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[johoward]

The wake is over.  Debbie did a great job.  Mary surprised her by inviting about 25 people who were not on the guest list and who had not RSVP'd.  Debbie was shocked and afraid we would run out of everything including space.  However we lucked out in every way and all had a pleasant experience for such a sad occasion.
 Debbie's good friends Chris and Luann provided some appropriate background music on their guitars and singing.  Mary and Debbie spoke of John's impact on their lives and the loss they are feeling.
So I will say CUL EV1 GBU, John, Joan, and Ukraine.

[calhound]

hi you guys its 27 here 38 light rain in longyear 45 light rain in ice and 50 in the barn

hi joho yes sound like debbie did a great job. 25 people seems like alot to me but everything went okay. nice so many came really. im sorry i forgot what did john die from? yes very sad. you did a great job too. when we came home friday from picking up our taxes looked up at electric pole and there was an bald eagle sitting on top of it

hi paulie it suppose to get up to 50 today and rest of the week still lots of snow around here so it should melt my feral kitty will like that she does not like getting her paws wet jim shoveled her a path from her dog house back behind propane tank and i shoveled sidewalk and front porch where her other dog house it. 

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[johoward]

4:52  Finally got to do it.  Been running around today., and watching PBS a lot. 
Went to see Bonnie.  Had a good visit.  On way, I stopped at the pancake breakfast, at the deer field, at the car wash, and at the grocery store.  I had to get some Reese cups for Bonnie.  Was in a new store for me.  Found quite a few items that I thought were fair priced house brands.  I will try them.  If I like them I will get more.  It is an IGA store.  The normal brands were all priced very high.  You know like $7 for Hellmann's Mayo, Dietz lunchmeat $12 a pound, etc.
John died expectantly of "natural causes".  His heart just stopped.  He was found in bed and looked quite normal.  Just wasn't breathing.  He was a good man.  He gave me three grand children and four reat grandsons so far.
Now I will say good night.  GBU

[calhound]

hi you guys its 38 here 26 in longyear 36 cloudy in ice

hi joho well john went a pretty peaceful way and sooner or later we all have to go.  i remember IGA store use to have one in excelsior but shut down long ago. i never shopped there much. so nice you saw bonnie and got her reese cups. i am sure she enjoyed both seeing you and her candy.

hi paulie

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[johoward]

Lost it again.  I think it was about 5:15 or so.
 Been dealing with Shannon's Federal Student Loan account.  It is awful to communicate with them.  Finally got a call back from Tennessee from a person who believed me that I am who I say I am.  That was a true blessing.  She was very competent and well versed.  I could not do what I wanted.  Which was to get all communication in writing on paper.  She said I needed to get Shannon to create an on line account, and then get her to change to paper.
 I don't think I pushed hard enough.  After all some people just do not have access to computers etc.  Darn, I wish I had thought of that then.  Darn!!!!
Well Shannon dose feel good on line. So I will just try again to get her going.
Thanks for the dog shame.  I shared it with several people.  They all liked it.
GBU EV1.

[calhound]

hi you guys its 37 here 35 in longyear38 and snowing in ice 50 in the barn

hi joho i dont like to have to deal with stuff like that student loan i got a message before said someone from somewhere wanted to talk to me about my student loan well i did not call that back and deleted it i read stuff online on total knee replacement i am still unhappy having to stay overnight and i want jim to check with our insurance people at ford if overnight is covered and if doctor should double cross me and try for 2 nights i am betting insurance will not cover two night unless life or death if that is true then i will be going home next day like buzzard said doctors are not in charge of that kind of stuff insurance is. i hate ivs always hard to get one started and hurt to have in i hope that i will not wear that till i go home. bad enough to have to get up new knee and try to get to the bathroom fast enough now drag and iv pole too. and what is check out time next day. said pro to going home same day said not catch infection from hospital. so i will be calling that korissa from dr office today oh i have to pick up groceries in an hour i better get moving

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[johoward]

Cal Cal,  you are worrying too much about medical things that I don't even remember, because they were done while I was asleep...  My first post surgery memory was when I awoke and saw my Primary Doctor at the foot of my bed at about 2 AM.  He is my really special friend.
Almost everyone needs to stay over to at least wake up from surgery. My knee was strong and did not hurt, but I was still under the influence for quite a while.  Well until I saw my doctor friend anyway.  I don't know why he was there in the middle of the night, but I was glad to see he was thinking of me.
I am afraid that if things don't go well for you as they did for me I will lose you as a friend.  So I will just say one more time, go with confidence that you will do well.  Now I will keep praying for you to do well and not worry so. You have done your part.  Now let others do theirs.  GBU
I will do the puzzle, but after while. bye now EV1
PS:  Finally got back to do the puzzle.  It took me a little longer due to watery eyes again. The best I could is 6 minutes 28 seconds.  I wish I could think of some very clever comment as did our good friend in Key West.  He was a gem.

[calhound]

joho if things dont go well for me with this surgery you will still be my very good friend!! will not change a thing. i will just think to myself why you *#%    i cant help from worrying about such things how cool your doctor was in your room at 2am i do not know if dr niemann will be i will tell jim cause it takes me a very long time to wake up from that stuff too to just go home take care of all the kids they will be upset wondering where is my lunch where is my dinner where is my mom boo hoooooooooo. maybe he can go home come back but i hate for him to have to do that. i want him to give me my ipad when i wake up i will put in my bed with me. i want my socks on would like to have my shoes on too just leave them on. i am ordering a deal that you put your foot thru and the lift it up with these handles. going to order a reacher so i can reach dog pans and stuff got an extra long shoe horn today just getting stuff as far as a walker i got them here and there and been using one for along time been handicap so no stranger to that. i went to harps and my friend john said he is going to va this thursday to talk about his total knee replacement i told him i am getting one in april he ask who i was using i told him told i am getting robotic  one told him about how well you did john is 77 he goes alot does lots of stuff like you he is my friend i did not go in last week when it was zero and -8 he was worried about me so was heidi and kelli john he calls me darlin i use to call grizzie that i would say i love you my darlin and griz would smile at me and get all wiggle like he loved me calling him that he was my darlin too.....when he was a puppy like 9 weeks old i took him with me when i went to see my mom. he looked at my mom and with those eyes and face and my mom said oh give him to me!! mom hugged that boy and held him tight                                                                 

[paulie]

hi paulie it suppose to get up to 50 today and rest of the week still lots of snow around here so it should melt my feral kitty will like that she does not like getting her paws wet jim shoveled her a path from her dog house back behind propane tank and i shoveled sidewalk and front porch where her other dog house it. 

Hi cal, Oh my 50 degree temp sounds nice. Good to melting snow for sure. Your feral kitty is lucky to have a two houses at different locations to snuggle up in. Lucky kitty! 

Hi johoward

[johoward]

Hi you guys.  It is a very warm day here today, so Paulie should be warm tomorrow..  I rode my bike a little, and did not need a jacket.  Still some piles of rotten snow, but all the ice is gone.  Suppose to rain for a few days.  It will be nice to have everything rinsed off.  Went to Walmart at 5:30 to get a chicken for dinner.  They were washing up the chicken area and all were gone.  I asked the door guy when do I need to get there for a chicken.  He stands next to the chicken place.  He said they had some when he got there at 2PM.  I told him that is a little early for dinner.
So I got some cheap but tasty Italian bread and on the way out I grabbed a big box of Raman.  It is chicken flavored they say. It was ok though because I really went there for two c size batteries and a bag of cereal.
I took a peak at the deer pantry and the snowman.  Nothing on Snow, but about 30 or 40 deer on Pantry.
Good night now and GBU

[calhound]

hi you guys its 49 here 38 in longyear 37 and rain in ice 52 in the barn i saw on my local weather i think starting thursday after sunset can see 7 planets lined up

hi joho at harps i can buy fried chicken at 7 am they also have fried catfish i think and sandwiches and stuff. when i went in there in the afternoon with jim i saw big boxes of chicken ready to go men at deep fryers cooking away. they have a bakery right there too all kinds of stuff i hope ukraine is making a good deal trump not offering any protection from putin and sure he will strike again but eu will offer some protection. so i dont know. making a deal with trump i would not  make a  deal with putin same thing would not i saw voting against putin a war criminal at UN was usa north korea iran and russia  my dad my grandpa fought for our freedom people are fighting back

hi paulie the snow is almost all gone but lots of mud we need gravel in our driveway and where i park my sisters car i took food out to my feral cat did not have fancy feast just regular can cat food and some dry and she gave me a look. i said you eat that i am heading to the barn when i get back i will get you something better so she ate little of that i went in got fancy feast and real chicken i bought at harps she gobbled that down. im happy the temps went up for her and all the wildlife and that furnace in the barn. joho is right you should be getting these warm temp maybe today

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[johoward]

6:42  Good morning all.  Nice warm, but cloudy day today.  If rain lets me I will ride a little again.  Not much else to talk about.  Bears are all still sleeping I guess.  The deer are slowly coming to the Pantry.  The eagles are all incubating.  The falcons are still MIA for the Winter.  I think the dog shame is cute.  Thanks Cal.
Hi PA Paulie. Hope you have some warm weather today.  I just took a look at the Warren PA Cams.  There is still a lot of snow on the grassy areas.  I will look again tomorrow.  I have spent a lot of fun time in Warren in the distant past.  I like to look in on the cams now and then to reminisce. Plus my bank is Northwest Savings Bank.  They bought out my local long time bank a few years ago.  Northwest's main office is in Warren. Just FYI.  The area around Warren holds a many precious memories for me. Starting in my teens when my Dad took us to Hunting Valley Lodge in Althom for our Summer vacation.  Later my new bride, Joan, and I spent our 3 day honeymoon at this lodge in Althom.  The lodge was owned by the Grandfather of one of my classmates.  Also, his dad worked with my dad in Cleveland.  I love that area along the Allegheny.
OK, now I will say CUL EV1 GBU

[calhound]

hi you guys its 38 here clear 37 cloudy in longyear 39 am snow in ice and 50 in the barn.  i went in the barn little before 3am after i fed my feral kitty she was waiting for me at the door mess in the barn buckets over holes dug by water bowls so had to start by cleaning all that up 3 raccoonies in there wanting a treat well you have to wait till i clean up your mess. indy having a fit well you have to wait too lucy flying down there okay i will go fed lucy.

hi joho i did not really like the name hunting valley lodge. you know i do not like hunting. all the snow is gone here is yours? did you get out and ride some yesterday? why are the falcons missing do you mean the GPB falcons? i have not been to that cam for quite awhile. yesterday dr niemanns office called me and setting me up for my CT she said all i got is friday at 7;30 am i said i will take it i get up real early she said had to be there at 7am and main doors do not open till 7 am i said okay so jim will take me friday to that. i am dreading getting this surgery just want to get it over and be home.

hi paulie i saw on the weather channel PA is getting some rain in places.



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[johoward]

5:29  Could have been faster, but I was Googling Hunting Valley Lodge to see if any pictures would show it had little to do with hunting.  It was a large farmhouse surrounded by a ring of cabins at the foot of a mountain.  Very close to the Allegheny river, very peaceful and scenic.  They are a thing of the past now.  Nothing at all remains there, except in my memory.  Very good memories of vacations with my Dad, and later with my brother's family, and of course my honeymoon with Joan.
  It is in Althom PA. FYI.  Althom is just a tiny cluster of cottages on a dirt road, but it does show up on Google. I don't think it has a zip code.
Snow is all gone and even some rain has washed off the streets too.  Need to go to Marc's for some bread and other stuff on sale.  Then I will take papers to my tax guy.
Bye for now.  GBU all. 

[paulie]

Good Morning,

Hi johoward, PA Paulie here.  Yes it was warm yesterday. Thanks for sending my way!
Aww to your reminiscing. You have wonderful memories from childhood then adult life and your Joan.
Warren is really 'up there' near Erie. I googled 'photos of Althom PA'. Lots of photos. It looks like a very pretty peaceful area.

Hi cal, Oh my your feral cat is lucky! Fancy Feast and chicken! She's not planning to go anywhere! Lol

Your cleaning up your barn had you busy this morning.
Yes to rain in my area today and where cabin is located too.

Oh! That reminds me. We went to cabin last weekend. We knew there was snow but didn't know about all the ice under it.
I posted a story about it in Cheers if you want to read it or comment. You're both always welcome in Cheers. Everyone is.

RRP is one big family. 

I wish you both a pleasant day.