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Our Daily Thread 11-26-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1789 President Washington set aside this day to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. 

In 1917 the National Hockey League (NHL) was officially formed in Montreal, Canada. 

In 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

And in 1943 the HMS Rohna became the first ship to be sunk by a guided missile. The German missile attack led to the death of 1,015 U.S. troops. 

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Quote of the Day

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”

Charles M. Schulz

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 Today is Michael Omartian’s birthday.

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Anyone have a QoD?

34 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 11-26-14”

  1. Good morning. I’m up having coffee. We’re trying to leave at ten this morning. I’m not packed yet, but it shouldn’t take too long as we’re only going for three nights.

    I’m feeling anxious about going home. My mom has been very intoxicated every night this week (she tends to drink more when she’s stressed and holidays stress her out). Praying there aren’t any scenes during this visit. Her health isn’t good–both doctors in the family have predicted she might have one more year–so, I feel compelled to spend time with her. It’s a very confusing situation…When she’s sober, I enjoy her company…but after five I feel a need to escape her presence.

    I’m looking forward to the feast–Thanksgiving dinner has a lot of my favorite foods–and seeing my sister and her kids. And my oldest brother.

    I hope everyone has safe travels and much joy with loved ones tomorrow!

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  2. Good morning! Good evening! Good times for preparing for a feast to display one aspect of God’s awesome provision. Even if the cakes fail to rise and the turkey is still frozen in the center, He is worthy of our best praise. He is on our side and to focus on Him corrects our attitude when earthly annoyances and imperfections would bring us down. May we all be blessed to see the image and sparkle of God tomorrow in the people at the table. A friend who went to an Al – anon meeting told me her best take away was, “Take the best and leave the rest.” I did not understand how that could work because a person is a whole, good and bad combined. But it works when we choose to do what Christ did on the cross when He said, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” That is love in action to see people through an enormity of potential hurts.

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  4. I need to pack when I get home, then leave in a predicted rain/snow mix for a birthday party tonight, 70 miles away. Granddaughter #2 turns 2 today (she is grandchild #3).

    Yesterday, someone asked how long AJ spends on the blog. He replied, but I’ll add that it takes me 1/2 hour or so just to prepare the pigskin thread, then another 15 minutes to 1/2 hour, depending on the number of entries, to go through the scores and chose the winner. So here is AJ doing three or four threads per day, searching for news and historical facts.

    Thank you AJ for all you do!

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  7. Kim, it doesn’t embarrass me.
    I don’t pay any attention to it. Same for most of the stuff out of the Huffington post.
    She used to be conservative. I didn’t like her then either. She seems a scatterbrain.
    I went down and read the hoaxes too. I wasn’t involved in ay of them. Except my anthropology professor lectured about the Piltdown man and dismissed it as a hoax.

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  8. It took me 5.5 hours round trip to pick up my niece and her children yesterday–and I arrived at the airport five minutes before they landed (1/2 hour early). When we drove out of SFO headed north to Sonoma County, the back up started . . . just about at the airport. For those of you who may know San Francisco, it took us one hour to reach the Golden Gate Bridge, by which time both children (3, 3 months) were screaming.

    I, mercifully, was not.

    By the time we finally got to my son’s house–the 3 year old was pleading, please, to see her cousins–we were all exhausted. But when we drove up the driveway and saw the three adorable grandchildren standing in the window waving, the little Idaho girl perked right up.

    “Look, your cousins are real!” my niece said, and K ran up the stairs behind me. E led her immediately to the colorful bedroom to show her where she would sleep. The bliss on her face made that torturous ride worthwhile.

    When I finally called good by to head for home, all the adorable grandchildren ran to hug Grammy goodbye–including a fourth child from Idaho.

    Today should be magnificent at that house.

    Because they’re getting a new refrigerator in time for Thanksgiving–do you think it will come with a box?

    (My younger kids got in at 3:13 this morning. Of course I’ve been awake ever since . . . thankful for a safe drive for all. )

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  10. Cats like boxes too. 🙂 I remember Annie jumping into my tall apple computer box when I bought the refurbished desk top several years ago (Annie must have also been pretty new at that point) — I took a photo of her looking up at me from inside and labeled it iCat.

    Good for you, michelle, for not joining in the screaming over the bridge. You’re tough.

    I just realized, I have tomorrow off! Yay. And then one more day of work after that and a whole week off, but it’s a busy one kicking off with my annual eye exam. Still, nice to be free of the day-to-day grind for a while. I need it.

    Oh, and I can turn my christmas lights on Friday night! Maybe Thursday night!! Some houses already have theirs on this week.

    I finished two long-term stories yesterday so those are off my desk at long last (though there’s a possibility I’ll be asked to rework or tweak them by the project editor once she sees them today). One more unsolved homicide project story to go and I can get back to my regular daily beat coverage which has (necessarily) suffered.

    Of course, this time of year everything slows down — and we’ll be doing lots of holiday-themed stories.

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  12. I don’t like it when things like the woman explaining that Monster is of the devil. I drags up memories of being told a rosary or crucifix was possessed of the devil or that records were backmasked and all sorts of other kookie stuff. Someone posted it on FB this morning and I just felt sick.

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  13. It gets pretty silly, Kim.

    Unbelievers love that stuff, of course, it lends credence to their closely held stereotypes about God and those who follow him. It makes it easier to laugh all of it off.

    Sadly, some Christians have given rise to the stereotypes through the years. But God breaks through all of that pop-pseudo-‘christian’ nonsense when he’s calling people to himself.

    I actually haven’t heard much talk in recent years of 666 and who might be “The” antichrist. The video seemed very 1970s to me.

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  14. Anyone see NCIS last night? I really do like the ‘new’ girl — and she was wearing the most adorable black watch plaid coat. 🙂 Looks like plaids are making a fashion comeback. Yay.

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  17. I’m thinking the M in Monster symbolizes horns, 😉 .
    What do you think, AJ, with that M on Mouse’s forehead I once knew a cat named Satan.

    We truly don’t know the background and intentions of some of the people who make products and advertise them. For that matter, who knows the background and truth about the one holding highest office in our nation. I don’t think much about the accusations, but I do know that greed to make dollars will cause people to disregard the health of fellow human beings. That is of Satin but not generally considered in that light.

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  19. I bought a big bag of key limes at the HE in Waco with intention to bring it home for pie making. It got left in son’s refrigerator so now he gets to buy a mixer and learn to make Key Lime pie.

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  23. Donna, when I worked on yearbook we once needed one more photo of a practical joke . . . so two of us made our way into our editor’s dorm room before she could get there and filled it with shredded paper. Then our photographer waited with her camera focused on the door to get the shocked reaction as our editor opened the door. It was a great photo, and we were the only ones who knew it was “set up.” (The editor didn’t know about it, so in that sense it was a genuine practical joke. But we did it to get a photo, not just to do a practical joke.) Can’t you make your own gratitude jar and ask it to smile for the camera? 🙂 I suppose that would be cheating. . . .

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  26. Donna, you can make a cute gratitude jar with melted crayon wax. Use a clear glass jar for the container. Put crayons in paper muffin liners and set them on a pancake griddle set to warm. Crayons will melt in the liners and can be dribbled onto the jar. Or paint it on. The melted wax dries super fast. I wrote an article about making vases this way but have not finalized it to submit.

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  28. Kim @ 9:14. He had some good points, but missed the important one. (Or I missed him saying it.) If you get a girl pregnant, marry her and raise the kid. The major, and possibly only, problem is the black community is the absence of a family, That means a dad at home.

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  29. I saw this article- “Thoughts on Ferguson“- by Voddie Baucham on Google+ today. I don’t think any of the major news outlets will talk to him since he is not in the mould made by Jesse Jackson and his “ilk”. An excerpt:

    Any truly gospel-centered response to the plight of black men must address these issues first and foremost. It does no good to change the way white police officers respond to black men if we don’t first address the fact that these men’s fathers have not responded to them appropriately.

    I haven’t read it all, but what I read is rather profound and timely.

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  30. Emily has been prepping as much as possible for our Thanksgiving dinner since yesterday afternoon. She is making the whole thing, including pies & a make-ahead breakfast. She loves to cook from scratch & to try out new things.

    One new thing she is trying is a paleo stuffing (IOW, no bread in it), along with our regular stuffing. (Note: We don’t stuff the bird, so technically we have dressing, but we still call it stuffing.) The paleo stuffing is made of a bunch of veggies, & some mushrooms, chopped up & sauteed, mixed together with mashed potatoes & egg to help hold it together. I’m curious to try it.

    Instead of a big turkey this year, we are having a chicken & salmon. I’m fine with that, but Chrissy is disappointed we’re not having turkey.

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  32. It’s nice of Emily to do all this cooking for us (she does love to do it). But poor Forrest. His mommy has been too busy to give him much attention, & I’ve been sick & am feeling worn out, so I’m not much fun, either.

    It’s been a difficult couple of days for me, with Forrest getting antsy & acting up while Emily is busy cooking down here (& making a huge mess in my kitchen, which causes me some anxiety, although she has been cleaning up most of her mess), & me needing some rest & quiet.

    So I told Lee we’re having peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for Christmas dinner. 😉

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  33. just got home from a sweet Thanksgiving dinner with friends. We had 16 of us around the table. I told my friend that I was going to a dinner on Saturday, but she insisted that I come tonight too and told me not to bring anything. She was right, it was good to be with others on the actual day. Both of us are here as singles and missing our families.

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