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Our Daily Thread 3-20-14

Good Morning!

Spring has officially sprung!! 🙂

Today’s header photo is from Peter.

In this one, I’m not sure what type of activity is going on, but I’m pretty sure Bosley is the lookout. 🙂

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On this day in 1525 Paris’ parliament began its pursuit of Protestants.

In 1627 France & Spain signed an accord for fighting Protestantism.

In 1760 the great fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.

In 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” subtitled “Life Among the Lowly,” was first published.

In 1868 the Jesse James Gang robbed a bank in Russelville, KY, of $14,000. 

And in 1922 the USS Langley was commissioned. It was the first aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy. 

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Quote of the Day

“The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.”

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Today is Jerry Reed’s birthday.

Today is also Ranger Doug’s birthday.

And it’s Slim Jim Phantom’s too.

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QoD?

Has Spring sprung where you are yet?

72 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 3-20-14”

  4. Good morning, all. Evening, Jo.

    Spring has definitely sprung here in Spring, Texas (a suburb northwest of Houston). It’s about 58 degrees here this morning with a high of 75 this afternoon. I absolutely love this time of year!

    There are eleven weeks of school left and then I will have a high schooler! I cannot believe this is possible! Where did the time go?!? She has blossomed into a beautiful, responsible teenager of whom I couldn’t be more proud. God has blessed me beyond measure by giving me the privilege of being her mom.

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  6. I hardly slept at all last night. I don’t know why– but I’ve been awake since 4:30 after going to bed at midnight. Not tired yet, but will probably crash around 3:00…

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  7. Hi Ann, seems we have the blog to ourselves this evening, but I’m sure that Aj is lurking, probably working on getting up that picture of the goose.

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  8. I was having some technical difficulties this morning with getting the pictures loaded.

    And I hate the new smilies.

    And I do have a goose photo to go with the ducks. Maybe tomorrow. 🙂

    See it looks funny.

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  16. We saw Chet Atkins at Wolftrap. He was backed up by the National Symphony Orchestra.
    A good show.
    The Riders in the Sky is another odd group. Each is a college graduate and a couple of PhD’s in the group. Jerry Gray used to play them a lot on WAMU in Washington. Their humor was sort of intellectually odd, but fun.

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  17. It ain’t spring yet.
    At exactly 12:57 EDST, the sun will cross the equator heading north.
    It doesn’t make a noise, so you have to watch carefully.
    🙂

    I had to get the smile in.

    I had to

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  19. I had a strange, scary dream this morning. I had to get to someone in the hospital but no one would speak to me. I was driving through our local Wallace I-10 Tunnel but I was so tired I couldn’t open my eyes. I took my thumb and forefinger and pried my eyelid open but I still couldn’t see–remember I was driving about 75 or 80 in heavy traffic. A kitten meowing woke me up from the dream or was part of the dream. I went outside but couldn’t find a kitten.

    The company has hired a VP of Career Development. She and I will be working closely together as I am Director of Business Development. She is a terrific woman. I was doing coaching with her before this company recruited me. Although I want to work with her and learn from her, I have to admit I am feeling a little insecure. Having my feet pulled out from under me in the past has made me more insecure than I have ever been in my life. What if’s are playing in my head, like what if now that they have hired her and see how wonderful she is will they regret hiring me…will I sink?

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  22. That kind of reminds me of those dreams where you figure out you are dreaming so you try to wake up and then you think you did but then realize you are still dreaming. But If it is a bad dream you are so relieved when you really wake up. Know what I mean?

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  23. 😦 I don’t know what KBells means.
    There was a line in the Rider’s song that I remember when I was a kid. They didn’t sing it.

    “Gimme a date
    And a Ford V8
    and a rumble seat for two,
    And let me wahoo, wahoo, wahoo.”

    I reckon they figured no one would know what a rumble seat is.
    Nor what is specific about a Ford V8.

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  24. The picture is from the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, about 12 miles from where I live. It was the last full moon of winter the other day. I noticed it while driving to work, so I stopped and took a picture near home. Then, since I wasn’t meeting my carpool that day, I stopped at a boat ramp and took the river picture. Sorry for the quality, but all I had along was an “old fashioned”, low definition, non-smart-phone camera.

    Ah, Spring! 32° this morning. A few weeks ago, that sounded warm. Today’s high is to be near 60°. And the grass is just now getting a tint of green.

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  27. I have a virus. I’ve had it for some time. It isn’t vicious, just annoying. Every time I click my mouse, I’m diverted to an ad of some sort. I don’t know what makes them think I would patronize someone who intrudes like that. It only makes me mad. If I spent enough time to notice who was doing it, they would be added to my “don’t patronize” list.

    So, I’m taking this into the computer guru. I’ll have my laptop but I don’t enter much with it because it’s mostly hunt and peck. I don’t like it’s keyboard because it’s hard to find the home keys.

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  28. At least, with the picture, we know who this “Anonymous” is. Sometimes we don’t
    I presume Anonymous at 7:39 above lives on the west coast. But that’s it.

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  29. Thank you, Peter, for more info on the picture. I had to enlarge the picture on this phone to tell that was the moon. Really good moon reflexion on the river, too!

    Peter, how do you write Brothers and Sisters in Christ in Spanish? And Jesus loves you?

    Also, do you have any particular recommendations for easily understood Bible translations for the Hispanic community?

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  32. Bosley has learned to go between the closed blind and the window. At on point she had her head poked out of one slot and a paw poked out of another looking like she was in some sort of a rack (punishment for misbehavior, no doubt). I wish I had a picture of every cwazy thing she does.

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  33. We are soooo out of the snooow here in Georgia, spoken with a true Southern drawl. We may be slooow here, but at least we have moved quickly into another season. 🙂

    Season’s Greetings!

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  34. Or is that Seasons’ Greetings?

    We have a Beech tree with the brown leaves of autumn hanging on until the new leaves of spring push them off the tree. So with the Birthday tree in full bloom, it appears we have two seasons going simultaneously in our front yard.

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  37. Peter, how do you write Brothers and Sisters in Christ in Spanish? And Jesus loves you?

    Also, do you have any particular recommendations for easily understood Bible translations for the Hispanic community?

    Brothers and Sisters in Christ = Hermanos (y hermanas) en Cristo. (“Sisters” would be understood in the masculine, plural “hermanos”, but sometimes “hermanas” is included for clarity.)
    Jesus loves you = Jesucristo te ama.

    “The best” Bible is the Reina Valera. It is like the NKJV or the Revised Standard and uses some older verb forms, as well as the dialect from Spain. There is also the NASB version called “La Biblia de las Americas” or something along that line which uses Latin American Spanish.

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  38. Thank you, Peter. I just spoke with a prison chaplain and she verified what you said about the Reina Velera. That’s a nice double check on my facts!

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  39. Chas,

    And anyone else with this problem……

    Normally I charge an outrageous fee for my technical expertise, but since I like you, I’ll grant a freebie. 🙂

    I had the same problem a couple weeks back. You do not have a virus. It’s an aggressive add-on. Sometime in the recent past you downloaded an update that it came along with. I believe it came with the latest Adobe update, but I’m still not positive. I did a virus scan and everything else I could think of. It wouldn’t go away. But I searched and found a solution.

    Here’s what you do.

    In the top left of your IE toolbar click the TOOLS button. About half way down in the drop down is MANAGE ADD-ONs. Click that. In the list that pops up is a nasty little bug called SAVINGSBULL. This is the culprit. Click and then at the bottom right, hit DISABLE. This will fix your problem.

    You may also need to do this in other browsers, Chrome, Firefox, whatever, if you use them.

    Try it, and it should fix your problem.

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  40. Ooh, I love bridges and kittens. 🙂 And, now that you mention it, my front blinds are all wacky/twisted and catty-wampus at the bottom, but that’s as much having to do with the dogs when the get to the front of the house as the mail is being delivered (normally I baby-gate them so they can’t get there, but sometimes they manage to slip through). Tacky looking, I’ll have to replace the one panel soon.

    I took one panel down at the side of the house when Annie the cat ruined them.

    I dreamed last night that I was walking in the rain. As for spring, it sprung in January out here so it’s pretty old news. It’s been one of the mildest/warmest/driest winters in my recent memory.

    Today’s a writing day for me after spending much of yesterday out on interviews (going from young hipster small film director to a Kentucky-born cowboy/horse-whisperer and his horses — one was an American Paint horse, which was gorgeous). I live in a diverse area, that’s for sure.

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  41. We saw Riders in the Sky perform last fall at the Master’s Fiddle Championships. They are great showmen. I laughed so hard and enjoyed the music, as well. I have seen Ranger Doug a few times at the Station Inn in Nashville, too. Always enjoyable to see these talented performers.

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  43. Ree,
    On yesterday’s thread, you asked about a good church to attend next Sunday.
    I would Recommend FBC Hendersonville. If you’re staying close to Furman, you are on US Hwy 25.. Near Traveler’s Rest. You could drive up 25 to Hendersonville in little less than an hour.
    Our service starts at 8:30 (We attend the “old folks” service vice the two “standing and clapping” services.)
    Lunch after church & SS, and we can visit.
    If this interests you, let me know and I will send you contact information.

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  45. I had a tout app video freeze on my iPhone yesterday & have been trying to deal with that. Nothing suggested by the app person the newspaper put me in touch with seems to be working. I was told to shut down all my running apps (which I did) but it’s still just stuck on the screen. 😦 I hate to lose the video which was to go with a story, but at this point I just want it off my screen as I can’t use that app at all until I can somehow get rid of it. I have several earlier videos in the queue that I can’t upload until it’s gone.

    Maybe if I turn the phone off and back on again?

    Grrr.

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  46. Oh. I didn’t read all of Chas’ post and thought he himself had the virus! I didn’t want to catch anything so I didn’t read any further. 😉

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  47. , It’s officially Spring.
    12:57 the sun moved to our side. But our local weatherman says we could more winter next week.

    Peter. It isn’t the vires that drives people away. it’s my personality.

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  48. I got my new camera! I haven’t tried it yet (the battery is charging), but we have the neckstrap on it and so forth. My husband ordered a whole box of goodies to go with it, filters and such, so I have a bit of a learning curve ahead of me!

    This is the camera, as used for bird photography (the main reason I wanted it). The woman writing this blog is one of a husband and wife team producing one of the best-known bird guides, and I figured if she raved about the camera, it had to be good. And she has some amazing photos showing what it will do. http://stokesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/canon-sx-50-hs-for-bird-photography-i.html

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  49. Too funny Cheryl,

    My new camera is also a Canon SX, but the 170, not the 50. Mine doesn’t have a pop out screen.

    Trust me, you’ll love it. But there are a lot of settings and choices to learn. I’ve been reading up now on the best setting options for photographing flowers and plants. Animals are a lot harder though, because like kids, they don’t hold still. 🙂

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  53. I’ve been playing with my new camera, and so far I haven’t gotten any decent bird photos since I haven’t had cooperative birds, but I got a close-up of my husband, which proves this camera can do good indoor shots (my old one really couldn’t, a huge weakness since I’ve always been the one taking family shots at family gatherings, the cute baby photos and all of that), a photo of the barn way back behind us on which I can read the writing (neither of us even knew the barn had writing on it), and a couple photos of Misten (who is less than thrilled that I have a new camera). In the height of winter we had birds on our feeders almost constantly and right now they’re tired of sunflower seeds and suet, now that they have better options. So the obvious chances to get bird photos are more limited, but I know I’ll have other chances. What I really want to see is a hawk perching in the tree at the middle of the field behind us–I’ve often seen hawks there but been unable to photograph them. I’d also be happy with the herd of deer coming out to graze, as they have been doing the last several days; I’ve gotten mediocre shots of them, but nothing great. I also have filters, which should help me with the sky on overcast days and help me get photos of flowers (I’ve never had a camera that could do all that well with macro, or close-up, photography, and I should now be able to do that. I’ve long regretted the inability to get photos of little tiny flowers.)

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  54. Thought I saw cameras advertised a while back (maybe 3 or 4 years ago?) that were considered good for kids (oops, children) and pets, but if a camera is good for birds it certainly would have that capability — along with all the other tech advances that have been made with digital cameras.

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  55. Some animals are kids.
    They are so sweet!
    Thank God for dirty laundry. I turned on the washing machine and Bosley stayed upstairs because she does not like the noise. I was able to work at the laptop to the hum of the washer instead of to the keystrokes of a pouncing cat. Interesting article that Bosley puts together but not quite right for the newsletter!

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  56. I have been enjoying talking (by phone)with prison chaplains today to get info for the article. They are nice folks doing a tough job.

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  57. Seventeen year old girl just brought in the dollhouse she made for the younger ones. It is about a foot deep, three feet high, and four feet wide. They are having a blast. She had started it with power tools before the power tool ban so had to finish with inadequate hand tools. She did great. And painted it so they would not be as likely to get splinters. I love my children.

    The seven year old was outside carrying the cat. I glanced out of the schoolroom to see him headed to a full water trough, fringed with ice and called to him as he was about to throw the cat in. Boys will be boys says husband. I love my children.

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  59. A neighbor girl once dipped one of our cats into the puddle in our driveway. Girls do things like that, too!

    I was madder than the cat!!!!

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  60. Our pastor form Hawaii just posted this:

    Fred Phelps died – the “pastor” behind Westboro Baptist Church and all the hate and protests at just about everywhere because he believed God couldn’t love anyone except him and his family (which makes up most of his church.) Last night he stood before God – and it’s not up to you or me whether he gets into heaven – it’s God’s decision. The amazing thing is – if he gets in, it will only be by the very grace that he protested against so vehemently.

    The hardest part in moments like this is praying that God had mercy on him (the very thing he would not accept in the lives of others) – because it proves I have a God who is big enough and loving enough to forgive the hate and anger and self-righteousness that humanity is so full of. What God chooses to do with Fred I will not know – He doesn’t send me e-mails about who gets in and who doesn’t – so I will have to continue to hold fast to His promise in Romans, “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

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  61. Thanks for the pastors thoughts, Michelle.
    Woke up late so missed going to market this morning. Totally fine with that as next week is term break so I can go then.
    I seem to have lots of bits on my ankles and now all over. Wonder if there are fleas in here? Probably a good idea to spray for them.

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  63. I am locked out of my Yahoo email account. When I try to reset my password it keeps telling me that it is too weak. I haven’t had time today to deal with it, so if you have sent me and email to that address I haven’t been able to check it since Tuesday. I am not ignoring you.

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  64. I was thinking of that when the discussion was going on in regard to the “scandals” and things like submission. We sure do tend to be judgmental and it appears any Christianity that does not line up directly with our beliefs is suspect. We might be very inclusive until a fellow believer says submission, or helpmeet, or father’s authority, or homeschool, or public school, or pants or skirts or Phelps church or snake handling. We all seem to draw a line somewhere. It is good to see God is in control and not us. It is good that He sees the heart. It is good that He has the plan. I am glad He decides and not us or I would be so not there.

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  65. Kim- You said yesterday that USDA loans take 45-60 days? Even if our contract says she has to have the inspections within 21 days?

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  66. The inspection is different than the loan process. USDA –United States Department of Agriculture—does that explain it? 😉
    I will check with one of the loan processors I use and see if they have shaved any days off. That was the last I heard.

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  67. Sports: My husband is eight for eight in his bracket picks so far, and he says his two evening “upset” predictions are on track so far. It would be fun if he could make it through the whole day!

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  68. Did everyone go to bed early? (I tucked my hubby in an hour ago–he’s sick. He told me one of his picks lost in overtime, and he thinks he should get half credit if it went to OT. He said another was in overtime. So he lost one or two in the evening games. Oh well, it was a good run while it lasted!)

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  69. Chas, Thanks for the invitation. I’d love to do that, but since Sunday is the only time we have to explore Greenville, I doubt that my daughter would want to dedicate that much of the day in another city. Sunday evening we have a reception to attend, and in the morning I would like to attend church, but I’m thinking that I should leave most of the day free for her to explore. If she’s going to make a decision about whether to attend, she’ll want to see what she can of the immediate vicinity. But, as I said, if she ends up attending Furman, I’ll get a chance to do a lot more there, and in that case, I’d certainly want to come up and visit and attend your church.

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