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Welcome to our weekly topic entitled, "Thoughts for the Week"!


Each week we start a new topic which begins with a short devotional and/or a hymn and then we share all week with other, our comings and goings in our daily life.

If you wish to share a scripture verse, tell us about an outing that was special, talk about your problems with your car, or whatever it might be, please feel free to join us.



See you in the coming week!

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And the government will be upon His shoulder.
Isaiah 9:6

Recommended Reading
Isaiah 9:1-7


War is the final proof of humanity's overwhelming sinfulness. Some wars are necessary; some are justified; but all are tragic, involving youth who under other circumstances might be the best of friends, facing each other in a life-or-death struggle. Dwight Eisenhower summed it up saying, "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

Jesus predicted that "wars and rumors of wars" would persist till the end of time, but a day is coming when war will be no more. There will be a final battle at Armageddon, and in victory Jesus will bring an end to earth's cycle of violence.

[And] of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever (Isaiah 9:7).

We may grow discouraged in the face of world events, but reassurance comes in keeping our eyes on the face of our Prince of Peace.

In reading our newspapers today, we can see how God is setting the table, getting everything in order, preparing the way for Christ to return.

David Jeremiah

Hi everyone.  As usual now another overcast morning with rain a good probability before the day is out.  We did have a short shower last evening.  Pat and I did or to a local pizza place and had a good pizza and salad for our dinner last night.  We are planning on attending church this morning.  I don't know what we will do for lunch as it will likely depend on whether I have enough energy to tackle going out with the group. 

John, Happy Birthday.  I know Judy has put a lot of work into it and we all have tried to be careful not to give it away so it would be a surprise.  Enjoy your week even though it sounds like you are going to be busy. 

Judy, congrats on carrying it off and am sure John will never forget your thoughtfulness. 

Janet, it sounds like you were challenged by your class.  Drawing stick figures is a task for me.  I sure don't know why louder is suppose to make music better, it doesn't in my book.  That is one reason I haven't been to a movie in a long time as the sound is usually cranked up a lot even with an excellent sound system.  I read yesterday that Mr. Bose, the man who invented the Bose sound systems had died.  He was in his 80s and a billionaire.  He kept his business private as wanted to be able to do what he wanted and not what a board of directors wanted.  It obviously paid off for him.  Abby can't be 16 already! 

Jeanne, a very meaningful devotional today.  It sure does seem that things are coming together for those last days before Christ returns.

Our message this morning was all about confession. Glad to hear that it is still part of the good message.  Something was wrong with Don's hearing aid and he missed so much so I told him to wait until next week and he can listen to the web cast.  Soon, the church is going to have two pastors visit and speak to the congregation and then one will be chosen to head up the church. 

We had our coffee at Panera's and then headed to a store that we use a lot as it had a special 20% off only today and at the same time really dislike the thought of shopping on a Sunday.  Then, I spent the afternoon sewing and my mother never sewed on Sundays.   :-\  All around there are threats of flooding especially in the burned areas but it doesn't look like much for our spot.  Daughter is keeping us updated with news on her two children - one did not pass her driver's test.  She was speeding 3 miles over the limit.  We said, "What does LIMIT mean?".  Especially in a test.   :D 

Janet:  That is so sweet to hear about John coming to visit and taking Beth to church.  They have known each other quite a while now.  Abby is 16 - can't be possible.  What happened to our babies? 

Jeanne:  Thank you for devotions! 

I celebrated a near milestone birthday today.  One year from now I will be 60 years old.

I went with three of my dearest friends to Elmira's Crossroads Restaurant for their Sunday brunch.  Delicious and plentiful food, good company, good service and, all in all, a fantastic day.   

My meal was free as long as I had photo id proving that it was my birthday. 

I loved the weather over the previous two days.   Virtually no humidity, light breeze and sunshine.  Today started out that way, but by dinner time was very hot and humid.

Thank you to all who posted birthday wishes over on Facebook.

I am truly blessed to be part of this wonderful group of fellow believers.

Happy Birthday Bonnie.  Love you sis.  We have had a busy weekend as well.  May you have a blessed year coming and may God really bless you, as you go on in the coming year.

Thank you Judy. Love you too. 

Did John enjoy his surprise party? 


Happy Birthday to you.  I hope you have an awesome day and a year filled with blessings.

He is still talking about the surprise and the fact that I was able to pull it off. Also he was surprised that RuthV's husband was so able to keep the surprise going once we got John out of the house!  HE is quite the gentleman!

Another day And more to do. I have shopping to do and then back at it.  I have a ton of laundry to do a day like this I wish I had a clothes line up!

I am off will be back later!

This is lovely to start the day!  I know I'm still "learning".

Hi everyone.  It is a repeat overcast morning with more rain likely before the day is through.  We did have rain again yesterday afternoon.  I am happy to say that I am feeling better this morning and am going to tackle Pat's desktop computer problems once again.  I am about ready to abandon these efforts and simply get a new computer for her as this one is well over 5 years old.  I won't be going to Athens again today and probably for several days.  I just spoke to the heart center and learned that it is the computers that run the EECP machines that have failed and they have had to ship them back to the company in California for repair.  I just hope this delay in continuing the treatments doesn't destroy any benefit that I may have received from the first 7 treatments.  However, there is nothing I can do about the situation so will just standby.  I will get a call from them when the machines are back in operation.  So I will be able to attend my men's Monday luncheon today.  It is going to be Mexican at a place that has really good Mexican food.  I am looking forward to it. 

Carol, sure hope you miss any flooding.  Too bad about your granddaughter not passing her driving test but expect she will do better the next time and go more slowly. 

Bonnie, a belated Happy Birthday.  Hope you had a delightful day and having a free meal with good friends is a nice way to celebrate. 

Judy, Happy Birthday to you.  You and John have birthdays close together.  Nice that John is home to help you celebrate.

Happy Birthdays to Judy and Bonnie! :hbirthday:

It is cool enough to have every window open in the afternoon today.  Loving it!  Breezy.  On my walk this morning, the path had dirt on it left over from the creek overflowing at the lowest points.  Cat tails were laying flat from the force of water but nothing happened here - it is mainly a huge mudslide in the burnt areas in the foot hills and also near Colorado Springs.  We just had a phone call that friends will be in town one day early so we will meet with them tonight.  They have had car problems and their van is quite new. 

Larry:  I too hope that the machine problem doesn't set your regime back. 

Pat:  I will check again on your video - cannot get the voice right now. 

JudyB:  How are the children?  Have not seen anything about them for a long time.  Take care.  Are you stacking wood for winter time? 

Thank you for the Birthday Greetings!  Heather was here till about 2:30 and we had a great time shopping together.  I have JC and Kim with us this week and kim will be staying the balance of the summer.

We went out to din ner tonight, at Swiss Chalet.  Showing proof that today was my birthday I received my entree free.  Our favourite server Andrew was great, as is usual, chatting with us and keeping us supplied in Soda Water!

I will close off for now and be back tomorrow.

Hi everyone.  I had a great day yesterday as I felt better than I have for quite awhile.  I had some energy and enjoyed what I was doing.  I plan another one like it today.  We had a very nice men's luncheon yesterday and one of the men is a gardener and he brought a big supply of tomatoes, zucchini, and sweet peppers and bag to divide it up into five bags for the other five of us in attendance.  Today I plan on attending a morning meeting as won't be having my treatment today and then will be home the rest of the day.  Pat has a dental appointment at 1 pm but she will drive herself and I don't need to go with her.   

Carol, it is frustration when you have a fairly new car and it is unreliable. I went through that with the last Saturn I had as was never sure if it was going to start or lock up the starter for 10 minutes.  It was security run amok and they couldn't do anything about it. 

Judy, sounds like you had a lot of fun on your birthday topped off by a good free dinner with family.

Hi Everyone!

It's a nice temperature outside right now but it's going to be very high again today as the day goes on so Paul is going to cut the lawn while it's still cooler.

So happy you had a good day Larry.  May you have more and more just like it in the future. 

Glad you had a nice meal, Judy.  Wish I had thought of that for my birthday.  ;)

I'm about ready to head out for some grocery shopping before it gets much warmer hotter.  Then the rest of the day, and the rest of the week,  a whole lot of doing nothing with six or seven fans running full blast.   :) 

I had a wonderful visit with Ken, my oldest son, and his wife over the weekend.  They've just purchased a new RV and made their first weekend trip here.  He's planning on retiring a year from now and they hope then to be be able to visit my daughter in North Carolina and  my other son and his family in Arizona.  Can't believe I have a son who will be retirement age in one more year!   :o

My email notifications failed again.  :( But I was away all day yesterday to attend the funeral of our dear friend.  It was a lovely celebration of his life, a testimony to the influence a godly man has on his family and his community.  I shared some things and they appreciated my comments.  His dear wife Bonnie thanked us over and over for coming.  The entire service was done by friends from here in Ulysses.

Today I have to start working at our county fair.  So I must get busy, go shower and dress and frame my latest paintings to enter.  I had a terrible night, aching all over and awake for hours. Phooey.  Not good when you have a busy day the next day.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAYS TO BONNIE AND JUDY :hbirthday:

I'd better get going.

Hi, friends,

Well, I took a few moments of rest to come fellowship with loved ones here. So sorry I didn't get here to send birthday greetings to Bonnie and Judy. Hope y'all know it was an error, not a snub.

I'm about to run out of energy, but have as the poet said, "Miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep [tomorrow night, that is]. :)

Y'all have a good rest of the day with our wonderful Lord.

Ruth Ann

Hi Pat, I was hopeful that today would be another good day but it hasn't turned out that way.  Just not feeling up to par.  Hope Paul didn't get too hot mowing the yard.

Jeanne, I bet that was a joy having your son and DIL in your area and being able to spend time with them.  Are they the ones that live around Ashville, NC ?

Janet, never good to read that you have had a bad night as you have too many of those.  It doesn't sound like being at the fair will help you rest up although I am sure from what you have said in the past that you really enjoy it.  Are you judging at this fair?

Ruth Ann, I understand your "running out of energy" comment.  It sure gets in the way of what we would like to be doing doesn't it?

Larry, the time spent with any of my children happens so seldom it's always a great joy.  This was my oldest, the son who lives in northern New Jersey.  It's my daughter who is in Ashville, NC.  The third (and middle child) is my son who lives in Phoenix.  Sure is good to have computers, email and cell phones!   :D

It is approaching 8:30 and I am about to head to bed.  Just got home from the fair a little while ago.  No, Larry, I am not judging here;  I am the superintendent of the Art Department.  Today we took in the entries, got them tagged and sorted, and tomorrow we begin at 8:45 and assist the judge, putting the ribbons on the winners, hanging the show, etc.  I am so grateful I have a very competent assistant.  She's wonderful!  I will be judging at the fair in Hugoton later this month.

Larry, sorry you didn't feel up to par today.  Hope tomorrow will find you feeling stronger and with more energy.

I think maybe my pain last night (aching all over) was caused by a weather front that came in from a different direction than is normal here.  Our high today was only 79*---Amazing for July 16!  And we got a little bit of rain, too!  Wonderful!

Beth and John were at the fairgrounds before I left.  They had hoped to watch the turtle races and a juggler that was entertaining after the turtle races.  But there were so many people they couldn't get near the arena where it was all taking place, so don't know what they decided to do.

Jeanne, so happy for you getting to spend time with your son!

Night, all!  :sleep:

Hi everyone.  We have an usual beginning of the day as there are clear skies and the sun, of course, is shining.  We are suppose to get above 90 degrees later today with the possibility of late afternoon or evening thundershowers.  I just got back from going to Kaiser for my 4th blood test in the last 6 weeks.  My sodium is below the bottom line number and the doctor wanted to keep a close watch on it.  After a great day on Monday, yesterday was the pits in terms of how I felt and having continual arm and chest pain.  However, so far today I feel fine but will try to avoid doing anything that will stress me.  Pat will go after while to get her hair cut and I will go with her and we will look at laptop computers to replace her desktop computer.  There are three stores over in that area that we can checkout.  If it is around lunch time I expect we will get something to eat before coming home although it may be after lunch before she is ready to leave.  That will be it for today. 

Jeanne, thanks for the info on your children. 

Janet, it almost sounds like judging would have been easier than being the superintendent of the Art Department but sure you enjoy working with all the art. I do think changes in the weather do cause aches and pains.  I know that is true with Stacey.  Stacey fell again yesterday in her apartment was was not hurt and was able to get herself up again with only her pride hurt. 

Larry, good to see you are feeling better today and will take it easy so you keep that way! Yes, I do enjoy working with the art, meeting all those who bring their art to enter, and especially seeing their faces when they spot those winning ribbons!  I browsed through the commercial booths and then went out to the area where the concession trailers are to get something for lunch before I came home.  I plan to go back out this evening for a show at 6 and stay for the local talent contest at 7.  I hadn't planned to get anything else done today anyway, might as well enjoy it.

John called a while ago and said he and Beth were out there again, looking at the commercial booths.  They do enjoy the fair!  She will likely sleep for a week after John goes back home!

We are having another beautiful day of weather.  Warmer than yesterday but still very pleasant.  I'm thankful.

Hi everyone on another sunny Georgia morning.  We also got to 93 here yesterday and last night had heavy rain and a lot of thunder heard for a couple of hours or more.  The chances for any significant rain today are small.  I got the results of the blood test I had taken again yesterday and my sodium is back down to match the lowest it has ever been at 128.  If I remember correctly, the lowest end of the normal scale is 138. 

I did have another good day yesterday and Pat and I went out computer shopping, then ate at Ruby Tuesday's and then she got her hair cut.  The only one that she liked the keyboard on was the lowest priced one, which was a Lenova.  It has 4 gigs of RAM and 320 gigs of hard disk storage and had been manufactured about 3 or 4 months ago.  It is not the most powerful computer but should serve her needs well.  It is basically the same as the laptop I now use at my easy chair.  This is the third or fourth Lenova I have bought.  It does have Windows 8 but I am fairly conversant on that as have it on my laptop.  I started the process of getting it set up as she wants it last night and will work on it today loading programs and files she uses.  I plan to stay home all day.  Pat is going with a friend to another quilt shop that is in Conyer's, Georgia.  She just got an email from the shop saying they were opening as usual but that Conyers was hit with considerable damage from the storm last evening. (Sorry about writing the book this morning.)

Hi Folks. Well I thought I would take a few minutes to update you on my Reno project here at home. Its been extremely hot here this week which has slowed the progress of the project because of the need for frequent breaks to cool down. But the roof has been successfully replaced, putting the last shingles on last night about 8 pm minutes before a huge thunderstorm hit here. Now I have to do a bit of siding and put up some flashing and the job out there is done. Hope to get that done today, depending on how hot it gets today. The humid ex has been in the 90 s here the last 3 days. Be going back to work next week to have a rest. Hope everyone is well and that you are managing to stay cool this summer. One thing we do every night after we stop with this construction is go to our favorite swimming hole to cool and refresh. Even the water at the river is like bath water. Anyway must run Got lots more to do. Have a blessed day everyone.

Larry, I am so happy you had another good day, hope many more follow.  What does low sodium do to you?  What health changes might that cause?  Pat is so blessed to have you to do her computer stuff for her.  This laptop is crazy slow lately, and I have no idea what to do about it, so just w...a...i..t and wait some more on it.  :(  Maybe Curtis will come by some day soon and have a few minutes to spare to check on it.

John, that was great timing on getting the roof done!  And what a blessing when you have the know-how and the time and strength to do those improvements yourself.  Wages are so very high right now, it more than doubles the cost of projects like that.  Nice to have a swimming hole to cool off in at the end of a hard day.

I spent almost all day out at the fair yesterday, as I went back in the evening to see the entertainment and attend the talent show.  As most of those things are, there were some quite good parts, and a few quite bad ones.  ;)  But it's nice to give the young folks a chance to show us what they can do.  There weren't any older adults in it this year, sometimes they do have one or two.  I don't have any responsibilities out at the fair today, but will be going to the big free barbecue this evening!

And now it's time to go work out at the gym!

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John, now that you've had enough practice, you can come put a new roof on my trailer!   ;D

We are heading out in a few minutes to get the last of the supplies to finish the job. We need flashing around the window and across the eves. Also wood for the eves.    We will be heading out soon for that.   

Jeanne, John would be happy to come out to help you, we will leave in an hour  be there by lunch have the hotdogs on!   ;D   

The sad part about this is John will be going to work to have a rest! He will then have air Conditioning in the truck and will be alone for at least a couple of weeks.

I'm sorry I am not on much here, we have been so busy outside.

Judy, the hot dogs are shriveled up - did you get lost?   :lol:

Jeanne----awwww.. :-\  too bad.;  Left-ver, shriveled hot dogs aren't the best lunch, either.   ;)

Fair week is winding down.  We went out to the barbecue this evening; Beth and John were there, too.  They are really enjoying being out and about and not having such hot weather.  It got pretty warm today, but  not too bad, yet.

I took a couple of my scrapbooks and entered them at the fair, as a set.  They are the photos of our trip to Guatemala and Costa Rica......and I won a grand champion on them!  :) :D

Some sad news here.  A couple of years ago, there was a bank robbery here in town.  It sounded suspicious, but nothing was done until recently......now FOUR young women have been charged with embezzlement, bank robbery, and making false statements to the FBI.  All of them have young children, and two of them attend our church!  (One lived in our house for several years!)  It is heartbreaking.  If convicted, they could spend over 30 years in prison.  Another matter for prayer, for sure.  Greed does terrible things to people, doesn't it?  All four were employees of the bank.

Hi folk:

Both Mel & I were a part of John's surprise birthday it was something that he did not expect to be sure.
Not only did we have a wonderful visit with Judy & John but we also met Ruth V and her husband and also we did have a visit with Paul & Pat.

Pat:   I enjoyed the video Learning to Lean. 

Janet:  Lovely that John and Beth are spending time together.

I will sure be glad when the hot days give up and go away.  Presently Mel is out cutting the lawn and then he will be doing the neighbor's next door. On days like this it would be nice if the grass just did not grow. 
We have some of what can be called the 4 o'clock flower which is just starting to bloom. This plant does have another name but what is meant by the name it opens up late afternoon for several hours .


Ruth

Thank you to Carol, Pat, Ruth, and everyone else who wished me a happy birthday.  Oh my, how quickly the weather changes now!!! Only last Sunday I posted about the lack of humidity and the pleasant breeze.  Since Monday we have been in the midst of the worst heat wave (yet) of the summer of 2013.

I haven't been online much the last few days due to computer troubles.

Tonight, for example, I left the Facebook site to google something, and could not get back into facebook. Keep getting a notification re server problems, and yet I am on here!!

Jeanne. Sorry about the hot dogs. We turn left when we should have turned right I guess. Will have to buy you dinner when I get to Wilton next. LOL.
Janet i agree it does save a lot of money to do these projects myself but I think I'll pass on this kind of project again. Guess I'm not as young as I thought I was. LOL
Should wrap up the roof job tomorrow with the installation of required flashing and replacement of siding to the house. Hope every thing will be good as new then. Attacked some wasps tonight with a special concoction designed to encourage them to think another residence would be in their best interest. Maybe they wont bother me tomorrow. Got stung 4 times today and they got Judy once. Well that's all for now folks Gods blessings on you all.

Hi everyone.  I got up before sunup this morning but now the sun it peeping over the horizon and it is to be another warm day.  Yesterday I ended up taking the new laptop we had purchased back.  As I started to put it together I wasn't working correctly and after about two hours of hassle, plus some the night before, we decided it wasn't worth it.  I am going to try working on the old desktop somemore as can't hurt it since I doesn't work now.  I have a couple of things in mind and will bring it into my office where I can have an ethernet hookup for internet as have lost it via wi-fi on Pat's desktop.  I will go to coffee at the Senior Center shortly and then we are meeting at a friends house to play domino's this afternoon and then will all go out to eat.  So it will be a full day. 

John, thanks for the update.  I didn't realize you had to put on a new roof as that is a big job especially in 90 degree weather.  It sounds like your timing was great.  Wasp stings are no fun.  Hope the spraying takes care of them.

Janet, I am not sure on the low sodium but do know my friend with the prostate cancer now spread to his bones is to start a new round of radiation (I think it was radiation and not chemo) and his sodium is low.  He was told the radiation will not work well if you have low sodium so they are working to increase his.  My doctor felt mine is still stable, even though low, and he will monitor with another blood test in six weeks.  Wish I could help you with your computer although must admit I am losing interest in doing a lot on the computer and very tired of dealing with computer and printer problems here.  Nice that John can take Beth to the fair as that must be such a pleasant change from the home.  She will be tired when he leaves but a good tired with lots of memories to last until his next visit.  Congrats on your grand champion scrapbook. 

Ruth, when it gets real hot and dry down this way (something that hasn't happened so far this summer) our grass just stops growing.  However, this year it needs mowing every two weeks.

Bonnie, it sounds like the Facebook server was the problem and not your computer or internet service if you were able to access other sites.  Stay cool. 

Judy, when I moved to this house, which has vinyl siding, I had them come and put vinyl on all the exposed wood around the windows and other places, except the doors.  Even my sun porch is fixed in vinyl and is my shed out back.    I just have to have the house pressure washed occasionally to take care of the mildew.  Otherwise it looks like it did when we moved in and will never need painting.  I replaced the roof in the last year or so and don't expect much in the way of outside maintenance to be needed as long as we live here.  While tiring all the work this week is probably a welcome change from the truck driving.  Just a change of pace is often helpful. 

Phee Job done. Just a bit of clean up work left to do. Thing I will back to work on Mon to have a rest. But I don't have to worry about the roof leaking anymore. That is a comforting thought, especially because I,m on the road a lot and that leaves Judy to look after things on the home front. I must admit Im feeling joints and muscles I forgot I had. Think I will turn in soon. Blessings every one.

Hi everyone.  We actually had a day yesterday without rain and that was very enjoyable.  We did have a nice time playing domino's with our friends and then ate at a Mexican restaurant but were home before 7 pm.  I was so tired I went to bed an hour later and am really washed out this morning.  I don't plan on doing much today although would like to get started on Pat's desktop work but that may have to wait until another day.   

John, glad your roof job is done and it is a nice feeling to not have to worry about roof leaks. 

Hi Larry.  It sure seems as if it was the facebook server that was the problem.  I was able to go back in the next morning.

John and Judy.  Glad your roofing work is done, and especially glad that John's surprise party was a success.

We had two major rainstorms last night.  One around 5:30 that was so severe the bus supervisor radioed his staff and recommended they pull over when they saw a safe spot to do so and wait the worst of it out.  The thunder and lightning seemed extremely close!!  Stop lights were not working, lots of trees down, and a wire down on one of the busiest streets in the city. 
The sheet lightning on my way home from my evening clients was very pretty.

Then, around 12:30 in the morning I awoke to the sound of more heavy raini and thunder.  Looks like we may get some more rain today.  On the positive side it has brought a respite from the drastic humidity we've been having lately.

For the last couple of years I've felt deprived - no "real" thunderstorms to speak of.  Well this summer is making up for that!!!  Already four times "severe thunderstorms" have arrived here and stuck around for what felt like a loooong time.  Three of those storms have brought what seemed like lightning strikes in the immediate area - flash and sound just about simultaneous.  :yikes: When the rain comes with strong winds  I remember the big drawback of using open windows and fans for cooling the house.    :D

We have had the nicest weather I ever remember for Fair Week!  So nice not to have it beastly hot or the wind blowing a gale.  Today is another nice one--cloudy and wonderfully cool.  Thank you, God.  I know there have been lots of storms, I see on TV about floods, hail, lightning strikes, etc.  So I really feel blessed, weather-wise.

Larry, sorry you are feeling washed out today, and glad you can do only what you feel up to doing.  I am pretty tired today, too, after a hectic week, but am off to Guymon for the continuation of the drawing class, as soon as my friend Dee arrives to ride with me.  I have already prayed about it, so expect much better results from today's efforts.   :)

John, I understand going back to work for a rest!  Sometimes our work at home is much more tiring than the job.  But that 'stuff' has to get done, and sometimes there is only us to do it!

Jeanne, enjoy the storms, but hope you don't get wet from leaving the windows open!  You do live in such a beautiful area.

I really miss those who used to post and no longer do.

Oops!  There's Dee!  Gotta run!

Hi, friends,

Here's hoping all are well today (or as well as possible!). :)

I'm about to leave to take 2 ladies to lunch today. One is celebrating her birthday, and the other is a mutual friend (85 years old) who doesn't get out much. So, we three ladies should have fun. The birthday gal suggested Mexican food, and there's a one of those restaurants not too far from the older lady's home. (yum! yum!)

Y'all have a wonderful day.

Ruth Ann

p.s. check out this spot for some information on low blood sodium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia

I went to Guymon, Oklahoma again today to the art class I'm taking, and spent the day drawing.  And am happy to report that both the instructor and I saw good progress in my drawing!

Sad news......my sweet 96 1/2 years young friend fell yesterday and fractured her pelvis in four places.  Of course, she is in the hospital.  I went to see her this evening and she knew me and was happy to see me.  Her daughter is hoping to catch her doctor tomorrow to ask what Maxine's prognosis may be.  He was not on call this weekend, so another doctor saw her.

I went to bed and couldn't sleep so here I am and am really hoping I can soon go back to bed and get some sleep!

Hi everyone.  I have my grand daughter here for the summer.  Kimi is 13 and has the care-free-ness of youth.  We are up and running today, New Church, with a pastor who was at our old church whom we have known for 17 years.  We didn't go there before for other reasons. We have always loved John's ministry.  Just hope the music doesn't turn My husband off too much!!!

I will be back this afternoon with the new devotional!

Hi everyone.  i think we are going to have a warm day again today and probably a chance for rain this afternoon.  Yesterday evening several areas around Atlanta got 3-4 inches of rain in a short time so flooding of certain places was likely again.  We had some thunder but don't think we had any rain.  We are going to church this morning and then taking a couple out to eat at the fabulous buffet we found a few weeks ago.  Sure hope the food is as good today as it was then as am anticipating a delightful meal and good time with friends.  We will pick them up after our church and theirs at their home, which is close to us.  I have just now started to install Windows 7 on Pat's desktop as have given up on the XP.  I was happy to find her computer was compatible with Windows 7.  So I will be spending several hours in getting her computer set back up with the new software as have to re-install all of the programs and files, printers, etc.  I have done the new install quite a few times so know what to do. I have it set up here in my office so just have to swivel my chair to get to it.  I will take my time over the next day or so as it doesn't have to be all done today. 

Ruth Ann, hope you had a wonderful lunch and a great visit with your friends.  I bet they appreciate your taking them out to eat. I did check out the link for the info on the low sodium and see I have a couple of conditions that is probably contributing to it for me and that is the congestive heart failure and third stage kidney disease.  My heart doctor is watching things very closely. 

Janet, so sorry to hear of the fall that your friend experienced.  The bones get brittle  and fragile as we age.  Glad you enjoyed the drawing class. I bet you are a great student and already bring a lot of knowledge and skill to the process.  Hope you were able to get some good sleep last night.

Judy, Kimi will help keep you young this summer.  Hope the new church works out for you.  It sounds like your churches are going through the same thing as ours in terms of music.   

Judy, enjoy Kimi while you can.  How I miss those days with Abby!  She is into so many grown-up things now that she has no time to spend with Grandma.   :(  But she is calling me more now, so I treasure what I can get.

Larry, we are having nicer weather continuing.  Hope the buffet is good again today.  Beth and John asked us if we wanted to meet them at the Downtown cafe after church, but we got out a little after 11:00 and they went to a different church, which usually gets out about 12:00, so we came on home.  I had a real scare with my computer last night.  There is a virus thing called ATV that keeps popping up, and it said I had all kinds of "infections" so I clicked for it to correct them---and it wiped out all my personal information--even my membership and password on here!  I was SO frustrated (and felt so stupid, too).  But after I went to bed, while lying there unable to sleep, the words 'system restore' popped into my mind.  Do I got up and did a system restore--and I'm back!  Whew!  Computers still scare me.

I plan to go to My Father's House in Hugoton tonight to listen to a gal talk about her recent trip to Israel.  Should be interesting.

We had an invasion of moths in Darrel's closet.  He noticed a place on one of his pairs of dress pants, asked me what it was, and it was moth holes!  There were numerous spots of them on thos pants, and then we saw that a number of his tee shirts are being eaten, too.  So we got moth balls and put them in there, and I put some in my closet, too, just in case.  But I can barely tolerate that smell!  :P  So I took them out of my closet this morning and put them in the coat closet in the garage.  But I noticed the blouse I wore to church this morning stank of moth balls, so now my problem is how do I get rid of that smell from my closet?? I have the closet door open and the bedroom window, too.  We will leave the moth balls in his closet a few more days, but I hadn't had any damage to my clothes.  Oh, my.  Never expected this problem.

John just called, so I will run to town and eat lunch with Beth and him.

Hello everyone, I'm one that has been AWOL for awhile. Where is Etta Sue, is she on Vacation? I know she was having some health issues, I read about them on Facebook.

Not a whole lot new around here, The wind has died down some at least it is not blowing ad hard as it has been for over a week. I was able to get out and walk with the dogs and not be too cold. yesterday I made some homemade laundry detergent and today washed a load of sheets to try it lout. Gee there isn't any suds but the sheets are nice and clean.

Larry I am sorry to hear that you are having so many health problems of late.

Janet sorry to her your feind had such a bad fall as to break her pelvis. That must be awfully painful. Oh and the moths. Yuck! on the moth ball smell.

 :)  Hi to all I have to apologize to you all for not keeping you up on what has been going on with Noreen and our life. :)  We have had so many doctors app. that this and having the grandson's it just has been  to much.  Noreen has had a lot of bad days with pain and swelling in the knee and then they thought that she had a blood clot and an other infection but thank the Lord and all of the wonderful prayer partners that God rules in all things.  He has given me the strength to continue and many people have supplied food for us through this ordeal so we are grateful to him for all the blessings. Please continue to pray that the healing will continue and when she starts physio that she will be able to get through it.   :thumbsup:  Must go for now I will try to check in soon and let you all know what is going on.  God's richest blessings.  Gordon and Noreen. :coffee: 

Happy birthday to all that have just had them. :thumbsup: :cp: :hb2: :hb3:

Hi everyone.  Am checking in late this evening rather than in the morning as am working on Pat's desktop and have made a lot of progress. I was able to install Windows 7 and now and the wireless is again working.  I have several programs installed, a few of her games and have started the file restore from the Carbonite Account I have for her computer.  The Carbonite process says it will take a few days to complete as there are a lot of files.    I was happy to find Pat's computer was compatible with Windows 7.  We had a great time with our friends at lunch and the food was equally as good as the first time we visited.  The only problem was I got full too fast.  It has been a good day all around as we had a good church service this morning with the little Bible School children singing a couple of songs for us.  I have decided not to sing the hymns as it takes so much energy and that helps a lot.  I just follow along or close my eyes and listen to the words and sign along in my head. 

Gord, sure hope Noreen can start her physical therapy soon so that it will help the pain.  She has had a terrible time and thus so have you.  Glad your friends are rallying to help with meals.  I know who much that was appreciated for us when several of our church friends brought us delicious meals.  Of course this time on the hip Pat's sister was here and she is a good cook but she appreciated a break in meal preparation a few times when the meals were brought in. 

Marilyn, we have been making our own laundry soap for several months now and find it works perfectly well and is so much cheaper just requiring two ingredients and hot water.  Pat also prepares this and we take it to Stacey to help with her expenses. 

Janet, I am proud of you thinking of the system restore.  Don't ever fall for those popup like that as they are usually scams to get you to pay them for a supposed program.  Just go to Ctrl + Alt +Delete and the open the task manager and close the program from there as sometimes even clicking on the X in that popup and install mallware or viruses.  Glad you got your computer back operating.  Bad news on the moths and I have always hated the smell of moth balls.  I don't think we have ever had a problem but remember mother using them on the farm so can still recall the smell. 

Larry I am having a problem get the wireless to work on my Netbook and this computer. I have forgotten my password and also we have a different wireless routed than when I first got this new computer. This Win 8 works on both wireless and wired. I can also use wireless  ob my cell phone but I can't log-in without my password. My question is How do I change my password?

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