Believe it or not, you can read this.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearc at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Kayla - Congratulations - very exciting news!
Mom - I hope you start feeling better soon. I know it's been a huge disruption and will continue to be a difficult adjustment. We will keep praying and hope you will feel more at peace as time goes on.
We give dinner next Sunday (Nov. 2). Everyone is invited to come help and have breakfast with us!
Tim is a new Roanoke Rotary member. He donned his hat and went and cooked ham and bean soup and chile this morning at the IGA. He says "it wears a guy out standing out there in the cold stirring a pot of soup!"
Mom - I hope you start feeling better soon. I know it's been a huge disruption and will continue to be a difficult adjustment. We will keep praying and hope you will feel more at peace as time goes on.
We give dinner next Sunday (Nov. 2). Everyone is invited to come help and have breakfast with us!
Tim is a new Roanoke Rotary member. He donned his hat and went and cooked ham and bean soup and chile this morning at the IGA. He says "it wears a guy out standing out there in the cold stirring a pot of soup!"
Friday, October 24, 2008
I think you might enjoy this song from a high school program:
http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
Thursday, October 23, 2008
We are not the best Bloggers are we!
Dear Family, I think we are not the best bloggers in the world. I check in everyday but don't write often. Maybe we could all try harder to at least say hello once in a while. Just to let all of you know that I am planning on having Thanksgiving here. I will let everyone know details soon. Most of you know Mom is not feeling as well as could be. She is having a hard time getting used to her new home. I hope she knows how much we all pray for her and love her. I'm sure it will get better as time goes on but right now she needs our support more than ever. As for news in our family, Kayla got accepted into the school of radiology at OSF today. We are very excited for her. She graduates from ICC in December and starts at OSF in January.
Love,
Eileen
Love,
Eileen
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
I'm Back on Line
Dear Family,
They finally got my DSL running today. I hope all are doing well. Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon we are going to have the house open for anyone to come pick out things that they want. I hope all will come for there is a lot there for the picking. Most of the furniture is gone except some end tables, lamps and the stove in the basement and the microwave.
It still doesn't seem quite like home. here yet. A lot of things are in the basement and I can't bring them up but I have the things I really need. Don't have any pictures up yet. I need Eldon and Sue to help me do some of that. Everyone is so busy with their own things and I hate to always ask for help. Love to all of you. Mom
They finally got my DSL running today. I hope all are doing well. Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon we are going to have the house open for anyone to come pick out things that they want. I hope all will come for there is a lot there for the picking. Most of the furniture is gone except some end tables, lamps and the stove in the basement and the microwave.
It still doesn't seem quite like home. here yet. A lot of things are in the basement and I can't bring them up but I have the things I really need. Don't have any pictures up yet. I need Eldon and Sue to help me do some of that. Everyone is so busy with their own things and I hate to always ask for help. Love to all of you. Mom
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
ENJOY! (I copied & pasted from an e-mail forward)
Take the very simple question of, Why did the chicken cross the road?...And ask people why it did it...Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the roadbecause it was time for change! The chicken wantedchange!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossedthe road because he recognised the need to engagein cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens onthe other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, Ipersonally helped that little chicken to cross the road.This experience makes me uniquely qualified toensure right from Day One! that every chicken in thiscountry gets the chance it deserves to cross the road.But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why thechicken crossed the road. We just want to know if thechicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chickenis either for us or against us. There is no middle roadhere.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
SARAH PALIN: Where's MY gun? That chicken'sgot no choice!
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, youcan clearly see the satellite image of the chickencrossing the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with thatchicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chickencross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrongroad to cross, and I was misled about the chicken'sintentions. I am not for it now, and will remain againstit.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that thischicken won't realize that he must first deal with theproblem on this side of the road before it goes afterthe problem on the other side of the road. What weneed to do is help him realize how stupid he's actingby not taking on his current problems before addingnew problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken ishaving problems, which is why he wants to cross thisroad so bad. So instead of having the chicken learnfrom his mistakes and tak e falls, which is a part oflife, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he canjust drive across the road and not live his life like therest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason tobelieve there is a chicken, but we have not yet beenallowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the roadbecause he's guilty ! You can see it in his eyes andthe way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent,hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warnme which way that chicken was going. I had astanding order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggswhen the price dropped to a certain level. No littlebird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did hecross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed theroad, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay!Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why theycall it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken isgay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay,too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort outthis abomination that the liberalmedia whitewashes with seeminglyharmless phrases like 'the other side.'That chicken should not be crossingthe road. It's as plain and as simpleas that.
EVERYONE'S GRANDPA: In myday we didn't ask why the chickencrossed the road. Somebody told usthe chicken crossed the road, andthat was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In afew moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell,for the first time, the heartwarming story of how itexperienced a serious case of molting, and went onto accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to crossthe road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in theworld crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008,which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, fileyour important documents, and balance yourcheckbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part ofeChicken2008. This new platform is much morestable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really crossthe road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one???
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the roadbecause it was time for change! The chicken wantedchange!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossedthe road because he recognised the need to engagein cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens onthe other side of the road.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, Ipersonally helped that little chicken to cross the road.This experience makes me uniquely qualified toensure right from Day One! that every chicken in thiscountry gets the chance it deserves to cross the road.But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why thechicken crossed the road. We just want to know if thechicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chickenis either for us or against us. There is no middle roadhere.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
SARAH PALIN: Where's MY gun? That chicken'sgot no choice!
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, youcan clearly see the satellite image of the chickencrossing the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with thatchicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chickencross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrongroad to cross, and I was misled about the chicken'sintentions. I am not for it now, and will remain againstit.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that thischicken won't realize that he must first deal with theproblem on this side of the road before it goes afterthe problem on the other side of the road. What weneed to do is help him realize how stupid he's actingby not taking on his current problems before addingnew problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken ishaving problems, which is why he wants to cross thisroad so bad. So instead of having the chicken learnfrom his mistakes and tak e falls, which is a part oflife, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he canjust drive across the road and not live his life like therest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason tobelieve there is a chicken, but we have not yet beenallowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the roadbecause he's guilty ! You can see it in his eyes andthe way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent,hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warnme which way that chicken was going. I had astanding order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggswhen the price dropped to a certain level. No littlebird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did hecross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed theroad, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay!Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why theycall it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken isgay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay,too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort outthis abomination that the liberalmedia whitewashes with seeminglyharmless phrases like 'the other side.'That chicken should not be crossingthe road. It's as plain and as simpleas that.
EVERYONE'S GRANDPA: In myday we didn't ask why the chickencrossed the road. Somebody told usthe chicken crossed the road, andthat was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In afew moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell,for the first time, the heartwarming story of how itexperienced a serious case of molting, and went onto accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to crossthe road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in theworld crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008,which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, fileyour important documents, and balance yourcheckbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part ofeChicken2008. This new platform is much morestable and will never reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really crossthe road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one???
Monday, September 15, 2008
New Career - Fitness Model
Check out www.snapfitness.com/results and see the beginning of my career as a fitness model. I received a $35 gift card for my efforts. Photo by Staci!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I Did It,
Dear Family,
Well I now own a duplex across from the nursing home. My address will be 1008A Davison St.Tomorrow the for sale sign goes up in my front yard. I think I feel better about it since all the papers are signed and I know it is really happening. I need help deciding what to take, pack and move and then dispose of the rest of it. I hope we have good luck selling the house and it doesn't just sit here for a long time. I need your support and prayers. Love to all, Mom and Grandma
Dear Family,
Well I now own a duplex across from the nursing home. My address will be 1008A Davison St.Tomorrow the for sale sign goes up in my front yard. I think I feel better about it since all the papers are signed and I know it is really happening. I need help deciding what to take, pack and move and then dispose of the rest of it. I hope we have good luck selling the house and it doesn't just sit here for a long time. I need your support and prayers. Love to all, Mom and Grandma
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