Phyllis--We don't see any deer here, but we do see a fox fairly often--always just one at a time.  Will you put some cookies in the "hidey hole"?

I am here, everything is still a big blur.. Hard reading but that is all I will do. I was told I now have dry eyes. He ordered a prescription for me and as I got into my home the phone was ringing, the pharmacy telling me I have a prescription ready. Will call there and have it delivered in the morning.  I used to love early morning appointments but no more. I like 1pm times best. Bright sun and rode home with my eyes closed. Hope you all have a great day. I am going to go lay down on the couch and hopefully fall asleep. Then my eyes might see better again.

Gloria--Sorry you have to get yet another prescription.  Is it Restasis?  That's what I use.  Hope you can get some sleep.

Butterscotch cookies, Chocolate Crackle cookies, and Glazed Pecans are all in the hidey hole.  Enjoy!

I am here. Up at four a.m. walking the hallways, back to bed with two ibuprophen calming down the pain. Now I have been up, dressed, played with my lap top...just getting aquainted, we have yet to become close friends, even tho it sat on my lap.    Lots to learn.

Hal, I thought you were my friend. I was born in 1924. I am 92 years of age, not 94. It would be nice to reach that number though.

I went down for an early lunch today, enjoyed a barbqued beef sandwich, cole slaw, tater tots and a cup of bean soup and a tall glass of V8 juice, while gabbing with two lovely ladies. Brought home a big cup of choc. ice cream, and half my sandwich, which I will have for supper tonight. The rest of the day is mine. How lucky can one be ?

Phyllis, I am on my way to the hidey hole...oh happy day !

Good Afternoon,

It's been a "beautiful day in the neighborhood"  (la la la ) and all across central Oklahoma. 
After my regular hair appointment I went all around the town and have now finally finished the "small stuff" Christmas shopping!
I was so pleased to find light traffic and convenient parking places everywhere I went.  It was also warm enough that I didn't have to wear a coat over my fairly heavy sweatshirt. Plus,  I was able to save quite a bit of money with various coupons from the stores I wanted to go to, anyway.

Came home to find a message from #2 son that they would be here between 5:00 and 5:30 to set up Netflix on my tv  - AND bring pizza!   That's a Very Good Thing because I was planning to let Stauffer's "cater" my dinner from the freezer.

Maybe this discombobulated month is finally beginning to settle down.

Hal,  I couldn't swallow the huge Caltrate calcium pills my doctor wanted me to take and my pharmacist suggested replacing them with "Caltrate Gummies" - which are chewable.  Same dosage but ever so much easier and lots tastier.

Hope Everyfriend Everywhere is having/has had an Enjoyable Day.

Wait! Wait!  Phyllis posted while I was typing.  Somebody grab an extra cookie from the hidey-hole and toss it to me.....please?      

I shocked myself, I did fall asleep for more than 3 hours. Was getting dark and I saw a pretty red sunset.  It was in the teens when I left this morning. The driver called to make sure I would not wait outside. I waited in the lobby and saw her whe she drove up. I sure do like getting the town car when I have to go to an appointment. They have 2 ladies that drive and 1 day a week they drive a bus to the CVS store and then to the only market in town, just around the corner from CVS. Sure glad I do not have to get my groceries there. Produce is terrible, I went in there twice and never again. Another time I am glad I have a PC, I can get groceries delivere.

JOAN  yes Restasis. It will be delivered in te morning. I told him when I wake in the morning my eyes at times feel like they have sand in them. If the drops don't work he said they will have to put plugs in my eyes. My daughter had that done several years ago. I have an appointment with him the end of February. Sure hope I can get the drops in. Even he has trouble getting drops in, I blink when I see a drop heading for my eyes. I also have my next yearly appointment. Told the gal I would like to get away from winter appointments so it is for April 3, 2018. Yipee.

PHYLLIS  on boy I better head to the hidey hole before everything is gone.

Now I think I will head to the kitchen to see what I can find for my supper.

Phyllis--Yummy!!!  Thanks so much.

June--You had a hearty lunch, and it sounded really good.

Callie--Sounds to me like you have Christmas preparations just about wound up.  I'll toss you a cookie.

Gloria--Glad you were able to sleep when you got home.  I have a dickens of a time getting those eye drops in. 

I lay down to start a new book, and find I have slept the afternoon away. It is now 5 p.m. in Stanton. I wonder what I will do tonight ? Should be interesting.

I will have the other half of some of my lunch for supper tonight, but no other plans in sight..a quiet evening downstairs.

Good night Everyfriend and may God bless us, everyone! 

Good Night all from the West Coast. All is quiet here, and I pray it is the same across our great country. Sleep well while God watches over us, and have a great day tomorrow. Hugs, Love and Prayers. June

GLORIA....
...like you, I blink when drops are being put into my eyes, same as I blink just as the camera's shutter goes down, whenever a photo is being taken of me, worse in those photo boothes,...same as when once in the opticians paying the extra " optional " money to have them do this " puffball " thingie, photographing inside my eyes....it took three attempts, I knew the man was getting a bit ratty and impatient with me...

Good Wednesday morning, Everyfriend, on this first day of Winter.  There are DDs to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a great day!!



Stakeout

I'm a police officer and occasionally park my cruiser in residential areas to watch for speeders. One Sunday morning I was staked out in a driveway when I saw a large dog trot up to my car.

He stopped and sat just out of arm's reach. No matter how much I tried to coax him to come for a pat on the head, he refused to budge.

After a while, I decided to move to another location. I pulled out of the driveway, looked back, and learned the reason for the dog's stubbornness. He quickly picked up the newspaper I'd been parked on and dutifully ran back to his master.



The Crisis of a Christless Christianity
(by Chip Brogden)


Note from Chris: This piece below personally blessed me and encouraged me - it says a lot of things that the church as a whole (myself included) - need to hear right now. The author makes a lot of varying statements including some that I myself am not quite sure about (i.e. I may not agree) - so I would encourage you to read this carefully and prayerfully. However, on the whole, I believe there is much value in this - and its underlying theme of the importance of the centrality of Christ in this thing we call "Christianity" is very worthwhile to consider. -Chris

"As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him... beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And you are complete in Him..." (Colossians 2:6,8,9a)

The Christian life is a life that is lived IN CHRIST. That is to say, to walk IN HIM is to live as a Christian. Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship. A Christian is a branch that grows out of the Vine and continually produces abundant fruit for the Husbandman. The Church is the gathering together of all individual branches into one Vineyard (see John 15). In this metaphor we see that Christianity is supposed to be a living phenomenon, an observable reality, not a religious philosophy or set of teachings.

As we first received the Lord Jesus, so we continue to walk in the Lord Jesus. Receiving Christ is the Gate, but walking in Him as we have received Him is the Path. The Gate is an event, while the Path is a process. The Gate is for entering, while the Path is for walking.

Everything God has done, is doing, and will do is aimed at bringing us deeper into Christ, to finish what was begun in us when we first received Him. God is the One Who brings us through the Gate, and God is the One Who leads us along the Path. Everything God has done, is doing, and will do has the same purpose...

Jesus is the Alpha from Whom all things in God are initiated, and Jesus is the Omega unto Whom all things of God find their purpose, their meaning, and their reason for being. Everything begins in Christ, and everything ends in Christ. He is the Beginning as well as the End.

Real spiritual growth occurs when we realize that God has only one goal for us, and that is, the full, mature, complete, and experiential knowledge of Jesus Christ. To the extent that we discard "things" and become focused wholly on Christ, to that extent we will make progress.


"A man who started to paint his front porch while his house was on fire would be considered an idiot. Is the picture overdrawn when I say that this is what the modern church is doing?"

- Leonard Ravenhill

JOAN....
...good morning, yes the first day of Winter.....For once I slept till 7am, had two cups of tea already...Time now is 9am, time to go feed Toby before he wilts away due to starvation.... .... then its my turn to have brekkie... see, how I put dog-s before anyone else...that's the way it should be... ....well in my world, dog-s first, R last...he has always known that...nor shall I ever let him forget it...

Good morning Everyfriend!  I'll be off to Wally World this morning.  Enjoy your day!

Good morning everyone..

No snow to dance with this morning. Today the holter monitor goes back  and then we are going to the sister in laws, our brother in law passed away yesterday. We won't be able to go to the funeral due to conflicting times with the Dr.

Joan, thank you for the raspberry DD!!

Enjoy your day everyone..

good Morning everyone!
well yesterday I went to town/got my space heater fixed to the tune of $45.00
but now it is warming up? never got back in here so I appallage for any lets down's.c u later.

Lloyd

Good morning Vanilla-Jackie.  Good you're getting everyone fed.

Janie--Good morning.  I wish you all smiles today at WM.

Good morning, Amy.  My sympathy on the loss of your brother-in-law.

Lloyd--Good morning.  Glad you got your space heater fixed.

Oh, Phyllis, I actually shivered when scrolling past your graphic.... it looks SO cold & beautiful.  We have not had one of those mornings so far this year, guess not enough moisture.  Gorgeous scene, thanks!

Joan, had to giggle about the dog retrieving the paper.... one of our neighbors had an Irish Setter that went out the garage door, Master standing at the door as the dog plowed through snow or rain to get the paper... Was so cute to watch.  Where we lived before, out in the country, row of 30 houses built down the middle of what had been a homestead farm, some of us had a terrible time finding our morning paper.  Paper deliverer insisted someone had a dog picking them up but nobody ever saw a dog running loose.  Finally a lady on the edge of our area made the comment that she wished she could find where her dog was getting papers, every morning she would find a stack of them on her front porch.  She "left them in sight in hopes owners would stop & ask...". I think someone convinced her to not let the dog out so early~~

Sorry about your brother-in-law, Amy, had he been ill long?  I still haven't dug out my snow shovel (or snow blower).... looks like it will melt this week anyway.  I do have the dirtiest car possible, with my short legs I can't get in or out without getting the pant legs icky.

Jackie, I also get 4 cats fed before I fix my breakfast.... but before Cas died, his breakfast was on the table first.  My mother took care of Dad first all my life so it was instinct to do the same when I got married.  Don't think I know anyone that does that these days, both go off to work & one drops kids off at the sitter's & lets them feed the little ones.  A different life and different world.  My sons are the only ones with pets & I do know they make sure their dogs are taken care of first!  None of the married grands have pets.

Gloria, do hope the dry eyes get better with the drops, seems it is almost routine diagnosis with nearly everyone our age needing them.  I am also on that winter (Jan) yearly exam & was wishing I had changed it last time, I think it is a bad time because so far none of the glasses prescribed work as well as ones from 30 years ago.  Do you have a problem being on the computer with your eyes getting sore?  I've nearly cut out doing anything with photos ... partly because of eyes but also lost my "workspace" or whatever it's called, on PSP.  I still show all those icons on the left (clone & other tools) but the ones at the top don't work to let me change sizes of text, color or types/styles of tools.  I remember when I first got PSP someone explained how to set that up and I never changed it all these years..... but think some update did it.  Jack (over in Photos) does amazing things with what comes on Windows 10... Maybe I'll learn one of these days.

Best wishes for a happy day, this shortest day of the year.  I still can't believe Christmas is only a few days off. 

SHIRLEY...
...we all grew up where our fathers were the " man of the house..." the wage earner....equality is now our norm, women today go out to work and would you believe, now earn the same wage packet for doing the same hard work as our menfolk.....and about time too...

...still doesn't change anything in my household, dog-s still come first...

....funny story about the four legged newspaper hoarder....

AMY...
...sorry to hear the sad news of hubbies b - in - l or is that his brother?...as if hubby hasn't had enough to deal with this year...also sorry that other commitments are preventing you both from going to his funeral...

PHYLLIS...
...I am glad you slipped in with the Winter Solstice picture, it adds calmness to our hectic Christmas period...

Hi everyone.  We woke up to a foggy and chilly morning with the temperature in the high 30's.  It will not get very warm all day.  This should be a pretty laid back day.  Scott will be with us later this afternoon and we plan on going to Tin Lizzy's for a late lunch/early dinner so I won't have to cook today. 

Pat did get in to see the doctor's PA yesterday morning and now has some medicine for the gout.  She said her foot was feeling better this morning so hopefully the pain in her toe will soon be a thing in the past.

Joan, I can't really take any credit for the candy making as it was simply cutting upon some packages and placing the contents in the big crockpot and turning it on for an hour and then stirring and spooning out the peanut clusters. 

Gloria, I hope you can tolerate the Restasis eye drops better than Pat could.  They stung her eyes and she decided not to use them.  She does use an eye gel during the day and an eye lubricant at night plus taping her eyes shut at night so they won't get so dry. 

June, you all sure have good meal in your dinner room.  It sounds like you also get large portions. 

Callie, I hope you will enjoy Netflix.  We have used it for quite a long time and usually watch it in the evening to avoid those miserable commercials. One series we really enjoyed (and I checked and it is still available on Netflix) is Monarch of the Glen and another is  Crown. 

Amy, sorry to read about the passing of your brother in law.  Glad your husband didn't have to wear that halter monitor for 30 days as is sometimes required. 

Phyllis, a really nice Winter Solstice graphic.  It shows some of the beauty of God's wintertime.

Shirley, funny story about the neighbor's dog and the newspapers.  The dog was probably having a great time and thought he/she was doing a good thing. 

Good morning everyone, boy did I sleep good last night, woke at 9:30 this morning with the phone ringing. The delivery of the new med.  I have now tried getting a drop in both eyes, hope they went in right. Those little vials are so hard and I do not have enough strength in my hands to squeeze them gut my eyelashes sure got wet. I would do better with an eye cup.

JOAN  when I had the cataract surgeries I would take those bottles downstairs for my DIL to put the drops in.

JACKIE  that puff of air scared me at first but now I am used to it. For a change yesterday the eye doctor had no problem getting all those drops in. I kept telling myself it will not hurt, keep your eyes open. He even remarked about how easy they went in. I told him I have learned to trust him not to hurt my eyes. I would never be able to wear contacts.

JOAN  for the first day of winter it is warmer today than it has been this week and the sun is shining brightly. A good way to celebrate the solstice with  1 or 2 lemon DD's. I sure need those this morning. I am so late getting here today my helper is here and just took the laundry down. At least I am dressed and not in nightgown and robe. Love Stakeout, well trained dog. Thank you for all today's goodies.

JANE  is today when you pick up the extra hour? Hope it does not tire you too much and your customers have the Christmas spirit without a Grinch  in there to spoil the day.

AMY  sorry about your brother in law.  A sad time of year for a death. Every death is sad but at Christmas time I think it is worse.

LLOYD  you could have bought a new space heater for what it cost you to fix the old one.

PHYLLIS  thank you for the beautiful graphic for today. It is a lot warmer today compared to yesterday.

SHIRLEY  I have computer glasses that are better for most things except reading.  While he spent more time looking into my eyes yesterday I blinked several times. He said he could see a difference in my eyes with each blink. He also said if the drops do not help they would put plugs in my eyes. That would be done in his office. I had told him my eyes were itchy a lot of the time but I refrained from rubbing them. Have you checked the Help in PSP to find out how to fix the top toolbar? I know I have added things up there that I use often. Do you gave View showing? From there you can customize that tool bar.

LARRY  I hope I did get some of the drops into my eyes this morning but no burning sensation.

I went out to do errands this morning.  The pharmacy made a big mess of my Rx order, and I was told to come back later.  I went and did a few more errands, went back for the medicines--still not ready.  Grrrr.......  I said some things that weren't very nice.  I just got home and it's time for a nebulizer treatment and then lunch.  I'll be back later.

Thank you all for your thoughts on our brother in law....he had been ailing for 4 years, now he is at peace.

Something for you to enjoy..



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Amy--Very enjoyable link.  My favorite penguins.

AMY....
...It is always a very sad day when we lose someone who is dear or close to us but....makes it ten times worse when we lose that person or pet dog, at a Christmas....

...Fantastic piece of film footage, you know our Joan will love the penguins?....

The Eagle Ellen has landed!  Right on time - smooth flight.  Can't wait until Friday to give her a hug!

Glad you both enjoyed this.....a widdle birdie who also loves lemon DD's, told me that Joan loved penguins