Monday, December 29, 2008
my arm & house
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Corinthians
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
update on me and mine
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Who am I
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Obama!?
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Monday, October 20, 2008
God is SO good to me
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Pro-Life all the way!
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Yikes!
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Levi Paul Kellough
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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Memo
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Christina
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bailout plan
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Monday, October 6, 2008
I am a Christian
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Baby Gracie Jean
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/graciejeanlockyer Dear Ones: thanks so much for the continuing prayers and words of comfort and support and most of all the prayers. Many have been enquiring about the arrangement for our little Gracies memorial service. The calling hours will be held at the J.C. Green Funeral Home on S.R. 109 just inside Davidson county in Winston-Salem N.C. Directions: On I 40 in Winston-Salem as you go East toward Kernersville take the 109 Thomasville Rd Exit. This exit is the 1st one past the 52 north and south interchange going East. Follow the exit through the first red light and continue until it dead ends onto St. Rt. 109. Turn right and go 4 miles. Funeral home is on the right just past the Gumtree Rd /Wendys light. The Funeral service will be at the Vernon Forest Baptist Church at 2:00 P.M. Saturday. Calling hours will be at the JC Green Funeral Home in Wallburg on Friday from 6-9 p.m. This home is very near the church. Directions to the Church are the same as to the funeral home except you turn right at the Wendy's onto Gumtree Rd and take the next Rd to the right, Mt. Vernon Church Rd. Church is on the right just after turning onto Mount Vernon Church Rd. Thank you- Grandpa Brown for Todd and Amanda and Haddon
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Princess Megan
This story and little girl are particularly close to my heart. When I was a kid, my parents ran around with John & Teresa. (Dad & John have been friends since school.) They have three daughters: Tanya, Rachel & Leanne. They have divorced now and John has remarried but my parents are still very close with him.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
baby GRACIE JEAN
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Abbie's Bible
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how "Daddies" should be....
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Today
That sounds like MY Grandpa!!!
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
the videos
Abbie's video of her singing the 66 books of the Bible.....or most of them, anyway. My personal favorites are the books of "Joans" and "Rude." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZZtGxIeFck Nick's football video from the last game. He comes from the right & grabs the ball. He doesn't make it far but gives a great, great effort. I do apologize for the squealing at the end....I just love that kid! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJrMr17pyg
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Monday, September 1, 2008
What's new?
Well, I'll tell you. Abbie is getting along great in Kindergarten. This will be her second week and she is still very excited to go to bed early (earlier than we do on weekends). She is a social creature but she has a big, big streak of her father in her. Normally, it doesn't even phase her to talk to anyone about anything. But every once in a great while, she clams up and pretends to be shy. NO signs of that yet at school. She has made new friends and is more than willing to tell you about them....."my friend Sarah in the blue shirt"........"my friend on the bus says I can come over to play but I have to talk to you first." To which I reply, "What is your friend's name?" And she says, "I don't know, she told me but I can't remember, but she lives right up there." Nick seems to be having a good year this year, so far. Football is a blast. Well, it is for me. Nick is always sore and worn out after practice but the games are wonderful. During this last game, he recovered a fumbled ball and ran with it. Doesn't sound like much, but he's never touched a football during a game.....he's always tackling the kid. Anyway, he got about 10 yards or so. Whoo Hoo. Minford still lost the game but we were all smiling........until he gets to practice tomorrow.....I've heard they are gonna RUN! Eh, ya win as a team, ya loose as a team, ya run as that same team.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
are you paying attention?
Here's a one-question IQ Test to help you decide how you should spend the rest of your day...... There is a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Now, if there is a blind man who wishes to buy apair of sunglasses to hide his eyes, how should he express himself? *Think about it first before scrolling down for the answer...* He opens his mouth and says, 'I would like to buy a pair of Sunglasses.' If you got this wrong, please turn off your computer and call it a day. **************************************************** Intelligence Test Instructions: Write each of your answers down, it makes a difference! You will be allowed 10 minutes to complete the test. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Are you ready? What is the time? Start. 1) Some months have 30 days,some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days? ____________________ 2) If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills had been taken? ____________________ 3) I went to bed at eight o'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine o'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being awoken by the alarm? ____________________ 4) Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?____________________ 5) A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep were left? ___________________ 6) If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first? ____________________ 7) A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What color is the bear? ____________________ 8) Take 2 apples from 3 apples. What do you have? ___________________ 9) How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark? ____________________ 10) If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from Chicago and stopped at Pittsburg to pick up 7 more people and drop off 5 passengers and at Cleveland to drop off 8 passengers and pick up 4 more and eventually arrive at Philadelphia 20 hours later, what's the name of the driver? ____________________ Answers: 1) All of them. Every month has at least 28 days. 2) 1 hour. If you take a pill at 1 o'clock, then another at 1.30 and the last at 2 o'clock, they will be taken in 1 hour. 3) 1 hour. It is a wind up alarm clock which cannot discriminate between a.m. and p.m. 4) 70. Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2. 5) 9 live sheep. 6) The match. 7) White. If all walls face south, the house must be on the North Pole. 8) 2 apples. I HAVE 3 APPLES, YOU TAKE 2, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? 9) None. It was Noah, not Moses. 10) YOU are the driver. ************************************************ First Question: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? . . . . . . . . . . Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person, you take his place, so you are second! Now answer the second question, But don’t take as much time as you took for the first one, OK ? Second Question: If you overtake the last person, then you are…? . . . . . . . . . . . . Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person? You’re not very good at this, are you? Third Question: Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only. No pen, paper or calculator allowed. Try it. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10 . What is the total? . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you get 5000 ? The correct answer is actually 4100. If you don’t believe it, check it with a calculator! Today is definitely not your day, is it? Maybe you’ll get the last question right….…Maybe. Fourth Question: Mary’s father has five daughters: 1. Nana 2. Nene 3. Nini 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter? . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn’t. Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Happy Birthday
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Monday, August 11, 2008
God's coming down....
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Prayer for Gracie
I got this email from my friend, Sherry Lawson. Hey guys I wanted to send this email out to you and ask if you do not already have Gracie on your prayer list that you add her. She is in some serious need of extra prayers in the week ahead. Her mommy is wearing down after the last 5 months it has been hard on her parents & grandparents & without the comfort & refuge in our Heavenly Father, I am sure they would not have made it. Gracie's story is truly amazing, that's where she gets her name "Amazing Gracie". God has brought her through so much & those who have been following this journal has seen the many miraculous things He has done, yet there is a long road ahead & right now seems bleak. The doc's are giving her mommy grim hope yet Amanda still has that undying faith & trust in her Father & knows He can pull her through. Be a part of that "POWER of PRAYER" pray diligently for her. If you do not know her, Amanda's dad (Jim Brown) used to be our pastor at Grace Baptist, then prior to going to Winston Salem, he was at Madison. They are a wonderful family, I admit I have cried many tears reading the journal entries but it has also been an inspiration & blessing to me to see the strength & faith they have, God has a plan & purpose here and lil Gracie has already touched so many lives. Please check out her journal at http://caringbridge.org/visit/graciejeanlockyer. Also tell everyone you know to pray for this baby so that her parents & little brother Haddon can take her home one day soon. Thanks- Sherry
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Satan has struck again
So, we are 4 days away from Nick's 13th birthday party. It is always an event. We have squirt guns, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks, cake, ice cream, Slip-N-Slide, water balloons & a slime fight...for anyone who wants to be slimed. This year, we are doing that and going to add horse shoes, bad mitten/volleyball, 3 legged race, party horns, and spinning yourself dizzy with a bat....I don't know what you actually call it. Its when you hold the ball bat up right on the ground, bend over putting your head against the end and then walk around it several times until you are dizzy AND THEN racing your friends, that are also dizzy, past the finish line. I have seen it done before but this will be the first time for us. Then, on Sunday I get the privilege of teaching Children's Bible Time at our church to the 6-8 year olds. I really love doing that. I love the kids, the planning, the crafts, the songs, everything.....and I get to do it for the whole month. SATAN HAS STRUCK AGAIN......Eric is sick with a cold/flu something and has a fever that has gotten up to 102 degrees. He feels horrible. Nick and Abbie are both running low grade fevers but haven't gotten the full blown attack yet. Abbie is a little whiny but Nick actually missed football practice. There have been times I have thought that he would rather chew his own foot off than miss football....he must be getting it. I felt yucky earlier today but at the moment, feel fine. Thank you, Jesus. It comes in times of great plans of great fun, when Satan stands so proudly in our home. "Knowing is half the battle" to quote the old G.I. Joe cartoon of my childhood. He will try anything to make us doubt. But I don't doubt, he will lose and I will win because I am on God's side. My wonderful husband recently made me so proud to be his wife. I can not and will not go into details but the situation was a woman he knows very well told him that she was involved in a relationship with another woman. She is married to a nasty man and has every reason to leave him. When she told Eric this, he was amazed. He never thought that was who she was. He said that he thought about it for a little while and then took her into a private room and simply said, "Don't do this. Don't do this. When you are standing before God on Judgement Day, you know better than this. Don't do it." She started crying and finally told him the truth, that her husband had been abusing her for months and she would rather people think she was leaving him because of another relationship than that there was physical abuse. How sad?!?! In this pitiful world we live in, it is better to be a lesbian than a battered wife. I personally think it has to do with pride. Letting others know that someone has that kind of power over you and, in this case, that you haven't left and have put up with it for so long. Pray for her and her children.....that God gives her the strength to be who and what she is, exactly the way God made her. And on a less serious note: Eric is now a Brown Belt in Karate! He belt tested on Monday. Again, he makes me proud.....and safe to be in a dark alley ;-)
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Doubts?
Doubts about your purpose? Doubts about your reason here on earth? Doubts about God?
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Recently....
Recently, some people that I know have died. This is very sad and I am so sorry for their families. Grief and loss are horrible emotions to survive. Sometimes it destroys families forever, when arguments and hurt feelings are pushed in the wrong direction. A very confusing time, to say the least.
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