:smirk2:
:sadbounce:
And with that, Seth's heart breaks again....
Awww.
Preach it sista! :great:
Locked 'til time to open.
John :waving:
Seth's Sadness Thread is now open for (monkey) business!
John :bustamove:
I'm at work. Not sure I'm ready for Monday...
I'm supposed to be asleep... But it's not working yet...
A guy at church says sometimes his wife will lie there trying to get to sleep, then say in frustration, "I can't get my brain to turn off!"
Quote from: sunlight on August 19, 2013, 02:23:36 PM
I'm supposed to be asleep... But it's not working yet...
*HUGS*
Speaking of Sunlight - I pass this street every day on the way home from work called "Sunlight Dr".
Makes me think of Chel every time.
I put YouVersion app on my Nook or phone and slide it under my pillow playing the Bible aloud. Helps me when Nathan is snoring like a freight train or my brain is in overdrive.
With reports about having electronic devices possibly causing cancer I have quit putting my phone directly beside me on the bed. It is now at least an arm lengths away on my bookshelf. It and my Kindle.
Went by the YWCA to see if they could renew my gym membership without a huge fee. It's the most convienant location to work. Wanted $130 to essentially resign up. I then felt compelled to go by the gym we had went to for awhile up the road in Abingdon. The lady at first told me we would have to renew both cards [mine and Brandons] and pay for the month we missed. That would have equalled $160. :o She asked why we had missed and in just chatting I mentioned getting sick and what the doctors had said was wrong. I told her I believed God is healing me but I was using wisdom in following the doctors advise. She asked for my number so she could call the owner of the gym and see what she could do. I received a call from her around 30 minutes ago. Our accounts was actually signed up for monthly access instead of an autodraft. Also, given my situation they are allowing me to sign up for a draft account at only $20 a month instead of $40!! :o :clap: Now that is a God thing......
Getting ready to make Brandon chili then off to the gym then zumba class. :cool:
That's nice, Heather. :)
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 19, 2013, 03:35:42 PM
A guy at church says sometimes his wife will lie there trying to get to sleep, then say in frustration, "I can't get my brain to turn off!"
I tell Elona that all the time.
My friend Ann got a letter today from her Dad stating that her mom passed away...10 days ago. She passed on the 9th, the buried her on the 14th and only one out of the three remaining siblings of hers got to attend the funeral. He dad was unable to go cause of sickness and it being in another state.
They informed her this late cause she and her husband recently changed cell phone numbers and no one could get in touch with them.
Please say a prayer for her, she's pretty scrambled right now. I've been over there with her most of the day. I just got back home. :sadbounce:
Morning, all. :hi:
So, did everyone take a vacation this week? It sure is quiet around here...
I'm super duper nervous about speaking tonight. I feel good about the topic but oh let me not pass out or miss say something. LOL
I just got up. Gimme time to assemble my mind. :yawn:
Where is Roscoe? Mini? Seth? Mel? These folks normally post early in the day...
I was tired this morning. I dropped dad off at dialysis, and then I went to pray in the Sanctuary and prolly lasted 10 mins before I fell asleep. I woke up with drool on my shirt hoping that Pastor didnt hear me snore. He was praying in the foyer. LOL So then I went back to my room and took a nap. Then I picked up dad, came home, made a few calls, cleaned the kitchen and made three more jars of those candied Jalapenos. Two will be give away, one is to replenish our supply cause the ones I made last week are about gone. :fork:
I'm at work. hurting today but it's all right. I think most of it is from working out last night. heading to the hospital after work to meet baby Asher who came into this world this morning. new schedule comes out at work next week. from what I've glanced at I'm getting cut to 4 days a week with Monday's off. could be worse.....
Hope you feel better soon, Heather.
MelodyB: Where you getting all those peppers? Did Peter pick another peck?
HeatherB: What Fuzzy said.
:hi: Just haven't had a chance to post today....Been a long day. I'm tarred. Had to come straight home so I coud beat the school bus. My neighbors don't have anyone to watch their cumbsnatchers from the time the bus runs at 4:10 until they get off at 5, so I'll be trying to get home before they do to watch them...they'd do it for us.
Quote from: Roscoe on August 20, 2013, 10:04:34 PM
:hi: Just haven't had a chance to post today....Been a long day. I'm tarred. Had to come straight home so I coud beat the school bus. My neighbors don't have anyone to watch their cumbsnatchers from the time the bus runs at 4:10 until they get off at 5, so I'll be trying to get home before they do to watch them...they'd do it for us.
Get offline and call me.....
I'm home. I'm pooped. I fell in love with my friends newborn. But I'm fairly certain the feeling is mutual. She said he's been fussy with people all day passing him around but with me he let out a sigh and fell right to sleep. I'm the baby whisperer apparently :cool:
Two conversations my mother had today make me wonder if she is losing her marbles.
This morning, I checked the mail at the post office before Dad and I came home. Dad brought the stack of mail in, and he wasnt feeling good so he laid it on the table and went to bed. Later Im cleaning the kitchen when Mom walks out of the bedroom, she sees the mail on the table and this is the exchange:
Mom: What is this stack of mail on the table?
Me: Its a stack of mail on the table.
Mom: But what is it?
Me: Its MAIL.
Mom: But why is there mail on the table? what is it?
Me: I went to the post office, and thats the mail.
Mom: But its on the table.
Me: Yes I know, is there a problem with it being on the table? I suppose Dad left it there.
Mom: But is it going out or coming in?
Me: *FacePalm* Its MAIL. I went and got it from the post office. Dad left it on the table, so its on the table. Its to him, and you, and me, its bills, its MAIL! What is so confusing about that? OY!
Mom: I just wondered why its on the table.
S M H.
Conversation number 2:
Dad ate dinner and went to lay back down, he gets to the bedroom and calls out to Mom.
Dad: Bonnie, can you come take off my shoe?
Mom: Yeah, Ill be there in a minute...
She goes in the bedroom and I hear:
Mom: Which shoe?
Dad: My shoe!
Mom: Which one?
Me (from living room): MOM! He only has ONE!! There is only one foot remember?
Mom: Hes not wearing any shoes, so I wondered which shoe he meant!
Dad: My shoe! My shoe, the one on my foot!
Mom: Oh...
Really? WOW.
Im dumbfounded today. really. I didnt think...well nevermind. :smirk2:
Wow. Did she take more meds than usual?
Nope, In fact, she said she dropped a pill and lost it somewhere in the mess that is her room, and dad wouldnt give her one to replace it, so she is one less then normal, and usually that makes her head clearer.
I hope Furby finds it. :hypocrite:
Quote from: HeatherB on August 20, 2013, 11:43:07 PM
I'm home. I'm pooped. I fell in love with my friends newborn. But I'm fairly certain the feeling is mutual. She said he's been fussy with people all day passing him around but with me he let out a sigh and fell right to sleep. I'm the baby whisperer apparently :cool:
Um.... come visit me and Arabella, okay? :updown:
Mel - :o :o Err, um, she done lost it alright.
Quote from: MelodyB on August 21, 2013, 01:23:27 AM
I hope Furby finds it. :hypocrite:
:spitlaugh: :great:
:beret:
That is stinkin' hilarious, Mel!
And I've gained a new respect for you. I bought some cranberry juice and had a glass last night. WOWSA!! I'm glad I'm only typing this because my lips haven't resurface yet. Talk about tart!
I didn't pass out speaking last night. It was a good experience.
:hi:. Morning, all. Kinda a "blah" day. Just don't wanna be here. Would prefer a two lane, a Dr Pepper and Rusty.....but no, I get to deal with stupid people all day. Bah. I should be thankful--- but sometimes it's hard to be.
I'd prefer a bed and some sleep, but unfortunately my sinuses say "DENIED!" I've been up since a bit before 6.
:hi: They are turning off the water to our building from 9 to 11. Of course I'll need to use the bathroom at 9:01. :smirk2:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on August 21, 2013, 01:34:42 PM
:hi: They are turning off the water to our building from 9 to 11. Of course I'll need to use the bathroom at 9:01. :smirk2:
You rebel. "They may turn off the building's water, but they can't mine!"..outlaw, I tell ya..:lol:
:hypocrite:
We are invited to a suspicious "lunch" at Pastors house today. This NEVER happens. (unless holidays or other events...never an ordinary day.) I smell a family conference.
Leaving in a few mins.
Let us know, now you've got me curious.
I'd love to Ruby! just let me find that pot of gold I lost......
working today with a bunch of cranky pants.
When did you start working with Roscoe? ;)
The heat of pasteurization destroys the enzyme phosphatase, which is necessary for the assimilation of calcium. And, in fact, there's serious doubt about the calcium in pasteurized milk because one of the worst side effects of pasteurization is that it renders much of the calcium contained in raw milk insoluble... This can lead to rickets, bad teeth, and nervous troubles, for sufficient calcium content is vital. Additionally, with the loss of phosphorus also associated with calcium, bone and brain formation can suffer serious setbacks.
Pasteurization also destroys part of the vitamin C contained in raw milk, and encourages growth of harmful bacteria.
How logical then amongst other unhealthy foods that break down our bodies over time, that some are or become lactose intolerant? The body is less able to break milk down and the milk is harder TO break down.
None of these issues in fresh milk btw. And the whole argument FOR pasteurization is built on dirty unhygienic instances which were the source of sickness... not fresh milk.
God brought Israel to a land flowing with milk and honey. And God does all things well.
That is what is on my mind.
Okay Bro. Bobby, that was funny! :D
MellowYellow: I dunno anything about that, but I heard the gene that codes for digesting lactose is supposed to shut off somewhere around the time a person is a toddler. But with so many people drinking milk, sometimes the gene doesn't shut off when it should. That's right... we who are lactose intolerant are normal! It's those freaks who CAN digest lactose who are weird!
In other news: More modern sayings. http://thedoghousediaries.com/5305
When I am right, I am RIGHT!!
We had a delicious lunch, and Granny was invited too...the lunch conversation was normal and just whatever topic came up. Nothing out of the ordinary. Then after we ate, Granny, Sis Ramsey and I cleaned off the table, put the things away, and Granny said goodbye and by the time I got over into the living room where Mom and Dad and Bro Ramsey had settled, they were all headlong into a conversation about Dads declining health and nursing home placement for the both of them.
Mom and Dad are closed minded still, but we have to start thinking about these things. Its fastly approaching that point. Mom and Dad dont want to admit it, but it is what it is and sooner or later you have to accept the reality of your situation.
Oh lord. It's a good thing I don't stress and stroke out over public speaking like I used too. :smirk2: My day started by the pastor telling me that 1) he is going to need carparal tunnel syndrome surgery soon...the recovery period is around 6-8 weeks. Then he informs me that while he will "try to have a couple pinch hitters for you occasionally," - I'll be taking care of the preaching for that time period. :o God have mercy on the church.
Just as I digest this bit of info, he calls me around 2:45....his 89 year old father has fallen, and he is enroute to the hospital...."Follow God tonight, I love you, I don't know if I will be there or not." :o
AIIIII!!! And me with no more than a thought......So- no stress, God's got this....and ignore the puddle of goo that used to be me. :laughhard: Gonna try to teach on "Whatever it takes, I MUST have Him". And Mel, Jenn, other single ladies- "Him" as in God, not Seth. :P
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 21, 2013, 07:19:57 PMMellowYellow: I dunno anything about that, but I heard the gene that codes for digesting lactose is supposed to shut off somewhere around the time a person is a toddler. But with so many people drinking milk, sometimes the gene doesn't shut off when it should. That's right... we who are lactose intolerant are normal! It's those freaks who CAN digest lactose who are weird!
God didn't send Israel to a land flowing with milk and honey for toddlers. That just doesn't fit.
But it didn't LITURALLY flow with milk and honey did it? I mean really! I've always taken that scripture to mean that it was a plentiful land with plenty of resources. Not that everywhere you go had rivers of milk and gobs of honey. Your body would get tired of all that richness.
No swimming!
And Bro. Bobby, this is all for a reason. I bet you can tell where it is going...
Mel-I'll start working on party favors for the day we celebrate Furby's demise!! :highfive: :cool:
Frustration is a key element to my evening tonight.
Going to housesit again this coming weekend. But only friday to sunday morning for a client from the animal hospital. She's paying me quite a lot for very little time. Plus her 3 Shih Tzu's are amazing. [They know how to poo outside!!!]
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Going to housesit again this coming weekend. But only friday to sunday morning for a client from the animal hospital. She's paying me quite a lot for very little time. Plus her 3 Shih Tzu's are amazing. [They know how to poo outside!!!]
That's a good thing to know :lol:
Quote from: HeatherB on August 22, 2013, 02:04:54 AM
.... her 3 Shih Tzu's are amazing. [They know how to poo outside!!!]
I know how to do that too, if necessary...but I never get called amazing. :sadbounce: :sadbounce:
:P Well....I survived. God gave me what I needed, I spoke for 35 minutes and the church seemed to be with me. I felt good- that probably means it was a colossal flop. :biglaugh:
We went camping a few weekends ago. I was very proud of my being able to 'go' out in the woods. It was kind of amazing. But I'll just leave it at that :cool:
Quote from: Roscoe on August 22, 2013, 02:49:52 AM
Quote from: HeatherB on August 22, 2013, 02:04:54 AM
.... her 3 Shih Tzu's are amazing. [They know how to poo outside!!!]
I know how to do that too, if necessary...but I never get called amazing. :sadbounce: :sadbounce:
Yeah, just what I was thinking. In fact, when I was a toddler mom's problem was getting me to NOT do that. She never, not one single time, called me amazing for it.
How in the world does a thread change topics so quickly?...and the most interesting things...
On a related note...my brother taught me how, in the woods, on the way home from school one day. The only year we went to the same school...I was in kindergarten and he was in 5th grade. When we got home and I proudly proclaimed my newly aquired skills, he got in trouble and we were not allowed to walk home thru the woods anymore.
:(
We still laugh about that to this day.
Holy Cow.
Another horrible HORRIBLE night! When I posted my last post, I had been asleep for three hours before then, and I woke up to use the bathroom and then I had to sit up cause I was coughing so bad and the burning in my throat was so intense. I threw up as well. Then came the dreams when I finally was able to go back to sleep. I have no idea what I was dreaming, all I know is I was yelling and waking myself up for the rest of the night and banging on my wall. I would wake up in mid-yell, and what I was saying never really made sense.
Its hard to explain. Im just glad to be awake.
Ive dropped dad off, went by hardees and got breakfast for me and mom, ate, and now Im fixing to clean the kitchen and go out to the Sanctuary and pray. I must need to. Even after our amazing prayer last night...I HAVE to get rid of these sleepless nights.
Morning. :hi: Thank God in heaven, my Friday has came once more. :clap: :clap2: Unlike Seth's poor Succulent Peach, I slept really well....even after the grocery store Burrito and salsa I ate for a late dinner. But- cappuchino didn't help this morning a bit, and I've moved on to the heavier stuff, aka Dr Pepper. If it don't chase the hordes of Chinese away with the dreaded Dragon (Draggin') Butt disease, I don't know where I'll turn next. :smirk2:
Quote from: MelodyB on August 22, 2013, 10:53:51 AM
..... I was yelling and waking myself up for the rest of the night and banging on my wall. I would wake up in mid-yell, and what I was saying never really made sense.
Mel...dear friend, what you say rarely makes sense. We are used to it, so you should be too. :hypocrite:
:P
I had some off the wall crazy dreams last night too.
I dont really know why...LOL
Merning everyone.
:ugly:
Quote from: MelodyB on August 21, 2013, 11:17:15 PM
But it didn't LITURALLY flow with milk and honey did it? I mean really! I've always taken that scripture to mean that it was a plentiful land with plenty of resources. Not that everywhere you go had rivers of milk and gobs of honey. Your body would get tired of all that richness.
Obviously. :roll: But God is purposeful. Nothing said is shallow or random. God could have said flourishing in vegetation, or bountiful in meat. There's a reason He said specifically milk and honey. FRESH milk is a powerful food that boosts your immune system and has proven to improve health in chronic patients. God doesn't make mistakes or misinform. If milk was bad for you, God would not have made it a point to name that as a label for provision and health. The FACT is though that regardless if some people's bodies are not healthy enough to digest it, which few know because who drinks FRESH milk? What God has made and specifically put in a positive light is GOOD. The variable is not a fallicy in God's Word or creation but in man. People don't take care of their bodies, that doesn't make milk bad. Man jacks up foods, that doesn't make the fresh/ original bad.
And that is my point. We can't call what God made and set as a good food to be bad just because the result of our unhealthy bodies or tampering with food makes it hard on our bodies. Lets put the blame where is belongs, not demonized God's provision.
Did u read my first post about it? Pasteurization has been sold on a pack of lies and what makes milk hard to digest. Let alone hormones and antibiotics. We can't improve on God's creation, trying makes it worse.
Either God is so sovereign in every aspect of our lives or He's not. If I'm allergic to strawberries, it doesn't make the strawberries bad! Lol
Speaking of fresh milk.....I have a gallon of fresh from the cow milk, complete with a thick cream floating on top of it, in my fridge as we speak. :fork: Lady I work with's father has a little farm and they sell fresh milk- legal in Arkansas now :clap:- fresh eggs, farm raised completely organic chickens, ect...even make their on sorghum. I am a very good customer. :P
There is nothing, absolutely nothing that can replace real eggs from chickens who have been allowed to scratch around in the yard for their food. I will not eat store bought eggs. The yolks are too watery, the shells are paper-thin, they're just... WRONG!
On a side note though... if you're cracking real eggs and someone has slipped a store egg in the bowl, and you don't know it and crack it the same way you would crack a real egg, you will obliterate that dude.
Bobby: Cappuccino is not as strong as Dr. Pepper? Where are you getting your cappuccino?
Quote from: Roscoe on August 22, 2013, 01:49:49 PM
Speaking of fresh milk.....I have a gallon of fresh from the cow milk, complete with a thick cream floating on top of it, in my fridge as we speak. :fork: Lady I work with's father has a little farm and they sell fresh milk- legal in Arkansas now :clap:- fresh eggs, farm raised completely organic chickens, ect...even make their on sorghum. I am a very good customer. :P
AR just jumped some notches in my book. I am very envious, those things right there are a huge blessing.
Envious? I thought y'all had things like that up there.
There is but not right in the metro and its crazy expensive. Eggs are easier to get than milk. Still worth it compared to medical costs. I already knew about organic and hormone/antibiotic free/free range and of the benefits of non-homogenized. But I only knew a bit about pasteurization until recently. Ultra pasteurized is completely worthless. I already knew anything "fortified" is a joke bc it's lab made chemicals that mimic vitamins added to foods.
Good grief. It's only by the grace of God that we don't all have cancer. Lol
Just be sure to keep in mind what Mark Twain said. "Be careful reading those medical journals. You might die of a misprint." :biglaugh:
Exactly. The Bible is far more advanced than science ever will be. That is my pivot. That helps me not buy into diets fads and ideas but weigh them to see why or what's what in their research, which often lacks integrity or pertinent variables like "clean" (fresh air, water, feed that falls in the first two categories, and room to move about in the daylight) farming vs. over packed stagnant farming.
Man it's so simple.
Aaaaaaanyways.....
Hey. I prayed that if my crazy neighbor's friend wasn't interested in salvation right now or is a hindrance to my neighbor, that God would remove him. It's been awhile now of no mind numbing music blaring, no loud cussing and carrying on by the front door/ back patio and gross intense smoke. Praise The Lord! Lol
The house I will be staying in this weekend looks like it should be on an episode of Cribs. For those of you who don't know what that is, it should be on a show in Discovery or one of those that goes through really REALLY nice custom built homes.
They have officially cut my hours at work. I'm now down to 4 days a week and barely 30 hours [which is the minimum for full time]. But I get Saturday to Monday off [no more manic mondays!!!!! :bustamove: ] But it could make budgeting interesting especially with medical bills and wedding expenses. But I honestly knew it was coming since I've really jumped in a started paying my tithes loyally. [Tithe is always something I've struggled with since I'm always poor, but God has really showed up in my finances since I've started giving with everything I make - work and housesitting.
Now to go pack my bags.
Quote from: HeatherB on August 23, 2013, 12:18:03 AM
But I honestly knew it was coming since I've really jumped in a started paying my tithes loyally. [Tithe is always something I've struggled with since I'm always poor, but God has really showed up in my finances since I've started giving with everything I make - work and housesitting.
Thata girl.. I can tell you from past experience, it is cheaper to tithe than not. Being transparent, as a young man, I struggled with this issue too. Seemed like it took every dime I made to make ends meet and I justified not paying my tithes because I couldn't afford it. When Lou and I began discussing marriage, she never missed tithing. We agreed that we would strive to be faithful to God in every way, including tithing.
It wasn't long before we got tested majorly. I was making around $10/hour, clearing around $600 every two weeks. She was making substantially less, our total income was only around $1800-$2000 a month. House rent of $350, truck payment of $250, car payment of $200 ,credit card bills, and so on meant we just barely could pay tithe and eat...no extra money at all. But we were making it. We'd never been happier. For about two months.
Then the world came crashing down. I'd been sued by a former friend sometime before because I repossessed a trailer house he'd quit paying me for. Seeing he was a friend, we had no written contract, and the judge ruled I had to give him his down payment back,(around $1200).
As he'd tore up the trailer, then sued ME after diddling me over, and I was not in the best of spiritual shape, I'd simply refused to pay him. This had been a couple years prior to Lou and I dating....
Anyway, former friend went to the courthouse and did something I never thought of- he garnished my check. Suddenly the $600 paycheck was cut in half. And when I thought it couldn't get worse, Lou came home sobbing. Her company had a layoff. She was one that was let go. Just like that, we were down to a fourth of our income, and the bills wouldn't quit. My family was getting by on the skin of their teeth and couldn't help us. Hers was the same way. We tried to find part time work- nothing.
We sat at the kitchen table, looked at the bills. We had a decision. Pay the light bill and eat- or pay tithe. We couldn't do both. I'd nearly decided that we would pay the light bill. We talked about it, and decided that we would trust God. We paid tithes, and I took them to the pastor's house that night so I wouldn't change my mind.
Monday, broke, scared to death, I got a call from a friend. "Hey, Bob, are you still licensed to serve civil process papers?" Why yes. Although I hadn't done it in a long time...."I've started a business serving papers and I've more work than I can handle. Can I send you a few of these? It'll pay $40 a paper." Lord, yes.
Now, I didn't get excited because most of the time the addresses given on small claims lawsuits are wrong. The majority of people being sued seemed to have a nomadic lifestyle, and I could spend $50 in gas and only get the $40 fee....At any rate, you NEVER are able to drive to the address and find the person the first time.
Yet, for the next two months, I did just that. I got there while they were moving. While they were on lunch break. While they were picking up their last check...just in the nick of time. Every. Time. I averaged around $250 a week in "extra" money. We paid our bills and even got to go out on a date night or two.
Then I was hired at a stable police department, making double what I had been. Lou got a job at Walmart. And the week my first check came in, the papers stopped coming. It was like no one was being sued. That's been nearly ten years ago, and I think I have served 3 civil papers since then, total.
But God provided manna in my desert, when there was no possible way things should have worked out. We didn't get behind a bit. Less than a year later, we bought our first home.
Without bragging, we've never missed a tithe payment. Our giving has risen to over double what we intitially gave, because our income has done so as well. Lou has gotten raises, and I have been promoted and finally moved to a job that pays more than I ever dreamed I could make without a college degree. I am convinced that it is all because two scared kids told God "We will do whatever it takes to put You first." If we hadn't, I have no doubt we would be in much worse shape now than we ever have been.
That's why, even when a day like today happens, when I find a letter from the Infernal Revenue Service telling me I owe $391 in back taxes- I thank God. I know HE will provide.
We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony...
The reckless motorcycle man's insurance is paying for my poor truck. Thank the Lord.
We actually both had the same company.
His representative today didn't just come right out and say it, but it sounds like that he was indeed simply being a moron and trying to intentionally pass me, on a curvy road in a no passing zone.... Other people that were coming up the highway said that he had been passing them too.
He needs to be took out and beat for being an idiot.
Dina and me and another friend made soap today.
I hope you decide to use some.
Seth: Try driving in Poland and Lithuania. There are some videos of the sport - and yes, it can be a sport - on youtube. Everyone passes everyone, often missing the oncoming car with a mosquito's eyelash to spare.
Bobby: You never did say, but I'm guessing that friend who sued you ain't your friend no more...
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 23, 2013, 05:21:11 AM
Bobby: You never did say, but I'm guessing that friend who sued you ain't your friend no more...
Well....for years I hated him. Would not even talk to him. After all, we had been close- he was nearly at my house more than he was his own when we were in high school. But a year or so ago, I realized that I was wrong in hating him. He and I have spoken briefly and mended fences, so to speak. I doubt there will ever be the closeness and friendship we once had, but yeah, I'd call him a friend. Life's too short to hate someone, and he or no one else is worth my soul.....
I've went almost 4 days now without soda. I thought I was gonna slug a coemployee for her Dr pepper yesterday. granted I feel like slugging her quite often so it could have been normal. lol. I have had either a sweet tea or a coffee everyday. other than that it's water and milk with dinner.
Sethers!!! :love2: You're alive! :freaky2:
Got to work and had flowers sitting on my desk. :)
My son sent them :D
I am wore slap out. I started the day by taking Chey to school, then stopped and bought two bags of mulch, some weed barrier, edging, and a potted Mum.....Came home, got way too hot in the process of the work I did, but I took what was an ugly stump and turned it into a nice flowerbed with the family name displayed. It came out better than I thought...but now it makes the rest of the yard look shabby, so I shall have to work on it as money permits. I will post some pics when I can get my internet to cooperate...:smirk2:
I remember that stump. Post pics!
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 23, 2013, 05:37:58 PM
I remember that stump. Post pics!
I'm trying...photobucket is a pain since they "upgraded". If the morons had just left it alone, it worked perfectly.:mad: Let me try attaching them here...
Nice! Although... with a last name like that, one might wonder what message you are trying to convey to passers-by.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 23, 2013, 05:51:05 PM
Nice! Although... with a last name like that, one might wonder what message you are trying to convey to passers-by.
They shall have to stop overthinking it. In this case,it WOULD be nice to have a last name like "GETLOST" or "goodbye" though... :laughhard:
That many salesmen, out there?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 23, 2013, 02:14:00 PM
Sethers!!! :love2: You're alive! :freaky2:
Back off! Or Ill make you into TOAST!
Quote from: MelodyB on August 23, 2013, 06:25:43 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on August 23, 2013, 05:34:50 PM
and a potted Mum.....
Melodya was at the store?
:laughhard: :laughhard: I said a "potted Mum", not a "
pothead Mum"....
I wish I'd had a larger budget....all these pretty fall color plants and landscaping things, and me broke.... :sadbounce: Other than the hard work aspect of it, I find I enjoy landscaping...
So...Last night and today have been eventful.
Kimber showed up at church last night, and we ate (and shouldnt have) Popeyes after church. I of course had heartburn all night after a meal like that. But it was worth it! I love me some Popeyes, and I got some peppers to go. :fork:
So rewind a bit, while at church, my Aunt asked me if I could cook a brisket. Of course! I can cook anything! So she gave me a NINETEEN POUND brisket and asked me to cook it for saturday. Since my Brother and his children are coming for a visit, she wants to have the whole family over to their house for a huge meal, and she asked me to cook the meat cause bro Ramsey cant stand to have meat cooked in his house...he doesnt like the smell :roll: ....so Im nominated to cook it here and take it to them there.
So...I have a brisket all thawed, trimmed, seasoned and resting in the big roaster pan. At 5am tomorrow, Im gonna drop it in the roaster base and turn it on so it can cook till noon, then Ill take it out and slice it up and take it over to the Ramseys house along with my moms famous potato salad, and my newest cake addiction that everyone wants. (Those items still have to be made tomorrow.)
We are supposed to eat at 2pm.
In other news, Dad had wound care today, and his surgeon was doing rounds, so the surgeon got to see his non-healing foot. He wants to go ahead and amputate dads left leg. Dad wants him to take half the foot instead, not the whole leg. Surgeon said no. Round and round they went till the surgeon said to make an appointment at the office and we will go from there. Still waiting on the call back from the nurse who makes the appointments.
*SIGH*
Dad called dialysis today and got in this afternoon so he wont have to go in tomorrow. He can spend the entire day with the family and not be sick from the dialysis. So hes there now, and I have to go pick him up in about 2 more hours.
Thats my share for today. And currently Im eating leftovers from the fridge cause I needed the room in there to store that huge brisket overnight. LOL Fixing to drink a glass of buttermilk cause I just suddenly had a craving for some. :yum:
That is all.
Sounds good. 2pm you say? :D
Yep. Come on over. :)
This house is ridiculous. I'm debating asking this lady if she needs a live in dog nanny.
Do it, do it! Worst she can say is no. :D
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 23, 2013, 02:14:00 PM
Sethers!!! :love2: You're alive! :freaky2:
Yes, my beloved Fairycakes. :freaky2:
Around 5 grand in repairs to be done on the truck....but the shop has a pretty good prognosis on it, it's mostly cosmetic, not much actual mechanical type damage.
Praise the good Lord it's Eval Keneeval's insurance that's paying for it.
I am not called to run the computer during worship to keep the right words on the wall. However, I seem to excel in the role of church bouncer/head of security. lol
Someone tried to break into the evangelist rv tonight. Thankfully someone went outside at the right moment and they took off running. I got to spend service on parking lot duty.
Sandra - Hurray for flowers!! :bigcheese:
Heather - Can't hurt to ask them. :)
Jason - Eeks! Glad someone "happened" along just then.
Mel........ I don't really have anything to say to all that, except... *HUG*
:beret:
Quote from: Chseeads on August 24, 2013, 01:29:53 AM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 23, 2013, 02:14:00 PM
Sethers!!! :love2: You're alive! :freaky2:
Yes, my beloved Fairycakes. :freaky2:
Better not let Melbs see this. :hypocrite:
Im gonna toast both of you and feed you to Furby.
and in turn maybe that will kill Furby!
first night sleep was good. the yowling cat woke me up a few times, but otherwise had a really good rest. the past week or so I've had crazy dreams. I blame it on lack of soda. one night I was held.captive by Dr Sweets from Bones while he killed my friends and family. Another night I was held captive by cannibalistic dancers. and another night held at gunpoint by an outraged dad not understanding why I couldn't get his daughter a milkshake (mind you this all took place at the animal hospital...). I don't know why I'm always being held captive though.......
off to cash my check and meet a friend from church for lunch. her fiance was just sent to MS on his way to Afghanistan with the guard. she's very introverted so I'm trying to be there for her. it's got to be a hard situation.
For some reason I am up at this ghastly (for me) hour. So I might as well start on the day's stuff. I have a lot planned for today, but everything I need to get done can be delayed for a nap. :)
I. AM. ANNOYED.
I had another horrible night, as usual, heartburn, bad dreams, yadda, yadda. No big. Thats my norm. So at 5am, my alarm goes off so I can go in the kitchen and put the brisket on to cook. No big. So I get up and take care of it. After that, I fell into a blissful sleep with no dreams...for a mere 2 hours. :smirk2: THEN I see bright lights and hear "scrape, scrape, scrape, SCRAPE, SCRAPESCRAPESCRAPE!!!!" And I yelled out, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? HOLY COW!" Dad answers "Im cleaning this skillet so I can make gravy!" Then he continues to SCRAPE the skillet for another 10 minutes. I am beyond annoyed. I tell him "Please dont mess with my roasting pan" cause I know him, I have it all tight down with foil and I dont want it touched and he is the one who will open it wide open and look at it, and cut pieces off of it and I absolutely HATE HATE HATE people messing with my cooking when I know what I am doing. LEAVE IT ALONE.
Anyway. He continues to bang around in the kitchen and leave the infernal light on for another 30 mins, and after that, he is in and out and in and out with that stupid noisy powerchair, and LEAVES THE LIGHT ON!!!! Finally he isnt in the kitchen, but the light is still wade open...so I holler again "Please turn off the light!" he does, but then proceeds to the living room where he turns on a movie he rented, and of course hes half deaf so its LOUD.
I give up. I tried to doze a few times, and all I did was worry about my brisket and fume about the light and the noise.
The ONE DAY I can sleep. ONE DAY. Sheesh.
I give up.
So Im up. two hours before I would have had to be. So Ill just start laundry, and ask him ever so nicely to gather up all his trash and take it out. If he can make gravy and biscuits, he can roll out to the dumpster and take out the trash while I peel 10lbs of potatoes and make a cake and clean the kitchen. Plus I have to mop the entire apartment today. So yeah. as penance, he has to take the trash out. UGH.
/rant
Today IS going to be a good day! Family, and fun and fellowship and not to mention all the FOOD!
Yeah, I got started on the wrong foot, but I will be happy today. I CHOOSE to be happy.
Eat more chocolate. Sadness/crankiness are just words that mean "not enough caffeine." :hyper:
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2006-10-18/
Yeah, what he said.
Well, don't everybody post at the same time...
Went to a few garage sales. Got some stuff for the grand kids.
WHEW!! Done! Done! AND DONE!
I did all I said I would, and just got out of the shower. Now all thats left is finish getting ready and tote all this stuff, (brisket, Cake and tater salad) over to the Ramseys house and wait for my Brother to arrive.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on August 24, 2013, 05:43:42 PM
Went to a few garage sales. Got some stuff for the grand kids.
That's what the sis and I did.
I got a purple quilt, a vanity mirror tray for my dresser, a purple fancy jar and these fancy glass cups for Shirley temples.
What is a shirley temple, and why does it require a fancy cup? Is it a parfait?
All I know of Shirley Temple is an overhyped, really cheesy kid actress.
Home from lunch [with a bit of shopping in there also]. I need a nap.
Lunch was a success! Everything was yummy!
Now Chad is in the prayer room and we have the kiddos in the apartment with us.
Haven't felt the best today. Took Chey for a ride in Rusty, then came home and camped out in the recliner for the rest of the day. Turned the radio on and talked to a guy in Hawaii for a bit, listened to a few more foreign stations, and just resting..may try to make a few more contacts....
Shirley temple is a drink. Two parts ginger ale (or sprite) and a splash of grenadine. Topped with a maraschino cherry.
She was also a child actress. Loved all of her films. The drink is named for her.
Quote from: Roscoe on August 24, 2013, 11:37:04 PM
Haven't felt the best today. Took Chey for a ride in Rusty, then came home and camped out in the recliner for the rest of the day. Turned the radio on and talked to a guy in Hawaii for a bit, listened to a few more foreign stations, and just resting..may try to make a few more contacts....
Sorry your not feeling well honey. I'll say a little prayer for you!
I hate nature! Everything is always biting, stinging, buzzing, slithering or growing far too long.
*grump*
Actually that's not quite fair... I hate the mower more than nature. Big, loud, smelly thing that throws grass 7 feet... When I get a house it will have a yard small enough to be tended with one of those push-mowers that doesn't require gas, oil, spark plugs, etc.
That's my complaining for the day.
there are a bunch of drunk recheck NASCAR fans in my town. the big race is tonight though so they should all be headed home tomorrow.
HeatherB if any of them start tailing you and you want to lose them, just take a right turn. It'll shake 'em every time. ;)
Quote from: Kim on August 25, 2013, 12:31:24 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on August 24, 2013, 11:37:04 PM
Haven't felt the best today. Took Chey for a ride in Rusty, then came home and camped out in the recliner for the rest of the day. Turned the radio on and talked to a guy in Hawaii for a bit, listened to a few more foreign stations, and just resting..may try to make a few more contacts....
Sorry your not feeling well honey. I'll say a little prayer for you!
:o :o She DOES still check in! :hyper:
We actually came by your house today, but didn't see your car so we didn't stop. We went to Center Ridge to check on Daddy's grave= Chey insisted that she had to leave him a crystal she'd found. So if you see a tiny chunk of what could be glass over the "Daddy" on his gravestone, don't brush it off. :P
That may be what has me feeling crummy. Missing Daddy puts me in a melancholy mood, and I guess mental things can affect physical things,some....
Isaac I had to bless you for that.
I'm now staying up way later than I should to watch The Help. I blame Mel.
Yep, it was my fault!
Sooo...My brother took me to dinner, and my parents dont know...we told them we were going for a "ride" and sneeked off. He said he cant afford to pay for all three of us, so he treated me instead. Thats the third night in a row Ive went out for dinner and didnt have to pay! God is good!
Then I came home and made three steam table pans full of tator tot casserole for tomorrows church lunch.
Whew. Im spent. Its been a LONG and tiresome day. I have accomplished a LOT today.
Im glad I chose to be happy today, despite the way it started. lol
Oh!
GOODNIGHT!
:sleep:
weirdos
:sick:
Bah. I am back at work. Last night was weird. Went to bed around 10 or so, Woke up screaming at 10:30, dreaming I had a snake crawling up my leg, which is a garunteed way to make me move, as I am deathly scared of them...Dozed back off and was awakened at 11:30 with the urgent need to pray for a friend, who probably was sleeping soundly. Net sleep- near zero. Bah.
roscoe I feel ya. first dream I had last night someone threw a snake at me. I scared my minions half to death when I woke up hollerin.
You have minions? No fair! How do I get some minions? Closest I have are a dog and a cat, and the dog is too lazy to do what I tell her, and the cat is too dignified (read: stubborn) to do what I tell her.
2 of the 3 Shih Tzus I am watching follow me everywhere and sleep beside the bed. I've taken to calling them my minions.
I have a wedding related problem. A month ago I went ahead and asked my Maid of Honor and my bridesmaids if they would be in my wedding. Everyone excitedly accepted. My bridesmaids are all on board and excited asking how they can help and what needs to be done. On the other hand my MOH barely speaks to me now and does not return my phone calls and/or txt. Would it be not too horrible to asks her is she's so busy if she'd mind being just a bridesmaid?
The dogs are smart. They keep an eye on you just in case you are about to go to the kitchen. Can't help on the MOH thing.
:hi:
On a totally unrelated note - I have determined that Sis. Lou has gone to every Newsong concert ever.
I went to one back in like 1999 or 2000, I dont remember what year it was. Clay Crosse was also performing with them.
Ok, so I was SIIIIIICK when I posted my last message at 2am. I cant even describe what happened to me cause it would make the rest of you gag. I just say that I was actually sleeping good, no bad dreams or anything and I started coughing, woke myself up, and after it was over, had to wash clothes and take out my garbage. Thats all Ill say. and it was the WORST i have ever done being THAT kind of sick.
Anyway. So I went to chorale practice this morning, I was weak, but made it, and my throat was raw. I was literally unable to hit some to the notes. But I was gonna try anyway. After Sunday school, I was checking on the Tator tot casserole I had in the ovens and I had a wave of severe nausea so I didnt sing after all for the service. By the time service was over though, I felt better cause three people, including my brother, came over and prayed for me. So I was able to eat lunch and lay down after we said goodbye to Chad and family.
I just woke up, and Im doing pretty good.
:hi:
:o
Yeah, thats what I felt like.
Just got in from church.... biker guy that I mentioned from last Sunday and his wife showed up again. He made my day after church when he approached me and informed me that I had cost him $10 this week. :o When I asked how, he explained.
As I said last Sunday, I'd felt moved to speak on restoration, and mentioned my car hobby for example. He told me that Tuesday, he and his wife were in Walmart buying work pants, and he was in a rotten mood. He said he rounded the corner to find a shirt with a picture of an old car on it, and the phrase," I'm being restored by the Master Mechanic" on it, along with bible verses.
He said he instantly thought about the message Sunday night, and how he'd felt God "like I haven't felt Him since I was a teen". He bought the shirt...he wasn't able to make it Wednesday night, but was back tonight and said they'd see us Wednesday night. :clap:
Wow. Someone actually heard something I said, remembered it, and it worked on them. Thank God! That does WONDERS for my self esteem as a preacher. To God be the glory!!
And you thought it was a colossal flop. :P
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 26, 2013, 02:10:44 AM
And you thought it was a colossal flop. :P
I'm beginning to learn to trust God when it comes to my preaching. One of my biggest personal stumbling blocks has been my feeling inadequate as a preacher...but I KNOW God called me, I KNOW when He gives me a message, and I'm learning that reqardless of how bad I might fumble something, God can use it....While I don't think I will ever feel worthy or a good speaker- in fact, I don't want too, because that would lead to a prideful all-about-me attitude- I'm seeing that God can use this donkey named Roscoe that He called.. :P
:thumbsup2:
That's awesome Roscoe. I hope to hear ya preach some day.
It's been awhile I think since I've shared about my dad. He had a hard life but has always taken care of himself. Now he's edging closer to 60 and he's not so self sufficient. He has a herniated disc and that messes up a sciatic nerve. Having been a welder forever, this has caused his world to crumble. He is struggling with depression. We've had conversations and I've tried to mention God occasionally because he hasn't been open to it. I've referenced good life truths that are actually from God but it seems to slip over his head.
However, recently he has become slightly more receptive. He has told me a number of times he is just tired of life and ready to cash his chips in, call it day, be done with it all, not go on... etc. He has said the only thing he has is me/my family and it's the only thing worth living for. Now my dad is a tough old bird and negativism isn't in his make-up, to a deep fault because he can be so easy going that he doesn't deal with things. So this is for real.
Last week I got and sent him a Bible, with his name engraved. I felt like, though I've prayed everything I can think of, he needed something in his hands for the deafening silence times. It was his first Bible. He called Saturday and seems receptive! I wish I knew how to record voicemails for sharing on my phone. I'd share his vm with you guys. He gets choked up, not being sure where to start but willing to try. I told him to start on page one. :) He said he thinks he's avoided it all his life but he's tried everything else to no avail.
There have been glimmers of hope before and then it all falls quiet so I'm having faith and patience. God knows. I dream of him getting the HG and living the rest of his days in an overcoming life, never feeling like an orphan again.
That's awesome, MY. Praying with you.
Urgh...lord I am back at work...
I am too.
Bah...
MellowYellow: Tell him the part about the joy of the Lord being your strength. :)
Howdy y'all. Had some weird dreams last night, but no nightmares... just weird dreams. Honestly, I have no idea where my subconscious gets some of this stuff.
OH! I had a weird dream too. About work - my bosses. Unsettling.
Had Cracker Barrel last night with the girls.
So of course I bought candy. Sugar babies. Rotten for my teeth, but so yummy. :hypocrite:
Ohhhhhh Settttherrrrsss.... :freaky2: :pwink: :love2:
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 26, 2013, 03:29:44 PM
MellowYellow: Tell him the part about the joy of the Lord being your strength. :)
Howdy y'all. Had some weird dreams last night, but no nightmares... just weird dreams. Honestly, I have no idea where my subconscious gets some of this stuff.
You have to realize he doesn't know what the joy of The Lord is or if God is real. All church speak is foreign to him. He has to experience joy for once in his life, first. Baby steps. He was an orphan from toddlerhood. Bounced around abused in foster homes, adopted by a elderly couple for a very short time when one of them passed away and the other one couldn't parent alone. He lied about his age, enlisted in the military, went to Vietnam. Came back rejected by culture. He's worked and taken care of himself in his eyes all his life. He met my mom who backslid, actually I'm not sure she was ever really living for God, and she had an affair, divorced him and remarried back to back. He's a total loner. He told me if he gets disabled he is not going into a nursing home, he'll go in the woods and die to be eaten by a bear or something. He was half serious. Lol.
Him and I aren't even close, just the closest person right now or maybe ever? 25yrs of my life I have not been around him.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 26, 2013, 03:35:04 PM
OH! I had a weird dream too. About work - my bosses. Unsettling.
Had Cracker Barrel last night with the girls.
So of course I bought candy. Sugar babies. Rotten for my teeth, but so yummy. :hypocrite:
Ohhhhhh Settttherrrrsss.... :freaky2: :pwink: :love2:
I have warned you.... :smirk2:
What? Warned her against sugar babies? Those things are good! :)
Yes, I knew what you really meant. That was fun to say though.
And look on the bright side - at least she didn't use a :marry:
Im fixing to eat a salad. I have ranch this time. :)
Quote from: MelodyB on August 26, 2013, 04:47:05 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 26, 2013, 03:35:04 PM
OH! I had a weird dream too. About work - my bosses. Unsettling.
Had Cracker Barrel last night with the girls.
So of course I bought candy. Sugar babies. Rotten for my teeth, but so yummy. :hypocrite:
Ohhhhhh Settttherrrrsss.... :freaky2: :pwink: :love2:
I have warned you.... :smirk2:
:up2:
Girls you are both pretty! :cool:
So the blessings just keep pouring out!! Between getting my paycheck and my payment for housesitting I'm paying all but 2 of my bills for the month of September already. I was kinda stressing about vacation the 2nd week of September. And lo and behold the lady whom I housesit for text me today asking if I could housesit for her again starting September the 5th. I'll have to go to the beach on Sunday instead of Saturday, but I'm totally ok with it. Also that makes Brandon available to go to a family reunion with his mom that Saturday. I wish I would have grabbed ahold of this tithing principle earlier in life......but I'm very thankful I have now!!
And it's so weird to not be at work on Monday, but I think I'm ok with it :cool:
I came home Saturday with half of the total leftover brisket. Today its in the crock-pot with beef stew seasoning packets, carrots, potatoes, celery, and onions and its already got this house smelling heavenly!
I am THISCLOSE to taking my cousin up on her offer.
Christmas cant come soon enough this year.
:frustrated:
Are they driving you nuts again?
Yep.
AND HOW.
:hi: I am back at work. Gotta teach a boring "Racial Profiling/ Bias Based Policing" class. I swear this is a boring class that must be taught every year, regardless of the fact that you can't teach common sense. I could sum it up in a few sentences-" Treating someone differently because they are a diffferent color is wrong. And it's illegal. Do it, and you will be 1) At the federal Courthouse as a defendant. 2) Possibly have the snot beat out of you, deservedly.Use the Golden rule, treat others as you want to be treated. " Class over. But no- law says I've gotta teach a multi hour class on the matter.....
On the bright side, thanks to classes like this, I conquered my fear of public speaking, which has served me well in the pulpit. God knew what He was doing I guess.
Hmm .... interesting. Oh, Mini, I may need to talk with you about a project...
Quote from: Roscoe on August 25, 2013, 12:16:57 PM
Woke up screaming at 10:30, dreaming I had a snake crawling up my leg, which is a garunteed way to make me move, as I am deathly scared of them...
Quote from: Newsman on August 27, 2013, 01:10:00 PM
Hmm .... interesting. Oh, Mini, I may need to talk with you about a project...
Quote from: Roscoe on August 25, 2013, 12:16:57 PM
Woke up screaming at 10:30, dreaming I had a snake crawling up my leg, which is a garunteed way to make me move, as I am deathly scared of them...
I straight missed that one...MUHAHAHAHAHA...
In other news I'm trying to quit sodas. Im on day 3. Im feeling the urge for a soda today. My body is CRAVING sugar. LOL
:ugly:
Morning. :hi:
School started around here yesterday and I was dreading the traffic but it hasn't been that bad. I'm thankful.
Mini, have you tried sparkling waters? I hear the fizz makes the difference for trying to quit.
Even most sweet tea has less sugar than pop. I drink too much tea. Lol
Im craving tea right now. I will probably go get a Gatorade at lunch. It helps.
Man, the tea at McDonald's sure doesn't have less sugar. They put a whole 4 pound bag per tea urn. I had to get half sweet, half unsweet just to be able to drink it.
In local news: I'm awake, but not happy about it. Had some really weird dreams. I blame the pizza I ate last night.
Hubby brought me BBQ pork ribs for lunch. :fork:
I have discovered the best way to eat leftover pizza. Scrape the cheese and toppings off into a pan, add eggs, cook and voila! Pizza quiche. Very tasty, especially if you start with a slice of a supreme pizza, extra cheese.
You dont waste the crust do you? I love pizza crust. lol
I ate the crust, warmed, with butter, while I was waiting for the eggs/cheese/toppings to cook.
There is some debate on how much sugar it takes to make sweet tea but we have weaned ourselves down to 3/4 cup per gallon and we love it and can still taste the sweetness! I use sucanat sugar which tastes like brown sugar, that may make it taste richer and not need as much sugar.
I tell myself that that means I can drink that much more. Lol
We drink Newmans Tea and it is smooth and divine!
Lipton is the way to go. For iced tea. (Disclaimer added for Ruby, I know she would argue...)
I used to only get Lipton. Then I tried Newmans and realized that I was missing out.
:P
I should send u a box, Mel.
Luzianne Tea is the way to go. :ugly:
To quote my darling Sethers...
Weirdos :smirk2:
I dont think Ive ever seen Newmans tea.
Quote from: mini on August 27, 2013, 09:23:37 PM
Luzianne Tea is the way to go. :ugly:
Communist. :pound: Lipton's is the ONLY way for iced tea. And it should be made with two cups of sugar per gallon. If you can't use it for syrup in a pinch, it ain't right. :hypocrite:
What? No mention of Earl Grey? Darjeeling? Oolong?
Quote from: Roscoe on August 27, 2013, 10:41:59 PM
Quote from: mini on August 27, 2013, 09:23:37 PM
Luzianne Tea is the way to go. :ugly:
Communist. :pound: Lipton's is the ONLY way for iced tea. And it should be made with two cups of sugar per gallon. If you can't use it for syrup in a pinch, it ain't right. :hypocrite:
oh my, that's a lot of sugar...
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on August 28, 2013, 12:33:13 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on August 27, 2013, 10:41:59 PM
Quote from: mini on August 27, 2013, 09:23:37 PM
Luzianne Tea is the way to go. :ugly:
Communist. :pound: Lipton's is the ONLY way for iced tea. And it should be made with two cups of sugar per gallon. If you can't use it for syrup in a pinch, it ain't right. :hypocrite:
oh my, that's a lot of sugar...
That's the way my mama made it, and her mama, and so on and so forth. I wouldn't know how to drink it with less. :laughhard:
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 27, 2013, 10:47:29 PM
What? No mention of Earl Grey? Darjeeling? Oolong?
:roll: Frou-frou teas.. That's the type tea ya expect to have crumpets with, and hold ya pinkie out while ya sip it. :frustrated:
We is discussing Good,Sweet, Southern, Iced tea. Now, having had a slight conversion last winter, I will admit there is a place for those "special" teas, served hot with cream on a cold winter day...but that place ain't in the proper Southern fridge for sippin' on the porch. :hypocrite:
Actually Darjeeling makes a very good sweet iced tea.
Topic change!
Does anyone else enjoy hamburger dill chips dipped in ketchup?
Do what?!?
Quote from: MelodyB on August 28, 2013, 01:31:00 AM
Topic change!
Does anyone else enjoy hamburger dill chips dipped in ketchup?
:o
Quote from: Roscoe on August 27, 2013, 10:41:59 PM
Quote from: mini on August 27, 2013, 09:23:37 PM
Luzianne Tea is the way to go. :ugly:
Communist. :pound: Lipton's is the ONLY way for iced tea. And it should be made with two cups of sugar per gallon. If you can't use it for syrup in a pinch, it ain't right. :hypocrite:
I think you're thinking of his coffee. He drinks Communist coffee.
:P @ Mini
all those brands - Lipton, Tetley, Luizianne - are made with very low quality tea. look on the package. It will say either pekoe or orange pekoe at the highest. real tea is at least three grades higher.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 26, 2013, 03:35:04 PM
Ohhhhhh Settttherrrrsss.... :freaky2: :pwink: :love2:
Yes, m'love!
:up2:
My poop business website is up now finally:
http://www.caninecustodian.us
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 28, 2013, 03:20:54 AM
all those brands - Lipton, Tetley, Luizianne - are made with very low quality tea. look on the package. It will say either pekoe or orange pekoe at the highest. real tea is at least three grades higher.
Snob. :pound:
Quote from: MellowYellow on August 28, 2013, 03:15:26 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on August 27, 2013, 10:41:59 PM
Quote from: mini on August 27, 2013, 09:23:37 PM
Luzianne Tea is the way to go. :ugly:
Communist. :pound: Lipton's is the ONLY way for iced tea. And it should be made with two cups of sugar per gallon. If you can't use it for syrup in a pinch, it ain't right. :hypocrite:
I think you're thinking of his coffee. He drinks Communist coffee.
:P @ Mini
:pound: He IS a Communist...as in an enemy of all that is good. He don't like lasagna, or chocolate gravy, or Lipton tea. The ONLY redeeming qualities the man has is that he owns Sam the '52, is a good friend and a good minister. Thus, I shall pray for him. :hypocrite:
Morning all. Back at work. Bro Papa goes for his first carpral tunnel ? surgery today. I'm supposed to teach tonight, I found out yesterday when he discovered the surgery would be that quick. I have no idea what to teach, I have a big event today at work which may delay my getting home where I have to be by 4 pm....Life couldn't get any more stressul today.
Quote from: Newsman on August 27, 2013, 01:10:00 PM
Hmm .... interesting. Oh, Mini, I may need to talk with you about a project...
Quote from: Roscoe on August 25, 2013, 12:16:57 PM
Woke up screaming at 10:30, dreaming I had a snake crawling up my leg, which is a garunteed way to make me move, as I am deathly scared of them...
Sitting in the parking lot of the Drs office. Dad is gonna tell them he just wants them to cut off part of his foot, not his leg. I'm not sure that's gonna work, but there is no talking to him.
Tomorrow is one year since we lost everything in our house.
I'm on the verge of running away, but the problems won't go away if I do.
So that's my share. More down than normal but it is what it is.
/me *HUGS* Mel
I'm sorry, Mel.
I don't know all the details of your life but it seems that you have taken on problems that don't belong to you or solely you, and that totes responsibility of them. I know you've done it out of love.
That is commendable. I would not do the same. Truly the love of Christ sustains you and is a testimony toward your parents when they stand before God.
I love you and am praying for you today. You are a sweet, kind lady.
*wonders if there is a men's fashion magazine where the men don't seem effeminate*
I don't understand why people look to them. Seems counter productive. I don't look at butch women for how to dress.
I wouldn't know, I don't pay attention to men's fashion magazines. I have my own style and it works well for me.
I feel sorry for the editors of men's fashion magazines though. I mean, have you noticed real men's fashions? No, you haven't, because they never change all that much. The styles in men's fashion magazines are things most men don't wear, but they have to have SOMETHING to print. If they stuck to reality they would have maybe half an issue filled. They'd go out of business.
Must not get out much - cus I see just as much of the men's fashion magazine "fashion" as I do peoples own style. lol
Living in a millions of people metropolitan area....I see EVERY thing. Gay or straight....I see men's fashion magazine styles ALL over.
I sit corrected (mostly because I'm too lazy to stand corrected.) Living in a small town in Tennessee, I suppose I've lived a sheltered life. And I think I'll stay here. Your city sounds... creepy.
The city life is def not for the weak.
Maculinity is SO attractive. It doesn't need dolled up. It's not about certain colors per say, but how it's all cut and put together. I'm in a metro and belong to a metro church. Clean, modest, even some personality is great, but it seems to have escalated to a height of vanity that takes away from any idea of masculinity. I see it has been finding place in church, in some youth, not all. With the "artistic" which seems more like a stage for vanity.
I just don't dont get it when it makes a guy seem not so guyish. Young guys already still have a soft reminiscance of childhood. It seems exploited.
Surgery to remove half of dads remaining foot is scheduled for next Wednesday. Then he will stay in the hospital (THANK YOU JUSUS!) for at least three weeks so he an stay off the foot/leg while it heals and try doing hyperbarics again. He will do dialysis in house, in his bed, so there's no transfers from chair to truck and chair and all that and risk falls or open his stitches. (again THANK YOU JESUS!) he will be looked after 24/7, meals and all stuff taken care of for three weeks!!
That's a load off me! At least for the time being, and if he can do the hyperbarics, then maybe, just maybe THIS time, he will heal up.
That's the goal.
*goes off to google hyperbarics.
Mom just said that Furby ate a red sudafed pill! Yay!
Maybe this is it!
Don't count on it. You can even take sudafed when you're preggo and they won't hurt anything.
Quote from: Newsman on August 28, 2013, 12:00:21 PM
Quote from: Newsman on August 27, 2013, 01:10:00 PM
Hmm .... interesting. Oh, Mini, I may need to talk with you about a project...
Quote from: Roscoe on August 25, 2013, 12:16:57 PM
Woke up screaming at 10:30, dreaming I had a snake crawling up my leg, which is a garunteed way to make me move, as I am deathly scared of them...
:uzi: :uzi:
And for the rest of you nutsos.... :pound: I got the relieving message that another minister in the church will speak briefly tonight- he used the phrase "sermonette"- so I won't have to worry about too much of a message. I ain't scared anyway, God will give me what He needs. Right now, I'm planning on speaking from Matthew 24, on the "signs of the times"....I am not big on getting into prophecy teaching, simply because I have saw people get so hung up in prophecy they lose sight of what is important, which is being saved at all costs.
Truthfully, I feel that all is important is that we know that God WILL bring us through whatever...I'm more concerned about ensuring that we do all we can to save the lost rather than seeing what's gonna take place, because the end of the game, we win! Anyhow.... :hi:
Oh- and praying for ya Mel....
I need some sweet tea!
Allen drank all mine.
Im up, showered, dressed, took dad to dialysis, got mom and I a Hardees breakfast, ate, and now Im trying to will myself into the kitchen to straighten it up and figure out something low odor for supper.
Mom and I have already decided that while Dad is in the hospital for 3 weeks, we (or should I say ME) are gonna make a huge dinner of stinky liver and onions cause dad doesnt like it, and we love it. So we will take advantage of the time he is away and cant complain. Haha.
Sweet Lord, it is morning. Bah. But at least it's my friday. Bro Clayton, another minister in our church, preached a good message on "Spiritual Investments" last night, thereby relieving the church of being tormented by me.
Our "biker guy" and his wife came again, making them regulars- you come to church three times with us, we adopt ya :P. He surprised me by testifying during testimony service, thanking God for all He was doing in his life. Said that he'd had no expectations of a raise at work for a good while, yet after coming to church the past couple services, he was called into the office at work and given a substantial raise...He was giving God the credit. I see God working....and it's grand.
Howdy. I'm at work.
Quote from: MelodyB on August 29, 2013, 02:01:22 AM
I need some sweet tea!
Allen drank all mine.
Anytime I hear the name Allen, I hear that prairie dog on the funny animal video yelling "Allen! Allen! Allen!" Lol.
And I am hard pressed to not imitate it out loud. Hehehe
Allen is my "cousin". He can be ANNOYING. But Kimber and I decided to help him and be his friend. He is MAJORLY socially awkward, obnoxious, and thinks he is the good lookinist thing to ever walk the earth. Plus he knows everything about everything. Hes really a piece of work.
Hes our project, he loves my parents, and so he is over here a lot. Plus he LOVES my tea...so when he is here, I dont get much of the tea I make for me. lol
"cousin" meaning that his Aunt married my Uncle after we were both adults. He is 29.
Hmm... I wonder if I've ever been anyone's "project."
Don't wonder... Just go on. :grin:
But on another note... I wonder if roscoe was ever anyone's project...
That's not on another note, that's the same note in a different octave. :P
*giggles*
Quote from: sunlight on August 29, 2013, 05:50:24 PM
Don't wonder... Just go on. :grin:
But on another note... I wonder if roscoe was ever anyone's project...
:pound: "project" implies that I needed changed. NEVER. I was always handsome, kind,outgoing,sweet, gentle, and sexy. Who on earth would wanna change that?!? :hypocrite:
*snorts giggles*
You tell them, Roscoe. We support you, you're valuable. Keep going.
:hypocrite:
*chuckles*
Awesome!
Quote from: Roscoe on August 29, 2013, 11:40:38 AM
Our "biker guy" and his wife came again, making them regulars- you come to church three times with us, we adopt ya :P. He surprised me by testifying during testimony service, thanking God for all He was doing in his life. Said that he'd had no expectations of a raise at work for a good while, yet after coming to church the past couple services, he was called into the office at work and given a substantial raise...He was giving God the credit. I see God working....and it's grand.
That actually comes across as kind of insulting to at least one of us who can drive the concrete jungle with the worst of them, but prefers the open air to the open blare, Lady JennJenn.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 28, 2013, 05:18:49 PM
The city life is def not for the weak.
I hate the noise and congestion of the city.
Quote from: Newsman on August 30, 2013, 11:11:55 AM
That actually comes across as kind of insulting to at least one of us who can drive the concrete jungle with the worst of them, but prefers the open air to the open blare, Lady JennJenn.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 28, 2013, 05:18:49 PM
The city life is def not for the weak.
Not insulting. Just stating that city life isn't for everyone.
There are different struggles etc that one might face in the city that you wouldn't probably even come across in the country life.
Driving through a metro is not comparable to living in one. Jenn's statement is accurate, not insulting.
It can be very loud & crowded, but that makes our quiet, routine at home so very sweet. We can go adventure at the festivals and events and come home to pie and sweet tea and the sound of a fan. God is so good.
If I were single I would be even more tolerant of things but with a family I do want our own space a bit away from the neighbors. But I don't want a farm or ranch. I grew up in a small town and never want to live like that again either. It's not just the space because small towns usually have large yards and nice space between, I like that. It's more the culture and diversity differences that sway me. That's just ME.
And I should say that Kansas City is a metro in the heartland surrounded by farmland. So it's not going to be like New York or Chicago or LA. Some parts of KC look just like a small town neighborhood.
It's said that people don't come here to visit, they come here to live.
For some reason I'm reminded of Avalon's song "It's only for the weak."
For the faintttttt offf hearrrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttttttttttttt :sing:
Yeah, that.
I wish I could do that song in church, but some of the elder saints would have a heart attack.
What's everyone doing for the holiday?
We are supposed to go to a surprise 50th birthday party on Sat for my brother in law and Monday we are having a combined birthday party for my grandkids since Talia and Elias won't be here on their birthdays.
I personally have no plans, but I'm sure the family will meet for a family dinner for some reason, or for no reason at all... the "no reason at all" ones are the best! :D
Nothing. Normal weekend. Bro and sil are out of town until Sunday.
Monday we're all off though - sis and I plan to spend it at Mom's in the pool. 100 degrees is too hot to be doing much else. ha
I've gotta work Monday, so nothing planned. Just a normal day. And it is entirely too hot to do anything today, so my day thus far has been taking Chey to school, shopping for groceries, and returning to the air conditioned house and reading John Grisham's newest paper back, The Racketeer. I might also mention that in true Grisham style, it is an awesome book, although it still doesn't displace A Time To Kill from his all time best, in my mind at least.
Debating running to Russellville for a few to pick up a power supply I had repaired...it's too hot to go out to the non air conditioned ham shack. Man, I wish Lou and I had a large enough house that I could have a soundproofed ham shack/study/library inside.. :sadbounce:
NothIng special. I'm going out to eat tonight with Allen. But that's all. Monday we rest to get ready for the next 3+ weeks. I may make a good dinner but no holiday meal.
Wall AC units are cheaper than ever Bro. Bobby, and I know I remember a window in that room that you could stick it in...
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 30, 2013, 07:59:17 PM
Wall AC units are cheaper than ever Bro. Bobby, and I know I remember a window in that room that you could stick it in...
True, but I'm a tightwad and summer's nearly over. I'll buy one next year...
Quote from: Roscoe on August 30, 2013, 08:17:28 PM
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 30, 2013, 07:59:17 PM
Wall AC units are cheaper than ever Bro. Bobby, and I know I remember a window in that room that you could stick it in...
True, but I'm a tightwad and summer's nearly over. I'll buy one next year...
Or watch the sales and get one on summer clearance.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 30, 2013, 08:46:48 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on August 30, 2013, 08:17:28 PM
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 30, 2013, 07:59:17 PM
Wall AC units are cheaper than ever Bro. Bobby, and I know I remember a window in that room that you could stick it in...
True, but I'm a tightwad and summer's nearly over. I'll buy one next year...
Or watch the sales and get one on summer clearance.
:stupid: No larger than the "ham shack" room is- about 6x8 or so- it won't take much. Even in the heat of summer, one that would adequately cool it is only around $100 bucks... Maybe I'll find a clearance sale and get one for $75.. :P
A friend of mine told me to hang tight, someone will doubtless give me one. He's jealous cause with all the bargaining and horsetrading I've done, I've put together an amatuer radio station worth around $2k for only around $500. When a kind friend solved my computer issues by giving us a laptop for Lou, I inheirated the laptop we'd got for her. This caused my ham buddy to complain loudly about me having a golden touch and shot with luck, among other things...he's a sore loser and it doesn't help that I've made some rare contacts that he needs for his bragging wall with a third of his investment. :P
Bragging wall... Well, if he's going to have a bragging wall, I guess he's the kind who wouldn't be satisfied with anything. :P
I leave for vacation a week from tomorrow. My transmission shift solenoid went out on my car completely today. No where local has the part. The earliest we can get it is Wednesday, maybe. I'm a cranky pants this evening.
Not to mention that if I didn't know Jesus and need my health insurance I would have walked out/committed murder/been arrested at my job this week.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 30, 2013, 11:28:47 PM
Bragging wall... Well, if he's going to have a bragging wall, I guess he's the kind who wouldn't be satisfied with anything. :P
Ah, bragging wall....don't know really what to call it. Just a place to hand the postcards, also called QSL cards, we get from other ham radio operators verifying that we talked to them. I've one myself. My "prize" postcards are one from Tripoli, Lebanon, one from Alaska, and one from the US Virgin Islands...Got several more that should be in soon. :P
How do you reach the level where THEY start asking YOU for postcards?
Why would anyone willingly ask for a post card from Arkansas?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 31, 2013, 02:21:48 AM
Why would anyone willingly ask for a post card from Arkansas?
Because they don't know anything about it other than it's "America."
Or should I say...
" '
merica" :ugly:
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 31, 2013, 01:23:02 AM
How do you reach the level where THEY start asking YOU for postcards?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 31, 2013, 02:21:48 AM
Why would anyone willingly ask for a post card from Arkansas?
:pound: :pound:
Actually, there's kinda a protocol....Whichever station is calling on a frequency generally initiates the postcard exchange. If you talk to someone that is located somewhere you want a postcard from- say you are trying to talk to a station in each of the 50 states, for instance- you can go ahead and send one of your own and the recieving station will respond likewise.
And Jenn, just so you know, I had a guy in North Carolina just the other day that was ecstatic to recieve my card, as I was one of just three states he needed to have contacted someone in all 50 states, which will net him a nice certificate from the American Radio Relay League or ARRL.
And now you know more about ham radio than you wanted to. :P
Quote from: Roscoe on August 31, 2013, 02:33:11 AM
Quote from: Psalm_97 on August 31, 2013, 01:23:02 AM
How do you reach the level where THEY start asking YOU for postcards?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on August 31, 2013, 02:21:48 AM
Why would anyone willingly ask for a post card from Arkansas?
...And Jenn, just so you know, I had a guy in North Carolina just the other day that was ecstatic to recieve my card, as I was one of just three states he needed to have contacted someone in all 50 states, which will net him a nice certificate from the American Radio Relay League or ARRL.
And now you know more about ham radio than you wanted to. :P
Is it
that difficult to find someone in AR that can write?! :cow:
BOL!!
Yall crack me up!
Sorry about the car, Heather.
I had a lovely time with Allen. We walked the mall in Mobile, and then ate a huge dinner at Olive Garden, (the waitress gave me two bowls of soup to go when we didnt even order soup!) Then we came back here and watched The Walking Dead....He bought me season one, and he hasnt watched it so now he can. LOL
Nice evening.
Bro. Bobby: Wow, you get a certificate and everything! I didn't know it was so official.
Aw man... I miss getting on GP for a day or two and I miss a whole argument about tea. *sad sigh* Yes, I'm a tea snob. :cool: Lipton tea is definitely NOT what true tea-lovers drink. :P Anything that says "pekoe" on it isn't fit for human consumption. Now then. Anything by Republic of Tea is fair game. Anything that is by Tazo is for people who want to PRETEND to be tea snobs but really have no idea what makes a good tea. And anything served in restaurants is bound to taste disgusting. Now you know. :P Hmm... maybe I should have just said Isaac was correct and left it there. :P :cool:
City life isn't for the weak. And neither is living in the country. But for two entirely different reasons. And yes, I've done both. I much prefer the country. City life stinks, for the most part. Well, country life sometimes does too, but mainly from the animals - not the humans. :updown:
Quote from: MelodyB on August 30, 2013, 07:45:50 PM
NothIng special. I'm going out with Allen.
Uh huh.
Mm hmm.
Anything else you'd like to tell the class, Mel? :teeth:
:beret:
SippinTea: Have you noticed if you leave Earl Grey sitting in the cabinet long enough for the citrus to wear off, it tastes exactly like darjeeling? I think these days they're just selling us darjeeling with bergamot oil.
Nope. Not a thing.
Awake. Took dad to dialysis.
Thank God that after today, I have one more early day to do that and then I get a break. Yay!
Need to go make tea, put some water in the fridge, straighten the kitchen and figure out what Im fixing for dinner. Mom and Dad ate pizza last night. Those ones from WM that are deli made and not frozen are amazing. If we had gas in the grill Id make hamburgers, but we dont. I need mushrooms and noodles that we dont have to make stroganoff. I dont think there is any chicken for chicken and rice...Im not sure what to fix. We have a slab of ribs, but I would rather do those on the grill...or wait till monday.
UGH! I love to cook, but sometimes I hate having to come up with creative stuff using what we have.
OH! I just remembered we have a can of corned beef and two boxes of scalloped potatoes...I can make that in a pinch. Its quick and we all love it. I guess if I cant decide on anything else, that will be my fallback meal.
:hi:
:hi: What to do today.....It's gonna be too hot to do much outside.
Mel: If you have the meat for the hamburgers, and if you have the rice for the chicken and rice, fry the meat up, season it, add some kidney beans and serve it over rice.
Heading to a birthday party.
We've decided to take Brandon's car on vacation. It may not be pretty but it's a smooth ride with decent gas mileage. Plus it has AC. He got plugs and such to do a tune up today.
I've celebrated Labor Day wknd thus far by cleaning the church. Lol
Do I understand right that "sha" is a per name similar to how "boo" is?
Mel, sometimes I go to AllRecipes.com and type in my ingredients in their place to do that and see what comes up.
Walmart deli pizzas as pretty great.
About to start some dough for tortillas. Taco bar tomorrow at a friend's after church.
Isaac, no I haven't, but that's probably because I only like Earl Grey withOUT oil of bergamot in it. :P There's only one (maybe two??) brands I know of without it. That's one of those things I got from my little Nana. :) She lived in England for years, and somehow started liking only the Earl Grey that didn't have the *whang* from oil of bergamot. I picked it up from her. :)
Mel, Isaac's idea about dinner is totally what I would do. Except if I had veggies around, I'd probably make it more like a fried rice thingy with ground beef and veggies stir fried in.
Mom and Dad Ringo flew back home today. Sad. We had a lovely visit. :)
:beret:
Wandered around my city this morning in search of farmers markets with the best friend. Found two. One good, one lame. Came out with an orange the size of a small child, two tomatoes (of which I've already eaten lol), fresh broccoli, leaf lettuce, lemons and shallots.
Thankful for her husband to watch her two girls (ones a month old) so we could have time together.
Spent the rest of the afternoon and now evening inside.
Made quiche for a late lunch.
It's stinking hot outside.
Plus there is a football game and a baseball game happening today. Plus Penatonix is in town for a free concert down the road. Too many people within the vicinity of my apartment.
So a hermit I am.
Quote from: SippinTea on August 31, 2013, 09:06:29 PM
Isaac, no I haven't, but that's probably because I only like Earl Grey withOUT oil of bergamot in it. :P There's only one (maybe two??) brands I know of without it. That's one of those things I got from my little Nana. :) She lived in England for years, and somehow started liking only the Earl Grey that didn't have the *whang* from oil of bergamot. I picked it up from her. :)
Mel, Isaac's idea about dinner is totally what I would do. Except if I had veggies around, I'd probably make it more like a fried rice thingy with ground beef and veggies stir fried in.
Mom and Dad Ringo flew back home today. Sad. We had a lovely visit. :)
:beret:
The stir-fry would work too. But what is Earl Grey without bergamot? I thought that was the defining characteristic. Without bergamot it would be... something else.
And for the record, any kind of tea at Wal-Mart is NOT the real version. I don't know where they get their tea from, but their earl grey, their chamomile, their darjeeling, all of it is just... just... all wrong!
I'm glad you had a nice visit, Ruby.
Quote from: SippinTea on August 31, 2013, 09:06:29 PM
Isaac, no I haven't, but that's probably because I only like Earl Grey withOUT oil of bergamot in it. :P There's only one (maybe two??) brands I know of without it. That's one of those things I got from my little Nana. :) She lived in England for years, and somehow started liking only the Earl Grey that didn't have the *whang* from oil of bergamot. I picked it up from her. :)
Mel, Isaac's idea about dinner is totally what I would do. Except if I had veggies around, I'd probably make it more like a fried rice thingy with ground beef and veggies stir fried in.
Mom and Dad Ringo flew back home today. Sad. We had a lovely visit. :)
:beret:
Fixing to go to bed. Got my sermon prepared for tomorrow night, gotta work tomorrow. Didn't do anything constructive for the day, it was too hot..
I am sleepy.
Quote from: SippinTea on August 31, 2013, 09:06:29 PM
Isaac, no I haven't, but that's probably because I only like Earl Grey withOUT oil of bergamot in it. :P There's only one (maybe two??) brands I know of without it. That's one of those things I got from my little Nana. :) She lived in England for years, and somehow started liking only the Earl Grey that didn't have the *whang* from oil of bergamot. I picked it up from her. :) :beret:
I thought that is what made it Earl Grey. Fascinating! I love Earl Grey. I've never had it w/o the bergamot.
I don't even know what y'all are talking about. I dislike Earl Grey. However it was prepared.
I'm late. And I don't feel all that great this morning.
Earl gray is my favorite tea.
I had a friend bring me a bergamot tea too. I really liked it as well.
I don't drink ANY tea. Blah.
Quote for the day: "Tea is the thinking man's coffee." :D
Home from church. I don't think I've mentioned on here yet that I'm going back to bible college in 2 weeks. I went for a year years upon years ago but was unable to finish my degree. I'm pretty pumped about it. It definitely in a God thing.
It's a rough day at the Henson household. It would have been Brandon's sisters 25 birthday. When I left for church this morning Mike was flung across her headstone [she's burried on the property]. I can't possibly know what they are experiencing or how they feel so I try to steer clear but I feel like that's being rude too. Got home and he is gone to Teresa's. I don't know if Brandon is coming home or going there after work.
What a busy day! Whew!
So yeah. We had a good service and a good day today.
Tomorrow Im going to the Exploreum Museum in Mobile. I am excited! I love that place! They have under the sea/reef stuff playing at the Imax and I love that kind of thing! http://www.exploreum.com/ Thats the website...did I mention I was EXCITED!?!
http://www.gocomics.com/jumpstart/2013/09/02
That last line seems to say a lot if you're a christian. Two weeks before you got the Holy Ghost, did you ever imagine you would be where and what you are today?
Having some Twinings English breakfast.
Went English and tried it with milk today. I like!
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It was so good I had a second cup.
Now I have applesauce muffins in the oven. :fork:
And am making an omelette of peppers, onions, potatoes and cheese.
Fancy cup.
Lol I have several tea cup/saucer sets. I like to be fancy.
It's my normal day off but at least I'm getting paid for it this time.
Already been to the gym and I admit Dunkin Donuts. Now to start the massive cleaning of the house that way it's not a complete disaster when we get back from vacation. 5 days til we leave!!
Bah. I'm at work. So NOT what I wanted to do today. Oh well...at least it ain't hard work.
Wheeeeeeeeee!!!! WHERE is my wife???
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 01, 2013, 05:24:11 PM
Quote for the day: "Tea is the thinking man's coffee." :D
Haha! I've got to remember to tell an older man at church this quote. He's a tough ol' logger/mountain man type - nothing sissified about him - but he prefers tea over coffee any day. And always laughs about what a "wimp" he must be. He'll like this quote. :D
Jenn - Cute teacup!
Heather! Such exciting news about Bible school. I'm really happy for you. :D If you feel like sharing how it's a total God-thing, I'd love to hear your story. :)
Sir John - You've lost her AGAIN?!? :P
:beret:
Morning everyone!
Been a good weekend so far. Hope you guys are having a good one too.
Quote from: mini on September 02, 2013, 10:31:09 PM
Morning everyone!
Been a good weekend so far. Hope you guys are having a good one too.
Morning?!? You dun bumped yer noggin.....it's evenin' time. And I've been at work for the past two days, so I don't wann hear about what a "grand weekend it is".... :pound:
Cleaned the church. Ridiculous amount of food and candy last few weeks. Nobody thinks it's their kid making the mess and parents don't think the "No food or Drink" sign applies for their small children. Literally, thats what they say. That's what ALL the food and candy is from!
Perhaps I wouldn't mind as much if the church didn't pay 3 cleaners to clean. Is that REALLY what people want their tithes/offering to go towards? Extra hours of cleaning food and candy stains? Or what they want their sister in Christ doing, scrubbing on hands and knees to get it out? That's not the kind of job security I want. Lol. It's the house of the LORD.
We are in a hard generation. Children will misbehave and starve to death, parents will backslide, if their kids are not fed IN the sanctuary. It's absolutely impossible in this day and age for children to eat breakfast before church, have a snack in SS/nursery, and still survive till after church these days.
*sigh*
End rant. For now.
They pay cleaners? Hey, how do I get in on this? :D Here we have volunteers on rotation.
It might not be so much a matter of they have to have food, as it is an easy way to keep them quiet during church. Or that's what I've observed it being used as. Although I can't remember my mother having to use food to keep ME quiet - a pinch on the underside of my arm was usually enough, and if that didn't do it she wasn't at all shy about taking me outside and tanning my tail.
Newsman: She's probably shopping.
There's far too much and a need for people who can actually clean to just rotate. We're a metro church, many people live almost an hour away. I cleaned for two years w/o being paid and that was fine with me. It's a blessing that they pay. I dont tell them when I do extra hours. I Dont even like the idea.
I'm just being whiney. Better is one day in Your Courts...
Ah, a metro church. That's very different.
You're all weirdos.
:yawn: I'm all birthday partied out.
Ahhh! My Dad just texted me his 1st question since getting the Bible.
"How come they lived so long? In the book."
:)
WOW. I had an incredible weekend!
Spent Friday evening with Allan, (I learned I was spelling his name wrong...its AllAN, not Allen...) We had a good time, I wasnt expecting to have that good of a time with just us alone. Ive always had other people around as buffers before, so I was pleased that it went so well. Hes not AS annoying as he was to me in the beginning...Sis Ramsey told me, (and my Mom) that since Kimber and I befriended him, he has changed quite a bit, and I totally can see it. We told him straight out why he didnt have friends, and that he needed to change a few things, and he actually listened to us and its working! Amazing! LOL
Saturday I spent all day here at the church. People were in and out all day doing SS prep and outreach stuff. I kept my Kira ALL DAY LONG and was happy to have the whole day with her. Then we had an amazing Youth service and went to our favorite locally owned pizza joint after. I have been there a hundred times but never get pizza...they have a sandwich called cheesesteak ala garden and it is amazing! So I ALWAYS get that. I have never gotten anything else. I guess I should try the pizza one day. Everyone says its the best.
Sunday we had incredible church, and then I dropped Dad off at the flea market while I went to the produce place and bought us some fresh tomatoes and bananas. The three of us have been on a tomato sandwich kick lately, and so we needed some more tomatoes. I bought 6 HUGE ones, so pretty and perfect, and a big bunch of bananas for under $5! Our produce place is great.
Yesterday, my Aunt and Uncle/Pastor invited me to go with them (and Allan) to Mobile to the Exploruem museum and Imax. That was also awesome. I love that place. We walked around and saw all the exhibits for two hours, and then watched the movie. After that we went for a late lunch at The Boiling Pot which specializes in seafood. That was great. I love that place too. Then we went to a guitar store for the guys, and Sis Ramsey and I went to Cathrine's where she bought me two new blouses. :) After that we came home and Allan came over and we watched the rest of season one of The Walking Dead and ate some beans I had made for mom and dad in the crockpot.
TODAY...I have some cleaning to do. The kitchen is a mess, and I gotta gather up all this trash. Ive got steaks laid out for dinner. Tonight is dads last meal at home for awhile. Tomorrow morning he has his surgery to cut off half of his remaining foot. Allan will come over again for dinner. I have already text him this morning and invited him.
I cant help but think that this next week is gonna be stressful and just all around bad for me/us. I say that cause right before something crazy bad happens, I usually have a few really GOOD days where I am just filled with friends and family and fun....then BOOM the ball drops and everything goes to hell in a handbasket. So Im thinking these last few amazing days is my prep for something that is soon to come.
We will see. God knows. He seems to prepare me somewhat for those times.
That is all. :)
Sounds like life is on the upswing for you, Mel. Good. And because I don't want you to come kick my tail, I shall refrain from any smarmy comments that Allan might be taking the Birdman of Indiana's place in your heart...:hypocrite:
I'm at work. I am so tired of working and still being broke. :pound: But- God never promised us an easy life, just that He would see us through. So I know He's gonna work everything out, and I REFUSE to worry about anything. Anything at all.
Have a great day. I'm going to if it harelips the Pope...:P
Quote from: Roscoe on September 03, 2013, 11:43:05 AM
I'm at work. I am so tired of working and still being broke. :pound: But- God never promised us an easy life, just that He would see us through. So I know He's gonna work everything out, and I REFUSE to worry about anything. Anything at all. Have a great day. I'm going to if it harelips the Pope...:P
Isn't it crazy how God still provides though? This world will never be able to make sense of it. Have you ever heard Stan Gleason's family story? I sometimes think maybe I'm like that first generation too.
I'm amazed at God's provision. My husband as been out of work for over 4 years now but God has provided for us.
Quote from: Roscoe on September 03, 2013, 11:43:05 AM
Sounds like life is on the upswing for you, Mel. Good. And because I don't want you to come kick my tail, I shall refrain from any smarmy comments that Allan might be taking the Birdman of Indiana's place in your heart...:hypocrite:
I thought Allan was her cousin? Lol
If not good for me, means I can have Sethers all to myself. :love:
I have been out of work for almost three years now...and I have never actually NEEDED anything. Sure times are hard and there were lots of WANTS, but all my needs, and my parents needs have always been met somehow. Even on their low income and us being three adults with major health problems. God is Faithful.
Roscoe...no one can ever replace Seth. EVER. He is my first love. But the difference is, he wont get off his butt and take me out and spend TIME with me. That would have made our relationship get off the ground. lol :freaky2:
Allan falls over himself just to spend time with me cause he's never had any REAL friends. So every waking moment that he can, he wants to hang out, or go eat, or watch a movie or just sit in the foyer and talk. He is learning what its like to have a friend. A real friend. One who will tell him like it is, and not just save face.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 03, 2013, 02:16:18 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on September 03, 2013, 11:43:05 AM
Sounds like life is on the upswing for you, Mel. Good. And because I don't want you to come kick my tail, I shall refrain from any smarmy comments that Allan might be taking the Birdman of Indiana's place in your heart...:hypocrite:
I thought Allan was her cousin? Lol
They're from Mississippi. Being related is a prerequisite for any kind of dating relationship.:hypocrite:
And mel...All kidding aside, Im glad you can be that friend for him.
You're confusing Mississippi with Arkansas ..... every one knows stuff like that happens in ARKANSAS not Mississippi.
He's my cousin who isn't my cousin. My uncle married his aunt. We were already both grown adults when this happened. We just met once in 2008 for about an hour, and then again in May when he moved here. It's not like we grew up together. Lol
Is his middle name Kevin?
So Mel, now that Allan is coming around, who's going to be your next "project?"
Are you volunteering? :hypocrite:
Careful Melbs - too many male pets er projects - Seth might get jealous. :hypocrite:
Fuzzy you have to be joking - everyone knows you can't improve on perfection. :hypocrite:
Thats Roscoes line... :ugly:
It was mine before it was his. And he's stolen a few of my lines, so if it were proven to be his line he couldn't sue me - I'd have a lot to counter-sue him for.
It's all hearsay at this point.
Yeah, that's the biggest problem we have in church too, hearsay. Not heresy, hearsay - People hear something, then they turn around and say it. :roll:
Ha thought that looked wrong, but it didn't auto-correct it.
Im not sure what his middle name is...hang on.
:o
Allan is his middle name...and Im not sure I like his first name...but its NOT Kevin. Nor is his last name Bishop.
Melbs! LOL Tell us his first name!!!!!!!!!!!
What's :o about going by his middle name? My middle name is Isaac. I like it a lot more than I like my first name.
What's YOUR first name Isaac?
Ain't tellin'. All I'll say is, it's a lot more common than Isaac. Four people in one single class in my high school had the same name. Forget that, I'd rather have a name that's relatively rare. I almost never meet another Isaac.
On the flip side, when two Isaacs do meet they get a shock that Jim and Bob and George don't know anything about. We're not used to someone else having our name.
My name is more common than most too. Sigh. But my middle name is Marie and I don't like that either.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 03, 2013, 07:18:21 PM
My name is more common than most too. Sigh. But my middle name is Marie and I don't like that either.
That's the truth! Back in the days of the old apostolic chatroom there were so many Jens and Jenns and Jennifers that it became a running joke. Oh, here comes another Jen...
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on September 03, 2013, 01:49:48 PM
I'm amazed at God's provision. My husband as been out of work for over 4 years now but God has provided for us.
If you're doing that well, you can provide for me too.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 03, 2013, 07:09:04 PM
What's :o about going by his middle name? My middle name is Isaac. I like it a lot more than I like my first name.
It wasnt him going by his middle name that was so :o . It was the first name I just learned. I was NOT expecting that. lol
Bernard
Fredrickson
Lawry
Gifford
Rock
River
Pat
Homer
Leonard
Chuck
???
My name sounds straight out of the 70's.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 03, 2013, 07:24:38 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 03, 2013, 07:18:21 PM
My name is more common than most too. Sigh. But my middle name is Marie and I don't like that either.
That's the truth! Back in the days of the old apostolic chatroom there were so many Jens and Jenns and Jennifers that it became a running joke. Oh, here comes another Jen...
When I was in it - there was Jen, Jenn (me), and Jennn. lol everyone knew which was which.
Quote from: MelodyB on September 03, 2013, 08:01:25 PM
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 03, 2013, 07:09:04 PM
What's :o about going by his middle name? My middle name is Isaac. I like it a lot more than I like my first name.
It wasnt him going by his middle name that was so :o . It was the first name I just learned. I was NOT expecting that. lol
Well what was it?? Tell us!
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 08:18:40 PM
Bernard
Fredrickson
Lawry
Gifford
Rock
River
Pat
Homer
Leonard
Chuck
???
Not any of these. lol
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 08:20:18 PM
My name sounds straight out of the 70's.
Then you are saying the same about mine. :P
What is your middle name?
Ok ok....its Earl. Earl Allan. Just sounds so different...old fashioned. I think I would like it better if it was Allan Earl...my former Pastor in Panama City was named Allen Earl. And my nephews middle name is Allen after him. Spelled with an E.
Earl! haha
Shocking I know. lol
Quote from: MelodyB on September 03, 2013, 08:39:00 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 08:18:40 PM
Bernard
Fredrickson
Lawry
Gifford
Rock
River
Pat
Homer
Leonard
Chuck
???
Not any of these. lol
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 08:20:18 PM
My name sounds straight out of the 70's.
Then you are saying the same about mine. :P
What is your middle name?
Not just the Melody part. Mine is Melody Jean. Which reminds me of that movie Norma Jean. It's the Jean part. My mom's name is Jeanne though and my G'ma was Jeanette.
Yay for ole Earl! Probably trying to compensate for his first name... Lol
I forgot your middle name, Mel?
I want to know what Roscoe's middle name is. What do precede Moses with?!
Nathan's: Nathan Allen James Martin Harvey. Lol
Andrew's middle name is Allen but it was supposed to be James. Stupid labor meds.
My brother's name was Alan.
Mine is Lee.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 09:05:33 PM
I want to know what Roscoe's middle name is. What do precede Moses with?!You will not learn it from me :nono:
Andrew's middle name is Allen but it was supposed to be James. Stupid labor meds.
Does anyone else find it strangly appropriate that Meller's child has A.A. for initials.... :laughhard: "My name is Bill W, and I'm....." :P
Boo! Just taking a break from classes @ seminary! Taking classes at St. Paul @ OCU in Okla. City. Very interesting in some parts, boring in others!
Quote from: Roscoe on September 03, 2013, 09:46:43 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 09:05:33 PM
I want to know what Roscoe's middle name is. What do you precede Moses with?!You will not learn it from me :nono:
Andrew's middle name is Allen but it was supposed to be James. Stupid labor meds.
Does anyone else find it strangly appropriate that Meller's child has A.A. for initials.... :laughhard: "My name is Bill W, and I'm....." :P
:pound: keep grinning Roscoe Wilburr.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 10:00:10 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on September 03, 2013, 09:46:43 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 09:05:33 PM
I want to know what Roscoe's middle name is. What do you precede Moses with?!You will not learn it from me :nono:
Andrew's middle name is Allen but it was supposed to be James. Stupid labor meds.
Does anyone else find it strangly appropriate that Meller's child has A.A. for initials.... :laughhard: "My name is Bill W, and I'm....." :P
:pound: keep grinning Roscoe Wilburr.
Not even close, herb-girl... :P
That's what you think, R. Eulises.
:P
By the way Roscoe Hubert, you grow a garden this year?
What she really wants to know is how much weed did you grow?...
I bet Kim will tell us his middle name...
Hannah thinks your mother may have named you Robert Bobbert.
Andrew guesses Nostradamus.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 10:42:52 PM
Hannah thinks your mother may have named you Robert Bobbert.
Andrew guesses Nostradamus.
While they are both wrong, obviously Andrew understands my intelligance.. :hypocrite: Nostradamus would be more intellectual than Bobbert... and I do see all, know all...I AM the law after all..
Quote from: MelodyB on September 03, 2013, 10:41:26 PM
I bet Kim will tell us his middle name...
She better not!! :pound:
And yes, I grew a ggarden...harvested a few cantaloupes, watermelons, bell peppers cucumbers and tomatoes, but not at its full potential cause I was too lazy to keep the weeds from choking it out. And I grew not a single herb..
I had rosemary. For a while. It died.
My two ivys are alive and well though.
"Smile a little smile for me
Rosemary
And ivy"
Quote from: Roscoe on September 03, 2013, 10:46:16 PM
And yes, I grew a garden...harvested a few cantaloupes, watermelons, bell peppers cucumbers and tomatoes, but not at its full potential cause I was too lazy to keep the weeds from choking it out. And I grew not a single herb..
No herbs but lots of weed, huh? And you're tired and hungry all the time? Roscoe Homer, you may have a problem.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 04, 2013, 12:15:17 AM
I had rosemary. For a while. It died. My two ivys are alive and well though.
Rosemary takes more water than I ever thought when I grew it last year. Last year was a drought though too...
Had a good day again today! Took both mom and dad to drs appointments, then came home and cooked an amazing steak dinner with boiled potatoes and carrots. I made Jello for dessert but no one ate any. lol
Dad cant eat tonight after midnight cause surgery is tomorrow. I gotta have him at the hospital at 11.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 03, 2013, 03:48:32 AM
Ahhh! My Dad just texted me his 1st question since getting the Bible.
"How come they lived so long? In the book."
:)
I love this!!!
Morning... :hi: I get up this morning, make it to work, and as I'm walking up the hill to the capitol from my parking spot, I am sucking on the 32 ounce Dr Pepper. I think to myself I am really too fat and I have to cut back on unhealthy foods. Having firmly determined that I WILL begin to eat healthier today, I stroll confidently into the building- and meet my Waterloo. My favorite representative has take care of HER policemen again...with several boxes of the most delicious fried pies in existance. Oh, well there's always tomorrow...today, we EAT! :fork:
Hahaha! Roscoe Ramal-Abdul, the devil is a liar! BOL
Hospital today.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 04, 2013, 01:01:00 PM
Hahaha! Roscoe Ramal-Abdul, the devil is a liar! BOL
"Ramal-Abdul;"?!? Ain't no Muslim.... :pound:
We know you ain't...you like bbq pork way to much. :ugly:
And bacon! :fork:
Barbecue is good if the right person makes it. Did you ever try that "barbecue" they had at Subway for a brief time? It was soft, mushy and very flavorless.
G'mornin' y'all.
Place is deeaaadd.
I'm studying. And overly annoyed at the moment.
Sorry Jeremy.
What's YOUR middle name? Roscoe Chicowsky is holding out on us.
:hypocrite:
Where is Kim when we need her? ;)
My middle name is simple and boring. Unlike my father and 2 of his brothers. They all have names that end with -oyd. The oldest brothers name is Eugene. LOL
Roberts middle name is Seymour. Robert Seymour Moses.
Quote from: mini on September 04, 2013, 08:30:21 PM
Robert's middle name is Seymour. Robert Seymour Moses.
How cruel to name the runt, "See more" ...
:hypocrite:
Maybe its Les.
Robert Les Moses.
Well, short people see more of some things...
Remember the old joke about who invented the mini skirt? ;)
Nope. That joke was WAY before our time. :ugly:
:pound: The Lying Mini....and the rest of ya too. Seymour is NOT my name. And to head you off at the pass- neither is Rumplestilskin. Made it through work and only ate two fried pies and one cupcake all day. Now I'm fixing to go to church, where either my colleague Bro Clayton shall preach at me, or my friend the Kentucky Outlaw, aka Bro Roy Wheatley will preach at me.
I already know I'm getting preached at- Wheatley has told me he will preach at me, and Bro Clayton is doubtless going to if he preaches just because...:pound: Everybody is after Roscoe... or me Lucky Charms. :sadbounce:
Quote from: mini on September 04, 2013, 08:30:21 PM
My middle name is simple and boring. Unlike my father and 2 of his brothers. They all have names that end with -oyd. The oldest brothers name is Eugene. LOL
And I am surprised they didn't continue the tradition with you....Himr-oyd. :ugly:
Quote from: Roscoe on September 04, 2013, 10:34:59 PM
Quote from: mini on September 04, 2013, 08:30:21 PM
My middle name is simple and boring. Unlike my father and 2 of his brothers. They all have names that end with -oyd. The oldest brothers name is Eugene. LOL
And I am surprised they didn't continue the tradition with you....Himr-oyd. :ugly:
:spitlaugh:
Good one.... Roscoe Streissenhous.
I must be the only one who doesn't have midweek service on Wednesday.
We dont, we have church prayer, but I was at the hospital so I didnt go...well, me, Mom and Allan didnt go. And Dad of course. lol
I find something extremely funny. 15 pages in and I may be rethinking some things... *cough*
But his name isn't Kevin...
**Highfives Isaac***
Do share melbs!!! :demand:
OH
MY
WORD.
:P
:bigcheese:
I won't say it. I won't say it. Iwon'tsayit. Iwon'tsayitIwon'tsayit.
:bigcheese:
Or at least... I won't say it YET.
:bigcheese:
:beret:
:couch:
Morning all....:hi: And btw, Wooby, love the profile pic, that little one is a doll....
Wheatley preached at me, as usual. Preaded on an Oasis in the Desert and reminded us that even in the desert there is water- you just have to dig for it. A timely reminder that I needed. Now I'm digging- in prayer and into whatever edible passes my way- and trusting God.
Dig a little deeper in the well, boys
Dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water
You got to dig a little deeper in the well
:sing:
Mornin' y'all. For some time it has occurred to me that we southern folks use up more than our fair share of apostrophes.
Feeling blessed. I hope there is the coffee flavor in heaven. I won't need the caffeine.
You guys see this in your communities? My word, that's crazy.
Christian bakery closes after LGBT threats, protests.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/09/03/todd-american-dispatch-christian-bakery-closes-after-lgbt-threats-protests/
I am also feeling very blessed and happy this morning. :)
Where be everyone?!? Post, Thou varlets!!
In the words of the great Confuse-Us: When you have nothing to say, say nothing. I have had nothing even remotely interesting or of any value to say this morning, so I kept my big mouth shut.
Of course I could just start spouting random inanities for the sake of having something to say... but I'm fairly certain you don't want that. :roll:
I'm pretty sure that's all I ever do.
I just made spaghetti.
Since your last name is Jewish, the kids and I thought we better start at the source,
Roscoe Phineas Sasson Moses.
Making coconut shrimp and steamed broccoli for dinner.
Took Dina & babies to airport. Glad to be home. Hate Dallas traffic.
Having a Seth moment. Some people are down right stupid. Black people's hair doe not grow or is manageable the same as white people's and to expect them to perm their hair non stop to "fit in" is completely well, I'll say Unchristian and shallow, instead of what I'm thinking.
Makes me pert near fed up. Let's see these same bigots tight perm their hair non stop, especially their small children and see how sensible it seems to them. They wouldn't last a month.
*end rant*
So you're mad at the white people for perming? Or at the black people for perming?
Or at the white people for expecting the black to perm? Or the other way around? ???
I was also wondering about that.
As usual, I am confused and in left field.
**WARNING*** LONG POST AHEAD ** WARNING**
It's been a weird day. It started perfectly normal..then a good friend who works with me who USED to be my supervisor at another job- I helped him get on our present job- began talking to me. A little background- He is a staunch Baptist, and we've had many talks about God. This man has saw me in my worst state and has been one of my biggest supporters after I straightened up and began to preach, even though he has never been in a Pentecostal church service to my knowledge.
A few years back he was going through a bad time in his life, and while he is Baptist, he hasn't found a church that he likes, so he doesn't have a pastor. He approached me, and I, who was about as far away from God as I could get, told him he needed to go talk to my pastor. He did. He and Bro Wilson became good friends, and he thanked me for introducing him to a real man of God. While he enjoyed Bible discussions, he wanted nothing to do with coming to church. I haven't pressed..
A few months back, he joked with me abound me baptizing him, "just to be safe"...Again, the joking manner taken into consideration, I made it clear that I would talk to Bro Wilson and would love to baptize him IN JESUS' NAME, but didn't press. Sunday he informs me he wants to be baptized for sure. Trying to follow God, I told him I wanted him to read Acts the 2nd chapter to be sure he understand why he needs the baptism and why we baptize the way we do.
He assured me he would read it, but said "Bobby, we've talked about this, I'm with you on the Jesus name stuff". :o I thought he hadn't been listening all those times... He then told me, "I don't want no doctrine, stuff, just dunk me". I opened my mouth to say something and blurted out "I don't teach doctrine, I teach the Word. Doctrine is man's invention. Everything I tell you I will show you in that Book." So not what I meant to say....he looked at me for a moment shocked, then said "I believe that."
Today he apologized for not having read the chapter yet, but said he would do so this weekend...
PLEASE pray that this leads to him being saved. He is one of the most pigheaded, stubborn men I've ever met, but is one of the best friends a person could ever have. I love him like a brother- he was even one of my groomsmen when Lou and I had our church wedding. When he gets something, he has it locked in...college educated and an awesome speaker too... And there is no telling how many times he's saved my life when we've worked the streets together. I've worked everything from murder scenes to mobs with 300 people against me and him, to taking down a man with a gun ....heard shots fired by him as a guy nearly ran over us one night,...you get the picture.
I'm taking it easy, trusting God that He is working. When I called Bro Wilson and told him, he nearly began crying. He told me that less than a week ago, he was thinking of Brad and had decided that we'd lost him, because he hadn't been around in some time...
God is working....
And then after all that, I came home, mowed the yard, and decided I would "fix" the ham antenna that wasn't broken, and improve it..I did- I dropped it and it shattered into a thousand tiny fiberglass pieces. Not what I wanted. :-(
Oh and I paid the Infernal Revenue Service the pound of flesh they decided they needed, the fat crooks. If every building they had collapsed without harming anyone, I'd not be unhappy.
Awesome!
I can't really fault your friend for being pig headed and making sure about things that he locks in once he is certain of it. I'm kind of the same way myself. I spent three years in church before I finally got baptized... But when I did, I was very sure about what I was doing and I knew exactly why I was doing it.
:chairspin:
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 06, 2013, 12:50:12 AM
So you're mad at the white people for perming? Or at the black people for perming?
Or at the white people for expecting the black to perm? Or the other way around? ???
For people expecting specifically children, to have constant hair that meets what I can only think to phrase as a retarded ignorant standard. There was a Tulsa news report on it today. A little girl was repremanded for having what was deemed "fad hair do" like "afro puffs and tiny braids." You know cause her 7yr old self is just so disruptive with her one inch twists. I wonder if there are peopke that seriously ok to think it's ok for kids to have non stop perms at all, let alone to be accepted.
I don't care about perms themselves, I have one. But the idea of black people not having acceptance to wear their hair the way God makes it grow irks my bubble. For what? People who can't handle diversity? Keep it neat, keep it clean. I see so many that dont have a clue how to take of their hair if they went natural from a life of constant perms. Or how long it would actually grow.
Ack, it's hard to edit on this nook. And I do so get stirred up about what can seem like racism. Good grief, people need to grow up and get some sense. We don't all expect Roscoe to slam dunk basketballs.
THAT is so exciting, Roscoe Picadelly!!!
Quote from: Roscoe on September 05, 2013, 11:37:06 AM
And btw, Wooby, love the profile pic, that little one is a doll....
Thanks! :) I think so, too. :)
:beret:
Morning. Waiting to hear something from my babies about their trip.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 06, 2013, 04:31:14 AM
Good grief, people need to grow up and get some sense. We don't all expect Roscoe to slam dunk basketballs.
ROFLOL
:ugly:
I just got a mental picture of Roscoe trying. Telling himself...
"Be the basketball. You are the basketball. "
You should see him on the dance floor. Hes got moves...
:ugly:
I have a good feeling about today. Im looking forward to getting started.
I slept in a bit...a luxury I can only afford while dad is occupied in the hospital, Im about to go shower, then get all the garbage gathered up and taken out. After that I am gonna clean out the truck, (Allan and I are gonna detail it tomorrow as a surprise for dad, its kinda nasty cause we seem to live in it and it gets bad.) Then Im gonna cook some rice and chicken for Allan and take it to his job for him, cause its payday and he doesnt have any lunch. lol He just told me this, if he had told me earlier, I would have sent it this morning with him when he left prayer. Then I have to go to the Post office and see if my book has arrived yet cause I havent checked in a few days, and then I need to go to the store and buy a small cabbage and some tomato sauce so I can make unstuffed cabbage rolls, a new pinterest recipe I want to try. Then after that, Allan and I will drop Mom off at the hospital, and go out by ourselves for awhile then come back and visit dad and pick mom up.
Im looking forward to it. :)
Melbs melbs melbs.... :noo: :pound:
YES? :hypocrite:
:eek!:
Wow. Melbs has taken a turn...I dont know if I should be impressed or shocked or both.
As much as she was dropping that name, one might think the effect was intentional. MelodyB are you deliberately trying to start rumors?
Nope. No rumors here. Everything I mention is absolute truth. And Im not even telling the WHOLE truth. *cough*
God works in mysterious ways....
Hey. That's what's great about living for God. Enjoy the ride as it comes. Doesn't matter what's down the road sometimes.
I'm super glad you are getting some days to just enjoy life!
Oh and Mini,...Dumbfounded is the word that I have found best describes my current situation.. Cause I am still dumbfounded. :o
*shrug*
:chairspin:
:hypocrite:
*chuckles* :lol:
Sethers!!! :love: Guess that means you're ALL mine. Everyone else has given up on you. :hug:
Quote from: MelodyB on September 06, 2013, 03:08:33 PM
Oh and Mini,...Dumbfounded is the word that I have found best describes my current situation.. Cause I am still dumbfounded. :o
*shrug*
:chairspin:
:hypocrite:
Twitterpated?
PLEASE PRAY FOR ROSCOE! HE IS ON HIS WAY TO THE DR RIGHT NOW!
Apparently he had a moth fly in his ear and the little bugger is going absolutely nuts. Im laughing to hard to pray for him.
No way. How in the world?! Wouldn't his ear hair block that or is he one of those metrosexuals?
:P @ Roscoe Woodlandelf
Bah. :pound: :pound: :pound: All of you.
Ever had a weekend that you shoulda just stayed in bed? Yeah, mine is starting that way. After destroying my ham antenna last night, I decided that after I took Chey to school I'd put on a pork roast to make bbq sandwiches in the Crockpot. While picking up things I needed for that, I discovered Walmart had the PowerWasher's wand that I've been needing and it was cheap, so I bought it. Put the roast on, and decided I'd do something I've been putting off for two years- powerwash the front of the house. :thumbsup2:
It went well. I was washing away, drowning and forcing the homes of many spiders, wasps, and moths off of my house. They weren't paying rent, or contributing, so off they go. The spiders died without a whimper, the wasps fled the scene, and the moths simply gave up and either fluttered away or drowned...except for one.
Apparently it had overheard me telling Chey the story of David and Goliath. :P When I sprayed its hiding place with 1600 psi, it became David, fighting with a vigor. And apparently it trained in the Japanese school of kamakazi warfare. Like an arrow straight to a target, the little, um, unmentionable demon, flew straight into my left ear! :o (I swear I heard it yelling in Japanese as it did so).
I dropped the pressure hose and began shaking my head like a dog, while yelling "Get out" and "Jesus! Jesus!" alternately. I'm sure the neighbors enjoyed this. My tormentor, having gained the upper hand, refused to surrender, and began fluttering its wings rather rapidly. That wouldn't have been bad, had he been outside, but he was NOT. It sounded like a 747 to me..
I dashed into the house and attempted to pour water in my ear in hopes of drowning the beast, or at least causing him to be washed OUT of my ear. He simply slipped on a scuba mask, and judging from the sounds I was hearing, proceeded to enjoy the shower. Q-tips, nah, he just ran deeper into the ear canal, until he smacked into my eardrum. Then he began to get angry and began to hum and flutter his wings. I have never been more annoyed in my life. It sounded like he had a group of Hell's Angels on Harleys and was beating a drum for them. Every time he fluttered his wings I jumped. :pound:
I gave up and called the doctor, who told me to come in. The entire staff, including the receptionist I used to work with, were quite amused.
The doctor wound up flushing the beast out of my ear with, irony of ironies, a tiny power washer like gizmo. I took a pic of my vanquished foe, and was quite unchristian like when I remarked that I hoped his last moments on earth had been as uncomfortable for him as they were for me. :mad:
On the bright side, after the doctor stopped laughing "with" me- read that "at me", the sorry dog- he agreed to set up a sleep study for me, agreeing that I probably suffer from sleep apnea. He also gave me suggestion of a workout program called "Insanity" that he said has really worked well for him. So it wasn't a wasted day,and the front of the house is powerwashed.
And every. stinking. one. of my "friends" I texted about my plight LAUGHED. No sympathy, just "ROFLOL".....evil people. Now I am home, smelling the delicious scent of my crockpot meal, and hoping that the bird of paradise flies up my aforementioned "friends" noses, literally, and they must see a doctor for said bird. :pound:
Well. Glad you were able to get things taken care of. :o
That is the best story I've read in a while. Just as funny as my friend telling me that last Sunday morning she caught her toddler boys getting ready to "share" the picture one took of the other one mooning him while saying "Cheeeese."
The kids are going to love this story.
I note that you are the only pententecostal I know that has yelled, "Get out Jesus!" while dancing about, Roscoe BoheMoth.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 06, 2013, 08:21:18 PM
That is the best story I've read in a while. Just as funny as my friend telling me that last Sunday morning she caught her toddler boys getting ready to "share" the picture one took of the other one mooning him while saying "Cheeeese."
The kids are going to love this story.
I note that you are the only pententecostal I know that has yelled, "Get out Jesus!" while dancing about, Roscoe BoheMoth.
:pound: :pound: I was NOT telling Jesus to get out. I was exhorting to the stupid moth to get out, and pleading with Jesus for His help. :pound:
I notice with some dismay that I was not one of the ones who received a text...
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 06, 2013, 10:46:56 PM
I notice with some dismay that I was not one of the ones who received a text...
I wasn't thinking clearly...the moth was affecting my thought process. I *think* I texted Mini, Bro wheatley (a minister friend), Seth because it seemed like something he would endure and Snoop... It weren't intentional...
Quote from: Roscoe on September 06, 2013, 10:19:29 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 06, 2013, 08:21:18 PM
That is the best story I've read in a while. Just as funny as my friend telling me that last Sunday morning she caught her toddler boys getting ready to "share" the picture one took of the other one mooning him while saying "Cheeeese."
The kids are going to love this story.
I note that you are the only pententecostal I know that has yelled, "Get out Jesus!" while dancing about, Roscoe BoheMoth.
:pound: :pound: I was NOT telling Jesus to get out. I was exhorting to the stupid moth to get out, and pleading with Jesus for His help. :pound:
That's not what your neighbors heard according to your account. After all, I'm sure you've shared how you let Jesus come into your heart....
:P
We've done insanity. Would you call Jeremy right after your first work out so he can give us an account. You will not be able to breathe for a day. P90x is the less but still intense version. I might have ours still.
I suspect that YOU are still doing Insanity. It appears to have become a lifestyle rather than a workout program for you. :ugly:
Having said that, I don't know that I can pay $100 for the program. Too many other things that can go to right now. Maybe later..
I could send you P90x if I can find it. It's by the same people. Anything is better than nothing.
I may also have my gospel one that instead of a bunch of people half naked and rocking out, they're covered and have gospel praise on and their moves are not as... Awkward. Lol
Plz pray for me. That is all!
Finally packed for vacation. I'm off to the beach in the am. Work was super trying this week. But I'm thankful they are watching 3 of my 4 animals for free. I'm leaving 'Mike's cat' with him. If he loses her I don't care.
Ok Mel I know you got the book but what's up with all this Allan time? Hmm? HMM? :cool:
Well, well, well, it seems there is some information that I could give everybody here. I have just been reading up on what I have been missing out on, and it looks like everybody wants to know the middle name of the little pest that I love so dearly. Mind you, he is the greatest little brother in the world....BUT there are times when I just can't help myself!!! :freaky2: His name is a very fine name, since he was named after the greatest daddy that ever walked the face of this earth. It starts with an L...... now let me see...then there is an A..... dare I continue? yes of course...an R would come next...oh, he is gonna kill me!!! Let's see... an E would fit in here just right...then :freaky2: :freaky2: :freaky2: yes...an N.... then a C.....and last but not least.....an E!!! there it is out! Now if I don"t ever post again, you will all know that he has done something terrible to me!!! Just keep this in mind little brother...I LOVE YOU!!! :biglaugh: and it is really a wonderful name. I honestly don't know why you would want to keep it under wraps.
Quote from: Kim on September 07, 2013, 03:19:59 AM
Well, well, well, it seems there is some information that I could give everybody here. I have just been reading up on what I have been missing out on, and it looks like everybody wants to know the middle name of the little pest that I love so dearly. Mind you, he is the greatest little brother in the world....BUT there are times when I just can't help myself!!! :freaky2: His name is a very fine name, since he was named after the greatest daddy that ever walked the face of this earth. It starts with an L...... now let me see...then there is an A..... dare I continue? yes of course...an R would come next...oh, he is gonna kill me!!! Let's see... an E would fit in here just right...then :freaky2: :freaky2: :freaky2: yes...an N.... then a C.....and last but not least.....an E!!! there it is out! Now if I don"t ever post again, you will all know that he has done something terrible to me!!! Just keep this in mind little brother...I LOVE YOU!!! :biglaugh: and it is really a wonderful name. I honestly don't know why you would want to keep it under wraps.
Oh, but You.Are.So.Dead... :pound: :pound: :pound: :pound:
It's on now.....
Larence, huh?
As in Larence Nightengale?
It fits. :thumbsup:
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 07, 2013, 03:28:07 AM
Larence, huh?
As in Larence Nightengale?
It fits. :thumbsup:
:pound: :pound: "thumbsup" to you too... in the middle eastern sense. :P Okay, not really.....
And ya unlearned herb lover, that was "Florence Nightengale".. :pound: :pound: Best I can figure, my grandma wanted a exotic name and aimed for "Lawrence". However, her spelling was, shall we say, not up to snuff and she hit "Larence".. My Mama, followed in her path just so's she could name me after Daddy. As special as it may be, if I ever were to, horror of horrors, father a son, I would NOT name him Larence....
I didnt get a text.... :sadbbounce:
Heather..Allan time....well I got two more hours than expected today cause we got locked together inside the gate a beach park and had to wait for the police to get us out. But it was time well spent. We talked about all kinds of things. :hypocrite:
Oh Roscoe, you are such a fun GP friend. Some day we'll all have a great time face to face. Nathan and the kids enjoy the GP characters and their plights.
Quote from: Roscoe on September 07, 2013, 03:41:39 AM
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 07, 2013, 03:28:07 AM
Larence, huh?
As in Larence Nightengale?
It fits. :thumbsup:
:pound: :pound: "thumbsup" to you too... in the middle eastern sense. :P Okay, not really.....
And ya unlearned herb lover, that was "Florence Nightengale".. :pound: :pound: Best I can figure, my grandma wanted a exotic name and aimed for "Lawrence". However, her spelling was, shall we say, not up to snuff and she hit "Larence".. My Mama, followed in her path just so's she could name me after Daddy. As special as it may be, if I ever were to, horror of horrors, father a son, I would NOT name him Larence....
If you had a son, whatever his name, Chey would go totally nuts fawning over her little brother.
The title of this thread is now mute! :roll:
Not to mention moot.
I wonder is Roscoe will turn into Mothra now that he has been infected by a moth...
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on September 07, 2013, 12:46:44 PM
I wonder is Roscoe will turn into Mothra now that he has been infected by a moth...
:ugly:
I had never heard of Mothra before...
(http://roberthood.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pmag-mothra61-poster.jpg)
:o :o I'm thinking with that subtitle, "MEL-THRA" would be more appropriate now. :hypocrite:
And it's been a productive day here. I slept in until 9:30ish since we didn't go to bed until well after midnight, then got up and worked on the Corette, successfully getting it running while only drowning myself slightly in gasoline. Then I cleaned the shop. I got so hot doing all that I began feeling the heat's effects, so I came in, drank two bottles of water, and took a shower to rid myself of the gas smell, which only partially worked..I can still smell it, but that may be because I accidently tasted it and seared my smell/tastebuds.
Now Lou is cooking dinner, and I am studying for tomorrow in between browsing here... :P
:pound:
So.... Apparently there is a Duck Dynast beard app and it is causing laughter all over this house.
Quote from: MellowYellow on September 07, 2013, 08:06:09 PM
So.... Apparently there is a Duck Dynast beard app and it is causing laughter all over this house.
Yeah, tell Andrew when he HAS to shave or have one of those, it ain't nearly as funny. :P Having said that, I don't know that I could grow a Duck Dynasty style beard. If I don't shave for a few days, I look like a scruffy biker, but I've never not shave long enough to grow much of a beard.
When I was somewhat out of church during the academy, I grew a mustache which itched me to no end- it didn't last long.
This is my kind of sushi. Rice Krispies, Starbursts and fruit roll ups. A friend made this.
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That's adorable!
And I am still among the living!!! :P
Despite his best efforts?
:smirk2:
:laughhard: @ the moth story. Poor Roscoe. I'd be more sympathetic, but I've been laughing too hard. ;)
Mel (or should I say soon-to-be Mrs. Earl??).... I am never NEVER N.E.V.E.R. letting you live this down. In case you thought I would or something. :bigcheese:
:beret:
Bah.
I'm back at work. My nose is running, my throat is sore, and I've got to preach tonight. I haven't a clue what. And I'm blaming it all on that stupid moth. Stupid nature. :pound:
Yeah, tell me about it... I mowed the yard yesterday and I made the profound observation that our yard is full of bugs, and every single one of them resented me being there. I told them look, I'm not too happy about me having to be there mowing either, so lemme alone and let me get it over with.
Good morning!!
I am so happy to be awake and ready to get this day started! What a difference that circumstances can make in your life and how you view the world.
And that my friends, is ALL. I wont say any more. :couch:
:hypocrite:
/me just laughs
In local news: I'm a bad little boy...
I was listening to the Crabb Family: "Don't you wanna go" while getting ready for church this morning. At the end of the song they sing "Go, go, don't you wanna go" a few times. Grandma started making fun of the repetitions. I quietly opened my music collection and cued up a different song - one by Aurora, a techno-christian group. :freaky2:
I let it play for about a minute and a half, then I stopped it and said, "Just for comparison." She said, "That comparison was terrible!"
For the record, it's this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSfdiZcL7gc
They do a bit of messing around at the first, but once the song gets going it's pretty good.
WARNING: Bro. Bobby, do not listen. You will hate this song. I just know it.
You're still all a bunch of weirdos.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 08, 2013, 06:02:13 PM
WARNING: Bro. Bobby, do not listen. You will hate this song. I just know it.
I shoulda heeded your advice. I hate it. :smirk2: In fact, a minute and a half of that mess qualifies Grandma for Sainthood, for not shooting you..if she didn't already deserve said sainthood for putting up with you. :P
I put in a special warning just for you, and STILL you listened to it? What does it take? :frustrated:
Quote from: Psalm_97 on September 08, 2013, 06:36:05 PM
I put in a special warning just for you, and STILL you listened to it? What does it take? :frustrated:
It was like telling a kid they CAN'T do something...it immediatly became enticing. :biglaugh:
Roscoe, don't give me any money.
You can't do it.
I forbid it.
That song... Lol
God is good and I'm so happy for you, Mel.
We have been having about 30 guests a week for a few months and like 80 something baptisms this yr so far. Retention rates are the struggle of every church no matter how big or little they are. I am trying desperately to make more connections. I have first impression anxiety. Seriously. It's so awkward I make the other people feel awkward! I do NOT greet in the entry way. Lol
Just made that up. It's a real thing now.
Anyway. Met 5 new people today and we went with a first time visiting family to lunch today.
Baby steps.
Quote from: Chseeads on September 08, 2013, 07:23:11 PM
Roscoe, don't give me any money.
You can't do it.
I forbid it.
For once Rev, I think I shall obey you. After all, "Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft". :hypocrite:
Meller, I wish we had 30 guests a week....in fact I'd like to have 30 home folk consistantly. :biglaugh: I DO, however, have awesome news that is nearly as equal to us as your visitors are to you...
As most everyone here knows, our little church has been struggling somewhat for the last few years...it has a great spirit, but retention has been a problem. Seems like we never get to grow much...they come, they get refreshed, they leave. Kinda feels like a gas station, they drive in, and out.
Lately though, it seemed like we weren't even getting those. But it has started to change...
As I posted several days ago about the "biker dude"- his name is Rob- seeing him and his wife come in has really boosted our faith. They are at every service if they don't have to work. :clap:
Tonight, I look up, and here comes another couple. They look like a carbon copy of a few weeks ago...Rob jumps up and proudly introduces me to them. They are his coworkers. He tells me later they are having all kinds of problems- but he's told them this is where they need to be. This, from a man that has yet to approach an altar...
During the worship service, I watch the couple new families...Rob's crying, his wife's watching and raising her hands, the new guy is staring at the platform, and the new woman? Hands in the air, singing, crying, and from all appearances speaking in tongues...
Preaching time comes and I preach on the grave- how it no longer is the end of the story, but because of Calvary, it is a new begining. God deals with me and I swege into Acts 2:38 message, comparing repentence with death, burial with baptism in Jesus name and birth with the Holy Ghost...the new couple are watching. Woman's crying. Man is nodding affirmative with everything I'm saying.... :o
I wish I could tell you they all prayed through to the Holy Ghost and were baptised tonight- but I can't. It is coming though! After church Rob made my day by asking the new lady what she thought, saying "WE'RE wild, ain't we?" Ahh, gooood. "We're". I like that! REVIVAL! Turns out she was brought to a Pentecostal church as a child, so she has an idea, anyway...
I'm engaged. I have a fiancee. I know we've talked about it for awhile but it's a completely different thing to have THE ring on your finger. :cool:
Wow, you and Mel have had quite a day. :D
Congrats!
*Sappy SIGH*
Yes, yes we have. My day was AMAZING!
"WE'RE wild, ain't we?"
Did you tell him "You ain't seen nothin yet"?
:chairspin:
Gross
/me goes off in search of her nine cats and perhaps a bottle of whiskey
Jenn-we had some awesome cats in the shelter before I left. not sire what's left but I'll let you know when I get home. :cool:
Ugh. Lord, I feel like something Seth scrapes offin' his boots this morning. If I were the type to do so, I'd have called in. Upset tummy, sneezing, runny nose- you'd think this was flu season. :pound:
Be that as it may, I'm at work. Bah.
Melb's...I see what you did there.
:ugly:
That is PHENOMENAL Roscoe!! I rejoice with you! We weren't always in a larger church. In IA there were 6 when we came and at one point 60. I understand the one soul at a time and let me tell you it is STILL the same feeling no matter how big the church is. My heart still leaps with every baptism and HG Infilling.
It's still takes intentional work to retain them and disciple them. Cell groups help cause new converts need more fellowship to transitioning and Bible studies go a long way to have them be more than emotional pew warmers.
Honestly the congregational size of small town churches is probably much higher than a large church in a big city. If you have 1% of the town in church you're doing good! In a town of 800 would be 8. Our metro of 2 million would be what? 20,000? Lol.
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 12:06:01 PM
Melb's...I see what you did there.
:ugly:
I think you and Jenn are the only ones who noticed. ;)
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 09, 2013, 05:38:32 AM
Gross
/me goes off in search of her nine cats and perhaps a bottle of whiskey
There there, honey, we still have each other.
I don't know what I missed that mini saw. Or what's gross.
But I'm super happy for you, Mel.
Enjoying a cup of coffee. With almond milk. It's decent.
That job Nathan had gotten has not worked out. It was through Google Fiber and they do not have it together yet. So it's carpentry stuff. Thank the GOOD Lord that he has that. I need to buy him vitamins and feed this man for all I'm worth so that he doesn't get sick. A wore out body is a weak immune system.
She changed the title from "All this mushy love talk is the pits...Im gonna stay single in Sharing 486!" to "All this love talk is really legit...Mel gets a man in Sharing 486!"
Morning, all. :hi:
Oh haha - I didn't even catch that. I was just saying gross to all this mushy sugar Melbs is oozing. lol
Howdy y'all. After church I went by the store and found a tub of Blue Bell brand blueberry cheesecake ice cream. Usually dairy messes with my sinuses, and when my nose is stopped up I don't sleep very well, and I knew that perfectly when when I was eating the ice cream last night... but I got a much better night's sleep than I deserved last night. :)
Is it the dairy or cellulose powder? ;) Which is wood pulp. I wonder with all the craziness in food if everyone is allergic to what they think? Not you persay Isaac, but in general.
:smirk2:
It wasn't the cellulose gum (why do they put that in anyway?) it's the dairy. I've been allergic to milk, cheese, ice cream, etc for all my life. It's not bad enough to preclude eating dairy, just enough to make me sound like I have a very mild cold later.
It's a thickening agent, keeps shredded cheese from mushing together.
Whatever happened to thickening with good old flour?
Wow...y'all know what I just realized? Heart burn, nightmares, sleepless nights where I am in the bathroom every hour, and my morning routine of puking has all disappeared! It HAD to have been caused by stress. It had to be! Cause now that I'm so happy, all of that is non existiant!
Well I still have heartburn, but it doesn't affect my sleep anymore. I take my pill and I'm ok.
Wow.
Love has healed you... *cough*
:ugly:
And thus, another one bites the dust!
Here comes all the explanations how they know they USED to hate Valentines day and all the like but now they "get it." LOL
Hursh!
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 05:02:06 PM
Love has healed you... *cough*
:ugly:
Love can come heal me as soon as it wants. I'm waiting for my healing.
*cough*
All you need is to believe, Sister!
Took me awhile to believe that someone really loved me for me...but Allan has convinced me that he does love me as I am. All my faults and insecurities. He loves me for ME. He doesnt want me to change so he can love me, he loves me now and will love any changes I may or may not make.
Lord :noo:
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 09, 2013, 05:20:41 PM
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 05:02:06 PM
Love has healed you... *cough*
:ugly:
Love can come heal me as soon as it wants. I'm waiting for my healing.
*cough*
Seth is waiting to heal you. LOL
:ugly:
This sure is an interesting thread. LOL
Hasnt it been though? LOL
I think when its locked, it needs to be archived. :cloud9:
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 09, 2013, 05:20:41 PM
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 05:02:06 PM
Love has healed you... *cough*
:ugly:
Love can come heal me as soon as it wants. I'm waiting for my healing.
*cough*
Seth is waiting to heal you. LOL
:ugly:
He's the only one in line - and I'm not liking these odds.
I don't want Seth now that Melbs doesn't either...ha ha I just liked to pick on Melbs. :hypocrite:
BOL!!!! I literally just about choked. Im glad I didnt have anything to drink in my mouth.
Poor SethiePoo :headrub:
He had his chance...and I would have jumped had he showed an interest. Seriously. He waited till I got caught up with someone else.
So, should the next sharing thread be "We bid a fond farewell to Kevin in Sharing 487"
Or, "Melbs falls in love with Allan (and says no to Kevin) in Sharing 487"
"Who's Kevin" she says
And smiles in her special way
"Who's Kevin" she says...
Sorry, I know, old song.
How about "Kevin? Who's Kevin? We're tired of waiting in Sharing 487"
This is reminding me of rock, paper, scissors. Kevin beats Seth, Allan beats Kevin. :P
Quote from: MelodyB on September 09, 2013, 04:56:09 PM
Wow...y'all know what I just realized? Heart burn, nightmares, sleepless nights where I am in the bathroom every hour, and my morning routine of puking has all disappeared! It HAD to have been caused by stress. It had to be! Cause now that I'm so happy, all of that is non existiant!
Um. Yes. I know. Right after our wedding, all kinds of stress magically disappeared, and I felt better than I had in years. 'Course it all came back when life exploded again, but it was REALLY nice while it lasted. :lol:
Is it really after 1pm? *groan* I have no idea what dinner will be. I suppose I should go pull some meat out of the freezer and figure it out.
Melodya, I've been thinking about you and your family. Has your hubby got any good job leads right now? I'm praying for you!
Heather!! YAY!! Can we see the ring, please? :bigcheese:
:beret:
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 07:20:08 PM
So, should the next sharing thread be "We bid a fond farewell to Kevin in Sharing 487"
Or, "Melbs falls in love with Allan (and says no to Kevin) in Sharing 487"
Either of those will be fine. ;)
Quote from: SippinTea on September 09, 2013, 08:04:44 PM
Melodya, I've been thinking about you and your family. Has your hubby got any good job leads right now? I'm praying for you!
:beret:
Thank you so much. He was hired at the google thing but they didn't actually have work for him yet. So no. Bazillions of apps, prayer and seeking leads to no avail yet. But we aren't starving and still have Internet so we aren't suffering! Lol.
:hi: And in the spirit of this thread- now that the title's been changed- I was informed today that my facebook posting are always either funny or romantically sappy. Funny I can see on some of them- but romantically sappy? Not seeing it...other than my anniversary post... :smirk2:
In other news, I survived the day. I get to sleep in a bit tomorrow since I have firearms training tomorrow. Hard to believe it's already time for that monthly training. And I've done nearly nothing this evening. I turned on the ham radio and talked to a few stations who are combining two of my passions- ham radio and Route 66. There are stations all along Route 66 that are talking- the more you talk to, the more Route 66 postcards you will get. I found it quite enjoyable. Out of 18 stations I've caught five of them so far...
I need to get something together for Wednesday night, but I'm being lazy.... And that's sharing fer Roscoe today. :P
Just wondered if this thread was locked yet. ;)
No, they just abandoned it. And as I always hit the "show unread posts since last visit" button, I perforce abandoned it too.
Well, it's at least on it's last page... unless the mods are too preoccupied to notice.
I won't abandoned this EPIC thread. At least not until KEVIN and the BOAR wander through. :P
And lands, it is hot today. Just got in from the range, where I have been outdoors since 7:30 this morning- at 101 degrees. This is SUPPOSED to be September, month of cool breezes... :pound:
I shall do my GP duty to urge the thread onto page 21. :bigcheese:
:beret:
Good job, Ruby. ;)
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 09, 2013, 06:23:12 PM
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 05:31:55 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 09, 2013, 05:20:41 PM
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2013, 05:02:06 PM
Love has healed you... *cough*
:ugly:
Love can come heal me as soon as it wants. I'm waiting for my healing.
*cough*
Seth is waiting to heal you. LOL
:ugly:
He's the only one in line - and I'm not liking these odds.
I don't want Seth now that Melbs doesn't either...ha ha I just liked to pick on Melbs. :hypocrite:
I. Am. CRUSHED.
:sob:
:waving: