tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88804512012-02-17T01:42:02.180-07:00"...hidden in Christ with God" (Colossians 3:3).Pilot Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04837729230556423683noreply@blogger.comBlogger11481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880451.post-32710798287462737352011-10-30T16:27:00.000-07:002011-10-30T16:27:25.169-07:00

Let the raking begin!

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I cannot believe that it has been so long since I have posted anything on my blog!  Slowly, slowly my desire to blog is returning.  I just haven't felt like sharing anything for so long.  But as I slowly come out of my deep 'funk' I see God is still working in my life, and is not finished with me yet.  Praise Him!  So, we will see how this goes.  No promises. Let's see what is new in my life.

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I am back from attending the Rocky Mountain Dental Convention held in Denver, CO.  I was nervous about attending since it was a new experience for me but the Lord calmed my nerves, and I had a fabulous time, along with learning a lot of new things.  My dentist, whom I work for/with, is a Christian, and so many of her friends from dental school are too.  Along with them, my instructor for all of

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Is there a way to do away with certain words being underlined in one's blog??  And if so, how does one go about getting rid of them?  Any help would be so appreciated!!

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Finally!!  The inversion is gone.  Those of us who suffer from asthma will finally have an easier time breathing.  Our air quality has been terribly unhealthy since our last storm.  Nothing has been strong enough to move out the dreaded smog...until last night's storm!  :D  I kind of equate our inversions to what sin is like.  At first one doesn't notice any changes but the longer it goes

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This is a dangerous direction for our government to follow. It deeply saddens me to see America spiraling downward so fast. By Todd Starnes Published January 07, 2011 FoxNews.com The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says. “The words in the old form were ‘mother’ and ‘father,’” said

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Happy New Year everyone! I pray that your new year began on a good footing. I am encouraged to see how the good Lord will work in my life this year. He certainly was active last year all through 2010. From my perspective He may have been over-active! LOL! Not really. He was just very thorough, as He needed to be. In many ways I am still recovering from the pain and hurt, but He has promised that

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A very dear friend sent this to me today.  It is a message I needed to hear again, and to meditate upon it once again.  If you are in a difficult place in your life right now, just as I am, then I hope you can draw encouragement from it.  Blessings my friends..... C.H. Spurgeon wrote... Do not tell me that there is no rest for us until we get to heaven.  We who have believed in Jesus enter into

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Even my most loyal reader, probably doesn't know this about me, and we go back many years, but I have evolved.  And for those that are thinking I have gone from being a creationist to supporting the evolutionists let me assure you, I have not.  In fact, my evolving would seem to disprove the evolutionists theory.  You see, evolution is supposed to get better with age.  We improve and become

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A HOMELESS MAN'S FUNERAL As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour

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After all the packing up, shredding of way old stuff, and scrubbing our house from top to bottom, I took a much needed trip to my sister's to relax, evaluate life, and hopefully get recharged.  However, on my flight to Ohio, I had a "slight" accident which has sidetracked me immensely.  It is another opportunity in my very discombobulated life where I get to practice my "quiet and gentle"

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"What do we do when God interrupts our lives? Many times like, Jonah, we run!...what might seem like an interruption is actually a divine invitation to do something bigger than we could ever imagine." May my response not be a "Jonah response!" We are putting our beautiful home up on the market to sell!  Yet we still don't know where we are going to live.  Will it still be Salt Lake City?  Or

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Remember, that a gentle and guiet spirit is an attitude of the heart in which we do not dispute and resist against God's dealings, but instead, we recognize God's goodness in all His sovereign plans.  Also, remember that gentleness is a fruit of the Spirit which all believers should exhibit (Galatians 5:23).  Aren't you glad it isn't a personality trait but rather a steadfastness of soul that has

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Overheard while cousins were visiting with each other: Emily (3 yrs old):  Nana gave me this (pointing out object) Anna (4 yrs old):  Nana didn't give you that because she is dead. Emily:  (Surprised) No she isn't!  I was just at her house not too long ago! Anna:  (All importantly)  Well, I went to her funeral!!! A short time later....in the kitchen where there are pics on the refrigerater.

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In 1 Peter 3:1-6 we wives are commanded to have a "gentle and quiet spirit."  Granted Peter is definitely talking to believing wives in this text but are you aware that having a gentle and quiet spirit is actually a command to every believer?  I actually had never thought about it before but it is.  Even Jesus was quiet and gentle, and He is our model as we move toward maturity in becoming more

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HAVE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

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Something wonderful happened today! Well, I guess technically, something wonderful happened yesterday.  I had a message on my Facebook account from a dear, dear friend who was announcing that she was back to writing a blog.  For some, erm....any of my old friends who used to frequent this blog, you might recognize her.  It is none other than Hey Jules. Tell her I sent you. You'll find a woman

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Select the best woman you can find and brush her carefully to rid her of indifference. Be careful not to beat her as yould a spoiled child, for beating will make her tough and apt to froth at the mouth. Lift her gently into the home preserving kettle and tie her with strong cords of affection which are not easily broken. Do not scar her with strong scarcasm for that causes spitting and

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Snow!!!  The 24th of May and we awoke to snow on the ground!!!  In all of our 30 years here I do not ever recall snow being on the ground as late as May 24th!!!  It's enough to make me pack up and MOVE!!!  When will spring finally arrive?  I bet we won't even get a "spring" this year.  We will move right into summer!  I wonder if we will have a higher rate of 100º F days?  What is this world

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I received this email from a dear, dear friend of mine. I thought I would pass on the information to those who might be interested. Hi friends, My book club read this compelling work and now it is a film event to attend. It will be shown on March 4th at 7:30 around the nation and locally it will be shown at several cinemas including Cinemark. I have included a trailer from you tube so you can

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Hope we can stop it. While I always agree that hunting is an ethical God given right, I think that I would have to agree with the author on this one.... fox hunting should be banned! Please help ban fox hunting. THIS MADNESS MUST STOP!! ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Signed: Peter Cottontail

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The Real Meaning of Christmas The greatest day in history Is when Jesus came to earth. Amongst hay and livestock His mother gave Him birth. The angels sang and wise men came To see this baby boy, For a moment the world stood still…. forever changed, Can you imagine the excitement and joy? The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, no scepter or a crown; The Savior of the world had come and wise men

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Pilot has arrived back on American soil!!! Late Sunday evening he arrived home to his beloved Sarah extremely tired (3 hours sleep in 48 hours) but, oh so happy to set his eyes on his beautiful wife. I got to hear hear his voice just briefly as I announced "breaking news" within our family. [My cousin's daughter had just become engaged!] Pilot and Sarah will spend Christmas with Monte and her

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Here is the view from our patio and living room window on a cold winter's day! Don't let the sunshine fool you! :)

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Here are a couple of pics of one of our trees in the backyard after our snows. With temps in the low 20ºs there hasn't been too much melting going on. Yesterday we finally made it up to 41ºF, which made us feel like we are in a heat wave! :)

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It's the one on the right. Be sure to have tissue handy. :) Thank you to each Veteran and active duty person who has given so much of their lives for our country. We salute you!

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CONGRESS BEWARE….. “WE THE PEOPLE” ARE WATCHING. WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT ELECTION. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For those who need a picture, To Congress: The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - you've had 234 years to get it right; it's broke. Social Security was established in 1935 - you've had 74 years to get it

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From this:To this:Please, please tell me we are not having snow!Update: Alas, we did have snow all day long!!! At times it was like a blizzard coming down. One could hardly see in front of them while driving. Thankfully, not much stuck around our home, but in other parts of the valley you would have thought it was Christmas!

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We had a fabulous vacation in Cabo San Lucas. In fact, it was quite difficult to return to life in Utah. From the wonderfully warm and sunny weather we were jolted back into reality when we heard SNOW was being predicted for our area tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Just let me assure you, dear friends, I am in no way ready for cold weather, much less snow. We need more fall, in my opinion. This was

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I have just finished reading a book which has had a most profound affect on me. There are a few books which I have read that have had touched significant nerves within me. I can probably list them on one hand. This book is one. I highly recommend it as a "Must Read" by everyone!It is an amazing true story written by the two men it involves, Ron Hall, who is an international art dealer, and Denver

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A WARNING TO ALL AMERICANS From Naval Aviator, Commander Jerry WilsonWe lived in California during the winters of 2007 and 2008. We became addicted to Fox News and watched O'Reilly and Hannity and Colmes every night.. When we got back home, we upgraded our cable to get Fox. I watched the Presidential campaign very closely. Initially because I thought the Democrats would nominate Hillary Clinton

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To see the front page article of the Canadian Newspaper click on the link below.http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/25/sarkozy-mocks-obama-at-un-security-council-hello-big-media/For reasons yet to be determined, the National Post appears to have de-linked their own front page story on their website. Mr. Spillius reported a similar (albeit watered-down) version in the UK’s Telegraph.Obama: “We must

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I did make it home late yesterday afternoon! Thank you to each and every one of you who have been praying for my recovery. There is no greater privilege than to go before His throne of grace in prayer and lay our requests before Him. He then takes them, one by one, and gives His undivided attention to each request. For that, I am eternally grateful! I am better, but I still have a long way

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I'm going home this afternoon!!! I'll be home for dinner. :D I am a happy camper!!!

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Life is sure full of surprises. It twists and turns, goes uphill as well as downhill, and yet through it all one can see God's hand at work.I'm in the hospital with panreatitis. It began Thursday, soon after Pilot and Sarah's arrival. I persevered through out the whole time they were here. It was such a short visit, Thursday noon to Saturday noon. We all had a big wedding to attend. We are

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The surgeon did an outstanding job. My scar will not be noticable at all. I'm now in a splint brace which I can remove when I shower (YEA!!!). Will be off work for another month, then the doctor will reaccess. I get to begin downward and bacward stretching of the hand in one week and will add rotating whole arm a week after initial therapy has begun. Still very painful but definitely

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As the late Adrian Rogers said, "you cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.--------------------------------------------That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.The

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Michael Jackson dies and it's 24/7 news coverage. A real American hero dies and not a mention of it in the news.Ed FreemanYou're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered

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These are a few of the pics of my broken wrist, my momento brought home with me from our vacation in Arizona. It was in several pieces, according to my surgeon, but now it is all together and aligned as it should be, as of this morning!! :) One handed typing is not my cup of tea so blogging may be a little slow for a few days. Pain meds :) do not go very well typing with both hands, much

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(click to enlarge)I find it amazing that this photo, taken so many years ago, actually still exists! And now, someone has put it online for all of us to see. This INCREDIBLE picture was taken in 1918.It is 18,000 men preparing for war in a training camp at Camp Dodge , in Iowa . EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN!!!!!What a priceless gift of photography from the past!

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Excuse me for a minute while I rant. I have a bone to pick with Hollywood, especially whoever makes the dvd's for rental. It's hard enough to find a decent movie to rent anymore, but then there are added insults thrown into the mix.I mean, when we put in a dvd to watch, the first thing we do is go to 'set up' and choose the option for 'English for the hearing impaired.' Pilot Dad wears hearing

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Life changes in a split second. That is why one needs to have his/her future secured. People just don't think that anything awful can happen to them. It is always happening to someone else, but not to them. And people, it has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with "religion." But it does have everything to do with Relationship. Regardless of what other people tell you, you do not get a second

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For those few readers (mainly family and dear friends which hang on regardless...) who are still popping in I apologize for my sporadic posting. I have been BUSY! And, it has felt really good to be busy with life and not with "problems." :) Oh happy day!We have a good friend from church who joined an all male choir. The choir only performs once a year and this year they performed in the

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Mother's Day I awoke with pain in my lower right side of my back, which pretty much stayed with me all day. At first I tried to tell myself that I must have strained it while working out. Besides, what mom, in her right mind, would want to miss out on any surprises on Mother's Day! My hubby, along with a couple of other men, planned a picnic after church for their wives, up in one of our

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My blog isn't front page news but for the ones who do read it here is news of one of our Heros who gave his life for the men around him. Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor(Click on picture to enlarge.)WHY WASN'T THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE NEWS?Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor PO2 (EOD2) (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

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I have to confess to letting one erm...ugh...several of my recipe boxes get out of hand. As I collected new recipes I would just stuff them in to my box, any old way. I didn't even bother to put the recipe in the proper section. I know there are many pyschological reasons for this, none of which we need to delve into. ;) Suffice it to say that over several years, [yes, that is what I said] it had

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Thank you for asking. :) Rather, it would be more accurate to say Pilot Dad and his friend, Fred, (Praise the Lord for Fred!) have been very busy. Thursday on my way home from work and was on the phone with Pilot and, bless his ♥, he says to me, "I'm sorry you are having such problems at home." *pause on my part* "What problems?" He replies, "Well, I just called Dad and he said it wasn't a good

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I have begun my physical therapy and it is going well. After going to the doctor this past Thursday I found out that the ligament is actually torn. There are three types: 1) 1º MCL 2) 2º MCL and 3) 3º MCL. What all that means is the 1º means that the ligaments and fibers of the MCL have pulled and stretched but have gone back in place and there is no instability. For the 3º, it means that the

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Hallelujah! He is risen indeed!

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I pray this Good Friday is a blessed one for you. Set aside some time to reflect on what Christ's sacrifice actually means for you personally. He has willing done it all for you and me, if we would just accept His outpouring of love. Sometimes people do not like to focus on His death. But, without His death there would be no Resurrection. The perfect Lamb had to be sacrificed to pay for all our

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Today, I woke up as usual and went to the bathroom, but instead of going straight back to bed and waiting for the alarm and the patterned ritual of hitting the snooze before the alarm has sounded off a bare microsecond, I went to my living room where I have a beautiful view of the mountains directly east of my house. I began doing nothing else but watching this new day begin. I straddled a chair

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Last evening I performed the most graceful move I have ever done! NOT!We were out hanging fliers on people's doors inviting them to worship with us on Easter Sunday. As I came away from one home my toe caught on the sidewalk where it was raised slightly. You guessed it.I went flying. My shoe came off, the fliers went "flying," and my dignity ran for cover. Pilot Dad tried to reach me in time, but

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My Mom: August 20, 1916 to January 29, 2007My Dad: August 3, 1917 to April 3, 2001In loving memory to my parents. I miss them both. Terribly. After having them living in our home since September 1999 their presence permeates our rooms. Memory pictures pop up unexpectedly. I see my mom making her way down the hall, in her bathrobe, carrying several water glasses. She looks up at me and smiles. Or

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Check this out here for an amazing rendition of Amazing Grace.

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Isn't she beautiful? Faith almost 2 months old. Hasn't she changed from her newborn pics? She is now cooing and smiling up a storm.Speaking of storms....Ugh. No April Fools Day joke here, but we woke up to more snow! I KNOW we need the water but I am so READY for SPRING to be here to stay!!However, in every snow cloud there is always a blessing. Sometimes we just need to look a little closer.(

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Will you join me in praying for a friend of ours who has brain cancer? She is a young woman by anyone's standard. Too young to die. One reason her condition has struck a chord with Pilot Dad and I is that she was diagnosed in April two years ago with a brain tumor. At this time, it is terminal. They have given her 2 to five years. For those of you who have been around my blog for awhile,

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I came across an old post tonight while looking for a requested post from a new reader. As I read through this again (first posted in October 2005) I thought it might be worth while to bring it up again, dust it off, and re-post.Do You Pray?Why don't you pray? What hinders you from praying? If one looks at a person who is too busy to pray, I believe you will see a person whose life is not holy.I

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Let's see....it has now been 3 months since I had to begin taking insulin for my diabetes. It was such an awful time in my life then. It's hard to believe that I felt so bad and SO old. If God had called my name and told me it was time to "come Home," I would have jumped erm...well, I wouldn't have been able to jump, but I would have gone in a ♥ beat! That seems so long ago to me. It is a fading

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Some days are just a little more precarious than others. Tomorrow is another day. Right?

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Some days, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.

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I've discovered something about myself. And, it isn't pretty. In fact, it is down right ugly.I'm going to confess...you see, I can honestly say I have loved all our dogs (currently we are without dogs). However, I have never loved them the same as my first dog Zeke, who was my constant companion for years, until we had our son. Then my focus shifted....Zeke and I did everything together. We

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This is Bailey. He is the newest addition to Pilot and Sarah's home. Bailey has been a very good puppy, learning fast what is expected of him. ;)

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This is how I'm spending my Saturday!

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Prayer is not a test for religious truth. First Thessalonians 5:21 says to objectively "test everything"... not pray to receive a subjective feeling that something is true. The barometer for truth is Scripture (Acts 17:10-12). God's wisdom never contradicts what He has recorded in Scripture. God has already condemned all gospels that contradict the Bible (Galatians 1:6-8).Amplified Bible:

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I am rejoicing! Oh, yes I am! When I arrive home from work today our boiler unit will have been repaired and our hot water will be restored, along with having heat again. Just in time because we have a major snow storm coming in sometime after tomorrow, bringing much colder temps.We went over to our friend's home late yesterday afternoon to take our showers. There is no way my Dr. would have

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Without GOD, our week would be:Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday,Thirstday, Fightday & Shatterday.Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ..

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It must be a sight to see, an older woman, on insulin, running around with all this energy, yet not quite firing on all four pistons yet. ;) Let me give you a wee bit of background....Yesterday afternoon Pilot Dad was standing on our stairs, on his way up from downstairs, and I was talking with him from upstairs, over the railing. All of a sudden I heard a sound, coming from downstairs I think. "

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Subject: Copper wire After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 200 feet, and shortly after, a story in the

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Doesn't he look great?! It's amazing what a little time in God's hands can do for one's body!

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Faith with her oldest sister, Anna. (Anna was the flower girl in Pilot and Sarah's wedding.)These are Faith's siblings, ardent admirer's all! Lol! This is Faith 3 days old.This is Anna and Grandma (my sister, Marsha). Anna, it seems has been totally fascinated with her real live new baby. Lol! She has her baby doll and mimicks everything anyone just happens to be doing with Faith.

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Faith Amy, born 02/08/2009, weighing in at 8 lbs 10 ounces, and measuring 21" long.

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Announcing the new arrival of Faith Amy B. Faith made her grand appearance into our family this morning (Sunday Feb. 8) weighing in at 8 lbs 10 ounces, and measuring 21 inches! This is Claire and Bob's 7th child. Pictures will follow as soon as I get them! :D

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Me...calling Sarah ♥ Me...Hey! It's me... ☺S... What a nice surprise (sounds like she has a cold)M I'm calling to let you know the results of my heart test done earlier in the weekS (slight pause) Oh! I don't think I knew you were having a heart testM (slightly longer pause as I attempt to process this bit of info) (I think to myself, maybe I didn't share that with her because I didn't want Pilot

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I'm sure I am not the only person in the world who thinks about the "if only" situations I have experienced. Today as I was reading in Isaiah the "if only" jumped off the page at me. Isaiah 48:18 says, "If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea."If only. Those two words are small in their grammatical

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"A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance." ~~Benjamin WhichcoteWhenever God does a great work, either in your heart or in your world, it will be greatly opposed. Those who are His servants will face the opposition firsthand. What is the key to victory? It is NOT in retaliation or rebuttal. We, as believers who claim God as our Defender, must not take up our own defense.Have you ever

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(Click on the images to enlarge.)Have you ever wondered where old telephones disappear? Check out the pics.

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I saw this picture of this plant growing out of a brick wall. It made me think how difficult it must be for this plant to bloom and thrive. Let's face it, the circumstances under which it blooms is not exactly ideal. Think about the flowers you have planted in the beds around your home. They have ideal soil conditions, the sprinkler waters them on a set schedule, and you probably fertilize them

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She is just now getting around to saying Happy New Year? Fess up. That's what you are thinking, even if you don't say it out loud. I have to share with you about my wonderful Christmas, and consequently, my fabulous New Year!I know I have been absolutely horrible about being regular with my posting on my blog. I haven't even taken time to answer the few who have bothered to comment! Let me

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With 3 weeks before Christmas, REMEMBER:JESUS is Better than SantaSanta lives at the North Pole.JESUS is everywhere.Santa rides in a sleighJESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.Santa comes but once a yearJESUS is an ever- present help.Santa fills your stockings with goodiesJESUS supplies all your needs.Santa comes down your chimney uninvitedJESUS stands at your door and knocks.. and then

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WOOO-HOOOO!!! Pilot Dad now weighs in at a whopping 177 lbs!!!!! He has managed to keep the weight on for a couple of weeks now!!!!

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So many people are waiting to be thankful until they have something to be thankful for. It's a flaw of fallen humanity. We are always looking forward to what we want and always aware of what we don't have. For most of us, the glass is always half empty...at least.What is our remedy? God urges us to rehearse His past mercies intentionally and actively. Whenever we begin to focus on what we are

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We know, both by the way of Scripture, and by the impulses of our hearts, that God is to be thanked. There is no way to understand the profound implications of His grace and to remain thankless in our attitude. In fact, Paul links gratitude with a true knowledge of God and the desire to glorify Him (Romans 1:21). It's and inviolable scriptural principle: To know what God has done is to be

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We are in sunny Florida to spend some much needed time with Pilot and his Bride. For Thanksgiving the four of us will travel to Auburn, Alabama and spend Thanksgiving with my cousin and family. I am so looking forward to seeing them again.We have spent the day painting the walls in the living room, dining room and hallway of Pilot and Sarah's new home. It is such a transformation!!! I have before

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PSALM 138:1-3I will give You thanks with all my heart;I will sing praises to You before the gods.I will bow down toward Your holy templeAnd give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.On the day I called, You answered me;You made me bold with strength in my soul.

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The election is over. We have a new president, one placed in office by God (see Daniel 4:32b).We have a responsibility now. As Romans 13:1 says, "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God." Jesus and His apostles never disobeyed the government for personal reasons; when they disobeyed,

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From this...to this.....Oh what a difference a few days, and a few miles make!!

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I cannot believe I let my 4 year blogging anniversary slip right by me! But I did. You see, October 25, 2004 was my first foray into the blogging world. Oh my! I was so timid, unsure of what I was getting into, yet, on the otherhand, excited...eager to share with my niece Claire and get her to join me in this new adventure. I am so glad she did!!! Now, I have to say it was her brother Dan who

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A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check Made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in This country who no longer understand it.' The Sack LunchesI put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm

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If you have not voted yet, be sure that you completely understand the implications of the tax raises that Obama proposes. Businesses will be hit hard and will probably cut jobs or propose job freezes. All Families will be affected because tax cuts you presently enjoy will be allowe to expire. If you have money in mutual funds or stocks in your retirement, your taxes will increase from 15% to 28%

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We are in Nuevo Vallarta! There are no words to describe it for us. PD and I are living a dream come true!!! Pictures to follow once we return home!It is indescribable!!!!!

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First thing I've seen that makes sense . For complete description of materials and how to build it, please refer to:Genesis 5:14-16

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We all need friends who we can turn to, depend on, and just plain be ourselves. Thankfully, we have a God who was the first to show us how Relationship is to be. Without Him we would not know true relationship. Blessings on your day, my friends!

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