This has been done before, but it's always interesting. I saw it this time on another blog (thanks Pricilla), and thought some of you might like to take the test. Find out what your "love language" is. The bo…
I stole this from Andrea (andilynn77), but I knew some of you would enjoy it, too.
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal …
This is how my nephew's dog spent the hurricane:
I'm learning to tell the difference between a Chinook and a Black Hawk without even seeing it. They sound different. (Yeah, I know - you military types can already tell.) A Chinook went over so low about an hour ago, tha…
OK, all is now right with the world. WHATABURGER IS NOW OPEN AGAIN!!! I had to go run some errands, and noticed the sign that said "Yes, we are open." They closed on Wednesday before the hurricane came through. There w…
This is from today's Houston Chronicle:
Sept. 26, 2005, 10:46AM
"AFTER HURRICANE RITA Question remains: What's for dinner?What do you do with the prepared food you bought?
Canned beans. Canned tuna. Canned soup. Canne…
Yesterday afternoon, we sat in the front yard and watched one after another, C-130's fly into Ellington Field. They are carrying in medical patients from the areas hardest hit by the storm, and flying back out with suppl…
Because the storm came in to the east of us, the winds came around and got us from the north. These trees all fell to the south, with the exception of one.
This is our next door neighbor's house. She lost an Italian Cyp…
PRAISE GOD, we just got our power back on. We came through just fine - didn't lose anything off the house - not even a shingle. We have a fence down in the back, but that will be rebuilt tomorrow. We also lost some latti…
I have been having some fun. I've been playing in the hurricane. About 11:00 p.m., I went to sit on the front porch with my coffee and my camera. I love to watch storms so I just enjoy sitting out there. I pr…
There are 2 buildings on fire right now in Galveston, in the historic Strand District. It is a very popular shopping district. The wind is driving the rain sideways, but it is not putting out the fire.
I'll …
The new kitten, Rita, is settling in nicely (she was named that by Rachael). She is sleeping on a pillow in Beth's room. I think she might already be spoiled I actually wish Brandon and Rachael were here. It…
Cool. We are getting some pretty good wind gusts from time to time. But not as good as they're gonna get I have always been fascinated with storms. I just don't like the destruction. Some of the cloud format…
There's no way I can sleep this morning, which is what I really need to be doing. I am at the point of having a migraine because of no sleep. I don't want to start having a seizure. We don't have time for tha…
I wish I could see Galveston right now. There and in Surfside, the news people have been showing the waves, and the water has already come up under the beach houses. On Galveston, the road on West Beach is no…
I've been thinking. I know.....I can hear some of you telling me to stop.
There is a hurricane coming in. We don't know where for sure yet. People are hurrying to get out of its way and some are actually in a panic. Bu…
OK, here's the explanation for these killer storms we are having. See Foxnews.com about man-made hurricanes
I had heard that Katrina was explained by the Japanese mafia as a Russian weather experiment. But they didn't …
So far this is where my family is: My parents, aunt Faye, sis Laurie, nephews Adam and Jeremy made it from Houston to Conroe in about 10-1/2 hours. It normally is a 1-1/2 hr. trip.
It's 2:25 p.m. and I just got off the …
Edited around 11:00 p.m.
Brandon and Rachael are going to New Braunfels (just northeast of San Antonio) with my sister, Heather and her husband Bill, sons Justin and Michael, and their next door neighbors, Tim and Anna.…
Things are really starting to get crazy here. CVS just called Beth in for "a couple of hours" on her day off (EDIT @5:25 p.m.- she's still there - since 1:00), because they are very busy with people preparing for the sto…
Beth just came home from Walmart. She said the shelves are bare of things that will keep long term. And there is no bottled water. The check-out lines are unbelieveably long. The good thing is you'll see everybody you kn…
Well, it looks like we need to prepare for a hurricane in the Houston area. The projected track of the new storm, as of today, goes right in at Galveston and Houston.
I'm wondering if the evacuees from New Orleans think…
Jer 9:55 Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth . NIV
If someone who calls himself a friend attempts to deceive you, is he really a friend?
2 Cor 4:2-3we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of…
I have to sing the special music in church in the morning. I haven't done this song in several years, but it really touched me Wednesday night when I heard it on TV, part of a Billy Graham special. They were talking abou…
I've been having some bad dreams lately. Earlier this week, I dreamed we were at both our house (but it was a different house than the one we actually live in) and church and kittens were just showing up everywhere we lo…
I just thought I would leave a short note for "mrs_grammar". You may think your grammar is perfect (I found a misspelled/nonexistant word in one of your comments), but your manners are atrocious. And your IP address is h…
This is excellent. Focus on the Family has made a 30 second commercial which is aired during the show "Supernanny".
The letter we received from Focus today says:
"I can't help but marvel at the success of the new TV s…
I had an interesting thought earlier today. At least it was interesting to me.
Luke 21:25-28
"And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, t…
Have you been taught since you were a child, that feeling anger is a sin? Someone recently stated that "anger is murder," and I kind of took exception to that. That isn't what the scripture actually says.
Matt 5:21-22
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(NOTE: This post has been edited at 9:35 p.m. See the additional scripture at the very end.)
I have so much to post on today. Both our Sunday School lesson and the sermon this morning were excellent. I'll post on the se…
Well, my sister was actually surprised by her party tonight. (And Ethan, we did end up parking down the street in somebody else's driveway. No air assault ) There were some near accidents, where she almost found out abo…
I'm going to the workday at church this morning (we'll have one every Saturday through Oct 15), and then I'm going to the funeral for Yanet's baby. I don't know if I can help her or not. Pray.
Thought I would introduce you all to my "adopted" nephew, Vance Washington. He's not legally adopted, but he is part of our family. He calls my sister and bro-in-law Mom and Dad. He lived with them for a while and is the…
My goodness......my BABY sister will be 40 on Monday! That makes me......(hush, Brandon. I hear you thinking!) EDIT: I hope she doesn't think we've all forgotten. She's gonna get a care package of Depends, Centrum Silver…
I called Beth at work a little while ago to ask a question. That's when she told me that Yanet's baby died this morning.
Yanet (in case you haven't read Beth's blog post from yesterday) is the 22 year old photo lab sup…
We had business meeting at church tonight. It was......just a business meeting. And that's good. There have been times when I dreaded business meeting night.
Supper's gonna be good tomorrow. I just put two roasts in the…
I like to watch people. I think about what their lives might be like, and the genealogist in me has to wonder about their heritage. And you can see some interesting humans while waiting for Beth to come out of CVS.
I j…
There's a story in today's Houston Chronicle that really got to me. The stories of families being separated or seeing one of their loved ones swept away by flood waters really tug at my heart. I know the panic I would fe…
Andrea has some good product instructions on her blog. For the person who probably shouldn't even be using any of those products Click here.
I've been going through some old church ledger books, getting ready to displ…
Please pray for Randi, and everybody involved in her situation. She is 13 years old and doing some things she should not be doing. She goes to our church and has had a rough life. She's the daughter of an alcoholic/drug …
It started early this morning pouring down rain. And I had a funeral to go to. So I dropped Beth off at Freeway Manor Baptist Church to serve lunch to refugee folks, and I went to the funeral.
The funeral was for a lad…
Well, today after Beth got home from work, we went to Walmart and she bought gift cards. Our Christian radio station, KSBJ, is taking donations of gift cards to give to those who were hit by the hurricane. After we deliv…
Well, this is the third post for today, but I had to share this. I told you all yesterday about our youth and music minister's son Michael and his wife Michelle. Their house was untouched by the storm eventhough things a…
OK, now this just makes me angry. There is a woman on Fox News right now complaining that the only food they have been given is "army food with no heat" and "it was horrible and you just can't eat it." She said that in t…
How many of you out there knew that from August 31 to September 5, New Orleans was having a "Southern Decadence" celebration? It's a Gay Pride parade on steroids (and quite possibly a few other drugs). There was estimate…
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