Hillary said, “It’s Armageddon!”
She said, doing the campaign, “I’m the last thing standing between you and the apocalypse”.
I was reading Rev. 16 this morning. Lots of people talk the “Battle” of Armageddon.
But there is no battle at Armageddon. Rev. 16:17 says God gathers the kings of the east to that great battle. However, their destruction is not described, except an earthquake and hale the weight of a talent (75-100 #)
“Armageddon” is often misused by people who don’t understand.
I am in a serious quandary.
I am supposed to teach for Bob tomorrow.
However, it has snowed, still flurries and forecasted snow for Greensboro today.
I have never, since Sept. 1963, ever not shown up to teach a lesson.
But I am not going out of it is slippery.
When a young man falls, he brushes himself off and goes on. I have done that many times.
Old folks break something and are put out of commission.
I will continue preparing the lesson in case it goes up to 80 degrees this afternoon, but the forecast on my iPhone is for 34 degrees an snow at four p.m.
I wish it would either get hot or snow six inches.
But I will prepare the lesson. I can use it next week if not tomorrow. .
🙂 Good marks when I wasn’t sure what to expect (see end of yesterday’s thread for what I mean).
🙂 Finally talked to someone in a position to do something about it about making up clinical hours.
😦 Still no definite answers, just a wait and see.
🙂 Classes are finished.
😦 Exams are beginning.
🙂 A mother who helps me study by listening to me talk about the material I’ve learned.
🙂 🙂 Advent and preparations for Christmas – the sense of quiet anticipation during this season is something that I’ve loved since childhood.
🙂 🙂 A month or so ago I saw old friends at church who had moved out of the area. I rushed to greet them and gave them a prayer card. It was a brief greeting as the service was starting. They sent me a gift to my Wycliffe account last month and I immediately sent them a thank you as that was such an encouragement. This morning I saw that they sent another gift and it is marked as recurring, which means that I have a new supporter. God is good and He is doing His work. Praise Him.
🙂 Some extra (and rare) time off this December. I really like not working. But not forever, not yet. I would not like living without a regular pay check. 🙂 So back to work I go on Monday, but with yet another week off after that.
😦 Trying to figure out Medicare. Broker is supposed to meet with me next week to get me signed up for something that will keep me with my longstanding GP here in town and (hopefully) cut down on the rising costs now associated with our ever-worsening work medical plans.
🙂 I believe I’m finding a good middle ground on how to deal with Carol:
* Fewer visits (she always starts out with “Can you help me” do whatever, and she definitely zeros in her requests for whenever I mention I might have some time off work);
* absolutely no money from me (though I’m quite sure I’ll have to continue to treat for meals when I am out with her, but only within limits — as in no dessert or all the extras she wants to order);
* I chose the gift(s) I’m giving for her this Christmas, I didn’t succumb to her demands for this or that (gadgets or things she really doesn’t need and are never cheap — no more Santa list, she’s not 8 years old despite her seemingly being “stuck” there on some of these issues).
* And I realize that some things she is simply not capable of doing, probably never will be, for whatever reason — like not spending every last cent of her own money within hours of when she gets it. I’m trying to accept that. If she has money it will simply be gone, there’s no use trying to talk to her about putting some aside for the rest of the month. She can’t or won’t do it. Period. Her former roommate, a very sweet woman at the facility, always loans her spending money for candy or bus fare (which Carol seems to pay back to her each month, at least).
🙂 Someone has been found to do the stucco replacement on my house where foundation work was done.
🙂 After a year and a half, I think/I hope that I can finally see the end of all the massive house repairs. Maybe by spring or summer it will all be behind me. Or not? 😦
😦 Fires. Horrible devastation.
😦 Awful weather — hot and dry with no rain in sight. Is it really Christmas?? It was 90 degrees on Thanksgiving. We were hoping the drought cycle had been broken after getting normal rainfall last year, but maybe not.
🙂 My little Charlie Brown tree that the city planted in May in front of my house survives, despite my not being able to water it as much as I did during the spring and summer. It’s dark when I get home from work now. During a normal year we’d be getting enough rain by now that I wouldn’t have to be so worried about it.
🙂 😦 I’m running behind on decorating. I may not get a tree this year (again). It’s getting late enough now. But I have some small table-top artificial trees I can put out. Still always so much to do around here. It’s always far from pristine.
It was icy and 25 degrees, but they had SS & church. I kept thinking, right up to 9:00 that they would say, “Activities start at the 10:45 service. But they said nothing so I went. And four tother men in our class showed up. Two guy s from another class came in so we had six for the lesson. This was about average.
We had a good lesson. That was lesson 1207 for me.
It is hard for me to prepare now because my vision is too bad for small print. Even with glasses.
Sun is out now and the temp has zoomed up to 37 degrees.
(So sex my IPhone)
It took me three readings to catch my typo. Z is right next to X. Should have been “sez” You need to overlook typos.
Now, text time I run for President, this is likely to come up. 😦
Kathleena, I spent my weekend with a neutered iPhone.
I went to bed at 9:30 and slept straight through ’till 6:30. Nine hours. I didn’t know I was that tired. I went to becd because I didn’t care what came on after Hee Haw.
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Hillary said, “It’s Armageddon!”
She said, doing the campaign, “I’m the last thing standing between you and the apocalypse”.
I was reading Rev. 16 this morning. Lots of people talk the “Battle” of Armageddon.
But there is no battle at Armageddon. Rev. 16:17 says God gathers the kings of the east to that great battle. However, their destruction is not described, except an earthquake and hale the weight of a talent (75-100 #)
“Armageddon” is often misused by people who don’t understand.
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“hale stones” the weight of a talent.
But you knew what I meant.
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I am in a serious quandary.
I am supposed to teach for Bob tomorrow.
However, it has snowed, still flurries and forecasted snow for Greensboro today.
I have never, since Sept. 1963, ever not shown up to teach a lesson.
But I am not going out of it is slippery.
When a young man falls, he brushes himself off and goes on. I have done that many times.
Old folks break something and are put out of commission.
I will continue preparing the lesson in case it goes up to 80 degrees this afternoon, but the forecast on my iPhone is for 34 degrees an snow at four p.m.
I wish it would either get hot or snow six inches.
But I will prepare the lesson. I can use it next week if not tomorrow. .
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🙂 Good marks when I wasn’t sure what to expect (see end of yesterday’s thread for what I mean).
🙂 Finally talked to someone in a position to do something about it about making up clinical hours.
😦 Still no definite answers, just a wait and see.
🙂 Classes are finished.
😦 Exams are beginning.
🙂 A mother who helps me study by listening to me talk about the material I’ve learned.
🙂 🙂 Advent and preparations for Christmas – the sense of quiet anticipation during this season is something that I’ve loved since childhood.
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The greatest Rave: 😀 My sister and her two child (one unborn) being spared to us.
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Fun with grandchildren and watching them do an Advent devotional.
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Enjoying praying for my two newest grandchildren who are not yet public knowledge but God knows them as He knits them together.
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🙂 Crazy week is over. I was gone over 10 hours on several days and as a result am/was so exhausted.
🙂 Everybody (cat and I, at least) is healthy, meetings are done, work tasks are nearly up to date and maybe I can think about Christmas at home.
😦 🙂 My new job starts on Monday afternoon–ferrying Adorables to and from school on a varying schedule. We’ll see it goes.
🙂 Oldest son starts new job on Monday, raring to go and they’re raring to have him.
🙂 Third son had a great interview; I’m praying he finally gets the job he thinks he wants.
🙂 A master’s degree for my daughter this week. I’m praying she figures out what job to get next!
🙂 God sightings and conversations this week. They never get old and I’m always surprised and blessed.
😦 The fires. Period.
🙂 The Word of God does not return void and it is unchangeable and true. Thanks be to God.
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🙂 🙂 A month or so ago I saw old friends at church who had moved out of the area. I rushed to greet them and gave them a prayer card. It was a brief greeting as the service was starting. They sent me a gift to my Wycliffe account last month and I immediately sent them a thank you as that was such an encouragement. This morning I saw that they sent another gift and it is marked as recurring, which means that I have a new supporter. God is good and He is doing His work. Praise Him.
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🙂 Some extra (and rare) time off this December. I really like not working. But not forever, not yet. I would not like living without a regular pay check. 🙂 So back to work I go on Monday, but with yet another week off after that.
😦 Trying to figure out Medicare. Broker is supposed to meet with me next week to get me signed up for something that will keep me with my longstanding GP here in town and (hopefully) cut down on the rising costs now associated with our ever-worsening work medical plans.
🙂 I believe I’m finding a good middle ground on how to deal with Carol:
* Fewer visits (she always starts out with “Can you help me” do whatever, and she definitely zeros in her requests for whenever I mention I might have some time off work);
* absolutely no money from me (though I’m quite sure I’ll have to continue to treat for meals when I am out with her, but only within limits — as in no dessert or all the extras she wants to order);
* I chose the gift(s) I’m giving for her this Christmas, I didn’t succumb to her demands for this or that (gadgets or things she really doesn’t need and are never cheap — no more Santa list, she’s not 8 years old despite her seemingly being “stuck” there on some of these issues).
* And I realize that some things she is simply not capable of doing, probably never will be, for whatever reason — like not spending every last cent of her own money within hours of when she gets it. I’m trying to accept that. If she has money it will simply be gone, there’s no use trying to talk to her about putting some aside for the rest of the month. She can’t or won’t do it. Period. Her former roommate, a very sweet woman at the facility, always loans her spending money for candy or bus fare (which Carol seems to pay back to her each month, at least).
🙂 Someone has been found to do the stucco replacement on my house where foundation work was done.
🙂 After a year and a half, I think/I hope that I can finally see the end of all the massive house repairs. Maybe by spring or summer it will all be behind me. Or not? 😦
😦 Fires. Horrible devastation.
😦 Awful weather — hot and dry with no rain in sight. Is it really Christmas?? It was 90 degrees on Thanksgiving. We were hoping the drought cycle had been broken after getting normal rainfall last year, but maybe not.
🙂 My little Charlie Brown tree that the city planted in May in front of my house survives, despite my not being able to water it as much as I did during the spring and summer. It’s dark when I get home from work now. During a normal year we’d be getting enough rain by now that I wouldn’t have to be so worried about it.
🙂 😦 I’m running behind on decorating. I may not get a tree this year (again). It’s getting late enough now. But I have some small table-top artificial trees I can put out. Still always so much to do around here. It’s always far from pristine.
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😦 😦 84 degrees. Everyone’s in shorts and T-shirts and flip-flops. Merry Christmast.
I’d better water that little tree again later today. …
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As in hoist that mast, I guess. It is rather OK sailing weather, if you can tolerate the smoke in the air.
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Re: My 9:16 on yesterday’s.
It was icy and 25 degrees, but they had SS & church. I kept thinking, right up to 9:00 that they would say, “Activities start at the 10:45 service. But they said nothing so I went. And four tother men in our class showed up. Two guy s from another class came in so we had six for the lesson. This was about average.
We had a good lesson. That was lesson 1207 for me.
It is hard for me to prepare now because my vision is too bad for small print. Even with glasses.
Sun is out now and the temp has zoomed up to 37 degrees.
(So sex my IPhone)
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Excuse me, what????
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Whadda ya mean
WHAT?
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I think you need a little proof reading, Chas.
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Wow – I need to check this thread more often
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And what model of iPhone do you have, exactly?
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It took me three readings to catch my typo. Z is right next to X. Should have been “sez” You need to overlook typos.
Now, text time I run for President, this is likely to come up. 😦
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Sez you.
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I’ll still vote for you, Chas. I just might not hang around this thread any more – it’s getting a little too racy for me.
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So is it a male or a female, Chas? Or did you not get it sexed yet?
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Must be one of those new iPhone X models
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And I thought my weekend with the four grandchildren was wild!
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Kathleena, I spent my weekend with a neutered iPhone.
I went to bed at 9:30 and slept straight through ’till 6:30. Nine hours. I didn’t know I was that tired. I went to becd because I didn’t care what came on after Hee Haw.
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