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[CatieladyB]

This is open to anyone wishing to share their thoughts!

[CatieladyB]

If you are a parent with grown children you may find they will still do childish things. My 24 yr. old daughter is a volunteer firefighter in town, but decided to move out on her own to an apartment in another town nearby so she would be eligible to join a paid Fire Department. This is a good venture on her part, but she still spends a lot of time at our house when she's on call here.  She brings her laundry to momma's laundry service which I don't mind usually, it just gets thrown in with the laundry from the rest of us others.

At Christmas time she decided to get a live tree to put up in her apartment, but got a fairly big tree versus a little one, decorates it and the apartment, it's beautiful! A week or two after Christmas she decided to take it down, it was shedding by then, so without giving it much thought she figures she'll need something to wrap it in to get it down the stairs and out the door to the street. The first thing that comes to mind is the comforter off her bed, so she wraps it up and gets it out, then realizes it's dirty and full of pine needles, packs it up with the rest of her dirty laundry to bring home.

So the comforter shows up with the rest of her dirty clothes for me to launder and I ended up spending almost two hours outside on the back patio pulling out the needles before I could even wash it! Luckily it was a clear day with the sun shining bright keeping me warm as I meticulously de needled the comforter!

I think that was the longest time I've spent outside in years! In the future I must remember to tell the kids "if you buy a live tree, buy a tarp! (Or barrow one from your parents!)"

[Tom Johns]

LOL... so true. Kids!

[CatieladyB]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to look for it!

[CatieladyB]

On the plus side:

Wearing a mask in public during a PANDEMIC means people can't see me talking to myself and they can't read my lips either!

[CatieladyB]

Fun Fact:

In February of 1964 there occurred the only insect invasion that we ever welcomed; the Beatles and we LOVED them!

[CatieladyB]

                         True Love

            For God so loVed the world,
                 That He gAve
                      His onLy
                      BegottEn
                            SoN
                                That whosoever
                  Believeth In Him
                     Should Not perish,
                  But have Everlasting life.

                  John 3:16

[rickyz]

Yes!!! Jesus is true love.

[dhenning3]

I saw that VALENTINE thing from my kid's Lutheran school the other day. Very creative!

[CatieladyB]

Happy TWOSDAY 2/2/22!  May God's blessings be doubled! ♥️&✌️to all!

[rickyz]

That won't happen again for a hundred years!

[CatieladyB]

Probably not until the year 2/22/2222! But I guess 2/22/2122 would count as one two! But I don't count on being here that long! 😉

[CatieladyB]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Don't return a kindness, pass it on!

[CatieladyB]

 TV Is My Shepherd

"The TV is my shepherd, my spiritual life shall want
It makes me to sit down and do nothing for
the cause of Christ,
It demandeth my spare time,
It restoreth my desire for the things of this world,
It keepeth me from studying the truth of God's Word,
It leadeth me in the path of failure to attend God's House,
Yes, though I live to be 100 I will fear no rental,
my television is with me,
It's sound and vision comfort me,
It prepareth a program for me in the presence of my visitors,
It's volume shall always be full,
Surely comedy and commercials shall follow me
all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of spiritual poverty, forever."

By Pastor Randy Smith

[CatieladyB]

 Dream Vs Reality

When I was young,
I dreamed of a knight in shining armor, a picket fence,
Someone to love and protect me,
We would grow old together.

When I was young,
I dreamed of a family, children of my own,
Loving little ones who'd hang on every word I said,
I'd care for them, tuck them safely into bed.

When I was young,
I had this dream of how my life should be,
But now I'm older and somehow
Life just isn't how I dreamed it would be.

What I got,
A man deep in depression after losing his job,
Not at all the father I'd hoped he would be,
Sometimes I wonder if he even loves me.

What I got,
Children sweet and innocent while they were young,
Now they've grown up to become unruly,
Sometimes I wonder where I went wrong.

What I got,
Just isn't what I dreamed it would be,
But I know there's a reason it has to be,
There's someone up there looking out for me.

And He put me here because He knew
That it is just where I needed to be,
So I would find my way to Him.

So although I didn't get all that I dreamed,
I'm thankful for what I got,
And that He put me right where He wants me

I know there's a reason I'm here
Although it's not always clear
Because I believe He wants what's best for me.

So now I'll stay and I'll pray to God
Knowing that it will all be ok
When I enter Heaven on that day.

By C.S. Bosse