Good Morning!
On this day in 1666 Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India that built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz-i-Mahal.
In 1879 James Shields began a term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri. He had previously served Illinois and Minnesota. He was the first Senator to serve three states.
In 1905 insurgent workers were fired on in St Petersburg, Russia, resulting in “Bloody Sunday.” 500 people were killed.
In 1950 Alger Hiss, a former adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt, was convicted of perjury for denying contacts with a Soviet agent. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
And in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that had been restricting abortions. The case (Roe vs. Wade) legalized abortion.
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Quote of the Day
“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”
Lord Byron
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Today is Steve Perry’s birthday.
It’s Teddy Gentry’s too. From AlabamaVevo
It’s also the day composer Hans Erich Apostel was born.
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Wandering Views 
Brrrr! It’s cold! Morning all. Hope you have heat.
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Good morning Janice. It’s about the same in Hendersonville as in Atlanta, baybe a bit chillier because of the mountains. It’s 11.2 degrees on my deck. Supposed to zoom up to 28 today.
The local weatherman says we should have about three more weeks of winter weather, then Spring will start coming.
“Middle of February” was his words.
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There is an Alabama theater in North Myrtle Beach. It has various acts. They’re singing “Monutain Music”. But the grandpaw never played it that way.
I prefer my country straight ahead, not goosed up so much.
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Chas, I think we’ll have a lot more than three weeks more of winter here. I’m just looking forward to February–I realized a few days ago that since we were commenting on a “White New Year’s,” our six inches of snow (which was still on the ground when we got the fresh foot of snow) had been our New Year’s snowfall, and thus we’ve had several inches on the ground the entire month (from at least three snowfalls of several inches to a foot each). That isn’t typical even here. But with ten more days of this month, we might well manage the whole month snowed under.
But February is short and somehow always feels short, and you can tell the days are getting longer, so I always feel like February is a much-needed boost toward spring. January feels long and March feels long, but February moves quickly.
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Good morning, all. It’s around 38 degrees here in Houston, with a high of 55. Can’t complain compared to most of you–but I still prefer warmer weather!
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Please send rain and snow.
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The lady on the news just said it is 28 degrees here but feels like 17. Amos decided that it was to be an early morning this morning. I had an exciting morning so far, I fixed myself a Krystal breakfast bown- grits, sausage, egg, covered with cheese. I set the smoke alarm off in the kitchen, While that was happening, Lulabelle used the opportunity to sneak into the laundry room and get herself a “kitty snack” out of the litter box. There is just nothing more disgusting than a dog getting a kitty snack.
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Question of the day, perhaps?
Do you have a “junk drawer” and if so, what goes into it?
We have a “junk room” that serves as storage for what people might put in a basement or attic or garage since those areas in our home are not suitable.
I have a “kitchen gadget drawer” that serves like a junk drawer but mostly has accumulated odds and ins such as corn cob holders, old things my mom used in the kitchen, garlic press, bbq tools too long for other storage, etc.
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I love that time period of Russion History-the whole Nicholaus and Alexandra story. When BG was about 2 I took her to her Nana and my dad and stepmother, and I went to see the museum exhibit on Nicholaus and Alexandra that they brought to Mobile. One of my former college professors was a docent. I was really enjoying it except that there was a woman behind me with a toddler in a stroller. The child screamed through the whole exhibit. I got irritated, then I got mad, then I got madder. Didn’t she know better than bring a baby to something like this? I had had the good sense NOT to bring my child! About the time I was about to blow and say something to the mother about taking her screaming brat outside so that everyone else could enjoy the exhibit the child started singing, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so…” Needless to say I calmed down and didn’t say anything to the mother.
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My dad never met a kitchen gadget he couldn’t buy. I inherited this gene. I have a storage box full of kitchen gadgets. I married a man who had his own gadgets. I currently have 4 potato peelers, although I threw one away in disgust the other day because it wouldn’t work.
I have batteries, wine openers, bottle openers, the old fashioned puncture a can thingy, an ice pick, I do like my can opener- it is made for people with arthritus and takes the rim of the lid off as well. You wouldn’t believe how many knives I have. I have a true butcher’s knife…I even have a meat clever. I have something else called a Navy Frogman’s knife. Oh and I have cute little corn on the cob picks that are pewter pigs.
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Pffff. -24F here. But supposed to get up to around freezing tomorrow. Husband just started my Jeep for me. It whined and complained, but it started.
I have more of a junk shelf. I am going to put in a specific drawers for specific stuff and try to eliminate the ‘need’ for a junk drawer. I’m sure I’ll end up with one anyways. 🙂
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Y’al trying to embarass me?
Everything I have is junk. If a bandit came into my house, he would leave in disgust.
I have a slide rule,
A 35mm camera with telephoto lense and tripod.
I have a slide projector and two record players.
And a two foot high stack of LP/s
I have multiple hoses and extension cords.
And screws and nails for everything, except the one I need at the time.
But I don’t have a junk drawer.
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With the rise of digital cameras a true artist would pay good money for you camera
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Kim, someday my DIL will have a great time on E-Bay. I haven’t mentioned all the high end junk I have. Like slide projectors, etc. And a 2001 Ford Ranger.
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I am borderline OCD so I don’t have a “junk” anything.
Hubby, OTH, is a “messy” and his whole desk is junky. As is the top of his dresser unless I “police it” once in a while. I try to keep his dresser drawers organized, but usually find PJ bottoms in the sock drawer, t-shirts in the underwear drawer, and power cords and batteries in the PJ drawer. If any of you can explain this behavior to me, I’d appreciate it. He is very smart and I love him dearly, and this doesn’t bother me one bit; I just don’t understand it. Plus, he too, has a stack of LP/s – more on the order of 7 or 8 feet high. I have no idea why. When we moved I suggested that we get rid of them but that didn’t happen.
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Linda: I am messy and my husband is neat. My brain does not organize things easily–and I loathe housework –so I do things in a similar fashion as your husband! I am better now than I was fifteen years ago (I now close cabinets after opening them and my clothes are properly sorted), but I have a long way to go. I’ve been like this forever–my room was always a disaster in childhood–and I prefer a house that looks lived in over one that’s model perfect. I’m edgy in immaculate homes …
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Linda, it sounds like he likes the challenge of finding articles of clothing, a form of hide and seek! It could be used as a memory game. Maybe there is a pattern to what goes where each week? I suppose because he is very bright that he does not want to clutter his brain with household details.
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Cheryl, my husband always looks forward to February, too, as the end of winter seems to be in sight, he says. He tolerates winter much better than I do, though, and in recent years has complained more about the heat of the warmer months than he did in the past, so I don’t know what his hurry is to get done with winter. 😉
His birthday is in February, though, too, so that might be part of enjoying getting to that month.
QoD: we don’t have a junk drawer anymore. Amazing, since both hubby and I tend toward messiness. We both sometimes get really disgusted over the disorganization and then go on a cleaning spree. Things look great for a while, and life seems to be less stressed, but it slowly (or rapidly) slips back to the old way.
(Here’s where Kim steps in and reminds me to get over to Flylady already!)
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re junk drawer: rubber bands, twist ties, birthday candles, string, asst nails, screws, tacks, hooks, pinking shears, scissors, screwdrivers, pliers, small pruning shears, asst coupons.
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I have lots of kitchen gadgets, but those are not in the junk drawer. I would consider that the one with similar items of rkessler. The scissors do not go in there, though. My junk drawer is organized. I like organization and hate looking for things. My husband is not that way, but does pretty good after over forty years of marriage.
Chas, Are you kidding me?! All those old things would go for a fortune at a good antique store. That is why it is good to go through those antique stores—you can see all the things you have at home with a new view of its value. 🙂
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Oh–and my husband assures me it is supposed to get above zero today. It isn’t anywhere near that yet, though. The wind is blowing and some snow flakes are coming down, but the sun is shining, which always helps the mood.
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I am about to put a prayer request over on that thread. I need prayers please!
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Bosley is going to new heights of exploration today. Scary for me, fun for her! No such thing as cat proof. ‘Bout like with children, you are always one step behind them in discovering where curiosity combined with lack of a sense of danger will lead them. Some are worse than others. We had some cousins who visited and my father tried to hide our bananas on top of the upright freezer. It did not work! My father took to locking a bedroom door when they would visit to keep things safe. Bosley is one of those! This is a day of toppling noises. Last night was rather calm, so this is the price for sleep!
Friend gave us, among other things,a cat leash. I told my husband that was the best joke of the day! We tried one a long time back which was a harness. It worked—NOT!
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I love that same period of Russian history, Kim. In fact, even though I don’t need it, I just bought (for 1 cent plus 3.99 shipping) With the Armies of the Tsar . . .
How could I possibly define what is in the junk drawer?
In this house I have several! 🙂
And boxes of miscellaneous left over from the move I still haven’t sorted.
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Just found I had tucked inside a book I received for Christmas a sheet of punch out magnets my CA friend sent. They are Bible verses about God and animals with pictures of animals. I needed that!
‘A righteous man regardeth the life of his animal.” Proverbs 12:10
Needed that encouragement today! God is good and shows His love in a multitude of ways for those who take notice.
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Like Annms, I tend naturally toward disorganization and always have. I can never find a pair of scissors around here so I now have several pairs, some I can find, some I can’t, when I need them.
Sometimes when I’m trying to remember where a particular book might be in my house, I’ll “see” it on a specific bookshelf — but it’s a bookshelf I had in my former house! It’s obviously not there anymore. Sigh.
Coffee for me this morning, I’m dragging this week — physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
And as for looking forward to spring — it’s usually an explosion of color out here, a beautiful time of year, especially in the hills and canyons where I frequently drive through on my way to and from work. But this year, with no rain, I’m afraid things will just stay covered with our dry chaparral and brown coastal scrub-brush.
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My cat is always poking around trying to get into cabinet doors (I’ll be in the living room watching TV and hear bang. bang. bang. as she tries to get a kitchen cabinet door to stay open so she can get inside.)
One night she got on top of the armoire in the bedroom … and fell down behind it. I had to get up and move the thing away from the corner of the wall so she could get out.
She’ll explore places — cabinets, corners of a room, behind furniture — that she’s explored numerous times before. But suddenly they take on such a new fascination for her.
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RANT and Michelle might enjoy this since she is our resident expert on the Alaskan Gold Rush.
There is a “docudrama” on TV right now called Klondike (what would you do for a Klondike bar? 😉 ) My husband taped it for us to watch. Last night we watched the first and second installments. Urgh. LANGUAGE!!!! I am pretty sure, and I am no expert here, that a young man of tht era would not refer to himself as a “guy” and also would not use “man” as an exclamation. I am also pretty sure that a woman who owns half the town wouldn’t ask a man if they were “copacetic”.
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Nope.
The language probably was rough, but using such long ago slurs you shouldn’t be able to understand them! 🙂
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And what is it with that word “copacetic?” I never really understand its use. I always think people are referring to some sort of a laxative, so it’s confusing to me.
Or, in other words, not communicating an idea very well!
Or is it? 🙂
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I’m not very neat, and my husband is. His mother was the ultimate in housekeepers (still is, actually), and an excellent cook. I warned my husband before we married that I struggle as a housekeeper. I can’t say I’m disorganized, exactly–I usually can find something fairly quickly, and many of my bookshelves are specifically organized (all my memoirs are together, all my books by Lewis are together, etc.), and I like to have a proper place for things. The problem is I tend to “stock up” on things and have too many to fit in “their space.” If there’s enough room for it, then it’s organized fairly well. If there isn’t, then it’s overflow.
Editors are naturally messy, it’s a personality thing. But I am better at it than most editors I know, so I figure it’s something I “struggle” with rather than being a battle I’ve lost altogether. (Just this morning I read something that’s largely advice to a young man in being ready to marry and seeking a wife, and he is told that if her home is a “pigsty,” don’t even consider her. That’s pretty general! Does the person mean her home has to be perfect, or just that it’s a bad idea if her home is actually dirty? I try to keep things clean, but “clean” and “tidy” are two different things. And they may or may not be character issues.)
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KIm, that doesn’t sound strange to me. I fthat’s all it was.
RANT. I got, in the mail today, a note for renewal of a magazine to which I’ve never subscribed. If I were out for a long time, my wife might have paid it. Or,if I were careless.
Have you noticed that the man on the radio says the telephone number so many times that you forgot what the call was supposed to be about?
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Annms – LOL, he leaves cabinet doors open, too! And his dresser drawers.
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Emily leaves cabinet doors open, too!
The other night as I was praying, in a very depressed & dark mood, as I was wrapping up my prayers for my girls, I was going to say, “Father, I know that the answer to my prayers depends on the One I pray to, & not on my own faith.”
But as I was beginning to say this, the thought came to me (which I have heard or read more than once) “How God answers your prayers is related to how much faith you have.” It was a punch in the gut, because I was in a very low mood, not “feeling” very full of faith.
I’ve heard & read both “theories” (the one I was going to pray, & the one that popped into my mind). I want to believe the one I was going to pray. Lee reminded me about “faith the size of a mustard seed”.
The way I ended up finishing my prayer, in tears, was telling God that I had to rely on Him & His faithfulness, or I am in trouble.
What do you think of these opposing views?
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Janice’s QoD: I have a junk box with odds and ends, like wire, thumb tacks, and a spare screw or two. I have never used up the supply in my box, so I figure it is big enough for my needs and any overflow may be thrown out. That is not to say that I am the most organized person in the world – I am alternately organized and disorganized, it all depends on how I need to function at the time. I cannot let my disorganization get out of hand, or it will begin to confuse me and affect productivity. Conversely, if I am too organized, I don’t have the flexibility to be creative.
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Janice, your dilemma reminds me of the father of the demon-possessed boy, who cried with tears, “I believe, Lord. Help thou my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24) With that weak plea, Jesus freed the boy. God knows your heart, you don’t have to manufacture more faith. In your weakness, He is strong.
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That last post was to Karen, not Janice.
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Karen, I think the important thing about faith is to have it, not to have a certain amount of it. Many people commended for their great faith did not receive what they looked for, and others with faltering faith, who would say “Lord, I believe; help me in my unbelief”, did receive what they asked for.
If you are open and obedient to God, you’re living out faith. The rest does depend on him,
I can’t think of anywhere the Bible says that God’s answers are related to “how much” faith you have. (That doesn’t mean it’s not there, I just can’t think of it.)
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Chas, I chuckled at your mention of a slide rule. I have a couple of those. I keep one at the office and pull it out now and then to show to younger co-workers, who can’t believe that engineers and scientists ever used such a thing in real life.
My dad taught me to use a slide rule when I was 10 or 12. By the time I was in high school, digital calculators were starting to come on the scene. But you’d have to spend $100s for one that could do any scientific calculation. So my chemistry teacher taught the slide rule, and she did not allow calculators to be used in class or for homework.
That made sense in 1973-74. But when my brother took her class in 1976-77, when calculators were cheaper and more common, she still insisted on slide rules. I don’t know how long she held out. I think she was near retirement age, so she might have stood firm to the end.
I can’t imagine anyone was still using slide rules by 1980.
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Karen, it seems to me that’s a deception the enemy whispers to us: “You don’t have enough faith” or “You’re not doing enough”, etc. He’s tempting us to take our eyes off the One Who is all-powerful, and to focus instead on ourselves in all our human weaknesses.
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Karen, God doesn’t want us to ramp up feelings. He does want us to remind ourselves of the truth. You obviously have faith or you wouldn’t even be going to God with your requests. I agree with the others that we need to keep our eyes on God. Otherwise we would sink. I am guilty myself.
Along those lines, I was wondering if your renters are still there? Is it possible for you to tell them they can leave their dog with your family and visit it until they find a place where they can live with it? I missed some posts, so perhaps I am behind the times, but I have been praying for you. You and your husband have been more than patient.
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Yes, I have indeed found myself at times praying, “Lord, I believe! Help my unbelief.”
My recent struggles are disturbing to me because I used to have such peace, & deep faith in God’s goodness & faithfulness. Lately, I’ve had doubtful thoughts popping into my mind at times, & have had to “preach to myself” to overcome them. But I guess the important thing is that I keep pressing on in the struggle, knowing full well that God is good & faithful, & that He cares for me.
That night, as I lie in bed, trying to go to sleep, I felt such a darkness around me, & a bad feeling inside me, almost like a growing mixture panic & despair. Then I forced myself to start praising God in song, & the feeling mostly melted away.
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Chas, my father could rival you with his collection of defunct machines with his mechanical typewriters and adding machines. He once had an interested purchaser for one of the adding machines; but the collector lived in Australia and I think the cost of shipping was a deterrent.
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Karen, I’ve had several nights (and sometimes days) like that recently — tears and despair and a lot of self-doubt. I think It’s very hard this time of year living in the north, especially at the ages we are, with hormonal/menopausal issues, too.
Please know you’re not alone, and I am praying for you.
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Kathaleena – Your comment wasn’t there when I wrote that, but it did partially answer you anyway. 🙂
My tenants are still here. We have toyed with the idea of offering to board Suki for a while, but Lee is afraid we’ll end up having to keep her, & deal with the extra vet bills. We could revisit the idea, though.
Last night I did some “out of the box” thinking, & today I shared my thoughts with Lee & Emily (Chrissy was still sleeping). My thought was, for financial reasons (things will be “tight” when we lose even the lower rent they pay), to suspend the eviction (until Emily finishes school a couple years from now), & make some more changes down here in our part of the house.
Those changes would include being more diligent to split up housekeeping duties (& keep up on them!), for Lee & me to change rooms with Emily & Forrest, & to put a half-bath in the basement. Since the only current bathroom is off Emily’s current room, that would allow Lee & me to have a master bedroom with bathroom, & a little more privacy.
Lee is thinking about it. It still wouldn’t be nearly as good as the girls moving upstairs, but it would be more workable for a couple more years, if we had to do that.
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6 Arrows – Thank you. I am past menopause now, but I still battle depression. Some days are worse than others, & some days are actually good!
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Karen O, in your times of struggle you are exercising your faith muscles. Exercise is difficult and the saying goes no pain, no gain. You are pressing forward and you are being given creative thoughts to help in your problem solving. Just continue to praise and be thankful to push away the darkness. And remember how many times the Bible says to wait on the Lord. It seems like things would be much easier if God would answer according to your requests right this moment. But we don’t know His reason for waiting. You are praying in His will for the salvation of the children of His creation. Accept the gift of His peace ss you wait.
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Kim, on the subject of vocabulary in the Klondike. I think it is quite possible that ‘guy’ and ‘man’ were used in that context, there are recorded instances of those kinds of uses from before that period. As for ‘copacetic’, well, I had to look it up, apparently it is a word of purely American origin, from the early 1900s, meaning “in excellent order”. The American vocabulary at the turn of the 19th-20th century had a unique tang to it – they had a flair for using big words layered with idioms and colloquialisms, like this quote from O. Henry:
“‘I’m a grown person with masculine proclivities and habits of self defense, but there is a time when all systems of egotism and predominance fail… I tried to be faithful to our articles of depredation; but there came a limit.'” (‘The Ransom of Red Chief’)
I always wondered when I read those stories, since the Americans I knew didn’t talk like that. But then, in my travels, I met an elderly gentleman from the Midwest who did indeed layer his speech like that. He used so many figures of speech that those to whom English was a second language couldn’t make head nor tail of what he said. It is a lost art amongst your people.
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Karen, there is the expression of “face palming” and that is exactly what I did when I read your post! I know you think I am mean and cruel, and yelling at you. I am not. I just think you have been beyond patient with these people and you are being their “door mat”. This has been going on for 6 or more months and is dragging on. What you have is a squatter situation where, yes, they are paying you a lower rent but they are refusing to leave. The longer this goes on the more legal rights THEY have. You may NEVER get them out of your house.
I am seeing this from a real estate/legal perspective where landlord/tenent laws are involved. The longer you let this drag out the less legal right you will have to your upstairs flat.
Why should your family keep having to make the sacrifices and accommodate people who are making no effort to help themselves.
I suggest you call a rental management agent in your area and “pick their brain”. Laws vary state to state.
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wow, I just got up and I get 49! Now to read the comments, but it is getting late and I must be off to school soon.
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Karen, a number of years ago I went through a time of random fears for no known reason. I immediately took them to God. After a while I decided that when those fears came up, I would respond to them not just by praying, but by praising God.
After I’d done that a few times, I smiled at this realization: rather than making me focus on myself, the enemy was sending me straight into God’s arms repeatedly. And how long was he going to continue to think that was a good idea?!
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I was just reading in 1 Thessalonians 5, and this part, I think, fits right in this discussion on praying and praising, and recognizing God’s faithfulness in all His doings.
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
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Karen: I’m sorry this is a difficult time in your life. Since becoming a Christian at age 26, I have had periods of tremendous faith and others of very little. My faith ebbs and flows, but I must remember that God’s love is constant. He is consistent, though I am not. He is strong, I am weak. Sometimes, I imagine, I must seem like a helpless infant to Him, other times a strong-willed toddler, b/c His ways are so much higher than mine, and He is so much more than I can even conceive. Think of how much you love your children and you can be certain that our perfect, holy Father loves each and every one of us so much more than even that! Somehow, becoming a parent has helped me realize how little I control and how much is up to God. I may not understand things this side of heaven, but I do trust He has my best interest at heart and that there is a plan. And, He loves me and holds me in the palm of His hand. I don’t know why–I certainly am not deserving of His love–but He does and He loves you just as much. He created you for a time such as this and He will be with you, even when he “feels” far away. He promises that not even a hair falls from our head without His knowledge. Hope that gives you as much comfort as it gives me. I’ll be praying.
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Kim: Love that story about the obnoxious baby and your initial response! Before having kids, sometime in my early twenties, I used to silently scoff at the barefoot, snotty-nosed children in Wal-Mart. God humbled me greatly through this journey called parenting. As an infant, my eldest would always kick off her shoes and socks everywhere we went and frequently had upper respiratory infections, making her the exact replica of my former derision. Now, with my youngest, she often leaves the house in mis-matched clothes, without her hair brushed (she detests brushing her hair), and flip-flops no matter the weather (though it’s never cold enough here for frost-bite or anything).
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Where is everyone? I posted those comments over an hour apart and no one is in between!
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Chas- I think I have you beat for oldness. I used to have a couple of reel-to-reel tape players. I still have a 13″ BW portable tube-type TV from the late 60s early 70s – and it still works! Of course, I have to hook up a DTV box with a cable to antenna adapter (It has no coaxial cable outlet). I don’t use it much, but it still is there if need be.
And you record players may be worth something with the trend toward LPs as nostalgia.
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Kim is being mean & cruel, & she’s yelling at me! 😉
No, I understand, Kim. The only reason we are entertaining this new idea is because it would relieve some financial pressure on my hubby, if he thinks that would be worth it for a couple years. He is considering it, & praying about it. (So, please pray for wisdom for both of us in this.)
The funny thing is, I have prayed several times for my tenants to think outside the box in their search for a new home where they can keep their pets (I don’t blame them for wanting to keep them). Last night, as I wasn’t too sleepy when I went to bed, the thought came to me – why don’t I try thinking outside the box?
The ideas that came into my mind seemed more workable than other things I’ve thought of in the past.
As for the other matter I mentioned, I think I am going through some kind of testing, & that as I continue to intentionally praise God, & keep my eyes open each day for things to thank Him for, I am being drawn through, & eventually out of, whatever this is.
Thank you all for your concern, & for your prayers.
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Where is everyone, Ann asks? I’m at the library while 4th Arrow is at Catechism.
Peter, I remember a reel-to-reel tape player my parents had (at least I think they don’t have it anymore). I’d completely forgotten about that until you mentioned those.
We still have a stereo with turntable and a bunch of LPs somewhere, too. Journey, Styx, ABBA, Rick Springfield, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, etc. Nothing like the late 70’s. Rock was my thing in those days.
Classical music slowly took over as my favorite, though, as you all can probably tell. 😉
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Karen, I often wake up the same way. I, too, pray and go over memorized scripture. I don’t think you are at all alone in that experience.
As far as children go, I think most of us knew just what to do with one BEFORE we actually became parents. Then our own children didn’t read the handbook. The more children you have, the more you realize how different they can all be and how little we know just what to do.
A little humble pie is not a bad thing at times. 🙂
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My friend M’s first child, a daughter, was very mild, wanting to please her mom even as a toddler. M & I had a mutual friend, E, who was at her wits’ end when trying to get her toddler son to take medicine. M would think, “Why does she have such trouble with him? Who’s the parent here?”
Then M had her second child, another daughter, A. A was strong-willed-on-steroids, so to speak. If M could manage to get medicine past A’s clenched teeth, & manage to get A to swallow it, A would manage to vomit it up.
But A has turned out to be a confident, nice young woman. And M survived A’s growing up. 🙂
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Sixth son is now about done with his fourth day at the academy. They say that is the most difficult day and if they call home begging to come home, tell them no not yet. This is the day for really sore muscles, homesickness, junk food withdrawal, the whole thing. He has not called. I don’t anticipate he will, his adjustment may be a bit less than many of the other boys. He is on a good track and hopefully this will be what it takes to push him all the way up.
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Encouraging report, Mumsee. Great to hear.
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Yea Mumsee.
I just got home. Things went well. Might know something next week. Life is good. Strange at time, but always good.
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Glad to know things went well, Kim. More good news here on the blog. 🙂
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Peter, I paid about $200.00 for a nice reel to reel tape recorder sometime around 1965. That was a lot of money in 1965 in real dollars and my financial situation.
I got rid of in sometime in the nineties because I thought it was just a piece of junk. I wish I had it now because I have some reels of tapes I made when Chuck was a kid and my parents were alive. I’m keeping the tapes, though I don’t know why.
Same thing with a couple of floppy disks that I can’t convert to disk.
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Thanks for the update Kim.
Sometimes people ask for prayer over a certain situation, then we never know the outcome. We need to know, even if it isn’t what we hoped and prayed for.
Same for Mumsee’s sixth son.
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And now for some evening comic relief — the difference between cats and dogs and how they teach their young.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYMs_1y2_gw
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Now that is accurate.
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I’m home and it is early evening here, but the rest of you appear to be sleeping! hmmm….
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