it, and the explanation of how the crystals touch the little hairs in our ears, and how you would have to get your head in exactly the right position, etc., etc.,.....she decided to try something on her own.  She said she bent over and shook her head very vigorously, and it worked!  She hasn't had an episode since!  Amazing.

Carol, good to see you posting today.  Our fair starts tomorrow, and I have duties as superintendent of the art department, so that will occupy most of the rest of this week.

I'm fading, but will try to stay awake for a while yet.  3:00 is a little too early to get up!

Oh!  And I did vote in the challenge, too, Pat!  :)

Pat, I "watched" Colin painting on Face Book the other day ... really enjoy all of his work. Thanks for sharing it here. 

My granddaughter, Becky, was involved in a hit and run accident Thursday night.   :ticked:  She was turning into a store parking lot when a car hit the right rear panel and tire of her car.  Karmen was asleep in her carseat at that exact spot and woke up screaming.  Becky called her mom (Dot) crying because, as she said, that car is the one thing she has left that can help her toward a better life.  She is virtually homeless again, and unemployed, and trying to go to school in the hopes of getting a decent job.  She told me, when I was there last month, that she can now officially call herself a "legal secretary" ... she was quite proud of that. 

I told Dot to make a police report, which she did, and they learned that the store owner has a camera pointed to the exact spot where she was hit.  Hopefully, they can ascertain the license number and track down this person.  The rear wheel is badly tipped inward, so we're hoping that doesn't mean a bent or broken axle.  They were going to have a friend take the wheel off to assess the damage.  She was also advised by the officer to put a non-op on it so it can be taken to a repair shop.  She was supposed to get the car registered this month.   :-\

After all that Becky has been through these past few years, it's really sad that she keeps having such disappointing experiences.  She's a real trouper, though.  As the saying goes: she takes a licking but keeps on ticking.  :D

Oh, my goodness, Jane!  That's awful.  I hope she's going to be just fine. 

Thanks for sharing with us.

Good Morning One and All ... I am here to share something before I forget to to do it and that is to share a BIRTHDAY WISH to JUDY !!

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So my dear friend JUDY I wish you all the best today and to have a great year ahead !!  I will be praying that you have a wonderful filled day !!

Anyway ... I shall see you all later as I have a MT. of clothes to catch up so I will do my best to come back in again soon so make your day a wonderful one !!

Hi everyone on this Tuesday morning.  It is to be about 85 degrees with chance of afternoon and evening thunder showers.  We had some nice showers yesterday afternoon as well.  This morning I will pick up the young man from Nigeria and bring him back to the house to help Pat do some cleaning in her sewing room and a few others chores she has on her list.  Then we will take him out to lunch again.  He is a very nice young man that sits with us at church each Sunday.  He is very shy so we usually have to offer a special invitation but he always accepts as otherwise he sits alone.  I will attend a meeting this morning and that should complete the activities for the day.

Pat, at this time of year we sure don't have our windows open.  Enjoy the nice weather.  I thought we were to get some of the cooler weather but that turns out to be 85 or so rather than the low 90s. 

Janet, hope you can relax a bit this week as the pressure of the reunion is over.  It sounds like God was speaking to you through your minister Sunday.  Nice birthday gift for Abby and I bet it was a surprise.  Was this one of the Berlioz courses or something like it? IT sounds like I have nothing to complain about the heat as you all have us beat by a lot and that brings back memories of hot July days while I was growing up and then living in Missouri and Oklahoma, when the summers were so hot. 

Karen, time spent with our children is certainly a gift and great you and your daughter enjoyed the festival even if it tired you both out.  Good luck with the kitten. 

Happy Birthday Bonnie A. 

Carol, we should always blame the computer as it is suppose to know what we wanted and not let us make a mistake.  :)  It sounds like you must be alert on your prescriptions.  I have never had a problem with my medication with Kaiser but do check to see if the pills look the same as what I have from the pharmacy. 

Janet, that sounds like a big job at the fair for you this week.  Is the building where you will be air conditioned?

Jane, so sorry to hear of the new trials for Becky and what a coward of the other driver to hit and run.  He or she probably had no insurance or perhaps driver's license.  Glad there was no injuries.  Was her car totaled?  It is quite an accomplishment to be a legal secretary.  I have a young friend who works exclusively for one judge now rather than being on call to several.  She seems to work a lot as seldom see her. 

Happy Birthday Judy. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUDY!!!  AND MANY MORE!! :hb2: 

Yes, Larry, the building is air conditioned, for which I am thankful!  As I sat in my new library/sunroom, with all the windows open to the cool air (it usually always cools off here at night!) I was thanking and praising god for the coolness, the songs of the birds and other blessings He gives us in the natural world.  Then the sun disappeared, the clouds covered the sky, and a sweet, gentle rain began to fall!  How I thank and Praise our loving God for all these blessings!  WOW, He is so good to us!

Oh, Jane, I'm so sorry about your granddaughter's latest problems.  But if we keep our eyes on Jesus, speaking the answers rather than the problems, He never lets us down.  I pray that if her car cannot be repaired, God will supply her an even better one.  He cares!

Hi, Karen!

I have been up since 5:20 and it's nearing 9, so I need to go get those last two paintings I did framed and ready to take to enter in the fair.  I will be out there all afternoon, and most of tomorrow doing my duty.  But I enjoy seeing people I don't routinely see and interacting with those who bring their artwork, especially the children.  God has a good time in store for me!


AND-----Praise the Lord!  He has begun Beth's healing, and will continue it to full completion!  Her speech is stronger and easier to understand, just since our prayers for her and John on Saturday!!  Hallelujah!  What a Saviour!

Thank you every one for the Birthday wishes!  We celebrated with friends on Saturday and had a wonderful time.

It is cool in the house, dogs are out and I found it is again warmer outside.

John got home in the early hours of the AM, He is driving truck to cover someone on holidays this week.  HE leaves at 3 pm and gets home at about 3:30 to 4 am.  Not a shift he likes, but it is just for a week and it helps our budget and the company.

I have my favourite job to do today, lawn mowing.....No that is not sarcasm!  Love mowing.

Have a great day everyone!

Jane, Becky has had so many trials and tribulations  :( - but remember the Lord tries those He loves!.  Check out Hebrews 12:6, for instance.

Janet, what wonderful news that Beth is showing signs of healing!  Praise the Lord, and thanks to Him for answered prayer!   :cheer:  I hope you'll bring home some ribbons for your paintings again this year.  :thumbsup:

Judy, may your birthday be the best yet! 

I forgot to mention that I think my router troubles are over.  I installed a new one this morning and compared to what I went through with the old one, it was a breeze to set up a wifi network, and so far everything is working great.  I should be through with the routine of unplug-wait-plug in - and hope.    :D

Jane I am sorry to hear about all the troubles Becky is having, Praying for her.

Janet I have tried just about everything for this Vertigo to no avail, I am to go to PT again this Friday but I am seriously thinking about not going anymore and just live with the Vertigo as I have for the last 2.5 years. I did find some exercises on the internet that I will try here at home. Those blasted ear crystals need to keep moving instead of getting stuck and making me dizzy.

I do hope today is not as hectic as yesterday at te clinic. It wasn't the amount of animals but we had a pregnant bulldog that I have to give IV fluid too and sit there to hold her leg out straight, She got two bags right after surgery, went back to her kennel only to start bleeding again from her vulva. so we brought her back out to the recovery bed on a stretcher, and I gave her two more IV bags of fluids. they had to sedate her just enough to hold her from trying to get out off the stretcher, we didn't strap her down but covered her with two warm fleece blankets. It was nerve wracking I was so afraid we were going to lose her.

I hope this wasn't TMI?

Happy Happy Birthday Judy!!  Enjoy your lawn mowing.  That isn't strange to me - I used to like shoveling snow with the snow blower and would do other driveways as well.  Remembering very kind neighbors in Minnesota who cleaned my driveway the winter I had 4 little ones - the last one was born in November so they always cleared my driveway.  It was such a relief to be able to pack up the children and take off.  If you can't celebrate your birthday today, there is always the weekend.

Jane:  Something is wrong with so many Hit and Run - it is an epidemic here.  There seems to be no accountability in the driver's minds.  Glad everyone is alright.

Taking a break from cleaning the floor - whew.  That space seems to grow.  A neighbor called with a battery problem on smoke alarms going off.  We have a gift coupon for a New Orleans place for lunch and I need to pick up the prescription they finally ordered for me. 

Enjoy your day. 

Hi, friends,

I've got a really busy day today - had an early morning call, just as I was getting ready to go downstairs to play piano for the devotional service. Then, was called out of that group to answer a call again.

Now, I'm to do something on the computer for my sister in law, followed by taking a disabled lady to the grocery.

So, likely there'll be no time for exercising.

It's so good to hear the chatter here today. Y'all are amazing people - great folk to know.

Bonnie and Judy, here's my wish for a wonderful life in your new year - may God's richest blessings be with you.

Love to all,
Ruth Ann

Here is a link to a video a friend who isn't a Christian sent me.  I found it interesting as she has never commented on the Christian Meme's I have posted.  However it seems she has noticed my stand for Christ and this was her response.  I sure enjoyed it..

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Beautiful, Judy ... I've seen other videos of this artist, as well ... she is truly inspired and talented.  Thank you for sharing this.  I notice your friend commented that she felt the love of God, and in tears, while watching. 

I have yet to learn what or how Becky's car is doing ... she has no money for repairs, and now no transportation to school unless she stays at her mother's and they share her car.  That is not a good option, however, since she is not supposed to be staying in that "senior" mobilehome park.   :-\  It just seems she goes from one disaster to another in life, and all she wants to do is make a better life for herself and her daughter.   :(

Yes Jane....I am for the most part "quiet" in my witness, that is what works well for me, I often get my words wrong.....that turns people off.

Jane Let your grand daughter know she is prayed for. She will make it!

Oh, I understand perfectly, Judy .... I'm a great one for getting my words wrong and that resulting in someone wanting to challenge or argue with me.  I refuse to argue, so that ends up with anger or hurt feelings or such.   :-[

Thank you for the prayers for Becky ... she tries so hard and seems to continually encounter setbacks. 

Jane you are welcome!

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken - Proverbs 15:13

Good morning Friends ... I wanted to first share a quick update with you & to tell you that Gloria is out of ICU & doing very well and her daughter said to tell everyone THANK YOU for the prayers. Well ... I have a full day of things to do & then church tonight so wishing each and everyone a blessed Wednesday !!

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Just a quick note this morning before I head out to the fair again.  We were super busy all afternoon, and I didn't get home until after 8 last night.  That, plus a "J" night means I'm feeling tired this morning, but I have prayed and KNOW God will renew my strength so I can do what is needed today.  That involves helping the judge, making sure every piece of artwork is judged in the proper category, marking the places--Blue, red or white--hanging the few we didn't get hung yesterday, etc., etc.  I'm so thankful my ass't Supt. Thelma is really good with book work, she keeps everything straight in our notebook.

I may be able to set up a table in the commercial room to sell my books.  I did ask the other day, but the gal in charge is so overwhelmed and I think she just forgot to call me.  I'm taking my stuff, just in case.  ;)

Sorry to talk about me so much, please forgive me, and you all have a great day!

Hi everyone.  We have a delightful, sunny, cooler day today with low humidity.  This is fairly unusual for Georgia in July.  We are just home from Bible study and a social time at Dunkin' Donuts.  The rest of the day is free so will rest this afternoon and evening. 

Janet, hope you get to sell some of your books during the fair. It sounds like you must have had many entries in the art department.  Glad to read of the improvement for Beth.

Karen, glad to hear your friend is out of ICU and doing well. 

I will be brief today as am late getting started on reading the posts from yesterday.

Our daily thunderstorm is beginning with wind picking up now.  It does cool the house quickly.  Tomorrow, we will drive our DIL to the airport and she will meet with our son in San Francisco (where he is having meetings).  We will be in charge of three rescued German Shepherds, seven chickens and three ducks.  Need I say more?  They will return Sunday.  She is a teacher and off for a little part of the summer so we really do want to help them out -

Belated birthday wishes to Bonnie!   

Judy:  That was such a beautiful and interesting video.  Wondering how they put it together. 

Janet:  Beth's improvement - now, that is really amazing and so welcome.  It must be lifting her spirits too. Good wishes on the books. 

Ruth Ann:  Please remember to take care of yourself - you do so much for others. 

Larry:  We stopped at Lamar's doughnuts for coffee and one doughnut each and they handed us fresh & hot doughnuts so we had two each.  Bad bad but oh, so good!   

Hi to all
Thanks to all who welcome me back.
I actually remember many of you here.
Its been a great day. God is good

Hi everyone on another very nice day here in Georgia.  It was down to 61 degrees last night, the lowest for that date in over 50 years, and today is suppose to be in the mid-80's.  I am looking forward to a quiet day as only have my men's weekly luncheon to attend at 11:30.  Today we are going to one of the buffets we all like.  I am using the Opera browser this morning as I can't seem to find why every page I load in Chrome also opens an ad page, which is very annoying.  So far so good. 

Carol, it sounds like you will be having some farm chores to perform.  Your son and DIL must really love animals.  Nice of you to help them.  A couple of donuts occasionally can't do too much harm. 

Melody, we are glad to have you back and to know that you remember some of us. 

Hope this is a wonderful day for you all.  Our attitude has a lot to do with how we see each day God has allowed us. 

Thought you all would be interested in this picture.......

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This is the Statesboro Georgia Courthouse.....The picture is on the local phone book.  This was taken by MaxA.

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Been on the run since 8:30 am and so I am worn out but there so much to be done before HUBBY get's home from work but I wanted to STOP and send LOVE TO ONE and ALL ... wishing you all a great Thursday ... I will TRY and be back by 2 night after dinner so wishing each and everyone a great day !!

<3 to all  <3

I am so blessed, Sunday one of the ladies brought me a dress and said Marilyn I think you will look smashing in this dress. It fits me perfectly and will be fantastic to wear to Keith's 50th reunion dinner next Saturday night.

This morning at Bible Study one of the ladies handed me 2 pr of expensive jeans one still had the tags, she said try these on. I did and they fit perfectly even to the length with is always a hard one for me to find being that I am so tall. She sold them to me for $10. I am now in a sizz8 in pants and jeans. Imagine that size 8 I never thought I would see a size 8. I still weight the same at 140 lbs.

Hi everyone.  A very nice cool, overcast morning here in Georgia.  It is suppose to only get up to 80 degrees today and to have rain over the weekend.  I have been to coffee at the Senior Center and then a stop at the Comcast store to trade the TV box we had received for the HD box.  I signed up for the Xfinity TV service yesterday and will drop the Dish service as of the 28th.  Even though we won't have the Xfinity TV for the house until the service tech can come on the 29th, I have the apps on both my iPhone and iPad and can watch TV now anywhere I have a wi-fi or anywhere on my iPhone with the LTD speed. 

My sister-in-law called Pat a little while ago to tell her that her granddaughter and husband had been in a car crash with a drunk driver.  The granddaughter had been taking her husband to work at 4:30 am as they have only a van and it had been loaded with furnishing as they had closed on a house yesterday and were in the process of moving.  All the windows were blown out of the van and I don't know what else.  The granddaughter was taken to the hospital in an ambulance but her husband wasn't going to leave the van until it was taken care of.  What a mess and we don't know the extent of the injuries either one sustained or anything about the drunk driver. Fortunately my SIL had the three great grandchildren at her house overnight so they were not in the van. 

Judy, nice pictures and it looks like an old time Georgia courthouse on the square.  I have a very good friend who was a professor in Statesborn at Georgia Southern University for 30 years.  He retired about 10 years ago.

Karen, thanks for the good wishes for yesterday.  It was a good day and hope your got what you needed to accomplish completed.

Marilyn, what a kind friends to give you the just the dress you needed and get perfect fitting jeans for such an inexpensive price. 

I like the picture you posted that was taken by Max Alderman. He is an amazing man of God who preaches the word and also has an amazing ministry in his portrayal of God's creation in picture form. He is an amazingly gifted man and loyal servant of the Lord. I feel so blessed for having met him and had the privilege to lunch with him while he was up here in our area.
Well finished with my long gig in the truck. Sure takes a big bite out of each day. Whether your an over the road driver or a local driver who gets home every day, it doesn't leave any time to ones self to do anything at home. Found out though that I haven't forgotten how to drive one of those things yet. LOL. But give me my old Volvo over the one I drove this week any day.

We all are in horror over the downing of that Malasia flight.  Our cousin in Holland wrote this on Facebook...

QuoteAs most of you know a great tragedy has befallen the Netherlands, as well as Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, New Zealand and Canada. The biggest airline catastrophe in over 35 years for us. The fact that this wasn't mechanical failure, pilot error or adverse weather does nothing to ease this sense of injustice,
So far 189 men, women and children have been identified as being Dutch. As I stroll through Twitter, messages keep popping up of identified people, there were a few from my hometown that I, for selfish reasons thankfully, do not know. It reminds you that we're all more connected than we think. We lost 0,000012% of our population (which incidentally is a higher percentage than 9/11 did for the US population) but it affects so many more people.
It also reminds me of the fact that as soon as stuff begins to get close it starts to hurt. But what about everything that's happening that isn't related to me? Where I am not personally involved, even if it is by only living in the same city as some of the victims.
298 people died in a terrible crash. But this is about the same amount of people that have died in the first ten days of the current gaza conflict. It amounts to approximately 0,00115% of the total casualties in the Syrian civil war.
I won't even start to mention what groups like Boko Haram have done.
And yet despite the unfathomable amount of conflicts around the world, it's only the one's that are close that really make an impact. Such is life it seems.
This is ridiculous! All fighting's ridiculous. It stems from a misunderstanding between two people or groups that won't be persuaded to listen to each other and believe that the law of retaliation really leads to a better world.
And now, as in so many conflicts, as has happened so often times before, it's the innocents that pay the price. People that had absolutely nothing to do with it all got pulled into a conflict and paid a price. And there was nothing they could do.
I'm saddened that it had to come to this and as little as it may mean I wish my condolences to those who had to be dragged into this.
So I'll end by these few quotes:
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" - Mahatma Ghandi
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding" - Albert Einstein
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means" - Ronald Reagan
and I wish you all a safe weekend.

Quote from: WinterRose on July 16, 2014, 07:52:56 AM
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken - Proverbs 15:13

Good morning Friends ... I wanted to first share a quick update with you & to tell you that Gloria is out of ICU & doing very well and her daughter said to tell everyone THANK YOU for the prayers. Well ... I have a full day of things to do & then church tonight so wishing each and everyone a blessed Wednesday !!

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Thanks for the update, Karen!  I appreciate it.

Janet, Slow Down!!!  You're making me tired and out of breath reading your posts!!  HAHAHAHA!!


Hi Larry!


What an awesome picture that MaxA took!  Thanks for sharing, Judy


Karen, you're another one!  Rushing around all day!  Guess I'm showing my age!  ;)


Hi John!


Judy, thanks for sharing John's cousin's post.  Very thought-provoking!  This was such a terrible happening.

JudyB:  Thanks for the forward from your relative.  I was checking to see if any missionaries were on that flight - they are in Kuala Lumpur and travel that route often.  On your other subject, that is a very nice picture..

Larry:  Such good news that the children were not in the van.  I hope the mom recovers quickly and totally. 
We came home to take naps and put out the weekly garbage.  Storms predicted so we will go back early and give the dogs a bit more exercise.  Yesterday would have been a cartoon movie with us trying to herd chickens and ducks into their little hotel.  This morning, the chickens raided the ducks water and spinach so we had to shoo them away to their own feed.  The dogs had to be into their normal routine last night and one expects to lay on her pad and was looking at me until I put her blanket on her back - laid right down and closed her eyes.  Another, the youngest, was upset until she personally rubbed nose with her two buddies - then went immediately to her cage.  It takes a bit of figuring out what they really want - routine. 

Pat:  I am with you on how everyone is so busy - just seeing it makes me want to take a nap.  We are not getting anything done here and really don't have much to do at son's house for these 4 days.  But --- ticking off the hours until they return. 

Coyotes in the ravine calling out this morning and coyotes in the adjoining ravine answering.  DD  - Jenny lives on that side. 

Praying for support for Israel.   

Congratulations, Marilyn on your weight achievements!

So, Carol are you saying that these coyotes are in the ravine between you and Jenny?  Wow! 

I had to smile about the coyotes.  I have had coyotes around me all my life.  The worst thing they have done is to kill guinea fowls, chickens, and since being here, one of our little dogs.  We suspect they were guilty in the disappearance of several cats through the years, too.  Their population waxes and wanes, sort of depending on the rabbit population.  Hearing them howl just never bothered me.

Carol, I giggled at the mental picture of you with all those "critters" to care for.  I'm sure you will not be sorry to send them home!  ;)

I loved the photo by MaxA. 

Larry, so sad to hear about the car accident, and pray the mother recovers quickly.  Have you heard whether or not her husband was injured?  Good the kids weren't in the vehicle, for sure!

Pat, I took your advice--in advance--and have been taking it much easier today.  I did have an interview with a lovely young lady for the Garden City Telegram, about the new children's book.  Nothing else I HAVE to do today, (said with a big sigh of relief!)  I had really pushed myself too hard for the past several weeks and needed some time to rest.

Marilyn, good for you!  And this is one time I can honestly say I know how you feel, because I am now wearing a size 6, and weigh in the 130's for the first time in many years.  I have been on a total fast for Beth's and John's healing for a few days, which made the last little difference, but have been eating almost no bread and no sugar since the first of the year, and the weight kept coming off, without my seeming to even try.  I never thought I would wear a size 10--much less an 8--but a 6?   :o  Never imagined it!  (But it sure does make me feel happy!)

It's so good to have two of our members back who had been among the missing for a while.  I really hope more will come back to us.

Oh how I pray for a strong, honest, resolute, CHRISTIAN president to lead this country!  God help us!

And today my sweet husband and I have been married for 33 great years.  We have decided to try it for one more year!  ;)

Thanks, Pat!

Thanks, Judy.

I got up at 3:30 this morning, as I couldn't get back to sleep.  So I have enjoyed three hours in the throne room with my Father.  It's going to be a great day!

I have to go out to the fair to release entries, pick up my own entries--and my award money!  ;).  I think that's all of my 'have-tos' for today.  So I should be able to take a little nap this afternoon!

See you wonderful folks later!

Hi everyone on a very dark and rainy day here in Georgia.  We are suppose to have rain throughout the day and then a better than average chance for more tomorrow.  I am back from coffee and think I will just stay in today where it is nice and dry as have nowhere I have to go. 

One of my coffee and church friends told us today that the town they moved from a couple of years ago was burned to the ground yesterday by the terrible wild fires and this included the homes they had lived in and also the homestead he had grown up on.  He and his wife are the couple who spends several months a year in Mexico.) 

An update on my niece and her husband who were in the crash yesterday morning with the drunk driver. Neither one was kept in the hospital.  He will miss a week of work as had damage to a tendon in his leg.  It was not a hit and run and the drunk man had insurance.  He had two illegals with him who tried to run but my niece's husband legally had a gun and told the two guys to stop or he would shot them.  He held them until the police came. 

John, at least you know you don't have to be driving everyday and I expect it makes you realize what a gift you have in being retired.

One of my coffee and church friends told us today that the town they moved from a couple of years ago was burned to the ground yesterday by the terrible wild fires and this included the homes they had lived in and also the homestead he had grown up on.  He and his wife are the couple who spends several months a year in Mexico.) 

Judy, I agree with your cousin in Holland that this terrible tragedy affects people worldwide and how it is the innocent people, such as in Gaza and Israel that suffer so much from war and war like conflicts.  Your cousin writes very well.

Carol, sounds like you all are having quite an adventure tending the animals. 

Janet, I also remember hearing coyotes howling when I lived on the farm but don't recall we every had a problem with them and our chickens or other animals.  I watched an interesting documentary on Yellowstone National Park and it talked about how the wolves had been restored, after having been eliminated purposefully, and how they are vital to the circle of life in the park.  Glad to read you are giving yourself some time to rest.  Good work on the weight loss and guess that gives you a good reason for a new wardrobe.  :) Congrats to you and Darrel for the 33 years of marriage.  Tell us about your prizes at the fair as it sounds like you did very well.

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It is another busy day here for me I need to get back on cleaning out the closet some more and then sit down and have some time for me ... then keep us all in prayer as we are traveling in the morning to go see my daughter's fiance as he is a 2 hour drive from us and so we will first make a stop at the church that is close to the prison and attend there and - then it's out to lunch and then our visit ... So, we are looking forward to seeing him again. So, keep us in prayer for thee trip to and home again ... the picture below was taken last year in JULY.

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So I want to take this time to wish JANET a ... Wishing a wonderful day for you both !!
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Till next time ladies and gents !!

Janet, don't tease us with just a mention of award money.  Tell us more!!!

Larry, I'm so glad for the good news that your niece and her husband weren't seriously hurt in the auto accident.  Good thinking on his part to keep the illegals at the scene until the police arrived.

Winter Rose, it sounds like you have a full day ahead.  Enjoy!

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