Did you get a new computer for Christmas?

The new girl in the office asks: My LAPTOP COMPUTER IS LOCKED UP, CAN YOU HELP?
Dilbert replies: REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO HOLD IT UPSIDE DOWN AND SHAKE IT TO
REBOOT.
New girl: Oh, THAT'S RIGHT.
Dilbert: I WONDER IF SHE'LL EVER REALIZE WE GAVE HER AN ETCH-A-SKETCH.!

A Lighter Touch

Someone has quipped: I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

A Senior Moment

Carol Soderquist forwarded this wonderful note to me a while back.
"I received these words in a letter from Ingafrid, a mentor in the faith in Sweden. She and her husband are getting 'up there' in years, and she was describing their limitations of eyesight, etc. She said, "...we ae goriwng old and incapacitated. That means that we have to hand back by and by the gifts and abilities we have had on loan for so many years. And we have to say, 'thank you for the time we've had them'." What a blessing to know someone like this in whom His Spirit has been working for so long."
In this time of our lives, may we cheerfully surrender these gifts, and
pray for our continuing stewardship of all that God has given.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

It is as though we have been catapulted into the next year of our lives! On December 10, my husband was recovering from a bad cold, and when he tried to get up, he fell. 911 was called and
the firemen came. It was a friendly moment in the midst of the crisis when a couple of the firemen recognized David from the Community College Fitness Center! He is so social and talks to everyone..(ask me about it sometime). Five days at Mayo Hospital, then 3 and a half weeks at the Scottsdale Life Care Center - now home for two weeks. Life goes on and we thank the Lord with all our hearts for the loving support of family and friends. I am going to attach a photo of David in his new recliner.

Sweet Monday

At the recent Leadership Seminars at Pine Valley, we talked about reaching our own neighborhood with friendship and the love of Jesus. A few years ago, I happened upon an article called SWEET MONDAYS. I learned a stay at home Mom had been with Campus Crusade for years, but now at home with her child, prayed for ways to connect with neighbors. Her story has become a classic example of creativity and joyful outreach. Go to http://www.sweetmonday.com/ and check out how Kim Newlen's recipe for an all-gal, dessert get together at her home has spun off SWEET MONDAYS all over the place. email me if you can't connect with her website.

My sister in law has had great fun creating these important signs. I gave one to Pat for her birthday....she had just finished telling us about how she was complaining to the Lord and to all who would listen of the tough time she was having 'TRANSITIONING"....Let me know if you would like one for $3.00 -- perhaps we could make it a missions project -- is there anyone who doesn't need it occasionally?

Here is a trio playing DRESS UP at the KING AND I Retreat....