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Posted on 03/01/2008 9:02:33 AM PST by JustAmy
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Tell your Dad to register so he can visit The Finest and Amy’s Place. We won’t bite! : ^ )
Thank him for his service!
Thank you, Amy and All FRiends, for the Always Awesome Posts and Graphics at Amy’s Place! I’m in the Middle of Huge Downpours where I Live, and the Rain has Knocked the Internet Satellite Service Off, so I’ve had to Retreat to Dial-Up, so a Few Graphics on the Thread won’t Load. :( What a Rain we’re Getting Here! The Pastures Outside are Full of Water, and my Overhead Greenhouse-Type Windows in the Living Room Sprung a Leak a Few Minutes Ago, and Water Dripped on my Couch! :( What a Day, Lol!
You know Lori I didn't do this for $20.00. I truly didn't expect a cent & if I didn't need the gas money I would have more strongly insisted he keep it. He was about my son's age & obviously in a mess. The truck he was driving (or wanted to drive that had stopped/stalled) was old & in rough shape. For dress of young people it is hard to tell if they are poor or fashionable.. but he was not a YUPPY that is for sure.
I stop & help people & give rides when I can. There is not a whole lot I can do for others at times, but these simple gestures of good will & help are not hard & mean a lot to people along the way
I realize the risks & potential for problems.. Guess this is just another way of trusting God with your life.
I’ll tell him—both! He’s a tad on the hard headed side! LOL
Sorry, Kitty! We don’t seem to be able to get a nice gentle rain anymore. It’s either 10” at a time or nothing!
I know that you didn’t do it for the $20.00. I was teasing you.
It is just that I would not stop for any stranger, even with my son or hubby in the car.
Guess that I’m a coward. I will not let PrissyMissy play in the front yard unless someone is with her or she stays close to the house so I can see her from the living room. She cannot go to the side of the house. It could be just California, but there are lots of strange strangers out there.
BE Careful!!
It seems several of us have anniverary dates in same time frame (but years difference)..
Happy #`10 to you.Lori
just relax.. water can be cleaned up & leaks patched. Enjoy the beauty of the rain/storm. Let it remind you of the big rain a couple thousand years ago... and the rainbow that followed
Hugs to you missy Kitty
Woo hoo!! Congratulations and thank you, Mama_Bear!!
**And if he is single introduce him to me!**
Sorry—Dad’s taken! I’m sure he’d appreciate the compliment. I’ll tell him.
**Just had a nice walk **
Glad you got to walk. I’ve been taking the rat terrorists but it’s about to get too warm here and the bugs will eat you alive! Can’t walk in the fall because of deer hunters. Not a bad thing—less for me to run over/eat my garden!
Thanks to you, Mr. Robinson! We don’t always tell you enough, but we appreciate everything you do.
afraid you wont get a whole lot of sympathy from we northerners about it being too warm there....lol
we still have a lot of snow on the ground(which is fronzen underneath)
My dogs can go out year round & love the rain, blizzards, whatever. A week ago Suinday when we had the big snowfall it was over the top of their bodies (and they are big dogs.. a golden retriever & a german shepherd).. they bounded it through it and had a magical time. I take them out for one big outing a day (hour or more off leash in remote area)
I would “bound” more if it were NOT for my rough back along the way.
tell dad hello & if he visits I wont hit on him(cant promise for Amy or Lori however).. ha!
Frozen ground? Snow? Those are four letter words! And believe me when I say it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.
Think about it this way—go put on your heaviest, scratchiest wool longjohns and then go try to do heavy manual labor in a sauna stuck on high!
The variety of starving insects we have here is amazing. We live close to the marsh and the worst ones are the sand gnats. About the size of a pinhead, they bite like a starving t-rex. Not only that, they get in your ears, eyes, inside your clothes.... Still, I wouldn’t live anywhere else! Just stay inside a lot.
Hugs, Dear Sister in Christ, with Thanksgiving from my Heart!
I love a good storm! We’ve had some humdingers the last few years. I get to see most of them since my oldest female rat terrorist is terrified of any noise, esp thunder!
I gotcha covered.
But then these are not just any bird,
but the famous swallows of which you’ve heard.
As sure as the notes of an accomplished soprano,
they find their way back to San Juan Capistrano.
Leaving South America as if by a clock,
flying to California before they dock,
right on schedule on “St. Joseph’s Day”,
at San Juan’s mission Spring and Summer to stay.
The swallow’s flight takes some 7,000 miles,
and to dwell on that may bring some denials.
To catch air currents with the necessary flow,
altitudes are adjusted often to the most apropos.
Arrival at the old mission is quite an occasion,
as worldwide visitors celebrate the invasion.
Bells of the old church ring loudly for hours,
and a huge fiesta is replete with Spring flowers.
The swallows set about to build mud nests,
knowing safety is assured as honored guests.
They seem to sense San Juan’s regulation,
to harm the swallows means a jail destination.
Behind the sheltered walls of the old mission,
spending Spring and Summer as if by cognition,
the swallows realize when it’s time to leave,
making the term “bird brain” hard to believe.
On the “Day of San Juan”, October twenty-three,
the birds circle the old mission, preparing to flee.
With “Thank you” squawks echoing o’er the land below,
they turn for Argentina, it’s time for their Winter show.
It’s true those in San Juan regret seeing them depart,
but next March 19 they’ll fly back into their heart.
How do they do it, for centuries it’s been asked,
how do little birds perform such a task?
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1941: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
1945: While launching attacks on the Japanese Home Islands, the Essex class carrier U.S.S. Franklin (CV-13) is attacked by a Japanese diver bomber. Hit at the most vulnerable time, rearming and refueling of aircraft, the Franklin lost 724 men and was put out of action for the rest of the war. Due to this damage and despite being repaired, Franklin would never go to sea again.
1945: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
1979: The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business on C-SPAN.
1982: Argentinean forces land on South Georgia Island, initiating the Falklands War.
1987: Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
2002: Operation Anaconda ends after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
2003: Operation Iraqi Freedom is launched with an attempted decapitation strike on the Iraqi leadership.
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