65 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 9-19-15”

  6. We’re going to have another hot weekend, unfortunately – I’m hoping to get some work done in the house, though, hot or not.

    Meanwhile, I got to bed fairly early last night (for a Friday, around 10 p.m. but read for a while) and slept until 8, so I’m very rested. 🙂

    Got a new fan for the bedroom this week that I love — it’s big and quiet, with several settings (the lowest usually suffices).

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  9. Kathaleena – Emily has done a couple little projects with him, like making a paper chain, & making spiders with his hand prints.

    Speaking of the hand-print spiders…Emily told him that spiders only have eight legs, so they’ll have to cut his thumbs off. Forrest jerked back, clutched his hands to his chest, & made a sound of distress.

    Emily quickly explained that she meant the thumbs on the paper, not his thumbs. 🙂

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  11. Karen, that is so cute about Forrest and his thumbs. Children think personally first thing instead of outwardly.

    We are back at ER for symptom of more blood in husband’s urine. I put prayer request on that thread. I thoight ER would be busy, but so far it is quiet ex ept for the tv.

    This is the weekend I was suppose to attend the writer’s conference.

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  13. Cass.

    Reminds me of the last baseball game my dad and I attended together — he had cancer and wasn’t expected to be around for a lot longer, so my mom decided it would be a good thing for just the 2 of us to go to game together, like old times. When I was younger, we did that all the time, along with playing catch together in the backyard. We were very good pals.

    But as a teen, I changed, of course, and baseball no longer was my passion. My dad and I also had some friction during those years (I always felt he was nitpicking at me, making fun of the music I listened to, etc.) and we grew apart — when he was diagnosed with cancer, it piled a whole new stress onto the household, naturally, and he became especially difficult at times (but he was allowed, considering what he was going through).

    Anyway, I remember the drive to Dodger Stadium (it was strange, for some reason, being alone together like that in the car, it was a time for us to try to get re-aquanited in a more intentional way I guess) and a Cass song — “Dream a Little Dream of Me” — came on the radio. My dad commented on what a nice voice she had. Ah, something musically we agreed on. 🙂

    It was a good game and we enjoyed the time together, despite the underlying sadness and worry surrounding his health. I’m grateful to my mom for doing that.

    My dad died probably less than a year after that, if I remember correctly.

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  18. Thanks, all, for prayers.

    For your amusement, I brought snacks from home. I brought several bananas that were getting ripe. I tossed one to husband over on his ER bed. I over did my toss so he did not catch the banana. It went behind the bed next to the wall. I could not move the bed, so someone will find that banana! Should we tell someone or just let it be a surprise?

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  19. Kim, he has A Fib (I told him to quit lying to get rid of it). His heart has irregular beats and had very fast rate. Then he had blood in urine and it was found he has urinary tract infection. He was given blood thinner for A Fib which causes bleeding sometimes which complicates issues. The med he was given for UTI was not working so he will get more high power drug in drip today and tomorrow.

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  20. ouch. I thought Janice said he had A Fb account and needed to stop lying and to get rid of it. I am certain none of you fell into that but I am confessing my confusion anyway.

    Tell them about the banana. It will sit there and decompose if the bed is not moved.

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  22. Yay, found cheap prices on printer inks (from Inkojet.com; my printer is a few years old — which makes it REALLY *OLD* — so finding the ink cartridges to buy is harder now, but way too expensive on the official canon site).

    Making progress on clearing out the computer room, and I now have a stack of books to shift out of here.

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  27. beautiful sunny day so I am doing the laundry. Washing the sheets so they can dry outside on the line. We may not have had rain, but it has been cloudy. I is rare to get a day this sunny, so I imagine we are all doing laundry. After church I will put my mattress outside for some sunshine.

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  28. Tired. I stood behind the ticket counter all day (9 hours). I am more sore doing that than giving tours all day. But I enjoyed it.

    Yesterday, Sears delivered a new stove and took the old one away. Mrs L forgot to get the pans out of the drawer before they took it. Now Sears won’t even tell us where they took it so we can go get our pans back. Not surprising. The local stores closed, so when we call we get someone out of state who may not even know where the delivery truck takes used appliances. So it not only cost us $15 for the disposal but the cost of two iron skillets, two large pans and two small ones. At least Mrs L has other pans she normally uses an those were extra. Except for the skillets.

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  29. Sorry to hear about Mrs. L’s loss of the pans. I hope they will help you locate them. Tell them it is a life and death situation because you need those cast iron pans in case of intruders. It’s your most reliable form of defense.

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  34. Once upon a time I caked my dad. I cakes and called and called. I called his office phone. I called and called. I drove to his house. He wasnt home. I worried and worried. Then I thought he’s only 53. Maybe he has run off with some woman. Then my phone rang. He was home. Cautiously I asked where he had been. He had been in the hospital with A Fib. I sank to me knees with relief. Oh how I miss that man.
    Janice. Hug and kiss your husband. This is controllable. I am sorry he is going through this.
    Kim

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  35. Got to the dog park — saw that someone, probably a kid, had gathered and left a bunch of sea shells in the water fountain bowl. The area was once underwater, a whale skeleton fossil was uncovered nearby a couple decades ago

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  36. 😦 What football game?
    I didn’t see no football. I saw a bunch of guys pushing each other around.
    And running up and down a field.
    But I didn’t see no football.
    So far, on the poll count. I have missed five out of ten. Possibly more. Statistical laws say that I should get that many by random selection.

    I see that ‘Bama lost too!. How about Boise?

    😦

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  38. Hola! Off to ER to get second IV in a little bit. We saw quite a few Hispanics there on the first trip, Wed.

    Yesterday seemed quiet in the waiting room, but the rooms in the back seemed full of people coming in through the ambulances.

    Husband has a doc appt. on Monday and another on Tues. We are getting to know a new group associated with this hospital. We are not looking ahead to when we receive the bills for all of this. I think we have just received the final bill a few days ago for last year’s Mersa vacation over at the main Emory campus hospital. Camping out in hospital recliners makes a sleeping bag on an air mattress in a tent rather appealing. 🙂

    We did not go to church this a.m. I could have gone, but did not want to leave husband at home alone. He took some of the sleep med last night, and when he got up to go to the bathroom I heard a thunk sound. While sitting on the toilet his head bobbed over to the towel rack beside the toilet. It sounded worse than it was. So I could not sleep well after that. Funny how the sleep meds work so he sleeps too soundly and I get too alert.

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  42. Janice, getting old ain’t for sissies. 😉
    I have been packing. The good news is that since I refused to unpack much in this house there isn’t much to pack. Mr. P keeps telling me to empty out drawers so the furniture won’t be as heavy. I keep telling them there is nothing in them. Two empty china cabinets and an empty silver chest. An empty highboy in the bedroom. He suggested I empty my nightstand. I don’t have a nightstand. I have even emptied a lot of the pantry of canned goods and extras. What is left is furniture and stuff he has to do.
    He is driving me nuts with his measuring and planning. 😉 He has argued and argued with me about what is going in the foyer. I finally had to draw it out on a piece of paper for him. Then he argued with when I would get the table covered (it is buffet height and made out of 2×4’s and wood sheets. It has to be covered with a cloth—more like upholstered It is about 5 ft long, he has a mirror that hung in his grandparent’s house in Conn. that will go off to one side while a buffet lamp is on the other side. All this so I can display his multitude of shells.
    If you click on this link and go to the 9th photo you should see what I am talking about with jars and vases of shell on a chest.

    http://www.bhg.com/decorating/seasonal/summer/seashell-style/#page=21

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  43. Janice – Years ago, my dad was sick with something (I forget what) & was sitting on the potty in the middle of the night. He fell asleep while sitting there, & fell over, putting his head into the wall. The wall was very impressed by his head, if ya know what I mean.

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  44. Kim – We have never emptied drawers to move. We took the drawers out of the dressers & moved them like that. Maybe not the best way, but it sure saved time & effort.

    I saw a listing posted on one of our local Facebook pages of a house being sold with “rural housing” financing. They said that meant no money down, but the monthly payments would still be less than renting. There must be a catch to that, like paying off your mortgage into old age & beyond.

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  45. We continue to be thankful for, & impressed by, our new pastor. After service this morning, Pastor Billy came over to pray for healing for Lee, then sat down to talk with us a bit. He invited us to join him & his wife for lunch on Wednesday, to get to know us better.

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  46. KimH sez: Janice, getting old ain’t for sissies.:-)
    What do you know about that?

    We only moved twice since our house trailer, one was down here. Like Karen, we just took the drawers out and moved them separately.
    As for arranging the house, the woman always decides.
    To copy a real estate agent I knew in Virginia, “If momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.”i.

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  47. Karen, that’s the way I have always moved too, but you can’t argue with him. He was in the military and he knows how to move. 😉 Sometimes it is best to just say “Yes, Dear”. I have explained that I have moved a time or ELEVEN since 2000. You would think he was planning a military invasion.
    1. We will close on the house and then start hauling boxes over.
    2. Saturday he has people lined up to move the furniture.
    3. I am not to unpack anything I am to direct the movers
    4, The kitchen can wait. We have more important things than that.

    I am truly surprised that he isn’t going to tape off what furniture will be placed. Consider that 10 of those 11 times I moved I moved as a single mother. I think I could handle this. The problem is that my friends (women) want no part of helping me move now. La & M used to set up my kitchen, hang the art and make my bed while I was doing all the other stuff of moving. I never thought about alphabetizing my spices until L did it for me once.

    I just smile. I may suggest he go over to a friend’s house to watch football. That should get him out of the house for about 6 hours one Saturday. You would be amazed at what I can do in 6 hours if I am motivated.

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  48. Good piece:

    http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2015/09/17/five-suggestions-for-christians-in-the-midst-of-the-sexual-revolution/

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    How should evangelical Christians and evangelical churches respond (to the sexual revolution)?

    1. Don’t be shrill. Remember: at any time, anyone can listen to almost anything you say. There are no “private” thoughts on Facebook. … f you just need to emote, go on a long walk and pour your heart out to God. Let’s show the world that Christians are reasonable and unwilling to revile in return. Happy warriors not shrieking sirens.

    2. Do not be silent. If you said “Amen” to the first suggestion, don’t miss this one. I suppose giving up is one way to end the culture war, but it hardly seems consistent with the whole salt-and-light business Jesus talked about. There are more people who agree with you than you might think. Every time we speak up–thoughtfully, respectfully, winsomely–we help others see that the revolution has not overtaken all of us. If all the Christians remain quiet and refuse to defend the truth (or themselves), we will not only do future generations a disservice we will inadvertently lend credence to a lie that says traditional views are no longer possible or plausible.

    3. Do not neglect singles. …. We must show that even if the world thinks there is something cruel and unusual about celibacy, Christians know that the fullest, most deeply human existence is not inimical to this path. After all, we worship a single man who never had sexual intercourse.

    4. Do not outsmart yourself. I’ve often been asked, “How should we minister to the sexually broken? How can we reach out to gays and lesbians? What pointers do you have in talking to friends and family members who are same-sex attracted?” … Whatever the particular struggles, let’s not forget that we are more like each other than we are different. We are all created in the image of God. We all struggle with a sin nature. We all need a Savior. We are all idol factories. We all want to know we are loved. We all need to repent and be forgiven. Ask questions, listen, share, pray, turn to the Bible, show compassion, point people to Jesus–that’s the basic charge for all of us with anyone.

    5. Do not be scared. God has seen tougher stuff than this. God has a plan. God will accomplish his purposes. No matter what the President or the Supreme Court or Apple or ESPN decide, Christ will keep building his church and the Spirit will keep doing his work through the Word. Turn every thought of panic into a commitment to plan and an attitude of prayer. Our God tends to do his best work when the odds are most stacked against him.
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  50. I am excited and dreading next week. I am excited to be closing on the house, but I am dreading the conversation I need to have with Guy. I may as well confess that I haven’t been to my church all summer becasue he and his wife started attending. I have to deal with him 5 days a week, I just don’t want to see him on Sunday too. It is a loss for me. I loved my church. I felt like I belonged. I don’t any more.
    I think I will go to the other Anglican church in town. It is more traditional than where I have been going but I will be mine.

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  51. It ain’t Monday yet!

    We are studying a series on hymns through the ages on Sunday night for six weeks.
    each night I learn some interesting face;
    Tonight’s fact: “There is a Fountain” filled with blood was written as a polemic against the Armenian doctrine of John & Charles Wesley..

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  52. Chas says Boise State slipped by Idaho State. I guess winning 52-0 is slipping by in South Carolina. Does that mean that Georgia eked out a win by only 32 points over the Gamecocks?

    <a href=https://wanderingviews.com/2015/09/16/peters-pack-of-pickled-pigskin-picks-15-week-3/Find out who won here. Hint: Mumsee and I tied with 6 correct, but she didn’t get the winner in the tie breaker. And neither of us got 9 correct like the winner did.

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  53. AJ- I think my posting about the Pigskin results went into moderation.

    Until it shows up, those interested can go find out the results as long as the thread is still in the “Popular Posts” links.

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  58. I missed church today too — but I did get out to pick up dog food & groceries for the week’s lunch (along with a couple big bottles of diet 7Up, the only thing that seems to quench my thirst in this kind of heat).

    And i is SWELTERING out here today, 100 degrees.

    So done with summer.

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  62. dust and smoke, smoke and dust, with lots of wind to keep it all stirred up.
    I’m with Donna, I don’t even want to go outside.
    I did just get a nice haircut, cheap at half the price as it was free. We serve each other.

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  63. Walked the dogs after 9 p.m. and it was still stifling, no wind, had to have been in the 80s still. I was drenched when i got back, had to take (another) cold shower to cool off.

    Same thing happened last September — we were hit with really high heat that just went on and on and on. It would break for a few days, then come right back again. Looks like this entire month will be like this, with only brief and modest intervals of semi-relief.

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