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It finally happened. We had some big stuff to watch yesterday. Our area hired some firm from Al. to clean up all our trees and branches, and yesterday about 1 p.m. was our day.

A huge tandem truck pulled up. A man was sitting high, between the two truck, and soon was skillfully handling a very long armed crane. He was good, and did an excellent job of picking up all the debris. We had a lot.

Latter I went out and raked four piles of the little twigs that remained. It sure looks better. Next week when the trash man comes I will fill up the dumpster and we will be ready to mow. They did pick up a little grass in three places, so I just leveled it and replanted some grass seed. It is suppose to rain today, so grow man, grow.

To Everything there is a season

You may not believe it-but my crocus are about 4" high. Just last week they were covered with inches of ice and this week are ready to get the 2009 spring season off and running. Eccl. 3-1 says--FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN. God sure was smart. Today it is 71 degrees with rain predicted latter this week with possible tornado's.

At Christmas in 1977, Cindy and Mike gave Grandma M. a Helen Steiner Rice--Loving Promises Poem book. It is full of very good poems. Here is one I'd like to share with you folks.

THE SEASONS OF THE SOUL

Why am I cast down and despondently sad
When I long to be happy and joyous and glad?
Why is my heart heavy with unfathomable weight
As I try to escape this soul-saddened state?
I ask myself often--"What makes life this way,
Why is the song silenced in the heart that was gay"?
And then with God's help it all becomes clear,
The SOUL has its SEASONS just the same as the year--
I too must pass through life's autumn dying,
A desolate period of heart-hurt and crying,
Followed by winter in whose frostbitten hand
My heart is as frozen as the snow-covered land--
Yes, man too must pass through the seasons God sends,
Content in the knowledge that everything ends,
And oh what a blessing to know there are reasons
And to find that our soul must, too, have its seasons--
BOUNTEOUS SEASONS and BARREN ONES, too,
Times for rejoicing and times to be blue,
But meeting these seasons of dark desolation
With strength that is born of anticipation
That comes from knowing that Autumn-time sadness"
Will surely be followed by a "SPRINGTIME FOR GLADNESS."

Taking Care of the old people

Some times I feel I'm living in a nursing home. Rubber grips under all the throw rugs to prevent falling----a walker-----a chair in the shower-----sit down shower head-----grips on the tub floor---risers under the bed---extension shoe horns----electric lift chair----heavy armed chair by the kitchen table---canes---aprons-----a batch of wash every day-----looking for misplaced articles----setting out the pills---etc. etc.

But today is going to be different. Some one is coming to put a riser on the stool. That's not all--we don't need it. So today Ladene is getting a riser, just for herself, put on the stool and that will be so great.

No it's really not that bad. I just needed to change the blog and this is the most interesting thing that is going to happen to us today.

Ice Storm 2009

Enjoy We are ok-didn't go without electricity too long while others have it a lot worse.

Beauty vanity

Some times a body just needs a picking up. Well-mine did. Not only is this body old--wrinkled--frail, but my hair was starting to look like a horses mane. Evonne had given me a hair cut at Christmas, so I just got out my trusty old-old rolling curlers--the perm stuff I got at a Hair and Stuff --Supply Store- and got to work. Not that I'm , tight or any thing-- but this was the second time I was using the hair stuff. Only cost $5.49 at the time-divide that by 2 and the cost of my perm was $2.745. Seriously I'm thinking of getting a volunteer job in Washington and teach people how to live within their means and how to get out of debt. (Good idea -maybe not).

Any way I found out I'm extremely slow-- less patient--still just as capable as always. SJ put on the solution after I had the hair rolled--then rinsed the hair--applied the next solution--took the paper off the rollers for me and--and gave me some very nice complements on how nice I looked when it was all finished. It did take very good and I do say--there is a slight improvement.






















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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Well- a new year is just around the corner with so many unanswered questions still remaining in 2008. Much happened in 2008 and one was the longgggggggg election year campaigning. It was good since we had such a different campaign--but boy was I happy when we got into Nov. The new president has a lot on his shoulders-may it all go well-and may the economy get better with many changes with the big wheels trying to run the businesses with such a smallllllllllll salary.

One thing is still true no matter what some may say and try to rationalize--GOD is still in-control. I found a great poem that tells us how to handle the unknown---

"Talk it Over With God"


You're worried and troubled about everything,
Wondering and fearing what tomorrow will bring-
You long to tell someone for you feel so alone,
But your friends are all burdened with cares of their own--
There is only on place and only ONE FRIEND
Who is never too busy and you can always depend
That HE will be waiting with arms open wide
To hear all your troubles that you came to confide-
For the heavenly Father will always be there
When you seek HIM and find HIM at THE ALTAR OF PRAYER."

May you and yours have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Christmas Preparation

We are having a few extra activities this year for the Holidays. This year the choir is giving their Cantata at the Osage Village Nursing Home on Dec. 15 and again at Shilo Rehab on the 18th. We will have it in Church on the 21st.

They went caroling on Wed. and returned to church to have some hot chocolate and hot cider. I volunteered to serve a few goodies. That was fun for me and all enjoyed it very much. Made some candies-- cookies--pinwheel sandwiches --and dips.

Then on the 19th our choir director is having a party at his home with goodies and a small gift exchange. We are soooooo busy, but oh such a nice break.

I'm just so glad I don't have to buck the crowds at the stores at this time. We do have the tree up and one present under it. Every thing looks so nice and just love the Christmas CD's and tapes.

We have had so many cards already this year and a number of very nice photo cards. They can do such good work with the new digital camera's. So proud of our good looking family--grandchildren--and great grand children.

I may not blog again until after the New Years and our family gathering on Beaver Lake. Sure looking forward to that. Merry Christmas to all.