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







Goals

A minister wrote in his weekly column in the church newsletter that he was setting goals for the new year. One of his goals was to clean up his desk. Another of his goals was to find last year's goals.



God Does
(Author Unknown)

When you feel unlovable, unworthy, and unclean,
when you think that no one can heal you,
Remember, Friend, God Can.

When you think that you are unforgivable
for your guilt and your shame,
Remember, Friend, God Can.

When you think that all is hidden,
and no one can see within,
Remember, Friend, God Can.

And when you have reached the bottom,
And you think that no one can hear,
Remember, my dear friend, God Can.

And when you think that no one can love,
the real person deep inside of you,
Remember, my dear friend, God Does!



   
"If you feel like you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!
Because God's a God of miracles, and He's holding the other end."

- Pat Hicks

Good Morning everyone. well I slept in my Owen bed until 2 A M still light headed and dicey. At that time i got up and came to the recliner,where i am going back to and try for some more shut eye. c u all later. top of the day to you all.

Lloyd

Good morning Joan

Kelly

Good morning everyone.

I see we had some rain over night and the temp dipped down some too! I did bring in all my hanging pots .just in case..

Lazy day today...finished up the quilt top yesterday, so I can start on another one.

Gloria,we still have a fire on in the morning just to take the chill out of the house. Very unusual to be burning wood now
.
Kelly and Lloyd  good morning.

Joan ,thank you for the cinnabons.

Enjoy your day everyone..

Good morning, Lloyd.  I hope you're getting more sleep.

Good morning, Kelly.

Amy--Good morning.  You are a whiz at getting those quilts finished.  My a/c runs day and night.  We won't need heat here until late fall.

 :)

Hi Joan
Not long back from a walk, well as far as I could walk today.

Kelly

Good morning Amy

Am I right in think you are five hours behind the Isle of Man and UK time wise.

Kelly

Good morning, Phyllis. 

Kelly--It's good to get out for a walk. :thumbup:

Good Morning Everyone!

Well finished washing up, shaving, brushing and now just got to put some clothes on to be ready for church.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Good morning, halkel.  Enjoy this day.

Hi everyone.  It is another beautiful day but cooler morning and only expected to get to 78 degrees by mid-afternoon.  I am fixing Pat's breakfast this morning to help her get around (she is not a fast starter in the morning) so we can get to Sunday School on time.  We will then attend church and eat out somewhere and then spend a quiet afternoon and evening.  I watched some of the golf yesterday afternoon as they were having a terrible time with the course as it was playing extremely difficult.  I will try to catch the finish of the Tourney this afternoon.

Joan, I am scheduled top take my car in on Tuesday morning to get the A/C fixed.  It is too hot here not to have a working air conditioner. 

Callie, my wife was excited yesterday when she saw a humming bird at the feeder. 

Jackie, I would think the Queen would become very tired of all the ceremonies she has to attend and to be on guard every minute she is away from her home.  I have wondered if she ever wears the same outfit and hat more than once.

Molly, I don't envy Mohamed in facing a long flight and having to deal with the airport security.  I am sure traffic is bad around every big city and just glad I no longer have to deal with it on a daily basis. 

Gloria, I have lived where we have high humidity for most of my life.  Anymore I am out in it such a short time that it really doesn't bother me but would if I had to be outside very long. 

Patricia, it sounds like Farrah is already being spoiled if she is turning up her nose at dry food. 

June, when we moved to this house we didn't hang nearly as many pictures as we had in our last house and must say they are not missed. 

Good Morning.    56 degrees on my patio.  What month is this??   :idiot2:

Love the verse on the graphic.  Thanks, Phyllis.

Well once again beautiful day is ruined....R was taking me to a church garden cream tea event, we had almost reached there when his anger took hold again in the car and he shouted abusively at me, I was absolutely fuming, this is the second time of being abusively shouted at in the car when we were going " somewhere nice " Another day ruined, I am absolutely livid and its not doing my MS any good either, I am now shaking....I am here ( back home after I told him I am not going anywhere with you ever again..) in a beautiful location but with the wrong person....Sorry just need to get this of my chest....I have a home appointment this Thursday with an MS Specialist Nurse, I am not going to hold anything back, I need all the help I can get....
Like all abusers he knows he will never get caught out...
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Joan, thank you for today's " thought of the day...."

Jackie,  sending ((((((((((( hugs))))))))))) to you.

Verbal abuse is just as hurtful as physical abuse.  I am sorry that your special day was ruined and you didn't get to go to the tea.  You do not deserve that sort of abuse.  And, yes,  that certainly doesn't help with your MS problems. 

Good morning, Joan.  Thanks for the delicious cinnabons this morning.  Just hit the spot.

Another partly cloudy and chilly day.  And, to think this is the middle of May and still having the heat on.  Crazy weather.

Hope every friend will have a nice Sunday.

Joy

Good Morning Everyone,  from the
cool,  clear and Sunny,  Rocky
Coast of Maine.   

All is well here on this beautiful May
Day ...   I love it when I can open
all my windows and let the sun shine in.

Abuse is wrong,  be it physical,  mental,
or emotional. 
:tickedoff:

Have a good or better day,
Everyone!

Sandy
:coolsmiley:

Wedding was beautiful!!!  My granddaughter made a beautiful bride and the groom was handsome. They never stopped smiling...at the guests and at each other!  More later. I don't type well on the iPad.

A good Sunday HELLO to EVERYFRIEND.

Beautiful morning, but it continues to be cool.  Rain is in the forecast for the next few days.  I can never complain about rain, but I was hoping for a warmer day.  Seems we have our worse weather on weekends. 

One year ago today we disembarked from our wonderful cruise.  I can not believe it has been a year, and yet SO MUCH has happened in our lives since that cruise. 

Thank you, JOAN, for our wonderful SS this fine day.  Cinnabons are a favorite of mine, and especially yours with absolutely no calories and therefore no guilt. 

JACKIE, I am sad to read your issue of the day.  As stated, abuse in any shape or form is not acceptable.  I am sad that you did not get to attend your tea.  You deserve to have any enjoyment you can get have.  Shame on R! HUGS to you.

So good to see your quick post, JANIE. We all know you are having a wonderful time and appreciate you taking this precious time to say hello to us.

SANDY, there is nothing as enjoyable as the sun shinning in! 

LARRY, we will fly into Midway.  I wish it were O'Hare as it is much closer to our son's home.  SouthWest only flys to Midway. 

I must get things packed today....do not like to do it last minute. 

Enjoy your day.

Jenny

Joy, Sandy, thank you so much for your words of support...I am just back from a short walk downhill with Benji, and stopped to have a chat with one " NICE " couple doing weeding together, their dogs were there too, just a further walk the wife of MS hubby came out, especially to have a nice long chat, she is also a " NICE " lady... there are so many " nice and respectable people on this site, it has lifted my spirits and I am feeling a lot more calmer but of course I am now back indoors...back to our usual silence....Oh and as I was walking out, he spoke and I told him I dont want to hear anything, but he did say, " I don't mean to be abusive ..." isn't that what they all say? I have also been sworn at in the past, called an f***g b***h or an c***w.....respectable man, he is most definitely NOT....of course he hides it well....

Jenny, again thank you for your words.....Jenny was it really 1 year ago, boy how time fly's.....

Jackie.  I don't believe I could live with your man. Not doing your health good at all. He need to get anger management or moving papers. Seem he has been that way for a long time.
Now is when you need to be looking out for yourself. He should never get by calling you those names. 

I scheduled a disk check and it started when I turned on the PC this morning. It took more than 3 hours to run. Never saw it take that long before.  It all came out clean which I knew it would. The AC did not get installed but today I am ready for heat.  The cold front that was slow coming in dropped the temperature into the 40's and it is very windy. I now have windows closed and no fan running.  I read the posts but too many to comment on except for JUNE hanging a picture.  I would not think of stepping on even a foot stool anymore.

PHYLLIS  cute graphic for this week.

JOAN  hope there is a Cinnabon  waiting for me.  Just copied God Does. Something for everyone to remember. Good quote. Thank you for today's goodies.

LLOYD  hope you got more sleep.

KELLY  Oie Vie by now it is well into the afternoon for you.

AMY  the heat here is turned off but I sure would like to warm it up some.  I am bundled up like the middle of winter. Just a couple of days ago I was miserable with the heat and humidity.

HAL  saw on the nens last night about all the rain in Dallas again. The ground there must be water logged by now.

LARRY  I have always disliked summer because of the humidity. That is why I prefer autumn and winter.

CALLIE  it is cold here today, sure not like mid May at all. Glad I did not put away all my sweatshirts because I am wearing one today. From 77° yesterday it is 45° now.

JACKIE  verbal abuse is horrible. My ex was like that.

JANE  good seeing you this morning. Hope we get to see some photos after you get home.

 :) Good morning! I almost hesitate to say we have had another beautiful day in the eighties yesterday and no rain or cooling expected until Sunday, the 22nd.

Another day to finish small, neglected jobs around the house and glad my arthritis seems to be resting as well.

Well I'm BAAAAAAACK.  Nice service this morning.  Wife didn't go, she didn't want to go as early as "thought" I needed to go.  I had been notified that we were to have communion, I am on the  Communion Team, but when I got there, was told the minister called last night and cancelled it???????  No reason given.

It started raining while we were having service, like yesterday, and listening to a garden show on the way home and the garden guy said suppose to rain all week.

Gloria, things are getting pretty water logged, which means flooding.  But that is Texas: flooding or drought.  Been that way all my life, although some will say it is climate change....it isn't.

Hope everyone has a great day.

" Harsh winds do shake the darling buds of May."  That sure seems to be the case right now with 3 degree (c) temperature.

Sorry I've been away from my computer most of the day.  Linda and Ed came early for breakfast.  They have been in and out bringing boxes, shipping containers etc. and putting them in my garage.  The closing on their house is Thurs. so everything has to be out.  They had rented storage space with stuff that will stay here once they find a place.  Then  they loaded a POD with stuff that will go to the house they bought in Fairhope, AL.  Don't know how they keep up with what goes where.

Dot and I did our usual Sunday morning - to church, then OTB.  Would you believe it snowed while we were in church?  Not long, but some was visible when we looked out the window.  Our temp now is at 55 degrees and it is 1:45 pm. 

Mary Ann

It is snowing as I type here in London Ontario

Hi Gloria

Still Fastyr Mie here for us and you as well.

Oie Vie is good night.

Kelly

 My Sunday morning started off bad....If you remember a neighbour told us where he takes his dog to be groomed, well I booked her earliest appointment, meaning that Toby would be a mess by the time he is due to go as he was almost ready then...this app, would make him 3 to 4 weeks overdue, 3 months would be his last groom, so I have really been counting the day.....anyway Tomorrow 9am was going to be the day...not any more....Groomer phoned this morning 10am to tell us app is to be cancelled due to groomer falling off a horse and damaging her back...I am now left leaving messages over the phone with other groomer's that I am finding local on the internet telling them this is urgent....Poor Toby is looking very neglected, I have never ever seen him looking this bad, I feel ashamed taking him out, not his fault....A Cocker Spaniel needs regular grooming, more so in the hot weather...normally I would go 6-7 or 8 weeks....Do you ever feel you just want to get the day over?

Sorry, JACKIE, just another thing to bring down your spirits!  I hope you can find someone that can do the grooming this coming week.  Poor Toby, he is used to looking a bit shabby!  He will be fine.  You just hang in there and try to not let this get to you too much.  I guess that is as close to an admittance to his behavior that you can expect out of R?

MARYANN, nice to read that you and Dot got to your normal Sunday routine.  At least we are not to have snow here, however they are in the mountains.  My dad had to have an X-ray done on his knee due to it not working well.....he hopes for an answer soon and refuses to take the steroids they prescribed until he knows what the problem is!  I do hope your problem resolves, especially,when they didn't see what the problem might be. 

Oh no, snow in London as well today, DON. 

JOAN, I see Linda will be having a home in Fairhope as well, huh?  If they are looking there at least you know they will be around some. 

Must get back to packing...well, not packing yet, more just making decisions as to hat to take.  It does not appear that we will need much in light weight stuff....more warmer things.

BBL,
Jenny

Bis, God Does, was very needful today. I woke feeling good, but as the morning wore on I just went blah…feel dizzy, weak, not sick…just drained. So, I am staying home from Church and just laying low, relying on God. The writing is something to hang on to. As does the thought of the Day. Both fit right in.

Lloyd, I pray you will improve by just taking it easy for the day. God Bless you.

Vanilla, I'm sorry that R. lost his temper. He may be under a strain too, getting accustomed to the new house and area, and your serious illness. It is hard to forgive, but essential for joy in your life. Does he have a health problem perchance ?

Hal, you did get to Church, because you thought it was especially needful. I know God smiled at you.

It is still overcast here in Stanton, 71 degrees for our high of the day, and the sun will peek out around noon time.

Bis, I hope your daughter will find something nearby your home. I find close family is very rewarding the older I get.

Time to go lay down again. Back later.

I'm wondering if I shouldn't have read all the posts of snow and rain  :smiley6600:...now our bright sunshiny day has gone away and we are in the midst of a steady, damping rain.

Farrah headed for under the bed again as I was involved in swearing at the computer during a problematic part in my PSP lessons.

Linda and Ed continue to come and go.  Folks always remark about how neat and tidy my garage is.  Well, those folks should see it now.  I told them they had one month to find a place and get it out of there or out to the curb it goes.

Good after noon, We are have light rain, very chilly, I have the heat on, 35 mile gust of wind.  I cannot believe I got the fans out, it was so warm in the middle of the week

I am just marking my spot, very tired.  A friend ask me , would I like to go to Walmart, this morning, of course I said yes.  Never again, I stood in the fast check out a half hour, I have never seen such rude people, i said excuse me serveal times, and I got a dirty look The parking lot people were the same, cuttng people off, to get a space. My friend was able to get me a shopping cart, or I could not shop, but the standing has got me all worn out, as I cannot stand too long. I felt light headed.  glad to get home.

Thansk Joan and Phyllis for your contribtions.

well it is a little after 3:PM here I just  cheeked in and see I think all the good wishes and prayer. I have had quite a bit of sleep'off and on since the wee hours of the morning. I still have the dizzy head on sudden moves. they at ST LUCKS say
6-8 weeks to desolve the blood.have a great rest of the day.

Lloyd

Its my bedtime well it is tonight, having a slightly earlier night 10pm as I ve been on the computer talking to myself, and keeping myself company since I come home, apart from feeding the dogs........I shall be reading some more snippets from Pam Ayres, my tonight bedroom reading....Hey ho, tomorrows Monday the starting of a fresh new week...Starting the morning off with a Benji trip to the vets, he will be having a top - up booster, this is something new to be added to his original annual booster he had 3 weeks ago, then to book him in for his teeth and gum cleaning, told he has an infected gum....of course dog teeth cleaning isn't covered by pet Insurance.....

It's been a busy day for me with Linda and Ed in out bringing more and more to store in my garage.  Of course, I fixed us a bite to eat a few times. I am really tired out.

We also had snow :( Goodness this is Spring  ...hope that is it! The fire has been on most of the day.

Our snow did not last long; by the time church was over, the snow was gone.

Joan, do you have room in your garage for your car?

I watched the Players golf tournament today.  It gets exciting when several golfers have close scores.  Often there has to be a playoff, but not today.  Jason Day won, but it was not easy for him.

Mary Ann

PATRICIA  we have not hit 80 yet and not looking forward to it. Cold and windy here all day, wind is still howling.

HAL  I sure would not want another week of rain again. Last one was no kind to my back.

DON  welcome to May and warmer temperatures?

JOAN  wow you moved to Florida to be closer to family and now even Linda is moving to Al. Will she be near Joe?

KELLY  I guess I go that wrong I have Oie Vie as good morning/afternoon.

JACKIE  Toby is like a person who is over do for a haircut. I just had mine cut and the hairdresser did not do a very god job this time but it will grow out.

JENNY  taking warmer clothes mean a bigger suitcase?

JOAN  I can imagine how you feel having them store things at your nice neat home. I know my daughter is getting tired of the mess in her hose right now. Going through everything to either keep or get rid of. She has boxes stacked up in her living room. Food thing they seldom use that room.

GLORIA DE  Friday I wanted my AC in and today I wanted heat on. Very windy here still but no rain.

LLOYD  you continue to take it easy and do not do anything strenuous. 

JOAN  hope you sleep well and feel rested when you wake in the morning.

MARY ANN  I don't want to see snow till Christmas Eve.

Good night everyone.

Good night Gloria and everyone else too. I think I will be going to an early bed. I have been home all day long, so I have nothing to share with you. I'm feeling more human tonight so hopefully tomorrow will be normal again.

It was good to hear from Janie and know the wedding was beautiful.

Bis, I'm sure you are feeling beat up tonight. The kids don't always realize we are not up to any activity, but I think mine are learning that "Ma" is disabled to a degree.

Have a good night my dear ones. Be well, and God willing we will meet again in the morning. Hugs, Love and prayers. June

Good night folks. I am going to try my bed again tonight, see you all tomorrow. Sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Gloria, when fine fur grows around the eyes and almost covers them, is not a nice sight to see on a dog, his fur grows very quickly and is looking real heavy on him.....Finding a good groomer could be booked up for weeks, I cant let him go any longer, just not right....I would be add-up for neglect....

Good morning everyone
Hoping you all have a good day.

Kelly

Hi Everyone
I forgo to say my internet is not  working properly!

It is on and off at times, a good part of yesterday I could not get on during the day and evening.

Kelly

well a little after 2:AM USA central standard time here. I Made it in bed to and Nature called. so I checked in here.
I think I will just go to recliner no rolling head there. we have light rain here again this AM. that is better than Drought,at least the grass is growing. have a great day everyone.

Lloyd

Good Monday morning Kelly and Lloyd Hammond, like me, you are both early birds.....Weather is dry and some signs of sun here in my part of UK....Had my breakfast, done some washing, followed by tumble drying, still sitting here in dressing gown at 8.45 am, although now going to get dressed and freshened up, as soon, we are taking our Benji for a top up booster at the vets.....

Lloyd you are doing the right thing, resting in your recliner, at least that way you are keeping out of harms way.....

Well Jackie it is good to see friendly /loving people when we arrive on sight alright . but I wish it wasn't so much pain in my bodied when i get here. (no fault of present company) I just wish I had been faster to think and not so fast on 4 wheeler. you just keep going with your good words of wisdom. Thanks ,I am headed to cocch recliner.see you later.

Lloyd

Thank you, thank you, there is a GOD...pet groomer number 2 phoned back, said she was fully booked till June, I then phoned pet groomer number 1, who told us yesterday she can fit Toby in tomorrow, Tuesday but, only if her seminar gets cancelled otherwise next week...Well luck have it on our part, her one to one poodle seminar is not going ahead, said the lady had not phoned her back so, Toby is going to get groomed tomorrow morning, 9.30am....that has made me so so happy....

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





Do You Remember?

Do you remember back when a lot of little churches built the john behind the pulpit? There was often an outside door as well as an inside door to access it.

In such a church in Rocky River, Ohio, (just west of Cleveland where I grew up) the pastor was waxing eloquent on Rev. 3:20. With great pathos he exclaimed that the Lord is standing at the door of your heart and crying, "Let Me in. Let Me in!"

He walked over to the aforementioned door just off the pulpit. He knocked on it and again reminded us that God was at our heart's door crying "Let Me in. Let Me in!" when back came the plaintive cry, "Just a minute."


Not Overwhelmed
(Study by Chris Long)

"A man's steps are established by the Lord, and He takes pleasure in his way. Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, because the Lord holds his hand [or in some translations: the Lord supports with His hand]." Psalm 37:23-24 HCSB (parenthetical comment added)

In life it is easy to get discouraged. It's easy to feel like people, circumstances, and life in general are going to overwhelm us. Yet, here we have a promise direct from the Lord Himself, that though we may fall, we will not be overwhelmed. The picture that's painted by this passage of Scripture is even more poignant: God Himself says that He holds our hand [or supports us with His hand if you prefer]. Even when you stumble in your Christian walk, He says very clearly that He was holding your hand the whole time. What an incredible realization!

But wait, there's more - let's continue reading on in Psalm 37 as the Lord speaks some more through David:

"I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned or his children begging bread. He is always generous, always lending, and his children are a blessing. Turn away from what is evil and do what is good, and dwell there forever. For the Lord loves justice and will not abandon His faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed. The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it permanently." Psalm 37:25-29 HCSB

Notice the word "righteous" in this passage. These are promises direct from the Lord for those that are "righteous". So, who's righteous? The Bible makes clear throughout Scripture and specifically in Psalm 14 (and repeated again by Paul in Romans 3) that as human beings in and of ourselves there are NONE righteous. Romans 3:22-24 sheds light on this whole righteousness thing where it says "...God's righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe...For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus".

So this tells us that these promises in Psalm 37 are for EVERY BELIEVER in Jesus Christ. God Himself declares through David that He will NOT abandon you, that He is holding your hand, that He establishes your steps, that He is generous to you, and that He will NOT allow you to be overwhelmed!

Now, in my own Christian life, I've certainly thought I was overwhelmed. The key is that I *thought* I was overwhelmed. I have been to the utter depths of despair, even despair of life itself. Yet, God promises in Isaiah 42:3 that "He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not put out a smoldering wick..." In other words, God doesn't come along when you're just barely smoldering with any light at all and blow out your light. That's not the heart of God - He wants to fan that little smoldering light into a huge flame! God has allowed me to go right to the "brink" of life many times, but He has NEVER let me go over. He has never let me truly be overwhelmed [or "utterly cast out" as some translations put it]. I have come to truly believe that God never gives us more at any given time then we can handle with Him (cross-reference see 1 Corinthians 10:13 which deals with temptation, but the principle is there)

Today, do you realize that your God is holding your hand and supporting you? Do you see that He has ordained your steps and takes pleasure in you walking in them? (i.e. He takes pleasure in YOU as His child!) That though you may stumble and fall, the Lord is right there with you to ensure that you will not be overwhelmed?

These are vitally important realizations as they show us the heart of our God. And on that day when we see Him face to face in eternity, we will truly be able to say: "Thank you Lord for guiding our steps and not allowing us to be overwhelmed with more then we could handle each day with You!"

Suggested Prayer: "Heavenly Father, thank You for Your word today. Thank You for loving me so much as Your child, Your RIGHTEOUS child through Jesus, that You are always with me; always supporting me with Your hand. Help me Lord to just believe your promise Lord that with each day in life You will never give me more then I can bear with You, who is right by my side. You are so faithful Lord and so good to me! Words cannot describe my thankfulness to you. Amen."



“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”

~ Albert Einstein

Good morning Joan

Kelly

Hi Jackie
I am not usually up early, but busy these past few days, so the early starts mean I can get more done.

Kelly

Good morning everyone..

We are off to the city this morning for dh appointment. Temp is -3 C here,one wouldn't know Spring was here! I see my flowering crap tree and the lilacs have lots of buds to open,hope they don't get nipped with frost!

Kelly good morning, yes there is a 5 hour time difference.

Joan, love apple fritters, thank you!!

Enjoy your day everyone..

Hope your feeling better Lloyd, a great little chat yesterday, good to see a smile on your face, I guess Alf enjoyed  himself too ! , take things easy today and i'll look out for you tomorrow,  Cheers..   :thumbup:

Got our Benji booked in for 2 weeks time, the Tuesday after our next Bank holiday weekend.....I have the printed out sheet laying down all the necessaries on the morning, 8.am we are to bring him in, no food after 7pm the day before but he can have water.....Vet done another quick check over this morning, asked a few questions, all seems well, he is eating well, exercising well.....On the morning vet will do a check over, re, blood test, check his heart before going ahead with anaesthetic, at his age, 13, it is always a risky business....and as long as he is happy, Benji will get a new set of teeth, well that's what it should feel like to him.....When we came out the vets we could see a vast amount of greenery to the back so, we walked up towards some wooden benches I spotted, and R let Benji off his lead to have a good run around and sniff.....It looked like a stunning view in the distance but I didn't venture to take a look, just sat on the bench as walking was a bit on the dodgy side this morning...but it was so peaceful sitting there all in peaceful silence.....

 angelface555
? for you.did you know or live close to Nora Massey?

Lloyd

Good morning, Kelly.

Amy--Good morning.  Yesterday my daughter that lives in Central NY told me that they had a sprinkling of snow--very unusual for May.  I hope the frost didn't damage your plantings.

Good morning, Roley.

Vanilla-Jackie--Good morning/afternoon.  I hope all goes well when Benji goes back to the vet for a "new set of teeth".  It was nice you could spend some time on the bench observing the view while the dog had a run around.

Good morning, Lloyd.  I remember when Nora Massey used to post in SN.

Good morning everyone, another cold start here. Just heard on the TV that in this are we were down in the 30's  but the sun is warming it up already.  I know I am so glad I did not put my fleece robe away for the season. Felt good to put it on.

JUNE  I think my sons have finally learned that I sure cannot do things like I used to do.

LLOYD  hope you slept better last night.

JACKIE  I have seen dogs with their fur over their eyes and wondered how they can see.

JOAN  an apple will be so good this morning. Chuckles brought a laugh just picturing the person behind the door. Thank you for today's goodies.

KELLY  good morning.

AMY  safe driving. Does not feel like spring here either.

JOAN  I heard on TV that they had snow in northern New England last night.

Good morning, Gloria.  It's now 75° at my house--going into the 90s and HUMID.  The way your weather is going you're going to still need your geemogotchees.:)  Did your son come and put your a/c in?

Hi everyone on a nice and cool but sunny morning.  Yesterday was delightful here and it appears that today will be the same. I have a fairly busy day planned as will attend a meeting at noon and probably stop at COSTCO for a couple of items on the way home.  This is evening is our final men's meeting at the Church until the fall.

Jackie, I agree with the others on verbal abuse.  He obviously knows that he can upset you.  While we have no control over other people we do have control of our own feelings and how long we let events control our feelings.  I feel my feeling and then let it go as don't care to give anyone else power over my feelings or ruin my day. 

JaneS, good to hear from you and that the wedding was beautiful. 

Jenny, it has been many years since I flew into Midway but I know it has to be a much less busy and a much smaller airport. 

Good morning Everyfriend!  I'm still on the iPad but  I wanted to say that I miss all of you! I'm still surrounded by lots of people. Some leave today and some tomorrow. We all got a chance to bid goodbye to the newly weds last night as they stopped on the way to the airport motel. They still look like they are on a cloud. After everyone is gone I'm going to have Cindy help me post some pictures. Then
N you cam
N all see my beautiful granddaughter.

Good morning, Larry.  You sure do have a busy day today.  My daughter and son-in-law fly almost every week--in and out of major airports.  They have CLEAR check in (cost is $75 for five years) and that alleviates waiting in those long lines.

Janie--Good Morning.  I miss you and will be looking forward to seeing photos of your beautiful granddaughter.

Larry Hanna, several years ago when Toby the pup was just a few months old..if I planned on going anywhere it depended more on whether Toby would be settled for a few hours or not, he was a real handful as a pup..I had to work around him not the other way.....On one strange occasion I had a kindof gut feeling to go over to Watford to my parents, and family graves...I had a strange feeling that I might bump into my daughter, just something was telling me to go....Toby had gotten settled, I knew he would be settled for a few hours so this was my chance...I asked R to take me, he said, I haven't made my cup of tea yet, an auto-cation took place where he got me so riled up with his coldness, his angry attitude, that I just couldn't go to my parents grave in the mood he had put me in....although he was still willing to take me but.....there was no way I was going to allow him to stand beside me at my parents grave...my parents would have turned in their graves....so the story goes, I didn't go to my parents grave on that day, took a good year to visit again...of course I needed R as I would have needed help in carrying tools, watering can, scissors and flowers and so forth, as it was quite a walk from carpark to grave......

Good Morning, JOAN:  Question, please:  Does the CLEAR check you referred to include International flights or just within the USA?  Mohamed is getting ready to give his final exams to several of his classes in the next week and has already called the Airlines to check on reservations for a quick (probably two weeks) trip to the USA.  Like thousands of other passengers World-Wide he has stood in line for several hours when flying to the USA from Egypt and it is so very, very tiring.

Vanilla-Jackie--It's too bad you didn't get to go to the graves when your "gut feeling" told you to go.

Molly--I honestly don't know about CLEAR check and international flights.  My daughter goes overseas on business three or four times a year.  I'll ask her next time I see/talk to her or perhaps you could "Google" and ask the question.

Good Morning everyone from a still, cool, cloudy and damp Interior. We've left that week of plus 80 behind and are to expect several days in the sixties with either light rain or partly sunny through the 24th.

Joan, I too laughed at the minister's "Let me in!"

I was frustrated with my PSP lessons yesterday and had friends stop by for a bit. So Farrah is back to being skittish and preferring the bedroom again. Ah well, two steps back as they say.

Lloyd, Nora lived in Anchorage and was just a small way past 400 miles and over the Alaska Range from me, an eight-hour drive. I did enjoy "talking" with her on SeniorNet however.

Now Karren and I lived close and used to get together before she moved to New Jersey to be close to her grandkids and to help her daughter. Its interesting that Bubble, living in Israel, introduced us!

Good Morning Everyone!

Rainy old drippy day here this morning.  Suppose to be this way for the rest of the week and possibly into next week.  No gripes thought from me, we will soon be back to no rain.  Joanie, hopefully some of this will move you way before heading on.

Janie, nice to seeing you posting this morning and I am looking forward to seeing the pictures of the wedding.  Did anyone comment on your shoes..... ;)
or did anyone even notice you had shoes.. :coolsmiley:.....just rattling your chain.

Once again a do nothing day here.  Wife has her bunco group here tonight so I will be confined to my bedroom/computer/tv. 

Lloyd I do hope you get to feeling better soon.  I know as active as you are you much be climbing the wall and having discomfort along with it is gotta be the pits.

Everyone have a great day.

Halkel, Bunco,  ???  I had never heard of it so had to look it up.....I must lead a sheltered life....  :-[ Link....


http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Bunco

angelface--It is interesting that Bubble introduced you and Karen--God rest her soul.

halkel--They have said for weeks that we will get rain, but nothing so far.  There's two or three bunco groups at our clubhouse--sort of a fun, easy to play game.

Vanilla-Jackie--Thanks for the bunco link.

Merry Monday,

Kind of a dreary day in central Oklahoma.  Had some rain during the night and more expected later today.  My new flowers are loving it!

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

My leg felt better than when I went to the vets early this morning so, I have done 2 short downhill dog walks, Took Benji then an hour an or two later took a reluctant Toby...it is a beautiful warm, dry and sunny day today, it would have been crazy to have stayed in, plus I sat in the garden on the decking boulder, where the sun reaches so a half an hour soaking up the sun and its vitamin D which us MS'ers are told we need....

Good afternoon, another sunny, very windy day but cold. Another friend ask me to go to Home Depot to look at plants, but I said no thanks.  Yesterday was anough, after standing in line a half and hour in Walmart.  The line went back to the [pharmarcy. I will never go on Sunday if someone ask me again. 

Joan, thanks for the apple fritter, I have not had one in a long time.

Gloria, I was glad I had not put my long sleeve night gown away also. I kept one out when I put my winter things in the cedar chest, a few weeks ago.

Jackie, when I was a kid we use to play bunco, they still play bunco at the club house.  Also when I was young, when there was a card party, if you did not play cards, there were tables set up for bunco players.

Gloria, last week when I mention Forever Amber, you said you saw the movie, I read the movie was toned down. It became a best seller in 1945, as ii was banned in Mass. and 13 other states, also banned in Australia.  Condemed by  the Cath Church.Now they say there was some honest English history in it.

Vanilla, no offense intended, but I am inclined to agree with Larry about not letting others disturb us to the extent of ruining our lives. We all had grave disappointments in our lives, but if you keep living those disappointments of past years , you are allowing that person to rule your life. "Allowing" is the key word here. I don't mean that you should get rid of that person. You need R. in your life, he is your helpmate in time of need.  Your attitude in retaining all past hurts is NOT helpful to you my dear friend. I think of my 62 years of marriage, and in being honest with myself, many of my unhappy remembrances were partly my own fault. Carrying a grudge,or "getting even" solves nothing. It only keeps us feeling miserable.  Looking at a person, really looking, and thinking of the good things about that person, lifts one up to find some happiness in day to day living. And forgiving past hurts, not wallowing in them, is healthful. I pray you will be able to do this…it will give you a feeling of freedom and thankfulness.

I am feeling much better today, thanks be to God. Again it is overcast, which I enjoy, with the sun sleeping till about noon. I'm really a rainy day person…there's a song about that.I should have been born in England, or better yet, Hawaii. But I chose Ca. so I will enjoy what I have, and be thankful.

I am having a grocery delivery today, and look forward to restocking my larder. There is a movie downstairs at one o'clock. I am go down for that. "Inside out" is the title. I'll look it up on the computer to make my decision for me.

Lloyd, I am so sorry that your healing is taking so long, but do be patient, and let God do His work in you. Sleep where ever you are most comfortable and get as much sleep as you can, it is very healing. God be with you.

Well, it is 10 a.m. so time for me to get the bed made, and get the body dressed for the day. See you all later. June

Lindancer, (Gloria de ) My late father taught me, and we used to play together, several games of cards ( Whist, Rummy, Pontoon, ) and also dominoes, no money ever changed hands, it was just for pure fun.....but Bunco is not one I am familiar with...

Callie--If it weren't for the sprinkler systems all the flowers in my community would be dead.

Vanilla-Jackie--GREAT you were able to take the dogs for a walk.

Linedancer--I don't "do" lines.  If there are more than two or three people I leave.

June--I ordered groceries yesterday at 10:30 a.m. and they were delivered at 11:30 a.m.--no charge for delivery.

Sure is quiet in the SS today.

And we're back after being down for awhile  :thumbup:

"There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it.
You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget all the bad, focus on the good.
Love the people who treat you right, pray for the one's who don't
LIFE is too short to be anything but happy :)
Believe me, Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living "
MY VIEW ON LIFE  ~~~

Mycheal

My view of life,  too!

Sandy
:coolsmiley:

JOAN  no my son had to work over the week end so the AC is waiting. Think people complained to manager today and the heat was turned back on. I turned the setting up and it finally warmed up in here. Really windy all day and it was whistling in this corner all day. Air is very dry so it will be cold again tonight. My AC has a heat setting on it so I would have used that f it was in.

JANE  so glad the wedding was beautiful and that you are enjoying yourself. It is always good to get away from hoe for a little while. That way you can enjoy your home again when you get home.

HAL  you can keep the rain there a little longer.  Right now I would so enjoy a few sunny 70° days to get out and enjoy it.

JACKIE  I like sitting on the porch in the sun at this time of year. Still cool enough to enjoy it. I sit with my back to the sun and the heat feels so good.

GLORIA de  one thing I learned years ago was to keep a few cold weather clothes in the closet. Never know when we will get a cold rainy day where we need something warm on. It was so many years ago I don't even remember what Forever Amber was about. I read the book too.

JUNE  you are right about holding a grudge. I had one for my ex for years till I realized I was only hurting myself. Forgiving took years but I will never forget.

JOAN  wow that was fast delivery on your grocery order and no charge either makes it even better. Since I got this tower back I don't seem to be enjoying it as much. Keep waiting for something else to go wrong with it.

PATRICIA  I never get back here during the day so did not know the sire was down.

MYCHEAL  I agree with your post.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ct3n-yks5iw?rel=0

I didn't get to see the movie because by the time I put my groceries away and did some re-arranging it was too late to go down.

Mycheal. I applaud you, and I agree.

Bis, I tried to post another message this afternoon, but the S.S. would not accept it. Kept telling me I waited to long to post, to try again. I tried two more times and got the same message back.Seems there are a lot of strange thing going on in the air-waves.

Lloyd, I had seen that cougar release before, those were very brave men, and I hope the cougar appreciated what they did.

I didn't see a post from Hal today. Hope all is well.

Time for me to close down and go to bed. Tomorrow will be a busy day. Three different programs I intend to enjoy.
Have a peaceful night my dear friends. I send you Love, Hugs, and Prayers. June.

Good evening, EVERYFRIEND.

I attempted to post a couple of times today, but a warning kept coming on telling me my time was up or something like that.

We are all packed and ready to go, and should be in bed as we need to be up to head to the airport by 4 AM.  Son Dave is taking us as he goes to work around that time to get his paperwork done before patients start to arrive. We are thankful for the ride.  Mark will be home from Mexico by the time we return and will pick us up.

Speaking of Mark..... He was packed and ready this morning, so decided to head out of Cabo, and now has a third of his Mexico drive under his belt.  He said the drive went very well and he really enjoyed the views.  He was checked into a very secure hotel and was looking forward to a nice rest.  I am so thankful that he is able to stay in safe places with Internet so he can check in. 

Goodnight my dear friends.  I will be in touch when I can.

Pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

Seniors and Friends was having issues most of today and that's why all the oddball messages.

Micheal, believe you me I wish I could " WALK " away from my troubles, and I only have one in my life......

Well guess what, we have a bad flood in our Parkhome, Phyl our site manager is here with us now, he got called out 6.am, I phoned left message, R running downhill in his slippers and dressing gown to his office.....Phyl turned the water off then came back 7,10 ish, the bathroom and floorboards are flooded, of course R started the flood off again.....Phyl has pulled up the carpets... R just layed ontop of his bed in his underwear staring at the ceiling for the hour, he has done absolutley nothing, then lie his socks off in front of Phyl when I told him R was ontop of his bed, R quickly got off wrapped a bathrobe around him and swore blindly that he WASNT..... I have had the washing machine on, fed the dogs, washed up, gotten dressed, we are soon off to take Toby to the groomers, we have a 7 plus mile journey....

Edited, it is now 8.am Phyl has just this minute left, come with his plumbing toolkit, taken up the carpet, done some banging on the floorboards....carpet is also seeping damp in my bedroom, and hallway.....wouldnt have a cup of tea twice when I offered, R in the meantime has done absolutely NOTHING apart from standing at the bathroom door watching Phyl working...As for me, I havn't stopped.....had the washing machine on once, soaking bath towels, I used the lot......ready for another couple of loads when we get back, washed towells already in the dryer, done a spin in my seperate spin dryer first, gets more water out....Leaving for groomers very soon, fed the dogs, taken in my vegi box deliver, he comes 7.30am'ish......I did get myself an earlier cup of tea, havn't washed yet, just splashed hot water over my face.....no time for breakfast......got to reach that dog groomer.....

Best be careful as he could get in his angry mood....I will be on the other end.....

 Vanilla-Jackie I hope not to make you mad. there two sides to every stories. I would like to here r's side. toot the whistle toot the whistle but the whistle don't run the train. I know some times it is easier to Blame Nancy than to accept any blame for my self. ( there is My side and your side and the right side) ( so much good in the bad ,so much bad in the good,that it behooves those left of us to talk about the rest of us) but we do it anyway. have a great day

Lloyd

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







Dress Shop

A man walked into a dress shop and told the clerk he wanted to buy a surprise formal evening gown for his wife. "What size?" asked the clerk.

The man shrugged blankly. Trying to help, the clerk inquired "Well then, what are your wife's measurements?" The man thought for a moment. "Small, medium and large and in that order."





The Strange People Without Shoes
(By Dr. Bill Bright, Founder and Chairman of Campus Crusade for Christ International)

The story is told of a man who traveled to a certain city on one cold morning. As he arrived at his hotel, he noticed that everyone there was barefooted, including all the clerks and guests. In the coffee shop, he noticed a well-dressed fellow at a nearby table and asked, "Why aren't you wearing shoes? Don't you know about shoes?"

"Of course, I know about shoes," the patron replied.

"Then why don't you wear them?" the visitor asked.

"Ah, that is the question," the patron returned. "Why don't I wear shoes?"

After breakfast, the visitor walked out of the hotel and into the snow. Again, every person he saw was barefooted. Curious, he asked a passerby, "Why doesn't anyone here wear shoes? Don't you know that they protect the feet from the cold?"

The passerby said, "Believe me, we all know about shoes. See that building? It's a shoe factory. We are so proud of the plant that we gather there every week to hear the man in charge tell us how wonderful shoes are."

"Then why don't you wear shoes?" the visitor persisted.

"Ah, that is the question," the passerby replied. "Why don't we wear shoes?"

When it comes to prayer, many Christians are like the strange people in that city. They know about prayer. They believe in prayer. They know how wonderful it is and what a blessing it can be. They frequently gather at the church to hear sermons about how wonderful prayer is. But if you ask them why they don't pray more, they would say, "Ah, that is the question. Why don't I pray more?"

Prayer is an indescribable privilege. As you know, it is very difficult to speak with the mayor of your city, the governor of your state, congressmen or President. What is amazing is that you can speak with the all-powerful, all-wise and all-loving Creator, God and Savior anytime, day or night, 24 hours a day -- no appointment needed!

In my study of God's Word and in my travels throughout the world, I have become absolutely convinced that wherever people really pray according to biblical principles, God works in their lives and through them in the lives of others in a special way.

Let us be praying Christians and not like those people without shoes!

                 

“Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn't know what to do with my life. I used to walk those streets in that little Florida town and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life."

- Billy Graham

Back from the groomers....we got there 30 mins too early, I sat in the car, told R to let the dogs stretch there legs for a few mins.....I was convinced we had come to the wrong address, the street and her house looked real shabby, not the best first impressions for a dog grooming....but when we met her she was really nice, looked and dressed as a groomer, we were beckoned inside, she made a fuss of both Toby and Benji, R took Benji for the ride incase it frit him when plumber turns up, he isnt here yet, so going to make myself some breakfast.....One thing I learnt when working in the betting offices was " never judge a book by its cover, " re, her house.... " the proof is in the pudding, " re, how she grooms our Toby, and whether he comes away looking happy, and not frightened in getting away from her, that is more important...

Now to get that washing machine back on, got another 3 plus loads to do.....I'll leave R to take out to the bin all the stuff that Phyl has left inside the bath, but I know he wont do it, he will leave it sitting there, wood panels, nails and all....

Oh and the flood came from the pipe mid centre, behind the sink stand, it just gushed and gushed and spurted out all over the place, thank heavens for someone who had some Intelligence and common sense and was not afraid of work, hard graft..........

The parkhome window cleaners van is parked opposite, I booked to have ours done, so R has left me the money on the table to pay him.....while he is giving Benji another walk....

Joan, apologies, I will say good morning but...as you can tell, it sure hasn't started out that way....

Lloyd Hammond there is nothing worse than people insinuating I am a liar, ( and yes you have made me mad ) that is the one thing I am NOT, yes agree always two sides to a story, but I can assure you I do not tell lies....as for whether people believe that is purely their choices, I should have thought by now after 5 plus years posting on this forum people would know me by now....I went through this 2 plus years ago when R threatened to kill me, I dont lie or make up stories about something as serious as that....Most true friends, particulary one or two true friends stood by me through my terrible rough period, ie, losing Megan my dog to cancer, my half sister turning against me,who I had only met for the fist time 2 weeks previously..... then my half brother publicly posting a one-off on here to discredit me as " telling untruths " who had only been in Rs company for 2 hours or so....which all caused me to hit rock bottom, I couldn't have sunk any lower........Oh yes some had there doubts, I just turned a blind eye to it, to them.......but my true friends stayed loyal to me......In fact I am one of the straightest people you will ever find...I tell it like it is.....without I hope, offending....

As for rape or abuse, the only person at blame is the rapist or abuser, not the victim...

Good morning everyone..

Frosty out this morning temp is -4 hope the sun warms the day up!!
Dr appointment went well yesterday dh doesn't have to go back to the cardiologist for 3 months!! :thumbup: Dr was running late but well worth the wait.

Better put the run on the dust bunnies today as I will be back on the road Thur and Fri..

Joan, thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Vanilla-Jackie--I can understand it's not exactly a good morning for you.  I hope everything gets done/fixed and the remainder of the day is good for you.

Good morning, Amy.  Glad to read thing went well yesterday and that your husband doesn't have to go back to the cardiologist for 3 months.  Those dust bunnies multiply quickly I find.:)

A cloudy day here and rain on the way....so they say.  My younger son, dil, and grandson are coming this weekend so I must give this house some attention or they will think I am no longer able to take care of myself.   ;D

I have spent far too much time on this computer lately trying to figure out some PSP lessons.  My brain is almost as slow as my body these days.  However, they eventually get to where I need to be....if I just exercise a little patience.  I'm afraid that I am not blessed with the gift of patience very often.

Hope it will be a good day for everyone.

Good morning, Phyllis.  How nice that your younger son, dil and grandson are coming to visit.  Like you, patience is not one of my virtues.

Joan, thank you and bless you.....at least Toby is looking a spruced up and respectable Cocker again, although groomer did find a tick set into-onto one of his ears...I have found the odd tick on Benji's fur, thankfully not embedded into his skin, not something we had a problem with at our old address...Oh and Toby came away wagging his tail, now that has to be a good sign, if ever I saw one...I told groomer I shan't book the next app yet, not until I get in contact with groomer he should have seen yesterday first, she understood, and was comfortable with that...on the plus side this groomer today is relative new to grooming ( still done a good job...) and says she only needs 3 weeks notice, so again, that is a plus....

No sign of plumber yet, site manager had to go out so left the key for plumber when he arrives, to let himself in....

Good Morning Everyone!

Jackie, hope you have notified your insurance company about the water and damage.  Maybe you will get new rugs or at least a good cleaning.

Well today, according to all reports, is suppose to be a bad weather day.  Starting this afternoon and possibly the next day.  Lots of rain, lightening, wind, you know according to weatherguessers the whole wrath of God.  Although Corpus Christi and the area around there they got about 12 inches of rain.  Now that is what I call a frog strangler.

Got to get down to get my hair cut today.   Will try to go this morning, like I have anything else to do. ;D

Joanie, how's your day going?  Good I hope.  Sent a gob of rain your direction yesterday hope a little of it gets where you want it.

DD, Hope your son does well on his trip through Mexico.  Is he headed directing to the states and then on home via our highways or is he going to be traveling
Mexico's highways.  Hope he doesn't have any problems.

Halkel, I will leave that job for R....but yes I am sure that will be on his agenda, although bathroom carpet or flooring might take a tad longer,....as if its anything like as our old address, we went with floorboards and round the edge tacks sticking out for some years before he eventually decided to get it done...

Just taken phonecall from our next door neighbour asking if we have now got our water under control, a friendly chat as I asked her how she and hubby are, she said she would have come round earlier ( when I was calling them from the back garden ) but unknown to me, her hubby, also a Richard, was spending the day in hospital.....I said anytime she wants a cup of tea, comfort or a chat to just pop in....I thought that was very kind of her to take time to phone and enquire...

I am not very impressed with window cleaner, it was R he spoke with before leaving, and R gave him his money before I walked in, and he was off....R never walked round to check on his work, but after he had gone he left water running down on several of the windows, others were leathered dry...My late father was a window cleaner, had been since he came out of the army, manys the day as a young child I would be taken to stately homes and other large well known business and watch him and his window cleaning pals doing their work....

Hi everyone.  It looks like we will have some rain off and on today and throughout the week.  We had a nice men's meeting last evening.  I got the best steak I have had since I started attending these meetings about a year ago.  The speaker was good and has brief in his remarks but got his point across.  Later this morning I will take my PT Cruiser to have the A/C fixed.  Pat will pick me up.  We might stop at Aldi's as hate to waste this $10 off on an order of $40 or more and this is the last day for this current offer.  We are going to stock up on some items we know we will be using in the next few months. It doesn't take long to spend $40 in a grocery store anymore.  I may go early and have coffee with the guys until about time to take the car in for the scheduled appointment.  Nothing else on the schedule for today.

Joan, that $75 for the Clear Check sounds like a great thing for frequent flyers to avoid those long lines.  What quick grocery delivery you had a couple of days ago. 

Jackie, nice you have a place you can sit in your garden and soak up some sun.  You played cards as we did growing up and also in our adult life.  Sometimes there would be a prize and sometimes everyone would contribute $1 to make up the prize.  I don't think I would enjoy playing cards if it involved much money.  We used to play Bunco with some church friends.  It is as easy a game as one could play as I remember.  So sorry to read of the flood in your home and hope no serious damage was the result.  Hope your day gets better with each passing hour.  Just remember that "this too shall pass". 

Mycheal, I agree with your comments about how to live your life in focusing on the good and living each day to the fullest I am able.  When I forgave I helped myself, not the other person, as I stopped carrying the burdens of anger and hurt on my back everyday.

Gloria, we don't forget our past unless our memory fails but we do have control of how long we let our pasts waste our minutes today. 

Jenny, glad you don't have to drive to the airport and then incur the expense of parking.  It looks like your sons are taking good care of you two.  I know you will be glad to see Mark safely back in the USA.   

Vanilla-Jackie--Glad all went well with Toby at the groomer.  A wagging tail is a good sign.:)  That was nice of your neighbor to phone you.

Good morning halkel.  They say we are supposed to get bad weather, too, but I'll believe that when I see it.  The rain you sent didn't arrive yet.

Larry--Good morning.  GREAT that everything about your meeting last night went so well.  I think that Shipt/Publix grocery order/delivery is going to work well.

Larry Hanna, yes wise words from Micheal...I am also a believer of separating oneself from stressful or negative people, and surround yourself with uplifting or positive people in your lives but....some circumstances in life can prevent this from happening.....of course in an Ideal world, that would be the perfect solution......and in the past when feeling trapped, whether it be bad choices in boyfriends or employment, I would always take the option to move on first, then worry about its consequences later..........

R has gone shopping, I am awaiting on plumber and dogfood delivery is on a time slot and soon be here, I can track its every move number by number, and see exactly where the driver is.....

Good morning everyone, think I am ready for my geemagotchees this morning, No sunshine and still cold here for mid May. One thing I miss from where I lived is the forced hot air heat. Baseboard heat has no place to get close to the heat to warm up.

JACKIE  sorry for the mess you have to put up with.

JOAN  an omelet will be good this morning. Oh that man in chuckles needs some brains.  Food for Thought is another keeper.  The quote goes with it. Thank you for all today;s goodies.

AMY  glad your DH appointment went well. No sun showing here this morning. If I didn't know better I would say the sky looks like it will start snowing any time now. At least the wind has died down at last.

PHYLLIS  I look at the new tutorials and go looking for old ones. Way too many things in them  that turn me off. I rather have less noise in them. Enjoy your family visit  this week end.

HAL  now that is way too much rain.

LARRY  when I think of the past I like to think of the good times, the bad I sure do not want to think about.

Still got the washing machine on one end and the dryer on the go the other...Just hoovered the wooden floor and ran the hoover ( vacuum cleaner ) over the carpet....now this is what usually messes me up but, so far so good, although the day hasn't ended yet......As the well known saying goes...." it isn't over until the fat lady sings..." .... I have lost count the number of cups of teas I have drank today, and I am about to put the kettle on for another.....

Good morning, Gloria.  Geemogotchees in May?  The weather sure is fickle.  Here it is hot and so humid that when I went out to get the paper I could hardly catch my breath.  I have forced hot air heat, but the registers are in the ceiling--can't get close to them to get warm unless you are a giant.:)

Vanilla-Jackie--You've accomplished quite a bit so far today.  Enjoy that tea.

Registers in the ceiling?   
Wow,  Joan.... 

Heat rises,   so by the time it gets
down to the  floor,  I bet it has
cooled off!   

In case of heat issues,   I have
a portable heater that I put
under my desk...  and that
takes the chill off,  nicely. 

We are going to have nice
weather  (cool and sunny)
until June.   Which thrills me.. 
Mostly in the sixties,
and low humidity...
so it does feel warmer the it sounds.

Oh happy day!

Sandy
:coolsmiley:

Good Morning all you dear, good people. Compared to what others could be suffering, we are Blessed to be where we are.

Lloyd, I pray you are feeling better each day that passes. Your main healing is rest and care, so please continue to do both.

Bis I do hope that you get more than just sprinkles today. Both East and West southern coasts are thirsty as can be.

Hal, if all you have to do is get a haircut, flip yourself over to Rowntree Gardens.Our menu for the day reads: 9 a,m. sit and stretch exercise in the Fireside lounge. 10 am Coffee Klach, same area. 12:30 bus trip to Rossmore. 1:30-2:30 Tablet drop in at the Library.2:45 Balance and Mobility, Fireside Lounge.6:30 p.m. Jennifer Hart, singer, Fireside lounge. I intend to go to the 10 a.m., 2:45, and 6:30 programs. I don't have a tablet but that sounds interesting just to listen to. If I am not napping I may drop in. Yesterday I stayed at home...grocery delivery day.

Time to make the bed, dress and start the day. Back later, God willing  and the computer permitting. June

Sandy--Yep, registers in the vaulted ceilings.  It doesn't matter much as far as heat because we only need heat about 10 or 15 days a year.

June--The sun came out mid-morning, so it sure doesn't look like rain today.  You sure have lots of activities to choose from today.  Enjoy.

Hello from Florida.........I don't post often but I'm here every day. In SeniorNet we used to call people like me "lurkers".  :)

Joan - We had some heavy rain last night. I was hoping you might get it down your way. Our heat and A/C registers are also in the ceiling. It's the most practical thing when houses are built on a slab. Seems to work very well, but not quite like snuggling up to a wood stove back in Vermont.  But then, I would have to lower the A/C to compensate.  :)

My daughter in Vermont posted pictures on Facebook over the week-end of snow on the ground. She's raising 20 tiny laying hen chicks (my daughter, the chicken farmer  :) ) and was keeping them warm in the coop with a heat lamp.

This morning I played bocce-golf and won both games. Wish I were that good at golf!

Time to get up and move before I fall asleep in this chair. Hope you all have a good day.

Beverly--It's good to see you posting and not lurking.:)  Weatherguessers keep saying we're to get heavy storms--so far nothing.  Good for you winning bocce-golf.

 :) Good Morning! We in the Interior are in accord with the rest of the country. Its's cool, cloudy and periods of light to medium rain. Farrah is back to being skittish and makes large moves around me if I am swearing at the computer PSP lessons or moving around a bit. She does like the cat grass I'm growing for her as it is a special type of grass  grown and used for cat's digestion.

angelface--Farrah apparently gets upset when you raise your voice while working on PSP.  I never heard of cat grass.  I'll have to "Google" it.

She was obviously abused, the cat society, Pet Pride, the vet and myself all agree and see the signs. It's how or rather if to proceed that most differ on. She was becoming more outgoing and then slipped back to being skittish.

A kleenex falling off the table made her dash to the room almost before seeing what it was. Before she would have seen movement and ran rather than waiting so I'm pleased with small steps. I and most especially she have a long way to go.

I mentioned before that Pet Pride offered me a new more loving cat and I know I was rather puffed with pride before when Sarah overcame her fears more quickly and easier. The vet even said a more responsive cat would be a better choice.

However, she has been abused, neglected and passed along too much in her four years that she needs a home and also a little respect just for how she is. I can't countenance just passing her on again.

It isn't dry on this part of the East Coast, June.  Only down where Joan lives.  We've had lots of rain here and now it is raining again.  I took a break from housework because my back was hollering at me.  I was dusting and I'll take any excuse to get away from that.  I hate dusting and especially on a rainy day. 

I suspect in time,  kitty will start to feel more comfortable...    She is not being abused now,  so that is a positive....   you might find with lots of patience,
she will respond better for longer periods of time.

One of my cats lived under the toilet in the bathroom,
for a month.   Only coming out occasionally at night. 

But he eventually straightened out.   Sometimes you
just have to let them be ....and enjoy what little progress that they are making.  Like people,  cats seem to have
different personalities,  and we know how hard it is to change ones personality ...  (giggle) ... 

I wish you lots of luck and patience!
Sandy
:coolsmiley:

I smiled while reading about the difference weather reports in the above messages.  I'd spoken to Mohamed earlier and he asked if he could PLEASE have a cold cup of iced tea, since the temperature in his area of Egypt was enormously HOT.  A couple of days ago it was about 112 degrees!  He's busy checking flights and trying to coordinate dates with his University final grades so he can schedule a brief visit to the USA - probably only a couple of weeks at most sometime in the middle of June.  The violence on the streets in Egypt continues, so many thanks to all who keep him in prayers.  Your remembering Mohamed is much appreciated!

Lots of rain here earlier this morning and getting dark again.  The Weather folks anticipate rain almost eve day this week.

angelface--You are to be commended to working with Farrah to socialize her.

Phyllis--FINALLY we are getting some rain.  I hope it continues all night.

Sandy--You said a mouthful--hard to change a personality.:)

Molly--I always have you, Mohamed and Chaps in my prayers.  I will add prayers that Mohamed is able to leave Egypt and travel to you safely.

JOAN - I know I've thanked you and other Friends in these posts for keeping our family in regular Prayers, but your support in this way is so very important to us.  Chaps, particularly, as he prepares to leave his family for one year as he is stationed in Korea beginning early in June.  And Mohamed as he must face not only the enormous tension of his students as they prepare for the end-of-semester exams AND the violence in his area of Egypt, which seems to worsen daily.  Both David and Mohamed (and me, too, of course) are so deeply grateful to all the FRIENDS here for keeping our family in regular prayers.  And I am also enormously grateful to those Friends who also remember to send Prayers for me, too.  The stress of the challenges for Chaps and Mohamed sometimes REALLY is overwhelming for me.
Thankfully, I know where the Chocolate ice cream is hidden! :)

JOAN  my sister that lived in Ca. had registers in the ceiling. Do they really warm your house up? Rather have the registers in the floor or wall. I did finally warm up today but was bundled up again.  It was another gloomy day, no rain but damp.

BEVERLY  lurkers have been mentioned here in the SS at times. Nice when one does post. I would have loved a wood stove this morning. My 3 children have wood stoves and I like being there on a cold day.

PATRICIA  at least you have something Farrah likes.

PHYLLIS  my CNA polished my furniture yesterday. She sees something that needs doing and just does it.  I was one of her first clients when she started as a housekeeper and she did not know much but I helped her learn more. She told me she does what she learned in her own home now and her family says things look much better.

JOAN  hope you get enough rain to do some good.

Good night everyone.

I attended two things out of the three, plus going down for lunch, and I am pooped !! I think I will skip tonights program. Ended up with a headache, which I have not had for a long, long time.  First program, one of our activity directors was showing large screen pictures of the various activities we have. He asked for any suggestions folks would like to have. I opened my big mouth and asked if they had considered line dancing classes, and said it was something that could be done while using a cart, and the greater percentage of our folks do need a cart. I was asked to demonstrate, so I hummed "Alley Cat"  and did the steps. With my cart of course. The activity directors, two of them, seemed to think it a good plan, and said they would like to investigate it further. So we shall see if it takes off.

The Balance and Mobility class was it's usual good exercise, but this old body is not happy with me today. Came home and just plopped down on the bed for an hour.

Beverly, I wouldn't consider you a Lurker. I have always enjoyed your interesting posts, and I miss Fran too...another Floridian. So there are three of you that I know of, used to be four with our departed Norm.

Patricia, I think you are so wise and understanding in allowing Farrah to take her own sweet time in adjusting. To me our animals are a great deal like us in personality problems, and she has a lot to overcome from being mis-treated. Like some of our returning military that have been so destroyed in mistreatment.

Bis, I am so glad you got your rain and I too hope it lasts throughout the night. There is something so soothing in the sound of rain falling. I have loved it since I was a kid.

Joan, I was going to ask if you got rain because when I looked at the Weather Channel radar, it showed rain in your area.  I hope you got enough to do some good.

June, we really considered Norm as a Michigander, not a Floridian.  He would love to have lived in Florida all year long, but his family, especially Dot, would not let him stay down there.

Mary Ann

Well, this old day has about run it's course.  Along with me.  My son in law came over today and he changed the turn signal light on my Mazda.  What mess, you have to take the wheal well cover lose to change the light.  And Steve is no young chick himself.   Anyhow it was a job well done even if it did take some doing and time.

Talk to my Oncologist twice today and scheduled to get my shots started a week from today and he also prescribed some pills I have to start tomorrow and he said the bone scan was okay.  Whatever okay means.

June, hellllllooooo dance instructor (wait and see).  ;D

Joan, happy you are getting rain.  Bad weather here tonight.  Heavy winds and rains and to continue through Thursday.  I just saw a message that Val Verde county, where my girls live, is under a severe thunderstorm warning in the upper part of country. Earlier TV weather-guy said RADAR was indicating four inch hail in South Texas, but sparsely populated areas.  I certainly don't want any of that.

Anyhow, good friends.  Off to bed for me.
Nite, nite, God Bless and Sweet Dreams

Halkel, you will be in my thoughts as you start your oncology treatment.....I am still awaiting my scan appointment, re, my urinary bleed, at times I am aware of a burning sensation down below, mainly as I sit but, NOT when I wee......so I guess at times, my mind is going ten to the dozen.....More so that I still have this bleed a year after they operated on me....three weeks after my MS diagnoses last April....

Good Wednesday morning, Everyfriend.  There's sausage, egg and cheese croissants to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a good day!!






Newspaper Errors

A newspaper is a daily marvel, even a miracle. Limitless possibilities exist for error, human and mechanical. Add the crushing pressure of deadlines, and it's surprising there aren't more mistakes.

When goofs do occur, editors scurry to print corrections, even though we often prefer the misprint to the corrected version. Here just a few samples:

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are one of hundreds of parachuting enthusiasts who bought our Easy Sky Diving book, please make the following correction: on page 8, line 7, the words "state zip code" should have read "pull rip cord."

2. It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today is T-shirt Appreciation Day. In fact, it is actually Teacher Appreciation Day.

3. There was a mistake in an item sent in two weeks ago which stated that Ed Burnham entertained a party at crap shooting. It should have been trap shooting.

4.From a California bar association's newsletter: Correction -- the following typo appeared in our last bulletin: "Lunch will be gin at 12:15 p.m." Please orrect to read "12 noon."

5. We apologize to our readers who received, through an unfortunate computer error, the chest measurements of members of the Female Wrestlers Association instead of the figures on the sales of soybeans to foreign countries.

6. In Frank Washburn's March column, Rebecca Varney was erroneously identified as a bookmaker. She is a typesetter.

7. There are two important corrections to the information in the update on our Deep Relaxation professional development program. First, the program will include meditation, not medication. Second, it is experiential, not experimental.

8. Our article about Jewish burial customs contained an error: Mourners' clothing is rent -- that is, torn -- not rented.

9. In the City Beat section of Friday's paper, firefighter Dwight Brady was misidentified. His nickname in the department is "Dewey." Another firefighter is nicknamed "Weirdo." We apologize for our mistake.

10. Just to keep the record straight, it was the famous Whistler's Mother, not Hitler's, that was exhibited. There is nothing to be gained in trying to explain how this error occurred.

11. Our newspaper carried the notice last week that Mr. Oscar Hoffnagle is a defective on the police force. This was a typographical error. Mr. Hoffnagle is, of course, a detective on the police farce.

12. Yesterday we mistakenly reported that a talk was given by a bottle-scared hero. We apologize for the error. We obviously meant that the talk was given by a battle-scarred hero.

13. In a recent edition, we referred to the chairman of Chrysler Corporation as Lee Iacoocoo. His real name is Lee Iacacca. The Gazette regrets the error.

14. Apology: I originally wrote, "Woodrow Wilson's wife grazed sheep on front lawn of the White House." I'm sorry that typesetting inadvertently left out the word "sheep."

15. In one edition of today's Food Section, an inaccurate number of jalapeno peppers was given for Jeanette Crowley's Southwestern chicken salad recipe. The recipe should call for two, not 21, jalapeno peppers.

16. The marriage of Miss Freda vanAmburg and Willie Branton, which was announced in this paper a few weeks ago, was a mistake which we wish to correct.


Dear Lord
By Wendy Blight

Dear Lord, I don't know who or what will cross my path today. But I do know that You are my Rock and my Fortress. You are my Shield and my Strong Tower. Help me to anchor myself to You today. Teach me how to stand strong in You and choose only Your way today. Help me walk by Your truth and not my feelings.
Help me to embrace anything that comes my way as an opportunity to see You at work and as an opportunity to point others to You.
Thank You that You love me and nothing can ever take that away from me! Even if I fail today and fall short, You whisper Your unconditional love deep into my soul and remind me that Your mercies are new every morning.
That truly amazes me, Lord.
Thank You for meeting with me today. Would You wake me again tomorrow with the same sweet whisper of Your love? I can't wait to meet with You again. In Jesus' Name, Amen.



“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”

~ Clifford Irving

Good morning Joan, ....I would happily join you in sausages but I have just this minute eaten my Kellogs K with a mixture of berries and yoghurt, best stay with the healthier, if I want to lose weight....
................................
Just spotted "metal man " driving in his van past our home down towards the site office, I am hoping he stops by us on his way out, to tell me my metal rails are soon to be installed.....I need something to cheer me uk, I am starting to call this new home, our " jinxt " home.....

Plumber did not turn up yesterday but Phyl, site manager popped down to tell us he got held up and if he doesn't come he will be here this morning....it is almost 10am, and no phonecall or van as yet....Phyl did hand R a metal piece and said this is what he will install, with the follow up words of, if you need it, but I dont think you will..." as to meaning if we have another full blown leak, R has the part in his hand to repair it...hm I dont think so....

I phoned next door neighbour, asked how hubby is, and asked that she did get her lift to the hospital yesterday ok...Told her in hindsight that we were right next to Dorchester hospital where we took our Toby for grooming, I wasn't sure that was the hospital her hubby had been in for the day, but she ( Isme ) said yes it was....I told her that any time she needs taking to the hospital again to let us know.....

Good Morning everyone Hope you all have a great day'

Lloyd

Metal man never stopped by our place......plumber has just left,.....plumber was knowledgeable, fast and done more than expected including we asked him if he could take a look at my shower, thats if he wasn't pushed for time, which he was happy to do.....my shower is a Triton, rusty chrome and very very stiff to turn, he said it would be best to install a new shower, a Mira would be the best, he will get onto our site manager who will pass on his quote.... We are happy to go with this plumber, says he has done other work on our site naming my American friend as one client, re, new shower....In all the 2 months we've been here, I have only used this shower once, and on that occasion the water came out a little too hot for me, when I tried to adjust it, it froze up, and water stopped dead, just when I had wet my hair and put shampoo on it.....It has been back to a once a week bath, the bath here is longer, slimmer, deeper and more slippery, so its a straight in and a straight out....

Edited, well thats a turn up for the books.....just popped to the kitchen to make another cup of tea when outside the window I spotted metal man already fixing my metal rails, I had no clue he was here, nor did R, he is drilling away as I type, nice patterned and scrolled silver ones.... I am just making him a cup of tea and then leave him to get on with it, thank heavens one piece, or two, of luck is starting to go my way, just what I need to buck me up again....

As for the leak yesterday, now that was frightening, never witnessed water gushing out like that before, so strong and so fast...

Good morning
Lovely sunny day here..yesterday we got the tiller home so I had a dance with it and got my garden tilled.  We put up two birdhouses on the entrance way into the garden and I think both have been spoken for. Swallows sat on the cross beam chattering at me as I worked...nice to have the company :thumbup: When I farmed and cut hay they would be flying over and very close to me,making me laugh out loud at times. Good job no one was around or they would think I had lost my marbles  :2funny:

Going to tidy up the garden by raking it and maybe next week I can plant it.

Joan, thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Oh to be as nimble as this 86 year old gymnast......Link....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaUIP70-cYw

Good morning/afternoon, Vanilla-Jackie.  You certainly have a lot of activity going on at your house.  Hopefully by day's end everything will be done.  Thanks for the link.  I was never that agile.

Lloyd.--Good morning.

Amy--Good morning.  Now that you aren't dancing with the snow shovel or snow blower, you found two more dancers--the tiller and the rake.  Oh my--how you love to dance.:)

It stopped raining, so I am going out to do a few errands a little later.

Amy, I would never think that of you..... oops now who does this marble belong too?.....  ;D

Joan,I went for a walk this morning with the Border Collie, oh my what sights and sounds we saw and heard!!! The music we listened to was from the Song Birds , and we saw deer tracks,wish we could have seen one still using the tracks though. Next we came upon a pond,box turtle sunning itself shining on a dead terr limb...next we happened upon a beaver swimming in the pond. He didn't see us at first but then...the big tail slap echoing in the early morning ,making Babe flinch.
Our 2 mile walk was full of excitement this morning.. :smitten:

Guess I had better get to work...

Jackie, it may be mine but then  one never knows just tuck it away for now until I do a count....

Enjoy your day..I had better put my Wellingtons on and go play in the dirt..

Hi everyone.  After a rainy day yesterday today is starting out overcast but we should see some sun later today with only a slight chance of rain.  I was able to get my car air conditioning fixed yesterday.  I took it in at eleven and got it back at 5 pm.  All car repair is expensive and this was no exception as needed a part and then the labor involved.  They called after looking at the car to see if I had replaced the timing belt as it was past the mileage before it needed to be changed.  Fortunately the friend I bought it from gave me very good records and I was able to determine that it had been changed at 83,000 miles so no need to change it again at this point.  That job would have cost me $1,200 dollars so I felt like I got a raise yesterday but not needing to have that work done.  Today the main activity is our Wednesday night dinner at church and spending time with Scott afterwards.  I have a number of small tasks that need doing here and will try to get some, if not all of them done, today.

Jackie, you are certainly right about sometimes are options are limited by circumstances.  You should be much safer with the railing installed. 

Gloria, when we lived in Alaska we had hot water baseboard heating and it was very good as it kept the whole house at about the same temperature.  It was the best we ever had until we moved to this house and the heat pump does a great job of keeping the temperature just where we set it. 

Sandy, as far as I know most houses have the registers in the ceilings but the air is forced down.  The placement is good for air conditioning. 

Beverly, the problem with a wood or coal stove is that you can get too warm on one side very quickly.  We had the that type of heat on the farm as I was growing up. 

Molly, I guess the news media considers the violence in the streets of Egypt old news as I can't remember seeing or even reading anything about it for quite awhile.  It has to be very nerve racking to face that type of situation every day.  Glad you have your Chocolate ice cream when you need to deal with the stress. 

Hal, I would think four inch hail would strip all vegetation and do terrible damage. 

Joan, I really liked the Newspaper Errors in your Chuckles for today. 

Larry >> your quot below ( It also puts dents in aluminium truck cabs that you can put your fist in and straight edge across the top of it and knocks holes in my tailor you could drop a soft ball through.

(Hal, I would think four inch hail would strip all vegetation and do terrible damage. )

Lloyd

Amy--You sure had a lovely walk this morning.

Good morning, Larry.  Lucky your friend kept such good records and you didn't need a timing belt.  It was good you were able to get the a/c fixed.

Hi Lloyd.

Good Morning Everyone!

Just got back from picking up my meds and it wasn't too bad.  Things were quite, but picking up on my drive back home.

Amy, envy you on your walk.  Wish I could get out like I used to.  Those old Beavers do make a loud report when they slap the water with their tails.  Just like a gun going off.

Jackie good news on getting the rails installed and by the sound of it he did a really good job.

Lloyd it is unreal what damage hail can do.  Our storm last night was full of lightening and thunder but no real high winds or hail.  Only about 1 inch of rain in the rain gauge this morning.  More due today and tomorrow.......

Molly, hope you hubby makes it home.  He needs some time off.  And you all need some time together.

Got to go back out, so talk to you later.

Good Morning from a cool and cloudy, (Again!); Interior!

Joan, I too enjoyed your Chuckles this morning and copied it to a folder. I find that the older I get, the more I am amused these days. Not a pox on your offering, but an observation I've made lately upon finding or surprising myself in laughing out loud. I think I tried to be less so as a manager while working.

Jackie, good to see things and tradesmen are working out  for you these days!

Amy, I would love to visit and go on walks with you! Since 2014, I've had difficulties just staying limber or at least sooner working out the kinks!

We have many, many beavers here in town with five rivers winding in and out, some like a bow surrounding the town. Many if not most of the trees along the banks are festooned with wire netting.

Lloyd, Hal, we've had that type of hail here. In one July afternoon in years past, mid-nineties, the hail did some damaged and looked like snow covering everything!

Good Morning...everyone sounds chipper and up to a round or two this morning..round or two of what....I'm not sure, but whatever "floats your boat", according to Bis.

I'm going down to Bible study at ten o'clock so I had better get my bed made and myself ready. I don't know who will be leading it. Our Pastor has not been well, so maybe my Gary will fill in, we shall see.

Time to fly, but I shall return. Hugs all around. June

halkel--Hallelujah!!  Yesterday we got 2.5" of rain.  They say we'll get more this afternoon.

angelface--It doesn't take must to get me to chuckle these days.  Once in a long while I am cranky and don't find anything funny, but those are rare occasions.

June--It seems "whatever floats your boat" today is Bible study.  If Gary is there, I know it'll be great for you.

Good afternoon, had another night where sleep stayed away. Fell asleep around 5 and the sound of my answering machine woke me. My CNA calling to tell me she was on the way. Been out of sync since then. Nice spring day here at last, windows open again and only a light breeze.

JOAN  I was just thinking it was time for me to get something to eat, your breakfast  would be wonderful right now. Have not even had my breakfast yet. Love the Newspaper Errors. Those papers need some good proof readers. Thank you for today's goodies.

AMY  that walk you took is the kind I miss. Nothing like being outside in the early morning when all the critters are waking.

Think I will go have a nap, still feel sleepy.

Gloria--Sorry you couldn't sleep last night and that when sleep finally came you were awakened by your housekeeper.  Hopefully you can catch a nap this afternoon.

Hello Everyfriend!  I think we all caught colds. It's not any warmer in Texas so far than it is in PA. Thank goodness they didn't grab until after the wedding.

I've always found it easy to laugh. The only time I try to refrain is when I know it will hurt someone feelings or pride.

I wish you all exactly what you wish for yourselves. Have a great day!

Bis, Pastor Norval was all healed up..hale and hearty so he was able to be with us this morning. Good studies. 

Then I went to our in-house library, then on to lunch with friends. I had a breakfast instead of lunch. delicious scrambled eggs and bacon, Juice, toast, coffee and since it was lunch hour, I had choc. pudding for dessert. In another half hour I will be going back downstairs for another program of discussion of news.

Next is Coca Cola floats with possible sing-a-long. Then home to minding my own business for the rest of the day. I could go down for supper, but I usually choose to have a light meal at home and more relaxation.

Gloria, I'm sorry you had a bad night. I hate those nights…they seem to go on forever. and it sure does kick the heck out of the next day. Hope you do much better tonight. At least we no longer have to worry about daily duties getting finished..no little kids coming home from school, no weary husband coming home from work, our time is our own. To bad is was the CNA day, but i'm sure she understood.

Time to get downstairs for the next go around, then home to relax. See you then. June

HAL and Larry - Many thanks for thinking of Mohamed today.  I truly appreciate all FRIENDS here who also keep he and his family in regular prayer.  When we talk on the phone, I always listen very, very carefully to the tone of his voice, which gives me a clear idea of how upset he is.  Today he told me that he was seriously considering calling for an emergency appointment with his Dr. (who is also a long-time friend), since he has had headaches all last night and again this morning as well.  There usually is more information about Egypt in the International news than in the local news throughout the USA.  And occasionally the PRB evening program will have guests who discuss the situation.  Again, my deep thanks to all Friends who keep Mohamed in prayers.

Janie--I'm sorry you've all got colds, but at least they didn't come before the wedding.

June--Glad Pastor Neal is healed and could be with you for Bible Study.  You had a busy day.

Molly--Sorry Mohamed is suffering with headaches.  I pray he got in to see his doctor for some relief.

GLORIA
Sent an email but was returned as wrong address so look in messages.
Sorry you did not sleep and I know how long those nights can be. I usually get up and take my music to bed with me, have a UE and have put 35 songs of yesteryear on there.

Molly, I pray Mohamed was able to see his doctor about the headaches. I am sure he is under terrible tension, and it makes it very difficult for you too. How have your headaches been ? Any improvement ?

Janey, I'm so sorry you came home with a cold. Does W.M. excuse you from work when you have a cold? I would think they would.

Bis, I am worn out. That last trip downstairs did it. I have got to realize I cannot do it all anymore. I am all settled in for the night. Only two things on tomorrows agenda and I may skip one of those.

Some of you will be getting ready for bed soon, I've still got the evening left.

Good Night everyone

Lloyd

Lloyd, I wish you a very peaceful night and may God grant you healing, and give you patience while you do heal.

Good Night dear hearts. sleep well, wake happy and healthy,I send you all Love, Prayers , and hugs. June

Got close up yesterday after metal man had left to check the connections of back garden metal handrail, and where he had dug deep into stone pebbles and soil ( using cement ) I notice the top bolster ( I call them bolsters, ) has come apart from the top decking step, have separated.....The step is not so much loose but not as secure...I called R to take a look, he cant see it, but you only have to compare this side to the other side which were identical to see the difference, it is so obvious, you can see the gap....plus we had words on my usage of the word ( bolster ) he doesn't know what I am referring to when I call it a bolster, so I asked him what does he call it, he said a telegraph pole.... ::)......Anyway I don't think anything can be done if I call metal man back, the damage has already been done, and R doesn't see anything different between the two sides anyway....as I say, this would be obvious to any person....well if the step comes loose, which I am sure it will do eventually, I will be in for a nasty surprise.....

Our parkhome sites AGM meeting tonight, we will be attending....I cant have a bath, I cant have a shower....R is leaving bath side panel and wooden flooring ( the surrounds ) complete with nails standing up inside the bath....he wont be  sorting any new flooring until he hears from the Insurance company first... ::).....even though he has sufficient money to do the work first.....

Edited 8.35 am, Insurance comp has been on the phone, they will be sending an assessor out possibly sometime today to do a check over...

Molly, I know your hubby is safe ( thank the Lord ) but its just been on our morning tv that a passenger  plane ( EgyptAir flight MS804 ) has gone missing, disappeared from radar, from Paris to Cairo with around 60 passengers on board...at present with no explanation as to why....Sorry but the first person I thought of was you....re, your recent posting of " troubles out there. "

Good morning everyone. thanks June for the kind words of support.I was too restless interfering with Nancy getting a good nights rest,so i got up stopped by here on my way to the couch to finish up the night. have a great rest of the night.
C u all Later.

Lloyd

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





Terrible & Unusual First Sentences of a Novel

Each year the Bulwer-Lytton Prize contest is a like gift from bad writing heaven. Inspired by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's famous "it was a dark and stormy night" opener, the contest asks writers to submit an opening sentence for the worst novel ever. Here are some great past submissions:

"As the sun dropped below the horizon, the safari guide confirmed the approaching cape buffaloes were herbivores, which calmed everyone in the group, except for Herb, of course." (Ron D. Smith)

"Betty had eyes that said come here, lips that said kiss me, arms and torso that said hold me all night long, but the rest of her body said, 'Fillet me, cover me in cornmeal, and fry me in peanut oil'; romance wasn't easy for a mermaid." (Jordan Kaderli)

"'Hmm...' thought Abigail as she gazed languidly from the veranda past the bright white patio to the cerulean sea beyond, where dolphins played and seagulls sang, where splashing surf sounded like the tintinnabulation of a thousand tiny bells, where great gray whales bellowed and the sunlight sparkled off the myriad of sequins on the flyfish's bow ties, 'time to get my meds checked.'" (Andrew Bowers)

"It was such a beautiful night; the bright moonlight illuminated the sky, the thick clouds floated leisurely by just above the silhouette of tall, majestic trees, and I was viewing it all from the front row seat of the bullet hole in my car trunk." (Tonya Lavel)

"The notion that they would no longer be a couple dashed Helen's hopes and scrambled her thoughts not unlike the time her sleeve caught the edge of the open egg carton and the contents hit the floor like fragile things hitting cold tiles, more pitiable because they were the expensive organic brown eggs from free-range chickens, and one of them clearly had double yolks entwined in one sac just the way Helen and Richard used to be." (Pamela Patchet)

"On their first date he'd asked how much she thought Edgar Allan Poe's toe nails would sell for on eBay, and on their second he paid for subway fair with nickels he fished out of a fountain, but he was otherwise charming and she thought that they could have a perfectly tolerable life together." (Jessica Sasishara)

"Corinne considered the colors (palest green, gray and lavender) and texture (downy as the finest velvet) and wondered, 'How long have these cold cuts been in my refrigerator?'" (Linda Boatright)

"When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday, his children packed his bags and drove him to Golden Pastures retirement complex just off Interstate 95." (Stephen Farnsworth)





A Fragile Victory
(By Steve Troxel)

Elijah was used to demonstrate God's power and call the people of Israel back to a life of worship. Elijah witnessed the miraculous and unequaled power of God as he prayed during his confrontation with the 450 prophets of Baal; "The fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, ... and also licked up the water in the trench" (1 Kings 18:38).

After this unquestioned answer to prayer, Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and prayed for rain - there had not been rain in the land for three years. Once again, Elijah witnessed the miraculous hand of God; "The sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose and a heavy rain came" (1 Kings 18:45). But within a few days of these great spiritual victories, Queen Jezebel vowed to have Elijah killed. As soon as Elijah heard of the Queen's threat, he became afraid and ran for his life into the desert.

1 Kings 19:4 "He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. 'I have had enough, Lord,' he said. 'Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.'"

Elijah was a man who spoke directly with God and clearly witnessed His awesome power; yet, he fell into great despair when faced with this new adversity. Elijah experienced a wonderful victory, but it was quickly shattered.

What caused Elijah to become so discouraged? Had he already forgotten God's power? Had a few victories caused him to take his eyes off God and begin to rely on his own strength? Or was he just worn out from being on the front line of ministry? Whatever the cause, in his moment of greatest victory Elijah became the most vulnerable to attack and failure; "I have had enough, Lord."

When life is a struggle, we must pray and "trust in the Lord with all our heart" (Proverbs 3:5). When life is running smooth, we must pray harder and trust even more. But when we experience victory and dance on top of the mountain - when we begin to feel strong and "self" assured - we must pray as if our very life depended on it and lean on the Lord as never before. Our moments of greatest vulnerability to enemy attack come when we begin to think we no longer require God's help. After the mountaintop the broom tree is closer than we might think.

Lord, remind us of our need! ALL we accomplish is through the strength of Christ; "apart from Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). And as His promises are fulfilled in our lives, we must continue to walk daily by faith. Let's keep our eyes on Jesus and reclaim the life of dependent devotion. Let's remain in His presence and always guard against a fragile victory.




Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

--Author Unknown

Joan, good morning, have to ask, what are elephant ears? to eat....

Good morning everyone..

The sound of the geese going over woke me along with whiskers tickling my cheek...doggie seemed to think I should be up also.

We are off to the city again for dh appointment, sure hope he gets great results like he did from the cardio Dr.!!

Angellface and Gloria, I would love to have your company on a walk. I enjoy early morning or evening walks, love the smells of the air  and sounds of the birds. Speaking of birds I now have swallows nesting in the birdhouses and I get to talk with them each time I go in the garden.

Jackie, good morning, elephants ears are a flat donut that is so delicious...we also have another donut called bear paw.

Hal, I knew what was coming but the poor pup didn't and I must admit I had a good laugh..

Joan, thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning Vanilla-Jackie.  Elephant ears are fried donuts in the shape of an elephant ears.  You usually find them at things like State Fairs.  I see Amy told you about them.

Amy--Good morning.  I, too, hope your husband gets good news from the doctor.  I like bear claws, too.

Thank you Amy and Joan, strange how they get these names....

Amy, all the very best with your hubby's Dr report.....

Our Insurance assessor has just phoned, I answered and is coming tomorrow between 12 and 2pm, R has a hospital eye test app, tomorrow morning, but will be home in time....

Edited, I have got the MS Nurse Specialist coming to my home in the next 1 & a half hours...of course she will catch me on a good day, re, my walking....shame no MS specialists around when I was at my worst and had come down with that food poisoning, now I was ill those couple of days....Jane the wife of Ivan, she also told me it is harder to fight off illnesses when you have MS, she has witnessed it with her own MS hubby...ie, what should repair, attacks instead....

Good morning everyone. Well I think I caught upon some sleep. Was is dreamland a little after 8 last night.  Feel more rested this morning and not like yesterday. Have the morning news on, another terrible plane missing, I sure would not want to fly anywhere anymore.  We might have thunderstorms starting a 4 this afternoon.

JANE  sorry you caught a cold. That is not nice when you are on a vacation.

JUNE  my CNA  is great. I do feel guilty watching her do what I always did.

MOLLY  headaches are no fun. Hope Mohammed gets some help.

JUNEE  I will email you later. Sorry you had the wrong address. Bet it was the one I had before I moved here. I used to have a radio that played 2 tapes, one after the other. I would put 2 tapes in that I would enjoy and would fall asleep before the second tape started.

LLOYD  restless sleep or trying to sleep is no fun. Makes us more tired the next day.

JOAN  wow I have not heard of or seen elephant ears is ages. Will be good for a change. Yikes, don't think I would like to read a novel that started put like today's chuckles. Once again your quote goes with Food for Thought. Thank you for today's goodies.

AMY  I love being out in the early morning and watching the sunrise and birds waking for the day. When we had out house I would take my coffee out on week ends and sit and watch the sun come up over the tree tops. So peaceful. Good luck with today's doctor for your DH.

Vanilla-Jackie--I hope your insurance assessor allows enough $$ to cover the damage.  The MS Nurse Specialist will probably have info for you.

Good morning, Gloria.  Glad you caught up on your sleep.  I was watching the news and saw about that plane that's missing.  Scary stuff--especially when one has children who fly all over the world.

Joan, like I am finding as to most Insurances, there is always an excess, I heard R say yesterday over the phone that our policy has an excess of £100...so we will have to fork that amount out ourselves.....So R is expecting them to meet us halfway....

Good morning Everyfriend! 

June I'm not at home. I'm still in Texas for a visit with my daughter and sil. Weather isn't much better than at home but the company is better. Don't tell the doggies I said that.

I hope you all have a good day today.

 :) Good Morning from a beautiful Interior with the eastern sky sporting reds and lavenders from the approaching sun! I slept in two-hour intervals last night from going to bed too soon. I finally just got up at three am to come and visit. It is going to be another partly sunny, partly cloudy day.

Amy, walking was why I had enjoyed going to the migratory birds slash wildlife sanctuary otherwise known as Creamer's Field. Once a few years back, I lived next door and was often walking in the five acres publicly available from the 2,000 that it encompasses.

I went again last month, walked about four miles there plus around two miles  in going up to the University on a ridge and other places in search of mountain photographs. It took almost four days to recover! But I loved it!

The birds, swans, geese, ducks and cranes along with moose and many small animals you will see  and enjoy the quiet. The glacial land in the arctic sanctuary is tussocks and permafrost, very similar to the early days of the earth without development intruding.

After being skittish the last couple of days, Farrah has been out more and even played with a toy this morning. Mealtime is stressful for her. I will shake the bag to have her come running, then I have to leave the kitchen, otherwise, she gulps her food while nervously watching me for any tricks I might pull.

Good Morning Everyone,
from the very pleasant,  sunny,  rocky
coast of Maine.    (Sweater weather here
until the end of May.)

No complaints.  (I love it!)

I am so sorry again to wake up to the very
bad news of yet another plane crash
in the Middle East.

Best wishes to everyone.
Sandy
:coolsmiley:

Hi everyone on this cloudy Thursday morning.  We have rain expected at different times throughout the day and this evening.  The birds are happy and singing a bright tune right outside my office window this morning.  A little later this morning I will pick up my friend and we will go to coffee.  Later this morning I will attend the Wisdom group at the church as I usually do on Thursdays.

Lloyd, when we lived in Gaitherburg, Maryland our house had aluminum siding and we had a bad hail storm and it dented the siding on one side of the house to the point it had to be replaced. 

Patricia, surprised the beavers stay around the Fairbanks area is most trees are protected. 

Joan, I saw the weather map yesterday and it looked like the whole of Florida was getting drenched.   

Jackie, hope you bathroom repair can soon be a thing of the past. 

Gloria, I will be happy never to have to get in a plane again. 

Vanilla-Jackie--I think most folks have deductibles on their various insurance policies.  I know I do on my homeowners, car, flood insurance etc.

Good morning, Janie.  I bet your sweet doggies miss you terribly.

angelface--Good morning.  You certainly have lovely places to visit/photograph on your walking tours.

Good morning, Sandy.  Finally you are getting some nice weather. :thumbup:

Larry--Good morning.  They are saying we will have rain on and off today, too.  So far the sun is out.  We did have rain most of the day yesterday.

Well my MS Specialist Nurse home visit should be taking place right now, my app was - is for 2.pm, but so far no sign of her and its now 2.30....I have had to leave a message....this is meant to be my first meeting after 2 months of living here....

Ramblings of a deranged old man:

"Good Morning Everyone!

Strange beginning on S-F this morning.  Nothing posted from Joanie and only a posting from our good friend Larry.

We are having heavy, heavy rain here this morning, as was promised.  Suppose to be rainy all day and tonight.

I do hope everyone has a good day and Joanie is well."

I was on "Norms bait and tackle"    :D

So once more Good Morning Everyone.  It is still raining along with thunder and I would guess lightening, haven't really looked out.

Jackie, are you referring to the top "railing" on your handrail?

Urban Dictionary: Bloster
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Full Definition of railing. 1 : a barrier consisting of a rail and supports. 2 : rails; also : material for making rails.

3.15 pm no sign of MS Specialist Nurse nor no phonecall....This is the NHS for you, become old, become Ill, we are the forgotten people......I have the written app letter, double checked the date, double checked the time and double checked a home visit, plus even have her name...Oh and no one as yet has returned my phonecall, via there office, workplace, or whatever they work from...

Halkel, no nothing to do with metal handrail, this is a long wooden type log, part of the wooden decking. There are 2 wooden decking steps attached to the top wooden log that is laying flat...The metal handbar is attached to a stake that is cemented onto - into the soil and pebbles before you reach the grassed garden, the other nearer attached end is joined to the main larger decking step....I am assuming as he dug deep the log moved a tad and disconnected itself from the top decking step, they have parted company, the lower main decking step is still intact.....I hope I have explained this well, and not confused you....I am even confusing myself....I am calling this log a bolster log, like the pillow bolsters you have....R is calling it a telegraph pole, even though telegraph poles stand up , not lay down or across....

Vanilla-Jackie--The scheduling of a home visit by the MS nurse/specialist certainly leaves much to be desired.

halkel--I don't know what page you were on, but I did post this morning.

Joanie, I see that now.  But I was on "Norm's Bait and Tackle" forum.  But thought I was on here. 

Halkel, maybe footage will explain better....the jug side, right side is the separation side, (the bottom of the metal handrail is attached to the the back of log,) the left side is ok.....It might not be too noticeable but it is when you get close up, you can see the gap....The bottom step is secure but the smaller top step is where the gap is from attaching itself to the bolster log....if the front of the top smaller step becomes detached I will have a loose top step....Link....


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Good Morning Everyone,
almost noon here on the rocky coast of Maine.

It is so nice out that I decided to hop the bus
to the Big Grovcery Store that I go to.   Now that
I see Kelly weekly,   I haven't been riding the bus..
So I  forgot how very easy it is.
I managed to get everything that I need, plus
I stopped on the way back at a department store and
got me a new belt and a watch to be worn
so it is easier for me to see the time.   I have been
using my cell phone but there is nothing
like have the time right on my wrist. 

So all is well here with me. 

Feeling very sad about that plane crash
Have a good day,  everyone
Sandy
:coolsmiley:

Jackie, I think what you are seeing is where he leveled your top step.  The ground level is off some, I would think, so he just kept the steps level, which I can understand.  Don't think there is really a problem, that I can see.

Good Morning,

Showery this morning - but no storms, thank goodness. 

Joan,  loved the Opening Lines of a Novel.  To avoid Empty Nest Syndrome (which I refuse to excuse), I took a part time job at the local library.  One of my duties was to help shelve the books that had been checked in.  We had fun looking at the opening lines of the paperback romance novels.
Our favorite was "The rats of panic scampered through her breast".

Off to find something useful to do....or not.   ;D

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

Rainy again today.  Been doing housework all week getting ready for week-end company.  Decided to take a break and see what you all were up to.

I find it interesting how we have different names from each other about things.  To me Elephant Ears are a puff pastry that is shaped, sugared, baked....not fried, and not the same as a donut at all.  In French they are called Palmiers and they are a big favorite of mine.  This definition is from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmier 

Time for lunch and then a much needed nap before I get back to work.

halkel--Oh--OK.  I misunderstood.

Sandy--How nice to be able to hop a bus and get to the grocery and department store.  No bus service here.

Callie--That's quite a line from your days working at the library.:)

Phyllis--You sure have had more than your fair share of rain this year.  Thanks for the link.  I've never heard of Palmiers.

Good Morning ! Once again it is 9 a.m. at my home, and noon where my friend Bis lives. It makes me feel like a slug-a-bed.

We have Music Bingo at 10 a.m. today but I am not sure if I will attend or not. I am getting slower and slower in the morning hours. This afternoon is Mobility and Balance and that I will attend

Tomorrow is cleaning day for me, so my housekeeper will be expecting me to be up and out of bed shortly after 7 a.m.  She has a schedule to maintain, so I will make myself adjust.

It is another cloudy morning, with high humidity, but nary a drop of rain in sight. Alas.

Bis, reading those first sentences of novels makes me wonder of those authors ever wrote a second book. Pretty funny introductions.

Amy, I wish your dh good luck at the Drs. I too talk with any wildlife  that appears. We have very little here, just two ducks that grace us with their beautiful feathers once in a while.

Gloria, tell me again what CNA means, and how did you manage to find her ? She sounds like a lovely person and enjoys helping others. A good combination.

Janie..My error..I hope you are have a  grand time in Texas in spite of the head colds. I'm sure your four legged kids are missing you.

Larry, like you, I have no desire to ever board a plane again. My kids take to flying as easily as getting into a car. Truthfully, I don't even enjoy doing the car thing either. I'm a real say-at-home person. Where I live now it is all brought to me, I don't have to go out looking for anything.

Hal, you are giving me the giggles, calling yourself deranged…never in a million years, my friend. We may wander a bit but we never get lost.

Time for me to get a move on and get my bed made and get ready to start the day. It is so easy for me to get lost on this computer, and just let the time escape me.

Have a happy day, be back later. June

Joan, thank you for leaving your comment " nice railing.." the front of home hand rail is nicer, it has an intricately scrolled centre design and bars all the way through...

Halkel, only if the front of top step becomes loose too...

I will soon be getting ready for our AGM meeting, it will be held at a hall not too far away but, away from our parkhome site....Judging by the paperwork from their last annual meeting it gives the names of all members who turned out for it....13 men to 6 women....Be interesting to see, who turns out for it tonight...and what the subject matter is about...

I am wondering how my dear friend Jenny is getting on, I haven't seen any recent postings from her since she was last in the process of packing....

June--I'd be willing to bet those authors never wrote another book.:)  Enjoy your activities of the day.

Vanilla-Jackie--The handrail on the front of your home sounds lovely.  I've seen a couple posts by Jenny on Facebook.  It appears they are doing "tourist things".

Joan, yes I can just see them now.... :) brings back fond memories of the day I/we met them at Baker Street station en route to Regents Park.......a short visit but memories to last a lifetime....

Vanilla-Jackie--That was wonderful that you were able to meet Jenny and Bob.

Joan... 
As I am unable to drive,  but can see well
enough to get around,  my goal when
coming into the city to live,  was to make
it easier for me to live alone, independently,
for a long as I possibly could.

The center of Portland Maine is ideal for
someone like me,  as there are two major
hospitals and many clinics,  an awesome
bus system that includes citys from this area
Portland, South Portland, Westbrook and Falmouth.
(think LLBEAN)...   plus Taxies,  and an
international airport and two major Bus Lines.
(Greyhound and Concord Bus lines)  with
connections to Boston New York and beyond.

Plus a train the runs through it!

But it is "City Living",  and we don't enjoy
the wide open spaces of other cities...  It is
the most convenient area for someone like me
that I could ever hope to locate to.

If I wanted to go up higher in this seven story
building,  I would be able to see Casco Bay and other
long views or our city.    But I chose to
settle into the first floor,  which puts me
right in the middle of  "city life"..    It works for
me but not, of course,  for everyone.   

I am very grateful that I live where I do. And
can still function here,  by myself.
:smitten:

Sandy
:coolsmiley:

Sandy--With so many things readily accessible, you live in an ideal location.

Sandy, for myself I too am in my ideal place. The only time I have to leave the property for a service is to the dentist or eye doctor, otherwise all my needs are taken care of right here on Rowntree Gardens property. We even have a building to go to for after a hospitalization. Our clinic is two floors down from me, everyone is loving and caring. We do have on property bus service for local places to shop or visit..Disney land is just a few miles away. I will stay here as long as I live.

Bis, I did go down for Music Bingo and won a handful of tickets. We have a little store on the property and once a month we can use our tickets there.They are good for a whole five cents each. WOW !

Sandy, the reasons to keep you in Portland are the same ones that keep me here.  I want to be in a city with a hospital, not that I've needed one often, but one never knows.  Our public transportation could be better, but I have Tom who is very willing to take me anywhere.  I love the country and small towns, but I know where I am best off.

Mary Ann

June--Don't spend all your winnings in one place.:)  You certainly do have a multitude of services there at Rowntree Gardens.

Mary Ann--It's nice to be content with where one lives for sure.

Another rainy day today. It started with a rumble of thunder at 6 am and rained off and on most of the day. I did a bit of running around with my sil today then he made muffins and I cleaned up after him. Tomorrow he's going to drop me at the outlet center for a couple of hours. I can shop til I drop and then call him for pickup. No matter how long I feel like staying he'll come get me.

Have a good rest of the day.

Wedding picture posted inn the gallery. Sorry can't do a clickable

JOAN it is terrifying what happens with planes now. I only have one that has to fly at times, my grandson, for his job.

PATRICIA  I well remember how much you used to walk and all the wonderful photos you took and posted. Glad Farrah will eat when you leave the room. She must had had to fight for what she found when she was out on her own. There are a lot of those cats around here. The anial officers catch them in cages, take them in and spay/neuter them, give them shots. Some get adopted and those that aren't are brought back and released.

LARRY  today was gloomy once again, sun showed up at 5:30 for awhile. I had my last plane trip 20 years ago, no more for me.

HAL  wow were you messed up today. Better lay off those adult drinks. ::)

JUNE  CNA- certified nursing assistant. She is hired by an organization I joined and they sent her. While she was going to classes they sent me different ones all the time. Glad I have her back all the time now. Hard getting used to some one new 3 times a week.

JANE  will try to remember how to get to the gallery to see them.

Good night everyone

Well, I thought I was starting to understand the gallery but I can't find that wedding picture.   :tickedoff:

JOAN - I have a brief question RE the ID under my photo:  It currently says "Newbie," and I wondered if that just referred to joining this current group, since I'd participated in the previous one for many years? 
Many thanks for the clarification.

I've spent most of the day focused on the World news RE the plane that was headed to Egypt and several calls from Mohamed.  Once again, many thanks to who Friends here who have kept him in prayers.  That kind of support means the World to him!

Molly, I'm not Joan (obviously  ;D ).  When we had to restart and everyone had to reregister we were all designated as "newbie".  That stays until you have posted a minimum number - I don't remember what that number is without looking it up.  But everyone starts that way  :)

Jeanne - I can't find it in The Gallery either, but it is posted as a thumbnail in Photos Then and Now.

JaneS - That 's a beautiful picture of a beautiful couple!

Not much to say here.....I haven't felt well all day and slept most of it away! Hoping for a better tomorrow.

Yes, Beverly.  I finally found it in Photos Then and Now HERE (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg18714#msg18714) and fixed the thumbnail to full size. 

I sure don't blame Jane for being proud of the lovely bride (or the handsome groom)!  :thumbup:

Jeanne Lee, thank you for posting the picture of our Janie's beautiful grand daughter and the handsome groom..they make a lovely couple and I wish them a long and happy life together. A beautiful wedding dress..it looks like fine lace.

June, it was Janie who posted the picture.  All I did was set the link to it.   ;)   

Jeanne Lee, I still thank you. If you hadn't set the link, I would not have seen it, I did enjoy it as I'm sure others did also.

Just popping in to say a prayerful Goodnight, dear cyber family. Sleep peacefully, wake happy and well...hugs, Love, and more prayers. June

Molly, as I posted yesterday, re, the plane....the first people I thought of was you and Mohamed.....and more so his safety.....

Joan, the memories stay precious to me...even to this day she ( Jenny ) has remained a genuine, true and loyal  friend...of which I am very thankful for....

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








Check Your Bill

A corporate executive received a monthly bill from the law firm that was handling a big case for his company. It included hourly billing for conferences, research, phone calls, fax, photocopying, and everything but lunch hours.

Unhappy as he was, the executive knew that the company would have to pay for each of these services.

Then he noticed one item buried in the middle of the list:

"For crossing the street to talk to you, then discovering it wasn't you at all - $125."




God is Busy... Can I Help You?
(By Kirk Cameron)


Shortly after speaking with Ray at a Christian Worldview Weekend seminar in Washington D.C., a few friends and I stopped at a diner to grab something to eat. It was 11:30 p.m. We were tired and hungry. Our day was done. As we sat down, I noticed that my friend Larry was no longer with us. I got concerned, so I searched the restaurant. No Larry. I went outside and found him a hundred yards away in the parking lot, witnessing to seven or eight very rough looking guys with pierced body parts and tattoos (they were assembling for a midnight drag race with their modified sports cars. Larry's no tough-guy. He looks like me. All by himself and in the dark, surrounded by cigarette sucking guys much bigger than him.

My friend Mark Spence and I moved closer to the pack just in case they decided to pounce, when Larry dropped the "G" bomb. He did. Larry deliberately swung the conversation to the subject of God, their sin, and the fact that they could die at any moment and have to face the Judge of the Universe to give an account of their lives. Honestly, Larry looked like a lamb about to get eaten by a pack of wolves. Without flinching, he asked one guy named "Nate-Dog" if he had kept God's Ten Commandments. He hadn't. Larry then told the gang about the reality of Judgment Day and Hell. This attracted more teenagers and the pack of wolves got bigger. There were now 23 of them surrounding Larry the Lamb. One of the baddest looking guys in the bunch (named "Simon") had full arm tattoos, a giant circle disk inserted into his stretched out earlobe, and a black shirt with the face of Satan and the caption "God's busy... can I help you?" written on it. Finally, Larry told them of how God, 2000 years ago, demonstrated His love for them by sending his Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross and pay the price for their sin. I could see that Larry was in the "witnessing zone." As he continued to tell them about repentance and faith, fear had left him. He was running on adrenaline and his knowledge of how to share the gospel biblically, trusting the Holy Spirit to work through him.

After forty five minutes, Larry was still standing. No slaughtering of the lamb. Just twenty three teenagers asking honest questions and listening to God's Word. I stayed back, not wanting any of them to notice "the guy from Growing Pains" and distract from what was happening. Every one of those young men took a gospel booklet called "Save Yourself Some Pain--Ten Steps for New and Growing Christians." We overheard one say to his friend, "I'll tell you one thing for sure--I'm reading this before I go to sleep tonight!" Another one prayed for God to reveal himself and help him understand the truth.

As we drove to our hotel rooms at 3:00 a.m., we all agreed that we had witnessed something supernatural, and that if the average Christian had witnessed what we saw, it would completely fire them up and alter their view of sharing their faith.

Alone in my hotel room, reflecting on the night's events, I remembered Simon's T-shirt with the face of Satan and the written words "God's busy... can I help you?" I couldn't help but think of how many professing Christians hardly ever share their faith. They are either too busy, too afraid, or not equipped to witness to someone. Meanwhile, Satan is always available, and extends his hand to the lost, 24/7. Think about it. If unbelievers feel that God and those who claim to know Him are too busy for them, no wonder they gravitate towards Satan's offer of the pleasures of premarital sex, illegal drugs, alcohol, and rebellion against God.

Question: Is it okay for Christians to be so busy with legitimate acts of worship (like praying, Bible study, and serving at church functions) that we don't have time to seek and save those who are lost and on the brink of eternal Hell? When's the last time you went out as a sheep among wolves and shared your faith with a non-Christian? I made a new commitment that night--not only to love the Lord, but also to love the lost.

So the next time you see someone who is not saved (a friend, a family member, or even a stranger) who is not saved, what message will you send them? "I'm too busy" or "Can I help you?"

 


“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”

~ Clifford Irving

Good morning everyone.
Another beautiful day in the making here. Thank you for all your good wishes for dh Dr appointment. He has to go back in 6 weeks after taking a new med and we will go from there....

We have family coming today so I had better head to town for a few things plus play hide and seek with the dust bunnies.

Jane, beautiful grandaughter and handsome son in law!!Wish them all the happiness for the future.

Joan, thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone..

Good Morning everyone. it is drizzling here. seams the devil is working again me, bob brought his skid steer over for me to use,it was just barely dry enough to work. I need to put some frame works in the greenhouse to put boxes on to plant veges in. hope everyone has a great day,

Lloyd

Good morning, Amy.  I hope your husband's new med does its job.  Enjoy your company today.

Lloyd--Good morning.  Be VERY careful if you get to use that skid steer.

Good morning......It is dry, part sunny, think the sun is fighting the clouds, not sure which one will win, but at least its dry.....

I found out the genuine reason MS Specialist Nurse let me down yesterday......It was a safety precaution thing, that if a home maybe abusive or unsafe, they must come with someone else....She couldn't get through to cancel on the phone as she only had our old telephone number.....I was quick to fathom out the true reason, ( so, she didn't have my phone number but, she did have my address ) so when she phoned again this morning I asked her to be straight with me, and to tell me if I was right....that the not having my up to date phone number as she stated yesterday wasn't the full reason, and that I wasn't being fobbed off....I thanked her when she admitted this to be correct, I told her I appreciate her honesty and thanked her for it....She has made another home appointment for next week, this time bringing someone along with her.....I know I will get along with her, she came across very warm, friendly and caring over the phone....

R has gone to his eye hospital app....he will then go and do a shop at a superstore nearby....He knows Insurance assessor will be here between 12 noon and 2pm, it is now 11.50 am....

Yesterday evenings AGM meeting went well, we touched on several issues....and of course R left the hand raising voting's down to me....The chairman speaker publicly welcomed us by name as the newest arrivals...and everyone turned to welcome us.....The only dissapointment at the end, was that there were no refreshments to follow..... ;D

Good morning/afternoon Vanilla-Jackie.  At least you found out why the Nurse didn't show up yesterday.  I had to giggle when you wrote the AGM meeting went well EXCEPT there were no refreshments at the end.:)

Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's not raining here today! That's different!. 

Thanks to everyone for the compliments for Allison and Dan. They will be neighbors (sort of) to Callie. They will be living in Tulsa ok. I wish I were going to be here when they get back.

I hope Everyfriend has a lovely day! 

Good morning everyone. Looks like a nice day here, sun is shining but not too bright yet.

JEANNE  I went to the gallery last night and did not see anything from JaneS there. Thought it was me because I had not checked the Gallery since we got back.

BEVERLY  thanks. I have not checked out the photos since we got back. Hope you feel better today.

JEANNE  thank you for the link.  I know I have nt been to photos since we got back and was surprised at the size posted now. Lot bigger than when I posted in photos.

JANE  your granddaughter is a real beauty and I love her gown. Good looking couple.

JOAN  I woke hungry this morning so your breakfast is already waiting for me to dig into it.  Love the Check Your Bill. Guess we all better check for something stupid like that one. Another keeper in Food for Thought. Thank you for all today's goodies.

AMY  looks like another busy day for you. Hope the new med helps you DH.

LLOYD  thought you were supposed to stay away from machines till you were all healed from your last accident.

JACKIE  those refreshments at the end are the best part of meetings.

JANE  glad you finally have a day without rain.

Good Morning,

Big day for family!  My grandson is graduating from high school. He is the brother of Misses Ellen and Emily. 
Carson's Mom will present him with his diploma, as she is on the faculty - at least, until next week, when she will be retiring after 32 years of teaching.

JaneS,  what a beautiful picture of a beautiful couple.   
They and Miss Ellen may become actual neighbors.   She is currently in rehearsals for a production at a Tulsa theater in June and learned this week that she has been cast in two more productions for August/September. Right now, she's commuting several times a week but, if the store where she works here can transfer her to the one in Tulsa, she will probably move there - at least for the summer.


Some of you may have heard about the bridge/overpass collapse in OKC yesterday.  It will affect two major thoroughfares for months and months but I'm not sure why it made the national news.   Only one vehicle was involved and no one was injured.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

Good morning, Janie.  I put a note in Photos, but will tell you again--your granddaughter is beautiful and her husband is very handsome.  I know you'll be sad to have time with your TX family come to an end.

Gloria--Good morning. I am sure you're glad to have a day without rain.

Good morning, Callie.  I did see that collapsed bridge on TV.  Folks who use those two affected thoroughfares will have to seek another route.  Congratulations to Carson on his HS graduation.  It's great that Miss Ellen is getting the opportunity to work in her chosen field.

Hi everyone on another overcast and a bit cool Friday morning here in South Carolina.  Pat has a doctor's appointment in a little while, just a routine matter related to her CPAP machine.  This will be the first time she has driven herself to this doctor's office but she shouldn't have any problems with it as have been there several times and not many turns after she gets off the Interstate.  I will stay home as the housekeeper is due this morning.  I expect we will go out to a late lunch and then Pat can have the evening off.  This is our usual practice when the housekeeper has been here.  They mowed the front yard here yesterday and just now came and mowed the back yard and then trimmed.  They used a push mower on the back yard rather than the weed eater they have been using.  It has just started raining.

Joan, glad to read you are finally getting rain down your way.  What we are having now is some of that low percentage chance of rain.  However, it is a nice gentle rain. 

Sandy, that plane that crashed yesterday is a model that they have produced over 6,600 of them that are in service.  Glad you had a good bus trip and found a watch that is easier for you to read.  I also like having a watch on my wrist.  The area in which you live sounds ideal for your situation with everything convenient and accessible to you.

Jane, you do indeed have a lovely granddaughter.  Glad you were able to attend the wedding and now spend some quality time with family there in Texas. 

Jackie, glad you finally heard from the MS Specialist Nurse and hope she keeps the new appointment next week. 

Callie, congratulations to your grandson on his graduation. I saw the news report on the collapse of that bridge.  At least it wasn't caused by structural failure in the bridge. 

Callie, first my congratulations to your grandson on his graduation. What are his plans for the future? 

Second, Ali and Dan will be living in  a suburb called Jenks In OK. What ie Ellen's last name?  Ali and Dan like shows. . Maybe they'll get to see her. It would be nice if they knew they saw her.

Sorry! I forgot my manners. Thank you Everyfriend for the compliments for Ali and Dan.

Good Morning, I woke up at one o'clock. four hours of sleep, so I feel a bit loopy. Expected my housekeeper at seven o'clock and she still has not arrived. I hope she is o.k.

The sun keep trying to break through, but hasn't made it yet. I know just how it feels.......

Good morning, Larry.  It rained again during the night, but by daybreak had stopped.  We need more--so many brush fires.  Enjoy your late lunch out.

Janie--I heard you say "thank you".:)

Good morning, June.  Sorry you got so little sleep.  It would be courteous if your housekeeper called if she was going to be late or not coming.

Good Morning Everyone!

Up early here, had to go down and pick up the cleaning lady, which I did and she is now busy as can be.

Gloria, no adult beverages involved in my screw ups.  Haven't had one in some time.  Did you get your window unit installed yet?

Dry here yesterday, last night too.  But it is very cloudy here this morning and looks like it wants to rain.

I don't know if my yard man is going to try cutting grass today or not.  He came by the other day and said he would be by today or tomorrow, but I would bet he is stacked up and way behind.  With all the rain we have had.

Everyone have a great day.

Janie,  Jenks is a very nice suburb of Tulsa.   I'll message or e-mail you more info on Ellen and the August productions as the time gets closer.  Tulsa has several really good local theater venues and one major venue.  This morning's paper said that Dolly Parton's first national tour in 25 years will be in Tulsa on August 12. That's opening night for "Oklahoma"!

Carson is working this summer and going to Oklahoma State University in the Fall.   Sister Emily will be a Senior there, which will be A Good Thing......most of the time!  ;D

Haven't seen any news yet today so don't know if there's been any more information about the bridge/overpass collapse.
A truck hauling some kind of crane had successfully gone under the bridge in the east-bound lanes.  However, when the driver returned in the west-bound lanes, he failed to notice that the overpass is 4 inches lower on that side.  SMACK!!!!!!!    Fortunately, there was no traffic going across on the over pass so no other vehicles were involved and there were no injuries.    Both Northwest Highway and May Avenue are major arteries for commuters and public transportation.   Rerouting is going to be very difficult but I think people will adjust.

halkel--With all the rain you've had I imagine it's hard to find a time when the lawn is dry enough to mow.

Callie--Your grandchildren sure do keep busy.

Good Morning from a cool and cloudy Interior! It seems we are following along weatherwise with all of you.

Jane, a good photo of a handsome newly wedded couple, congratulations!

Callie, it's always nice to see grandchildren and great-grandchildren finishing school and off into a new world. I don't count going to the University as such because that is an entirely different game plan and good luck to Carson and to his big sis!

After spending yesterday morning and afternoon under the bed, Farrah ventured out and started playing with some of the toys. She then plopped herself on the couch to sleep and was still out this morning!

After breakfast, scratches, (She comes to you and you do not make sudden moves or attempt to pick her up. Just scratch and rub along her back.);  and a little more chasing that mouse, she has again retired to under the bed. I'm beginning to think of it as her safe spot or den if you will.

Good Morning from the
absolutely fabulous, rocky coast of
Maine.     (My favorite time of the
year here in the North East!)

All is well!
Sandy
:coolsmiley:

angelface--Farrah seems to be settling in.

Sandy--Glad all is well in your corner of the world.

Sure is quiet here in the SS.  I am going to watch some TV.

I'm still awake….

Bis, I had a substitute housekeeper. She told me my girl had a Drs. appointment. This one did an excellent job.

Hal, I agree with Bis, your yard man may have customers lined up after all the rain you have had.

Callie, I have read quite frequently about big trucks misjudging the space they have going under an overpass. That can really mess up traffic.

Gosh, when I see airports on the news I am SO glad I am a homebody. It costs so much to fly, and then to go through the agony of long waits on top of it, I would stick to train travel if I had to travel. Do people have to be in such a hurry all the time, to make it necessary to fly ?

I took a cool shower trying to make myself feel alive, then decided to get into my P.J.'s because I don't intend to go anywhere but an early bed. Now I remembered I still have  to go downstairs to check my mail, oh well..tomorrow is another day so the mail can wait.

Well yardman came and got it all mowed.  Ready for next round of rain.

Got a phone call from daughter in Del Rio a nd it seems her daughter is home visiting was walking one her dogs and a black panther walked across the road in front of her.  Donna lives on the edge of town and there is nothing beyond her but ranch land.  needless to say she was shaken and hightailed it back home.

Found out why the sky looked funny today.  We are getting some smoke from the fires in Canada. This happened before but that time the smell came with it. My daughter had a good time today. She conducted a spelling Bee with the youngsters she has been teaching to read. Even the principal was there to see it. The one who was the quietest won. She had prizes for all of them of course. She did not want any of them to go away empty handed.
My CNA  was here today and boy a got a good back massage. Found out today that it is now 1 year since she first came here. She sure improved a lot from that inexperienced girl.

CALLIE  I did see about that bridge collapse. Glad no one was hurt. Congratulations to your grandson. Great news for Ellen.

JOAN  no rain but it sure got warm in here today. 

HAL  hope to get it in tomorrow. One son or the other can do it. I know you did not have an adult beverage, just wanted to get to you. Yikes I would stay in the house if I knew there was a panther in the area.

Have a good night everyone.

Time to call it a day. I think we have reached what is called the Vesper Light..it is dimming down out there and in a wink of an eye it could be dark. So, it is time for this person to call it a day and get ready for bed and book. I pray you all have a very peaceful night, waking to a rested and eager day. I don't think we heard from Lloyd today, so I pray he is O.K. and the same for Kelly who has been absent for several days. So....keep well and happy, and I send you all Love and Hugs and more Prayers. June

Good Saturday morning, Everyfriend.   There's cherry strudel to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a good day!!





The Rare Bible

A collector of rare books ran into an friend who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it.

"Not Gutenberg?" gasped the collector.

"Yes, that was it," said the friend.

"You goober!!" shrieked the collector. "You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed! A copy recently sold at auction for half a million dollars!!"

"Oh, I don't think this book would have been worth anything close to that much," replied the friend. "It was scribbled all over in the margins by some clown named Martin Luther."




The New Teacher
(Author Unknown)

After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. And I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their t-shirt messages and dress habits.

You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self-esteem.

You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job. I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, offer advice, write letters of recommendation for student employment and scholarships, encourage respect for the cultural diversity of others, and oh, make sure that I give the girls in my class fifty percent of my attention.

My contract requires me to work on my own time after school, evenings and weekends grading papers. Also, I must spend my summer vacation at my own expense working toward advance certification and a Masters degree. And on my own time you want me to attend committee and faculty meetings, PTA meetings, and participate in staff development training. I am to be a paragon of virtue, larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my students into being obedient and respectful of authority.

You want me to incorporate technology into the learning experience, monitor websites, and relate personally with each student. That includes deciding who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to commit a crime in school.

I am to make sure all students pass the mandatory state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments.

Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap. And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card.

I am to do this with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, bulletin board, a big smile, and on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps!

You want me to do all of this and yet you expect me NOT TO PRAY?"




"The man who keeps busy helping the man below him won't have time to envy the man above him."

- Henrietta Mears

Good morning everyone.

Another fine day in the making here. Laundry and putting the garden in today are two of he important things I need to do. Yard sales all over the place today so I may take in a few of those too.

Better get a move on or nothing will get done. :)

Joan,thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good Saturday morning, but a chilly and rainy start to our day....

Our neighbour two doors down keep beehives, do bee-keeping in their small piece of garden which their garden, next door neighbour and our garden all kindof mesh as one, a grassy piece of land that stretches along all three...you often spot her and hubby decked in full rigour of bee hiving clothing down to their white covering suits, protective gloves and helmets covering their faces....The lady has just this minute asked us if they can pass through our back garden carrying some, we have a gate at the very far end which leads out onto the slopey driveway leading in and out of our site-homes....I thought she was actually asking us if they could put some of their beehives on our land, the part to our left that is meshed to separate from ours and next doors garden, although officially that small part is in fact belonging to us, so we are told but....what they are doing is transporting beehives through our land, our back garden, there are 3 or 4 of them........All the land to our back are on a slope, which the slope gets higher as you go along, guess our part is the flatter of the three or so....

I asked her how long has she been doing this, she told me 10 years, I then asked her if she makes enough to sell, sadly she doesn't....

Joan..."  The Rare Bible " talk about throwing money down the drain...." ouch....

Good morning, Amy.  I guess part of your day will be dancing with garden tools.:)  Once a year this community allows a yard sale--on a date set by the HOA.  When I lived in NY and AR there were many yard sales going on Spring through summer.

Vanilla-Jackie--Interesting that your neighbors are bee keepers.  I wonder how often they get stung.

Joan, talking of being stung...there was a sad story back where we used to live, I vaguely remember the teenage boy...A father who lived further up in the cul-de-sac from our old road back in Bedfordshire kept bees, one day we heard that his boy got stung by his bee, bees and sadly he died....I only heard of this when they came round with the  collection box...so so sad, as I never knew the boy but I do have recollections of the tall boy wearing glasses in school uniform with his equally tall father, as they passed by...

Vanilla-Jackie--That is very sad.

Good morning everyone. Oh boy I sure have to get my AC in. Just saw the forecast for this coming week. Might be into the low 80's by next week end. Of course the weather guessers are seldom right and it could be 40's. Only time will tell, right?

JOAN  now a cherry strudel will be different and tasty. Food for Thought is too true these days when parents don't teach their kids much of anything. One guess who will be getting a copy of this one?

AMY  another busy day planned for yourself. Yard sale season has not started around here yet. My sis in law used to go to most of them and then in August she has a big one herself.

JACKIE  with all those bee hives that neighbor doesn't get enough honey to sell?  Before the honey bees started dyeing here my son only has 3 hives and got enough honey to sell. He has that bee outfit, too. Some people are very allergic to their stings and have to carry eppi pens with then all the time incase they get stung.

Good morning Everyfriend!  The sun is shining today and the temps are predicted to be in the 80s. My other daughter will arrive from Houston today and we will be on the way home tomorrow. I can't wait to see the doggies tomorrow.

Good Morning Everyone!

Jackie, maybe the lady with the bee's will share a little of their honey with neighbors. 
I used to plant Spanish heather, has a small blue flower, and the bees love it, in those days I had a Chow dog and she loved the bees, to eat, and she would catch those things and get stung, but she kept right at them.  The only thing I could figure out was that thy were sweet from feeding on the flowers.

Nothing much planned here today.

Gloria, our weather has been nice here this spring.  Only 3 or 4 90 degree days so far this year.  And I haven't had to water the lawn once......yeah.

Janie, bet those dogs will be happy to see you.  Know you are enjoying visiting family.

Joanie, anything with cherries is something I enjoy.  Can I have seconds, please.

Hi everyone on this Saturday morning.  It starts out overcast but we are to have sun today with very little chance of rain.

Yesterday Pat and I went to a new restaurant for us called Tin Lizzie.  It is a small chain with locations around Atlanta, Augusta and a three or four locations in South Carolina.  It is an interesting concept in that it has a Mexican Restaurant in the front of the building and a Bar-B-Q place in the back of the building and these are divided by a bar in the middle and I expect the kitchen.  We decided on the Mexican half and had a very good meal trying a couple of tacos we had not had before including a scrimp one and a Korean Beef one.  You do have to pay for chips and salsa but they sent a big bag of chips home with us.  They make their own chips and they were thin and crispy with apparently taco seasoning on them--very tasty.  We will be going back there from time to time. 

They did finish the yard work yesterday and for the first time used a push mower on the back yard rather than a weed eater. We also have a nice clean house as the housekeeper always does a good job.   

Nothing on the calendar for today so will just go at an easy pace and take care of some things here at my desk and a couple of tasks around the house.  I will get some reading done and plan on watching some of the golf tournament later this afternoon. 

Joan, did the heavy rains you had not put out the brush fires?

June, I also hope we hear from Kelly and Lloyd today.

Jane, you are returning by car rather an flying? 

Good morning, Gloria.  I hope one of your sons comes to put your a/c in.  Ray was allergic to bees and had to always carry an EpiPen.

Janie--Good morning.  I know your sweet doggies will be very happy to see you.  Safe travels.

Good morning halkel.  That Chow dog must have liked being stung.:)  You may have all the cherry strudel you want.

Larry--Good morning.  It sounds like Tin Lizzie has a unique concept.  A few of the brush fires are still smoldering.

Larry, we ar flying home. My oldest daughter has been visiting her married daughter in Houston this week. We will pick her up at the airport today and then we will leave together in the morning. Her husband will pick us up at the airport in PA and we'll be home by 5 tomorrow. They've really ta ken good care of this old lady on this trip.

Good Morning, everyone!  :)

Janie--Bet you'll not like leaving family, but on the other hand, it'll be good to get back to your own bed and your doggies.

Good morning, angelface.

halkel, heather and clover honeys are nice.....they have now been moved to some flatter ground, assuming away from our parkhomes, as they were passing them into two small vans parked outside our back gate....Think a couple of their helpers were from the bee keepers association.....

Amy, I just realized the big difference between you and I. You start your day with the thoughts of what you "want" to do, and I start mine with the thoughts of what I "have" to do do (and chances are I see which of those I can avoid.) I used to be like you, honest, but then age caught up with me.

Janie, this wedding trip will leave you with many good and happy memories. I know how happy you will be to see the pups and they will be over-joyed to have you home again.

Larry, I know Kelly has medical problems, and Lloyd was sounding a bit despondent, but was talking about getting back on some of his machinery…..he needs to keep healing.

Good Morning Patricia.

Good Morning,

All aspects of grandson's h.s. graduation went smoothly - and he is One Happy Camper!

Happy and Safe Travels home, Janie.

Jackie,  I would be very uncomfortable if there were bee hives anywhere within flying distance of my house!  Crawling insects don't bother me - even the small scorpions we have in this area - but flying bugs that sting send me running for the spray that sends out a stream 50 feet!.

Patricia,  I enjoy reading about Farrah and hope you'll continue telling us about her adjustment to a loving home.  Now that she investigated your cup of coffee, do you suppose she would allow you to quietly drink some in the kitchen while she eats?

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

If anybody is looking for rain, I can send some your way...it is absolutely teeming down and looks real miserable out there....I am glad I am tucked up inside.....

Callie K, just noticed, when did you change your avatar name to Callie OK?  ;D

Yes it was strange, soon after we moved here, we had both separately noticed the odd bee floating around our garden, around the grass, on more than one occasion......not something we were used to...this was before we knew we had neighbours who were keeping bees, so all was soon to be revealed, just where they were coming from....

Never seen a real live scorpion, so yes I would sure be running from that, well thats if I could run, but I would sure be moving as fast as my legs would carry me....

Callie, as long as I was in the process of also preparing her food....

Jackie,  changed my name when I re-registered.   It's meant to stand for Oklahoma - but if it looks like a "description",  umm......well.....what can I say?    .   ;)
My family teases me about the insect spray by telling me, "Mom, you don't need to drown it!"  Well, I just want to be sure!!!!

Patricia,  wonder what would happen if, after you prepared her food, you poured a cup of coffee (she might now recognize the smell) just before you set her food down - and then sat fairly nearby and ignored her while drinking your coffee?

If you are preparing her food in my small gallery style kitchen, (Think two small peninsulas broken up by an aisle.); she waits about four feet away outside in the hallway. When you have moved out of the kitchen, she then goes in to eat while carefully noting any movement behind her. If you return to the kitchen, she moves to the hallway.

I could move a chair earlier to the small hallway and repair to there with my coffee but that seems overkill. She is staying out of the bedroom mostly these days. She is not as hyper vigilant as she was at first.

Callie, of course, I was slow to cotton on....guess I was thinking you were telling us that, Callie is alright....

Ha ha I used to be like that with house spiders, I would stand with a can of hairspray, in readiness to stiffen - freeze it, followed by dustpan in other hand ready for catching it when it fell....

June--We are all different.  Wouldn't it be boring if we were all exactly alike?

Callie--Glad all went well with your grandson's graduation.

Vanilla-Jackie--Send me some rain, please.

angelface--It seems that little by little Farrah is becoming less skittish.

 :thumbup:  I found you!  This crazy laptop downloaded Windows 10 without my clicking anything.  I found Soda Shoppe but it was about three months ago to sift through to get to today.  So far so good. 

mycheal:  You mentioned planting white pine trees a while back - both Iowa and Minnesota lost millions of trees - I wonder if Weyerhaeuser stripped your state too. 

I just took a long test on how well you know World War II and did just fine - am such a history buff that 95% were really easy to me.  Compliments of my dad -

My day turned into a lot of wo.....opps.. :-X I did get to a few yard sales but nothing of interest to me. Then home to do laundry and I put some flowers Wave Petunias in and then thought I would tackle the vegetable garden....now that is all in. Neighbour phoned to see if we would like the wood from the cherry tree he was going to fall so over I went with the wheelbarrow....got quite  a bit of wood then I helped him load up his trailer with the limbs to take to the dump.
June, this was more than I wanted to do but it is all done now.

Gloria, I am selective in my yard sales now.it really has to get my interest to come home with  me and a good price to boot!!
Now it will be feet up tonight :)

Carol as a fellow WWII buff you've piqued my interest. I'd like to do that test when I get home. Could you email me where you found it...please?

Carol--I am sorry you had such a hard time finding the SS.

Amy--You must be really tired tonight after all the heavy w--- you did today.

Janie--May you have safe travels as you head home tomorrow.

Patricia,  that would be a challenge!  I'm sure she'll "come around" eventually.    :thumbup:

Jackie, thinking I'm alright  is  better than a skeptical  "ooooookay?"  :idiot2:   :crazy2:  (P.S.  I've been known to be a bit cheeky, too   ;D)

Amy, I wish I could have been working side by side with you, I really miss being able to do those things, especially the gardening. I remember sitting on my heels weeding or on my hands and knees, I found it very relaxing and pleasing.

I did a lot of reading and napping, I will go downstairs for singing at 6:30 this evening. And I did go downstairs for lunch with friends and chit-chat, and I did take a couple of walks, but that's not much to be proud of.

Good evening everyone. I am batching tonight and thinking of that song Old dogs and watermelon wine. the girls are taking Nancy out for mothers day dinner. I stand corrected me and machinery. I spent a very bad night last night as a 
result. dont hit me again I try to be better,

Lloyd

Got my AC in today. Now it can get hot and I will survive it. Had both sons here today, I do enjoy that. It clouded up here but humid.  Ran the AC on the dehumidify setting for half an hour and dried the air in here fast. Nice and comfy again.

JANE  safe trip home. Your doggies will be happy to see you, too.

HAL  no water restrictions yet? Nice to use as much as you want as long as you have the $$ to pay for it. Aha so you are another one who love cherries. My oldest son did not want a cake for his birthdays, he wanted a cherry pie.

LARRY  great trying a new restaurant and finding the food appeals to you.

JOAN  my daughter's younger son has to carry a EpiPen with him, too. Being a landscaper he is around bees often.

JACKIE  amazing the different taste of honey from different flowers. I have been getting mine from the farm I like to go to. Honey is mostly from the apple blossoms. They have a huge orchard as well as strawberries, blueberries. best sweet corn around and lot of different veggies. Fifth generation now running the farm.

CALLIE  I am as bad as you with things that sting and fly. I got used to seeing honey bees at my son's orchard but any other bee or hornet has me looking for that spray, too.

PATRICIA  glad Farrah is getting used to you and is not a skittish as she was.

AMY  my son bought a chipper and what he prunes off the apple trees he chips and bags. Lot of folks here like to use the apple wood chips when grilling. I have never gone to a yard sale.

JUNE  I cannot do a fraction of what I used to do. I hate sitting here while my helper does the things I always enjoyed doing to keep my home clean and sparkling.

LLOYD  your body is not ready for you to work so hard yet. Give it time to heal, please.

The sky is clear tonight and the full moon is just beautiful! I might have missed it sitting in here but I had to go up to Publix for something just after dark.

Lloyd - Hope tonight is a better one for you. As hard as it is, you and your machinery need a vacation from each other!

Joan - We had another heavy rainstorm yesterday. Also some ominous clouds and heavy wind. Hope your area gets enough to stop the wildfires.

Gloria - Glad to see you have your A/C now. Just reducing the humidity is a big help.

June - I think you can be very proud of what you did this evening! I hope I can do as well in another 10+ years.  :)

Jane S. - Would love to see those dogs when you walk in the door!

Carol - I hope you like Windows 10 better than I do. One problem I have is with my many picture files.

Vanilla - My grandson-in-law has bee hives but only makes enough honey for the family.  Where he lives they have a problem with keeping the bears from getting the hives.

Callie - My youngest daughter is like you with flying wasp/bee type insects. She totally "freaks out" when they get near her.  I used to be like that with spiders, but after living in Oklahoma I got used to a lot of things. Still don't like them. I only saw a scorpion once and he was dead.

Amy - Cherry wood makes a nice fire for an open fireplace or stove. Where in Canada do you live?

Patricia - I do think Farrah will eventually become a good companion. Even sitting on the other end of the couch is a good sign. She needs to learn to trust you. It sounds as if you are doing all the right things.

Hal - Your granddaughter must have been scared silly! My husband has seen coyotes on his late night walks. He now carries a pepper spray gun with him.

Larry - I know you also have an adjustable bed. We've had ours for a couple of years. When I haven't been so wordy, I will relate a story about mine that happened the other night.

I had a great day today. Nothing like feeling better after a couple of days being sick.

Wishing you all a good night.

Don't know where to start, my computer told me it was going to install Windows 10 Friday night, 11:00 pm & that was that.  My son came over Friday morning to drain & clean the pool for the summer & invited the computer to update while he could monitor.  Thank goodness... "they" always ask questions I don't know what it means & he made sure everything was saved or transferred that I wanted... but naturally, AFTER he went home I discovered a whole lot of stuff that didn't work or I didn't know how to find.  Did not help that my server (Cox) was off & on & having it's own problems. It is working okay today.  My little 12" laptop was also crashing, the mouse wouldn't work & could not get anything to let me shut down properly so I gave it the hard shut down & let it be overnight.  Still being contrary but I just turned if off nicely tonight.  I am here on Windows 10 right now. 

Patricia, all the ferals that eat here started out not willing to eat until I turn my back & come inside.  Old LaurenKat used to only eat (after she declared Cas her loving protector), when he was standing at her back to watch for her.  Miss Callie now will nearly knock me over when I take a treat for her, winding around my feet & hands as I put food into her bowl.  Used to I have to come inside before she would go to the bowl.  TommyII still waits for me to come inside although I can walk almost to touch him & put the food down, but he does not move until I come inside.  He now sits on the front porch & yells (yowels) at the door for me to bring food, if I haven't made it out by 6:00 pm.

I'm another WWII buff, remember quite a bit but have not watched all the PBS shows that my son tells me about.  Those were very important years for me, from age 6 to 10, our lives centered around the war.  Doubt I could do well on the quiz but would probably bring back lots of memories.

We don't see many bees around here anymore, sad thing since they do a big job with our veggies & fruit.  We had a beautiful flowering mimosa tree some years ago & during it's flowering, the whole tree would hum with the sound of bees.  My big fear are the spiders... always heart stopping when I have to deal with them, but I keep the spray & something to smash with handy any time I invade their space.  I have a niece that has to carry an EpiPen with her at all times, they own a nursery so also high risk. 

Time for that Sat. night bath so better go give cats their bed time snack... They are not on any schedule since the painters came & left.  So glad to have the painting done, will fill the pool tomorrow while son gets the filter & pump running, & then maybe some time off.  A peaceful and happy day to all for tomorrow, God Bless.

Beverly, nice to see you.  I didn't realize we have a full moon, I'll have a look before I hit the shower.  I don't get out after dark anymore, I go to church in the dark on Sunday mornings but it's lighter every week now.  I also am having trouble with picture files, put all of them on a thumb drive so can find them that way!!!  I do dislike changes~ 

Good night, all.. Shirley

Lloyd...I give up on you. I think you have a death wish, the way you keep pushing that poor body of yours, when you should be letting it mend.

Beverly, I am very grateful that I can do the things I need to do. It is essential to keep the body as active as Possible, even if it is just walking, it keeps all the "parts" operating as well as they can.

Gloria, I am so happy for you, having both your sons with you today, it must have made you very happy and I am so glad they have your A/C installed. Now you don't have to worry about what the weather is going to be. There is a big ceiling fan in my apartment, and I know I am going to appreciate that when the summer heat arrives. I have A/C, but i like the feeling of a big fan moving the air around.

We had a nice program tonight, celebrating the Armed Forces Day. We sang a lot of songs and applauded those residents here that were in the armed services.

Now it is time to settle down and get ready for book and bed. Sleep well dear hearts, God grant you all a peaceful night and a happy healthful tomorrow. Prayers, Love and hugs. June

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