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Our Daily Thread 10-17-12

Good morning.

What’s shakin’?

We’re getting together with family today and tomorrow for my Father-in-law Howard’s services later this week. We haven’t visited with some for years, and we’re looking forward to it, although the circumstances could be better. So this seemed a fitting quote.

Quote of the Day

“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. “

Barbara Bush

As a cool little side note, with my new tablet, I get to take you guys on the road with me!

And I’ll keep posting as usual every morning. Technology is pretty cool.

🙂

47 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 10-17-12”

  3. Good Morning all. I hope today proves to be another busy one. It makes the time go faster.

    Ajisuun,
    To explain my comment about the punch ladle, a few weeks ago it was being discussed here that Phos was headed your way. I had told everyone that I was getting married. Knowing what everyone did for Cheryl last year when she married I asked the blog if any of them were so inclined to make a donation towards your missions (Phos). Michelle made a comment that she thought that was a good idea, after all I didn’t need a silver punch bowl as a wedding present. I told her I was marrying myself a man with a perfectly lovely punch bowl that had belonged to his mother–what I no longer had was a punch ladle. It was glass and had gotten broken in storage.
    The joke/humor became that a sterling silver punch ladle was to be desired but I would let Phos take it to Gambia with her for the year. I just wanted it upon her return. Silver has healing properties and I am sure she could find many uses for a punch ladle besides just serving punch.
    1. A water “dipper”
    2.A soup ladle

    Feel free to add your own uses.

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  4. It’s my early day today and I was up even earlier than usual. Know how it is when you’re lying awake thinking about something you want to do (I had a large box to break down and get ready for the recycling pickup Friday)?

    Well, I kept thinking about the box. It was quite large, I’d ordered a new pull out breadboard for my kitchen to replace the gross/old/gouged/stained/yucky one that has been there forever and ever probably long before I moved here 15 years ago now (I rarely even used it anymore; if I did, I’d lay another cutting board on top of it).

    So the new one arrived yesterday and the box was still just sitting in the front room ready to be torn down.

    I knew I’d have plenty of time later and that I needed to get whatever sleep I could before having to get up at 5.

    But I couldn’t go back to sleep. I kept thinking about the stupid box.

    So, I got myself up before 4 😮 — and quickly broke down the box in a few short minutes.

    But then, since I was up, I decided I might as well do some more straightening up in the living room while I was at it.

    I also had time to put the second coat of mineral oil on the new breadboard, so that’s all ready for use.

    NOW I could probably go back to sleep with no problem. Yawn.

    But, alas, it’s too late. Almost time to start getting ready for work.

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  6. This has been a period of deaths for the people around me and now that includes AJ’s family. My condolences to your greater family as well as to your wife.

    Cry your eyes out because all tears show how much you honored your father-in-law. If you feel like laughing over. Story, go ahead and laugh–laughter is close to tears.

    Tell true stories, warts and ll, because your stories, now, are how the children will know and important man. Let foolish misunderstandings fade away and remember, Americans say and do stupid things they don’t mean when someone dies.

    Let grace abound.

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  9. Just checking in to say that I have survived everything thrown at me (or kicked at my bedroom window) thus far.

    The Real – my prayers with you and your family on the loss of your father-in-law.

    Kim – the punch ladle is with me. Leastways, a certain somebody gave a gift on your behalf. You know who you are, Chas 🙂 Speaking of which, it occurs to me that Chas and Kim might like to have my prayer letter – if so please let me know and somebody can get me the email addresses.

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  10. My prayers are with you and your family Allen. I ask the Lord that He will give you the strength and grace to especially bless one person that you have contact with this weekend.

    Monday I attended the funeral of a 28 year old young man who died in a motorcycle accident. I had never met him before, but I had worked with and have known his dad for many years. It was a difficult experience for me because it was the first funeral that I have been to since losing my own son last year. I felt a smothering feeling at first, but after talking with some of friends of the young man after the service I left with a different perspective. I wish that I could have known this fellow in this life. He was a believer and he lived life with an intensity that would make for an interesting movie. It was gratifying to me that his friends, believers and non-believers, felt the loss of his death but also understood that their lives were enriched by having known him.

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  15. I would like Phos”s prayer letter too.

    So whoever is handling that please give her my email. My personal or the sites would be fine. I’d like to stay updated and pray for her as well.

    And thank you all again for the prayers and condolences. It means alot to us.

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  20. Yesterday (maybe Monday) a store overcharged Elvera for some apples.
    She has gone to correct that.
    The fact that it costs $.17/mile for gas doesn’t matter to her.
    😯

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  24. I’d like to get Phos’ prayer letter, also, if possible, without posting my email here. Mumsee, I’m on Mike’s email list for the newsletter. Could you please pass along my email to Phos and Ajisuun for me, if possible?

    Photoguy, I’m sorry to hear of the death of your son last year. Very difficult to lose a child at any age.

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  26. Yes, ajisuun, and since it is football season, may it be a pass without interference or is that interception? I would have to ask my husband. He pays attention to the games on television while I sit doing other things. Sad, I know. Once in awhile I see a good play and pay attention. And some of the interviews with players are interesting. Are there games like football in The Gambia? Oh, I guess that is called Knock the Windows Out game? What a welcome party!

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  28. Ajisuun, you’re free to get mine from whoever is passing them out. Different people here have different e-mail addresses from me (depending on whether they got a “generic” one or a real one, and whether they got it before or after I got married), but it’s OK for them to give one to you. “Phos” has it, and so do Mumsee and Kim and Chas and Michelle and probably some others on here. . . .

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  29. Mumsee,

    I have the same name as a Hollywood actress from another era, with a slightly different spelling of my first name. My email has just my last name with an ‘s’ added at the end.

    I’ll send you an email in a few minutes at the address you gave me to get on Mike’s newsletter list. Check your inbox…

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  33. Our health care provider is doing its part to keep the Post Office in business. In two days, I got three letters from my doctor, saying that the results of each of the (routine) tests I had done last week was normal. Today I got another letter from Trinity, and wondered if maybe some problem had been found after all. But no, this one was from the radiology dept, telling me the same thing the doctor’s letter already told me, that my mammogram was normal.

    I know, from working in offices, that this actually is more efficient than trying to keep track of people’s letters to send them out together. And I suppose it’s nice to have something in the mailbox besides political ads.

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  35. O’Rilley has a word of the day to end his program. Seeing that tonight reminded me of something.
    A couple of days ago, there was a question about unusual people.
    I was Branch Chief of the Astrotopography Branch. I had a secretary named Carol.
    Carol was great, an efficient secretary and fitted in well with all the kooks in the branch. Very good, very attractive, all those things.
    Carol was a kook. Very spontaneous, in a kooky sort of way.
    She started a program of learning a “word a day”. Each morning, she would bring in a word for the day. She would go around using her word.
    One day, we were scheduled to have some important visitors from NASA, for whom we were doing reimbursable work.
    It turned out, Carol’s word for the day was sycophant.
    I took Carol aside and said, “Carol, forget the word. There is no circumstance in which you can use that word today.”
    All went well and we later had some fun at Carol’s expense. She didn’t care. And she learned a word.

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  39. Mumsee, I sent the email about 4 1/2 hours ago, right after I posted above (5:47 Eastern time). I used the following address that you had provided at WorldMagBlog last July; if this isn’t right, let me know.

    idahomike2004 AT yahoo DOT com

    Or I can deliver my email through Michelle’s blog. It’ll save you some hunting, as you’ve probably got a few other things to do. 😉

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  41. Okay, Six Arrows, he had already discovered it and sent it to me and I sent it to Phos. Whew. I should have written everybody’s email down, with their names, on a piece of paper so I would have them. Instead, I forwarded them to hubbykins as they were.

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  42. No problem, Mumsee. Glad it got through. Sorry about the run-around; I know you have a lot to do. Thanks so much for sending it on to Phos. I appreciate it much.

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  43. No problem, it gives some people around here great amusement to watch my efforts with technology. I was happy to do it, sorry it took so long for such a simple task….

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  45. I don’t watch many movies, either, and I’ve never seen one of hers, but I had heard of her before, which is probably a good thing, otherwise what my (then future) husband said to me the night we met wouldn’t have made any sense.

    When I met him back in 1983 and told him what my first name was, he was already thinking this was the one he was going to marry, so he imagined my first name with his last name and told me, “Play your cards right, and someday you’ll be somebody”! 😆

    With a line like that, how can a girl refuse? 😉 Just kidding!

    By the grace of God, I am somebody, a blood-bought soul in Christ, and also a very blessed woman to have the husband God gave me.

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  47. OK, my head’s spinning! I hope Phos can figure this out. I need to go back through here with a pen and paper and make a list of which addresses I’m looking for. Also if anyone wants to make it easier (on me), you can email me at my name here at gmail.

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