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Good Morning,
To answer some questions, the baby is due in January. Jacob and Danny are doing well. Danny is 16 months and is learning to talk and walk and what not lots of bumps and bruises but he is awesome. Things around here a pretty hectic most days so I stay at home. Other than that things are going  good life is going alright and my family is well. Danny is calling for some attention so I must go.
Love,
Trish

Good morning.  Raining in Indiana.  Dark and gloomy on election day! 

I have come to the conclusion that those who prefer the KJV or NKJV are those who have been to seminary school and/or accepted Christ as a youngster or grew up in church.  I grew up in church but stopped 'growing' when I reached my 20's.  I was away from the church for 35 years...a fact that I am not proud of at all.  When I got thirsty for the Word, I was fortunate to find an easy reading version of the Bible.  Through reading the NIV, I came to know Jesus Christ.  But the bottom line...in my point of view...is to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God...that Christ gave his life for you...that you want His presence in your life...you want Christ in your heart...you want forgiveness for the wrongs you have done and most of all, you want Christ to give you His gift of eternal life.  If you believe all those things, what difference does it make what version of the Bible you read?  People who are illiterate, blind, deaf, handicapped in all manners can receive those promises if they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. 

I have been printing calendars for Christmas presents for my family.  I add the names and ages on the dates, names and their deaths on the dates, names and year of marriages on the dates and some even personal data on the dates.  It is fun but would be 'funner' if my printer didn't act up sometimes!!  Also the pages slide into sliders with magnets on the back and you place them on your refrigerator.  We all go to the refrigerator daily, don't we?

Thanks to all who commented on the "Thoughts for the Week" graphic.  I think I did the graphic at least 10 times but now I am pleased with it as well as Pat.

I like the switch to a "weekly" devotional also.  For those of us that don't manage to stop in on a daily basis...it makes the "catching up" process a little less daunting.

I'm still getting over a cold but so far, have had a productive day.  Got the kitchen tidied up before leaving for work and some laundry done, so the chores this evening may be a lessened a little.  I am supposed to go to aquafit this evening but I think I may pass as I am still not feeling up to snuff and getting wet and sweaty and then coming out to a cold car to come home might not be wise.

Have a good day everyone.

Yes, Etta Sue, the graphic is really nice!

I need to comment to all of you, but the clock is relentlessly ticking, and I must go pick up Beth and take her to Hugoton to the dentist.  I am hoping he doesn't have to refer her to an oral surgeon. 

Larry, lest I forget, my heart is rejoicing with you over your daughter and the changes in her life.  Tough love is.........well........tough, but sometimes it is the only way to go.  God bless you, dear brother.

Gotta run!

Today is election day.  I just finished working a half day at the polls.  What a turnout.  I left at 1:30 and we were WELL ahead of of the primary turnout for the entire day.

I trust all of you have voted or plan to.

Ed

Thanks Etta Sue ... I love the new graphic    Also this quote:

Quote...the bottom line...in my point of view...is to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God...that Christ gave his life for you...that you want His presence in your life...you want Christ in your heart...you want forgiveness for the wrongs you have done and most of all, you want Christ to give you His gift of eternal life.  If you believe all those things, what difference does it make what version of the Bible you read?  People who are illiterate, blind, deaf, handicapped in all manners can receive those promises if they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

We are in direct line for the "Pineapple Express" and getting lots of wind and rain.  There's flooding around the area but Nita and I both live on hills so I am "high and dry" as long as I stay inside and only observe God's wonders through the window!   

I notice there is flooding in Snohomish County in Washington.  We lived there when I was a kid.  In fact, I still remember the winter when both rivers (on either side of the point of land where we lived) flooded.  My Dad even "drowned" the family car when he tried to get to work.  There was a dip where our driveway met the road and the old Dodge forget to dodge.  Daddy had to be rescued by some men in a boat!  We kids were okay with all that ... we couldn't get to school!!   

Jane - and I thought your education was complete . . .

Hi everyone.  Just watching the news on the flooding in Oregon and Washington.  Sure a shame to see such destruction and resulting suffering.

Our son and daughter-in-law were here for lunch today and he helped with a few projects we had on the "list".  When they moved they gave us one of their big screen TV's (54 inch) but we had never been satisified with it as the picture was filmy and not fun to view.  He took off something in the back and cleaned the three color guns, the Mirror and the back of the projection screen and it is now just fine.  He also helped me connect a KVM switch on my computer so I can use two computers with one monitor, keyboard and mouse.  This will allow me to use my old computer and I plan on experimenting with the new Vista last beta release and then am going to install a Linux system on it and play around with that operating system. 

It has been rainy and foggy here all day.  I am looking forward to watching the election returns later this evening.  It should be an interesting evening.  I was glad that Pat and I had been able to vote last week as we have voting the week before the general election here.

Tomorrow morning is Bible study and tomorrow night is choir practice.

Janet, I forgot to mention that I really liked the thing you posted.

Etta Sue.  You did calenders last year too; didn't you?  (can you put a semicolon there, or should it be a comma?  Jane would know. haha) What I wanted to say, however, is that last year when you said you were making calenders, I thought that was such a neat idea.  I'd like to do that.  You should email me, my sweet, sweet, sharing sister, and tell me exactly how you do it.     Did you find the Chaoscope site ok?  Pretty cool, huh?

I sat most of the morning, feeling so dearly the Presence of The Lord, watching the wind and rain, reading the Word, pondering, talking, listening, singing, loving.  It was such a precious time.    I know we are to have those times frequently, but I confess I haven't.  And the simple truth is that I don't take the time to be still and listen to what God wants to share with me.  And He does want to tell us things.  He does.  Not just directions for the day, but intimate things spoken over your heart that change you in an instant.    You know what I mean.  And you are more in love than ever before, because you are more assured of His incomparable love for you.

The last few days, I've felt this new love.  I know it's Him.  I can't woo myself, can't woo God, but oh, when He begins to do the wooing, how can I resist.  My heart enlarges within me, and I find myself smiling again...all the time.  And evidently, I'm wordier. haha   

This afternoon I had a doctor's appt, so got that taken care of, got my flu shot too, picked up a few groceries and came home again.  It's still raining, but the wind has died down. 

Jane, I'm glad we are on hills.   I dont' know when high tide is supposed to be here, but I'm sure the lower streets will flood during that time.

Larry, there is just such a deep joy in seeing our children's lives change for the better.  I know it must make you feel better all over.   I'm still praying for my son who has an alcohol addiction.   I know there will be "that day" when he will be delivered and celebrating the Lord's joy.  I know I'll be celebrating!!   In the mean time.....God is good to our family.  He's shown such mercy over and over.

Nita

I think we skipped autumn and went right into winter here.  I need another cup to get warmed up. 

Today, I am thankful that Jesus is my Priest.

From Hebrews 5

Every high priest selected to represent men and women before God and offer sacrifices for their sins should be able to deal gently with their failings, since he knows what it's like from his own experience.  But that also means that he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as the people's.

No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by God, as Aaron was.  Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!"  In another place God declares, "You're a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."

In His Grip,
Kevin

Quote from: Al Moak on November 07, 2006, 06:10:54 PM
Jane - and I thought your education was complete . . .

Okay, okay ....  I should have said we couldn't get to school until the waters receded!   

Hey there, Nita    I like it when you "get wordy"     (p.s. a comma would be fine  )

Nita I love you Sister you have such a sweet spirit. One of these days I will get myself up to Coos Bay and meet you.  I doubt I will be traveling anytime soon especially in this rain. Did you send it here by any chance? 

Hi Jane I love you too.

I will be out of here soon. I had my hair trimmed and Candle stick  trimmed too, she ha a lot of time before her next customer so she fixed up my hair real purty for tonight.

C~U~Manana

Marilyn, what in the world is "candle stick trimmed?"  Never heard that one before.  Feels good to get our hair fixed, doesn't it?

Etta Sue, I think those calendars would be SO nice!  Mind sending me a copy when you 'splain it to Nita?  Thanks!

Nita, you just be wordy all you want in here.  I love it!  Your love for and joy in the Lord shines through each word, blessing us as we read them.

One lady who works in the county clerk's office here told us last night that there had been the biggest turnout of advance voters yet in this county.  Of course, there was a local issue on the ballot---whether or not to build a new hospital; or, rather, to renovate and build an addition to the hospital, at a total cost of $24 million.  We just approved to build a new care home.  Don't know yet if the measure passed or failed on the hospital.

Larry, good for your son!  I'll bet that is just what our TV needs to get it to have a clear picture again!  Grandson Curtis is now working in a TV repair shop, guess we can ask him to have a go at it.  Thanks for the tip!

Hey, Jane!  I think Al enjoys teasing you. 

Thank God, Beth's TMJ problem is much improved, so the dentist said see you in four months for regular checkup and cleaning.  She (Beth) wanted to do a little shopping, so I took her to a couple of stores, then to Diane's store, before we came home.  She needs to get out occasionally.

I am unusually sleepy for this time of evening......

Quote from: Janet on November 07, 2006, 09:30:48 PM


Hey, Jane!  I think Al enjoys teasing you. 

Yup .... That's a fer shur thing, Janet!   You should be around when he, Marilyn and Marbeth and I are all together in the same place at the same time ... not necessarily of the same mind or on the same page, tho!   

I have felt sleepy most of the day.  I think it's because the sound of the rain lulls a person to sleep (or at least it does this person.).

Hey Marilyn    Where ya goin' all purtied up like that? 

Quotenot necessarily of the same mind or on the same page, tho!

Not sure what Jane could possibly mean here.  It's just that I'm on the page and she's just at the footnote.

Nita and Janet ~ I use Print Shop Ver. 11 for my calendars.  I don't even know where I got the software.  Maybe with my first pc.  I have been making calendars for years...probably 20 years.  First I bought them from Miles Kimball out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  I liked them because the dates were big squares with little numbers...large enough to write appointments etc.  And they had the magnetic slider for the fridge.  Miles Kimball still sells them.  Then I made the generic calendar with ink and a ruler and copied them at work.  I then added the letters and numbers by stencils.  Then copied them for the family...then it was only 5 calendars.  Then I wrote the family names and ages on the dates.  Then I got the computer and have done them on card stock and print them front and back.  I keep last years and the software will change January from 2006 to 2007 etc and then all I have to do is move the names and change the ages.  This year I am making 13 calendars and maybe 14 if Kitty wants one.  My family has grown in 20 years!!  I am sure there are other programs out there for calendars. 

And Nita ~ I sent you an email asking you to send me the link.  When I searched for Chaoscape, (that's what you put under your image in the gallery) it was comics or something like that and I knew that wasn't right.  But in your last post, you asked if I found Chaoscope.  So I searched for that and I have it downloaded.  Now to find time to play!  Neat.  Maybe I can take an image to photo club Monday night! 

Tomorrow is Red Hats Day so I may be scarce.

Etta Sue,  I put the link in for you, didn't I?  I meant to, if not.

How do you put your calender together?  Staples?  Tape?  I like that you make it so personal for your family.  Nita

Quote from: Al Moak on November 07, 2006, 10:50:50 PM

Quotenot necessarily of the same mind or on the same page, tho!

Not sure what Jane could possibly mean here.  It's just that I'm on the page and she's just at the footnote.

  Al ... whatever!!

I'd like to leave y'all with a quote from my daughter Joy (who is in Mexico): "And Happy election day!  Keep smiling because whatever happens is no surprise to GOD"..................... 

Nita ~ I am so sorry that I told the world that you typed the wrong word!!     Your email answer went into my Spamfighter file and I didn't see it until morning.  Yes, I found the freeware website and downloaded it last night.  Probably why I didn't go to bed until way past midnight!  As for putting my calendar together, I use a magnetic slider.  You can purchase the sliders along with clear covers at Staples, Office Supply etc to make your own 8" x 11" books.  I then purchased the magnets in a roll, cut to fit them on the slider and glued on the magnetic strip.  I found the calendar on Miles Kimball
here.  Of course, mine are more colorful.  I have a graphic for each month on both sides at the top.  And birthdays are purple, anniversaries are blue, holidays are red, deaths and their birthdays are green.  So it makes a colorful calendar.

I am all ready for Red Hats...sitting here with my red and purple on!  I know the town we are going to but not the restaurant.  It is always fun!

Maybe this shouldn't be here but here it is.  My personal calendar.

Thanks for the glimpse, Etta Sue.  That is SO nice........wish someone in my family were into making calendars, and I were on their list.  I should do it myself, but probably won't get around to doing it. 

Election is over, and I will not miss the campaign ads on TV.  I am not happy with the results, but as someone said (Jane?) God isn't a bit surprised.  Defeat of the abortion proposal in South Dakota was VERY disheartening.    Poor little babies.........

Today the Grant Mennonite Church people are serving a Thanksgiving meal free at the Senior Center.  They always have such wonderful food, then they sing for us, acapella.  It is one of their outreaches to the community.

Darrel and I are going to get our flu shots this morning.  We should have gotten them earlier, but didn't think it was a good idea to do that while you have a cold.

Diane and Jeff had lunch with Beth and me yesterday, and we had a nice visit.  Love those people!! 

I'd better run.........puff, puff!  Need to go to workout, and am late now.

Good Morning to all.

Janet a Candlestick Trim is when you take very small portions of hair and twist it all the way to the ends then go along the shaft and take off all the little tiny hairs that are sticking out. After this is don't and it only done on long hair, the heart lays smooth and doesn't tangle. Very few operators even know how to do it and out of those few  even fewer will take the time to do it.

Jane I went to a catered dinner/business meeting.

Al the Same page? I doubt it.

I have been for my workout and now I am ready to go to Tai Chi, then on to Ruth's house to clean that stove.

Gotta go now. C~U L8ER

November 8/06

I like the changes - doing yard work - going to work - and taking time to be with family -  I do not always have the time to be online.

Today is dull and dreary with rain added to the mixture of course better rain than snow. 

It is interesting to read about the calander making,  I just wish I had the time and courage to try as I am sure it is very easy and yet I am fearful of doing something new on the computor.

Ruth

   

Just so happy that you put your calendar in here.  Pictures show so much that is difficult to put into text.

Oh, I'm so busy today.  I must get some brush cleaned up and tied up and put out to the garbage for tomorrow.  So, I'm just nipping in and out for a quick visit.

I'm so happy that you all like the changes to the site.

Hi everyone. 

It is another dreary looking day but not cold and it isn't raining today so no complaints. 

After coffee this morning I went to the church for Bible Study.  We studied some passages pertaining to Salvation.  I didn't go to the donut shop afterwards as our son had called last evening saying he was going to come back by for a short time this morning and I wanted to be here.  While he was here he finished getting the KVM switch setup so that I had my sound back.  They won't be back over until early in December. 

Tonight we have choir practice, which I always enjoy. 

Pat, sure hope you don't overdo with the yard cleanup.  Please take care.

Ruth, I sure agree with you on the rain over snow.  Of course, snow is not a problem here in the South as we seldom have any and rarer yet does it affect the roads.

Etta Sue, I was glad to see your calendar example as remember your speaking of them in the past.  I am sure having all the dates is a great reminder and help for your family.

Marilyn, I sure don't have a need for a candlestick trim on my hair.    Hope you got that stove cleaned, not the world's most fun job.

Janet, that is a very thoughtful and nice thing for the community that the Mennonite church does for its community.  I am sure you look forward to it each year.  Glad you were able to get Beth out for awhile.  I hope you let her know that her friends here on SN are keeping her in our thoughts and prayers.

Jane, were you an English teacher? 

Nita, once again I have enjoyed your wonderful sharing of your faith walk. As you indicate we must never give up on our children but I have learned that I must let my daughter lead her own life without my meddling. 

Kevin and Al, good to see you both posting.

Well guess I had better get busy on filling out some rebate forms so I can mail them off tomorrow.  These are from my last visit to Fry's where have $86 worth of rebates on $138 worth of things that I bought.

Quote from: Larry Hanna on November 08, 2006, 03:26:08 PM
Jane, were you an English teacher? 

Larry, English was my major in college, with Education my minor.  I have a teaching credential for K-12 which also allows me to teach in Adult Education and other such courses.  I substituted for my English teacher sister while in Oklahoma and for other teachers there and in California.  I have also taught in the California elementary schools. So, to answer your question: yes. 

Hi,

Just enjoying a freshly-brewed cup of coffee, while enjoying the Word and reading email from here and there.

During my film-shooting days, I used two cameras, a Canon and a Nikon. Way-back-when, I bought a huge backpack-kind-of-camera-bag that is made for two cameras and about 6 lenses and 2 external flashes, too.  Oh, and a tripod can be strapped on to either side.  It is a nice bag, and still in mint condition, but way too big for my digital camera and 3 lenses.

So I orderd a smaller one and it will be here tonight.  It too is a backpack type, but is designed so that it can be swung for quick access to the camera.  That'll be nice when I'm riding my bicycle out in the country or walking Jazz, and something catches my eye, that is just begging me to take its picture .

Well, here.  Take a look if you'd like.  http://www.tamrac.com/5748.htm

And here is something, from Hebrews 6, to look at and focus on today.  I compared my reading from The Message to the New Living Translation this morning.

When people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.  God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given us both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to his promise with confidence. NLT

In His Grip,
Calvin (that's what my great aunts and uncles used to call me--I'm from SW Louisiana, Cajun descent )

Nice bag Kevin/Calvin

The dinner with the Mennonites was nice, and they brought the 7th and 8th graders from their school to sing for us.  Very enjoyable!  Beth and her friend Gloria enjoyed the outing, and we sat with my friend Maxine and her two daughters.  TMI? 

Musical practice went a little better tonight, but still so many who are to sing in it are not coming to practice!   

The measure to build the new hospital passed.  The old building is over 50 years old, and really does have some problems.

I have been working on scrapbooking some each day.  Maybe I will eventually get the China photos all done.  Then there is Thailand to work on.......and family, and........   

Kevin, that's a cool looking bag.  Enjoy!

Another thought for the week: We all live under the same sky, but we don't see the same horizon.

Larry:  Like father, like son.  Isn't it nice that your son returned to finish helping you with the tech business around the house? 

Janet:  The Mennonites in this area harvest and can food every fall and they also take on the tremendous job of caring for prison-born babies.  I see them shopping often at the fabric stores and always in a group. 

My brother in Seattle wrote an email calling this Black Wednesday.  Not one person he voted for won any position.  He has his own business & it keeps getting tougher and tougher with so many rules and restrictions, not to mention the taxes heaped upon the owner. 

We went to church for the Spirituality group tonight and it seemed as though this chapter on our reading finally got to the crux of the entire lesson.  We will all read the final chapter again and talk about it next week.  It is all about our journeys to be with God.

Good Night,
Carol