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Our Daily Thread 6-3-13

Good Morning!

On this day in 1784 the U.S. Congress formally created the United States Army to replace the disbanded Continental Army. June 14, 1775 is still considered to be the “birth date” of the United States Army. That’s when the Continental Army was created.

In 1800 John Adams moved to Washington, DC.  He was the first President to live in what would later become the capital of the U.S.

In 1851 the New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms.

In 1932 Lou Gehrig set a major league baseball record when he hit 4 consecutive home runs.

In 1959 the first class graduated from the Air Force Academy.

And in 1989 Chinese army troops positioned themselves to begin a sweep of Beijing to crush student-led pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.

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Quote of the Day

“Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.”

Sydney Smith

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First up, the Melody Boys.

Next up today, one for the Skynyrd fans among us, since it’s Billy Powell’s birthday.

And  today in 1964 this band made their first US appearance at The Hollywood Palace.

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QoD

If you could change one physical feature, attitude, or habit of yours, what would it be?

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32 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 6-3-13”

  1. I have never thought my smile was pretty. I always feel awkward when I smile. In the last year or so it is what I have received the most compliments on. My eyes are a little close together but I learned to fix that with eyeshadow (darker on the outside). I think my nose is cute. I was blessed with good hair–although now it is more grey and falling out….lol. I guess my ulitmate fantasy wouold be to have a tummy tuck. I have weighed as little as 109 pounds and been a size 2 and still had a pouch. I could probably cosmetically fix the flaws but I have been this way all of my life. Why change now? My loved ones might not recognize me and none of them are complaining about the way I look.

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  2. AJ, I don’t know if you saw it yesterday but my mystery trip was to Biloxi to hear Buddy Guy. No, I didn’t realize who he was and why he was important, but I enjoyed hearing him play and he was a walking, talking, musical history lesson.

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  4. Isn’t it funny, Kim has a beautiful smile and Chas does look like Burt Lancaster 🙂

    But I slouch, Always have and always got nagged by my grandmother for it, God bless her. Oh that I had listened when I was young. Now the voice I hear saying “Stand up straight” is the one inside my head.

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  5. What I need to do is surf more. You can tell when dudes surf everyday because the get “surfers shoulders.” The repetitive motion of paddling out tightens the muscles in a surfers back and makes them stand up straighter. It also gives them a bit of a swagger. Sheesh, I need to grab the board and get out there.

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  6. My cousin’s son just graduated from the Air Force Academy. He is in a long line of folks in that branch of the military.

    I don’t like my smile, either. I would be happy to lose the extra weight gained when my thyroid went off again. Even more I would be happy to lose the anxiety, emotional turmoil and irritation that comes too often with that issue.

    In reading in 1 Thessalonians this morning, I was struck by a few things. One was this verse: “You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believe.” (2:10) It made me wonder how many of us would feel comfortable making such a statement.

    One other thing was, “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” (2:11-12) How often do we stress a father’s discipline, but not his encouraging, comforting and urging? Urging to live lives worthy is certainly a part of discipline, but much bigger than the punishment aspect we often think of as a father’s role. Something to think about and a reminder to encourage the fathers of today. They can use that support and encouragement, I am sure.

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  7. Adios, we do have some hearty souls that surf in Lake Superior. I can’t imagine. I have dipped in from time to time, but it is way too cold for my taste, even in the middle of summer.

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  8. Well, I survived yet another storm. The storm reminded me of the typhoons I experienced while on active duty in Navy. After the storm, I saw Medium Voltage Pole lines snapped like twigs. I never lost power, but I am feel a bit funny. I may have picked up a slight touch of dysentery. had to keep food from flowing right through me. Other than that, things are pretty good here in Oklahoma.

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  9. Because I am crazy, I met with a different minister than the people at the church where I usually volunteer. He listened very politely to me. Then he told me how wonderful the story of Jesus is. We agreed to completely misunderstand each other and left on good terms. Nothing beats a good story, even if it’s not true.

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  10. WARNING
    This could happen to you.
    I was sitting by my desk reading when I got this phone call. It seems my granddaughter’s husband, Brian, had to make a quick trip to Mexico to attend a funeral. While there, he accepted a ride from someone……(long story). Bottom line, he was in trouble in Mexico and needed some help. Guy sounded just like Brian. He wanted me to talk to the police officer to get him free.
    I doubted this and told him to call back in 20 minutes. Then I called Greensboro. Brian is at work. The guy never called back.
    I have heard that this happens to grandparents, but this was a first for me.
    I understand some fall for it and send money.
    Don’t let this happen to you.

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  11. Chas, they’d be out of luck if they called me anyway. 🙂

    Nothing like being in the ocean …

    My “dream” apartment returned to me last night. I’ve dreamed about this mythic place for probably 25 years now, off and on. It was the same as always — the upstairs area with a tile fireplace, the hardwood floors, the gorgeous built-in dark wood cabinets, the tucked away bedrooms off the main, almost circular room …

    It harkens back to the time I was apartment hunting one summer, my mom was with me to help, and we showed up just minutes too late to get one place that seemed perfect. (I still pass it driving through that town sometimes and smile, remembering it as “the apartment that got away.”)

    Since then, it’s become the inspiration for what is now a repetitive dream that comes back from time to time. Of course, my dream apartment on the inside is nothing like the one I actually saw (and missed). But it looks pretty much the same in each dream now, I’m just filling in a bit more of the interior detail as I go. 🙂

    Who knows, maybe that’ll be what my mansion in heaven looks like some day. I’ll walk in and say “Oh! Here it is! It’s my apartment!”

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  12. Great thought Donna! It’s nice to think there’s a place made just for me…. I should think of that when the state of my neighbor’s property gets me down.

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  15. Grey/white hair. Absolutely hate it. 😦

    I would try some color, but everyone already knows, so I would just look silly. 😦

    And don’t try the “Oh it looks distinguished on men” line either. I have a mirror you know. It looks old, and I’m only 47. The only bright side is I’m not half-bald too.

    Yet.

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  16. I had a few hours of panic after my wife told me I had a thinning spot on top of my head…
    Now my denial has completely taken over and I’m not worried in the least.

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  19. Glad you checked in here, Joe. I was wondering how you fared with the most recent tornado.

    I’d never heard of the Melody Boys. Good stuff.

    QoD: As far as physical features go, I guess you could say I’m pretty comfortable in my skin. I have plenty of flaws, but they don’t really concern me. I’ve got some gray hair popping out now, but they don’t bother me, either. I don’t plan to ever color my hair, and I haven’t worn any makeup, at home or in public, for probably at least ten years now. I just go for the natural look, and people tell me I look young, anyway.

    A funny thing happened last year the month after I turned 50. We had phone trouble, so I contacted our phone company for repair service. Several hours later, an older gentleman from the company arrived here. I answered the door, and he looked at me and said, “Your folks called for phone service this morning.” 😀 It was very hard for me to hide my delight at being mistaken for a youth. 🙂

    Then about a month later, a whole bunch, and I mean A WHOLE BUNCH of gray hairs popped out on my head! Served me right. Ego trip over. 😉

    Attitudes or habits I wish I could change? That would be too l-o-n-g a list to narrow down to one thing. My attitude toward work, for one thing…being a consistently hard worker instead of a do-the-bare-minimum and be a creative avoider for most of the rest of it (unless I get a burst of energy) -type person. Argh! Why is that still a problem at my age? 😦

    Biggest problem habit: staying on the internet too long after I’ve gotten on. End of story. Logging off now. 😉

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  20. See AJ you started too late. I started turning grey in my mid to late 20’s. I was very vain about my natural hair coloring refusing to even “highlight” it when it was all the rage. I am now Golden Brown–got it done this afternoon 😉

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  21. Elvera’s hair started turning in her late twenties/early thirties. Thing was, it was a fad in those days for women to streak their hair gray. She had a natural brown/red two tone hair. Then it was three tone. She always wore it short because it was bushy when long. I love long straight hair. Becky had that when she was a teen.
    But Elvera never had long hair.
    My hair is mostly gray, and thinning, but I can still comb it.

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  22. My husband, when he was not yet my husband, first discovered gray hair on me when I was 22. Actually, it was several he noticed, but all underneath a lot of layers and not readily visible to most people. I thought he was just teasing me. But not too long after that, when I went to get a haircut, my stylist, not knowing anything about my guy telling me he found gray hair, said the very same thing about gray hair in the underneath layers. So I figured I was going to be like my maternal grandmother, who had been noticeably gray by age 30 and colored her hair for many years after that.

    It’s amazing to me that the gray in my hair didn’t migrate out to the visible layer until my late 40’s. I thought finding gray at such a young age would lead to rampant gray early, but I followed after my parents, who did not gray for a very long time, probably in their fifties.

    And my husband, at age 54, has one or maybe two gray hairs that I can see. I think it/they appeared this year, too, so he went a long time without any to speak of.

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  25. I’ve been lucky in the gray hair category, I have a few — but really just a few. On the other hand, my red hair sure isn’t as red as it once was (except out in the sun it still looks pretty red). But I am grateful I don’t have to color my hair, seems like an awful lot of effort & expense.

    So I sent a check to my gardener by mail on May 17 but it never cleared — and now he’s billed me double, so I’m guessing he didn’t get it. The bank is telling me a stop payment would cost me $30 in fees. Yikes. But it makes me nervous to have that check just floating around out there.

    I’ll have to try to call him tomorrow, maybe they can double check their old stacks of mail or something. Just don’t want someone else getting it and cashing it — while meanwhile I still owe the money to the gardener, too.

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  26. I don’t know if this will let me log in . . . this is me, Cheryl. The funeral is tomorrow for my brother-in-law, and we’d appreciate continued prayers. They were very, very close, and she is grieving hard. The five-year-old doesn’t seem to understand. And they have suffered a huge loss. His mother is really struggling. So is his unsaved only sibling, a younger brother. We’re just here to love on them, but a lot of people are hurting right now, including us.

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  27. Yes, it let me log on, though without Misten’s pretty face. Anyway, if someone could “repeat” the message tomorrow, I’d appreciate it, since I have little internet access.

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  32. Continuing prayers, Cheryl.

    Chas, the FIL of a co-worker was almost taken in by a similar scam this week. He believed the caller needing $1,100.00 and at first did not believe his children telling him it was a scam. Only when he called the person who was supposedly in trouble and found them at home did he realize it was a pretty realistic scam.

    As for looks, I would choose to be slimmer and better able to get in the exercise I need to stay healthy. With my leg and hip seeming to not be quite right (arthritis is what the doc calls it) I have not gotten as much exercise as usual.

    Computer is finally working tonight so I am up late trying to catch up.

    I enjoyed the poetry, MIM. He is quite talented.

    Being as late as it is probably no one will see this post except for AJ and maybe Chas will see it in the a.m.

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