HALKEL...
.....to be honest, the complaints feedback has left it open for if I want to get back in touch with them, but I want to be independant and find a good team somewhere else, but this is what I am now finding I am coming up against, this "catchment area " trap...they have got you by the short and curlies...

Good Morning All,  What a thrill.....I woke up this morning to thunder and lightning (note, the correct spelling IS lightning, NOT lightening) and what a thrill that was. I haven't seen and heard a good thunder storm for too long, enough rain to be heard, but it didn't last long enough. But it sure made the beginning of my day a happy one.

I plan to wait till mid morning when the morning rush is over in getting breakfasts delivered and patients ready for the day, and take a walk over to the Care facility to see if they would accept my help. I have this urge to visit patients that do not get family care very often, and are more or less bed-ridden. If only to hold their hand and talk with them, sing with them, pray with them, write letters for them..just small things they can no longer do. I do not want it to be programed, as I have reached the stage in life where I do not feel adequate to go out and about. So I will talk with the volunteer directress and see if I am acceptable under those terms. I would want her to tell me the best time of day to do  this, if I am needed to it. Monday is not a busy day, so I feel free to make my offer.

Jackie, I hope you have a happy and contented day on your own. Do you cook all the meals when R is at home, or does he do his own ? When my kids were little and Ed would be out of town we would have simple meals, which they enjoyed and spent more time in play. We had a big back yard with a swing set and we sort of vacationed...sort of "when the cat's away, the mice would play". Ed was more strict and we had meals at a certain time come rain or shine.

Jeanne Lee, I am so thankful you found your hearing aid ! That should make your day. Maybe you could give Gloria de a hint as to where she should look ??

Bis, sounds like your Sis and BIL are there on a working visit. Nice for them and for you. I hope you are not cooking big meals.

It has become mid morning all of a sudden, so I had better get myself in gear and trot over to the Care building. Back later.

Hi Sandy.

Jenny--Glad you liked today's stuff.  Thanks for the anniversary remembrance.

Halkel--I sure hope that shot helps you.

Vanilla/Jackie--Interesting how "r" trades vehicles.

June--How nice of you to want to visit those patients that have no family.  It's my daughter and son-in-law that are here.  Nope--not cooking big meals.

These gadgets have taken over my life.... been trying to get the password I changed on the computer (for Yahoo family mail) to let me read on the phone & Kindle but CAN'T find where/how to do it.  So I'm going to use G-mail for family for now.  I ordered a mini SD card for the phone so I can store photos on it when I'm traveling, next is to find the manual on how to install it. I remember putting it in the RV so I could "study" it.... haha... so it is somewhere out there. 

June, I understand about not wanting a set time to be "on duty" again, but I think it is a perfect job for you. Can't think of anyone with a kinder heart to help the helpless.

Jeanne Lee.... there is more hope for finding lost items with your win this morning!  Congratulations...

Now I'd better go fix lunch & do something besides play with these toys.  Did a u-Tube search to see if I could watch a video on how to install that SD card.... got carried away & downloaded the manual plus copied some of the special interest parts to a Word Pad & saved on the desktop... easier to pick out what I need fast. 

Jackie, with the visits to the different places lately, how does your stage(if that's the right word) of MS compare with others you meet?  Do they offer advice?  It is difficult to be your own care giver as we age and progress with all our health problems, kind of scary for those of us left behind. I know you have more idea of how your MS will go (maybe?) but we are all in the same boat of not knowing when our time will come to need special help.  It is comforting to me to come in here & we are all ready to cheer each other on... but quite a few of us are really on our own, so don't get down in the dumps if R isn't a great care giver... my husband would not have been had we reversed roles.  Some people just don't know how.... Hang in there, I know it is especially hard right now with watching your baby get worse, that heavy heart never gets a let up. 
Hugs for a better tomorrow..... 

Amy & hanging out clothes.... I don't have a clothesline at this house but when we lived west of town and out in Western Kansas, we didn't HANG clothes, we hung onto them & used a clothes pin ever couple inches to keep them on the line as the blew straight out & often me with it on the sheets. So many times they would rip off the line & down in the dust.... when you have that much wind you don't grow grass so...    But they did smell good.   

Hi, Jenny.... are the leaves all down now?  I am kicking myself I didn't stay longer or take a drive up to Mt.Princeton when I was there.... got home & read the leaves were at their peak at that time.  The water problem was nothing, just a fitting that worked loose!  Hopefully this next trip to MO will be a repeat of the last... NO problems with the RV & Tom didn't even get car sick! 

I'm off (don't say it, Hal!!!!)  to fix lunch.

Now last night it was both my TV and My internet that was going on and off from about 8pm to 9:30pm  . Seems O.K today
Now I have a good Antenna on my Roof. Quite a new one. I used one for years and could get all the TV I wanted to watch. But then I needed WIFI for my Ipad and Tel. so I just added the TV onto my Comcast Acct.  Just use the Basic for TV but I could get more stations on my Antenna than this Basic TV gets.  Antenna was free. Comcast TV $19.95. 

Shirley, your last line reminded me of an exchange between my parents that took place occasionally.  Dad would leave for school  in the morning (teacher) and he'd say, "Well, I'm off!" and Mother would say "You sure are!"  Of course he knew she was kidding.  But I find myself saying it sometimes to someone in the family when they leave.  I wouldn't dare say it to someone else!  I have a tendency to be sarcastic and with that, a person has to "be there"!

Grand Haven is a bit windy today and there is a kite flying.

Mary Ann

Shirley--Maybe you have too many gadgets?

JeanneP--I have my phones, my internet and my TVs all with one provider.  My cell hone bill is separate.

Mary Ann--The exchange between your parents made me giggle.

Mary Ann.... and that's why I told Hal to not say it (we used to look for a chance to say that to anyone that dared say, "I'm off").... Hal is ABOUT as big of a tease as your Norm was.     In the Random Images to the left there was a photo of Norm & Dot just now... sure do miss his joking with Papa John. 

Joan, for sure too many gadgets & I'm too lazy to learn how to use any of them.  My computer is not the only one off & on today, just talked to a neighbor that said her husband had gotten a booster to see if that helped.  If I slow down typing, it goes off.  I did finally get the photo to my computer, was one I took at the park near me yesterday to show how drab the trees are this year.  Will try to resize & post "one of these days".   

JeanneP, the roof antennas are a hazard with our winds, we discovered they worked pretty well inside the attic & that is what my son uses.  I just have the little ones on each TV, about the size of a sheet of notebook paper.  If I remember, my phones, internet & basic cable was going up to about $180 a month when I quit.  It dropped to less than $60 for phones (unlimited with all services, call waiting, caller ID etc)... & the slower internet.  I tried the faster internet a couple months & could not tell the difference.  My cell is a different bill...a tracfone that I pay for by the year & with the smart phone I get triple minutes, have so many minutes for phone, text & internet or whatever the 3rd thing is called I can be easy about using.  It may be smart enough to do all that but the driver isn't!

Shirley--Why accumulate all the gadgets if you don't take time to learn to use them?  I know!  You just a gadget collector.

Merry Monday!

What a beeeyoouutiful day in central Oklahoma.   The two pots of mums in the front flower bed planters simply gave up after the first blooming.   That area is shady for about 90 minutes every afternoon so, today, I trimmed them all back, put about a gallon of water/plant food in each one and gave them a good lecture on Blooming Again....or ELSE      

Last Saturday,  I got a few gourds and miniature pumpkins to arrange under the garden flag between those planters.  So, if the mums disobey orders,  I'll still have a "pop" of color there.

Two sons, one daughter-in-law, grandson and girlfriend went to our rural acreage in southeastern Oklahoma last weekend.   The guy who leases it had put out a trap for wild hogs, who "take over" almost the entire county about twice a year and are very destructive.  Family found 8 of them in the trap.
Didn't get details on what happened next    but sons say they brought home some of the meat  (I didn't know wild hogs were edible  ) and, today, #2 son sent a picture of a 35 pound ham he was ready to put in his smoker.  Not sure I want to eat wild hog ham - but it would surely make good seasoning for beans, black-eyed peas, etc.

I had a clothes line in Colorado for several years.   During the winter, the ground underneath it had to be shoveled because the snow was so high that the sheets dragged.

Busy week ahead.  All good things but will need to "keep to the schedule" - which I'm not in the habit of doing any more.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere Good Days.

Callie--I hope ,those potted plants obey you.  You will have color anyway with the pumpkins and gourds.  I do miss you when you don't post.

Thanks, Joan.   I don't always have anything to add to a particular conversation thread - but will comment when I do.

MaryAnn. You can tell me I am OFF because at times I think I am.

Now I could have home line with Comcast also but thing is I do lot of Calling out of the US. Don't think Comcast can do it.  Now I can call UK on my Mobile phone. 10 cents a minute I think.  I just use the International Phone card to do it. 3 cents a min.

Bis, sorry about my mistaking relatives…just one of those SR. moments. (in lesser terminology stupidity.) I hope you are enjoying every moment with them and not getting too tired out. I find even family, for more that a few hours leaves me fatigued. But I have quite a few years on you. I did not see the lady in charge of volunteers, she had the day off, but her helper is going to have her contact me tomorrow.

Tisie, how kind you are my dear, thank you. It is something that just keeps nudging me, so figure I had better pay attention and follow through.

Ended my day after lunch with a quiet afternoon of reading and dozing. Now it is almost six thirty, so I will reheat my spaghetti lunch I brought home, plus fresh fruit, and change to bedtime clothes and some more relaxing and t.v. Hope to come back to say Goodnight.

JeanneP, I would not tell you that you're OFF because I don't think you are.  I don't always agree with something anyone has said or done, but it is not my nature to contradict people.  So, keep on keeping on!''

I don't know what I was watching tonight, but someone said you should not use more than one ! in an e-mail.  I love using the !  Darn.  I'll keep on using one, anyway.  (I think it was a question on Jeopardy tonight).

Mary Ann

I'm going to be off to bed soon so I'll say my good night now.

Good Night Everyfriend!  May God bless us, every one!

P.S. I did get half the vacuuming done today.  Maybe I'll finish it tomorrow....and then again, maybe I won't!

Sorry, MaryAnn2 exclamation points.  I don't care either!

Put me down for an ! user also. it says so much !!!

I have had my supper so there is a very contended stomach to take to bed, which I will soon do. Have to clean up the kitchen, get early morning meds put out where I will see them on my first a.m. trip to the bathroom...my kitchenette is adjacent to the bathroom and is lighted up by a night light..very handy.Must put on nighty, Brush the teeth, wash and cream the face, and off to the welcoming bed and book. I'm tired just thinking of all that stuff to do. Praise the Lord. I love you all, keep well and happy and we will meet again on the morrow. June

Not often I am up an about this time of our morning.....3.45 am, but I am, as I was woken up by our Toby barking, dogs dont usually bark through the night but he was letting me know he wanted to go out and do toilet, which he did, R of course heard his bark but decided to stay in bed by ignoring him, and to leave it up to me to deal with him, ( baring in mind I am the one with MS, he is the able bodied one, ) now of course I am at the computer with my first cup of tea in hand...

It is bedtime but I thought I would stop in and say HELLO. 

Just watched my Broncos beat the Texans.  This was our old back up quarterback Brock Osweiler here for the first time after turning his back on the Broncos by heading to Houston.  His team mates were very disappointed when he left.

Good morning JACKIE.  Sorry you are up so early due to your Toby barking.  I hope you can get a nap in at some point. 

JUNE, I think your thought to go and help someone to do things they are not capable of is a wonderful idea.  I hope the person in charge was accepting of your offer. 

SHIRLEY, there are a lot of leaves still left on trees down here, but I do not know about the higher country.  I will try to find out. 

We enjoyed our outing today to the Nature and Science Museum and The Denver Zoo.  It was a beautiful day out and the animals were all so active and we really enjoyed watching them.

Pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

JENNY....
...its now 5.30am, I shant go back to bed as I wont be able to get back to sleep now but I know I shall be dozing off throughout the day....

Ha ha yesterday the enjoyable day out, today the dirty washing...

Wishing you a more peaceful nights sleep than what I had...

Good Tuesday morning, Everyfriend.   There's bagels and cream cheese to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a great day!!




Power Failure

I was browsing in a souvenir shop when the man next to me struck up a conversation. Just as he was telling me that his wife was getting carried away with her shopping, a brief power shortage caused the lights to flicker overhead.

"That," he sighed, "must be her checking out now."



Ripe for Harvest

By Joel Vande Werken
Scripture Reading: John 4:34-41

Open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
John 4:35
At harvesttime, a farmer’s entire focus is on getting the crop in from the fields. Ripe produce will spoil if left in the fields too long. Weather or pests can damage yields. So a careful farmer will work long hours in harvest season to ensure that the entire crop is safely gathered in. No responsible farmer would want to ignore the signs of harvest.
Jesus challenged his followers to be similarly aware of the spiritual harvest around them. Though the Samaritans, traditional rivals of the Jews, might have seemed to be spiritually unproductive, God was doing a great work in them, and many of them became believers.
Perhaps you are discouraged because a family member refuses to listen to the message of Christ. Or you look at the world around you and see a culture hostile to the gospel. It may seem that people who ¬oppose God are gaining the ¬upper hand. Jesus reminds us that God often does unexpected work right under our noses. Like a hardworking farmer, we must remain diligent and focus on the spiritual harvest God has set before us.
But this hard work does not mean drudgery in Christ’s service. Jesus points to the joy of the sower and the reaper to remind us of the excitement of dealing with matters of eternal consequence. In your conversations this week, ask God to show you his intended harvest.
Open my eyes, Lord, so that I can see where you are at work. Prepare me for the work of harvesting what your Spirit has sown, and give me joy in serving you. Amen.



“Press on.  Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.”

~ Robert Schuller

Good Morning Bis.
well it is another of those short nights, so I am going to try to fiend a good movie on t v see if that will put me back to sleep.this is a bad one as I have to fast for a bluod test at 9: A M . Have a great day see you Later.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone..

We are off to the city for 2 appointments today, one is getting my van undercoated and the other is a follow up of hubby's surgery, pray the biopsy is clean!!

Yesterday I waltzed across floors with two partners, vacuum and mop..then in the afternoon I checked out the back of my eye lids.

Shirley, I have hung laundry out in the winter only to bring them in so stiff they could stand up on their own..but a little heat from the house has them dry enough to put away. Love the smell of laundry,bedding, when hung out in winter.

Gloria, I missed out on my apples yesterday as the market wasn't open when I was in town,maybe tomorrow will be a better day to stock up on apples.

Joan, thank you for breakfast.....

Enjoy your day everyone.

JOAN....
....good morning......I like your today's..." thought of the day..."
...been up since 3.45am to let our Toby out as his bark woke me up....maybe not so bad since I took an earlier bedtime of 10.pm...but no doubt I will have some nodding off periods during the day...

AMY....
...didn't realise hubby had a biopsy taken when he underwent his recent operation....wishing good results for the both of you...
Amy you will have to show me how to do your waltz? 

LLOYD HAMMOND....
...it doesn't sound like your night was any better....

Good morning, Lloyd.  Sorry you didn't sleep well.  Hopefully watching a movie put you back to sleep.

Amy--Good morning.  I certainly will add some prayers that the biopsy was clean.

Good morning Vanilla-Jackie.  I'm glad you liked the "Thought of the Day".  When you do "Amy's Waltz" that's w---.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's supposed to be in the high 40s to mid 50s today.  That's not bad for almost November in Central PA. I remember this time of year being so cold that the kids had to wear snow suits under their "trick or treat" outfits. 

I'll be off to Wally World at 9.  Wish me smiles.  Then I have to pick up some papers at the Credit Union and come home and finish the vacuuming.  I don't waltz with it.  It's more of a one-step!

I hope you all have a lovely day doing exactly what you feel like doing and enjoying every minute.

Joan, surely you wouldn't give me and Amy demerits for giving you entertainment?

Good Morning Everyone!

First, Amy, you have my prayer for your husband.  Please keep us informed.  Pins and needles are not a nice place to be.  Bless both of you.

Jackie, you have already put in a full day, your time.  We (the wife) kept one of the twins last night.  His brother had an early morning appointment for an operation to remove a rock from his nose.  One he stuffed up there so far they couldn't remove it without putting him to sleep so he would keep still.  We should be hearing something soon.

Haven't ventured out so don't know how the weather is.  It is comfortable here in the house.  Weather person said possible showers. 

I need to talk to some of you here on this forum.  There seems to be a lot of dancing and schmoozing going on with different objects that are known to cause tiredness and even cause a form of sleeping sickness.  So cut it out.  Or I am going to send you outside to play.

Joanie, thanks for breakfast, do you ever sleep?

 

HAL, if you send me outside to play, I'm afraid I'll be jitterbugging with the doggie doo cleaner upper.  And that's definitely not fun.

I'm off to greet my public at Wally World.  I hope everyone is smiling!  Make today a good one!

Good morning, Janie.  I, too, remember a couple times my kids had to wear snow suits when they went "Halloweening".  I wish you smiles today at WM.

Vanilla-Jackie--Of course not.

Good morning, halkel.  Oh my, I've heard of children putting beans up their nose but never a rock.  Bet he'll get a reminder to NOT put anything up there for the damage it could do and how costly it is to get it out.  Yep--those who don't follow the rules need to be sent outside to play.

Janie--Oh dear, not play when using the doggie doo cleaner upper.