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  • It's a new week

    9:15 p.m.....Whiskers is so happy when he is slung over Beth's shoulder: I am so happy for Melissa! She has lost 30 lbs so far, and looks great. She posted before and "half-way" pictures. This is us back on March…
  • Caturday

    10:00 p.m....Tired again. We spent the afternoon working outside again. Steve was working on another fence and I was cutting back more bushes and trees. Our yard looks like an overgrown forest. Beth washed her car, and a…
  • William Tell Overture for Moms

    Update 10:30 p.m......Ok....I've replace the original video with one slightly different. The video quality is not quite as good, but the whole song is there. Here's what YouTube says about the original video: This video…
  • Our pastor is not just a pastor or a preacher. He is also a teacher. He teaches in the Christian school of another Baptist church in our area (our church isn't big enough for a school). I would say that he is bivocationa…
  • Dave Ramsey seminar

    7:00 p.m....Dinner is pork chops cooked in cream of chicken soup, pasta alfredo, and green salad. Soldier's Widow Gives Birth to Baby Girl (A Houston area soldier's wife gave birth to their second child just 3 weeks a…
  • Plumbers

    5:30 p.m.....Sewing's done....house is clean (relatively speaking )....candles are lit so it smells good. Nobody's here to spit on the candles. I'm tired. 2:50 p.m....Wanted to take time out to show you this. Midnight…
  • 11:25 p.m...Steve put up a little more trim tonight on the paneling, but mostly we've been trying to clean up the construction zone. I still have a little grouting to do, but I think I always will. It seems like a job th…
  • Miracles

    11:45 p.m....Sorry I didn't make it around to see everybody tonight. I had a busy day, and then tonight, Steve and I were working on home repairs. Earlier in the afternoon, I was putting trim tiles around the window sill…
  • Bethany posted a praise. The Xanga question last week was "Are you happy?" And at the moment, the answer would be yes. Happiness changes from minute to minute. You would not be happy if a loved one died. You might be…
  • I've always been good at remembering things like birthdays and anniversaries. Bethany is like that, too. So today I kept thinking it was the anniversary of something, but I couldn't remember. It bugged me all day. I fina…
  • 4:15 p.m...I hate grout. Really. Beth should be home any minute. Then we have Bible Study tonight. Two days ago, I really cleaned my stove. Moved everything off the top and just scrubbed it good. It was greasy. And…
  • Second Post

    One of the DJ's on our Christian radio station just sent Beth a picture that his mom took of them 2 years ago. This is Bethany with Kent Mathews. I think her looks have changed a lot in the last 2 years. They have been …
  • Army testing soldiers’ brains before deployment Results may help doctors treat returning vets with traumatic brain injuries Associated Press 5:19 p.m. CT Sept 19, 2007 FORT CAMPBELL, KY - Before they leave for Iraq, t…
  • 4:30 p.m....Well, I've gotten a small break. My aunt isn't coming over. But I'm still working on cleaning anyway. It's just such a huge job. The kitchen is looking good, though. I've been on the phone with both my sist…
  • 25th Anniversary

    When Beth came home, she said she had to make a bunch more Dorothy ribbons. A bunch of her family wanted them, too. So Beth and several others gave away their ribbons, and she will make more. 5:00 p.m.....Beth just l…
  • More Ribbons

    Read what Beth and friends did for amusement today. And she has the next mad lib up. Our Fall and winter calendar at church is getting full.....at least for a small church. On Oct. 31, we have a Fall Festival. Then Nov…
  • Preaching and other stuff

    This morning, Kay (our friend with breast cancer) left her Bible at church, so after church tonight, Steve and I went by her house to take it to her. I was just sitting here thinking about her and remembered some reall…
  • Ribbons for Dorothy

    Ethan, I thought about you when I was at Walmart. They had a huge display of....... I just laughed when I saw it I found the leftover cans last week when I was reorganizing the kitchen. I wish we had gotte…
  • 10:35 p.m....I didn't get pics of everybody, but here's a few from our dinner tonight. Bethany: My parents, Walter and Sherry: And Brandon and Rachael with my mother: Beth is making ribbons for herself and her…
  • Our Day at M D Anderson

    I know some of you may get tired of pictures, and some of you like them as much as I do, but I found some good pictures of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Mays Clinic online and wanted to share them. I'm interested in th…
  • 9:40 a.m....Please remember to pray for Renee (carrensey) and Bill today. Bill is having surgery on two ruptured disks in his back. He's been in a lot of pain. I'm heading out the door to go to the bank, and then pick u…
  • September 11

    10:35 p.m.....Beth posted the Mad Lib. 10:00 p.m....I completely forgot to mention it was my nephew's birthday today. Jeremy is 28. I'm cooking lasagna And…
  • 7:00 p.m.....I just got home about 1/2 an hour ago. I went to the post office, went to get my nails done, and then to Walmart. Steve and Bethany are both working till 7:00 tonight. It's gonna be pizza for supper. Walma…
  • Beth and Jeremy

    Beth and Jeremy have discovered a new exciting game to play. When we are singing the hymns out of the hymnal in church, they will go to a different song and try to sing the words to the tune of whatever song is being pla…
  • Workday

    8:40 p.m....Beth went to Walmart and came home with a new laptop computer Here's the specs. Go to her blog to see what she told us when she got home Bethany and Hannah at the workday today. Beth is one of Hannah…
  • Bethany's happy

    4:20 p.m.....Arrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!! I got ready to go run errands. Put on my good clothes, had my make-up all done, and my hair curled. It looked pretty good. I went to HEB to get some groceries before the Bible Study to…
  • 10:10 p.m.....Steve just told me that Dr. D. James Kennedy died last night. He was the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida. 9:30 p.m....Beth and I cleaned today....we really cleaned. I cleaned downstai…
  • Happy Birthday, Daddy

    9:30 p.m..... Beth has a coke dealer. I'm starting to wonder where we went wrong. 6:40 p.m....I can't rate some blog posts, since I can't read Chinese. 3:50 p.m....We got a good report from the doctor. It is not…
  • 9:30 p.m....So far, I've rated 3648 videos, pictures, and blog posts. I'm amazed at the number of things that wind up on a list of "risky" photos, etc, when there is nothing wrong with the content. But sometimes people f…
  • 10:30 p.m....I've now rated 2105 photos today. That some even have to be rated is completely ridiculous. Many are wedding photos, class trip photos, family photos, etc. I have no clue why those are even classified as "ri…
  • Forgot to mention that my mother got a "new" car. It's a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer. She's been driving a 1987 van since 1987, and it has seen many better days. She has been in need of a vehicle that doesn't break down and d…
  • King Ranch Chicken

    I just saw something that cracked me up. The Xanga featured question is "Do you believe there is a soul mate out there for you?" One girl said, "Yes....and he's perfectly happy with that other girl." This King Ranch Ch…

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