Good Sunday morning, Everyfriend.  There's a breakfast buffet to go with your coffee or tea.  I wish ALL a blessed day.






Reality TV

I realized that my five-year-old grandson had been watching too many reality TV shows the day we attended a relative's wedding.

As the four bridesmaids walked down the aisle toward the front of the church, he turned to me and asked, "Is this where the groom decides which one he wants to marry?"



Livin' With the Fear No More
(By Chris Long)

Back before I truly gave my heart to Jesus and asked Him to be my Savior and Lord in July 1995, I had quite a number of fears. But there was one that stands out among all the others - the fear of death. The Lord was reminding me of this today as I pondered some songs I had written in that seemingly long-ago year of 1995 when I was 14-15 years old.

One of those songs was called "Livin' With the Fear" and its chorus went something like this:

"Livin' with the fear, every night, every night
Livin' with the fear
Livin' with the fear, every night, every night
Livin' with the fear
Cause you never know when the day will come,
the day when you will die.
Yes you never know when the day will come,
the day when you will die"

This was written in late January 1995. I can remember pondering death and feeling scared and hopeless about it. Not that these lyrics are anything stellar, but they certainly put that fear into clear and concise words, no? It honestly terrified me and I remember telling myself just not to think about it. The easiest thing to do was just to avoid thinking about it. I suspect this is the same approach that many people still take.

But you know, a funny thing happened. In early July of that same year, I truly surrendered to the Lord. In my case, it wasn't anything "showy" by human terms - it was just me and the Lord in my garage. But after working through some big questions I had about God ("why do bad things happen?" etc.) I came to the place where I made the choice to choose Jesus Christ. I realized I was a sinner and needed a Savior - and that God had provided such a Savior for me. I placed my faith in Jesus Christ to forgive me of my sins and to make me right with God. I won't say that I instantly felt massively different, but I was different and knew it.

Once I surrendered to God, His peace came into my life and manifested itself by transforming several areas of my outward behavior. In literally only a few months, I was a very different person to most anybody that was looking.

Romans 5:1-2 says: "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God." (NIV)

Besides transforming behavior, this peace transformed my thinking. One of the key things that changed was that I suddenly realized several months later that I didn't fear death any more!

Hebrews 2:14-15 says: "Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death." (NIV)

Just as this Scripture says, I had been set free.

I thought to myself, "you know Chris, you should change that song you wrote earlier." And so I did. I re-wrote the song in late November 1995 - the new chorus went like this:

"Livin' with the fear, no more, no more
Livin' without that fear
Livin' with the fear, no more, no more
Livin' without that fear
But you never know when the day will come,
the day when you will die.
just let the Lord into your life,
leave your worries behind"

Now, yes, I realize that at first glance these words might appear a little simplistic. We know that just because we accept Jesus, it doesn't mean that our life instantly goes perfectly here. But we ARE to leave our worries behind - as a child of God, we are to leave our worries at the cross. We are not to worry but instead to trust God.

And this is no more pertinent then with the issue of death.

See, I had good reason to fear death before I surrendered to God. Really, I did. We are held accountable for what we do with Jesus and if I were to have died knowing about Jesus and what He did for me, but unwilling to place my faith in, and surrender to, Him, I would have had a horrible eternal future to look forward to. No-one really told me all this - nobody told me much about hell. I was largely taught the opposite with my upbringing being in a Christian denomination who believes that all who are baptized as infants, as I was, are automatic "children of God" and going to Heaven. (sidenote because I know someone is thinking it: this is a separate issue from infants that die - I'm not addressing that in this article)

But no amounts of theology like this - no matter how great it sounded on paper - could keep me from what I innately knew - even as a 15-year-old. I feared death because I innately knew deep-down inside that I was not right with God because I had not chosen to admit my sin and put my faith in Christ. Even with my very limited knowledge at the time, I knew that the Scriptures didn't teach an "automatic salvation," but rather a salvation based on faith. I mean, even John 3:16 lays that one out pretty clearly. I certainly didn't understand any of this nearly like I do now, but I understood enough and in simple faith, humbled myself before God. And God met me in that simple faith and came to reside in me.

But before that happened, I defintely had reason to fear. It WAS terrifying. It would have been horrible. A future in darkness with "weeping and gnashing of teeth" doesn't sound so enticing, you know what I mean? Again, I don't think I consciously realized all this at the time - I was just thinking of fearing the process or method of dying, etc. But really I had good reason to fear - beyond what I could even comprehend at the time.

But what a difference 10 months makes!

You see, I wrote that first song on January 26, 1995 and I wrote the second song on November 20, 1995. Basically 10 months. And you know what event was right about in the middle? You guessed it - my surrendering and placing my faith in Jesus Christ. It was basically 5 months prior to that event that I wrote the first song and it was basically 5 months after that event that I wrote the second song. This little tidbit blew me away when the Lord showed me that today. It's funny how the Lord works, you know?

The Bible only tells us that there is one legitimate object of fear - and that could be considered more of a "reverential" type rather than a "cowering in the corner" type - and that is a "fear of the Lord". The Bible says in Psalm 111:10a that "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom". If you have an appropriate fear of the Lord and put God in His proper place in your heart and life, then all other fears in this life of other human beings and circumstances, and even death itself, are inconsequential to say the least.

Even as a believer though, there have been times when I've let fear get the better of me, even with this whole issue of death. But the truth is that as believers we have absolutely nothing to fear at all. If God is our Father (and He IS), and if this is the same God who made the universe and made us (and He IS), and if this is the God that has given us His promise that those who have faith in His Son will have everlasting life with Him, then we have NOTHING to fear.

In Romans 8:15-16, Paul tells us: "For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children." (NIV)

We are not to be slaves of fear - death or otherwise. If you've placed your faith in Jesus Christ to save you from your sins and have consciously chosen Christ, the Spirit Himself dwells in you and confirms to you that you are His and are sealed by Him.

Leave the worrying to those outside of Christ. They SHOULD worry. They SHOULD be afraid. Perhaps that fear and worry will, like me, help them to become more open to learning about how they can be set free from all that by humbling themselves before the very God that made them.

But as blood-bought, redeemed children of God that are abiding in Him, we have absolutely nothing to fear in this life - and worry should be a thing of the past. The King has set us free. The King has declared us righteous. No matter what the future may hold here on this planet and the exact methodology by which we will die, it matters not because this is all passing away anyway. This body is just our shell - how it goes is of little importance. Our spirit lives on. We're going to see the King and we will be with Him forever and ever. Hallelujah!!!! What else really matters?

"Livin' With the Fear No More!"

Is that your cry today? Can you say that you no longer are a slave to fear - fear of man or fear of circumstances you cannot control?

If not, you can change that right now:

"Dear Lord, Forgive me for my fear and worry. I know that everything is in Your hands, including my life. You are the Lord over all and that includes my body. Help me to live as the free and redeemed child that you have made me. Help me to live with no fear of others and of circumstances and to wholly trust You with everything that is happening or may happen in the future. Please remove all such fear now from my life and instead teach me how to appropriately fear You as I recognize that is where wisdom begins. Thank you for dying for me and paying my sin debt that I could never pay. I love you Jesus. Amen."

With Christ's love,
Chris Long

"Our lives are full of supposes. Suppose this should happen, or suppose that should happen; what could we do; how could we bear it? But, if we are living in the high tower of the dwelling place of God, all these supposes will drop out of our lives. We shall be quiet from the fear of evil, for no threatenings of evil can penetrate into the high tower of God."

- Hannah Whitall Smith

Good Morning Everyfriend!  And a special Good Morning and Thank You to you Joanie for all you do for us and especially for today's offerings.  You are a special person for all the time you give to us! 

I'll be back later.  I have to go feed the doggies and get ready for church.  I think I better try to start the car.  It's been sitting idle since I came from work Friday and with the cold weather and snow we've been having, that's not good. 

Good morning, Janie.  It's my pleasure to be able to post offerings for Everfriend.  Thanks for your accolade.  I sure hope you car starts.

Greetings from Israel. It's a balmy 17c here and the sun is shining. Bubble is feeling much better but still has some recovery to make up.

Good morning, Radioman.  I am glad to hear Bubble is feeling somewhat better.

Harry is with me but he is not settling today....at the moment he is by my feet in the office as I type at the computer but has done a lot of crying-whimpering, a tad quieter at the moment....R is out on his walk with Toby as I think it may have been Toby's playful barking that frightened Harry off to the front door where he was crying and whimpering, even after some time, after they had gone out.....He wouldn't come even when I tried to coax him....When R comes back I may have to send him down the slope to get Harry's temporary owner up to collect him...he will be in for the day....I have tried picking him up in my arms and carrying into the living room, stroking him, then placing him down in his bed but, he just gets out and back to the front door just waiting for someone to come and open it so he can shoot off back home...Poor Harry just doesn't seem a happy dog...but he did look eager off lead running up our path to our front door when he was brought here, that was until he heard Toby barking...It is quiet and calm in the home at the moment but, I know Harry just wants to leave......

Vanilla-Jackie--Awww, poor Harry.  He just doesn't know where he belongs.  Maybe if he stays a longer time at your house he will feel like he belongs there.

Where's Amy this morning?  I hope all is OK with them.

Good morning everyone
Here I am Joanie, I slept in this morning till 7 am!!! Need to get things ready for the VON that is coming at 11 to remove the chemo bottle.

Jane, I found MORE of your  zzzzzzzzzzzz's that you hid in the couch and had a long nap with them yesterday

Jackie, just give him some time...try keeping him one more day to see how things go.Poor fella has lost his best friend when his owner died and now needs a new best friend in you.
I know you can smother him in love too.

Lazy day here, sun is shining brightly and temp is + 8..wow we are having a heat wave..

Better put a pot of soup on for lunch.

Phyllis, love the graphic!!!

Joan thank you for breakfast.

Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning, Amy.   I guess you were just all worn out from all you have to regularly do and needed some extra rest.  When the VON removes the chemo bottle, is it replaced with another one?  Soup is perfect for that frigid weather you are having.

Good Morning Everyone!

Getting ready to leave for church.  Dry here this morning, don't know what prediction for weather is, they don't either, TV says one thing paper says another.

Jackie, a suggestion, keep Harry there for a couple of days, let him get adjusted to a new home, taking him back to his present home after just a few hours is not good, IMO.  Just as someone said, confuses him.  He is a beautiful little guy and needs some TLC.  Tender loving care.

Got to run....

Joan, that is the 3rd part of his chemo, 2 he gets in the hospital and this one to wear home in a fanny pack . Needless to say he isn't too keen on the fanny pack but the bottle is empty in 46 hours.

Hal, I agree, this little fellow is feeling so scared but Jackie has more than enough love to give this little one.She will bring him out of his shyness and in time he will also play with Toby.

Wood is in and yard cleaned up of land mines from the dogs...

Now for a cuppa tea.

 

Lloyd, thanks for the helpful information.  I did think (hope?) it could be repaired or replaced.  On Tuesday I intend to call the audiologist who originally provided my hearing aids.  They are 8 years old, 3 years past the warranty, so I'm holding my breath.  Of course, that also means the other one may give out at any moment - then I'm REALLY in trouble - or maybe not.  If I can't hear some things it might be good. 

Good morning, halkel.  Weatherguessers here can't make up their minds either.

Amy--Thanks for explaining about your husband's chemo.

Good morning, Callie.

Jeanne Lee--Good morning.  I sure hope your hearing aid can be repaired (at little cost).

Jackie, I too hope that you will give Harry a few days to settle in. He needs tender loving care of which you have an abundance for God's little creatures.

Sunday Morning and the sun is bright. We have another new day to rejoice in.  I just noticed it is eight o'clock, so I must cut this short and go down for a bandage change.

Time is now 4.20pm, Harry is still here...thought he was never going to settle, kept whimpering at the front door....he hardly eats anything at all...he is now resting, dont think he sleeps, in his bed, is very astute to sounds, just pops his head up occasionally...Harry did jump onto the sofa, he is happy to sit beside one of us but, when you get up close to his face, perhaps for a kiss, he turns his head away, I also notice his head goes down as if he thinks you are going to hit him, so one has to be slow and careful when you bring your hand to stroke his head.....so seems to be slightly on the nervous side...I shall be feeding the dogs soon, will bring it slightly forward but, I have a sneaky feeling his appetite is almost non existent judging by the paltry amount he had this morning from his meat sachet that his temp owner brought round, probably not even a medium size spoonful....I have some tiny chicken strips and tiny pieces but he wasn't interested this morning when I offered him a piece but he did take a tiny piece of sausage from my fingers but the minutest pieces that if you blink you would miss it...

Good morning, June.  Do you get your bandage changed every day?

Vanilla-Jackie--It sure sounds like Harry has been abused.  At least he will now sit beside one of you.

Jackie, please keep him for a couple of days, overnight and see if he wont settle down and become more friendly.

I have a boxer and boxers are nervous dogs.  Or I should say used to be.  When you petted her head she would flinch and her ears would go down flat on her head.  Not any more, matter of fact she looks forward to her morning "rub down" from head to foot.  Like I have said before, she is spoiled rotten and I know it and wouldn't have it any mother way.  Isn't that the definition of "pets".  I am sure Harry is just uncertain what is going to happen from one minute to the next, based on past experience.  Like Amy and June said your love for animals will overcome any fear in good time.  Look at Patricia and her fearless hunter cat....it wouldn't even come out from under the bed and lay at the door checking the hallway....remember.

Good afternoon, the sun is shining. It did snow last night, but now that much. I feel a little stronger to day. I am trying to write, but Taffy is setting here in front of the PC looking at me.

Joan, I also 2nd but Jane said, you keep us informed and happy.
Phyllis, I love the graphic, thanks.

Jackie, I also agree it will take time with Harry. I know you have the patience. Look how Patricia;s kitty came around to her, after awhile, and is now a loving cat.

JeanneLee, I did have to get a new hearing aid, after I lost mine. my one for the right ear does not work with the new. I need another new one, but cannot afford two.

Gloria, so sorry to read you have had trouble with you PC again.

I have a nurse coming in for the next 3 weeks, I am not to leave the house, unless it it for a doctor's appointment. I can have someone come in and cook also, but I am able to make my own.

June, always good to see you posting. Last summer as I wrote, my wound took over 3 months to heal.

Don, I am glad to read you made it safe and sound, I am sure Bubble will get better, faster now that you are there.

Jackie, I'll bet he was concerned when R & Toby left he was afraid he would be next to be "walked out the door". He has probably become terrified that he will be left alone or with someone that won't be in his life tomorrow. I do hope you get full custody of him soon and think he will become the devoted furry friend you found in others.  You know that humans are afraid to love again if they have been "dumped" by someone they trusted...  I have been surprised how much LaurenKat watches what Tom & Tiger do and where they are, when Cas was alive HE was all she thought about.  I don't have time to sit & hold her all day like Cas did, so she has learned to include them in her circle of friends (meaning me).  Good luck.

Our ice storm hasn't done much damage so far, on my way to church at 7:00 am I only saw one tree branch down, not a big one.  We had a pretty good shower about half an hour ago & I thought that would wash the ice off the trees, but instead it got thicker because the temp dropped a degree.  I came home from church & grabbed the camera to go across the river & take pics... not as pretty as one taken when we first bought the house & had lots of snow on the ground & trees.  Then I drove through the park & took a few more, but the ice was starting to melt off fast. 

When I was standing on the bike path across the river, taking photos of the back of my house... I heard a big bird's wings "swishing" & thought it was a Canada goose... & looked up to see the white head of the eagle!  I had the camera on zoom & couldn't get it widened out fast enough to get a good shot but got a couple & can tell by the shape it is an eagle... just can't see it's white head.  If I got any good photos I will resize & post some later, want to eat that donut I bought at the store when I took a slight detour. 

Jeanne Lee, hope you can get all fixed up without a lot of expense.  My son looked at the nail still sticking out of my rear tire & said he thinks it just came through the tread & didn't go through the whole tire.  Will first call to see if it has any warranty & if not, he said he'd try pulling it out & put a plug in.... he did that to a tire of his & was fine until he had to replace all 4.  If that doesn't work it means a new matching tire so know that will not be cheap!  Did I mention that Sam's Club fixed the other tire & didn't charge a thing and wouldn't even let me go get them something to munch, said "they are not allowed". 

Joan, don't know how you manage to find the goodies but had to smile at the wedding choices.  Thanks!

Phyll, love the "Beauty of Winter".... why I was out with a camera today, but wish we'd had some snow.  Your barn & out buildings made me think of last time I was at my gr-mother's house & still a few of family things around, there was a huge home made wooden cart like wheel barrow leaning up against the smoke house garage end.  How I wish we'd had a trailer to bring it home, would have been so neat to have out in the yard with potted plants on it.  They had a whole row of connected buildings so expect that cart had never been left outside. 

Better go check on weather, still raining but the trees look like they are collecting ice more than when I was out.  Temps may not be going up as much as weather guessers thought.  The big damage was supposed to be last night, but as our old baseball buddy used to say, "It ain't over 'till it's over".....

Linedancer, glad you are feeling better... and that Taffy is being such good company.  Does insurance or Medicare take care of having a nurse come by?  I truly don't know what benefits come with Medicare but think that is great for those of us with nobody else around to help.

Hal, you mention Patricia's fearless hunter... yesterday when I was looking out the window at Mama Callie watching the snow birds at the feeder hanging from a shepherds' hook, she strolled over to right under the feeder, which is ceramic sunflower shape hanging from 3 chains.... sat under it a few minutes & watched those birds pop onto the feeder & back to the tree so another could come eat... Callie jumped straight into the air & hooked her paw around one of the birds & dropped back to the ground without touching the feeder.  I really didn't like her catching a bird but those little snow birds are SO dumb. Lauren used to catch them all the time when we had some low evergreen spreaders in the back yard.  She no more got that bird & the others were back at the feeder. If these cats weren't feral I would never let them out to hunt.... but more humane to put them to sleep than confine these.    

Tisie, a hint.  If that nail has ruined the sidewall of your tire and cant be patched.  Check to see if they have an innertube that will fit the tire and put a new tube in it and make it a tube type tire vs tubeless.  Tubes "used" to be inexpensive and available for most tires.  a new tire will cost you an arm and leg.

I just got this in my email, very, very interesting.  Kinda long 13 minutes but it will keep you interest and be usre to watch the end, it explains something I was not aware of.

"it is happening all over the world, and more and more often, so you may as well learn about it.
The scientific explanation is at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TLUgEXI9RYI?rel=0

Jackie.  Looks like the two dogs accept each other. That is a good sign.  Good though that you get all the History on it along with Medical. Could be that it was given a diet of hand fed food from the owner. If not short on money could have been not the best for animals. Can't picture have those other animals in her house.

The choice of overnight was not down to us, I had suggested that for yesterday but, think temp owner was trying to wean Harry gradually, as conversation tonight was that he has some more work to do on him, which we agreed before he can and will be re-homed....Well I got dinner ready a tad earlier 4.45, as he was coming for him at 5.30 unless we got him to come collect Harry sooner, which we did as Harry had no interest on eating...I made up a small saucer of what owner had left with us plus I added a spoonful of Tobys sachet food, Xmas turkey dinner, but I just couldn't get him to touch it so sent for owner thinking he would have better luck but when he come there was no excitement from Harry so I personally think Harry is pining for his dead mistress, but I can only assume that as I never knew her....Harry eventually took some food from the saucer from his owner in front of me but nowhere near enough to eat for a day, and even that took some coaxing, as he kept shying away from it, which was just the tiniest piece of food, not even enough to fill the stomach of the tiny breed of dog that he is....Myself and owner chatted about what he knows of Harry's circumstances and know he has more work to do on him of which I told him I wish I could be the one to help him and work on him but I cant as I am still grieving over my Benji...Needless to say, I made it clear that as much as I loved Harry he is not what we are looking for, a playmate for our Toby, a dog that shows some form of happiness and excitement when they see me, and a dog that R can give a walk to...Harry also does not play even though owner brings his favourite soft toy, he has no interest....I feel so much for this little dog that I dont want to see him flit from home to home, that will only make him worse...Both myself and R have openly volunteered that we are here if he ever needs somewhere to drop Harry off for the day, I think under the circumstances this is the best way to leave it...

SHIRLEY...
...I got R to take Toby out from the backdoor entrance, so Harry didn't even know they had gone out rather than taking Toby out the front door where Harry could have run off...

halkel--All these animals have different personalities.  We have sinkholes all the time in FL.  Thanks for the link.

Linedancer--Glad you are feeling somewhat better.  It's good to know a nurse will be coming to check on you.

Shirley--You sure do get out and about.

Hi JeanneP.

Vanilla-Jackie--Only you and "R" can make the decision about whether to rehome Harry.

Good morning everyone. I was a sleepy one this morning. After the mention of filling pill boxes I forgot to fill mine yesterday. Something I have done on Saturday for years. I have a weekly one so Saturday is when I do that job. If I get anymore meds I will have to get a bigger box.

JACKIE  Toby looked like he did not know what to think of Harry.  Harry looks sad. Being hand fed is something I never knew of anyone doing for their pets.

JOAN  for the trust I have in HP I would not be surprised if the flash drive never gets here. The biggest inspection here is when the owners come to check things out. They do not go to all the apartments. They pick 17 or 18 to check and if you are not home they will go in and check anyway.

CALLIE  one DIL got a part Chihuahua dog from the PC tech we had. He was/is friendly but would growl at my other DIL. Must have been her scent that reminded him of someone who mistreated him. I often wondered if it was the tech's wife, she did not want the dog, said he barked too much. He is scared to get in a car, too. Shakes and cries like a baby the whole time.

JOAN  it is horrible when mean people just drop dogs and cats off because the do not want them.

JUNE  I am so very happy to be back with our “family”.  Those who say they do not want a computer and would not want one just cannot understand how a group of people who will never meet can be a family like ours. Just like they wonder what my daughter and I can find to talk about for an hour or more every day on Skype.  I ask them what do you and your daughter or son find to talk about when you see each other. They say -that is different. Not really we see each other as we talk.

GLORIA de  so sorry you were in the hospital again. I did notice when I was reading to catch up yesterday I did not see a post from you. Take care of yourself.

SHIRLEY  you are not as glad as I am to be back here. I sure will keep my grandson around. He really knows computers after all the years he has worked with them. I will have to call him again. My Cox email is messed up again. Happens every time I have problems. Sure glad I have Google and gmail. It was at his home where I had Christmas with my adorable great grandson. My 2 sons know how to cook. Younger one is the cook in his family. When his wife and daughter take over who knows what kind of garbage they come up with. Went there for Thanksgiving and the only thing I could eat was what my son cooked. My older son now that he is retired has taken over making supper at night so my DIL does not have to. He surprises me how inventive he can be. I taught my 3 how to cook the basics when they were young.  I think my SIL could make a sandwich if he tried. His Mom was a terrible cook and my daughter taught him how to eat a variety of food.

PATRICIA  amazing how some cashiers do not know how to figure money if the registers are not working.  They cannot even add 2+2 and come up with 4. I have seen that happen.

MARY ANN  hard to believe a lake that huge could have so much ice. I remember going to the shore in the winter and seeing the edge of the surf frozen. As the waves came in it would rise and fall. Until I saw that I did not know salt water could freeze. My last HP was a better one than this one is. My printer is an HP and I have had it for more years than I can remember.

HAL  if I liked having my name and face on TV I most likely would have called the TV station.  After I bought this machine I fould out that HP is getting away from computers and branching out to other things. Wish I had talked to my grandson first. Just heard the Pats won last night. Poor Texas team.

CALLIE  your weatherman sounds like the ones on our local channels.  Each one is different and none are right.

JOAN  I still like keeping my personal business to myself.

LLOYD  take care of yourself.

SHIRLEY  no do not ever shut up. Love your posts.

JEANNE LEE   hope that wire can be fixed.

JUNE  like you I am seldom hungry and eat because I know I have to.

LARRY  doubt you were hoping the Patriots would win last night. I am glad they did but only because they are a local team.

PHYLLIS  I agree with your graphic. Winter can be beautiful with fresh snow on the ground before people and traffic get it messed up and dirty.

JOAN  since it is now after noon  I am too late for the breakfast buffet. Cannot believe I have been reading and commenting over an hour already. Chuckles, if those Reality shows depended on me to stay on TV there would be none  of them. Food for Thought is a keeper and one to read often. Thank you for all today's goodies.

JANE  I agree with you, Joan is a very special lady. I knew that years ago back in SN and the Nest.

DON  glad Bubble is starting to feel better. I have no idea the difference between c and °but it is 36° here now a1:30pm,sun is shining bright and beautiful.

JACKIE  sounds like Harry is not used to having another dog around. Dould be he is at the door wanting to go for a walk, too?

AMY  my goodness, sleeping till 7am, will not tell you what time I woke up. You did a day's chores before I woke up.  Soup is always good on a cold day.

HAL  I agree about keeping Harry for a week or so and staying there to get used to Jackie's home and herm R and Toby. Going back and forth is not helping the poor dog at all.

Good morning from a cold Alaskan Interior! It happened, temperatures dropped and we are now at minus 27 and will have lows of minus 35 to minus 44 until about January 24th. Since I really do not have to go anywhere until the 25th, this will hopefully work out. One of the many sometimes that being retired is a good thing! 

Farrah is lying in the middle of the floor on her back with all four feet curled and resting on her stomach, out like a light.

Everyone enjoy your day!

Gloria--Thanks for your kindness.  If that flash drive shows up, you have no use for it now, right?

Angelface--That's how Farrah gets her ZZZs.

Good Afternoon,

It's cold, wet and gloomy in central Oklahoma and I'm "giving in" to my squeaks and creaks.   

Angelface,  I do so enjoy your Farrah stories. 

Gloria,  I've never quite understood the attraction to Chihuahuas.

Shirley,  isn't St. Elmo Colorado one of the places you've enjoyed?  A Facebook picture yesterday showed a building there literally buried in snow up to the roof line .  That area, including Leadville, has really been hit hard with a visibility reducing blizzard.

Don,  so glad Bubble is feeling better - and that it's balmy and sunny there.  I look forward to it being that way again here.

Re:  Harry.....    I've seen dog adoption ads that said the dog needed to be the only pet in the home and wonder if Harry might be one of those.   Bless his heart.

Lindancer,  even with the restrictions,  it's nice that you can be in your own home.   Good thoughts coming your way.
After I saw a national weather report of snow in NYC,  I texted Miss Ellen to see if she had been out in it.  She replied that she was for a bit - but hadn't known it was supposed to snow, so didn't stay long.

Back to the recliner for Netflix and e-books.

Wishing Everyfriend Everywhere an Enjoyable Day.

GLORIA...
Harry hadnt long gotten here and his temporary owner had not long walked him although told he doesn't do walks but as he is living down the slope and on flat land away from any traffic, his owner lets him out of the front door to do his own thing, sniff around and come back when he is ready, we cant do that up here as we are at the top of the slope where any transport that comes in would be lethal as it passes our home...R took Harry for a short walk yesterday but said he was hard work as he literally wasn't interested on going far, stopping and wanting to come back...I feel so bad for Harry, seems such a sad dog...We, us, and his temp owner, says he belives harry hasn't been taught commands, so there is very little he responds to....He does show signs of some nervousness....