On The Road...

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Stress from the move has given me hives!

(Rolls eyes heaven ward)

Currently on the road with family to Vancouver...

Gonna lay the 'Old Man' to rest.

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Peace

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Love....

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Judgement

How good of GOD,

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the Almighty ...

to take a few days off

so that my brother can step in

and pass JUDGEMENT.

Apparently, people, I am not minding my own business in a manner that's acceptable to said brother.

How dare I!?

When Jesus Christ administered to the children of men in the flesh - He was careful not to judge.

Matter of fact, weren't some of His last words (during sore Crucifixion, no less) : "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do." ???

My poor, dear, clueless brothter - thinks he can judge me.

He "knows not".

There is no way he can walk a mile in my shoes right now, let alone 2.

Human Sculptures

This artist works in plastic - constructs human beings in silica...

If you find this as facinating as I did you might google the name "Ron Mueck"

There's more information and a few more pix on the internet
- (albeit most images have a air of melancholy to them)

Happy Monday!

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"Ele-Ment-Tree?"

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LOL!

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Happy Monday!

Q12

Today, as I sat in on General Conference with other members of my church I felt blessed, reassured, and strengthened by the Lord's pattern in the organization of His church.
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I felt thankful, for the inspirational leadership we continually receive from the Quorum of the 12 (Apostles);
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...from both the study of what the ancients preserved for us
- that wisdom of the ages awaiting all those with the ears to hear, and eyes to see, in likening the scriptures unto themselves...
and from what these latter day prophets, seers, and revelators
- our modern day, ordained members of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles have to say in baring their special witness of the divinity of the living Lord, Jesus Christ....
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It is particularly interesting when one of these, general authorities, (an Elder, from the 70, I believe)describes in vivid detail the process of spiritual 'rebirth' and you realize that he has somehow opened a window into the depths of your very own soul - because every bit of what he is describing is and was your experience.
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Amazing Grace - how sweet that vibe!
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A prayer from my e-mail files today:
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...Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.
There is no cost, just a lot of reward.
(a reminder...)
Make sure you pray, and pray believing God will answer.
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May today be all you need it to be.
May the peace of God and the freshness of the Holy Spirit rest in your thoughts, rule in your dreams tonight, and conquer all your fears.
May God manifest himself today in ways you have never experienced.
May your joys be fulfilled, your dreams be closer, and your prayers be answered.
I pray that faith enters a new height for you; I pray that your territory is enlarged.
I pray for peace, healing, health, happiness, prosperity, joy, true and undying love for God.
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I pray for these favors and blessings to be yours, and I pray for them to be mine as well.
Prayer has become a "special gift" for me.
It is indispensable for me, and yet - there are times when I 'forget'.
Double the blessings for that friend who sent this uplifting reminder to me today and double the blessings for any other who crosses by this way...
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Prayers go up.
Blessings come down.
...In the holy name of our brave redeemer, even the Lord, Jesus Christ
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Water Conservation

Wiki "How To" of the day: Build a Rain Water Collection System

Man-o-man!

I gotta settle down - quit renting and actually buy me a place so that I can do cool stuff like this!

I put the topic into, "googled images"... looks like these folks are way into it!

I thought this last one, though, was the most aesthetically pleasing... 'Go Anna!'

Me & Sully...

Sometimes things just fall into place, ya know?

Like yesterday, for instance.

I was in town early, mainly because I had an appointment, but also to run an errand or 2 - I've always multi-tasked on soirees into town and now a days, with gas being as pricey as it is - I can't afford not to! One of the tasks was to fill up on the cheap gas (discounted 5 cents per gallon on Thursdays) at Orscheln's. $3.13 p/gallon *sheesh* anywho...

I figured that post my appointment, I'd have a short line at the pumps given that it was raining outside...

After Gassing up...

Something said 'check your cel-phone' to my smarting little brain. ($3.13 p/gallon hurts me little head, I swear!) =)

There was an urgent sounding message from my friend 'Rose' ... Could I watch her little 'Sullivan' for a couple hours and git him to school on time (he's at that adorable 1/2 day age), for her?

Both of Sully's parents needed to be off to work and no 'regularly' scheduled sitter could bridge the gap!

The part I love here, is that I was heading her way and was literally 2 blocks from their house when the message finished up.

Sweet-D, me, to the rescue!

I called her back from her drive way.... "Yes...? He's dressed and ready to go...?" (She's tentatively, hopefully answering my questions)

"Great, cause I happened to be in the neighborhood when I got your message and I'm sitting right outside of your house - now. lol"

- crisis adverted-!

So... me and that 'QT-pie' Sully... (this little guy is sweeeeeet!)

We basically went to school together yesterday morning.

It was raining, so I took him up to the college with me and introduced him to the classroom where we've been attending to the advancement of my stress ... er, studies.

This involved a short elevator ride.

I let him push all of the buttons...which he did with great aplomb and minimal direction.

Once in the classroom, I introduced him to such wonders as the "Disney" and "Looneytoons" websites.

It was my goal to have him in as much control of PC operations as possible - took him through a little point and click 101... showed him how to google up the sites - even had him spell out D I S N E Y by himself, on the key board and briefly cross referenced the 'enter' key with him.

He was diggin' it.

and...

I was diggin' it... 'cause (boy howdy!) I was really multi-tasking now, bay-bee!

Kid sitting, teaching elementary IT, surfing the net simultaneously for looneytoons and reference articles for my Economics term paper... checkin' e-mail - Who-wee!

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(happy grin)

Time flew by...

Sully tapped into some Baby Einstein spaceship blast off game for awhile and then watched some cartoons.

He really seemed to be enjoying himself.

This was good - because I need to be maximizing every minute and hauling him back to my house 'til it was time to take him to his school wasn't gonna cut it for me nearly as well as this was.

By the time I got him to his alma matter he was on a decidedly independent track.

"I know where I'm going. You don't have to go in with me." He volunteered. . .

hummm... from the way his Momma described it - it was a pretty straightaway... so...

"Fine. You ARE quite the big boy today - going to College with me, playing around on the computers together, I believe you can find your way ok on your own. So! I am going to drop you off here - at the right door and then I'll watch and wait while you get inside the school and headed in the right direction to your class - ok!?"

I'm saying this while carefully eyeing the plate glass ensconced entry way to the elementary school...

Big smile from Sully!

I'd never do that in a million years in a metro area - rural America does have its graces.

Picked up another batch of local papers from my 'source' (Mother) on my way home - called every number I could find in it, and from the local open-line radio show, and from the local chamber of commerce listings... to earnestly try to nail down a new living space... because, 'the shelter over my head' status officially went into quasi-homelessness as of April Fool's day. ... and though the pickin's are slim right now, I did firm up a deal this morning.

I gotta finish up this post, visit my landlord to be, and sign the lease papers.

On the onset, this is not going to be as comfortable, in any way, shape, or form from where I have been... but I'll make it work for me AND it'll be easier walking distance to my classes. Mere blocks to walk compared to a 3 mile highway hike.

So that thing is falling into place today... It was the only rental I saw in my price range that met my 3 stickler requirements... enough room for all my "stuff", a hook-up for a washing machine, and a landlord that appears to have an amiable demeanor.

I don't wanna put anything in 'store age' (been there, done that, ended up filing police reports because it got broken into along with a string of other people's - damn you theives!)

I gots to be able to do my laundry at home. I've done the laundry mat sceen here and there throughout the years and it just SUX for me... I loath it. (The multi-tasker mindset has run to deep to change it now! lol!)

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I have to be able to get along from the get go with my landlord - if you act way too uptight showing your place to me - I am so not going to rent from you. I flat refuse to subsidize your income with my hard earned pay while you behave yourself to be little more than a walking anus.

I met a walking anus yesterday evening - he was hoping to rent me a 2 B RM Trailer... He opened up the door to a very clean looking spacious living room... I stepped through and immediately smelled "CAT"... the bad, smell of cat that no one (not even cats, I suspect) likes.

So I say, "Ou. I smell CAT....!?"

"Welp," He says, "That's it then - I'm not even going to fool with you. There has never been a cat in here and if that's the first thing you're going to say it's not going to be worth my time to even show it to you."

He was sooo right about that... and sooo wrongly in denial about whether or not there had ever been a CAT living in that trailer. My golly - I'd wager that the living room carpet was actually soak in their urine/spray - the way it reeked in there.

I mean, yeah, I got a cat - but I don't cotton to cat smell. No, uh-uh - nadda me! *sheesh*

The landlord I'm signing up with seems pretty lo-key in his walk through with me but fairly discerning in our conversation(s) in terms of landlord/tennant relations.

Gotta go...

Wish me luck in the movin'...

Happy weekend to ya'll!

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D~

The Greatest Love

The greatest love I have in my life is the love of God.

My love for Him, His love for me - very real, and undeniable, for me.

Periodically, I think about the times in my life that I have been an absolute fool for love...

(I was thinking about this just today, it being April Fool's day and all.)

The conclusion I derive to...

- from all that I have given

- and all that I feel I have been blessed with

- "'in the name of love" (even counting the not so "whoop-de-dew" stuff - in love's learning curve)

The conclusion I derive to is this: because He first loved me,

I will always be a happy and willing fool for LOVE!

Always... and in all the ways He directs me to be thus engaged.

I am certain everyone with internet access has seen this "Interview with God"

If there should be any other "Fool for Love" come across this post today (or any other day for that matter),

I would encourage you to visit (re-visit?) that link and drink in the inspiring imagry and message(s) contained there.

Jesus said: "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."

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May pure love attend all who pass this way - both the foolish and the wise...
all ways
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always

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Ha-Ha! "Peacock"

Joke:

I was at the mall the other day eating at the food court.

I noticed an old man watching a teenager sitting next to him.

The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors: green, red, orange, and blue.

The old man kept staring at him.

The teenager would look and find the old man staring every time.

When the teenager had had enough, he sarcastically asked,

"What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?

The old man did not bat an eye in his response,

"Got drunk once and had sex with a peacock.

I was just wondering if you were my son."

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... somethings just "invite" the eye (and the occasional wise-crack), no?