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Our Daily Thread 3-2-15

Good Morning!

On this day in 1807 Congress passed an act to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States… from any foreign kingdom, place, or country.”

In 1836 Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed. It’s also the birthday of Sam Houston, the first President of the Republic of Texas.

In 1899 President McKinley signed a measure that created the rank of Admiral for the U.S. Navy. The first admiral was George Dewey. 

In 1908 Gabriel Lippmann introduced three-dimensional color photography at the Academy of Sciences in Paris. 

And in 1949 the B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, TX. The American plane had completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight. 

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Quote of the Day

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Dr. Seuss

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Today is Karen Carpenter’s birthday. And since it’s Monday…..

Today is also Jon Bon Jovi’s birthday. Normally I’d skip it, but since this one is with Pavarotti, a kid’s choir, and a full orchestra, I’ll make an exception. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-2D-bQrJjQ0

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Anyone have a QoD?

40 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 3-2-15”

  6. QOD:
    I received a note card from someone I know professionally. Very nice card stock, thermographed with his name at the top, a Latin saying at the bottom and down one side is Proverbs 24:16 and down the other is Joshua 1:9.
    What are your thoughts on something like that? I have always said that if a person tells me how honest they are I need to watch my wallet and if they are a “good” Christian I will figure it out myself.
    Am I being too judgemental?

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  7. Karen, from yesterday’s 9:18.

    A kid that age can’t be insulting. He isn’t sophisticated enough to have the concept. What
    he’s doing is repeating what he hears. That means that you don’t want to say anything in front of him that you don’t want your neighbor or preacher to hear. It will be repeated. And don’t discipline him for repeating it. That’s how they learn.
    It may be that Forrest is learning the wrong things. He’s just now beginning to relate himself to others. It seems to me, from the little I’m able to discern, that he’s in a game of “kick the ball”. And he’s the ball. He’s learning something new every day. All of you need to be careful of what you’re teaching.

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  8. Kim, No, not being too judgmental, but keep it to yourself. It may be his/her way of saying something. However, those are very strange verses to post on a card.
    Strange, indeed.

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  9. Good Morning….woke up to about an inch of new snow on the land…but the sun is out the sky is blue and we are suppposed to hit a high of 40 today! More snow tomorrow and the next day with temps in the teens…I’ll take it!

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  10. Good morning!

    Kim, I don’t understand why he would put those verses on a card, either. I agree with Chas on everything he said. Out of curiosity, what was the Latin saying at the bottom?

    Chas, that book Stonewalled is turning out to be a page-turner — I read the Prologue, Chapter 1 (surprised at how long that chapter was: all the way to page 92?!), Chapter 6, and about half of the Conclusion this weekend. Some eye-opening and chilling stuff in there.

    I’ve got some specific comments to make on what I’ve read so far (and I do now plan to read the whole book — I skimmed the middle chapters, and they look interesting, too), but I don’t have time to say anything else right now.

    Time to start my day. Have a great one, all. 🙂

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  11. Nancyjill: Becca and I got home last night about 5:00 from Dallas. It was 27 and snowing when we arrived on Friday. South Texans have no clue how to drive in those conditions…many roads were closed…everyone on the freeway was going 20mph (is there supposed to be a space b/t 20 and mph? I can never remember…). The roads were fine and temperature was 35 degrees until we were 45 miles South of Dallas. I almost turned around when I saw the temp. had dropped to 27 and IT WAS SNOWING!!! Rooftops covered; fields covered; cars heading south were covered in all this beautiful white stuff! It was Becca’s first time to see snow (only Scott knows how to snow ski–I don’t care for it and really dislike being even a little cold–so, we always take vacations in sunny locales). L. was so jealous, as she’s fifteen and still hasn’t experienced snow. I reminded her she hadn’t wanted to come…being “too-old” for American Girl…Anyway…I’m rambling…But, I’d guess it will make for a great childhood memory–first snow, first trip away alone with Mom…our time together was so blessed. I have a hunch there were lots of folks praying for us–Thanks!

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  12. Chas @ 9:20: Well said. I believe adults often think of children as “little adults.” They are not! They process things completely differently from adults–their brains are not fully developed. The prefrontal cortex isn’t done developing until around age 22 (okay, I went to graduate school in social work from 1995-1997, so can’t remember exactly–but it’s around there–I’ll google it in a minute 🙂 ). They do mimic others for a long time–in my opinion–until around adolescence and then they start mimicking their peers or idols. I know I didn’t “come into my own” until around 25 (I was quite the late bloomer in many ways…and was in school until 26, which I think extends adolescence in a lot of cases. I didn’t really settle in and grow up until about 28. I’m so grateful I didn’t marry young as I would’ve chosen rather poorly. I didn’t become a Christian until 26, so my perspective changed radically at that point.

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  13. Hi there, 6 arrows. I haven’t been on the blog all weekend, so am behind on things. But, I did want to give you a shout out. I missed reading your posts! Actually, I’ve missed everyone. Trying to get caught up in a minute…

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  14. I was praying for your safety and sweet time in Dallas Ann! You wouldn’t believe how many who live in Colorado do not know how to drive in the snow…..and we have road crews who are pretty much on top of it trying to clear the roads of the mess. A friend of mine hates Subaru drivers, believing they all think of themselves as “invincible” driving on ice and snow ( I drive a Subaru..but I know better having grown up in Ohio and living most of my life in Colorado) 🙂 You can bring L up to Colorado anytime to experience snow…we will still have it in May!j

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  15. Ann, I was in school till 26, too, but I think in my case it did the opposite of “extending adolescence.” I’d been on my own as an adult before going to college, so I went to college as an adult. I think I learned more that way, with college being something freely chosen and not just one more schooling thing I had to do, and with me being intentional about learning as much as I could. I think that going straight from high school to college, and then immediately one to get a master’s with no time in the real world, is a serious mistake. If I had a choice between hiring a person who did that and a person who had no schooling beyond high school but had gone straight into the workforce for all those years, all else being equal I’d hire the one with only the high-school education but all those years of work experience. The one with a master’s, I’d at least want to see that he was working full-time during summer breaks, taking internships, and so forth.

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  16. Karen Carpenter did have an amazing voice. I wasn’t a “fan,” really, but I didn’t dislike them & some of their music is quite haunting to me now. They were locals, also, they went to the same state university I did (but before I got there). I remember how sad it was when she died due to anorexia. 😦

    My insurance agent’s brother was a college pal of theirs and wrote many of their early songs before branching out on his own solo song-writing career.

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  18. Kim, they are strange verses in that context, however, he may use them as a reminder to himself to live upright. If people know where he stands, he needs to live up to that?

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  19. Nancyjill 🙂 I suspect it was trendy at some point back in the day to *not* like the Carpenters.

    True, it was hardly cutting edge music for those of us who preferred The Who, Rod Stewart, etc. — but they did what they did well and I secretly enjoyed hearing it on my little VW bug’s AM-only radio going and coming from college classes. Hearing some of their songs now almost instantly transports me back to college like few other songs do for some reason.

    We had quite the thunder and lightning display this morning. Really freaked the dogs out. 🙂

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  21. HI ANN!! 😀 Back at ya with that shout-out!

    I wasn’t on this weekend, either, so you won’t find any posts from me Saturday/Sunday, but what kind words you have for me! — I didn’t think anyone would miss reading anything I have to say. 😉 You are sweet!

    Janice, your comment Friday night about checking off and deleting categories of emails…what you said makes sense. There’s a place in my email program where I can click on “From,” and all the emails in my inbox are rearranged alphabetically by who they are from. Then I can highlight the whole bunch from a certain sender, or all but the most recent ones, if I’m pretty sure I won’t need to reexamine them.

    (BTW, those of you on here who have emailed me: you are NOT in the delete category!) 🙂

    I don’t have a “check all for delete,” Janice, if I’m understanding your email program correctly, but our regional library system has something like that for online renewal of library materials. Each item on a patron’s list of checked-out materials has a checkbox, and there are two buttons on the page that say “Renew All” or “Renew Marked.” Very convenient.

    Chas (and anyone else interested), I am gripped by Stonewalled. Several times as I’ve been reading so far, I have spoken my reaction out loud. 😉 The part in the Prologue where she says, Don’t leave the cable there. If you do, it might disappear., I say, “Pick it up off the air conditioner now! Get it in your hand!” That’s because I’m all to familiar with walking off and forgetting something important. 😉

    It was kind of freaky reading about her computer and phone problems before she knew they’d been infiltrated. We used to have problems with our internet going out when anyone used our landline, too. That doesn’t happen anymore, but my husband still sometimes has problems getting through on our landline when he calls home on his cellphone. Sometimes the phone rings and rings on his end, but it doesn’t ring here at all, and when he comes home later, he tells us he tried to call, and we know that we were at home and in the house at the time he tried to reach us.

    I’ve thought, too, of the numerous times we’ve had trouble with our internet, and had a technician remotely accessing our computer. Sure, they tell you what to type into the address bar to give them access, but I always wonder who those people are and how easy it is to get in at any time if their customers don’t give them access…

    Not that I think anyone is trying to spy on us — we’re pretty boring people 😉 — but the oft-repeated line in the book, something like, “If people only knew the extent of it…”, well, it does give one pause.

    The author briefly mentioned a couple of other items I found interesting, too, which I researched more as a result (involving the CDC and certain medical cover-ups).

    It’s an important book, and I’m saddened and disturbed by the length some will go to to obstruct good investigative journalism.

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  25. I’m afraid I may have embarrassed or hurt Karen’s feelings. She hasn’t been around to day and I may be at fault.

    I didn’t mean to hurt anyone. And I do hope Karen hasn’t taken this personally. But I do worry about Forrest. He’s in a situation that can’t turn out good for him. He does need to find some stability in his life. Where he can be treated like the boy-child that he is.

    Karen, we love you and pray for you, Lee, Emily, Crissie and Forrest every day. I’m sure I speak for several here. We need the input you give, so I’m not criticizing that. It just struck me odd that someone would criticize a child for repeating something he heard. Every child does that. That’s what children do.

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  27. When Chuck was a child, he wanted to do everything daddy did. Elvera used to say that everything I did, got done twice. He helped me build a fence around the trailer. He helped me wash the car, though I could have done both quicker without him. But he needed to help. He wanted to do the things that daddy did. That’s what boys do. And if something was broke, he expected that daddy could fix it. He has never told daddy he’s hungry.

    OTOH, when Chuck’s girls were little, when Linda needed her shoes, she had to go looking for them because one of the girls had walked off wearing her shoes, especially the ones with heels. It isn‘t a matter of hormones or any such. Little boys like to do things daddy does and little girls do things momma does. They don’t learn this. It comes in the package.

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  28. Chas, the criticism didn’t have anything to do with Forrest, I don’t think, but from the insecurity of a very young woman with some of her own “baggage.” And none of the adults interacting with Forrest have much if any experience with boys. They’re different from girls. Hovering over a boy and giving him constant attention and correction, and protection, will backfire. He does need a chance to be a boy. And he needs some extended time with an emotionally healthy man or two, not just women and not his father.

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  29. Kare, I and my arrows loved the pictures at the snowshoe artist link you posted over the weekend. I showed it to them earlier, and they all oohed and aahed. Incredible artistry!

    Also, we have a plastic sled that is made in Canada, and 6th Arrow noticed an imprint in the snow, where the sled had come to rest after one of her downhill trips. It said, Made in Canada. She remarked that it looked like our snow was made in Canada. 😉

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  31. Isn’t it generally cheaper to get your snow made locally? I suppose that in an area with high labor costs with union regulations and the like, it might be cost-effective to import it. But most of the time, local weather probably saves money.

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  33. Chas – No offense taken. I appreciate your input, & especially your prayers.

    Well, it turned out Emily was just in a grumpy mood last night. She said she realizes he wasn’t being insulting, she was just grumpy & tired, & took it wrong at the time.

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  34. In North Carolina we use only local snow. However, sometimes the ski slopes use artificial snow. The skiers like real snow best.
    So I hear. My granddaughters ski, but I don’t.

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  35. Cheryl – Emily may be young (although she’s almost 26, so it’s not like she’s just out of her teens), but she is very smart, & intentional about raising Forrest. She appreciates his boyishness, & lets him be a boy – climbing trees, skate boarding, riding his bike, climbing on rocks, etc. She loves to hike & camp with him.

    She worked in a daycare for a couple years, & especially enjoyed playing with the boys. It’s his father who is actually more (over-) protective.

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  38. Chas – As you may imagine, we are very aware of the strikes against Forrest having a happy, stable childhood. Lee & I take our responsibilities as his live-in grandparents very seriously. Emily says we are like another set of parents to him.

    One of the things Lee looks forward to (when he sells his route) is having more time to spend with Forrest. He tries to do special things with him whenever he has the chance. One of their things is wrestle-hugging. Lee wants a hug, but Forrest likes to wrestle, so they put the two together. 🙂

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  40. oh, well, I was making plans, but they are constantly changing. I plan on going to Denver this week for Josie Joy’s birthday. She is only 6 days older than her cousin. Then I thought next week I would bring two cousins from Portland here and be here for Caroline’s birthday. Then today I found out that she wanted to play in the snow for her birthday, so they are going to spend two days at Tahoe. Sad for me. This is my only chance to be here on her birthday in five years as I am only home for half a year at a time. I understand, of course, but I am sad.
    Now what should I do about the Portland kids? I know, let mom and dad decide where they want me to watch them.

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