tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321750012024-03-19T05:52:22.575-04:00Nanna's ReflectionsThoughts and insights by a mom and grandmother about God, family, and other things.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-31897672559329202222014-03-10T16:24:00.001-04:002014-03-10T16:29:05.908-04:00A Reminder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The above words from this hymn "Am I a Soldier of the Cross" often bring tears to our eyes. This is especially true when we hear reports of saints going home to Jesus as a result of persecution. The report of 33 North Korean Christians being reportedly sentenced to execution has hit us hard. And it should. And our tears <i>should </i>flow. But shouldn't we be asking ourselves often, "What do you have for me to do, Lord?" I could go on and on, but won't. Just read the blog post <a href="http://Must I be carried to the skies, A flow'ry beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas?" target="_blank">here </a>and you'll understand better. I want to post a link on all my blogs as a reminder of these things. Actually it's a painful reminder and well it should be.<br />
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Also, "sorrow and joy contended together" at the homegoing yesterday of a fellow pilgrim who had suffered long while serving well. Joy over what he now has and sorrow at our loss, of course. I've spoken often here of <a href="http://www.farese.com/" target="_blank">John Farese.</a> He's home now and glory be to God.<br />
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This was my first blog and I don't keep it up anymore except to record family events usually. I may not even being doing that much anymore, but we'll see how the Lord leads as to posting in the future. It's okay, as this is the way life is. Seasons of life change.<br />
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God bless and let's keep pressing on for our Savior.Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-46884403804913413842013-12-22T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-10T16:25:09.482-04:00Birthday Number Twenty-One<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, my dear little baby girl, have we really reached this milestone? You are twenty-one years old today. Let me say this again. It has been twenty-one years since a gorgeous bundle of pink and white entered our lives and became the darling of her parents and twelve year old sister. And having gone through the stages of babyhood, toddlerhood, childhood, adolescence, and the teen years, now here you are a young woman, yet you continue to be the special girl we all love and want to look after and make sure you're alright. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As unbelievable as it seems in so many ways to think of you as a woman, it's also something for which we're so very thankful. You've gone through all these years, and stages, and have arrived at this important time of life having the Lord on your side and keeping a desire to please Him in your choices and lifestyle. You've kept your love for family, ALL your family, from your parents to your sister and brother-in-law, and as everyone knows, your darling little nieces. And you've been a blessing to each and every one of us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You've made plans for your life, and they're good and godly ones. We hope you feel our support and good wishes as you look to the future. Hopefully, you'll be used of our Lord, whether you pursue nursing, which has been your dream (and a good one), or God leads you in some other direction by and by. Whatever road you're on, let Him be the guide in everything. Who knows what He has in store for you? All we ask is that you never leave Him out of anything that comes your way. If that's true, we know you'll be fine.</span></span><br />
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Busy time in the life of birthdays in our family, as our son-in-law Edie joins in with his. I love how God adds to families and while He's done so for us with the birth of our three grandchildren, it all started when He gave to our daughter a good husband who strives to serve Him and lead His family well.<br />
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So a quick Happy Birthday to Edie, who makes us laugh often and keeps some of us on our toes! Glad the Lord helped you to "get a life!" (Inside joke.) <br />
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Hope the next year is blessed, Edie!<br />
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Dad and MomMaxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-39164685012196268892013-10-10T08:00:00.000-04:002013-10-10T00:08:21.313-04:00Happy Five Years Old!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To our happy twirly five year old! You are five already? How did that
happen so fast? But that's a good thing because it's a happy thing for
us to see you growing and learning. And it's also so nice to see you
still being such a helper to your mommy. Now that you're older, you can REALLY help her a lot--and you do! And sometimes you like to help me too and I'm sure you're a helper with other people when you get a chance. So God gave you a helper's heart, and we're very thankful to see that in you. And guess what, Shana? You are right in the middle of your sisters. That means you can <i>learn </i>things from Selena, and it also means you can <i>teach </i>Gracie things. Now that is pretty special that you get to do both!<br />
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You already know that PopPop and I love you SO MUCH. And you and Nanna like to hang out together, don't we? We like to eat good things together and hold hands. And you're still not too big to sit on my lap! You even said so the other day. :) Now, what makes your daddy and mommy and all the rest of us the happiest is that you want to love and please God. We will pray that all your life that will be what you want most. We'll keep praying that Jesus will be very precious to you and have first place in your heart.<br />
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We love you! Happy Birthday, Sweetie.<br />
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Nanna (and PopPop)Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-5993415628668122862013-09-13T09:03:00.001-04:002013-09-13T09:05:39.775-04:00Happy Birthday, Sariah Grace!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gracie! Two years old! I was remembering this morning those exciting days when we were waiting for you to come and then you were born, making us all so happy and you've been making us all happy ever since. What a delight you have been and now you're leaving babyhood and becoming another sweet little girl in our midst. Thank you, dear Gracie, for all your smiles, hugs and kisses, and pats on the back. Thank you for loving us, because we sure do love you--a LOT.<br />
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You're getting to be the age that you understand things better, and it's our prayer that you will understand all that the Bible teaches about Jesus and that you'll grow to love Him and want to please Him more than anybody else. if you do you'll be happy, Sweetheart. You'll be blessed.<br />
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We're so thankful God gave you a good home with a Daddy and Mommy who love you and two sisters who have cherished you from the moment you first arrived two years ago. I'm sure you're thankful too.<br />
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God bless you and Happy Birthday, dear precious Gracie.<br />
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Nanna (and PopPop)Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-73984253441654823302013-09-04T09:38:00.001-04:002013-09-04T09:39:58.172-04:00Happy Birthday to Selena!<br />
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So, guess who it was that first made me a grandmom? Yep, it was you! Every time your birthday rolls around, I think back to hearing those first cries from my little itsy bitsy granddaughter coming from behind the curtain. What a blessed privilege that was! And now, that's been SEVEN whole years ago. Shall I say that again? You are seven! WOW. But you're still the same sweet and fun Selena we've had all along--just a bit older.<br />
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Keep being the same girl you are, Sweetheart. That's why you have so many friends, because you make others happy to be around you. And, of course, WE'RE always happy to have you around US too. Keep being a shining light for others, especially your sisters. What a wonderful and important thing it is to have others look up to you as the oldest. And you're doing a good job. You always have taken good care of Shana and Gracie. And we're glad they have you as an example in obeying your daddy and mommy too.<br />
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God bless you on your birthday, Lena. And most important of all: Keep loving Jesus.<br />
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Happy Birthday ! We love you so much!<br />
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Nanna (and PopPop)Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-54236767215245209392013-07-20T11:28:00.001-04:002014-08-13T10:16:43.977-04:00Happy Birthday to Bev!<br />
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The sweet, thoughtful, and even godly little girl is now a sweet, thoughtful and godly young woman. As you have yet another birthday, we still love you as much as ever; we couldn't love you more. God bless you to keep following Him. May He continue to give you grace as a wife and mother as we know this is closest to your heart. We're so thankful our grandchildren have such a loving mom and we know their upbringing is safe in your hands. May the Lord bless Edie, Selena, Shana, and Gracie with you for many years. And Neesie and us too.<br />
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For some reason, I don't usually post my husband or my birthdays here, but he did have another one today and I think I should mark these now and then. So thankful for him and that the Lord has granted him yet another year. We're all thankful for him, as the patriarch of our little family. Much love from your wife, sweetie.<br />
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This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. Psalm 118:23<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Most folks who know me know that Sunday School is close to my heart. I love teaching and always develop a special
affection for the children who are in my class. Do your children like to
go to Sunday school? If you’re in a church which, for whatever reason,
has decided not to have one that’s certainly not a sin. Nowhere in
Scriptures are we commanded to do so. But many Christians feel it
does bring a wealth of benefits to the young and so do I.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Many people don’t know how, where, or when the first Sunday school
came into existence. It’s quite a story, born in the heart of a man
named Robert Raikes who was concerned about poor ragged children in his
native England. At first, these children were taught to read and write
as well as given spiritual training because it was the only school these
particular children attended. When others heard of the success of this
school held on Sundays, many more such schools cropped up all over
England and the movement's eventual spread throughout the world is history. </b></span></span></span><br />
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</b><b>Read more about Mr. Raikes at <a href="http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/church-history-for-kids/robert-raikes-and-how-we-got-sunday-school-11635043.html" target="_blank">The Church History for Kids site</a>. Incorporate this article into the history studies of your school at home. Tell your sons and daughters about this man who
believed the world marches forth on the feet of little children. I
agree with him.</b></span></span></span><br />
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</b><b>Maxine, a/k/a Nanna</b></span></span></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-28254152939651549162013-03-22T18:17:00.001-04:002013-03-22T18:21:15.312-04:00What's Going On, Spring?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It’s been quite bitter out there
since your arrival two days ago and I just had someone tell me there may be
some kind of coastal storm with some “ahem” snow in the forecast? Don’t you
know that Easter is less than ten days away?</b></span></div>
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together there. See that picture up above? We expect that is the kind of beauty
we’ll be seeing in the near future. You need to be taking the necessary steps
towards it and what you’re doing right now is not the way to go.</b></span><br />
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Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-59567395508177066972012-12-22T09:13:00.001-05:002012-12-22T09:15:53.493-05:00Happy Birthday to Our Twenty Year Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Seems this blog is used primarily now for recording and recognizing birthdays in my family. But what better place than this to put photos of my beloveds and express my love for them as they grow and mature?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Now it's Neesie's turn once again and guess what? We no longer have a teenager in this house. Twenty years old and I cannot believe it! From that adorable curly haired baby, to the cute little girl with braids, to the budding adolescence, to the pretty teen, and now to the lovely young lady, we have been thankful for her each and every stage.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><b>So to Neesie: Now a college student, now working with your first love, children, whenever you can, we're very thankful to see you now pretty officially a young woman. We're friends now on a different level and I'm grateful we can talk and laugh together, which we do often. I'm most grateful to see you striving to be faithful to your Lord in every area of life. May He bless you for that. Your love for your nieces is a precious thing and why they adore you as they do. Now that the twelve years difference seems more narrow, we're also happy to see your friendship with your sister growing on a different level as you mature. Keep it up; she's a wonderful resource for you, partly because of her godly character and partly because of her love for you.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><b>We all love you and are shooting for you in the future. Waiting to see all that God has in store for you. Keep looking to Him! </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Happy Birthday, Sweet Daughter! (Psalm 121)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Love, Mom </b></span></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-34980468203476551292012-10-10T08:10:00.000-04:002012-10-10T11:31:51.147-04:00Shana! Happy Birthday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is it true? You are FOUR? Really and truly have you gotten to be THAT old? Well, just yesterday we were carrying you around and then I remember watching you toddling after you first started to walk, but now all of a sudden you're not so little any more. Now you help Mommy take care of Sariah and even know just how big to make the pieces when you feed her things. You are so helpful and so caring about everybody else and there is no doubt that pleases God. And you know what is really special? You WANT to please God, just like your sister does. Nothing makes PopPop and Nanna happier than that.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're glad you enjoy life so much, Shana-bana. It's so much fun watching you twirl 'round and 'round and listen to you chatter and hearing the cute little songs you like to sing. You make it a habit to brighten up the days of others around you. You know what? I think you're always going to be that way and and I hope so because that is why your friends like playing with you so much.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stay as you are now and keep trying to learn more about Jesus. Always follow Him and you will have a good life, no matter how old you get to be. Thank you for all the hugs and kisses you like to give. It makes us happy.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY and we love you!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">PopPop and Nanna</span></b></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-36367704259329423072012-09-13T09:01:00.000-04:002019-09-16T16:59:54.552-04:00Another One Year Old!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Yes, that is right!!! We have another grandchild who is turning one. This time it's Sariah Grace's turn. Sometimes called Sariah, oftentimes "Gracie," words cannot tell you what an absolute delight she is to her mommy and daddy, her sisters who ADORE her, her Auntie Nee who often gets to spend lots of time with her, and not least of all, her PopPop and Nanna. And it does not stop there. She has Grandmom and Pop on daddy's side, along with other aunties and uncles and cousins who find her pretty special too. And we can't even stop there. At the church we attend we have loads of people who enjoy our little missy every chance they get. And well, now I will stop there because I could go on and on and bore you. But you get the picture--she's been a very popular baby! </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">So it's been one year ago little Gracie entered this world and captivated us all. Petite, cuddly, and oh so cute,she continues to captivate us. Words cannot express how blessed we are by her being a part of our lives. The fact that she came after two others makes her no less a treasure. And a treasure and little gem in our family she surely is. Her mom recently told me her life verse is Colossians 3:17. How our prayer for our little Sariah Grace is that all her life she will at least try, prayerfully, to do everything to please her Savior. And that means, of course, that she will know and love Jesus, and that he WILL be her Savior from a very early age.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="color: white;">Happy Birthday, Sariah! You are precious to us and to your heavenly Father. Trust Him in all the years He gives you on this earth.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Lovingly, PopPop and Nanna</b></span></span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-32989723670741177332012-09-04T11:38:00.002-04:002012-09-04T12:51:44.318-04:00Our Six Year Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>So you're six! Where did the little baby GOOOO?! We have had six whole years to love and get to know you, and we love you more and more with each passing year. We love your cheerfulness and how you like to do so many things. We like it that you enjoy doing things all by yourself and you don't give up trying when things are hard to do. We like doing things WITH you. But most of all, we are happy that you love Jesus and want to please Him. Your daddy and mommy tell us about many of the things you say and do to honor God and we see some of those things for ourselves. We will keep praying for you that you will always continue to be this way.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Keeping being just as you are as you grow older. You make everybody happy. And thank you that you're always glad to come to PopPop and Nanna's house. It brightens our lives when you and your sisters come. It's our favorite part of life!!</b></span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: #660000;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>P.S. And look what you did! This picture is of you and the Lego camper set we gave you on Sunday that you put together with just some help from Daddy getting started, but mostly you did it all by yourself. See? That's what we mean about you!</b></span></span></span>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">He certainly does. Hope all is well among many of my dear old friends this day. Have a blessed Lord's Day.</span></b></div>
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<b>DD went to the Union cemetery at Gettysburg on Saturday. Heart
wrenching. Thank God for preserving our country through all these wars,
even the one which threatened from within. Praying He’ll preserve us
from turning our backs on Him altogether. A different kind of warfare.</b></div>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-56488949792426150182012-04-06T12:19:00.002-04:002012-04-06T13:28:34.159-04:00It is Finished<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:18</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-46551111088379179982012-02-23T13:07:00.000-05:002012-02-23T13:11:07.745-05:00Still Gonna Die<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- 1 Timothy 4:8 <br /><br />
Still Gonna Die by Old Dogs (1998)</b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><br />
So your taking better care of your body, becoming more aware of your body,
responding to your bodies needs, everything you hear and read about diets,
nutrition, and sleeping position, and detoxifying the system and buying
machines that they advertise to help you exercise, herbs to revitalize you if
your traumatized, soaps that will sanitize, spays to deodorize, liquids to
neutralize, acids and pesticides, free weights to maximize your strength and
muscle size, shots that will immunize, pills to reenergize you but remember
that for all your pain and gain eventually the story ends the same </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><br />
So you quit smoking but your still gonna die, cut out coking but your still
gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Eliminate everything fatty or fried, and you get real healthy but your still
gonna die <br /><br />
Stop drinking booze and your still gonna die, stay away from Kool’s and son
your still gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You can cut out coffee and never get high but your still gonna, still gonna,
still gonna die <br /><br />
Your still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die, still gonna, still gonna, still
gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You can even give a roller one more try but when the music is over your still
gonna die <br /><br />
Put seat belts in your car your still gonna die, cut nicotine and tar your
still gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You can exercise that cellulite off of your thigh, get slimmer and trimmer but
your still gonna die <br /><br />
Stop kissing and tell your still gonna die, you can eat a lot of oat bran but
your still gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You can search for UFO’s up in the sky, they might fly you to Mars where your
still gonna die <br /><br />
Your still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die, still gonna, still gonna, still
gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
And all the Reeboks and Nikes and Diggers you buy, you can jog up to heaven and
your still gonna die <br /><br />
Drink Ginseng tonic your still gonna die, try high colonics your still gonna
die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You can have yourself frozen suspended in time, but when they do thaw you out
your still gonna die <br /><br />
You can have safe sex your still gonna die, you can switch to Crest but your
still gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
You can get rid of stress, get a lot of rest, get an aids test, enroll if Estes
<br />
Move out west where it’s sunny and dry, and you’ll live to be a hundred but
your still gonna die <br /><br />
Your still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die, still gonna, still gonna, still
gonna die </b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><b style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
So you better have some fun before you say bye-bye <br />
Cause your still gonna, still gonna, still gonna still gonna, <br />
Still gonna, still gonna, still gonna die</b></span></div>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-37024019799869540772012-02-11T13:20:00.000-05:002013-02-11T21:06:18.729-05:00Have You Been There?<div style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<b>So today I get the following email from a "friend?" LOL Enjoy!</b></div>
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<b>I have been in many
places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You
have to be in Cahoots with someone.<br /><br />
I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.</b>
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<b>I have, however, been in
Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made
several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.<br /><br />
I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much
on physical activity anymore.</b>
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<b>I have also been in
Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.</b></div>
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<b>I've been in Flexible,
but only when it was very important to stand firm.</b></div>
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<b>Sometimes I'm in
Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.</b></div>
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<b>One of my favorite
places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up
the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!<br /><br />
I may have been in Continent, but I don't remember what country I was in.</b>
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<b><br />
Today is one of the many National Mental Health Days throughout the year. You
can do your bit by remembering to send an e-mail to at least one unstable
person. My job is done!<br /><br />
Life is too short for negative drama & petty things. So laugh insanely,
love truly and forgive quickly!</b>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From one to another: I
hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doing pretty good in mine!</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<br />Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-1814847159351217672012-02-02T12:18:00.000-05:002012-02-02T12:19:18.077-05:00Mom's Clothesline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">Well, hi, folks. Sorry I'm not blogging much these days, but hope all is well with my old friends. Got this email a few days ago, and yesterday my clothesline fell down, so it seemed appropriate to post this while my dear hubby right now tries to hook it to a different tree. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">Love this one and yes,
there were people who really did all the correct things in hanging clothes.</span><br />
<br />
I remember my grandmother and mother doing all of these things.<br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">Of course you washed the whites first, then the medium
colored and last was the dark dirty work clothes. I've seen this done in during
a drought, you used the wash water to wash the floor, then it was dumped on the
few dried veggies you had growing. The rinse water you washed the kids feet and
it also got dumped on the veggie patches.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">Remembering Mom's Clothesline</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">There is one thing that's left out. We had a long
wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push the clotheslines up so that
longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn't brush the ground and get dirty.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">You have to be a "certain age" to appreciate
this one....</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">(But you YOUNGER ones can read about "The GOOD
ol' days"!!)</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">I can hear my mother now.....</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">(If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better
skip this.)</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">1. You had to hang the socks by the toes... NOT the
top.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">2. You hung pants by the BOTTOM/cuffs... NOT the
waistbands.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">3. You had to WASH the clothesline(s) before hanging
any clothes - walk the entire length of each line with a damp cloth around the
lines.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">4. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and
always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">5. You NEVER hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by
the tail! What would the neighbors think?</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">6. Wash day on a Monday! NEVER hang clothes on the
weekend, or on Sunday, for Heaven's sake!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">7. Hang the sheets and towels on the OUTSIDE lines so
you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle (perverts &
busybodies, y'know!)</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">8. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero weather...
clothes would "freeze-dry."</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">9. ALWAYS gather the clothes pins when taking down dry
clothes! Pins left on the lines were "tacky"!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">10. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes
up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the
clothes pins with the next washed item.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">11. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly
folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">12. IRONED???!! Well, that's a whole OTHER subject!</span><br />
<br />
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<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">And now a POEM ...</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">A clothesline was a news forecast, To neighbours
passing by,</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">There were no secrets you could keep, When clothes
were hung to dry.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">It also was a friendly link, For neighbours always
knew</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">If company had stopped on by, To spend a night or two.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">For then you'd see the "fancy sheets", And
towels upon the line;</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">You'd see the "company table cloths", With
intricate designs.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">The line announced a baby's birth, From folks who
lived inside,</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">As brand new infant clothes were hung, So carefully
with pride!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">The ages of the children could, So readily be known</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">By watching how the sizes changed, You'd know how much
they'd grown!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">It also told when illness struck, As extra sheets were
hung;</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe too, Haphazardly
were strung.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">It also said, "On vacation now", When lines
hung limp and bare.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">It told, "We're back!" when full lines
sagged, With not an inch to spare!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">New folks in town were scorned upon, If wash was dingy
and gray,</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">As neighbours' carefully raised their brows, And looked
the other way.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">But clotheslines now are of the past, For dryers make
work much less.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">Now what goes on inside a home, Is anybody's guess!</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">I really miss that way of life, It was a friendly sign</span><br />
<br />
<span class="yiv139139290apple-style-span">When neighbors' knew each other best... By what hung
out on that line.</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</span>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-75127880205394620952011-12-24T12:23:00.001-05:002011-12-24T12:39:17.374-05:00Merry Christmas!!<div style="color: white;">
Many blessings to you and your family as we celebrate His first coming!
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<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And thy kingly crown<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But in Bethlehem's home<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Was there found no room<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">For Thy holy nativity:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">O come to my heart Lord Jesus;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">There is room in my heart for thee!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Heaven's arches rang<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">When the angels sang<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Proclaiming Thy royal degree;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But of lowly birth<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Cam'st Thou, Lord, on earth,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And in great humility;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">O come to my heart Lord Jesus;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">There is room in my heart for thee!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The foxes found rest<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And the bird its nest<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In the shade of the forest tree;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But Thy couch was the sod,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">O Thou Son of God,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In the deserts of Galilee:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">O come to my heart Lord Jesus;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">There is room in my heart for thee!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Thou camest, O Lord,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">With the living word,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">That should set Thy people free;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">But, with mocking scorn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And with crown of thorn,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">They bore Thee to Calvary:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">O come to my heart Lord Jesus;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Thy Cross is my only plea!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">When heaven's arches shall ring,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And her choirs shall sing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">At Thy coming to victory,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Let they voice call me home,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Saying, 'Yet there is room-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">There is room at My side for thee!'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">And my heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">When Thou camest and callest for me.</span></div>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-88987471699595597272011-12-02T18:47:00.001-05:002011-12-02T18:47:41.916-05:00For Waltons Lovers<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/feqfsbnlKuQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Maxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040368808197747483noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32175001.post-7158004262746046112011-11-23T10:04:00.001-05:002011-11-23T10:08:32.946-05:00Giving Thanks<div style="color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If these darling creatures can give thanks for God's provisions, then surely we can. Hope you are all well and your families blessed of the Lord. We are doing fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Happy Thanksgiving!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Am I the only person who
hasn't heard of "cooler corn"?<br />
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As an obsessive food nerd, you'd expect that I would have at least heard of
it, but over the weekend I was blindsided by the simple genius of this method
for cooking loads of corn on the cob perfectly.<br />
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I was hepped to it while visiting my family in Maine. Short story: We like
corn on the cob. And with eight adults at the table, that means a couple of
dozen ears. We would have used the lobster pot to cook them all, but the
lobster pot was busy steaming lobster.Then my sister, a capable Maine cook
with years of camping experience says "let's do cooler corn!"
Before I can ask "what is cooler corn?" a Coleman cooler appears
from the garage, is wiped clean, then filled with the shucked ears. Next, two
kettles-full of boiling water are poured over the corn and the top closed.<br />
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Then nothing.<br />
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When we sat down to dinner 30 minutes later and opened it, the corn was
perfectly cooked. My mind was blown. And I'm told that the corn will remain
at the perfect level of doneness for a couple of hours.<br />
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Turns out, Cooler Corn is pretty well known among the outdoorsy set But for
those of us who avoid tents as much as possible, it's perfect for large
barbecues and way less of mess than grilling. In fact, I may even buy another
cooler just so I'm ready for next summer. Now that I'm in the know. </b></span></div>
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