11/06/09 Cooking' Seniors Chat

• Good Morning!

• Boy, I sure am thankful I did not have the problems with Mom’s clothes when she was in the NH.  But the main reason was the woman that had done Mom and Roy’s clothes for years knew the women that worked in the laundry.  She let it be known if anything was missing they would answer to her.  So Mom never lost a thing!!

• I read on the Treasure Mania board on Facebook that Monday it was changing.  Who knows if it is the truth or not but I kinda hope it is.  For all my Facebook buddies, please start playing it is a lot of fun and the ones of us that do could use all the digger friends we can get!

• Thought for the Day-Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things ..*Unknown

• Today is National Oatmeal Day. Oatmeal began to be eaten as a hot breakfast porridge in Scotland, and most of the ways we eat oatmeal in this country are similar to the Scottish recipes. There are two kinds of oatmeal, both from the same grain. Steel-cut oatmeal--made by chopping the grains--is preferable, but takes longer to cook. Rolled oatmeal is made by steaming the grains, then squashing them between rollers. Some nourishment and flavor are is lost in that process, but it's so much more convenient that it dominates the market.
  
   
• Since oats are historically grown in cold areas, that's where you find most oatmeal. The competition from grits as the preferred hot cereal in the South adds to the relative rarity of oatmeal there. However, everybody makes and eats oatmeal muffins and cookies, especially since the discovery that they lower cholesterol.

• Special hugs and prayers for Cats, Anne, Sherry and Odell, Betty, Gat and Jeanette, Grace, Cilla, Mabel, Merle and Sally and Colleen.

• And Don’t Forget the basket!! Keep it full of extra hugs and prayers for all that need them!!

• Remember the group prayer! “Heavenly Father, we ask that you watch over and care for all Cookin’ Seniors and those they love as they go about their day!!”

• Waves and hugs to all!!

• Zora

• Hugs and prayers for all the people killed and wounded at Ft. Hood today and their families.

• I sure hope everybody sleeps better tonight.  It seems like insomnia is going around.

• Randi-That is a good thing for everybody to have if they or anyone they know goes in a nursing home. 

• Now I am going to bed!! I do hope all of you are there too or will be there soon and SLEEP!!

• Hugs

• Zora  

Good morning I hope like me you have slept better. I am sadened to hear about the shootings at Ft hood, and add my blessings to all the family and friends involved

Tippy hope the party goes well tomorrow.

Cilla loved your siggy yesterday.

Beverly thanks for sharing the humming birds, it is lovely.

Today i must catch up on jobs here,i also need to take a birthday card to a friend at the place i worked. My Ds MIL is doing well and should be home on Sunday or Monday.I heard from my Ds she lives in Canada she goes into hospital on Monday for a week to have tests to see why she has so many seizures and then to find out if she can have a op to help her, some days she has lots.

I got Dad some more T-shirts last night. Will wait some to see IF they find any of his clothes…I doubt it. Eddy said someone (never identified themselves) called from the Haven. He told them I was on my way there. They said they would call me in Dad’s room…NEVER heard from any one!! Wonder if they will try again…. 

So sad about the situation at Ft. Hood. I have a friend that lives near there. I sure hope Anita wasn't on base (her DH is retired Army)...don't know if I can reach her...will have to try....

 I have made a decision about the secretary position in the coin club. I will not be taking it again next year. I am tired and with gas going up again…it’s hard for us to make that long trip. We will go when we want to…we will still be members but won’t go each month. I know some will not like it but no one is paying our bills…so…. 

Good Morning all,

A warm 29 out... Brr. Now I don't want to hear any body copmplaing about its too hot.  No no.

Good Morning all,

                   I hope all who had the wide awake     

                   syndrome  got some sleep last night.

                   DH doing o.k. we are taking it one day at a time. 

                      Sugar very high but I think mainly that is a result of the The

                       medication he is on now.  Sigh He said he feels like pitching

                       Idea though.

                      Cilla and all who were talking about the loss

                     of clothes in nursing home it was the opposite

                     with my Mom.

                       Almost every time my sis went there she 

                        said our Mom had some nice newer   clothes 

                       hanging in her Closet. She would ask whose

                           these are. They always told her they

                        All the help there were very good to Mom and one particular woman who sort of took my Mother

                        Under her wing.  Then after Mom was there for about a year and half the lady was killed in a traffic

                         accident going home from work. Only about 2 mile from the nursing home.   Very sad as she

                        was a wonderful caring person to work with all of the confused ones.

                        For some reason my word doesn’t want to work right so will close for now and figure that out.

                         Didn’t lose power in house but for some reason yesterday everything on computer that needed   

                         A password to open I had to put in again.  Good thing I had them all written down...

                       Every site I had ever gone to I had to redo.    Gremlins at work.

Wow my word sure did a number on this post. 

I tried to edit my post to make it  more easy to read but  to no avail.  sorry about that. 

I'm just going to slip in and add my urgency to pray for everyone involved (in any way) to the tradedy at Ft. Hood.

I'm waiting to hear from my nephew and his wife (stationed in Hawaii now) as they were heavily involved in just about every aspect of life on that base for many years and still have so many friends and contacts there. I'm sickened and saddened.

Also got a call last night that our Pastor's 5 year old granddaughter was being rushed, by ambulance, to the hospital in serious condition from the H1N1 virus. Please, please, if you are a praying person, keep them in your prayers.

I will just wave softly to everyone and give out hugs where needed.

Tippy

tippytoes:

Please, please, if you are a praying person, keep them in your prayers.

I will light a candle and ask the Goddess to watch over them. H1N1 scares me even more when children are stricken.

Good morning -

Glad to see yu back, Zora, & thanks for opening each day (night?)

Computer tech was here (again) yesterday, and now it's a matter of getting used to this new machine.  The vision keyboard is very easy to adapt to...so far, so good!  I notice that the keys are a little stiffer, but that's minor.  Yay!

Cilla, your coin club decision sounds like the right one. 

Beverly, thank goodness you are there for your DGC. 

Yesterday was pecicure day...whew!  I am thankful for willing helpful friends and people with good eyesight in my life! 

And now I'm off to make some old fashioned oatmeal.  Guess I'll have to plan ahead for some steel cut, though.  It's been a while since I made that.

Waves & hugs for All - Helen

Tippy, will keep that precious 5 yr old in my prayers. I have a friend in Jacksonville that her DGS had swine flu. Thank God no one else in the family got it!! He has gotten over it, thank goodness.

, I won’t complain about our mid-70º temps…*ducking* so she can’t hit me!!! LOL  Hugs to your DH…some meds do make your sugar go high…not good. Continuing to pray for his recovery.

Beverly, what a gift!! But when you need it, you NEED it!!! LOL It’s great that your DGS has you for safety reasons but the memories you are making with him are priceless!!

Helen, glad that the new keyboard is helping you.

Good morning all.  The day started around here as it usually does with a big bowl of oatmeal.  Love the stuff, today I put some raisins in it.

There's hammering going on outside my door, hope that he gets the ramp all framed today so the inspector can do his thing later and then the decking can go on and we'll be all set.

This darn flu stuff is sure making the rounds.  Little redhead and her big sister are both down with it.  Love my grands, but I'm staying away.

Back to that class website, it is still making me take a time out while it catches up with me.  Sure wish it didn't do that.  Take care all.  Pat

Then, the social worker called and they have found most all of Dad’s clothes!! So I will check when I get up there. I told her about the Office Mgr and how rude she was…she had been told about me not being happy about that…well, duh!!! She said that the therapists said he could be discharged on Thursday so really they should not have called!! Duh!! The right hand does NOT know what the left hand is doing!! So I am much happier now!! Now, I need to get ready (been on the phone all day!!) to go see Dad and tell him!!! Sis has a call into the Nurse Practitioner to ask medical stuff…maybe things will settle down some….but I am telling Dad he will HAVE to go to exercise class each morning…he has to get involved at Carpenter’s Creek.

I sent an email to the officers of the Coin Club informing them I would not be taking the Secretary position next year. Just wanted to let them know before hand and to give me some *back up*!! So I will stand firm!! LOL