Category: Christian fellowship

Just watched a really nice video about a cat born in a bookstore, who is still there  with several other cats.  He’s sort of the manager-supervisor.  When I went to share it I was not allowed.  That is one of my pet peeves.  Why have the share button if you can’t share?

Also today I watched an amazing video about the big tornado they had yesterday in Delaware (of all places).  My brother lived in Delaware for 50 years and never saw a tornado there.  I would have posted it, but it was over 20 minutes long and I don’t like to post something quite that lengthy.

Today was much, much better than yesterday.

Right after  I closed yesterday, while I was making my supper we had an absolute downpour.  I had not seen that kind of rain in a while.  I’m sure there was flooding around here somewhere.

But it got rid of the horrible humidity.

Today is sunny, warm but not hot , and nicely dry.

That’s about it for today.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

I thought today was going to be really easy.  (laughs hysterically).

Listen carefully:  it gets complicated.

I wear support socks.  One day a week (when I know I won’t be going out) I skip them and instead of wearing shoes, I just stay in my fuzzy slippers all day.  Technically, it’s a no-no, but I like to give my poor toes a break.  I picked today.  Big mistake.

As I have mentioned before, I am having my phone/internet upgraded.  This is due to take place on next Monday.  I  had received a notice that some gizmo was being shipped to me, so that it would be here for the tech guys to install on Monday.  I got a notice yesterday that it had been delivered.  I only saw the notice today, and when I clicked on the delivery photo it was in the foyer of apartment 1.  I am in apartment 5.  I don’t even know the last name of the guy in #1.  Contacted my other neighbor who called the landlord who called me with this fellow’s phone number.  I couldn’t just go down there because you are NOT supposed to put the support socks on after being without them for a number of hours, and I couldn’t walk all that distance down the concrete sidewalk in my fuzzy slippers. (Are you still with me?)  I called the fellow (who was at work) and he confirmed the package was still there in his foyer.  My next door neighbor said she would go get it for me.  Bottom line–have the package.

One problem down.

Second problem.

I was expecting a Whole Foods order around 2 o’clock.  I went online to double check and I did not see the e-mail that you get after placing an order.  Looked and the order had not been placed.  It was all there, sitting quietly in my cart –but the order was not placed.  Have no idea how that happened.  I quickly placed the order, but it will get  here a bit later than planned.

And that was my day.   All of this took up an incredible amount of time.

Hence fewer posts than normal, today.

Tomorrow has got to be better than this.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Very busy today, hence fewer posts.

I also am a little down by the number of large plant closings of various types.  Just not feeling particularly optimistic today.  One of the things I read about today was the large Kellogg plant in Nebraska shutting down.   Nebraska is getting hit really hard.

I truly wish I had studied economics.  Then I might have more of a handle on this stuff.  Much of the news is totally useless, just a lot of blame thrown at President Trump.  Like he’s to blame for the drought in the southwest that reduced the nation’s cattle herd.  Ridiculous.

I’ve got some very nice stew meat for tonight–now if I can just muster up the energy to make it.  It’s a little warm for stew, but I felt like having it, so I figured I could indulge myself.

Just went and checked the date on the meat.  I have three more days, so I will make it tomorrow.  I’ll  do it earlier in the day.

Am I turning into a procrastinator?

Maybe.

Have a good night all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

Today was one of those days where you do something and suddenly a couple of hours have gone by with not much to show for it.

That happens a lot.

It just seemed that today everything soaked up time.

Could you please pray for my friend Carol?  Her sister in law is in hospice, and she and her husband have been under a lot of stress.

American mobility is very nice, but often we end up living so far away from friends and family that it becomes really difficult in times of illness or other emergencies when you would like to be closer and the distance is daunting.

I will now go straighten up my kitchen and start thinking about supper.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

Still a little tired, but much better than yesterday.  Part of this may be the high humidity.  It is over 70% indoors.  It was supposed to rain today, but that never materialized.  Fine with me.

I fear that we are heading for a major meat shortage in the next few months.  Tyson (for whom I have no love) has closed several of their processing plants.  Suddenly.  I suspect more to come.  One of them alone had 27oo jobs.  The people showed up to work and were told that it was over.  They will be paid through the next couple of months, but that’s it.  These issues are so very complex–not as simple as one would think–with so many factors to be considered, that it is  almost impossible to figure out cause from effect.  There was a meat shortage at Whole Foods a couple of months back and lamb was impossible to find.

There will probably be other shortages, as well.

Great.

On that joyful note…

Have a good night all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

I was quite tired this morning, so I ended up going downtown to run what should have been a 10 minute errand in the afternoon.  I usually try to go early in the day.  Especially on a nice day.  Especially on a Saturday.  Especially in the summer.  My little borough just is a people magnet.  Folks seem to come from miles around just to take up all the parking spaces and mill around.  I don’t know what the attraction is.

So it took me much more time than it should have.

The air conditioning really was not that effective.  I hope that slow leak that they talked about a few months ago has not become a fast leak.  I ended up going around and around the parking lot like the Flying Dutchman looking for a space,  I couldn’t use the handicapped spots as they were both taken.  So when a spot opened up I took it.  It was hotter than blazes.  I had on a thin nylon windbreaker which I always wear because I don’t carry a purse and it has nice deep pockets for wallet, keys, etc.. Well today it felt like a down ski jacket.

By the time I got home, I was really behind in what I wanted to do.

Hence, the fewer posts.

Tomorrow will be better as I don’t have to go anywhere.

That’s it for today.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

I wasn’t able to post as much as usual today because I spent the entire morning  (or a very large part of it) on the phone with Verizon.  All is well and the techs will be coming later in the month to put some gizmo on my computer to deliver my new data-receiver (hope that’s a real thing).  It was painless, will be somewhat cheaper and that’s that.  I get to keep my phone, etc. so there will be a minimum of change.  I had worried about there being a sort of Macy’s vs Gimbels problem because my phone is leased from AT&T, but no problem there either.  That’s also good.

So basically, nothing will change on my end except the delivery system. That’s fine with me, and I hope it’s true.

It’s hot again today, but nowhere near as hot or humid as it has been.

Well, at least one important thing was taken care of today, and that’s something.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

PattyMy granddogs.

Checked my mail a few minutes ago and there was a 5 page letter from Verizon, telling me that they were going to “discontinue copper-based home phone service”.  In about two months.  This is not the time of day to hit me with a bunch of confusing crap.

Needless to say, I am putting it aside and will pick it up tomorrow morning.

I hate change.

Just skimming this thing it does appear that I will be responsible for keeping whatever I end up with powered.  Batteries, etc.

I am getting a headache.

I bought a cell phone several months ago, and ended up getting so frustrated trying to use it I cancelled the carrier.  Every time I turned the blasted thing on it kept asking me if I wanted to call 911.

I will address this tomorrow.

Have a good night all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody

Patty

I swear time can expand or contract–or at least that’s the perception you get about it.

Today for example I had a couple of very small things to do.  The first one was to renew my AMAC membership.  AMAC is the conservative answer to AARP (which is pretty left-wing) and I’ve been a member for quite a few years.   Should take about 5 minutes, tops, right?  I wasn’t writing a check–I was just paying on line which is really quick.  Well after I paid it, I looked at my watch and 20 minutes had gone by.  No way.  My watch, by the way, is fine.  No problem there.  The other thing I had to do was check on an email.  Ditto.  When I was done with it, about 20 minutes had gone by.  Is 20 minutes the new 5 minutes?  Am I just slowing to a crawl?

Weird.

That being said I better finish up and start my supper before it suddenly becomes 9 o’clock.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty

 

Had another day of doing very little.  This heat and humidity are driving me bats.  It’s not super hot, but the humidity is over 70 per cent which I don’t handle very well.

There’s absolutely no point in driving myself bats attempting to do things that I don’t have the ambition to do.  I learned that lesson a while back.

Hymn suggestions are always welcome, as are any topics you would like to discuss, or any post of Lee’s that you would like to see.

Aside from the weather, all is well.

That’s it for now.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

Patty