Repair guy coming in the next few hours, reportedly, to get the washing machine’s stuck sheet unstuck.
Also going to have him look at the refrigerator also as I am having problems with produce and other things “icing” up in the regular (non-freezer) compartment.
Your morning trivia via the Internet; famous one-line ad campaigns through the years:
* Think Small (VW)
* Good to the Last Drop (Maxwell House coffee)
* The Breakfast of Champions (Wheaties)
* A Diamond is Forever (De Beers)
* Where’s the Beef? (Wheaties)
~ There seems to be something embedded within our sinful human nature that makes us quicker to see evil than good. There is something that draws our attention more naturally to sin than to righteousness, more easily to what is ugly in other people than what is beautiful. No wonder, then, that one of the qualifications for an elder is that he must “a lover of good”, a man who takes delight in the things that delight the heart of God, a man who is not known primarily for the evils he despises but for the good he loves (Titus 1:8). … ~
I am in from dragging fallen branches out from what we formerly called “the pine island.” All the pines except one have been removed, but with one, I suppose it still qualifies for that name. It is where we have our azalea bushes because they like the acid soil under pine trees.
I still need to get fallen limbs from the back patio area but will wait since it is getting warmed up. We started in the sixties and we are around the eighties now.
Morning! Bannister guy heading over to take more measurements and make a dry run with the shorter side bannister. He’s been busy!
Now I am hungry for a cobbler… no fruit in the house except for Paul’s two smelly bananas! Well I do have apples but I’ve never heard of an apple cobbler? Maybe an apple crisp….tis’ the season
Worker had to leave to get a different/longer tool to get the agitator unbolted and taken out to free the trapped sheet. So he’s coming back this afternoon.
He said with the super thin materials in the future to just use laundry bags, which was what I already was thinking, too.
I also am getting the refrigerator fixed, but that (of course) needs a new computer board, not cheap but a whole lot cheaper than a new refrigerator, obviously. That’ll happen tomorrow afternoon.
And I still have questions for my eye doctor, too, I need to connect with them to see how to get them answered before the surgery next week.
Doing a bit of Bible study to grt ahead since my second church Bible study group will resume soon. I am in God’s Big Picture and mention is made thatPentecost had the effect of being a reversal of the Tower of Babel. I know it is not exactly the same, but it is still close and something I had never connected
before.
A neighbor just cranked up there mower. So glad I already did that chore.
Correct. Although it was a chocolate chip cookie. The only kind my dad eats these days and he eats a lot of them. I made a fresh batch this morning and had to make a taste test before giving him too many more.
I’m waiting for the service guy to return to save the sheet from the washer.
Interesting post and something to ponder on X or Twitter or whatever it is now:
Sin is acting like I own me and everything attached to me and have the right then to do what I want with what I am and have, disregarding God’s ownership and command.
Does it equate that to be a good cat mommy to Miss Bosley I need to taste her dry food to make sure it is fresh? I do serve her a lot of the organic chicken I make, and I do taste that every time😀❤
Guys are back and removing the bannisters… I wonder what Chas would say knowing we won’t have handrails on those steep stairs for a week!! 😳
Dj we had to have the computer board in the fridge replaced a few years back…expensive. We had to have a new motor in it before it was a year old…under warranty! The repairman said we basically had a new fridge after replacing those parts and that it should last us a long time!! 😊
My last use for blackberries were for a triple berry/peach crisp. I still have more in the freezer. Alas, I no longer know where any wild ones are. The patch we used to pick from is all grown over.
NJ, how old is your refrigerator? I just checked, mine is actually 10 yrs old; read where if repairs cost more than half of what it would cost to replace it at that age, better to replace it. But my repairs were quoted to be about $400, I paid probably $800 for it back when … but now the cost of new ones are higher, of course; though there also are fewer selections for the size that I need (small, boxed in space surrounded by cabinets on both sides and on top).
Probably cheapest way to go is the old-style top freezer kind. Current one is cute, French doors with the bottom freezer drawer, but I don’t see many of those online in the size I need anymore.
So for now, it’ll be the repair and I’ll hope that gives it at least a few more years of life.
I’ve heard from two people that the movie, The Hill, is really good.
I was going to watch all the Braves game yesterday, although they were losing, but my friend called so I missed the end of the game. Art was at the office (after church). That worked out nicely so I did not have to hear complaints about their loss. Glad the LA fans got to see a win, especially on a Sunday afternoon, when more children would be attending.
NJ – Without something to hold on to, I would have to scoot down those stairs on my derriere. My balance is not good, so I always have to hold on going downstairs.
Rails, that reminds me of another project I need to get done here (someday), handrails for the stairs leading up to the front of my house.
Tomorrow will be busy with the return to work after a 4-day weekend break, a story to write, an early pre-op GP doctor’s appointment before that, however; then trying to get a doctor’s note (from her or eye doctor) for the jury summons folks who are after me now as they’re accustomed to scofflaws and don’t believe I’m not one of them; seeing how I can get some questions to the eye surgeon before next weeks surgery; the refrigerator repair guy is coming tomorrow afternoon; and our home Bible study resumes tomorrow night after an August break.
So we’ll see how all that unfolds (washing troublesome sheets still on my mind).
About time to get some sleep, though I have been resting for hours. I took a pretty hard fall in the driveway when trying to bring my trash can up. Falling downhill on cement , I have quite a large bump on my head. I will no longer be walking that driveway.
God is good. My injuries could have been a lot worse,
I m sure angels were watching over me. Grateful that a neighbor heard her dog barking and came out. I could not get up. She ended up driving her golf cart over to help me.
Wandering Views 
If a bird sees its shadow on Labor Day, what does it mean?
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It is a sunny day?
Good morning, all. A beautiful day here with drizzle and mists rising.
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A Monday holiday. Sweet.
Repair guy coming in the next few hours, reportedly, to get the washing machine’s stuck sheet unstuck.
Also going to have him look at the refrigerator also as I am having problems with produce and other things “icing” up in the regular (non-freezer) compartment.
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Your morning trivia via the Internet; famous one-line ad campaigns through the years:
* Think Small (VW)
* Good to the Last Drop (Maxwell House coffee)
* The Breakfast of Champions (Wheaties)
* A Diamond is Forever (De Beers)
* Where’s the Beef? (Wheaties)
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Um, “Where’s the Beef” should read Wendy’s of course 🙂
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Although it certainly fits with cereal, too. Fair question to ask.
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Meanwhile (since I’ve had coffee this morning), blogger Tim Challies asks a good question today:
Are you a lover of good?
https://www.challies.com/articles/are-you-a-lover-of-good/
~ There seems to be something embedded within our sinful human nature that makes us quicker to see evil than good. There is something that draws our attention more naturally to sin than to righteousness, more easily to what is ugly in other people than what is beautiful. No wonder, then, that one of the qualifications for an elder is that he must “a lover of good”, a man who takes delight in the things that delight the heart of God, a man who is not known primarily for the evils he despises but for the good he loves (Titus 1:8). … ~
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We are just in from picking blackberries. Blackberry bushes have thorns. Brambles.
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I am in from dragging fallen branches out from what we formerly called “the pine island.” All the pines except one have been removed, but with one, I suppose it still qualifies for that name. It is where we have our azalea bushes because they like the acid soil under pine trees.
I still need to get fallen limbs from the back patio area but will wait since it is getting warmed up. We started in the sixties and we are around the eighties now.
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Blackberries! Yum, Mumsie. That needs to turn into blackberry cobbler!
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Most of them end up in yogurt or rhubarb blackberry ice cream topping. But a cobbler is not out of the question.
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An oldie from the past:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Nk9vQLWnnghMpQQNPucUnPFk9nyUi7ENq3BtCEGUCie6VHFoF8fx45Sp5KremcSWl&id=635001264
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Morning! Bannister guy heading over to take more measurements and make a dry run with the shorter side bannister. He’s been busy!
Now I am hungry for a cobbler… no fruit in the house except for Paul’s two smelly bananas! Well I do have apples but I’ve never heard of an apple cobbler? Maybe an apple crisp….tis’ the season
Cute goldfinch up there!!
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Of course there is apple cobbler! Delicious!
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Worker had to leave to get a different/longer tool to get the agitator unbolted and taken out to free the trapped sheet. So he’s coming back this afternoon.
He said with the super thin materials in the future to just use laundry bags, which was what I already was thinking, too.
I also am getting the refrigerator fixed, but that (of course) needs a new computer board, not cheap but a whole lot cheaper than a new refrigerator, obviously. That’ll happen tomorrow afternoon.
And I still have questions for my eye doctor, too, I need to connect with them to see how to get them answered before the surgery next week.
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Meanwhile, mumsee’s likely just relaxing, eating bonbons, am I right?
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Doing a bit of Bible study to grt ahead since my second church Bible study group will resume soon. I am in God’s Big Picture and mention is made thatPentecost had the effect of being a reversal of the Tower of Babel. I know it is not exactly the same, but it is still close and something I had never connected
before.
A neighbor just cranked up there mower. So glad I already did that chore.
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Correct. Although it was a chocolate chip cookie. The only kind my dad eats these days and he eats a lot of them. I made a fresh batch this morning and had to make a taste test before giving him too many more.
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Were you lounging as you ate your cookie?
I’m waiting for the service guy to return to save the sheet from the washer.
Interesting post and something to ponder on X or Twitter or whatever it is now:
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Yes, lounging is a must to fully savor the nuances of such a cookie.
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So many beautiful butterflies dancing in, over and through my front yard today.
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DJ – I had shared that Tim Challies quote on Facebook this morning. 🙂
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Mumsee – You are a good daughter, making sure the chocolate chip cookies are just right. 🙂
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I do that job for Nightingale when she is baking. Someone has to do it, so it might as well be me. 🙂
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That is how I view it, a sweet sacrifice.
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Does it equate that to be a good cat mommy to Miss Bosley I need to taste her dry food to make sure it is fresh? I do serve her a lot of the organic chicken I make, and I do taste that every time😀❤
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Guys are back and removing the bannisters… I wonder what Chas would say knowing we won’t have handrails on those steep stairs for a week!! 😳
Dj we had to have the computer board in the fridge replaced a few years back…expensive. We had to have a new motor in it before it was a year old…under warranty! The repairman said we basically had a new fridge after replacing those parts and that it should last us a long time!! 😊
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My last use for blackberries were for a triple berry/peach crisp. I still have more in the freezer. Alas, I no longer know where any wild ones are. The patch we used to pick from is all grown over.
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NJ, how old is your refrigerator? I just checked, mine is actually 10 yrs old; read where if repairs cost more than half of what it would cost to replace it at that age, better to replace it. But my repairs were quoted to be about $400, I paid probably $800 for it back when … but now the cost of new ones are higher, of course; though there also are fewer selections for the size that I need (small, boxed in space surrounded by cabinets on both sides and on top).
Probably cheapest way to go is the old-style top freezer kind. Current one is cute, French doors with the bottom freezer drawer, but I don’t see many of those online in the size I need anymore.
So for now, it’ll be the repair and I’ll hope that gives it at least a few more years of life.
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I’ve heard from two people that the movie, The Hill, is really good.
I was going to watch all the Braves game yesterday, although they were losing, but my friend called so I missed the end of the game. Art was at the office (after church). That worked out nicely so I did not have to hear complaints about their loss. Glad the LA fans got to see a win, especially on a Sunday afternoon, when more children would be attending.
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“The Hill” does look good.
So the sheet — which was actually a pillow case — has been RESCUED from the evil washing machine.
Next up (tomorrow): Refrigerator fix.
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Just finished mandatory reporting training for a volunteer praying position.
Two hours and then a test. Fortunately I scored 90%, so I passed.
I haven’t taken one in a few years. This was provided by the state of California for free–which is a mercy–and was actually pretty informative.
The scenarios they described as examples, however, were heart and guy wrenching.
Frankly, I thought of scenarios I’ve read on these pages. 😦
We live in such a sin-filled world. Come, Lord Jesus!
And now to a barbeque with my kids.
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NJ – Without something to hold on to, I would have to scoot down those stairs on my derriere. My balance is not good, so I always have to hold on going downstairs.
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Kizzie @3:40 🙂
Rails, that reminds me of another project I need to get done here (someday), handrails for the stairs leading up to the front of my house.
Tomorrow will be busy with the return to work after a 4-day weekend break, a story to write, an early pre-op GP doctor’s appointment before that, however; then trying to get a doctor’s note (from her or eye doctor) for the jury summons folks who are after me now as they’re accustomed to scofflaws and don’t believe I’m not one of them; seeing how I can get some questions to the eye surgeon before next weeks surgery; the refrigerator repair guy is coming tomorrow afternoon; and our home Bible study resumes tomorrow night after an August break.
So we’ll see how all that unfolds (washing troublesome sheets still on my mind).
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Article on a cave in Georgia for Peter:
https://georgianewsnetwork.iheart.com/content/2023-08-28-georgia-spot-named-the-coolest-hidden-wonder-in-the-state/
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About time to get some sleep, though I have been resting for hours. I took a pretty hard fall in the driveway when trying to bring my trash can up. Falling downhill on cement , I have quite a large bump on my head. I will no longer be walking that driveway.
God is good. My injuries could have been a lot worse,
I m sure angels were watching over me. Grateful that a neighbor heard her dog barking and came out. I could not get up. She ended up driving her golf cart over to help me.
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not liking that you fell, but glad you had someone to help you up.
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