Theres a beautiful ceremony when a Mason dies...I believe the apron is put on the body, a sprig of greenery is put in the coffin and there's a ceremony...Only went to one, many years ago, but remember how nice it was....Not only will HIS Lodge hold the ceremony, other Lodges will attend to show honor. Hubby is a strong Mason but doesn't want ANY sort of ceremony when he dies...I may change that if I outlive him. He's a Past Master mason....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:27:57 -0800 "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> writes: > Belle, > > You family history is indeed interesting. Your Grandfather's Mason funeral sounds so nice. My husband has his Mason apron around here but he refuses to tell me what a person does with it. > ~J in AZ ____________________________________________________________ Nutrition Improve your career health. Click now to study nutrition! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=6tNDGLZo-0jl6fm_yt7cwgAAJ1BuHtEgYfARCKX2I2eGJBW8AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASQwAAAAA=

Idle hands are the Devil's workshop, so our ancestors thought...Your folks were just doing what it said in the Good Book...keeping those hands busy! As always I enjoyed your memories of the past...especially the parts about sewing.... Our tombstone also has a Masonic emblem on it...such an important part of hubby's life... Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Grandma and my mother had little to do about the house so they sewed > and sewed and shopped and shopped. > Belle ____________________________________________________________ Banking Click here to find the perfect banking opportunity! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=gV7PVea-6_jQXAei5I5OzgAAJ1BuHtEgYfARCKX2I2eGJBW8AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXeAAAAAA=

Jeannie T. I could see how you would want to do that for your husband seeing that he was a Past Master Mason. Our wishes right now are to be cremated & nothing else done..no services of any kind. I questioned my husband about whether he wants to keep paying his Mason Dues & he says "NO". I thought it might be a way that he could get to meet other Mason men in the community. I belong to another woman's organization called PEO (Philosophical Educational Organization). Most of us are retired school teachers. We have our own college in MO. It's called Cottey College in Nevada, MO. We also help people who are trying to get back to school...say a woman has lost her husband, & because she has to find a job, she has to go back to school to get an education in order to get a job. We will give these women a scholarship so they can go back to a college or university in order to get hired by a company. For the most part, all we do is help others achieve a good education. Our dues really went up this year & I'm thinking about going inactive. I have about a month to think about it. ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. > Theres a beautiful ceremony when a Mason dies...I believe the apron is > put on the body, a sprig of greenery is put in the coffin and there's a > ceremony...Only went to one, many years ago, but remember how nice it > was....Not only will HIS Lodge hold the ceremony, other Lodges will > attend to show honor. Hubby is a strong Mason but doesn't want ANY sort > of ceremony when he dies...I may change that if I outlive him. He's a > Past Master mason....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:27:57 -0800 "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> > writes: >> Belle, >> >> You family history is indeed interesting. Your Grandfather's Mason > funeral sounds so nice. My husband has his Mason apron around here but > he refuses to tell me what a person does with it. > ~J in AZ > ____________________________________________________________ > Nutrition > Improve your career health. Click now to study nutrition! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=6tNDGLZo-0jl6fm_yt7cwgAAJ1BuHtEgYfARCKX2I2eGJBW8AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASQwAAAAA= > > ------------------------------- > 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

Belle, You family history is indeed interesting. Your Grandfather's Mason funeral sounds so nice. My husband has his Mason apron around here but he refuses to tell me what a person does with it. I would guess that it's for when he dies. We did not pay his dues this year, so I'm so he will not have a Mason funeral. I take it that it was your Grandmother's hat that got sold by mistake at the millinery shop? It had to be quite nice & well made for them to sell it. What is a 'log cabin' quilt? I enjoy going to some of the quilt shows around here because many of the women quilt. Don't know if I have seen that kind before. We have a quilt rack at the bottom of our bed & we have several quilts on it which were made by relatives in our families. Your stories are very enjoyable. Thank you. ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:52 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] More of Belle's story.. > Grandpa died in May 1925, still in office as Sheriff. He was a Mason > as were his brothers and father. He was buried with alll lthe Masonic > honors from his Lodge and a marble slab with the Masonic emblem , name > and dates covers his grave. Several of his kin are in the same little > churchyard.Many years before 1925, his ancestors had given the land and a > sum of money to build the little First Baptist Church in that small > Community. > > Soon after he died rheuncle, wife and daughter moved into their own little > house not very far away from the big house. One of the cooks went to work > for another family nearby. Not so many folks coming and going. > > Grandma and my mother had little to do about the house so they sewed and > sewed and shopped and shopped. My mother made many of her own clothes , > made dresses with matching bloomers for me and little coats with matching > tams which I hated. I still dislike anything on my head. > She loved hats and often made her own if she couldn't find a suitable > one in the few shops around. Those were the days when she and other > ladies wouldn't leave the house without their hats, purses/handbags and > gloves. > On one shopping trip she went into a millenery shop, sat down at one of > the vanities, removed her hat and gloves, leaving them on the vanity with > her purse, walked around the shop for sometime checking out what was > available. She went back to thevanity, the purse and gloves were > stillthere but her hat (one she had made)was not there. She looked all > over the shop but couldn't find it, finnally a clerk came up asking what > was the problem. When told she started shaking and crying and said she > was so sorry but she had sold my mother's hat. > > Grandma sewed and sewed, sometimes clothes for the household help but > mostly on quilts. She made many in the 'log cabin' pattern. I have one > unquilted top that she made about 1900. Her brother was a salesnam for a > mercantile company selling yard goods to stores. He gave Grandma some of > his sample books which had good sized swatches of materials inthem. She > used the material samples in her quilts. > > Enough for now, > Best regards to all, > > Belle > > ------------------------------- > 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 Miss Stella this story was a precious Gem . Linda,I need to start looking beyond the clay Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] (busbys martins) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:37:50 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] TO All ON THE LIST A man was exploring caves by the seashore.  In one of the caves he found  a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.  It was like someone  had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him.  As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls.  Each contained a similar treasure.  He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.  Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.  Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people.  We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel.  It doesn't look like much from the outside.  It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us.  If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you.  Thank  you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful Sunday...Stella ------------------------------- 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

Grandpa died in May 1925, still in office as Sheriff. He was a Mason as were his brothers and father. He was buried with alll lthe Masonic honors from his Lodge and a marble slab with the Masonic emblem , name and dates covers his grave. Several of his kin are in the same little churchyard.Many years before 1925, his ancestors had given the land and a sum of money to build the little First Baptist Church in that small Community. Soon after he died rheuncle, wife and daughter moved into their own little house not very far away from the big house. One of the cooks went to work for another family nearby. Not so many folks coming and going. Grandma and my mother had little to do about the house so they sewed and sewed and shopped and shopped. My mother made many of her own clothes , made dresses with matching bloomers for me and little coats with matching tams which I hated. I still dislike anything on my head. She loved hats and often made her own if she couldn't find a suitable one in the few shops around. Those were the days when she and other ladies wouldn't leave the house without their hats, purses/handbags and gloves. On one shopping trip she went into a millenery shop, sat down at one of the vanities, removed her hat and gloves, leaving them on the vanity with her purse, walked around the shop for sometime checking out what was available. She went back to thevanity, the purse and gloves were stillthere but her hat (one she had made)was not there. She looked all over the shop but couldn't find it, finnally a clerk came up asking what was the problem. When told she started shaking and crying and said she was so sorry but she had sold my mother's hat. Grandma sewed and sewed, sometimes clothes for the household help but mostly on quilts. She made many in the 'log cabin' pattern. I have one unquilted top that she made about 1900. Her brother was a salesnam for a mercantile company selling yard goods to stores. He gave Grandma some of his sample books which had good sized swatches of materials inthem. She used the material samples in her quilts. Enough for now, Best regards to all, Belle

Stella, That was such a nice e-mail message!! Thanks for sending it! ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 11:37 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] TO All ON THE LIST A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful Sunday...Stella ------------------------------- 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

Beautiful... Thank you for being you! Mary Clyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:37 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] TO All ON THE LIST A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful Sunday...Stella ------------------------------- 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

That's like the Tunderegg in Oregon also. It looks like a regular rock on the outside, about 3 inches across. But when you take one home and slice it open, there is an Oregon shape on the inside. I used to have one, but I think my son took it. They are quite unique. Yes, you never know when you have a treasure. Emma > From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:37 PM > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] TO All ON THE LIST > > A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he > found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was > like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to > bake. > They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the > bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he > would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he > could. > He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and > it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! > Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each > contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of > jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He > had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the > clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead > of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of > thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people. > We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external > clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't > always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as > less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or > wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden > inside that person. > There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time > to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the > way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant > gem begins to shine forth. > May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown > away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of > clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so > blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank > you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful > Sunday...Stella > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/

Stella, Thanks for this gem and thanks to all the gems on this list. . . . --- On Sun, 1/24/10, busbys martins <[email protected]> wrote: From: busbys martins <[email protected]> Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] TO All ON THE LIST To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 7:37 PM A man was exploring caves by the seashore.  In one of the caves he found  a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.  It was like someone  had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him.  As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls.  Each contained a similar treasure.  He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.  Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.  Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people.  We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel.  It doesn't look like much from the outside.  It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us.  If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you.  Thank  you for looking beyond my clay vessel.       Have a wonderful Sunday...Stella ------------------------------- 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

Stella, what a beautiful analogy. Hope you have a blessed remainder of the day. Kay In a message dated 01/24/10 13:38:26 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful Sunday...Stella ------------------------------- 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

A man was exploring caves by the seashore.  In one of the caves he found  a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.  It was like someone  had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him.  As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls.  Each contained a similar treasure.  He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.  Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.  Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away! It's like that with people.  We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel.  It doesn't look like much from the outside.  It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person. There is a treasure in each and every one of us.  If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth. May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you.  Thank  you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful Sunday...Stella

Miss Emma,I'm jealous it has been rainy all day here.Enjoy while you can. Linda,just dancin in the rain Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Roses <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:37:27 To: southern-chat<[email protected]> Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] FW: Gorgeous Day Today has been a gorgeous day here in the valley. I would guess the temp is in the high 60's. Sun has been shining all day too, no rain. I went out to the mailbox without a jacket. My mailbox is out on the street. I hope this stays around a few days so we can enjoy it. Emma in Oregon >> > > > In a message dated 01/22/10 21:48:08 Central Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Stella, > > > > Today we got up & there was at least 6-7 inches of snow on the ground. My > > dh went out & shoveled the driveway & I really didn't want him to..our > > driveway is very steep & I didn't want to see him fall. He went any way & > > did get the driveway finished. It has been raining & slightly snowing all > > afternoon. > > > > > ~J in AZ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:15 AM > > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > > > > > >> Today os absolutely a perfect one. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the > >> blue sky. It rained and we had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and > >> heavy rain last night. I just heard that we had 2.something...inches > >> last night.I know I was up at 1:30 and the sidewalks were rivers. > >> Prayers go out for the people in the bad weather, like mud slides, being > >> evacuated from their homes, and of course the poor people of Haiti, that > >> survived. Prayers for you, and hubby, Paula. > >> Have a great day. I am trying to wash and cook collards, and make > >> cornbread, then off to nursing home with a bowl of them. Time to take > >> his week's ensure. Stella > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ ------------------------------- 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

Jen, shots in your vertebrae sounds awful, but, I'm glad it helped. Tell Paul to be careful when shoveling snow. That is such physically hard work. Kay In a message dated 01/22/10 21:48:08 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Stella, Glad you had such a good day yesterday. I honestly do not know all that I did yesterday. I know that I went & had some more epidermal shots in my back. This time they did them in the facets of my vertebrae & they did hurt. I do think it did help some. They want me to have more back surgery..or something like that. However, we would have to travel to the far west side of Phoenix for it & if I am admitted to a hospital, I really don't want to have my husband traveling down there every day. It's such a long trip just to Phoenix & I know that West Phoenix would even be further. So I'm hoping to hold off as much as possible. Oh yes, and I also had another appt. yesterday. We were suppose to go to a meeting Thursday evening, but it was cancelled because so many people who live north of us couldn't make it here. The highway has been shut off for the past few days. Today we got up & there was at least 6-7 inches of snow on the ground. My dh went out & shoveled the driveway & I really didn't want him to..our driveway is very steep & I didn't want to see him fall. He went any way & did get the driveway finished. It has been raining & slightly snowing all afternoon. Paul went out to get the paper tonight & forgot he had his slippers on & nearly slid down the driveway because the driveway is now a sheet of ice. That's about all that has been happening here. Nothing exciting. (Today is Friday, BTW.) ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:15 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > Today os absolutely a perfect one. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the > blue sky. It rained and we had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and > heavy rain last night. I just heard that we had 2.something...inches > last night.I know I was up at 1:30 and the sidewalks were rivers. > Prayers go out for the people in the bad weather, like mud slides, being > evacuated from their homes, and of course the poor people of Haiti, that > survived. Prayers for you, and hubby, Paula. > Have a great day. I am trying to wash and cook collards, and make > cornbread, then off to nursing home with a bowl of them. Time to take > his week's ensure. Stella > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Today has been a gorgeous day here in the valley. I would guess the temp is in the high 60's. Sun has been shining all day too, no rain. I went out to the mailbox without a jacket. My mailbox is out on the street. I hope this stays around a few days so we can enjoy it. Emma in Oregon >> > > > In a message dated 01/22/10 21:48:08 Central Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Stella, > > > > Today we got up & there was at least 6-7 inches of snow on the ground. My > > dh went out & shoveled the driveway & I really didn't want him to..our > > driveway is very steep & I didn't want to see him fall. He went any way & > > did get the driveway finished. It has been raining & slightly snowing all > > afternoon. > > > > > ~J in AZ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:15 AM > > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > > > > > >> Today os absolutely a perfect one. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the > >> blue sky. It rained and we had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and > >> heavy rain last night. I just heard that we had 2.something...inches > >> last night.I know I was up at 1:30 and the sidewalks were rivers. > >> Prayers go out for the people in the bad weather, like mud slides, being > >> evacuated from their homes, and of course the poor people of Haiti, that > >> survived. Prayers for you, and hubby, Paula. > >> Have a great day. I am trying to wash and cook collards, and make > >> cornbread, then off to nursing home with a bowl of them. Time to take > >> his week's ensure. Stella > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/

Kay, I certainly will. I have been trying to convince him not to shovel..but then he says if he doesn't the driveway will be a sheet of ice. So I cannot really argue with him. He may not go out again today. The snow has now stopped. No telling..we may get up to more snow. It really isn't that bad..because our snow doesn't stay on the ground up here for very long. The shots hurt..but I just hope that they will do the trick, that's all. ~J ----- Original Message ----- From: "jkaywojack" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > Jen, shots in your vertebrae sounds awful, but, I'm glad it helped. Tell > Paul to be careful when shoveling snow. That is such physically hard > work. Kay > > > > In a message dated 01/22/10 21:48:08 Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Hi Stella, > > Glad you had such a good day yesterday. I honestly do not know all that I > did yesterday. I know that I went & had some more epidermal shots in my > back. This time they did them in the facets of my vertebrae & they did > hurt. I do think it did help some. They want me to have more back > surgery..or something like that. However, we would have to travel to the > far west side of Phoenix for it & if I am admitted to a hospital, I really > don't want to have my husband traveling down there every day. It's such a > long trip just to Phoenix & I know that West Phoenix would even be > further. > So I'm hoping to hold off as much as possible. Oh yes, and I also had > another appt. yesterday. We were suppose to go to a meeting Thursday > evening, but it was cancelled because so many people who live north of us > couldn't make it here. The highway has been shut off for the past few > days. > Today we got up & there was at least 6-7 inches of snow on the ground. My > dh went out & shoveled the driveway & I really didn't want him to..our > driveway is very steep & I didn't want to see him fall. He went any way & > did get the driveway finished. It has been raining & slightly snowing all > afternoon. Paul went out to get the paper tonight & forgot he had his > slippers on & nearly slid down the driveway because the driveway is now a > sheet of ice. > That's about all that has been happening here. Nothing exciting. (Today > is > Friday, BTW.) > > ~J in AZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:15 AM > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > > >> Today os absolutely a perfect one. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the >> blue sky. It rained and we had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and >> heavy rain last night. I just heard that we had 2.something...inches >> last night.I know I was up at 1:30 and the sidewalks were rivers. >> Prayers go out for the people in the bad weather, like mud slides, being >> evacuated from their homes, and of course the poor people of Haiti, that >> survived. Prayers for you, and hubby, Paula. >> Have a great day. I am trying to wash and cook collards, and make >> cornbread, then off to nursing home with a bowl of them. Time to take >> his week's ensure. Stella >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Jen and all ,We are still having rain off and on,cloudy,grey and just plain icky.I heard tell there was a small town that was flooded and had to be evacuated in Arizona .Hope the folks are ok. Also that it was warm in the southern states.CA we all know abt.. I've been reading abt my ancestors on the lost wagontrain of 1853 .Pretty interesting stuff.I guess when I have time it will be back to geneology for me. Linda,in the land of happy cows Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Jen LaBonte" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:47:49 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day Hi Stella, Glad you had such a good day yesterday. I honestly do not know all that I did yesterday. I know that I went & had some more epidermal shots in my back. This time they did them in the facets of my vertebrae & they did hurt. I do think it did help some. They want me to have more back surgery..or something like that. However, we would have to travel to the far west side of Phoenix for it & if I am admitted to a hospital, I really don't want to have my husband traveling down there every day. It's such a long trip just to Phoenix & I know that West Phoenix would even be further. So I'm hoping to hold off as much as possible. Oh yes, and I also had another appt. yesterday. We were suppose to go to a meeting Thursday evening, but it was cancelled because so many people who live north of us couldn't make it here. The highway has been shut off for the past few days. Today we got up & there was at least 6-7 inches of snow on the ground. My dh went out & shoveled the driveway & I really didn't want him to..our driveway is very steep & I didn't want to see him fall. He went any way & did get the driveway finished. It has been raining & slightly snowing all afternoon. Paul went out to get the paper tonight & forgot he had his slippers on & nearly slid down the driveway because the driveway is now a sheet of ice. That's about all that has been happening here. Nothing exciting. (Today is Friday, BTW.) ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:15 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > Today os absolutely a perfect one. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the > blue sky. It rained and we had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and > heavy rain last night. I just heard that we had 2.something...inches > last night.I know I was up at 1:30 and the sidewalks were rivers. > Prayers go out for the people in the bad weather, like mud slides, being > evacuated from their homes, and of course the poor people of Haiti, that > survived. Prayers for you, and hubby, Paula. > Have a great day. I am trying to wash and cook collards, and make > cornbread, then off to nursing home with a bowl of them. Time to take > his week's ensure. Stella > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Hi Stella, Glad you had such a good day yesterday. I honestly do not know all that I did yesterday. I know that I went & had some more epidermal shots in my back. This time they did them in the facets of my vertebrae & they did hurt. I do think it did help some. They want me to have more back surgery..or something like that. However, we would have to travel to the far west side of Phoenix for it & if I am admitted to a hospital, I really don't want to have my husband traveling down there every day. It's such a long trip just to Phoenix & I know that West Phoenix would even be further. So I'm hoping to hold off as much as possible. Oh yes, and I also had another appt. yesterday. We were suppose to go to a meeting Thursday evening, but it was cancelled because so many people who live north of us couldn't make it here. The highway has been shut off for the past few days. Today we got up & there was at least 6-7 inches of snow on the ground. My dh went out & shoveled the driveway & I really didn't want him to..our driveway is very steep & I didn't want to see him fall. He went any way & did get the driveway finished. It has been raining & slightly snowing all afternoon. Paul went out to get the paper tonight & forgot he had his slippers on & nearly slid down the driveway because the driveway is now a sheet of ice. That's about all that has been happening here. Nothing exciting. (Today is Friday, BTW.) ~J in AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:15 AM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Gorgeous Day > Today os absolutely a perfect one. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the > blue sky. It rained and we had thunderstorms yesterday afternoon, and > heavy rain last night. I just heard that we had 2.something...inches > last night.I know I was up at 1:30 and the sidewalks were rivers. > Prayers go out for the people in the bad weather, like mud slides, being > evacuated from their homes, and of course the poor people of Haiti, that > survived. Prayers for you, and hubby, Paula. > Have a great day. I am trying to wash and cook collards, and make > cornbread, then off to nursing home with a bowl of them. Time to take > his week's ensure. Stella > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thank you for the update ,Paula. Linda,keep us posted ------Original Message------ From: *paula* Sender: [email protected] To: SOUTHERN CHAT ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] 2nd quick note Sent: Jan 22, 2010 06:30 Hello all.... just to let y'all know hubby is off the ventilator and is doing well. Still in intensive care but things are progressing as they should. thanks for all the prayers and words of encouragement..... I'm staying at the hospital as much as possible. hugs and smoochies to all *paula* ------------------------------- 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 Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Hello all.... just to let y'all know hubby is off the ventilator and is doing well. Still in intensive care but things are progressing as they should. thanks for all the prayers and words of encouragement..... I'm staying at the hospital as much as possible. hugs and smoochies to all *paula*