The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[2Jedismom]

Well...my beeber is thoroughly stuned.

[HairOfTheDog]

~smiles~

[2Jedismom]

Someone GAVE us a brand new washer and dryer. Not just a dryer...a washer and dryer. And hook-up stuff. And delivery.

I seriesly feel like I'm going to have a stroke, I'm so overwhelmed with conflicting feelings...

[HairOfTheDog]

Someone you know? How did this happen?

[Corin Stormhands]

She has a history in the religion wars.

And that's all I'm sayin'.

[2Jedismom]

I don't know who did it...I'm torn between thrilled and mortified.

[HairOfTheDog]

How did this happen? Did they just leave it in the driveway in the night? Talk to me!

[Corin Stormhands]

Just accept it graciously 2J. Nothing to be mortified about.

Somebody knew you could use them. They had the resources to get them for you.

Be thankful. End of story.

[2Jedismom]

I got these gift cards and an order form in the mail...no return address, no way to see where it came from...that scared me so bad I almost didn't open it...but then I did.

The postage says it was mailed from here in town.

[Corin Stormhands]

Okay, I've got to break away from the hurricane coverage.

I promised myself I'd get this one project completed before noon today. I didn't.

Back later.

[2Jedismom]

Steve said the same thing. But who do I thank??

I don't even know who to thank!

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, that's quite the cool mystery then.

[ecurbh]

Wow! Very cool!

If there's no return address, I guess they didn't ~want~ to be thanked.

[JenB]

Neat, that's awesome. Don't worry about thanking the person, obviously it's someone who knows you'd be grateful.

[ecurbh]

It ain't small peanuts to us, Rosie. We'll be praying!

[2Jedismom]

I guess the only thing I can do is remember it and pass on a kindness in the future...

A while back some friends in our Sunday School just out of the blue gave us $200. It was the jedis' Christmas that year. I'll never forget it and intend to give that same amount to the HSLDA benevolence fund someday. (The friends in SS were homeschoolers...actually, he was the president of big CHEF at the time.)

[ecurbh]

Maybe this smiley will come in handy ~over there~

[HairOfTheDog]

It's funny.... the crazier things are, the harder it is to make sense arguing against it.

How do you argue that terrorists ~don't~ make weather?

[JenB]

You're arguing with a nutjob, Hair. Don't sweat it too much.

[SuziQ]

Prayers requested for my family members. Just found out from my s-i-l that Hwy 90 in G'port is under 6' of water and that that G'port Memorial Hospital has been severely damaged. I had almost suggested that my b-i-l go there because I thought it would be safer! He's at his Parish, which is a mile or two off the beach, so I hope he's ok. S-i-l is leaving work; downtown Jackson is being evacuated. She's going to a friend's house, so we won't be alone.
My sister and her daughter, and her family are in Hattiesburg, which will is getting slammed right now. The main danger at this point is tornadoes. A line of those went through the Pascagoula area early this morning, and the downtown area is flooded.