I couldn't agree with you more. Mary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Quitting Smoking & Heaps of Lessons Yeah, Mary, you got it. That is when you finally get out of the forest so you can see all the trees together for a beautiful picture. We all have a path and a purpose. That is my take, anyway. Not all agree and that is fine. All are at a different level as we progress. I am finding those on the same level as I am as my life progresses and I pay attention to those around me. We tend to gather those of like thought around us. It is truly amazing when you take the time to reflect. What a story. Connie -----Original Message----- From: Mary Sayman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:44 am Subject: [PD-LIFE] Quitting Smoking & Heaps of Lessons Hip, Hip, Hooray for you, too, Sue. One really, really has to want to quit efore it will happen. Like you, my world sort of caved in all at once: I had my accident, reaking my leg in 8 places (I had never had a broken bone in my entire ife); I quit smoking cold turkey after something like 35 years; I went hrough menopause at the same time (damn those night sweats!!!); I had lways worked and there I was cut off from everyone and everything because veryone I knew worked; I was on crutches for 13 weeks not even allowed to ouch my toe to the floor; and I had never had to have any one do anything or me because I had always been the competent, able-bodied caretaker of veryone else, but here I was dependent on the Medi-Van to transport me20to octors' appointments, and later my fiancé to take me to PT. It took me two ours every morning to take a bath and get dressed which included aneuvering the tub seat in and out of the shower. It exhausted me, but I id it all on my own every day. I hired a friend to come in once a week to lean the bathroom and vacuum for me. My fiancé did the laundry and brought e everything to fold then he put it away; I loaded the dishwasher, ran it, nd unloaded it by sitting on a 24" stool. I fed myself during the day by utting things from the frig on the table, from the table to the stove, from he stove to the counter, then back again when I was through. I used a unch bag to carry my food and drink mugs in because I could hang on to the andle and still be able to grip the handgrip on the crutches. A year after he accident, I had to have more surgery; then six weeks later, I fell in he bathroom and broke my foot on the same leg that had been broken. I was ack on crutches for another three months because I broke the lis-franks oint in four places and chipped the ankle bone on both sides. I was eginning to think I'd never get back to work, but I finally made it after 2 months. A year later, my fiancé told me he was leaving (after 14 years), nd I discovered that he left me for a married woman with small children who as still living with her husband. Go figure that one out!!! Life surely is strange some times,=2 0and it can surely dish out the lessons in big hurry. I guess God never gives you more than you can handle. If you hink it is, He's right there to lift you up. I learned a lot about myself n the four years after my accident; and I learned a lot about life. I hink I see the 'big picture' a lot more clearly now that I have 'matured'. OL God sent me Angels to provide strength and encouragement; and when I no onger needed their services, He took them away. It has pretty much been hat way all of my life. I am so very Blessed. Hugs, ary -----Original Message----- rom: [email protected] mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] ent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:53 PM o: [email protected] ubject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Old things, age, and life YAY, MARY~for quitting smoking! it's one of the hardest things to do... i quit new years eve 1992~while attending school and going through a ivorce, with a 3 year old at home...probably a good thing i didn't take too uch on at one time, huh? LOL...weird thing is, i went from almost 2 packs day to zero on a spur of the moment decision and have never wanted another igarette.... sue in cloudy, mild NE Florida) -- ..frame every so-called disaster with these words~in 5 years will this atter? -------------- Original message -------------- rom: "Mary Sayman" <[email protected]> It will be 8 years in July since I've had a cigarette. One of the best hings I ever did. 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I looked up the bullet blender and the top is plastic so not sure if there will be a smell or not.? I'm sure you picked up on that.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 1:57 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Magic Bullet Thanks, Mary! Hmmm, coffee grinder :o) Mike might even want one of these. Don't know that you can do that in a blender. I don't know if I have the book that came with the blender when I bought it for her that one Christmas. Maybe I still do have that thing, and should look to see if you can grind your coffee in it. Thanks again, everyone! We are to have snow Tuesday through Wednesday_4 inches? I must watch the weather channel sometime today, though depending on which channel you get your report from, they all have something different to report. Guess that is to cover all kinds of weather, so that at least one of them is right ;o) Hugs! :o) Lynn Mary wrote: > Lynn, > Here is the web site: http://www.buythebullet.com/ There is a video > there > that you may like to see. > They have a special going, too. I bought mine from either HSN or QVC on > sale. I used it for a lot of things > as far as chopping, blending, grinding (coffee beans), etc. It is very > easy > to use, easy to clean up, and has > a small footprint on the counter. I store all the additional things that > come with it (pitcher, cups, lids, etc) > in a cupboard. The cups are great for making drinks of all kinds. Blend > up > pancakes in the pitcher for easy > pouring, or make a pitcher of lemonade for guests. You will need to shop > around for the best prices. A > lot of places have them in stock: Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, etc. I > usually > let my finger do the walking on > line.... You can even try eBay.... Hang on..... Yep! they have all sorts > of > them out on eBay. You can even > buy extra parts and pieces out there. Happy shopping. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh MY God Becky: I am laughing myself silly today. I can just see the Dog saying get out of my dinner!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] the Manual > You be careful, Becky !! You'll wind up having your foot come off the > bottom of your leg, like I did in the early 1990s. > I pictured the dogs thinking, "Man, hope she doesn't drop in for dinner > every day like that :o)" > Thanks for the laugh! > When we were playing Apples to Apples, my cousin's wife said at one point, > when we both had the same kind of answer, "Great minds think alike!" We > smiled, then went to give one another a high five, and missed about 8 > times > trying. I said, I thought great minds thought alike_we can't even give a > high five! The guys were laughing like fools, and we finally stopped, > because of laughing so hard. We never did hit it right :o) I said, "Why > isn't the camcorder running when things like this happen?" > :o) > Lynn > > Becky wrote: > By the way Lynn, a Lucy moment. As you know it is very wet from the snow > that Rick wished on us. So I be-bopped into the house the other morning > and > kicked off the shoes and in general did not pay attention to the fact that > the dogs had also just come in. I turned too quickly and one leg went > west, > one went south. I had one tush cheek in each bowl of dog food and my > hand(with my watch) in the water dish. The dogs just sat and looked at me. > I'm hoping spring will be better. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I use regular soil also.? I have 2 left.? Does the sand keep off the mites that attack them? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 1:39 pm Subject: [PD-LIFE] Aloe Vera Plants Thanks, Cathy! I'll have to get some sand, when we go shopping next time in York. Never thought of that, because my neighbor ALways just used regular old potting soil, and never had a problem, except to get RID of them all each year. But, maybe I should try the sand factor anyway. Hugs! Lynn Cathy wrote: > Hey lynn, I had a thought you were talking about the fact you haven't > had much luck with aloe vera, & I have them growing out of my planters, & > don't really even wan them now. I got them from my neighbor. What I > wanted to say was, are you planting them in the soil there or sand. Of > course, they're used to sand, so perhaps if you doing soil, try sand. And > let me know if that makes a difference, k? It grows here abundantly! It > is supposed to be good for burns. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes our Shop Rite did the same thing and like you Joan I keep forgetting to bring the bag in with me. I have got to get into that habbit!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Hmmmmm Cotton Bags! > I'll have to look for them in the stores where I can shop. Who knows, > maybe > that is the way to go, and since Connie found them in a magazine, and you > found them in a store, they have to be out there to be found by me, too > :o) > Just so I can wash them every time we use them. I could ALways make my > own > bags, but I'm sure they wouldn't want all sorts of people coming into the > stores with bags. > Hugs! > Lynn > Joan wrote: >> Our ShopRite supermarket actually gave the green bags away if you >> purchased >> certain products as part of a special offer a couple times. Otherwise, >> they >> charge .99 cents for a reusable cloth shopping bag and then give you .5 >> cents >> off your bill each time you use one. I have 4 bags that generally hold >> all >> my >> groceries and get .20 cents off my bill each time I shop and bring the >> bags. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes I think it does?????? but I also love those Cows that are in the snow and going to go to California. Oh God here come the giggles again. Well now don't you wish we were all at Lynns kitchen table with Rick and the virtual Chirstmas no wait let make them Valentine Cookies that are fresh!!!!! Hugs, Sally I know Becky is saying yes and Lynn is thnking what coffee can I make!!! Me I will bring and appetizer I just love them!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:43 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Cows, and Palm Trees > LOL!!!! You're watching too many of those Laughing Cow commercials :o) > or > are they the Turkey hill cows? I love Laughing Cow cheese_the light ones > (low fat)_they are delicious! Doesn't one of their commercials have one > of > the cows walking away, speaking with a PA Dutch accent? Did they get that > idea from you, Sally :o) > Hugs! > Lynn > Sally wrote: >> Hi Becky; One of the funniest things that I saw in Florida was a heard >> of >> cows under some palm trees. I don't know why that struck me as so funny >> maybe because it was Christmas time and we had just left lots of ice and >> snow as we drove to Florida to spend Christmas with friends that had just >> moved down there and were very lonely. Seeing those cow just made me >> laugh. >> Now as I recall that image of palm trees and cow I see them all talking >> in >> different languages, I bet there are some speaking Pa Dutch along with >> French. Lord I am laughing again!!!!!Have a giggly day. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Becky,? The visual on this is priceless.? I am still giggling.? You are a hoot.? Sounds as if you have recovered nicely.? Good work.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Becky Sanning <[email protected]>i To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:04 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] the Manual Lynn-thank you for sending me that information.? Now to print it up.? I am in the library at school and everytime I approach the printer, they start eyeing me funny.? I cannot help it if these instructors actually want me to learn while I am here!!! ? Tracy-how are things going? Sally-I am not moving to Florida.? Can't convince the boyfriend of 20 years.? He says it's too hot and the idea of various crawling animals sneaking around his homespace does not appeal to him.? I say,"You're a police officer.? You should be used to crawling things!!"? He says yes but not at home. Steph is moving to Ponce de Leon.? Shaun(sil) has promised to buy her cows.? The mental picture is just too funny for words.? She's going to practice her languages with them.? So if you ever get to that area and the cows have the ability to speak Franch, Spanish and German, you know my daughter has been there.? Will they moo with an accent? ? By the way Lynn, a Lucy moment.? As you know it is very wet from the snow that Rick wished on us.? So I be-bopped into the house the other morning and kicked off the shoes and in general did not pay attention to the fact that the dogs had also just come in.? I turned too quickly and one leg went west, one went south.? I had one tush cheek in each bowl of dog food and my hand(with my watch)? in the water dish.? The dogs just sat and looked at me.? I'm hoping spring will be better. ? Hope everyone is well Love-Becky ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

LOL!!!! You're watching too many of those Laughing Cow commercials :o) or are they the Turkey hill cows? I love Laughing Cow cheese_the light ones (low fat)_they are delicious! Doesn't one of their commercials have one of the cows walking away, speaking with a PA Dutch accent? Did they get that idea from you, Sally :o) Hugs! Lynn Sally wrote: > Hi Becky; One of the funniest things that I saw in Florida was a heard of > cows under some palm trees. I don't know why that struck me as so funny > maybe because it was Christmas time and we had just left lots of ice and > snow as we drove to Florida to spend Christmas with friends that had just > moved down there and were very lonely. Seeing those cow just made me > laugh. > Now as I recall that image of palm trees and cow I see them all talking in > different languages, I bet there are some speaking Pa Dutch along with > French. Lord I am laughing again!!!!!Have a giggly day.

Now that I've become used to taking the reusable bags along I LOVE them and prefer them by far over the plastic, paper, or paper in plastic bags that you just throw out. The reusable cloth bags hold more and have better handles and actually stand up without falling over in the back of my wagon. My biggest problem at first was just remembering to take them out of the car and into the store with me but now I have it down to a science. Since I shop weekly I save about $1 per month -- heck, every little bit helps. Joan In a message dated 1/26/2009 2:39:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I'll have to look for them in the stores where I can shop. Who knows, maybe that is the way to go, and since Connie found them in a magazine, and you found them in a store, they have to be out there to be found by me, too :o) Just so I can wash them every time we use them. I could ALways make my own bags, but I'm sure they wouldn't want all sorts of people coming into the stores with bags. Hugs! Lynn

I'll have to look for them in the stores where I can shop. Who knows, maybe that is the way to go, and since Connie found them in a magazine, and you found them in a store, they have to be out there to be found by me, too :o) Just so I can wash them every time we use them. I could ALways make my own bags, but I'm sure they wouldn't want all sorts of people coming into the stores with bags. Hugs! Lynn Joan wrote: > Our ShopRite supermarket actually gave the green bags away if you > purchased > certain products as part of a special offer a couple times. Otherwise, > they > charge .99 cents for a reusable cloth shopping bag and then give you .5 > cents > off your bill each time you use one. I have 4 bags that generally hold all > my > groceries and get .20 cents off my bill each time I shop and bring the > bags.

Hi Becky; One of the funniest things that I saw in Florida was a heard of cows under some palm trees. I don't know why that struck me as so funny maybe because it was Christmas time and we had just left lots of ice and snow as we drove to Florida to spend Christmas with friends that had just moved down there and were very lonely. Seeing those cow just made me laugh. Now as I recall that image of palm trees and cow I see them all talking in different languages, I bet there are some speaking Pa Dutch along with French. Lord I am laughing again!!!!!Have a giggly day. xoxoxo Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Becky Sanning" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] the Manual Lynn-thank you for sending me that information. Now to print it up. I am in the library at school and everytime I approach the printer, they start eyeing me funny. I cannot help it if these instructors actually want me to learn while I am here!!! Tracy-how are things going? Sally-I am not moving to Florida. Can't convince the boyfriend of 20 years. He says it's too hot and the idea of various crawling animals sneaking around his homespace does not appeal to him. I say,"You're a police officer. You should be used to crawling things!!" He says yes but not at home. Steph is moving to Ponce de Leon. Shaun(sil) has promised to buy her cows. The mental picture is just too funny for words. She's going to practice her languages with them. So if you ever get to that area and the cows have the ability to speak Franch, Spanish and German, you know my daughter has been there. Will they moo with an accent? By the way Lynn, a Lucy moment. As you know it is very wet from the snow that Rick wished on us. So I be-bopped into the house the other morning and kicked off the shoes and in general did not pay attention to the fact that the dogs had also just come in. I turned too quickly and one leg went west, one went south. I had one tush cheek in each bowl of dog food and my hand(with my watch) in the water dish. The dogs just sat and looked at me. I'm hoping spring will be better. Hope everyone is well Love-Becky ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our ShopRite supermarket actually gave the green bags away if you purchased certain products as part of a special offer a couple times. Otherwise, they charge .99 cents for a reusable cloth shopping bag and then give you .5 cents off your bill each time you use one. I have 4 bags that generally hold all my groceries and get .20 cents off my bill each time I shop and bring the bags. Joan In a message dated 1/26/2009 1:35:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: How much were these bags?

Hi Sue, I forget about them, mostly. That's okay for the Christmas cactus, and the aloe, but the spider plant starts yelling :o) Everything looks rough around here, right now, but I guess you aren't use to that in Florida. Hugs! Lynn PS Mike's brother and sister got their cell phones :O) They went with the TracPhone, and really like them. It was cute watching them show their parents their new toys, yesterday. And, this morning, I spent time getting Kath online. Now to wait for the modem to show up, and really get her started. Sue wrote: > lynn~ > how often are you watering the aloe and the spider plants? i keep aloe > plants for burns in the kitchen... > ...and my hydrangea made it through the freeze ok, minimal burnt spots on > the leaves of my japanese plum...my pepper plants lost all of their > leaves, but i'll be watching for new growth with my fingers crosses....my > poor angel trumpet has been reduced to sticks sticking up out of the > ground....<sigh> i'll be cutting her back tomorrow...she should come back > ok, but she sure looks rough right now!

Outlook is an email client--it isn't an Internet Service Provider. Joan In a message dated 1/26/2009 1:29:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: PS I didn't know Outlook was an Internet provider, too, I thought it was just something you could use on your hard drive, so that you could work offline on your emails, and organize them better_without leaving them out there on the Net.

Remember, Mary, if you are anywhere near us, stop in, if you have a moment. Even a drive-by hello, if that's all you can do. Hugs! Lynn

I was thinking of doing this someday. I heard about it before, on the list, and just never tried it. I like soggy food!!!! Soggy, soggy, soggy :o) Though there are times I like my cereal not so soggy, but other times, I'm in the mood for soggy. That's probably why I love bread pudding, oatmeal, etc. I LOVE to break up a half pack of those chocolate covered mint cookies the Girl Scouts sell, and pour milk over them, until they are soggy. That's why I tell Mike NOT to order them, when we get cookies from the girl across the street. :o) Lynn Don in AZ wrote: > We used to put sugar on a slice of bread and pour coffee over it, > I liked it.

You be careful, Becky !! You'll wind up having your foot come off the bottom of your leg, like I did in the early 1990s. I pictured the dogs thinking, "Man, hope she doesn't drop in for dinner every day like that :o)" Thanks for the laugh! When we were playing Apples to Apples, my cousin's wife said at one point, when we both had the same kind of answer, "Great minds think alike!" We smiled, then went to give one another a high five, and missed about 8 times trying. I said, I thought great minds thought alike_we can't even give a high five! The guys were laughing like fools, and we finally stopped, because of laughing so hard. We never did hit it right :o) I said, "Why isn't the camcorder running when things like this happen?" :o) Lynn Becky wrote: By the way Lynn, a Lucy moment. As you know it is very wet from the snow that Rick wished on us. So I be-bopped into the house the other morning and kicked off the shoes and in general did not pay attention to the fact that the dogs had also just come in. I turned too quickly and one leg went west, one went south. I had one tush cheek in each bowl of dog food and my hand(with my watch) in the water dish. The dogs just sat and looked at me. I'm hoping spring will be better.

God bless you all for being able to knit, and crochet these kinds of things. Remember, I admire anyone who can do this. I tried ONE time to make a pair of booties, and they could have fit an adult, by the time I was finished, and I'm the one who tried braiding a rug, and wound up with a buckeet hat :o) LOL! :o) Lynn

Thanks, Mary! Hmmm, coffee grinder :o) Mike might even want one of these. Don't know that you can do that in a blender. I don't know if I have the book that came with the blender when I bought it for her that one Christmas. Maybe I still do have that thing, and should look to see if you can grind your coffee in it. Thanks again, everyone! We are to have snow Tuesday through Wednesday_4 inches? I must watch the weather channel sometime today, though depending on which channel you get your report from, they all have something different to report. Guess that is to cover all kinds of weather, so that at least one of them is right ;o) Hugs! :o) Lynn Mary wrote: > Lynn, > Here is the web site: http://www.buythebullet.com/ There is a video > there > that you may like to see. > They have a special going, too. I bought mine from either HSN or QVC on > sale. I used it for a lot of things > as far as chopping, blending, grinding (coffee beans), etc. It is very > easy > to use, easy to clean up, and has > a small footprint on the counter. I store all the additional things that > come with it (pitcher, cups, lids, etc) > in a cupboard. The cups are great for making drinks of all kinds. Blend > up > pancakes in the pitcher for easy > pouring, or make a pitcher of lemonade for guests. You will need to shop > around for the best prices. A > lot of places have them in stock: Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, etc. I > usually > let my finger do the walking on > line.... You can even try eBay.... Hang on..... Yep! they have all sorts > of > them out on eBay. You can even > buy extra parts and pieces out there. Happy shopping.

Thanks, Cathy! I'll have to get some sand, when we go shopping next time in York. Never thought of that, because my neighbor ALways just used regular old potting soil, and never had a problem, except to get RID of them all each year. But, maybe I should try the sand factor anyway. Hugs! Lynn Cathy wrote: > Hey lynn, I had a thought you were talking about the fact you haven't > had much luck with aloe vera, & I have them growing out of my planters, & > don't really even wan them now. I got them from my neighbor. What I > wanted to say was, are you planting them in the soil there or sand. Of > course, they're used to sand, so perhaps if you doing soil, try sand. And > let me know if that makes a difference, k? It grows here abundantly! It > is supposed to be good for burns.