A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-17 thru 06-19-05....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Aquamarine, Dolly Cali ~

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Mama_Bear, Dutchess, Aquamarine, Dolly Cali ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


06-13-05 ~ Military Monday D-Day
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

06-14-05 ~ "I am Old Glory" (Flag Day)
By Billie

06-15-05 ~ Iowa ~ Our 29th State
By Mama_Bear

06-09-05 ~ Relax, libs. You have 17 months to lose the elections.
By JohnHuang2
Presented by Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

03-29-05 ~ Hall of Fame #11

Click on the photo to view the album. To submit your photo, please contact dansangel or .45Man at danbh59@yahoo.com and include Freeper Photo Album in subject line.

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Billie]

Just a little something I whipped up for Father's Day weekend. I know, I know - I really shouldn't have, but nothing's too much trouble for the Finest. :)

[deadhead]

Good Morning, Billie. Glad you like it, be sure to save it for yourself :-) Tomorrow is the 5k Ray Downey Memorial Run / Walk (Ray Downey was a NY City fireman killed on 9/11) I walked it last year. I am sitting here trying to decide whether to do the walk again...lol, I do not run.

[deadhead]

Look at all that food!!! Yummy....I have been on a diet for a month now, have not cheated once....this food looks so good! My fridge is stocked with all healthy food, lots of rabbit food!

[LadyX]

TA DA!!!!

[LadyX]

Thanks, Billie, for the lovely spread....

"Look at all that food!!! Yummy....I have been on a diet for a month now, have not cheated once....this food looks so good! My fridge is stocked with all healthy food, lots of rabbit food!"

Hmmmm...good for you, Colleen -- for the first time in my life, I've come full cycle, trying since last September to *gain* weight!
That's much harder than it appears, since as a diabetic, I cannot tolerate really sweet things (they *will* come back up, the body determined to protect itself) nor spicy, acidic, etc., ones.

Where is your Annual Family Vacation heading this summer?!!

[FreeTheHostages]

[snugs]

What a wonderful graphic we have all been there LOL

[Texagirl4W]

I love the parables from the books of Kings.

Hope you have a great fathers day, as well as all other here.

For those of you whose fathers are gone, as is mine, it is wonderful to know we have the assurance of meeting them again in Heaven one day.

[Diver Dave]

For those of you whose fathers are gone, as is mine, it is wonderful to know we have the assurance of meeting them again in Heaven one day.

Amen!

Doubt this is very theologically sound, but Dad and I are gonna meet up at the ballpark and watch a game together once again.

[LadyX]

"For those of you whose fathers are gone, as is mine, it is wonderful to know we have the assurance of meeting them again in Heaven one day."

That indeed is comforting!

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Lakeside and Aquamarine and Dolly -- we surely were born with the following embedded in our psyches..:))

"Then God charged mankind with this task: "The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it" (2:15)."

Just knew I was *born to grub,* and appreciate all the lovely growing things He strewed along the paths upon which He led me, determinedly tidying my surroundings here and there through the years..:))

[Texagirl4W]

What a wonderful idea. My dad was a big Yankee fan. He died before games were televised at night. I'm a die-hard Texas Rangers fan. Every time I go to the ballpark I think of him. It's wonderful to be a Christian. You have a great fathers day.

[Diver Dave]

Thanks for the vittles, Billie.
I was wonderin' what to fix for the gang tomorrow. :)
Got a nephew getting married today, sisters arriving from out of town. Gonna be a GREAT weekend.
Now I'd better go spit-shine my shoes, and select which shirt, tie and suit to wear. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

[WVNan]

That Sistah is out of bed and made it to the computer, Lord, we give you thanks.

[WVNan]

Dave, I can't think of anything better for a father and son to do together, usless it's fishing. Our son recently decided that he simply HAD to go fishing with his Dad. I think he is preparing emotionally for the final separation he knows is coming before long. He got his Dad a fishing pole for Father's Day. They went fishing last week. It always warms my heart when my sons want to spend time with their Dad.

We as a nation are just beginning to realize how important a father is to a family. Mothers nurture and civilize, but it is the father who instills principles and values. I think we haven't realized that for a long time. The study from England that shows that it is the father who determines whether the children stay in church or not, was a shock to me. I have always thought it was the mother who fostered the religion in the family. Wrong. It's the father who instills the measure of importance that children attach to everything. We've got to get that message across to the fathers in America.

[LadyX]

Shhhhhh.....

Do Not DIsturb Me!!

(waiting for pix of Miss Emma's First Birthday!!)

[WVNan]

I'll have to wait until someone comes along who can post one for me. I only know how to get them to e-mail. I can e-mail you the pics.

[JustAmy]

Wow ..... thank you. Billie.

How am I suppose to lose weight with all of those yummies.

Thank you for the weekend thread.

[LadyX]

I don't have a storage place to upload them to be able to post them here, Nan,
but would love to see them!

(I'm fiendishly trying to sort stacks of papers here in the computer room
that have cloned themselves, over and over!!!)
..:(

[WVNan]

LOL. I've often held to the belief that paper has reproduction abilities that we know nothing of. Sort of the opposite of socks which have the ability to disappear.

[DollyCali]

you can email me the pix Nan.. will be here another hour & then back tonight..