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Yes, Jenny, I've found that out on my trips over that stones aren't all that much used but I still have people tell me how much they weigh by saying, "I'm 10 stone 4"  Then I have to start the figuring out to see how much they weigh!  LOL

Just as a goofy question, does an average rock weigh 14 pounds, or did some dude just decide that a "stone" weighed 14 pounds, or does anybody know the history behind that unit of measure?  (Not that it matters, just curious.)

Hi all, I ' m back.

You were all right; southern hospitality was just great.

Weather was so warm and family members were delightful to be with.  Hated to leave; especially now that Jersey weather is dang and dreary.

Mieka will be missed so very much and you posters said it all very well.  Know she will not forget your warmth and kindness and especially your patience and help with her study of our Heavenly Father.

Lee, hope Vivian had a great birthday.

Janie, I must have missed why you are wearing a heart moniter and need for stress testing.  Know that I will keep you in my prayers.

Nita, your delightful way of telling us how you are share your quiet times with our friend, Jesus, just brought how much you love HIM shinely through in your posting.

You are a dear and I know HE smiles down on you every time you express your simple , uncluttered and unconditional love for HIM.

So good to see Papa John posting.  Please stay well.

Take care; as always,

Love in CHrist,

Joyce

Hi Pat; noticed where you visited the dentist again.

Before I left for my trip; I had broken a tooth and when I went to dentist I ended up with that tooth and a wisdom tooth extracted.

Had fever from absess and I can relate when you said "sore jaw".

I felt like he must have punched me out--the soreness finally went away and the antibiotics did the trick on fever---

Was happy that the "tooth" mess was a thing of the pass when I sat down to the first dinner of turkey, dressing and the ever popular bisquicks and gravy.

Did not try the grits and I found out they don't call it ice tea--it is either sweetened tea or unsweeten.

I would have went into a coma with that much sugar they put in sweetened tea!!!!!

Definately having my son show me how to send you pictures.

Saw cotton fields galore and even a buffalo ranch.

Do I sound like I have fun??

You betcha; and I am counting the days, months when I can visit again.

Going to prayer forum.--Met a very nice girl who was visiting her husband before shiipping out to Iraq and I promised I would put them on my prayer list.

Their names are Pam and Chris.


Take care and as always,

Love in Christ,
Joyce

Hello again. Have to go to work real quick Just wanted to tell you what a dummy I am. I connected my speakers to the wrong place.  

talk to y-all when I get home from work

Iain..........

I don't know your personal circumstances, but you have just given me an idea regarding your witnessing to the lost.  If you were to take todays devotional (The one you just wrote) to a printer, and copy it onto 8x10 sheets and pass it out to everyone you meet.  Shopping centers, theaters, pubs, etc.  The salvation message is the only thing you'll have to add to it.  God will do the rest.  Your street congregation would far exceed those in a church.

This is another busy day.  We are trying to change the downstairs rooms around so that John's office is set apart for him to use as such.  We are throwing stuff and decluttering a lot.  Our pastor has carpeting he is throwing, so we will use that in our living room.  At a later date we are intending to sand down the hardwood floors and putting polyurathane on them and a nice area rug.  Till then this will do.

The snow is nearly gone.  it is 10*C and muddy.  

Ria thank you for the birthday greetings for Kassie.  She will be replying tonight.

Well lunch is about done and I have to get going again.

Love to all
JudyB

Nards..........

Gothcha



Pat.........
Never could understand the Irish money system.  Bet I over tipped  We have very fond memories of our 2-trips to Ireland.  Kissed the Stone twice, and have been told this is why I have "The gift of the gab".

Too many posts from yesterday to read, so forgive me if a return comment is necessary.  I did read a couple of "Happy Birthday's" for Vivian and she saw them.  Thanks for your kindness.

Marilyn, glad you got the print size fixed.  Don't feel bad about the speakers.  While we were staying with my parents in 2000 we bought a new computer (the one Pat uses now) and when I plugged in the speakers I also put them in the wrong plugs and had no sound.  I called the Hewlett Packard help line and the nice tech had me check that out the first thing and that was the problem.  

Speaking of sound on our computer, last Christmas my son and daughter-in-law gave me a set of speakers that have a separate subwoofer and it makes listening to music on the computer just like listening to a fine stereo.  I listen to music everyday as I sit at my computer.  Fortunately our Staples store had put them on sale from the normal $79 to $40 last year.  I have been so please with them and they were a real bargain.  It is amazing the difference a subwoofer makes.  

JudyB, the decluttering is really a good idea.  Isn't it amazing how quickly we fill any space up.  It is nice you can use the carpeting that your pastor no longer is using.  Also glad it is a little warmer up your way.

Pat, loved your spuds story.

Jenny, it sounds like your laws have become extremely restrictive if you get in trouble for something like the stones.  In the USA probably 20 years ago a law was passed that by a certain date, long passed, we had to go on a metric system.  The resistence was such that the law was ignored and while metric is used in some instances most people do not use it.  

Guess I had better sign off for now and practice the "Gloria" pieces the choir director has asked us to work on with the tapes she made.  I think I am getting on to the Latin.

Glad Vivian had such a great birthday, Lee.  Why don't you get her online and she can tell us all kinds of things about you!  LOL   You didn't say whether you wanted another piece of cake or not!

L-E-E!!!  YOU kissed that filthy stone??  HAHAHAHAHA!   You'd never get me hanging upside down and kissing that stone!  


Nards, here's some reading for you...

http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/E/Englsh-u-customary-units-of-weights-and-measures.html


http://www.mimanet.com/webs/adults/heather/measure.html


http://www.mimanet.com/webs/adults/heather/measure.html#stone

8.30 p.m. England.

Larry Surely you know the "law is an ass" in England.  We have a completely politically correct government here re., metric system....and everything else.  Ah well,that's life!

This is Guy Fawkes Night in England and the fireworks, which have been driving us mad for days are now driving us right round the bend....It's nice to see the pretty ones in the skies but each year there seems more and more bangers going off.  Tonight is no exception! It isn't safe out there.

Talking of "safe".  Last night another young man died in the Aston area of this city.  He was shot from a fast car near to where two young girls died in the same way a few months ago. A large number of W. Indian people live there and many are wonderful Christians.  They are very distressed and say that it is to do with young men coming over from Jamaica and bringing gun culture with them. Many are living in fear in that neighbourhood.
I do not know this country from the country I grew up in! As a Christian I know this is prophesied and I can see no human way out. Jesus told us that when there was no human way out He would come...Maranatha

This little light of mine I'm going to let it Shine, Shine, Shine
Dear Brothers and sisters "Look up, your salvation draweth near".

Goodnight and God Bless
England.
Jenny..

I ALSO AM BACK HOME WE HAVE BEEN TO MY FATHER BECAUSE IT WAS MY MOTHERS BIRTHDAY
BUT SHE IS DIED ON 30 JAN. 2001 AND HE IS SO MISSING HERE


I WISH YOU ALL A VERY GOOD NIGHT FROM HOLLAND

TILL TOMORROW SO GOD WILL
BYE RIA

I am getting mighty tan from this monitor!  I have been here all day except for fixing lunch for Jerry and I, then doing the dishes.  But I did get Homestead fixed and will try to redo my website soon.  But I am getting stir crazy...giddy...silly...enough said....

Karma, Karma, Karma!!!!  You are doin' it all wrong.  When the Trav gets all sticky, don't wash it off.  Pick him up and stick 'im on the wall.  Ta ta, little one!!!  You can't get into anything now!!!!

Marilyn, Marilyn, oh Marilyn!!!!  Turn ON your speakers!!!!

Jenny ~ I was going to mow more leaves today but it has been raining all day.  So no mowing...just soggy leaves.  

Larry ~ I need a computer nerd!!!!  1)I have a silly icon on my desktop that I cannot delete or move.  It has the windows icon on it and Search Result below it.  When I double click it, it says OPEN but doesn't, EXPLORE,  BROWSE WITH PAINT SHOP PRO 7, BROWSE WITH PAINT SHOP PRO 8, and below that CREATE A SHORTCUT.   It has been there about six months.  2)Also, I lost some sound on Msn IM Plus!  I get the sound when someone sends me a message but can't hear the Sound Commands on my end or the other end....so Jerry says.  3)When I close the last window on IE...I get this nasty window telling me I did something illegal.  It has something do with kernel.dll....whatever that is!!!  That's it for now!!!  Anyone out there that can help me....I will treasure your help for life and will dance at your next wedding.

HELP ME!  HELP ME!!!

By the way...I found a new font!  Isn't it cute?  [font=2Peas Heart's Delight]I love you all!![/font]

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"My idea of exercise is buying a Bobby Darin record and helping him snap fingers."

HAHAHA!  I don't see your font, Etta Sue as I guess I don't have it on my computer.  That's the only way anyone will see your font is if they have it.

What's it called?

Ria, these anniversaries are so sad to go through.  Sometimes I wonder how many I'll go through until they don't hurt as much.  I'm sorry for your father.  Your mother died right after I lost Jack...just two weeks or so.

{{{{{Hugs, Ria}}}}}



More reading for Nards...

http://www.hants.gov.uk/regulatory/tradesta/weighhis.html

Etta Sue, I am not sure how much help I can be but have a couple of ideas.  Do a Google search for Power Toys and download and install the version for your computer.  Then run the Power Toys and there is a tab that gives you more control over the icons on your desk.  As I recall you can uncheck some of the ones you generally aren't allowed to not display.  When you click on the icon I think you are just seeing the standard menu listing.  Have you looked at the properties of the icon by right clicking on it?

On your MS IM have you checked all of the options to be sure there isn't a way to increase the volume.  You might also want to check the Sound settings on the Control Panel to be sure they are not set too low or are muted.

Hope this is some help.  These things are hard to do from long distance.

Jenny, I think the USA is experiencing the same drastic decline in our society.  We just had two ladies in a reality office at a new subdivision found murdered yesterday afternoon in another county around Atlanta.  Insanity seems to reign in so much of our society and I certainly agree with Janet on the damage being done by our media and all the trash that is foisted on us as entertainment.  I am getting down to watching a lot of cooking shows!  

Auntie Pat,That was a touching card!
Ms.Etta Sue,Thank you for your hugs....{{{{HUG}}}}

I have to check out the rest of CP so TTFN
Melaura

Pat.........


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I know I haven't been on here much. I have been so busy with my kids and their school.  I have been learning a bit myself and am enjoying it.  

Both boys are on the swim team and practice 4 days of the week and Chandraya dances 2 times a week and then I dance on Wed. and the kids go to church on Wed., so that takes up Mon.- Friday with running around playing taxi between the hours 3:00pm- 7:30pm.  
School is only a couple hours out of the day and then I have my pictures to work on and time with the Lord.  

We all decided that this book(The Purpose Driven Life) we are reading together won't work if we set a time at night.  Zachery was getting tired and Mike wasn't off work, so we are reading it seperatly and discussing it when we all have the time to sit down as a family.  Which is on the weekends usually, unless Mike gets off work early.

Not sure how Rachelle does it but this is hard stuff.  

I also have been trying to spend more time with each kid during the day and less time on this computer.  My eyes have been bugging me quite a bit.  My muscles behind my eye are hurting.  Not sure why.  

A verse that has stuck in my head and making me think about my life:
Romans 12:2
"Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind.  Then you will be able to know the will of God."

God has really been talking to me through His word.  I love it.  I feel there will be lots of changes in my life in this winter. I am excited about it, so please if you don't see me in here everyday, realize that I am not mad or ignoring any of you.  

I hope you all get a chance to read this.  

I will talk to you all later.  Got to get the baby up.
Love
Sonja

Melaura, I fixed your post.  We werent able to see the message to Mieka. Hope you don't mind.  

Etta Sue,

I Love Bobby Darin....He was super!


HELLO MELAURA HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER

I am doing a Pat, supposed to be in bed . Nearly 1 a.m. here.
Jenny

Hi SonjaI have learned alot out of the purpose driven life already and I am only on day 4 lol. God has really spoke to me about what my purpose is-i am sure that I will find more about my purpose when i get further into the book-however my main purpose is so he could love me-I loved that about the book-also this really spoke to me-the 2nd part of the poem on day 2-
No, the trauma you faced was not easy, and God wept that it hurt you so; But, it was allowed to shape your heart. So, that into his likeness you would grow. You are who you are for a reason, You've been formed by the Masters rod. You are who you are, beloved, because there is a God! I joined the purpose driven life group on egroups a friend of mine is doing and that is how I am doing the book-I am thinking when I get through it -of maybe doing it with my husband. It is really a good thing.
Well, I need to go and get the kids ready for church and get them some dinner-Hugs to the rest of the group.
Ohh I got to talk to Meika for a few minutes this afternoon-she said some friends were giving her a party so she couldn't talk long-but she gave me a huggg goodbye  - she told me to enjoy my new christian friends here on CP-I really think you guys impacted her life-and that she will hold in her heart and will help her to be strong-isn't that what this walk with the Lord is all about-to share his love and to impact someones life? I am thankful for each one of you and for the kindness you have shown to me since I have been here-I just wanted to say that I so appreciate each and everyone of you.
Hugs
Rachelle

Hello everyone.
Too many names to write and would probably miss some.  I did enjoy the ( as I always do) readings posted by Pat, Papa John and Iain.  

Lee, just curious when were you in Ireland?  When I climbed up to the stone, it was still dripping, so I just blew it a kiss.  

YAWL have a good evening.

Boots

Hey, Rachelle!   I hope that you'll share in our little Book Nook discussion on the "Purpose Driven Life".  We're all at various stages in the book so we're just commenting as we go along but it would be wonderful to have your input.


Lee, my goodness!  Did you trust those geeks to hold you upside down?  HAHAHAHA!  I sure wouldn't.


That was funny, Boots!  (Still dripping).


Sonja, please try to drop in and at least say "Hi".  We'll miss you if you stay away.    But I'm so happy that you are enjoying that book and also having such a wonderful time with your family during this time.  Did Lila Mae see her little graphic that I put in?


As Lee says to me, Jenny...  G----T----B!!!!!

Larry

Gosh I have started watching Delia Smith's cookery shows.  She's a wonderful Christian too.
God Bless you Larry.
Jenny

I'm not sure if we can get Delia Smith here in Canada... does anyone know?

Well hello again.  I finally got an appointment with the Dr for Melaura.  Nov 11.  She will be away till then.

I have a lot done.  When I am done the girls are asking to put the Christmas tree up.  I don't think so.  I have painting I want to do and replacing floor tiles, or vynal.  We have to change the vynal in the bathroom too.  If we get this all done before the end of the month I will be happy.

Does anyone know if meika received the farewell wishes?  She is going to be sadly missed.

Well I am off.  I will continue praying for each of you.

Love JudyB

Judy - I wish your girls were here to help us put up the Christmas tree (if I even bother).  Does anyone feel the same... its such a bother putting up Christmas ornaments., then all too son, it all has to come down again.!  I find the Christmas season so tiring!  I never felt this way when the kids were home.

Judy., what roomas are you going to paint?  New vinal will be easy to care for. I wish I had put flooring down in our family room instead of this wall to wall carpeting.  Its cozy and arm with the fire-place and all, but not easy to keep clean,, especially with our little friend "Rags".  His fur brings in a lot of dirt.

Just exactly when is Mieka leaving., or has she gone already.  I'm a bit behind in reading some of the posts!

Hi Judy...

Yes, if you stay away from CP long, you sure get behind.  

Mieka just MIGHT look in tonight one more time.  She's not sure.  But then they all leave very early in the morning and will fly out later tomorrow evening.