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Well ... You almost got me that time, Janet!    But I'm getting quite adept at dodging lately!   

I really like the rag doll analogy.  Thanks for a great devotional to start the week.  I'll carry it with me to Woodland ... rag doll and all.    

Thanks for your blessing on my time away.   

For you who are interested, I have posted photos of my new paintings in my gallery. 

I just posted in the wrong spot, the door wasn't closed yet. I have been trying to post a bigger photo than this in the gallery and it was within the parameters but when I hit post it would not post so I am putting it here, for now, will try tomorrow to put the bigger one in my gallery. Click the photo to see it bigger.



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Is everyone sleeping?  Hey!!!  It's time to get up now!

Hey Al, could you keep it down, some are still sleeping, to bad I'm not one of them.

Everyone have a God filled and Blessed day!

<><Jeannine

Hi everyone. 

I was getting ready to leave for coffee this morning when the power went off.  Fortunately in a few minutes it was the beginning of daylight so the house wasn't completely dark.  I had to manually open the garage door (don't you all feel sorry for me?)  but by the time I picked up my friend and got to the cafe the lights were back on.

Our son and daughter-in-law are coming over today for a doctor's appointment and will call use when it is over and we will meet them for an early dinner before they head back to South Carolina.  We are looking forward to seeing them as it has been about a month.

Janet, I loved your devotional today.  God's love is beyond human understanding and is so wonderful if we will just look to him to help us be receptive to his plan for our lives.  I have seen such miracles in this last few months within my family and myself.  I am so grateful.

It looks like it is going to be a beautiful day.

I'm here Al!  I even got up early...well, early for me!   

I took the trash out, ate breakfast, read my devotions, walked in my house for 11 minutes and went to Lapel for milk.  It was outdated so got milk at Dollar General and took the other back.  Now I am home.....waiting...waiting...waiting...for the big snow storm that is to hit Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.  We have 30 percent chance of snow this afternoon, 80% chance of snow tonight with accumulation of 3".  And after midnight and tomorrow 7 more inches of snow and still more snow tomorrow night.  So every one was at the little grocery store in Lapel getting the necessities....milk...bread...cigarettes and beer.  Well, no beer there but at the liquor store.  Glad I only needed milk!   

So pray for the midwest or whatever you call Illinois, Indiana and Ohio that this snow wont be filled with fatalities and most of all pray that our electric doesn't go out!   

Janet ~ I loved the analogy of the Rag Doll.  Most people have a rag doll somewhere near them.  That's why we keep things that are priceless to us but worthless to others.   

Jane ~ You may not read this until you are back, but I sure hope you have a wonderful week!  Sounds very interesting and educational.   

Ruth Ann ~ I have prayed for your requests, too.   

Marilyn ~ Good shot of Happy!  'Here's lookin' atcha, Babe!'   

Jeannine ~ Are you anywhere near the 11 feet of snow?  I can't imagine that much snow!  I don't even want to imagine one foot of snow!!   

Larry ~ You were composing while I was composing but you beat me in posting.  Glad your electric wasn't out long.  I know you are looking forward in having dinner with your son and DIL.    I'll exchange days with you weatherwise!  Maybe I'll call Nick in San Diego and exhance houses today!!

Can we all go and post a "Welcome" to Oldgreyheron here please?

http://www.christianphotographers.com/community/index.php?topic=5986.0

Thanks so much

Good Morning Thanks Etta Sue for complimenting Happy. He is a great dog. I may have to resize it down to get it to post in the gallery. I sized it down to post here and it sure took away from the original to get those kbs down to 75.

As you all know I walk my dogs every day that there is no rain. Well during those walks I am praying and claiming  that particular area for Christ. Just like God told Joshua about every place you put the sole of your foot I will give to you.  So as I walk I pray.

I have to leave now to go to work I will be back later today.

Marilyn, you can post it in the gallery larger than using the attachment feature and then link to the gallery one.

ok I resized it down here is the link
You can see Happy inthe gallery now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY!

Hello all!  sorry to have been scarce.  we contracted a virus, and while the laptop seems to be doing okay, the desktop still disconnects every few minutes. To reconnect, we have to completely reboot the 'puter. ugh.

Crash (Kristi) has another substantial boo-boo.  We were playing at a Fun Depot (It is like Chuck E Cheese, only bigger, local,  and more fun -- also Christian owned and operated. )  and she did a face plant.  Well, actually, she fell, but caught herself on her nose.  Now, she has carpet burn on her upper lip and right size of the nose.  <sigh>  She's really not clumsy, she just goes so fast that she can't get stopped. 

So, anyway. . . .the drama continues.

Take carej!

Oh yea, Happy Birethday Larry

     HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LARRY!!  AND MANY MORE.........

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?    Today I took my very first piano lesson---beginner's Book 1.    And I LOVED it!!  Now I have another thing to do (practice).  Just what I need.

Our road is an absolute quagmire!  And we are getting more snow, probably around three inches by now, preceded by rain.  Very sloppy.  Yesterday, my sweet son in law gave me tokens to wash the poor little Cruiser, which we did, at his Squeaky Clean Car Wash, but the poor car was brown again by the time we got home.    Of course, we added another layer or two of mud to it today.

Was it Nick who wants snow?  I have to admit, I love snow, too, but I'm ready for it to warm up, dry up a bit, and then we can get more snow.  But I'm not in charge of the weather!    I really do enjoy having the different seasons, too.  So I do understand, Nick.

Hi, Karma!  Give miss Kristi a hug for me, poor baby.  Hard to slow down when you have such boundless energy and so much to learn and do!

I want to do some reading and practice a bit tonight, so to do that I must get off this computer!  See you later.

English, A Crazy Language
--Author Unknown

For Those who Reed and Right
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

Let's face! it! - English is a crazy language.
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Janet, your devotional just fit beautifully with our pastor's sermon Sunday morning. Thank you, and everyone who bring the wonderful devotionals to us. May God bless you for your faithfulness.

Thank you, Etta Sue. I really appreciate your prayers.

I've got a bit of a warm feeling for your heart this winter evening.

Last week, the head of our Nashville office emailed me from the Ukraine. He said he would tell me this week when he returned to the office about a way I had helped youth in the Ukraine "without even knowing it." (Those are his words.)

This morning, he showed up at my cube smiling, and launched into his little story. It went something like this:

Ruth Ann, you remember the timeline file that you programmed a couple of years ago?

(Me - yes...?)

Well, when I was in the Ukraine last week helping an interdenominational christian organization that targets youth who are children of government officials over there, the director of this organization was really having a hard time trying to keep track of all his upcoming camps and seminars and teaching sessions, etc.

I immediately thought of your timeline file and whipped it out, customized it for God's use, and taught the director how to use the file.

Now, what you did that has helped countless people in our company, now is serving a much higher purpose - it's working for the Lord.

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Oh, how humble I felt. What had happened is that he chanced to come by back in 2004 when I was pulling something off the color printer. "Ruth Ann, what are you doing?"

So, I showed him this file that would make a Gantt chart - that's like a planning software that puts a bar (somewhat like a bar graph) across a row to correspond with beginning and ending dates. He got all excited about it and asked to meet with me in depth on how I created the file. Well, he took it up to the head of our Region, who was so excited about it that at the company's once annual big sales conference, he was waving it about talking about how this file would help service all our accounts better.

So, the design team took my work, made it "pretty" and now it's used by every office in our company, both in the US and in all the other countries where we have offices.

How humbling to know that something I was working on to help myself learn a not very well known feature of Excel has been used to help my company, but even more humbling to know that it's now in God's corner being used.

Y'all have a good evening.

Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann, it is so wonderful that God blew you a kiss like that!  If ever a sweet lady deserved it, it is YOU!!  ((((hugs))))  It give me the "warm fuzzies" just reading about it!

Hello everyone.

Just popping in to post a couple of photos in my gallery of the new addition to my family.  Noelle has only been around for a week but is really growing on me quickly!

RuthAnn, how nice a compliment that is to you.

Happy Birthday Larry, and Marilyn I believe I ow you a belated wish as well.

Now I am going to shut off the computer and turn on the television and do some mending and knitting before going to bed.

Janet..I put this in here for you in response to your beautiful painting...maybe someone can put it in here along with this poem. Your devotianal was beautiful and your english poem is brill and english is worse when spoken with a heavy accent ..eh Janet!

Hello to everyone else..have read all your posts. Take care.

Good Morning All,

Have been keeping up with readingand praying for everyone, just haven't been posting, didn't really know what to say. I guess u could say the stress is getting very heavy here. Just taking it one day a time with God and wonderful friends.

Colin ~ I love your poem, it really touched my heart and brought a tear to my eye. I wonder if He felt the stress of what His life would bring at the end on the cross. But He was full of Love and Grace and I can take a lesson from Him. Thank you so much.


Hi to one and all, just to tired to remember all the names at the moment. Have a God filled and Blessed day!
<><Jeannine

Happy Birthday Larry!

We are back after working on a hurricane damaged house in Port Arthur, Texas - the forgotten storm & damage.  What a uplifting experience.  We stopped in Oklahoma City to look at the memorial there as well.  Over 2,000 miles round trip.  My shoulder is really hurting so I need to give in and go to the doctor because I can't diagnois this problem -  We stayed at a Methodist church that had recently been repaired - showered outdoors & could hear cows in the pasture.  We slept like logs.  Cooked and ate together & shared good fellowship.  We were in a poor black neighborhood & worked on a termite infested house, with a pond in back (looked for a gator) -  a totally different culture.  Helen (the owner) smiled and sang praises when she received her quilt on our last day - we gave it to her early so I could see her sweet & mostly toothless face.  Bless her heart!

I haven't read the posts for 1 1/2 weeks & do hope that everyone is well.

Carol

Awww, Colin.........such a lovely poem!  I have printed it out and will keep it with my painting.  Thank you so much for writing it, and for using your talent of writing poetry to glorify our Lord.  (((hugs)))

Carol, what a neat experience you had!  I want to go do that kind of work, and someday I know I will get to do that.  I hope you get that shoulder problem taken care of quickly.  God bless.

Etta Sue, did your big snow come?  We had several more inches of snow late yesterday, and this morning we barely made it out to go to town.  The highways are covered by a good 3/4 inch of ice, very treacherous!  So I don't plan to go out again today.  The sun is shining now, though, so it might thaw off.  But I think I will just exercise at home, practice my piano lesson, make some Valentines (nothing like getting things done ahead of time!) and maybe do some painting.  There are certainly worse things than being snowed in! 

Sue, good to see you today! 

Hello to Jeannine, and remember, your friends here on CP are continuing to uphold you and your family in prayer.  Keep looking to Him.  (((hugs)))

I'm going to post this before I lose it.........AGAIN. 

Good Morning. I am ready to leave for work with time to spare. I have loaded up the car with a few things that I need to recycle  on my way home today. I also will be stopping by the  Animal Shelter to pay for Bebe's new license.

We had an extra business meeting last night to do some brainstorming, We had three of our people go to a Regional conference over the weekend so they had a lot of stuff to tell us about. Tonight is the regular weekly meeting.

Carol  what a wonderful experience you have had in Texas. I would like to do that someday too.

Colin another of your beautiful poems.

Janet I have been to the gallery to view your  paintings. You are so talented.

I will be making some Chicken, vegetable, curry soup this afternoon while I am home on my break.

Gotta go now.

TTYL

Why is it the weather people are right when it is bad weather?  Midnight last night..no snow.  But at 2am, it was a white out!  I couldn't even see Ivalou's house with the outside lights on...I have two floods on each corner of the east side towards Ivalou's house.  I got up at 8:30am and the snow is from the east...changed directions.  And east snow means lots of it!  We are to have 9" to 12" of snow by midnight tonight.  And more snow tomorrow.  But it is the winds that will cause drifting and making the roads impassable.  But I have no where I need to go so I am in for the duration. 

South of Indy, it is to be icy and then snow.  Not here! 

Ruth Ann ~ What a warm fuzzy you got from your boss!  I sure need your expertise when I use Excel.  I am self learned on Excel...trial by error! 

Oh, I think I forgot central Indiana is in BLIZZARD WARNING until midnight tonight!!!  Brrr!

I am off to post some photos in the gallery...photos I took to Photography Guild last evening.

Nice devotional, Janet. 

Hope that you had a very HAPPY  BIRTHDAY, Larry.

We are starting to enjoy slightly better weather here, but gather things are not so swell in other parts of the world.  Brrr!  Having lived thro' many freezing winters in Alberta, I don't envy anyone having all that snow and cold.  At least on the island, it only lasts for a little while.....hmm, sounds like a song!

Must take Misty to the vet for her yearly vacinations today.  She has been very tired lately and not much interested in going outside to play.  At the moment is asleep on my bed.  Hope that her mouth infection has not returned.  That would mean more pills...and cats don't like pills

Took a quick peek at your paintings, Janet.  Lovely.  Will go back and have another look later and post a comment.  Gather there are many new photo's to check out....

Busy with doing my washing today, so best get busy again.  Amanda is still using her crutches and back in college. 

Ruth Ann, you did good!
Nice poem, Colin.  It does go well with Janet's picture.

Here is a small smile (I hope):


Three contractors are bidding to fix the White House fence.
One from New Jersey, another from Tennessee and the third, Florida. They go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.

"Well," he says. "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The New Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers: "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

"Easy," the Jerseyian explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Tennessee."

                             

Could be lots of truth in that little tale!!!

Pleasant Day/Evening and God Bless.

Liz

Hi everyone and thanks for the many Happy Birthday wishes.  It was birthday number 66 for me and I did have a very nice time.  Our son and his wife were not over yesterday as planned as he woke up yesterday morning with a touch of the flu.  He didn't call until about 2 pm so we made some other plans and decided to go out to the place that has the delicious baby back ribs on a 2 to for  1 special on Monday nights.  I called my best friend and asked if they wanted to go with us and they did and we had a delightful time and the ribs were delicious.  My friends wife had been dubious about having the ribs but she ate every bite and raved about them. 

I am having a new experience as am using a Linux operating system called Linspire on my spare computer and so far it is great.  It loaded from the CD right now but I may decide to use a dual boot and put it on my computer as a second operating system.   Once I had gone thru the setup it immediately found the wireless connection and so far everything seems to be working.  I am just beginning to explore it.

When we came home at around 2 pm this afternoon it had started to rain but it still was 61 degrees.  It looks like it will rain all night but the last I heard the weather people didn't expect any problems in our area.  Etta Sue, I sure don't envy the weather you and Janet are having and problebly several of the others of you.

Janet, glad to hear you have started piano lessons.  It can be a lot of fun as you learn.  I am going to make some adjustments in my office here so I have room to setup my electric piano so I can play it when I want to.  Right now it is sitting on the bed in the room as have no place to leave it up.

Colin, thanks for sharing more of your poetry.  I have a friend who is a poet and loves poetry.  With your permission I am going to copy off your poems and print them out to share with her.  She is a strong Christian and I know she will really appreciate having them.  She is not very computer savvy and has some trouble with her vision or I would just suggest she come here to read them.

Marilyn, I liked your picture of your dog as well. 

Carol, glad you are home but know you are probably exhausted.  We have sent several teams of workers to southern Mississippi to assist in rebuilding and they have indicated it is a very satisfying experience.

Jeannine, taking it one day at a time is something we all should adopt as we look for God's direction in our lives.  Some of life's problems are too overwhelming to cope with on our own but when we surrender them to God he always provides the answers. 

Hi Sue, hope you aren't getting too much snow up your way.

Ruth Ann, I know it had to warm your heart to have your boss share that news with you. 

Karmat, I guess Kristi is of the age where a lot of bumps and bruises occur.  It was unfortunate they had to happen in a fun place like you were.

Pat, are you getting a lot of snow or are you on the right side of the lakes to not get the lake effect snows?

Permission granted Larry and thank you very much. It is past my bedtime so I wont reply to everyone but bid you all goodnight!