Hi all -
Prayers continuing for all!

I'm TRYING to get some balance - thus, I'm spending much less time online. HOPEFULLY work will slow down a bit soon - if not, at least we have a vacation planned in a couple weeks

I got some knitting done tonight, weight lifting, and organizing some of my music on my Zen.

Not terribly exciting - but at least it wasn't work or a church meeting - which has dominated the last couple weeks!

Blessings to all!

Laurie

Yoohoo - anyone home?

Hi all - so glad it is the weekend! I'm excited to report that our team (actually DH's pharmacy team at the hospital) took 3rd place in the "Let's Get Moving Northern Michigan" challenge. AND - DH took 3rd place overall - which netted him $250

During the 4 month challenge you got "miles" for your exercise, and water, veggie, and fiber intake each day. I finished in the top 10 as well All those miles of walking to work really add up

I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend. Work is still a mess, and I need to let it go for a couple days.

Hope you all have something fun planned!

Prayers ascending for all!

Laurie

HI LAURIE ~ I'm still here ... posted updates in the Prayer Warrior's thread. Was just lurking around the net for awhile tonight as DH has a cold or flu and was tired from biking around today and went to bed early; hope he is feeling better tomorrow.

They finally found the leek on the underside of the manifold but it took them all week; the boss came back and helped them find it by putting lights all around the car. But we won't get the car back until Monday as they have to put it back together with the new manifold carefully so no damage to seals or parts will take place. So we will also just be having a quiet weekend at home with no wheels ...

GARY ~ Angie knows that you just have a bunch more sisters (in Christ) here; not to worry ...

Hope you all have a fabulous Friday night and a great weekend too! Take good care of yourselves and each other ... ROSEBUD

I made it! This computer is whack -o ! So slow and then so fast! Don't know what is going on.
Gary I took Lee today first time since we had a meeting of the minds and again today I thought we were going to have another one. I got to thinking today, Lee and I are sorta like Jethroo Bodean on the Beverly Hill billies and me Granny. I used to be Elly Mae, Ha! Lee smelt something on the other side of the fence (neighbors) and he was going to try to go under, He just looked at me and I said a few words,I swear that dog started laughing, he came over there to me just a grinning at me with that big old tongue sticking out, wagging his big old tail and pounced around all around me, then took off running , then ran all the way back to me. I am saying all the while, shaking my finger at him, I mean it Lee, trying not to laugh at him! I think he did that on purpose just to get my attention. He is one more character. Other than that he did real good and I had made some scrambled eggs and took the yolk out of them, with a touch of sausage and tortilla and cooked them for him and he just loved it, so he was easy to get in the pen this morning.
Lee always looks happy! That is what i see every morning when I come out, ready to go walking.





Helped with a community garage sale this morning, putting it together, for the old school house needs a new roof and they are trying to raise money for it.
It is so hard for me to get on here anymore it is unreal, but I am not giving up.
Laurie, go girl on your exercise I got a small trampoline this morning at the garage sale and I got a ball you roll around on in town but got to get something to air it up with. I hear they are great exercise.
Rosebud my green beans came up and I have some onions that came up on their on, plan on planting them in a row tomorrow or Sunday.
The rain was suppose to be here Sunday but they moved it to Monday and Tuesday, so I don't know what it is going to do but I pray it comes on! Well I best see if i can get this posted and hit the sack. It is 12:28 AM! Y'all have a great weekend!

Gary I am so sorry to hear that about your sister, will be praying for your sister and you and Angie and your sisters family, doctors.

Busy weekend. A 90ish year old woman in our church is having a book signing for the book she wrote and was released in January. Going to be supportive of her this afternoon.

So far next week will be a slower week, so will come and read and catch up Monday or Tuesday.

Keeping all of you and yours in my prayers.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Oh Gary my goodness! I watch a show in what is happening to the farmers in California! I feel so sorry for them! Here in the US vegetarian is not going to be good for people because what California farmers are going through and there goes our fruit too! There goes the truck drivers jobs the people in the factories jobs also in California. I feel so sorry for them and it is also going to effect all the rest of us too! There will be a shortage of veggies and fruit all over the good old USA this year, unless we buy them from across seas. I hope the California Governor Arnold S can help his state out, sure don't see him doing nothing ,he is a good man and I hope the state of California stands behind him and the people of the Good Old USA does too! This is just terrible! It looks like there could be a better solution than turning the water off to save the fish , how about freezing the fish for food ,keep a few back or restock,and turn the water back on for the farmers. We have to sale our cows if we run out of water for hardly nothing, why should it be any different for the fish? For some it is just to late but there are some barely surviving that could be saved. I stand with Gov. Arnold S. {sorry can't spell his last name.} I am praying for California and our Good Old USA!

BOOTSIE ~ maybe some other southern states will have to start growing fruit trees and more veggies (which can be grown in many states really) to make up the difference. It is something the other states should consider becuz it also creates jobs; ie the states along the east and west and southern shores. In Canada, many fruits and vegetables are now being grown in greenhouses to lengthen our short season.

Lee does look like a very happy fella; he was just playing with ya cuz he knows you wouldn't harm him. I bet he just loves going for walks with you. Our NIKO loves car rides and walks anytime, anywhere ...

We had a beautiful day here so NIKO and I sat on the porch twice to catch some rays! I did some more sewing on my curtains; one set is done and just one more left to do, so will work on that this evening again. I tried to find my instruction manual for my sewing machine this afternoon but couldn't find it. I will likely do them all by hand; and I am learning some tricks to improve my sewing while I am at it, so this has turned out to be a benefit. This is likely what folks did many years ago before sewing machines were ever invented.

Did my toning exercises and some other indoor exercises today while DH went fishing at a nearby lake. He met someone there from way down south who was looking for land and DH took him to someone we know that had some for sale and they have struck a tentative deal. He didn't catch any fish though -- but maybe next time.

Well, time to go put something really fast on for dinner, as Saturday is our fun and lazy night. We can have whatever we want, preferably something quick and easy ... hmmm ...

HI to TRISH, and LAURIE, and EVERYONE else out there ... Hope you all have a great weekend ... ROSEBUD

HI GALS ~

Just hanging out tonight watching football. My USC lost today in a game they were supposed to win...but we are getting used to losing a "little" one every year now...dang!

Angie has a cold so we won't go to church tonight, I will go in the morning with or w/o her. She wasn't up to walking the dogs this morning so we didn't do the beach or Starbucks, I did take the girls out for a 3.5 miler though. Angie was going to bell practice but called in sick at the last minute. She'll be fine, just one of those head colds she gets this time of year.

Now I'm not saying she plays it up a bit when she's sick ....that just wouldn't be nice ....but the kids and I used to tease about unhooking her life support if she didn't get better soon

Had a busy week at work again with overtime, this week should be easier and I may yet miss some more work. Things are starting to be hit and miss for us for a while.

My sister seems to be doing about as well as she can be, being scared and all. I really wish she hadn't quit going to church. She really hasn't gone for at least 14 years. I know she doesn't "feed" herself at home either. Oh well.

BOOTSIE ~ Honest to God...I was thinking of you this morning as I got up. I was wondering if you were still having computer problems and if the rain was "grand". I listened to an hour on the california smelt on Thursday. I really don't know what to say, from what I heard it seems like such a tradgedy. From what I heard it seems the smelt does little if anything for us. Now, I don't know all the details so I will leave it at that. I hope whatever God wants is worked out in the situation very soon! I am at the bottom of the state, the situation is in the middle....BARGOO lives a bitcloser to the situation than I do.

It is obvious your dogs are not leashed! I was wondering how they got away with some of that stuff I love the picture...Angie says that is a "happy dog" tongue! Happy planting!

SCOOTER ~ Way to go for you and DH! Sounds like a great program up there. I know what you mean by balance....sometimes my work is slow and other times way too much...but everything else...cooking...laundry...walking...church stuff...still needs done.

ROSEBUD ~Way cool for your sister! Good luck with the sewing. Too bad DH didn't catch fish but sounds like he was a real help. Yep...our Reba abd Rylee will go anywhere-anytime-anyway too! Keep up the exercises

RONNI ~ Outstanding journey for your first year! I hope the treatment works for your dad. I hope the issue with the football boys was resolved in a way that wasn't rough on your son .

KELLIE ~ Maybe your mom will listen soon

KAREN ~ SUGA ~ KATHY ~ TRISH ~ PHOENIX ~ COURTNEY ~ WILMA ~ BARGOO ~ BEV and all I missed

GARY ~ sent up prayers for ANGIE's cold -- she needs to be well becuz she is a teacher and is very needed. DH can go fishing again anytime; the man wants to build a house here and was looking for land at a fair price ~ DH was helpful, as he always is (GOD bless him). I updated your prayer list for Angie; and Annie regarding a renewed hope in the Lord. With all the pain and ill health Annie has had she might not have felt too comfortable going anywhere. I know when I was sick a few years back -- going to church wasn't always very enjoyable for me, so I learned to discern when I really felt well enuff to go out. Maybe Annie would find going to church a blessing when she gets a little better; and you can always keep the invitations out there, right?

Gary~Praying for you wife and continued prayers for your sister.

Hope everyone has a Blessed Sunday.

Gary, Thinking of you and your family this morning. Prayers going up that Angie feels better real soon. And continuing praying for your sister. Maybe she will open up and talk to you soon about her feelings. Praying for all.

Gary, praying for Angie, being a teacher she is a victim of all the parents who send their kids ro school when they have a cold. Continuing in prayer for your sister, She can't stop us from praying for her even though she doesn't go to church. I wish I could share with her the" peace that passeth all understanding " Phillipians 4:7.

Hey all! Just touching base. It's so hard to get on here with everything I seem to be touching lately. I don't know where my time goes...i feel like my hands are in everything, but not anything at the same time. i've been writing a bit and kissing...

Gary - prayers going for all!!!! be praying for your sis to make a path back to God. and just thank you for all that you do!

Hi all hope it has been a great weekend for all of y'all' I did not go walking this morning but i should have. Wish i had stayed up and washed the dishes last night, so I could be doing something else like working on my screens for my windows.

No Gary my dogs are not on leashes unless they go to the store or ride in the Pickup Truck. I don't want to take a chance with Lee in case he thinks he can take over driving the pick up. I love watching them run and feel the freedom they are feeling in the field. The only thing is Lee puts his nose where it does not belong a-lot and yesterday he stuck it in the hole of a red ant bed , I saw him and hollered, he got out of it real quick and thank the Lord he did not get stung. Boy did he make them mad!

They are calling for rain tomorrow , hope it pours down!

Being not on the computer so much, may be me too Laurie , while this computer has been on the blink ,I have got so much done, think God had to show me I am staying on it to much , so I am cutting down some but slowly because I love you guys! Have a great week!

HI GALS ~

I went solo to church today. Angie is feeling better but not quite up for church. I took the dogs out for 3 miles after I got home and did a quick trip to the grocery store....then settled in here for some computer and football!

Thank all of you again for prayers for my sister

BOOTSIE ~ We have a protection thing that goes behind Angie's seats so Reba can't come on over! She is always trying to get up front. In my truck they are on the back seat and the front seats are too high for them to climb over. I hope you get rain and faster computer action

BEV ~ Kissing?........good for you!

BARGOO ~ That is the "peace" I hope she has but cannot see how

ROSEBUD ~ I am always inviting....mostly by sharing what is going on at church...hoping to keep it in her mind. Thank you for your prayers

Thank you TRISH and KAREN

now...back to the game....