HAL  I have worn glasses for at least 40 years and never broke any frames. You must be really tough with them. Break down and get new glasses.

JOAN  it is great being back. I might not get the external working for more than a week yet. Will have to wait till my “guru” gets back from a business trip. So no PSP till then.

JUNE  good being “home with family” again. I sure did miss everyone. No excuse for not using notepad. Better than losing your post.

JACKIE  another of those youtubes that will not open in this country.

GLORIA de  you getting all this rain, too? This is day 5 of it here. I have my thermostat turned up just to keep the dampness out.

LLOYD  how in the world did you get thrown over the 4 wheeler? I think you better get rid of it. That is 2 bad accidents from it now. Please take care of yourself and be careful what you do.

JACKIE  looks like only us here in the US cannot see that video. That is mean of them.

JANE  you will be quite busy before you trip. Hope you accomplish everything you intend to do. Next Thursday will be here before you know it. I did not enjoy “being way” from the SS. Believe me. It was a very frustrating time. Wish they would turn off the drippy faucet up in the sky here. 5 days of rain is 4 too many.

LLOYD  glad they let you go home today.

JENNY  those pressure washers are a great investment. Both my sons have one. Glad Michele is doing so well.

KELLY is your new avatar from IOM? Lovely building.

Good night everyone.

Jackie that is strange about the YouTube posting; it worked perfectly for me.

I'm doing quite well on the treadmill. I manage   to go 30 minutes at a steady pace and register just a little over 1/2 a mile. At this rate I'll be in excellent shape for my Israel visit next year.  And the the thing is, I have not started my cardio-physio therapy yet; they're still working on a  plan.

I'm here to say....

Good Night Everyfriend!  I'm going to try going to bed a bit early tonight, too.  I felt pretty good most of today and I don't feel exhausted like I did the for several nights this week.  I didn't get a nap today so I'm going to add it on to my night's sleep.

God Bless Us Every One!

Had an interrupted night, a busy, busy day and I am ready for bed. Sleep well dear hearts. God Bless, Prayers, Hugs and Love. June

Janie, you have been peeping.  That is exactly what I am doing.  Hanging them on one ear.  But don't dare look down, the slip off my nose......

Gloria, I didn't break them, the part that screws to the frame came apart.  The screw is still in the hinge, but the little metal piece that goes into the earpiece slipped out.  Just need a drop of a good crazy glue type stuff to hold it in there.

I am off to bed myself.  Kinda sleepy, once I put my eyedrops in my eyes start to feel heavy.

Nite, nite, God Bless and Sweetdreams.

Back from the HOA meeting!  Not really worth our time to go to be honest, but it is now over for another year. 

GLORIA, you were in my thoughts daily while you were out of contact, and I knew you had to be miserable not being able to be in touch.  I assume you were not able to skype with Regina either?

KELLY, I think it might be time to say Oie Vie!  At least it is for me!  I am tired after working outside for so many hours today in the sun.  It was a beautiful day.  Sleep well.

JACKIE, I forgot to mention how glad I was to read that the man arrived at the agreed upon time and he is now making your railings.  I hope he finishes them early as I want you to be safe.

Pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

Good morning everyone

Kelly

Good Friday morning, Everyfriend.   There's blueberry pancakes and bacon to accompany your coffee or tea. Make it a good day!!







Signs You’re Getting Too Old To Drive

You think an SUV might be too small to be safe.

It takes more than four minutes to get out of your car.

When backing into a parking spot, you just back up until you hear something.

It scares you to drive the speed limit.

The only thing you pass on the road anymore is the Amish.

You use cruise control because your leg fell asleep.

You use cruise control at 25 mph.

You inquired if the dealership could install magnifying glass for the windshield.

Your turn signal has been on since 2003.

Your bumper sticker endorses Eisenhower.



Rejoicing Over Me?
(By Van Walton)


Zephaniah 3:17, "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." (NIV)

Quietly I entered my son's room. In the gray shadows I could barely outline the form of his sleeping body. Peace and calm hovered over his bed, a vast difference from the energy that sparked around him in the midst of his active day.

Walking back and forth from the head of his bed to the window where I could look up to the endless sky, I prayed over him and held him up to heaven. I praised God for this precious child, a most wonderful gift to me and my husband. As I listed his wonderful qualities, such as a peaceful nature, a ready smile, always a loyal friend, never an unkind word, I asked God to keep watch over him. I begged for protection. "Don't ever let anything bad happen to him. Keep him healthy. Most of all keep him close to You, Father. "

With my prayer over I automatically turned to leave the room. Stepping toward the door, I realized that I didn't want to leave. I relished the time I could spend just looking at him breathe, while I took in every feature of his innocent face. The simple pleasure of watching him as he lay still filled me with [such] contentment.

Oh how I loved this boy. Then a tune came to me, a tune I used to sing when he was a baby. "Skinny marinky dinky do, skinny marinky do, I love you. I love you in the morning and I love you in the night..." I finished that song and began another. I don't know how long I lingered. When I left and closed the door behind me, I felt refreshed, like I had somehow accomplished a good thing.

Look at your children the next time they are sleeping. Watch them in their moments of zero activity. Do they bring you pleasure while they sleep? Doesn't your heart swell with wonder and overwhelming love? Don't you smile with joy and pride? Isn't that unconditional love?

Don't you think God may very well feel the same way about us? Isn't that what He's saying in Zephaniah when He reminds us that He delights in His children?

The Bible says that God loves His children unconditionally. There is nothing we can do to get Him to love us more. He loves us because we are His. Children learn in catechism classes that our "chief aim is to glorify God." We glorify Him by stepping into relationship with Him and accepting that we are His.

I find it hard to believe that God can love me, that I can't earn His love. What about you? Do you really believe that God loves you just the way you are?

Next time you doubt God's love for you, reject the thought and accept His truth. He rejoices over you with singing!

"Dear Lord, Help me know You are good. I can hardly imagine that I would be worthy to approach the King of heaven, yet You encourage a relationship with me. Help me understand and accept that You delight in me. Lord, I know I cannot do anything for You to love me more. I pray my trust and obedience would be an acceptable offering. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen." 




“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Well it looks Like Bis and Kelly are on line,but that is all I see,I am feeling punk so I am going back to the recliner,have a great day,

Lloyd

well like they say a bad pennies returns. I am here but not for long I am going back ti the recliner. I am feeling very punk .
do not know if the aces and pain is worse or the orders what not to do, if i make a quick move my equalize goes on the blinks. they say the bleding is not worse but stable,will go away on its own in 5 _7 weak's. c u all later and thanks for all the well wishes and prayer's.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone..

Looking to be a lovely day here...think we did have some frost overnight and I hope my flowers didn't get a kiss from it!!

Not sure what is on for today, I would like to stay put but I am not sure about dh..

I was looking at the lilac bushes and it is going to have a lot of blooms on it this year, love the smell of lilacs.

Gloria, so good to see you up and running and I am sure you will get your computer all set up the way you want.

Lloyd, do as your told..we like having you in here and don't want to see you have to go back to the hospital...you don't want to have to wear those I C U gowns do you???

Joan, the smell of bacon will bring Jackie running Thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Well, they still don't have the Sunshine Pump repaired.  And the sky is still leaky!  I think both the heavenly electrician and the heavenly plumber are both on vacation.  They should call my dad for a standin.  I bet he'd get it fixed.

Lloyd, you mind the doctors and do as they say.  They know best and we need you at your best for lots of years to come.

Joanie, I loved the inspirational reading today.  When my kids were home, I spent many hours watching them sleep.  I said prayers over them but mine were not worded so well.  I think God understood what I was asking for them. 

My list for today has some easy items and some harder ones.  The doggie baths are still on the daily but I don't feel bad about not getting it done.  I have Saturday and Sunday off and I WILL accomplish that one on the weekend.

I wish you all a good day today.  Do as you wish and enjoy doing it!

Good morning, Lloyd.  It takes time to heal so be patient and follow the doctor's orders.

Amy--Good morning.  Sure hope that frost didn't "kiss" your flowers.  No lilac bushes here, but we had them in Arkansas with that lovely aroma.

Good morning, Janie.  I'll try to turn off that spigot and send you some sunshine.  Glad you could relate to the Food for Thought.  I know your list will be complete by the time you hop in the car and begin the first leg of your trip.

Oh did someone mention BACON?....yes I am here....

Our today weather is dry, sunny and quite hot, the last couple of days have been the same... although I am not able to get out and about much to see it.......

Yesterday and half hour ago I went walkabouts, not far, yesterday downhill with my rollator and R by my side, lunchtime today uphill with just my cane and Rs arm-sleeve, but have more trouble coming back down than I do going up....Was sitting on the bench in the garden part of the morning catching some overhead sun.....

Early this morning 6 -7am from my back door I saw in the distance a trail of at least 4 deer walking high along the sloped grassed hill the other side of our road into our site.....got out the binoculars, it was quite a site.....

Hi everyone.  We are up early this morning as Pat scheduled and 8:30 doctor's appointment and it takes us around 30 minutes to get there and since this will be during rush hour we will allow an additional 15 minutes for the drive.  This is a followup from her appointment last Friday.  Later this morning the housekeeper will be here but we should be back before she gets here.  Nothing else on the schedule for today.  It is 48 degrees here this morning but will get to 75 degrees this afternoon, quite a bit warmer than yesterday.

Lloyd, glad you didn't get thrown off the vehicle or turn it over. Good to read that you are home.

Joan, the one thing I liked when I have been hospitalized was the adjustable bed and the controls built into the safety bars. 

Roley, were Lloyd's nurses receptive to your advice? 

If your PC has a USB port on the front try plugging your external drive into that unless you have already tried that approach. 

Hi Larry
Good morning to you.

kelly

Vanilla-Jackie--Good morning.  I knew you'd come running when you smelled the bacon.  Good for you getting out a couple times for a little walk.  Too bad you didn't have your camera nearby to take a photo of the deer.

Good morning, Larry.  Having the hospital bed here at home sure helps me breathe, but there's not much room for turning over.  I was used to a king size bed. 

Hi Joan
Good morning to you

I just saw two ducks on an old building plot!

Kelly

Good Morning Everyone.  Back later.

I'm off to Wally World!

Still rainy here and I put off grocery shopping yesterday because it was raining so hard.  I must go today or we will go hungry around here.  But, as Joan said, we won't melt so.....up, up, and away, kemosabe!

Good morning, Kelly.  We have several ponds in this development and see ducks, too.

Good morning, halkel.

Bye, Janie.  See you after work.

Phyllis--Good morning.  Hopefully you can go and "gather" without getting too wet.

Good morning everyone. The sleepy head finally is awake, that is me lately. Takes ages to get to sleep so have been late waking. Rather get to sleep early and awake early. Must be all that time without my PC.

DON  glad you are doing so good after you heart attack. I am so looking forward to your program on Sunday. I really missed that the last few Sundays.

HAL  if those frames are fairly new I would go back and ask them to repair or replace them.

JENNY  no Skype or anything. I had over 1000 minutes on my Tracphone so called her for a short time every day.

KELLY  Moghrey Mie. Glad the few words I have were in a folder on the desktop.

JOAN  oh I love blueberry pancakes and crisp bacon. This is a real treat for me this morning. Guess I am included in today's chuckles. Must take me that 4 minutes to get out of a car these days. Food for Thought is a keeper. I so remember watching my 3 sleep. I said many prayers for them as they slept. Good quote. Thank you for all today's goodies.

LLOYD  hope you feel better today. Take care of yourself. No more accidents allowed for you.

AMY  too much rain for frost here. Leaves are late opening on the trees after the cold temperatures we had last month. Like you I love the smell of lilacs. A house across the street here has a huge bush and those leaves are out but no flowers showing yet. I still have to get my printer disk out to get that working but have no idea what to do with my external drive.

JANE  like you the sky is still leaking here, too. 6 days now and these old bones sure need sunshine.

JACKIE  instead of walking straight up or down a hill try going zig zag.  It works to be less steep and tiring that way. Glad you enjoyed watching the deer.

LARRY  my grson put the little thing for the mouse and keyboard in the one front port.  I will need someone here to try that. Where I lived I had the tower on the top shelf or a stand near this desk and I could reach things. Now it sits on the low shelf a few inches from the floor. I don't dare try leaning over to try. The external worked great before this PC froze.

HAL  good morning.

PHYLLIS  as sweet as you are the rain will not melt you. Now if it was huge hail stones I would stay home.

Gura Mie Ayd Gloria

or Thank you gloria

Kelly

Oh, we had those huge hailstones, Gloria!  On Monday it came down hard and heavy.  I was worried about the car but it is tough, I guess, and doesn't show a dent or even chipped paint.  Several cars had broken windows, trees were down in many places, and some people are having to remove hail damaged roofs.  Today I just got sprinkled on a little and now we won't go hungry for the next week.  All is well.

Gloria--Hopefully you can get help getting your external and printer working.  We had one day of rain--that's it.  Today is nice--sunny and very low humidity.

Phyllis--Lucky the hail didn't damage your vehicle or roof.  Good thing you "gathered" so you won't go hungry, and you only got sprinkled on.

Gloria, I already do that, not intentionally but MS makes you walk as if you are drunk.....

Still 10:30 here in Stanton, Ca. so I will say Good Morning all. It has been a busy morning..house keeper was here at 7a.m., changed all the linens, then returned at 9 to do the deep cleaning. I told her my son and DIL would be here at 11:30, so she did the other stuff earlier than usual. We will have lunch together and visit downstairs, then they will be off to do the other stuff they have scheduled. They have their Church work on Mothers' Day, then off to be with their kids, as they should be.

We are having light rain off and on. Not really rain...more like light drops, so it will do nothing to solve our drying up problem, but it does freshen the air and clean the leaves so they can breathe.And it gives us hope that heavier stuff will come down.

Lloyd, I am happy that you are listening to your body and resting when it tells you to. It may take more time to really heal, so be patient, and give the body a chance to get you back to normal again.

Hal, it sounds like your eyeglass problem is the same as mine. One stem is on vacation. They work fine when I lean back to read. I will get new ones when Gary has the time to take me. I do have about four more pair here and there around the house..in my purse..in my cart.. and in the bathroom, so I am not lacking. It is time for a new testing though.

Bis, I am still very cautious in turning over in this single bed. Sometimes I put a big pillow on either side of me just so I can fall asleep. Some mornings one pillow or more may be on the floor, but that's better than me being down there. Does your hospital bed have railings on the sides ?

I'm home from work and I'm bone weary!  I've eaten lunch and I gave the doggies a snack and I truly think I hear the sofa calling my name.  I think I'll go see if there's a nap waiting there for me.  I'll be back to visit after Kiran goes home.  Take care Everyfriend...especially you, Lloyd!

P.S  The sky is still leaking here.  Wish we could shift it to somewhere that needs to be leaked on.  I sure hope they are working on the Sunshine Pump.  It must be in worse shape than we thought!

Good morning from a cloudy Interior, weather gurus say it will be either partly cloudy or partly sunny, (See the pattern developing?  ); until the fourteenth but it will continue to develop warmer temperatures.

Good Morning everyone and Hello Gloria! I have been waiting to email you until your PC issues are straightened out.

Here's wishing all here have sunny days and healthy weeks ahead!