Seniors & Friends

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







The 3 Nurses...

Three nurses sadly pass away. They rise up into heaven, and there they approach the gate keeper to plead their case for entering paradise.
So the keeper points to the first nurse, who says: "I worked in an emergency room. I treated many people, and always did my best to help. And although sometimes we would lose patients, I still think I deserve to enter."  The gate keeper glances at her file and admits her to heaven.

The second nurse then says, " I used to work in the operating room, assisting surgeons. It was a lot of stress, and we lost many people, but I always did my best."  The keeper glances at her file and motions her to enter.

"And you?" He asks the third nurse.

"I was a case manager for an HMO. I worked with thousands of patients." She answers confidently.

The gate keeper takes a long and careful look at her file. He pulls out a calculator and starts entering digits quickly, looking back from time to time at the woman's file. After a few minutes like this, the keeper looks up, smiles at her and says: "Congratulations! You've been admitted to heaven...
for five days!"


Always in His Care

Veteran news reporter Scott Pelley never goes on assignment without his travel essentialsâ€"a shortwave radio, camera, indestructible suitcase, laptop computer, phone, and an emergency locator beacon that works anywhere. “You extend the antenna, push two buttons, and it sends a signal to a satellite connected to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration," Pelley says. “It tells them who and where I am. Depending on what country you’re in, they’ll either send a rescue teamâ€"or not” (AARP The Magazine). Pelley has never needed to use the beacon, but he never travels without it.
But when it comes to our relationship with God, we don’t need radios, phones, or emergency beacons. No matter how precarious our circumstances become, He already knows who and where we are. The psalmist celebrated this as he wrote, “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. . . . You are familiar with all my ways”  (Ps. 139:1-3). Our needs are never hidden from God, and we are never separated from His care.





“Life is a dance between making it happen and letting  it happen.”

Ariana Huffington

   

Good morning everyone..

A day of rest here today. Love Phyllis's Garden Gazebo....I would like to sit and have my tea in there.

Gloria, I am happy to hear you have your air conditioner in, hot weather is going to come and fast!

Beverly, I am in Ontario,Canada.This cherry wood will be burned in the cookstove if it is dry enough.

Lloyd, we are our own worst enemy when it comes to not doing things and like the rest of us your used to working hard. This is a difficult time for you to stop and listen to what your body is saying and of course this is also a busy time of year on a farm too. Just be patient with yourself and us for caring please.

Jane, I have gotten lazy at gardening, I used to set back on my knees and heels but someone came out with wonderful contraption that you knee down on ,soft for your knees and has a bar on each side to help you up.....love it!!

Carol, glad you found your way back!!  I am trying to behave here and NOT go to a fabric sale 74% off of all her fabric.......think I am losing the battle though .

Kelly, where did you get to???

Joan, thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning, Amy.  Nice that you can rest today.  Now how could you resist a 74% off fabric sale?:)

Well I don't pay action too well alright but I do love you all and am happy you all care. Hard to teach a old dog new tricks.
speaking of dogs Lucky is sort of out the weather. think we will take her to vet tomorrow. hope you all have a great day.

Lloyd

Joan sorry I did a typo that should have been 75%.

Lloyd, it is hard  not to do the things you're used to doing...seems harder to do than the actual work but you will benefit in the long run. Hope Lucky fares well at the vets'

Hi everyone.  We awoke to a bright, sunny and 72 degree morning with no rain in the forecast for the next couple of days.  Today will be the normal Church day and expect we will go out afterward for a quick lunch and then a restful afternoon.  I do hope everyone has a pleasant day.

Jane, hope your trip home was uneventful and the lines at the airport weren't too long.  Sure glad you are not traveling alone. 

Jackie, I would  be glad to see bees being moved away from my yard and expect you are also.

Carol, glad to read here that your computer was OK after downloading Windows 10 automatically. 

Amy, we no longer go to garage sales, not that we ever did that very much, as just don't need to put anything else in our home.  What a day you had as that was a lot of hard work done in one day. 

June, I sure never found gardening and weeding to be relaxing.  You are quite a lady.  It sounds like you were pretty busy yesterday. 

Lloyd, glad to see your posting as was concerned you were not doing well.  It sounds like you might be pushing it a bit with the machinery and your body is telling you to back off for awhile. 

Gloria, glad you can now be comfortable in your apartment.  Getting the humidity out really helps.  Nice you had both sons there at the same time. 

Shirley, glad your painting outside has been completed.  Do you use your pool much in the summer?

Phyllis, the Garden Gazebo certainly looks like spring in all of its freshness.  Joan, thanks for selecting that one. 

Amy, how can you pass up such a bargain with 75% off of the fabric.  Is the lady closing her shop?

Weather is sunny and dry, but looks changeable....it may not last looking at clouds hanging round....
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We do worry over our pets, our furbaby's, please give Lucky a hug from me...
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Been part busy catching up on washing, I have had the machine going on most of the morning, followed by the dryer...
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We got our shower quote come through, it is not a complete shower we are getting as otherwise we would have to re-tile, just the mixer lever, and I am assuming the shower hose, is that what we call it? anyway I hope that is to be replaced as part of the chrome has become rusty...told that and the stiffness of the dial, was due to our hard water...Plumber is also sorting something under our kitchen sink, ( where the stopcock is ) as every time we turn on the hot kitchen tap it makes a rather strange noise...Anyway man at the plumbing office says it will get done this Tuesday, as long as plumber gets the parts.....
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Larry Hanna, it was sure an eye opener when we first spotted them, a little too close for comfort...

Good morning, Lloyd.  I hope you rest and get to feeling better along with your dog Lucky.

Amy--I thought 74% was a strange discount.:)

Good morning, Larry.  Weather report here is for no rain at all this week.

Vanilla-Jackie--Hopefully the plumber will get all the work needed completed.

Good Morning Everyone!

Dark out this morning, no sign of the Sun.  Possible severe storms today. 

Middle daughter, along with her youngest daughter will be up sometime today and spend the night and head to doctor in morning.

Got to get ready for church, so will talk to you folks later.

Good Morning.

Good morning halkel and Callie.

Hello world! No programme today because it's a national holiday in Canada.

I began daily exercising on the treadmill about 3 weeks ago and now I can do half a mile in under 20 minutes. I hope eventually to get up to a mile (or more) very soon. I want to be in shape when I get to Israel

Don, well-done, just don't push your body too hard....

Good morning Radioman.  GREAT job on the treadmill.  You'll be "fit as a fiddle" when you get to Israel.

Good Sunday Morning all.

Another full nights sleep. Wakened with a phone call from my old friend Harry, whom I met at Sunwest Village. He is still in Hemet but in an assisted care facility. Diabetes is not a healing disease unfortunately, but he does not let it slow him down. He is still out there cheering up the old ladies.

My Gary and Dori are leaving after their Church services to travel to Santa Cruz and visit with my Dan and Nancy for a few days. I am so happy when I know they are together…

Lloyd, I apologize. I would never
"give up" on you. I will keep you in my prayers. I will just add  'asking God to help you take better care of yourself'. You are a grown man and have the right to make your own decisions even if they are the wrong ones…and I shall do the same, trusting in God to keep us sensible and sane.

Larry, I'm sure you and your lady will be off to Church this morning as I will too. Then Sunday will be a day of rest. There are never any programs listed for Sunday here at Rowntree, so I reserve that day to catch up on my snail mail, of which I have plenty.

Another nice day here in Stanton. 71/56 Sun is shining brightly.

Don, I think it is wonderful what you are doing on the treadmill. We don't have a tread mill here, we do have big contraptions that you sit it and push forward on pedals, while the arms move back and forth too, and there is an elec. bike, and a foot massage machine. So there is a choice. The one time a doctor had me do a treadmill, I failed very quickly. He had me lay down and relax, and that was some15 years ago.

Time to get started with the day. I will back and pestering you all after church. Hugs….June

 8)  I'll be back when I have some time. 

Good morning everyone, will be noon soon. Once again I had a check disk scheduled  so it started when I booted up this morning. Takes hours on this machine. Raining lightly once again here. Sue not the kind of day I appreciate.

BEVERLY  the humidity is what gets me. I don't know how it is in Vermont but here in RI when the temperature goes up so does the humidity. Nights are always worse. Another one with a problem with 10. I keep getting a pop up to install it but am leery of doing it. My daughter hates spiders, too, thanks to her brothers. They would scare her with daddy long legs and she still has a fear of them.

SHIRLEY  I have heard from some in the different PSP groups I am in that al lot of the things, like all the different plugins we use, will not work with 10. I am getting to the point where I really hate changes.

JUNE  I enjoyed the 2 ceiling fans I had before. The one in the bedroom I ran every night. I need air moving so I can be comfortable enough to sleep. I am not about ready to install another one here. I would have to pay an electrician to do it when my son could do it. Has to be an electrician the manager chooses.

PHYLLIS  love your graphic for this week. The image is quite familiar.

JOAN  hope there is still an egg McMuffin around for my lunch. My daughter enjoyed the New Teacher you posted yesterday morning. Oh boy that third nurse had the wrong job. Always in HIS Care is another keeper. Thank you for all today's goodies.

AMY  weather guessers are all saying by the end of the week we will be in the 80's. AC in before it starts this time. I have seen those kneelers you have advertised on TV.  Much better than kneeling on the hard ground. No more muddy knees either.

LLOYD  we do worry about you because we all care for you. Hope Lucky is OK. 

LARRY  twice recently I have had both sons here at the same time. Made me feel great. They talk often on the phone but both so busy all the time the seldom get a chance to visit.

JACKIE  you will be happy when you can take a shower again.

HAL  hope you do not get any severe storms.

DON  I will miss your program today. Last night went to the Classis forum to get the list and then remembered you did say  you would not be on. You are doing good on the treadmill. There is one ere in the exercise room  but have never seen anyone on it. It faces out a window into the back yard. Would be nice seeing the different birds in those trees and  even a deer at times. I go outside and walk around the parking lot. Nothing to see there but parked cars or someone going out or coming home. That is what I see from my windows. Not my idea of a nice view.

JUNE  there are several diabetics living here and I really get disgusted with them.  They eat all the things that they should not and depend on the meds to take care of it. I have seen some at the different meals and how they fill their plates to over flowing and then have even more of the desserts.  Some could afford to lose 100 pounds even. How great that your sons will get to spend time with each other.

PHYLLIS  enjoy your son's visit.

Good Morning Everyone!

Another day of clouds and more rain, and expected to be so for another full week.
Farrah is back to flinching and hiding. If she follows her usual, she will be more open in the afternoon.

I am beginning to get quite depressed with the clouds, rain, and Farrah. But know it would all be better with a few sunny days so I can get out and about. A couple of minor medical issues and my 16-year-old computer failing are not helping. However, Wednesday, I am getting a refurbished computer from the Literacy Council at a small price due to my being a disabled senior, and hope to have saved enough by fall to purchase a new one. It's more  minor annoyances than major ones.

I said our weather looks iffy - changeable....R out with the dogs and I now hear thunder....Dogs wont like that nor will R if that water comes down, he does not like water, in any shape or form....

June--Linda and Ed drove here from Miami and had lunch with me.  They then had to proceed to Castleberry to attend a funeral of one of Ed's former work colleagues.

Phyllis--I hope you are enjoying your company.

Gloria--There's plenty of the Egg McMuffins so have all you want.:)  It is VERY humid here again today--hard on people like me who have breathing problems.

angelface--Sorry you are depressed.  Hopefully it won't be too long before you can get a brand new computer.

Vanilla-Jackie--Guess you'd better have the towels ready to dry off "R" and the dogs.

Angel:  Your feeling a bit down is a natural turn in life at times to anyone - if that hits me, I like to write down all the "good and great" things to be thankful for and it really does help lift my spirits.  Hug to you.

Jane S:  The WWII test came up on my computer a couple of days ago - from where I cannot find.

Amy:  Hard to beat a sale like that but I MUST finish some of these projects - if only house**** and stuff would not interfere with my dream of having a cook and cleaner here - but then it would be hard to turn things over to someone else. 

Radioman:  Kudos to you - that is so smart to get physically fit for your travel. 

our church has another project and that is to fill 900 backpacks for children in this county who are under the average income - boy, it is expensive to buy supplies when you don't have the income.  So, I really like the idea of helping families right in the area - a local store gave everyone a discount on buying the school supplies so that helped too. 

We looked at the moon last night and saw Mars quite easily.  Amazing - I am laughing at a woman politician who said that Neil Armstrong walked on Mars.  Need to tell her it was our moon.   :D

Joan, they all got back just in the nick of time, just a little wet, nothing major....

Angelface, even minor annoyances can get one down if they all seem to happen together...You just have to remind yourself that for every bad day comes a good day, or vice versa....

Good afternoon, was raining when I got up, but now the sun is trying to come out.  Wed. will be 80 they say, this morning the heat even came on.
Joan, I enjoyed the one about the nurses, I guess I would be the 3rd. nurse, as I worked in admitting, and use to have to check your ins.

Amy, I use to love yard sales, Friday night I would check the paper, and lay out my route. Now I can not go and walk around, and I sure do not need anything to add to my house, I just need to get ride of stuff.

Lloyd please take care of yourself.  I know how you feel, when I am out and someone wants to help, I am always saying I can do it myself.

Phyllis, Loved that graphic, a place I could set and read.

Gloria, glad you see you finally got your AC in.Nice to have both sons together.

June, also nice to read your family, will be spending a few days to gether.

Yellow jacks I hate, but I never would hurt a bee, always glad to see them buzzing around my flowers, know they are working.
  I have wrote this story before. My son had a miltary funeral on Eglan AFB in Fla., durning the flag folding a bee kept flying back and fourth in front of our family.  It was at Christmas time and Dennis had alredy bought my Christmas present.  I could not open it till I got home to NY, when I opened it, it was a Swarovski Crystal bee.

Beverly, we out at and outdoor resturant , and watched the moon it was beautiful.

Don, you are doing great on the tread machine.  I have a I have a stepper, I use to exercise my legs, but now I can only do about 2 min. not much but something.

Lindancer, your story about the bee gave me goosebumps...I am sure you cherish that bee!!

Lindancer ( Gloria ) that bee was an omen, meant always to be near you....

Carol--It's wonderful what your church is doing about the backpacks.  School supplies are mighty costly.

Vanilla-Jackie--A "little wet" never hurt anyone.:)

Linedancer--Glad you liked the chuckle about nurses.  I choose to believe that the bee that was buzzing at your son's funeral and the Swarovski bee were signs that your son would always be nearby watching over you.

A good Sunday HELLO from Illinois!  We have been having a wonderful time since arriving last Tuesday.  I have been unable to get into SS..... I am sure it is my own fault.  Anyway, today I have time on my hands and I was finally able to get in. 

Unfortunately, I managed to hurt my left foot this morning....leaving me totally immobile. I was climbing up the stairs to get dressed for church....heard a SNAP in my arch, and now I can put no weight on it at all.  So unhappy with myself, but, not much I can do!  We had so many more things we still wanted to do.  Then, if that was not enough, our son was climbing a ladder and it collapsed leaving his leg caught between the rungs...ripped his shin wide open.  We are in great shape! 

Tomorrow we have tickets to do the Architect Boat Tour in downtown Chicago.  I hope Kurt can go with Bob, but clearly I won't be able to make it. 

I hope you all are doing well.  Take care,

Jenny

Sounds like you need a walking
cast,  Jenny...
:'(

I'm home safe and sound and the doggies are ecstatic!  They won't leave me out of their sight.  But I can see they've been well taken care of.  Casey's a good doggie-lover! 

I'm really tired and I need to find something to eat for supper and get into my jammies.  Have a wonderful evening, feel better, get rested and whatever else you all need! 

Jenny--I am so sorry both you and your son got hurt when there are more things you planned to do in the Chicago area.

Sandy--Maybe she needs an x-ray?

Janie--Glad you're home safe and sound.  Although the sweet doggies had a great sitter, they love to be with "Mom".

This has been a very odd day for me. Our Church service was so special. We had two very wonderful speakers. One was a "teacher of preachers" at Fulller Theological Seminary and the other was a retired Marine, in full Dress Uniform, and he is active in Music and Children.s Ministry at his Church. He sang two Hymns for us...beautiful strong voice. I left feeling very tired.....weepy even, and my mind was so full it wore me out. So I came home, put on relaxing clothes, and have just stayed put all day long. Not "me" at all. Some things you can't fight, you just have to go with the flow, and that is what I am doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ddoyfn6g4

Gloomy here all day but the sun broke through for 10 minutes at 7:30. Nice, just so we do not forget what sunshine is.

PATRICIA  at times I am sorry I got this new computer. Might have done better to somehow get the old one to a shop to have them go over it. I refuse to let myself get depressed.

JOAN  I don't have breathing problems but humidity always has me feeling like every thing is wrong.

CAROL  I cannot do much these days and it bothers me to see someone else doing what I always did. The CNA I have is great and she always gets me laughing. That political woman is someone I would not vote for if she believes Neil Armstrong walked on Mars. Something not right in her brain.

GLORIA de  we had one short shower this afternoon. Here, too, it will be in the low 80's Wednesday.

JENNY  ouch,  not great hearing a snap in your foot. Will you have it checked in case a bone is broken? Bad timing to happen when you are on a vacation.

JANE  best news of the day, you are home safe and sound again. I bet your fur babies will not let you out of their sight for a few days. 

LLOYD  thank you for the link. I think it is the most beautiful youtube I have seen.  Thank you.

Have a good night everyone.

Jane S. - Can just see your doggies celebrating your homecoming!

Jenny - I'm so sorry about your foot. As Joan said, an X-ray might be a good idea. Your poor son! What an accident!

June - Hope you are feeling more like yourself tomorrow. It sounds as if your church service was very emotional for you. I'm an emotional person and joke about even crying over the Maxwell House commercials on TV at Christmas time!  :)

Lindancer - Speaking of emotional, I was very touched by your bee story at your son's funeral.

Lloyd - Thank you for the YouTube. It's a beautiful song.

Amy - I am originally from Vermont and your life is a lot like many of the people I know.

Gloria - I'm living in Florida now but you are right. The weather in Vermont can become very humid during the summer. Even more-so here but at least we all have central A/C, which I didn't have there!

Patricia - Hope your weather improves soon. Too many gloomy days can wear on a person.

It has been another beautiful day here. Very warm but fairly low humidity.

Good night all.

Welcome home Janie...I can feel the joy in your home tonight.

Beverly, I confess that I too am an emotional human being. My brother used to laugh at me when we were kids as I could cry so easily over sad happenings. But I can be easily elated too.Nothing wrong with our personalities, but today was a really strange happening. Home was the best choice for me.

Jenny,my thoughts and prayers are with you dear one. I hope you will wake tomorrow with no more pain.

Tomorrow at 1:30 they are showing the movie Fiddler on the  Roof..one of my favorites, so I will be re-watching that.

Oh boy, I hope you didn't mess a tendon up in your foot.

Janie, glad you got home okay.  I know the pups were elated you were back home.

On the way home from my Granddaughters we came across a car that had crashed into the light pole just down the street from my house.  A young couple were in it and one of them had hurt her wrist, no other injuries.  Except, the car was a mess and the metal light pole was on the ground.  We stopped and my Granddaughter let them use her phone to call 911, the folks in the wreck couldn't locate theirs.

I am tired to the bone and going to bed.

Nite, nite, God Bless and sweet dreams.

I fell asleep on the sofa snuggled up to two doggies and now I'm off to bed.  So I will say...

Good night Everyfriend!  Sweet dreams and God bless us, every one!

It looks like most of my Cyber family is tucked away for the night,so I will close down too. Peaceful sleeping is wished for each and every one of you. I send you Love and Prayers and hugs. Always, June

Well I want to thank you all. this thing is sure torment tonight. I had a very hard time getting here tonight. Good night everyone and sweet dreams .

Lloyd

Jenny, oh what bad luck, just needs one thing, or two to mar what should be an enjoyable adventure...Dont ignore that foot, something happened to me several years ago, I took myself to outpatients first thing on a Sunday morning after the day before walking home with my late Petra when all of a sudden I heard a crack whilst wearing trainers and almost home. Hospital sent me home, told me to put a bag of frozen peas on it, no x-ray, walked in agony, foot on its side for a month or so until it subsided only to find out some years later when I saw a foot expert as to having my bunion removed, the first thing he said to me was..." when did you break your foot...."

Good Monday morning, Everyfriend.   There's your choice of hot or cold cereal and your choice of fruit to accompany your coffee or tea . I wish everyone a nice day!!





The Last Word

There was a feud between the Pastor and the Choir Director of The Hicksville Southern Baptist Church.

It seems the first hint of trouble came when the Pastor preached on "dedicating yourselves to service" and the Choir Director chose to sing: "I Shall Not Be Moved."

Trying to believe it was a coincidence, the Pastor put the incident behind him.

The next Sunday he preached on "giving." Afterwards, the choir squirmed as the Director led them in the hymn: "Jesus Paid It All."

By this time, the Pastor was losing his temper. Sunday morning attendance swelled as the tension between the two built. A large crowd showed up the next week to hear his sermon on "the sin of gossiping."

Would you believe the Choir Director selected: "I Love To Tell The Story."

There was no turning back. The following Sunday the Pastor told the congregation that unless something changed he was considering resignation. The entire church gasped when the Choir Director led them in: "Why Not Tonight."

Truthfully, no one was surprised when the Pastor resigned a week later; explaining that Jesus had led him there and Jesus was leading him away.

The Choir Director could not resist: "What A Friend We Have In Jesus."



Growing in the Faith
(by Rebecca Bugg)

When my oldest son went off to a state university, I was concerned that he would lose the faith that he had developed over the years. I prayed long and hard that God would give him a Christian roommate for that freshman year, someone who would not lead him astray.. or attempt to lead him astray. Instead, Jim was given an atheist roommate from New York. In every way he was different from Jim. He was a "messy" who left old Pizza boxes and crusty underwear lying around the room for months at a time, while Jim's side of the room was neat and organized. And he constantly picked at Jim about his faith, belittling him and asking him picky questions. One day in the Spring, when Jim and I were talking, I apologized to him and said that I couldn't understand why God had not answered my prayer. Jim, in the wisdom of his youth, said, "Mom, weren't you really praying that my faith would continue to grow and be strengthened? If that was what you wanted, I want you to know that I have grown more this year than in any previous year. I had to search the scriptures for myself, because I couldn't come to you and ask questions." He was right, of course.


Our God is an AWESOME God!!



In later years John Quincy Adams suffered illness. When someone shook his hand and inquired about his health, the elderly statesman is said to have replied, "John Quincy Adams is well, quite well, I thank you. But the house in which he lives at present is becoming quite dilapidated. It is tottering upon its foundations. Time and the seasons have nearly destroyed it. Its roof is pretty well worn out. Its walls are much shattered, and it trembles with every wind. The old tenement is becoming almost uninhabitable, and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it soon. But he himself is quite well, quite well."

- Alice Chapin

Good Morning everyone.seams to be working fine this AM. but last evening could not get the reply symbol. do not know why because as with you bis i do not log off. Have a great day everyone.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone.

Another beautiful day happening here...going to give a friend a hand cleaning windows today.Then home to putter about here..

Jane,I just bet those poochies snuggled in tight....they were not going to let you go again!!

Jenny, hope your foot feels better today..I agree it should be xrayed.

Lloyd, good morning to you..

Gloria, we could use some rain here, will help the garden.

Still no sign of Kelly??

Joan thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  Well, I'm up but I'm not sure I'm "attem" yet.  We'll see what transpires.  All I've put on my agenda for today is to unpack my suitcase, go to the bank, pick up Kiran after school and love up the doggies.  I think I can handle that! 

I hope you all have a lovely day and I've heard that when Amy finishes helping her friend with windows, she's coming by here and do mine...I'll even help her!

Jane, I would love to do that with you....after I give and get huggies from your doggies.. :smitten:

Amy, consider yourself "doggie hugged".  They love EVERYONE!

Jane, that makes my day.. :thumbup:

Good morning, Lloyd.  Glad you were able to post this morning.

Amy--Good morning.  How nice of you to help your friend wash windows.  Kelly hasn't been here for several days.  I hope he is OK.

Good morning, Janie.  I don't blame you for loving up those sweet doggies.  I heard Amy was coming here to wash windows, too.:)  Oh how I'd love some hugs from your and Amy's dogs.

Joanie, consider yourself "doggie hugged" too!

 Good Monday afternoon, a dry, part sunny, part cloudy, but pleasantly warm day....

Just had a chat over the phone with my new Doctor, re, she put in an appointment re, my urinary bleed to go and have a scan at the hospital, as its now going on 7 weeks, she said it will come through in 4 weeks, she has now checked her screen with apologies that she didn't put it through...now I have to go in collect a urine sample bottle, drop it off, and start all over again, re, referring me for my scan, another 4 plus weeks to wait...I told her I still have the bleed, have had it daily for the past year or so, to add to this bleed I now feel some burning, stinging....I'm convinced I have an infection as my previous Continence Nurse done a test which she said t did show a possible infection, yet, GP sample test came back as clear....

Good morning everyone,  looks like it will be a nice day here but overnight and into tomorrow morning a chance of rain and thunder storms. As long as it ends by noon that's OK.

BEVERLY  Vermont is the only New England state I never spent much time in. I would never be able to live in the southern states. I still like winter even with snow. I don't have to drive in it or shovel it anymore.

HAL  too close to your home for that accident. Just heard on the news here there was a crash on the interstate with a driver going in the wrong direction. Both drivers were killed. Every time I hear about someone driving the wrong way I wonder how they can get in the wrong side of those roads. The ramps are marked clearly. How they can go up an off ramp is odd.

JANE  I can picture you and the doggies cuddled together on the sofa. Reminds me of my son's dog that wold always greet me when I wnt there. She would follow me like a shadow. I even had a hard time getting out of my car with her trying to get in the door “talking” the whole time. When I helped at the orchard stand she was always there with me.
LLOYD  hope you slept better last night.

JOAN  hot cereal for me with blueberries. Thanks. Oh boy The Last Word made me chuckle and I copied. Will be sending that on. Love Food for Thought. We all worry about of children when they are on their own for the first times. Great quote. Thank you for all today's goodies.

AMY  have fun washing those windows. Not the first time Kelly did not post for awhile.

JANE  hope you have a restful day.

JOAN  I am with you for some doggie hugs. I sure miss having a dog around. Cannot pet the seeing eye dog here.

JACKIE  glad we don't have to wait that long for doctor appointments.

After my first and only meeting with my new female Doctor, I came away on the fence not making my mind up whether we have a good doctor or not, as she seemed quick and straight on the ball, hm, I think my mind maybe now made up....
Just back from the surgery reception after collecting my urinary sampler container...

Hi everyone on a beautiful clear and sunny Monday morning with zero chance of rain for the next 48 hours.  I will take advantage of this good weather to spray a bug barrier around the house.  Today I also must finally report my flowers on the front porch.  It isn't hard to do but something I have been putting off.  We had a wonderful church service yesterday that highlighted our graduating high school seniors and others pursuing further education.  Twenty-seven scholarships were awarded.  The senior class members conducted the entire service including two young women speaking of the impact our church has had on their lives from being infants until this point in their lives.  It was obvious that many parents and other relatives were in attendance as the church was close to full. 

I plan on attending my weekly meeting at noon and then Scott will be coming over to have a meal with us (don't know whether Pat will cook or we will go out to eat) and then just have an enjoyable day with him. 

Don, sounds like you are doing very well on your rehab program. 

June, about the only snail mail we receive are bills and some magazines and advertising materials.  Sometimes smaller packages are left in the mail box as the mail carrier is now delivering a lot of package that UPS or FedEx used to delivery.  I couldn't begin to use a treadmill anymore. 

Gloria, I think our weather here in South Carolina would be tough without the ceiling fans.  We use them summer and winter.  We have them in everyroom except the kitchen area and the bathrooms and hallway. 

Patricia, i agree that a sunny day certainly helps one's spirits.  I think you might win the prize in terms of using the oldest computer.  I don't think I ever heard of anyone using the same computer for 16 years.

Carol, I highly recommend finding someone to clean your house.  It has been most helpful to us and we have used a housekeeper every two weeks probably for 15 years or more, except the first few months we lived here and Pat struggled to get it done.

Jenny, it sounds like you could have broken a bone in your foot.  There are many small bones in our feet.  Stacey had over 21 breaks in her one foot and they would just break without any reason.  A frightening accident experienced by your son.  It sounds like you will need to come home in a wheelchair. 

Jane, glad you are home safely.  It sounds like you had a pretty great and enjoyable trip.  I hope you have a nice restful day today as you recover from your travels. 

Janie--Thanks.  Those dogs do give good hugs.

Vanilla-Jackie--Good morning/afternoon. Sorry you are having so much trouble getting appointments.

Good morning, Gloria.  I often hear on the news about drivers getting on the interstate going the wrong way.  I think they either don't see well or are DUI.  I miss having a dog, too.

Larry--Good morning.  Nice that the graduating seniors etc. have an opportunity to participate in the church service and give overviews about how the church impacted their lives.  Enjoy your time with Scott today.

Jackie.
Seem so different up North In UK. 3 years back I got that blood scare also. Went up to the Clinic about a mile from cousins house with specimen. (Sometimes wrong soap will do that to me). They scanned it right away and gave me a prescription to take for a few days.  Last time I went up with a strep throat. Did the same thing.  Crazy to make a person wait a month to see what something is.  I can still use the Nat. Health over there. as I have a number.

Jeanne P, this time last year they were looking for cancer, but found, and took out, only polyps....they were concerned on the thickness of my womb last year.....A year down the line I still have a daily bleed. I am not really bothered but as I said at the same time today's GP said, this is something that shouldn't be ignored....My scan appointment will now be at least 7 weeks overdue due to her mistake....
Is the NHS any better over there? I think you can tell I am not a lover of it....

Bis, I think many of us here can relate to John Quincy Adams statement on his health. I know I do, and I am copying this down to pass on to others that feel as I do. Thank you.

Vanilla, an abnormal bleeding is not NORMAL, and any doctor that disregards it over the length of time you have had it ought to be dismissed from practice.

Larry, I have quite a number of friends who are not computer users, and rather than make expensive phone calls, they write letters. Most of them don't have cell phones either. My replies are all done on the computer and printed out, so I am still helping out the U.S. mails with my stamp buying.

It is now late mid-morning in my area and early afternoon on the right coast, and lunch time for Hal and those in the mid country. I have no reason to leave my "nest" till lunch time, so having the bed still un-made has not bothered my conscience.

I had to spend about an hour looking up three dimensional things. width, length and height,  and the fourth which would be space, correct ? It was the book "Jesus Calling" that got me interested in this neglected part of my education. Math was my worst enemy in schooling.

Add me to the list that misses having a doggy to love. I realized a dog in my life now would not be a "life" for the dog, or a cat, or a bird or anything that needs care. The love we have plenty of and to share, but the actual care would be sadly lacking. The most I can do properly now is water the few plants I have. And now is the time to do that.

June--I just finished my lunch--some yummy chicken noodle soup that a neighbor brought to me.   I would dearly love having a dog.  But since we aren't allowed fenced in yards here, and since I am in no condition to take one for a walk, there's no way I can have one.

Good Morning from another rainy Interior day. More rain expected through the end of the month.

Nothing much going on here today but piddling stuff and cleaning. Farrah is more out than under the bed and when I didn't immediately go fetch her food, she ran to me, around me and whined at me. Whenever I turned towards the kitchen she would immediately pace just ahead, in case she needed to herd me off from any detours. It put me in the mind of television's old cattle drives!

Bis, I am about to head down for lunch, till I view the menu, I don't know what is being served. but there is a wide variety.

Patricia, it sounds to me like Farrah has decided it is HER home now and she is definitely telling you what she desires. We are their servants, because we love them, and they are unable to care for themselves. They appear to adopt us, not we them.

Thank you, June.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDbYR0ExLw0

The above is a video from the owners of the two Bengal cats, Pixel, and Sushi. When I played this compilation of two year's condensed cat meows, cries, grunts, and warbles, I was hoping to hear and recognize some of Farrah's odd sounds.

The external speaker sits just to the right of the monitor, on top of my computer tower so sounds aren't always connected to what happens on the screen. To make a long story short, Farrah was absolutely galvanized by the sounds.

She jumped up, three or more feet, and totally ignoring the cats moving on the screen, she circled over and around the computer tower and repeatedly sniffed the external speaker. She just knew those cats were somewhere and she was going to ferret them out!

I think she may become like Sarah if she ever connects what's happening on the monitor screen to the sound effects.

This has always baffled me.......information on filling urine tube......start " mid stream...." if I knew how much I was going to do, that wouldn't be a problem.... ::)

angelface--It sure sounds like Farrah is slowly becoming acclimated to her new home.  Thanks for the link.

June--It's great there's such a big variety of choices for your meals.

Vanilla-Jackie--It baffles me, too.

Jackie, start going.  Then stop and fill the container/tube and finish going.  I've been told you don't need to fill the entire container/tube.  They usually just need a small amount to test. 

The "mid stream" is to clear the urethra of old or stagnant urine at the beginning so they have a fresh sample.

Mary

Patricia, Darn ! I couldn't open the clickable. My computer tells 'flash player is outmoded. I tried to download it fresh from two different methods and neither worked. I am dumb about down loading, will have to ask my son for help, but right now both sons are visiting, along with their wives and I don't want to disturb them. I will see if the desk can send someone up to do that for me. They do work on repairs, but I don't know if they can be bothered with downloads.

MaryTX, you explained it well for the mid stream needs. It would be nice if they gave us a wide mouth jar.

Jackie:  It means you are to stand in the middle of a river and take a sample...... :D  Don't do what I say. 

Jenny: Best to have that foot looked at - go to an ER.  I am never going to an Urgent Care again.

June:  I loved that book.  Hugs to you.

Beverly:  My favorite ads are the animals in the Budweiser ads - we used to live in Fort Collins and often visited the barn where the Clydesdale's lived - as well as a Dalmatian
named Dotty.   

Larry:  The jumping letters never happened until Windows 10 downloaded - everything else seems to be working fine.  I know - I know about getting some help but something always comes up and I have always been thrifty but generous to others I hope.  Don has such arm pain so that isn't easy for him - who always used to be in the workshop.  Things are different now - as so many here can relate to that reality. 

A bit of sun here with afternoons of heavy winds and rain for the next few days. 

June, if you type in your search box, "Bengal Cats YouTube." you should come up with  an entire page of youtube videos. The ones I looked at were for a pair of British Bengals, named Sushi and Pixel. The man posting has a whole group online. He, his wife and daughter are really into the cats.

Beverly said she sent a video on how to Bengal proof your home to her daughter who evidently has Bengals.

With MS our bladders are up the creek....My problem is more with the......( Problems with emptying ) rather than storing...although I am on the loo a lot...

Problems with storage

When the nerve pathways in the spine are interrupted, even a small amount of urine in the bladder can cause it to contract. This causes a need to urinate frequently â€" known as frequency.

Another problem is an inability to ‘hold on’, called urgency. If this is severe, urgency incontinence will be a problem.

The other main type of bladder disorder is to do with emptying.

If the bladder muscles don't work in coordination, this can  make urine flow poor and interrupted, and your bladder may not empty incompletely.

If your bladder isn’t emptying completely, you may not be able to feel it. However, if you need to go to the toilet for a second time only a short while later and you’re passing a similar amount of urine, this could be a sign that your bladder isn’t emptying fully. Urine left in the bladder â€" this is called ‘the residual’ â€" stimulates further bladder contractions and can add to problems of urgency and frequency.

( They will get their sample...)

https://www.mssociety.org.uk/what-is-ms/signs-and-symptoms/bladder/abour-bladder-problems#storage

Hi MaryTX.  My urologist says two or three drops is enough.

June--Sorry you are having trouble downloading.  The do give me a wide mouthed plastic container.

Carol--Things sure do change for most of us in our Senior years.

angelface--Thanks for trying to help June.

Vanilla-Jackie--Thanks for the link about bladder problems.

Patricia, Thank you for trying to help. On my iMac uTube seems to be operated through or with Adobe helper. I can get uTube to light up, but it won't operate any of the programs on the side. I did see a whole list of kitty meows, but no way to open them.

We only got to view half of Fiddler on the Roof. The new activities director said she didn't realized the movie came in two parts, so she will show the second half at another time. My favorite part is when he sings and dances to "If I were a rich man". I can hardly sit still, I want to get up and dance with him.

Jackie.  Now we don't have a National Health service here in US.  We have Medicare for over 65 if you have worked and are on Social Security.  But the Medicare they deduct around $1400 a year from a SS monthy Cheque.

I know that the National Health is not as good now in UK. Was great for my family though in the Years my Mum, Aunts and others used it.  Unbelievable how good when I gave birth over there. 15 days hospital and then another problem I had.  Last experience was with my aunts. past 3 years ago in their 90s.Nurses in twice a day. Cleaners. Paid other help. Put lift on stairs to get up to 2nd floor.  And I had no problem using it when I came back home. Would have girls there for 4 months in summer and both got measles. and some other things. Dr. came everyday to check them. But I suppose with all the People there now for other Countries it is not the best. They have big families. I saw them all lined up when I went to Clinic . Same problems here in US now.  Health service for some not good. Unless you have good Insurance to pay for it. 

LARRY  only place you can have a ceiling fan here is in the bedroom and the kitchen.  Kitchen is a small galley type but there is an opening over the sink into the living area. Cannot have one in there because there is a sprinkler in the middle of the ceiling. Larry looks like the seniors have been brought up the right way.

JOAN  heard more about that wrong way accident on the news. The one going the wrong way was seen doing a U turn and heading back and was reported to police. They set out to stop him but got there too late. He was speeding the wrong way in the slow lane where a cop had just got off duty  and was heading home.  He was on the force just 1 year. The wrong way driver was 23 and the cop not much older. Sad really.

JUNE  like you it is work not to water the 5 plants I have left. I had one more, a cactus that needed re-potting badly.  I used to have thick leather gloves to handle that one but they wore out. A friend loved it so I asked her if she wanted it. I really do not have room for these but will keep them.  I can go down to the community room and look at the plants there. So many and all doing wonderful. A big Christmas cactus that was just in bloom again. Does that about 5 times a year. The outside wall is all windows and faces east, southeast, best light for house plants. One if my neighbors up here took it upon herself to water them, been doing it every Monday whether they need it or not. She told me that the former manager did that but the new one cannot be bothered. So this lady started to do it. She has a spray bottle that she sprays water on the leaves. The Library/computer room has some hanging plants in the windows.
Ant the lobby has a couple, too. On the tables in the lobby they have vases of artificial flowers they change with the seasons and different holidays. Good artificial flowers that look so real. At Christmas they do buy a couple of real Poinsettias. Don't know what they do with them the one after. Hope not just throw them away. I never get tired of looking around in the lobby.

JOAN  when I moved here only service dogs were allowed. Now we have 3 new residents with small dogs and 2 are barkers. Glad they are not near me. They are allowed to take them to only one area to do what needs doing and the owners have to pick it up. They throw it in the trash dumpster. Stinks in the summer. I saw the one woman with a dog throw the bag in the trash barrel in front of the entry doors. Some here are too lazy to take their trash to the dumpsters and put it in that barrel. Manager sent a notice to everyone that barrel is not for that kind of trash. There are some here who can hardly walk but go to the dumpsters. Most people follow the rules but there is always someone who thinks they don't apply to them. When we sit on the porch someone always brings a snack. The papers from it go into that barrel. Small things like that are what it is there for.

PATRICIA  at least Farrah lets you know when it is time to eat. Glad she is not hiding under the bed all the time. That youtube is so funny. The different sounds they make had me laughing. Thanks for the link.

CAROL  like you I love the Budweiser commercials with the animals. If all commercials were that good we might not mind them so much.

Sleep well and wake refreshed.

Good night everyone. It has been a ok day first we went to VA and got my new hearing to phone pared up so I can take and send phone calls hands free. It is called surfLink .it is the middle link between phone and hearing aids,make or receive
a phone call ,leave phone closed on receive and close after call is made and aids receive and sent voice No hands. c u all
tomorrow. oh we got some plants set on the raised beds in the start of greenhouse.

Lloyd

Good Night Everyfriend!  It's back to work for me tomorrow at 10.  I wish you all pleasant dreams and may God Bless us Every One!

Hi Everyone!

Quite day here, kids left just after lunch and already home.  Stormy weather around, nothing close.  Suppose to hand around most of this week.

Nose is runny, something in the air, molds, I suspect.

Nite, nite, God Bless and Sweet Dreams

Good evening.  Thank you for the nice comments regarding my foot and Kurt's injured leg. 

Kurt't went to a hand surgeon today to get a shot for his trigger finger.... While there doc looked at his leg and sent him for a tetanus shot.  Kurt asked him about my foot and he feels it is a tension or ligimate, not a bone so told him what I have been doing is the best thing I can do.  I was able to hobble around a bit more than yesterday.  I hope it will get better and better each day. 

JACKIE, I am sorry to read that you have fallen through the cracks once again and are now starting over with getting this treatment done.  Clearly something is wrong and they need to get on it NOW!

Pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

I'm almost asleep sitting here, so will just say a quick goodnight, God Bless, Hugs, Love and Prayers, wake well and happy. I'll do the same. June

Me, too.... good night & God Bless, Shirley      :-* :thumbup:

Jeanne P, like most things they were good in their day, their infancy, re,the NHS.....

I was looking on the internet for privately run MS Specialist Nurses, from maybe a privately run agency but, they don't exist, so as it stands we have no choice but to be at the beck and call of the NHS run MS Nurses....And my new Nurse let me down with her written appointment last week, my first visit with her......Personally given the choice I would rather pay, as my belief is you get what you pay for, or thats the way it should be in theory...So if you pay, you should expect a better service for your money....although I am aware that is not always the case....but it would be nice to have that choice...

Jenny, bad luck seems to follow me.....my luck certainly isn't improving since I moved here....even our pet groomer let us down the day before....What with the bathroom flood, R trying to fix it but setting it off again..... R setting the smoke alarm off, not once, but twice, on previous occasions....and we have only been here two months....Oh and not forgetting R dropping my rollator down the three concrete steps to the front of our home, took quite a tumble....

Jenny forgot to mention, re, our NHS, the Sunday morning I took myself to outpatients over my broken foot, he never x-rayed just sent me home...yet there were a couple of drunken yobs who had been in a Saturday night fight, one with head wound which he was taken in for x-ray, he walked in.....oh and the outpatients dep, was as good as empty, so this wasn't a " not having the time " thing...

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







Fractions

Our school's math teachers was giving a lesson on fractions and wrote an example on the chalkboard. He explained that the numerator was the top and the denominator the bottom. Leaning against the board, he asked the class, "Are there any questions?"

When he turned back to face the board, laughter filled the room. "Mr. Alexander," one student giggled, "you have chalk dust all over your denominator!"




Look to Jesus
(By Charles H. Spurgeon)


"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." { Hebrews 12:2 }

It is ever the Holy Spirit's work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan's work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ. He insinuates, "Your sins are too great for pardon; you have no faith; you do not repent enough; you will never be able to continue to the end; you have not the joy of His children; you have such a wavering hold of Jesus." All these are thoughts about self, and we shall never find comfort or assurance by looking within.

But the Holy Spirit turns our eyes entirely away from self: He tells us that we are nothing [in ourselves], but that "Christ is all in all."

Remember, therefore, it is not [just] thy hold of Christ that saves thee-it is Christ; it is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee-it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument-it is Christ's blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to thy hope, but to Jesus, the source of thy hope; look not to thy faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith. We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul. If we would at once overcome Satan and have peace with God, it must be by "looking unto Jesus." Keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death, His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to Him; when thou liest down at night look to Him. Oh! let not thy hopes or fears come between thee and Jesus; follow hard after Him, and He will never fail thee.

"My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness:
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name."




                 


"We may have as much of God as we will. Christ puts the key of the treasure-chamber into our hand, and bids us take all we want. If a man is admitted into the bullion vault of a bank and told to help himself, and comes out with one cent, whose fault is it that he is poor? Whose fault is it that Christian people generally have such scanty portions of the fine riches of God?"

- Alexander Maclaren

Good morning Joan, and all who are soon to follow.....Our weather looks dry, and part sunny....

R kindly dropped my urine sample in to GP surgeries receptionist first thing this morning....I may have gone along with him for the ride but I am awaiting in case plumber turns up to do our - my shower, so far no phonecall, ( told by man at office it will be done today)....So I am hoping he is on site and will just pop in and do it....been quite some time now since I last had a good wash...and tomorrow If I am not let down again, my new MS Specialist and her body guard should be coming, I want to freshen myself up before they turn up.....
I am now off to have brekkie....

Ha ha, I am hoping the man would leave the money just where it is....." Thought of the day...." it would be not there for the taking....

Edited, just had the Minutes of last weeks AGM meeting come through our door by our parkhome manager, who isn't allowed to attend......The back page lists our up to date residents names and home numbers...this eventually will get bigger as there are soon to be a maximum of 40 homes on our site, we have presently 26......We have had workmen on the site preparing the grounds for the new parkhome arrivals...which will be mainly down the bottom....

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up a bit earlier than usual this morning.  I slept rather fitfully as the doggies were restless and I had several weird dreams.  One doggie is now snoring at my feet.  I think the other one is sleeping in the living room. 

I hope you all have a lovely day blessed with whatever pleases you most. 

Good morning everyone.
Another lovely day in the making here. Taking dh vehicle in to be checked out ,noise in the front end and I hope it is not too serious.
I have little chores around the house to do and then will weed the garden.

Jane , have a great day at work.

Jackie, good morning.

Gloria, it annoys me to no end when people don't pick up after their dog. I have taken these girls to a park and one had to be on the watch where they step! Always carry plastic bags in my pocket or vehicle to pick up after these girls.

Hal, hope the allergies are better today.

Joan ,thank you for breakfast.

Jane S, if there is such a thing as reincarnation I want to come back as a dog, but only a well looked after doggie.....at least I will have a nice bed and get plenty of good sleep, your - our doggies don't know when they are well off....

Amy, agree, there is no excuse for not picking up after ones dog - dogs....I remember when soon after moving to my old address, there were a couple of strategically place dog bins around the Glebe ( an area of open grassed land ) yet it wasn't long after moving there that we noticed on the ground right next to the bin would be dog poop, how Idle can anyone be?.....This was one of the first things we noticed, people were more messier in our village than the Town I had previously just left....Also a lot more litter around our village too...would often see volunteer children, adults out clearing the littered debris scattered around...

Good morning/afternoon Vanilla-Jackie.  Hopefully your plumber will arrive soon.  Being without a properly working shower is annoying.  I hope the visit by the MS Nurse goes well.

Janie--Good morning.  Suffice it to say I had a terrible night.  I'll need a nap today.

Good morning, Amy.  Hopefully the noise in your husband's vehicle calls for no major repair.  The HOA here is constantly sending out "friendly reminders" telling folks to pick up after their dogs.  Their are special bins, strategically placed throughout the community for dog waste.  Additionally there is a dispenser of "poop bags" next to each bin, so there's no excuse for people not being "good neighbors".

Joan, I don't think he will be coming today....as R told me a few hours ago that man from the office would phone to confirm yesterday, he never phoned....R hasn't seen plumber onsite this morning when out with the dogs.....

Oh to have a good shower, only used old shower once, and had the odd bath a few times, just a quick in and out, soap and water thingie.....no relaxing and head back on bath pillow as I once used to do, and with bubble bath...all a thing of the past.....

R waiting in, has his shopping to do but doesn't want to miss the lady hairdresser that is due to make a few customer visits on site today, only sets foot around here on a particular occasion, once every so many weeks, told by neighbour that she does around 5 or 6 peoples hair, and told to come and pay R a visit, so he doesn't want to go out and miss her, not knowing what time she will arrive....

R is outside our front of home pulling up weeds, or maybe good plants.... ::)

Hi everyone.  It is another beautiful day with zero chance of rain.  It is to get up to 87 degrees this afternoon.  The schedule today is light as we only have our Senior Luncheon at 11:30 this morning and the rest of the day is clear.

Yesterday turned out to be very busy.  I sprayed the insect barrier around the house and then repotted my front porch flowers, which turned out to be quite a big job.  I found two of the containers that came with the house had no holes in the bottoms of them to let excess water drain out.  So I fixed that and put some rocks in the bottom, then potting soil and took the flowers from the containers they came in and planted them.  It doesn't sound like much but it was almost too much for me as couldn't stay upright by the time I finished and was bent over like a little old man.  However, a few minutes rest restored some of my energy and I was able to make it to my meeting on time.  Scott came over about 5 pm last night and helped his mother fix a surf and turf dinner.  We had a small package of frozen shrimp and also finished up the three steaks we had left from the Omaha Steaks we got at Christmas time.  Pat baked some fresh roles and we also had fresh sweet corn.  It was a delicious meal.  It was a nice evening. 

Carol, I sent you a separate email concerning information I found on a possible fix to your cursor jumping problem. 

Lloyd, the SurfLink sounds like a very useful tool for you to help with phone calls. 

Jenny, glad you are being able to get around a bit easier and it sounds like it will just take time for it to heal. 

Jackie, you lost me with your comment about your new MS Specialist coming with her "body guard".  Why a body guard?

Joan, so sorry that you had a terrible night and hope you can get some extra rest today and have a better night tonight. 

Good morning, another rainy day here.

In our apartment building, we have on the left side, a fenced in area attached to an entry door. It has both bin and dog bag containers across from the door. Folks get comfortable and forget the cameras that are set in all public areas.

There is one warning slipped under your door and the second is a publicly posted list of those who don't improve. The third time isn't a warning but the loss of your pet ownership ability. You are violating not only the building and association rules, you are also violating borough, (county); rules.

This building has five floors and 196 apartments available to those over 62 and disabled. Each tenant is allowed one pet twenty pounds or under. While the majority are cats, there are almost as many dogs and service animals are not immune to the rules.

While the building is a small community, as most are retired or not working, there are still some who feel they are above the rules. Last year, we actually had folks taking framed pictures off the walls of the third-floor library and taking them home.

There was a note posted in the libraries, laundries and garden areas to the effect that they knew who the guilty party was due to the cameras and it might be a good idea to return the framed pictures which were soon done. as to not be made public.

Farrah is back to her usual morning skittish behavior, she seems to relax more in the afternoon and evening. A person could get a complex...

I have also had some bad nights. I seem to sleep better in the winter when sounds are muffled. I remember just enough about my dreams that they were active and bizarre.

Larry Hanna, new MS Specialist was due to make a home visit one day last week....I had made a slip remark when over the answerphone confirming her appointment by mumbling, " I am in an abusive relationship..." I said that as a warning that there could be a bit of an atmosphere.... so I kind-of dug a hole for myself....So hey ho, what did she do, she didnt turn up....When we finally got in-contact over the phone, after me chasing her up, it transpired that because of my mumbled message that for security and safety reasons someone needed to come along with her...Originally she tried to hide that by telling me the reason she never turned up was that she, they didn't have my up to date home phone number but, she kind of slipped herself up, re, she may not have had my phone number but, she did have my address....Sorry just the term I am now using , re, her bodyguard....I told her that she will be safe..... ( it is only me he verbally abuses and sometimes threatens..)

Good Morning everyone.top of the day girls and Larry . Larry it is. I just woke up a few min. ago to the sound of a good rain and the roiling of the patio bins. Nancy and I planted plants in the raised Bins in the start of the new greenhouse. God sure takes care. Larry I sure thank you for the rt. click on the red lined words. I need to catch the sun out and take pictures of the greenhouse in progress. and have you show me how to post them here. every one have a great day.

Lloyd

Good morning everyone. Have a dentist appointment today, another tooth going by by. She already took the mold for a new partial so hope this heals fast. Woke later than I wanted so am behind now. Just time for my coffee and  start getting ready for my ride. We are having showers today. Then it will get summer temperatures. Glad my AC is is.

JOAN  maybe I should have 2 lemon DD's now. Will be the last thing I will eat today. I do dread what comes after the extraction because I like and trust the dentist.  Today's goodies are all great and I enjoy all. Thank you for these and all you start our days with. I know it is time consuming for you.

Sorry but no time to sit and chat this morning.

 Plumber is here, new shower hose, lever taps and slide bar, I've got the lot, I am leaving him to it, not the same man that was here last week, day of the bathroom flooding, but another young man who seems just as competent and quick.....
Cant wait for it to be installed, yey, I can have a decent shower.... happy, jumping up and down smiley....

Gloria, I guess you are referring to losing a tooth today, but I pray that " going by by..." is still here to stay, if they can find a solution on keeping it for you.....

Good Morning Everyone!

Cloudy day, looks like it wants to rain.

Nothing much going on here.  Have to check the oil in my wifes car.  And that is about it.

Larry, I know the feeling about stooping and then can straighten up.  Ah the golden years.

Jackie, I know you are happy the plumbers are finally finishing up things.  Hope you get the nurse on a regular schedule.  About the mumbling......well, loose lips sink ships. And best made plans.

Got to get out and check that car.......

Halkel, have to admit you are right, this came back to bite me, shan't do it again.....just that I mumbled soon after another bout of abuse....

Plumber still here bt he is drilling away so I know I am nearer to having that shower....

Vanilla-Jackie--Glad the plumber finally came.  I am sure it'll feel good to take a shower.

Good morning, Larry.  Your supper last night sounds sooooo good.

angelface--Good morning.  Some people just think they don't have to obey the rules.  Shame on person(s) who stole the pictures.

Good morning, Lloyd.  A good rain should make you plants really grow.

Gloria--Good morning.  Have a handful of lemon DDs since you won't be eating after the extraction.  Thanks for acknowledging what I do here.

Good morning halkel.  Could you please send some rain this way?

Plumber father of plumber boy turned up, had a lengthy chat on what is being done and what will be done tomorrow morning and why,..... we are now also getting a brand new wooden bath panel...much better than the flimsy split plastic panel we now have got.....So some good does come out some bad......

Edited, shower is now fitted and working...looks straightforward to operate, just a simple turn to the right or left for hot or cold water, no push in levers to override the temperature like from the Triton shower....Only one query when I asked what make, meaning model of Mira, he thought I was asking what make of shower and told me Bristan, I repeated my question and asked which Mira shower I had, he again told me the shower brand is Bristan, well I have never heard of that make, and asked him why we didn't get the Mira what we were told we were getting, not that it makes any difference as he assured me Bristan is a very good make and told us our taps are Bristan....So I am now looking this brand up, I told him if I don't agree with him I shall be having words.....we both laughed but I am sure he thinks I don't mean it, wink wink.....Shower does look good, straightforward to use, a larger shower head, just what I wanted....

Vanilla-Jackie--Your shower sounds very nice.

Good Morning,

Jackie Vanilla,   I would enjoy your new shower today because the weather in central Oklahoma is hot and "sticky-muggy".  Prediction is for "severe" weather all week.  Far western Oklahoma had tornadoes last night; one stayed on the ground for 20 minutes without moving more than a couple of miles.  Good thing it was over an open rural area instead of the nearby town.  That would have been as destroyed as it was in 1947 in what is still referred to as "The Woodward tornado".

Larry, next time you plant flowers in pots,  try putting a coffee filter in the bottom of the pot (or as many as you need to cover the area).  Works the same as it does in the coffeemaker - keeps the soil ("grounds") in and lets the water ("coffee) drain out - and is sooooo much lighter if the pot has to be moved.

I've been to the hairdresser and the local dairy store/small market, so am in for the duration.  Maybe I'll make pudding and thaw out some ground beef for something to be decided on later.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

Jackie. Just don't get carried away and stay under shower to long.  I havn't used a tub for years. Love to be under a shower.  I was told by my Gino Dr. when still young. Never use any kind of Bath Salts or Powders when using a Tub.  Most his money is made from Women with Urine infection caused by these.  Did they also install one of the seats to go into your shower. Should have one in.

I am later this morning. Don't know why...time just seems to pass too quickly. Or is it possible I am slowing down? :-\ My morning is free so it doesn't matter.

At one thirty I will attend our creative writing class. Two forty five is Balance and mobility, and at six thirty tonight is the Westminster Choral. So I will have to stay awake for awhile.

The workmen here are redoing the second floor lounge. Our building is U shaped, so I can look out my window to the right and see them working..also hear them since we both have our windows open. We need more space for our balance and mobility class..more folks are involved now,so I think that is the reason for this job.

We are going to be mostly cloudy today, with a high of 68. I always welcome the clouds in case they have some rain in them.

Have a great day my friends, and I plan to do the same. June

Callie--Never thought of using coffee filters in the bottom of flower post.  Thanks for the tip.  OK sure does get a lot of nasty weather.

Hi JeanneP.

June--You have a busy agenda today.  Enjoy all the activities.

Jeanne P, no seat nor do I have any hand rail, but the handrail I can soon order over the Internet, one that has suction to the tiles should do the job, but I will have to check on the maximum weight it will hold.....The shower cubicle is to me quite large, an oblong shape, so a handrail will be a necessity as I cant imagine myself stuck in the centre I would become very disorientated......saying that I desperately do need a shower, and cant wait that long till handrail is here so I will just have to go with the flow for now....I also plan on washing my hair whilst I am under the shower....Have to admit if it wasnt for my bad health a relaxing bath every time would be my number one choice, relaxing with Elemis ( aching muscle super soak...)...

Edited, just ordered my suction handrail from a Parkinson's disease website, ( I was VAT exempt, had to fill in their online form, ) I have ordered and paid the extra for a next day delivery but its over today's deadline so will come Thursday....It is not a cheap one, looks solid and strong, its a longer length than some I have seen....says, the indicator will turn green when the grab bar is securely fixed, If the indicator is red, you will need to reposition and try again until the indicator's green......Link...

http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/shop/product/suction-grabber

Jackie, when Claude first became ill and his balance became iffy, I bought a movable plastic shower bench I think it was from Amazon.  We also had our handyman install a handrail which was screwed into the wall studs.  He screwed right through the ceramic tile and didn't crack it.  The suction cup type can become loose and I would rather be safe than sorry if it did.

I use it now and I feel a lot safer in the shower.

Mary 

Hello Everyfriend!  Today was a pretty good day at work.  Lots of nice people came through my line and I had a personal update as to what they are doing with "time off" etc.  Seems I am part of the bonus that "everyone" is getting.  However, my large part (based on the number of hours I worked in 2015) will be a whopping $2.74!  Wow!  what do you think I should do with it?  Maybe I'll retire and live on it the rest of my life?  Maybe I'll take a cruise?  Maybe I'll get a new car?  Or maybe....ALL OF THE ABOVE! 

I wish you all the same kind of good fortune!  I love it!

Mary, just this minute placed my order from a Parkinsons disease website....have to admit that was something I was concerned about, it giving away.....just hope I've made the right choice in the one I chose.....

I will look on Amazon at the seat - bench you mention, that again is something I should think about, thank you for the tip...

Jane S, best to spend it as you wont get rich living off the interest.... :thumbup:

Jane, now don't spend it all in one place!  ;)

The bathrooms here have one long bolted bar along the back width of the tub/shower combo and one on each side of the open tub side. I have used them in the past if I start to lose my balance or something. I would definitely go for the bolted in ones for stability and security. There is even a shorter bar on the wall behind the toilet.

Hmmmm, Janie, are you buying?  It would be interesting to see how they came to that figure.

Jackie, I have a fiberglass tub that has a bolted grab bar on the wall side.  I also have a suction bar on the tub, but outside the shower curtain.  I only use that when getting out of the tub (after taking shower) but I push on it and do not pull.  Every few months, the bar loosens and falls to the floor so you will have to be careful when using it to be sure the bar is firm.  I'm with the others suggesting you have one bolted to the tub.

I also think it would be a good idea to have a stool to sit on, safer than standing up.

Mary Ann

I have not had luck with any type of Suction things in the Bathroom. Have just tried them on soap dishes. and did have a grab bar on one side when I use the bathtub to sort of pull self up. Seems that the tile does not hold them when wall gets wet. They just slide down.
But Jackie. Just test it for strength and if you dont feel safe have them attach with screws. Its not a hard thing to do. I know that when hotels, motels are built no the Law is that they have to be bolted to the walls. To many accident claims they say.

Vanilla-Jackie--I think you'd be happy with the rails like I have and the bench.  I got the bench from Amazon.

Janie--Just don't spend it all in one place.:)

MaryTX--I have those stainless steel rails that are screwed into the wall in my walk-in shower and my shower that's with the tub.  Like you, I feel safe with them.

angelface--It sounds like what you have is similar to mine.

halkel--Our Janie is so generous--bet she IS buying.:)

Mary Ann--Seems we all have similar ideas for shower/tub safety.

JeanneP--I feel safer with the bars bolted to the walls.

Larry:  Thank you so much for the instructions - it hasn't worked yet.  Neither have the fix-its that Microsoft has in their information. We will keep looking for a mend to this happening.

Callie:  We sit close enough to the hills that we can see the black clouds pass over to the eastern part of the state and beyond to you.  We always worry for everyone on the plains.  It looks like a few more days of this sky.

Quilters are coming tonight - I have lemon cookies, ice cream or sherbet and they all like ice tea.

About the only thing I can think of that I'd be able buy enough of to go around and jalapeno peppers.  They're about the cheapest thing that I've ever seen come through my line.  Anyone for jalapenos?

Well the tooth is out and I have my new partial. Just cannot wear it till the space is healed. There is a commercial on TV here for one of those fast dental places and everyone says 'I love my dentist”. Well I think I could say that about mine. Never had one so gentle.

JACKIE  the tooth was loose and the one the partial will be next to. Better out now than having to go through this later.

HAL  cloudy here all day and showers at times. I knew  it was like this as soon as I woke, my back told me.

JACKIE  now you can enjoy a shower again and feel nice and clean.

CALLIE  we are to be having a taste of summer starting tomorrow. Sure glad I have my AC in. I have used those coffee filters in the bottom of my flower pots for years.  Lot of good uses for those filters, washing windows for one.

JEANNE P  I bought one of those shower seats years ago and so glad I did. Cannot stand on my own long enough to shower.

JUNE  when I got home today I turned the AC on the dehumidify setting and laid on the couch.

MARYTX  I would not be able to shower with out the shower seat I have.  No bathtubs where I live so  a seat is a must.

JANE  wow with that BIG bonus you better think carefully just how you will invest/spend it.

PATRICIA  the shower here has grab bars on 3 sides and 2 near the toilet. All bolted, much safer.

CAROL  would love to join your quilters, would love the lemon cookies.

JANE a jalapeno would be different.  Have not had one is years.

Have a good night everyone.

I have a shower chair with arms and I am so glad that I do...I am not too steady and with the grab bars I just hate coming out..I was having difficulty handling the towel moored close by, when it was suggested I get a sarong type thingie with velcro to adhere to itself with absorbent toweling that makes it so much easier to dry off..My explanation may not be that clear, but you sharp people I know can figure it out

Greetings Everyfriend, had to post a note to assure you's I am still reading and with a big   :)

It seems everyone is doing fairly well and that is what I so enjoy hearing.

I have been busy, do hope the construction here gets done soon....this has carried on a bit longer than  it should.. (contractor a no show some days ) EEEK :O)

And oh gosh the Graduations, will they ever end ?

I attended two on Sunday with more this Saturday EEEK :O) again ~ such madness

So best wishes to all , have a great night and even brighter day tomorrow.

Mycheal

I don't think I could fall in my shower if I wanted to. It is square in shape and small in circumference. I has a shower chair that has long legs in the front, short legs in the back which sit on a corner shelf. A long metal grab bar on the back wall, another grab bar the shower metal rope type is attached to another grab bar, and another long grab bar for getting in and out of the shower. There is also a non slip type of flooring.

Gloria, we have no bathtubs here either, but that doesn't bother me as I could no longer get my self up and out of one, I'm sure. I shudder just thinking about having a tooth extracted. I went through a very bad time last time I had one removed. Now I think I would just let it fall out. I choose for a root canal if that is an option.

Mycheal, it's about time you reported in. I have been concerned about you. Now it is Kelly's turn to show up. You both disappeared about the same time.

I had a huge lunch downstairs, so just ate some left-overs for supper. I'll be going down to listen to the Westminster Chorale now. Hope to get back to say goodnight.......

JeanneP, by any chance do you have ceramic tiles with grout between them in your bathroom.  I have a fiberglass tub, all one piece, so the suction works and I'm very cautious when using it.  When I went to Indy a year ago, my cousin had bought a suction type bar but the directions said to not put it over grout because it would not work.

Mary Ann

After reading about grab bars, I have to add my thoughts on them. I had two grab bars like the ones in the link Vanilla posted. They worked great for awhile, then one day just slid off. They are now in the bathroom closet! We have a fiberglass shower. The bolted ones are much safer. 

Callie - We lived in Woodward. OK for a few years. The local museum has so many photos of the 1947 tornado and of all the destruction. At least 200 people died and it was a small town. Also many stories from newspapers and letters about that night. It hit after dark. I can't imagine what they went through. Then another tornado went through there a few years ago. I watched the TV intently as it hit in the small residential area where we lived.

Thanks for the coffee filter idea for plants. I hadn't heard that before.

I went to the movies tonight with a group of lady friends and neighbors. We saw Mother's Day. I really enjoyed it. After the movie all 14 of us walked down to Haagen-Dazs for ice cream.

Good night all.

I have a couple of those suction cup hand holds.  But they are don't stick too well.
But I have a shower chair which I use when showering.   The old days of balancing on one leg while washing the other are long gone.

Up early in the morning.  Appointment at 8 AM.  Sooooooo.


Nite, nite, God Bless and Sweet Dreams.

Back from the singing and it was beautiful ! They are just a group of neighborhood people that like to sing, and they do it beautifully. A young man directs them and he brings out the best in them. It was truly a pleasure to listen to them.

Tomorrow is another busy day, if I so choose. 10 a.m. my son will be leading a Bible study, and I would only miss that if I were dead or really really sick. At 3:30  is a discussion on current topics, and 2:30 they will be serving coca cola floats, with possible singing. And I have two letters to answer and should write to others at Sunwest that I have neglected. And so life goes on. I pray you all have a very peaceful night, and a joyful Wednesday. I send you Prayers, Hugs and Love as always, June

I'm here to check up on everyone & turn out the lights.  Have one eye on radar, those storms just keep heading our way, so far only thunder & lightning & very little rain.  I drained out too much from the pool today, was on the phone talking to insurance agent. Will add a few inches tomorrow if we don't get it from the sky, was running over after the heavy rain this morning.  Never satisfied, huh?

I'm shocked how much one vehicle costs since we've always had at least 2.  The RV is with another company, better coverage for less.  House & car with one and auto club with a different one.  These were all picked by my husband so I've let them "ride", so far have not found anything better, ran the numbers each way & will just pay up.   :idiot2:  Sure been a lot of "out-go" versus "in-come" lately.   :crazy2:

Still fighting Windows 10 problems, been spending all computer time checking for solutions but am about ready to dump 10 and go back to 7 (headaches are back so stress is a trigger).  Still waiting for last cat to show up.  They do have a place to hide during storms, always come home dry.    Sweet dreams & God Bless.
Shirley

I am hoping I have better luck with my new shower suction bar than I read a lot of you folks have.....well it will be a starter, lets hope the one I chose, longer and stronger and dearer than many I have seen on the market will be suitable,.... but I do need to be safe than sorry, cant afford any safety issues.....I have been looking online at the shower stalls, and dwindled it down to three that would be suitable to me that I like, haven't placed any order yet as I am still toying between them, which one would be the more better....One is by Patterson Medical called Ocean, I quite like the one with the contour shape seat rather than the ergonomic....Another I am looking at is Etac Swift and the Chester shower stool with cut - out.....anyway when I make up my mind I shall be ordering one, not sure which....I don't want one with a backrest, nor a chair, just a stool......but the handrail bar is the necessity...

Thank you for all your feedback and personal stories, they do, and have helped in my choices, and what I need...

As for R with his bath, even he agrees the bottom is slippery yet wouldn't entertain a non slip bath mat, he would probably not even approve a shower handrail or shower stool, nor make use of them....but for me, needs are needs...

Good Wednesday morning, Everyfriend.  There's poached eggs and toast to accompany your coffee or tea. I wish everyone a good day!!







Green Banana

This bloke is working on the buses and collecting tickets. He rings the bell for the driver to set off when there's a woman half getting on the bus. The driver sets off, the woman falls from the bus and is killed. At the trial the bloke is sent down for murder and seeing as it's Texas he's sent to the electric chair.

On the day of his execution he's sat in the chair and the executioner grants him a final wish.

"Well" says the man, "is that your packed lunch over there?"

"Yes" answers the executioner.

"Can I have that green banana?" the man asks.

The executioner gives the man his green banana and waits until he's eaten it. When the man's finished, the executioner flips the switch sending hundreds of thousands of volts through the man. When the smoke clears the man is still alive. The executioner can't believe it.

"Can I go?" the man asks.

"I suppose so" says the executioner, "that's never happened before."

The man leaves and eventually gets his job back on the buses selling tickets. Again he rings the bell for the driver to go when people are still getting on. A man falls under the wheels and is killed. The bloke is sent down for murder again and sent to the electric chair. The executioner is determined to do it right this time so rigs the chair up to the electric supply for the whole of Texas. The bloke is again sat in the chair.

"What is your final wish?" asks the executioner.

"Can I have that green banana in your packed lunch?" says the condemned man.

The executioner sighs and reluctantly gives up his banana. The bloke eats the banana all up and the executioner flips the switch. Millions of volts course through the chair blacking out Texas. When the smoke clears the man is still there smiling in the chair. The executioner can't believe it and lets the man go.

Well, would you believe, the bloke gets his job back on the buses. Once again he rings the bell whilst passengers are still getting on, this time killing three of them. He is sent to the electric chair again. The executioner rigs up all the electricity in America to the chair, determined to get his man this time. The man sits down in the chair smiling.

"What's your final wish?" asks the executioner.

"Well" says the man, "Can I have that green banana out of your packed lunch?"

The executioner hands over his banana and the man eats it all, skin included. The executioner then pulls the handle and a zillion million trillion volts go through the chair. When the smoke rises the man is still sat there alive without even a burn mark.

"I give up" says the executioner, "I don't understand. How you can still be alive after all that?" He stroked his chin. "It's something to do with that green banana isn't it?" he asked.

"Nahh" said the bloke,"...I'm just a really bad conductor."




A Mother's Influence
(by Barbara Rainey)

Proverbs 1:8 And do not forsake your mother's teaching.

As a mother, I have my days when everything is relatively easy and I wonder why I ever struggle. The children are loving to one another and circumstances seem to flow smoothly.

But there are other days when I wonder if it will ever be fun again. I struggle with guilt and discouragement. Will these children ever grow up to walk with the Lord? Am I ruining my kids for life!?

Because of my humanity, my identity is subject to attack by my emotions, by other people's perceptions and expectations, and by my abilities and failures. Learning the truth about myself and standing on that truth is a lifelong process.

I believe that if I persevere, God will give me a ministry of influence to the next generation. Most ministry activity is by adults to their own generation, but mothers can literally shape the future. President Teddy Roosevelt once said:

When all is said, it is the mother, and the mother only, who is a better citizen than the soldier who fights for his country. The successful mother, the mother who does her part in rearing and training aright the boys and girls, who are to be the men and women of the next generation, is of greater use to the community, and occupies, if she only would realize it, a more honorable as well as more important position than any man in it. The mother is the one supreme asset of the national life. She is more important, by far, than the successful statesman, or businessman, or artist, or scientist.

To have that influence on the future through my children demands that I objectively evaluate my life as a mother in light of that goal.

Prayer:

That God will give you a vision for the type of influence you can have in the future through your children.




“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

~ Jim Rohn

Ah, Joan, loved the "Green Banana".... I didn't see that punch line coming!  Got up to check radar, cats are wanting out & looks like all the red & yellow blob is past us for now.  Still fighting to stay connected, this Windows 10 is pushing me over the edge.  I haven't had a poached egg in years, grew up with my mother fixing them in a coffee mug over crunched soda crackers & lots of butter... the butter made the difference for me.  Thanks for your early morning searching, researching & funnies.

I have a sore throat this morning so guess it's time to call the doctor, maybe these headaches are connected to a bug or something to do with the bites either from the cats or out in my woods down by the river.  We had such a mild winter the bugs are out in force & having trouble getting the meds put on all the cats.  Have to keep Tom & Tiger separated so they don't groom each other.... leaves a mess on their fur for at least 24 hours.  Their mama is so lovey as she wraps herself around my ankles but when she sees that little tube in my hand she knows what I'm up to & hides under the car.  I haven't seen a flea & guess there are sand fleas down by the river & not even sure I didn't catch the sore throat from one of the great grands, they catch everything at day care.  Don't think this is fatal  ;)  ..........but not a good thing, for sure. 

I hate having to get in to see the doctor on short notice, last time I felt bad when the X-ray didn't show a mass of broken bones in my hand, they are so good about getting me in as fast as possible.... and false alarm... Hand still doesn't work right but X-ray didn't show anything broken & doesn't show just "badly bruised".  Don't suppose it has anything to do with age, huh?   :crazy2:  Have a great day.

Good morning everyone.

Overcast day here and I hope we get some rain! Nothing important going on today, just putz about the house.
We have a shower with a built in seat and hand rail right into the shower.,bottom is not slippery either.

Shirley that is how I ate my hard boiled eggs too...loved them in a mug and with butter on them. Glad to hear the storms went away from you. Hope you feel better soon

Joan, thank you for breakfast, enjoy your day.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning, Shirley.  You should get yourself to the doctor.  Better safe than sorry.

Amy--Good Morning.  The sun is brightly shining here.  Weatherguesseer said 0% chance of rain.

I must get out this morning and do a few errands.  I like to go before the heat of the day.

Good Morning Everyone!

Well, I am up and washed and brushed.  Shaved late yesterday so didn't have to this morning.  Got that blasted 8 appointment to get my implant and not looking forward to that.  Don't know really what to expect, it is put in with a needle, heck, might be a birth control..... :2funny:

Any old how, bad weather forecast starting today and going on for three or four days.  Mostly heavy rains.  It was just a year ago when they had the 40 foot flood in Wimberly that killed several, a couple of the victims were never found.

Jackie, check with your nurse before you go investing a lot in showers, there may be some programs for MS folks.

Good morning.  My company (son, daughter in law, 23 yr old grandson) have gone home and it was so good to see them but I have regained my lovely peaceful and quiet house.  Ahhhh....

I'm catching up on all of the goings on here in the SS.  Glad to read the good and sorry to read the not-so-good.

Take care, All.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I went back to bed this morning after the doggies came in.  I'm just not feeling up to par.  I can't shake this cough and I can't sleep well because of it.

I hope you all have a lovely day. 

Good morning, halkel.  Best of luck with your procedure this morning.

Phyllis--Good morning.  Company is nice, but like you said, it's nice to have your house back.

Good morning, Janie.  I am sorry you are not feeling well.  Maybe you should see a doctor?

Good morning everyone. Think I was in dreamland a little after 9 last night. Glad I don't have a tooth out every day. Woke this morning wondering why my jaw was sore.

CHIA  I have seen those wrap around things in some of the catalogs I get and wondered how they worked. Like you I have trouble handling bath towels these days.

JUNE  I know I would not be able to get out of a tub anymore but at times I would love to soak in a tub. I could go to my son's, he has a whirlpool bath tub but I would not be able to get out of it. Would feel good on my back though. No root canals for me.

BEVERLY  forget the movie just lead me to Hagen-Daz for a treat.

SHIRLEY  outgo always seems like a lot more than the income lately. Makes me glad in some ways that I don't get out much and go shopping. I still am holding out on downloading 10. Have not heard many happy with it.

JACKIE  I have a shower stool. Like you I did not want a back or arms. Hope your suction grab bar works. We do need some things to help us as we age.

JOAN  it is years since I made a poached egg, easy to do so don't know why.  I will enjoy that this morning with toast. Guess I will have to fore go the toast, orders from dentist, soft food only till the gum heals.  I like crunchy food. Groan with Bad Conductor. Thought the banana would have made him slippery or something like that. Like that one. Food for thought is so true.  Good quote. Thank you for today's goodies.

SHIRLEY  sore throats are no fun. Years ago I got a strep throat every year. Terrible.

AMY  great a day with no driving or big jobs waiting for you. Supposed to  get into the upper 80's here today. Too hot so fast.

HAL  implant for what?

PHYLLIS  always great to have family visit but  our normal routine feels good when they leave. I know when my daughter and family came for a visit, 4 more people in my 3 room apartment, sure felt quiet when they left.

Beverly, as I've said, I use a suction grab bar to get out of the shower.  The bar in the shower is bolted to the wall of the shower (fiberglass).  About every three or four months I find the suction bar on the floor.  I put the suction cups under the faucet before I put it on the tub.  And I push on it when I get out of the shower; I do not pull on it.  One other thing I have is a tub mat.  My tub is supposed to be OK to stand on without a mat, but I feel more secure with the mat.

Hal, I hang on to my mounted grab bar while washing my legs and it's OK so far.  I may find the day I need a seat but I've managed to stand so far. 

It isn't easy getting old - our "golden years"!

Mary Ann

Hi everyone on another beautiful day.  I should have a pretty quiet day today with just my usual morning chores of tending my flowers and plants and doing my Internet reading of discussions and the email.  I didn't even have to empty the dishwasher as we ate at the church yesterday for a large noon meal.  We had a delicious quiche made with a grits crust, a cheese feeling topped with the egg mixture and another later of cheese.  We had a nice salad and roll to go with it and a thin slice of mixed berry pie.  It was a large meal.  This evening is our last Wednesday night dinner until the fall and is the traditional hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixings with dessert. 

Patricia, did the folks who took the pictures off the library walls return them?  I can't imagine doing such a thing.  At one place we lived the library had framed pictures you could check out for a period of time.  That idea never appealed to me.  That is a large building in which you live.

Jackie, thanks for the explanation of the body guard.  Glad your shower is finally being fixed.  Is it a walk-in shower?  We tried one of the suction handrails for Stacey and it wasn't successful and I sure wouldn't trust it if very much weight would be placed on it.  We do have a handrail in our shower, at the back of the toilet and on the wall beside it.  It is a good safety precaution.  I see you have one that will indicate if it isn't safe and that is good and I hope it serves you well.  It sounds like you would have room in your shower for a bath chair.  We also have an oblong shower but it does have a built in seat and we had a handheld shower head put in as a part of our contract on this house. 

JaneS, that bonus is almost an insult after all the hours you worked during the year.  That wouldn't even buy you a Blizzard at Dairy Queen.  :)  You can have my jalapenos. 

Callie, thanks for the suggestion to use the coffee filters.  I would never have thought of that but it sure makes sense. 

June, yesterday at our Senior Luncheon the speaker was a writing teacher and she had us do Rapid Writing for three minutes on something from our childhood.  The purpose was to teach us how to tell stories to our grandchildren.  She demonstrated another technique of doing an eight block cartoon type method to help tell the story.  She told a story of her own and was quite funny.  This lady does a drama workshop for our young people throughout the year on Wednesday evening.  I think she had intended to have us write more but there was quite a bit of grumbling by the seniors. 

Lloyd, it sounds like your new greenhouse garden is off to a good start. 

Carol, you might try using a different mouse.  I was having a problem with my Chromebook and when I replaced the mouse it eliminated the problem. 

Mycheal, are these relatives graduation ceremonies you are attending.  It is very frustrating when a job is started and then drags on. 

I'm Baaaaccccck.  Well, things went pretty good.  My BP was sky high, but understandable (for me) since I wasn't sure exactly what was going to happen and the guy who did the procedure was a little concerned.  But having to walk a little ways and then finding the escalator not working and having to walk down a long flight of stairs and getting called in as soon as I got there I wasn't surprised.

Anyhow, the shot was not very pleasant, hurt like everything, and of course left a seed in my stomach area under the skin which kinda stung.

My son-in-law and I stopped on the way home for breakfast.  My treat since he did the driving.  He has been a jewel hauling me hither and yon to all these appointments and delivering/picking me up right at the door.  So a meal is a small treat. And the very least I could do for him.

Got to go finish taking my meds.

Good morning, Gloria.  I hope your jaw heals quickly.  I often have poached eggs--so easy to fix.

Mary Ann--Good morning.  Glad your shower arrangement works well for you.

Good morning, Larry.  I am just wondering how a quiche with a grits crust would taste since I don't like grits.  I believe I'd prefer the hamburger meal next week.

halkel--Glad your procedure went well.  I have "white coat syndrome" and my BP always shoots up when anything medical is concerned.

Good morning everyone from another rainy, foggy day in the Interior. Ninety percent of rain today!

Hal, I hope you will feel better soon and that the implant soon begins or simply does its job!

Farrah is no longer hiding in the bedroom or skittish but she is hypervigilant  to outdoors.

MaryAnn, these aren't our "golden" years as much as an "iron age" and we're rusting!   ;D

I have been using the add-on, Grammarly to correct my spelling and my grammar. I have never seen so many incorrect articles and prepositions. I may simply go back to only spell checking and ignorance!  :thumbup:

Hal, prayers heading your way that this procedure works for you..glad you have a great son in law to help you...after all you did give him a special lady in his life!!
I  think rest is in order for the rest of the day for you.  :)

Good Morning dear hearts ! Had a perfect nights sleep. Looking in the mirror is rather frightful, and my bed is right next to a mirrored closet..two doors..all mirror. So waking with ones hair stuck out like a porcupine makes one wonder just what is happening while one is so sound asleep."Hair-raising nightmares ??????

Hal, I may thoughtfully slay you if you leave us hanging about your condition. What was this awful shot in the tummy supposed to heal. They planted a "seed" in your tummy ??? What do they expect to grow in the darkness of your innards? C'mon Hal, don't leave us guessing. Tell your son in law we thank him for taking such good care of our friend.

It is six minutes till 9 o'clock. I have a bed to make, breakfast of some coffee cake to finish, clothing to put on and then be downstairs and out of breath by 10 o'clock when my son will be teaching us about the book of Daniel. He and his wife just got back from visiting his brotherDaniel in Santa Cruz.

Still feeling a bit puny!  Left a message with the Dr. and hope it doesn't get back to my kids.  They worry!

angelface--Farrah is making progress if she isn't hiding in the bedroom or skittish anymore. :thumbup:

Amy--Good rest is on your agenda for the remainder of the day.

June--When my hair looks like that in the morning, I call it "bed head".:)

Janie--Sorry you're still feeling puny.  Glad you called the doctor.

Joan. so much for rest, a friend gave me a recipe for bread and said it was really good. Well I did that recipe plus my own and now have the smell of four loaves of fresh bread tickling my nose...I am my own worst enemy!!!

Jane,hope you feel better soon!Drink lots of fluids and if you can take Vitamin C take some.

Amy--Could you PLEASE put a couple slices of that fresh homemade bread in the "hidey hole" for me?:)

Just put a loaf in the hidey hole along with some butter and rhubarb jam....enjoy!

I'll put some Oatmeal/Molasses bread in the hidey-hole, too.  And lots of butter as well.  Mmmmmmmm.  No wonder I don't lose any weight.

Patricia, I like to think my grammar is correct when I write messages here and when I try to proof it after I post, I correct it.  I ignore other's grammar errors as I'm more interested it what they have to say.

Tom and I went out for lunch today to Blue Water Grill, which I think is a chain.  I had a whitefish sandwich and it is always good there.  Tom had a burger.  Broccoli, cranberry slaw came with it and that was very good. 

The sky looks as if we might get some rain and we need it; we have not had any rain for some time.

Hal, I hope your treatment helps your condition. 

Mary Ann

MaryAnn, I first got Grammarly as a free addon for its spellcheck. I then became interested in the Grammar option  because my College literature professor once joked a long time ago, that I was the queen of run-on sentences, using lots of commas. That always bothered me even though I eventually received an B plus in the class.

I agree about other's writings. This is simply one of my own foibles.

Your lunch sounded good. I had a cold chicken sandwich and coffee for breakfast, not so interesting...

Amy--Thanks so much.

Jeanne Lee--Wow, I am going to have a feast.  It all sounds so good.  Thanks.

Mary Ann--Your and Tom's lunch sounds very tasty.

angelface--I try to spell correctly and use proper grammar, but at this stage of the game, if it's incorrect I feel folks know what I mean.

Ah yes, Angel, the old dreaded "comma splice".  I also was guilty of that sin when I was in college. I remember the first paper I handed in when I had a full professor as my teacher.  He taught English Lit.  It looked like someone had bled all over it and at the bottom was a little notation: "this is not college level work".  I got the message.

MaryAnn.  No, No tile in bathroom. I have a older Cast Iron Tub. (Would like to get it replaced with a one like yours but will be a hard job getting the older tub out. Now my surround is Fiberglass. Would like to find one of the type that is all in one and slips over the old tub.. Keep getting these prices of $3600. Plus  No way. Doubt I am here that long. (Not dying) Just daughter on me to move to Texas.

JeanneP, I'm not sure, but I think when we replaced the fixtures in my childhood home, the installers broke the old tub in half so they could get it out.  Since it was at least 25-30 years old, I think it also was cast iron. 

You would find the fiberglass tub narrower than the cast iron tub but I haven't taken a tub bath in years, just showers.

Mary Ann

Hal, you know where I'm coming from, even to having the same type of professor, English Lit!

He also could tell, he said, what type of books I read. I was evidently using English spelling rather than American and some English expression were finding their way into my creative writing attempts. He mentioned that this would not be the best idea to continue. In my defense, I was also taking a class in European battles of the medieval period for History, so I was reading many old journals from that time period.

ANGEL - I enjoyed reading about your experiences in the English classes and interaction with your Professor.  I spent several years as an English and Humanities teacher for International students at the University of Maryland.  Many of the students I met were from Asia, but had been in classes in their home Country with Visiting Professors from England.  Thus, their understanding, speaking and reading skills were more focused on Europe than the American English reading and speaking sills.  We often discussed the differences in class, encouraged clear pronunciation of American English and enjoyed getting to know each other.   In later years, one of the Students was my Dept. Chairman when I served as a Visiting Professor in China.

halkel--:)

JeanneP--A friend had one of those tubs that slips over the old tub.  She's very satisfied with it.

Mary Ann--I didn't realize those cast iron tubs were THAT heavy.

Molly--I enjoy reading about your teaching experiences.

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And more...   they're ready now, just click on the [ more ] to find them. 

Thanks, Michael!!!   :smitten: :smitten:

 :cheer: Wow...thank you!!! :smitten:

Molly, I think I told you once that the course I was taking was University of Maryland extension course and my instructor was a Professor Macintosh who was a visiting professor from The University of Edinburgh.  His specialty was ancient Greek.  His wife taught French, before they split and she returned home.  He and I became fairly good friends, even to the point of me doing some makeup work at his home and having a beer in the process. 

I really enjoy world literature since so much of the writings took place in the surrounding area.  Professor Macintosh even taught a quick study of the bible although we could never get him to admit one way or the other his belief. 

Hey, and I might add I passed his course.  I don't suppose you ever run across him, Molly.  He was not really, really old, but he was well pass middle age.  The year was around 1962.  And you would have been a very young lady in those days.

Quote from: Amy on May 25, 2016, 07:16:59 PM
:cheer: Wow...thank you!!! :smitten:

You're welcome. Have fun!

 :woohoo:     Super   :jump:  Thank you, Oldiesman.

Callie..JoanFL...larryhanna...
Here are more unusual uses for coffee filters.
Hope this post isn't too long......don't know if there are limits.....


UNUSUAL USES FOR COFFEE FILTERS

Ever buy the wrong size coffee filters? Instead of bringing them back to the store, here’s some other uses for them.
Even if they aren’t the wrong size for your coffee maker, they can still be a perfect solution to many small problems around the house.

Use them to clean your cable connectors. If you’re internet is lagging or your TV picture is fuzzy,
it might be because the connectors on your cables are dirty and they need to be cleaned.

They’re the perfect fix to stop bleeding from razor nicks when shaving.

Use them to absorb the grease from fried foods. Put them on the plate and put your french fries, bacon and other fried food on top.

Use a coffee filter to cover dishes when they’re cooking in the microwave to prevent messes.

Use them to clean windows, mirrors, television screens and glasses. They’re lint free, so they won’t leave any residue behind when you’re done

Stop that Popsicle from dripping all over the place. Poke one or two holes in the filter and put the stick(s) through it.

Line your plant pots with a filter to keep the soil from leaking out of the drainage holes when you water them.

Put a filter inside cast-iron skillets to absorb excess moisture when it’s not in use to prevent rust and other wear.

Separate your China and other good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.

Did the cork break into your wine? Use one to filter the cork out.

Use a coffee filter to apply shoe polish.

Put baking soda into a coffee filter and put it into shoes or a closet to absorb and prevent nasty odors.

You can even put potpourri into the filter, tie it up and put into your drawers, etc

Use them to safely store your Christmas decorations and other small, fragile items.

Use them to store nails, screws and other small hardware so that they don’t go rolling all over the place, get lost or mixed together.

You can use the cone-style coffee filters to safely pour in oil and other liquids into your car’s engine.

Use them as bowls for popcorn, chips and other snacks.

Liquids or something else spill onto your floor, sofa or other upholstery? Use a coffee filter to clean it up because unlike a paper towel, they won’t leave behind lint.

Wrap them around tacos shells or hot dogs to prevent the grease and other things from spilling out.

Have a wobbly table or chair? Use a folded up coffee filter under the leg to even it out.

Did you run out of dryer sheets? You can put a few drops of fabric softener on a filter, rub sides together,
and put in the dryer to help prevent static cling and make your clothes smell fresh.

Diffuse the flash on a camera. When you’re taking a close-up, soften the brightness by placing a coffee filter over the flash.

Serve pita sandwiches. A circular filter is the perfect size for carrying a sandwich on the go.

Wipe off smudges.  In a pinch, you can use to clean eyeglasses, camera lenses, televisions, and computer monitors.

Make a bouquet garni. Tie up bay leaves, parsley, or other herbs in a coffee filter. Drop it in your stew or soup pot,
and easily remove it when you're done cooking. Recipes often suggest cheesecloth for this process, but a coffee filter is an easy-to-find alternative.

Use for sewing projects. Coffee filters make a great backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.

Make tea bags. Wrap loose tea in a filter and tie with a string.

Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale

Gonna say "Good Night" early tonight.  I'm really tired and still feeling puny.  I expect to collapse early tonight.  Bed sounds so good!  I hope I can sleep!

Larry these are some relatives, which I don't mind ........others are people going through the phone book and sending to every Tom Dick Harry Perry and Mary :O) They don't even know ........

And the Contractor thing is another bur did not show again today ~ completion date I wrote on the Contract was May 15th...........So if he ever shows up again for the Payment consequences will not be good.

Everyfriend do have a great night :)

Mycheal

HAL - Indeed I do recall you mentioning the course you took with the Professor.  And I also recalled that you really enjoyed it!  Glad you had that opportunity.
I never met him, since I had not joined the University of Maryland yet.  At the time you mentioned, I was living in Montana and getting ready to give birth to David.

 :heli:       :cheer:      :wave2:         :woohoo:
I turned on my AC dehumidifier about 10 this morning and it is still on. Comfortable in here all day. Went up to 89°. More than 30° that we had yesterday. Someone here is getting tired of the way the library looks. People take out books and just put them back anyplace, mix hard covered  with paperbacks. Whoever it is has books all over, even brought in a folding table and it is loaded with books. I know every time I went in there I wished I had the stamina to arrange them.

MARY ANN  those “Golden Years” sure come with a lot of problems we never had before.

LARRY  you will miss those Wednesday night suppers. I don't know of any church here that does things like that.

HAL  looks like you had a rough workout before you got to the place of that procedure.  No wonder your BP was high. Like you when a friend or family member drives me to appointments I always repay them in some way, usually a meal on the way home, or on a hot day like today ice cream is usually what we stop for.

JOAN  jaw feel good already. Wore the new partial for a few hours. Will have to call the dentist, a couple of spots will have to be fixed, rub in the wrong places. I was surprised she wanted me to put it in so soon. Every few hours I will use some salted water and let it sit on the place where the tooth was. I have always done that and it stays clean and heals fast. Glad I do not have that white coat syndrome.

PATRICIA  been too many years since I was in school and don't think I care  prepositions or split infinitives or grammar any more. Spell check is OK with me.

JUNE  like you I was so worn out yesterday I slept great. Laughed at what your hair looks like in the morning, mine is the same, at times it looks like my hair is styled like a Mohawk, all sticking up on top of my head.

JANE  hope you heard back from your doctor. Terrible way to get home from a vacation.

AMY  nothing smells as great as the aroma of home made bread just from the oven.  My moth is watering just thinking of it. I don't think you know the meaning of rest, you just cannot stop doing something.

JOAN you and me both with fresh homemade bread. A slice while warm with real butter melting into it.

AMY  love rhubarb but never saw any jam, did you make it?

JEANNE LEE  now that bread sounds healthy, it has oatmeal in it. I used to put molasses on a slice of bread and enjoyed it.

MARY ANN your slaw today sounds quite different. Anything with cranberries has to be good.

JOAN  I try to spell right but know I make mistakes. Mainly it is hitting the wrong keys. This keyboard is small and I am still having trouble getting used to it.

JEANNEP  one son   put in the all in one fiberglass tub when he bought his house and did a lot of remodeling in it. The tub started leaking into the cellar. He checked and found a small crack in the bottom of the tub.  Good thing he works in remodeling because he had to cut and remove the tub part and get just that part to put in.  They would come upstairs to shower in mine.

JOAN  ever use a big cast iron frying pan?  Just those are heavy.

JEANNE LEE from your post looks like some new ones. Will be fun checking them out.

OLDIESMANN  I think we will all have some fun using the new ones. Thanks for bringing them back.

DONKLAN  I knew quite a few of these uses for coffee filters. I use then for washing windows and such, like the no lint. If anyone checked my flowerpots they would find coffee filters.

JANE  hope you sleep good and feel a bit better in the morning.

MYCHEAL  what year did you write on the contract? Maybe he thinks 2017?

Good night everyone.     :sleep:

Donklin, I saved your coffee filter info with Screengrab. Thanks!

Gloria, correcting myself is just one of my little habits,  :whip2:. Another is trying to eliminate the words, but and also as I use them way too often.

I am on the new computer, first download was PSP12U. What in the world is Unchecky? One of the things I found preinstalled on this PC.

I stopped by the Organic Co-OP on the way home and purchased what I believe to be an African daisy. It is lavender with a white inside. The latin name is Osteospermum. The variety is called Summertime White. Is anyone familiar with this flower?

 :thinking:
:woohoo:
:congrats:
Thank You!

Joan, I don't think it was only because the cast iron tub was heavy, but the tub was built into the area and had to be cut to be taken out.

I sleep on my left side and you should see my hair by my left ear when I get up in the morning.  I am sure some women would love the style, but I don't.

I've been watching the Weather Channel and the tornado in Kansas.  The main tornado seems to be in northern Kansas, but I did see that Wichita is under a tornado watch (not warning).  Stay safe, Shirley.

Mary Ann

hi all, I am tired beyond tiredness...left this apartment at 9:30 am, home just long enough to put leftover chicken in fridge, which I am now holding in my left hand and one finger typing with my right hand.

Chicken is eaten.

I got back to my apartment about five o'clock. Had Bible studies..my son is a perfect teacher. I think he is an actor really, he so firmly believes in what he is saying, he almost acts it out. I do hope pride in my son is not sinful..I had nothing to do with his preaching, and others love him too, so I guess that kind of prideful appreciation for what God has done is his life is O.K. I hope so.

Next on the menu was a visit to the library, then on to lunch, then on to a program called current events and a discussion of same, then on to root beer floats and visiting with the Pastor of Rowntree and his very knowledgeable wife. I was leaving for home and a nap, and here came a nurse looking for me. I had completely forgotten an appointment with my doctor. I see her once a month. Had it on my calendar, but the rememberer flew out the window. As it turned out, I was still early, but the nurse wants all our vitals before we see the doctor. Had a good visit with her..she feels like a good friend, very comfortable, and never in a rush.My B.P. was way too high again, so she is going to prescribe a diarrhetic for me. I already take more than the normal amount of B.P. meds. so then my day was finished.And so am I.

Have a very peaceful night my dear ones. I read all your messages but did not take notes, so please forgive me for not acknowledging what you posted. You know I love you, I keep you in my prayers, I send you warm hugs, and I am so happy to have you as my extended family.God bless dear ones and sleep peacefully. June   

I see you are enjoying the new emoticons!

I was watching some coverage on TV of the tornadoes and was surprised to see that one had done some damage in Bristow, Oklahoma. That's where we lived before moving back to Vermont. We still have friends there.

Mary Ann - I still have the cast iron frying pan my mother had. I like to use it to bake corn bread. Very heavy!

Amy - I used to make rhubarb jam. Since the color wasn't that appealing, I added some strawberry Jello while cooking it. Nice rosy colored jam!

Donklan - Thanks for the list of uses for coffee filters.

Good night all.

My tummy is sore where they gave me the shot.....

I am off to bed.

Nite, nite, God Bless and Sweet Dreams

Angelface, I smiled at your definition on getting old -older....." these aren't our "golden" years as much as an "iron age" and we're rusting! " Ha ha you couldn't have put it better....

Jeanne Lee, yay, we have got our smiley's back, our little emoticons....

We took a trip to vets yesterday, just that since we have moved here dogs are picking up the odd ticks, on the fur, on our carpet.....this one was embedded right near to Benji's eye...never a problem where we lived before, and before we lived more in the countryside....After different vet, a lovely, friendly, helpful female vet took out the tick, she recommended a flee and tick collar that will keep them at bay for 8 months, I jumped in and said " we will take two " one for our Toby, when she told us how much for, we both gasped but had to go along with it, £40 each, when I got home I checked for the same make- brand of collar, and found I could purchase online for half of what we were charged..... plus we were also billed £30 something for the privilege of removing just a tiny tick....a very expensive tick this was, the final bill came to over £120 -125.....oh and that was including a cheap pair of tick tweezers....

As Benji is due in five days to go under anaesthetic for teeth cleaning, gum infection...( he is 13, ) the last thing I wanted was the tick to cause him toxic infection...especially I had already messed up by pulling out half of its body....

Halkel, I too wasn't sure what you meant by..." left a seed in my stomach area under the skin which kinda stung..."

My shower suction bar is due today, I don't plan to use it for putting my weight onto it, just need something to touch for steadiness, re, my balance and dizziness, and the feeling of claustrophobia enclosed in the centre of the cubicle.........I have just this minute ordered three different shower mats, couldn't make my mind up which one to buy, so I went with all three,... that is ok as the cubicle will fit two, I will be left one as a spare....and of course I will use the most comfortableness of the three, as I have a very uncomfortable lump under, to the corner of my right foot that hurts when I stand bare foot on floor...not a bunion but under a removed bunion, where I filed away some hard skin...feels like some raised bone...

Larry Hanna, I haven't yet ordered a shower stool, I will wait and see how I get on without it, but I have shortlisted 2 or 3.....I did have my first shower in it yesterday morning, and it was far better washing my hair under it, as I have trouble bending my neck,( brainstem disease, ) there is something linked to my neck and top of leg that sets a strange vibratory sensation off....all part of the nerves to do with my MS....so this is a bonus to bending over a sink or a bath with a hand shower......

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







Cheap Suit

The fellow was being sold a very cheap suit. "But the left arm is a lot longer than the right arm," he complained.

"That's why the suit is such a bargain," the sales clerk explained. "Just cock your left shoulder up a little, like this, and tuck this left lapel under your chin a bit, like this."

"But the right leg is way too short," argued the customer.

"No problem," the sales clerk answered. "Just keep your right knee bent a little at all times, walk like this, and no one will notice. That's why this suit is only thirty dollars."

Finally, the fellow bought the suit, cocked his left shoulder into the air, tucked the suit's left lapel under his chin, bent his right knee, and limped out of the store toward his car. Two doctors happened along and noticed him.
"Good heavens," the first doctor said to the second, "look at that poor crippled fellow."

"Yeah," answered the second doctor. "But doesn't that suit fit great?"




My Eternal Resume
(By Sarah Lindberg)


"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." - Matthew 6:19-21

God has done a lot in my life. I have watched Him be extremely faithful, answer some prayers, teach me to forgive again and again, help me to love in new ways, and so much more. He is quite amazing! In fact, this last month God has really been working on me regarding what my Eternal Resume looks like. That's right! You see I have two reunions in the Fall and I started to think, "What do I have to show for? What will I have to say when I'm asked those famous questions?" I was going down a never-ending road, but God caught me. He showed me that my Earthly Resume isn't worth much. It will collect dust and fade away in time. But all the things I do for His glory and honor will last for eternity! All the things that can go on an Eternal Resume never fade away.

So here are a list of questions I'm asking myself almost daily, as I focus on what my Eternal Resume will look like for my Savior and King!

- How am I reflecting the work of God daily?

- Am I responding in love?

- Have I offered hope to the hopeless?

- Did I share the peace I've found in Jesus?

- Was I patient today?

- Did I show kindness to my neighbor?

- How often did I slow down to listen?

- Did I stop to share the healing power of God today?

- Did my words reflect the work of the Savior in my life?

- Was I faithful to take the steps of a righteous man?

- Have I been merciful to those who need mercy?

- Did compassion flow from the outpouring of God's Spirit in me?

- Was I gentle with my answers?

- Have I forgiven all wrongs?

- Did I bring joy to someone today?

My Eternal Resume will not look like the things we gather on this earth. I'm seeking something that's bigger! I want to know that I left my mark. That I shared Jesus in every possible way to everyone I come in contact with. Not just with my words, but much more so with my actions. May my actions speak of a love greater than this world can offer. May my actions reflect the joy I have found in Jesus. May my actions show the abundant peace I have in a God who never fails!

This is my prayer! May this be my Eternal Resume!

Challenge: Read Matthew 6:19-24, 1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Apply the Word: What does your Eternal Resume look like? What are the questions you need to ask yourself daily?

Memory Verse: Matthew 6:19-21

"Dear Father God, I simply pray that You will help me focus on all the things I can do to build an Eternal Resume for Your glory! Please examine my actions and my words daily! Help me to see any area in my life that is not glorifying to You or demonstrating Your love!"

Living with Eternity in Focus,
Sarah




"The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is strategic. We are not responsible for the past generation, and we cannot bear full responsibility for the next one; but we do have our generation. God will hold us responsible as to how well we fulfill our responsibilities to this age and take advantage of our opportunities."

- Billy Graham

Good morning everyone..

I sure didn't want to get up this early but the geese on the lake were making such a racket! Eventually they were quiet and then robin outside my window proclaimed morning was coming!! So here I sit with my cuppa tea and Joan's mini muffins  :thumbup:

Hal ,hope today is a good one for you and no side effects from the "seed"

Beverly, I also put strawberry jello in plus a can of crushed pineapple.

Gloria, I am with you on the books, I figure if you get something put it back where you got it. In stores when I look at magazines I spend most of my time putting back magazines that people don't put back where they belong.

Jane,hope your feeling better this morning.

Joan, thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good Morning Everyfriend! 

Amy, I do feel a bit better this morning and I slept pretty well last night.  However, after my one "safari" in the dark, I had some of the weird dreams I've been having lately.  I couldn't find the new shoes I bought and they all left for the party without me and left my car parked in.  Fortunately, Roger (an old schoolmate) came back to see what was keeping me and helped me get Mickie back inside and then took me to the party.  He always was a nice kid.

The dr. is calling a prescription in for an antibiotic for me so I can nip this "infection".  Maybe I'll feel even better tomorrow. 

I'll be off to greet my public at WM this morning, then pick up my prescription, come home, eat lunch, give the doggies a snack, let them out, maybe squeeze in a nap and then pick up TLH at school.  Only one more week of school left.  By then, the strawberries will be ripe and I can spend some lovely, quiet time in the field down on my knees thanking God for the lovely day and the ripe berries.

I wish you all a day full of whatever your heart desires.

NOTE TO JUNE!  My mother was heard to say that her kids became what they were "in spite of her, not because of her".  So I guess it's Ok for you to take pride in what Gary has become.  He did it God's way!

Good morning, Amy.  Those birds sure can be noisy early in the morning.  You don't have to "be on the road" this morning?

Janie--I am glad you are feeling better and hope the antibiotic makes you completely well.   :tissue:  You sure do have strange dreams.

Good morning everyone. Looks like it is time to decorate the front of the building again. When I pulled up the shades I see the landscape truck here and they are putting up the hanging pots of flowers. From what I can see from up here the look like they are all filled with yellow marigolds. And different color petunias and some blue ones I cannot see too good from up here. There are 4 on the porch and 2 on each lamp post. Then 4 window boxes on the porch railing. The back porch will have the same flowers. Looks like they are ready for the holiday week end. Oh boy just saw the latest weather. Yesterday was hot but humidity still pretty low. BUT  by tomorrow we will have “tropical humidity” moving in, so says the weather guesser.

PATRICIA  that flower sounds beautiful.

JUNE  you sure had a busy day yesterday. Hope today you can take it easy. My big thing for today is a grocery delivery between 4 and 6.

BEVERLY  I had a square cast iron fry pan I really liked. My daughter has it now. It is too heavy for me to pick up with 2 hands now.

HAL  hope the sore shot site did not keep you awake.

JOAN  oh wow quite a variety of mini muffins you have. Which one will I take? Eeny meany miney mo? Poor man with the cheap suit. Thanks for today's goodies.

AMY  just like looking for a greeting card. We look for the right one and put them back where we got them from but so many just put them anywhere. Aggravating for sure.

JANE  glad I don't have weird dreams, if I do I never remember them.  Hope it is a quiet day for you at WM. No fun working when you do not feel good.

Good Morning Everyone!

Up early and off to bible study.  Will be nice seeing everyone again after our brief break.

I feel pretty good, if I could just get myself to going.  Slow start this morning, but got the coffee on and caught up with the early risers.

Amy I think the only rhubarb I have eaten is in pies with custard on top. But the jam would go good with some nice hot biscuits.

Well guess I had better get in the bathroom and "try" and make myself presentable.

Janie, I hope you get to feeling better.  Lousy way to end a vacation.

Talk  to you later.

Hi everyone.  It is a bit warmer already this morning than the last few days and we are likely to get to 89 degrees before the day is over.  We had an enjoyable picnic sort of meal last night at the Wednesday night dinner at church.  The hamburgers and hot dogs that had been grilled outside were delicious and the meal was topped off with an old fashioned ice cream sundae with all the toppings you can imagine, including marshmallow cream.  We then enjoyed a nice quiet evening with Scott here for a couple of hours.  Today I will go to coffee and then go to the Church for the Wisdom class.  The rest of the day I will be quiet and restful.   

Hal, glad that procedure is over for you.  Glad you didn't have to park and then walk to the building and good thing it was down and not up steps with the escalator.  I can do the down flight OK it is the up flight that leaves me very tired. 

Joan, I haven't had a poached egg for well over 50 years and have no intention of ever having one again.  I want my eggs scrambled and preferably with cheese.
I don't think you would have noticed the grits with all the other ingredients in the quiche. 

June, I did a home study course on Daniel years ago and remember it being very interesting. 

Amy, there is not much more pleasant to smell in a home that fresh baked bread nor to eat. 

Molly, you must have done a great job of teaching the person if they had advanced to the Dept. Chairman by the time you were there as a visiting professor. 

Danklan, what a helpful article.  I would never have thought of many of these uses.  I copied it and emailed it to my wife, her sister and my son.  Just wish I could remember all of the good ideas I read about.  :)

Enjoyed all the postings and have had to restrain myself from writing a book with the responses. 

Larry, I prefer poached eggs, although we don't have them often.  Tom fixes breakfast when we eat here.  My preference is the poached egg on toast and the yolk should be runny so it will soak into the toast.  That's not the way I get it when Tom fixes it but it is good nevertheless.

We are to get up to 85 today and it is 70 now at 9:15 am.  I turned on the a/c for the first time yesterday as it was too hot to have the slider door open.

Our family lunch was postponed yesterday so we are going to try again today.  We will be at Boulder Creek Country Club and a favorite there for me is Napa Salad.  I think the dressing is what makes the salad and I don't know what it is except something "raspberry".  I am not able to dissect food to find out the ingredients.

Mary Ann

:peepwall:

Good Morning Everyone,  from the
beautiful rocky coast of Maine.   
I have the windows open and the
fans blowing to keep the air
moving,  just in case it gets any warmer.

Regarding shower bars.... 
I do not understand shower bars
that are not bolted into the walls.   
 
I have four shower bars
(one on each end and two on the long
side, one lower, one higher) ... and
they are all bolted into the wall. 

It is  a matter of law here.   

To me,  it doesn't make sense to have
shower bars that are not securely bolted
into the walls.    Otherwise they are
an extreme  hazard and more dangerous
then having nothing.   

All is well here ... 
Everyone have a great day.

Sandy
:woohoo: 

Good morning, Gloria.  With all those flowers, I'm sure your building looks lovely.  I know you are not looking forward to that "tropical humidity". Why not take one of each kind of mini muffin?

Good morning halkel.  Glad you're feeling pretty good today after your procedure.

Larry--Good morning.  My favorite way to have an egg is poached.  I'll eat "over easy"  if served, but never scrambled.  Another  "whatever floats your boat".

Good morning, Mary Ann.  You like your eggs just like I do--poached, runny yolk and on toast.  Maybe the salad dressing you speak of is raspberry vinaigrette.  If I order a salad in a restaurant, that's usually what I get.

Sandy--Good morning.  Apparently there is no law/code here about shower/grab bars.  My house was build with none, and I had to have them put in.

I've had a brief respite!  I went to work and the clock told me I wasn't scheduled.  Seems I read the calendar wrong and I thought today was Wednesday.  So I picked up my prescription and I came home!  Now whatever shall I do with this unexpected time off?

Larry - Good Morning.  I smiled at your comment my teaching the Chinese fellow in my class at the University of Maryland!  When he came to Maryland, he was on a Sabbatical leave from his home University in China and had served several years as a Chairman before his venture to Maryland.  I'm sure glad that he returned to the Chairman's post in China.  He and his wife became very good friends when they returned to the USA for a second visit during a Summer.

I'm off to the Dr's this morning and hope that he will be able to help with my very painful toe and swollen left leg.  Sure hope the toe is NOT broken.  Wish me luck!

The law I was referring to has
to do with handicap apartments.

Safety bars have to be safe...
or they are useless.     
Only handicap apartments have
to have secured safety bars.     In our
housing for the elderly,  every apartment,
handicap or not,  have secure safety bars
in all apartments.

One does not have to be old or handicap to
take a lethal fall in a tub or shower.     I wish
my apartment had a walk in shower ..  I hate
having to step into a tub,  and I am always
very very careful when I do. 

Tubs for the elderly are a pet peeve of mine....
(for what ever that is worth!    :angry2:  )

Have a safe day everyone!

Sandy
:coolsmiley:

Sandy, the suction grab bars are things that have to be monitored by the user.  I rely mostly on the metal bar bolted to the back of my fiberglass shower stall.  Some people with older tubs that do not have bolted bars may opt to use the suction type.  I watch very carefully when I get out of the tub/shower.  I rely on the bolted bar when getting out of the tub, but my arms are only so long (and not very long).  I PUSH on the suction bar and do NOT pull.  Yes, bars bolted in are preferable, but not always possible to install  I have only one bolted bar.

Mary Ann

Janie--Woo-hoo, an unexpected day off. :cheer:

Sandy--Thanks for the explanation.  I misunderstood.

Mary Ann--I know you're very careful when you shower.

Good morning from another rainy day in the Interior. This is getting so old! And it is to continue through the first of June. I woke up in the night and this morning with a backache and sore legs that are unsteady with my arthritis. Yes, Jackie, these are indeed the iron ages and we are rusting.

Gloria, thanks, I love the flower too and guess I'll have to do an online search.

:tissue: Janie, I'm sorry you're sick with a spring cold.

Thanks Molly for your comments on my prediction for British ways after reading so many British published books and journals.You went far further than I did as I've only had the regular four or so years, and I focused on history for the majority of it.

Sandy and MaryAnn, I understand what you mean about the tub. I have little to none, depth perception and am unsteady now. So those three bolted in bars are quite probably a lifesaver for me.

At least Farrah has decided the living room is the place to be and the under the bed has evolved to my dirty clothes basket.She is still skittish in the mornings but getting slowly better. At the Organic Co-Op, yesterday, I purchased some canned organic cat food for her, chicken and liver formula. She loved it, but its to be a special treat at those prices!

I had gone looking as a fellow here mentioned that he always fed the skittish dropped off at the farm, cats'  duck and they were suddenly his best friends! He said a skunk used to come and eat with the barn cats and was his buddy also. This was in Iowa.

angelface--You get continuous rain, it seems, and we get none.  They say it will rain all during the coming holiday weekend.  Now that Farrah is not so skittish, I'm sure she's a great companion.

I am running late. Enjoyed reading all your posts and I will reply later. Have meds to pick up at our clinic and Music bingo to attend in 40 minutes, so I had better get dressed and scoooooot...........

Hi June.  Enjoy the musical bingo.

Good afternoon, on this very hot day. They are giving warnings for people with breathing problems not to go outside between 11 and 6. I do not even feel up to going out.

Gloria, I am trying to get someone to help get the AC uncovered  the man i ask yesterday, must have forgot. I hate askng him even, as he has had two open heart surgies, and has to go back in the hospital again.   I sure do not want him to get sick, because he is helping me.
He does bring my mail and paper in everyday and puts the garbarge out, in other words he is my handy man.  I do not know what I will do when he is in the hospital 4 days.

Joan, would you believe I am 92 and never had a poached egg :rolleyes:

I think my yard has become a jungle with all the rain we have had, this morning my neighbor went to pick up a stick, it turned and looked at her.  It was a 3ft. ribbon snake. :eek:

Chia & Jackie I have a walk in shower, with a chari no arms. My trouble with a shower, I get dizzy when I close my eyes and wash my hair. I do have two screwed in grab bars.

Oldiesmann thanks for emoticion, they are fun. Also thanks Donklan, for those hits. I did know some of them, when I wrote for our park paper. My column was called This and That Plus Facts.

Beverly, my iron frying pan belonged to my MIL, from Ala. my husband use it also to make his corn brean, and southern dressing.

Larry your picnic sounded like fun.

Hi June and all my other friends.  Missing Sun and Kelly

Linedancer--I, too, dislike hot and humid.  It's hard on us with breathing problems.  Never had a poached egg?  Try one.  Yikes.  You would have heard me scream for miles if I picked up a snake thinking it was a stick.

I instantly fell in love with this garden furniture several weeks ago, two matching armchairs and coffee table.... so just got around to placing an order, done it over the phone, no call centre just straight through to the family run business.... I phoned to make sure I was getting this with the blue covers, as online the function wouldn't allow me to click on the blue so I had to check that colour was available........Told It will arrive next week, will get confirmation e-mail when it is due to arrive......I am sure it will look stunning on our blue decking....cant wait for it to arrive......Oh and with free delivery thrown in...Link....


https://www.bridgman.co.uk/shop/2-oxford-lounge-armchairs-and-oxford-side-table

Vanilla-Jackie--That furniture is really lovely.  I am sure you are anxious for it to arrive.

Joan as comfy as the white metal bench in my avatar with seat cover is, the bench was left behind by previous owners but, underneath my cover, ( thankfully I had the sense to bring it along from my previous home ) it is very very rusty....you couldn't sit on it without the cover....

MaryAnn

I never thought about that breaking up the cast Iron Tub.  I know someone up the street who took his out last year. Will check how he did it.  Only thing is with mine it is so close to the built in cabinet and sink, Would have to move it to get the tub out.  It is way to big anyway. I have seen some nice small ones.  I would like just a shower stall put in if could get the tub out.

Angel.

I still spell the English way. Talk that way also.  Over the years I have had people tell me I am a bad speller.  I was assistant to a man who had been a University Professor for 25 years.  He would ask me to just take care of some letter writing for him. Usually to Politicians who he never wanted his secretary to type up.  He was always saying that I spelled things wrong. On one trip back to UK I got him a Dictionary  just to show him that we spoke and spelled English the way it should be. Do his own letters if he didn't like the way I did them. We sure had a lot of arguments.  Yet after I left the company after 6 years he would not speak to me again for doing that.

However now I am a terrible speller in both ways.  Seems I want to spell the way I talk. With a Northern Accent that is my trouble

Jackie.  I can't believe the price of things in the UK anymore.  I have friends that tell me what they pay for things. Specially Electronics.  I feel because if the Power was the same there as here I could sent them for half the cost.  But doesn't work . Have tried ways. They blow up.

What I always wanted to bring back was the type of furniture  my aunt had her cottage . Much smaller that mine.  She had a 200 years cottage. The whole village was old and nothing could be changed in it.   She had what was called Country Cottage sets.  Lounge and 2 matching chairs. Part wood. Part printed material.  Had Welsh Dresser I loved. I can still kick my self for not buying her cottage when she passed 4 years ago.  What were bought for a few hundred pounds when they bought now sell in the hundreds of thousands.
I would have spent half the year there.

Back again, Thanks Bis, musical Bingo was fun, I won a bunch of tickets to be used at our Garden Shop once a month. Then I came home long enough to put away my meds from the clinic, then back down for lunch and good company, and now here.

Janie, I hope you are feeling better, and I'm glad you did not have to go to work.

Gloria de, I do worry about you living alone, and your good helper not being well. I hope you wear a life line, or something similar, so if you need help all you have to do is push a button. I feel so secure in where I am living now, plus they furnish all the tenants with the life line necklace.

I am almost falling asleep in my chair, and I have another program coming up at 2:30. Balance and Mobility, and I sure don't want to miss that. It is so rewarding, not just as an individual need and help, but to see the efforts that others put into it to help themselves. We have wheel chair folks that actively participate, and they are an inspiration. So I shall make myself stay awake.

JeanneP, your English dictionary only proves that the spellings are right for the English (and maybe Canadians).  My American dictionary shows the right way for Americans to spell.  Yours is right for you; mine is right for me.  I notice you use the British spellings and I am sure if I lived in England, I'd use the American version.  We have cut out many unnecessary letters. 

Mary Ann

Vanilla-Jackie--Soon you'll have that lovely new furniture.

JeanneP--My daughter goes to London on business several times a year and always mentions how expensive things are there.

June--Good for you winning some tickets at Musical Bingo.  You've been busy today.

MaryAnn.  You are so right. What we are use to is what to stay with.  I know that I am to old now to change any of my ways doing anything. Just stay up with the new Technology if it is something I like to do.  Listen to the politicians but don't buy most of what they say.

JoanFl.  Each time when I go back to UK I wonder how they pay the prices. But one thing I notice. They make a lot more salaries now. I remember what I made when there . Suppose it balances out.

HAL  I am a slow starter every morning lately.

LARRY  it was 80° at 10am today. Hazy sky today.

JOAN  if I took one of each muffin this morning I would not eat anything else the rest of the day. Even with  a boiled egg I like the yolk runny but the white cooked. With toast that runny yolk is the best part.

JANE with the day off I hope you got some rest.

PATRICIA  what flower?  The marigolds I mentioned this morning or something I sent? I have been getting and answering way to many emails to remember all of the.  Hmm, they say the mind  is the first to go? Not me my back was the first and the dampness today let me know it. My doctor wants me to cut back to 2 pain pills a day.  No can do.

GLORIA de  they had that warning here for 2 days now. On days like this no one has to tell me to stay in.

JOAN  you and me both. That is the one thing that scares me terribly. If one is on a TV program I am watching I shut the TV off. Cannot even say the name without goosebumps.

JACKIE  beautiful chairs.

Can hardly keep my eyes open so will say good night and head for bed even it is earl.

My suction cup grab bar fell off the tub today!  I'll wet the suction cups and put it back where it will stay for several months. 

Mary Ann

Quote from: Mary Ann on May 26, 2016, 08:47:39 PM
My suction cup grab bar fell off the tub today!  I'll wet the suction cups and put it back where it will stay for several months. 

Mary Ann

I am very sorry to hear that.
I wish that you would throw it away.

Sandy
:ambu:

Bis, yes, it has been another busy day. I stayed on after our Balance and Mobility class and attended the new Wii Bowling some of our people participated in. I was just a cheer leader, as I didn't want to take a chance on losing my balance. Maybe later on I will give it a practice test, but I won't commit to it yet. After that was over I picked up my mail, and came home and put on my P.J's and fixed some left-overs for my supper and will go to an early bed as soon as the sun goes down.

Sandy, I agree..get rid of the suction cup bars, they can be killers.If you start to slip and grab for one, just your weight could pull them off the wall, and the bar would go down with the person.

My Dr. put me on a diarrhetic, which I will start using tomorrow. My blood pressure was way up again, so she hopes this pill will help lower it. I have no experience with a diarrhetic, I hope I will not have to start wearing diapers. Any tips from anyone out there ?

Hello Everyfriend!  I did get an antibiotic from the dr. and I feel at least 60 percent better than I did yesterday. 

Now I'm going to hit the hay and try to saw some logs for a bit.  Maybe I'll have enough for a nice log bench tomorrow.

Good Night Everyfriend!  Sleep peacefully and may God Bless Us Every One!

Good Night dear friends, and goodnight to you dear Janie. I am so glad you are feeling better. God is Good, and I know He blesses your daughter and the work she does.

I pray you all have a very, very Good night and a happy health tomorrow. I wish you all God's best Blessings..I send you my Prayers, Hugs and Love. June

Jane, I also got an antibiotic today, doctor thinks I'm fighting 2 different things with the headaches & sore throat... but hopefully take care of both with one fix.  Been a few years since I've had an antibiotic & the allergies have worked their way into infected sinus infections for years. I don't think I abuse "pills" taking no more than I do. If they didn't pump so many antibiotics into cattle, chickens & everything else we eat, maybe we would not have to worry about the diseases becoming resistant to what we need to take ourselves.  Guess that is an old theory not going to be considered.  :crazy2:

Still watching radar, think we are supposed to be storm free MAYBE Sat. but no real end in sight.  Better see if Tom & Tiger want back in, they had a snack about an hour ago & usually like to go snoop after that.  Before the storms started a few days ago they were staying out all night & I was getting nice sleep.  Only 3-5 hours the last few days.  Last night was my fault with head hurting.  Fitbit told me I didn't go to sleep until 3:00 am (I think that's right, been a long day). 

Mary Ann & others that enjoy testing yourself with a number of subjects... especially English language, I found the link to "Free Rice" on the old computer.  Not sure this will work, it wants to give MY login & not just the link. I'll work on that tomorrow... link didn't work, sorry.

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1379 (http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1379)

That should work, had to log off to get the link.  It's a free site (as far as I know, used to play it a lot. Tonight I answered 100 questions without error... and did more than half again that many before I could remember my online name & password.   :uglystupid2:

Jeanne P, they say the English language is one of the hardest languages to learn....have to say that is true.....all I can say is thank heavens for spell-checker.... ;)

You made me laugh when you said you send electrical appliance's to your English friends because they are cheaper, and you thought the power was the same, only to find out that they, " blow up....." Jeanne, are they still friends with you?.... ;D

Jeanne, I can imagine how you could kick yourself now over not buying your Aunts wonderful and quaint Idyllic cottage, sounds the dream cottage I always strived for....well I have my cottage, that is the style of this parkhome, called a Wessex Cottage, only this cottage inside is modern and spacious, no wood burners or Aga's or Ranges here, nor no check gingham
materials, curtains, table - clothes.......Of course  thatch cottage would be my ideal dream.....complete with wood burner, cottage style kitchen where I could make jams and chutneys, just a pipe dream....
...............................................
As for the new garden furniture, yes rather expensive but we do have a certain amount set back for items for the home, and so far we haven't reached it..... We left our old dark metal garden round table and four chairs behind, and stone-concrete bench........The one thing still left to buy, and R is leaving the choosing down to me, and I have to admit I just haven't a clue what ceiling lighting to go for, what will suit our living room, what type of lighting will go with our new table lamp, our style of furniture, etc etc.....I am quite embarrassed as its been two months now but...at the moment we just have two bulbs dangling up there, previous owners took their chandeliers with them...this is where I am completely coming unstuck, it is driving me crazy looking at various styles, do we want chandeliers? a flush ceiling light, a pendant,? we need two sets of ceiling lights for the living room...I don't even know if I want modern, or something with character.... ::) as for table lamp I immediately fell in love with " Jenny Warrall...." lamps, they were classed as the new modern antique of the day......I went with the pink Rhododendron, and matching shade, size large, and I have to say, it is massive..........Link....


http://www.candleandblue.co.uk/Lighting/Jenny-Worrall-Table-Lamps


http://www.cowshedinteriors.com/collections/jenny-worrall-lamps

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







Explorers


Two intrepid explorers met in the heart of the Brazilian jungle.

"I'm here," declared one, "to commune with nature in the raw, to contemplate the eternal verities and to widen my horizons. And you, sir?"

"I," sighed the second explorer, "came because my young daughter has begun piano lessons."





Start With Yourself
Author Unknown

The following words were written on the tomb of the Anglican Bishop in the Crypts of Westminster Abbey:

"When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamed of changing the world. As I grew older and wiser, I discovered that the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country,

But it, too, seemed immovable.

As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas, they would have none of it.

And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize: If only I had changed myself first, then by example I would have changed my family.

From their inspiration and encouragement, I would then have been able to better my country and, who knows, I may have even changed the world."

 


“Self-pity gets you nowhere.  One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world: making the most of one’s best.”

~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

Good morning Joan, and all who are soon to follow.....I have no Idea why always wake up around 5.15am, same every morning.....same as at my last address, but I do....If I don't wake up first our Benji does the rounds and pops in to see me, then walks out again.....of course never happened at our old address as dogs kept downstairs through the night, now living on one level, the dogs have free access....

Good morning everyone..

Going to be a hot and sticky day today. We did have some rain yesterday so that was a blessing!!!

Today we are off to the city to meet up with son and wife for lunch then while the men visit (gab) we will check out a fabric sale..sure hope they the men have a LOT to talk aobut. :2funny:

Going to make this quick as we first have to run hubby's van into town then head back out to the city.

Good morning Jackie..

Joan thank you for breakfast..

Good Morning bis  Vanilla-Jackie and everyone else that makes it. well Jackie when we on our regular self the alarm clock in our heads seams to set itself to its taste. but since the last antecedent my alarm clock rings any time it sees fit and seams to have day and night mixed up bad. we also have the weather (rain Switch) stuck. we get rain every little bit hard or light its choice. a tornado yesterday afternoon went over warrensburg !* miles from us ,but did not get down tight on ground so no stretcher damage. so god is still having a watchful Eye on us.hope yoy all have a great day. oh yes our power went off last night and I had a hard time getting on line this AM.

Lloyd

Amy I admit it but I wont through salt at you ladies.good gab is among good Friends of either sex,

Lloyd

Amy, I wonder if the men will be saying the same thing..... :chatter:

Shower hand-bar came an hour ago, surprising how large it is, I have placed it upwards rather than on its side, easier for me to grip.....Oh yes I see what Everyfriends mean, it is not something to rely on, re, the safety aspect....The one I have is long, thick and quite heavy, when you place the lever down the colour changes from red to a green....It did take some goes as one side went green the other side went a half and half, till I got it right till both ends turned green..... Now I am waiting on one shower non slip mat to arrive, I ordered three different ones for choice, but all three will be coming from different third party suppliers.......Well I seem to be getting there.....maybe a shower stall will be next....

Lloyd Hammond, no alarm clock needed in my bedroom, as regular as clockwork, that's the time I wake up.....Weather here is dry and sunny, but not hot, just pleasant..... No fun when we suddenly lose power...its how long is a piece of string as to how long it will take before its back on.....

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I slept better last night and only woke up coughing one time and went right back to sleep.  I guess the antibiotic is beginning to work.

Shirley, I think you and I are kindred spirits when it comes to taking pills.  Even my dr. knows how I feel about them.  She asked me first if I'd be willing to try taking an antibiotic.  I think she was surprised when I said "yes"!  I try to pick and choose when and what I'll take and this time I was beginning to think I needed SOMETHING!

I hope Everyfriend is feeling well and happy today.  I wish you a lovely day.

Our weather has turned hot and humid.  Yesterday, it got up into the high 80s and today is to be the say but we are to have rain by early afternoon so maybe we won't mind it so much.

I'm off to feed the doggies!

Good morning to all.........love the Thought of the Day, Joan.  Always a treat to see what you come up with, thanks!

About these "body alarm clocks", I've decided when I check my Fitbit and had less than 5 hours sleep I just go back to bed and next time I wake up it shows a reasonable 6 to 7 hours.  Of course I eat breakfast twice this way, can't go back to sleep on an empty tummy. 

We are stuck in the same rain & storms, Lloyd, and seems like almost constant radar on TV.  Lots of street flooding because wind breaks tree branches off that choke the storm drains.  Sitting on the bank of the Arkansas River, our soil is basically sand so I can walk down to the river as soon as the rain stops & feet not get too muddy.  I keep a long pole (taller than I am) by the back door in the garage & never go down the hill without it, saves me from slipping if the grass & weeds still wet. My husband carved it (smoothed off) on one of the trips he made to Colorado years ago.... handy on those creek banks to keep from slipping. I carved a face in the wood just above where my hand fits. 

Jackie, only one of the cats has the run of the house but at night I close the folding door between "her" end and where I sleep because she chooses to sleep in the lower level & hears if I get up to let one of the others in or out & decides it is time to get up & won't let me go back to sleep.  She is at least 17 years old so no changing her ... just have to outsmart her!  I usually check weather to see if storms near so take time to do that before letting the other "kids" out.  No end in sight for rainy spell but know we will be wishing for rain before long.  Right now Kansas is out of the severe drought pattern.  EDIT: Gorgeous lamps in your link.  R is sure generous with the decorating funds. Most of my furniture moved from house to house 4 times & fit like made for each.  Actually, we bought the houses to fit the furniture & now & then have added pieces. I made a deal with myself that "anything new that comes in I have to get rid of same size"... house is full. 

Amy, love to hear about your shopping trips, my husband used to laugh that "my eyes glowed when I saw a sale sign".  I used to sew a lot & love to look at fabric, still have one big box of all kinds in the basement.  I loved making slacks & shorts out of double-knit, always fit so comfy.  I have one large piece of it that got used to cover flowers one early spring frost... got snags from the rose bush but doesn't hurt for that purpose.  It got it's start as a very long table cloth when I put 4 leaves in the table for holidays.  I've since bought beautiful Lenox table cloths at "after holiday" sales & have a whole closet full, hanging on padded hangers.  A few of the earlier ones are too much trouble to iron, some day must get rid of them, but they improved fabric & some don't even need a touch up ironing after washing.

Better go let Tiger out, she's been in all night but Tom was out during the rain & just got home.  I need a couple hours sleep so .... wishing y'all a good day!  Shirley

Jane, my doctor ordered me a "Z-pac?", broad antibiotic that will cure most anything.... says to take 2 as a super kick first day & one for 5 more days.  My daughter called last night to see what was ordered & said she has had this before but because her tummy doesn't tolerate lots of meds, she only took 1 first day & cut in half the rest so gave her a longer span to take worked for her.  I took just one but if doesn't mess with my tummy, I will still take the full dose for the next 5 days.  Good luck to you.

Good morning Jane don't do to much of that interrupted sleep,that has been my rutheniuen lately No fun.the worste thing is when I lay my head down in the pillow it wants to spin like a top for a few min.

Jackie I was referring to the built in mealtime alarm clock,. Have a great day. Hope the sun makes it out today Here.

I am going to shop today some and work on making some Bee Hives. I bought enough clear lumber to build six hives. My money got short so I only bought enough frames to set up one,will get more as I need the hives. I am going to split the swarms off as they get large enough to do so.

Lloyd

Good morning, Vanilla-Jackie.  Now that you're have a one level home, those dogs make good alarm clocks.  I hope the bar and mats work for you.

Lloyd--Good morning.  Last night on the National news, I saw a segment about the tornadoes.

Good morning, Amy.  Enjoy your time with you son and DIL and don't "break the bank" at the fabric store.

Janie--Good morning.  Glad to hear you didn't have much coughing last night and that you got medicine to help chase the bug.

Good morning, Shirley.  Nice that you liked the "Thought of the Day".  So you had to get an antibiotic, too.  Hopefully that will kill the bug you've had.  Years ago when I did so much sewing, I had drawers filled with fabric, too.

Lloyd, the next time you see your doctor, ask him to check your ears.  A few years back, I had that same dizzy feeling when I would put my head on the pillow.  It turned out, I had a middle ear infection.  Please ask the dr to check that out. 

I'm off to get ready for work!  My public awaits!  The weather guesser says it's supposed to start raining just about the time I leave work.  Guess I'll have to run between the drops to get to my car dry.  Later friends!

 Shirley
best be careful with those extra meals you will get as fat as I am around the middle. I am on a sea food diet see food and eat it. I am feeling better to day but not up to par yet. I set in recliner OK but when I put my head on pillow in bed it still wants to spin like a top for a min or two. guess I am going to have to get a helmet and slow down on the four wheeler.
May see if I can TRADE IT FOR A GARTER.

Lloyd

Jane
OK but the reason with me is I wrecked my four wheeler and Have blood on the brain 1/4 " , but is slowly diapering.

Lloyd

Shirley, it breaks my heart, we have a large fridge-freezer, plus a, as good as new washing machine sitting outside in the shed....we have fitted integrated white goods in our new parkhome, I would much prefer free standing....The only free standing item I got R to fetch from shed is our brand new dryer as the one fitted is not up to much, takes far too long to dry, plus it doesn't heat up, whereas my one we both think, tend to overheat, but dries in no time.....We have half and half, new cream modern furniture but brought a fare bit of our old G Plan ( Brand )  brown furniture with us, just got rid of the scratched or damaged furniture.......

Shirley we do get ourselves into a routine with our fur friends, or rather our fur friends have gotten us, too well-trained..... :kitten: :dog3:

Lloyd Hammond, I agree on the meals and sleep pattern ( the dozing off during the daytime ) alarm clock, our bodies sure do get these mixed up.....our body clocks are a strange thing...

Yes a helmet is long overdue....

Good Morning Everyone!

Well storms all around us but so far none in our local area.  But the weather guessers keep saying our day will come, they say we have a "cap" right on top of us that wont allow the weather to build.  One weather guy went so far as to shake a bottle of coke and then loosen the cap to demonstrate..... :crazy2:

Lloyd sorry we keep missing each other.  I have been spending time on the couch, my old tummy has been acting up.  That shot I got started an old problem I had in the past.  But it feels better this morning.

Seems we all have our problems, like the nurse said the other morning, old age ain't for sissies (and they ain't golden).  I shouldn't fuss, the good Lord gave us these extra years for some purpose.

Shirley, hope you watch for snakes when you head to the river.  But I am sure they cats watch for them.

Coffee ready, who wants a cup, I'm pouring.

Janie--Would you like an umbrella?:)

Lloyd--Be VERY careful when you go outside to work.

Vanilla-Jackie--It takes some time to get a new home just the way you want it, I think.

Good morning, halkel.  Sorry you aren't feeling up to par.  I'd like some coffee, please.

Hi everyone.  We are expecting another dry day with the temperature getting up to around 87 degrees this afternoon.  I have a quiet day at home planned for today but may make a quick trip to Walmart to pick up a prescription for Pat.

Just this morning I watched a very touching video called "Soaring Valor" which deals with WWII Veterans and the work of Gary Sinise and other to honor our WW Veterans.  Here is the link and I found it very worthwhile to view:  Just this morning I watched a very touching video called "Soaring Valor" which deals with WWII Veterans and the work of Gary Sinise and other to honor our WW Veterans.  Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/l3P15s4zWNQ


Sandy, I am with you in feeling that grab bars should be bolted into the walls.  We had them installed in our last house when we had the doorway to the master bath widened.  We wanted a grab bar put into the showers but where it would need to go didn't seem to have any support beams to which to fasten it so we just had them outside the shower.  We do have them in our current master bathroom shower.  We don't have a tub in our master bathroom and glad of it as it would never be used. 

Molly, what did you do to your toe and leg?

Linedancer, is a ribbon snake a non-poisonous snake?  Let someone know that you need help and don't risk doing what you know you should not do while your friend is away for four days.   

Jackie, very nice looking outdoor furniture. 

JeanneP, I don't mind seeing English words spelled in a different way than we do here in America.  I think your postings are always well constructed with correct spelling.  Speaking of spelling I wonder if anyone saw on the news the little six year old boy that made it to the third rounds of the National Spelling Bee.  They interviewed him and asked what his favorite word was and he told them and spelled it.  It was many letters long and a word I had never heard before or probably will ever hear again.

Shirley, hope the medication makes you feel much better quickly.   

Good morning everyone, woke late this AM and my CNA will be here shortly. No time to chat so will read. My 2¢ I would not trust suction grab bars.

SHIRLEY  for the way you don't trust meds and their effect on you, you sure do not abuse them.

BBL

Good morning, Larry.  Thanks for the link.  I'll watch it when I am done here.  Today it's HOT and HUMID here.

Gloria--Good morning.  Hope your CNA gets the chores done in a timely manner.

Good Morning from the Interior, and another foggy rainy day it is too. However, we are told it will be sunny but cool until June 3rd and 4th where it will rain again. We are about ten to twenty degrees cooler than average but some prefer this to the normal eighties and higher. Our last two "normal," temperature wise summers, 2004 and 2015. burned 8,689,389 acres and 10,125,149 acres respectively.

Our drought, since 2000, won't end until we get heavy snows in the mountains, we are told by weather folks and old timers. however, that is increasingly unlikely as the years go by. And this area of arboreal forests is classified as a fire ecology normally.

Farrah has established very certain routines and she watches me constantly, perhaps to see I'm keeping up. Mornings are spent hopping from the bed to table a few times if I'm late and after a brief bathroom stop, it's off to herding me to the kitchen for breakfast. But first waiting until I put the coffee on and leave before chowing down.

Days are spent playing with a few toys,vigilantly watching the door for enemies, watching the balcony door for outside birds or the odd flying bug and sleeping. Sometimes she will pace back and forth, back and forth from bedroom to living room until I know she must be bored.

She is very keen on exploring the apartment's nooks and crannies but five rooms and halls don't hold that many nooks and crannies. She is still watchful and skittish and really fears any other people, but she is far and away another cat from the one who came in May second.

As to staying awake, I'm up at 4 to 5am and yawning ferociously at ten. It is a large difference from my working days of one to nine pm or later and getting up at ten am and to bed at midnight or one am. I really prefer this schedule to that! And I really don't miss catching those two buses going each way that added an hour or often two to my daily schedule!

Here's to another peaceful and happy day and a good morning to all who come after!

We are having another overcast morning. I wish it could develop into rain, but that is not in the present forecast.

I woke at six this morning, which I was hoping to do...since i have another early pill to take now. The first one of the day is Levothyroxine a thyroid pill. This must be taken first of all with nothing following for an hour. Then comes the new pill..
hydrochlorithyzide.....or something like that, and it must be taken early in the day, followed by four more pills. Most of which are for high blood pressure. One of the great benefits is the fact that the brain must be active enough to do what is essential in taking what, and when. whew.........

I have a free day. My cleaning lady has been in with clean sheets and towels,and will come back later to clean the bathroom. I tried to tell her to forget it, as it is still sparkling, but she has to follow the rules.

There is a travel movie tonight, on the panama canal, so I may go down to watch that. Enjoy the day my dear ones.

Sandy and June, thanks for your advice regarding my suction grab bar but I will continue to use it as I have.  It stays on the tub for several months.  I have learned to work with the one bolted grab bar and I won’t say nothing will happen, but I’ll try to see that nothing goes wrong.

Trash day today so I just took that out.  Tom may have some to add to the collection as the trash is not picked up until about 12:30 pm.

Shirley, I did not keep count of the rice thing, but got all right as far as I went.  The site was unhappy that I use an ad blocker to block its sponsors, but I’m not going to change that. 

JeanneP, did you not know the power in Europe is 220 volts and in the US 120 volts (for most everything)?  No wonder things blew up.  That’s why they have adapters to use in other countries.  I think even the plugs are different.

Jackie, I would have had a hard time picking a lamp from those shown, but I do like your choice; it is beautiful.

Mary Ann

angelface--I enjoy hearing how your weather differs from ours.  Farrah certainly is changing quickly and fast becoming a "friend".

June--I take a thyroid pill, too, and BP pills but no diuretic.  That travel movie about the Panama Canal sounds interesting.

Mary Ann--We make do with what we have to keep us safe.

Mary Ann, thank you, yes I chose that particular lamp as I thought it would give a nice warm glow, being the warm colour it is, and it does..... :) now for those ceiling lights..... :thinking:

Larry:  Thanks for the video.

  We can thank our vets for giving us the right to speak our peace, form our own opinions and ask questions - something not available to quite a few places in the world right now.

Joan, I think Farrah is realizing that I am never going to move quickly, with all my aches and creaks and just getting mobile. She knows she has lots and lots of time to take any needed defensive maneuvers before I am even out of my chair, bed or couch! She would probably be better off with a companion cat to play with, but we are only allowed one small pet.

Jackie, Rome wasn't built in a day to be trite and you will find that the time you take in searching for what you need, will make your home better. I am still redoing, rearranging and giving away almost weekly and I have been here since 12/13.

Vanilla-Jackie--I agree.  That lamp is very attractive.

Carol--How true!!

angelface--Cats usually are mighty quick.  I'm sure you're not as slow as you think.:)

Jackie.  Now I am back in the UK almost every 2 years. Have been back 18 times now. so always bring things.  Now when it comes to like my hairdriers things like that I have a thing to build up the Electric from the US one to the 220 UK.  Our DVD or CDs still will not work over there or theirs over here.

Now my Aunts Cottage had all the modern inside.  Up in that area (family still live there) Cant burn wood or coal, coke fireplaces. It has all modern heater also. I like the radiator heating systems better than our furnaces here.  I would love to have a Aga.  Cousin has them in his in UK. 5000 pounds a little to stiff for me. They are on the market here now.
I am surprised that the other people could take down the Chandelier. Can't take anything that is attached here when selling. Unless you replace with something else.  Now if you are putting up a ceiling light. Think of the ones with the Ceiling Fans. Some really nice one. I have in each bedroom and dining room has one like a Chandelier. I don't like the A/C on and these a great.  Bet you are enjoying doing the place up. I love doing things like that.

MaryAnn.  Now why don't you just use the "Gorilla Glue" and attach that bath bar.  You will never want to be moving it anyway.  Boy! once you use that stuff nothing moves.  Once with the suctions start moving they will keep doing it. Your don't want to be caught stark naked in the shower.  A friend of mine did and called HELP on her neck thing. Here come 2 men to get to her.  Says she was wishing she was dead.  She had slipped on the Conditioner that was under her feet. Now puts a towel down. We laugh about it but not funny.

JOAN  this CNA is great, got a good back rub/massage and almost feels like it should. Wish I had her here every day just for that. One thing about her and all the others I had while she was taking classes., she gets me laughing and we know that is the best thing we can do. Oh boy, chuckles, that daughter must have been really bad at the piano. Good quote. Thank you for today's goodies.

AMY  my AC has been running all morning and soon I will pull the shades down against the sun.

JANE  glad you slept better last night. Went to 89° here yesterday, maybe a few degrees cooler today.

HAL  I agree God gave us these extra years but pain and sickness came with those years. Why? So we get a taste of where we will go for not believing in him and Jesus. Well I do believe and do not want to go to the devil. So will put up with the pains while here. I would love a cup of coffee is you have any left.

LARRY  I love those spelling bees. So many words they have I never heard of but those kids sure are great at spelling them. My daughter had one for the kids she has been teaching to read. She used words like there they’re and their. The ones that get spelled wrong. She taught them how they were used and to listen to the sentence before spelling the word.  She was happy with the results. Even the principal watched it and took a picture of here and the kids. Of course my daughter had a prize for all of them.

JACKIE  those lamps are beautiful. I kept looking and it would be hard to pick one above the others.

PATRICIA  glad Farrah is doing better.

CAROL  we can thank all our veterans past and present that we are still free to voice our opinions.

Jackie.  Now I didn't know that the "Wessex cottages" could be bought.  Seems like my cousin use to rent one for a couple weeks in Cornwall.  I did see some in Bournemouth years ago. Would have loved one of them. If I retired in UK I would want Bournemouth. My Grandmother retired to there years back now. I loved the place. Ws the retirement community of the UK back then.

Jeanne P, guess that would be my worst nightmare, falling in the shower, or bath, naked and having strange men having to haul me out,...... I would not be a pretty sight, think I would die of embarrassment.....

Hm as for the ceiling lights, think R is starting to get a tad impatient..... well when I've made up my mind I shall place an order....Oh I have seen a set I like, but for some reason I always pick the most expensive one....Cantabria 3 light fitting..... But I know in a few days I will change my mind and go with something completely different much to Rs relief.... :P.....plus I think they will be too heavy for our parkhome ceiling....our home is not made of bricks and mortar.....Link.....

http://www.franklite.net/Search?Search=Cantabria

Mary Ann, I got quite a surprise when I was trying to hang a picture a few weeks ago. The picture started to slip off the hanger and I grabbed for it, but then I felt like I was going to fall, and I reached out with my other hand and grabbed the side of my t.v. screen. Fortunately it turns in various directions, but in just those few seconds of my actions, I could picture myself, the picture and the television set all going over backwards. So my body reacted better than my mind, and I let go of the t.v., held on to the picture and righted myself. Believe me, my heart was going a mile a minute, and I shook for a good ten minutes after that. The point I am trying to make is, that when the body starts to fall, we need a good solid something to grab onto, and thats why I advocate the bolted bars. I want you safe.

Bis, I take a total of nine medications now, and three of those I take twice a day. I have a feeling the diuretic is going to be a good help. For some reason, my vision seems to have improved, and I don't feel as vague as I did in previous days. I hope it lasts.

Patricia, I would not be surprised if your slower movements might be the biggest asset to you new kitty. She would not feel so defensive as before.  We have no idea what she had to endure in her other life, poor little thing. I am SO glad you are the one who chose her.

It is about time to wander downstairs and get something to eat. So I will say ta-ta for now.

Gloria--I haven't had a massage since I left Arkansas.  Periodically, I and some of my friends would go to Hot Springs for massages and pampering.  Guess your son got your a/c in just in time.

A good Friday morning HELLO to EVERYFRIEND.

I have been playing catch up after not being able to get in here while I was away, to read the daily posts.  Now I have so many thoughts in my head, I will surely forget to mention most of them to the individual.

Last night I read the pots from the first week I was gone, and when I tried to post, it went to something saying something about the server not responding.   Messed with that for a bit and finally gave up.

First of all, thank you all for the kind words regarding my injured foot.  Each day it has gotten better, however I am very careful of it, and hope to not cause a set back. 

JOAN, thank you for ALL of our special daily goodies.  I always enjoy them so much and want you to know that you are SO appreciated.

JACKIE, I was so sorry to read about the flood in your bathroom.  I know you were so happy to see the shower done and you were able to use it.  I love the new patio furniture and lamp.  Lighting fixtures are hard to decide on and they are so expensive.  I, too, feel things are very expensive in your country, compared to hat we can get them for here.  I hope the grab bar and shower matts will serve you well.

GLORIA, I sure was pleased to see your A/C is now installed.  Sorry about the dental issue...hope it is feeling much better now. 

JANE, I loved reading about the wedding and seeing the beautiful picture of Ali and Dan.  Thanks to you, JEANNE LEE, for the link to see it.

SHIRLEY, loved the picture of your graduating grandson.  Impressive degree....Our Dr. Dave's was also Bio-medical engineering.  I do believe there have been times that he might have wished he would have gone with engineering side of it. 

ANGELFACE, I love reading about how well Farrah is doing.  Please continue to give us the daily updates if you can.  She is a very lucky kitty to be in your life.

I have been sitting on pins and needles this morning waiting to hear from Son Mark.  He was taking a five part test to complete level one of his PGA..... He just arrived with a BIG smile on his face...he passed all 5!  We are SO proud of him!  He is on the telephone right now to see if he can get on the June session in Florida to start level 2.  Sure hope he can, as it will sure be good if he can get on it before he takes on a job. 

CAROL, I love the rain, but I am ready for some sunshine, how about you?

We have a few errands to do today, so I must get busy.  I am not moving around that quickly due to my foot, so,it takes me a bit more time.

You ALL enjoy your day.

Jenny

Jenny--Good to hear from you and know your foot is getting better.  Thanks for your appreciation of the daily "stuff".  Congratulations to Mark for passing all five parts of the Level 1 PGA test.  Hope he can get in the June session for Part 2 here in FL.

I am on the run today, got artificial flowers for the gr-baby that died shortly after she was born and fresh flowers to take to my husband.... separate cemeteries & rules.  Want to deliver them before the mad rush week end.  Congratulations to Mark, Jenny, this old "Auntie" is as proud as can be!

Larry, I bookmarked the link to go back & watch again, tears rolling down my face & couldn't see most.  I don't know about the rest of you that were home bound during WWII, but this 6-10 year old lived & breathed those years, worrying about 2 brothers, one in Air Corp & other Navy.  Everything we did was "because", and we had no problem giving up luxury or necessities "for the boys overseas".  I don't think there was ever a greater love than all of us shared during those years.  And for the record, I've always believed those bombs dropped did end the war and brought my brothers home.... and I will never see the need to apologize for Truman giving the okay.  It took guts to use but saved a lot of lives on both sides because we couldn't get a monster to end any other way. It was sad so many innocent lives were lost but how many more if we had not?
Amen. 

Thanks to all for good wishes, no headache today... pills do work immediately on me, for sure.  So much more I want to say but need to get those flowers delivered, more storms predicted for this afternoon.  Tomorrow the lines driving through both cemeteries will be bumper to bumper as far as one can see.    Shirley

Jeanne P, I am sure ours is the Wessex " Orchard "Cottage..... I think to retire you couldnt go wrong with anywhere in the South or South West.....Somerset, Dorset, Devon....

Jenny, well - done to Mark, he is on the up and up.....how many levels are there? will he look for employment before he completes level 2? I guess now when he gets the employment he is after, he will be on a higher wage....Jenny you must be very proud of your boy, I am sure he is as proud of you both ( Bob, ) as you are the ones who helped him achieve where he is today....

June, thank you for your thoughts and advice, also JeanneP; I had not thought of gluing the bar to the tub.  For the time being, things will stay as they are and I give everyone permission to say "I told you so" should I have an accident.

June were you on a ladder or stool when you felt like falling?  I do not get up on anything and ask Tom or Annie to get what I cannot reach.  I have some pictures to be hanged, but I've got to "nail" Annie because she has an artistic sense.  I have very little room to hang pictures and these are all family pictures.

We had a short storm a while ago.  My chair pad was on the rocker outside and I rescued it in time. 

Jenny, I'm glad your foot is feeling better  Good for Mark.  Maybe I'll notice his name some day on one of the tours.  A tour is in Benton Harbor MI this weekend (Championship) and evidently they missed the storm we had.  Incidentally, our outside temp has dropped 15 degrees since the storm.  I imagine it will go back up.

June, I am taking the same diuretic you are taking and it is effective.  I have no problems with it.

Mary Ann

Mary Ann, no, I no longer step up on anything. My balance is so poor, I would not step any higher than the flat sole of my shoe. I am delighted that the diuretic is doing such a good job, I just know it is helping to keep my B.P.within bounds...I don't know how or why, but am happy with how I feel.

Jenny, my congratulations on Marks testing. I am so happy for all of you that he is no longer in Mexico. Is your foot healing nicely ? I hope so.

Jackie, don't forget to consider a couple of thing in choosing your light fixtures.  How easy will it be to get to for cleaning and how easy will it be to change the bulb? 

Jenny ...

What are the PGA tests???

Sandy
:dontknow:

Shirley.............

In case you are curious about your 'felines' activities   ::)


http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/see-where-your-cat-goes-at-night-with-these-gps-maps/vi-BBtyVfI?li=BBnb7Kz

Shirley--I live so far away that I can't tend Ray's grave.  His twin's wife does a fantastic job keeping them looking great.  Their lots and ours are next to each other.

Mary Ann--It's so nice you have Tom and Annie to reach places you can't reach.

Hi Jeanne Lee and Sandy.

Donklan--I know that link wasn't meant for me, but I enjoyed reading it.

Meant if for all kitty whisperers.   ;) ;)

Hall no problem on my end. I can only imagine about how you feel. I sure know i know how bad i feel , notice i have only mostly been reading  here,I am tired of being a couch bunnie. I did some light work in shop this afternoon. Had a hard time convincing my self to get out of the house. tired but think i feel a bit better.( I think) my Pryor is we both do soon. see you tomorrow i hope.

Lloyd

Jeanne Lee, good thinking on the tips for Vanilla on her light fixture. The older we get the less agile we are.

Lloyd, please don't get discouraged on your slow healing. You were seriously injured my friend and as we age it takes longer to heal. Thank God each morning that you wake, and if you can't sleep at night talk to God about how you feel, He is an excellent listener.

Our garden area is lined the whole way around with plastic chairs. Two of our employees are getting married tomorrow, and will have a reception for all the tenants afterwards. They are a darling couple and well loved by many of us here at Rowntree Gardens. I will surely be attending this.

Hello Everyfriend!  I'm not in a very good mood right now.  My next to last customer was one of the rudest, most discourteous people it's ever been my misfortune to meet.  And he was not just rude to me.  He was rude to the people in line behind him and the Customer Service person to tried to help him.  I sure hope his day improves! 

Then I came home and my central a/c was on but not cooling.  I've been fiddling with it all day because I know I'll not be able to get someone to look at it until Tuesday and our temps are predicted in the high 80s for the entire weekend.  Now you can all clap because I fixed it myself!  So I won't be sweltering all weekend. 

Jenny, please add my congratulations to Mark for acing the test and my best wishes for whatever it is he wants to do in June.  I guess you know, I  don't know much about golf.

Jackie, someone gave you some good advice about choosing light fixtures for your new home.  There's lots to think of other than how it looks.

I wonder why CATS are allowed to wander all over like that and terrorize doggies that are not allowed to roam.  Seems like a bit of favoritism to me!

Well, it's cooled off enough for me to be hungry now.  I just plain can't eat when I'm so warm.  How can one even think of eating when every breath you take is filled with humidity?  I think I'll go ope that bag of potato chips that's been calling my name for days.

Enjoy your evening Everyfriend!

SANDY, to be PGA certified you have to score a certain number on a couple of golf games.  I think they give you a couple of years to do this part as many take several tries before they accomplish it.  Mark did it on his first attempt and everyone thought he was a hero for doing so!  Then you go to a week of hands on training, before you start level one.  These two parts are the hardest ones, and sadly it weeds out many who are just not cut out to do it. This is what Mark has just completed.  One has to be very self motivated as you are doing it all on your own...writing business plans, running a golf program, etc. and the like. Next, he has to go back to Florida for another week, then he is on his own to do the requirements for Level 2.  Then testing again before you go to level 3.  Most golf courses will not hire you until you are at least through level one, but Mark already had the job IN CABO before he applied as he is the first and only one that we know that qualified for the position that was not located within the USA.  There are four levels before you have a complete certification.  Mark hopes to be completed a year from now if he can stay on this fast track.

MARYANN, it is very unlikely Mark will ever go on tours, but it is possible to do so.  He is interested in getting a golf pro position at a golf course and to be able to teach golfing. 

Thank you to those who commented on Mark's accomplishments.  We are indeed very proud of him.

Congrats to you, JANE, for fixing the problem with your A/C.  Sorry you had the grouch to,deal with...shame on him.

Enjoy your evening EVERYFRIEND, and feel better to those that are under the weather at this time. 

Jenny

Thanks Jenny ....   now I understand
that it is all about becoming a golf
pro.     That sounds exciting and looks
like Mark is doing a great job!
(Keeping his eye on the ball,
so to speak!! )

:congrats:
Sandy

JENNY - Just caught up with reading some of the recent posts and yours really touched me!  I certainly understand how you must have been feeling as you waited for your pain to ease and - hopefully! - allow you return to more normal movement.  I recall when I had a similar health issue and spent some time trying to walk (or jump or hop while holding on to the furniture) and it was tiring and unpleasant.  Stay strong and be assured that prayers continue for your full recovery.

LLOYD - Are you the one who wrote earlier about being uncomfortable when you lay down in bed and your head feels like it is going in circles?  (For some reason, when I try to go back to earlier posts yours did not come up on my screen.  If you are that fellow, may I pass along a suggestion which my Dr. gave me about positioning my head for a comfortable sleep.  He suggested that if I had the head pains (similar to what you had described when laying down in bed) that I use a very small pillow to place under the back of my neck BEFORE I lay down on the regular pillow.  In doing so, the small pillow helps to elevate the back of the neck and eases any dizziness and often pains.  I've tried it ever since he made the suggestion and it works well or me.

Don, I would love to put a tracker on all of these cats, I can't imagine where they go, especially when it storms. They come home dry and have no doubt that they do NOT go anywhere another human can see them.  Baffles me.  Thanks for that link. 

Joan, nice that your sister-in-law takes care of the graves & that "the twins" will always be close. I always felt a little sad that my twin aunts were buried half a state apart.... they died only a week apart, one from cancer & next week the other died because her "heart just failed".  Their husbands (not blood kin) also died only a week apart. 

Lloyd, not being able to do what we want is one of the worst parts about getting older.  With all your accidents & blood loss, has your doctor checked you for anemia?  Any time I start feeling "down & out" I go for the iron & bone meal calcium tablets.  One of my first symptoms is my eyes, slightly blurry or as we used to say, "weak".... and I get dizzy, especially when standing too fast.  I only take the vitamins a few times and may go for months without taking any.  So far it works for me, I am healthier than I deserve to be! 

I am dozing off, ate a big hamburger (old time Presto burger), cut a potato into fries & fixed myself salad of lettuce, on the vine tomato & cut up a Vidalia onion to put in the salad & on the hamburger.  Finished up with a Hostess Ding Dong & cup of coffee ... and my pill.  Now I need sleep~  still storms in Kansas so better sleep when we get a chance. 

Hal, so sorry about the new pain.... do you supposed they did something wrong, maybe hit a nerve?  Should you let them know in case there is something they could do for you?

Jane, I totally agree that letting cats run is not fair... but after keeping the old girl in for nearly 3 years, I know it would be more humane to have them put to sleep than torture them by locking up.  I feed these cats so much I hope they don't hunt, know it is instinct but do my best to change their habits.

JACKIE  I think like you my worse nightmare would be falling in the shower and having the rescue men coming in. Think I would struggle to get at least the bath towel over me. That is one reason I bought my shower seat. One friend here was afraid to take a shower after she fell once. I told her about what I had, she never heard of them before. Now she has one and loves it.

JOAN you are no happier than me about my son getting the AC in when he did. It has been running pretty steady the last 2 days. I shut it off in the morning to give it and me a rest from the sound. For someone who is a new CNA  she massages my back better than the one I had before who had been at it a few years. Sure glad I have her back.

JENNY  where tooth was is healing good, no problems but I will have to go back to have the partial adjusted.  I only have it is a shot time each day till the healing is done so might feel better then. Hope your foot feels better soon. Congratulations to your son.

SHIRLEY  I felt like you watching Larry's link. I had 2 brothers in that war, one in Europe and one in the Pacific. A BIL in north Africa and several nephews in Navy and Air Force. Family thanked God they all came home with only one brother injured. Like you I would back Truman today for doing  that bomb. No apology, WE did not start that war. I have no plans to go anywhere this week end. Having a cookout here tomorrow.  One of the men will be doing the grilling outside but we will supply what we want. Wonder how many will get the burgers or hotdogs they brought. I miss the days when I would cook out on the grill. I even roasted a small turkey outside once, tasted so good. Glad your headache took leave.

MARY ANN  wish we would get a storm to lower our temperature at least 15 degrees. Seems like we missed some beautiful spring weather again this year. But maybe that is what we had in February when we had some beautiful weather, warmer than we had most of this month.  Feels like mid summer already.

JEANNE LEE  you are so right about cleaning those ceiling lights. One son has a Cathedral ceiling in his living room and 2 ceiling fans in there. Huge room. I often wonder how they get cleaned. Know my son he will get his ladder in there, my DIL sure cannot do it. It was easy where I lived before, low ceilings so they were flush fans.  I would have trouble dusting blades on one here.

DONKLAN  wish others here where I live had computers, I would send that site to them. They are the ones with cats and the lady downstairs has a feral one.

LLOYD  glad you did get out of the house to do something you enjoy in your shop. Just be careful, we want you better and not having another accident.

JUNE  how wonderful there will be a wedding reception there for the new bride and groom.

JANE  sure was an awful way to end your shift to have a rude man there. Only takes one like him to make the whole day miserable. Glad you got your AC working. I would not be able to stay up here on the third floor with no AC. Think I would go down to the lobby and make myself comfortable on one of the couches.

I got this in an email earlier. Very fitting for Memorial Day.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/eEs4ke7cdNQ?feature=player_detailpage%25

Jane, funny but I had the same thing with my a/c.  It ran and cycled but I could tell there was no cool air coming from the vents.  I even went to a couple of them to verify - and no air at all.  I went to the thermostat and turned the a/c/ off and on and felt "the heck with it" and planned to call the vendor next week.  The next time the a/c came on, I could tell by the sound that I was getting cool air - and I was (and am).

Shirley, I'd just as soon put a tracker on our cat to see where he goes when I can't find him.  He likes to have something over him, so often is under a chair or small table.  I've found him under a cane rocket that had afghans hanging down the side.  When my plants are inside, he likes to get in the "jungle" to hide. 

Mary Ann

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
Everyfriend do have a  "Memorable" Day on Monday but to NEVER FORGET !

Mycheal

Like Shirley, I spent my life from 6 -10 assisting "the war effort".  We bought saving stamps, saved tinfoil, and rubberbands and who knows what else.  The closest losses in my young life were the two boys who grew up on the other side of our double house.  One died in the navy in the Pacific and one in the army in Europe.  I was planning on marrying the sailor when I grew up!  My cousin's husband was captured by the Japanese in southeast Asia and was held for more than a year.  He came home but he was a different person.  Even I knew that as young as I was.  My aunt (really my mother's cousin) served as an Army Nurse on Governor's Island in NYC and her mother lived with us while she was gone.  I think we all "lived" that war!  And we all prayed daily for the men who fought it.  If it's memories that keep those boys alive, they will live on and on!  I still cry for them when I remember! 

Good Night Everyfriend!  God Bless Us Every One!  And God Bless those who gave their lives for ours!

GLORIA...........
Thank you for that link..........very moving to anyone of our generation.

Shirley and Lloyd, the old tummy is feeling almost normal now.  I have a rupture around my naval and I think it was aggravated by the implant.  It was inserted at about the same level, only on the right hand side of the belly.  And the needle they use is a big gauge so it can hold the seed they insert.  I couldn't see how he did the procedure since I was laying on my back.  Just know it hurt like all get out, fortunately he was quick, but he made the comment when I complained about the pain that was a rough shot.  And when I took the band-aid off it had bled somewhat.

Well you folks on the East coast looks like you are in for some rough weather.  All the weather once again missed us, went East and South of us.  Houston really caught it.  And up around Austin, Just East and South of Austin some areas got over 20 inches of rain the last two days.

off to bed.
Nite, nite, God  Bless and Sweet Dreams

Mycheal, thank you. A beautiful tribute to our fallen military men. Most folks feel Memorial Day is a Holiday, whereas it is a Holy Day.

Hal, I'm glad you are feeling better my friend. Some times the cure is worse than the ailment.

Time for me to toddle off to dreamland. Good night dear friends. Sleep in peace, wake feeling healed and happy, I pray. June

Mycheal- Thank you for the poem. Our generation will "never forget" but I do wonder about future generations. There doesn't seem to be much focus on history in schools anymore, and people keep wanting to re-write history.

I am old enough to have some memories of the war. Several uncles (my mother's brothers) served overseas. We were fortunate. They all came home. One uncle was injured in Belgium.
I remember very well celebrating the end of the war!

Jenny - Congratulations to Mark! That is a very big deal! We could use him in The Villages.  :)

Sandy - Just to add to Jenny's post, it stands for Professional Golfers Association. Hope some of that hot weather you are having in New England is gone by next week-end. We will be in VT/NH for a week and none of the family has central A/C!  ::)

Has anyone here eaten fiddleheads? My granddaughter, Erin, just canned fiddlehead pickles. I may get the chance to try them next week.  :-\

Time to be in bed. It's been a long day.

I know better than type in the posting box but do it anyway sometimes & cry & moan when I lose it... like what just happened. :uglystupid2:

Hal, I'm glad you are doing better, I've read about that treatment, heard great reviews so hope it works...make that "pray" it works.

Beautiful link, Gloria.  Don't know why I feel so weepy about the war this year, guess because so many of the guys & other family members from those years are gone now.  Seems like this is the only place to find others that care and remember. 

Mycheal, touching poem... well written.  Thanks. 

It has been a very long day for me and I want to get up early to take flowers to the baby area of one cemetery and to the mausoleum for my husband about 5 miles apart.  The cars will be bumper to bumper all week end, no rain tomorrow but predicted for Sunday, Monday & all next week.  I do this while I can, not everyone feels the need but I do, nobody is right & nobody wrong.  My sister has never been to visit our parents, says they are in Heaven & don't know.  I know they visited the graves of their parents & took flowers, usually peonies, every year and the whole town had a picnic after the graves were cleaned & decorated.  Little town had 2 cemeteries & we were related to darn near everyone in both ... and they were divided by only a wire fence because most of the families were like ours, had kin buried in both.  I like to read the names and remember.

Shut up, Shirley....  ::)    Good night, God Bless.   :smitten:

Jeanne Lee, Jane S, thank you both for your advise re, choosing light fittings, I have thought about that, whether one bulb or three, and the height, and nobody wants the job of cleaning brass.....but those days of me changing light bulbs is well in the past, could not stand on a chair if I tried, and if I could, I would not be able to look up, or stretch up to put one in, that job now has to go to R, and he is not the brightest if the lighting is more complicated..... :-[

The previous owners said they liked the chandelier lighting they had up and couldn't find the same Items again, so they were adamant that they were taking them with them.....also have to get a basic shade for the landing and my bedroom, and probably another for Rs bedroom unless he is happy with the " purple'ish - pink " chandelier shade that is already up there....I guess he isn't, but says he could live with it....

Another thing important to me with choosing our living room light fittings is, I don't want " bright..." I want that cosy warm feeling to the room....

Micheal, Everyfriend, thank you, very touching, very moving, brought tears to my eyes....But also not let us forget those still living, if any still are from WW2, being in their 90's....as my late father lived his life very affected and damaged from what he saw on the frontline as a paratrooper, fighting the Germans and the Japs....some things he told me, you would never be shown in the war films shown on tv......many who survived came home damaged, some to never speak of what they witnessed or what they done....and the ones who did talk, spoke of as if it was yesterday....I, like Everyfriends, pray for the day all manner of war ends, and our world lives in peace....So many boys who lied about their age, just so they could join up and do their bit for their country, robbed themselves of a life, and a future generation, so sad, so pointless and unnecessary......and so many mothers lost their " baby's " that day...some more than one never returned home.....

Just want to add, I grew up listening to both horror stories and some humour'us from my father....stories like....the " French letters " they had to blow up ( much larger than the ones we have today ) to place them under their armpits as floats, to get them safely across water...never see that on the films....

Where is Sun? noticed she hasn't been in since the 9th of May.....this is not like her, I am a little concerned......Last posting she hand her hand operated on....hope that hasn't taken a turn for the worst...

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





Literature Buff Message

A literature buff, my friend Larry installed an answering machine on his telephone. Instead of the usual instructions about leaving a message, Larry recorded a parody of Hamlet's famous soliloquy:

"To speak, or not to speak, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to leave a message after the beep, or to take arms against a sea of answering machines, and by opposing, end them. To dial, to speak, no more. Thus answering machines do make cowards of us all."



He Knows What We Need
LIZ CURTIS HIGGS

“Get up, take your mat and walk.” Mark 2:9b (NIV)
Get ready, friend. Jesus is “in the house” (Mark 2:1, ASV), and it’s standing room only. In fact, that day in Capernaum, “they gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door” (Mark 2:2a, NIV). People surely stepped on one another’s sandaled feet and craned their heads to get a better look.
Whatever they were seeking, the Lord gave them what they needed: “and he preached the word to them” (Mark 2:2b, NIV). Whether we’re fully aware of it or not, that’s what our souls hunger for most: God’s Word. We may pray for material things or mended relationships or financial blessings or easier lives, but what our hearts truly want is to hear His truth and experience His presence.

Jesus encountered a man that day who wasn’t content with simply hearing Him speak. This man wanted to be changed, forgiven, healed. He wanted Jesus, but he needed help to reach Him. Then, “Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them” (Mark 2:3, NIV). What a perfect picture of how we’re to bear one another’s burdens!

Sadly, no one made room for a paralyzed man on a mat. No one gave up their place. So, his resourceful buddies “made an opening in the roof above Jesus” (Mark 2:4b, NIV) and lowered the paralyzed man into the house.

The crowd must have looked up in astonishment as a man on a mat entered the room through a door that didn’t exist before. A helpless man who didn’t have the ability to create that opening or lower himself down.  This is how God rescues us, beloved. It is not of our own doing. The Holy Spirit is our Helper, our Comforter, our stretcher-bearer, delivering us to the only One who can save us.
When He looked up, “Jesus saw their faith” (Mark 2:5a, NIV). Yes, their faith, not just the faith of the paralytic man. Faith might be invisible, but the evidence of it was clear in their brave, bold, collective move.

Then Jesus spoke directly to the man lying before him. “Son, your sins are forgiven” (Mark 2:5b, NIV).

Oh, my. We weren’t told the man was a sinner. We thought he was merely stricken with a malady and in need of a physician.
But Jesus was far more concerned with the state of the man’s soul than the state of his body. Like many of us, this man on the mat was paralyzed with fear, with shame, with guilt. Jesus had to address that first, just as He does with us.  At once, the deed was done. Jesus told him “the penalty is remitted, the sense of guilt removed, and you are made upright and in right standing with God” (Mark 2:5b, AMPC). Glory!  But not everyone in the crowd was pleased. The teachers of the law watched all this unfold and thought to themselves, “‘Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’” (Mark 2:7).
How this truth must have irked them! Because if no one can forgive sins except God, then Jesus must be …
Right. God. In the flesh.

With the crowd hanging on His ev0ery Word, Jesus told the teachers of the law, “But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (Mark 2:10a). To further prove His power, Jesus said to the paralyzed man “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home” (Mark 2:11, NIV).

The man arrived unable to do any of those things. He couldn’t stand, he couldn’t hold his mat, and he definitely couldn’t head for home on his own. Now, because of Jesus, he “walked out in full view of them all” (Mark 2:12a, NIV).

No wonder people praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” (Mark 2:12b, NIV). Now, you and I have seen it as well, through the eyes of a broken man made whole.

Lord, You really do know what we need most: Your truth, Your forgiveness and the freedom You offer us through Your Son. Give us the humility to accept help and seek You, whatever it takes. Only You can forgive. Only You can heal. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.




“Remember that consciousness is power.  Consciousness is education and knowledge.  Consciousness is becoming aware.  It is the perfect vehicle for students.  Consciousness-raising is pertinent for power, and be sure that power will not be abusively used, but used for building trust and goodwill domestically and internationally.  Tomorrow’s world is yours to build.”

~ Yuri Kochiyama

Good Morning everyone.
Molly  to try to clear up,yes I posted about head and pillow contact,and Shirley you are right getting old sucks.
Molly my problem is from the accented i had from roiling my four wheeler again. Not as bad as about two years ago.
if i had a brain I would take it out and play with it I think. two years ago they drilled two holes in left side of my head
and let the blood out with a tube and before all my brains ran out they plugged the front hole with a titanium screw.
this time not quite as bad only had a 1/4" blood on the brain (I must be part vampire) they said my bod die will consume the blood.when I set down on the side ob bed(not so bad) and lay down My head spins.(Tarbell felling for a few seconds )
then it quits and when I am tired enough I go to sleep fine,with a few nature calls through the night. when it first happend the first time i woke and could only make jabber like a little kid could not make words spent 10 days in hp nick and tip but god decided he was ant ready for me up there. only 3 days in Hp  this time only had 1/4" blood on brain and it only affected my memory short term, they say that is normal for old people ( I will tell you when I get Old) so far only my bodied is all that wants to do that. my brain still enjoys looking at you young Ladies.Have a good day

Lloyd

Good morning everyone.

Looking like rain, let's hope that it does rain!
Yesterday was a fun day with the kids,then daughter in love and I left the two men in the vehicle with the a/c going and we fabric shopped. We both came away happy,especially me as I found the perfect backing for my blue quilt! :thumbup:

Today is laundry day here...after I do a bit of grocery shopping and go to the Co-op to pick up dog food.

Good morning Lloyd.

Gloria ,so far no a/c on in the house but today may change that if we get into the 90's!

Joan ,thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone..

Lloyd Hammond, one things for sure, you past and present brain injuries have definitely not affected your good humour....and in my book, humour, smiles and laughter are the only things that keep us going....natures best medicine....

Good Saturday morning, almost lunchtime here......Weathers dry, but looks a tad grey'ish with glimpses of sun.....I have been up since 6.15, an hour later than usual but then last night I dozed off for I know not how long, before I got up and found my way to bed, round about midnight I think....

Already done a couple of postings this morning, before Joan came along with our breakfast, talk about Sun, where is she? not been in for three weeks.....

Good morning, Lloyd.  I hope soon you'll be completely healed.

Amy--Good morning.  Good that you found fabric you needed.:)  I'm wishing for rain, too.

Vanilla-Jackie--Good morning/afternoon.  I agree with you about Lloyd's sense of humor.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I feel almost human this morning.  I not only slept well last night, I got up and let the doggies out early this morning and then we all snuggled down on the sofa for another hour.  And I guess the antibiotic is finally knocking the infection for a loop.  I can breathe again!

I wish you all a good day!  Feel good, be happy and have fun!

Good morning, Janie.  That's good that the antibiotic is working so well.  Enjoy this day.

I have been doing that thing called " work " again....didn't realise how much kitchen we got....I have been meaning to take up blue matting previous owners left us, this matting is fine, just has tiny holes within the pattern, I had often lifted the corner up only to find broken dried spaghetti pasta underneath so I knew bits of food was getting through....not my pasta but from previous owners....While R was out I lifted the mat, rolled it up, placed it outside the back door, part shaking it....lifted up the dogs water bowls, moved the spin dryer and birdseed bucket, then hoovered, ( vacuumed ) the wooden laminate floor, then mopped over it, that was one half of the floor done....Waited for that half to dry...then R came home, got him to help roll the matting back before starting on the other side, the breakfast table side......So the both of us moved the table and four chairs, the other matting, the same as the first, only more of it...the tumble dryer machine tucked to the side before I done the whole process over again......How has our kitchen gotten larger?......all this has started my MS off, doesn't take much, the heaviness around the stomach, the achiness in the lower centre of my backside, not forgetting the top of leg vibrations....had to do some resting in-between doing the two halves, anyway job done, kitchen now smells fresh as a lemon....should be ok for the next couple of months..... :thumbup:

Vanilla-Jackie--You sure have been doing some heavy cleaning in your kitchen.

Hi everyone.  It is a clear sky and only to get to 83 degrees this afternoon, a bit cooler than yesterday.  Yesterday was a nice quiet day and I expect today will be the same here at home.  I will just work on a couple of projects here at my desk.  I plan on watching some of the golf tourney later this afternoon.

Gloria, they say laughter is the best medicine and I think that is true and smiling is a close second.  It sounds like your temperatures are about like ours in the high 80's.  At least suppose to be low 80's today.

Jackie, I looked at your link to the lighting and Cantabria 6ft Fitting looks much like the one we had in our last house in the dining room and it had a dimmer switch.  I am sure whatever you choose will be quite nice.  I am happy for you that you now have a very nice home.

Jenny, that is a nice achievement achievement for Mark.   Glad you are safely home and take good care of that foot.  Glad you explained what is involved in the certification process and the different levels of the PGA as I had the same question.

Shirley, I have to admit a tear or so in my eyes as well when I watched that salute to our old service members. I was only five or six when the war ended and was shielded from the hardships of it.  Stay safe with all of those storms and bad weather out in Kansas.  Hope you have a basement where you can go if a tornado is spotted anywhere close to you. 

JaneS, glad to read you were able to get your A/C working again.  It sounds like that rude customer was a very unhappy person and is probably rude to everyone.  Hope you didn't let him upset for more than a couple of minutes.  That sounds like a lonely bad of potato chips as it kept calling and you ignored it. 

Mycheal, thanks for the Memorial Day poem. 

Hal, I am keeping an eye on the weather but it looks like where I live is so far inland that it is unlikely we will even get any rain from it.  Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have really had a rough Spring weather-wise and it sounds like it isn't over yet. 

Good Morning Everyone!

Still no rain here, all around us, but none for us.  My oldest and her husband went to Houston for the weekend to visit his kids and got caught in their storm.  Carrol called and said they were there and had no problems except the heavy rain really cut down on the visibility.

Nothing really on tap here today.  I feel back to normal, thank goodness.  And I am happy to hear others are feeling better.

Coffee ready, I slept in this morning.  Who wants a cup.

Good morning everyone from a hot, bright, sunny Interior with nary a cloud in sight. I'm not sure if I trust that.I had a bad night, up until two am, even with awakening at five the day before. Then I woke this morning at six am so hope to find a nap this afternoon.

Farrah has discovered this is a nice house and she might be okay here. I woke up scrunched down in the bed while she lay on my pillow purring.

I hope everyone is feeling good this morning and has the weather they need and I'll just mosey over to Hal's for a cup of good strong coffee and a pet to Lady and a look at his yard.

Good morning, Larry.  Weatherguessers says we're to hit the low 90s today with no rain.  Enjoy your quiet day at home.

halkel--Good morning.  Glad to hear you're feeling back to normal.  I'll have a cup of coffee, please.

Good morning, angelface.  Sorry you had a bad night and hope you can get a good nap later.

MYCHEAL  wonderful way to start Memorial Day week end.

JANE  we all have our memories of those years and all we did and collected and helped with.

DONKLAN  glad you enjoyed that link. I know I did, even with tears in my eyes.

HAL  glad you are feeling better. Weather guessers are saying Monday we will have rain. We need something to break this heat we are having now.

BEVERLY  I have seen fiddleheads at the market but never tried any.  A niece’s husband said they were good and his Mom cooked them when ever they were in season. Have a safe trip to Vermont and a good family visit.

SHIRLEY  seems like the younger generations think of Memorial Day as having a day off work and a long week end to party.  They knew none of those who served and died for all of us. They don't seem to think of the wars since much either. They just showed on local news something new at Roger Williams Park in Providence. Over 6,000 boots with flags and names for all lost in this current war. Then a special circle with desert boots for all from this state who died. I filled a huge area of the park. Said it was bigger than 2 football fields. They said they intend to do it every year. Touching to see it all.

JACKIE  I never like the overhead light on except in the kitchen. I always preferred lamps.

JOAN  oh good, cinnamon coffee cake, love them. Chuckles- I will keep my answering machine till the telemarketers stop calling. Food for Thought is a keeper. Thank you for today's goodies.

LLOYD  good morning. Love your sense of humor. I do get a chuckle from a lot of your posts.

AMY  ahh  a blue quilt, is that for me? Would fit right in here and of course blue my favorite color. Already 79° so it says on the TV. Might have a pop up shower of thunderstorm this afternoon.

JANE  how great you are feeling better and breathing better once again. Meds are great when we get the right one to help.

JACKIE  you did enough in your kitchen to deserve doing nothing the rest of the day.

LARRY  the sky here is hazy, that alone lets me know the humidity is up. Not a day for me to go outside.

HAL  so you are back to normal again?  Oh wow, do we have to get ready for your jokes again? Really I am glad you are feeling better.

PATRICIA  looks like we both had the same kind of night. I finally fell asleep after 4am  so now the morning is almost over.

I am glad I make your girls day. a good smile is good. the best thing with it is that you can give it to everyone you meet and stil have it your self. we finely have sun here today. it is already in the high 70's and going on up. we are never satisfied.
Have a great day.

Lloyd

Good Morning,

Finally - a sunshiny day with no storms predicted.  Since I now have flower beds (thanks to landscaper designer son's hard work),  I guess I have a Pot/Perennial garden.  Everything looks so bright and washed this morning.

Wish I could post the pictures I took yesterday of the sky to the east of me.  (I have never had good luck putting anything in Photos and wouldn't do it enough to work on learning how  (sorry  :( ).  Took them from the same spot.  The one at 6 30 p.m. was of angry dark "bubbly" clouds full of wind; the one at 7;30 was a beautiful rainbow.

I know there's a top to this work table because something has to be holding up all the "stuff" there.  Guess I'd better start the search. 

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere a lovely day.

Good Morning Everyone,
from the warm and sunny, 
rocky coast of Maine.

If I can't find a lamp worth
restoring at a yard sale or a thrift
shop or a Goodwill...   I will go
with out.   

I despise over head lights,  except
for in  the kitchen...  Even in the
bathroom,  I only turn on an overhead
once in a while. 

With a little creativity I can take a $10
thrift shop lamp and make it
awesomely beautiful. (for less then $25) .. 

Oh sure... if I were a very wealthy person
then my second hand options would
cost a bit more .... 
:bash:

Fortunately,  how we choose to
spend our money is very personal a
and no one else's business...   

So I always try to wish everyone
has a productive "thrift shop" day..
and hope that they wish the same
for me.
:smiley6600:

Sandy

I love fiddleheads.  Haven't had any for awhile but I saw a can of them in the gourmet section a while back.  First time I had them was in Montreal.  Loved them from the start.

Warm here but not hot yet and not a cloud in the sky.  It's a beautiful day.

Thanks for the Memorial Day poem, Mycheal.  Lovely.  I was 16 when WW II ended.  All three of my brothers were in the service.  2 in the Navy and one a Marine.  Hard times for everyone.  A couple of my brothers' friends did not come home and my cousin was killed in a plane crash when the transport plane with 60+ marines flew into the side of Mt. Ranier in a snow storm.  The bodies are still up there buried in a glacier high on the mountain.  Our flag is out on the front of the house and I am remembering so many things.  My husband was stationed in Japan during the Korean War and, of course, that is the one I remember most.

MYCHEAL - Indeed your post was a marvelous way for all of us to remember what MEMORIAL DAY means and recall memories. 

When my son visited a few days ago, we talked a lot about the Holiday as he is an Army Chaplain preparing to be transferred to Korea on June 6th.  He mentioned that although right now he has been told that it will be for one year, he was also given a "heads up" that his service might be extended to two years since his special military background has included working with Special Forces as well as jut the regular Military Chaplain's duties.

SHIRLEY - WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!!!!! ;)  I've always enjoyed reading your posts (regardless of the topics) as you have the verbal and written skills to allow all of us to feel like we are sitting with you face-to-face inside or by a Happy Grill near the Pool!

LLOYD - Although I am sorry that you have such pains on a regular basis, your personality is always a pleasure to witness through your posts!  Keep on being the Positive Fellow we have come to know.

I'm expecting Mohamed to call in a few minutes so will excuse myself and get ready to note his flight schedule from Egypt to the USA for a brief visit between teaching his University classes.  He's due to arrive in the USA in mid-June and return to Egypt in early July.  Many thanks to all those friends here who have kept him in Prayers RE the enormous challenges going on in Egypt.  We truly thank you all!

Well I learned something new today.  Fiddleheads, I had never heard of them nor seen them until I Googled them.  And from what I read you must be careful to get the edible kind and it is a fern.  Quite unusual in appearance.  And not sure when the picture was taken, but it is quite expensive at 16.00 - 17.00 a pound.

Memorial day is observed here in San Antonio since we have so many retired military and more than our share of military bases plus a national cemetery. I served from shortly after WWII (1947) and through Korea, Vietnam.  I never was in a war zone (combat zone) but served with many that were and when I first went in with many that were POW's.  I have nothing but admiration for our armed forces, past and present.  I feel for those serving now with the lack of leadership and lack of support because of politics. I see the new recruits at Lackland AFB, Gateway to the Air Force, and say to myself, was I really that young once. ;D
And of course mustn't forget that they ladies served and died too.  And it appears are going to be placed even more-so in harm's way.  All in the name of political correctness.

Plenty of coffee, so help yourself.  Angel your welcome to sit on my patio anytime, have some nice blooms and the grass is lush and green, for a change.
My old pup will enjoy the company. As well as myself.

Hal, having spent so much time in Canada, I was surprised that you were unaware of fiddleheads. We don't have a national dish per se, but if we did fiddleheads would be at the top of the list.

Gloria--I had never even heard of fiddleheads so had to "google".  I'd like to try them.  Sorry you had a bad night again.

Lloyd--We have sun, and at my house it is presently 90°.

Callie--I'd love to see your pictures.

Sandy--Right you are.  We all spend our $$ differently--for several different reasons.

Phyllis--Thank you to your Tom for his service--and to your brothers.

Molly--How nice that Mohamed will be able to come to the US for about a month.  I always pray for you and your family.

halkel--I see I was not the only one that had to "google" fiddleheads.

Radioman--I'll have to reserve judgment on fiddleheads until I get a chance to try them.

Fiddleheads are a new one on me too, now have to google and put myself out of my misery....

Edited, found them......" Fiddleheads have antioxidant activity, are a source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and are high in iron and fibre. Certain varieties of fiddleheads have been shown to be carcinogenic. (See bracken poisoning).."

Hm thought for a minute omega 3 and 6 which is what we with MS need to take on a regular basis, but the " some have been shown to be carcinogenic " has now put me off.....

Good afternoon, on another hot one. As soon as it get hot my feet swell, even though take a water pill.

Joan as always thanks for good reading and of course breakfast.

June, as I have wrote before you have such a beautiful way with words.

Mycheal thanks so much for lovely poem.  My husband was on a DE in the Pacific nearly the whole war.  Same as being on the front lines, he was in most of the invasions.  Never talked about it.  My BIL was in the invasion DE Day.  As I have wrote also before A fellow I went to school with came to live with us in Charleston and worked in the Navy Yard.  Later joined the navy when THE war started, he was on the Arizona    So yes I do remember.  I went to Calverton Nat.  on Decaration Day, (I still call it that)the first year my husband died, It was so crowded they had to close the entrance. Such a sight with all the flags waveing. It is only a few miles from my house.

Patricia, I knew Farrah would finally adopt you :)

Jenny it is so wonderful to read about Mark.  I took up golf at 62 and became a golf nut.  I even now pay extra for the golf channel. 
glad also to see your foot is getting better.

Beverly, I looked up Fiddlehead ferns on Google and it was quite interesting. A rare treat, some say they tasted like asparagus. I hope the weather stays mild for you in New England.

We have another overcast morning. Weather here is quite different than Hemet, and yet I lived many years not far from here. We certainly adapt  differently to the various climates. and the older we get the longer the adaptation takes.

I had a very weird night. Woke wide awake in the wee hours of the morning and could not get back to sleep, so got up, and wrote out the sentences we were supposed to do for our next writing class. Then back to bed to sleep in patches..very strange for me. I feel extremely tired today. Must be alert though for the reception for the newlyweds that will be held in our garden area. There are hundreds of chairs out there, and some tables and there will be more tables with cloths later on.

Patricia, it didn't take Farrah long to feel "at home" with you. And you did a perfect job of letting her accustom herself to you and her place in your life. Congratulations !

I must take myself out for a walk in the morning air, or I will end up going back to sleep, I am very boring company today.

Fiddleheads are delicious.with butter on them.

Temp is 90 ° here now...laundry dried the moment it went out lol. I took the weedeater to the lawn where the lawnmower doesn't get, so that job is done..

Well I have to laugh at our Toby, of all the grass in our back garden he prefers to lay on stones, cant be comfortable but, I guess the cobbles are warmer under his belly.....Link.....


http://photopeach.com/album/74xar5

Larry, the chips are no longer lonely!  I opened the bag last night while watching TV. 

I ran around this morning doing errands.  Seems I had a lot of stops to make.  Sometimes I tell myself that I'll do that on the way home from work and then I cancel that plan.  On my travels, I swung by two houses that my daughter and SIL are looking at.  They have sold their house because it's too big since both kids are living away from home now.  They are downsizing.  I don't know which one they will choose...maybe neither but I wanted to see what they are looking at.

I'm thinking what to do for supper.  I think I have a couple of pork chops in the freezer.  Maybe I'll get them out!  In the meantime, I'm going to grab a couple of cookies and see if Hal's coffee is still hot.

Later friends!  Take care of YOU!

Vanilla-Jackie--Many seem to eat them, so I guess they are OK.

Linedancer--Thanks to those you know who served.  It's HOT here, too.

June--Sorry you had interrupted sleep last night.  Enjoy that wedding reception.

Amy--Now you are dancing with a weedeater?:)

Vanilla-Jackie--Toby does, indeed, look very comfy.  Thanks for the link.

Janie--So Mom wants to see the houses daughter and SIL are considering?:)  Pork chops sound good for supper.  I am having eggplant parmigiana that a neighbor brought me.

Jackie, only "some" of the fiddleheads are carcinogenic.  If you trust the source then they are not harmful but if you went out picking them yourself I would be careful.

Amy, butter is what we had and maybe a touch of lemon juice.  Delicious, and they look so "cool"  :coolsmiley:  on the plate all curled up.

Phyllis, same as mushroom foraging, the prettiest mushrooms at times can be the poisonous, the uglier ones the most edible....A few years ago me and R went on one those those, of course on private land, in a group and with a foraging expert.....

Jackie.  My goodness. those are rocks he is laying on.  He is a beautiful dog. Now is it the one that got its trim done last week?  I love the colour of him.
Can see where they put the rail on the steps.

I checked  all the cottages last night. Where a lot of Wessex Cottages listed.  Now which area did you move to.  Some great places. I was surprised to see that for people just taking for a week prices good.  Found hotels to be almost that a night now when in parts of UK.
May try to talk cousin and wife into going someplace and using them for couple week. They both had new knees so not into traveling where lots of walking yet.

Phyllis--I am just going to have to get some to try.

Vanilla-Jackie--I've never picked mushrooms so wouldn't know an edible one from a poisonous one.  I buy mine in the grocery and LOVE them.

JeanneP--It'd be nice if you could go on a trip.

 :) That reminds me of when I was a child, instead of a lemonade stand, two friends and I picked several mushrooms. We'd take them home to my mother who knew how to forage and which mushrooms were good or bad. She would weed out all of the bad ones and we would delicately wash the rest, bag them in brown lunch sacks and sell them around the neighborhood for ten cents a bag. I haven't thought of that in years!

I played a trick on Farrah as this house heats up too fast and the screen door only open to the balcony sends her back under the bed. First, I quietly shut the bedroom door, then opened the glass balcony door, and just left the screen door.

I then peeled Farrah out from under the blanket covering the couch, unhinging all of her claws carefully and carried to the screen door where Robins, sparrows and wrens were singing up a storm. I carefully patted the screen showing her that there was still a barrier to any outside monsters and rubbed her back while she noticed and watched for the birds.

After setting her down, she sat right next to the screen door and listened and watched. All was fine until I left the room. Whether the kitchen or the bathroom, she decided she would go as well and stay to keep my company!

She's fine as long as I stay in the room.

Fiddleheads must be a Northern item, they are all over here and very common. Many folks grow them against a house or to mark the edge of a property. And yes, they are good!

JOAN - When Mohamed called earlier RE his travel plans, I mentioned what you have written several times about keeping him in your daily prayers.  He is so very, very grateful.  Many thanks!

I stayed inside all day with the AC going. Don't know how hot it got, missed the news. With the AC running in here I have to turn the sound up so high I bet my neighbors can hear it.

CALLIE  would love to see your photos. Been a long time since I lived anywhere with a good view of the sky. I do get to see the sunset here at times.

PHYLLIS  I love it when people put their flags out for holidays like this but wish they would do it every day.

HAL  the fiddleheads I saw in the market looked like ferns before the started to open. Don't remember what the price was and never saw them again. Guess they did not sell many.

MOLLY  I wish Mohammed a safe trip to the states.

DON  this seemed so much like Sunday to me I thought I missed your program.  Must be because everyone here stayed inside like me today. Didn't see anyone around. A nieces' husband was from Maine and he knew all about the fiddleheads. Never heard of them till he talked about them. Thought he was joking at first about eating fern heads.

JOAN  I wish I had asked him how they were cooked and I would have bought some when I saw them.  I do like trying different food and if I like them will add them if not I would never buy them again.

GLORIA de  I feel like I have been cooped up inside after no going out at all today. If I wake early enough tomorrow I will get our and do some walking before it gets to hot. I agree with you about June having a great way with words.

JUNE  I have lived here all my life and have never been able to tolerate hot humid summer days. Rather have the cold of winter.

AMY  too hot to work outside today.

JACKIE  Toby looks comfortable on those stones.

JOAN  oh I would love to join you for your supper tonight. I have not made that in a long time and I do love eggplant.

JACKIE  only mushrooms I eat are from the stores. Those are safe. Would not try any wild ones.

Goodness I just noticed the time. Better get myself a snack now before it gets later. Cannot sleep on an empty tummy

A good Saturday evening HELLO to EVERYFRIEND. 

I have never seen nor heard of fiddle heads.  They sure are interesting looking.

MOLLY, happy to read that Mohamad will be coming home for a visit soon.  I think you know that he is in many of our thoughts and prayers? I was sure hoping that chaps would not have to be gone from his family for more than a year.

ANGELFACE, I just had to chuckle at the thought of buying hand picked mushrooms in a brown sack from a child....not sure I would be that brave!  Once again, I love reading about Farrah and how she is adjusting to her new surroundings.

JACKIE, I am surprised I did not read the words "demerit" in the post from Joan after she read what all you had been doing!  Sadly, I was not able to view Toby in the rocks on my iPad. 

SHIRLEY, ever so often I let my guard down and write my post in here and thenloose it....Gurrrrrr.

We went to the cemetery where my maternal grandparents are buried this afternoon.  Took flowers for their grave and for my nieces grave. My grandma never forgot ANY of our family members....she took flowers to every grave in many cemeteries.  It was an all day affair for her.  She grew all the flowers and they were all so healthy and beautiful.  The bouquets I bought were pretty expensive and not that great to be honest.  Oh well, it is the thought that counts.

I wish you all a good night.  Hope everyone has a good night of rest,

Jenny

Angelface - Farrah definitely is learning to trust you. She's come a long way!

Larry - Your temps are much cooler than ours. It's 80 here at 10:00, but the night air feels good.

My granddaughter (age 30) picks her own fiddleheads but she has had some good teachers and knows what to look for. Timing is everything as they quickly turn to ferns. She's my farmer girl.   :)

Good night Jenny and all.

Good Night Everyfriend!  I'm off to saw some logs.  I didn't get enough last night for my garden benches so I'm going to try again tonight.

I wish you all a peaceful sleep.  God Bless Us Every One!

Good evening everyone. C U all tomorrow. Have sweet dreams.

Lloyd

Jenny, that's what I meant about everyone doing what is in their heart about visiting graves.  I watched my parents go and Dad talked about going with his mother to put flowers on the graves of HER grandparents that came from France in 1855.  I try to take the "home grown" to my parents when I have any, and many times will plan a trip with that in mind. 

I'm another that never heard of fiddle heads & had to Google.... I would have to uncurl & inspect before eating... I do have a fettish about bugs from the old days & joked with the young kid putting out corn at the store yesterday, that "no bugs but something a whole lot worse".  He agreed, but bet he never saw worms in corn like we did! 

Haha, Patricia, many years ago I had some kids selling sassafrass chunks at the door.  I'm pretty sure it was not the real thing but since they weren't asking for much, I bought & gave it a try in a boiling pot of water.  Did NOT smell like sassafrass tea so dumped it!  Remember when old Arthur Godfrey recommended drinking the tea every spring?  Always said it "thinned the blood". 

I've thoroughly enjoyed your adventure with Farah.  Did not take long for Tiger to decide she preferred MY pillow to any other place to sleep.  I don't sleep on one, just put it beside my ear.  She "hums" (purrs) to me when I reach over to pet her.  Tom & Tiger's mama, Callie, would love to live inside but she's been wild too long & wants to mark her territory...  just stepped in the RV one day & promply marked the electric heater I had sitting on the floor (when I go to MO & have electricity in winter, it's nice to just turn on for a few minutes in the morning.  I don't turn on the propane in MO, have everything electric for those trips & everything for propane when I go to CO).  Anyway, had to take the heater out to air & clean off & never did put it back in.  I know when her friend, Tommy 2 comes in the garage he marks HIS spot & I have to clean out.  Not nice.  She is so shy & spooky but follows me every where I go outside. 

Hal, my husband took basic training at Lackland... I met him not long after & we married when he got orders to go to England.  I served the rest of his 4 years active & 4 years inactive duty married to him & was offended when "they" took away my Vet car tags after he died.  Who do they think kept him fed & tidy all those years?  He didn't serve in a war zone but was in during Korean War. 

Okay, Molly, about the language.  ::)  I've been known to be a tad opinionated & daring.  Hope Chaps' family get to go with him if they want to.  When my husband got transferred to England he didn't have rank for a wife to go with him but I decided that they couldn't stop me from going on my own.  I did, got there in December after he deployed in late Sept.   I had a Civil Service job & money to spend for a trip on the S.S. United States, largest liner afloat at the time. 

I settled in, no base housing, & the "powers that be" on the base requested I join the Wives Club which I declined, said "the military didn't pay my way & I didn't need them".  Later the Base Commander asked me to interview for a job needing Top Secret clearance.  Mine was done when I worked for the Corp of Eng Army Map Serivce as a cartiographic draftsman.  My next Civil Service job I had to pass the test for Clerk typist because they needed a draftsman but no opening for one.  I explained to the Base Commander that in spite of the clerk typist job, I did not take shorthand or do secretarial work.  Another life & world but same old "me".  I still do things MY WAY & take the blame when I goof.   Do hope you get to spend fun time with Mohammed.  You have lived a lot of different lives as well, these days are not what we dreamed about as teenagers, are they? 

Pool looks nice, had to get a fake owl to keep the birds away.  They are being a real mess with eating mulberries & leaving purple blobs all around the pool.   The first few hours they left a path of flying over the house on their normal route front to back... saw the owl & left their mark on the grass carpet... one trip aftr another!  Such a mess, but more rain heading our way tomorrow so will wash out & clean out the pool, looks nice but nobody invited to swim.  Got a nice view of the river & wildlife, y'all come on over for a cup of tea or whatever!   

Gloria, so often you say something & makes me grin, we are SO much alike.  I talked to Doris the other day, she is doing good, tried to get hold of you but don't think she ever did.  She is keeping busy, was going to visit "Jim/Herb" this week, family cemetery & Herb has a cousin living near so she can stay with them if she runs out of daylight.     

And now it is Sat. night bath time so better get moving.  No sleeping in tomorrow morning. Would love to sit & visit longer but know these posts get out of hand.  Yes, Larry, I do have a big basement for tornadoes but am way too nosy to stay under ground long.  I haul all my treasures (including cats) down & then slip up with a camera to take photos or just look out the doors. Need photos of hail to show insurance, right?

Jackie, left you a message on the video... beautiful Toby.   

Good night, All~  sweet dreams & God Bless.  Shirley

I am just in to say a quick goodnight. A really busy day, and I am weary. God bless you my dear ones.I pray you all have a good sleep and a happy tomorrow. Hugs, Love and Prayers, always. June

Joan, I would never risk foraging for mushrooms, that was a one off several years ago, even children were out picking with their parents, not so much a fun few hours, it was done in a serious manner where the expert checked everyone's basket, containers, but this is something you really need to be an expert about, make one bad mistake you could end your life..... :o

Jeanne P, yes that is our cocker spaniel Toby we took last week to the groomers, this time we went for the feathering, feathering on the lower body and side legs...so you could imagine how much unwanted fur he had on him before his groom....afraid to say he went way overdue and looked a pitiful sight, cant ever let that happen again....

Jeanne, we are in Dorset, settled between Dorchester and Weymouth, several miles away from Poole and Bournemouth...I have read Poole is a nice area to live, of course I read that after we moved, not before, but this is a lovely area too....I keep forgetting just how near to the coast we are.....

Jenny, I know, our Joan slipped up there, didn't she.... ;)  :D.....think I got away with that....no " demerits...."

Jenny, yes it is the " thought that counts..." just you being there is the important thing, and carefully placing your flowers, and most importantly the private words spoken that come personally out from your mouth, I am sure they hear every word.....Sadly I don't know if I will ever get back to my family graves, to my parents cemetery again, I hope I will get the chance, but otherwise there is nothing to bring me back to Watford, unless things resolve between myself, my daughter and grandson.....but as I moved, and they don't know I moved,nor where I moved to, they have no way of getting in touch with me, even if they wanted too....and I sure don't want to get in touch with her not after the nasty telephone recorded message she left, re, my MS, and not even caring whether my results would be coming back as cancer last year....
............................................
Thank you too all who watched my Toby clips, and thank you for your comments.....

Joan, Toby is still available if you want to adopt him...... but I will have to speak to him first......   :dog:

In the fifties, in Alaska, everyone thereabouts was a forager. So most of my customers would have known better than I about those mushrooms! :)  Only way in or out was by summer boats or barges and a few airplanes and not much different than the eighteen nineties.

That was also the year I wanted a Ginny doll. Does anyone remember those? My folks told me no. So I went to the lady at the toy store to negotiate buying one on layaway, I had nine cents on me. She thought it was cute as she later told my folks and set me up an account, I eventually paid for my doll too and was so proud of myself! That was a proud moment for a nine-year-old when bringing home that doll after paying for it since age seven!

I have two or three photos somewhere of a raven sitting on top of a fake owl on a small building roof. All around were its buddies so fake owls never did much for them. LOL

A new week for Soda Shoppe begins HERE (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=167.0).