Angelface--I can only imagine how cold that must feel.

Janie--I know I am lucky to have housekeepers to do that deep cleaning.  Enjoy your time with TLH.  I miss Gloria, too.

From my  time in Canada and Alaska I discovered one thing.  At a certain point you don't feel any colder with low temps, you just freeze a little faster......

Snowing here...which is good because it will stick to the ice that is about. I found Janies zzzzzzzz hiding all the way up here!! Both dogs and I had a long nap and now I feel a bit more human.
Angel, I had to laugh about the unveiling.that would be so funny!
Hal, you will like your new bathroom. When hubby was first diagnosed with RA we took the tub out and put in a shower unit making it much easier for him to use. It has a seat on one end if need be.

Quote from: JoanFL on January 12, 2017, 01:09:46 PM
Sandy--One question.  How in the heck did you lose your dentures?

Regarding my "lost" dentures.   
Because of the shape of my mouth,  my dentures did not
fit tightly enough and always required my using fixodent
or what ever glue was available.   Other wise they would just fall right out of my mouth.   

So i would put them in and wear them but when i went to eat,  I would remove them,  because eating with them was too difficult for me.   

One day I took them out and lord knows where I put them,  but I never saw them again...  and I have been living with out them now for many many months.      Dentures theses days are very very expensive (no dental plan)  so I have been putting replacing them off now for months. 

But I have saved up enough money now to start the process of getting new ones.        So one of these days,  I will have my smile back.  I keep wanting to prolong this decision,  but Kelly now insists that I go forth next week and start the process.

Kelly is going to be traveling to Europe at the end of June,  so she insists that I get this process over and done with,  before she goes away for three weeks.      Two of her girls are also going to Europe,  but they are going to be staying for six weeks.
There are three different families in Europe that will
be hosting Kelly and her girls (separately)  .... 
Kelly is going to spend most of her time hiking and mountain climbing in Switzerland.   And her two girls are going to be visiting with two of the exchange students that Kelly's family
brought into their family for two years.   

halkel--:)

Amy--Glad you found some zzz's.

Sandy--You probably threw them in the garbage.

Yes Joan,  I suspect that is what happened to them ....   I will very very careful in the future not to have that happen to me again!   

Sandy, hopefully you will get a perfect fit for the dentures this time so you won't have to lose them. With all the modern things medicine has done, they should surely be able to give you fitted dentures. There are implants, but very costly, and I wouldn't want to subject my ancient body to that treatment.

I have had a very quiet morning, dozed off a couple of times. I will go down for lunch soon at our small dining room, then over to the club house for a program.

Bis, you are correct that the decision is mine to make, but somehow, I seem to need a push one way or the other. I want to retain doing my own meds, and yet I do enjoy the service I am offered by others. And I know that eventually I will start making mistakes, and mistakes in medication can be pretty chancey. I'm hoping Gary will make the decision for me. That I could joyfully accept. My self confidence seems to be fading.

My t.v. needs to be replaced, so that's another duty I will pile on Gary when he gets back from Idaho. I hope he will never be sorry he brought me out here to be near them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Rowntree would help me purchase one.

Sandy--I am sure you will be careful with the new dentures since they are so expensive.

June--I understand what you mean about your medications.  Surely you don't want to make an error.  Rowntree helps to defray the cost of a TV?

Yes, replacing lost   teeth is very expensive ,
but being toothless is also extremely humiliating  and added to my propensity to hibernate with out having my dentures available to hide the fact that my natural teeth were gone.

Functioning with out teeth changed my personality.


So it is time for me to "adjust my sails" ...

June, I was thinking if the staff is delivering your medications in a good and timely manner, ya might consider the continuation ----- as you say not to mess em' up and oh gosh give you one less worry and a bit more time to inspire us readers Just a thought from Iowa

Mycheal

Good night Everyfriend and may God bless us, every one!

Well we did miss the snow in our area, it was a " will we get snow or wont we " from the weather guessers....I was expecting to wake up to a layer this morning, said we were due rain again last night which with the below zero temps, would freeze overnight...

At last I caught up with my sleep....Went to bed around 10.pm, slept till 7.30am, apart from one get out of bed for the loo, 2.am...

I am sure our bodies adapt to our needs, its needs....

GLORIA...
....I see you and me are the only two in? I can assume you are now up and running again re, your computer...we await your postings...anyway a good morning or a good night....

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




Buy Your Own

    A kindly 90-year-old grandmother found buying presents for family and friends a bit much one Christmas, so she wrote out checks for all of them to put in their Christmas cards.

    In each card she wrote, "Buy your own present" and then sent them off.

    After the Christmas festivities were over, she found the checks in her desk! Everyone had gotten a Christmas card from her with "Buy your own present" written inside, but without the checks!



When The Pastor Falls
(By Michael Newnham)


So, my friend wrote me to tell me that a lot of folks in [a certain area] are struggling with the fall of [a] long time... pastor there.

"What do they do now?"

The question honestly irritated me.

It irritated me because it's built on false premises about pastors, the church, and Jesus.

Jesus didn't fall.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever...if your faith is shaken it was in the wrong person.

That's called idolatry and the pastor's fall was the best thing that could happen to you spiritually.

Now, you will always focus on Him.

My friend further asked me if I'd written anything about what to do when pastors sin.

I'd write non stop the rest of my life to cover that...all pastors sin, just as much or more than you do.

What the vast majority of us do is avoid disqualifying sins.

The pastor in question did not, and he hardened his heart as he went to avoid repentance.

He is now disqualified.

Next...

The church itself seems to be in good hands with another pastor who will hopefully install effective accountability structures to help him walk the straight and narrow.

If you understand that the "church" and the "pastor" are not synonymous, that will help you transition.

If you think they are synonymous, refer to my paragraph on idolatry.

The church is all of its members together (with the pastor being one of them), under the headship of Christ.

"For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another."

(Romans 12:4-5 ESV)

Biblically, you're as important to the health of the Body as its elders are.

Right now, the Body you were part of needs all hands on deck to recover and function.

Some of you are upset and I'm going to make you more upset.

You turned over the complete care and feeding of your soul to one man and his name wasn't Jesus.

You showed up and you probably tithed, but you were content to let others determine the health of the church and the accountability of its officers.

You went to and invested in a church where the members have no say in anything, expecting some special anointing on the pastor to protect you from the doctrine of total depravity.

It didn't work and now you feel betrayed.

You were.

Some of you are looking for another man to hand what's left of your faith...if his name isn't Jesus, don't do it.

The lesson is to find those places that value each member as the Bible states they should and be willing to be involved in every level of the church you can serve in.

Demand open and transparent finances and demand that policies be presented to the people for consideration.

Demand to know the church bylaws and the accountability structure for pastors and elders.

Too many churches withhold information because they believe that the "sheep" are dumb animals incompetent to deal with "spiritual" matters.

Stay away from them.

Finally, take responsibility for your spiritual health and that of your family.

No one will do this for you.

In your new situation...trust, but verify.

If you loved the fallen pastor, pray for him and deal with him as another fallen sinner...with as much grace as you can.

If he taught biblical truth, it's still truth...God has spoken through many asses in redemptive history.

Just ask my church...



"The church is not a platform to send a pastor’s visionary ideals into orbit around his own wishful dreams. Neither is the church meant to serve as the source of our social stature or emotional well-being. The church is the blood-bought property of God. For a pastor to treat the people as his platform is an act of treasonous theft, stealing for himself that which Christ our great high priest has purchased at the cost of his own blood."

- Timothy Paul Jones

Good morning everyone.

We are off and running to the city for another chemo treatment today..

Larry ,we do have an oil furnace to use when we are not here to tend to the wood and it may kick in over night. I prefer the wood here as it is much nicer.

I had better scoot.

Joan thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

JOAN, AMY...
...good morning....Amy, safe journey to the city...
...Joan, our Christmas granny was popular that year...
.................................
We are now 23 - 24 hours away from looking after " Harry " the dog....hopefully our Toby will have a playmate for the day....

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Like Jackie, I finally had a good night's sleep.  I didn't even have to get up for the "loo".  But I'm running a bit late and the doggies are telling me it's time for breakfast.  So I better go feed them...me too.  Make your day a good one.

Good morning, Amy.  Safe travels as you go to your husband's chemo treatment.

Vanilla-Jackie--Good morning.  I hope things work out with Toby and Harry.

Good morning, Janie.   It's nice when you can sleep the whole night through.

JOANIE, I never expected to feel like it was an accomplishment to sleep all night but it really is, isn't it.

JACKIE, good luck with Harry.  I hope the doggies like each other.

Good Morning dear ones, I woke at three a.m. and cannot find my way back to sleep.So I will sit here and gab at you. I see Bis is up !

Bis, when I say Rowntree would help me with a new t.v., I mean they would advise me as to what to get what I want, and how to do so. Knowing more than I ,what would be best for my size space, for instance. The one I have, Gary had purchased for my house where the room was about twice the size of this one, or more.

Mycheal, I thank you dear friend for your advice, and I do believe I am leaning more and more in that direction. The girls that do this job are so considerate. I can even be in bed when they call and they pour water and bring it to me to take with the pills..always a
big smile and an encouraging word. By the way, is your area in Iowa loaded with snow at this time ? And did you have a nice Christmas ? I hope so.

And now Amy, Jane and Jackie are up and about. Have a good day girls !  We usually get out of a day what we put into it, right ? So onward and upward we go.....HUGS !

Amy lot to be said for burning wood to heat with. the use of it will warm you three times. first when you cut it second when you burn it and third when you
clean up the mess and Carrie the ashes out.  we Have a nice fireplace in the lower level and a round oak cook stove in exultant condition. we have used both
in weather outages. but we also have 4 natural Gas pipelines crossing our farm
one of witch we have a hook up to the house. It has made me lazy. our grandson came the other day and cut wood for us and his self. doubt we will fire a stick of it UN less the weather forces to. I will admit that corn bread or biscuits cooked in it are taster than in a gas heated oven. Have a great day.

Lloyd

PS I feel better but not good as yet by far.

Janie--For me it would be a HUGE accomplishment to sleep through the night without getting up.

Good morning, June.  Thanks for explaining what you meant by Rowntree helping you with a TV.

Lloyd--Good morning.  I am glad to hear you are feeling somewhat better.

Hi everyone.  We are in for another beautiful 70 degree day today.  My big activitiy for today is to be at the church at 11 am to help pack meals and then take them to a couple of the locations where our church is working on homes that need aid for people not able to do it themselves or afford to have someone do it for them.  This is the annual Project Warm that was started when our minister came to this church 6+ years ago and is an annual event.  They are working on 8 homes today and tomorrow fixing roofs, floor and in general things that need to be repaired in these homes.  This project is done in cooperation with the United Way that provides the funds and the church provides the labor.  While I am not able to do manual labor anymore I can certainly deliver meals to a couple of the homes.  I did the same thing last year. If Pat feels up to it we will go back to COSTCO this afternoon for her to pick out new frames for her glasses.  The housekeeper will be here this morning.

Joy, does your son come and eat with you often?  I know it is a good feeling to get clutter removed and see some empty space. 

Beverly, I would certainly encourage you to put the grab bars in your shower if they can be anchored correctly.  I tried to have them put in the shower in our last home and it wasn't possible as there was no stud where they would need to go.  It was a must in this house and while I still have pretty good balance I find myself using them.  As Joan said it is well worth the cost. 

Sandy, hope you are feeling much better today.  I can understand you wanting to get the dentures.  I hadn't thought about today being a Friday the 13th.  I am just not superstitious. 

June, while it is certainly your decision, it does seem wise to continue letting the staff take care of your medicine.  I find it easy to forget to take my medicine and even in fixing my medicine boxes every two weeks I have sometimes put the pills in the wrong place or missed a box.  There is also a social component of being able to speak to someone when you don't feel up to leaving your apartment and I expect they don't stay long so wouldn't be tiring for you.  You will be very surprised at the better picture you will get on a new TV than your old one.  They really aren't very heavy any more so it isn't a hard thing to get it into the car, into the house and set up. 

Sandy, it sounds like Kelly and her daughters will have a nice summer with the European travel. 

Larry, thank you so much for your input on the medicine situation. And I do believe I will follow your suggestion. Each day it seems more logical to have it taken care of by younger brains, so it is done properly, timely, and sanely.  I should be thankful that service is available to me.

Quote from: larryhanna on January 13, 2017, 10:02:35 AM

Sandy, hope you are feeling much better today.  I can understand you wanting to get the dentures.  I hadn't thought about today being a Friday the 13th.  I am just not superstitious.

Sandy, it sounds like Kelly and her daughters will have a nice summer with the European travel.

Thanks Larry..  I am feeling much better today.    I don't fret over "Friday the 13th either"  as I am not superstitious by nature...   

I am very excited also about my girls getting to spend some or most of their Summer in Europe.   (Mostly Germany and Switzerland).   Kelly opened her home to exchange students thru the years and now  they all will be able to get together and get to know one another.      Kelly will be off hiking etc and
the girls will be doing what young adults do  together with other young adults.   

How things change as our families grow up,  and they all
head off in different directions. 

Kelly is leaving her car with my other daughter Erin, 
so  she can help me out with errands and shopping etc
while Kelly is trekking across Europe.

I am so grateful for all they do for me.

Sandy

Good morning, Larry.  What a nice thing your church provides--and it's generous of you to deliver the meals to the workers.

June--IMO, it's wise to let the Rowntree staff be in charge of your pills.

Good morning, Sandy.  I missed about Kelly and the girls going to Europe this coming summer.  What a great experience!!

Good Morning,

Good News!  Miss Emily and her friend arrived home safely from their NYC trip - even though it was about 2:00 a.m.   They decided to drive on in after landing in Dallas last night instead of taking a chance on icy roads this morning.   
Sure makes this grandmother's heart glad!

So far, my street and driveway are just damp.   Even so,  it's so cold and gloomy that I was tempted to get up, take my meds and crawl back under the covers.

Hmmm.....   

Hope Everyfriend Everywhere is having an Enjoyable Day.

Bis, when I had my leg bandage changed this morning I told the girls downstairs that I would be turning my meds over to them, so I shall do so. I hope my Gary doesn't dis-approve. He is in Idaho at this time, so I'm not going to bother him, but I'm confident he would agree.

My housekeeper will be arriving soon to do the "deep" cleaning..that happens every other week, so I will take my book and retire to the lounge till she finishes.

Callie--Glad to hear Miss Emily and her friend are safely home.  It's chilly and gloomy here, too--no sun at all.

June--I think you made a wise decision, and I am sure Gary will agree.

To late to say Good Morning, so I will say Good Afternoon and thank Joan for the good breakfast this morning.

Larry,  No, I really don't see my youngest son that often.   He usually doesn't get off from work until close to 6 p.m. and he has 2 little Pomeranian dogs that need to be looked after, so  he is usually anxious to get home.  Weekends are busy for him.  He has a horse that he keeps at a farm near him, and when he doesn't have to work on Saturdays, he likes to take advantage of nice weather to go riding or lots of times helps out at the farm. He lives about 15 min from me, as well as another son, so if I really need them for something,  they are both very willing to help out. I just don't like to bother them that much. 

He is service  foreman of a Toyota dealership and has many stressful days.  A new grocery store,  Wegman's, opened up right behind where he works and he really loves that store.  I think they are a company out of New York and haven't been in our area that long.  I would say they are a lot like Publix, only I think probably a little bigger.  There are 3 of them not too far from where we live.  If you can't find what you want there, it probably isn't available anywhere.  They advertise that they carry over 800 different kinds of cheese. He did stay and eat with me and it was nice being able to have a one-on-one conversation with him.  He has been divorced for about 10 years.

They also have a very nice eating area within the stores.  And, they have different stations set up where you just pick the food you want, check it out, and take it to the eating area. A pizza bar, hamburger bar, Asian food bar, salad bar, seafood bar,  sushi bar.  etc.   Plus, they also make up full dinner containers and that is what my son brought me. He gets them several times a week for himself.  Very good food.  A little pricey,  but well worth it. I do have friends that shop there on a regular basis, and they say that the prices really aren't  any more than the regular stores.  I like to shop there once in a while as you always see things that you don't see any place else.  Just don't get to go very often. Their produce sections are just wonderful.  Everything is so fresh.

I am still in the process of getting rid of things.  it is really a big job, but something that has to be done.  When I moved into this independent living residence, I vowed not to have any clutter.  Slowly,  but surely, the clutter is starting to gather.  I still need to get to all the bureau drawers, but will wait for next week to start on that.  Where in the world does all the things come from??? LOL  I know I have read that when you buy something new,  you should get rid of something old.  Good thinking, but never happens that way.

Sandy, I am so happy that you are getting your dental work all done.  I have always had dental problems, especially, breaking teeth off, so I know what it is to have to go without my dentures. 

June, so glad your leg is healing well.  You are just so fortunate to get such good care.  Sounds like a wonderful place to live.

Need to go look for some lunch and see what the rest of the afternoon brings.

Have a wonderful day, and don't let the Friday, the 13th, bother you.

Joy

Joy--I shopped at Wegmans when we lived in Central NY.  Without a doubt it is the BEST grocery store around.  I sure wish they would build some stores down here.  It's nice that your son live nearby.  All 3 of my children live FAR away.