Christian Photographers Community

Aaawwwww AL!!       

Al, I must disagree.  In the case of the pencil parable, if you get the "lead out", you're done for until you get some lead in again. 

She's got you there, Al! 

This has been a strange day, in that I haven't left the house all day!!  Very unusual, for me, but sort of nice, too.  I enjoy being home with my sweetie.  But tomorrow I must get out and do some errands.

No thawing around here today, and sounds as if there won't be for a couple more days, at least.

Carol, what a blessing you had today!  God is so neat, isn't He?  I do hope your aches and pains go away quickly, before you head to Texas.  Not fun to travel while you are hurting.

Hi, friends,

I had to take a quick little trip for an appointment in Bowling Green, KY (that's maybe 65-70 miles from my house) this afternoon, so am just now getting on the computer.

Brrr - supposed to be really chilly here in Nashville - low 20's, but sounds like Janet and her folk (and Judy B and her family) are really getting hit with difficult weather.

Y'all have a good evening.

Ruth Ann

Morning All,

Loved the pencil parable, it is true, and so is the banter it generated. Sure glad we are all on the same "wavelength".

Carol ~ sure hope you feel much better soon, aches and pains are no fun.

Ruth Ann ~ it's kind've cold here too. 12*F

Hi to everyone else who will post today.

God surely is good. You wouldn't think losing your home to foreclosure would be a good thing. That was almost 2 years ago. We are with my parents who are getting up there in age and their health isn't the greatest, ma has dementia and dad is starting to get forgetful. Any ways, Frank is sober 22 months now and that is a blessing. To get to the point though, there was a train derailment here in East Rochester, NY tues night. The debree (sp) field was 3 - 4 blocks long and we lived in the area where it happened. Praise God no one was injured but there was damage to the overpass, and cars. 600 people were without power too. SO, even if we don't know the reasons right away, God surely lets us know sooner or later that it was His plan for whatever happens to us.

I pray everyone has a God filled and blessed day!
<><Jeannine

A quick update on the weather.  Reports say it is to be -30*C  That is about -22*F or so.  Brrrrr cold.  Thankfully we have the car plugged in and lots of wood, (I have to feed the shark soon too!), and we will be fine.  It is the mornings that I really feel it.

It is late,,,,rather early AM and I am tired.  I just finished a project for John that he needs tomorrow, Or today depending on how you look at it!

At anyrate, I am talking jibberish, (Colin or Pat what is the Irish word for that?) so it is off to feed the furnace and then to bed.
G'night all, or good morning..................

Wow, Judy, you have the record cold, I think! BRRRR!  It is a bit warmer, er, less cold here today, 16* a bit ago.  I'm glad I don't have to feed a furnace or a wood burning stove.  We have propane, which makes the windows really streaky and leaves a film on stuff, so it's a cleaning problem, but at least I don't have to carry in wood.  God bless you and Jane.  I do love the smell of a wood fire, though.  (Is that the cave man in us?)   

Jeannine, it does sound as if God has you right where you need to be.  I'm glad you had no damage from the derailment.  That was a really spectacular fire, I saw it on TV.

Ruth Ann, glad you're safely home from your little jaunt.  Prayers for you continue, my dear Sister. ((((hugs))))

My sweet daughter Diane is coming up this morning, and we are going shopping together---in the big city of Ulysses!!    She should be arriving any moment, so I'd best get off here and be ready to depart.  See you later.

Wellllll, Nita, I do indeede want to watch you do this little task of getting the lead back into a pencil.  At least it would be the write move.

Hello everyone!

I read the posts and am laughing and praying where appropriate.  I've been quite busy lately, as usual.  So, like others, I'm here in the corner listening.     Even if I don't always have time to reply to everyone or anyone. 

I'm going to use the devotional with my Jr. Higher as part of the human body unit we're working on.  It is truly amazing how our bodies work!  My oldest daughter just says it's gross and gets light-headed when we study things like the organs, muscles and nerves, etc...

Well, better go refill my  and get our school day going.  We're starting late because we had to pick my mom up from the airport late last night.  She's finally home after a month long visit to California, where I grew up.

Blessings,
Kathleen

Runnig through here on my way out the door. Been to Curves now on to my Tai Chi class, I haven't been there in awhile. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

   Sipping coffee here & I just made a chart for weight, blood pressure and actually dared to use a tape measure.....what happened to that slim girl?  Must be gravity. 

Jeannine:  How wonderful of you to see the good in the experience of a forced move.  Not many people weather those storms.  Our family did & it has been about 15 years now and we always give thanks for the fact that we were young enough to find our way back to a more normal life but the most important thing was how it drew the children closer and they are best friends (except for oldest son and daughter) but I am sure there are plans for them at some point.   I am so glad that you didn't lose your power.  Do you think it might be good to get a generator for emergency need? 

JudyB:  That is high county temperatures in your area - or Minnesota.  What a job to keep enough wood to heat the house. 

Marilyn:  I will check email next.  Stay warm and dry out there! 

Carol

Carol and Janet, I we get the wood in and store it in the basement.  It is something we work on as a family.  A little togetherness.  It is not too much of a problem feeding the shark, just sometimes neeeds to be done more often than other times.  Up till about a 2 weeks ago we lit the fire twice a day and that was enough to keep us comfortable.  Thankfully we have had a very mild winter to that point.  Unusually mild, which helped many with their heating costs.  I too love the smell of wood, but with the wood furnace you don't get the smell, just the comfort of its warmth.  I have found the wood to heat much more effectively than the oil we use when we are gone.

I got a huge project done for John last night.  Since I have slept I will call it last night.  He didn't think it would be done, and weas pleased when it was.  He is off to Head Office today and tomorrow.  A little different when he is gone not like when he was driving and gone all the time.  I am so happy those days are finished.

Elizabeth is Hopping today.  She has worked hard at completing her math level and today starts on the next.  That puts her and Kassie into the same grade.  I didn't know a kid could be so excited about math!

Well I have to go, will be back later.
Judy

If anyone looks in between now and  4m pst. Please pray for Willa at 4PM pst. She is having the other breast removed. Thanks in advance.

You got it, Marilyn ... Give Willa my love if you should get to see her.   

Thanks Jane  I will do that, She remembers you. 

Hi, friends,

I worked on some difficult, at times confusing projects today. Am trusting God for clarity of mind tomorrow.

All these cold weather temps being reported are, to quote us Suthiners, "sumpin' ELSE!" 

Y'all have a good evening.

Ruth Ann

I have notice that some of you are using * for ° when telling us the temperature.  You can make ° by depressing the Alt key, hold it down and the depress 0176 on your calculator numbers on your keyboard. 
Alt+0176 = °.  Does that help anyone?

I left home this morning at 9am to go to Nancy and Walter's.  She got a new laptop and wanted me to help her with some things.  She wanted SpellCheck to work on Outlook Express.  I got that for her after we install Microsoft Office from a CD.  And showed her the shortcuts by using Ctrl + A, S, Z, X, C, V, B, U, I, O, Y, P and F.  Now she is all set.  Then we all ate at Mountain Mike's Steak House and then I drove them to Indiana University for Walter's Speech Therapy.  Then I drove them back and came home.  Got home at 9pm.  So I had a 12-hour day and I am tired.  Time for bed.

I'm coming in before I head to bed.

Lets all be sure and pray for Audra tomorrow as she has her surgery.  And, of course, for Alma, as she waits and waits and waits. 

Alma, we have our arms around you.   Nita

Morning All,

Carol ~ Getting a generator is a good idea but as with everything else, no money. In that category, things have been very rough. We finally got the mechanic to tell us that he wants $400 up front before he touches the car and then doesn't gaurentee that. The car just isn't worth that and we already sunk $300 into it and it didn't do any good. So, for the moment, still no car.

Marilyn ~ just read about the surgery, to late to do that part but not to late to pray that everything went alright and she is recuperating.

Kathleen ~ she'll get over the "gross" part and will appreciate it as she gets older. I did, I even at one point thought being a medical artist would be so cool until I found out I would have to observe surgeries and autopsy's, now that is really "gross". 

Etta Sue ~ Thanks for the info on how to put the degree sign in, right now on our porch it is 8°F   

Ok, time to get busy with Michael, Hi to everyone and I pray you all have a God filled and blessed day! and I mean everyone!

<><Jeannine

Please pray for our members across the Atlantic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/2/hi/uk_news/6272193.stm

Gosh, it doesn't seem like a very long time since I last posted.  In fact, it hasn't been. 

I had a great night's sleep and now I am catching up on the computer and I go to the Urologist at 1pm.  I went a day late last week...

I also called my auto mechanic and I am to call him back in a few minutes so he can tell me what a module and labor will cost so the fan on my heater/AC will work on all 5 speeds.  I noticed it only works on 4 & 5 yesterday!  Edit:  Just called.  Not bad...$75.  That's almost pocket change lately! 

Kitty is back in Ohio.  Her birthday is Monday and I called for reservations at a 'Tea in the Country' restaurant.  But I called this morning and cancelled.  Her son-in-law is in very painful pain in his back.  No injury and they can't find out what is wrong.  He went to ER last night so hopefully they ran him through the wringer and found out what is wrong.  Kitty is worried that it is his heart.  Pain between his shoulder blades and arm.  Hurts to even lift a coffee cup.  So if you would, would you send some prayers heavenward for Kitty and Greg and Greg's wife, Julie and the little kids. 

God Bless You All!

Thursday already!  How fast the days fly past, and I must be about finding photos to use in my portrait class coming up the first part of February.

We attended our Emmaus Reunion meeting last night in Lakin.  On the way home, we must have seen at least 200 jack rabbits!    For about ten years, there were almost none around here, now they are getting thick again.  Not as many as in the 50s, but LOTS!  And along with that, the coyotes are making a comeback, lots of rabbits to eat.  Someone from on up North a ways told Darrel last night that a friend of his counted 80 deer in the corner of a field, eating hay that was left after they picked up the stacks of bales.  The deer are becoming quite a road hazard here.  They were speculating as to how this long cold spell, along with the ice, will affect the ringnecked pheasant population, too.  Okay, enough of the wildlife.  (What a wild life!)   

I am picking up two elderly friends this afternoon and taking them to a funeral.  Beth said the Home will take her and Gloria, so now I can take the other ladies.

Etta Sue, thanks for the degree sign.  I learned that on Sr. Net years ago, but forgot how to do it.  How on earth do people remember all that stuff, anyway?  How do you?    By the way, I love the little "mouse trampoline!" 

Gotta run!

Good Morning, cute graphic Etta sue. Hello Janet have a safe trip to the funeral. It is pretty icy here too this morning, my grass just crunches and leaves my footprints looking like melted green stuff.

Happy is outside and I keep trying to get him to come in but he doesn't want to. I noticed when he did come in that he was limping from the cold. He laid on his bed for a little while and I covered him with his blanket to get him warm, but he got up instead and wanted back out. I am giving him stuff for his joints every day on his food. 

I went to recycle yesterday and took two big garbage bags of packing peanuts. They sure seem to accumulate when you are getting so many packages. The recycling place sells them for $12.00 per bag, The bags are smaller than the one I took to them.

Gradually all the parts for my tent/garage are getting here, the last thing I am waiting for are three more connecting brackets that they didn't send in the package I got yesterday, they only sent one. I have had to call them after every shipment and ask them where are the rest of the parts and order the stuff they didn't send. This has been  going on since the  windstorm blew it over.     

Our friends across the pond are really getting battered  by the gale force winds and driving rain.

Gotta go now

Etta Sue You had a busy day yesterday.  Thank you too for the degree sign.  You told me that once before, but with my brain I forget easily.

Not too bad for temperature today.  It is -3°C That I can handle.  Etta Sue it worked, but I am not adept at playing twister! 

John will be home later tonight.  I will make soup for dinner and that way it will be easily reheatable.

Marilyn praying for your friend.  Everyone drive safely.

Well back to work, be back later.
JudyB

Hello all!  cold outside today in Western North Carolina, but not nearly as cold as some of ya'll!

We're just hanging out today to see what the weather is going to do. 

Pat, what is the address to your blog?  I want to add it to my links on mine.

Take care all, and whether you take the lead out, or put the lead in, take time to love someone unlovable today.

Good Morning from a wet, cold, weather challenged island.  Each day is also a 'people challenge.'

Interesting posts and they have helped to pass the time, since walking outside is a slippery and dangerous adventure these days.  Love your graphics, Etta Sue.  I am beginning to experience cabin fever, only going out if riding in a vehicle.  Snow and ice and wet rain.....have to literally toss Misty outside for her dose of fresh air.  She is beginning to think of me as her enemy

Loved the 'pencil' posts.  Someone once wrote that we should only make our plans in pencil because God has a way of changing and erasing them.   

Here is something to ponder:

Subject: Today's English Class

If you've learned to speak fluent English, you must be a genius!
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present..
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in
pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in
France (Surprise!). Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't
sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither
from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers
don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One
goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can
make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get
rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it anodd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats
vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite
at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have
noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a
wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a
language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill
in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That
is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are
out, they are invisible.

                                   

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

_________________________________________________________________
Your Space. Your Friends. Your Stories. Share

Isn't English a confusing language at times. You really have to look at it all in context to understand it.

Back from walking the dogs and have folded the laundry. Nothing else is interesting from my neck of the woods.

I saw Al and Marbeth at the senior Center in Arcata today. Marbeth as usual was working in Kathy's Krafter's sorting quilt blocks. Then I saw Al a little later standing in line for something or other. Give him a big hug and then he took it back, so I gave him another one. I called him "old man" on the first one, Pastor Al on the second one.

Marilyn, I'm glad you're there to keep Al on his toes.    He needs you to help sharpen his wits.  (or is it WIT? And what's the difference?)

No word from Alma, I guess.  I'm sure this is one of the hardest days of her life.

It's warming up here.  No ice on the ground today.  My car was iced over, but quickly melted.  The ice, not my car.

I'll check in later.   Nita

Marilyn, that's not true.  You took it back, so then I gave it back - and then you took it again.  I don't know who has it now.

Liz- that's great about English.  Wow!  And we think Chinese is hard!

It has stayed so cold here all day, and of course, since night has arrivied, it's getting even colder!  Brrrrr!  I don't want to venture out, but we have a meeting to attend, so out we go!

I will try to check in again in the morning.

Liz--thanks---I enjoyed that.  And I hope your weather soon gets warmer and drier!!