Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... August, 2008

August 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[JustAmy]

Good evening, Nan.

This is been a hello .. goodbye kind of day.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Dear KittyMittens.

Hope your day was delightful.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, GeeBee.

Marissa starts school on the 20th. We get home on the 17th so I will be busy getting her ready for that.

Hope I’m ready for 3rd grade. :)

[JustAmy]

I’m tired ... I will try to wake early so I can get the doors open at a reasonable time.

I’m happy that you all have a set of keys. LOL

Sweet dreams.

[JustAmy]

You are welcome. When I saw it, I thought of you. :)

[JustAmy]

August 7, 2008



Graphic by MamaBear

The Sentry

It climbs up from the rocky shore,
A fist made out of stone.
Defiant against Nature’s wrath,
To claim it for its own.

Forlorn against the elements,
And lonely on the line,
It brings an element of hope,
And helps to make it shine.

This is the place of battle,
The stone against the sea.
Unyielding stubbornness
Thus meets eternal enmity.

Unending anger storms onto,
A calm, determined place,
And wails until its furor wanes,
No tears found on this face.

It is a sign of lasting love.
The mason and his crew,
Have crafted hardened heartstones,
As gifts to an unknown you.

You look out from the tossing decks,
And know just where you stand.
The light gives friendly stay-aways,
This is no place to land.

Thus even though it stands alone,
This beacon does not call,
But tells the others “Danger here!”
A lonely friend to all.

On cloudless, sunny days it seems,
That much more lonely still,
If works can turn the coming tide,
The gallant lighthouse will.

The sentry does not know about,
The worth his work has done,
But in the dark despair of night,
His soul shines like a sun.

NicknamedBob . . . April 17, 2004
© 2004 - 2008

[JustAmy]

Good morning, FRiends.
What shall we celebrate today?

Today's Holiday choices are .....
National Kids Day
American Family Day
Chinese Valentine's Day
Lighthouse Day
Say 'Cheese' Day
Unity In Diversity Day

Have a Happy Kids Day!

[JustAmy]

Say Cheese!

Have a Terrific Thursday!

[fewz]

Does MamaBear choose the graphic to fit NicknamedBob’s poem or does NicknamedBob write the poem to fit MamaBear’s graphic? Which ever way they do conspire to complement the theme, and produce works that do inspire, they are an awesome team.

Temperature is gonna be a lot lower today and even lower tomorrow. Heard a flock of Canadian geese flying over this morning. That always reminds me of the loons in “On Golden Pond”.

Question: Has anybody here had any experience with laminate flooring in a kitchen?

[OESY]

Happy Say "Cheese" (Portrait) Day:




Fun
Srna Stankovic





Lost In Own Thoughts
Srna Stankovic




Hank
Phillip Filtz


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[JustAmy]

"Does MamaBear choose the graphic to fit NicknamedBob’s poem or does NicknamedBob write the poem to fit MamaBear’s graphic?"

It has worked both ways; on today's Opening Graphic, MamaBear made the graphic first.

These older graphics are not as large and as fancy as the newer ones are, but there are times when they match the Holidays and I drag them out of mothballs.

NnB has written poems for both MamaBear and Billie Graphics. He has been busy recently and has not had much time to contribute new poems. :(

[JustAmy]

Good morning, OESY. Hope you are having a fine Thursday morning.

Thank you for sharing the pictures for Say Cheese Day.
That little pooch (weimaraner) is adorable. I think I could find room for him.

I'll be back; I need to reboot. Sigh.

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

August 7, 2008

God’s Training School

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READ: Romans 8:12-17

[We are] heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him. —Romans 8:17

Lew Wallace’s book Ben-Hur tells the story of a Jewish aristocrat betrayed by his best friend and condemned to serve as a galley slave in the Roman navy. On a forced march to the ship, Judah Ben-Hur meets Jesus of Nazareth, whose compassion fills him with hope. Eventually, Ben-Hur saves the Roman commander during battle. In gratitude, the commander adopts Ben-Hur as his son, instantly elevating him from slave to heir.

That’s what happens to us when God adopts us into His family. But great privilege brings great responsibility. Paul said that we become “heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him” (Rom. 8:17). The gospel does not say, “Come to Jesus and live happily ever after.” God’s syllabus for His children’s education includes training through hardships.

Ben-Hur’s years of enduring hardship as a Roman slave strengthened him and increased his endurance. He eventually defeated his “friend-turned-enemy” in a chariot race.

As endurance and training were key to Ben-Hur’s victory, so are they vital to victory in the Christian’s war with sin and evil. The hard times we endure are God’s way to prepare us for greater service for His glory.

So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred,
To eyes made blind because they will not see,
To spend though it be blood—to spend and spare not—
So send I you to taste of Calvary. —Clarkson

We conquer by continuing.

Bible in One Year: Job 19–21; Proverbs 14:1-11

[jaycee]

Say Cheese and Have A Smiley Day!

[jaycee]

Thank you for our Daily Bread message this morning! Have a nice day!

Say cheese and smile!

[Cardhu]

PowerPoint Presentation with music.

GARDENS WITH MOZART

After clicking on the picture click Download

Relax and listen to Mozart´s Piano Concerto Nº 21 with orchestra.

Let the slides automatically advance

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the FREE Microsoft PowerPoint Reader can be downloaded from Here or HERE


Click the picture to see the Presentation.

[WVNan]

Laminate flooring in the kitchen. Yes. We recently had one laid in our kitchen. Replaced carpet with laminate in cherry color. So far I love it. It seems to hold up well. Took me a while to find out what was best to clean it because even windex would leave streaks on it. But eventually found out that vinegar and water cleans it to a shine. The only problem one might have with it is if water or liquid is spilled in large quanities. You need to get it up quickly before it leaks into the seams. Between cleanings I just dust mop it. We also put it in our bathroom and half-bath. So far, so good.

[fewz]

I was concerned about the water and the snap together kind not being water-proof. They make some that does seal between the boards and I was wondering if maybe that would be the best choice. However, it will probably be harder to assemble.

[OESY]

All in Wonder....
Phillip Filtz





Rachel
Keith Growden




5 minutes
Phillip Filtz


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[WVNan]

It takes someone who knows what they are doing to put any of it down. It’s not the easiest thing to do. If you can afford the kind that seals, of course that would be best. I haven’t had any problems with mine so far. It seems to be pretty rugged. I just use a rag squeezed from vinegar and water to wipe it down. It never scratches for sure. The man who put it down told me about a floor like it that was installed as a dance floor in a bar someplace. He siad it looked like new after two years of spills and dancing. So I’m no longer worried about it. Water stands on it until I wipe it up.