It's KETCHUP Time!

Is everbody ready?

That's fabulous, because it's actually CATCH-UP TIME!

OK, everybody together now, 1 - 2 - 3: GROAN!

Yeah, I know, I know! But that's about how I feel after the last couple of days! But more of that later!

By now you've found the photo album and realized it's just an accumulation of all the photos that have appeared in the various blogs (more or less). This way, if you want to look at a particular photo, you don't have to go searching through the different blogs - just check out the album! I just thought it might make it easier to admire the center of attraction (and all this time you thought it was my extraordinary style of prose and whit)!

I'm not totally up on how the album site works yet, so it's just a case of experimentation when it comes to doing things with it! But I'm working on it! Hope you enjoy it!

Anyway, back to merry ol' England (or close anyway)! Danny is in Malta right now, helping the LifeFORCE team get adjusted to a different pace of ministries! He went down last week and should be home tomorrow!

My brother and sister in grandparenting are still (reportedly) having a terrific time! Although Grandpa Dave is still waiting for some warm, dry weather (I can relate to that - anyone else?)! Alycia says that they have discovered the IKEA store, it's within walking distance, and they offer a cheap breakfast with free coffee refills (although the coffee cups are about the size of a child's play-set-sized-tea-cup)!

The Health Services person came the other day and Taylor weighs 9 lbs 2 ozs and is eating (?) constantly! But I'm pretty sure she takes a break now and then!

That's pretty much it from the UK, so I'll tack on the latest pictures (already in the album):

A. Sweet!
A.

B. Sweeter!

B.

C. Sweetest!

C.

A. The Name Says It All!
A.

B. Life Is SO Hard!

B.

C. Aw, My Usual Postion!

C.

This next photo needs a bit of an explanation: it seems Danny has the camera with him in Malta and so when Taylor started to smile, Alycia couldn't use anything else but the camera on Danny's mobile phone! Afterward, when she had more time, Alycia took this picture of the mobile phone! Ingenious and inventive!

A. A Picture To Phone Home About!

A.

And that's it from the UK!

Alrighty, it's later and now I'm going to keep you amused and amazed at the fun(?) and games(?) I had getting the photo album the way it is!

To start with, the album host is 'Picasa', which is inturn hosted by 'Google'. Now, the blog site, 'Blogger', is also hosted by 'Google'. It seems that you can't use different passwords for the different sites as long as your e-mail address is the same! So I used my blog password to set up the album - and 'Google' (being so kind) automatically uploaded all the photos from the blogs into the album! That seem OK and saved some time - until I noticed there were duplicates, and even triplicates, of some photos! That's where the fun started! You cannot delete a photo from the album without having it deleted from the blog! So when I deleted an extra copy of the photo from the album, that photo disappearted from the blog! When I put the picture back in the blog, you guessed it, it was back in the album as another copy - AARRGGHH!

After a few days of playing around with that issue, I got it so I had an album that I could upload to and delete from without affecting any blogs - but now I can't remember how!

RATZZ!

Then, I couldn't get an album for just viewing - it keep showing up with all the 'edit' functions! And I'm not about to let some of you nice folks in on that - sorry, but that's the way the diaper gets changed!

Anyway, after several more attempts (over a few more days) - EUREKA, I HAD IT! But I can't remember how I did that either - DOUBLE RATZZ!

But, there is now a photo album that works (for the moment) and I'll enjoy my success and keep trying!

Now the appearance of this blog will probably not match what I've entered it as, but I'm getting used to that as well!

This experience brought to mind the following Bible verse. It's from the NIV translation of the Holy Bible, from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verse 34:

"THEREFORE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR TOMORROW WILL WORRY ABOUT ITSELF. EACH DAY HAS ENOUGH TROUBLE OF ITS OWN." Undoubtebly, I've taken that quote out of context, but I do not think that's the first time it's happened with the Bible!

Well, I think that's enough for now, so until next time:

REMEMBER - GOD LOVES YOU, AND SO DO MANY, MANY MORE!

IT'S SHOW AND TELL TIME!

They say 1 picture paints a 1,000 words! OK, then get ready to read 19 - 1,000 word (give or take) Chapters in a New Short Novel, about a certain DeLong familly in Wednesbury, West Midland, UK!

1. On Cloud 9!

2. It doesn't look like Mom's; It doesn't feel like Mom's;

and it sure doesn't TASTE like Mom's!

3. A Couple of Busy Bees Getting Some ZZZs!

1 2 3


4. A Winter Wonder Land!

5. Two of MY Favourite Ladies!

6. The Polka Dot Bandit!

4. 5. 6.

7. Very Proud, Very Happy Grandparents!

8. This isn't what I usually get from Mom!

9. Why do I Always Seem to be Sideways?

7. 8. 9.

10. Hey, That's Cheating!

11. This Looks Familiar!

10. 11.

12. I Told You Not To Do That! 13. Aw, Gramma to the Rescue!

12. 13.

14. I'm Warning You!

15. Giggle, Giggle; Tee Hee! Gotcha!

14. 15.

16. All This Work! Of Course I'm Tired!

17. Come Any Closer And I'll Sneeze!

16. 17.

18. Gramma's Getting Good At This!
18.

19. But Dad Wins The Prize!
19.

As far as 'word pictures', you can tell that nobody has really been taking time off! As a matter of fact it's the week of Taylor's first month's check-ups! From what Alycia says, everything is going great and all's well in every department! It's the samo-samo, everyday routine of mostly mayhem and panic, interseeded with brief spurts of chaos! But they do have a fair sized fan-club to keep happy - don't they!

There will be, no doubt, more and more as time goes on! If some of you worry about how much sleep Taylor's getting - don't! Having heard (and been there - got a few T shirts), in a few days, weeks, months, years, decades, these times will be remembered with fondness. It seems just like yesterday when I was in one or two of Alycia's present positions ... enough of those thoughts, I leave them for some dark and stormy night!

One thing that I will admit now is how much Alycia must have worked over the years to put all her blogs together - especially with so much more going on! Having been doing this blog for the last couple of months, I think she's got the easy part now!

To those of you who enjoy the efforts - ENJOY THEM MORE!

So until next time, REMEMBER: GOD LOVES YOU!

What Country Are We In Today? OR Is There Anybody Home At Your Place?

I thought it might be time for me to check on a couple of things before someone else checks on a couple of things! Not about anyone in The U.K., but for someone here in Canada!


I could get morbid and ask about the Donner Party, but that could be closer to what's been happening to me this last week and a half! OK, OK! I got morbid! - maybe a little gross as well - sorry, but I'm having trouble thinking straight! Better stop now before I dig it to deep!


This has not been a fun few last days - to say the least! On Tuesday, last week, I lost some weight when I feel off of the front stairs! Just a couple of grams of skin and such from the knee and shin on my right leg! Fairly sure I broke a bone (or two) in my left foot, judging from the feelings every time I move the foot - not to mention the swelling and lazy, hazy, colourful shades of spring (or sprung) that covers that part of the left foot!


When I got to see my Dr., he called me a F.O.O.H.S.H. and sent me for some x-rays! For some of you less technically minded F.O.O.H.S.H. stands for 'Fell On Outstreched Hands Sure Hurt' - or something along those general paths of pain!


X-rays came back clear - as in no broken bones in hands! Just very swollen, very little strength, hardly any movement, but lots and lots and lots of shades of blue, black, brown, green, orange and some I didn't recognize!


I had been going out for some groceries and apparently misjudged my first step! It seems that it's Muhamed Ali who floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee - I float like a brick and got all the stings!


It's a good thing I had my Cellphone with me - the place I came down in couldn't be seen from the street because of the snowbank and I don't think anyone around could have helped me up anyway!


Lottsa fun when I called 911 and said I'd fallen down and couldn't get up - not even a chuckle from the operator! Things got better when the EMS ambulance showed up and I ask them if they were " ... going my way?"


I don't know if I had broken a rib bone when I fell, or from when the paramedics lifted me off the gound and onto a chair, but that's when I felt the new pain in the new place! You know - 1 - 2 - 3eee!


Anyway, my Dr gave me a prescription for some heavy-duty pain killers and they seem to be having a side effect on me - and that's for sure, for sure!


There seems to be a the possibilities of hallucinations with these pills and is that a lot of fun! Never know how many faces and such there are in the bathroom floor covering!


Someone has mentioned that there seems to be a more than usual 'fuzzyness' to my speech lately and I seem to have some memory lapses - but I think it's just the patterns in the linoleum flooring!


Anyway, things seem to be getting back to normal (that could be dangerous space) so let's just see what happens as it happens!


Dave got to England on Monday - four days ago already - so everyone there is still busy catching up, down, leftways, rightways, backways, and forways! Alycia had a bit of a head cold so Taylor was "playing with her food for a night or two" which ended up with the laundry machines being put to work once or twice! I havn't got it allright yet, but it will get there - I'll just attach a few more pictures to finish this blog off and then it's off to slumberjay world for me!

So Until next time: REMEMBER, GOD LOVES YOU!