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  • I thought this was too funny. Go here to read about Jesus and IKEA I wanted to give you another example of a miracle. It also involves Steve being up on a stack at a power plant. He can tell the story much better sinc…
  • It's 11:25 a.m., and Steve just called with a prayer request. They are out at one of our coal fired power plants doing an emissions test. They are up on one of the stacks, which are 300 feet. They are stuck because the e…
  • Beth is teaching the kitties to use the computer, but Scrawny is sleeping in class. Well, it is after 1:00 in the morning.....
  • You guys go to Susan's blog and read about the funny street names competition. One of the runners up was the intersection of "Clinton" and "Fidelity" in Houston. I looked it up, and Fidelity DEAD ENDS into Clinton. That'…
  • Connie had a name quiz thingy on her blog. I have experiemented and you get different "meanings" for the same name. Believe me, Friday when I put in my name, it was much less complimentary than the one I got below. I put…
  • Wow, we had a good service this morning. We had a guest speaker, Dr. Richard Klein, from College of Biblical Studies in Houston. Susan , you would like him. He has a Bachelor's Degree fr…
  • Warning: Long post! I'm a little troubled by what I see as some misinterpretation of scripture on some other blogs. I know....we will all disagree on some points and I'm not looking to argue with anybody, but let's look…
  • Ok, ladies (and gentlemen if you are reading), I have another way to cook pork chops, that I hadn't tried before. I bought some beautiful butterfly chops, about an inch thick. I put them in a skillet, added several seaso…
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZANNE !!!!!!
  • I've been tagged by Mrs. B 1. How many meals does most of your family eat at home each week? How many are in your family? There is usually only one meal a day that we all eat at home. There are 5 of us. Ev…
  • I have nothing profound to say right now, so I am going to steal quotes from other people From Sarah : "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer…
  • Do you know how difficult it is to keep cats off a wedding veil?? They seem to be drawn to it like bees to honey. In this house, if I tell a cat not to do something, guess what they are going to do? Yeah.....just like …
  • I just got an email saying my cousin, Ross, is leaving Fort Hood tomorrow for Afghanistan. He is a helicopter pilot. In "real life", he is a police officer for the city of Conroe, Texas, 1-1/2 hours north of Houston. His…
  • I've added some stories to some of the pictures at the end. I was thinking about discussions of housecleaning going on among people on other blogs. I would love for my house to be a spotless showcase, but that's never…
  • Rachael's plane should land in about 15 minutes. It landed - 8:38 p.m.AGAIN! Well, this is strange. Brandon was at the airport to pick her up, but she wasn't on the flight. He was calling her cell phone, and we called …
  • Our pastor spoke this morning on 4 points, but I just want to touch on 2 of them today: overcoming the past and overcoming doubt. Too many people dwell on the past. There are things …
  • Well, we're going to Mark's to put in a door. In the rain. And the cold. Yuck. The door is in at Mark's - 6 foot wide French doors. It looks good. It took 3 guys working and 5 women supervising, but we got it done (I …
  • My heart's just heavy again tonight. I'm learning a lot, but there's just so much I don't understand. I don't understand the need for all the untruths. Why lie about your age, especially if you're only going to add a yea…
  • It's rainy and cold here today. I wanted to get outside and work in the yard. At the very least I wanted to mow the clover. Notice I didn't say grass. Every year the c…
  • Doug's blog has a neat story about a couple married 60 years. I managed to get one wedding related thing done last night - the memory/photo album. Rachael doesn't know I've done it yet. She saw a silver album at Hobb…
  • I've been pricing chocolate fountains for the wedding. Walmart had them for Valentine's Day, but sold out quickly. So I've been hunting online. I'm just guessing that she may want this white chocolate for a winter wonder…
  • Well, I got a Valentine gift from another man today. Candy. One of the guys Beth works with, Jesse, gave me candy today. That was sweet. Jesse's only 20. I'm going for younger men now I've been out running errands t…
  • I promised I would post a little on the second half of Sunday's sermon. So here goes, but I've added a few thoughts of my own. It was on loving other people. Admittedly, sometimes that's a difficult thing to do. Espec…
  • ....or as Ricky G. says......Happy Singles Awareness Day You guys just have to read Steve's description of last night's concert and dinner. I hope you don't misundersta…
  • I don't think I'll get much posting done today. I have a few things to do (including getting my nails done because it's been about 4 weeks now) and I need to try to be at the church around 3:30 - 4:00. Beth is off today …
  • Ok, you guys have to go to my silly daughter's blog to see the pictures she took tonight. I don't have any explanation for the kissing fish picture. She gets her nuttiness from Steve's side of the family. Tomorrow ni…
  • I feel sorry for all of you on the east coast. My cousin, Darcy, who lives 20 miles north of Baltimore, MD, said they had about 18" of snow. Ethan said they got about 7" in t…
  • I'm adding a line I borrowed from Beth's blog. It's so true: "Sometimes we put up walls. Not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to knock them down." I post pics of my kids all the time, but I don't often …
  • Warning: Long post with pictures at the end. First I wanted to share that Rachael's grandfather, Patrick Dennis, died this morning at 11:00 Eastern time. She will be flying to …
  • I don't want this to rub off on anyone else, but I'm just really down today. I felt the depression getting worse last night. Food looks disgusting (that's actually a good thing ) and last night I couldn't sleep even wi…
  • If any of you don't want the little icon that is showing up next to the comments on your page, go here and read about how to get rid of it. They only show up on the pages of classic users and not premium. …
  • Well, the business meeting went ok tonight. The "opposition" turned out because they thought there would be a fight. This group of people never comes to business meetings, just like they never come to …
  • I wanted to let you know that as it stands now, the family plans to remove the respirator from Rachael's grandfather Thursday night. That will allow time for more family to get there. Please be in prayer for the family.…
  • This afternoon while I was here on the computer, I began hearing sirens at a nearby chemical plant. We live very near the Houston Ship Channel, where chemical plants are lined up. This plant is about 5 minutes away, and …
  • I wanted to share a big praise. Rachael just called and said that they are going to pay her a little over 7 hours of overtime for the work she did on Saturday. That is AN ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS! Thank you all so much for …
  • Today would have been our daughter's 22nd birthday. Her name was Rachel Elizabeth. Two years later, when Bethany was born, she was given the middle name Rachel, in memory of her ol…
  • This post proves Bethany's "Wonderful Ape" theory. That post she did has been one of the best in a long time. People have really responded to it. She's up to 21 comments.
  • Please pray for Rachael's job situation. They are really doing her wrong where she is working. She is a Level II Veterinary Technician. She works long hard hours, but loves what she does. She has studied…
  • You HAVE to go to Bethany's blog and read this post. She's been thinking about guys again
  • I thought I'd introduce some of you to the rest of my family, and extended family and friends. This is my husband, Steve. This is my daughter, Bethany. This is my son, Brandon. And this is my soon-to-be daughter-in-law, …
  • I thought this article was interesting, from today's Houston Chronicle. Feb. 5, 2006, 9:36AMArmy gives troops advice on choosing the right mate By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press --> WASHINGTON …
  • Rachael's parents have called twice tonight. When they call this late, it is usually not good news. Her maternal grandfather, Patrick Dennis, is in intensive care in Lakela…
  • We've been gone most of the day, to our monthly workday at the church - the first Saturday of every month. We work, then have lunch, …
  • We are watching the news and they told about an explosion today in an apartment building. The maintenance man had set off some fumigators to get rid…
  • This was an interesting article from today's Houston Chronicle. To learn more about Houston's VA HosI thought pital, gohere. It is part of Houston's Texas Medic…
  • It's almost Valentine's Day............ My rheumatoid arthritis decided to flare up yesterday and my hands, wrists, feet and ankles are really hurting today. My right hand is the worst, and I am right-handed. But I h…
  • I have been out a large part of the afternoon, but my sister called and left a message that my dad's surgery went fine and he is at home. When I took Beth to work at 3:30, we …
  • I swiped these cartoons from Connie. I thought Brandon and Rachael might need some marital advice before the wedding I had seen these in the paper a few mo…
  • It is a really dreary, rainy, nasty day out there today. We've been under a tornado watch all day, and will be till 9:00 p.m. It looks like i…
  • I can't believe it's already February. Today is the 19th birthday of my nephew Michael. I was there when he was born (as well as when his brothe…
  • I watched the State of the Union address tonight. I got interested in them back when Ronald Reagan was president. His were al…

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