Common Ground Coffee House #108

hi y all

Sue my prayers include you, for a speedy recovery, and a mild report from the pathologist......'

My mother arrived home last night after gadding about the Yukon and Alaska...had a wonderful time, met wonderful folk on the 30hrs in the plane getting there and a shorter flight 26 hours getting back (she is a tough traveller). She is off to the Presbyterian church in the city tomorrow to see some young fellows who impressed her mightily on the return trip. Young Yankee lads who were impressively polite under the eagle eye of their supervisors who are part of a choir...Minessotta Land of the Lakes I think she said.

I would probably go with her except I am doing a 12 hour night shift and will be hard pressed driving home to bed. I have been very busy at work with some pretty crook folk, and a mixed bag of staff in skills, never mind the doctor who I wanted to smack over the back of the head before the end of the shift....however I smiled grimly and behaved myself and with the exception of one made it through.I am turning into an old harridin I think!:BangHead: :tear:

And to think I will be crunching numbers this time next year with nowhere the grief and the stress AND be paid more.......:thumbs:

 

....isnt June the beginning of winter...yes it is we have had the Ember Days and everything.....when do you start your seasons?????? I am confused Dr Bob

 

Good morning all,
Sue: glad your headache is gone.
I can't stay around long myself. I have to take the oldest nephew back to his parents and pick up his sisters. He has a soccer tourney this weekend and since one of his sisters has a softball game today we are just switching kids. After the game, I hope we are coming home. I have to finish getting packed for camp next week. Please keep the two kids that are going and myself in your prayers. I have never taken kids by myself I have always gone with larger churches so this is a whole new experience for me. I had better go time is getting away from me.
Y'all have a blessed day!
:godisgood:

 

Small Word department:

My Wife used to live at Alberta Creek.
She lived there a few years after her
first husband died.

(Oklahoma talk going on here, for the non-Oklahomans,
Alberta Creek is a lake resort
by Texhoma Lake. Alberta Creek is just west
of where Sister palagislandgirl goes to church.)

 

So, Lady Sue, how did your day go by? Do you have a fish story for us? :laugh:

 

Has anyone heard from Pete.....Pete lives in the area worst affected by cyclonic winds, and flooding.......I hope he and his loved ones are oky doky.. Bob Farnby is in the Sydney area I think, pray that he has not been affected by the wild weather.

I trust you all had a beautiful Sunday.......:type:

 

Good afternoon all,
BTW, Bro. Ed: Alberta Creek is one of my favorite places on that lake! It was really pretty the last time I was there.
Today was a good day. I have to finish getting ready for camp though and that requires more laundry! I had better get started I have alot to do before in the morning. I hope y'all have a good week. I will be in the mountains (yes, we do have a few of those in Oklahoma) so no internet access for me for six whole days!
My cell phone doesn't even work really well up there but God does mighty works there so I can't wait!
:godisgood:

 

Good Afternoon Everybody,

It is 80 degrees and sunny here, no rain forecast until friday.

The grandkids just got home from their dad's, and guess what?... they're hungry. :laugh: We're going to grill some burgers, I threw together some cilantro potato salad, and the gkids want ice cream sundaes for dessert.

Not much going on here. We have a memorial service to go to tomorrow morning. My son's girl friend's step-dad took his own life last week and Brenda and I are going to the service tomorrow.

Got to get out of here the gkids sound like they haven't eaten in a week so it's time to fire up the grill.

 

...........ugg...............too tired to type..........ugg.................

We're back!!!!! Praise be! Started driving at 6 this morning and was beginning to think we'd never get home!

My poor dogs are still telling us hello. I'm sure the neighbors appreciate that! I'd let them in for a while, but both of them are blowing their coats and the hair is just hanging off them. No house for them till they can get brushed! The cat is also happy and is going back and forth between us. She is especially happy with Cass who brought her back a catnip toy.

The guinea pigs just want their cages cleaned. Not even a chirp in our direction.

Washington was hot and tiring as always, but we managed to have quite a nice time. Saw the Archives, Printing and Engraving, all the memorials including Jefferson (that was a hike!), several museums and the zoo (the pandas were great!).

Then it was down to NC to visit T's sis and her family. The only really bad part of the trip happened here and no it wasn't a family fuss! They have bought themselves a condo in Chapel Hill to be closer to where they work. We hadn't seen it yet, so on Friday they took us up. We noticed a puddle outside their door and thought it must have rained only there wasn't water anywhere else.....opened the door to find a couple of sections of ceiling on the floor and a flood. The plumbing going into the upstairs neighbor had sprung a leak. It took the rest of the day to find that the contractor who just replaced all the the plumbing in the neighborhood appears to be the responsible party and get folks out there to start drying it all out. Sis and her husband were busily fixing and painting and they hadn't moved in yet, so nothing important or irreplacable was ruined. So, a miserable day but not a bad ending.

Other things that happened: I got sunburned for the first time in ages our first day in DC. The day we went to the beach, nada. Didn't burn a bit. Go figure.

Chris gained 5 pounds. In one week.

Jenna outgrew another pair of capris. I'm going to have to give up and buy the child bigger clothes.

Cass came home from her cruise safe and happy. (somehow, Nanny and Papa also survived :laugh: )

The house is fine.

The pizza is here.

See ya later!

 

Good morning all,
I can't stay long, I have lots of things to do.
Ann: I am going to church camp with three teenagers.
Sue: Your babies are adorable.
Anyway, it is going to be good. I started today out badly but hope it will get better. I finally got to bed about midnight and was up at 4:30! I got a short nap between 6 and 7 but I am back up and almost ready to leave. I have a couple of more things to pack and one suitcase to load in my car then I can leave in an hour to go meet the kids. I had better go, I need to find something to cook breakfast in since I have gone on strike as the dishwasher. Y'all have a blessed week.
:godisgood:

 

Good Morning Everyone!

It's back to being Monday, though when I turned the news on I wondered why they were showing the bell ringing on Wall Street. After all the stock market doesn't work on the weekend. It took me a minute to realize that today was NOT Sunday.

Being that it is Monday, Monday chores have commenced. Got the coffee started and the washing machine going. Up next: guinea pig cages and the litter box. I really don't like Monday!