October 26th

I knew when we started singing at the nursing home that sooner or later the residents would die. Knowing that and living that are very different. Mother and I attended a funeral yesterday for a true character. She was 91 and still loved to go fishing. She generally knew all of the "gossip"; meaning that she kept up with the health concerns of people in town as well as the residents. She had no children of her own but enjoyed my granddaughters on our weekly visits. I missed her today when we went to sing.
Tomorrow we will attend another funeral. Ivy didn't automatically join us when we first started to come to sing. I didn't realize it at the time but she was very shy. Her eyes had dimmed with cataracts. Slowly she came around and was usually waiting for us in the dining room when we arrived. If the girls weren't with us she wanted to know why. One day I told her that Emily had an earache. She asked if she could pray for her. When she finished her prayer she told me that she didn't pray for just anybody. It became our habit that when we sang IN THE GARDEN I would walk over to Ivy's wheelchair and hold her hand. Her hands were soft in stark contrast to mine. I have spent too many years not wearing gloves whether I was working with tools, chemicals or detergents but she didn't complain when she held my hand to her cheek.
I wonder if any of the people know how much they give me?

Thanks Microsoft!

I have not been able to post for several weeks. Part of it was because of the show in Wichita Falls but the rest is because of INTERNET EXPLORER 7. Have you "upgraded" yet? I would not have because I normally use Foxfire as my default browser. I use Incredimail to keep up with my email since I have more than one email account and I can use a preview window. I don't remember what I was doing ( MSN IM? )but as I was logging in a window appeared saying the if I wanted to continue I had to upgrade to Windows Live. After the UPgrade I was unable to access anything that required me to login. I couldn't get my Hotmail from any browser including Incredmail. I couldn't login to any of my accounts like eBay, Google, Yahoo Groups. The worst thing was that I couldn't check the substitute teacher website for work. After 2 weeks of scans, Live Q&A and DIY help websites I am able to get my mail, check for work and do most of the things I normally do. It's not 100%. I am still told that I am "unauthorized" to get my hotmail through Incredimail. I seems that all of the problems stem from a connectivity problem with IE 7. HMMMMMM......Live Q&A doesn't have any answers. For now, I am connected and back on the internet.