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Terryk (Terryk)
Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 7:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well sniff a few for me I live in Maryland and there are no signs of spring here. We are trying to recover from the biggest snow fall ever and the winds have frozen the the snow that was melting now we have ice. Many building have colapsed what a winter. So when you all are warm think of me freezing my fanny off. Love Terry
Janice (Janice)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 7:21 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Terry,

I hate to add to your misery when I mention the weather here, but I have to say that when I walked out to my car yesterday and heard all the beautiful song birds singing (I hear them now)and saw Blue Birds beginning to build in our houses here and then came upon an entire flock (20 or more) of Red Cardinals just down the road and looked across the pasture land and sawed those beautiful daffodils and the little purple blooms on the wild grass, well, I just had to write a little bit about it. If it is any consolation to you at all, I do happen to work ten hours a day in a cooler type setting that is set at about 40 degrees, I look like I am blowing smoke when I speak to anyone!!! Burr!!!

Janice
Muddywaters (Muddywaters)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 8:05 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well so much for that 70 degree weather, 20 degrees in North TX this A.M.
Gatororeo7 (Gatororeo7)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 2:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Man, I feel guilty living in Florida, lol!
Thomas1 (Thomas1)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gator,
With all the Texas talk, I wasn't going to tell them about our weather here in Cenrral Florida. It would be too cruel to mention to someone putting up with the northern winter.

But no, I don't feel guilty for being here!

In His Blessings!

<><]
Thomas
Terryk (Terryk)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks for your sympathy. Its nice to know how bad you feel for me. Well just take in some of it the sun for me next time you may work up a little sweat think of me. Terry
Janice (Janice)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Alright Gator and Thomas, My step-daughter lives in West Palm Beach Gardens and never misses the opportunity to tell us how beautiful it is down there when we sit up here in Georgia and in Alabama with our heaters and furnaces blasting with snow and ice outside. Just for an update, it is presently 61 degrees here in Bowdon, Georgia and we just came from Heflin, Alabama where we had our income taxes prepared. We stopped by the Tasty Dip and everyone there was eating ice cream cones!!!

I love this time of year because it reminds me of God and how when everything appears to be so dead and dry, cold and lifeless, all of a sudden you wake up to birds singing and see all the fruit trees beginning to bud with new life. Nature is such an awesome testimony and I read a comic strip years ago called Family Circus that had a little boy lying on his stomach with crayons and a coloring book and the little boy said "springtime is when God gets out his crayons!" Isn't that a great thought? The other scenic time I enjoy would be in the fall in the mountains when the leaves start turning. My mother has a row of yellow-leaf oak trees in front of her house and while I was there a couple of years ago, I slept upstairs and thought that those leaves on the trees were sunshine creeping into the bedroom that morning, it was glorious, that is until they fell off the trees!!!

Mike's daughter is going to community college down in Florida and is studying to become a doctor, she works in a doctor's office in Miami and loves it down there. I loved it too when I visited but I have too many relatives in Georgia and Alabama to ever want to move down there permanently.

I will end this post now, just had to say something to you two. Good night to all of you.

Janice
Pheeki (Pheeki)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 5:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok, no one has it like we do in Texas. Just let me tell you what we endure. At least most of you know how to plan your wardrobe...this is what it is like for us!

Friday it was 70 degrees, no coat- loving it!
Saturday, it was warm 60-70ish. Sunday morning started warm 50's but by nightfall had dropped considerably so that now, Monday, we have sleet, ice and 20 degrees outside.

When I moved to Texas 26 years ago, (I was 10). They said, "if you don't like the weather, hang around a little while."

You can go from 80 degrees on Christmas Eve, to sleet and snow on Christmas Day. We never know what to wear, you can leave home in shorts and need a parka by noon. Or vice versa! J
Lydell (Lydell)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 5:35 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Terry, take heart, spring is gonna show up where you are. Here in southeast Alabama, robins showing up is not a sign of spring (as it was where I grew up in Kentucky).

The robins come down here to spend the winter. Then in later January or early February, they suddenly begin to start flocking together. You can see them just about covering a yard. And they spend the whole day just stuffing themselves getting ready for the journey north. First the males go, then a couple weeks later the females suddenly disappear as well.

Okay now, my mom, who is up in Kentucky, tells me that the robins showed up there last week. We still have big flocks here right now, so the females haven't left just yet. But, hey, the males at least are moving northward. See.....spring IS going to come!

We can hear the spring peepers singing outside at night now too.

And while we are expressing good things here, I want to add my praise to the Lord, too. My hubby and I have lived in this 100+ year old house for 16 years. We have been working on this pig for 16 years (and aren't done....and don't ANYONE tell me how you have always wanted to fix up an old house. YOU DON'T! Trust me!) This past week, oh PRAISE GOD!!!, we FINALLY got new siding put on. It looks so awesome! Finally looks like a real house, I could almost cry!
Another_Carol (Another_Carol)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 5:54 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Lydell,

Been there done that. We had a basement put under our house and as we were sitting eating one Sunday evening the house was shaking because they were digging right under us. We have built on decks and bathrooms and sunrooms and garages and our kids keep telling us we need a bigger family room but I think God wants us to be satified with what we have. I say if there is not enough room in the family room go to the basement or the formal living room or the sunroom. Of course that does not allow us to always be in the same room and converse but we get plenty of that as we all camp together in summer. Speaking of summer there is no hint of that where I am, we have 10 or more inches of snow and more coming. I'll have crocus blooming thru the snow again.

I know the feeling of looking at your house and thinking it's pretty nice. But what do you do if you have a brother who has built 4 new ones and another who just added on a large room and it looks like a church. I say you just love them as I do and are thankful for what they have gotten which has been worked hard and honest for. My youngest brother 50 will retire in March and another brother 61 just retired but I'll probably have to work until the Lord comes to take me home. Even so I am happy for them.

Give thanks in all things, Carol
Gatororeo7 (Gatororeo7)
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 9:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey, I used to live in West Palm Beach (my parents still live there) and I graduated high school in Palm Beach Gardens. Small world, hehe.
Janice (Janice)
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 3:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey Gator, Is that why you have this username? My step-daughter took us to a restaurant that served alligator nuggets, and they tasted like tough chicken nuggets to me. All right I guess, just so I can say that I finally got to eat alligator, ha, ha.
Janice (Janice)
Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 3:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Carol, Yea I know all about old houses. We moved one four miles and spent the next five years adding on to it and remodeling top to bottom, inside out. My ex still lives in it and has recently placed vinyl siding on it and redone the kitchen cabinets and gotten new carpet and floor covering throughout. Guess his wife wants it to be fixed up her way, at least I got some of my money back out of it when we divorced. It was worth the place just to leave that hill, I was kinda out voted with all the inlaws constantly popping in just to let me know what all I was doing wrong when it came to housekeeping and child rearing, etc. If ever I had to repent of anything, it was the hateful things that I carried around for 18 years concerning my mother-in-law.

Hey Colleen, maybe I should get a forum going for ex daughter-in-laws to "vent", ha, ha. Sorry, please don't take offense, it was a bad joke. At least now I have a good mother-in-law!!! I had a sweet father-in-law too and miss him a lot but will see him again soon right along with that sweet brother-in-law that left us almost a year ago.

Don't have much to discuss tonight and I am just about sick with the mess that Mike had all last week. My throat is killing me, so, I am glad that I don't have to speak literally here.

Bye for now,
Janice
Susan_2 (Susan_2)
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 8:48 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hello, friends. I'm back. Actually I'm stuck in Honolulu and I need your prayers that I can get a check cashed si I can purchase my airline ticket and get out of here and get back to California. I tried like the dickens to get a check cashed yesterday and was unable to do it so today I will take the city bus into town to one of those expensive no questions asked check cashing joints and hopefully I can get it done there. I have a flight reservation to leave tonight at 9:55 p.m. Colleen, I have a box of goodies I intend to mail to you once I get home. I have been in this state for one full month now. When I left to come here I asked my mother if there was anything she would like from me while I was here. Honest, she could have asked for just about anything and I would have tried to make her request come true. But all she asked for was that while I was here that I'd attend a local SDA church one Saturday. So, two weeks ago that is just what I did. And let me tell you it was one of the most bazaar, weird, and awful and scary experiences I've ever experienced! The church was way far out in the jungle. There was no other buildings or businesses anywhere around it. My sons know a lady down the street who attends there weekly so we went with her. The people looked right out of an EGW manual on how SDA's are supposed to dress and look. There was not much intergration at the church. It was mostly ethnic Hawaiian. However there was one Somoian lady, a young white couple with a toddler daughter and the man was dressed like the men in the 1830's dressed and the woman had lomg hair, a long dress, and it's so hot over here and she had long sleeves and a high neckline and no make-up, just like EGW says a female is to look. Several of the Hawaiians had necklaces of shells, bones and flowers on. The preacher gave a sermon that basically said that if a Christian celebrates Holloween then God will strike that person dead immediatelly. Then he said he knew everyone at church was wondering then how come on November 01 every year we don't see dead people laying around everywhere. That's because the people who celebrate Holloween were never real Christians anyway and Satan takes care of his own. Then he went on to say that true Christians should have no part in wordly festivies or holidays of asny king. Ture Christians don't need to have those because true Christians have the Sabbath every week. Then he had everyone chant real loud, "I hate the devil. I hate Satan"> We all did this three times. Then the preacher waved his hands through the air very dramatically and told us, "Stop" and everyone shut up and he helled at us, "O.K., all together now and everyone yelled in unison,'Satan, get thee behind me.'" It was like out of a People's Temple Jim Jones sort of thing and it was really weird. The name on Jesus was only mentioned during the singing of a hymm that had His name in it and at the end of prayer as he prayed, "In the name of Jesus, amen." Then afterward was potluck. Me and me sons were sitting in front of the food table and as soon as all the food got put on the table all these little kids just started grabbing food out of the serving bowls with their hands and eating it right out of the serving bowls with their hands. Then the Somoian lady came and shooed them away. Then we are just quietly sitting there and a Hawaiian lady comes and sits right acroos from mr and looks me square in the eye and says, "It's nbot right to come to our church just for the food"> Not wanting to get into a brawl I tried explaining to her that my mopther is SDA and she lives in California and she asked me to attend a local SDA church while I was in Hawaii. Not one to recken with she again looked us square in the face and said, "Well, God knows if you came just for the food or not." By this time me and my kids are all freeked out and the Somonian lady noticed we were in a state of pure panic and she came and told the Hawaiian lady to leave us alone. The food was interesting. A lot of fish and several egg dishes. The avacados were good as were the bananas. On the drive home the lady who took us told us that there used to be a more diverse group in the congreation but the different ethnic groups don't like each other so the Somonians went and started their own SDA church but the big, pushy Somonian lady is stubbern and she stayed so she could boss everyone around and the white people transferred to a different SDA church 30 miles away except the young couple with the toddler. In the lobby was a huge l;iterature rack and it was only Joe Crews literature and several other authors that are just as bent as Joe Crews. The worst though was several days later when I phoned my mon and she asked me if I'd gone to the SDA church like I told her I would. I tried explaining to her it was nothing like a California SDA church and I just don't think she fully comprehended jyst how cultic and scary that church was. It truly was one of the most weird experiences I've ever experienced. Afterwards my child told me from reading SDA literature he thought that church was like Mrs. White ment for the real SDA churchs to be and I had to agree with him. Colleen, I'll send you the literature I took from the literature rack. In the meantime please all of you pray that I can get my check cashed and get my flight out. It's deffinatelly time to get home!
Susan_2 (Susan_2)
Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 5:28 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm here again. I was home from Hawaii only fourdayswhen I got a phone call from a nurse at the medical center around 30 miles from where my children live telling me I needed to get out here immediatelly because mt youngest child was in the hospital with a suvere infection in his leg. He had both staff and streep infection in hisleg. Altogeher hewas in the hospital six nights, which includes six full days and parts of two other days. I stayed with him until the doctor gave me the go-ahead that my son would be o.k. I want you all to pray about a very serious situtation that is going on in my life now. I've decided when i get home my husband and me are going to have to seperate. His crack addiction has gotten too out of control. When I came to Hawaii due to my child being in the hospital I swung past the local post office and asked that my first class mail be sent here. Several days ago an envelope from his credit union came and we opened it. Itwas two returned checks. Around six years ago I had a checking account that I could only use to write checks on behalf of my disabled adult son. I only had the account around a year and then I closed it. It had my name at the top and on the second line it said, "I.T.F." and then my sons name. I.T.F. stands for, "in trust for". I thought I'd shredded all the unused check blanks.Well, apparently I hadn't because in the envelope was two returned checks that my husband had made out to himself and then forged my sons name on them. What he did was deposite the checks into the ATM at his credit union, get the cash out of the machine and then let the checks come back. Fortunatelly my son had not been seen anywhere in the area for around two months on the date the checks were written so it would not be too difficult to prove that they wrere forged. The really bummer of it is that if the bank pressed charges because the checks came back that would make my sons third strike and out here in my state it's three strikes and you're out and it would be awful for him to get a 25 to life sentence for something he had nothing to do with. He has been doing real good, not breaking any laws and having a good time, too. So, when I get home I will have to tell my husband he has to leave for at least until he gets himself cured from his crack addiction. I have been working and covering all the expenses. His retirement goes 100% for his drug addiction. So, please keep this situtation in your prayers. Thank-you.
Colleentinker (Colleentinker)
Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 12:06 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Susan, I'll pray for you and your family.

Colleen
Carol_2 (Carol_2)
Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 2:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Have you all seen the latest SDA e-mail going around about Russell Crowe? It actually was funny because it's about a film he was in when he was quite young, where he portrayed a farmer (I think) that gave up his life to become a "priest" in the SDA church.

The purpose of the film was to encourage young people to become priests for the SDA church.

The forward actually came to me titled "Russell Crowe, Adventist Actor," but after reading the thing it doesn't appear he's SDA at all, but was desperate for work and acted in the "movie."

Just got a kick out of it and thought I'd share. Once again, it's supposed to lend credibility I suppose to the church because Russell Crowe starred in something about the church????

Love and prayers to all,

Carol
Susan_2 (Susan_2)
Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 9:55 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Who is Russell Crowe? Never heard of him.
Jerry (Jerry)
Posted on Friday, November 21, 2003 - 6:34 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Russell Crowe: Movie Actor originally from Australia. Starred in movies like ìGladiator,î current picture ìMaster and Commander : Far Side of the Worldî
Susan_2 (Susan_2)
Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 2:33 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I need some advice. Should I call in a stolen car report on my car? My husband took off in it over a week ago and when he left he told my mother he was not coming back and he hasn't. The car is solely in my name and I still owe a large amount of money yet on it to pay it off. We think he went to a state back east. What should I do? He has some very serious problems emotionally that I was not aware of when I married him less than two years ago but that I am now arare of. Frankly, I think most of his issues go back to the trama he suffered while in combat in the Vietnam War. No matter, I' not his social worker, I'm his wife and I want my car back and I want honesty and forthrightness. He is totally different now than he was during our courtship. It's like he put on a big front for me during our courtship and now I have all this leftover baggage of his to deal with. I need advice and prayers.
Freeatlast (Freeatlast)
Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 12:54 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Susan, I would encourage you to retain an attorney as soon as you possibly can. I would also advise you to talk to a professional counselor about how best to establish and maintain healthy boundaries with your husband in order to protect your interests.
Colleentinker (Colleentinker)
Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 6:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I agree with Freeatlast, Susan.

Colleen
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Posted on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 3:54 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I just haven't a clue under what heading to put this so I'll put it here. Today while coming to the library I was behind a georgeous Chevy pick-up. A beautiful decked out cherry apple red Chevy pick-up. Now for those of you who don't know much about California culture let me tell you there is a strong Mexican Catholic culture in this state. Also, a lot of these folks take great pride in keeping their vechiles super nice and often have air burshed/painted artwork on their vechiles. This particular Chevy truck in front of me had this scene on the tailgate. Try to visiulize this truck as I give you a written discription of it. There's a person in agony behind bars. Looks like the person is in prison. The person looks tormented and bad, almost evil. Has a cigerette hanging out of his mouth with a mean appearance on his face. Then the scene moved to a mountain with the Vatican very small painted in the background and painted in the foreground is Jesus just as He was taken from the cross to be taken to the tomb and his mother, Mary is in great greif. But, wait, there's more. The masses are painted small, congregated to watch the exacution and at the location of the spectators is a perfect rendition of the red pick-up truck with this picture on its tailgate with the folks in the real truck painted in the truck watching the crusifiction. I pased my driving so I could get a really good understanding of the painting and then I speeded up so I could pass the truck and in it was a very nice looking middle aged Mexican couple complete with roasries hanging from the morror, etc. I can only conclude this picture of the pick-up tailgate is somehow a personal testamony of someone associated with that truck.
So, the folks in the real truck in the picture are sitting in their truck watching the exucation of Jesus. It was quite a picture!

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