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Good Sunday morning, Everyfriend. There's DDs to go with your coffee or tea.  Have a blessed Sunday.







Deer Hunting

A builder, pastor and professional golfer went deer hunting together. They were all novices, but wanted to try it.

They had been out all day and towards dusk they all spotted a 5 point buck at the same time. They each took aim and 3 shots were fired at the moving target. The buck went down, so they rushed over to make sure it was dead. It was, so they started to discuss who had actually hit it. As they were discussing it, a game warden happened along and asked what the problem was. They told him, and he said for them to stand back and he would try to figure it out based on the bullet hole and the rifles that were being used.

After only a couple minutes, he came to them and said that the pastor was the one who hit the deer. The three wondered how he could figure it out so fast. The warden said the bullet went in one ear and came out the other.



What Does Your Car Horn Say?
(Author Unknown)

Do you remember when the whole lower half of a car's steering wheel used to constitute the car's horn? A car horn that was half the size of the steering wheel made it so much easier and fun to find and hit than locating today's microscopic, camouflaged little buttons. How are you ever supposed to find and use your horn in the nanosecond you have in case of a pending accident?

But it was a daughter's comment that made me ponder the changing role of yet another thing I thought would never change. She said something to the effect that a horn was mainly for communicating to another driver that you are angry with them. I was a little shocked. When had a car horn become mostly an instrument to express road rage? How were we communicating that to her? I didn't think of a car horn that way at all!

So I started to tell her all about all the old-fashioned uses of the trusty car horn. Isn't a horn primarily for accident prevention? To warn another driver that they are straying into your path, or in danger of hitting you? For such uses, the little buttons are woefully inadequate. Unless you drive with your thumb or finger poised over the button, forget it. You can never find the horn that fast.

How else are horns used? Well, of course there is the friendly little "hello" honk. Then there is the romantic or flirting honk. Then there is the sentimental goodbye honk: one woman taps her horn lightly whenever she leaves her mother's home - a cute little ritual that somehow signals all is well between them. A goodbye honk is like a goodnight kiss: hard to do if you are mad at someone.

It is an unfortunate sign of the times if my kids have come to think of the horn as a thing you use to sound off at another driver.

So what are we teaching our kids by example and what they absorb from the rest of society if they look at car horns primarily as a tool of aggression? The increase in road-rage and the erosion of the old-fashioned accident-preventing car horn to the point where the horn is mainly an accent mark for flaring tempers is undoubtedly due to many factors.

But can we stem this trend by taking a look again at how we see other people? When we respect other people as God's creation, as people that God also loves, we move even our road etiquette up a little higher on the civility scale.

"Show a gentle attitude toward everyone," says the Bible in Philippians 4:5.

Does that apply to my road behavior, too?


"Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional."

- Max Lucado

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm off to church at 8 a.m. so I'm marking my place for later.  I'll be back to see what ya'll are up to while I'm gone.

Good morning, Janie.  See you after church.

Good morning everyone.

We had a very light dusting of snow overnight.no need to dance with the shovel or snowblower today.

Tis a day of rest here,I may just play with the sewing machine :thumbup:

Joan,nice graphic from Phyllis . Thank you for breakfast,I will enjoy a raspberry DD with my tea...and leave the lemon one for Gloria

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good Morning, Amy.  GREAT you have no dates today.:)  There's plenty of each kind of donut, so how about treating yourself to one of each while you play with your sewing machine?

Good morning!  Chilly and breezy here today but the sun is coming up.  Yesterday was dreary in the morning but cleared by afternoon.

Thanks, Joan, for posting the graphic and thanks to those who like it. 

Sorry, Callie, about OK.  I hate those "blow-out" kind of games.  I saw on this morning's news that UNC won their game by a wide margin, too.  And there was the usual wild celebration over in Chapel Hill (12 miles from me).  I tried to watch the last half after I went to bed but found that apparently my bedroom TV has decided to expire.  It is so old that I'm not surprised.

Hi Jenny
I retired at 3.10am!

A bit  late even for me!

Kelly

Hi Joan
It is afternoon here, but good morning to you

Kelly

Good Morning everyone.
clear here , according to weather gusser it is suposed to get in the eighty's today' Kelley what part of the wourld is your Ila. in? Larry is not corect on spel checker here. click on it it brings up a blank page and dose nothing. it must rember how bad i messed with it's brain before the sight went down?

Lloyd

Hi Lloyd
The Isle of Man is an off shore Islsnd in the UK.

It is about 75-80 miles from Ireland and about 75-80 miles from Liverpool which is on the North West coast of England.

Have a good day Lloyd

Kelly

Good Morning Everyone!

Got to get to gettin and get in and out of bathroom before wife needs in there.
But the coffee is on if anyone wants a cup.

Hi Halkel
A very good morning to you.

Kelly

Hal don't get in too big hurrie and get in trouble.

Lloyd

G'day all. Hi Lloyd, sorry missed you today , I will look out for tomorrow usual time !.
I notice i'm down as a 'NEWBIE'!, Fantastic, I think i'll log in and out a few more times and knock a few more years of my age !, lol.   
Can feel a spring in my step already !, Hello Joan,  again.  :thumbup:

Good morning everyone :).

Mary

Good morning, Phyllis.  We have chilly and windy here, too.  Temp today is to be 15° lower than yesterday.  I watched the Syracuse game because Ray was a Syracuse grad and an AVID fan--and we are from Syracuse.  Syracuse certainly was the underdog.

Kelly--Good morning/Good afternoon.

Lloyd--Good morning.  You're getting temps like we had yesterday.

Good morning halkel.  You are rushing around this morning.

roley--Good morning.  We are all newbies since the site is new.  We're "young" again.:)

Good morning, MaryTX.

Hi everyone on a 50 degree sunny and calm morning here in South Carolina.  The high is suppose to be 68 for a short while this afternoon.  I stayed up too late last evening watching the basketball games, neither one of which were particularly exciting.  The first game was a rout with Providence winning by over 40 points and the second one had North Carolina winning for over 10 points.  The Master's Golf Tourney week activities are underway and getting started on a very nice morning.  In addition to the golf, there are also many other activities going on related thereto.  Many of our church folks leave town during this week as school is on spring break and a number of people rent out their homes for the week. 

I had a really nice thing happen to me as I was putting my purchases at Walmart in my truck yesterday.  I had mostly pretty heavy items including 6 gallons of distilled water we use for the CPAP machines.  This nice couple walked by and saw I was struggling a bit as was exhausted from all the walking I had to do in the store and they wanted to help me load the purchases in the truck. I willingly accepted their kind offer and really appreciated the help. 

We will attend Sunday School and church today as usual.  I signed up several weeks ago to bring the devotional today for our Sunday School class and have something ready to share.  I expect we will eat out after church and then have a quiet afternoon.

I have read all of the postings since yesterday and since I don't have much time left this morning before we need to leave for church, and since my posting above is already fairly long, I will just wish you all a good Sunday and will be back tomorrow. 

Hi Larry
It is so nice that people we do not know will help us when they see we need assistance.

Kelly

Good Morning,

Phyllis,  the basketball game certainly was a HUGE disappointment  -especially for the award-winning OU Senior player.  Onward and Upward!

For some unknown reason, I had a "short night".   Hope to make it to church but may have to skip OTL with the usual group to come home and take a nap.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

Good Morning Everyone from the
cool and windy,  rocky post of Maine.   
It is early Spring like here,  which is
expected. 

I am so glad that someone was available to
help  lighten your load, Larry.   

I have found most people to be very
helpful when they see someone struggling. 

I love this time of the year,  because
Winter is so far off,  down the road.   

S&F  has come a long way since it
crashed and burned.   It goes to show
how people get together now to make
sure that everyone is included,  when
rebuilding from pretty  much scratch!   

Wishing everyone a great week!
Sandy
:crazy2:

Good morning all. Hope we have a smoooooother week that we did last week.

Good morning everyone, well when I pulled up the shades this morning I looked out to a white world. Yes we did get snow. It was raining when I went to bed, have no idea when it changed to snow. The trees are all covered in white and look beautiful. Our maintenance man goofed this time. He doesn't stay here on week ends, he is off duty then and if he stays someone is always after him to do something. When snow id in the forecast he pits a notice in the lobby about moving cars. Well cars weren't moved and bot plowed in this morning. He is here now and clearing the walkways.

JENNY  wish your avatar was bigger so I could make out the faces of the grands I see there. I was told that when they built this building they had planned on central AC but did not leave enough room between the floors for the things that would carry it to the apartments. I think they just decided not to pay for it. I was also told when they first started they were going to have this building for assisted living but changed their minds. My SIL is one smart guy.  He is great with small detail. That is what makes all his train layouts look so real. When it gets hot my AC will get put in. Last year the manager wanted all out by October 1st. They had an inspection coming up from the big guys and wanted nothing to distract from the beauty of the building. She calls this “her property”. She is not liked by anyone here but I stay away from her so have no problems. I try hard to follow the rules.

KELLY  Moghrey Mie. Hope I have the right greeting. In the short time I have been sitting here the sun is now shining and the snow is already dropping from the trees. Of course it is windy and that is helping the snow drop from them. Ahh springtime in New England.

SUN  not fun at all when we have a hand we cannot use. Been there with both hands but not at the same time. It was a challenge learning to use the mouse with my left hand.

PHYLLIS     love the graphic and the Showers and Flowers.  Nicer than the snow and flowers of this morning.

JOAN  now I feel like I am “home” again with the DD's to go with my coffee. You know which one I want. I will save some for Gloria D. Mmm so good, I will need a second one please. Chuckles,  smart game warden. Just what happens to a lot of people listening to a Pastor or a Priest. Like Food for Thought. I know I seldom used the car horn in my years of driving. Good quote. Thank you for all today's goodies.

AMY  we got the snow during the night instead of you. Thanks for leaving the lemon DD's for both Glorias.

LLOYD  don't worry about spell check. We know what you are saying and misspelled words happen to all of us.

HAL  thanks, I'll have another cup of coffee.

ROLEY  good to see you post here again.

LARRY  wow Providence won?  Not a good game with a win of 40 points. I never watch sports except for figure skating. There are still some nice helpful people in the world and you met a couple of them yesterday.  Restores faith in mankind.

SANDY  it didn't look like spring when I first looked out this morning. This is New England and never know what we will get at this time of year.

RAMMEL  as long as S&F is up and running it will be a smooth week.

Good morning, Larry.  How nice of those folks to offer to help you get the groceries loaded in your vehicle.  I sure was disappointed that Syracuse lost last night.

Callie--Good morning.  Sorry you had a short night.  Maybe after church you can get a nap.

Good morning, Sandy.  This site sure has come a long way from where we were last Sunday.

Rammel--Good morning.  Me, too.

Gloria--Good morning.  Gosh it seems the snow should be over.  It would be nice if you had central a/c instead of having to use window units. Does management put them in for you?

It is Sunday morning, and I think we are all happy campers again.  Right now the sun is shinning, had snow when I got up also, and they are saying more snow to morrow, and down into the 20's to morrow night.  Right now the wind is awful, lot of damage according to the TV already.  We are going to have 60mi. gust until after 6PM.

I heard from my DIL, who was driving to Tenn. yesterday, she made it safe and sound, now I will have to worry her all the way home to Mass. next week.

Joan, thanks for saving Gloria and I some lemon DD.  I have not had a DD since the last time.

Phyllis, thanks also for a nice graphic.

Amy, glad you did not have to shovel.

Larry, I was watching the childrens golf this morning.  Wow!, there are a lot of good players coming up, and they are interested in somthing else but a hand held gaget.  More power to those parents, for getting the children out in the fresh air.

Lloyd, I am also waiting for spell check to come back, but I know it all takes time, just happy the cyber family seems to be all comeing back with a lot of new friends.

Well, I'm home from church but it's not a very nice day! We had snow overnight too but not enough to lay.  I didn't think much of it until I tried to get in the car to go to church.  All four doors were frozen shut.  I finally worked both back doors open but couldn't get the front ones ope for anything.  So I climbed over to the front from the back and managed to get into the driver's seat and was on my way.  Surprise!  the door still wouldn't open when I got to church.  I knew I couldn't do the climb in reverse and nothing was working to get the door open.  I finally managed to change my position enough that I could kick at the door and it opened.  By now, I've probably given you all your wild guffaw for the day just imagining an old lady dressed for church climbing around insid a Volkswagen Golf!  Go ahead!  Throw back your head and LAUGH!  I am!

I have to keep reminding myself
that Lindancer  is    aka "Gloria"

I added  "aka dapphne"  under my profile,
just in case someone is wondering who
sandy davidson is ...   

Phew 
Sandy
:crazy2:

Hi Gloria
Yes it was right

Enjoy your Sunday.

Kelly

Hi Sandy
Who is Dapphne!

:)

Kelly

Jane, I did have a laugh with you as I could imagine the antics you went through to get out... :2funny:

Good morning, Linedancer.  You sure are having some wicked weather.  Good to hear your granddaughter made it safely to TN.  There's plenty of DDs, so you can have all you want.

Janie--I am laughing my head off.  I can just "picture it".

Sandy--I knew both of your names, so didn't get confused.  I've seen some names on this new site that I don't recognize, but have an idea those are former participants who changed their usernames.

Peter we should feel swell headed they think we are so young. But I am saddened i used to he a hero member. Have a great day everyone.

Lloyd

Awww Lloyd, you will always be a hero in our eyes...not to worry.. :smitten:

Hi Lloyd
I font feel young  :)

Kelly

I am stiil trying to put my avatar in

Good luck with putting your avatar in!

Kelly

"dapphne" was a good ole soul,
who is out of the closet now....
After about 20 years on the internet. 

Sandy
:crazy2:

wow Amy you are right on the spot . you will always have a spot in my heart.

Lloyd

Hello world;  checking in from the studio.  bbl

Linedancer--I see your lovely avatar.

Radioman--GREAT that you back "on the air".

Janie, where is a camera when you need one.  I got to hand it to you though, you had the determination to get'er done.   ;)

Jane,  I think you should be proud of yourself, that you are that agile that you could do that "switcheroo" .  LOL

Would have made a good picture for "Funniest Videos".

Joy

Hi Radioman34
In the studio, a big hello from the Isle of Man

kelly

Good afternoon, have blown away yet.

Finally got m avatar in, my neighbor came over and fooled around with my picture, that Linda took Friday.  One of the problems was it  was too large. It had to be 1.1mg.

Hello everyfriend ... I'm taking my coffee to my usual spot over here by the window.  It's a beautiful day on the south coast of Oregon ... sun is shining and all is well with the world, although "they" say it will probably rain again this evening.  Oh, well .... 'tis Oregon after all. 

I am drinking coffee and doing next to nothing.

Sunday evening on the Island and a nice evening.

Kelly

Gloria, as I read that passage about the car horn, I thought of horns on my cars over the years.  My horns were so hard to push, I never did use them.  Fortunately, I didn't have to use them, either.

We still have snow left over from yesterday.  Our sidewalk was icy so Tom advised me to go through the garage to get to Dot's car.  We had no trouble getting to church or Mr Burger, where we spent an hour gabbing.  We both had hamburgers; mine was plain and Dot's was an oliverburger.  The sun is out now but when I got up about 6 am the temperature was 21 degrees.  It now is 45 degrees.

Jane, I did have a laugh when I thought of you climbing in your car to get to the driver's seat then trying to get that frozen door open.

Gloria D, I noticed your avatar.

Mary Ann

Linedancer--Your neighbor did a good job. :thumbup:

Jaywalker--Rain is better than snow.:)

Kelly--Glad you're having a nice evening.

Mary Ann--I've never heard of an oliveburger.  Are the olives just placed on top of the burger like a pickle would be or are they mixed in with the ground meat?

I am still confused here in Massachusetts and look forward to the time when everything is automatic again

The Ladies Who Lunch had such a good time that I'm wide awake (for the time being).

Our sermon this morning was about Jesus' appearances to the disciples a week after the Resurrection.   When the pastor began by saying,  "This is known as "let-down" Sunday" (because they thought everything was over), some of the congregation thought he was going to talk about the Sooners!

Lindancer Gloria,  Miss Ellen and a friend are going to NYC this coming week for several days of "scouting out" the possibility of going for a working stay at the end of the summer.   Would you recommend they take winter clothes?

Jane, in addition to climbing over the seats,  I can just picture you giving that door a karate kick.  Hiiiii-Yah!

Kelly,  I like your idea of doing next to nothing.  May I join you with my Diet Coke?

Joan, they slice Spanish olives (with the pimiento) and put them on top of the burger.  There is a special sauce they put on the olives and burger.  I've had them and they're OK, but I prefer a regular burger with ketchup, mustard and pickles.

Mary Ann

Hi Joan
Thank you and hoping you are having a nice afternoon.

Kelly

Hi Chia
Good to see you posting.

Kelly

Chia--I am confused by a few things, too.  I'm slowly trying to work them out.

Callie--So you did end up going OTL?  Ha,  Ha--the pastor talking about the Sooners loss.

Mary Ann--Although I like olives, I like onion, pickle, catsup and mustard on my burgers.

Kelly--I've had a VERY quiet afternoon.

Kelly..If you call this posting, you and I disagree (not the first time). ;).I have not found the games as yet..but JoanF hasn't kicked me out yet

Cia - GAMES HERE (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?board=22.0)

Hi Chia
I meant good to see you posting on the new S&F.

Be it one post or many, the latter I hope as you are missed on the game boards.

Kelly

Good late afternoon dear hearts, everyone sounds hale and hearty and that makes me happy.

Janie, I am wondering how you were dressed while doing all those acrobatics in your car. High heels, and a dress would have been pretty precarious, much less risky.

I finally got my stomach problems cleared up and had a good nights sleep. The showering wore me down, but I had time to rest up and make it to Church on time.

Took care of some paper work, and cleaned up my computer desk drawer....still more to do. But the body still requires rest every so often.I'm hoping and praying that all the tests my new Dr. had done will tell me why I have this weird shortness of breath and feeling of faintness.

Is there any way my computer can enlarge the avatars ? They are so teensie-tiny, I can barely tell what folks look like. One of these days I will have the willingness and energy and brains to get mine in there.

What has happened to my friend Mycheal ? I know he found his way in, and then he disappeared. I am so grateful to the powers that be that have us back as a family again.

Hi June
It is good that we are back as a family on S&F.

Kelly

Good evening, the wind has died down some what, I see I have lost a lot of big limbs from my trees.

Callie, it is so heard what to say about what to wear, as two days ago it was 70, to morrow night to go down to freezing, but by Wed. will be back in the 50s. I just wear s jacket when i go durning the day. 
and extra sweater, would never hurt.   

Gloriade (deAngel)

Good evening Lindancer

Kelly

What a day this has been. Sun came out and the sky was and and the snow was melting. 5 minutes later it would be snowing so hard I could hardly see across the parking lot. Crazy day and it has been windy and cold. Heard on the news that this will continue till Tuesday. We had more spring like days in February.
 
JOAN we are the ones who get the AC's in or out. They have a room to store them in over the winter months but I have mine in a corner of the closet in the bedroom. My Christmas tree is in the coat closet near the door. I have shelves in there so it serves as my pantry. Not much storage space in these apartments.

GLORIA de  last time I really had a lemon DD was at Valentine’s Day. It was shaped like a heart but they spoiled it by putting a thick layer of chocolate frosting on it. Saw on the news a lot of damage around the country from this storm. Several people have been killed by falling trees.

JANE  I am not laughing. I had to do that once in my last car. I was more than 20 years younger then. When the care warmed up enough the door did open.  Another time all 4 doors were frozen shut and I ended missing a day of work. After that I never locked my car doors in the winter time.

KELLY  I enjoyed this afternoon listening to Don's radio program. Then I had my daily visit on Skype with my daughter.

JOAN  since so many here know my name and call me Gloria anyway that is it now.

LLOYD  after being here from the beginning we are all newbies again. Starting all over again.

GLORIA de  no red hat this time?

DON  I sure appreciated the Chopin this afternoon. Of course I enjoyed the whole 3 hours, Thanks.

JAYWALKER  wish I could say it was a beautiful day here on the northeast coast. The wind is still howling and whistling around the corner of this building. At least the windows don't rattle.


KELLY  I have done next to nothing all day. Went out when the sun was shining but did not walk far. The wind made it hard to walk.

MARY ANN  have no idea what the temperature is here but the way the wind is I know it will feel a lot colder. Glad I am cozy inside with the heat on.

CHIA  did you get much snow?  We got enough for the plow to come and plow the parking lot.

CALLIE  does the pastor ever talk about the Sooners?  I am the wrong Gloria but I would take at least one warm jacket to NY at this time of year. Cannot trust what the weather will be like. It will not be as warm as it is in OK.

MARY ANN  your burger sound better to me. Not overly fond of olives. Mu oldest son could sit and eat a whole bottle of them. Younger son only eats the black ones.

CHIA  you could wait a lifetime and Jan would not kick you out.

JUNE  glad you are feeling better.

Have a good night and sweet dreams.

JOAN. Good morning to you ,should really be Good night over there.cold and wet here.

CHIA, hope to see you soon in games, miss those changing avatars and need you to start up that brain teaser. One day I may just fluke and get my avatar in but this old dog is a slow learner.  Guess in time I will get used to this format.

JUNED. Glad you have an appointment coming up and maybe will get some answers.  Your move has meant you had to,get used to a completely new way with things including people.Not easy but worth it to be near family.
Youngest son visited yesterday,always brings me a hot chocolate,not on my diet, but must say I enjoy it  but like you Iappreciate family visits.
GLORIA
Hope you enjoyed that lemon DD.m. Your Summer seems late in coming in but in this part of the world our Summer kept returning.  Was interested to read about Regina and the home she is preparing for retirement. Kept a photo,you posted many moons ago of the house and good to know she has good neighbours there.   Junee

Oh June, I have been observing and seeing your doing quite well and with wishes too that your new DR finds out what your issue is and remedy's it soon.

It has been wonderful here in NE Iowa , so I have been out messing around even though windy as the dickens, as well to the country to watch the bald eagles :) Such a joy !

So know I am observing all and seems as though the process of life goes well for all here, Lloyd found his way home which is good too :)

So have a quiet content peaceful evening and even a better tomorrow :)

Mycheal

Junee, thank you for your reassuring words, and I agree...being near family is almost essential at our age. I have orders from my son to call him tomorrow to arrange a dental appt. for me with his dentist. I will leave myself in his hands, as he left himself in my hands when he was a little boy. Thanks be to God.

Mycheal...there you are my friend. Thank you for your message. I was concerned. Do you perchance live anywhere near the city of Spencer, Iowa. I had a relative that lived there, now deceased. My mother and I took a bus from St.Peter, Mn. to visit Ruth in Iowa, and the countryside was just beautiful the whole way there. Enjoy it Mycheal.

Hi Gloria
I went for a walk and enjoyed it.

Goodnight.

Kelly

Hi Everyone
Time to retire as 2.0am.

Goodnight

Kelly

Re:  pastors talking about the Sooners.   Most in this area will make some lighthearted reference to either of the two major universities once in a while - knowing that the congregation is divided in their loyalties.  It's all in good fun.
However, this morning, ours did not refer to the Sooners huge loss in the basketball tournament on Saturday night.  His comment about "let-down Sunday" was a lead-in to the main topic of the sermon.

I'm sure Miss Ellen has everything about the NYC trip planned down to the smallest detail! She always does.
Of course, that doesn't mean that Grandmother can't offer advice, even if it isn't taken.   ;)

I did drop off to sleep in the recliner this afternoon and slept really hard for over an hour.  That may mean being awake until the wee hours tonight - but that's o.k.  It will even out before too long.

Sleep well, Everyfriend and have pleasant dreams.

Callie, I too had a nice long nap today, and as you do, I just accept it and don't worry when I will fall asleep at night.

Gloria, I envy you the changes in your weather patterns, as you know, So. Ca. has so many days that are the same as the day before, we really don't need a weather report. Will Regina have about the same temps in Arizona as we have in Ca. ? Your son in law is sure a handy man..building his own kitchen cabinets and having made the proper measurements.  Some people are very talented.

well you have been busy today. we got in the lower 80's today. we are going to work cattle tomorow. so I am going to bed soon. Good night and sweet dreams.

I did send the mail to pat about the spell CK not working here but no responce yet. I click spell ck and it opens a blank page an dose nothing. I tried dooing a  coppie of what i got and wont coppie top texr but dose the bottom line,

(http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?action=spellcheck)

Lloyd

Time to bid you all a very Good night and a happy, healthy tomorrow. Give your cares to God, He is always watching over us. Prayers, Hugs, and Love. June

Gloria, all four of my doors were unlocked but they were frozen shut.  That's why I couldn't get them open.  Leaving them unlocked wouldn't have changed that.

June, I was wearing pants and one flat heeled shoe and the clunky one on my "fixed" foot.  I'm hoping to get that off on Friday.

I'm off to Dreamland in a few minutes so I'll say...Good Night Everyfriend.  Sleep well and wake refreshed to a happy tomorrow.

Good evening....Running late again.  We enjoyed a nice meal with Dr. Dave and his family.  Michele made a delicious pot of beans with the ham bone left from Easter Sunday and was kind enough to invite us to share with them.  I was SO happy as I absolutely ðŸ'— Beans.  I took a strawberry cake and everyone enjoyed it too. 

Thank you, JOAN, for another new SS to spend the week in.  I love the graphic, PHYLLIS. 

GLORIA, I will send you the picture and you will be able to see the kiddos well. 

KELLY, happy to see that you retired one hour earlier tonight....I hope you are sleeping very well by now.

DON, I am sad to say I missed your program again today.  I know it would have been so enjoyable. Sure wish there were a way to tape it. 

JANE, I was not laughing as I was feeling so badly for you having issues with your frozen shut doors. Sure glad you were able to do the climb as well as being able to kick the door open.  Bless your heart!

MARY ANN, I do believe I would much prefer my burger plain to having olives on it. I am always happy to read about you and Dot going to church and lunch together.  I hope she is doing well.

Forgive me if I neglected to comment on any post that I should have,  but I can hardly hold my eyes open, so I must say goodnight and head off to bed.

Jenny

Glor -    Talk about effort to use the   one hand, and not the other….I can barely type.  To complicate things, my daughter   got me a new keyboard, and mouse…..keyboard seems no different, but the  crazy mouse is a cordless one, which I’ve never used before, and it’s  all over the place, if you know what I mean.  It jumps around like it has a mind of it’s own.  I hate it.   No way to controle it.  EEkkkk.

Rick…where you been?  How are you?     Haven’t heard from you in ages…?

Lindancer â€" Me, too……..I rely on that spell-check…I need it.

Sandy-Dapph â€" good to see you.   You, too,,,,Jaywalker. Some folks not around for a while.

About that avatar[/b]…who will help us with that?  I  need help, too.

Joan -  Good morning to you   Your breakfast always sounds so good.

Sun

I've been here.  Honest.

Mouse. What OS   xp, 7, 10 ?
XP --- Settings<Control Panel<Mouse.    Look at Pointer Options tab, Pointer Speed.  On the buttons tab set your click speed.

Well thank you, Denver, it just turned out to be the same ol' same ol' around here.  I did go shopping (for groceries) but, while in the store, it became clear that I was NOT going to do any dining out.... I picked up a frozen pizza and came home and put it in the oven and opened a bottle of wine.  I enjoyed the quiet.

Hey there, Sun.  I'm trying to keep up with everyone since we're all starting over.  We'll see how long this lasts.

Good Monday morning, Everyfriend.   There's a breakfast frittata to accompany your coffee or tea . I wish everyone a nice day!!





Hymns for Seasoned Citizens

- Precious Lord, Take My Hand, And Help Me Up
- It is Well With My Soul, But My Knees Hurt
- Amazing Grace, Considering My Age
- Count Your Many Birthdays, Name Them One by One
- Go Tell It On The Mountain, But Speak Up
- Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah, I've Forgotten Where I Parked




A Portrait of Grace
(By Charles Swindoll)

Years ago, I had the privilege of getting to know Tom Landry while he was coaching the Dallas Cowboys. At that time, we served together on the board of Dallas Theological Seminary, and I discovered that the closer you got to Coach Landry, the more you respected him. One occasion in particular I've never forgotten.

Another coach in those days named Woody Hayes had a fiery reputation. In fact, once while coaching an Ohio State game, Hayes got so angry that he slugged a player on the opposite team! Appropriately, Ohio State fired him. In the weeks that followed, people mercilessly vented their spleen on the humiliated coach. Hayes retreated in shame. During that time, Coach Landry received an invitation to a prestigious banquet. Normally, he would've taken his wife as his guest. Instead, he appeared with Woody Hayes.

At our next board meeting, I asked Coach Landry why he did it. He said, "Chuck, I figured since everybody else was beating up on Woody, he needed somebody to put an arm around him and tell him he still loved him." Landry's gracious act lifted Hayes out of his shame and silenced his tormenters.

Grace has a way of doing that.




“When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others."

- John Newton

How do I make the shoutbox go away?

Good Morning Joan from a wet Isle of Man.

Kelly

Hi Jenny
An hour earlier retiring last night, but an hour later getting up.

I am getting  lazy!

Kelly

Good morning, Donna.  If you click on the - (minus) sign to the far right of the shout box it will close it.  Then you will see a + instead of a -.

Good morning, Kelly.  No rain yet here, and it's still dark.

Good morning everyone!

donna brown
I am not sure what you need but I am haveing some glitches still with the new S&F format.
but I egnore what pops up on my screen such as shout box and click on fourm and then scrowel down to soda shop click on it . then read what has been posted seince i was last here. and then when I get to the last post if i can rember woo's post I wanted to do drect post i do,otheryse I go away or post what ever is in my head. I bet Bis or jennie Lee can tell you cortley.and most of the rest of the nice folks, Me i am mostly brain dead no short time memory,but is sloley getting better seince 014 teen.

Lloyd wish you all a great day we are going to work cattle today Ivemack them and tag new borns and lost taggs. my spell ck. still dosent work so struggle with my spelling.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's a rainy morning here.  That's OK because it was s**w they were predicting. 

Donna, there's a little square up in the right hand corner of the SHOUT BOX.  If you click on it the shout box closes.  Thanks for reminding me.  I forgot I could do that.

I'll be back later to visit with everyfriend.  It's time to feed the doggies....me too.

Note..I see that Joan has beat me to the shout box answer.

Peeter
It says you havent made it so if you sop by here , Up date I am going out soon to get cattle it big lot. got help comming and we are going to woork cattle today, see you later,  Lloyd

Good morning, Janie.  At least you don't have to shovel rain.  I'm having coffee and will have my breakfast a little later.

Lloyd--Good morning.  Don't work too hard moving the cattle.

Jane
you May keep the rain for a few days then turn it around and send it our way, I and hal can both use some,
I need to work cattle today and then I need to fenish the gradeing and smoothing in front of the green house. I think my grand Deaughter got the settings fixed on my crerna so I can take pictures of work done and other as progress, then either she or I can send email to Jennie Lee and she can post them. hate to be
such a bother. wish i could resize and post them.as i said myrembering not what it needs to be.
have a great day.

Lloyd

Yesterday was the almost perfect day...weatherwise.  Clear blue sky, temps. in the 60s, no wind.  Just beautiful.  We went out to dinner and I had Chicken Fried Steak.  I haven't eaten that in years and enjoyed it very much.  Hal will know what Chicken Fried Steak is.

Nice to see all the "chickens coming home to roost" here.

Good morning everyone, well not a nice here, wet snow is falling again and it is freezing out there again, in the low 20's. Sure glad I have a nice warm robe to put on when I get up in the morning.

JUNEE  glad you  made it to the new site. So good seeing you. I have to laugh at my daughter. Yesterday she told me only 61 more working days till retirement. Oh I sure did enjoy Joan's lemon DD's yesterday. Love just about anything lemon. How great your son brought you a hot chocolate.  Some evenings I make that for myself and enjoy it.

KELLY  the weather we have been having is not good for enjoying a walk.

CALLIE  I think it is great when a pastor gives the congregation a chuckle at times.

JUNE  yes my SIL can do many things and has the patience to stick to any thing he tackles. Summers will be hot in Arizona but they get snow where they will be living so have to be prepared for that. It was cold there last week and they wore winter jackets when going outside. They are up in the mountains there.

JANE  good thing you had pants on climbing over the car seat. It was only my last car that I had the doors freeze on me.

JENNY  I look forward to seeing your grands in that picture.  They sure are getting big. I still remember how happy you were when your first one was born.

SUN  we do what we have to do if we want to keep in touch with our cyber family. I am still having trouble getting used to my new keyboard and mouse. I love the wireless mouse and keyboard though. 2 less wires to tangle.

JAYWALKER  it is great getting groceries delivered but I miss going to the market and seeing what new items they have.

JOAN  your frittata will taste great this morning. Your choice of chuckles ty. his morning fits most of us here. I like A Portrait of Grace. Never hurts us to be thoughtful of others. Thank you for today's goodies.

KELLY  raining there again? Better than more snow here.

LLOYD  your herd getting bigger?

JANE  well we are getting the snow.

PHYLLIS  glad you had a good day yesterday.

Good Morning Everyone!

Yep Phyllis, sure do and it is one of my favorite meals.  That or some good meaty ribs.

Kinda cool here this morning, heater is coming on pretty regularly.  But it is suppose to be a nice clear, warm day.  Springtime, well some of you would say summer, weather for us, just about 80 degrees. 

Lloyd no rain predicted for here until along about Friday and then only a slight chance.  Lot of luck working those cows.  They can sure be onry at times. You will be tired and sore when this day is over.

I have a doctors apmt at 11:30 today.  Hopefully will get some information.  I am sure tired of waiting.  But I may just get the daughter and wife to stop by Cracker Barrel and have one of their Chicken Fried Steaks.  Or maybe some chicken and dumplings.

Think coffee is ready, who wants a cup.  Come on in and sit awhile and we will swap tales.

Good Morning Everyone,
from the breezy and cold,  Rocky
Coast of Maine. 
Warmer weather is on the way for the
rest of the week. 

Good to see Sun and Denver here.. 
Slowly,  everyone is getting back to
where they belong!

Have a good week,  Everyone!
Sandy
:crazy2:

Hi everyone.  It is another bright, sunny and calm morning and it should be a great day for the beginning activities at the Master's Golf Tourney. We had a much smaller number at both Sunday School and church yesterday as a lot of folks leave this area on Master's week.  The only time I plan on going over to Augusta is a little before noon today to attend a meeting.  At that time of day most folks will probably be at the golf course and off the roads.  I look forward to watching the NCAA Men's Finals in Basketball tonight.  Our stair lift signaled us that all is not well so will have to get hold of the company to get someone here to fix it.  This is the second time in just over a year and each service call is at least $200.  Needless to say we are not very happy with what was suppose to be the best stair lift made.

If you are a poster in "Norm's Bait and Tackle" discussion, a heads up that the discussion has been moved and is now in the Village Square-Town Talk discussion group.

JaneS, your antics in your car yesterday morning brings back the image of Gladys climbing out of her apartment window into her back yard area.  I hope you didn't hurt yourself in your efforts to get to the front seat.   

Mary Ann, I am with you and Joan on how I want my hamburger.  I certainly wouldn't order one with olives as don't even care for them in a salad.  Our daughter loved olives. 

June, my sister and brother-in-law live very close to Spencer, Iowa and I have been through the town several times.  I have also driven through St. Peter, Minnesota on my way from the Minneapolis  airport to my sister's home.   

Sun, have you tried slowing the movement of the mouse down in the mouse settings?  I see Rammel has also suggested the same possible solution. 

Hi Gloria
I think I rather rain than snow.  It looks nice on a postcard, but not good if your mobility is not good.

Kelly

Lloyd--Hopefully your granddaughter can fix your camera so you can get a picture for your avatar.

Good morning, Phyllis.  I haven't had chicken fried steak since I left Arkansas.  I'll have to get out to eat and have some.

Gloria--Yuck, snow.  Maybe this will be the end of it for this year.  Sounds like Regina is really looking forward to retirement.

Good morning halkel.  I hope you get some answers from your doctor today.

Sandy--Good morning.  It's about time you got some warmer weather.

Larry--Good morning.  You've had bad luck with that chair lift.  $200 for a service call is atrocious.

I'm off to lunch and a movie with my friend, Mavis.  We're going to see the new Sally Field movie called "Hello, My Name is Doris".  The trailers I've seen on TV look good and I don't think she's ever done anything I didn't like.

Haven't decided where to have lunch yet but there are lots of places between here and the movie theater.

Try not to get into too much trouble while I'm gone.

Gloria, I have an indoor/outdoor thermometer beside me so I don't have to go far to see what the temp it.  Where the cable is located is kind of sheltered and the sun can hit it so I usually take off a degree or so - right now it says we are at 31 degrees and I believe it!  Tom just came in with my breakfast (!) and he said it is cold.  Tom sometimes goes to Mc D's for his breakfast and brings back a cranberry muffin and coffee. 

I have to tell about the cat yesterday and I doubt I can do it in 25 words or less!  Being Sunday, I was limited in time, getting ready for church.  I started to make my bed and was nearly finished when the cat jumped on the bed and sat on the part that goes over the pillows.  I left it that way and got dressed.  In mid-afternoon, I went to my bedroom for something and noticed a lump under that part that goes over the pillows; I peeked and there was the cat sleeping.  He often is on top of the cover, but I had not had him get under part of it before.  He does not get IN my bed, just sleeps ON it.

Gloria, I used to like the green olives, but if I buy any now, and that is almost never, I buy the ones with pimiento in them.  I liked the oliveburger, but I really prefer mine without.

Junee, I think our good weather last fall lasted longer than usual, so I guess winter is holding on here too.  We had two or three inches of snow Saturday and by Sunday afternoon, it was done.  I haven't looked at the weather on TV but I had heard we'd have more snow later this week.  As we head into summer, you're heading for winter. 

Jenny, Dot is doing well.  She has breakfast with friends a couple times a week, she has lunch with Tom, Terry, Jan and me once a week, she is going to get involved in Hospice with Jan's help (Jan is head of a group) and she sees her daughter often.  She is going to Chicago soon to be with her son and his wife. 

Sun, my mouse often travels and it is not cordless.  I've heard all sorts of excuses as to why that is, but most of them don't hold water.

Gloria, where in Arizona are your daughter and SIL building.  I remember my dad and I traveled to AZ on some trips and we both loved it.  Dad's first teaching job was in Flagstaff.

Phyll and Hal, I am not sure, but I think your Chicken Fried Steak is the same or similar to my Swiss Steak.  I tenderize it, then dredge it is seasoned flour, then fry it in a skillet.  I haven't had that in ages, maybe it is something to do one of these days.

Mary Ann

I'm trying one more time to post here since my earlier recent messages have NOT appeared in this discussion, nor any recent messages directed to me me.  Perhaps I jut need to give my computer a rest!
Hope everyone had a good weekend and will enjoy this week!
Molly

Janie--Enjoy the movie and your lunch with Mavis.  We'll behave--I promise.:)

Mary Ann--Funny about that cat of yours hiding from you in the spread.  Glad to hear Dot is doing well and plans to do some work with Hospice. It's hard to lose a spouse. 

Molly--Maybe you forgot to click "post" when making a post here?

Mary Ann, the chicken fried steak that I grew up with is made with ground beef floured and dipped in egg batter and skillet fried.  Usually served with white gravy over it.  Some people do make it with tenderized round steak but I prefer it with ground beef.  And that is the kind I had for dinner last night. 

Swiss Steak is made with tenderized round steak and is floured, browned, and then simmers in a tomato sauce with celery and onions for about an hour to an hour and a half.  My mother made it a lot.

I like them both.

Jenny, I cannot tell you what a happy feeling it gave me to read that Michelle had made a nice supper for all of you. I still pray for them and the little ones that were so disturbed for a while. God is so kind in answering our prayers.

Sun, I am so sorry about the inability of your hands to use the computer keys. My son and sent me a cordless mouse also, and I really disliked it..lack of control..so my younger son adopted it. I had to buy a new keyboard and I'm still not used to it..that was months ago. It is shorter than the other one and my most constant error is hitting the caps lock key instead of the A key.

Jaywalker, you are a gal after my own heart. Pizza and wine. I haven't had wine since before I moved here, and it was a before supper drink for years and years and years. Somehow just lost my taste for it. No more brandy either. With all these good religious people around me I get a guilt complex. I do keep beer on hand for a hot day, but that is very seldom now. No wonder I feel so crummy.

Lloyd, you are going to have a lot of unhappy cattle bellowing in your ears today. Poor things….I mean the cattle.

Jane, I have that little square to close off shout box also.

Bis, when I woke up this morning I felt so lousy, I intended to spend the day in bed. That lasted till almost nine o'clock, and I pushed myself up and out of bed. Still feel sleepy though.

Callie, I too am (was) a lover of chicken fried steak, also swiss steak with a tomato gravy . With this touchy stomach, which I used to consider it being made of cast iron, I had had to change back my diets to soft foods. Bah, Humbug !!!!!

Gloria, They have packets of hot Chocolate mix here at the snack bar, for us to help ourselves. It can be made with hot water or milk, which is handy for me as with the tiny refrigerator I now have I cant store big half gallons of milk any more. My Grandkids, born in Ca., that moved to Idaho have snow about six months out of the year. They love it. And I sure Regina and her husband will love it too. When we had our little cabin in Pine Cove we had good snowfalls, but they never lasted long.

Hal, thanks for the offer of coffee. I made my own today..very, very weak as I don't want to irritate my innards.

Larry, yes, St. Peter had the main thoroughfare running south from Minneapolis. It was on that highway I was hit by a car. Drunks coming back from a hunting trip. They swerved to miss the cattle on the right and hit me on the left side of the highway.

Mary Ann, I too love green olives with the pimento. I have them on my grocery list right now. Cats are very intelligent creatures, and will find their comfort very easily.

Molly, I'm so glad to see your post. Chad is in my prayers for his new assignment.

I don't feel like it, but I am going to make myself take a walk. see you L8R

Phyllis--I like them both, too.

June--Maybe you can nap this afternoon.  I intend to.  I hear the couch calling me already.:)  Good for you taking a walk.

Good afternoon, on this very cold rainey day.  Freeze warings to night, with snow.

June, laughed at those hymm sayings. thanks

Gloria, that is a purple hat, whenit is your birthday in RH's you wear a purple hat, and red dress or top.  Linda took the picture Friday. By the way I was suprised when she told me all the Christmas Tree shops on the Cape are Bath & Beyond.   We still have our Christmas Tree shop here.

Hal, I think I have said before my husband like the Cracker Barrel, cause he could get his chickn fried steak and orka.

Linedancer--I have my a/c going day and night, and I guess you still have to have your heat on.  That's a very nice picture of you.

Hi Joan
The central heating is on here!

Kelly

Gloria de, the hymn sayings came from Joan..I enjoyed them too. The author had a good sense of humor.

I had a nice walk, many cheerful greetings from staff and others. No sweater needed today. we will be at a nice 78 degrees. Will go down at noon for lunch.

Phyllis, I probably have not had Chicken Fried Steak if it's made with ground beef although I've used minute steaks to make my Swiss Steak - or something similar.  I also put something tomato on my Swiss Steak when I cook it.  I like Swiss Steak and I'm sure I'd like the Chicken Fried Steak.  It's late, but I haven't had lunch yet so I think I should find something to eat.

Mary Ann

June--Glad you had a nice walk.  Your temp is about what mine is.

Kelly--Good you can keep warm.

Mary Ann--I made myself a nice salad for lunch.

Joan, a salad sounds good - if I have the makings.  Tom doesn't have the same food tastes that I have and if I don't put salad on the list, we don't get it.

Mary Ann

HELP...

I attempted putting the weather thingy in my profile, and as you can see, it didn't work.  What did I do wrong?

There is a quiz posted in Trivia for those who enjoy those games.

http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=95.msg2471#msg2471

Hi angel
You just st beat me to a quiz!

Kelly

Joan, try this.

Quote from: RAMMEL on March 30, 2016, 07:36:20 PM
Weather Widget ---

In the example at the end, do the following.
1 - Replace all the State and City names below ( NY & Yonkers )with yours. Use abrev's or full as they are.
2 - Highlight and Copy the whole thing, including the Brackets ( [ & ] ).
3 - At the top of the S & F page click on "Profile" < "Forum Profile".
4 - Scroll down to the "signature" box and paste it in the box to the right.
5 - Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Change Profile" (bottom right)
6 - DONE.

Example:   Remove the space after the two left brackets
[ url=http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/Yonkers.html?bannertypeclick=gizmotimetemp]
[ img alt=Click for Yonkers, New York Forecast]http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/language/www/US/NY/Yonkers.gif[/img][/url]

Thanks angelface.  I finally figured it out.

Joan and Patrica, it took me 4 tries before I finally figured it out.   ;D ;D ;D

 :)   :thumbup:  I had to get Rick to do it for me......

So,  is everybody happy? 
Thanks Rammel !
:knuppel2: :knuppel2: :knuppel2:

Hi Everyfriend...and especially you, Molly.  I'm so glad you found us here!  We missed you!

Lunch was good.  We went to a little restaurant that is local although they now have 3 locations.  Food is good, prices are right and staff is friendly.

The movie (Hello, My Name is Doris) was good, funny and definitely one of Sally Field's best.  But if you go, take an open mind.  There is some rather "blue" language.  I don't understand why movie makers think they need to foul up the language to make a good movie. 

Swiss steak was also a staple in my house when the kids were growing up.  And it was made the way ?Phyll?  said with the flour and the browning and the tomato sauce on it.  Sometimes, I would just cut up potatoes and add them to the pan so they also had the flavor of the sauce and I often put cut up carrots in the sauce, too.  Ooh!  I'm making myself hungry!  Might have to buy some round steak this week.

Now I'm going to go close my eyes for a few minutes and see what happens.  My dinner is ready to go whenever I get hungry.  It's "planned-over" spaghetti from last night.

With the return of Molly and Junee I think the only one of our crowd that's still missing is Jackie.  I sure hope she emails someone so we can find her.  I don't think I even know her last name.

Rammel, I'm HAPPY but I'm also dumb, slow and blind!  But I'm HAPPY!

Jackie has found us and has registered.  I'm sure she'll be posting soon to let us know how the move went and how she's feeling.  :thumbup:

I'm back, I'm back.....I'm in, I'm in  :thumbup:.....glad to see all my old ( young ) friends again....Oh how I have missed you.....((( HUGS ))) It has taken this long getting British Telecom to connect us, ( they have been a nightmare, cant tell you how many wasted hours R has spent on the phone to them, ) still not all is as it should be, landline phone, nor our website......

I am absolutley loving it here in my new home, the people are so friendly...as soon as we arrived several posted through our letter boxes, ( welcome to your new home, cards. )....The views here are stunning...I will post a PhotoPeach clip as soon as I can....

I hope Everyfriends have been keeping well, I sure have a lot of catching up to do.....yes even as a newby..... ;)

Pat, Oldiesman, thank you for getting our site up and running again.....

Thank you to all who e-mailed me, re, registering again.....

Jackie, it's so good to have you back with us.  We need to "hear" all about your move and how you are feeling now.   ;)

Good for Jackie.  It will be nice to hear from her again.

Well saw the oncologist and almost on time, just a few minutes late, and got some answers.
First off, no operation at this time.  Did some blood work to check my PSA and make an appointment for a base line Ultra-sound next week and then an appointment again with him in six months.  It is going to be a wait and see thing.  No biopsy will be performed.  Evidently they don't do them on kidneys.  It is a very small tumor and if they decide to do an operation later they will just remove the part affected, not the whole kidney.  Anyhow that is plan for now. I will repeat the six month regime on a routine basis.

We went to the Cracker Barrel and I had my Chicken Fried steak, mash potatoes, pinto beans and green beans along with hot biscuits and a glass of lemonade.  It was good.

Molly, always happy to see you posting.

June, why couldn't you have a half and half coffee, half coffee and half milk.  That wouldn't upset your stomach, would it?  At least it would be warm and comforting.

Mary Ann, Phyliss, Janie, my Mother used to use tenderized round steak for her chicken fried steaks and smothered steak, sometimes she has used deer meat for the smothered steak.  I love the gravy from smothered steak on mashed potatoes.  She would always use the left over grease to make the gravy for chicken fried steak.  Thinking back I think that they used round steak because it was always the cheapest cut of steak you could buy.  Like chuck roast, seems like we paid 39 cents a pound for chuck roast.  Why that prices sticks in mind I have no idea.  Grilled meats were seldom eaten when I was a kid.  And BBQ was always a big deal and done over a dug pit and an all night affair for the grown up men (suspect that had something to do with adult beverages :D ).  And most of the time it was goat meat.  Hard to find a full bite of meat on a goat.

Good job, MaryTX.

angelface--I spent two hours this afternoon get that thingy to work.

Sandy--I am.

Janie--Glad you enjoyed lunch with your friend and the movie.

Thanks, Jeanne.

Jackie/Vanilla--Welcome back.  You were missed.  I'm glad to hear you're so happy in your new home.

halkel--I'd say that was pretty good news you got from your oncologist.  After all the talk today, I am yearning for some chicken fried steak.

Yay!  Jackie's back!  We were so worried about you because of the change of internet and your move and we really didn't want to lose you.  We'll be looking forward to seeing pictures.  I'm so glad your neighbors were welcoming.  That's so important!

So nice to be back!  I have been have a time with a genealogy program - merging the old one into the new one.  Somehow, I cannot get a grandson in as a male - and it says unknown.  Hmm - not my boy!

It is getting warmer here in Tucson and we will stay longer this year because oldest son are moving to the area for a few years.  They sold their house in Denver suburbs in a day and half with more than a dozen showings so tromping  through - it did stay clean with potential buyers wearing slippers.  Good idea. 

Otherwise, we spent most nights in the back yard here viewing stars in the sky - so nice with the low-lighting laws of Tucson and the area.  Especially nice here with no street lights - yes, it is possible to live without all that light. 

Hi Carol, Hi Jackie.

Hi Sandy
Happy with S&F!

Kelly

Hi Jackie
Glad to see you back on S&F!

You have been missed.

Can I ask which county you are in now.

kelly

Quote from: JaneS on April 04, 2016, 04:53:27 PM
Rammel, I'm HAPPY but I'm also dumb, slow and blind!  But I'm HAPPY!

HAPPY is the important part.  ;)

JaneS - I just sent you an email.

Rammel, I have a iMac, and just received an email that scared me half to death. It said my computer had been corrupted with spy ware and would not operate till I called Apple Computer for help, and they gave me a phone number. I did not follow their instructions, and my computer is working fine, as is my email. I had a heck of a time getting rid of the message. Had to delete it about six times. Did I do the right thing ???

Hal, Sounds like you have a good doctor. He is not rushing you into surgery like a lot of them do. When my kids were in school they had a school mate that had  one kidney removed when he was an infant, and he was doing fine on one kidney. Because our daughter died from kidney disease, I have learned quite a bit, and one thing that amazed me was the fact that a person could live with just a quarter of a kidney. At least that's what I learned a long time ago..I'm going to google it and see if that still stands.

Vanilla, I am SO glad you were able to find us. I was concerned as it happened about the time you moved and I knew you had to have a new connection and feared that might confuse the whole issue. You sound so very happy in your new place and I am happy for you. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your view.

Hal, found this through Google.Kidney: As you're probably aware, humans have two kidneys, but need only one to survive. People may be born with just one kidney, or have one removed after injury or for a donation. In general, people with one kidney have few or no health problems, and have a normal life expectancy, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Technically, people can live with no kidneys, but require dialysis

Quote from: June Drabek on April 04, 2016, 07:55:10 PM
Rammel, I have a iMac, and just received an email that scared me half to death. It said my computer had been corrupted with spy ware and would not operate till I called Apple Computer for help, and they gave me a phone number. I did not follow their instructions, and my computer is working fine, as is my email. I had a heck of a time getting rid of the message. Had to delete it about six times. Did I do the right thing ???

I believe you did the right thing, BUT - I am not an iMac or Apple person. I think Jane is more familiar with an iMac.
If you have an Anti malware program, run it.

HAL  Would you like temperatures in the 20's and snowing all day? That is what is has been here all day. Hope you gpt good news from your doctor today.

KELLY  I would not try walking around in the snow anymore. I can picture my rollator sliding one way and me another.

JOAN  I think my SIL is looking forward to retirement more than her. He has worked for the same company since he got out of high school, more than 40+years. It was sold a few months ago and the new owners do things their own way. Hard for him to adjust after having the same owners so many years.

MARY ANN  I cannot put an indoor outdoor thermometer here. Nothing on the outside of the building. We have had snow piling up all day. Forecaster said we could get up to 8 inches. Had 6 inches on Sunday. Daughter and SIL already have a house on the land they bought. It is about an hour out of Kingman, up in the mountains.

MOLLY  glad you finally made it here.

JUNE one time when they were in Arizona at Easter time they woke to it snowing. My SIL had never seen that before. They bundled up and went out to play in it. My daughter taught him how to make a snowman.  They both had fun.

GLORIA de  it snowed all day here and cold, too.

PATRICIA  thanks for the directions. I will try tomorrow.

JEANNE  thanks for letting us know that Jackie has registered.

JACKIE  so good seeing you again. We were worried about you. Glad you like your new home so much. Now we want to know how the move went and how you are doing.

HAL  more wait and see? Chuck roast is no longer a cheap cut. Too many people found out it is a tasty cut.

RAMMEL  I copied what Angleface posted about the weather widget. Hope I can follow it tomorrow.

JUNE  my DIL had a kidney removed about 25 years ago and is doing great.

Have a good night everyone. I am worn out tonight for some reason. Must be this crazy winter weather we are having.

Gloria & Whoever

Weather Widgit --- A bit easier. See

http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=57.0 (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=57.0)

June, Greetings my friend.

Yes I have been to Spencer many times , a distance from where I live but not a big drive,  great town as well as to St. Peter Minnesota, did some auditing there years ago, I am but 60 miles from the northern Minnesota line, and 12 miles to the Ole Mississippi river and Wisconsin, so I get the three for one benefits :)
Yes born , raised and Educated in Iowa, when the thought of retirement came along, there was some hesitation on my part of now what,  but that passed soon, go back home, enjoy the quiet, serenity of the roaming hills and valleys of such a scenic area of Iowa and agricultural country of NE Iowa :)

So planted here now and loving it as always.

Enjoy a great night and do make tomorrow special.

Mycheal

Just done reading for the day but JACKIE ..so pleased to see you and to,know you are amongst welcoming friends. Lucky you to see the water.look forward to seeing photos.  Now to take care of yourself after all that angst

Hi Gloria
Hope you have had a good day.

Kelly

Rammel, my error, I thought you did Mac. I didn't know Jane did Mac, but when I first knew Jeanne Lee she did Mac and PC both. My son had me install an anti virus program today. I think it is called Avast.

Gloria, I can just imagine how your sill must have felt, seeing snow for the first time. I can understand his eagerness to retire. We had two different big companies buy our retirement place in Hemet and they got worse as time went on. When you have one employer as long as he did, it is more like "family" and it is difficult to adjust to new owners. I am so happy for your DIL, they did nothing like that when we needed. A lot of advancement in all areas of medicine now. I remember when Penicillin  came out..they called it the miracle medication.

Mycheal, it makes me happy to know you are so content with your life. I had Mn. relatives that had to go to WW2, and they couldn't wait to return to little St. Peter. Three generations of family farmers within a few miles of each other. They all worked the farms as a unit. Now only my cousin is alive. He is one day older than me.

Junee, am I correct that as we are heading into evening you are already into a new day ? A program like we have here is so marvelous in keeping us all together. I love it.

JUNE

Yes,the time zones become very confusing,think we are about 17 hours ahead  of you so now you are all sleeping,or supposed to be and it is afternoon here on the 5th.
It is Autumn here now but we are enjoying some beautiful days of sunshine.  I do not get downstairs every day but went down with my walker this morning. My daughter Jen used to call me "The Gardener" but since she has now taken over that position I am now "The Tenant". My separated unit is downstairs and she resides upstairs with her cat.  How fortunate can one be as she is a retired RN and able to give me B12 injections which keep the engine going.

From S & F I have a mental picture of all the posters and when I did visit your country and attend some Bashes, people were just as I had imagined them. Many passed on but have great memories.  Think our JOAN does a great job manning the post here and wonder at times whether she ever goes to bed.

Had my afternoon nap so now for that 'cuppa tea'. 

Spent  an hour trying to get back  to where I started,,,No luck,  Left Hnd still messed up, can barely use it.
 
Guess Joan has moved us to a new chapter…not back where I started,  oh, well…!!

Told my dau. I want old mouse with cord back,,,hate this new one

Hal â€" Good news so far,,,,thank goodness,   Listen, my ex-hubby had a kidney remived  forty-plus yrs. Ago…..no problms yet.

Sun

Good Tuesday morning, Everyfriend.   There's sticky buns to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a great day!!







Quotes From Insurance Forms

"I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought."

"I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the bonnet. I realized the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a blanket."

Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident?
A: Travelled by bus?

A Norwich Union customer collided with a cow. The questions and answers on the claim form were:
Q - What warning was given by you?
A - Horn
Q - What warning was given by the other party?
A - Moo

"On approach to the traffic lights the car in front suddenly broke."

"I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight."

"I knew the dog was possessive about the car, but I would not have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk."

"First car stopped suddenly, second car hit first car, and a haggis ran into the rear of second car."

"Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo."

"The car in front hit the pedestrian, but he got up so I hit him again."

"I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment."

"I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way."

"A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face."

"In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole."

"I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car."

"I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way, causing me to have an accident."

"My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle."

"I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows."


We Have That
By Michael T. Smith

            I sat on our front landing. It was just before Christmas. It's a magical time of year. Most people are in a good mood. I heard our downstairs neighbor's door open and close.

Lainey, started up the stairs. She carried the saw my next door neighbor loaned her to trim the tree I gave her for Christmas.
           
"Hey, Lainey! You get that tree trimmed?"
             
"Yup!"
             
"Ready to decorate it?"
             
"Almost! We just need to get it on the stand."
             
"I miss the smell of a real tree, but not the mess they make. A real tree is special though."
             
"I agree ...and thank you for giving it to us."
             
"My pleasure."
             
She knocked on my neighbor's door and returned the saw.
             
She turned to leave. "Don't leave. Have a seat. let's chat."
             
"OK!"
             
She sat; we talked.
             
My neighbor stepped out. The three of us chatted.
             
My door opened. Ginny joined us.
             
A few minutes later, Lainey's partner, Heather, came outside, walked up the steps and joined us. It was now a party of five ...a special impromptu gathering. We stood, sat
and laughed for half an hour.
             
It's special to have great neighbors. I wouldn't have it any other way.
             
We have that.
               

“Open minded people embrace being wrong, are free of illusions, don’t mind what people think of them, and question everything even themselves.”

~ Author Unknown

Good Morning Bis.
not for bad luck i would have none.
had a pile of trash (burn trash) after we got done working the cattel yesterday,Iset it on fire.
No weind but a spark some how jumped on a pile of good lumber and to a truck load ot lumber and then
the heat set tires of a flatbed road cemitraylor  and burnt it,burnt one new tire off of a road tracter truck.
about a $30,000 trash fire, no weind so no gras fire went with it,luckie there was a bare strip between us
and the neighbor. no lighbility there. I told nancy must god knew somengting I never and he took care of it so i would not have to clean it up. but there went our new barn that was in the works (plans). Have a great day.

Lloyd

spell ck still dont work

Hi Joan
Good morning to you

Kelly

Good morning everyone.

Marking my spot as I am running late this morning. Thought I had posted yesterday but thought was wrong..

Joan,thank you for breakfast..will catch up with you all later.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning, Lloyd.  I am so sorry about that fire.

Kelly--Good  morning.

Good morning, Amy.  We'll see you later when you have more time.

Good Tuesday morning....

I put together a few ( ok a lot ) of photos of our new home and its surroundings.....As you can tell I feel very blessed that we are here permanently and don't need to go home after a holiday as many do....the views are really stunning, even though I have to fight the odd uphills and downhills, with the aid of my stick and, or walker, or the grab of R's armsleave I am managing to get out and about for a short ten minutes walk......I do love it here.....Links.....

http://photopeach.com/album/gvn2sb

http://photopeach.com/album/1555qxg

Hi Vanilla
A good afternoon to you

Kelly

Hi Vanilla
very nice
Have a great day and many More enjoying it.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend! 

First, I know there are a couple of Janes here but I am not one with an Mac computer.  I have a hybrid that uses the windows system.  The guys at a local computer place built it for me about 6 years ago and they keep it up and running and add or delete what I need or don't need periodically.  They're a bunch of good guys and I trust them.  I've known at least 2 of them since they were born!

Second, Jackie, your new place is just about perfect!  I'm so happy for you.  Enjoy every minute of every day there!

Don't know what I'll be getting into today but I'll check back later and see what all of you have been up to.

Lloyd, I'm so sorry for your unlucky sparks.  Maybe you need to dig a pit to burn trash and have a screen that fits over the top of it.  That's what one of my farmer friends does at his place.

Have a good day Everyfriend!

Jackie/Vanilla--Thanks so much for sharing your new home and surroundings.  It's really lovely.

Hi Lloyd and Kelly.

Good morning, Janie.  You're lucky to have gurus who keep your computer up to date.  Are you cooking something yummy today?:)

Good morning,  Joan and everyfriend.    Sticky buns sound perfect for this morning's breakfast.  Thanks for the stories this morning.

Jackie,  I am so impressed with your new home and all the surrounding countryside.  I can understand why you have such a peaceful feeling.  I wish you many, many happy years there.  I love the leaded glass design on the windows.  And, so nice to see all the nice welcome greetings for your new home.   

It is cold here in central Maryland again this morning.  And, they are calling for snow flurries over the coming week end.  Where is Spring? 

Have a wonderful day.

Joy

Good morning. 

I'm meeting my friend for breakfast in a few minutes and than go to the nursery.  A few sunny days make you want to dig in the dirt :).

Have a good day everyone.

Mary.

Breezy and chilly this morning but lovely sunshine coming through my windows.

Jackie, you new home is just about perfect.  I think I am just a little envious of you.  Enjoy every moment of it.  And it is so nice to have you back in S&F again.

Lloyd, you do seem to have some bad luck that follows you around.  Sorry you lost your new barn supplies and hope that you can replace them soon.  So glad that it wasn't worse and that no one was injured.  Property can be replaced--people can't!

Good game last night even though the final result was a shock!  UNC came soooo close!

Hal, I think that is not too bad news from your doctor and happy to know that he/she is going to keep a close check on the progress of the tumor.  My S(ister)IL, who lived in San Antonio, lived quite awhile with one kidney.

MaryTX, enjoy getting your hands dirty!  I would love to get down and plant some things but I would never get up again.  My gardening days are limited now to admiring my neighbor's flowers.   ;)

Joan, to be honest, I like the smiling with love emoticon at the end of your daily offering better than I liked the old dancing bananas.  They were fun to see but this one makes me happy.

I don't think my "weather thing" worked.

Joy

Joy, there is a blank space after the opening bracket that Rammel used for posting purposes.  Just delete that blank space and I think your weather widget will work.   :2funny:  How's that for some good alliteration?

Hi Joan
A sunny afternoon here!

Kelly

Good morning everyone, finally stopped snowing and the sun is shining at last. Still cold and in the low 20's. Mother Nature is sure mixed up this year. Just heard the weather forecast and Thursday we are in for rain, maybe an inch of it. Well rain in April is better than yesterday's snow.

RAMMEL  thanks for the link, I will check it out when I finish here.

KELLY  Moghrey Mie. Yesterday was an OK day but with sun shining this morning today will be much better. If it warms up into the 30's I just might go outside. Hope you have a great one.

JUNE  right after 40 years working in a small place where the owners were the bosses a change to a larger company buying it every thing has changed.

SUN  funny how different a mouse can feel. I don't know how many I have bought over the years but I do love the wireless ones.

JOAN  ph you are a mind reader. I woke thinking I could really enjoy something sweet for breakfast and  sticky buns will sure do it for me. Never thought of remarks on Insurance Forms before but if these are examples they really get some odd ones. Sure got some chuckles from these. We Have That, yes good neighbors are a blessing. Thank you for today's goodies.

LLOYD  so sorry about that fire. You really had bad luck there.

AMY  good morning.

JACKIE  I am so happy for you with your new home.  Love the peaceful setting. Enjoy many years there.

JANE  just don't go getting into trouble today.

JOY  I have been wondering when April and February exchanged their weather. It was warmer and spring like in February than April has been so far.

MARY TX  hope you find some great plants.

PHYLLIS  like you the sunshine is wonderful this morning, looks calm out there but it is below freezing still. Like you I have to be content with my house plants. Those I can still “play” with.

Joy, where have you been posting the link to the weather widget?  There is nothing at all in your signature box.

Good Morning Everyone!

Boy, everyone beat me in here this morning.  I stopped to get a cup of coffee and glance at the paper and before I knew it, read the whole thing.  Not that much news in the paper, mostly gossip.  Oh, and of course all about the rich folks stashing their money overseas, what's new?

Lloyd, boy-o-boy! Obviously you didn't have a hose handy to put that fire out, but it sure seems like it did a lot of damage to things.  Will you home owners insurance cover any of the damage?  I would sure look into it.  Did you equipment burn or just the tires? 

Sun, have you had the doctor look at your hands.  Sounds like it may be corporal syndrome (sp) and that can be fixed.  I may have the name of the problem misspelled.

Gloria, I hope you get a little relief from the bad weather.  We couldn't have better weather.  Our flowers on the patio are starting to bloom.  Wife was a little unhappy this morning, a squirrel got into the hibiscus flower pot and almost dug the whole thing up, and it is full of blooms.  That plant went through the whole winter and survived.  Shows you how cold we got here this year.  We did have some freezes but the plant is under partial protection on the patio.  Slated roof and behind a post.

Janie, I suspect that you are like me with your computer.  I don't stray much from my usual haunts. Email, and several sites I visit daily and on occasion I go different places if I am researching something.  Mostly just trust sites.  Keeps things fairly safe.

Jackie, that is really a nice place you have.  I love the fence you have in the back garden and it looks like it is well built and maintained and better yet it doesn't block the view.  Don't know how the view will be though when those trees leaf out.  You are going to have to hire a garden person.

Thanks for everyones comments on my problem. Things worked out okay. 

Well got to pay some bills, so better get with it.

Good Morning Everyone,
from the cool but very sunny, 
rocky coast of Maine. 

The forecast is looking great..  In
just a couple more days,  the temps will
be headed up to more Spring like
temps...   

I love this time of the year  when we
have late Spring,  Summer and Fall to
look forward too.

Have a Great Day,  Everyone!
Sandy
:crazy2:

Good morning, Joy.  It seems it should be time for the s--- to depart for this year.  I see Phyllis and Jeanne Lee gave you info about the weather "thingy".

MaryTX--Good morning.   Enjoy your breakfast with your friend and then your visit to the nursery.  Here there's no need to plant flowers.  The HOA does it.

Hi Kelly.

Gloria--Good morning.  Glad the sweet "something" you were thinking about turned up here in the SS.:)  I have to be happy with silk plants in the house, because I have a "black thumb" and kill every inside plant given to me.

Good morning, Sandy.  It's about time you had some warmer weather.

Good Morning Everyfriend !!! I woke up at 3:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep, so got up, and snooped around on the computer for an hour. Back to be to exercise and do therapy, then read the morning Bible books, then decided to sleep some more. Woke at seven and have read all the posts from last night and today. Had a delightful letter from our Junee, what a nice treat that was.

Lloyd, I can't believe the bad luck you keep running into down there in your area. How did one spark manage to do so much damage without some one noticing the smoke sooner? Thank God it did no worse. Fire and floods are so cruel.

Junee, how blessed you are to have a daughter that is a nurse, and living upstairs of you. I can't think of anything nicer for you. It must give you a great deal of confidence in just plain living…..I am fortunate too in having an open clinic on the first floor from me that is open 24/7. I am going down this morning and handing them a renewal for one of my medications. They will have it filled, and notify me when it is ready. God is Good.

Vanilla, Your new home and surrounding area is just gorgeous !!!! Your are truly blessed to have such beautiful surroundings. Lots of room for the doggies too. I just love your place.

Janie, first I have to take care of my prescription, then at 10 a.m. we have an Association Meeting, at 2:45 this afternoon is our Balance and Mobility class, and that is all for today, besides taking a number of walks and eating. Gives me some hours to re-sort "stuff".

Bis, I had half an English muffin and a cup of coffee. Stomach feels a bit uneasy, like it doesn't enjoy my choice. This too will pass.

Joy, my area of So. CA. will be sunny with a high of 85…come on down and sit a spell.

MaryTX…I wish I had som dirt to dig in, I miss it. However there would be a problem of getting down to the dirt and back up again. I have good memories though.

Phyllis, my gardening days are limited to one African Violet plant, and the Easter Lily Dori and Gary gave me. I had to leave all my other potted plants behind, alas.

Bis, I too have silk or plastic flowers. Three bud vases with roses that add color without the watering problem.

Time to make my bed, get dressed and downstairs to order my meeds. See you all later. June

Jeanne,  As to the "weather thing",  I have tried several times and when it hasn't worked, I have just deleted what were there.  I have to wait until I have more time.   The last time I tried it, all that came up were the words "Big BOX"  so I just went back and deleted that.    I will try again later.

June, I would love to come out and sit with you.  I have only been to California when I flew to Los Angeles to take a cruise to west coast of Mexico and was only there for a short time while waiting to board the ship.  My son and DIL just came back from the Napa Valley area.  They did several wine tours and then went over to Sausalito.  I would love to go to the San Diego Zoo,  as I have read it is one of the best zoos in the whole country.  Do think that my traveling days are over......  at least to come that far.

But, Thanks for the invitation.   :smitten:

Joy

Not long had our visit from our parkhomes site AGM Chairman...we have now become an annual member....the next meeting is held in the next villages local hall next month....he spent a good 90 minutes with us....

Hi Jackie
Will you go to the AGM?

Kelly

Hi everyone on a fine, sunny and reasonably warm morning with the expectation of seeing it get to around 68 degrees today.  Nothing yet scheduled for today  We may check out the new Aldi's today.  We will continue our preparations for my sister and BIL's visit starting late tomorrow afternoon or early evening.  The tech from the star lift company was here yesterday around noon and checked everything out.  He did find one of the battery connectors was probably not making good contact so fixed it and things seem to be working OK now. 

Molly, good to see you posting again.

Jackie, we have missed you also and have wondered about your move.  I am glad you love your new home and have friendly neighbors. 

Hal, glad you are not facing surgery at this time and hopefully will never need to have it done.   

Rammel, thanks for the info on the weather widget. 

June, I have used the Avast antivirus program and it worked well. 

Lloyd, so sad that you have had this fire loss.  It does seem that bad things are happening too often with you. 

Phyllis, that basketball game was what a National Championship game should be with the outcome decided in the last couple of seconds of the game.  That was quite a shot that young man took to make the final basket as the buzzer went off. 

First of all...what and where is my "signature box".  I looked at Rammel's email to me and I don't know WHERE to start.

I've cleaned out the fridge and the cupboard.  I have a bag to go to the trash and one to go to the church for donation to the Food Pantry.  I'm taking a bag of ice cream sandwiches to the freezer at the church with a note on them to be used for Youth Group or whatever.  I bought them for Frankie right before she moved out and I don't like them and neither does Kiran.  I got rid of everything with an expired "use by" date and everything that someone else might use. 

Then I took my shower and got dressed and I'm dumping everything (hopefully) in the right place this afternoon.  Boy am I ever tired already!  But I'm determined! And if what's left is still there when I come back from Texas in May, it's going out the door, too.

Hi Gloria
Fastyr Mie to you and others who are now into the afternoon.

Not long home, so time for tea and a chocolate digestive biscuit.

Kelly

June--Sure hope your stomach has settled down.  Would you believe I was given a beautiful Easter lily by a friend, and I've managed to kill it already?

Joy--Are you going to your profile and putting the info for the weather "thingy" in the signature box and then clicking the "change" button.

Jackie--Nice that the AGH Chairman came for a lengthy visit.

Larry--How nice that your sister and BIL are coming for a visit.  Glad to hear the tech fixed the chair lift.

Janie--As  I said above, go to your profile, modify profile, put weather widget info in Signature box and click "make change" before you leave.  I've been cleaning out my freezer door on my fridge and my fridge in the garage--little by little.  I am tossing 95% of the stuff and starting over.  Most of the stuff is outdated.

Good afternoon Larry

Kelly

Yes, Joan.  I do remember to click where it says to "change profile"

This is what I am doing.......   I copy the line at the bottom of the page that Rammel  put the directions....... Then I deleted that space between the bracket and whatever is next............  Then I changed the name of my town and state.... then pasted it into the signature box.....  The last time I did it,  only the words "BIG BOX"  showed up on my page.   It probably is just a dumb thing that I am doing or not doing.

I will work some more on it when I have some uninterrupted time. LOL

Joy

Joy--I am sorry you're having trouble getting the weather widget in your profile.

Rammel, you're a genius!  You made a silk purse out of a sow's ear.  And you can add that saying to your list in that other forum!!!!

Now if I just had the "dunce" instructions for the picture....

Good job, Janie. :thumbup:

Good Afternoon,

Busy morning - first, the usual weekly hair appointment  and then errands  "all around the town".   So happy that traffic was light and the grocery store wasn't crowded.
Came home to find that #2 son had delivered supplies for finishing touches to the flower beds/stepping stones in the back yard that were put in last Fall.  In a text exchange he said he may be back late this afternoon.

All of this has done wonders for my frame of mind, which has not been as good as it "should be" (whatever that means) for the past few days.   I never have been and never will be a perky chirpy "Pollyanna" but I do prefer  not to be An Old Curmudgenette, especially when other people are involved.  Onward and Upward!

Jackie,  I really enjoyed the picture tours of your new home and area.  How neat to have your very own pheasant!    :)    I think I spied bird feeders.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I do  mine.

Hope Everyfriend Everywhere is enjoying a lovely day.

Joy - it's fixed.   :D

Hi Jackie
Must look at your pictures, must have a look later tonight.

Been out and about!

Kelly

Callie--Sorry you've been out of sorts.  Perhaps the update to your flower beds/stepping stones will perk you up.

Jeanne Lee--How nice of you to fix the weather widget for Joy.

Hi Joan
A lovely sunny day all day on the Isle of Man.

Have you had a good weather day.

Kelly

Thank you,  Jeanne.  I hadn't yet got back to trying yet.  I really appreciate your doing that.   So many little "twerky" things that seem to go wrong.   So many of you are so good about "fixing" things for all of us.   Thanks again.   :thumbup:

Joy

Joy, I just know how frustrating it can be when something doesn't work the way  it's supposed to.  So I try to help a little here and there.   :)

Jeanne Lee, I suspect you are the one who fixed my weather thingie, so thank you very much.  I am not good at that sort of thing.

Mary Ann

No problem, Mary Ann.  Always glad when I can do a little to help.   ;)

Kelly--Yes.  We have had a lovely weather day.

Jeanne Lee--How kind of you to fix the weather widgets for folks.  I remember when we used to call our Bunnie "the picture lady" because she urged and helped many folks get their avatar posted.  Do you remember that?

Oh yes, Joan.  Bunnie definitely was our "Picture Lady!, not just because of the avatars but overall.   :)

Jeanne's a pretty good "picture lady" herself!

And there I am, courtesy of our own Miz JeanneLee!  Thank you very much!  Isn't she wonderful!  Let's keep her!

Quote from: JaneS on April 05, 2016, 06:25:21 PM
  Let's keep her!

Just try to get rid of me!   ::)

Hi Everyone
A very good evening to you all.

kelly

JANNE LEE - I just sent you an email with a inquiry about posting my photo in the discussions.  Sure hope you receive it.  And let me add my thanks to those from other friends here RE how wonderful you have been for all of us over the years.  You are indeed a VERY SPECIAL LADY AND FRIEND!

Molly (Mahlia)

Molly, I did receive your email and I have answered it.  Please do indeed send me your photo for your avatar.   :)

Hi Everyone
Gone 2.0am Wednesday so time to retire.

Kelly

Well!  it's only about 9:20 here but I'm off to Dreamland.  I'm all in but my shoestrings today and I think they're on the way in right now.

Good Night Everyfriend.  I wish you peaceful rest and a happy tomorrow.

And I think I'll keep ALL OF YOU!

JEANNE  I have idea where to look for the weather gadget. I copied Rammel's instructions and went to my profile and checked all around and saw nothing.

HAL  so the gossip was interesting this morning? Yes it is Carpal Tunnel, been there and had the surgery 3 times. First doc should have been retied years ago. Found a better one and he fixed what the other one didn't then had the other hand done. Today did not get out of the 20's but it was bright sun and blue sky. Me, too, I do not browse the web, don't click on links in emails but will copy and paste in the browser. I have 2 different spy ware programs that I alternate running every other day and an antivirus that runs often.

JOAN  guess my family takes after my parents. My Mom with house plants and my Dad with a veggie garden.

JOY  I have been to the San Diego zoo a few times. My Daughter lives there and they took me a few times. Always something new and different. I was there when they first had 2 Pandas on loan from China. One Christmas they had trucked snow down from the mountains and filled a hallow spot and had plastic sleds for people to use for sliding. It was so odd seeing people dressed in shorts playing in that snow. I have a picture of that some place. They also have a Wild Animal park in the mountains that was wonderful. All the different animals had places fixed to look like their native habitat. Like you my traveling days are over.

JACKIE  looks like you and R will become really ensconced in your new community. That is wonderful.

LARRY  wonderful your sister and BIL will be there for a visit.

JANE  like you I have no idea how to start with the weather gadget. Either someone will have to to talk me through it step by step or put it in for me. I empties almost everything in my freezer last time my son was here. Now I have room for more in there. This freezer is so hard to find anything in and keeps getting shoved to the back. I even forgot I had a bottle of frozen apple cider my other son made in there.

KELLY  about now it is Fastry Mie to you and everyone here on the east coast. When you posted this one it was just 4 minutes past noon here.

JOAN too much water or not enough? Poor lily plant. Oh yes I well remember Bunnie getting after me way back to get my picture into SN. She taught me how to start posting my own pictures so I would not have to bother her all the time. She posted for so many back then.

JEANNE  Bunnie will never be forgotten by any who knew her. I think she helped everyone at one time or other. Just like you and Joan do. Like Rae and all those heading she did for all the different topics and dressed them all for Christmas. I agree with Jane, we will keep you.

JANE  we will keep you, too.

Sleep well everyone.

Good night everyone

Kelly

Hal
I am not even going to think about insurance. they pay a dribble then raise your preamuim and then cancel you very hard to get more insurance. If I was out of debt I would be total self insuread except for libealitey.

June I set the orginal fire in some trash and dead trees. some how it jumped into the good lumber piels and into the truck and trailor, toteled the trayoler and burnt one tire off the truck before the firedeptment
got it out. but ni life or human limb hurt so all is good. Have a great day . Good night every one ,
I am a tired old man.

Lloyd

Janie, so good to have your pretty face back with us again.

Jeanne Lee, I too sent you my picture with a plea that you would size and post it, but I never had a reply.  I sent my message to
pairajeans@gmail.com and the computer shows it has been sent. So it is floating around out there somewhere.

I am completely bushed tonight. Decided to do a load of laundry late this afternoon, and it absolutely drained me. This was shortly after doing an hour of Balance and Mobility exercise, so I may be pushing too many buttons in my old age. Also went down for a meeting in the morning.....whew

Good evening to EVERYFRIEND.

Running late tonight.  I enjoyed a nice bus ride to Black Hawk today.  Two neighbors joined me and we sure had a lot of fun.  No one came home with much money, but we had fun just the same.  It was a beautiful morning, but then the wind started and before long it was snowing like crazy. 

JACKIE, I'm so sad as I can not view your pictures.... It is just a black screen on both. I tried several time to no avail.  Might you be able to send them to me in email, please?

Good night, KELLY.  I hope you have a wonderful rest.

LLOYD, I am feeling just ill after reading about the fire.  It is so easy for something like this to get out of hand.

Feeling really tired to will say goodnight to all.

Jenny

Gloria â€" are you the one I know or someone new?  Can’t tell for sure….   I am shocked anyone like the cordless mouse…I hate mine….no control over it. 

Hal = I have Dr. Appt. next Monday……Craziest thing….try to lift middle finger, It jumps out of joint or socket, or something. Now the middle knuckle on same finger is swollen and lockd in place.  Weired……

Jeanne LEE â€" Don’t be shocked if you get several avatars ….mine included.  Please?

I have a question…..

Does anyone have, or wear one of those necklaces, where if you fall or  get hurt, you  can    get help…forget what they call them.  ??

Sun

Sun you are most likley resting now , but have a good day , good to see you.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone.

Where is Joan and everyone?

Mary

Good Wednesday afternoon, guess those nasty gremlins have been pestering us again, only just this minute got in.....

Hi Jackie..

I was wondering where everyone was?  I got in earlier but very few postings today.

I love your house and the grounds.  I remember the other pic you sent with the sea in the background.  How far away are you from it and how close are you to town?  Are you getting settled somewhat?   It sounds like you are in a friendly neighborhood and have some really nice neighbors.

How are you healthwise?  Are you close to a physical therapy clinic so you can keep with your exercises? 

Mary

Hi everyone.  It is another cool 45 degree, sunny and calm morning but we should get to 70 degrees this afternoon.  We have to do a bit of grocery shopping today as this evening my sister and BIL will arrive. It will be after the dinner hour so we may have a big lunch out while we are shopping so dinner can be a light one.  I had an email from her yesterday saying they were having a great time in  Gatlinburg, Tennessee and they certainly have had nice weather. Don't be concerned about my not posting the next couple of days as want to spend as much time as possible with our visitors. I will just have to play it by ear.

Joan, I have had our Easter lily on the front porch but have to put it in a sheltered place when the wind is blowing.  Two of the four blooms have died but the other two remain looking healthy as does the plant part. 

Callie, I just can't picture you as an "Old Curmudgenette".  :)  Glad you had a positive day.

For those of you having trouble finding the Signature box to insert your weather widget, first hover over "Profile" where it says:  Home  Forum  Help  Search Profile ... under the main heading.  Then click on the Forum Profile and scroll down on the page that loads and you will see the Signature Box.  Then paste the coding that Rammel provided into that box after your name if you have your name shown.  Then click on Change Profile and you should be in business. 

Mary we are very close to the sea yet cant see it from our home, only if you are half way up, or down the narrow drive you get the view to the left.......although we can drive up high to the clifftop car park area and viewing spot.....It is only a short drive to the seas esplanade or promenade not sure which word it is, think both mean the same..... ;D I have some more photos of one day last week we took the dogs there, the views are fantastic....

Our dogs and mine's first trip to the sea, a short drive from our new home....Link....


http://photopeach.com/album/x673fs

MaryTX, I could not get in earlier this morning.  This would have been 8:30 to 9 am EDT.  I did other things and watched TV and tried about 10:30 and was able to get in.

Jackie, what County/Shire are you in now.  I understand you moved quite a distance.  I think it was nice of R to make the move for you.

Mary Ann

Good Wednesday morning, Everyfriend.  There's your choice of hot or cold cereal and a fruit to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a good day!!






Training
Our reserve chaplains unit was training with a Navy landing-craft unit at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center pier at the same time a Navy divers unit was embarking for a mission in Lake Michigan.

Just before the divers' boat left, six of us chaplains walked up the plank and boarded. A startled diver looked up and asked a buddy, "What kind of a mission did they say they're sending us on today?"


"Do One "Future Thing"
By Bob Perks
I always tell you to live in the present. You can't do anything about the past. We aren't promised tomorrow. Still because of my present life I have come to believe there is something of great value in doing at least one thing each day for the future.

Sometimes the present is so dark and dim that we can't believe in better days ahead. There's no reason to go on.

So, I suggest that, like I am trying to do, force yourself to do at least one "Future Thing" each day.

Doing so breaks the grip of depression ever so slightly that the small light of tomorrow will appear like a beacon.

One Future Thing confirms that you believe this isn't the end.
Please. "One Future Thing"

I was asked after posting this today what one "Future Thing" did I do?
I hung new curtains in my bedroom.  Well, not new just different ones I had in the attic.  Making such a change said to me that I really didn't want it all to end today.  Why would I change the curtains?
 

“The boss says “Go”; the leader says “Let’s go!”

~ Harry Selfridge

Sorry I am late posting the "stuff".  The site was down when I tried several times from about 4:30 a.m. until I had to leave to do errands about 9 a.m.

MaryAnn, we moved 152 miles from South East to the South West...we are now in Dorset between Weymouth and Dorchester....guess nearer to Weymouth the holiday spot.....

Jackie, I am so happy for you.,   It looks like a beautiful area and so nice that it isn't far to take the dogs to, what looks like a nice park/area for them to be able to run around.  Were you able to use your walker.  Might be a little difficult on the grassy areas, but looks like a nice parking area that is smooth.  I think the peacefulness of where you are living now will really help your outlook on all your health issues.  It always help your spirit to be living in a place that you like.  I hope things will continue to go well with "R".  Does he seem as happy with the new place as you do????

Yes, the site was down for a while this morning.  Kind of scared me as I thought :  Oh! No!  not again.  But, thankfully everything looks like it is back to normal.

Joan,  since it is a little late for breakfast now, I will just have some of the fruit.  Doesn't really matter what kind... Love all kinds of fruit.
Thanks !

Have a great day !

Joy

I did a quick gasp and an "OH NO!" when I couldn't get in this morning.  Then I emailed my friend, Joanie, and she said "yes, we are down."  Another gasp and then, there you all were and I breathed a relieved "AHHHH!  Friends!"

How did it happen that we have become so close?  I really miss you all even if it's only for a couple of hours or whatever!

I'm doing a bit of laundry and starting to get ready for my trip to Texas.  Not packing yet but making dog food for the freezer so it's ready to feed while I'm gone. 

Jackie, I looked at your pictures of the ocean and the doggies and I'm soooo envious!  What a beautiful country you live in!

According to our Michael/Oldiesmann, with the new host the  automatic backup of the site each night sometimes shuts everything down.  When we notify him it is apparently a simple procedure for him to restart everything.  So nothing to panic about.   ;)  Let's just be glad that the backup is being done!  :thumbup:

Hi
A good day to everyone

kelly

Question?

When I come to this site a block pops up saying "You have a new personal message.  Would you like to read it?"  When I click on OK nothing happens.  Does anyone know what this is all about? 

Joy, not realy as R doesnt have any spiritual connections, re, the beauty of a place, or how blessed he should be feeling.......I was the one who wanted to come here, but I feel he is ok with his new surroundings.....We did/ do face a major financial outlay...the previous owners had a ten year warranty which the last 2-2& a half years of it should be passed over to us but the warranty company are asking for the previous owners paperwork on the work to our property, re, every 3 years our properties have to be painted, re with the warranties chosen paints....needless to say, we found out only too late that our previous owners had been using a dubious and inferia paint which has left the warranty void, so we are facing some financial outlay and work that needs doing..... The strange thing was, we had a survey done on our property which showed some work that needs doing, and he quoted a sum, which the previous owners left us that amount in cash, but kept it quiet about them voiding their own warranty, how crazy of them.....and of course it left both of us, not too happy bunnies......

Jackie, some of my immigrant ancestors came from Dorset - Beaminster.

I could not get here early this morning, did other things, then around 10 am I was able to make comtact.

Jackie, some people can't be trusted.  I hope you are able to take care of your new place as you know it should be taken care of - and come out OK financially.  From your pictures, I think you have a lovely place to live and I know all of us would love to see it in person.

Mary Ann

Jackie--I viewed your pictures.  That's a lovely area where you live, and I hope "R" grows to appreciate it.  That was not nice of the sellers not to reveal that they'd broken the warranty.  Here if you fail to disclose something like that, the sale could be considered null and void.

Joy--Enjoy the fruit.:)

Janie--My day's routine is all messed up when I find my friends here are not accessible.  That happens to me, too, but I X it off, finish what I am doing and then manually access the message.

Jeanne Lee--Thanks for the info about the site's downtime.

Mary Ann--I was out doing errands when the site became accessible this morning, but see we were back up and running shortly after I got home.

Hi Joan
Good afternoon Joan

I am late on S&F today  :)

Kelly

Hanging in, trying to update avatar & temp thingy but info I save to tell me how is always on the "wrong" computer.  Have enjoyed all the chatter but buried under spring work.  So much to do before painters come to do the whole outside.  Yes, Joan, my demerits will spread into next year.

Oops, that avatar didn't land where it was supposed to... will try to change.  Selfie taken yesterday & shocking changes from the one in 2009 (I checked).

Think deep down I have been feeling a tad on edge this week as we had both registered with our new Dr surgery and when we took the papers in we both made an app, R with his Diabetes high sugar level and me with my MS and getting a new MS Specialist Nurse and Neurologist which has to be done via Dr referral.....so we have our joint apps tomorrow evening....I will and plan on telling him or her about my continual bleed of over a year now.....My Oncologist of last April said to me that I would only go back to see him if after my then opp I had cancer, so as I never had cancer nothing further took place but, he did say that if I bleed after 6 months, I must go back to him....The downside is I have never stopped my bleed, albeit a daily watery bleed with a tide mark surrounding it.....this has now been going on 5 months after the 6 months after my opp last April....The bleed doesn't hinder me but I know hand on heart I would be totally crazy to ignore it, as something is obviously still going on.....think I am just on egde incase I get booked for a hospital visit, I really want to leave all that behind me....

Jackie.  The area looks beautiful. Made me Homesick for UK. Looks to be a great place to retire.  Does look quite hilly but nice areas to walk . Now will you have Medical places close enough and good shopping area. Is it close to sea anywhere.?  Is the village close bye?

Looks like nice area for the dogs to get outside into a fenced area.

My Mum had a place down in Kent for the Winter time. Looks a lot like it.

Quote from: JaneS on April 06, 2016, 12:02:15 PM
Question?

When I come to this site a block pops up saying "You have a new personal message.  Would you like to read it?"  When I click on OK nothing happens.  Does anyone know what this is all about?

Jane, that means that someone has sent you a Personal Message.  Go to the line at the top of the page and click on "My Messages" and scroll down until you find a link to click on and that will bring up the message.

Thanks, JoanFL.  Shoutbox is now gone!

Good Afternoon,

Jackie,  I love the sea view!   What is the island in the background?   I'm currently reading "The Road To Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain".   The author is basically walking most of England from "bottom to - I guess the top (he's only in Oxford now and I'm not quite half-way done with the book).  He started in the area where you have moved.  How neat to now be able to picture what it really looks like.

What a morning!  I haven't had this much going on in ages!   
My Project du Jour was to clean the refrigerator.   I was still checking e-mail and such when #1 son called (on his coffee break) to chat a bit. 
He caught me up with Miss Ellen's Adventure.  She and her friend had driven to Dallas last night and were to take an early morning flight to NYC.  I assume they have arrived and hope they have found their way to where they're staying in Brooklyn.

While we were talking, #2 son appeared - ready to plant the three new flower beds in my back yard.  That took the rest of the morning, during which I cleaned the fridge and fixed us sandwiches for lunch.

There are large ceramic pots/planters in the center of each side bed - surrounded by perennials.  The bed under the windows has boxwood and hostas planted.  Later on, there will be a hydrangea in the middle of that bed and dwarf crepe myrtle at the ends of the side beds.
We'll plant the pots with annuals toward the end of April.
Everything looks a bit scraggly right now - but I think it will be very colorful and pretty when things get going.  The perennials have colorful foliage and are planned so there will be something blooming from Spring until Fall.

About 5 minutes after he left,  the a/c guys arrived to give that unit its annual physical.

They have now gone - and I'm ready to "set a spell".

Hope Everyfriend Everywhere is having a lovely day.

Wednesday so Tom, Terry, Jan, Dot and I planned to meet for lunch.  Dot has been busy and had a headache so decided to stay home.  Terry said Jan would not be with us, so there would just be the three of us.  We ate at Yesterdog, a hot dog place (I thought we'd eat at Wolfgang but that is next week) and as we waited for Terry, we saw Terry, Jan and her parents come in.  So there were five of us.  Dot would have loved it.  My hot dog was two chili dogs and a root beer.  From the looks of others' dogs, we all had chili dogs.  We covered a lot of subjects so we do not eat and run.

We've had constant rain nearly all day and I think the storms will go south of us, more like in Kalamazoo.  Lake Michigan has whitecaps and the water temperature is 34 degrees - too cold!

Mary Ann

Donna--You're welcome.

Callie--It's been busy around your house today.  You're yard will be beautiful once everything "takes hold".

Mary Ann--Chili dogs sound good.  I haven't had one in years.

Lloyd:  So sorry to hear about your fire.  It is always a shock at how fast fire can cover so much space. 

Gloria:  Is it you or a new Gloria - it says newbie.  New picture? 

Vanilla:  Love your windows.  The entire area looks so peaceful and I see a place for walking.  Oh, to be in England in the merry month of May... and so forth.  I hope I remember correctly. 

We just had a call that oldest son and wife are coming for a short visit today - they are moving to the state because of her new job and just found a place to rent for a few years.  I wish that she would  have a shorter drive to work though - Phoenix area traffic is awful.

Time for a little nap - my back acted up this morning. 

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Looks like everyone has had a busy morning, as well as myself.  I had to go back to my old PC and get some reports from blood work that they performed.  My urologist called me yesterday afternoon and said he didn't like the blood work that he ordered and wanted me to gather all the information I could, even from an old operation I had over 20 years ago.  That office said they had no records that old.
So looks like I am back to square one, not knowing what is going on, or what he is going to recommend.  But, what will be, will be.  Like the old saying: this world isn't my home, I am just passing through.
I am just tired of doctors offices and labs and imaging centers.   And I know my daughter and husband are tired of having to drive me to the appointments at Wilford Hall, parking area is 1/2 mile from entrance.  So they drop me off at main entrance and then go park.  I like to have given out when I had to walk all over the place the last appointment.  Things are so scattered and I had to make an appointment for another ultra-scan and do the blood work. 

Funny this is an old Air Force hospital and they are in the process of building a new facility, suppose to be a clinic, but it is larger in area than the old hospital. Which by the way was the largest hospital the Air Force had and serviced people from all over the world.  The old Shaw or Iran came here for cancer treatment.  Anyhow upon completion of the new "clinic" the old hospital will be torn down.

I was stationed at an Air Force base next to Lackland (Kelly AFB) when they opened the hospital back in 1960 and hopefully will see it torn down.   

Jackie, I am not sure but think you were talking about what we call a Homeowners Association.  We have one in our neighborhood.  Some of them can be a real pain, depending on who is elected.  They sit the rules from the area and supposedly enforce them, like when garbage cans can be placed at curbside and put up after garbage collection and color you can paint your house and garden care (or lack thereof).  They have all kinds of rules.

Sun, when I moved here I was given the necklace as were all the tenants, with the order to wear it constantly. Even in the shower. Last nit I had occasion  to use it. I got so sick to my stomach, I felt I was going to faint. So I pushed the button on the necklace. Within minutes some one was at my door..all the help has a key that fits all the doors here..I asked the night nurse if he had something to stop the nausea as it made me feel faint from all the throwing up. He said yes, he could give me mylanta. I told him I needed some chipped ice as that always worked for me, He agreed. But first he took my pulse, then listened to my stomach with his stethoscope, then off he went to come back with a cup of chipped ice and a cold can of Gatorade…he said that replaced some of the electrodes that are lost by throwing up. It worked. I was able to go back to sleep, till he came back later to check up on me, and again before he went home this morning. So, do get the necklace, it is wonderful.

Feeling puny so I will back out for a while. :(

June, I am so sorry that you weren't feeling well last night.   Hope today is a better day for you.  Sounds like a nasty bug found you.

I have one of the medical alert buttons that I wear..... have had it for almost 10 years, and thankfully, have never had to use it. 

Hal, sure hope your health issues will be resolved soon.  Sounds like your doctor is on top of the situation, which is good.  Good luck!   I know what you mean about getting tired of doctor appointments, and tests.  But, if that is what will keep us going,  guess we have to make the best of things. 

Joy

Carol--How nice that your son and his wife are coming for a short visit.  Enjoy.

halkel--I know it's disconcerting to have to gather medical records and have more tests.  It's especially hard when you're not sure what your doctor is looking for.

June--I have Lifeline.  Living alone, it gives me a feeling of security.  Glad the nurse was able to help with your problems.  Sounds to me like they check often when a person is not feeling well.

Joy--I see you have a "necklace alert", too.  In six years I've had to use it twice.

CallieK, that must be the Isle of Portland you are asking about, I see it far away in the background but  I dont know too much about it but, have looked it up, and surprised to read there are 12,400 people who live on it.....The author must now be heading towards the Midlands.....

JeanneP, I have quite a distance to go to my nearest MS Therapy Centre, think 30 plus miles as the one that was nearest not long ago closed but, there is an MS centre ( not therapy ) a short distance, a 10 minutes drive heading into Weymouth which I am in the process of making enquiries, I believe they meet up on certain day of the week, month....

Halkel, we are told we have a Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary, we have met with 2 out of 3 already, I feel it will be a good thing to have re, our site....We were given a print-out from the minutes of last year so have an Idea what has taken place already......He has already asked us if we have any concerns and I brought up what R told me of one time during the day he found the entrance at top of lane, road almost blocked with 4 cars, sightsee'ers, re, the fact of emergency vehicles being blocked from entering in-case of fire, ambulance etc, and told of how this is being dealt with via the site manager versus the site owner who is a " good chap and a farmer, " who we havn't met yet....We do have site rules but it seems to be quite relaxed and our site manager is very down to earth, friendly, helpful and relaxed, we are not anticipating any problems.....
.....................................

Thank you all who have commented on my Photo[each photo's, yes it truly is a magical place to be, and I do feel very blessed.....

I'm doing something I rarely do...having my dinner at the desk and checking up on my friends at the same time.  It's meat loaf, fried potatoes and onions and my own home canned corn.  It tastes like I just cut it off the cob!  There are leftovers if anyone is hungry.

Hi Hal
I do hope you health issues are sorted for you soon.

Best wishes

kelly

Hi June
Sorry to hear you have not been well.

Hopefully you will feel better soon.

Take care

Kelly

June you did all the right things, happy you have the alert button to push....................Now you need another one that you push and it says "slow down June Rome was not built in one day " :) We do not rush from  activity to activity just because we feel a bit better, we slowly go and if it seems like it might be too much we go back to the apt and enjoy the window watching the movement of birds etc or a good ole nap :)

Mycheal

Good evening mycheal

Kelly

JUNE

I now have VitaCall and wear it all the time. Having had a fallin my lounge room and not able to get up,my daughter called ambulance who stood me up,in a second but also told Me all the reasons I
Needed toget it.  Sure gives me confidence when I am here by myself.
So,pleased you used yours last night and got the assistance you needed. Hope you feeling better today. 
Crazy weather here,very hot yesterday but cold today. Dr Sue due here soon to give me flu injection and scripts for the next three months.

Hi Kelly, thank you for your kind thoughts. June

Micheal, honest, I am not knocking myself out..lots of resting in between things. This seems to be just a gut thing...probably from years and years of abuse. Or there is the slight possibility that my innards are old and tired. Denial of age is not a cure..darn it.

Junee, they seem to encourage us to use this call button, and it costs me nothing. Service  is part of my rental agreement, and they are all angels in disguise...so caring and loving. I thank God that my son encouraged me to make this move.And your Dr. Sue is another angel ! I'm so glad you have her.

June that "old" stomach of yours is your giving you fits.  I hope it settles down and behaves itself.  I am happy that you can get a quick response when you have an episode.

Thanks to all you for your thoughtfulness on my problem.  I'm sure things will settle down soon and get back a normal routine.  It just goes to show never get too comfortable with things.... :)

Just got some more bad news.  My brother just lost his daughter-in-law.

   

Hal, this too will pass, I'm sure, and I am really thankful that I can do what I can do. This move to Rowntree Gardens was the wisest thing I could have done. Thanks to my sons. I am so sorry for the death of your brothers DIL, we never expect those that are younger to go before we do. My condolences to the family.

I ate a sensible supper downstairs. They ring a little bell before serving meals in the dining room before serving the meal for folks that so desire, to say a silent "grace" for their meal. I like that..many things they do here I like very much.

Tomorrow my Gary is coming by to take me to his dentist . I understand they will not work on my tooth, but just take down information, possibly check things out...I don't know, but thankfully we will find out what can be done.

I pray you all have a very peaceful nights sleep, and a happy tomorrow. I send you Hugs, Love and Prayers.    June

June, glad you're feeling better.

Hal, my condolences to your brother and family.  I've added you to my prayer list.  I do specifics when I think they are needed.  And I think!

I'm on my way to Dreamland!  Good Night Everyfriend!  I wish you peaceful rest and a blessed day tomorrow.

Jeanne Lee â€" There I am….Thanks for the avatar.

Lloydâ€"yep, I was resting.  Need to go rest again, now…..LOL

June â€" thanks for your imput on the necklace…you already used it to try it out.

Junee also used hers….thanks for telling me. My dau. has suggested I need one, cause I am alone at times.

Hal â€"  sorry  about your dau-in-law.  String of bad news is tough and worrisome,

Sun

Halkel, my sympathies with you, re, your kidney problem...after all, all we want to do is keep away from those hospitals and get on with our lives, right....Saying that, I am sure all will work out fine for you, in the end.....
I too feel I shall be seeing the inside of a hospital pretty soon myself....

I think of all who are or have been dealing with medical issues, just need some post reading catching up to do, to know how you all, have been faring....

Jenny, if you see my post it is 12.30pm for you and 7.30am for me, so its a goodnight and a good morning to you.....

Good Morning everyone.
Sun and Vanilla you two beat everyone here including Bis this morning .
I am thinking that means it is too early for me I best go take a nap.

Lloyd

Good Thursday morning, Everyfriend.  There's  pancakes and sausage to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a good day!!






In a Dither

Our supply clerk at the factory was in a dither. A box had been left on the loading dock with this warning printed on it: "Danger! Do Not Touch!"

Management was called, and we were told to stay clear of the box until it could be analyzed. When the foreman arrived, he donned safety goggles and gloves, and then he carefully opened the box.

Inside were 25 signs that read: "Danger! Do Not Touch!"




Dandelions
(Author unknown)

No matter how carefully I try to pull one out, I never get the whole thing. The root stays deep in the ground, threatening to grow and blossom again. But despite their bad reputation, dandelions are pretty little flowers with their yellow strands all tucked neatly into the center. And truly they are the most beautiful of all flowers when presented clutched in a child's dirty little hand. No one gets yelled at for picking them. Perhaps they grow only to be used and enjoyed by children.

Dandelions are ignored or attacked, never nurtured or cared for, and yet they always bloom profusely. They demand no pampering or special attention to yield their bright blossoms; they pop up in fields, in lawns, and between cracks in the sidewalk, even in the best neighborhoods.

Can you imagine trying to grow them in a garden? They'd sneak through the boundaries and pop their sunny yellow faces up in the surrounding lawn. They would never stay put.

Christians should be more like dandelions. Our sunny yellow faces should be a reminder that simple faith has deep roots that are impossible to dislodge. Our vast number would show the world that even though we are not fancy or pampered, we are evident everywhere, even in the best neighborhoods. We should be as easily accessible as a dandelion. Jesus is. We need to get out of our gardens and jump across the boundaries that keep us where people expect to find us. We need to show our sunny yellow faces in all the spots that need a little brightening - the crack in the sidewalk or the lawn of a country club.

"Dear Lord, may the wind of Your Spirit scatter us to become effective for You wherever we are planted. In Jesus' Name, AMEN!"

"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." - 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV)


 

"Cowardice asks the question: Is it safe?
Consensus asks the question: Is it popular?
Conscience asks: Is it right?"

- Martin Luther King, Jr

Good morning Joan


Krlly

Good morning everyone..

We were blessed with more snow yesterday and a fair amount at that! Joan, I will have a date with the snow blower come light. We went to the city for a Dr appointment and the drive home was to be desired but home we got safe and sound.

Vanilla, your home is beautiful,what a peaceful place to be.
Hal,condolences to your bil and family..

Joan thank you for breakfast.. better get my duds on and get to work.

Enjoy your day everyone.

G'morning all and Lloyd, Lloyd, not seen you for a couple of days, no sign of Alf either, could be an attack of the 'Gremlins' ? :coolsmiley:
I'll keep an eye open for you if I am at home, if the sun is out I sometimes get a chance to get out for a hour or two, so just leave a massage and i'll pick it up later in the day,  :thumbup:....
                                                                   Cheers.   Roley.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's warmer here today but supposed to rain most of the day.  I don't mind that.  We can always use it in the Spring but the doggies don't like to go out in the rain.  I have to force them off the porch and then stand guard until they take care of business.

Today, my plan is to finish the laundry between running a few errands.  Tomorrow, I go back to the dr. who will (hopefully) tell me that I can take off the clunky shoe.  I'll probably have to shop for some wider shoes to wear because I've tried every shoe I own and because of a toe that is out of line and some extra girth on the top of my foot, nothing fits.  I held off trying my "wedding" shoes because I don't want to find out that they don't fit. 

I wish you all a pleasant day full of the love of those you love!

Good morning, Kelly.

Amy--Good morning.  Aren't you getting tired of dates with the snowblower?:)  Glad you got home safely yesterday.

Good morning, roley.  It's nice that you can get out if the sun is out.

Janie--Good morning.  Sure hope the doctor lets you get rid of that chunky shoe and when the time comes, I hope the wedding shoes fit.

It is a rainy morning here, too.  A little warmer than yesterday but because of the damp it feels chilly.

I'm sorry to read of the medical problems that some of you are facing.  I'm keeping you in my prayers that all will be taken care of soon.

Grocery shopping today.....gosh, didn't I just do that!  That chore seems to come around pretty quickly. 

Take it easy and get/stay well, everyone.

Hi Joan
Just finished my housework!  :)

Soon time for a cup of tea!

Enjoy your day.

Kelly

Hi everyone.  While the household is arising this morning I have a couple of minutes to stop by and say good morning, or good afternoon, whichever is appropriate.  My sister and brother-in-law arrived before we were expecting them.  We had gone out to a late lunch after 2 pm as my sister had indicated they would not be here for the evening meal.  They called just as we were leaving the restaurant and still had to make a trip to the supermarket saying they were near our house but their GPS had quit working and needed a few instructions.  I told them how to find the house and that we would be awhile before we got home.  I called Scott and he went on out to the house so they could get in but in the meantime I had told them of the Greenway walking trail that has access from our cul-de-sac and they are both walker so took advantage of the time to have a nice walk and by the time they got back Scott was here.  They didn´t want dinner as had eaten a very late mid-afternoon lunch so we all ended up having some homemade pound cake with fresh strawberries and a scoop of ice cream.  We had a nice evening of visiting.  We have no fixed schedule for the next two days other than staying away from Augusta due to the MasterÅ› traffic.  We will likely go to Ruby TuesdayÅ› for a late lunch today and then have a light supper.  They will be with us until Saturday morning. 

I was able to read all of the postings from my phone this morning before arising.  Just glad to see all of the postings and hope all have a good day.  We had some heavy rain during the night but it is bright and sunny this morning and will get into the mid-70Å› this afternoon so should be a very nice day.

Good morning, Phyllis.  It sure does seem like grocery shopping day comes around very quickly.

Kelly--My housekeepers come Saturday, so the do that chore for me.

Larry--I think your evening meal sounded perfect.  I LOVE strawberries.  Enjoy you sister and BIL's visit.

Hi Joan
I still like to do what I can house wise, though it is not much!

Kelly

Good morning everyone, much warmer than yesterday but it is raining again.

JOAN  with the rain again this morning I twill have hot cereal. I think I missed something yesterday. This is Thursday morning and I am just reading yesterday's posts?

JEANNE  how often have we all been told to back up our computers? Glad S&F is being backed up all the time now.  Gee I think I need new glasses. I sure am making spelling mistakes this morning. I type in Open Office and as soon as I make a mistake I get a red line under the word.

CALLIE  your yard is going to be beautiful when everything starts blooming.

CAROL  still the same old me. What a difference in a picture that was taken several years after that other one. No fun when your back acts up. I know.

JUNE  hope you feel much better today. 

JUNEE  yesterday it started at 18° and this morning it is almost 50°. Big difference in 24 hours. Crazy weather.

HAL  you are right, when we were younger and healthy we thought we would always have our good health. Rude awakening when our bodies start giving us trouble for the abuse it got for years. So sorry about your brother's DIL.

JOAN  ahh pancakes, love them. I like Dandelions, different way of looking at them.

AMY  the snow we had a few days ago is almost gone with today's rain but we might get more on Saturday.

Have a good day.

Kelly--"Whatever floats your boat".

Good morning, Gloria.  Maybe because the site was "down" for a bit yesterday, you just got to read yesterday's posts.  I ate pancakes when I was little when my mother made them--because there was no "cafeteria style" menu in our house.  I didn't like them then, and I still don't like them.

No cafeteria in my parents' house and not in my house either!  If they didn't like what was on the table they would have to go hungry.  I had to bite my tongue a dozen times when visiting my son and dil.  If the main meal wasn't to their liking special dishes were cooked for my two grandsons even if it meant that mom and dad's meal went cold.  Just a tad too indulgent for me.

No cafeteria when I was growing up.  The depression was just ending and WWII was beginning.  My grandfather made breakfast and it was often pancakes because they would stretch.  I didn't like them then and I don't now but I never said so.  I ate them and was glad to have something filling. 

Now cafeteria at my house of that of my kids....until Kiran came along and that's a DIL.  Can't fight it.  Sore tongue too, Phyllis.  The only exception I ever saw was a peeled whole carrot in my grandson's dish when the rest of us had salad.  He gagged on salad dressing and it was for real.

Guess I better get moving.  The dryer buzzed and that means the washer needs attention, too.  And I'm going to get caught in my jammies pretty soon.  Off to tend to "stuff". 

Good mid morning.

Lloyd

Thumbs up.Open-mouthed smile..

I remember the corned beef of my Childhood,
And the bread that we cut with a knife,
When the Children helped with the housework,
And the men went to work not the wife.
The cheese never needed a fridge,
And the bread was so crusty and hot,
The Children were seldom unhappy,
And the Wife was content with her lot.

I remember the milk from the bottle,
With the yummy cream on the top,
Our dinner came hot from the oven,
And not from a freezer; or shop.
The kids were a lot more contented,
They didn't need money for kicks,
Just a game with their friends in the road,
And sometimes the Saturday flicks.
I remember the shop on the corner,
Where biscuits for pennies were sold
Do you think I'm a bit too nostalgic?
Or is it....I'm just getting Old?
Bathing was done in a wash tub,
With plenty of rich foamy suds
But the ironing seemed never ending
As Mum pressed everyone's 'duds'.
I remember the slap on my backside,
And the taste of soap if I swore
Anorexia and diets weren't heard of
And we hadn't much choice what we wore.
Do you think that bruised our ego?
Or our initiative was destroyed?
We ate what was put on the table
And I think life was better enjoyed.
Author,  Unknown...

Good poem, Lloyd.  The old days and old ways weren't necessarily bad.....IMO. :coolsmiley:

Phyllis--It was exactly the same way in our house when I was growing up.  When my oldest daughter's children were little, she used to take orders for what they wanted to eat.   I had to zip my mouth.

Janie--Sounds like things were the same for meals for several of us when we were growing up.  That's two of us that don't like pancakes.

Lloyd--Good morning.  I like that poem.

Hooray for the good ole days....
Better then,  then now! 

I am grateful to be a part of
today and hopefully tomorrow and
the future. 

But it is fun to remember how things
were now that I am blessed with the way
things are!

Sandy
:crazy2:

Another twist on finishing what's left on your plate: first of all, no dessert, second, what was left on your plate was reheated and served at your next meal.

After 3 days of stormy weather so far today dry. So Into the shower fast. out to get done what needed doing all week.  First the Eye doctor. for a check up. Mail package sending back a tablet to QVC. I didn't like it. Pick up Laundry, get groceries. Library.  Lets just hope can get that all in before the rains start again .This they say will be happening later today.

I to am going to looking in getting something to wear just in case of emergencies. I don't have anyone living close anymore.  Both big hospitals are within 5 min. from me. That makes me feel secure and with the button I am sure will feel even more.
Think will call Medical Alert and give them a try.  If any of you use that service, let me know

I was up early, showered, breakfasted, and now here. Also lined up some information for my new dentist, and printed it out.. just in case I have a memory failure when questioned...like my list of meds, ailments, etc.
I can talk so well on the computer, but face to face questions take more time for me to recall. Did the same for my new Dr. and she appreciated it.

Another point on food eating..there wasn't much to argue about. It was on the plate, it was what we had, we were hungry and we ate it. If we didn't like it, we were still left hungry. The only exception in my adult life, was I did fix special things for my husband that the rest of the family did not eat. That is the way his mother brought him up, and that's the way it was.

Looks like we are having an overcast day, possible showers tonight. Our gardener had been through with the mower already, so he is prepared. Our roses are all in bloom and what an array of color it is. Even blue roses and lavender ones. Unfortunately only a few have name tags. The "peace" is still my favorite.

Time to make my bed...I wonder why we say "make" my bed, I don't build it. I do "un-unwrestle" it, as I seem to sleep with a lot of wrestling around, and it looks like it when I get up. And then I will get on with day. I wish you Joy ! and Hugs !

JeanneP, the thing I wear for help is titled Lifeline. I don't know if it is just limited to where I live, or how it works...something for me to enquire about.

Sandy--How true!!

Radioman--I forgot the part about the no dessert.  That was the rule for us, too.  However, we didn't get what we left on our place warmed up for our next meal.

JeanneP--You sure have a lot to do when trying to avoid the rain.  I don't use Medical Alert.  I have Lifeline.

June--I always take lists to my doctor--otherwise I forget some of the questions I wanted to ask.  You use the same "alert" that I do.  However, you said yours was included in your rent.  I pay monthly for mine.

We didn't get ours warmed up for the next meal simply because we knew we had to eat it when it was served.

I think I told you all about the time I decided that I was simply not going to eat what was on my plate.  I didn't like it and I didn't want it.  My mother disagreed.  She said I had to sit there until I ate it.  Supper was around 6 and it was summer.  I sat there and listened to all the kids out playing after supper and when bedtime came my mother told me to get up from the table and go to bed.  YAY!  I outsmarted her....NOT!  Guess what was for breakfast the next day?  And NOT heated up!  I ate it!

Got my computer fixed, checked something at the bank that I didn't understand, got dog food, and a little cash!  I'm ready for the afternoon.  I have a dr. apt at 1:45

Enjoy your day!

Good asfternoon, and really pouring down, it has been a steady rain, since I got up.  first day it has been warm in the AM, since last Friday.

Lloyd, like your poem, sound like my life years ago. I also had to eat what was on my plate. Never learned to like cottage cheese til I was in my 40's. then it has to be covered in fruit.

Joan, this is a good day for pancakes.  From the time I got married, Cyriel also cooked pancakes every Sunday.  His son did the same.

Hal, so sorry to read about your brothers DIL. Sure hope you get good news from your doctor.  When I was in the hospital I went into renal failuer, they thought I would not make it, but here I am.

Sun, I used my panic botton (thats what I call it) last year, when I had my heart attack.

Amy, sorry to read that you have to get out with the snow again.  The weatherman said we may have snow Sunday.

Gloria, I am sure we are having the same weather, and I have to worry my DIL home, driving back to the Cape, from Tenn.

Well, I give up, I have tried to follow the directions for putting the weather thing in, but now I give up. Guess I am just a dummy.

Hi Lloyd
A very good poem

Kelly

Janie--I forgot that story about how you mother, in the end, outsmarted you.:)  I hope the doctor allows you to get rid of that clunky shoe.

Linedancer--Rain is better than snow, right.  Your panic button, as you call it, probably saved your life when you had the heart attack.  Maybe Jeanne Lee will help you with the weather thingy.

Hi Kelly.

Hi Joan
Not long on the computer after being out for a few hours.

Kelly

Well as to be expected, new Dr ( female ) is referring me to hospital for a scan, forgot to ask whether external or internal, or maybe both, with the possibilty of seeing an Oncologist, re, my continual bleed...Says the app should come through in a month....

I had to eat what was on my plate too but I don't recall we had too much trouble as there wasn't that much to eat or much variety. 

We've had some very light snow today but it is not staying on the ground.  Temp is 36 and should stay that way until sundown, then the temp will go down.

Jeanne Lee helped me with my weather thingy.

Mary Ann

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Been a busy day so far.  Men's breakfast and bible study, then a haircut and met up with my Daughter from Del Rio and her friend and had lunch and a nice visit and they took off for fabric world and I went to the bank to get a new debit card.
I must say the bank is more efficient now.  They took care of things very quickly and I was headed back home.

You all were speaking of dessert, we didn't always have dessert, sometimes you either had some syrup or preserves or nothing.  And everyone ate the same thing.  Unless, someone was not well then maybe they got something more to their liking or special.  But most everything I liked, except liver, and it was edible.

Jackie, hope they find your problem and fix it.

Lloyd I hope you are getting things fixed back up.

Joanie, today wasn't the dr. for the clunky shoe.  That's tomorrow.  Today was for a cough that's been hanging on for months.  I finally decided that I don't want to drag it along to Texas next month so made an appt.  She said I have NO infections and my lungs sound fine so she thinks it might be an allergy.  She asked me if I'd take something for allergies and I said, "It depends on the side effects.  I don't want to take something that will entail taking something else to get rid of the side effects."  She said this one might make me drowsy but I only need to take one a day and it doesn't matter when.  So I'll try it at bedtime. 

Today's the day that Kiran goes for her piano lesson so I usually give her supper.  I'm going to ask her if she wants to go with me to pick up my prescription and then to MickeyD's for supper today.  I already know the answer to that question.

Have fun but don't forget to come back and share it with all your friends!

Hi Kelly.

Jackie--Perhaps this new doctor just wants her own up to date records.

Mary Ann--Jeanne Lee is so nice to help folks with their weather "thingy.

halkel--You've been a busy bee today.  My mother very much disliked liver, so we never had it, thank goodness.

Janie--Sorry, I thought today was the clunky shoe doctor.  Hope the new medicine cures the cough.

I was brought up in a household that was where my Father worked (as a carpenter) and had to travel one and one half hours to work every week day morning,  and back home again in the evening.
Lower  "Middle Class"  that could live on one
paycheck.   (Back in the day)  after WWII...   

Meals were pretty basic meat and potatoes
with always "desert"  at the
end "desert"... 

I was never,  ever forced to eat, or clean my plate. 
Or punished because I didn't finish everything on my
plate.     Yes,  I got my desert too no matter what.

I also brought my kids up the same way.    I served
a meal.   Usually one which the kids would eat.  And
yes,  we had a lot of cereal and pasta  and peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches.   But not a lot of sweet treats.
I was much of a dessert Mother.

Real butter and for a long time  real fresh
whole milk from the cows that lived in the barn
of the house that I rented.  Whole pasteurized
milk with GREAT creme on top.   Lot's of OJ.

Also  a lot of fresh fish as I always lived in communities
that bordered the Atlantic..

Food was never used  a bargaining chip.  If a person
really hated what was being served,  they could
make themselves a sandwich or bowl of cereal. 

We were lucky.   Not rich,  but lucky to have
enough money to live on.    (Those were my
good ole days)   I didnt' realize that we
were not rich.

Sandy
:crazy2:

Oh,  Liver and Onions or Bacon,
was a favorite in my family when I was growing up.
Also Peanut Butter and Bacon Sandwiches.
:thumbup:

Liver and onions, and brussel sprouts (can't even spell them right ;D) were about the only things I simply detested as a kid and had to sit there and eat them even if they congealed on my plate >:( Thankfully we didn't have them often.  I still don't like them so don't fix them.  If we had dessert, it was usually fruit jello except on Sundays when we had pie or cake.

My kids ate whatever was on their plates but now they are adults, they are very picky about what they will eat.  Cathie won't eat green peas or anything that was touched by them and Jeff won't touch green beans :).

Mary

Liver and onions plus bacon, that sounds good to me

Kelly

One thing I remember about Mother's cooking was that most vegetables were creamed.  I did not like them that way and wouldn't think of creaming a vegetable today.  I wasn't fond of either carrots or peas and my Aunt Vera (Mother's older sister) suggested I eat what I didn't like before I ate what I did like.  That way it would be gone.  I did that and got to like both peas and carrots.  Desserts were usually cakes, sometimes cookies.  As I've said, we had little variety so we usually ate what was on the table. 

Mary Ann

Sandy--It's interesting how different families had different ways at meal time.

MaryTX--No liver and onions or brussels sprouts for me either.

Kelly--You can have my share of liver and onions.

Mary Ann--My mother creamed many vegetables, too.  About the only thing I creamed occasionally when my children were growing up was potatoes.

Count me OUT on the liver and onions, too!  That's probably what was on my plate the night I refused to eat.  My dad loved it and so did my mother and my grandfather so we had it as often as we could.  I looked forward to not having to cook it when I got married and about a year into my marriage, my husband asked me to make it.  And we had venison liver in the freezer so I couldn't even "forget" to buy it.  I managed to only have it about once a month and I lived by my own rule...you eat a "no thank you" helping.  That's 3 bites and I never did learn to like it.  And I don't think any of my kids like it either...maybe my son!

Time to feed the doggies!

You are kind Joan!

Kelly

Liver and onions, a big share for me as JaneS also would give her share to me.  :)

kelly

Good evening, finally stopped raining late this afternoon.

Desert was jello, or bread pudding mostly, some time we had other puddings, not much cake.  Oh we did have junket or custard sometime.

Hi Lindancer
You are making me feel hungry  :)

kelly

Good Evening Kelly ................No I have not seen CharlesA  >:(


June ok if your not over doing it I will accept that :) but we all know we should build limits :)

Have a great night and even better tomorrow :)

Mycheal

Hi mycheal
I think CharlesA was spotted in the supermarket by the potato counter :)

Enjoy your evening

Kelly

It's been awhile since I've posted but I've been keeping up with all of you!

I had one of my front teeth extracted Monday (the one that broke off at the gum line) and the implant inserted. It went well for the most part but still have a lot of soreness and some aching today. I could probably remedy that but I don't like taking a lot of pills. The sutures won't come out till the 25th and I'll get a temporary partial at that time. The permanent crown will be added 3 to 6 months from now. I know this is too much info but at the moment it's the main thing on my mind! :)

When I was growing up we didn't have dessert after every meal and sweets in the house, such as candy, were for special occasions. Like Sandy, financially we were "lower middle class". My Dad worked at the lumber mill and my Mom in the dress factory.  I did get a nickel for candy at the store fairly often. I did the same with my children........very little junk food in the house and I never kept candy around. My children did the same with their children even though some of them married soda-holics.

I never liked vegetables very much. I can remember sitting at the table after the rest were finished,  trying to swallow carrots. We had a back porch off the kitchen with a high railing and more than once that's where my carrots ended up.  ;) Funny thing is, carrots are one of my favorite vegetables now. We didn't have creamed vegetables except for succotash (shelled beans and corn). I still love it but haven't thought to make it for awhile.

We're having beautiful weather now. I love this time of year in Florida.

I'll try to pop in more often......Love some of the conversations!

Glad no one came to my door this morning. When I got away from here I turned on the TV took the remote and laid on the couch dozing on and off till almost 1pm. Good day for it. It has been pouring all day. Looks like it finally stopped. Watching the news earlier they showed the traffic on I95 going slow and just about bumper to bumper.  Hope my SIL did not get stuck in that traffic coming home from work in Providence.

JOAN  My Mom didn't make pancakes often so when a kid they were a treat. At times I would get home from work and would make some for my supper. No special meals growing up in the family and I never made special meals for one of mine either. Eat what I cooked or don't eat anything. My Ex was the one had to please. Didn't like stews or soups and first time I made Shepherd’s pie he asked if I was trying to poison him. My kids loved it and so did I. He did finally eat it. Something my MIL never made.

PHYLLIS  my younger son does that to his youngest daughter, she is now 24 and he still cooks special food for her.  I told him he was foolish. When she got so she could make something when she got home from high school I told him if she doesn't like what you and my DIL like let her make her own. Only things I did was for my oldest son. Spaghetti sauce made him break out in a rash so I would put butter and seasoning on his pasta and give him the meatballs without the sauce. He did not like cooked peppers so when I made them I would put some of the filling separate and he would have that and a raw pepper. Heck I didn't like cooked peppers either when I was young. My MIL made him eat spaghetti at her house once and when she saw what happened she apologized to me for making him eat it. She thought I was babying him. Even when I was very young I could not eat onions and I still can't. My daughter hated Lima beans.


JANE  I think there is something for all of us we cannot eat. My younger son is baked beans, never made him eat them either. Funny story about him and beans. When the boys were in the boy scouts they had a week end at a BS camp. They had a bean bake supper on Saturday night that families were invited, too. The scout leader was dishing out the food and put 1 yes one bean on his plate. He thought Bill would not see it.  When they brought the plates to the table to clean after the meal there was that lone bean still on the late. That leader had a great time telling that story.

LLOYD  love the poem you posted. Oh yes kids were happier and healthier in those days. They used their imaginations and their brains to figure things out.  They could go online looking for simple answers like today's kids.

PHYLLIS  we were all happy with what we had in those old days. No designer clothes or sneakers that cost well over $100.  Wonder if any of the kids today wear hand me downs.

DON  that no dessert is one way to make sure kids cleaned their plates.

JEANNE P  sure glad I did not have to go out today the way it was pouring. It never slowed to a slow rain at all. Just poured all day.

JUNE  they had a lot of rain at my daughter's today. A steady rain that soaked into the very dry ground. Sad to see the fires already starting in some of the western states already.

GLORIA de  I woke this morning to the rain and it has poured all day. I know there was flooding in some areas of the state. There always is even with a little rain. When I first saw the temperature here thin morning it was 50 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. Possible snow for us, too , on Sunday. I gave up on the weather widget, too.

KELLY hello.

JACKIE  hope your doctor/hospital appointments are better at your new home.  I know you had to wait a long time for your appointments before.

HAL  I don't remember my Mom ever cooking liver. I remember one during WW2 when meat was so hard to get the little neighborhood store told my Mom all he could bet was some cow's tongue. She bought one and cooked it. It looked like beef and tasted like it. We did have chicken often My Mom had an egg man for years and he is the one who brought the chickens. That was Sunday diner almost every Sunday during the war and right after it.

JANE  hope that new med takes the cough away for good. If it can make you drowsy bedtime is the right time to take it.

MARYTX  no liver and onions for me but I don't mind Brussels sprouts once in a while.

MARY ANN my Mom would have cream carrots at times but not often. Sure glad we not longer have to eat canned peas or spinach. Frozen are so much better if you can't get fresh.

BEVERLY  my Mom didn't make desserts often except on Sunday. When I go married and had meals at my in laws there was dessert after every meal. Glad I never got into the habit of making dessert every day.

I bid you all a good night, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.

Hi Gloria
It was a nice but cool day yesterday as Friday here now.

Enjoy your evening.

Kell

Good Evening,
I've enjoyed reading all the food stories.

When I was growing up, the main meal was at noon.  There was no school cafeteria and we had an hour for lunch. In elementary school, I would walk the 1 1/2 blocks to my Dad's office and he would take me home with him.

My Dad absolutely refused to eat liver, which my Mother loved.  So the only time she and I had it was when Daddy went to Lions Club, which met for lunch in a restaurant.  Years after I was grown, Mother said she was always afraid I would ask why we never had liver when Daddy was at home.  I told her I always thought it was something special that she only fixed for the two of us.

She was a champion cookie baker and the cookie jar was always full. However she rarely made a cake and never made pies; she did make fruit cobblers by putting the crust into the dish, adding the fruit filling and folding the crust edges over the fruit.   Most of our desserts were Jello or pudding.   
I didn't know Jello was served as a salad until I was an adult.

NYC report:   Miss Ellen and friend made it from OKC to Brooklyn just fine and she said their AirB&B hosts are "amazing" (the highest compliment she gives).  Today, they were to take the subway into Manhattan for some sort of audition (I didn't know they were going to do any), then to meet up with friends they knew from college and then go to see "Fiddler On The Roof" tonight.  She posted a picture of her program with the stage behind it - so the rain must not have slowed them down.

Time for "Doc Martin" on PBS.
Sleep well, Everyfriend and have pleasant dreams.

Goodnight Everyone

Kelly

Well it has bee a good couple of days here.I need to get someone to tell me how to get S&F fourm streightend out . It wont go back to where i was last like it used to before the crash,also the spell ck don't work here,I click it and it brings up a blank page and dos nothing. my spelling dose not seam to bother you all but it dos me. I do not know how to delet it and re instal? Have a great rest of the day and a better tomorrow.

Lloyd

Good Night Everyfriend!  I'm off to Dreamland!  The furnace cleaning man is coming at 7 a.m. and I have to be up, have my shower and be dressed to leave for the dr. as soon as he goes.  Gonna be another busy day tomorrow.

Sleep peacefully and wake happy!

Callie, we had lots of cobblers in the summer when fruit was local and plentiful.  In the winter they would fix peach cobblers cause they canned lots of peaches.  It was fixed like you described, except, the put a crust on top.  Believe it or not but my Grandfather made the best cobblers.

Aunt Mae would get us kids to climb the trees on the creek and get wild Mustang grapes to make pies.  We gather these early in the season before the bugs got in them or the birds started on them.

I hated gathering peaches, that peach fuzz would drive you crazy when you got it on you, itching.

Some of you were talking about how hard meat was to get during WWII, but I don't recall our families having any problem.  But of course both my Grandparents had farms and they raised beef and pork.  I do remember sugar was a problem during the summer when they were doing a lot of canning.  And I remember Granny getting in trouble with the ration board cause she wouldn't take any ration stamps for the butter she sold.  They were always fussing at her, but she was an old hardheaded Texas farmer and could care less about federal rules.

Good evening. 

It was a fun day for us.  We drove to my brother and sister-in-laws
home, about a 60 mile drive, each way.  Chatted at their place for a few hours then went to a favorite restaurant that we all enjoy.  Unfortunately this place is known for their chicken fried steak..... It is delicious but much too heavy for me to eat later in the day.

JACKIE, I was finally able to open your videos that you sent in email, on my desk computer.  I loved every bit of them and thank you so much.  It is beautiful around there and I am just SO happy for you. I must say, you all look very happy with your new surroundings.   I am sorry you continue to have female issues and sorry that it will be a bit before you can get in for the scan. 

Good Friday morning, Everyfriend.   There's French Toast to accompany your coffee or tea. Make it a good  day!!






Geometry


I'm a high-school geometry teacher, and I started one lesson on triangles by reading a theorem. "If an angle is an exterior angle of a triangle, then its measure is greater than the measure of either of its corresponding remote interior angles."

I noticed that one student wasn't taking notes and asked him why.

"Well," he replied sincerely, "I'm waiting until you start speaking English."



Let The Preacher Do It.
(By Tom Hill)

A lost man came to church one day, seeking for the Lord.
The people round about him yawned, it seems that they were bored.
They had their work, they had their play, they watched him walk away.
Though all knew what they ought to do, as one they seemed to say;
Let the preacher do it.

A poor woman with her children came, her need was very plain,
The people walked around her wide and refused to see her pain.
They were busy, they couldn't stop, there was much to do that day,
And as she left, her need unmet, as one they seemed to say;
Let the preacher do it.

"Our brother is dead." the preacher said. The people gasped aloud.
"Some help is needed," the preacher pleaded, "Someone from this crowd..."
They looked around, and then looked down. No one could get away.
So home they went, without a thought, and as one they seemed to say;
Let the preacher do it.

Who will come, we only need one, to clean the church this week?
"I can't" said one. "I won't" thought another, "That's not the job I seek."
Upset, in a huff, Don't we do enough! They grumbled on their way.
Too good to sweep, too proud to mop, as one they seemed to say;
Let the preacher do it.

Millions are dying, while others are trying their game scores to increase.
The battles' not lost, but consider the cost in souls lest you never have peace.
Your best you must give, if for Christ you will live, and serve Him in every way.
The job won't get done, and souls won't be won, if as one you continue to say;
Let the preacher do it.





“Life is about balance.  Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you.  Trust, but don’t be deceived.  Be content, but never stop improving yourself.”

~ Nishan Panwar

Good Morning Joan

Kelly

God morning everyone..

A light dusting of snow graced the ground during the night, nothing to worry about unless there is more to come.

We also had to eat what was put in front of us at home. I was lucky I liked almost everything...vegetable marrow was one I did not but ate it anyway. My sis did not like parsnips or turnip..and had to sit at the table to finish but most often Mom would wait till Dad was reading his paper then discard them in the garbage. Desert was jello,custards , canned fruit and pies/cakes on the weekend.

I used the rule that my children had to at least taste something...not just say they didn't like it. For the most part they did eat everything put in front of them. Being on a farm and having your own meat plus fresh vegetables out of the garden gave us a nice supply. On weekends I would bake 4-6 pies ,butter tarts and cookies......if I was short on eggs ,a trip to the hen house lifting a few hens for eggs fixed that.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning Amy

Kelly

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I have to be off to get myself ready for the day.  The furnace cleaner will be here at 7 a.m. and as soon as he leaves, I'll be off to the orthopedic dr. to see if I can shed this clunky shoe.  Then I'll be stopping at a store on the way home to see if I can find a comfortable pair of shoes since I don't think I'll be able to wear anything I have at first.

After all that happens, I hope there's time to collapse for a bit before I have to pick up TLH from school.  And when she goes home, I plan to do absolutely nothing!

I wish you all a day of being able to do exactly as YOU wish!

I presume bis is here someplace,I see post from Amy and kelley. you all Have a great day, I am off in a few seconds to get my good duds on have a early apt. at VA this morning to get my hearing Aid's tuned up and get my device back and paired with my aids to talk hands free on phone, I need to get a good teach here to fix my S&F sight. it wont go back to where it was when i was last here or spell ck dose nothing sept. bring up a blank page,(doesn't even smile,have a great day.

Lloyd

 Jane Good morning . Have a good day. and mabey a good breakfeast of liver and onions. or sausage gravey and biskets.

Lloyd

Good morning Kelly, enjoy your day... :)

Hi Amy
Thank you.

Just done my housework, keep it quiet as not sure house work is allowed to be mentioned!  :)

Kelly

Good morning,  Kelly.  Housew--- gets a demerit!!

Amy--Good morning.  You got "stood up" by the shovel and snowblower.:)  What is vegetable marrow?  You say you baked 4-6 pies.  I can't even bake one--tried many pie crust recipes and all were total failures.

Good morning, Janie.  You have a busy day ahead.  I hope you get rid of the clunky shoe and find some shoes you can wear comfortably.

Lloyd--Good morning.  No liver and onions or sausage and biscuits for me.:)

Hi Joan
Ooh a demerit!

:)

Kelly

I can't bake a good pie either!  And my mother's pies were always wonderful.  If I make a cobbler it will have a biscuit top instead of pie crust.

Up very early this morning.  Woke up at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep so finally got up about 5:30.  I don't know why those sometime sleepless nights happen but I usually can catch up with a nap in the afternoon so I don't worry about it too much.

Make it a good day today!

Good morning, Phyllis.  I do the same as you IF I want something that resembles a pie.  My mother couldn't make pie crusts either.  My paternal grandmother was a master with pies.  She'd bake 8-10 at a time, and when I stopped  by she'd allow me to choose one to take home.

Good Morning Everyone!

A new day is a dawning and I am trying to stir.  Coffee is on, but the paper has not been brought in yet.  Cleaning lady has to be picked up from the bus.  And again everyone is making me hungry with all this talk about food.

Janie, no high heels.  ;)  I know you will be happy to be back in some regular shoes instead of the "clunky" one.

Joanie, thank you for the breakfast.

Hope everyone is all bright eyed and bushy tailed and rarin to go........

Hi everyone.  We had a very pleasant day with our company yesterday and they will be with us again today.  We did go to Ruby Tuesdays for a late afternoon meal and then had a nice evening of playing the card game Hearts.  We did show them our big town of North Augusta with is two short business streets and a few other places like going by our church, which is on the main street right before downtown as is the big Baptist Church.  My BIL is going to go to LoweÅ› with me this morning to help me get some potting soil to my back yard as we want to try some container gardening in some 5 gallon buckets.  We will try one tomato plant and perhaps some herbs as well as some flowers for the two ceramic containers we have. 

I have read all the postings and have to enter the conversation about hating liver--something we had sometimes as I was growing up but not very often in the last 50 years.   

halkel--Good morning.  My housekeepers come tomorrow, so I have today to pick up a bit.:)  I don't plan on going anyplace today.

Larry--Good morning.  It's nice you have your BIL to help you get the things you want from Lowe's.  Enjoy the rest of their visit.

I can't find the post where someone mentioned beef tongue.  I like tongue and it and rabbit were about the only meat we ever had.  My aunt and uncle were Alaskan fishermen and kept us supplied with salmon.  We ate fresh salmon until we were sick of it and as there weren't freezers, Mom canned jars and jars of it in half pint jars. Any possible way canned salmon could be used, we ate it that way. 

After a beef tongue is cooked, the connective tissue/fat removed and the tongue is skinned, you have a good piece of meat.  I fixed it fairly often for my family.  The secret to it is to cook it when no one was around because it does look pretty gross. Remove the connective tissue/fat and skin it and serve it.  No one knew what it was ;D.

As we live in a fairly diverse ethnic area, the stores sell tongue, kidneys, tripe and other parts of animals that most people have never seen or don't want to see!

My digging in the dirt except for planting in planters is over unfortunately.  Gena and I had a nice breakfast and drove to the nursery.  As I got out of the car, my sciatica in my right leg flared.  Between it and the spinal stenosis I've battled for years has finally made me realize I can't do what I have always done :(.

Mary

Good Morning Everyone,
from the cool but sunny, 
Rocky Coast of Maine.   

"Cool" is relative,  and for me here
today I am talking in the low 50's. 
It is very nice to see the sun shinning
in my Windows to the World.   

I am thoroughly enjoying
"The Masters"  PGA Golf,  which
is on for most of the day.   
Much better then trying to
ignore the nasty political programs..

So "The Masters"  is a relief for me!!

I don't know if I mentioned this,
(probably did),  my Grand Mothers
name was "Augusta Godfrey Akerley" ... but
everyone called her "Gus" .. 
I kinda like that 

I hope that everyone has a very
good day,  today. 

Sandy
:crazy2:

Good morning everyone.  Warm but cloudy but at least it isn't raining. Might have showers this afternoon.

CALLIE  like your new avatar with the humming bird at the feeder. Good photo. Just think about Miss Ellen getting an audition in NYC and getting a job there.

HAL  I like it when I can get fresh local peaches, They are picked ripe and taste better, that fuzz lets us know they are native ones.

JOAN  I will look in the hidey hole for some left over DD's. Never did like French toast.
LOL with Geometry. Sounds like a foreign language to me, too. Algebra was bad enough. Let the Preacher Do It is just how too many people think these days. So many are self centered but they will be the first to yell for help and wonder why they do not get any. Like the quote. Thank you for all today's goodies.

KELLY  good morning.

AMY  OK  what is vegetable marrow? We had desserts on Sunday's. My Mom made the best pies I ever had. Of course in those days she used lard and the crust was always tasty and flaky.

JANE  good luck getting rid of the clunky shoe and finding just the right pair of new shoes for the wedding.

LLOYD  have a good day.

PHYLLIS  I hate those sleepless nights, I get them more now than I ever did.

HAL  been a long time since I was raring to go first thing in the morning.

LARRY  glad you are enjoying your sister and BIL's visit.

MARYTX  I am the one who mentioned beef tongue. I was to young to remember how my Mom cooked it but remember we all liked it. I doubt the smell was worse than liver or kidney. To me both stink. Mu husband one day asked me to get tripe.  When I saw what it looked like I never did buy any. Like you my back lets me know there is a lot I can no longer do. Even sitting too long is not nice.

Good morning, MaryTX.  Shortly after we moved to Arkansas, a lady on our block invited us for dinner.  When we sat down at the table, I didn't even know what the meat was, but asked and was told it was tongue.  I ate a VERY small piece and that's the last time I ever had that.  My husband liked it, but certainly didn't get any on our dining table.  I do love good salmon steak.  So sorry the sciatica and spinal stenois cause you so much pain.

Sandy--Good morning.  Gus sounds like a male name to me.

Good morning, Gloria.  Yes, there are lemon DDs in the hidey hole.  Thanks for your kindness in acknowledging today's "stuff".

Good Morning to all good friends - I woke up this morning to the noise of the Yard fellows unloading their tools and mowing.  They recently changed their work schedule to a new STRT time and I guess I'm the first one in this neighborhood.  While they were taking care of my yard, two more teams showed up at neighbors down the street.  Loud, noisy guys, but very thorough!

JANE - I hope you'll share with us the type of new shoe you purchase as I have NOT been able to find comfortable shoes for myself.   When I retired and packed my high heels away, I began wearing tennis shoes and Loafers.  I even have a pair of "dressy" Loafers when I go out with friends.

GLORIA - We've had a couple of interesting articles in our local newspaper (Charlotte Observer) RE this year's fruit which will be in the Farmers' markets soon.  I miss being able to go to the fresh markets in Maryland, but a couple of the local markets near where we live now in Concord, NC offer pretty good choices of fresh products.

I really smiled as I read the comments from Friends here RE the types of food (especially pies) they ate as children.  My maternal grandmother was French and opened a   Fresh Bakery in Portland, OR after she and my Grandfather settled in Portland.  I always heard that her French-inspired" desserts were "absolutely devine."

LARRY - Sure hope you new flowers and/or plants turn out successfully for you.  I've tried several times to start small gardens since we've been in in Concord, NC,  - even had new soil spread all over the yard, but have never been able to keep either plants or seeds which I plant and hope they will bloom.  I have no idea what is preventing them from blooming, but I sure miss a beautiful colorful garden.

Hope all have an enjoyable weekend.  And our THANKS again to the friends who keep Mohamed and Chaps in their prayers.  We are truly grateful.  It's been a tough time for our family.

Molly

Good Morning,

I shivered my way to the thermostat this morning to turn on the heat!  We are in that time of year when the a/c is needed for the afternoon - but if you forget to change back to heat for overnight, it's cold in the mornings.

Neighbor said she saw a hummingbird yesterday so I need to get my feeder out.  (The avatar is a picture from last year) However, we often have "scouts" about this time and then don't see another one until June.

Gloria,  I'm not holding my breath that Ellen will get a performing job in NYC!   I'm sure the audition was an "open one" (anyone can come and wait their turn) and most definitely not for anything On Broadway.
They did meet with some friends yesterday and saw "Fiddler On The Roof" last night.  So they must be managing the subway system.  I don't know their plans for today.

The accountant says my tax forms are ready so I shall brace myself and go pick them up this afternoon. 
May have to come home and take a long nap afterwards!

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

Good Morning all, A cloudy day here with possible showers. We had a nice light rain yesterday. Spent two hours at the dentists. Got a thorough cleaning...what a place...all new stuff. have to more Thurs. appts. lined up.

My housekeeper was here early to change sheets and towels, and will return later to do the bi monthly thorough cleaning. She is a real "worker" even dusts  where she has to move stuff.

Bis, are you content with your new housekeepers ? I know you had such good ones earlier.

I have been putting off ordering groceries, so I hope to get it done today and delivered tomorrow. Too many activities around here to distract me.

My Dori will be returning from Idaho this afternoon. I know Gary will be happy to have her home again, and I will too. She has had a wonderful time with her Grandkids, I know.

Time to get myself dressed and out of here so I can disappear during the housecleaning. The library is calling to me..nice and quiet down there, and a good place to just relax. See you later. June

Joan and Gloria....this is vegetable marrow
http://www.oscseeds.com/ecommerce/-vegetables-/-squash-/Vegetable-Marrow-What-can-we-say-It-s-a-vegetable-marrow-Sort-of-a-summer-sort-of-a-winter-squash.htm
I found it to be very tasteless and mushy when cooked. Never offered it to my children.. :thumbup:

Hi Gloria
Faster Mie

Kelly

Thanks, Amy.  The first mention I ever heard about marrow, or vegetable marrow, was in Agatha Christie's first introduction of Hercule Poirot.   ;D

Molly--As you've probably read, I can't get anything to grow either.  I'm lucky that the yard crews from the HOA keep all the plantings outside growing and trimmed.  Inside, I have all silk plants/flowers.  I continue to pray for Mohamed and Chaps.

Callie--I haven't had to use my heat in a couple months.  It's a/c 24/7 through at least October.  Hopefully you will get a refund on your taxes.  I haven't gotten the "word" from my accountant yet.  I pay 4 quarterly deposits and still always owe.

June--What are you having done to your teeth?  I still have the housekeepers that I've had for five years, but I think tomorrow will be the last day.  I have yet to find anyone who comes as well recommended as they were.

Amy--Thanks for the link.

Well, there's good news and there's bad news....

The good new is that I don't have to wear the clunky shoe any more.  Hallelujah!

The bad news is I can't wear any of the shoes I have including the ones I want to wear to the wedding.  That foot is still swollen and he said that it takes about 6 months total to return to normal.  He also said that the xrays are VERY good and it's right on schecule for healing. 

I stopped at the mall on the way home to look for some shoes that I might be able to wear NOW and I ended up buying a pair of men's crocs.  They have a lace and an adjustable back strap so I can make one fit my normal foot.

The REALLY bad news is that I probably won't be able to wear my silver "dancing slippers" to the wedding.  I sure hope I don't have to wear the Crocs.

Gonna go flop now and see if I can squeeze in a nap before Kiran comes.

Hi JaneS
Good to hear your foot is improving.

Do you have much time between now and the Wedding for the swelling to reduce to give you a chance to wear a pair of shoes that you want to with your wedding outfit

Kelly

Probably not, Kelly, but I do have time to go shopping.  The wedding is only about 5 weeks away and the 6 months the dr. referred to won't be up until August.

Not much took place today....We did all venture in the car to a local eatery called The Smuglers Inn only I only got close to the car park...the steepness was too much for me as my top of leg has been coming alive of late, I can only describe as other MS'ers refer to it as like electric shock, turning into a spasm which is hindering my walking....so it was taking a few photos and back home again, guess a 5 minute outing.....The place was teeming with a mixture of hikers, many young that arrived in a college bus....

Not long ago I took a phonecall from our local MS centre, not a therapy centre but a once a month or so meeting place which they meet up late in the evening. A very nice elderly sounding man spoke to me, said the lady who should have phoned me had passed away two weeks ago, said she was a lovely lady in her 50s who had MS but had succumbed once again to breast cancer which he said was very aggressive, very sad indeed...Anyway seems the next meeting is being held next Tuesday, a man is coming in to talk on barn owls....Told me he will be there with his wife, we will be looking out for each other....Said there is usually around 30 people attending of mixed ages, there will be cup of teas on the go....I thought a good chance to get feedback from members as to other MS organisations....

Link to today's eatery that I got so near yet so far away......Link...


http://photopeach.com/album/wk1t1h

Janie--That is GOOD news that you can get rid of the chunky shoe and that your healing is on schedule.  You know what?  Folks won't even look at your feet so if you have to wear the crocs to be comfortable, do it. Hopefully you had time to catch a few zzz's.

Jackie--It sure was nice of that man to call you to tell you about next Tuesday's meeting.  It's good to interact with folks who have the same malady as you do.  Thanks for the link.  Too bad you couldn't make it inside the Eatery.

Jackie.  I Think I can remember the area you have moved to.  Bournemouth close I believe. My Grandmother moved down to settle there when my Grandfather passed.  Finely had to move back up into Lancashire as she aged.
Last time I was there was with my girls. Leased a house for a month and they hated to leave.

LIke  areas like Bournemouth people tell me that it has  changed some.  People started taking holiday in such a Spain and places like that.  Making some in UK be full of young people. I was shocked a few years ago. (3) Went to a favourite beach area in Wales. Crowded with young people going wild. It was a weekend.

Sounds good that you are already finding places to get health help. Joining a group will be good for you. I attended on here with a friend who has MS.  So surprised to see young people with it. Some just teens.

did all your unpacking get done?

Hi JeanneP
I have been to Bournemouth, as well as Frinton and Clacton.  The latter has a working pier and is quite busy in the summer.  But all seaside places have changed since the 1970's.

Places in the UK cannot compete with places like the Canary Islsnds, Malta and part of Spain. And the weather is a big factor as well.

That is why the Isle of Man has very little holidaymakers compared to its heyday.  But it does not even have the facilities it had years ago!

Kelly

JeanneP--Interesting how things change almost all over.

Hi Kelly.

I have a nice spic n' span apartment. It never gets really dirty..I do so little cooking, and I keep that area clean as I go along. We are having some nice cool mist floating down from the skies but not the rain we expected..maybe tomorrow will bring in more.

Bis, I thought your former cleaners had already left. I do hope you can get another good pair like you have had.

Janie, congratulations in getting your foot out of the clunker. As Bis said, at a wedding no one is going to be looking at your feet. Men don't look at anything, except the faces of people they know, and women look at the dresses and hair arrangements. So you just go in comfort, and have a fun time.

I should be doing my grocery shopping on line. I am down to the nitty-gritty of supplies, but I dread any kind of shopping really. I need to order some summer slacks too, and keep putting that off. I get lazier by the minute. So I will quit delaying and get myself in gear.

Stopping in to check the posts - we seem to be too involved in things anymore or perhaps it just takes a lot more time to finish our days. 

Jane:  Don't worry about your shoes as most people will not notice.  The important thing is to have your foot heal.  One year, Don and I were expected at a top meeting and even flew to the place - I had a full neck brace on & felt so stupid - but someone came up and told me they had a brace earlier in the year so they knew how I felt.  It was much more noticeable than your shoes can ever be for a short time too.   :thumbup: Listen to Joan!

Goodnight everyone

Kelly

Mr Art R Itis is not happy. 2 days of rain has him acting up. At least today's rain was not steady all day.

JOAN  I always enjoy your “stuff” so why not let you know I do? Want you to know I appreciate all you do to find every thing you post in the mornings.

MOLLY  on local news this evening they had something from local apple growers worried about their trees from this last freeze/ They are wondering if they will have a crop. My son did not have much of a crop last year and if he has none this year he just might start cutting the trees down. It is a lot of work and expense and not having any apples hurts the farmers.

CALLIE  the maintenance
man's wife used to hang humming bird feeders in the front and we all enjoyed watching them. Last year she didn't and we wondered why. The do have a lot of flowers in front and the hummers enjoy that in the evenings.

JUNE  2 more dentist appointments?  Looks like you will be getting your teeth in tip top condition.

AMY  I have seen something similar to that Marrow squash but never knew what it was so never bought it.

KELLY  Fastry Mie. I have had a lazy day today. 2 gloomy days of rain took all my “get up and go” away.

JEANNE  you are one up on me, I never beard of vegetable marrow till Amy mentioned it.

JANE  glad you can finally wear normal shoes that match?

JACKIE  that hill I would have avoided, too.

KELLY  your IOM sounds like a peaceful place to live. I never really longed to travel out of the USA. Pictures of New Zealand had me thinking I would like to visit there, Scotland too. Now I would add IOM to that list.

CAROL  like you I get to talking with others down stairs and time gets away from me. As long as I get back here and on Skype at 5PM to talk to my daughter time never seems to matter to me anymore.

Have a good night everyone.

Kelly he has to be Irish then if stalled by the Potatos :)

June you sound much better today thus keep the night safe and wake to a Sizzling Satuday :)

Mycheal

Thanks for your advice about the shoes and the wedding.  My wedding shoes are a bit stretchy so maybe I'll be able to get into them.  My daughter says the ones I bought in the mens dept at Payless are pretty nice.  They are a type of clog that have lace style adjustments and an adjustable strap around the back of the foot.  I can definitely wear them to work but they would look pretty clashy with my dress.  I know, no one will be looking at me but I have to do one of the readings and I'll have to walk up to the front.  I hope than when I'm finished, they are saying, "she read that very well" and not "did you SEE her shoes?"

I know it's early but I'm off to Dreamland.  I'm all in but my shoestrings and they're comin' in fast.  I've taken two naps and I'm still tired.

I wish you all a very good night, a peaceful rest and a tomorrow full of whatever you wish for.

Gloria, It may be more than two more appts. I have four small cavities, but the main thing is the tooth where the filling fell out. I am hoping they can do a root canal and build up what is left of the tooth. Ordinarily it would be pulled out, but I do not want to go through that. I am on a blood thinner which causes a lot of bleeding, and with this PAD, an exterior sore takes forever to heal, so I worry about how long healing would take inside my mouth. Whatever will be will be. I feel like you do about "time". If I lay awake, I read, if I forget to send out a greeting card, I just apologize and don't beat myself up over it. Every day is a gift and we take it gratefully, right ?

Mycheal, thank you my friend. I had a very good day today. Even got all my grocery shopping done and it will be delivered to my door tomorrow. Thank you for you kind thoughts. My older son son called me today and walked my through installing an anti-virus called Avant. It took time as I am a slow thinker, but it is installed. I just remember…he said to restart my computer, and I forgot, so I'll do it now.

Sure hard to hunt  and peck…left hand worse, …bout tro call it quits on keyboards.   Ouch…!

All that talk about Liver and  onions…yummm, yum.  I love them.   But I like most everything, should be big as the side of a house, as we used to say.

June -  About the Med-alert necklace.  I worry about the privacy factor, How does that fit into the picture??   Seems like a problem when used at home.

Why did the avatars get so small...you can barely see them. 

Sounds like several of you are feeling pretty perky…good for you.      Maybe it’s springtime in the air.

Sun

Hi Gloria
I have only been to Scotland once, nice place to live and holiday in.

And New Zealand a must place to take a holiday, but then so is the Isle of Man.

Oh I nearly forgot!

Moghrey Mie

Kelly

Hi mycheal
Still trying to work out the,  'Kelly he had then to be Irish if stalled by the potatoes'

Could you explain it to me please?

Kelly

Good Saturday morning, Everyfriend.   There's blueberry strudel to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a good day!!





You’re Not a Kid Anymore When……..

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

You quit trying to hold in your stomach, no matter who walks into the room.

You enjoy watching the news.

The phone rings and you hope it's not for you.

The only reason you're still awake at 4 am is indigestion.

People ask what color your hair USED to be.

You're proud of your lawnmower.

Your best friend is dating someone half their age AND isn't breaking any laws.

You start singing along with the elevator music.

You really do want a new washing machine for your birthday.

Your car has four doors.

You routinely check the oil in your car.

You've owned clothes so long that they've come back into style TWICE.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

7 AM is your idea of "sleeping in."

You don't remember when you got that mole...or the one next to it.

You write thank you notes without being told.

Neighbors borrow your tools.

- according to Jeff Foxworthy


Should I Go To Church?
(Based on a manuscript by Benjamin H. Spalink. Scripture quoted is from the NIV.)

I was confident that nowhere in the Bible did it say I should go to church.

But then I read Ephesians 4:11-13:

"It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."

Then I wondered: If Christ gave pastors and teachers to prepare me for works of service, shouldn't I use them?

Then I read Hebrews 10:24-25:

"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

And I realized that being together with other Christians is how God intends to encourage me to do what is right.

Then I read Romans 10:13b-17:

"...'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!' But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?' Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ."

And I knew that Jesus sent these pastors and teachers to build my faith.

Then I read Matthew 16:18:

"'And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.'"

And I discovered that Jesus built the church, owns it, and protects it.

Then I read Matthew 18:20:

"'For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.'"

And I found that when His followers gather to worship Him, He joins them.

Then I read Luke 4:16a:

"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom."

And I discovered that Jesus himself was in the habit of attending church.

Then I read Luke 22:19:

"And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'"

And I found out that Jesus told us to use the Lord's Supper to help us remember that He died for our sins. If I stay away from church, I am also staying away from the Lord's Supper.

I was convinced, but I wondered how I could convince my friends - I knew what they would say about going to church: "If Jesus owns the church, why can't they agree? Why so many denominations?" I searched for some answers to their objections and found this in 1 Corinthians 13:12:

"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."

And I knew that our inability to see Christ's work clearly was the reason for all these denominations. Some lean on one part of the Bible and others lean on another. I also told my friends that what really counts is what you do with Jesus.

But I knew that my friends were really disgusted with how some of the "regular" church members behaved. I didn't have a good answer, because I also was hurt by things other members did. But then I read Ephesians 4:32:

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."

And I knew that forgiveness was so important to Jesus that He once told his followers that if they refused to forgive others, then they would not be forgiven either. (Matthew 6:14-15)

Another of my friends said to me: "I don't need others to have a relationship with God. I can be a Christian by myself."

So I showed him what the Bible said in various parts of 1 Corinthians 12:

"Now the body is not made up of one part but of many...The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I don't need you!'...there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other...Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."

Their final objection was the biggest: "We are too busy - Sunday is the only chance we have to relax and enjoy ourselves." I recognized it as a big issue because I felt this way myself at times.

Then I remembered what Jesus said about priorities:

"...others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful." (Mark 4:18b-19)

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33)

See you in church!



"If you don't learn how to submit to earthly authority, you will not ever submit to God."

- Joyce Meyer

Good morning Joan

Kelly

Good Morning Everyfriend!  And a special "good morning" to you, Joanie.  Thanks for all your efforts on our behalf.  If I don't say that often, please know that I thank you in my heart every morning.

It's cold here this morning and we are supposed to have snow showers most of the day.  I hope it's not too bad because I was going to make a trip to the Amish store (10 miles away).  I'm out of two very crucial items that I always get there....Coffee and dog treats.  Right this minute I'm drinking my last cup of coffee.

SUN before I forget, I saw a tv commercial for a voice activated key board.  I think our very own Kelly uses one.  Maybe you could look into that.  We sure don't want to lose you because of a bad hand. 

I'm off to check into some other things before I feed the doggies and maybe eat something myself.  I hope you all get to do exactly as you wish today. 

Post...Hi Kelly

Hi JaneS
I don't use a voice activated keyboard, but voice recognition software installed on my computer.

I speak it types and it is something I would recommend to anyone with hand problems.

I can speak type as quick as quick as I could type when I could keyboard type.

Kelly

Good morning everyone Imagine me here this early for a change. Fell asleep fast last night and woke more than an hour ago. I like this better that waking at 8 or later.

JANE  if anyone looks at those clogs, if you have to wear them, they will think oh my she has bad/sore feet. When My son and DIL took me to my grandson's wedding my DIL got a cute pair of cheap shoes. At the church they stated hurting. Stopped at the house and she changed to more comfortable shoes that didn't hurt. Don't think anyone noticed. The shoes the groom's men wore with their tux were square toes. Hurt my other grandson's feet so he brought other shoes with him and after the pictures were taken he changed them.

JUNE  what ever the dentist decides to do good luck. I know the dentist I have now I would trust with whatever she thinks needs doing. Wish I had found someone like her when I was much younger.

SUN  with all these April showers (pouring rain) this ole gal is far from perky. When do you see a doctor about your hand?

KELLY  Moghrey Mie. I have been out of the US twice. Once into Mexico when visiting my daughter and one into Canada just over the border in Maine. I rather be an armchair traveler, sitting here at the computer and traveling the world. I really am a homebody.

JOAN  I will enjoy the blueberry strudel this morning. I think the sun will be shining today. When I pulled up the shades and looked out I could see it shining on the tops of the trees to the west of me. After 2 days of rain it will be much appreciated. Great chuckles and I had some good ones reading them. I know a few that today's Food for Thought would make them think. I will be sending this on. Thank you for today's goodies.

JANE  Yesterday forecast was for chance of snow here today. I sure hope not. We need some dry sunny days for awhile.

Good morning everyone..

Tis a tad chilly here but I am sure it will warm up some..temp is -15C at the moment. Will get the laundry hung out in a bit. Need to make a pot of soup so it can simmer away on the back of the stove while I do the laundry.

Gloria, I am ready for no snow and warm weather here..

Jane, your feet are important ...between now and the wedding you just may come across a comfy suitable shoes, if not wear your clogs....maybe find a piece of fabric to match your dress and glue it to your clogs..???

Good morning Kelly.

Joan,thank you for breakfast

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning, Kelly.

Janie--Good morning.  Thanks for your appreciation.  I sure hope the snow doesn't amount to much more than a few flakes.

Good morning,  Gloria.  It's nice to see you here so early.  The sun is trying to peek out here presently.  My housekeepers come later this morning, so I have some picking up to do.

Amy--Good morning.  It always smells so good in the house when you have soup simmering on the stove.

Gloria, the next time snow is predicted for your area, I would appreciate it if you would keep it there and not push it south so I get it. 

It's beginning to lay on the road so I think I'll ditch on the Amish store and just make a quick run to WM.  That's 5 minutes away and I can just get some coffee and doggie treats and then go to the Amish store on Monday....maybe.  Regardless of what transpires, I think I'll go get dressed...just in case....

Good Morning Everyone!

Amy, that is a good idea about the fabric on the shoes.

I came fully awake this morning and couldn't take my time waking up, so the coffee is on and will get the paper in a minute.  Anyone who wants to join me for coffee and a quick peek at the paper is welcome.  We can watch the sun come up.

Joanie, hope you had a good night. As usual you beat everyone up and had breakfast all ready for us.  Thank you so much.

Janie, snow, snow go away and come again another day (next year).  Be careful when you go out and don't slip down.

Watching the weather on TV I see a lot of you in the East have got a lot of bad weather forecast, including Georgia, Augusta where the Masters is being played, suppose to be freezing there.  So much for global warming.

Off to get that coffee.

Janie--Seems as if by now the snow should take a vacation.:)

Good morning, halkel.  I'll join you in watching the sun come up.

Good Morning everyone.
I do not type or spell very well.so when i get enough $$$$ i should look into one of what you  have kelly.
dose it spell properly? sun is shinning here,did not get quite as cold last night as weather gusser said it was. Have a great dayeveryone.

Sun take care of your hand and just take you time with the good behaved one. we all love you.

Lloyd

Bis I took a pill for pain last night. it did not fix the pain but made me sleep in this AM Nancy had to call me at 7:30 AM to tell me Biscuits and gravy was ready.

Lloyd

Good morning, Lloyd.  Nice you could sleep in today.

June, I recently had a tooth removed.  I also am on a blood thinner and when I made the appointment, the dentist was concerned, but then she told me that with only one tooth, there usually was no problem.  I think she did not even call my cardiologist's office.  I did have an oral surgeon remove the tooth and I am fortunate there has been no problem.  I don't think I have a preference between taking out the tooth or a root canal.  Both are "serious".

Gloria, I realized I had been out of the US several times.  Living close to Canada, I have gone there by way of Windsor and the Soo.  I went to Guatemala once, to England once and a trip to Denmark and Germany.  I wouldn't say I am a seasoned traveler, but I'm glad I've had the opportunities I've had.  I have not been in all 50 states, but probably 25 to 30 states.

At 6:30 am we had 21 degrees.  I did not look out the window then but discovered later that we had snow overnight.  The sun is shining now and we're at 25 degrees; maybe the sun will melt the snow so there will be room for more early in the week!  I think it is ridiculous, snow in April, but I am sure it has happened before and will happen again.

Mary Ann

Mary Ann, with our all girl Stamm trip to the Grand Canyon and Arizona last year, I've now been in 49 states.  Alaska is at the top of my Bucket List but I've just about given that up.  I'm still dreaming and hoping but I think my travelling days are getting shorter and shorter.

Greetings Friends - KELLY do you happen to have a couple of photos of your part of the World which you could post here?  I traveled quite a bit during my childhood and adult life, then slowed down a bit when I retired from my work in Washington DC.  I focused primarily on the Middle East and Asia (particularly China), but never had the opportunity to travel to your area.

Hope all have an enjoyable weekend AND a bit of mischief.

Hi Molly
I certainly will, hopefully tomorrow.  As not home at the moment and only have my Smartphone with me.

Not sure we are allowed mischief! 

Kelly

Hi everyone. It is a beautiful but bit chilly morning here in South Carolina.  We had some brisk winds yesterday and they are starting up again this morning, which effects the golfers at the Master's Tourney.  Unfortunately, most of the beautiful flowers we see at the Master's have already bloomed and gone but the course is still magnificent. I will be watching it this afternoon and the final day tomorrow.  Our company left about 9:15 this morning and plan on taking a few days on their return journey back to their home in Northern Iowa.  This was a very laid back visit and we ate out the big meals and had very simple breakfasts.  Both my sister and my brother-in-law are very thin and really don't eat much.  We did play some Spades the last two evenings and they helped Pat with her 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. 

Yesterday my BIL went with me to Walmart and I bought some planting soil and two large planters for the back porch plus a tomato plant.  We will put the tomato plant in one of the planters and we are going to put herbs in the other.  The plantings will be up high enough that we won't have to bend over very far to tend to them.  This morning I went Lowe's as forgot to get the rocks for the bottom of the planters and I also got three beautiful New Guinea Impatiens plants for our front porch.  So now I can look out my office window again at the beautiful blooms and the two low planters that had these tiny bushes that died over the window each have a blooming Impatiens plant in them.  We will have a quiet rest of the day. 

Molly, yesterday when I bought the tomato plant I wanted to buy the one that was tall but it was around $15 and I decided we will buy one that was $3.50 and let it grow as don't know whether we will be successful or not with growing tomatoes and you can buy quite a few tomatoes for $15. 

Callie, my wife can't wait to see the hummingbirds and already has her feeder put up. 

June, glad you finally have housekeeping that does all the cleaning so you can take things easy and use your time for more enjoyable activities or rest. 

Jane, I just bet no one, other than you, will care a whit if you have to wear the Crocs.  It is your being there that is important and not what you wear on your feet plus your loved ones all know you have had recent foot surgery.  Of course, I realize this is a man's perspective and we don't see things the same way you women do with regard to these matters.  However, reading further I see some of you women agree with me. When do you have to return to work?

Hal, we do not have freezing weather predicted for the Augusta area but it is suppose to ge to 36 degrees.   

Jackie, glad you are making connections with the MS folks. 

Larry, looking at some of the Pre-Game Masters and the practice area, it is quite windy there.  I know it was predicted.  It's a beautiful course.

Mary Ann

Good Morning,
Once again, I shivered my way to the thermostat to turn on the heat. 

Card games:   Uno is a draw/keep or pass/discard type of card game.  Our couple friends who didn't play Bridge and we played that, Spades or Skipbo.  We also played Farkle and would have played 42 (domino game) if two of the guys (including my husband) hadn't been so good at figuring out how to take all the dominoes and leave the rest of us with nothing.
My parents played Bridge and the aunt who always spent July with us played Canasta and was a champion Hearts player (something like my husband with 42).

We tried to teach the two sons to play Bridge;  youngest one caught on but the oldest one, who has a literal/accountant type mind, never could understand the bidding.  However, he and his wife played Spades and, after I taught her a few Bridge tricks for indicating a desired lead, we usually beat the guys.

Both sons/dils enjoy table games and The Grands started playing the easy ones (Sorry, Old Maid type games, etc.) when they were still young enough to need booster seats.  Miss Ellen was a wicked little player who loved to knock the opponent off and then sweetly say,  "Saww-wee".  I'd say, "You are not!" and she'd giggle.

JaneS,  I think you should attach a sparkly bow to each clog.

Kelly,   previously, I mentioned a book I'm reading, written by Bill Bryson, about his adventures while walking around the various regions of England.   As he's doing so, he's writing about other features - including all the islands.   He referred to the Isle of Man as a "Peculiar of England".   I can't think that means what it sounds like to an American;  what is/was a "Peculiar"?

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day. 

Sun, I am so sorry your hands are giving up on the keyboard. Kelly who posts here has what he calls voice mail..or something like that..perhaps your daughter could investigate that for you. I sure don't want to lose your postings. I really can't tell you much about the alert system Sun. I know mine only works within the perimeter of our property here at Rowntree village. It may depend on who your subscriber is, but I would certainly advise you to have one. Both Bis and I have Lifeline. Your avatar is the clearest one of all for me. I have given up on getting one.

Gloria, I agree with you as for what the dentist does. Mine was apologizing if I was getting tired, and I told her I was fine, all I have to do is lay here, she has to to all the hard work. I usually come awake about seven each morning, sometimes five if I need to "go", but then I doze back till seven. I like that better than a six o'clock wakeup.

Bis I seldom acknowledge the good works you do for us each day, but I too appreciate them. Thank you !

Hal we are still in cloudy weather here in Stanton. I thank you for the invite to visit there, but by the time I got myself in gear enough to travel anyplace it would be tomorrow . I am a sloooowww mover. I will pour myself another cup of weak coffee though. Just noticed, my windows have a few light drops of moisture..I hope it turns into a good rain.

Mary Ann I have had some back experience with extractions…one dentist broke the tooth in trying to get it out and left splinters in the gum. He was sweating and red in the face with his efforts..I was sweating too.  I have no problem with root canal work, and there is no bloody healing of the gum later.

Molly, I went to Google and typed in Isle of Man and got a few nice shots of the lay of the land. Lovely, really.

Larry, I still have my little light weight Lynx vacuum in case if spill something, but I surely do appreciate the fine job the girl does for me. She even moves things when she dusts, and they are not obliged to do that. This move was the nicest thing that I have ever done, thanks to my son.

Callie, the English language appears to have different meanings sometimes than ours has. It may be because it is not attached to England directly, it is still under the jurisdiction of the Queen. I'm just guessing.

I do think it is time for me to get dressed for the day. It is after 10 o'clock and I am still in sleep wear.
so off I go….. :)

Mary Ann--You've been lots more places than I have.  I've been to Canada several times, to about 10 states, to Mexico, Puerto Rico and Egypt.

Janie--You sure are a seasoned traveler.

Molly--You, too, have done a lot of traveling.

Larry--You had a nice visit with your sister and BIL.  I hope all your plants are easy to care for.

Callie--We played several card games with friends when our kids were growing up. We usually played in someone's home.  Backed then there wasn't money to go out.

June--I am happy you appreciate the daily "stuff".  It makes me happy to hear you say your move was the best thing you ever did.

LLoyd.........

No need to be concerned about your spelling.

I believe the majority of the members here completely understand your messages....No Problem........

Keep them coming...........

Well, I did a little travelling today.  I just decided to go and check out the roads at the same time.  They weren't bad so I went to the Amish store and now we have coffee, dog treats, Pepperidge Farm bread, Kiran's favorite cookies and my favorite snack...potato chips.  Also got a bag of mini butterfinger bars for my desk drawer (sustenance for when I don't feel like scrounging).  I got a few more things that were nice but not necessary...some useful, some thirst quenching and some just nice to have.

It's still "precipitating" but I think it's very fine s**w mixed with rain.  Funny, I thought April showers were wet...not white.  I hope it stops soon because my daughter and SIL are planning a trip to Philadelphia to help my grandson, Kyle celebrate his 24th birthday.  I can't believe it was that long ago. 

I'm still waiting to have coffee.  I cleaned the coffee pot this morning with vinegar and I forgot to empty it and run the clean water through before I left for the store.  So now I have to wait for it to cool a bit or it will spew water all over the counter.  I'm giving it anoter 5 minutes and the it better get to work.  One cup of coffee at 6 a.m. is not enough. 

I hope you are all having a great day! 

P.S.  Lloyd, Donklan is 100% correct!  It's your message that's important...not the spelling.  You go on and challenge us.  I truly enjoy your messages!

Joan, I decided to see how many states I really had been in.  Now, this doesn't mean I stayed any length of time in many of them, but I have been in 44 states.  To get from one state to another, it is necessary to go through other states, but that means I have been IN those states.

Jim had been in 49 states, but had not been in North Dakota so I told him I would go to North Dakota with him if he'd go to Alaska with me.  At first, he said he had already been in Alaska, but then he saw a tour listed in a catalog he had, so suggested we take that the next year, which we did. 

My dad and I used to take two week trips, usually out west so I saw much of that area.  Jim and I took trips for six or seven years and most of those were in the US, however, we went to Canada on tours, also visited his sister who lives in Sooke on Vancouver Island. 

I'm better traveled than I thought!

Lloyd, don't worry about your spelling; we can tell what you mean!

Mary Ann

JOAN - I'd be really interested in some comments RE your trip to Egypt if you'd care to share them with us.  Although I worked with the Egyptian Cultural Bureau staff in Washington DC, I never had the opportunity to travel to Egypt myself.   I've always regretted that, especially when Mohamed talks about his teaching in Cairo or his family's homes in Giza (near the Pyramids).

donklan--You're right.  Welcome to the Soda Shoppe.

Janie--You did make the rounds today.  I like salty things for a snack, too.  Happy 24th birthday to Kyle.  I hope your sister and BIL have no problems getting to Philadelphia.

Mary Ann--I'd say you were well traveled.

Molly--I have company stopping by so I will tell you about our trip to Cairo tomorrow.

Good evening Everyone
Not long home!

Kelly

Joanie, it's my daughter Cathy and her husband Craig who are travelling to Phila. to celebrate with my grandson....their son.

Kelly if right you posted Charles was in the produce isle at the Grocery store by the Potatoes :)

Does that help :) ?

Mycheal                                          Potato- Poland dude :)

LARRY  smart not buying that big tomato plant. Sometimes you do that and get it home and they don't like the change and either die or produce nothing.

JUNE  I was asleep early last night, that's why I was awake early. Lately I have not been getting to sleep till after midnight no matter how sleepy I am. I usually watch the news at 10 and then head to bed. Of course before that I am already in my nitey and robe with teeth bushed.

DONKLAN you are right. We have known Lloyd long enough to know what he is saying. He was not fortunate enough to have many years in school.

JANE  I do that vinegar cleaning in my coffee pot every 4 weeks. Ever put some baking soda in the drain and pour the hot vinegar in?  Keeps the drains clean. 

MARY ANN  I have been over a lot of states does that count?  Of course up in a plane I never knew what state we were flying over. Been to Chicago, That is where I had to change planes but stayed in the airport.

Good night everyone.

Hi mycheal
I must be losing it as I cannot follow who you are saying.

I think my bottle is going!  :)

Kelly

Good Night everyone. Sweet greams c you in the morning.

Lloyd

I'm off to Dreamland, too.  Good Night Everyfriend.  Sleep peacefully and wake rested so you can enjoy doing WHATEVER you wish, tomorrow.

On the former S & F, some members were looking for new game sites.
Here is another one I've found entertaining...............

http://www.netsolitaire.com/

Click on games to see 18 choices.....................

I am bushed so off to bed as soon as the teeth are brushed and the face washed. Church tomorrow, and then a quiet Sunday. My Dori is home from Idaho and had a great time with her kids and Grandkids. So my dear ones, sleep well this night, God Bless you all and I send you the usual Love, Hugs and Prayers...sincerely. June

A new week for Soda Shoppe begins HERE (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=121.0).