Good Night All

[patyrn]

Kind thoughts go your way as you deal with the loss of your friends.  May you and their families find comfort knowing they are no longer suffering as a result of the dreaded "C" disease!!!!  Blessings!

Karen I.

[Jo McDonald]

May God heal your heartache, my friend, knowing your friends are home and have no more pain.

  Rest well,  knowing that all is well in God's world.

  Jo

[Teresa]

I have to share with you all what a wonderful day we had yesterday.
Kjell and I got up bright and early and left to go pick up my Daddy and Mama.
The 4 of us took off for the day to the Down River casino right outside Baxter Springs.
What fun we had. My daddy isn't a lover of casinos, so as soon as we hit the door I linked my arm in his and told him he was going to be with me for awhile.
We sat down at some slot machines and I explained how they work ..* That you have to play ALL the lines and then you bet accordingly how much you want to pay per line. ..as with me I start out a penny a line so it cost me about 20-25 cents a pull*.
We put some money in and he right off the bat hit the bonus. I was so excited for hm and so we played that and then he wanted to try a machine that" rolled around and had lots of different bells and whistles on it" so he meandered off to so some individual playing. LOL
Mama and Kjell had separated and  was some place.. so we would occasionally cross paths and compare winnings. So far we were all ahead of the game by a little bit..
Everytime Daddy came up behind me and I was playing a machine I would start winning some nice amounts.. So I called him my good luck charm. (But I couldn't convince him to set on my lap the whole time I played.. hahaha

At 5:00, they have the most awesome seafood buffet.
They had other food too that was wonderful.
Let me see if I can tell you all that was on it. They had:
Crablegs, Steamed jumbo shrimp, big fried frog legs, fried shrimp, fried catfish, 4 different kinds of steamed baked fish
( shark,  halibut, tilapia, swordfish) *all in different sauces. Chicken wings, Boston Butt steaks with ball mushrooms. Pork ribs, prime rib roast, turkey ( both of which they were carving for you )  Garlic mashed potatoes.. steamed and seasoned baby carrots, beans, Chinese foods.. a huge salad, fruit and dessert bar.
There might be more, but I can't remember. It was absolutely delicious!
We ate and then gambled some more and then drove home. It was so fun and I loved being with my parents. We laughed and visited and laughed some more.
What a wonderful day it was..and how blessed I am to have my parents close to me.

I have decide I need to start concentrating on some of the things I enjoy doing, instead of posting so much in the politics board. I get way to emotional and agitated..and it is effecting my health.
I have to deal with all of that enough in my "real work hours". I don't need it to give me headaches and stress with the few precious hours I have for my down time. It is just not worth the ulcer and body breakdown it is giving me.

We have to go to Tulsa a few days this next week to do some filming on the USPSA championship there, plus several other projects that are in the making..so I'll try to just visit with all of you on a personal level .. and not on a political level for awhile. 

I am going to probably call it an early night away from the computer. With the rain and the cool weather.. I think I will go in and grab a fuzzy blanket .. get my PJ's and robe  on early and maybe watch a movie. Something we haven't done in a long while.
Open that window ..get some fresh night air in grab another blanket for your bed and sleep well my forum friends... 

[Ole Granny]

Teresa, Thanks for the visual on the food.  The frog legs really struck an appetite. The long drive stopped me..
Enjoy every minute you can- such precious times.

[Roma Jean Turner]

  A beautiful day in the Ozarks.  Went to church, visited with friends and bicycled down to the park tonight to the Japenese Festival in our Japanese Walking Garden.  It is one of my favorite things to do.  They have it in September and April.  As the sun goes down they light all the torches and candles everywhere in the gardens.  There are fires burning in what looks like big woks that float on the waters of the pond.  One more call to my stepsister in Wichita and I am off to bed.  Good night Elk Co.

[Joanna]

A good night to all.  I had another crazy day here.  I'd picked a lot of beans yesterday and Marty helped me snap them all last night; so first thing this morning I went out to find my pressure canner where I absolutely knew it was stored.  Now, I haven't really canned anything since... oh, maybe 1992 or so.  After helping me search to no avail, my brother-in-law told me he really thought he'd seen it in town.  He's not about to tell me I'm wrong, mind you; these Hunter boys all learn quick and they know better... but he was right and the thing was in town the whole time...

I got the canner out and got the cobwebs & dust cleaned off, then opened a box of jars.  Naturally, though I vividly remember washing them all before I carefully packed them away years ago, they were dirty... beyond dirty.  But I'm not going back out to the storage, so I scrubbed twice and washed them up.  By this time my morning is gone, though I had run up to Cooksons to order a new thermostat for my oven and get some more lids. I also spent a tiny bit of time playing on the internet...

In the afternoon I took a break to eat the BEST cinnamon roll ever; and another run uptown to Family Market for potatoes and more lids...  eventually I got the beans canned by 7:30 and supper is done.  23 quarts & 4 pints; I lost half the water on a couple of them, but we ate one for supper and I've got the other marked to use first.  Should have taken me about 4 hours and it took the entire day.  Oh well, I wasn't on a timeclock so guess it's fine.  Tomorrow I may even run up to my folks and pick their grapes to make jelly... That would keep me busy for another couple days at least 

I didn't get the mowing done, but I guess the grass isn't complaining.  I hope you all sleep as well as I plan to.  Nighty-Nite!

[Judy Harder]

Boy, I am tired.

Been a long day and besides the rain making my arthritis and fibromyalgia kick up their heels.........I had an appointment at a lawyers office in Neodesha to discuss me taking medical bankruptcy.

I am going ahead with it. I just need a little more in the shape of paying the lawyer and courts and then it will happen.

I had written a very good post and hit the wrong button then and lost my first message.

I think God had a hand in it as he didn't want me to say what I had said in it.
Not really bad, but maybe a little rough worded for the people who just look in here.
My friends would have understood what I meant, but that is ok.

See, I can watch my mouth/hands when I have too. May hurt just a little...LOL...but, I can deal with it.

I am going to spend the rest of the day eating a bite of supper and then spending my time on the couch and just resting.

I also came home with a cold.........no I don't feel bad, just tired and altho I thought the runny nose was due to my allergies, I think I have a slight sore throat.........

Just wanted to say good night..........didn't get to visit much on the forum today maybe I can make up for it tomorrow.

God bless you all for being here..........family too far away to help me and I  do feel swamped with worry.
The only thing keeping me going is His promise a better day is coming.

Hugs...............Judy

[sixdogsmom]

Judy, I know that you have already taken this to the lord, but I assure you that you have other support also. God bless you.

[Wilma]

Thanks for the reminder, Diane.  I had forgotten.

[W. Gray]

Bin Laden and crew were unsuccessful at destroying the World Trade Center towers in 1994, although they did a lot of damage.

Seven years later, they took both towers down.

Tomorrow makes seven years after the twin towers fell.

Hopefully, there is no connection of any kind here.