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Our Daily Thread 6-4-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1647 the British army seized King Charles I and held him as a hostage. 

In 1792 Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Britain. 

In 1919 the Senate passed the Women’s Suffrage bill. 

In 1942 the Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific. 

And in 1944, during World War II, the U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, which began the liberation of the Italian capital. 

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Quote of the Day

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

Thomas Jefferson

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 Today is Cindy Morgan’s birthday. From NewReleaseTuesday.com

And Go Boise!

It’s also Paul Baloche’s. From leadworshipdotcom

And it’s Scott Wesley Brown’s too.

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Anyone have a QoD?

38 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 6-4-14”

  3. I’m here, but not for long. Lovely flowers, Aj.
    Had an interesting time with my class today. Our last unit is on American money, (I will also teach PNG money next week) so we looked at the coins with magnifying glasses. They all wanted to know the year on theirs. It was fun to give the president’s name and the building on the other side. With the magnifying glass we could see Lincoln sitting between the pillars of his monument.

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  7. It looks like that bird is crying . . . I’ve been awake since 3:30 and finally gave up and got up to work for a couple hours. If only we’d known, Jo and I could have been chatting!

    Lovely evening break last night with adorable granddaughters #2 and #4. When was the last time you played tag on the grass at sunset?

    I’m amazed, yet again, at how quickly babies change. #4 is “talking,” laughing, keeping a wary eye on Grammy and continually getting lodged under the furniture.

    It’s a wonderful life. 🙂

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  8. Good morning! Good evening, Jo!

    6arrows: Congratulations on your daughter’s job! So happy for her that things worked out so well. I’m sure you’re very proud–and rightly so!

    Michelle: Glad you are enjoying the grand babies! And, Happy Belated Birthday!

    Becca’s tutor had his last session with her yesterday. He is truly a special man–we were very fortunate to find him. We never discussed his religion, but he has a big heart for children and the patience of Job. He is about 60 years old and has taught at all levels, from elementary through college. He and his wife have been foster parents to 40+ children, which is so admirable to me. I’m not sure if we will use him again in the fall yet due to cost, but if she needs a tutor, we will definitely use him.

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  9. Busy week. Working some time in VBS along with other things like Monday’s Ben Carson event, today’s WMU, and some work. Remember Toobizy?

    Marketplace 29 A.D. VBS. Anyone else here familiar with it?

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  10. The house went on the market Monday. It was shown twice yesterday and so far is scheduled to be shown twice today. After 10 years of being a gypsy, I had finally felt “at home”. I was comfortable. I had unpacked all my stuff–I even found a letter of referral from my senior year of high school guidance councilor. I had allowed myself to make plans. Every other place I had lived in the past 10 years were temporary in my mind. Just the stopping place on the way. I love to sit on the patio and just be. I read, I soak up the sun, I watch the dogs, I could breathe there. Now I can’t. I can feel myself pulling away, detaching, and I feel lost.

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  12. Aj. @7:46. If I waited for something intelligent to say, you’d never hear from me.

    It’s a nice looking house Kim, why are you selling it? I can tell it isn’t your idea. Do you have a better place to go?

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  16. If you are able to say anything at all, then there is at least some intelligence.

    Belated Happy Birthday, Michelle. I forgot to say that the other day.

    Kim- It is interesting what location does to real estate. A house like that where we are looking would be ~$125,000 to $150,000.

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  20. That home is similar to ours. It would be priced more like Peter said here, too. It might even be a little lower depending on its actual location. Real Estate can vary a lot from one little town to another around us. We are in the country, however, and I am not sure what we would actually be able to get.

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  23. And out here it would be in the $400,00 range. Cute house. Very sorry for the forced move, Kim. It is an upheaval, especially when other things are going on in one’s life. Praying you’ll find a “forever” home that you love — patio and all — with the next move. Do you think it’ll sell fast? Have you started looking around at the possibilities yet?

    The flowers remind me of Pink, our California brown pelican who was knifed up by some creep, fixed up by the vets at our seabird rehab center, and sent back out into the wild yesterday to the applause by onlookers at a spectacular ocean release. Our photographer who had the assignment is always talented with animal shots but he completely outdid himself with the ones he took yesterday (along with a video). Stunning.

    Part of it is ‘luck,’ too, catching just the right moment — he was zoomed in on Pink as he sat far offshore on a jetty with other birds when the newly freed pelican lifted his head straight up into the air and opened his mouth wide, almost like he was testing out his repaired pouch that needed more than 600 stitches. (And in the photo you can see the trace of the stitches along the length of his lower beak.)

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  24. Cute house, Kim, and moving is hard, especially on women who tend to put down roots.

    The description is similar to what ours was when we bought it for approx 50,000. Recently assessed, I got the paper yesterday telling me that due to the improvements Mike has done in the interest of keeping the young folk busy and making room for more young folk, it is now worth five times that. There is no way it would ever come close to selling for that but we still get to pay the new taxes on it.

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  25. Kim: So sorry about the house situation. I absolutely abhor moving; it takes me a long time to feel like a new house is “home”. Even though the home we moved into four years ago is much nicer than our previous house, it took almost two years before I felt like it was home and that we hadn’t made a terrible mistake in moving. We plan to stay in this house until the kids are in college and it’s time to downsize, which makes me very happy! I pray y’all find your forever home soon!

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  26. Kim, it does look like a comfortable home. It looks similar to ranch type homes in my neighborhood which sell in that range. We live in a split level with smaller rooms and less square feet.

    Sorry that you have to make yet another move.

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  27. Mumsee- your tax situation reminds me of a friend. He had the first house in a subdivision back in the 80s- a simple ranch style with garage. Later, a developer built much larger, fancier houses in a newer part of the neighborhood, raising everyone’s assessments. My friend’s taxes went up $6000 per year!

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  28. Six THOUSAND dollars? Yikes.

    Thankfully we do have a bit of a lid on our property taxes (though they still go up every year). But there are constant rumblings about doing away with that so the government can get more money. 😦

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  29. Expecting two offers today. No I haven’t done anything about finding anything else. I just haven’t been able to face the challenge. Even now I can’t bring myself to login in to MLS and see what is available to rent. I know we are going to have to downsize and I know the rent is going to be more than we are paying now and I know that we are going to have to put some things back in storage.
    If you hear a news bulletin that a woman in south Alabama has gone missing…it will be because I have run away from home.

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  30. My parents were worried when their next door neighbours attempted to sell their home for $400,000. Thankfully, it does not seem to have spiked my parent’s property taxes, yet. My parents don’t want to move as they designed and built their home, but being on a fixed income, even when one fully owns one’s home, does not allow much room for rising electricity, heating, food and transportation costs, never mind an increase property taxes.

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  31. I really like that first song, “Worry”. The arrangement and performance is innovative and the words are highly appropriate to me just now 😉

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  32. Well I have officially cemented my reputation as the crazy old guy on the corner. 🙂

    The gas co. finally replaced my sidewalks this morning. It looked nice. For 2 hours until the kids got out of school. 😦

    They carved letters in the neighbors side, I got a foot and hand print. 😦

    That annoyed me, but what really ticked me off was the kid I caught doing the handprint as I went out the door. He ducked under the tape and tried to scurry off like he was innocent. I told him to get back here or I’d call the cops and I knew which house he lived at. Then he and his 2 friends tried to convince me that my lying eyes had deceived me, and that honest, he didn’t do it. I asked him if he got away with lying to his parents face like that. He insisted he never lies.

    How does one react to a teen that will just look an adult in the eye and lie? I told him to get lost before I call the cops. I also told him I’d speak to his Dad about it, so it was probably best to mention it to him, and that of course he would, since he was such an honest kid. 🙄

    I did the best repair job I could, but I’m not happy. But I’m more annoyed at the lack of character and accountability, not to mention dishonesty, than I am about the sidewalk.

    My motto has always been “Get off my lawn!!!” 😯

    I guess I have to change it to “Get off my sidewalk!!! 🙂

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  33. I did that! About twenty years ago when we lived at West Point. They put a new sidewalk in front of my house and immediately children started in with pictures and names and such. I sent them off after letting them know my opinion on vandalism. I always thought I must be a cranky old woman for that, but now I know I am in good company.

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  35. My dad’s advice was never to corner a child with a question. He pointed out that they will lie when they feel cornered. There was a lot of truth in that. Of course, if he knew someone did something he would not ASK him; he would TELL him. Then he would tell him the consequences.

    It is sad, but we can certainly identify with lying.

    I was a ‘the punishment will be worse” parent, myself. I still hate being lied to and find it amazing how many adults do it. They not only do it to other adults, but to their own children. Then they scold their children for lying, but their example is what is remembered.

    The hand/foot prints of both children and grandchildren in our sidewalks is a treasured item. Strangers, would not be. Although a whole bunch of small hand/foot prints might make a cute sidewalk. They would have to be around the edges, so walking on it would be smooth.

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  36. I brought home paper boxes. They are sturdy from holding a case of paper. I started packing. Books are easiest. Boxes from the liquor store are best for packing glasses and crystal. Will run by the one near my office tomorrow.

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  37. Kim – I am so, so sorry. I can “hear” your weariness & sadness in your comments. Does Mr. P know how you truly feel, specifically, what you wrote in your earlier comment at 8:50?

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  38. I’m sorry, too, Kim — as someone who also hates moving (especially when you don’t really want to), my sympathies. Praying it will go smoothly & you’ll love your new place, wherever it may be.

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