Psalm 71 one

Nice to be back, Linda, It's been a hard couple years, and I didn't feel I had much to post! OOPS! I thought I just edited to ask this-- do you know the name of Robi's group? I've been praying for her health ever since I read her post! LOL!

Robi came in here quite awhile back, saying she'd been coughing up blood, kept us posted for awhile, then nothing. Has ANYBODY heard from her?

((((((((((((((((((Krys!)))))))))))))))))))))))) how 'bout some chocolate?

GT, I just looked here, under change my profile avatar and it is in the stock images under "flashbacks". I clicked it to put it back as my avatar, but it didn't "take". I'm going to DL to this computer and maybe I'll be able to upload it at Exwayvision. Well, so far, so good. I got the piggy back here! I also emailed it to myself, and saved it here on my son's 'puter.

OOOOOH! spoke too soon! I can play over there, too! GT, I don't have a copy of the image. I had it on my own computer, but that gave me a BSOD awhile back and we haven't been able to get someone to fix it yet. (I'm hoping I haven't lost all my pictures and saved documents!) I've done a search for free animated images, flying piggies and so far, I can't find the same one. I'll still be looking.

Darn! So far i can't find the same piggy I used here! Might be the flying piggy will change in appearance! Also, i can't post over there. I'm thinking TrustAndObey has heard too much about me and my flying piggy attacks. ;)

Chatty Kathy AKKKKKKKKKK! Lookkit my hair! It's PURPLE! oh yeah, I LIKE purple! But with the RED? hmmmmm Ductape I'm afraid for my piggy--I think it's been kidnapped!

My piggy hasn't flown over there yet <_<

AHEM! SPLATT SPLAT! SPLAT! chocolate cream pie, pumpkin pie and banana pie SPLOOSH! Buncha chili. . . (wonder what the new place will look like after the food fights?)

Twinky, I'm sorry it took so long to reply--I had to wash all that sticky marshmallow and s'ketti sauce outa my hair! We're doin good--we move in about ten days, and life is good! (I hate moving and I love moving at the same time! LOL!) I don't know how often I'll be here, cuzza packing but I miss you all! I'm gonna have to poke my head in at chat once we're settled in. Now. . . shhhhhhh! don't tell Krys about this big bowl of soggy salad with ranch dressing I'm about to tip over onto her head. . . TIP! SPLAT! OH yeah!!! Here, Krys, ya need some chocolate sauce to go with that! POUR! I'll sneak out and let this thread get back on topic--sorry Shellon!

(Surprise, surprise! I'm here!) The way I would define friendship, I'm not sure others would. I am a "people person", so I have lots of "friends". In my vending business, I have people I really like, and we chat a lot while i am there. I call them Friends. But I've never been to their homes, nor they to mine. If they were sick and needed me, I'd be there. I have friends that I've been friends with for 8 years. I'd say we are close. But I've discovered they can't handle weakness--they tend to get occupied and unable to be together in person--although they pray for us and call to see how we're doing. I've learned that about them, and still call them my friends. And the friendship is strong during the "good" times. We share a lot of secrets with one another-- and I trust them. I'd say my closest friend is my sister Lois. Yes, I'd hold her hair while she's puking--in fact I cleaned up where she missed--she's my sister! She's the one I call the most often on my long distance. I'd do just about anything for her, and she for me. (Anything in our power and what our hubbys allow). We share the deepest secrets, the silliest giggles--and yet she's a 12 hour drive away! She's a scatterbrained airhead-- oh wait! that's what she calls me! LOL! Our hubbies do not understand our friendship, because we also irritate each other! But really don't fight over anything. If she's done something that has irritated me, I need a bit of space, and then I tell her--same thing with her towards me. We are comforatble with each other. we could share anything and trust the other to not tell anyone else. So I guess that is my definition of a good friendship. I probably have 3 of those. My hubby is one of them--although he irritates me more often than my sister--I guess it's 'cause we live together! If i lived with my sister, I bet we'd irritate each other more often too! LOL!

Rocky thanks for letting us know about Dot--glad to hear she's fine. I hope your cousin wasn't delayed too long! Mike, I know you got slammed in your neck of the woods! I read about the two year old--what a hard thing to go through! I have been praying for them. We have several roads that are going to be closed for quite awhile while they rebuild the washed out parts. In dallas there's a sinkhole big enough to hide a tractor trailer--it's pretty wild to see! Do ya ever check Pauldingdotcom website? Lotta pictures posted there!

We made it through last nights storms fine--a little water coming into the the wals around and the room below the fireplace, lost power for awhile as well as phones/cable, but we're fine. Lots of roads are blocked or washed out, may have trouble getting around for a few days, but we're still okay. How are the rest of ya? Mikey? Your area got hit pretty hard too--are you and family safe? Other Georgians? Dot? Robes? Who am I missing? Raise yer hands and let us know you're okay, please?

I love your post, Nottawayfer-- you expressed my thoughts. I was a bit fearful of "what if Obama gets elected", but after his acceptance speech, I too, feel much better about his election. He was gracious, and I loved the humility with which he walked out on that stage with his family. I'm sure in time I'm not going to like certain decisions he puts out-- but heck, I haven't always liked what the republicans have done either. I do hope we don't have a government-run health care system-- I don't trust that--this coming from someone who has had no health coverage for years and haven't had a lot of necessary treatments done in too long. I also loved the concession speech Mc Cain made. I really didn't like either candidate before the election, but figured I should at least vote for him because he seemed the "lesser of two evils" (That's too strong of a statement, but it's the only expression i can think of). But my respect for him went up a whole lot after his speech, too. I don't think we've seen such gracious acceptance speeches or consession speeches in a LOOOOONNNNGGGG time. Mark, i also like what you have said. I will be praying for this new leader of our country, but ultimately, God is in control.

W & W, That is wonderful about the prognosis! YAYYYYY! That's gotta be a relief to hear. Cool, too, that you can get the kindergarten class! The kids are on medicaid, which i'm glad for-- it's just basic coverage-- no dental or vision, but at least they are covered. I applied for my hubby and me, but we are not eligible. I can't remember the reason, because our income level is well within poverty level, but we aren't eligible, just the same. I can get a mamogram through medicaid, but it will be a wait of several months. I think i will read up on the cayenne and niacin. I think I remember something about magnesium being good for High BP, also.

Wow, Wash n Wear, I'm glad you caught it in time, also and that you are still with us! And you too, Rocky! You two have my attention! There's a history of congestive heart failure in my family, I'm overweight abd i don't excersize. Depending on what I've been into reading lately, I eat healthy, but not always. And I have pains in my back between the shoulder blades-- a lot. And the stress we're under--well, I'm not going there right now. Only reason i haven't checked it out is no health insurance-- and right now we can't even pay the regular bills. But I'm going to find out if there are some programs in place somewhere that could get me into some place where i can be tested!

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RON! SHHHHHHH! In cyberspace pigs can fly, and I can get rid of my kudzu in a week! SO THERE! SPLATT SPLAT! SPLAT! Sheeesh! Everybody else, go back to your regularly scheduled --um, er postings

That darn Feathers feller planted kudzu all over our property! It took me all this time to hack through it! I lost one of the dogs for three days! Every time I stopped to rest, it grew back 10 feet! SHEESH! I think I got it all, though, and I'm gonna tar and feather :blink: him! Anyway, thank you all for the encouragement! Ron, you're funny!! Jeff, YES! new friend! Be careful though! I do surprise flyovers! My hubby IS getting into the swing of the job better. He still hates it, he's been used to a sales job, and he happens to be in the most physically demanding location of the store-- the dairy dept-- heavy stuff. He's lost a lot of weight and is thankful for that! The visit to the friends' house was good. My hubby and I were pretty nervous about going, and he almost backed out--10 min before we were supposed to leave. The boys were out waiting in the car and we were both inside with him going back and forth about going. I couldn't make that decision for him. He finally decided he was going (20 min after i wanted to leave! ARRRGGHH!) But it was a good thing he went-- I think the visit wouldn't have gone as well if he'd stayed home again. There were a lot of other folks there, but he got a chance to talk a bit with the man. They didn't really discuss the "school issue", but it's like the pressure is off. Our two families have been friends for 5 years, and it seems the friendship is still there, but there is an aloofness, or something there with all of the adults. The kids are all friendship as always. This family has moved on, it seems. They have made a lot of new friends in a homeschool group, and they are doing all sorts of things with them. Wanna hear something stupid? I'm jealous of the new friends. We were once--according to the woman in this couple, "so valuable of friends" and they were so glad we'd remained their friend all these years. (That was last year, when we'd been friends 4 yrs) How's that go, how the mighty have fallen? er sompin? And in the phone call I had made to her, she stated that she hoped this incident wouldn't ruin our friendship. I agreed, and yet I am sorta on guard. But when I felt the "on guard" back from them, and they are making new friends, and feeling like we might be replaced, I was jealous! I know, I'm weird! LOL! We have been invited back and we will be going, I guess it's just going to take some time to rebuild the friendship and keep well-defined boundaries. Why does life have to be so complicated? LOL!

I have to apologize for not getting back here to let you know what we decided. The long and short of it is, we are NOT sending Isaac to the friends. I called the woman to tell her no, and while I was at it, I told her she had overstepped my boundaries in making that offer as well as other things she "suggested" (pushed). To her credit, she apologized and expressed concern that I would walk away from a five-year friendship. The suggestion was her husbands, and she wouldn't have been able to let her son go either. As for the friendship, I'm torn. Yeah, we were friends for 5 years so i don't want to let that go either. BUT just how healthy was that friendship? I'm wary now. They invited us to their home for memorial day. My hubby and I are a bit aprehensive, but we will go. We're also ready to cut and run if necessary! As for Isaac going for any long weekends again, we're not going to let that happen for awhile. This whole thing has stirred up a can of worms with my hubby and myself. It has been a tough few weeks, but I think it's a good thing--it's the only place to be if we're gonna work some things out. I don't want to get into that here, but prayer would be a great thing for now! If ya tell me we oughta be going for counselling, well, yeah I totally agree, but my hubby still won't go. But at least we ARE talking--the lid is off the can of worms! That's hard, but I know it's a real good thing. BTW, my hubby finally has a job-- at the local grocery store--it's physically hard labor (lots of heavy lifting) and he's 56. It'll pay a few bills. He hates it, but he's faithfully staying with it, and I thank him frequently!! Ben and I give him foot rubs and backrubs! LOL! We still need him to find something that pays better or we will eventually lose our house. (The mortgage company IS working with us, so that is good). I have a part time job, too. It's working for a friend, doing some online reseach for her--and then i have to type stuff up. I'm real slow at typing, so the pay per hour isn't real good, but it's something! I'll probably get something more when we are done with school for the summer, but this is good for now! Thanks for all the prayers about the job situation!

Jeff Sjo, AH! So now you know!! You just let me know any time you need to be reminded! (wait a minute! I think you won't tell me, so I'm gonna have to remind ya!! LOL!) Watch out! I'm really dangerous! I have this whole board quivering in fear about my flyovers--just ask 'em! ummmm, maybe ya shouldn't ask them, just take my word for it! Sorry for the derail, I'll get back to my pen now!! heehee

Well, maybe JeffSjo was hungry!! He wasn't afraid of THE FLYING PIGGIE, but I betcha NOW he is! huh? huh? That'll teach him! :D Here, Feathers, lemme help you. . . (psalmie gets out the firehose) SWOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH! And now fer Waysider. . . SPLAAATTTTT! SPLAT! SPLAT! (spaghetti dinner, lemon jello, lima beans and soggy lettuce) I've never thrown lima beans before, figgered I'd try 'em out!

Did somebody call the pig? DID SOMEBODY CALL THE PIG? grrrrrrrrrr! tHIS PIG IS madddd! WATCHITT, JeffSjo, INCOMING!!!!! SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!!!! SPLATTTTTTT! That wasn't just a pie or two, it was sloppy joes, mashed taters, banana pudding and key lime pie!!! Oh, yeah, and the chocolate cream pie that "accidentally landed on Feathers! P.S. I didn't read the thread, all I saw was the dress the pig up remark, and HAD to defend pigs everywhere! 'sides that, lookit THIS!

I've read what you all have said. and want to comment, plan on commenting. I can't right now. I do know with all the prayer and soul-searching I've been doing this week, the loudest i keep hearing is, Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the Lord. . . I BEGGED for this child, I pleaded for this child, I ORDERED God to give me this child (waybrain). I did all sorts of things to help God give me this child. I lost several before I had him. I finally got quiet and accepted that maybe I wasn't gonna have any children. That was when God gave him to me. This gift-- this wonderful gift of laughter we called Isaac. He's a gift God gave to US. Both of us! Weakneses, mistakes and all. People certainly have every right to give a gift that was given to them, to someone else to hold or keep for awhile. But if it's a gift THIS precious, I better make darned sure that those who hold this gift are fully trustworthy! The woman was telling me i had to do what is best for Isaac. Well, her opinion of what that is and mine might not be the same! (I know, duh, but i am too quick to second guess my own self) I'll be back, and I am so thankful to all of you for your observations and prayers!