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Very nice, ex - did you do that? Bow jr is my favorite geek these days. I'll send this to him and tell him the girl that named him Bow jr. posted this. Of course, I love all you geeks here too!

purple flannel penguin pajamas? Sound heavenly. I recently got a pair of those flannel pajama bottoms for the princess and she'd wear them 24/7 if I didn't insist on washing them and her wearing other things to school. Flannel- no doubt there'll be flannel in heaven. And welcome back!

That came so out of the blue, that if I were you I probably would have responded as you did. Now that I've had the benefit of this thread, I'll put T-bone's "when green cards fly outta my butt" reply in a prominent position in my brain. I love that response! But then, I loved Wayne and Garth, too! I can't imagine that happening to me, especially now that I'm so well-prepared, but I'll let you know if it ever does!

I was engaged to a man that died suddenly of a bicycle accident. His father had been the 2nd heart transplant recipient in the state of WI. My former fiance's belief in organ donation helped 4 different people - he was a heavy smoker or he could have donated more. It brought his family much comfort to know his death helped others. A few years later I went to work for a Medical Examiner. I observed several cornea harvests. I beileve there was no charge to the family for that or for organ harvesting. I worked there from '97-'01. However, there was a charge to families that offered their deceased loved ones' bodies to be transported to Gainesville where they did scientific research on the cadavers. That was shocking to me. Yes, I'm listed on my driver's license as a donor, but it's absolutely up to the next of kin whether or not they honor that. As soon as you die, you lose all your rights and they (your rights) become the next of kin's. Moral of the story is to choose your Personal Representative or Power of Attorney wisely. Make sure it's someone who will honor your wishes if it matters to you. I worked in a funeral home/crematory for 2 years before working for the ME and I saw unspeakable things people did - totally contrary to the decedent's written wishes sometimes.

LOL, Shell! I WAS gonna say that last I heard, Elvis was sighted behind porta-potty #19 at the Great Northern Bluegrass Festival at Mole Lake WI, but that was back in the 90s. So I won't say that, but I will say that I believe Elvis has left the building. My mom had it so bad for him - she thought terrible things of Priscilla and just knew that he would have lived a much longer and better life if only he had met my mom instead of Priscilla. I confess to having taught my daughter the splendor, the wonder that is Elvis. She's starting to get it. I wonder if that's what's really meant by iniquity or generational sin. (My mom passed that to me and I passed it to the princess.)

Hopin' your day was happenin' for you!

YOWZA, Dooj! The princess and I fixed chicken fried steak tonite for supper and all I can say is I'm so glad I have plenty leftover! It was so good I can't wait to eat it again! You really gave a great recipe for someone who's never made that before. I shook my hands at the oil in the pan just after washing them after dredging the meat through the flour and egg and flour mix as you said and oh man, it popped and sizzled just like you said it would. My taters were just about ready to mash so it was all done at the same time, like clockwork. The princess distracted the little dogs from the kitchen while I fried the meat. The only change I would make is I would use the salt you said to. I haven't added salt to food in a few years and never thought it mattered, but this really needed it. No worries - I added some to our plates. I used all black pepper - don't know about white pepper, but I'll buy some now that you've introduced me to its existence. I figure it's all good. I'm relatively new at making gravy - the only gravy I've made before this was for biscuits and sausage gravy ala rascal, so I had a tiny clue when I made the gravy for this. Oh man, I can't thank you enough - it's so good! Then you go and give a recipe for Italian bread - are you reading my mind? I've had a breadmaker since Christmas THREE years ago and haven't used it once, altho I keep thinking I will any day. NOW I know I'll make your recipe this week to go with the spaghetti that I almost never make and the princess is crazy about. I wish I lived next door to you. Oh yeah, now I see why you said you'd be working out every night this week, but what a way to go! I'll be working out too - I sure want to eat that again! Thanks a million!!! I'll be making this again and again!

oops! posted here by mistake - moved to the Regional Foods thread.

Woo hoo! Thanks, dooj! I hadn't even thought about how I'd like to make both versions - I'm not a spicy food gal, but almost everyone else at the table will be. You're so schmart!!! I like the idea of round steaks instead of cubed steaks - I think I'll try it that way. Maybe I'll make the mild version at home this week in practice. Again, thanks! I'll let you know how they turn out.

Senior Special We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the "seniors' special" was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $1.99. Sounds good," my wife said. "But I don't want the eggs." Then I'll have to charge you two dollars and forty-nine cents because you're ordering a la carte," the waitress warned her. You mean I'd have to pay for not taking the eggs?" my wife asked incredulously. YES!!" stated the waitress. I'll take the special." How do you want your eggs?" Raw and in the shell," my wife replied. She took the two eggs home. DON'T MESS WITH SENIORS!!! They've been around the block more than once.

Thank you kindly! Being a yankee, I don't know nuttin bout no chicken fried steak, but I may like to surprise a Texan we both know with a little home cookin sometime.

dooj - do you have a recipe for this Chicken Fried Steak with Biscuits and Gravy?

I agree with every word you both said. Yes, kissing makes or breaks the whole deal, in my experience.

My three right off my head favorites are both in AR. Booger Hollow bosted a sign I saw with my own eyes on my honeymoon back in 1980 that says, "Welcome to Booger Hollow. Population 7, countin' one coon dog." The other we drove through a couple times this past week - Fifty Six, AR. I wondered about the history of how they were named and will do a google search today. If I find anything interesting, I'll let you know. The first time I went to visit Arkie Ron and his son, I took a wrong turn and wound up in Flippin, AR. I thought I might have to move there so I can say I live in Flippin, AR!

I'm a bit of a word nerd and have fun saying so. When writing with friends, instead of the word anyway, I write annieway. (My daughter's name is Annie.) Once upon a time, I was involved in a cult. I used to enjoy saying a-volleyball instead of available, when speaking to other culties.

Glad to hear it was such a great day - you deserve it!

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked The seamstress replied, "No." The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No." The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes." The Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all three thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy. Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you crying?" "Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!" The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. "Is this your husband?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the seamstress . The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to George Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to George Clooney. And so the Lord let her keep him. The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it. Signed, All Us Women

Delightful development! Positively heartwarming! Merry Christmas to us all!

I'm delighted that dooj (the original) was able to dance for this after her injury - what a trooper! This year is the first time in over 5 years that we didn't attend our local ballet production of the Nutcracker. The princess complained once more than I could stand and I just decided I'd had enough and wasn't going to fight that fight this year. Of course, then she bummed out when she found out we weren't going. Good ol' human nature! I'm so impressed that your daughter does all that! I'm doing good to walk a few steps in a row without stumbling, couldn't imagine getting up on my tippy toes like that for a second, much less all dooj (the original) does while up there! I love love love the pics you share! Thanks so much! Please tell dooj (the original) that she's my hero! And your little one dances too! Priceless, just priceless! I'm also looking forward to seeing what she does with her dancing. They're both so beautiful!

Abi - Yes, I absolutely will let you know what I end up doing and how it goes. At this point, I'm leaning toward buying one of their classes and checking it out. These are not classes in the traditional pfal style. This isn't a matter of getting so many people together before the class can be scheduled. It's not a bunch of chairs strung in perfect symmetry. It's much less formal than all that. I'll think more on it and let you know what I decide and how it goes.

CW - I'm thinking you really don't mean to open up this can of worms here in the Open Forum, do you? I could do without the insult-between-the -lines game. This thread is about CFF's Foundational class, not your personal problems from last summer that you forced into my life without my permission. Yes, you were absolutely cheating, not just kinda cheating. I for one am not amused. I posted my question here after having explained myself in detail in what I originally thought was an appropriate thread. After a day went by and it appeared to me that nobody noticed my post or eat least nobody commented, I figured it was because it was in the Soap Opera and people don't always look down there, I wrote this short post to ask exactly what I was looking for. My question was has anyone taken CFF's foundational class and if so, did they have any comment? You can see I haven't edited the original post on this thread at all. Instead of answering what I asked, you used all those qualifiers claiming you weren't doing exactly what you were doing and you've now admitted that you were answering my other post here as well as this one. No, you haven't taken the CFF class, so no, you wouldn't have an answer that I'm asking for. Is your opinion of my question valid? It would be if you were honestly trying to help me. I'm not sure that's your intent here. I suspect your intentions because of the last two encounters I've had with you. I would prefer to leave it at that and I request you leave me alone from here on out. I would also prefer you leave the GS community at large out of whatever it was that you've planned to lay on this thread. I treated you with respect that you hadn't earned when you approached me in a private chat a few weeks back. I was kind to you - not friendly, I admit, but kind and even gracious. I accepted your apology and tried to take your questions of me seriously. You might show me that same kindness and not try to play any game of any sort with me. I'm not a willing playmate for you.

Wow, Whitedove, I couldn't have answered better myself - ha! I didn't! You put my thoughts into words very nicely - thanks! CW - you, another ex-way believer and myself sat and sang songs right out of a singalongtheway book not too long ago. I had a lovely time with that and see this as similar and potentially as enjoyable. I think there's room for lots of fun and lots of growth in my life. WD - I have heard of that fellowship. I'd heard it was Trimble, but was unaware it's that close to Smithville - wow, they're probably in my extended local calling plan even! I'm considering calling them and checking them out for myself. Do you have contact info you could pm me? If not, I'll get it. Thanks!

I simply asked if anyone had taken CFF's foundational class and had any comments. The background leading up to this question is just that last weekend I listened to a CD of a teaching by Kevin Gigou. I enjoyed it. I always especially enjoyed Wayne Clapp's teaching and I recently learned that CFF even has classes. It occurs to me that it might be interesting and even healthy to sit through their foundational class and see what they've done differently than pfal. I've considered taking a class called Alpha that the First Christian Church people have mentioned. I understand it's free, with donations accepted, but not required. It's not that I have any "take a class itch" triggering - I have a mind that thinks one thought after another. Those thoughts led me to these thoughts. I also have a 10-year-old daughter. I know that I haven't taught her very much and am looking around to see what might be appropriate for her and I to study together. The reason I'm considering looking at CFF's work is I still respect Wayne Clapp, Kevin Gigou, and Research Geek, as opposed to lcm or even vpw. That they're involved with a twi offshoot isn't the point to me. Anywhere I might study could be considered an offshoot, as I'm ex-way too. Interesting that you bring up a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That's the subject I'm most interested in studying. Yes, it would be wonderful if I'd take the time and energy to really get quiet, pray for my understanding to be enlightened and then study Jesus from the bible. I do believe God (or maybe Jesus, after all, I'm not sure who's doing what now) would honor my request to teach me what I know. BUT, I've been out of twi for a long time now and haven't really picked up my bible much and studied even less. Because of my experiences with twi, I hesitate to do anything at all. I'm considering that maybe I might be better off to start out with something that someone I trust has already figured out, as my recollection is that whenever I have done that, I get motivated to continue on and study more on my own. I'm not moving to Tipp City. Interesting answers to my questions. Thanks. edited to remove about a page worth of spaces

pssst, hey StrangeTom, what's that info worth to ya? I know a guy who knows a guy...

Has anyone taken it? Have any comments?