tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28599775599205295012012-01-24T13:28:24.301-06:00Reflections of a Caroline Ingalls Wannabe-Can't-Cut-It -- "Charles, I baked you a fresh blueberry pie."CarolineNothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104081148429934667noreply@blogger.comBlogger5251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859977559920529501.post-16037390583419338662009-12-31T00:01:00.008-06:002010-01-09T06:35:34.520-06:00

Our Son1 came home.  Our Little Loo celebrated her third year as a Rocky Mountain Bride.  Our Son2 was a hero to his little girl and us all, slaying more dragons than anyone would want to meet in a lifetime.  Our Son3 joined the workforce, leaving a hole in the home.  Our Son4 stepped into his man-shoes, tightening the slack in the rope around the farm.  Our bammy passed away.  New chicks lived

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Having stuffed our humble home with mountains (okay, foothills) of fabric and yarn, it seems fitting that I do something to diminish the burgeoning stashes.  I don't knit all that fast, and I seem lately to be allergic to the sewing machine.  So I'm planning to weave.  I'm excited by the prospect and would have opened an Etsy shop by now, but common sense popped up out of nowhere, staying my

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Quoted by and from The Berean CallDecember 22, 2009; Our Daily UpdatesAccepting Christ Means Rejecting All Else"The notion that we enter the Christian life by an act of acceptance is true, but that is not all the truth.  There is much more to it than that.  Christianity involves an acceptance and a repudiation, an affirmation and a denial.  And this not only at the moment of conversion but

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Willow sent me this one.  Isn't it great, when your friends know exactly what will bring cheer to your life?You really must take some time out of your day to SMACK THE PENGUIN.  [Directions: Load the Smack the Penguin site.  Click once to make the penguin leap; click again to make Yeti take a swing.]Then, it'll complete my cheer, if you post your high scores in the comment section.  I'd offer a

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Lord Monckton Assaulted to the point of unconsciousness by EuroThug Police at CopenhagenThe Sonoran Weekly Review"One of them began the now familiar technique of manhandling me, in the same fashion as one of his colleagues had done the previous day.Once again, conscious that a police helicopter with a high-resolution camera was hovering overhead, I thrust my hands into my pockets in accordance

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School goes ballistic when 2nd-grader draws JesusBoy, 8, gets psych evaluation after sketch of Christ on cross called 'violent'Posted: December 15, 200912:51 pm EasternBy Chelsea Schilling© 2009 WorldNetDaily"An 8-year-old boy has been suspended from school and forced to undergo a psychological evaluation after he drew a picture of Jesus Christ on the cross, his father claims..."Read the story →

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The close-ups may beWorth clicking for englargementsIf you're into pond feathersHe that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.  He shall cover thee with his feathers,

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December 7, 2009By THE WASHINGTON TIMES A tale of destroyed documents, fraud, conspiracy and the misuse of millions of government dollars would seem to have all the juicy ingredients of a scandal that journalists would kill to cover. However, the mainstream media apparently doesn't think that Climategate is news. ABC News hasn't deemed the story newsworthy. Neither has CBS nor NBC. If Americans

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I'm busy.Lead them around by the snout to keep 'em fit, and click to feed them.Gorton - Van - LJ - Milford - MelvernWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.  Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under

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People's experiences with the H1N1 vaccine — not being tallied and reported — are surfacing, because the internet provides an avenue of information sharing by commoners.  Perhaps the internet will have to be shut down.H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Stories From Pregnant Women70 Heartbreaking Stories From People Who Have Had Their Lives Destroyed By H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Side EffectsMarch 11,

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mercola.comMounting Debilities and Deaths from H1N1 VaccineExcerpts:Jordan McFarland, a 14-year-old boy from Virginia, is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu......Oh, how short our memories are.It was only four short years ago when President Bush projected that TWO MILLION

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Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.  ~Psalm 106:1Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.  ~Revelation 7:12

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And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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Do not leave a 25 lb. box of almonds on the porchwith a 100 lb. polar bear dog.Not good.Well, he thought it was good.Me?  Notsomuch.Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.  ~II Corinthians 9:11

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The doctor says it's swine flu.I don't know how he could be so sure.All those years of training?For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.  ~Ephesians 5:8-10

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orA Giant in the Chick NurseryJust tossed that one in for kicks.Son4 was adjusting fresh floor cover.Plum and Pullets...Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.  ~Psalm 119:160

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clickableAnd God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.  ~Genesis 1:31

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The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.  ~Psalm 126:3

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clickableGreat is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.  ~Psalm 145:3

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I ran into this over at Paid in Full and fully surprised myself, when I poked the button to view, especially since I thought I was going to watch a 7-minute film on hunting.  I can't think of a reason to watch even a 1-minute film on hunting, so I must have been having a fullblowncuckoo moment when I poked that button.  Sorry.Roll film, and it was a you-had-me-at-hello moment.  It didn't begin

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Being all MarthaNot and everything, I'm sure a new chick nursery nestled near the woodstove is a perfect living room whimsy piece.  Don't argue with me, Mrs. Piecrust.  A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, and this ain't Golf Hill.  It's not even St. Louis Ave., where a duck was once in residence.Day-old chicks en route to our house: 5 black australorps, 5 black stars, 5 California whites, 5

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I've heard two mentions of a new hate crimes law, but with an old monster really close to home sprouting a new head, I've had no time to look into the particulars of Orwellian rule, preferring to scour specific, state statutes pertaining to little people, and I don't mean Lemurians or fairies.  So I'll try to choose my words carefully, because I don't wanna go to jail for purportedly hating or

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Zoomer phoned Friday afternoon.  Lately, we don't talk or email as often as we once and long did, because we each and both have been especially busied on the homefront.  So this was a nice, long catch-up call, and near the end she mentioned again her blueberry cobbler, which was now out of the oven.  "I think I'll taste this and see how it turned out."  I was treated to the interminable sounds of

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SugarPlum and I made firebugs Thursday.  Last year, I dipped pinecones in wax to serve the same purpose.  Firebugs use less wax and take up considerably less space near the woodstove.  I just don't have very many dead candles lying about right now, and space is an issue in this little house on the prairie, so the fires will be kindled with bugs this year.If you need some firebugs, grab that

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The following preceded the 9/12 march on Washington (ergo "we are coming"), is posted on Glenn Beck's website, and is circulating via email.  As an aside, I've a friend whose son-in-law is a Capitol Hill policeman, who was unexpectedly called to work on September 12, 2009, because they were expecting a crowd of 500,000, and prior to 1:00 p.m. EDT, the mass numbered 1.5 million.  Estimates later

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That's all I wanted.  I didn't really want them.  There's just this little issue of having lost track of time while my chickens were aging.  And aging.  And apparently aging.  Who knew the little egg factories were all done workin' now ... until the daily egg count nosedived [nosedove?] to between zero and two?  Someone has to capture those wild, young chickens living with the CowNots and bring

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They were on the kitchen counter.More photo upload surprises for Mom.  Thanks, fellas.Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.  And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended

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Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.  ~John 15:4, 5

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For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not

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For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.  ~Proverbs 2:6-9

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To me.Before I turned 50, I'd never been purple.I think I became purple in December, 2006.Not just any purple.Not gumball purple, and definitely not lavendar.Mostly eggplant or thereabouts.Little Loo's wedding, and the dress I was making was clearly presenting itself as ugly and ill fitted to the occasion, so I made a MAD dash to the bridal shop in TOE-peka a few days before the affair in

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But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children.  ~Psalm 103:17Twenty-eight-and-a-half excruciating months.Rescued at last.How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.  ~Psalm 36:7Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name

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So I find out about them, when I upload the umpty-hundred photos sitting in the camera.  This time there were 28 thumbnails of a stick.  A stick in the pond.  A stick in the pond?  What's the attraction?Now picture thumbnails.  You just don't get very much information from a thumbnail.  In this instance, I wasn't getting any wiser with the full-size images.  In full size, this photo of the pond

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Read Five Alive after One Brave ChoiceFor I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.  Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.  ~Psalm 135:5, 6

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I ordered flannel fabric for winter SugarPlum dresses.  When she came for a visit, and we'd finished a game of Spelling Bee, my thinking cap was on crooked: "Hey, SugarPlum, Nana bought fabric to make you dresses.  Would you like to see it?"  Six prints, plus their companions.  I like the chickens and pigs.  SugarPlum liked the snowman fabric, my least favorite.  She liked it a lot. "Nana, can we

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They picked up the plum and enjoyed some much-needed R & R.clickablesSugarPlum's clown gene rose to the surface.And Son3 began cracking up over his brother's kuhknucklehead kid.Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.  For evildoers shall be cut off.  ~Psalm 37:7, 9a

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This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.  The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.  ~Lamentations 3:21-24

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ever intuitive and vigilantThe eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.  ~Deuteronomy 33:27a

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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.  ~Psalm 126:5

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If our family comes to mind over the next seven days, please whisper a prayer for us.Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.  I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,

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Two hens have long lived with the CowNots, and one or both have given us new chickens.  Wild chickens.  They wander about in the woods and help themselves to cownot chow.  We really must lure them over this way, for they're old enough now to be laying, which may be occurring in the woods — snacks for every coon, possum, and 'nake in our corner of the county. Last night Son4 discovered where these

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If my math is working this morning, there are 397 questions listed on the All in One Chunk page.  Familiar with most of the questions associated with this incident, I haven't yet read this compilation in its entirety, but I was looking for a condensed version of the unanswered questions, and a quick skim of this one seemed a good place to begin.  I've poked a few representative questions here as

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The Truth about the Health Care Bills↑ Read it↓ Have it read to you6 min, 51 secPostscript: In response to Joyful Momma's thoughtful remarks, while this is by no means exhaustive, a few of the bill's elements are addressed in this analysis by John David Lewis, associate professor in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at Duke University.  Line-by-line analyses are online and

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HR3200SEC. 246. NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.Barack Obama, 9/09/09:  "There are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants.  This too is false.  The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to

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Would you take a picture of me, so I can see what I look like?Heh.Oh, are you serious?Yeah, I wanna see what I look like.Uh.  Okay.Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.  ~Romans 12:10

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For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.  ~I Timothy 4:8

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Another Shocking Warning about Swine Flu VaccineFor as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  ~Matthew 24:38, 39

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It had been many, many moons since all the boys were last together.  First order of business was to try out the blow gun Son2 brought Son3 for his birthday.clickablesNotice the long, red band on the blow gun:DO NOT INHALE DART! Scary.This was a photo op for Mom.Okay, Mom sees all things as photo ops.The children let their C-gene bubble up.Clown op.SugarPlum made a cake.And iced it.When it was

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Son1 arrives for an extended visitandSon3 has a birthdayThe studied dissection of the cake.Do all families do this with a butcher knife?*head cocked*Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall

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Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  ~Philippians 3:13, 14

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STOPCourtesy Advisory:  If you're dining at your computer station or have a weak stomach, scroll no more and consider yourself finished with this post.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.  Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the

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clickable for enlargementOwe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.  ~Romans 13:8

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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet

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images clickable for enlargementWith some unexpected down-time on our calendar, we made hasty plans to trek up to Milford Lake for a few days and positioned ourselves here:No, we didn't perch in a tree.It's a cabin:#4 to be precise:I took a lot of photos like this:And this:Because I ♥ seagulls.Like the one in the center of this photo.Which you might not notice without the inset crop:So you can

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Another power outage yesterday, 7:10 a.m.Busying myself with preparing by flashlight an amended, uncooked breakfast for our bammy, I said, "Why don't you get my lamp and light it."Son3 (lifting the lamp from its hanger):  Your lamp has no oil.Son4:  You better go buy some oil for your lamp.  Then with deliberately mock sincerity, We'll wait for you.Cheeky kids.Then shall the kingdom of heaven be

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Running Length: 1 minute, 52 secondsThese six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.  ~Proverbs 6:16-19

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The first three were taken from the living room, through glass and screen, and the final two are distance crops, so pardon the fuzz overlaid upon these feathery visitors.The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.  ~Proverbs 15:33

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Oh calm down.We bought 'em at the grocery store.I just thought they looked like they needed names.Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.  ~Psalm 21:13

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While I've thought the colloquialism sheeple was a clever one, I learned this morning it's not a right fit, because sheep gather in flocks.  They have a different — and apparently widely accepted and used among Themselves — term for referencing the ignorant masses: HERD.  [evidenced in Part 2]Actually, I'm relieved, because The Good Shepherd calls His people the sheep of His pasture, and to

CarolineNothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104081148429934667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859977559920529501.post-11324208442158295742009-08-07T14:29:00.004-05:002009-08-07T14:39:37.987-05:00

Well, maybe it's only funny, if one is having trouble processing what ignorant people are doing and why on earth they're doing it, and someone comes along commenting ever-so-well on that.  Even then, it's not knee-slapping funny.  Or even ha-ha funny.  Um, maybe it's not funny at all.  Never mind the funny thing.Excellent article:  You Want Fishy?  I'll Give You FishyAnd when these things begin

CarolineNothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104081148429934667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859977559920529501.post-4837333593345202522009-08-07T13:17:00.005-05:002009-08-07T14:39:16.079-05:00

Son3, who will be 18 years old at the end of this month, decided it's time to have a drivers license.  Drivers license.  Got that?  He's not seeking town mayorship, a seat in Congress, or the Presidency of the United States of America.  He's ready to drive a car.To be King of the United States of America, one need not supply a certified copy of one's birth certificate, proving who one is and from

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.  ~Philippians 4:23

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SugarPlum was up for the task.And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.  ~Philippians 1:9-11

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It's been discouraging to me for many years to hear Christians being accused in the media and elsewhere of torturing and murdering people in the name of religion, when Bible-believing people (Christians) were actually the victims of the heinous crimes committed.  I don't know how the historical truth has been draped with a web of deceit, but that has happened.  Maybe all which has been required

CarolineNothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104081148429934667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859977559920529501.post-3588308065282531002009-07-18T05:46:00.003-05:002009-07-18T20:56:53.542-05:00

Daddy:  SugarPlum, please go play with your instruments in your bedroom with the door shut, so the dogs will stop barking.SugarPlum:  Well I don't have no instruments.Daddy:  Yes you do.  That's what you're playing with, and it's, "I don't have any instruments."SugarPlum:  Well, do you wanna play with mine?Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.  For he shall be

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“I am as sure as I am of Christ’s reign that a comprehensive and centralized system of national education, separated from religion, as is now commonly proposed, will prove the most appalling enginery for the propagation of anti-Christian and atheistic unbelief, and of anti-social nihilistic ethics, individual, social and political, which this sin-rent world has ever seen.”  ~A. A. Hodge, (1823-

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An article title at World Net Daily.  Thought I better read it, because the title quite unpleasantly surprised me, given the source.  Smart author.  His ruse worked.Now heads up here.  Don't get scared.  I'M not saying this — this is the article title.  Great article.  Give it a read, if you've a moment:I Agree with Rick Warren!For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus,... And from Miletus he

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"Look what a mess my place is now.""Well, do another post to clean things up.""Oh.  I was thinking of making a new background.  I can't stand this clutter.""Ack!  You can't do that!  You just made a new background."Egh, I have nothing to say.  Not like that's ever stopped me from posting.I don't actually know (confession: or care) what Twitter is, but I think it has something to do with

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We Gather Togetherby Adrianus ValeriusWe all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant,And pray that Thou still our Defender will be.Let Thy congregation escape tribulation;Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.  ~Ephesians 1:3

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I'd invested about 2½ hours in creating a blog background and header in celebration of Independence Day, when my graphics software said in response to a command, "I'm not gonna do 'that', and furthermore, I'm quitting."  It slammed the door in my face and ate every stiiiinking bit of my work.  Actually, and more accurately, as it threw its fit, it told me it was going to save my work before it

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July IssueKnowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.  ...The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any

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Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.  ~Psalm 98:4

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Quote of the Day:My skin is leaking.  ~Son3Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.  ~Deuteronomy 13:4

CarolineNothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104081148429934667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859977559920529501.post-63066851839176937082009-06-20T13:45:00.006-05:002009-10-24T10:28:10.759-05:00

Our (headless) son-in-law and his wife developed and perfected a pizza and were asked by a few people to share their recipe.  The wife, Little Loo, thought since there were so many little bits and tidbits to explain via text, it might be easier — even fun — to film the process and load it to YouTube...which they did.Last evening she was putting up quite the whine over the two of them having

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Dear Cousin Annie,Now you've done it.I've done it?Who done it?Okay, so you email me the link to your new blog.  I write and tell you I'll visit just as soon as possible. Your ISP won't accept my email. Eventually, I dig myself out of some piled-up emails, and I'm able to scoot over to your new internet digs and take a quick look-see.  Lovely.  I'll leave a comment saying so.  NOT.  CarolineNot

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HappyNot...in WaterNotI gave the photo, and you supplied the caption.  All the entries were exquisite, so thanks for playing along.  Coming out on top, with a vote of 8 out of 17, was Son2.  Is that nepotism?  What is nepotism.  I'll have to look that up, although I don't think it has anything to do with photo contests or ugly little dishcloth prizes.  Maybe there's another word more fitted to

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You see, it all began when...I sent Zoomer images of the dresses I'd bought SugarPlum for her birthday, and she -- like I -- fell in love with the 3-piece ensemble I'd piggled together, nearly by happenstance.  A hat.  At that point, I was merely looking for a little summer hat to add to the potpourri of gifts.  When I cabbaged onto a hat too cute to pass up, it begged for a top and denim skirt

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Slowpoke.  I finally got around to creating the poll for the photo caption contest.  It tops the sidebar now.  I set it to allow each person to vote for more than one entry, and I think by poll creator default each user is locked out of voting after their single or multiple vote.  There may arise the option of changing your vote, after you've voted.  I guess we'll find out.  Vote---->In the

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Someone's having a birthday Saturday.  We celebrated at Poppie's and Nana's house today.No, that one's twenty-four.  When his little princess just didn't feel like wearing the tiara, he donned it, himself.  And would ya look at that: his lovely bride dotes on him in spite of it.  Really, Son, that's taking waste-not to new and unexpected heights.  It didn't cost me that much, and the plum will

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If you think you're about to be treated to lovely photos of my gardening endeavors, think again.  Some women enjoy gardening.  I'm not among that group.  Zoomer makes frequent references to "playing in the dirt."  (I'd like to smack 'er.)  As I told her, the word "play" never comes to mind in my gardening.  Think chain gang.  Slave labor.  But to appease any photo junkies, here are a couple of

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Lint rollers, cat hair vacuum, and now a FurBuster: the never-ending quest to rid our home of cat fluff.  Despite the glowing reviews and customer claims their cats loved it, Purrle and I and the new FurBuster have not successfully engaged with one-another, so I was first encouraged, when Son4 came to me this morning, saying, "Hey, that FurBuster really works!""He let you use it?"*nodding*  "

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I just put it on.  It's a striking, royal blue.  Except for the places where the coffee dribbled, as I sorta missed my mouth with the mug.Can't take me anywhere.Gotta watch me like a hawk at home.For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.  ~Ephesians 2:8, 9

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Pretend it's lily pads.Can't the girls just have some fun?  The scum wasn't the worst of it.For starters, I came perilously close to providing a funniest home videos moment, as I boarded the YachtNot and was immediately -- and quite unbecomingly -- stretched between a dock post and the rapidly departing craft.  I hurled myself backward and landed most unceremoniously in my seat, which was

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I sat looking at this photo taken yesterday, wondering what could be said about the silly thing, when my peabrain decided to just let you say it.  You write the caption for the photo, we'll hold a vote, and there will be a prize for the winner: an ugly little knitted dishcloth/washcloth.  Now Joycie and Brenda are going to wonder about this, since they're both still waiting for the ones I said

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One of Mrs. Piecrust's sons is an adventuresome fellow.  He's been backpacking through Europe.  This is not an easy thing for a mama in Arizona to endure.  Are his socks clean?  Where did he sleep last night?  She received these photos from Switzerland, and they depict a mountain scene which hadn't crossed her mind...until she got the photos: Boy, should this kid ever be grounded!  And I do mean

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ALL CLICKABLE FOR ENLARGEMENTSI did choose only a few to poke here.Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God:

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Should one's husband return from work looking like this?If he works with a trapper, it could happen.I think the Irishman is jealous of my Indian heritage.Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.  ~Ephesians 6:13

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And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.  ~Matthew 4:19

CarolineNothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104081148429934667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859977559920529501.post-8209897820624465522009-05-16T05:00:00.003-05:002009-05-18T06:56:07.624-05:00

...when he's sleeping.Angel, Mothuh!'xcuse me.  Had a little Miss Bates thing going on there again.Okay, okay, I haven't planted any flowers in the baskets or planters yet, so I faked 'em.For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.  ~Matthew 16:27

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Okay, you remembering that rant I did recently about the combination of red and gumball purple flowers?  I said I'd do my best to abide the purple throats on the white ... on the white what?  I think it's phlox, and if you know better, go ahead and laugh.  Remember, I'd been stuck with those purple throats, because they were in a 4-pack with white and red.  What you're about to learn, though, is

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"Boys!  Purrle ripped the dogfood bag, and he's dining out of the hole!"Charles had brought home a bagillion pounds of dog and cat food the night before, and it hadn't made it past the entry.  I dunno, I guess Purrle thought the dog food whiffed better than the cat food, and any food tastes best fresh from the bag.  He saw his chance, and he took it.He's all done eatin' now.Time for a little cat

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[photo files clickable for enlargement]I thought I saw the statue in Lake Sacajawea Park, Longview, Washington, when we lived in the Longview-Kelso area, but a web search leads me to believe that wasn't "the one."  We weren't often in Portland, but a statue there matches the hazy image in my mind — the one responsible for me saying, "Sacagawea!" when this was the scene:Considering all the things

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Since we lost most of our fish in the duckweed eradication debacle (boy, was that ever a mouthful) last year, we restocked the pond this past weekend.  We.  We?  Okay, all I did was stand there taking photos and slowing things down:  Wait!  ...Hold still!  ...Did I get those?  ...Let me get a picture of those.Grass CarpBass & BluegillFish FacesChannel CatsOops, someone missed.Son4 hit the

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Ruger kept showing up with eggs.  He has such a huge head, and he's such a galoomph, it seemed sorta cute when he'd prance up with a colorful orb in his mouth.  With a hand beneath his face, "Ruger, Ruger, spit that out.  Drop, Ruger."  This had been going on for several days, when Charles commented, "You know, if he ever breaks one of those and finds out what he has, he won't be bringing them to

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Happy 1st BirthdaytoGran Willow's little SugarPlumLo, children are an heritage of the Lord.  ~Psalm 127:3a

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This poor bushnot needs a subject tag of its own.On April 23rd, I noticed it was beginning to sprout.  That would be the scrawny little shoots looking like anemic asparagus.It's nigh-on as ugly as Cousin Annie's pansies.  Oops, 'xcuse me.While it annually arises in a fairly well defined circle, this year some sprouts appeared beyond its usual confinement.  The bushnot that ate the island.On May

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"When you have a time most convenient for you, could you mend this?" asked Son4. He's so polite.  Isn't he polite?  So I gazed at the 3-corner tear for a moment, said somewhat haltingly, "Um...yeah...," then guided my eyes over the heap of fabric in his hands, opened my mouth, and was about to ask if that was just one of his older brothers' cast off t-shirts he sleeps in, because if it was, I was

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World Net Daily - May 05, 2009Census GPS-Tagging Your Home's Front DoorCoordinates being taken for every residence in nation"...According to the Census Bureau's website, the GPS technology 'allows us to reduce the amount of time spent by census workers in locating addresses. … Most importantly, by adding a GPS coordinate to each housing unit, the Census Bureau is able to ensure that residents are

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In the last comment box, Cousin Annie mentioned she was going to send me photos of her pansies, so I'd realize they're truly not ready for show-and-tell.  The following conversation just occurred in our kitchen, liberally sprinkled with hysterical, wheezing laughter (since a fuzzywuzzit has taken up residence in my breather, and my talker is inhabited by 2 geese and a bear, which take turns

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Cousin Annie sent me photos of her beautiful dianthus and zinnias.  She said she was going to give her pansies time to fill out before she captured their images for me.  I had to tell her my new flower bed was going online this morning, even in its scrawny, pathetic state, because this may be the best it'll ever look, given I'll be the person tending it (or not). Heavy on the not.Yes, you see a

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