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Look @ American History on this day ~ Jan 7 Do you know who Israel Putnam was?
Born on Jan. 7, 1718, when called to duty Putnam never hesitated when his country needed him. He commanded toops at Bunker's Hill (Breed's Hill), where he reportedly told his men, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" (you can read more about this Patriot in William Bennett's book: The American Patriot's Almanac.) 1789 - The first presidential election is held with George Washington being named as the nation's first president 1927 - Commercial transatlantic telephone servcie between NY and London is inaugurated 1999 - President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial begins in the Senate on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice (he is later acquitted)  January 7, 2009On Friday nights my little sisters enjoy sleeping with me in my room. Although they all sleep on the floor this is something they all look forward to. Every Friday night when daddy and mommy say it is time to go to bed little arms grab around my neck, and sweet kisses adorn my cheek. They look into my eyes and say, "can we sleep in your room tonight?" Of course!!!! So they run to their rooms to take pillows and blankets off their beds. Some how one or two always end up in my bed along the way. They lay on my floor and sometimes we are so tired we just go to sleep. Other times we all sit around and giggle until we are so tired that keeping our eyes open for even another minute seems impossible.
Friday nights come and go, but always I will be an example to these sweet girls. I find my self saying, "God why did you choose me? How can I do this great task, when I myself have so much to learn." It has been making more of an impact on me lately how these girls look up to me. Every word I say seems to be repeated, when in my frustration I lash out my harsh words are never forgotten by them. The ask Sissy are you still mad at me. How it brakes my heart when they back talk dad and mom because I set the example.
She's Back!!!!!
Where, oh where, did she go?? Was she accidentally locked away in a neighbor's shed? .....Trapped in someone's garage? ...Or...maybe even holed up and hiding out in the barn on the hill, awaiting the departure of the two little weiner dogs who were visiting us? Only Mac, herself, knows for sure...and she's not talking (...not a word, other than repeatedly telling me her name..."Maaac - mmmaaac"). All I know is that after four days, her mommy was happy to see her once more! Welcome home little prodigal. Shaun Groves- Song Called "Kingdom Come"
I thought I'd share with you a raw draft of Shaun Groves new song. Enjoy!
Beware of identity thiefMy best friend Janet sent me this e-mail, here is just some of it:
I just had to share a few of the really cute ones! Where do I sign up?? Hope it made you smile. god Bless, mj :(I LOVE OUR WONDERFUL LORD!!!!!!!!I am so not happy. I go back to school tomorrow !!!!! :( We got two weeks off. Today was when we were supposed to go back but they called it off because of all the rain!!!! It flooded here!!!! But... ttyl!!! :) ~Beth~ :) BTW- I am not sick anymore!!! yay!! :) :):):):):):):):):):) :p ttyl!! wanna be my friend please leave me comments!!! Not Enough TimeThere wasn't enough time in the day for me to work on turning the house into a home today. We spent our day doing school work and housework. Oh well, at least there was a lot of laundry that got done! ;D ~Candy~ A Good Day!
Well, I have SO many people to thank today and so much to be grateful for! My day started off today with getting the kids up and off to school. I'm not as good at getting up early since the Christmas break - I think we lost the routine big-time! Hopefully it will get easier!! This morning I received a package from Ellie, who lives CLEAR ACROSS CANADA in Nova Scotia. She e-mailed me on Sunday, when I was having a down day, to encourage me. Well, today I received a beautiful card with a wonderful hand-written note of encouragement and a stack of scripture verses written on squares of beautiful coloured card stock! Now, how wonderful is that? How encouraging is that? She even sent it by express so that it would reach me in my time of need!!! SO thoughtful!! Ellie, you are just WAY too kind for words! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are a doll! I am also thankful for being reunited with my dear older sister yesterday. We had a falling-out a couple of years back, and let's just say I'm WAY stubborn. Anyways, we saw each other yesterday and she has forgiven me and we are moving ahead to the future. A blessing for sure. My sister is also VERY knowledgeable regarding nutritional info - has done tons of research over the years - and is helping me to get on track with my required supplements to help build my immune system for my upcoming surgery and subsequent treatment(s). She is also going to be there for my surgery next Wednesday. I have also received several encouraging e-mails today from a lot of different people - some I know well, some I don't. Thank you ALL (you know who you are!) for taking the time from your busy days and lives. It is appreciated more than you'll know, and is so uplifting to know that people care enough to write a note to me. My dear friend, Connie, also called me today. We haven't seen each other a whole lot lately. I think I've been too self-absorbed or whatever, and well, Connie has SIX children - need I say more??? I also was able to help to reunite a little lost bird with her owner in Vancouver. The owner called me this morning to see if I could post her little Parrotlet on www.911ParrotAlert.com as lost. I volunteer with this organization - check out the website. Companion birds are NOT equipped to be out in the wild - especially in this weather. Anyways, I told the owner to go outside and just call her bird repeatedly over and over. You can't care about what you look like or sound like, or what the neighbours think of you when your bird is lost. Well, the lady called me back a couple of hours later and told me that it WORKED! The little bird was in a big tree, and finally flew down to her after she had been calling and calling and calling the bird. Halleluia! Not often we see reunited birds and owners. A lot of people give up, or birds get run off by larger birds or caught by birds of prey. So, on this dull, rainy day here on the Canadian West coast, there was a ray of sunshine with a little bird who was lost briefly and then reunited with her owner! I'm glad that my suggestion worked - so often we suggest many, many things and there is no luck. Each case is different. Thankfully this one turned out well! Here is a little Parrotlet similar to the little one who was lost & found today! Cute, huh!???
And so, AGAIN, I have LOTS to be thankful for today! In fact, not just TODAY, but EVERY day! I'm still very nervous about the upcoming surgery - it's next Wednesday - now 6 days away! YIKES! I know that God is with me and is always there with me, but I WILL be glad when I'm home recovering and the surgery is OVER! I still need all your prayers and they are so appreciated! So much is hinging on the outcome of the pathology from the surgery - stage of cancer, extent of spread, treatment options, etc. etc.
On a final note, I did speak with DH regarding needing more support. I think I'm just ultra-emotional right now and everything is affecting me ten-fold! DH DOES love me, and DOES care. And so, I'm am blessed to have had such a good day! Many, many things to be thankful for in my life. I also have my family here and all of our critters, who are so therapeutic for me! Oh, and another blessing is that the RAIN is washing the SNOW away! YIPPEE! I don't mind snow, but not in the quantities that we've seen it in the last 3 weeks - YUCK! Unfortunately, the heavy rains are causing flooding in many regions, so that is very sad. Blessings to all! ~ Audrey ~ Easy Jean skirt This is the skirt I made for my daughter out of an old pair of my husbands jeans. It was super easy. It took maybe an hour from start to finish. I cut the legs off the jeans & cut the heavy seam from the legs & the cuffs. Then I took those pieces & sewed them together. I made a casing at the waist & added elastic & then hemmed it. I added the lace trim & voila! it was finished. She loves it by the way Nothing fancy but a nice play skirt & since it was completely FREE you have to love it. I am thinking about adding some back pockets just for fun but not sure yet.... And, just for fun, here is her goofy little brother getting in on the action...
Blessings. To anonymous, my replyI wrote a post on how we will not be able to buy used clothes or toys anymore. I received a reply from "Anonymous" Here is what "Anonymous has said: I think its a great idea. I think buying used clothes and toys is nasty and cheap. Do you know everyone single person who get them from. You have no idea what kind people sell this stuff. Do they smoke live on a farm with dirt and animals? Why not just buy stuff at the store that is lead free and made in America? Look for sales and buy it then. My Reply: 1. is I am dirty and nasty! I make my children dirty and nasty because we buy some used clothes! 2. If the old owner smoked , um here we go again SOAP! 3. Is I am a dirty yup, I will admit it! My daughter Kristi was verry sick on summer she had pneumonia and Shayna and I along with a hired man where building a barn. So we set up a tent with a bed and a air cleaner for Kristi. I went to go check on her and I found her in the pig pen curled up in the pigs bed of straw with her 500lb sow wrapped around her , she kept Kristi safe. So my family is odd. But guess what all the dirt washes of in the shower/bath. There is a wonderful new invention called a washing machine. You add your clothes and SOAP and it washes them This FARMER is proud to be a FARMER. I was not brought up that way. I was brought up a rich *B*. My dad is a famous singer, guitar player. I was raised with singers, movie stars and more. But you know what makes me happy?? My life as a FARMER , growing thing , animals. When I am done at the end of the day I take a shower and use SOAP to get clean. When I am done I slip on my Guess jeans & shirt, la mystere bra. I do look for jeans that someone bought and they did not fit , or wore a few times to buy. why pay $79.00 for my jeans when I can get them for about $20.00 on ebay?!?!? Did you know you can find brand new clothes at thrift stores? Yes, it is true. We find them all the time. We like some brands. I love Guess, the girls love Bongo and Candies, Roxy, but we buy them at a way lower prices than we could ever dream of getting at a regular store on sale. Anonymous get real ! My friends keep looking and buying used. The other people do not know what they are missing!! God Bless, mj { Last Page } { Page 1 of 5 } { Next Page } |
She encouraged me, as she always does, and told me of her plans to help out after my surgery - what a blessing she is to me!! We are having coffee tomorrow morning at Tim's, so I'm really looking forward to that!
!! I raise hogs, poultry, beef, goats,we have have horses and so many animals it will make your head spin! We run bare foot most of the time on our farm, Even more dirt!! We live in California and we just do not wear shoes unless we have too. I know this is a bad habit . but we do it.
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