The potluck was a success with many visitors attending. I did have a full plate but there were no large survings just bites of things so I think I did pretty well. The smoked turkey was delightful in taste as well as moistness because they had soaked it in turkey broth. They also had regular turkey but it was a bit dry. We had picked up some food from a friend who could not make it to church for medical reasons and when we got ready to go home, with her dishes and mine too, I forgot to bring my grean beans back with us. Another person found them and said she would bring it to me at the bridal shower that was happening at 2 this afternoon. I went to the shower and got my dish then left my purse on the back of the chair I was sitting on when we left. We called a friend to bring it home to me on her way home but she had already left so we made a trip back to the building to pick up my purse. We hurried home for a zoom meeting we had a 4 and a half hour after we started our electricity went off so that was the end of the meeting. It came back after about an hour. It was raining but not windy so I don't know why it went off. The rain was gentle but did not last long.

Judith - that is nice that your leaves are removed every week with leaf blowers. With the rain that we had, the leaves are really falling fast in our back yard. The company that does our lawn sucks the leaves up with their lawn mower. They come on Thursdays so I hope the leaves are dry enough to suck up. The dinner rolls were all eaten but three. 4 dozen does not last long when there are a lot of people eating them. I will be praying for your appointment for tomorrow that is a continuation of treatment for you.

Susan - Our women in the Bible study group are also planning a Christmas get together. It will be a small group so we are just having snacks and an ornament exchange and games. We have not made plans for the whole Bible study group yet. Last year we did a "nice/useful" white elephant gift exchange. If we do it again, I have things in mind to get rid of again. AI is amazing that it can make papers sound more progessional. Glenn is looking into it to see if it can help him write the book he is working on which is a devotional book that he wrote as well as a book that will be life as a sheepherder and how it applies to the church as God's sheep. I am glad that things are settling down in your household. Having toys to play with does help engage a child's attention. I hope the dogs do not try to "play" with it too. Do they like to chew on things?

Barb - I agree with Susan that is sounds like maybe the tension about your Mom is lifting a bit with rehab being involved. I hope that you get more rain than we did today but any little bit helps. I read in Caring Bridge that HH hurt her wrist when helping transfer 3. She seemed quite discouraged about it. I hope it heals quickly and they can figure out a better way to transfer.

Good Morning. It must be the time of year for church business meetings. We had one on Sunday too. It didn't last but 25 minutes as there was so little to discuss this time. We reviewed the finances and had a vote on a couple of other matters and that was that.

Judith, I do hope your meeting with your Surgeon went well and was more of a discussion than a physical ordeal. Glad you enjoyed Inara's picture. She didn't play with the Village today as she was going to see other family. Oh, it would be lovely to see your church recipes! When you feel up to it, that is. Yes, I am working on those papers. I will do some more today as Inara is gone for a few hours.

Linda, you must have been chuckling at yourself about the green beans and bag, but also feeling a little frustrated! I'm glad all was well and your friends got a chance to help. That's a blessing for them! Now that would be so interesting if AI could help Glenn with his writing. Like him, I would write everything first so my own ideas would come through. (So many young students just get AI to write their papers for them, just giving AI the topic or question 🙄). You always have the power to edit. I believe AI can even recognise a person's style of writing so as not to change his voice. Neat!

Barb, glad to hear your Mom might be doing okay. I know it will be a long road for her in recovery, like it has been for 3. Our bodies need a lot of time to heal, right? Especially from such serious surgeries that they have had. Glad to hear about all the lovely things happening at church with preparing shoe boxes for the children and having some lovely meals planned out. You sure need those sweet breaks from concern and care! I like the idea of a Christmas decoration exchange. It would be fun to do that. One year our ladies bought Christmas socks and stuffed them with goodies for each other. We have had lots of regular gift exchanges, but I think instead of gifts, they are concentrating more on having fun with games this year. There will probably be little prizes for the winners and losers. We'll see what happens soon.

I better go finish posting on other threads and use my few hours of calm wisely. Have a good day, all of you. Look for God's blessings. He showers us with them! 😄💕

Today was a better day. I did not forget and leave anything at any place I went. LOL We went to exercise today and I have been trying different machines to see if I can strengthen my muscles. I have been trying the one where you sit and push with your feet to work on thigh muscles. I may have to stop that one because it does put pressure on my knees and my lower back is hurting tonight. I do not want to get a compression fracture from doing any exercises. My bone scan tells the doctor that I do not have osteoporosis so that is good.

Judith - I prayed today for your apointment. You said that he had a "fair amount" of things the surgeon needed to do. I hope it was not as painful as it has been in the past. I would love it if you put your family cookbook recipies on the recipe thread. I am sure that the recipies are tried and true unlike some of the new ones I try from the internet. Sometimes they do not turn out as successful as they sound. I try to read the comments of those who made the recipe but it still might not fit what we like to eat.

Susan - I am glad that you had some quiet times today with Inara gone to visit family. Just having extra noise in the house can distract me from focusing on things I need to do.

Barb - You said your mom had an infusion shot today. I hope this has a good effect on her. It will be interesting to see what Cher finds when she call tomorrow and gets a report on how your mom is doing. Will they reschedule the care conference? Your last macula therapy is next week and I am praying that they will be seeing the success that they are wanting. Can you tell a difference? I also do not know a lot of the new programs on the computer that they have to help make our lives easier. My job was all computer related so I do know some things but there are also some things I have to ask my grandson about. Of course, he just pushes a few buttons and things magically appear since he grew up using computers. I am glad that HH wrist is feeling better. It is so true that as we reach our 70's and beyond, we can not do as much as we used to do. I don't think I could do as much as you do with 3 but of course we do what we have to do to help our children.