Lois Laverty's 80th birthday concert reception

Unfortunately I didn't get any non-blurry photos of Lois. She kept moving. The rest of the photos are here.

The cake was excellent as was the concert beforehand!

New leaf

The little upper leaf is actually greener than the photo shows. This plant has had only the stem and the leaf on the left for several years. Suddenly the new leaf appeared a few weeks ago. I think I brought this home when Mom died and that's all there was to it. I water it every once in awhile and now - a new leaf. There is always hope.

Friday cat blogging, Part 2

Two of the three hostesses for my visit to NJ last weekend. First is the kitten Kippi.

Then the doyenne Tzaki.

Friday cat blogging, Part 1

This beautiful feline is Precious Rose. She belongs to the nice lady who tries to repair the damage that headquarters does to Ferrellgas's image.

Margaret and Helen

This is one of my most favorite blogs. She sure tells it like it is, regardless of how others think it might be. Check out Margaret and Helen.

Friday shuffle

1. Stoned Soul Picnic - 5th Dimension
2. Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient
3. Today - Smashing Pumpkins
4. You're Gonna Be - Reba McEntire
5. Beautiful Girl Polka
6. The Letter - The Box Tops
7. Got to be There - Michael Jackson
8. Serenade from The Student Prince - Zamfir
9. Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
10. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

Ferrellgas update - updated

Within a few hours of my original post, a Ferrellgas representative named Jim commented on the post. Via email I said I would be willing to talk to a Customer Service person. Mandy called this morning. She was very pleasant and helpful. The charges have been removed from my account. She suggested what I should do. I agreed to stay with Ferrellgas for now. I also suggested they read the comments.

She is a cat person so she will also check my blog.

Update: The Ferrellgas man came and checked my tanks. Moved them to comply with the law. Showed me how to determine how much gas remains. Said good things about Mandy and her boss. I'm pleased.

Ferrellgas charges for not using enough propane

This outfit bought out my bottled gas supplier years ago. I haven't used much propane lately because my oven died a year ago. Today I received a bill for $60.60 apparently for not using their gas fast enough. There is a tank rent fee for 10.60 for a year and a No Usage Fee 1.00 ea of $50. I'm using the gas - just not fast enough for them. Needless to say I called and told them to pick up the tanks. That is insane. I wouldn't mind the tank rental fee but the 50 is ridiculous. AND they will not compensate me for the gas remaining in the tanks. This is not an outfit I care to do business with and neither should you. They said it will take two weeks for them to pick up the tanks. I'll bet they are here today or tomorrow. Fortunately it is easy to change suppliers and I've been contemplating that anyhow. But the toaster oven and the nuker will suffice until that is arranged.

Noisy neighbor

This visitor to the hummer feeder sings loudly when he's here. I love the orioles.

May in New York - Bloggers

Bumperstickers

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Friday cat blogging

Lady eats in her own private dining room - once Tim has abandoned it.

Meanwhile LittleOne watches while Tommie and Tim eat.

Friday shuffle

1. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? - Judy Collins
2. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Stanley Cowell
3. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
4. Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams
5. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
6. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
7. Cloud Nine - Temptations
8. PDQ Bach: The Sanka Cantata
9. California Girls - Beach Boys
10. Schubert: Mass in G, Credo - Shaw/Atlanta

Pay it Forward Day

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Prayers, please - updated

Please keep Eileen (Eak) in your prayers today. She will undergo surgery to remove her thyroid and the cancer around it sometime after noon EDT. The major concern is whether the cancer has spread. Her support team is in place, thank Godde.

Hi, everyone,

Eileen asked me to update you on her surgery today. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, her surgeon reported that the surgery "went perfectly." The full pathology report will be available on Thursday, but his report today was very positive.

Eileen will spend the night in the hospital, and is expected to be discharged tomorrow morning. She plans to lay low for a few days, and will be in touch when she's feeling a little more like herself.

So, according to all reports, all is well. Thank you for thinking about her and praying for her ... it worked.

15,000 views

Many thanks to the person who became the 15,000 visitor to this blog! Nice to know you used Firefox on an Intel Mac!

More Friday cat blogging

Yes, Tim is a fat cat.

This is Lady, the swimming cat.

Dudie enjoys watching.

Friday cat blogging

This just in but, sorry, no new photos. The new cat whom I've named Lady - the bottom one here - swims. The neighbors saw her jump into the lake and swim to some unknown target. Later she sat on the picnic table next door where she seems to live and licked herself dry. She is a feisty, noisy, demanding female wary but unafraid of the rest of the clan. We're all wondering where she came from as she seems to be well fed and healthy and used to people.

Once again the ABC talks about TEC

If ABC Rowan Williams thinks he is seeing clearly the future of the Anglican Communion, he may need new glasses.

I find it symbolic that the "Anglicans" in the Southern Hemisphere plus schismatics from the North are meeting between Easter and Pentecost. That way they minimize the possibility of the as-yet-not-present Holy Spirit influencing their opinions.

Lots of interesting comments on various blogs and Facebook have provided insight on the attempts to "wrest control" of the Anglican Communion from the heretics in the US and Canada. -They worship the institution rather than God. -He supports the quantity of Christians to the quality of Christians. -The bishops believe they should be the final word and have no need for input from the laity. -They want a magisterium without Rome.

The ELCA Lutherans and TEC Episcopalians have decided that Godde loves all Godde's creation and we should not stand in the way of anyone's call to ministry because of sexual preference. The possibility of merging is probably a pipe dream since most Lutherans seem to believe Anglicans have no theology at all. Nevertheless why can't we form a worldwide communion of Christians who may differ in theology but recognize each other as intelligent, sincere followers of Jesus? Porvoo? The concept that our Godde is a loving god who includes rather than one that excludes on manmade prejudice is probably foreign and needed in much of the world.

Spotted on a bumper in Juneau, AK

HT to Andrew Sullivan