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Our Daily Thread 2-13-13

Good Morning!

What should we talk about today?

Quote of the Day

“Sixteen Tons was written eight years before I recorded  it.”

Tennessee  Ernie Ford

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QoD

Did you already shop for Valentines Day, or are you a last minute person?

Alternate QoD

Did you watch the State of the Union, or the Westminster Dog Show?

I watched both. I had to keep going back to the puppies to help calm me down.  So many props and promises, so little in the way of actual good ideas we can afford. Or ones that weren’t obvious pandering to certain groups. Dog AND pony show indeed. 🙄

Puppies win hands down. 🙂

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76 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 2-13-13”

  1. Sixteen tons was written by Merle Travis.

    I didn’t see the speech.
    I haven’t done any valentine shopping. I may take the sweetest one in the world out to dinner tonight. Not Denny’s.

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  3. QoD1: I (we) don’t buy anything for V.D. While we don’t disparage others who disagree, we think it is a silly “holiday.”
    Didn’t watch anything; went to dinner to celebrate my birthday (which was in December but too close to Christmas to enjoy). I did have a good laugh, though, hearing a pre-speech interview with the obnoxious senator from Maryland, Barbara Mikulski. She was asked what she hoped to hear and she said “What are we doing to get” [quickly corrects herself] “keep this economy on track?”

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  4. Chas,

    Even more controversy in our Quote it appears. Ford, Travis, or Davis?

    http://www.folkarchive.de/sixteen2.html

    “When I first met him [George Davis] at the Hazard radio station in 1959, he was very hesitant about doing any recording because of his previous bad experience with the records business. He claims to have composed “Sixteen Tons” during the 1930s, and feels that Merle Travis and Tennessee Ernie Ford capitalized on his song through changing the chords somewhat. George’s original version is on this record….
    According to George Davis, this song was first called “Nine-to-Ten-Tons,” and he wrote it in reference to “this particular mine (which) had what is known as a Clean-up System. This was before the days of the UMW. In a clean-up system you either cleaned up your place every day, or brought your tools out (quit ? ). An old expression the operator used then was, ‘We’ve got a barefooted man waiting for your job.’ Here’s the catch — each place would make nine or 10 tons, but where you loaded this coal was very low; most of them had water in them — as much as three or four inches — and they had no pumps. On top of this you might have a cut of draw rock from 8 to 12 inches thick, 14 feet wide, and up to 9 feet long. All the coal, rock, and anything like wrecks, tore up track. All that was ‘dead work’ and it always had to be cleaned up, even if it took you 18 or 19 hours to do it.””

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  5. I also ended the evening reading. I finished a book called “Those Who Save Us” that I found on my Dad’s bookshelf after he passed away. It is basically a novel around the topic of how ordinary German citizens confronted or ignored the crimes against Jews while at the same time trying to ensure their own survival. I have some issues with the writing, the characters, the plot, and the ending but all in all, I’m very glad I read it and would recommend it.

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  7. I love these old country western/folk songs. There is just something about them that reaches inside of you. I guess they were the last of the true ballads,

    I saw an interactive poll last night that had the SOTU speech tracking very negatively.

    I didn’t watch it.

    Today is a busy day. New hot water heater being installed at 8:30, Termite Bond guy is coming at 4 or 5 pm. Mr. P is having a milogram on his back. No one is availble to pick BG up from school. I mostly feel like something the cat hacked up.

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  8. No shopping for Valentine’s Day here. Sometimes I buy some special heart stickers for the children to use in Sunday School, but we had enough left from other years so I did not have to buy any this year.

    I did receive a Valentine’s card from the American Heart Association in with their appeal to give so I put that card on the counter at work to give a dose of hearts for the day. Maybe someone at work will get flowers and display them on the desk. It won’t be me. I get to see my husband smile and hear his laugh so that is a sweet enough Valentine for me. I may make some cookies for the Sweet Reach our church does so someone may get a cookie from me.

    Some of the singles I know seem to make a bigger deal out of Valentine’s Day than the marrieds I know. The last little token box of chocolates I received was from a single lady I worked with at church. Maybe we would do more for celebration if the date was not in one of the busiest times at the office.

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  9. I always have trouble with these types of “holidays”. What do you get a man who either has everything or buys whatever he wants? (All the men in my life have fit in the category so I know no different).

    Now buying for me would be easy. A gift certificate to get my toesies painted. A massage. A facial. Almost anything. Dinner waiting on the stove when I got home. The dishes in the dishwasher being put away without WWIII. The house picked up. A maid.

    See? I’m easy.

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  10. I gave up on the sentimentality of Valentine’s day years ago. It seems that February was a bad month for the Special Forces community, They are never home during Feb. That’s always right in the middle of “Winter Warfare Training” – don’t get me started on that. My husband was never home for Valentine’s Day, his birthday, Daughter’s birthday or our anniversary, all of which fall in Feb. He almost wasn’t home when DD was born. But, bless his heart, he often tried to send flowers.
    This year he asked what I wnat for Valentine’s Day and I told him NOT flowers. Don’t get me wrong, I love flowers, it’s just that I have noticed that the last few times, the flowers seem to be picked over and not so nice because, face it, everybody and their brother is sending their sweetie some kind of flowers. I told hims to just wait and surprise me sometime other than when everyone else is sending them and do it then and say Happy Valentine’s day on the card. He said he can do that. So I’ll let you all know when it’s Valentine’s Day at our house this year.
    Now that he’s retired from the Army, we go to the card section of the store and pick out cards and say, “Read that. Ok now put it back. That was your Valentine’s Day card.” Sometimes we “give” each other several cards.

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  11. Ah, 16 Tons. Perfect for me this week. 😉

    I have some Valentines cards I need to rush out today, they may arrive a day late but they’re to friends and my mom’s 3rd cousin. I may try to pay extra to get hers there overnight. I was going to mail it yesterday but I’d promised her some photos and I left some of them at home.

    Our home group was canceled tonight because everyone (but me, of course) had Valentine’s Day plans. Sigh. I know, I’ll walk my dogs. 🙂

    A couple at our church knew the deputy who was killed yesterday in the Dorner shoot-out, prayers for the family there; I guess he and his wife just had their first baby a couple months ago. 😦 Glad it’s over, but sadly there were so many lives taken with him before it was all done.

    God is good. I want to just enjoy thinking on Him today.

    (The affenpinscher? Yeah, they’re cute, but Westminster really does have a thing for the little dogs vs. big dogs. We had one in our neighborhood, though; she got lost one day and I checked her tag and took her home, just a few blocks away. The dog’s name was “Rita Hayworth.” 🙂 )

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  14. Surprisingly, I did watch the State of the Union last night. It was the first that I’ve watched in a number of years and it will probably be the last. I’ve made reservations to take Mrs PhotoGuy out for a quiet supper at a local place where we haven’t eaten in years and that will be the extent of our Valentine’s Day.

    I finished reading a book yesterday by Os Guinness called Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype & Spin. It is a worthy read and I recommend it.

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  15. Hubby will be out of town for Valentine’s day but the Kid and I will be decorating a Valentine box for school tonight at Memaw’s. We should get a valentine for Memaw and Daddy while we’re at it.

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  16. The manhunt for Chris Dorener dominiated all the news here right up until the SOTU. The live broadcasts were then cut off and many here were upset all stations went to Washingtion. I started to listen, but it was so same old, same old, my daughter and I watched the first Harry Potter movie which we hadn’t seen in a long time. There is a movie series that gets better and better with each sequel.

    Love our puppy, but have never watched the Dog Show. Guess I don’t know what I am missing.

    I am a last minute shopper. But having our anniversary in January (30 this year) we have never been much for Valentine’s Day. Which is a good thing since I am teaching the college age at our church that evening. The series is on friendship. Hope that helps the kids see what they have on a holiday that often emphasizes what they have not.

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  17. Good Morning..
    I did not watch SOTU…I read….title of book “You Lost Me”…very fitting for the televised speech don’t ya think?! 🙄
    I will prepare a nice meal for the hubs…he will bring me flowers or candy…I always purchase an antique Valentine to give to him…I will give Hannah a big ‘ol stuffed animal with a Valentine attached..
    Donna, there is an article in our paper notifying us that the Gazette will “outsource” their printing…the paper will be printed at the Denver Post location…so sad…over 50 full time employees losing their jobs over this…
    There was a vote to eliminate Wrestling from the Olympics in 2020…my niece’s son is devastated…he has been wrestling since the age of 5…he is now 18, heading off to college in the fall on a wrestling scholarship…aspirations to go for the Gold…I just signed a petition to keep wrestling in the Olympics in support of his dream….

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  18. In the dating years and the early years of our marriage, hubby and I would exchange Valentine’s gifts and celebrate the occasion, but we don’t so much anymore. And anyway, hubby’s birthday is the day before Valentine’s Day (today!), so the celebration is all sort of rolled into one, but involving only birthday cards and gifts, not Valentine’s Day cards and gifts. Too expensive now doing that two days in a row.

    My MIL says hubby was born as the sun came up. Today, hubby was probably getting home from work as the sun was coming up — I was asleep so I don’t know, but that was his estimated time of arrival 😉 He’ll sleep all morning, we’ll have lunch at home, go to Ash Wednesday services at 2:00 p.m., then he’ll go to work again, so it won’t be much of a birthday. Hubby and I went to lunch Monday instead to celebrate, and that was nice.

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  20. People who are concerned with marriage being between one man and one woman might be interested in St. Valentine’s Day, a day on the Catholic liturgy for celebration until about 1968. Those Romans….

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  21. We’ve been ‘outsourcing’ our printing for a long time now, we used to have our own printing presses on our old property. (BTW, Denver Post is one of our papers.)

    Horrible time for newspapers, I had hoped the worst was over. But at least in our case, we’re withering on the vine. Or at least that’s what it feels like sometimes. Another longtime reporter suggested to me that we’re like the folks in the orchestra on the Titanic …

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  23. I was hoping I would wake up this morning and see that someone had figured out how to “adjust” Christianity to get over its obsession with homosexual marriage. (Something that harms no one any more than marriage in general harms people, given that at leat 50% of marriages fail. Perhaps Christian marriages fail less frequently than atheist marriages — someone was fussing over the statistics here a day or two — but somehow I doubt that Jesus cares. Especially as he probably never existed. Oh, well, that’s kind of disappointing.) Anyway, I am glad that my daughter and her partner got a chance to make honest women out of each other. Now the issue facing me is that my granddaughter (the infamous ‘Random Granddaughter’) just turned 12 yesterday and is showing lamentable tendency to religious belief. Now all of you are the experts on this topic of how to inspire a child or grandchild to be a religious believer. While I am pretty sure none of you have ever failed to convince your young relatives and friends to believe in your myth, perhaps you can provide some tips on how to turn RG into an atheist.

    If you’ve seen a young person turn into an atheist, no matter what you did, what was the secret to the failure?

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  24. “Though it is interesting that such a religious Holy day is celebrated with such vigor in the public schools.”

    Good point. However, kind of along the line of the “tree falling in the forest” saying, if public schools are tricked into celebrating a “religious Holy Day,” but the way they celebrate it is very obscene and (shudder) sexual, who has “won” the victory here?

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  28. Don’t cha know Valentine’s Day is based on an old pagan holiday or two, mumsee? That makes it A-ok for the schools. 😉

    I always watch the SOTU and such. I need to watch to counteract all the half-truths I will hear later. Better to hear it myself. I watched Marco Rubio’s speech, too.

    I have never watched a dog show and probably never will. I have learned to never say never, however, since I have had to take some ‘nevers’ back.

    I have a friend whose brother wrote a song and sang it in the community. It was later taken and recorded by a radio DJ, who gave no credit to the actual composer. Most people believe the one who recorded it also wrote it. The writer is now dead, so it will go down in history as such.

    I remember watching Tennesee Ernie Ford singing it in the Soviet Union. The Communists loved to have it to show their citizens how horrible life in he US was. Unfortunately, no matter the type of economic system, there are those who know how to take advantage.

    Even the bible tells us the worldly know how to use the system. Some day, God will be the judge, though, and all will be set right. I am not saying we don’t do anything in the here and now about injustice, however.

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  31. Yes to the Westminster dog show (and my husband was rooting for Banana Joe from the group stage; he thought he was cute and he loved his name).

    For Valentine’s Day, we will go out to lunch. My husband bought me yellow roses yesterday, and I have made him a nice card (using paper piercing and embossing, which I think is beautiful so I’m learning how to do it). I also got him some fancy chocolates, and he has something else for me too, though I don’t know what. We have some gift cards left from our wedding, so I’m guessing we’ll use one of those for lunch (Red Lobster and a really fancy place we went to for dinner and had enough left on the card for a lunch date). Yellow roses aren’t necessarily my favorite–I’d told him early on that I don’t really like red, and I suspect the pink were “picked over”–but these are really unusually pretty, with just a hint of green on the edges of some.

    I think Valentine’s Day is sort of a “silly” holiday, too, but as a gal who likes flowers and lace and hearts, it has a touch of romance to it that I enjoy. And I spent so many years watching other people get flowers and chocolate (V. Day was torture at college–red and pink everywhere, and inevitably several new engagements announced the next day) that I love having my own man who enjoys spoiling me. Let’s put it this way–before I met my husband, I’d gotten flowers from a man just once–one of my brothers once got flowers for my sister and me for Christmas, and that was my only flowers from a man. (I used to have a girlfriend who bought me flowers for Valentine’s at least once.) But the humorous thing is, all of those years of never ever having a Valentine’s date / card/ flowers etc. from a man? My first-ever Valentine’s I was already married, since we “met” in March!

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  34. We celebrated on Sunday. Took my wife and daughter to Build a Bear, Sephora(?), and Chipotle. So we left with a stuffed bunny, some perfume, and good food.

    And I must say, my wife smells really good. 😉

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  35. Cheryl, it is funny what we remember from college. I don’t recall any of what you mentioned about Valentine’s Day at college. It must have been swirling around me but I did not notice so much. Maybe it was because my father grew dahlias in the summer and was always giving big bouquets to our family and the neighbors at that time of the year instead of flowers in the winter that I did not ever grow to have expectations of receiving flowers in February. I did receive flowers once from a boyfriend but that may have been for my birthday. My husband gave me flowers once that someone else had purchased for him to give me. And my mother-in-law sent flowers once to try to make amends, but the flowers were only a reminder of bad feelings. The best flowers I ever saw arrive came when I was pregnant with our son and sitting alone at the funeral home with my dad over in his coffin waiting for visitation hour to begin. The funeral sprays began to arrive and I felt the love pouring out of those flowers.

    By the way, we used yellow roses for my wedding bouquet so I really do like yellow roses. They are bright and cheerful, full of sunshine and promise. Enjoy!

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  37. I never received anything from a man for Valentine’s Day until after I was married. The man I married forgot to get anything for me on the one Valentine’s Day during the time we were dating. I didn’t bother getting upset about it, although it was a disappointment. He has gotten me lots of flowers since.

    I would like to see some personal imagination in gifts for whatever day they are meant. Even for no special day. Whether or not a gift means anything is the issue. Many gifts are given that mean nothing and are only for show or duty. Outsiders may have no clue. One of the involved may not either.

    Janice: I know people who cannot stand to “waste” money on cut flowers. I say that sometimes the very brevity of the gift makes it even more special. Everything does not have to be practical. Your story of the funeral bouquets speaks to that very well.

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  39. We need to ban Coca Cola;

    ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – Medical examiners determined that a woman passed away due to complications caused by her extreme addiction to drinking Coca-Cola.

    The woman, 30-year-old Natasha Harris of Invercargill in New Zealand, was said to have consumed an estimated 2.2 gallons of the soda per day, the Discovery Channel’s news website is reporting.

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  40. But first we need a gigantic lawsuit. Look for ads on TV for anyone who has ever drunk Coke to join in a lawsuit. Victims will get vouchers for four sixpacks and lawyers get millions of dollars.

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  43. Random, the best way to fail at whatever you are trying to convert a child to is be extremely overbearing about it. Have all the answers even if they don’t make any sense and give those answers even before there are questions. If fact, questioning should never be tolerated. It’s your way or no way. Get get really upset if dogma is even slightly compromised. And trash talk everybody who disagrees.

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  44. I don’t like red roses. They are trite and over down. I love a rose called Peace. It is yellow with a little pink on the edges. I like white roses too. I was allowed to pick out my stepsister’s casket spray. We did burgundy flowers that looked like mums but weren’t, something called bells of Ireland and some twiggy stuff. Everyone said they were gorgeous and not what they expected.
    Mr. P bought an orchid for me when we were dating.
    When we were in Maryland in January I drank some Pepsi Throwback with real sugar. It tasted so much better than sodas I get here at home. I don’t even really like Pepsi. If I am sick or I have a scratchy throat I want a fountain Coke. I like the way it burns my throat and “scratches the itch” . If my stomach is upset a good fountain Coke makes me feel better

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  45. Good Afternoon, Y’all!

    No on the SOTU…couldn’t stomach the self promotion.

    No on the dog show…hounds rarely win…

    2.2 gallons a day of anything would probably kill you…can you imagine milk?

    Janice…I’m old school: Chanel#5 for my wife, Lagerfeld for me

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  47. Kim,I used to grow roses when I lived in Virginia. They take lots of work. I noticed that the more they varied from red, the more trouble they were.
    I would often cut a rose in the morning and take it into my secretary. Evidently she appreciated it. Once a guy asked, “What does your car pool think of that?” I said, “I don’t know. Nobody said anything and I didn’t think to ask.” As far as I know, I’m the only one in the agency to bring a flower in. But if I left the rose out in the sun, it would be withered by the time I got home.
    I never told anyone, but it was a method of preserving the rose for a couple of says.

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  49. No perfume used by me…I do use Bath and BodyWorks Lavender lotion. Paul uses Nivea creme when he gets out of the shower 🙂
    I love roses. Unfortunately the deer eat them like candy…except for the knock out roses…they won’t eat them…until winter…then I let them prune the bushes back for me!
    Kim, I love the Peace rose…I also like the John F Kennedy rose…pure white and parchment like petals….the deer loved eating them too! 🙂
    Interesting story about the gal drinking over 2 gallons of Coke a day…wonder how much she weighed? We have dear friends who live in Invercargill….they are both physicians….I’ll have to ask them if they knew her!

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  50. Kim, I don’t like red roses, either. They’re overbred, tend to look “phony,” and don’t have any scent. The first couple times my hubby (then suitor) brought me anything, it was a single red rose. I thought “one day he’s going to bring me a dozen roses, and I don’t want them to be red,” so I told him I didn’t particularly like red roses; I preferred pink or maybe peach. The yellow ones on my table today are very lovely.

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  52. OK I am back. I bought Mr. P a Valentine’s card. I am not as clever as Cheryl. He also wants a big dog. Argh argh A MAN’S DOG. Not a worthless ball of fur like I have (we have discussed how much Amos means to me and how that hurts my feelings to call my dog a worhless mutt). So I bought him a box of chocolates with a Golden Retriever Puppy on the cover of it. I would be willing to have a Golden again, but I don’t want a Lab. I also don’t want a big dog until I have more than 1100SF to live in. Currently we have a dog, a cat, a 15 year old, and two adults. I don’t need a puppy. We have tried to “rescue” two different adult dogs that supposedly needed a home. For whatever reason that hasn’t worked out. I had tried to rescue a dog when I go Amos but they asked me all sorts of questions and even wanted to ask which vet I used to question him before they would let me adopt a dog. Then they denied me because there was a child in the home. What? I can’t have a dog that NEEDS a HOME and a child???? No. I paid a breeder good money for my Little Man. Guess that is what I will have to do if we get a Manly Type Dog.

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  53. Chas and NancyJill, when I have my own yard again I will have a rose garden. I may need to start researching again. Mother had one called Arizona that was an organge/red color. It was pretty. The next door neighbor had one that was white with a green tint to it. There is also a climber called American Beauty that is a beautiful red. There was another called Miranda. I will also want some of the Seven Sister cluster roses (these are an old fashioned rose). We used cotton seed meal on the roses when I was growing up.
    NancyJill, we also planted hot peppers around the roses to keep the bugs and other animals away. Do you think that would work with the deer?

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  54. Random, the best way to fail at whatever you are trying to convert a child to is be extremely overbearing about it.

    Excellent advice. I presume such advice was acquired neither by being subject to such behavior, nor by inflicting it on someone and having it back fire, but purely by close observation and perceptive reasonong.

    In fact, my goal was to turn my daughter into an atheist and the strategy my wife and I used was compatible with your advice. Someone at worldmagblog (years ago) suggested I was damning my daughter to hell (oh, right, that was in regard to her falling in love with another woman, not something that particularly occurred to me would happpen). On another hand, I think parents should not much interfere with children’s raising of grandchildren, so I am waiting until RG is 18 until she gets my screed on atheism. On yet another hand, the communication between WMB and me was very heavy-handed (imo). Conclusion: It is all WMB’s fault that I (an atheist) will end up in hell. Of course, it will all be my fault. Oh, wicked, wicked me.

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  56. Oh Kim…here is a description of the Kimberlina….I believe it was created for YOU! This variety is truly beautiful!!

    Kimberlina is one of the healthiest, toughest, most vigorous floribundas ever introduced; set against glossy green foliage on an upright well branched plant, light pink blooms exhibit a soft-spoken elegance perfect for any mixed landscape

    I had not heard of planting hot peppers around the rose bush…but you bet I’m going to give it a go! I was told to introduce marigolds in the area and day lilies…I was even advised to plant lemon thyme around the garden….which I did and that didn’t work. I did spray that stinky deer be gone spray…thought I would die from the smell!! I mean come one…roses are supposed to smell like…roses…not a rat’s behind!! 🙄

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  57. I am often heard to say that all I really want is Peace in my life. I am well on my way to my rose garden. First two to be planted (eventually) will be Kimberlina and Peace.

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  58. Good old Amos. He’s adorable.

    I’ve heard of families being turned down for dog adoptions because they have kids — and because they don’t have kids. Because they work; and because they don’t work outside of the home.

    It’s really quite subjective, I’m afraid, depending on the rescue group & volunteers you deal with. 😦

    It helps if you know someone who works in pet rescue, they can often smooth the way for you — a note from your vet about your ownership history maybe can help, too.

    But I think you’re probably wise in not opting to throw a big puppy into the mix right now. 😉

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  59. The clock in the newsroom was running backwards again today, it does that every so often.

    All kinds of symbolism to be had there, of course. 😉

    It’s so good to be home (after the early 6:30 a.m. start time today). But I feel like I could just crawl right into bed and go to sleep!

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  62. My MIL gave us a rose bush called “Mother’s Day Rose” which blooms on or around that day each year. It is a really old fashioned creamy color with pink and smells so sweet. I like the simplicity of it, and I also like the Cherokee Rose. I have seen the Peace Rose and like it, too. A neighbor grows the Tropicana and it is beautiful, but I can’t remember if it is fragrant.

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  63. Donna, in the kitchen of my dorm floor we had a clock that never kept the correct time for more than a few hours. Occasionally it ran backward. Freshmen would set it, not knowing any better. Everyone else ignored it, more or less, but wondered how it managed to keep its job. As a timepiece, it was useless; as a conversation piece, it was more interesting.

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  64. I like red roses and have several in my rose garden, which has not had much attention the past six years. The garden is inside an eight foot deer fence which is inside our eight foot deer fence surrounding our five acres. We have not had a deer problem recently.

    My favorite is probably the Lincoln rose, a beautiful red rose with a wonderful fragrance. There is a climbing red rose which also is fragrant and a red and yellow rose that is as well, no idea what they are. Then there is pink and white and peach and a few others. Some very odd ones with very odd leaves as well. And several miniatures and florabundas. As mentioned, they get very little attention and freeze back nearly to the ground most winters, but they keep on producing.

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  68. When I was growing up, my favorite uncle always reminded me of Tennessee Ernie Ford, probably because he had dark hair and a mustache.

    Whenever I hear one of Ford’s songs now, I flash back to an evening when I was maybe around 10 years old. We were all packing to head up to Sequoia Natinal Park the next day for a family summer camping trip. And the Tennessee Ernie Ford TV show (I believe he had a weekly program back then) was on the television as we were all packing.

    Funny how certain snippets or moments in time — that aren’t particularly significant, at least they don’t seem to be — just stick in your mind so vividly, isn’t it?

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  70. Mumsee, I like red roses in flower gardens. Long-stemmed roses sold in the store almost never have any scent, any “rose” scent anyway, and they’re bred to a unique and, to me, unattractive shape. I’d rather have a rose that looks and smells like a rose. (Other colors of roses often lack scent as well now, but red roses always do, in my experience.)

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  71. A Bible verse God brought to mind today — and a fitting one I think it is for the start of the Lenten season, and also the eve of Valentine’s Day:

    Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

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  72. Didn’t watch the (as Rush put it) “Mistatement of the Union” address. I usually don’t, especially with this President. I cannot stand his speech style. Instead, D3 and I watched a 1988 video of Macbeth. She is reading it for school and couldn’t keep awake while doing so. We both dozed off once or twice during one of the most boring movies I’ve ever watched. But at least it was more interesting than hearing the lies and empty promises from the POTUS.

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  73. Oh, how about a discussion of the similarities between Macbeth and Obama. So far, there is no body count with BHO, but how about the ego? (I wonder if anyone will see this tonight?)

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  76. Peter, there’s something about the president’s speech cadence that bothers me, too. It’s sing-song-y or something, there’s a predictable rise-and-fall pattern he likes to use that becomes tedious to listen to (at least for me).

    I suppose because I disagree with much of what he says (though often he doesn’t say a lot in his loftier speeches), it comes across also as something of a lecture to me.

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