53 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 11-25-15”

  1. Our trip to Mississippi has led to a humbling and somewhat disturbing discovery. Virtually every Yankee we have run across in this state has been from the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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  2. Morning all. As is my tradition, I am up late the night before Thanksgiving making the dough for the crescent rolls or croissants. I have the batter part ready, now just need to cut in the butter.
    Enjoy your day or preparation.
    School was tough today, my aide went home sick and we did lots of cutting and painting and everyone needed lots of help. Then the last five boxes of books came so we got it all sorted and given out. Only one book didn’t come, and all the rest are dispersed. I have a lot of books for gifts.

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  6. Kim, so sorry, but grateful you had these last few months with her.

    Off to the weekly camp family breakfast and prayer time. A new Kadesh tradition where all staffers get together for breakfast and then we pray for each other.

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  8. So? What is it Kim. The only thing I can think of is Rev. 19:9 that says “Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb”

    I’m sorry about Mama Ruth, but I could tell that you knew it was coming.

    Only Sawgunner would make a statement like Anon’s #1.

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  9. So sorry for your loss, Kim.

    AJ- Did you get the Pigskin Picks yesterday? I sent it from the on-line account instead of from home, so it may have an address with letters and numbers instead of my last name.

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  11. So sorry for the loss of Mama Ruth…so thankful she was ready and is now in His presence ❤
    We're going to get more snow tonight and tomorrow…and it's gonna be cold…perfect Thanksgiving Day weather….just the three of us here this year…nice and relaxing…daughter has to go in to work at 6 tomorrow so we will be having our dinner at noon 🙂

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  13. I think Ricky.

    It’s getting cooler here, too, into the 40s at night. Still no rain …

    Very sorry to hear about Mama Ruth, it’s just never easy to lose someone no matter how old. 😦

    My friend’s father-in-law died recently, he would have been 100 in January and they were hoping he’d make that milestone. But 99 is not a bad run.

    Still, they’ve lost a dad and a grandfather and that’s just never easy.

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  14. Complicated dog walk last night, we were a few blocks away when I noticed a loose white husky across the street where an LAPD car had stopped and was checking a house our or something with a flashlight. No relation between them other than the husky was young and enthusiastically trying to figure out what they were doing.

    But as soon as the dog spotted Cowboy and Tess, across the street he bounded, wanting to play.

    We spent about 5 minutes trying duck and get away, both my dogs snapping at the youngster (he was probably only a year old, maybe less very puppy-like and bouncy which irritated my dogs). We were stuck, I didn’t want to turn for home as I knew he’d just come along with us. So I decided to just stand there, trying to keep my dogs from engaging in a full-on fight with the husky who was more than annoying.

    Finally an owner appeared with a leash, muttering something about huskies being escape artists (which they are), but I was just glad dog-and-owner were reunited and we could continue out walk.

    Today I have to find at least one story I can work on Friday (since no one will be available for interviews for anything). The editor is going through the usual angst and grumpiness about filling a weekend of papers with 5 reporters. So sad. We once had nearly 30. But, of course, he still griped about “not enough copy” even then. 🙂

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  15. This is what I posted on FB
    Heaven welcomed one of the best women I have ever known. She mothered the motherless (me) and taught them how to love others. She took what was best in you and reflected it back to you. She taught me to see the humor in the ordinary. As far as I can tell her biggest failure was that she never was able to teach me to flirt.

    Chas, thank you for the song. It is very appropriate. 🙂

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  16. I saw that on FB Kim, very nice tribute.

    I bought some of that cheaper / generic-brand printer ink last time but when I installed the cartridges yesterday my hands were left massively and deeply stained with all colors, the cartridges leaked profusely even though (after I noticed this) I tried to be really careful with handling them.

    After several scrubbings, the ink is only now fading from my hands.

    What a mess.

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  19. And as excited as I was to finally get all my trees trimmed, including the gigantic bougainvillea out front (now a mere stump), it’s beginning to set in how horrible my house looks now with no landscaping (and, even worse) exposed pealing paint on my porch frame. But I need to do some repairs on the porch before I can get it painted … Oscar says he can do it but he’s kind of booked right now.

    And with the holidays hitting, it’ll probably have to wait a bit now. 😦

    Sigh.

    Houses.

    I don’t think I can even put lights out this year, it will be too ironic & sad looking. 😉

    At least when the rain starts some of the grass should return …

    This drought has been brutal.

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  23. He actually was a very handsome all-white (fur) dog, though not nearly as cute as mine. But he did have a better life attitude than they do around lively and annoying big puppies.

    Puppies just want to have fun.

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  24. Kim – I hope you know that my “like” for your comment about Mama Ruth’s passing was merely for an indication that I am praying for comfort for you & her other loved ones. (I was praying that this morning before I even saw your comment.)

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  25. Grieving for your loss, Kim; but glad to know she is with Christ. When I drove away from the deathbed of my uncle, I grieved, but at the same time I felt such joy to know that his struggles were finished and he was finally at peace with Christ.

    World has chosen a very appropriate Daniel(s) of the Year: http://www.worldmag.com/2015/11/unconquered

    I have a question for The Real and the rest of the blog. I’ve been asked on FB to do my Carol Advent calendar again this year. Would you like me to also post the pieces here?

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  27. That would be nice, Roscuro, but I can’t always get access to some of the music.

    A little time back I commented about the book, I Have Seen God, by Klaus-Dieter John, and it made me think of you, Roscuro. I an imagine you working in that missionary hospital in Peru.

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  28. Kim, what great memories you have of Mama Ruth. It has been a blessing to all hear to get to know some of the love you experienced through her. She is a good example to all who have experienced her personally and those who have known of her influence on people they love and adore like you. You will think of her every Thanksgiving, and what a great blessing to each year continue to thank God for what a difference she made in your life. Every year will bring times when you use the wisdom she shared with you. We all could only hope to be remembered with such fondness and love. She was one of those super people♡

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  30. Yes, Roscuro.

    Xoxox to Kim.

    Um, I wore a fleece to the farmer’s market this morning. Daughter was in uniform before heading to work and several people thought she was a police officer!

    Glorious blue skies here.

    My husband and I don’t know what to do with a day off. There’s no point in driving anywhere, but it seems foolish to lounge around in a hotel room even if we’re half sick. 😦

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  31. Roscuro, I enjoyed your Carol Advent calendar last year, and since I’m not on Facebook, it would be nice to have it here. Thanks for thinking of us.

    Kim, very sorry about your loss of Mama Ruth. Lord’s blessings to you as you grieve her passing and cherish the fond memories of her.

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  32. Time to make some pumpkin pies and gluten-free macadamia and white chocolate bars for the Thanksgiving gathering at my sister’s tomorrow.

    Church tonight at 7:00, and 3rd Arrow and I are playing We Gather Together in the pre-service.

    Some Thanksgiving-themed reading with the kids this afternoon, and I also want to type up my final copy of my revised piano lesson policy today, too.

    Off to get some of that done. 🙂

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  33. Yes Phos, please!

    Kim, so sorry for your loss!

    I have 5 pies in the oven, cranberry salad made. Has anyone else ever used coconut oil to make pie crust? They come out great. Ready to use, don’t have to chill before rolling.

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  35. Peter, I have made no secret that my mother was a horrible alcoholic. I truly believe that in addition to alcoholism there was mental illness as well. I was a Rainbow Girl (which is a Masonic organization for girls between the ages of 12 and 20 – I won’t get into the rightness or wrongness of the Masonic order–to each their own belief). Mama Ruth was the Mother Advisor, but she clued into the fact that I needed her more than the other girls. I was the daughter she chose. I had a key to the house, my own bedroom, and went on family vacations. It has always been understood that when she died I was to inherit some of her jewelry. There is tension between the two sisters and I will not ask for any of the jewelry. I will ask for at least one of the Nativity sets. She is the one who started me down the path of collecting them. She bought more than one of them. She LOVED Christmas. She always hosted a Birthday Party for Jesus for all the neighborhood children when she was raising her own family (I am 6 years younger than her youngest daughter). She said Christmas was the only time I child could receive a gift and not have to say “thank you”.
    She always found a family that needed Christmas and either bought the children’s “Santa Clause” or sent a cashier’s check to the family from “Santa”. Don’t think for one minute that detracted from her belief in Jesus as her personal Saviour, but she did once say that homosexuality had to be a naturally occurring phenomena “because what woman in her RIGHT mind would choose to love a man”. 😉 She was the daughter of a Baptist minister.
    She taught me that “puppy love” was the strongest emotion on earth because it happened to children who weren’t yet mature enough to handle the strength of the emotion. Then she taught me that wasn’t TRUE love. TRUE love was getting up in the morning when the whole house had the flu and you had been throwing up all night, to clean up the mess and to take care of your family. True love was walking a baby all night because they had the colic. True love was wanting what was best for the other person. She modeled TRUE love to me. If she hadn’t have then my view of love would have been if you were happy with me you loved me and if you were angry with me you didn’t love me.

    This is what her daughter said about her today:

    My heart is broken and yet rejoicing. Mama went home to be with the Lord this morning and she was reunited with the love of her life that she has grieved for since September 12, 2013. I know she is doing a happy dance. Thank you mom for everything but mostly for instilling the Truth in me and introducing me to the great “I am” See you again……I love you MOST!

    I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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  46. I roasted the turkey, made pumpkin pies, jello salad, chex mix , made a pot roast for dinner and now I running the full dish washer…puppy is sleeping at my feet and all’s well in the Forest 🙂
    I’m impressed with five pies baking in the over….my oven can’t handle that….two at a time around here 🙂 Tomorrow all I need to do is make sweet potato casserole, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, rolls…then eat! Hannah told me tonight before she headed to work that she is thankful that it will be just the three of us here tomorrow….she says she’s needing some “quiet” time…before she heads back to work at 6 🙂

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  49. Got such a nice Thanksgiving card from a friend, complete with a handwritten note. I used to be so good about sending cards but have fallen out of the habit. 😦 I’ll have to put that on my 2016 list of changes I’d like to make.

    Then there was this email tonight from our boss:

    __________________

    I am thankful that you guys are the ones covering the community that I live in. There’s no one else I would want on the watch. Thank you for continuing to give your all despite the ups and downs (and) may your Thanksgiving be free of breaking news.
    __________________

    amen to that.

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  50. More adventures in dog walking — we’d just crossed a street when something caught my eye: A skunk was waddling toward us several feet away. When he saw the dogs, he stopped cold and up went that tail.

    The dogs hadn’t seen him so I quickly steered them back across the street to the other side, giving the skunk as wide a berth as possible. 🙂

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  52. I saw a skunk along the side of the path one night when I was walking from my childhood home to my grandparents’ next door to practice piano. We had a black and white farm cat at the time that looked quite similar, so I leaned down to pet it, when I realized it wasn’t the cat. 😉 I quickly drew my hand back, and seeing the skunk looking at me, with its tail in the air, I turned s-l-o-w-l-y around and headed back home.

    And probably holding my breath all the while.

    Didn’t get sprayed or bitten, and the piano didn’t get practiced that day. 😉

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