:fork:
Brine? Whatever happened to the good ole redneck tradition of deep frying that bird? It just ain't Thanksgiving without someone getting deep fryer inflicted third degree burns.
:o I think I'd rather put it on the smoker...
I thought he was gonna sell that smoker...
SisMom makes the BESTTTTTTT brine turkey. Holy Cow. I have the recipe somewhere. Its amazing!
Never heard of brine turkey...
I would suspect you haven't truly lived then.
Lol
*giggles*
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on November 10, 2013, 01:28:43 AM
Never heard of brine turkey...
:stupid: Glad I ain't the only one. Mama always just roasted our bird, although I've tasted deep fried before. Brine, though, is something I know ought of...
Well we have enough turkeys around here, and I can throw in a few coworker turkeys from my workplace. We should be able to set a world record for brining turkeys, if you have enough brine for the job.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/10/my-favorite-turkey-brine/
:hi: At work, trying to get something together for tonight. Bro Wilson's dad is in the hospital and it is unknown if Bro Wilson will make it to church due to that. Have half a dozen unrelated scriptures running through my mind. I swear I don't know how a pastor has three sermons a week ready. I'm pulling my hair out with occasionally...
And God knows you cant afford to pull any more out....
Quote from: MellowYellow on November 10, 2013, 04:16:16 AM
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/10/my-favorite-turkey-brine/
Sounds like a lot of work. And more expensive cus u have to get a fresh turkey instead of a frozen one.
Quote from: Roscoe on November 10, 2013, 04:37:00 PM
:hi: At work, trying to get something together for tonight. Bro Wilson's dad is in the hospital and it is unknown if Bro Wilson will make it to church due to that. Have half a dozen unrelated scriptures running through my mind. I swear I don't know how a pastor has three sermons a week ready. I'm pulling my hair out with occasionally...
Keep a small notepad on you and when you think of a good message write it down. Later when you need one look over the notepad. It sounds like cheating but you'd be surprised how a message you have done totally forgot about can catch fire and the whole sermon falls into place in your head.
Or just use the notepad on your smart phone, then you'll always have it with you.
He doesn't do android. Or iphone.
I thought he got an android a while back...
Quote from: MsJennJenn on November 10, 2013, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on November 10, 2013, 04:16:16 AM
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/10/my-favorite-turkey-brine/
Sounds like a lot of work. And more expensive cus u have to get a fresh turkey instead of a frozen one.
Depends on where you get the turkey around here. They're running wild everywhere. The ingredients aren't expensive.
SisMom used a frozen one with her recipe. Just thawed it a few extra days early.
Quote from: MellowYellow on November 10, 2013, 08:29:15 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on November 10, 2013, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on November 10, 2013, 04:16:16 AM
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/10/my-favorite-turkey-brine/
Sounds like a lot of work. And more expensive cus u have to get a fresh turkey instead of a frozen one.
Depends on where you get the turkey around here. They're running wild everywhere. The ingredients aren't expensive.
You ain't kidding! Stupid things keep flying right in front of my car when I'm on my way to work. Serve them right if I hit one. So clumsy and slow in the air, they should just stay where they're roosting when I go by. They couldn't fly fast enough to get away from a bear that was blind and lame.
And Ben Franklin wanted to make the turkey the national bird? Feh!
Quote from: MelodyB on November 10, 2013, 06:57:40 PM
And God knows you cant afford to pull any more out....
:pound: :pound:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on November 10, 2013, 08:03:38 PM
I thought he got an android a while back...
Indeed I have. I've had a smart phone longer than Ole Weird Cat. :hypocrite:
And I DO use the notepad app, as well as other things. I actually had a full message put together, but it didn't "feel right". As a result, I had scribbled down around five Psalms that spoke to me, among them Psalms 37:23-26-basically about God not forsaking His children,and expounded upon them a bit. Wasn't a barnburner, but several folk told me it was what they needed, with Bro Wilson telling me I should've titled it "To Bro. Wilson"...
Chad and his family were there, but left after Sunday School and getting prayer, he was still mighty weak from the hospital stay. And we had yet another totally unconnected backslider walk in off the street tonight- a lady in her 50's or 60's, came in. Lou thought she looked like one of her customers- she was right. The lady said she'd been to every other church and wanted to try ours. She informed the pastor after service that she would definatley be back, and remarked that she'd "came full circle". Her dad was an Apostolic preacher when she was a child and they had a family band. She made the comment that "this is what I grew up in." We were, of course, excited. :clap:
Barn burner... I'll have to remember that one.
And about the phone, I've been wrong before and I might possibly even be wrong at some point in the distant future.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 11, 2013, 03:22:37 AM
Barn burner... I'll have to remember that one.
And about the phone, I've been wrong before and I might possibly even be wrong at some point in the distant future.
...or the not-so-distant-future...:P :P
Hush thou. You probably won't even know the next time I'm wrong, because I'm here and you're there. And I'm sure not telling YOU next time I make a mistake... :P
:D I knew I read he had an android.
:couch:
:pound: Get out from behind that couch and get to work, woman! You should be cooking or cleaning! :P
Im sick, but Ive done two loads of laundry and I have crock pot potato soup cooking. (Thanks again Sarba!) I need to go unload and reload the dishwasher, make some tea, and then sit in the living room for a bit cause when the washer and dryer are running here in my room I cant breathe. Especially when Im already sick.
Quote from: Roscoe on November 12, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
:pound: Get out from behind that couch and get to work, woman! You should be cooking or cleaning! :P
:eyebrow: You are in trouble now. :up2:
Would appreciate prayers tonight at 7 pm est. Please just pray God's will for me and my wife. Thanks in advance!
So I'm at around 24 hours of the stomach bug now. Now instead of around 10 minutes of keeping food inside I'm going at around an hour. Roasting. Freezing. Roasting. Freezing. Headache. Dizziness.
Is that related to your rabies shot? Is your immune system weaker since you had your, was it your gallbladder out?
it's stomach bug. it was too long after the vaccine to cause a reaction. much less the fact most of my symptoms are not linked to reaction symptoms.
Morning, all. :hi: Man, it is cold out this morning. 20 degrees, according to the ham radio repeater. And for what it's worth, I am in mucho pain today. Guess I pulled a muscle in my back again. :cry: Lord, I sound and feel like Seth- all broken up and falling apart. Someone needs to remind my body that I am 37 not 73.
Ugh.
:ugly:
It was chilly this morning. 30* on my way to work.
Coffee with eggnog creamer. I am blessed.
I've been slightly looking fwd to lightly complaining about the cold, just to be silly toward all the summer heat whiners. Lol. But honestly, it isn't that gratifying. While it is stupid cold, for the most part I'm inside and warm and it's Nathan working outside. He wore his thermal jeans the other day. So I may or may not keep whining about the cold. I am however looking for a deal on some mukluks though so if anyone sees a sale, please tell me! :D
If anyone knows what mukluks even are....lol
I'm pretty sure they don't have them in Texas. ;)
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on November 13, 2013, 03:30:27 PM
I'm pretty sure they don't have them in Texas. ;)
Or in Arkansas, but judging by that temp this morning, I might buy the first pair to ever be imported this year..:sadbounce:
I am still in the unknown category of what they even are! Is it a shoe? A coat?
Mukluks, normally worn by Eskimos.
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQpHXm5MAQBglJlChmGKSrU1alKGwCzmBtFfkk6X4JADFbrqPIx)
They can be cuter... Though fashion is not priority when frostbite is a real threat.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mukluks&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=85SDUsHbBOO92gXetID4Dw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=480&bih=212#facrc=_
(https://www.google.com/search?q=mukluks&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=85SDUsHbBOO92gXetID4Dw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=480&bih=212#facrc=_)
Inuits? LOL. Lots of folks wear them. They are a super warm boot with fur on it. Not just a furry fashion boot but majorly insulated. They are way too hot for any temp over 25ish degrees. Originally, they are northern/Canadian Indian thing made from reindeer or moose skin/fur. The farther north you get the more you see them. I haven't seen them around here at all but it's not really cold here consistently. The coat selection is terrible and overpriced.
From what I've always known, Missouri is considered part of "the south" culturally. Hahaha! It is a funny mix though.
Ahahaha nice.
I have something viral going on. I'm on bedrest and gatorade for the next 2 days per doctors orders. Of course I get home and my bathroom door is jammed shut and Brandon doesn't get home til after 7. So I guess I'll have to drive to the gas station if I need to use the facilities... That I guess was a good thing about housesitting for the past week and half. Didn't have to worry about everything here that is falling apart.
Do they make mukluks with a zero drop ratio sole? I might need some. My minivan is in the shop and I rode my bike to work. I should be fine as soon as my toes thaw out and I can feel them again...
I have no idea, Isaac. Lol. The best ones feel like moccasins so maybe?
Im still sick...add more coughing and a sore throat to what I already had. UGH.
Prayer tonight. And Im hungry, but dont know what I want that we have available.
Quote from: MelodyB on November 09, 2013, 11:37:41 PM
SisMom makes the BESTTTTTTT brine turkey. Holy Cow. I have the recipe somewhere. Its amazing!
what ever happened to SisMom? Not seen her or BroDad lately on here.
So Gatorade and saltines I can handle. Plain mashed potatos were a no go last night. Or maybe it should say go go. lol. Just tried some plain greek yogurt. We'll see how it goes. Regardless I'm going back to work tomorrow. My paycheck is going to be terrible. I guess it's a good thing I haven't really been too much of an expense the last few days.
Hopefully feel alot better to be to go pick up my wedding dress Saturday.
Quote from: Backseat Radio on November 14, 2013, 08:35:17 PM
Quote from: MelodyB on November 09, 2013, 11:37:41 PM
SisMom makes the BESTTTTTTT brine turkey. Holy Cow. I have the recipe somewhere. Its amazing!
what ever happened to SisMom? Not seen her or BroDad lately on here.
I dont think they get on the internet much at all...Ive been texting them quite a bit this week. I emailed something I found for Mom that she asked me for a couple of months ago and I finally found it, and then she text me and told me Dad needed to see pictures of my man, so I text him some pics of Allan. He approved. :)
They stay busy. But we keep in contact periodically. They are both well and happy. Thats what counts.
being annoyed today by a sudden glitch in my antivirus program. My AVG has developed a 2nd tray icon that says "@ProductType_94" on it. 2 different virus scans come up clear and uninstalling AVG didn't make the icon disappear so I'm now using the uninstall tool from AVG. The only way so far that I can make the tray icon go away is by pulling up the task manager and killing "avgtray.exe". grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Been busy on the firing range all day...back is not hurting as bad as it has been, but coughing still hurts. When I got home, I enjoyed a short while on the ham radio and talked to two new countries/islands, which is cool. Now Chey has me baking cinnamon rolls, for no other reason than she wanted to help bake them. My "Irregular Sergeant's Club"- a group of about five to eight former and current police sergeants that meets every Friday for breakfast- will be pleased, as I promised I would bring them to the next meeting if I made rolls...
Finally got my AVG issue fixed and the program correctly re installed :clap:
Had a nice day that included coffee with a new sweet friend. I also have bread baking. I'm making little bread knots for a preschool class I'm "showing" how to make bread, tomorrow morning. I have 45 min. So I'm taking some already made rolls, some dough on the first rise, and stuff to demonstrate the beginning step.
It's a Lutheran Christian school so I think I'm going to mention how Jesus ate bread and so many others in the Bible. When they went over to each others house, they said they "broke bread" so there will be 2 kids to a roll. Lol. They can eat it while I show measuring/stirring/ kneading. This is a hands on class of. 14 so my already made dough will have risen by then and they'll get to each take a chunk with floured hands and make their own roll. It'll go on pans and the teachers will bake it if time runs out. I have a hand out with the recipe and list of nutrients in bread.
Pretty basic but it should be fun and Hannah is my assistant Baker. :)
*randomly waves at all the weirdos*
*randomly hugs random friends*
*randomly pounds a few friends*
:beret:
What kind of flour? What kind of yeast? Inquiring food nuts want to know. :D
In local news, Grandma was backing out of the carport and her car made a horrible screeching sound and started smoking like crazy. Turns out there was at least one cat under the hood that got chewed up by a motor belt. Knocked the belt off, belt got caught on the crankshaft, shredded and started smoking. There was a tail lying on the ground that didn't look at all like my Nancia's, but there were tufts of fur that looked an awful lot like her's. I may have just lost a really sweet cat. I don't have much hope that she wasn't there, because last winter she climbed up in my minivan's engine compartment twice, but bounded out both times when I got in the minivan. She stopped doing it last winter, but that was three seasons ago...
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 15, 2013, 03:28:33 AM
What kind of flour? What kind of yeast? Inquiring food nuts want to know. :D
:biglaugh: The bread I made is a simple dinner roll recipe. 1 cup of soaked wheat and the rest an ultragrain naturally white that I get from Costco. Star dry yeast, I really don't know of many different kinds of yeast except regular and quick/rapid rise. Salt, milk&ACV, sugar, butter, flax in place of the eggs, vanilla.
Tomorrow, I'm demonstrating with plain bread flour for them to play with.
Uh oh... won't be a kid in the place with clothes the same color they started out. Everyone will be flour-white. ;)
Wish I could be there, if only to see the spectacle.
Thought I was gonna get to sleep in a bit longer today, but it turns out that Allan has to work when he was supposed to be off, cause one of his coworkers is out sick this week. So Ive been up, took him to work, and now Im waiting to take dad to wound care.
It's far too quiet around here, & I haven't started any trouble since I joined the forum, so I think it's my turn now. Hmmm...
I heard that mellow yellow's "bread" is really money (a common slang term for money is bread) and she is getting innocent children involved in a money laundering scheme.
I heard that Bobby's daughter Cheyenne has him wrapped around her finger so much that she is going to get a driver's license in two weeks. As a former cop, he can get away with it.
Well this is a fail of a morning.
All ready to go, packed up, ahead of schedule!
And then my car won't start. Once again the battery is dead. For the umpteenth time.
I call Nathan. He has me try an hook up a charger to the battery using vague directions. It doesn't work. Dressed nice, heels, on a cold windy day with the hood up working on a car. I think we'll be having bread for dinner. Cold bread. And nothing else.
So here I am with a ton of bread, another batch already rising, a bad witness to a school, an embarrassment for the church person who works there and arranged this, a schedule mess up for the class, which is her class.
I feel horrible.
Surely you could have called a friend Melodya? I could have, if I was near. But I'm yet far. Sorry!
Registered for Spring semester.
By the time he had me try charging the battery and it didn't work, it was too late. I would've had to leave right that second and still been 5min late. Waiting for someone else would've taken too long. I have friends I could call but not in time.
Option one: tuna fish sandwiches. Option 2: peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Option 3: lots of garlic toast. Either way, let me know what time supper is and I'll be there. I love all three of them. :D
How do you make tuna fish sandwiches?
I love tuna fish sandwiches.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 15, 2013, 03:20:50 PM
It's far too quiet around here, & I haven't started any trouble since I joined the forum, so I think it's my turn now. Hmmm...
I heard that mellow yellow's "bread" is really money (a common slang term for money is bread) and she is getting innocent children involved in a money laundering scheme. So true. It's the proceeds of her side business involving herbs. :hypocrite:
I heard that Bobby's daughter Cheyenne has him wrapped around her finger so much that she is going to get a driver's license in two weeks. As a former cop, he can get away with it.
And on the second part- I ain't a former cop. I am still a cop, albeit one that doesn't have to do most police-like things anymore. :pound:
And she don't need a license. She's been "driving" or steering Rusty on dirt roads since she was 3. Nearly ran over a tree once and when I pointed it out to her and corrected it, she looked at the tree with those big ole eyes and said "'scuse me , tree." Still cracks me up thinking about it. :laughhard:
And in sharing- I feel like crud. *whine* Coughing, runny nose, my back still hurts and feels like I'm stabbing myself when I cough...I came home, put beef stew in the crockpot, and knocked my self out with meds for a couple hours. Now I 'm relaxing in my chair reading library books.
Killing time on lunch :hi:
Heading home! :D
Well we found Nancia lying under the antenna array. She was missing a hind leg and her lower torso had been stripped clean of skin. Had to put her down. Aunt Diane happened to be here so she did the deed with Uncle Fred's rifle while I took Grandma to get her car from the mechanic.
It's a good thing I don't pretend to be macho. I would have had to do it myself as a matter of pride, and I don't think I could have. I wish we had just found out she was dead, instead of finding out she's been in mortal agony since late morning yesterday. We looked for her but couldn't find her, but I guess we didn't look far enough. :-\
Really good thing I don't pretend to be macho. I think I'm about to crack up.
Aww, that's too bad, Isaac.
Shooting a cat is terrible.
I wanted to share but after reading that I'm honestly speechless and quite disturbed.......
Yeah, I wish there had been another way. But we didn't have a syringe to give her an injection to put her to sleep, and we couldn't just leave her like that. Her hindquarters were already beginning to smell very strongly of decay and she barely had the strength to meow when we picked her up.
Let's go to a different topic. I'm gonna cry again.
New topic is chocolate. Milk or dark?
Not exactly amused with the weather predicting possibility of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes on Sunday when I've got a full day planned that day... morning worship service, carry in with the church across town, singles get together in the afternoon, and then evening service. I hope the weather guys are false prophets this time.
:-( I'm sorry, Isaac.
Heather, please share anyway. I know what you mean, 'cause I always feel that way too. But I like to hear how EVERYONE is doing. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Crocheted a gingerbread girl and turned her into an ornament. I decided Bella needed an ornament she can chew on, instead of constantly being told "no" this year. ;)
:beret:
Rough day...
That stinks, Isaac. I'm sorry. I'm glad you ended the misery right then and there.
Rest of my day was better. Took some fresh hot rolls over to my neighbor and she offered me a tiny job. She also mentioned she was raised Pentecostal. How very interesting.
I then babysat 3 sweet mumchkins while their mama had to sing at a funeral. Children laughing, jumping in leaves, cheering.
So I made them dark chocolate chip cookies. :D praise team practice to end the evening. Our praise team is wonderful, awesome people.
Hannah has a friend over and they're currently watching Funniest Pets home videos. Giggly girls are sweet.
Quote from: taco_harvell on November 16, 2013, 03:04:19 AM
Rough day...
:sadbounce: Me too, although probably not as bad as yours.I'm awake and can't sleep. Coughing feels like I have a plow at work in my chest, and I've got a fever- the whole nine yards. I can't lay down for sinus drainage and my nose is stopped up- go figure, Didn't know you could have both conditions at the same time. No way to use my sleep machine either. To make matters worse, I'm freezing to death even though it is 77 degrees in the house and I have three comfortors piled on me. Bah. I hate sickness.
Morning y'all. I'm here sipping a cup of hot boiled custard. I'm always glad when this season rolls around and stores begin carrying the good stuff again.
Bobby: Take zinc. The body uses zinc to manufacture antibodies, or so my mother says. All I know is if I take a lot of zinc (preferably via Cold-Eeze) and lie down a lot I have one day colds. Only way to beat that is not get a cold at all, which I have never figured out how to do.
Got a full day today. Gonna fire up in the church kitchen at 9am, making stuff for tomorrow's church dinner. Memorial service at 3pm for a couple that had a stillborn baby. Family (early) Thanksgiving dinner this late afternoon/early evening. Uncle Fred will be disappointed because I won't have any time to make deviled eggs, but you can't do what you can't do.
You are sipping a cup of whowhawha?
Never heard of such a drink.
:ugly:
Eggnog?
Giggling girls is not as sweet of a sound at 3am. Lol
I'm getting old.
*whacks Mini with my cane*
*throws Roscoes toupee at meller*
*thinks it's a rat. Screams. Shoots it.*
Oops. Sorry, Roscoe. :-\
*offers Roscoe Peace offering of stilts*
*slyly duct tapes the remnants of Roscoe's toupee to Mini's back collar like a "rat tail" the bald man's mullet*
Went out came back..... Preaching 2 services in the morning and so far got zip. Pray saints!
Last evening was the most horrible evening of my life. At least the one good thing was I was as high as a kite and after the pain subsided, I was feeling loopy and didnt care about anything. Trippy. :hippy:
My back went out...or something. I have been fighting an ache in my lower back on the right side for weeks now, and yesterday, something seriously snapped or something and my whole right side from under my ribs down to my knee was in SERIOUS PAIN. I mean I was screaming and crying and I couldnt move. at one point I was stuck to the wall hanging on, a mere three feet from my bed and I could not move. Just stood there and cried.
I finally was able to get to my bed, and dear God when I layed down it was 20X worse! I cried and screamed and Dad rolled in here and gave me TWO pain pills AND a muscle relaxer. So I had a Lortab 10, and a Oxycontin, and whatever that muscle relaxer was. He said take it all now, so I did. I was in too much pain to even remember how much I hate pills. Good Lord, it was horrible. I finally calmed down enough to doze in and out, and the pain finally lessened. By the time Allan got off work, and showered and over here, I was flying. He just sat on my bed while I dozed in and out and tripped on those meds. He said I was hilarious, and I dont remember much of anything....All I remember is him being here, and then waking up when he kissed my forehead and told me goodnight, and the next thing I knew I was awake, alone and it was all dark and quiet. lol Wow, what a ride.
This morning I was back to normal, (well, the normal Ive had the last few weeks with dull back pain) except I had a slight hangover/headache, and now my back is starting to spasm out again. I need to go get a shower before I go get Allan from work at 1, and then we may go to the hospital. Depends on how I feel. All they will do is give me drugs, which I dont like taking unless Im desperate...which I was indeed last night.
Anyway...thats my share for today.
I did manage to make a pot of chicken and dumplings awhile ago, and it smells amazing!
MelodyB: Sorry to hear that. Especially about having to resort to medication - I too won't fall back on that unless I absolutely have to. Bleh.
Mini: Boiled custard is like eggnog without the spices. Or like egg custard pie liquified. Milk, cream, sugar, egg, boiled. Of course the boiled custard in the store has a few other things added for shelf life.
I may get banned for this one, but does it taste anything like eggnog? I havent ever really had eggnog, because the stuff I have tasted really wasnt good.
I don't know what "good" is because I don't know what you like - some people just don't like it. But if you take a really good quality vanilla ice cream and melt it down, that's about like good boiled custard. For good eggnog, add nutmeg and/or cinnamon, allspice, whatever.
There are many different kinds of eggnog and boiled custard though, and some of them aren't so good. Grandma got some Purity boiled custard that has high fructose corn syrup in it, and it tastes too sweet, almost icky sweet. I tried some Kroger eggnog and it tasted like skim milk with sugar in it. Just depends what kind you get.
I think I have had 2 kinds of eggnog. One was a store bought that was pretty awful tasting. The other was a homemade version, really thick, sweet, and pretty good. I seem to remember both had a weird spice taste that I wasn't use too, and it threw my taste buds off.
Made it through work yesterday. Brandon was working on his car [heater core] at the house. I stopped at the store and my car overheated.
Went to Knoxville today with my mom. Met up with my sister. Shopping. Eating. Wedding dress picking up. Mom and Paige both tried on and ordered dresses. Got back toward the Tri and mom dropped me off at Brandon's moms. After he worked, got my car fixed, he had to go fix his moms car too. Went to the gym. First time in a month. It was much needed.
Tomorrow is church and back to B's mom's to finish her car.
Eggnog = yuck
Finally figured out who has the bass-bumping music (besides me) and likes to blare it beyond normal hours (which I do not). I just feel sorry for her three children - all under age 6.
Call to the office will be in order on Monday. Seeing as this is the second day or night rather in a row it's blaring!
I love eggnog but only a certain style I suppose. It has real cream in it. Anderson Erickson is the dairy brand I grew up on. It's made in Des Moines, IA.
http://www.aedairy.com/products.cfm?ProductCategoryID=53f151c1-65be-f4bb-aee4-b3f61d64a4b7&ProductID=ac011dba-65be-f4bb-af26-e862e3fcbe31 (http://www.aedairy.com/products.cfm?ProductCategoryID=53f151c1-65be-f4bb-aee4-b3f61d64a4b7&ProductID=ac011dba-65be-f4bb-af26-e862e3fcbe31)
They make a good eggnog. The farther north you get, the better the quality of dairy is what I understand. But I don't know that first hand since I've not been down south yet. I don't know that I've made it homemade on purpose... lol
Well, the missionary that was set to come preach next week, broke their hip. Change of plans. Must stay flexible so as not to get bent out of shape. :)
Don't bother with Turner or Mayfield, they don't have anything good. For some reason the Value Checked brand, though the name sounds like a cut-rate knockoff, makes some very good boiled custard. Southern Comfort vanilla spice eggnog is also good (and no, it's not alcoholic, despite the name.)
And y'all probably have better dairy because dairy farms are not prevalent in this region. But we have lots of places to get really good sausage from local butcher shops, and we have real buttermilk biscuits aplenty. Someone needs to get to work inventing a teleporter already, so I can pop around to the best places for different foods and have the best of all worlds. ;)
So many things poundworthy over the last couple of days. Sadly I don't feel like swinging the hammer. The last two days have been a nightmare for me. I've spent them in the recliner, I can't taste anything, and the constant coughing is killing me. I've taken so much Nyquil and its affiliates it ain't even funny. I had to come in to work today because we are shorthanded...:sadbounce:
On the upside you can be cranky to any and all at work today and you have an excuse for it. :D
And at least there are two days you didn't miss of work because you were sick on your days off. Stinks for essentially forfeiting fun time, but better for the ole wallet. ;)
Crazy weather. We had the wood stove going a few days ago & had to turn on the air conditioner today. It's 83* outside right now.
Church is over. B's mom's car is fixed. Now we are back home and trying to pick up/clean the house. I tend to call days like this recovery from hurricane Mike. He makes a mess and expects us to always clean it up. I'm not sure what he's gonna do when we ever move.....
Anybody heard if Seth has been blown off the map yet? Heard there are bad storms up there today....
I texted him earlier & he was fine. The bad stuff was north of him at that time.
Weeeee! Church was a blast! Preacher preached on praising God BEFORE the victory. He used Jehoshaphat of course, where he put the singers at the front of the army. Wonderful service.
Makes sense - my lungs are enough to ward off an army. Heh :hypocrite:
I went on a massive cleaning streak this evening. I always do that when Mike destroys the rest of the house. It's like I have to make sure our couple of rooms are spotless to offset his end of the house.
Preached twice this morning, led service tonight, and CH attacks between. Now, I don't want to fall asleep again cause I know what's coming. :( Totally exhausted though.
I'm awake. Now off to drop things at the thrift store, get my paycheck, and head to serve with the church at the university. They help serve lunch every other monday at a campus ministry house.
I'm at work. :yawn:
I'm at home. Need to go put in job apps, but it's nasty outside.
We must have had quite a storm here last night because the ground was muddy and marshy this morning, but I slept right through it.
I too am at work. I do feel better today than I have felt in recent days...:clap:
We'll have to see if we can find a way to fix that. You're not as much trouble when you're feeling bad. :P
Posting in the legal Sharing thread, so not to stir up trouble like some other candidates... lol
Bad night again I need sleep!
So I'm scrolling through this thread trying to catch up and speed read, but I think I am going to have to start over because so far I noticed where Heather is streaking, Melduck is on drugs, 5-o's toupee was captured and tortured!, poor Psalms is drinking (shake my head) I'm not sure what whowhawha is but it sounds pretty strong...
OH and backseat radio had a killing spree on lunch...
What are you people becoming... LOL
I obviously need to return and help you find the old ways of truth on here haha.
Well, I just set a record, having made this many post in only a few days time is pretty good...
I also want to tell Mel thanks for answering questions that I didn't come back to answer in other threads because you are cool like that..
Sorry I have been slacking!
Oh and can someone fill me in on this new GP FB thing... What happen?
I only streak in the privacy of my own shower thank you very much! :cool:
Home for now. My paycheck was uber bad. Especially since they didn't put my 8 hours of vacation pay i requested on it. Guess I'm gonna go ahead and volunteer to work on Thanksgiving morning. We need the money.
My 3rd bridesmaid has now decided she can't buy a dress either. If it wasn't for the fact that I've already bought and possess my wedding dress I'd just elope....
Quote from: kmymbir on November 18, 2013, 08:02:19 PM
Oh and can someone fill me in on this new GP FB thing... What happen?
GP died, and Fuzzy Beast made us a fb hangout for when that happens. We don't wanna move there permenantly though. :nono:
And Heather, I hate that. Nothing more frustrating than being broke and having to deal with that knowing that they could've easily gave you your vacation...
And for the record- I do NOT have a toupee. Nor did I before they took it. That was lies made up be Mini while I was sickly and defenseless.:pound:
And in sharing- the longer the day went, the worse I felt. And apparently appeared. My captain told me to take off tomorrow if I don't feel better. And my wife, seeing as how the entire family is sick, pulled a miracle on par with Jesus walking on the water. She called our family doctor and got the whole family a dr's appointment- not next week, or next month, but tomorrow. How she did that I will never know. :o
So I lay here feeling borderline miserable, knowing I am about to spend money I don't have for meds- but at this point, I'm cool with it. I'd knock over my friendly local donut shop for the cash right now, if I knew I'd feel better. At the risk of being a whineypants, I'd had to get better to die this weekend. :smirk2:
Our engagement pictures got to us today!!! They are posted on my FB! :hyper: :cool:
Ah, is that why you fell down on the job today Bobby? You claimed you were going to bug me incessantly today, then I wound up bugging you... which is usually what happens. I don't get bugged, I bug.
In fact bugging me is like hitting yourself with a hammer. It only feels good when you stop. :cool:
Quote from: HeatherB on November 18, 2013, 09:04:44 PM
My 3rd bridesmaid has now decided she can't buy a dress either. If it wasn't for the fact that I've already bought and possess my wedding dress I'd just elope....
Dump the bridesmaids, wear the dress and have your wedding. Who needs balky bridesmaids anyhow? :)
:beret:
Quote from: SippinTea on November 19, 2013, 02:22:17 AM
Quote from: HeatherB on November 18, 2013, 09:04:44 PM
My 3rd bridesmaid has now decided she can't buy a dress either. If it wasn't for the fact that I've already bought and possess my wedding dress I'd just elope....
Dump the bridesmaids, wear the dress and have your wedding. Who needs balky bridesmaids anyhow? :)
:beret:
LIKE!
I would, but my sister [bridesmaid] and my mom have already ordered their dresses. Plus my dad is all excited about buying a suit.
Do I have to go to work tomorrow? I mean isn't there a way yet to NOT be there and still get paid?
Sure! Become a congressman. Er... congresswoman.
*chuckles
Some days at work make you want to :tearhair:
My day at work actually wasn't too bad. My boss even apologized for going crazy last month and telling me he may not keep me come January. He said to tell him what I can/want to work and he'll make it happen.
Now I'm sitting in AZ's parking lot waiting for Barndon to drive 45 minutes from school to tell me what I already know. (That my water pump is going out).
Lord. What a day. The dr's visit took until one. They shot me with needles, ran a 2x4 through my right nostril into my brain cavity, and generally abused me before giving me meds, on of which is a narcotic. Sigh. I rarely do medicine. Narcotics, no matter how small the dose, jack me up. So if I post or text something loonier than I normally do, or perhaps something sane, excuse it. It'll be the meds...
Quote from: Roscoe on November 19, 2013, 09:53:04 PM
Lord. What a day. The dr's visit took until one. They shot me with needles, ran a 2x4 through my right nostril into my brain cavity, and generally abused me before giving me meds, on of which is a narcotic. Sigh. I rarely do medicine. Narcotics, no matter how small the dose, jack me up. So if I post or text something loonier than I normally do, or perhaps something sane, excuse it. It'll be the meds...
Did you forget to tell them to adjust for size and give you the childs dose?
I was having an okay few minutes then Ruby killed my turtle. :sob: :sadbounce:
Sharing: it's very interesting to have someone you adore, adore someone you haven't happened to see any endearing qualities about yet. Lol
On mornings like this I'm reminded of this:
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/04#.UoyWi3YznXQ
I know it's cold out there, I can feel the cold trying to creep in around the edges of my warm little world, I know I'll eventually have to venture out into the cold... but please, not just yet! :-\
:hi: That stuff the Dr gave us is amazing. Other than an occasional cough, I feel much better this morning....
What was it?
I found some sinus pills on the .88 cent rack at WM, and Im on my third box they work so well! They clear my nose, and its an expectorant too, so when I blow my nose its more productive. Its not healing me, but it sure is helping me! The pressure and pain is lessend when I take them, and I can sure tell when its time for another dose, all my yucky feeling comes back.
Glad y'all are feeling better. :)
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on November 20, 2013, 02:32:17 PM
Glad y'all are feeling better. :)
That. I want everyone to be well!!
Lord, I don't know- the steroid shot and two types of pills, I'll have to look and see what they are- then the narcotic cough med which is incredibaly nasty, effective, and spaces me out..
Quote from: Roscoe on November 20, 2013, 02:56:30 PM
Lord, I don't know- the steroid shot and two types of pills, I'll have to look and see what they are- then the narcotic cough med which is incredibaly nasty, effective, and spaces me out..
Probably the RX script strength of Tussin. I have that - and man when you have a cough it WORKS. It does make you loopy though. lol
I'll just stick with taking zinc when I'm sick. I'm so loopy by default, I can't afford to get any more loopy. :updown:
Quote from: Roscoe on November 20, 2013, 02:56:30 PM
Lord, I don't know- the steroid shot and two types of pills, I'll have to look and see what they are- then the narcotic cough med which is incredibaly nasty, effective, and spaces me out..
Now would be a great time for Cheyenne to ask for that Porsche she's always been wanting...
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 20, 2013, 03:18:51 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on November 20, 2013, 02:56:30 PM
Lord, I don't know- the steroid shot and two types of pills, I'll have to look and see what they are- then the narcotic cough med which is incredibaly nasty, effective, and spaces me out..
Now would be a great time for Cheyenne to ask for that Porsche she's always been wanting...
We have a Corvette. Why would she downgrade? :pound: And actually, believe it or not, the other night we were talking about what kind of car she would want in around nine years... I'm sure it'll change, but her response? "An old truck, Daddy, like Rusty or Sam." I was so proud... :lol:
Quote from: Roscoe on November 20, 2013, 03:32:00 PM
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 20, 2013, 03:18:51 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on November 20, 2013, 02:56:30 PM
Lord, I don't know- the steroid shot and two types of pills, I'll have to look and see what they are- then the narcotic cough med which is incredibaly nasty, effective, and spaces me out..
Now would be a great time for Cheyenne to ask for that Porsche she's always been wanting...
We have a Corvette. Why would she downgrade? :pound: And actually, believe it or not, the other night we were talking about what kind of car she would want in around nine years... I'm sure it'll change, but her response? "An old truck, Daddy, like Rusty or Sam." I was so proud... :lol:
That girl is a keeper.
I need prayer Migraine steady pain level 8 since yesterday even with meds. Multiple CH attacks on top of that all night and morning. Found a place who has oxygen for $70 they aren't sure how long it would last though. We don't even have that right now though. Need prayers this morning bad in pain and really feeling life's pressures!
Night 2. Round 2. This water pump will not defeat us!!!! Thankfully my boss ok'd us to use the garage/basement at the hospital so we are out of the cold and we have light.
Work today wasn't so bad again. I've been trying to make a conscious effort not to let all the badness here get to me. I think it's working. For now.....
Had a stupid CH attack in the middle of church. :( So sick of this.
Shewwy.
Well, looks like Sethiepoo is alive after all.
Didn't get as much sleep last night as I usually like to get and today is going to be a full day so it looks like I'll be running on caffeine so it's a good thing I have so much dark chocolate still that I got from Aldi because that's the best kind of chocolate I've found yet you know it's really strong but really smooth... :hyper:
:hi:
Maybe Taco should change his name to BeanBowl to get Seths vote.
:hi:
Oh thanks melbs lol :sadbounce:
If Taco wins I will be calling Taco that from here on out. LOL and razz him about fixed voting from officials. :D
I find satire confusing. There are times I think someone is serious and they are not, other times I think they are joking kind of... And they are not. If I blushed, it would be during those awkward moments. Lol then again I've been told that people haven't always caught that I'm joking. Lol
Quote from: MellowYellow on November 21, 2013, 10:50:15 PM
I find satire confusing. There are times I think someone is serious and they are not, other times I think they are joking kind of... And they are not. If I blushed, it would be during those awkward moments. Lol then again I've been told that people haven't always caught that I'm joking. Lol
Ninty percent of the time, it would be safe to assume that I am not serious. And if you catch me in a rare serious moment, it probably involves God, or I have a gun pointed at you. Yeah- then I'm kinda serious. And intense. :laughhard:
And in sharing- in my time off of work apprently some interesting things have taken place there. I can't go into them, but I ask that you whisper a prayer that God will allow some things to work out in my favor, as some pretty big changes might be coming and they have the potential to be in my favor. It
could mean as much as a $200+ a month savings on my commute, which in this economic times, is huge. That would nearly cover Chey's school tuition for us.
The water pump did not defeat us! However the car now refuses to go back in time....[meaning she ain't runnin right for non-mechanical types]. So she is currently parked in the back corner of the parking lot at work. We can't afford a mechanic bill. Brandon is gonna talk to a guy at work and see if he can help [Steven can fix ANYTHING....of course we will be testing this...] But now between car parts for everyones cars we are broke. Brandon did manage to get some money off his dad for groceries so we can make it til around tuesday of next week. B gets paid on Friday so we just have to hold on til then.
In all the frustration though with everything we were both on edge yesterday. I couldn't stop crying. We got home. Brandon went into the other room and came out with cry face. I asked him what was going on and he said it was the first time he's sincerily prayed in 10 years. We'll make it. It's just getting there [literally in my cars case. lol] that's the problem....
Going to bed.
Lord, Lord. Troubles and trials.
Call me BeanBowl as long as I win P.OT.Y.!
Morning. I'm at work.
It's rainy and chilly today.
I'm ready to go home.
It's rainy and chilly here too.
I'm ready to go to bed. Alas there is still practice to attend at 6pm.
Lol. The Friday nights of church folk.
It's COLD and dreary here and the landlord and then plumber have been here off and on all day. We have the missions conference to finish up for this weekend and we have praise team practice tonight also with Andrew having youth choir practice.
And well. It feels good being 34. I think it might be a good year. (:
Happy birthday, MY! :)
You are only 2 years older than Ben.
Happy birthday, Herbgirl. :hippy: You just a pup...37 is whipping my tail. :P
Have done nothing remotly productive today. Played on the radio and talked to another tiny West African country, as well as to a nice chap in Belfast, Northern Ireland for around five minutes...Rest of the day I've laid around and read books. Been pleasant. :biglaugh:
Thanks guys! :)
Just watched an interview of John Grisham saying everyone's racist. And that he basically has a hard time not being racist. Good grief, will people ever stop being stupid?
Mom invited us to dinner last night. Beef tips, baked potatos, and red velvet cake. She also sprung a weeks worth of groceries on us and a gift card to the local grocery store. Also [against my dads wishes] we are replacing a leaking gasket on his spare car and mom is letting me borrow it until we get my car up and running or figure out what we are going to do with it. The only stipulation is I can't bring it up our driveway. lol. It's a lower riding Saturn coupe and mom doesn't think it's a match for the ruts in our driveway.
A small hike up the driveway is better than walking everywhere else.
Kiras first birthday party was great! I posted some pics on FB.
Allan and I might go to Mobile this evening. Not sure yet. He is still doing his things around the house he has to do, and when he gets done, he said he would call me and we would decide where and what we were gonna do tonight.
Being Lazy. Took Rusty to town for the first time in nearly three weeks. Done some grocery shopping, and picked up a small ham for us to eat Thursday. Boiling tators to make mashed tators with, then I'm cooking /broiling some minute steak and mushroom gravy for dinner, along with some canned corn. May make a box pineapple upside down cake too. Dreading tomorrow...It'll be the fourth anniversary of my Daddy's death, and it usually gobsmacks me. Oh well, death IS a part of life.
So I have substitute wheels. It's so weird though. I'm used to getting in and out of an SUV and that little Saturn feels like I'm scooting my hind quarters on the road. I have more problems getting out of it than in it. lol. But like Mel said, it's better than walking. Especially considering it's a 15-20 minute car ride to anything much less walking from my house.
Made chili. The beef mom got us had to be used by today. [I know it can be frozen but it never tastes as good. I know I'm weird.]
I have chili simmering right now. :)
Bad day.... Bad night.... Looking forward to church I need it!
Also, looking forward to the day I can look forward to sleep again.
Did we ever figure out how many turkeys we can brine?
For all you shoppers out there who are crazy enough to venture forth into the Black Friday feeding frenzy, here's a way to train for the big day.
www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2013/11/24
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on November 24, 2013, 12:48:55 AM
I have chili simmering right now. :)
Great minds think alike! :cool:
Debating what church I want to go to this am. I've been thinking of going to visit my friends at Bethel [including RJ's dad].....
Lands it is cold here. And they are yakking about "winter weather"- aka Sleet and ice starting tonight. Not cool. Well, actually cooler than I'd like, but not "cool"... :pound:
Us too, Bobby. We are under a winter weather advisory. They are talking sleet & ice. We will see.
We are just cold. About 30 miles up the road through they got snow last night.
Ended up going and visiting my friends the Moore's up in Damascus Va. I love that town. If only it wasn't in Virginia....
I had a great nights sleep and I feel physically better too. Had good church and now headed fishin.
Wish us luck!
People are saying up here that if it's going to be 14* then we might as well get some snow out of it. Lol but it's ridiculously dry. Can't keep static cling out of anything. I wonder how much that contributes to sickness up here? We have to drink more water than ever or people get dehydrated. I'm snuggled in for the night.
Be safe on the roads, guys.
We didnt go fishin. Too cold. We went to game stop and he bought a PSP. LOL
Came back, watched a movie, and then he went home to play his new game.
I just took my meds, so Ill be knocked out soon.
Well. Thus far it is a none event. On the way home yesterday, it started to sleet to beat the band. Bro Wilson called me, and called off church, since our church is on a hill and it was supposed to get bad. It didn't though, and I drove to work dry this morning. They are saying now that it should hit us sometime this a.m., which may make for a cranky, work bound Roscoe...:smirk:
It's rainy and cold but not freezing. I think it got down to 34* last night. If it would have gotten a little colder, we'd have a mess.
We've been hanging out right about 30 degrees the last couple days. We're supposed to start getting rain Tuesday then its supposed to turn to sleet and snow Wednesday morning.
It's my day off. Have to go to the dentist later for my 6 month check/cleaning.
:frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:
:sadbounce: :sadbounce: :sadbounce: :sadbounce: :sadbounce: :sadbounce:
sweet Lord above it's a holidy week and they said snow on the weather report. I just needed some soda from the grocery store. I almost lost an arm just getting that......
I did however find a way to weave up my driveway with dad's car. So instead of it sitting half a mile away [that may be exagerated...] it's sitting in my spot behind the house. I don't want to have to hike to my car in the snow tomorrow morning.
Oh and ETSU called earlier to inform me I have to take the Compass test. It pretty much tells them what all I've forgotten since high school. It's like the ACT for adults. I foresee remedial math in my future but I should be fine on the english/verbal part.
:hi: Morning, all. What a wonderful day! Today and tomorrow, then I'm off for three days, at least one of which will be loaded with food. And when I got up this morning, I discovered the wife had several lays of wax paper with no bake cookies on them on the counter. Yes, some came to work with me.... :lol: Gonna be a good day, if'n I have to pop someone in the head to make it happen..
Yesterday was busy, today will be busier. I get to clean the church, start some bread making that people requested for their Thanksgiving. I imagine Isaac is probably doing the same. Then it's packing for tomorrow's jaunt to Tulsa. I'm feeding the family left overs so they'll be extra thankful at Thanksgiving. ;)
Last night I started training for a new little job. Helping out a quadrapalegic man to bed. I was expecting most of it. I had to let mom mode kick in at a point though. Makes me respect nurses an awful lot.
Have a wonderful wknd all!!
I'm at work. I have stuff I need to do at home cause folks are coming to my house for Thanksgiving but I guess it'll have to wait.
It has been confirmed I have 2 kidneys. Awaiting confirmation on a possible third.
Dad needs one if you have an extra. Lol
Doctors office called and left a message saying results were negative. Whatever that means. So no third kidney I guess. It also means most likely more test. Sick of test!
I WILL FIND A WAY TO KILL THIS DOG.
I need a needle please, Heather. And I am being serious. Id do it. right now.
What did the dog do this time?
THREE piles of poo on my nice clean rugs...two in my room and one in the bathroom. I just washed the rugs yesterday...had to mop the bathroom twice yesterday cause MOM is peeing on the floor...she is helpless and being pathetic...this morning I stepped in the contents of her diaper insides that came out when she changed it, and all she could say was "sorry".
SHE NEEDS TO GO TO A HOME!!!!
So I had to mop twice yesterday, and now I have to wash the rugs and mop again today cause of her AND the dog! She wont let him out cause she is laying in the bed hopped up on pills, and cant even hold her own pee, and now her dog is doing the same thing. I swear Im gonna run away. Let them destroy everything and live with a nasty urine smelling bathroom if they want. they dont bathe anyway, mom has been peeing in the bed cause she wont get up. IM SICK OF THIS.
:frustrated:
Um... what you describe is not a normal situation. I would agree with your assessment that she needs to be in a home.
At home. Got chicken in the oven. Playing with the radio, just had an enjoyable chat with a gentleman who works at a newspaper in Tokyo. I really love my new hobby...
New? How long until it's not a new hobby anymore?
She fell two weeks ago at prayer meeting and sprained her wrist, ankle and knee...she claims she cant get out of bed or walk further than the bathroom, well she needs to at least start walking to the bathroom earlier so she doesnt keep messing up my floor!
Both my parents need more assistance than I can give, and neither one will admit it or go into a home. My brothers wont step up and help, and my uncle/pastor wont kick them out of the church apartment...its a lovely situation. Since I dont have a job, Im stuck doing all the stuff they need. I thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel cause I was with Allan, but we broke up last week, and I dont think we will be getting back together...(my decision).
There is no hope for me to get out of my situation anytime soon. So here I am, ranting about it.
I havent ranted to yall in awhile so I guess I was due for one. lol
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 26, 2013, 11:17:40 PM
New? How long until it's not a new hobby anymore?
Until I decide it's an old hobby. :hypocrite: It's less than a year old, and compared to my "old" hobbies, it IS new. :P
Quote from: MelodyB on November 26, 2013, 11:23:06 PM
She fell two weeks ago at prayer meeting and sprained her wrist, ankle and knee...she claims she cant get out of bed or walk further than the bathroom, well she needs to at least start walking to the bathroom earlier so she doesnt keep messing up my floor!
Both my parents need more assistance than I can give, and neither one will admit it or go into a home. My brothers wont step up and help, and my uncle/pastor wont kick them out of the church apartment...its a lovely situation. Since I dont have a job, Im stuck doing all the stuff they need. I thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel cause I was with Allan, but we broke up last week, and I dont think we will be getting back together...(my decision).
There is no hope for me to get out of my situation anytime soon. So here I am, ranting about it.
I havent ranted to yall in awhile so I guess I was due for one. lol
They gonna get to a point that you CAN'T take care of them, and it seems like that day is fast approaching. When it arrives- and it will- you'll have nothing to regret and can hold your head high as you move on with life. And don't fret the Allan situation....Let God lead you. If it turns out to be Allan, you'll know and it'll be great. If not, God has better things in store, girl. I can't count the number of times I THOUGHT I knew what was best for me, only to discover how far off I was later. God is always faithful, and will provide. Easier to say than live, yes, I know. But true nonetheless. :great: (in an american sense :P)
Im not fretting the Allan situation. God did bring us together for a reason, I am sure of that, even if it was just for a season. Im ok. I had a bad couple of days when it happened, (last Sunday) (AND it was a mutual breakup, not a mean/mad one either) then I prayed for God to show me some things while we were separated and BOY DID HE EVER!! Im seeing things that I wouldnt have seen if we had not went on our "break". We are friends, we still hang out and do stuff together, but Im about 80% sure at this point that unless some MAJOR changes take place, we will not marry.
It was a wonderful experience that taught me a lot about relationships and love. I dont regret any of it. And I still love him. Hes one of my best friends.
Not so bad, as breakups go. Could have been much worse. :cool:
Wow. What a busy few weeks for you, Mel. I'm sorry. You have great spirits about it and glad you know love IS possible for your life.
I'm trying to make homemade Nutella and it's not going my way. Lol
If my car ever works for more than a few days I'll bring you a pink needle Mel. *HUGS*
Btw: the quadriplegic man I'm working for isn't near as challenging as what you just described.
Mel, do you think it's time to move to a place where you can find work?
Mel I am a friend of most dogs, but in your situation that dog is an extra burden on you. Also, always felt weird about allowing animals especially messy destructive ones in any part of a church. You might consider just bringing the dog subject up again to your pastor. If he says it needs to go, inform your mom most assisted living facilities allow pets.
Personally, if I were a member there the dog in the church would bother me.
Quote from: MelodyB on November 26, 2013, 10:48:53 PM
THREE piles of poo on my nice clean rugs...two in my room and one in the bathroom. I just washed the rugs yesterday...had to mop the bathroom twice yesterday cause MOM is peeing on the floor...she is helpless and being pathetic...this morning I stepped in the contents of her diaper insides that came out when she changed it, and all she could say was "sorry".
SHE NEEDS TO GO TO A HOME!!!!
So I had to mop twice yesterday, and now I have to wash the rugs and mop again today cause of her AND the dog! She wont let him out cause she is laying in the bed hopped up on pills, and cant even hold her own pee, and now her dog is doing the same thing. I swear Im gonna run away. Let them destroy everything and live with a nasty urine smelling bathroom if they want. they dont bathe anyway, mom has been peeing in the bed cause she wont get up. IM SICK OF THIS.
:frustrated:
You also can request the state to provide a conservator for them. Legal aide could help you. Basically your just admitting their care is to much for you and your family isn't or can't help. It also would mean probably fighting them though if they claim they need no help. If it went through basically the state would start making decisions concerning their care and finances.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on November 27, 2013, 02:06:43 AM
Mel, do you think it's time to move to a place where you can find work?
Dont think I havent thought of that...BUT...GOD moved me here and until I hear from Him again and He says its time to go, I have to stay here. Job or not. Frankly, Ive been without a job for over two years now and every one of my NEEDS has been met, so God hasnt forsaken me in any sense. Ive gone thru some struggles, on every single level, but I have not been forsaken. I have not yet once had to beg bread. So something will come up, or God will release me from here. I have to wait for one of those to happen.
Jason...As bad a Furby is, he doesnt do anything to, or ever even step one paw into the actual church or foyer. The apartment has a big room in it we call the conference room, (thats what it was prior to our moving back in) and then you pass thru another door into our living room. He rarely ever comes into the conference room, and thats the room that is connected to the foyer, so he is not seen or heard by church people unless he is outside and barking at people thru the fenced in area. As far as I know, the dog doesnt bother anyone but me. :smirk2:
Quote from: taco_harvell on November 27, 2013, 03:02:54 AM
You also can request the state to provide a conservator for them. Legal aide could help you. Basically your just admitting their care is to much for you and your family isn't or can't help. It also would mean probably fighting them though if they claim they need no help. If it went through basically the state would start making decisions concerning their care and finances.
I could, but my parents are (somewhat) sane. They have not lost their minds yet, so I would be hated by them if I tried anything like that, and they would fight me all the way. I have enough arguments with them than to try to stir up that kind of trouble.
Furby; 100% antifreeze.... Go learneth what this meaneth.
I share knowledge but do not always agree with it's implementation.
Praying for you!
I know you hate the dog but don't antifreeze the dog. It's horrible to watch and terrible for the dog.
Well I can't take my test because the entire campus of ETSU is closed due to the snow. Also I'm snowed/iced into my driveway/road. I would chance going to work in my car, but it's dead...at my workplace. No way am I chancing taking my dads car out. He'll never let me hear the end of it if anything happened to it.
It got to 27* last night here, but thankfully the rain had stopped. I did hit one area of black ice on my way to work and slid but thankfully didn't totally lose control.
To a point the doctor says I have to try to sleep, which will trigger a nasty cycle of pain. Please say a prayer for me today. Already, in enough pain that I've literally been in tears off and on all night. Gonna attempt sleep. :-(
For all of you guys that will actually get to enjoy Thanksgiving this year
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I'm going to go jump off a bridge.
hey it's Seth!!!!
Brandon is getting cabin fever. I've already told him to go out and play in the snow. Instead he's harassing me as I have plenty of crafting to do.
Would I that we had snow to have fun in. :sadbounce:
My brother and his family are in Tennessee this week for the holiday and he just text me pictures of the kids playing in the snow. :)
Quote from: HeatherB on November 27, 2013, 06:42:23 PM
hey it's Seth!!!!
It was till I leapt off the bridge....now it's what's left of me.
Love it Tia! Lol. I'm going to get a turkey leg an sneak away to devour it!! Hahahaha
Got a trinitarian friend whose wife left him the end of last week and took their 2 little girls. Both his parents are dead and his siblings are drunks from what I can tell. Pray he doesn't do anything stupid, and this opens a door to reach him with truth. His name is Chris.
Quote from: MellowYellow on November 27, 2013, 08:47:21 PM
Love it Tia! Lol. I'm going to get a turkey leg an sneak away to devour it!! Hahahaha
Sounds good to me :fork:
Unfortunately for me Thanksgiving is non existent this year. My church doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving as a religious holiday and retailers think its the biggest shopping day of the year which means I'll be working rather than have time to celebrate with my family.
Quote from: Backseat Radio on November 27, 2013, 09:14:31 PM
Unfortunately for me Thanksgiving is non existent this year. My church doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving as a religious holiday and retailers think its the biggest shopping day of the year which means I'll be working rather than have time to celebrate with my family.
Yeah, which is why I'll be spending that time snug at home. I ain't about to brave the "black friday" stampede, which currently starts Thursday evening.
Quote from: MelodyB on November 27, 2013, 07:59:58 PM
My brother and his family are in Tennessee this week for the holiday and he just text me pictures of the kids playing in the snow. :)
Where is he at in TN?
Wooo! OK is going to be in the 50's tomorrow. Like Autumn all over again.
Driving. Driving. Driving.
I'm eating my Thanksgiving dinner now. I made me some chili.
Got in from church and began cooking in preparation for tomorrow's lunch. Got the greatest compliment a cook can recieve....my wife, steadily grazing on the food as fast as I pull it out of the oven. So far she's sampled- and approved- the pineapple upside down cake and has demolished my pan of dressing...:lol: I'm gonna have to guard the ham with my gun for it to last until tomorrow's lunch.:lol:`
I found out tonight that we are having steak and baked potatoes and corn and a few "regular" things tomorrow for lunch. Lol
We had the whole turkey and dressing and such last month when all the family was down for anniversary celebration...so I guess they decided not to do that again.
Please say a prayer for Allan, his ulcers on his esophagus have been bleeding and he's been throwing up blood. He ate tonight, then went and threw up and went to bed early. Didn't enjoy our annual card games and stuff. I really felt bad he was so sick while we all were over there having fun.
Quote from: HeatherB on November 28, 2013, 12:48:59 AM
Quote from: MelodyB on November 27, 2013, 07:59:58 PM
My brother and his family are in Tennessee this week for the holiday and he just text me pictures of the kids playing in the snow. :)
Where is he at in TN?
I bet he's not in west TN because we have no snow. Wish we did.
Bobby: Wish I were there to help sample. :D
MellowYellow: Actually nobody asks for bread at Thanksgiving. Probably the turkey dressing or stuffing takes the place. They sure ask for it at Christmas though.
Backseat Radio: Love it! Though it's hard to set digital scales back... but I'll see if I can. Worst thing that can happen would be the scales wouldn't work anymore... :freaky2:
Well...its started.
So far today, Ive been called a liar, a moocher, selfish, no good, lazy, stupid, and a blabbermouth. (among other things that I dont have room to type.) Ive also been "kicked out" for the millionth time and he said that I should tell my Pastor that he said to go take that steak and shove it up his rear end.
Who you ask? No one but my loving Father who I have bent over backwards for this past two years.
Its Thanksgiving...he ALWAYS blows up on Thanksgiving and Christmas and every other family oriented holiday. Its tradition. He must not break tradition. :roll:
He is mad cause Mom was told she shouldnt come cause if she cant come to church and she cant make it to the bathroom in her own home, then they politely told her she doesnt need to come to their home for the family dinner. They will make her a plate. Well dad got all mad, and now he isnt going, and all hes done since he woke up is yell and scream and call me names.
I really love holidays!
:roll:
It has literally been this way my ENTIRE LIFE. This is why we dont have dinner and gifts and junk at home. I go to other places and pretend that Im in a happy loving family.
What a joke.
Our door's open if you want to come over. We eat at 6-ish. Don't bring food, we always have leftovers of everything as it is.
I am thankful. Please dont take my rant as unthankfulness.
I have a place to go to pretend I have a loving family. I have friends. I do have love. I have a place to stay, cause even if dad "kicks me out" he cant cause Pastor has the last say so, and he is in charge of who stays and who is kicked out. Im thankful that Allan and I are still friends and get along cause I will be spending the day with him today in the home he lives in. If it had been a bad break up, today would have been miserable and awkward, cause we still share family even though we are not directly related. I have never needed anything in my life. Sure times have been hard sometimes, but Ive always had what I needed, and sometimes not much more. Im blessed.
I have friends who love me and care when I type these rants. I am blessed to have so many friends, both seen and unseen.
God is my help. I wont worry about this trivial stuff and the arguing mess. It wont matter in Heaven. I have to remember that.
I am truly THANKFUL, no matter what happens today.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 28, 2013, 03:32:04 PM
Our door's open if you want to come over. We eat at 6-ish. Don't bring food, we always have leftovers of everything as it is.
This is one of those times I wish I had a teleporter machine or something...there are SO MANY places that I know I am welcome and would be loved and treated right. But I just dont have the way to get to them all. LOL
I would take you up on that, if I was closer. Truly.
But I do have plans. Ill have a great day, just as soon as its time to leave this apartment.
For now, I have to go make the frosting for the blueberry torte that I am making. Then get a shower, and hopefully time will go fast and it will be noon and I can leave. Leave mom and dad and their attitudes here.
Mel, next year hitch a ride with your brother and I will come get you. Even if my car is messed I can always get a car to make it to where they are staying and back. You can come with me and make fun of Brandon's family. Just make sure to dress warm because we always get relegated to the front porch as 50 people do NOT fit in a single wide trailer. Plus it's the only place to breath due to all the smokers. But I promise food and a good time. Or hopefully next year we will have our own place and you can just come stay with us. We'll make new traditions. I LOVE card games and cannot get Brandon to play them with me. :cool:
I'm kinda bummed Brandon won't let me wear pajamas to dinner. I mean everyone else in his family is too lazy to get dressed. Why should I have to? But also on that note I hope the normal fighting breaks out and I can leave and just go to my pastors house. He's told us that everyone is welcome to their house if they have no where else to go.
MelodyB: If we had a teleporter we'd pick up Fuzzy and clan from Texas, Taco and Elona from east of me, Newsman from wherever he is at the moment, and my whole family and dump them on Bobby's house for a really great Thanksgiving day. Or we'd put everyone here - this house has seen bigger crowds than that before.
He is currently on the phone to our pastor and called him a liar to his face. Just had a yelling match with him. It was lovely.
God help us.
If you didn't have anything at stake in the matter it would be fun to sit back and watch the show... :updown: It's almost noon though, hang in there!
He said when I leave tonight I won't be able to come back in, he is officially kicking me out. I do have keys, but he thinks he can lock me out.
This is gonna be a fun day.
He needs to go lay down before I leave so I can sneak in there and detach the cord from motor of his power chair. But he is watching me like a hawk. I can't try that today. But maybe soon I will. He is being so impossible.
He was slapping me earlier too. I got right in his face a DARED him to slap or hit me in the face, I wanted him to. I would have called the cops so fast.
I would leave. But I have NO MONEY. No car, and no where to go. Sure everyone offers for me to stay with them, and I would, but I can't go anywhere.
I have lots of food here, Mel. Teleport this way.
Started cooking for today last night, did you? :fork:
Yes, I'm tired.
Wow. Sorry, Mel. Your dad sounds bipolar, almost.
We've eaten more than I need to, and had a lovely dinner with just the three of us...I totally agree with Isaac's teleporter idea. Now Lou's off to work, Chey's watching Gilligan's Island DVDs, and I'm browsing around the web. Kim's gonna stop by this evening when she gets off of work for a plate...the rest of my family I have no clue about. apparently they've forgotten me. Their loss, 'cause the wife said I cooked some awesome vittles...:hypocrite:
Pastor came over and the mess hit the fan. It was crazy.
My parents are officially kicked out of the apartment ASAP. He didn't give them a time limit to be out, but the sooner the better.
Lord I don't know what I'm gonna do.
Ask if you might be allowed to stay, while your parents go. Couldn't hurt to try, right?
Bobby if you were closer (or if someone would get off the dime and invent the teleporter already) you could catch two Thanksgiving meals. We're having supper in about 2.5 hours. Potato salad, turkey, a pot of chili, deviled eggs, some kind of cake I heard someone was bringing, fried sweet potatoes... Yum!
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 28, 2013, 09:30:21 PM
Bobby if you were closer (or if someone would get off the dime and invent the teleporter already) you could catch two Thanksgiving meals. We're having supper in about 2.5 hours. Potato salad, turkey, a pot of chili, deviled eggs, some kind of cake I heard someone was bringing, fried sweet potatoes... Yum!
I couldn't eat another bite. :laughhard: At this point, I'm more stuffed than ANY turkey...
Shut up Isaac, shut up Isaac, shut up Isaac, shut...
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 28, 2013, 04:09:01 PM
MelodyB: If we had a teleporter we'd pick up Fuzzy and clan from Texas, Taco and Elona from east of me, Newsman from wherever he is at the moment, and my whole family and dump them on Bobby's house for a really great Thanksgiving day. Or we'd put everyone here - this house has seen bigger crowds than that before.
The teleporter not make any stops in Indiana? :sadbounce:
Hell must have froze over. Only one of Brandon's relatives had on pajama pants at dinner. And honestly I completely forgave her for it. She works nights at the hospital. She worked last night and had to turn around and go back tonight. Stopped to talk to mom on the way to work [she had to work and I had an hour to burn before I could clock in.] Of course she started right in on her favorite topic. Her hate of pentecostals. Good grief. :roll: Really? Then she yelled at me for ignoring her. I told her to come up with something new to say and maybe I'd listen. Sheesh.
Just got back from the gym. Work tomorrow and calling the college to see if there is ANY way for me to take my test saturday or sunday so I can still do orientation Tuesday. If I can't go Tuesday the next one is 2 days before classes begin in January and I'm sure my boss would not appreciate me handing in what I can and cannot work....
Mel-my offer stands. Also if the time frame needs to be shortened I can come the 1st weekend of December to steal you.
I'm not accustomed to you being here Tia. :P But sure, if someone ever invents a teleporter we can beam you over too.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 29, 2013, 01:47:28 AM
I'm not accustomed to you being here Tia. :P But sure, if someone ever invents a teleporter we can beam you over too.
That's probably because I quit hanging around the board for about a year
Tended fowl, took mom to the nursing home, went to work, came home, tended cattle and shut up fowl, went to church, came home.
Eating more of my Thanksgiving chili.
Poopsie, dearest, this may be your chance to move into that van down by the river....
Had Thanksgiving with our pastor. It was good.
Quote from: taco_harvell on November 29, 2013, 03:51:58 AM
Had Thanksgiving with our pastor. It was good.
Yeah, that.
After the mess this morning, our lunch was good, we laughed and had a great time. I spent the evening with Allan, and then we met with our Aunts and went early Black Friday shopping. The Aunts got a few gifts for people, and Allan got some new jeans, a shirt and an awesome leather jacket...all for under $100.
Came home, Dad didnt lock me out, he locked the door I have a key to, but he failed to lock the other door that there is no key to. The apartment is quiet and dark and so Im in my room now, drying clothes and fixing to go to bed.
Dont know what tomorrow will bring, but we will see.
Quote from: Chseeads on November 29, 2013, 03:37:12 AM
Poopsie, dearest, this may be your chance to move into that van down by the river....
Its dads van, and he tried to take the keys away from me today. lol
I got my house key back, and I took Allans key he had to the van, and Im gonna get copies made tomorrow...extra ones too. So the next fit he has, Ill still have keys when he goes in my purse and tries to steal them like he did today while I was in the shower. :smirk2:
Quote from: MelodyB on November 29, 2013, 04:32:33 AM
Quote from: taco_harvell on November 29, 2013, 03:51:58 AM
Had Thanksgiving with our pastor. It was good.
Yeah, that.
After the mess this morning, our lunch was good, we laughed and had a great time. I spent the evening with Allan, and then we met with our Aunts and went early Black Friday shopping. The Aunts got a few gifts for people, and Allan got some new jeans, a shirt and an awesome leather jacket...all for under $100.
Came home, Dad didnt lock me out, he locked the door I have a key to, but he failed to lock the other door that there is no key to. The apartment is quiet and dark and so Im in my room now, drying clothes and fixing to go to bed.
Dont know what tomorrow will bring, but we will see.
Mel it might be time for your uncle to load your mom and dad up and take them and drop them off at your oldest brothers. It might be the most effective way to get real action.
Um... even I know that is one thing you Just Don't Do, going through a lady's purse. You should have rolled up your wet towel and popped him.
In local news, I am about burned out on practices. We have multiple Christmas things going at church, set to play on different Sundays through the month of December. Youth service in about a week, Children's Church kids will be singing some specials on the 8th, Christmas play in about three weeks, a special set of songs for the praise singers on the Sunday before Christmas... and I'm mixed up in all of them.
It is fun though to watch different leaders trying to squeeze in an extra practice during the week without infringing on anyone else's practice... And on the upside, as the month of December rolls on and events happen, the practices will thin out more and more the farther we get into the month.
Praise Report; Neurologist ordered me to go on 12 liters per minute of oxygen during the cluster headache attacks. Oxygen has proven to shorten duration and in some cases severity of the CH. These attacks last 15-25 minutes and are currently happening 8-9 times a day. A $40 bottle of oxygen might last 2 1/2 headaches at such a high flow. We had pretty much given up on being able to afford this, but GOD moved on the hearts of some people who had already said they couldn't help us.
We picked up $500 dollars worth of oxygen up today which should last through the weekend. They are covering the cost of whatever amount I need for a full month. Which according to when the CH attacks stop could be thousands. We serve a miracle working GOD. THANK YOU JESUS!
So thankful to have today off from work. :D
I didn't mean to sleep in so late. I woke at 6:30, went back to sleep, got a phone call at 7:00, then back to sleep, and then I woke at 9:something.
Now it's 10 and I haven't left my room yet cause I don't hear anything in the apartment. I don't know who is where or what they are doing.
Need to gather my clothes and get in the shower. Then contact the Aunts and see when they are going to get the Christmas tree. Idk if I wanna help with that or not, but it would be better than running into conflict by staying here.
I'm up. Barely. Wanted to sneak over to Tulsa today, but Lou has to work. Wouldn't be fair for me and Chey to slip off, besides, I slept in an hour longer than I should've. Maybe next year.... think I'm gonna make me a ham sammich, now. :fork:
Cooking dinner for the family tonight.
The smell of Claude's Marinade is swiftly permeating the air.
Only 5.5 hours to go. :noo: :cry2:
at work. completely forgot I had to work with stepbrat today. but surprisingly she hasn't been that bad....
can't get ahold of anyone at the college even though offices were supposed to be open today. ugh.
Quote from: Roscoe on November 29, 2013, 04:14:55 PM
I'm up. Barely. Wanted to sneak over to Tulsa today, but Lou has to work. Wouldn't be fair for me and Chey to slip off, besides, I slept in an hour longer than I should've. Maybe next year.... think I'm gonna make me a ham sammich, now. :fork:
What happens in Tulsa on the Friday after Thanksgiving?
Speaking of which... I found out today that a dear lady of our church does not like chocolate. Or ice cream. And she is from Arkansas. Bro. Bobby, care to comment?
Quote from: Psalm_97 on November 29, 2013, 06:48:03 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on November 29, 2013, 04:14:55 PM
I'm up. Barely. Wanted to sneak over to Tulsa today, but Lou has to work. Wouldn't be fair for me and Chey to slip off, besides, I slept in an hour longer than I should've. Maybe next year.... think I'm gonna make me a ham sammich, now. :fork:
What happens in Tulsa on the Friday after Thanksgiving?
Speaking of which... I found out today that a dear lady of our church does not like chocolate. Or ice cream. And she is from Arkansas. Bro. Bobby, care to comment?
I was gonna sneak over and have lunch with Mini and family, as well as a couple others that might have been there....
And obviously, we kicked your church member out of the Promised Land because of her lack of taste. :P
Got a funeral viewing to go to Sunday afternoon. :sadbounce: My Department Manager's mom passed away the day before Thanksgiving.
We only go to see our family in Tulsa once a year at Thanksgiving. It was a Wonderful visit this year. A highlight is getting to see Mini and the fabulous Chellebelle and the mumchkins. Their kids are awesome, love their personalities. I haven't figured how to tell them that though we have a grand time visiting and laughing, that we're deeply honored that they make time and travel to meet us. In all of life's business and work, it's the pockets of precious moments that make life so sweet.
Yes, Roscoe. You were missed. One of these days we're going to have a hilarious time with yas.
Well, after the fiasco yesterday, today was quite uneventful. In the sense that there wasn't any drama.
I got my shower and dressed, called the Aunts, and we went and picked out the Christmas tree for the Pastors house. Then we hit a store for some decorations and came back and fixed lunch. Ate, and then the tree was delivered. So we started the decoration process. I left about 4ish and went to WM and had vehicle keys made. Then I came home and went to the apartment. Found out mom "mistakingly" used my TOOTHBRUSH. UGH!!! I am so grossed out! Then I left.
Now I'm sitting in the foyer waiting on Allan to get cleaned up and over here so we can go eat and do whatever we want to do.
That was my day.
Lou came in and put me to work making cinnamon rolls for her mom's dinner tomorrow. I shall doubtless attempt to avoid that dinner as I have for the last several years. And since she's made me trot out all the ingredients to make cinnamon rolls, I am experimenting. :fork:
In a second batch, I am susbtituting raw honey for white sugar....then after I spread the cinnamon/brown sugar mixture on the dough, I'm gonna spread some of Kim's homemade apple butter liberally on top, then roll into rolls and bake. Shooting for AppleCinnamon honeybuns/rolls....
We shall see how they turn out...the honeyed dough seemed a tad drier than normal, but it may have been my imagination...
Patooty.
Eloquent as always.
I need to get off my rear and clean the kitchen.
We cleaned the kitchen last night. Mike destroyed it over night.....
Hopefully we are getting my car fixed today. On one hand I like dad's car. $30 almost fills it up and it lasts for a week. On the other if weird to drive and I can barely get in and out of it.
Dad's car
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My car
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My car could eat dad's car for breakfast. His car only comes up to right above my belly button. It's so tiny! Don't get me wrong I'm thankful for them letting me borrow it, but I'm just ready to have my car back.
I am being even more lazy than normal today...I haven't even ventured out of the house yet. And truthfully, my plans are to remain close to that state the rest of the day. :p
We've been to a couple garage sales. Then ventured out again for hubby to look at a pickup, but that's about it.
so I'm still sans my car....sigh.....our help flaked on us. no idea what happened to him.
I felt guilty and went to Lou's parents for dinner. Really good people, but lands I nearly went insane, what with the 15+ grandkids screaming and carrying on, and the couple of family members that would be a waste of lead if they were shot.....but I DID enjoy talking with my brother in law, then slipped away a bit early and got to talk to one of my best friends for a bit, seeing as how he was on patrol when I passed through. And I drove Rusty, so that's always a plus. Now- I gotta prepare myself for work tomorrow. Boo. The three days off went by much too fast...
I usually don't feel this way at this time of year but... I can't wait for the holidays to be over. Mostly I'm burnt out on christmas program practices. Youth service practice tomorrow after church and Tuesday, Christmas play practice Monday and Friday, praise team Christmas practice Thursday... after a few weeks of that it gets really old.
And yes I know I already mentioned this. I'll probably mention it again. This is my venting for the day.
Good Evening :hi:
Learned today that one of the managers where I work was hit in the face with a PlayStation 3 during the Thanksgiving sale. Made me very thankful that it wasn't any worse than that at my store during those sales.
At least nobody was killed this year.
I took a look around Wal-Mart Thursday morning - they had the Black Friday stuff out in the aisles with big "Do not sell before..." signs on them - but I didn't see anything I wanted, and certainly no good deals. They don't have Black Friday sales on good quality chocolate and I can get a USB computer mouse for $10 any day.
w2cchas
:hi:
Well look who showed up! :hi:
2 AM and I'm still awake. Can't seem to go to sleep. :sadbounce:
I had a good day yesterday. (Saturday) No conflict, my dad ignored me all day and my team won the rival game! WHOOT! 37-7! And we are 12 games UNDEFEATED this year! All 12!! We may win the national championship! GO SEMINOLES!
Anyway, after my team won, Allan and I went to the game store, and he bought me my own PSP and Tony Hawk game. Then we went fishin. He caught a small catfish, and I got nothin. :smirk2: After some Taco Bell, we went to the water and sat for hours, talking stuff out. Came home before curfew, I played my game and went to bed.
Now it's 3 am and I'm awake. I am gonna try to sleep again.
Goodnight.
MelodyB: Now you can do this. http://xkcd.com/296/
It's the skateboarding equivalent of snatching the pebble from the master's hand. When you can do this, you will have learned all you can learn.
I am a MASTER at Tony Hawk on the game systems...but not in real life. Sorry!
Feeling groggy today. I think I finally got to sleep after 3 AM. :yawn:
I'm up. For some reason I'm just really frustrated. I've only been up a little over an hour. Days like this are usually when God does big things. So I'm expecting big things.
Pray for me. My wife wants me to go to our work Christmas party;
1: Don't feel well.
2. Don't like having people pity me.
3. Don't want to have a cluster headache in front of everyone.
4. It literally hurts going around there because I miss work, and I don't want to cry in front everyone especially my boss. (yes I am known to get emotional)
Please pray for me this afternoon!
Had a scare on the way home from church this morning. Was tired from not sleeping well last night and sinuses was making my brain foggy too. Driving along and came to realizing I'd drifted almost completely into the left lane on the double lane highway I drive to and from church. Thankfully wasn't any traffic around me when that happened. Needless to say my afternoon has consisted of sinus medication and a nap.
:o Glad you're okay.
How can 4 days off go by so fast?
My kids are growing up so fast. *sigh*
Im in Memphis Tennessee :)
won't be much longer & i will be in New York with my grandbabies!!!!!!!!
Well shoot, you're already past me then. You could have stopped by and picked up some bread on your way.
:hi: Morning, all. My Lord what a service last night...the power of God fell in a way I haven't experienced in quite some time....wave upon wave of His spirit. People all over the house getting refreshed. It was awesome! And pray for me- starting Wednesday night, I'll be teaching a Bible study on matters of the heart to the church. Feel like it's needed, and I know God is gonna use it for His glory, if I can just do my part. :thumbsup2:
And I'm back at work. I am now doing something I never thought I would do- I am praying for snow. :o Forecast is for a 60% chance Friday and a 75% chance Saturday- if it snows, they'll cancel the infernal lighting ceremony I don't wanna work Saturday... :P
Snow would make the lighting a 100x prettier, I don't understand why they would cancel? Unless it's like a bad snow storm coming through?
I only want snow on Christmas. Snowless would be ugly...lol
Have and adopt more. :smirk2:
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 02, 2013, 04:35:13 AM
My kids are growing up so fast. *sigh*
Oh, and a 'beep, beep' to all, today! :waving:
It's supposed to get nearly 80 today and then drop to the 20s later in the week. This weather is crazy.
Quote from: Newsman on December 02, 2013, 01:52:47 PM
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 02, 2013, 04:35:13 AM
My kids are growing up so fast. *sigh*
Have and adopt more. :smirk2:
Can't. Got to savor what I have. Like everyone else.
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 02, 2013, 01:22:18 PM
Snow would make the lighting a 100x prettier, I don't understand why they would cancel? Unless it's like a bad snow storm coming through?
I only want snow on Christmas. Snowless would be ugly...lol
Down here in the South - even a drop of snow/ice/sleet and everything gets canceled. Puts everyone in a tizzy. lol so dumb.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on December 02, 2013, 02:15:49 PM
It's supposed to get nearly 80 today and then drop to the 20s later in the week. This weather is crazy.
Same here...close to 75 today, and back down to 25 by Saturday. Chance of "snow". Right. :roll:
Could be worse. Put a southern redneck in a little bit of snow and he's stuck. But put a Yankee in a little bit of Texas summer heat and he drops like a wilted lily.
From what I hear from the southerners that have moved up here, our summers are just as bad, just not as long. Idk, I don't even turn on the AC until it's 90's. Regardless of humidity. And I certainly don't use the car AC unless the wind will mess up our church hair. I have a hard time getting my core temperature back up after it's been really cold for very long. So does Nathan actually if he's working outside. It takes him a good 2hrs to not feel cold when he comes home from work. Gives the kids a reason to snuggle up to him though so it's ok. Lol
Quote from: Babs on December 02, 2013, 10:25:36 AM
Im in Memphis Tennessee :)
won't be much longer & i will be in New York with my grandbabies!!!!!!!!
Are you coming across Tennessee on 40 to hit 81 north? If so please contact me when you get to Kingsport/Johnson City/Bristol. [It would be right before you hit Virginia] I would love to meet you along your journey.
Long day today. Have to get up early to go to orientation at the college. They are gonna let me go ahead and register as long as I don't take math. Have to take my compass test wednesday.
Back at work...foggy as what out there. Couldn't see five feet in front of the truck all the way in. And apparently it was widespread- had a ham on the radio from North Arkansas reporting the same conditions, and one in Greenville, Mississippi saying the same. Warm today- and supposed to be a high somewhere around the freezing mark Thursday. Lord, I'm gonna die.... :reaction: :sick:
I took Allan to work cause the Ramseys are at a early Dr appointment...stopped by Sonic, got my free rt 44 Cherry Limeade, and a Jr breakfast burrito.
Im thinking about boiling the leftover chicken off the bone and making some chicken and rice with it for dinner tonight.
Today, I need to do a few online apps, and then go to the game store and get Allans PSP traded or repaired or whatever they can do. Its not holding a charge and has to be plugged up all the time when he tries to play.
Yesterday I put in 6 apps. Yall pray that SOMEONE calls me for a interview! I need a job!
Quote from: MelodyB on December 03, 2013, 02:00:15 PM
I took Allan to work cause the Ramseys are at a early Dr appointment...stopped by Sonic, got my free rt 44 Cherry Limeade, and a Jr breakfast burrito.
Im thinking about boiling the leftover chicken off the bone and making some chicken and rice with it for dinner tonight.
Today, I need to do a few online apps, and then go to the game store and get Allans PSP traded or repaired or whatever they can do. Its not holding a charge and has to be plugged up all the time when he tries to play.
Yesterday I put in 6 apps. Yall pray that SOMEONE calls me for a interview! I need a job!
Y'all dating again?
I forgot to get her name but pray for the lady who just drew my blood. I believe that was truly an appointment GOD set up. She asked me where I went to church when I told her she begin to tell me she goes to a "Pentecostal Holiness" church and is not happy because in her words "we are barely pentecostal anymore and haven't been holiness in years".
I didn't criticize her church in any way I just told her our church was " very much still pentecostal and holiness and she was welcome to come see for herself anytime she wanted to". She seemed hungry for a move of God in her life. I think I will just stop back in there to invite her again sometime she is the only employee at that lab location.
Quote from: taco_harvell on December 03, 2013, 05:13:12 PM
Quote from: MelodyB on December 03, 2013, 02:00:15 PM
I took Allan to work cause the Ramseys are at a early Dr appointment...stopped by Sonic, got my free rt 44 Cherry Limeade, and a Jr breakfast burrito.
Im thinking about boiling the leftover chicken off the bone and making some chicken and rice with it for dinner tonight.
Today, I need to do a few online apps, and then go to the game store and get Allans PSP traded or repaired or whatever they can do. Its not holding a charge and has to be plugged up all the time when he tries to play.
Yesterday I put in 6 apps. Yall pray that SOMEONE calls me for a interview! I need a job!
Y'all dating again?
We have been talking thru stuff since Thankgiving, we are trying to figure things out. There are lots of things to work out before we can get married, and yes, he wants to be dating again.
Im praying hard about everything, and some of the things I saw during the two weeks we were "broke up", God has already started to mend. WITHOUT my telling Allan anything about it. Thats how I know its God "fixing" it and not Allan pretending just to please me and get me to be with him again.
Its complicated. But I do believe I am suposed to be with him. We just have some kinks to work out...Well, God is working them out, not us. ;)
Urgent: Young man named PEYTON needs prayer NOW. His life is literally in GOD's hands doctors have given up hope. They don't know our GOD!
Whew, what a day. About to head home.
Quote from: taco_harvell on December 03, 2013, 06:39:56 PM
Urgent: Young man named PEYTON needs prayer NOW. His life is literally in GOD's hands doctors have given up hope. They don't know our GOD!
He's from my area. He is in dire need of our prayers and God to move in this situation.
I'm registered for classes. 2 I wanted and 2 I didn't. Of course without taking the test [which I take tomrrow] is why I had to sign up for the 2 I didn't want. Once I take the test I can change some things around.
:hi:
Glad to be home for the night. Been a busy day at work.
Ruby, idk your cousin in law well yet but she seems very nice. She's been going here a little while but recently joined choir. We both agreed your hubby looks similar to the anointed Jason Sciscoe. ☺️
Ugh. Work. Bah! :pound:
:stupid:
I made this last night and it rocked. So easy!
Double carrot stew
http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/double-carrot-stew/
I used chicken broth instead of wine.
Side note: I'm hardly ever on the computer anymore. I'm almost always posting from my phone. However, the type is SO much smaller and I don't catch all my typos. Often I accidentally type if for Of and then autocorrect does things that I don't catch either. Recently I meant to type IN but apparently missed it and autocorrect made it an IT.
I'm just glad I have no unsavory friends that get hung up on silly things like that. I think I do well for the most part. Lol. I miss having actual buttons for a qwerty.
Peyton was called home this morning. 7 people here on earth will be blessed with longer life thanks to organ donations. please keep praying for his family and friends. our whole district is feeling this loss/victory.
At Taco Bell feeding my face before church tonight. Thank you very much Sir Taco for making me hungry mentioning food in the P.O.T.Y. thread.
Quote from: Backseat Radio on December 04, 2013, 10:40:33 PM
At Taco Bell feeding my face before church tonight. Thank you very much Sir Taco for making me hungry mentioning food in the P.O.T.Y. thread.
Happy to help a voter out! :hypocrite:
Hate indecisive days. Go to my regular church or go visit someplace else?
Quote from: Backseat Radio on December 04, 2013, 11:18:21 PM
Hate indecisive days. Go to my regular church or go visit someplace else?
Pray about it.
I'm heading to church, where I will began teaching the series I spoke of earlier. Would appreciate prayers that I teach it as God would have me, and that it will cause more than just myself to take a long hard look at the basics of our walk with God- the heart, and matters pertaining to it.
Keeping the after church Burger King tradition
Im having a decent week.
Dad still wont talk to me at all. Thats fine with me, cause when he does talk to me he yells, lies or acts stupid. So, silence is better.
It is 3:14 AM. I woke up at 1:20, called Allan, talked for a few...(he was up throwing up all night cause of his ulcer. *sigh*), and then I couldnt get back to sleep. Here it is almost time to get up, (4:30 is wake up time) and I am still awake. I went to bed at 10:30, so that means Im gonna be running on less than three hours of sleep if I dont get some rest before then.
Last night..or whatever...Tuesday night, I must have slept awkward cause I had/have a crick in my neck all day, and its still there now. Annoying more than painful. Limits my mobility.
Tonight is church. And today I need to go out and fill out more applications. I really need one of these jobs to open up for me. Please God! I need a job! Friday night, Im not sure what the plan is. We may go night fishing. In fact, I need to go to Walmart and get some glow in the dark bobbers. Maybe Ill do that later today too.
Im rambling. Im bored. No one up to talk to. I already made Allans lunch. LOL
I should venture outside to the truck and get the keys to the storage unit out of the glove compartment so I can go to storage and look for my good tackle box while dad is at Dialysis. I also need to drop off a few things at storage.
Ill go do that before dad wakes up. I dont want any yelling about me getting the keys out of the truck. :roll:
Plus, I need to do it in the dark cause Im in my PJs that consist of a tee shirt that has some holes in it, and some cut off, knee leanth sweatpants that also have a few holes...not exactly what I want to be caught roaming around the church foyer and parking lot in. Hehe.
Morning, all. Lands, what a change in the weather...from 75 degrees yesterday- today started in the 40's and it's already dropped 5 degrees on my morning ride, with much more dropping in the forecast. They are saying a low of 8 degrees Saturday night. Lord. I shall surely die. :reaction:
Church went well last night, with good participation in the Bible Study, as well as numerous folks telling me they needed it. Hope they remain as involved throughout the entire series. :smirk2:
Have a great day, all. Even the evil folk who are planning on fishing in what apparently is beautiful weather, while I freeze my tush off. :pound:
Yep. A foggy 71 degrees here today. Supposed to be a high of 75. Foggy, cloudy.
I've prayed, took Allan to work, we stopped at Sonic before I dropped him off and ate, and shared a Dr Pepper. Then I went to storage and cleaned all the unneeded stuff out of the van. Cleaned out and organized the tackle box. Left in the van: our bucket, our poles, the chairs, and the tackle box. We have some dry catfish bait in the van, I got worms in the fridge, and fish, squid and shrimp in the freezer.
We are READY!
I'm about to go to WM and see about those bobbers.
:)
We got not even a dusting of snow. It might be too dry, idk. I'm totally split when I see teenagers in shorts when it's 15* out. Lol. I wonder if they own warm clothes, if they're poor. And then I want to smack the parents for letting their kid out of the house like that. One kid was walking to school. Someone's an idiot.
It was almost 80* yesterday here and down to 45* on my way to work this morning, but unless things change, the sleet and ice are supposed to stay West of us.
West of you means west of me as well, which is a bad thing because I actually wanted it.
Maybe not, Isaac, since you are north of us.
I can dream.
We're down to 37* now... that's 40* colder than this time yesterday.
Yeah 17* here. Nathan's been inside today working, thank the Lord.
Chili in the pot for dinner.
Hush Roscoe. :P
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 05, 2013, 11:57:57 PM
Yeah 17* here. Nathan's been inside today working, thank the Lord.
Pot in the chili for dinner.
Hush Roscoe. :P
:o :sadbounce:
I'm SO excited!!!!
My aunty is on ancestry.com. She has my maternal's side mapped out pretty well. They have this really cool thing, if you're into it, that you can send some spit in and they test your DNA. The results tell you where your heritage is from and how much. It also tells you if any of your relatives are on ancestry and how they are related. My aunt has been united with a 3rd cousin and an aunt.
So I know my mom's side. Super white bread. 99% from the British Isles. Irish, British and Scottish. They have married people from the same areas even when they haven't known it! It's kind of crazy the stories. No one has married a close cousin that I know of though.
Since my dad was an orphan and even though his family is loosely reconnected, there are still no straight answers. Since my g'mas name was Ortega, it's been easiest to assume I'm Hispanic. I won't be surprised if the results render that. But there has been suggestions of Native Indian too and I know there is a smidgen of Jewish/Hebrew in there.
Nathan got me the test for Christmas. I'm gonna send it back in tomorrow and finally have a difinitive answer when people ask what I am. I've been asked if I'm Pacific Islander, Mexican, Native, Asian, and even part black, which is a long shot I think but anyway...
Now Nathan is going to get his done too in a few months. And I've always teased him that he's an albino with his big lips. I have been having so much fun with speculating. I told him, if he really is part black, and he was the only white boy that ever caught my eye... it must have been jungle fever. HAHAHA!
Oh I love a good laugh. :D
Gang- a quick prayer request, please. One of my pastors' best friends, and a friend to me as well, found his son (around my age) dead about an hour ago. He'd had seizures before and brain surgery, but that was behind him...probably related. He leaves a wife and a little girl younger than Chey, and one a little older than Chey, too, I believe. So if you get a chance say a prayer for this tremendous man of God and his family. I'm not going to release the name until I know the family has all been told, but God knows....Thanks.
Praying.
Well that's no good.
Otherwise..... :smirk2:
12 degrees.
'Nuff said.
Its cold. Its snowy. Its my last day of work.
And im beginning to think that they closed down work and forgot to tell me.
It's 27 here and we have ice, sleet, snow all over the place. Half my friends are all getting to not go to work. I'm going in, but later on. I have to input payroll, it's week 2 of a pay period. This ridiculous weather sure would have been nice LAST week when I was off all weekend. :sadbounce:
It's just raining here at the moment and 36*
Twenties, ice and sleet everywhere. Nasty day. I got up, checked the road conditions and let Lou go back to bed, talked to some friends on the radio to discover they had the same ice issues, then came in and cooked bacon and pancakes for breakfast. Gonna lay around and be even more useless than normal today..
And all we're getting is rain. You're killing me brother Bobby, you're killing me.
:pound:
Quote from: Psalm_97 on December 06, 2013, 05:39:49 PM
And all we're getting is rain. You're killing me brother Bobby, you're killing me.
If the last radar image I saw was correct, you will probably get your wish soon....it started as rain here too. :smirk2:
Hubby said it was sleeting where we live, but here where I work about 15 miles away it's just rain for now.
I'm iced in, and having phone issues....internet works great. Phone works when it wants to. And I've got a guy I've been witnessing too trying to call me. on the cell which won't pick up...I'm sure he's having issues. I have a short temper and want to tell him he's put himself in this position and only seems to remember God when things are bad..... Probably good the phone's acting up. I can't deal with someone else's drama tonight. Bah.
Pray for me. I'm currently couch crashing at my parents house. I have no idea where I will be come Sunday night. Just pray....
:couch:
I'd rather drink water than lousy coffee. Bah. Thought I'd save $$ by getting some other brand at Walmart. Tastes like there's tar in it.
12* yet still not as cold as the -4 my friends have in MN. I'd like to see the fog frozen in the air but only for a moment. Lol
I think at Wal-Mart there is no better brand than Folger's. At least as far as I know. I don't know why they don't carry anything better, but they don't.
And here's instant fog frozen in the air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS8jHfbcme8
WARNING! People who actually like good food should not read the following. You have been warned Bro. Bobby.
Someone actually went and made a whole, layered christmas dinner in a can. As in... all the dishes in a traditional christmas dinner, all in one can, in layers.
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/disgusting-christmas-tinner-offers-time-saving-meal-alternative-221208375.html
For people who want a christmas dinner but don't have a family and are just too lazy to go to a restaurant I guess...
You read it, didn't you? After I specifically warned you, you actually read it anyway. :nono:
Actually, I didn't. :hypocrite: Bah. It's STILL cold, roads are STILL icy. I so dislike winter. On the bright side, Lou made an awesome batch of lasagna and I made a pineapple upside down cake last night, so I have comfort food. The down side is, when I'm bored with nothing to do and trapped inside, I eat. Everything. If this stupid weather don't pass soon, I'll be 400 lbs. :pound:
Eat a christmas tinner. That'll kill the ole appetite.
some things have been talked about. some things may soon be worked out. my parents are going to have my car towed on Monday and hopefully fixed [if we can find anyone who will work on it].
That's good news, Heather.
And I finally got out of the house. :smirk2: Roads are spotty, but drivable. But sweet Jesus, it is COLD. 24 degrees- and that is BEFORE dark and the accompaning temperature drop. Then tomorrow night, they are calling for another round of bad weather...I REALLY miss my 75 degree temp from Wednesday.....:cry:
Snow, schmoe.
No snow here.
Cold? 24 is cold? Wimp.
The windchill made it feel colder.
Morning, all. Got up and left home around 4:30 to go to work. 45 minutes and ten miles later, most of which was spent looking through the driver's side window to see where I was going instead of the windshield, as I was travelling south with the car nose pointed west- not by choice I might add- I gave up and called in. Black ice doth certainly, er, s.uck. Just couldn't do 60 miles of that. :smirk2:
I retract my accusation of being a wimp. It is impressive you did not wind up in the ditch.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on December 08, 2013, 01:33:32 PM
I retract my accusation of being a wimp. It is impressive you did not wind up in the ditch.
I've been able to drive on the stuff for years, and had I worked locally as I used to, I'd be at work. But ten miles are much different from 60. And then there's the fact that had I continued, and managed to make it in, the freezing rain/mist that was coming down in the 19 degree temp was freezing instantly and since the temp is not supposed to get out of the 20s today, I would near certainly be trapped at work. With no food. Not appealing...
To give you guys a rundown. I haven't really announced anything. [Nothing will be posted on FB about the situation.] Brandon and I have cancelled the wedding and I'm currently on the couch at mom's house. The 3 main issues are money, truth, and church. He cannot keep his life financially together. He bounces his bank account every single week even though all his bills are behind and his phone is getting turned off for non-payment. He bounced MY bank account for cigerettes and lied to me about it. It was the last straw. Also I can no longer live in that 'prison' out there. I'm essentially trapped into just our bedroom. You never know what mood his father will be in and he 'rules' the house even though he does nothing.
He's gonna try to get his life together but I'm seriously doubtful if it's possible given his family and his firm stance against getting into church [any church. not just apostolic]. Mom wants me to move in with her. She gets lonely when dad is on the road. Dad however does NOT want me to move in because he needs all of mom's attention when he IS home. So right now it looks like I can move here but I have to find somewhere else to stay when dad is home. :roll: I hope to with school money and tax returns to find a small apartment. I thought about on campus housing with going back to school but I'm about 10 years older than most students who live on campus plus I really want to have my cat.
Just please keep me in your prayers that God will direct me toward His path He has for my life and that I'm not stupid enough to pass it by for what I want in my life. Thank you guys.
I'd offer to give the cat a home, but I will not have another cat until I can have an indoor cat.
Even if I cannot take my cat with me, my parents have promised it a home with them. They love Topher. But thank you for the offer. He's awesome. I adopted him from the local shelter. Already neutered and declawed. Everyone wanted kittens and he was already 5 years old.
My dog and our other cat is staying with Brandon at his house. My dog is much too bonded with his [and frankly they both have become kinda mean] and the other cat hates everyone but Brandon's dad.
I gotta go get ready for church. Bro Brown is preaching at church this am. [He's the big cheese over Tennessee.]
Ron Brown? He's really cool. He may be the big cheese in the Tennessee district, but you can talk to him like any other man.
:headrub: autopartsvetclinicgirl
w2cch
Eating a spinach salad.
I guess I need to run to town and get some medications and such for the old folks home here.
So, now my mom fell & hurt her elbow trying to take care of my stepdad that has Parkinson's & broke his hip. My sister took her to the hospital for X-rays. Prayers appreciated.
Who want's to come visit VA? I sure could use a visit with some friends right now!
Quote from: taco_harvell on December 09, 2013, 04:29:16 AM
Who want's to come visit VA? I sure could use a visit with some friends right now!
Unfortunately for me traveling is completely out of the options through the Christmas season
Aye, and for me as well. Besides which, Sister Pam would hunt you down if you caused me to be absent this week. We're doing christmas play practices and stage setup five days in this week alone. Sure will be glad when we actually do the play and it's all over.
In the meantime... I found a picture of bro. Bobby!
www.gocomics.com/jumpstart/2013/12/08
:yawn:
Headed to the neurologist soon. Pray he does something that helps, and he treats me like a human this time instead of processing me. Also, pray with my lack of sleep and pain level this morning I keep a good attitude with his I know it all Muslim self.
I would but since I'm already having to bum gas money off my parents probably not a great idea.....
My car is getting towed to the shop on Wednesday. I've found a few people who are trying to get out of their lease at apartments near campus. I'm gonna try to take over one of them come January.
As fate would have it Mike has decided that he's gonna divorce Teresa and file bankruptcy [i know that spelling looks weird....] on everything. We would have been homeless by May. How do I get myself into these situations.......
On the bright side, at least YOU aren't having to file bankruptcy. Your glass is officially half full.
In local news, I'm thinking about going down to the shelter and getting a dog today.
Quote from: Psalm_97 on December 09, 2013, 05:50:23 PM
In local news, I'm thinking about going down to the shelter and getting a dog today.
I support this! :thumbs:
Yay shelter animals!!! :cool:
Some day, I want to get another German Shepherd puppy.
I want a dog period. Sigh. :sadbounce:
Just don't want to have one in an apartment.
Afraid of getting a cat. Cus of smell. Or being allergic to it. I'm unsure.
A cat is what I would rather get, but only if I can let it inside when it gets cold. I will not have an outdoor only cat that I have to worry about curling up on the car engine when it gets cold outside.
Actually I'm going to look at the dogs today. I probably won't get one until Thursday, because I won't have a lot of time to spend with it if I take it home today. Delivering and departing is not the way to bring home a dog.
Well...my cell phone died today. :sadbounce: I was bummed out, until I stopped by the At&t store on the way home. I got two new Galaxy S4 Active smartphones, (one for Lou and one for me), changed our plan for the better, doubling our meager data limits, and lowered our bill by around $20 a month. I am pleased. Only thing that makes me unhappy is, I had two videos of Cheyenne dancing at about 13 months old, right after she began walking good, on my phone. I've faithfully transfered them from phone to phone...this time, somehow, they didn't transfer and the old phone is wiped clean. :sadbounce: I wanted those videos!
You didn't ever email them to anyone?
Was actually put into contact today with a girl i've actually met before. She's looking for a roommate at a townhouse about a mile from campus. We are meeting up tomorrow to just talk and look at the townhouse.
Brandon has agreed to counseling but we'll see if he'll actually go through it with me. Also his mom's car has now supposedly went ka-poot so she's hanging at their house a lot. I'm sure it has nothing to do with Mike wanting to file for divorce......
Good grief. Now that I'm caught up on sharing, it sounds like everyone else's life is as bizarre and out of control as mine. :-\ I was hoping for way better for you. Just so you know.
In the space of the last week, my parents' heater went out twice, their van broke down (with a large repair job), and today they had a pipe burst. I have NEVER heard my mom sound like she did on the phone when she called me. She sounded completely hysterical, and I couldn't even understand what she was saying at first. When I finally caught that a pipe had burst and there was water everywhere, and no one else was home (Dad and Kaitlyn were out of town today, taking Trenton and Ipo back to PDX to fly home, and David was at work) I said "okay, we're on the way" and we all grabbed boots, the baby, and the diaper bag, and jumped in the van. So. All four of us spent the afternoon helping mom clean up a flood. It was insane. I'm really thankful she was home when it happened, because it could have been WAY worse than it was. But even so...... well, I'm hoping God really IS in control of everything, 'cause right now life feels completely OUT of control. Anyhow.
I won't even go into the rest of it.
I'm so tired.
*tight hugs for Heather and Mel* I'm praying for both of you!
:beret:
*hugs* all around to everyone that needs one. Praying for all my GP friends.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on December 10, 2013, 12:58:42 AM
You didn't ever email them to anyone?
No. Not that I remember...:sadbounce:. Back at work...one day closer to the weekend. One day closer to December 25- Christmas, and most importantly, the beginning of nine days off for me. :lol:
Warm morning. Forget good morning, I wish you all warmth.
:D
It's 25* this morning. Colder than usual for us.
46 today.
If kids aren't back in school tomorrow I'm going nuts.
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on December 10, 2013, 07:00:33 PM
If kids aren't back in school tomorrow I'm going nuts.
:ugly:
Going? :eyebrow:
Shaddup you.
:ugly:
Andrea is super cool. A bit odd, but so am I. It looks like I will be moving in at the end of December. It's a very reasonable commute to school [I could walk or ride my bike]. Also my boss told me today if I move there [about 45 minutes from work] I could put my name out there to transfer to one of our sister clinics and he would graciously let me go.
Had dinner with Brandon [I didn't ask where he got the money from]. We talked out a few things. He has agreed to counseling but it'll have to wait until I get moved and school starts back up that way we are set in a schedule to work in.
Oh and it's gonna get down to 18* here tonight.
New med sucked the life out of me today. Literally had moments blinking felt like to much work. So far no help with the headaches, so I may not take this long.
At work. Gotta get ready for tonight's bible Study. flowerin' freezing here today. I hate winter.
I'm at work too.
Bobby if it's above 0 degrees F then it's not really cold.
Here it's finally, FINALLY beginning to feel like winter.
Ice is finally dissipating enough that even the bridges are going faster. THANK the LORD. Took me almost 2 hours to get to work yesterday...not because of the roads, they were and still are very clear & dry, but because of drivers and the bridges.
Today it only took about 45 minutes or closer to an hour maybe? Ugh - never thought I'd say this but I miss my normal 30 minute commute.
Doing some light reading on foods rich in potassium, and molasses.
Adina said molasses maple syrup was supposed to be better than many other sweeteners for some reason... something about not spiking blood sugar or something.
From personal experience I can attest that molasses does in fact spike the blood sugar. It sure is good though. :D
For foods rich in potassium, I hear watermelon has more potassium per ounce than bananas. Don't bank on it though, it's just something I heard somewhere.
I'm so wrong, I meant maple syrup. Totally got the wrong product. Sorry.
Isaac- I hate to disagree, but to me anything lower than 70 degrees is cold. :lol:
And I'm about ready to go teach Bible Study. Kinda bummed out- I would've liked to have made an appearance at Joel's funeral today, not because we were best friends, but for the family. Sadly, the funeral was at 11:00 today, and I had to work. I hope Bro and Sis Sorrells know that I have been praying for them. :sadbounce:
I love maple syrup. I could drink maple syrup straight, by the glass. And no, I'm not even kidding.
Quote from: Roscoe on December 11, 2013, 11:02:52 PM
Isaac- I hate to disagree, but to me anything lower than 70 degrees is cold. :lol:
I agree. :cool:
Quote from: MsJennJenn on December 11, 2013, 08:27:59 PM
Doing some light reading on foods rich in potassium, and molasses.
There's a Chicken stew recipe that calls for squash and parsley, that you could add kale or spinach to, plus potatoes.
In Burkina Faso, West Africa, the gov't sells potassium salts and the people put it in everything.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on December 11, 2013, 09:59:07 PM
I'm so wrong, I meant maple syrup.
Grade B is the highest quality of maple syrup you can get unless you sap your own tree. Grade B retains the most nutrients whereas Grade A, like honey, is processed so much, it's just as bad as white sugar. Regardless if it's "all natural" or "organic."
The Sorrels are sweet folks. I'm out of the loop on what's going on with their family.
Sorry Roscoe. :(
I probably mentioned the weird song that is a prayer to a Hindu idol Vishnu Andrew's choir is working on. And that Andrew respectfully declined to participate in that song. Also, passive aggressively his teachers asked if he would instead play percussion during the song, and Andrew respectfully declined again. Well, apparently they didn't know the song well enough yet to sing it at last night's concert. :) They still plan to sing it at some point...
Maybe they should have asked Vishnu's permission first. She (he?) got offended that they were doing the song without permission so she made everything go wrong. Yeah...
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on December 12, 2013, 04:01:24 AM
The Sorrels are sweet folks. I'm out of the loop on what's going on with their family.
Their son, Joel, who was 38, went pheasant hunting with his dad last week. When they got home, he told his dad that he was going to run over to his house (across the street from his parents') and get cleaned up and come back over. When he didn't come back over, they got worried, as he has had seizure issues for the past 16 years. (He'd had a brain abscess that nearly killed him when he was 22) When he didn't answer the phone, they went over to check on him and found that he'd apparently had a seizure and fell while getting in the bathtub, striking his head. He had been dead for a bit when they found him. :cry:
He was a heckuva talented musician and singer, and an all around good guy. I'm crushed for his parents, and his wife of six years, to say nothing of the two sweet babies he left behind. They say the service was awesome, with a strong presence of God....had over a thousand people at the visitation and somewhere around 400+ at the funeral.
Aww, that's too bad. Praying for them.
Allan and I went fishin again yesterday and actually caught fish!! It was amazing! Id throw my line, get a bite and reel in! I caught 12, he caught 5 and this man on a boat gave us two large speckled trout.
I cleaned all of them today, and got them in the freezer. Im about to go make sandwiches and drinks, and we are headed out again when he gets off work at 1. I cant wait! Fishing is great fun when you are catching some!
I'm amazed at the mercy of God afresh today.
I have a friend that is praying for healing from diabetes. She doesn't acknowledge any actual sense to eating healthy. But you know, I have no doubt God will heal her. I won't be surprised if she has it again in a few years time either. Doesn't discount God's healing. How gracious is He to our ignorance. Eating right is simple, we just don't like it cause we are carnal.
And it doesn't matter the subject. The principle is the same. Repenting and asking God to help us with the sin we continue to facilitate. AND God does! That's what blows my mind. Even if we refuse to acknowledge the high places that facilitate unGodliness.
Crazy. God is immensely gracious.
Good morning, all... Up and moving. Fixin' to take Chey to school, maybe do a flea market crawl since Lou and I are both off today...
I'm at work. Just had a bunch of school kids come sing for us.
Ice storm just came through and there is an early out for schools. Which I don't understand because it's supposed to get up into the 30's today which will easily melt everything, probably before school would normally be out. But lo, people can't drive when it's slick apparently. Everyone should've taught how to drive in snow and ice before they get their license. Lol
Banana bread is out of the oven.
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 13, 2013, 04:31:42 PM
Ice storm just came through and there is an early out for schools. Which I don't understand because it's supposed to get up into the 30's today which will easily melt everything, probably before school would normally be out. But lo, people can't drive when it's slick apparently. Everyone should've taught how to drive in snow and ice before they get their license. Lol
Banana bread is out of the oven.
I most DEF agree on learning how to drive on snow/ice. The ice storm here last week was TERRIBLE. Ugh.
Also - I don't banana like bread. But ohhhhh my Mom makes the BEST strawberry bread. It's delicious!
Chel makes good apple bread, but her sweet potato bread is even better. Especially with some of her homemade cream cheese icing. :fork:
Quote from: Psalm_97 on December 13, 2013, 06:11:09 PM
Chel makes good apple bread, but her sweet potato bread is even better. Especially with some of her homemade cream cheese icing. :fork:
Don't think I've had either of those. I've had zucchini bread though. It's GOOD.
I'd love to try apple bread. I don't think I've had that.
Idk how my banana bread measures up but I make it like zucchini bread. I do NOT use brown bananas or a bunch of spices. I use honey instead of sugar but that barely changes the taste really.
I caused the most epic computer crash of the month. Caused a Windows 7 and XP to crash simultaneously disk went flying... even the table they were sitting on on came crashing down on me. Lol I'm just thankful they weren't desktops. I'm bruised the computers seemed to work so I guess everything survived. lol
The most epic one of the month? This happens so often you can rate it by the month?
Let's say my system has experienced multiple crashes lately.
:o
One, of those days I wish I had a million dollars but not for me...
You ever have days likes that? You see so many needs you want to help with that your own just kind of disappear.
If you have an extra million laying around call me I have a list this morning and God will bless ya.
Today it would go to some elder ministers, make the dream of a missionary of 46 years come true, and take care of a family that's lost it all.
I might be broke but oh well...
Oh I know the feeling... :-\
I just learned/read/heard something new.
Some foreigners refer to ALL Americans as Yankees/Yanks.
Hahaha You Yankees.
:P
That just cause they don't know no better. Everyone knows a yankee is someone who lives north of wherever you are.
Confirmed today with my new roommate my move date!! Also had all my finanacial aid information confirmed for school. If the mechanic wasn't already bald I'm pretty sure he'd be pulling his hair out over my car. lol.
Brandon asked to go to church with me tomorrow. Pray God moves in his life!
Got up this morning and went with a fellow ham to see about a radio he was interested in buying about an hour away. Uneventful pleasant trip, he purchased the radio- at a fair price. All in all, a great day.
Just came back from a family gathering at my mom's house.
It's almost 10 am on Sunday and I already have a girl trying to get me to work for her tomorrow. Then trying to make me feel guilty for politely declining because I have 50 million things to do.
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been busy with work and Christmas shopping and dealing with snow. Already found out that my Church isn't having service on Christmas day.
:hi:
Yeah, this year we're missing a lot of church services. Next Sunday we won't be having the evening service, and of course we won't be having church Wednesday because of Christmas, and we won't be having church the next Wednesday because it's New Year's Day. Feh!
Hmmm. Instead of having church on Christmas Day, I guess we'll just have to be the Church. :)
We have a watch night service on NY's eve. It doesn't go till midnight though. Then there's a party on NY's day that will be mostly church people I think. Which is absolutely wonderful since life is so busy that I hardly get to just hang out with them. This morning I talked to probably 20 people, but they were all new or young converts, and my pastor's wife. I did not have time to just talk to peers. That's ok most of the time but we all need to stay connected ourselves while we are discipling others. Ya know? This week will be the same. Lots of people don't have ideal holiday situations. We don't need more church, we need more of the Church.
Andrew's all inspired. There's some youtube videos about making miniature cannons and bows... etc. Total boy stuff. He decided what he's doing during Christmas break. LOL
Who knew that sanding the strike area of the match box and combining that with ground match heads made a valid gun powder? Not anything in my radar of consideration... lol Boys are so fun. I recommend everyone having sons as well as daughters.
;) :P
Happy birthday Mel!
:hi: Meller, send that boy down here. Thanks to my job, I'll show him ways to blow up things you never imagined... :laughhard:
And Happy Birthday ducklady...I forgot to say it here or on facebook. Been so busy and overloaded- lord. Logged online to make the car payment yesterday- two weeks early as usual- and noticed a "flag" saying I had late payment fees. :o Yep- recorded it in the checkbook in November, but forgot to go online and make the actual payment. Lord.
And in sharing- Obviously I am back at work. Would appreciate prayers- I've talked it over with my pastor and have his blessing- there's a state job that would enable me to keep my salary and drive 8 miles one way to work every day as opposed to 60 miles one way that has come open. I am probably going to apply. It will jack my days off/day shift only up, but it would also put me working near home and, as it is at a college, put me in contact with young people daily. As an added bonus, I'm pretty sure employees of the college get reduced tuition which might be the thing I need to get off my rear and get a degree.
I just want God's will, not mine. I will admit it would be nice to recover two hours a day of my life, to say nothing of the $300-$400 a month gas savings..
Sounds good, Roscoe.
Guy friend who's backslidden finally came to church yesterday to watch the children's musical. His niece was in it. Please pray he comes again!
Sooo sleepy today. :yawn:
Where can I leave a negative review for an auto place?
Last week we took the car in for inspection. Have to do that for tag renewal. So Nathan sees a holiday pkg deal from an auto place we haven't tried. Smh. So he goes with that. I take the car there and they give me a doom urgent brake report. It doesn't pass they said. It could be dangerous they say. My brakes have been squeaking so idk, they could be right. The guy calls Nathan to try and have him do it ASAP. It's $200 With the discount. Nathan tells him we are going to wait. He wants to talk to out regular auto place. This guy asks if Nayhan has a credit card! We don't do credit cards. This place says everything else looks great. The guy, the owner I think, hangs up with Nathan, I'm standing right there mind you, and says to the mechanic, "He doesn't have the money." Very condescendingly.
Um. I'm pretty put out with the intrusiveness, the aggression, and the low class. Nevermind their waiting area and bathroom are gross.
So we bring the car to our regular place. That's where I am right now. The guy here comes and plainly explains that our brakes do not need changed AT ALL but we do have hot spots on our roater? Idk about these things. There was something disconcerting that we need done that the other place didn't even catch.
Not only is the other place dishonest, but it is UNsafe to give bad inspections.
/rant.
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looking thru my new cookbook and I see I'm in for a learning curve. The cookbook is written in grams and mentions a bunch of things I've never heard of. Guess I'll see how well I can translate a UK cookbook into something an American can cook. The description gave no indication that the cookbook was written in non American measurements.
Any suggestions on a good android or apple app to convert grams into American cooking measurements?
Grams are a weight. It'll be more than difficult for you to precisely convert.
Many seasoned cooks use weight because it's more accurate and accounts for moisture better like in flours.
I'd just get a cheap scale. It's a great way to cook.
My cooking style is very not precise. Decided to return the cookbook rather than mess with conversions
Ahhh but cooking is so much more enjoyable without rules. lol
experiment. guess.
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 16, 2013, 04:48:01 PM
Where can I leave a negative review for an auto place?
Last week we took the car in for inspection. Have to do that for tag renewal. So Nathan sees a holiday pkg deal from an auto place we haven't tried. Smh. So he goes with that. I take the car there and they give me a doom urgent brake report. It doesn't pass they said. It could be dangerous they say. My brakes have been squeaking so idk, they could be right. The guy calls Nathan to try and have him do it ASAP. It's $200 With the discount. Nathan tells him we are going to wait. He wants to talk to out regular auto place. This guy asks if Nayhan has a credit card! We don't do credit cards. This place says everything else looks great. The guy, the owner I think, hangs up with Nathan, I'm standing right there mind you, and says to the mechanic, "He doesn't have the money." Very condescendingly.
Um. I'm pretty put out with the intrusiveness, the aggression, and the low class. Nevermind their waiting area and bathroom are gross.
So we bring the car to our regular place. That's where I am right now. The guy here comes and plainly explains that our brakes do not need changed AT ALL but we do have hot spots on our roater? Idk about these things. There was something disconcerting that we need done that the other place didn't even catch.
Not only is the other place dishonest, but it is UNsafe to give bad inspections.
/rant.
That is a old trick that most car repair places INCLUDING dealerships try. Earlier this year, we had to have a repair done on our car. It was a dealer only repair. I had done my research, and knew what I was facing. After they did the repair, then they told us we needed:
1)Brakes and quite possibly rotors, $400 just for brakes. More if they needed rotors. Funny thing is we had the brake pads replaced just a few months before that, and I still had the receipt. They told me that my front pads were about 50% and my bake brakes were gone. I WAS GONNA DIE IF I DROVE IT!!!! I checked the pads later and they were fine. Also, when checking my brakes, I noticed a strut was leaking. It was very obvious. To check the struts you have to take the tires off. To check the brakes, you have to take the tires off. THEY NEVER TOOK THE TIRES OFF! Also, 4 brand new rotors were $160. Pads, all the way around were $40.
2) We had a hole in the exhaust system and it needed replaced, $800. I knew the exhaust sounded a little funny. I took it to a local place, and we found a weld had tore at a bracket. It was $20 to fix.
3) New battery, ours was weak, $100. The battery I let them do, because it was 5 years old, and was due for replacement. I could have waited.
All this was on top of a $700 dollar repair that I had to do.
What made me mad was not that I caught them lying, but the fact that they lied. I wonder how many people don't know, and get ripped off.
So, if you are reading this, and have to have some repair done on your vehicle, please be mindful of the business and or sales pitch.
Also, meller, go to google maps, look up the business, and you can review it there. Anyone who uses google maps will see that review if they search for the business.
A good, honest mechanic is a priceless treasure. He's also probably busier than a midget mountain climber and a one-armed wallpaper hanger combined, and might be able to look at your car a week from Wednesday.
We have a mechanic here that our whole family goes to. He's as busy as the aforementioned, but he plays straight. I took my van in about a month and a half ago to get a few things done, and gave him a list of what I wanted done and how much money I had. "Stop when you get to the bottom of the list or you run out of money." Conventional wisdom would say that is a really stupid thing to do, telling a mechanic or a car salesman how much money you have to spend, but this guy we know we can trust.
If he should ever retire I don't know what we would do.
Somebody shoot me.
*BANG!!*
Through all her faults my mom does actually love me. If not she probably wouldn't have bought me a new mattress, support, and frame today. Also she is paying for my car repair tomorrow. It took them a week and the mechanic sure did earn the $250 they are charging me. Apparently it was something to do with the cams in the engine to get it to time correctly. It took him the Honda and Chevy dealership and 4 books to figure it out. Next car I own will not be a GM engine in an Izusu car with a Honda title.
Started packing stuff to bring from Brandon's to my mom to be cleaned then transported to my new apartment. Everything smells like smoke and grossness.
Church yesterday was great. Brandon stayed throughout the entire service [no smoke breaks!!] and I could tell after service he was uncomfortable about something but he wouldn't tell me what. I believe God is working on him. Slowly but surely.
Quote from: HeatherB on December 17, 2013, 02:22:23 AM
It took him the Honda and Chevy dealership and 4 books to figure it out. Next car I own will not be a GM engine in an Izusu car with a Honda title.
Oh I have GOT to tell that to a friend of mine at church who likes cars.
Morning, all. Back at work. :hi:
Back up in the 70s this week. I guess it'll be below freezing next week.
And just in time for Christmas! :D
Just took 8 fluid pills per doctors orders. With 3 more scheduled in 2 hours. If I go missing well....
:flush:
I did not need to discover microwavable sweet potatoes :fork:
Enjoying a quiet early afternoon before I head off to work.
Good grief, the doctor's trying to skitter you to death...
Well, that's one way to flush the poisons out,theoretically. :lol:
Long day. Then I had to come home and fix a leaking drain in the kitchen. The sealant I used takes two hours to cure so I won't kknow if it's "fixed" until then...bah. Sometimes being a homeowner is a pain.
MY CAR IS WORKING AND IN THE DRIVEWAY!!!!! :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
Truly an event to mark on the calendar.
Quote from: Roscoe on December 17, 2013, 10:28:25 PM
Well, that's one way to flush the poisons out,theoretically. :lol:
Long day. Then I had to come home and fix a leaking drain in the kitchen. The sealant I used takes two hours to cure so I won't kknow if it's "fixed" until then...bah. Sometimes being a homeowner is a pain.
If it worked..... Which so far it hasn't. But, the blood work keeps saying my kidney function is normal. Yet on all those pills drinking enough to float away on I'm going 2-3 times. Something ain't right.
They checked your thyroid, right? Are you retaining a bunch of that water?
Thyroid checked out fine gaining around 5 pounds a week right now. Eating less so it has to be fluid. Now they've added steroids so praying weight gain doesn't go up. She thinks my kidneys and bladder could be locking up in spasms. Which would explain a pain issue I've been having over a year and the roller coaster BP. She just has to find what's causing the spasms. Which might be sludge the stuff that turns into kidney stones.
In other news I'm ready Christmas to be over! See so many I want to help and can't this year it's irritating me.
God doesn't play or toy with our lives so whatever the purpose, I believe you'll be closer to Jesus than ever when it's all said and done if you keep the faith.
In other news I'm currently preoccupied with Proverbs. It's like I could read/listen (Bible app) to just one verse and I'm blown away by its truth and wisdom. I want to absorb and apply all of it but there are so many diverse points. And of course I never cease to realize how often I am so foolish in this life. How past perceptions though seeming valid at the time, set the standard so low. Truly I have still so much work to be done. Thank God He has given me another day.
Barbara Willoughby made an interesting statement that has stuck in my mind. She was talking to unmarrieds and posing the question about whether they are satisfied with presenting the person they are right now to who they will marry. OR would they rather be able to be essentially a much better spouse which means a little more time and a little more work on themselves to be the best quality. What a wonderful thought. It sifts those who want to marry based on all their own desires.
While I know heaven is wonderful, am I who I want God to have to spend all eternity with right now? No. God will take me when He decides but I want to be the best I can be having, refined my heart to a much better character.
Quote from: MellowYellow on December 18, 2013, 12:56:00 PM
God doesn't play or toy with our lives so whatever the purpose, I believe you'll be closer to Jesus than ever when it's all said and done if you keep the faith.
My daily prayer;
Lord thank you for whatever you're accomplishing in this!
Easier to pray some days than others. Even on the hard days I mean it. Since this began I've told Elona God is doing something in this. I don't understand what but I don't have to.
Have they checked the pituitary gland? As tall as you are, could it be some sort of gigantism?
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on December 18, 2013, 02:21:40 PM
Have they checked the pituitary gland? As tall as you are, could it be some sort of gigantism?
Don't know if they have or not to be honest.
Woke up to find a text message from the preacher saying we're not having service tonight. Apparently we've got a bunch of sick folks in the congregation. :sadbounce:
Take the opportunity to visit!
Quote from: Psalm_97 on December 18, 2013, 12:19:50 AM
Truly an event to mark on the calendar.
I know right!!!!!! :cool:
I'm hanging on! Went by the house and found a bill Brandon had forgotten to bring me. $42 dollars I didn't have. Mailed it off and was trying to figure out how I was going to cover it. Went to work today and we got our bonus from Bayer for selling Advantage products. My bonus was $48 and some change. Add onto that Ms Gregory [lady I petsit for on the lake] text me asking to stay at her house the first 10 days of January. God looks out for us. :cool:
Morning. It's my Friday. And in sharing. ...I am truly humbled. Word has gotten out about me seeking the local job. I have had the head over the entire university system promise to speak for me, several high profile people offering to help as well, some going higher in government than I dreamed. I am awed and humbled. Even if it isn't God's will and I don't get the job, it has shown me how much favor I have found here.
That's great, Bobby.
God's timing; I was suppose to get blood work tomorrow but couldn't get a ride then so I went today. The lady who works in the lab asked me last time where I went to church and I told her. She begin to tell me she attends a Pentecostal Holiness church that is breaking her heart because in her words "we're barely pentecostal and ain't been holiness in 20 years".
I didn't criticize her church just told her our church is still very much both. I told her I'd bring a card and info next time I came in. Well, I took it today and she told me she was glad I came today because she is going to be off for 2 months after today for knee replacement surgery. Please pray I can somehow continue to build a friendship with this lady and reach her. She was so thankful for the invitation.
They told me it might be good to journal or start a blog. So against my better judgement I did.
http://lessonsintrust.blogspot.com/2013/12/preached-to-myself-some-today.html?spref=fb (http://lessonsintrust.blogspot.com/2013/12/preached-to-myself-some-today.html?spref=fb)
That's the link if anyones interested.
Lots of people stating how much of the Bible they believe, today. They draw their own lines.
Christians don't have to point out anything about folks' error. They declare themselves how much value they put in what God has said.
Surely the day is nearly here when there wil be no grey area, no lukewarm Christians? People will either stand for truth or stand with the masses of antiChrists. As if it matters that they don't fully agree with atheists or devil worshippers. All that matters is that they're not sold out. We stand with God's Word or we don't.
Evening, all. Been a good one. I got my Resume and Cover letter complete for the job I'm praying over- gonna drop it off tomorrow. I came in and messed around on the ham radio for a bit, contacting two new countries. Antartica, and Finland. The Finland station was the "Official Santa Claus Ham Station"...Pretty cool.:lol:
Well the play was last Sunday, so we don't have practices almost every day this week... now we're in the kitchen a lot. Our church caters holiday dinners to raise money for Christmas for Christ offering, and apparently we're catering to almost everyone in three towns. Fortunately we have chicken and dressing down to a science. We can make it in batches large enough to feed more than 200.
Ms Gregory asked me today to housesit this weekend as well.
Brandon brought me more of my clothes from the house. Between the stink of the house and the cigarette smoke...YUCK!! I hope I did not smell like either or both. Thankful I can bring all things here and wash them!!
Not looking foward to a bunch of rain over the weekend
I saw my pastor on the floor dead this afternoon. Paramedics got him breathing again. He is in ICU now. Prayers needed. He is still unconscious and we don't know how much brain and organ damage he has sustained.
Thanks.
Praying
Just heard Mel...praying.
Where's everyone at today?!? Lord, ALL DAY without a post? :pound:
I dropped off my application after praying over it, drove Rusty to the new donut store and tried it out, picked up a few items at Madhouse,aka Walmart, then came home. While home, I made a new recipe- buttermilk pie- which turned out yummy, but very sweet. Think the next time, I'll cut back on the sugar. Oh, and I made a huge pot of vegetable beef soup, putting nearly everything I could find in the kitchen except the sink plus two pounds of hamburger meat in it...
Now I'm relaxing. They are saying we will get some stormy weather tonight and tomorrow with tornadoes possible...That's supposed to be a spring issue, not winter. Lord.
We are out Christmas shopping. We are almost to Barnes & noble. Gifts are NOT. My love language. Lol
I worked till 6PM today. Since then I've been sidetracked with other things.
:couch:
I've been at the hospital.
No change. Still sedated. Don't know anything yet.
Oh goodness Melody. I'm sorry.
I'm exhausted and yet caffeinated. Running around to find the right things to fit the right budget is crazy. Yet every year, we wait till the last paycheck before Christmas... LOL
Things we learned tonight:
1. It's cheaper to buy art supplies and make your own "art set" than purchasing the chintzy one.
2. Starbucks will make you salted caramel hot chocolate even though it's not on the menu.
3. Nerf Rebel toys are the hot item apparently and are sold out many places. (Girly Nerf guns)
4. Duck Dynasty PJs are a rip off... I shoulda just bought a sleeper and stamped ducks on it.
5. It's very impractical to expect to find any PJ pants for a skinny boy who is 6'2."(I'm making a pitch for PJ shorts or capris on Christmas eve. I don't know if he'll buy it.)
6. Machetes in the camping section of Walmart, are ridiculously inexpensive and fit in a stocking.
7. No matter how much we rack our brains on what to get Andrew, the overall desire he made very clear this year was to get something he could do with his Dad. He hasn't had enough time with him and he's desperate for it. You just can't wrap that. It reveals too much time lost and a desperation to try and make up for it.
8. Even though I don't really like to shop and Nathan does, and it's freezing out, it makes my heart pitter-patter to walk up and down parking lots from store to store, holding his hand.
9. We don't spend nearly enough time at Barnes & Noble.
10. I should have gotten the hot chocolate. :o
*giggles deliriously*
/me psstt melodya is smoking her own product. Pass it on.:chatter:
Never use T-mobile! The changes they made created a money pit and ruined their customer service.
Just left the hospital. Still no change. I'm gonna crash.
Sorry to hear that Mel....still praying.
And in sharing, it has been raining, as my grandfather would say, like a cow peeing on a flat rock. All night and all day. Probably have received 3 inches of rain thus far according to local reports, and are forecasted to recieve up to 3 inches more...My backyard looks like a lake, as well as the side yard, and I am now being reminded of the drawbacks of having a septic system.. :-(
Well, that's no fun.
It just started raining here a bit ago but it's freezing. About to go clean the church.
It's been raining like crazy off & on all last night & today.
I made a batch of cinnamon rolls & just put them in the oven.
I just put the last set of bread pans in the oven. White bread, which is not my preference, but it's for some friends at church.
Shopping with mom today. We survived. My financial aid has gone through. Getting a reasonable sum back. Dad had another 'episode' this morning. Think it's his gallbladder. But anyway he apparently blacked out and wrecked his truck. Again. Dr checked him out. Thinks it's gallbladder. I never passed out with all my gallbladder mess. He's in a motel waiting for the Greyhound bus in Illionis. He should get back Monday morning.
Locking ze thread :pound: