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It’s Saturday!…Laundry Day!….Watch Numba-One son play football day!
Today’s movie quote: “Y’know, the thing about a shark, he’s got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes. When he comes after ya, he doesn’t seem to be livin’ until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white, and then – aww, then you hear that terrible high-pitch screamin’, the ocean turns red, and in spite of all the poundin’ and the hollerin’, they all come in and rip ya to pieces…”
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Jaws!
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A shark? That sounds more like QWERTY.
Does anyone else wonder if Nick Peters might’ve got raptured?
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That movie has left me uneasy about swimming in the ocean for over 30 years . . . Thank you, Steven Spielberg.
And amazed at the surfers I know. Our dentist neighbor drives 45 miles to Bodega Bay every Friday and surfs with a group of Baby Boomer friends, even though three surfers have been bitten by great whites in that area in the last four years!
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TJ wins! Jaws is correct. Hmmm…I’m tired of giving away money. How about a dozen digital donuts?
O O O O O O O O O O O O
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Funny Night Train I sort of thought you were Nick’s alter ego.
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How come there aren’t any Great Black Sharks?
Given how wicked and vicious they are, and all.
I was wondering when Whirled Views would show up this morning. Not that I had anything useful or intelligent to contribute.
By the way, if someone sees Coyote Blue, tell her she won a prize.
This letter was sent to me, but I am passing it on so she will know.
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winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME, held on
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Earlier this week, Pauline mentioned Heifer.org as the charitable organization to which her recent WMB contest winnings should be sent. I’d never heard of them before. Coincindently, I came across one of their printed catalogs yesterday. Interesting stuff.
I decided to do a “contribution match”. So I bought someone a pig. Mr. Name, I would assume such contribution matches are within your contest rules.
Hope it turns out to be “Some Pig” for the recipient
– Travis
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Thanks, Lynn! Please make them Krispy Kreme, of course. I’m partial to the chocolate-covered custard-filled variety.
That one really was too easy; it was just a matter of timing. So I’m more than willing to share my prize (a dozen is too much anyway).
Who wants one? I’ll start by giving one to Random, since he awarded me one of his prizes earlier this week. I’ll even give him a second, if he wants, so that he can send it to Mrs. Rose Wood.
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I have won the UK lottery more times than I can count. I am currently living off my winnings. I am glad to see they are spreading the wealth out to others.
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Funny Night Train I sort of thought you were Nick’s alter ego.
No, no…Night Train is much too erudite for that. Also, Night Train has been delightful lately. Must have been those 10,000 digital dollars he won.
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Speaking of resident dissidents…
Where’s Donato?
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My sister-in-law, B, used “bees” as her logo when she was the LA junior league president a dozen or so years ago. One year for Christmas, I “bought” her a beehive through Heifer International and we laughed ourselves silly imagining B’s bees at work in South America. One of the best “gifts” I ever “gave,” both for the fun and the good it did.
I went through the catalogue yesterday, and am drawn to that ark, but it’s too expensive for just me to give. But it made an excellent Sunday School tithe project for the kids at our church last year. For more info: http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.204586/
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I’ve heard of the Heifer Intnl mission but am not all that familiar with it. Is there an evangelical, Christian aspect to it?
We give through Samaritan’s Purse which does similar things and makes it easier to make a gift in someone’s name more personal.
By the way, my “laundry day” is Monday and Thursday!
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My laundry days, currently, are Tues. & Fri.
I’m thinking of giving to the Heifer Project or something similar, in my family members’ names, along with our Christmas presents this year.
This is the kind of giving that even my non-Christian family members will appreciate.
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I had a co-worker who spent a lot of time in a tiny room that the engineers kept a bit chilly for the sake of the equipment. Because of this she usually wore a small knit cap. One day I walked in and found nothing but the knit cap in her chair and assumed the rapture had come and she had been the only one to get to go.
Luckily I was wrong.
BTW don’t try to add up a deposit slip on cold medicine. I was only about $600 dollars off.
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Kbells – So she wasn’t wearing any clothes? Just the knit cap?
No wonder she was chilly!
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Here’s the two donuts I promised to Random (one for him, one for the lottery chick): O O
I’m also offering one to Anlir, since he decided to go with my college football pick-em suggestion: O
If no one wants the other 9, I’ll be busy getting sick on them…
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Karen – FYI
https://giving.samaritanspurse.org/c-7-gift-catalog.aspx
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Thanks for sharing the address, VS, I had no idea Samaritan’s Purse also did such great work.
We heard Franklin Graham speak at a church we visited in Anchorage, Alaska a couple years ago and he told a wonderful story about a little boy who received one of the Samaritan Purse Christmas shoe boxes.
The little boy didn’t want to open it, he explained to the adult assistant, because he knew it wouldn’t have what he really wanted inside.
What was that?
“Parents.”
She encouraged him to open the box anyway, and after more wrangling, he unwrapped it. He went right past the little gifts to the photo of the couple who had sent the box. The adult encouraged him to write a thank you note, since he seemed so intrigued with them.
You guessed it. They wrote back. He wrote back. A year later they adopted him. I still get tears in my eyes remembering that wonderful story.
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I just read a news trailer that the prison bureau has relented and will return most religious texts to the prison libraries. Good news.
May I ask for a prayer or two for a different job? I haven’t been in mine for long, but the only way I can survive is if I turn lazy and play by a rulebook I’ve never used before. I doubt that’s in my nature. I used to think it was just secretaries who undermined each other. Apparently, lawyers do it, too, when they feel threatened. (Yes, men, I’m admitting there’s a nastier side to women.) I’d really prefer to move on in a civilized manner. Please pray. Thank you in advance.
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Thanks, VS.
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That is a wonderful story Michelle! Our church became involved with the Operation Shoebox program either during it’s 1st or 2nd year and from there I became more and more aware of the extent of the outreach of Samaritan’s Purse and am happy to recommend it to others.
They will also send you cards that you can send to the people whose name you have donated or they will send the card for you.
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I kept meaning to post the address for SP–thanks for beating me to it, VS!
We’ve done stuff in our parents’ names the last year or two and plan to again.
For anyone to lazy/busy to click on the link, Samaritan’s Purse has a catalog ranging from $4 to tens of thousands of dollars. You can buy livestock for a family, provide clean water, buy soccer balls, Bibles, build new churches, train pastors, you name it. For fifty dollars, you can give a child at least one month’s rescue from slavery.
We just demonstrated the shoeboxes to our new congregation Wednesday. Neat, inexpensive project as well.
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So how is Heifer different from Samaritan’s Purse in their buy-a-cow approach?
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I don’t know the origins of Heifer Int’l, but SP is a Christian organization that proclaims the gospel as they work to help the needy. Sort of feeding them physically and spiritually.
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Cameron,
Have you done the shoeboxes before? It is a huge project in my community – all the churches are involved as well as several of the town’s organizations etc.
Stephen, From what I could tell by a quick perusal on Heifer Intnl, they don’t provide a “religious” aspect to their projects. (Not saying that as a criticism. Samaritan’s Purse does their giving in the name of Jesus.
One of the things I love about the Christmas shoeboxes from SP’s is the little musical lamb that plays “Jesus Loves Me” that SP includes in each box – one of Ruth Graham’s suggestions!
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I have honestly scrolled down to make this comment before seeing if I am wrong, and have not even read to see if anyone got the quote correct. (I was on here just before this thread started, so I missed out on guessing right away.)
Anyway, I guess the quote comes from Jaws. Now I will read the rest and see if I am right (and the first, which I doubt.)
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VS,
We’ve done the shoeboxes for three years now-I love it! Our new congregation here had never done it, so I packed two (older girl, younger boy) to show what to pack, not to pack, etc.
Mama and I volunteered last year in Atlanta to do the sorting–very cool!
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Okay, I was wrong. But if TJ still ahs a donut…
I have never actually had a Krispy Kreme, except when someone bought the fundraising version. It didn’t seem exceptional to me. Someone told me they are best fresh from the oven, so if I ever get close to a store I’ll have to stop in. Perhaps now that the nearby city across the river (Quincy, IL) is getting a Starbuck’s, a Krispy Kreme cannot be far behind. Of course, it will have to compete with two local shops with great donuts.
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Oh, mumsee- I responded to your cookie question on yesterday’s WV thread. (Save you the trouble- Yes, the cookies are supposed to be cakey. Mrs L and the L girls usually get them between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. It’s what makes them so good!)
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Cameron – I’ve always thought how much fun that would be to help with the sorting! Maybe someday!
Peter L – I don’t think the KK donuts are anything exceptional. My local grocery store bakery’s are equally good – if not better – in my opinion. (But then I’m not a donut expert – I have one a couple times a year maybe.)
I knew why those choc cookies appealed to me – my sister and I used to make them with my mom when we were still teens at home! They are good! I don’t think we used the whole wheat flour but that’s a good idea – I would at least do half and half.
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So, on another note. Eldest partII took off on a bike without permission, after being told not to take it. It belongs to his little brother. In his past, the police would have been called and he would have been charged with stealing…again (last time was a car). Would you, kind people, call the police or consider he is making a fresh start and treat it as a son taking a bike without permission? In his case, no grounding or removal of privilege will matter, he has steeled himself against all such dangerous feeling (though I think there is a tiny spark of caring deep within.)
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Re: Krispy Kreme
They have not been truly experienced until one has gone to the bakery when the “HOT” light is on and eaten one that is still warm.
VS–is there a sorting center near you? The one in Atlanta changes locations every year–they need an empty warehouse and try to find donors who will let them use it for two months. We worked two four-hour shifts (but you could do one) removing any contraband and sending it down the line for the items SP adds to the shoeboxes.
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Mumsee,
Wow–that’s tough, knowing that there is little discipline that will affect him. Still, I would find it hard to call the police this time. Subconsciously, that may have been at the root of what he did–to find out how you’d react, see if you’d be different than the others,etc.
God gives us mercy each and every day for our repeated sins.
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Peter, you’ve never had a Krispy Kreme donut before (at least not fresh)? Well, I was warned not to share with you, but 9’s just too many so here’s two:
O O
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Cameron,
Thank you, that is the direction we are leaning.
TJ,
I cannot believe you did that.
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Mumsee, I laughed so hard at your comment that I think Cameron thought something was wrong!
ROTFL
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It’s odd to be (apparently) the only husband/wife pair here on the blog. I did hear him just as I was logging on, but didn’t know what the hubbub was about! I’m upstairs, he’s downstairs, so…
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I haven’t had hot Krispy Kremes, but I’m a chocolate donut fan myself, and I haven’t been all that impressed with Krispy Kreme.
We recently got a Dunkin Donuts a few miles from me, off the expressway. I passed the sign several times thinking I’d go next time I went that way, but I always was in a hurry or had too much junk food already, or something. I finally stopped and got a dozen, for something like nine dollars. (Or maybe I got only half a dozen when I saw the price–but the only reason this Scottish gal got any at all was that I’ve been missing Dunkin Donuts and I’d repeatedly told myself I’d stop someday.)
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Lynn, Just to let you know, there’s spam on the 10.3 thread–it placed the thread on “Recent Comments” as a result
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Cameron,
My hubbie used to join in but I don’t think he made the leap to the new site yet. When the kids moved in, he lost his den so now we are sharing this computer. Can you guess who hubbie is?
Kids from the first batch and I used to make our own donuts and bagels, I hope to get back to that with these guys. They were fun and really good fresh.
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The other day there were some comments made about Alabama and I felt the need to defend my home stated. Today I was looking through a cookbook called A Southern Palete by Robert St. John and he had this to say.
MY SOUTH:
Thirty years ago I visited my first cousin in Virginia. While hanging out with his friends the discussion turned to popular movies of the day. When I offered my two-cents on the authenticity and social relevance of the movie Billy Jack, one of the boys asked, in all seriousness, “Do you guys have movie theaters down there?” To which I replied, “Yep, and we wear shoes too.” (Apparently I wasn’t the first to think of this line)
Just three years ago, my wife and I were attending a food and wine seminar in Aspen,Colorado. We were seated with two couples from Las Vegas. One of the Glitter Gulch gals was amazed, amused, and downright rude when I described our restaurant as a fine-dining restaurant. “Mississippi doesn’t have fine-dining restaurants!” she demanded, as she snickered and nudged her companion. I fought back the strong desire to mention that she lie d in the land that invented the ninety-nine cents breakfast buffet, but resisted. I wanted badly to defend my state and my restaurant with a fifteen minute soliloquy and public relations rant that would surely change here mind. It was at that precise moment that I was hit with a blinding jolt of enlightenment, and in a moment of complete and absolute clarity it dawned on me – my south is the best-kept secret in the country. Why would I try and win this woman over? She might move down here.
I am always amused by Hollywood’s interepretation of the South. We are still, on occasion depicted as a collective group of sweaty, stupid, backwards-minded, and racist rednecks. The South of the movies and TV, the Hollywood South, is not my South.
My South is full of honest, hard-working people.
My South is colorblind. In my South, we don’t put a premium on pigment. No one cares whether you are black, white, red, or green with orange polka-dots.
My South is the birthplace of blues and jazz and rock and roll. It has banjo pickers and fiddle players, but it also has B. B. King, Muddy Waters, the Allman Brothers, Emmylou Harris, and Elvis.
My South is hot.
My South smells of newly mown grass.
My South was the South of the Partridge Family and Hawaii 5-O, and kick the can.
My South was creek swimming, cane-pole fishing, and bird hunting.
In my South, football is king, and the Southeastern Conference is the kingdom.
My South is the home to the most beautiful women on the planet.
In my South, soul food and country cooking are the same thing.
My South is full of fig preserves, cornbread, butter beans, fried chicken, grits, and catfish.
In my South we eat foie gras, caviar, and truffles.
In my South, our transistor radios introduced us to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the same time they were introduced to the rest of the country.
In my South, grandmothers cook a big lunch every Sunday.
In my South, family matters, deeply.
My South is boiled shrimp, blackberry cobbler, peach ice cream, banana pudding, and oatmeal cream pies.
In my south people put peanuts in their bottles of Coca Cola and hot sauce on almost every thing.
In my South the tea is iced and almost as sweet as the women.
My South has air conditioning.
My South is camellias, azaleas, wisteria, and hydrangias.
My South is humid.
In my South, the only person who has to sit on the back of the bus is the last person who got on the bus.
In my South, jpeople still say “yes ma’am, no, ma’am, please and thank you.
In my South people wear shoes – most of the time.
My South is the best kept secret in the country. Please keep the secret. It keeps the jerks out.
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Thanks, TJ! (I guess I did not read my earlier comment. I said I was wrong about the movie. Actually, I was correct, but not the first.)
mumsee- Jealous, are we? I cannot justify two, so I’ll do the generous thing and give you one.
FOR MUMSEE ONLY (the rest of you hands off!)
O
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Anlir- I was just checking how I did in your little college football thingy. I notice two things:
1- you had Cal against ASU, but they played UCLA today (They cannot be good enough to play against ASU tonight after playing UCLA, can they?) Since UCLA won, do I get the game (since I predicted ASU- which does not even play today)?
2- Somehow my tie breaker w/score prediction did not make it into the post. I predicted Alabama (with apologies to you) due to homefield advantage, but said the score would be 24-20. I guess I was a little off on that. (Honestly, I really did make the prediction yesterday!)
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C
Mumsee won’t mind. . .
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Just kidding, Mumsee. It was what was left of one I took earlier.
Your’s is intact, see?
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Mumsee – You must tell, mustn’t you???
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Mumsee,
I had no idea there was another pair here! There have been more than a few who didn’t cross the Great Divide–can you give a hint?
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Mumsee,
About the discipline issue above:I don’t know exactly what I would do, but I think I would treat it like a discipline issue, the way I would with my children.
Perhaps I don’t see why the police would have to be called.
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Concerning the movie quote from today: I still remember as a wee lad getting a Mad Magazine with a spoof of “Jaws” in it (I was too young to see Jaws at the time). There were a couple of scenes so funny that I still remember them. One involved the “scar comparison scene” between the characters played by Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfus, and Robert Shaw. One said, “I got this one fighting barracuda…”, the next said, “Well, I got this one hunting crocodiles…” When they get to Scheider, he says, “Oh yea, well I got this one from Gene Hackman in the ‘French Connection’” (of course, I had no idea anything about that movie at the time).
The other funny spoof scene was the one that was featured in today’s movie quote. Instead of the horrible description Shaw’s character gives, he breaks out into “Oh the shark has pretty teeth, babe, and it shows them pearly white…” Once again, I didn’t have idea what that song was at the time, but for some reason it sticks with me today.
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Also,
I’m with the others! You’re married to a fellow poster?
Oh, do tell!
Who?
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I know! I know!
Mumsee is married to Donato!
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ROTFL!!! Karen, that was even funnier than the Peter L line!!!
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Now, Karen O, I told him I thought of him as a brother (not a Christian brother, but like my evolution discussions with my non believing brother) so that couldn’t be.
Happy to report the son is back after a good twenty five mile ride. He went where he was supposed to go, got there in good time, and returned. He even found a snake to take to school for show and tell. He is much more talkative and things are well.
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What is this? Just a little nibble of what used to be a cookie? Well, it is certainly tasty, whatever it was before somebody else got their teeth into it.
I don’t know if I can, with good conscience, divulge that information. He might not want to be known as mumsee’s hubbie on here. And I might not want to be connected with his viewpoint. Just kidding. He knows I am always right so he has the same views.
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It’s Drill!
Or maybe Rio.
Yes, I admit it – I went through the Bio’s. I’m incredibly nosy – to a fault.
Karen O – You are just too funny. You come up with some good ones – they catch me off guard.
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Oh man, now we’re all curious! Ask him (whoever he is) if you’re allowed to admit to knowing him.
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VS,
But I think she said he hadn’t made the transition to the new blog in #41…which makes it harder to guess.
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Peter L.,
Thanks for the KK donut!
If you’ve never had a KK donut, you have to get one from an actual KK store. The one’s they sell in the grocery store and convenience store don’t do them justice. You have to get the glazed ones hot off the line. They almost melt in your mouth. I also like the chocolate covered creme filled ones. Yum!
I will announce the winners of the College Football contest on Monday (in Whirled Views), since I normally take Sunday’s off from blogging. Games are still in progress as I type this. I will post the contest on Friday mornings (in Whirled Views) for the coming weekend, so that people have all day to get their picks in. You don’t have to know anything about college football to participate – just guess the winners. Remember – the winner gets a digital S’more
Today, at the Barnes & Noble I ran into someone I haven’t seen in 20 years (literally). In fact, I didn’t recognize them. But they remembered me, and gave me their name. (I hate it when I see someone I know and can’t recall their name!) We were counselors at a camp for several years. Anyway, that was my first “blast from the past” in quite a while.
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He said “sure”
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This is like pulling teeth!!
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Mumsee,
Peter L.? (That would make you Mrs. L of cookie fame)
Make it Man?
Llama! It’s Llama, right?
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VS,
Heifer Intl was started by Christians, but today has no official religious nature. Most of the people I have known personally who are involved in Heifer’s work (not just as donors, but as volunteer representatives or paid staff) are Christians and do it as an expression of their desire to follow Jesus’ command to “love your neighbor.”
For a year or so I was a volunteer community representative (during a period when I had been laid off from my full-time job and had only a part-time job and thus more time for volunteer work) for Heifer Intl, and took some training on how to tell about the organization and its work. I don’t remember all the details (this was several years ago), but I believe they choose not to be a “Christian” organization because it would limit the work they could do, especially in countries that are hostile to Christianity.
The liberal church I grew up in supported Heifer Project (their name has changed a few times over the years), and for years after I became a Christian (in a fundamentalist church) that was reason enough for me not to want anything to do with Heifer. Over the years I came to see it differently, however, and today I tend to split my charitable giving (other than what we give to the local church) between Heifer Intl, Samaritan’s Purse, and Prison Fellowship.
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Anlir wrote: “Peter L., Thanks for the KK donut!”
Peter L.? I’m the one who gave him the donut! And I saved one for you too, Anlir? Where’s the love?
I knew this would happen if I gave one to Peter. I was warned…
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Well, he is a more obscure poster who rarely posted on anything but politics and sports and one or two whirled views. But he is from the same state as me.
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that is true, you were, so stop whining and move on with life. Or so they tell me.
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Krispy Kreme has far too much sugar for this Canadian besides they don’t sell coffee, which probably explains why they lost money in Canada and left after only two years. A Tim Horton’s donut is not nearly as sweet but they have coffee. Canada a country addicted to caffiene
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Thanks for the info on HI, Pauline. I do understand and identify where you are coming from on this!
Cameron, I was thinking Mumsee said she wasn’t sure if hubby had crossed over “The Great Divide” as yet – I was thinking maybe he was registered and just hadn’t posted much yet.
Drill hasn’t been around much but has been here a few times and Rio, well, he didn’t give us much to go on. Drill’s dog speaks for him and I know Mumsee mentions the dogs alot…….. 
Just thinking out loud here.
Who would have a donut without coffee?
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Not me, Pauline. Donuts go with coffee like jelly goes with Peanut Butter.
I keep hoping PBJ parent will post. I miss her.
Mumsee,
I’m terrible at guessing games! Can I have a little more of a hint? (One concerning his name?)
Is it Drill, like Pauline suggested?
I can think of at least one reason why your husband would choose Drill as a moniker.
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I am with everyone who loves a hot Krispy Kreme donut! They’re wonderful hot. They lose some ‘love’ when they cool off, and JUST FORGET the ones you see at Gas stations and Walgreens. KK’s don’t keep well. For me, it’s an actual KK shop or not at all.
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Or here’s a question, Mumsee.
Is he on “meet the regulars”?
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EYG – Don’t count out all gas station donuts.
There was a gas station in a nearby town that got it’s donuts fresh from a local donut shop. They were VERY good. But I think they stopped getting those.
So now when we get donuts, which isn’t too often, we get them from a shop in another town, rather than our local Dunkin’ Donuts. Since they’re not a “big name” donut shop, they have developed the distinction of being fresh & delicious, & a little bigger than those at DDs.
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TJ,
Oops! The KK donut did indeed come from you. I should know better than to blog while watching football!
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hrw,
At a real KK shop they do sell coffee and all sorts of other drinks. Well, at least the ones in the southern US do.
*****
Today I’m going to see a movie – I can’t decide which one. I’m thinking of “We Own The Night” or “Things We lost In The Fire”.
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Did I mention “obscure”? I don’t recall any of you (possible exception: TJ) ever responding to a thing he said. Did I mention my State? And one of the most common names if not the most common boys’ name in America. Have I been drilling people? Poor hubbie..
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Mumsee, is it Kevin N?
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nope, think home state. Where do I live? I told you he was obscure. No, I don’t think he is on the regulars.
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In fact, I just looked at the regulars list and his letter (the same start letter as my state) is empty. But he is not obscure to me, he is my hero.
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His name is a very common-if-not-the-most-common boy’s name, & it starts with “I” as in Idaho?
Or have I mixed up the clues somehow?
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I, Q, U, V, Y and Z
Infrequent poster. Name not in regulars.
Moniker something to do with Idaho.
thinking…
Maybe I never saw him post.
Is he Idahoan, or something like that?
I…
mumsee,
I’m beginning to feel bad for your husband! Has he posted on this new site?
One more hint.
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Most common boys name that starts with I?
I thought Michael and John were the most common name. I’m stumped.
I
Isaac?
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Karen O,
I meant gas station Krispy Kreme donuts.
(Unless you catch them immediately after delivery) They just don’t have a long enough shelf life, and don’t have the same ‘yum’ as the Hot KKs or even the recently cooled KKs.
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Karen O and EYG have both mentioned parts of his “name” in the past four posts. I doubt any of you would recognize him, he does not post often. Generally only when I say there is a thread in which he would be interested. Sometimes he lurks but not often.
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Idaho Joe!
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Wasn’t there an Idaho Mike? Is he your hubby?
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I remember, Karen O. I just don’t remember if it was Mike or Joe.
Joe rhymes with Idaho, so I went with Joe.
I remember him.
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#19 Michelle.
What a beautiful, amazing story.
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I remember IdahoMike! He hasn’t posted much but I always like his posts. Whodathunkit?!
Mumsee, I’m glad number one II is back and doing better.
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#19 Michelle, that was a nice story.
Don’t nobody talk about football today. It’s a stupid game. The wrong teams win, and it causes evil thoughts on a Sunday.
The Gamecocks played the ugliest game ever yesterday. More ugly, even, than when The Citadel beat them.
The Gamecocks will move from #6 to #25, where they belong.
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I just noticed that I should have made my recent rant on the Rant/Rave thread. But I’m two days late for that anyhow.
Rave: We just returned from a week down in Charleston. A beautiful city. (As in most cities, in the right places, in other places it’s junky.)
Among other things, we walked along the Battery where we also courted many years ago. I told my wife again how Bobby Murray and I saved Charleston in 1942, many times from the invading Germans. Just we two. We sank many enemy ships with those stationary cannon, and fought off invaders. Sometimes we were driven back, almost to the Fort Sumter hotel. But, we fought back bravely and saved the city.
Again. Charleston never knew.
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Chas.,
Those sound like great memories with Bobby Murray.
Charleston! What a wonderful place to court!
All,
I think I got a Gravatar!!
posting to test.
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testing
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Just a comment to the Blog diva….
PLEASE put a return to main menu or something at the BOTTOM of the comments list. It is horrible to scroll back up through tons of comments just to go to another thread. (If you’ve commented, you can’t just hit the back button.)
It is even worse when using an Iphone or something, which I occasionally do!
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Okay, just to clarify…I know that we can go to the threads that sandwich the one we’re on, but I want to be able to go back to one of the main menus/screens.
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TRS – Even when I have commented, I still use the back button – you just have to click on it a couple times or so to get back to the main menu.
But I do agree that a more direct way would be appreciated.
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testing again
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EYG – It takes a day or so for the avatar to show up.
When mine didn’t show up the next day, I went back to the gravatar site & found out there was one last step I had to do, which I didn’t remember seeing the day before.
Anyway, I did the final step, & it showed up the next day.
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Idahomike it is. Idaho Joe??? Hmm, I don’t think so but nice try. And yes, he does say sensible things, most of the time.
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#20. stop praying and do something productive like send out a resume or something.
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Scott that was a little harsh towards NJLawyer. I have shared that I sell real estate. I have asked for prayers and I have sent out resumes. Think first next time.
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#89. Chas, not all the wrong teams won. ROLL TIDE!!!. Sorry. It’s been a while since I had a reason to say that.
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Well, I see my gravatar came through (my collie, Miss Tennessee), but as I rather expected, one detail can’t be seen: that she’s wearing little pink bows, courtesy of a five-year-old hair dresser.
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Hi Cheryl,
We have a Collie too, but she is a Blue-Merle color. Collies are great dogs, but I wish she weren’t so large!
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Sorry Kim. I didn’t mean to offend anyone. However, I have the same advise to you, Kim, send out resumes, it’s the best use of your time when compared with prayer.
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I would ask all who are Believers to pray for the safety of those in Southern California, the fires are horrible – Many homes are on fire in Malibu, California, and another fire started a few hours ago South of Los Angeles -
The skies are dark with smoke –
A Presbyterian Church has burned to the ground in Malibu, it has 1,500 members -
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Idaho Mike it is, Mumsee!
Sorry about Idaho Joe. I thought Joe would be more common.
My husband has both names! But he uses the formal on both.
That IS awful, Victoria. Thanks for the alert.
I’ll pray.
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Victoria,
Thank you for the reminder, sometimes we read about the news and forget it is affecting real people.
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MUMSEE
The smell is throughout our home, its awful -
I just pray for those in the line of fire – It must be heartbreaking to leave ones home, fleeing the fires – It’s on CNN, and FOX along with other local news –
Thanks Mumsee
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We are praying about the fires too. My family lives in San Diego, and my mother says that the air quality is horrible and that the sky just glows with a terrible red color.
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Mmacmurray,
Thanks, we had an excellent day today.
How is the new little boy fitting in? Big brothers happy to share their mommy and daddy time with the little tyke? Mommy getting some rest now and then, eating right, getting some time with the Lord? Daddy changing lots of diapers?
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I’m glad it was good, Mumsee (though I feel like I’m reading someone else’s mail, since the comment wasn’t directed at me!). Ours was great too. In general, the more “people time” these girls get, the better. We had church (no Sunday school, since I thought that would be pushing it), then lunch with church friends–all of them adults, but my girls do great in such settings, and they got to color after they ate–then after an hour at home, a picnic at a farm, and then home in time for a giggly bath and a sweet bedtime with quick sleep.
TRS, I’ve always preferred big dogs in many ways (better personality, more huggable, and more), and I like long-haired dogs (more strokable), so when you add the beauty and personality of a collie, it’s a perfect dog for me (and great for a home with foster kids). But on the size issue, I do partly agree. My home is simply too small to have two of them (and my backyard is as well) or I would. If I’d chosen a smaller breed, I’d get her a playmate in a heartbeat. But all my research into smaller breeds (focusing on Boston terrier, sheltie, and Cavalier King Charles spaniel) comes up with nothing that interests me nearly as much as a collie does, nothing that’s worth the expense and time, as she is. So my small house and my larger breed of dog keep this a one-dog household…for now. (One of my girls has asked for a puppy more than once. That shows some level of feeling “at home,” I think, but no, we do NOT need a puppy!)
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gravatar test.
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# 75: It seems I remember the name “idahomike”, but I can’t, for the life of me, remember what we discussed. What it possibly sports-related?
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TJ,
Probably sports or politics.
Cheryl, you are welcome to read the mail. Eldest seems to be enjoying peace and joy in his life these days. His first week or so was hyper over happy. Next was total but passive defiance, now it seems he is coming to grips with the boundaries, testing them, but finding comfort that they are there. WE expect further problems but are enjoying the time of peace.
The girls are acting out significantly as their trip north draws near but other than one coming to blows moment, we have been able to curtail the angry outbursts before they got out of hand. Keep praying that the Lord will continue to open our eyes before the event so we can help them learn to redirect. Anger is a gift from God but, like all the others, must be used with control and purpose. Beating up your sister because she (with smaller feet) thinks the shoes that are too small for her, might hurt your feet, is not an option.
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Thanks, mumsee. I’m glad you all have had a good day today. I prayed for you all this morning.
Our littlest one is doing very well, getting lots of love and attention from his big brothers and diaper changes from his dad. And he’s been sleeping 6-7 hours each of the last several nights! The older two have adjusted better than we expected they might, even though the novelty of a new baby has worn off a bit.
The two younger boys have gone off with their dad to pick up their big brother at school. I’ve been instructed to nap so shall now go and obey!
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Glad to hear it, MMACMURRAY, what a joy little children are and what an opportunity to learn all those difficult things like: patience, prayer, peace, gentleness, self control, etc. It is neat to see another involved daddy. Children need that and so do mommies.
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Oh, you are so right, MUMSEE, about the joy and about the difficult lessons. I know I’ve become more patient and less self-centered since my first son was born, but I still have so far to go! Thankfully, our Father is a patient teacher. And thank you for your encouragement.
My husband loves babies (thus his choice of pediatrics for his medical specialty) and is a very involved dad. When our first son was born, I don’t think I had to change a diaper for the first week! He sees many kids in his clinic who don’t have fathers, and that underscores his deep desire to be there for his own children.
I think that what you and your husband are undertaking with this second batch of children is amazing and wonderful. May the Lord continue to bless your endeavors.
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