I WAS OFF WORK TODAY AND MARCIA WAS NOT FEELING WELL, SO I DECIDED TO COOK HER BREAKFAST IN BED, SWEETIE AS I AM. SO I GOT OUT OF THE CABINET EVERYTHING I WOULD NEED, AND STARTED. i BROKE 8 EGGS AND BEAT THEM UP (bully?)WITH SOME MILK AND FRIED SOME BACON FLEXIBLY CRISPY, THEN POURED THE EGGS IN TO MAKE A SOUFFLE'. THEN I GOT THE PANCAKE MIX OUT AND MIXED IT UP, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PANCAKE SYRUP, WHAT WAS IN THE CABINET SAID WAFFLE SYRUP. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE SOME CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES FOR HER, BUT WE HAD NO CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THE CUPBOARD, SO WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? AHA! THERE WAS A ONE POUND BAG OF ALMOND M&Ms ON THE SHELF! THAT WOULD WORK, WOULDN'T IT? SURE, SO i DUMPED THE ENTIRE BAG INTO THE PANCAKE BATTER. OOPS! SO MANY M&Ms THE BATTER WOULD HARDLY HOLD THEM TOGETHER, SO I GOT THE BOX OF MIX OUT AND POURED MORE IN, THEN ADDED SOME WATER, SOME MIX, MORE WATER, MORE MIX..., AND CHECKED THE SOUFFLE', AND IT WAS OKAY. SO I BEAT THE BATTER UP AND IT MIXED WELL, A LITTLE BIT, AND THE COLORED CANDIES LOOKED LIKE TOTALLY PSYCHO-DELLIC, MAN, AND WERE STARTING TO BLEED COLOR INTO THE BATTER. I USED A ONE CUP MEASURING CUP AND LADLED SOME BATTER INTO THE CAST IRON SKILLET AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A HAIL STORM, BUT BOY IT WAS PURTY. I MADE A FEW OF THESE ALMOND-M&M PANCAKES, A SHORT STACK FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S 4 FOOT 11 1/2 INCHES TALL, AND A TALL STACK FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M 4 FOOT 28 INCHES TALL, RIGHT? PURTY AS YOU PLEASE, AND THE SOUFFLE' GOT DONE, SO I STARTED REMOVING IT FROM THAT SKILLET WHILE ANOTHER PANCAKE WAS COOKING, AND WHEN I GOT THAT SOUFFLE' OUT AND THE OTHER PANCAKE OUT, I WAS TIRED AND HUNGRY, MYSELF, SO I DECIDED TO POUR THE REST OF THE BATTER INTO THE SKILLET AND MAKE A BIGGGgggGG PANCAKE. IT STARTED BUBBLING, BUT I COULD NOT SEE THE SIDES TO SEE IF THEY WERE GETTING DRY. i TRIED TO GET THE PANCAKE TURNER UNDER IT, BUT IT WAS STICKING, SO I RAN THE PANCAKE TURNER AROUND THE EDGE AND THOUGHT I'D SPRAY SOME PAM DOWN IN THE CRACK I MADE AND MAYBE IT WOULD SOAK DOWN TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LET ME REMOVE THAT BIG ALMOND-M&M PANCAKE. wrong! BUT BOY DID THAT PAM SMOKE! I COULD HARDLY SEE THE STOVE, LET ALONE THAT CAST IRON SKILLET ON THE STOVE!!! I TURNED THE EXHAUST FAN ON, BUT TOO LATE. MY IDEA OF GIVING MARCIA A BREAKFAST IN BED KINDA GOT MESSED UP BECAUSE IT IS TOO HARD FOR HER TO TRY TO SLEEP WITH A SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF. BUT I DID FIND OUT THAT THAT POWDER FROM A FIRE EXTINGUISHER KINDA LOOKS LIKE BUTTER-FLAVORED POWDERED SUGAR! I'VE HAD POWDERED SUGAR ON PANCAKES, BEFORE, SO MAYBE WE COULD TRY THIS ON A SUPER-SIZED ALMOND M&M PANCAKE? THE BACON AND SOUFFLE' WERE GOOD, I GUESS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MY THOUGHT AND EFFORT GOT ME? MARCIA APPRECIATED IT SOOOooooOOOOooo MUCH THAT I GET TO SLEEP IN THE TRUCK TONITE, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND MAYBE THE NEXT NIGHT, DEPENDS ON HOW LONG BEFORE THE SMOKE AND ALL THAT ODOR CLEARS AND THE EXTINGUISHER POWDER GETS CLEANED OUT OF THE KITCHEN. NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE YOU SOME BREAKFAST IN BED? I'M PROBABLY AVAILABLE, AND DEFINITELY WILL BE HUNGRY BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS. HAVE A GOOD MORNING, ANYWAY!
THIS WAS 'BACKWARDS DAY' WHEN I WAS A BOYS' CAMP COUNSELLOR AT MY CHURCH CAMP, CAMP MENNO HAVEN, TISKILWA, ILLINOIS, IN THE MID-70s, AND WE WORE EVERYTHING BACKWARDS, INCLUDING MY RACCOON SKIN CAP, AND WE HAD SUPPER FOR BREAKFAST, AND BREAKFAST FOR SUPPER, DESSERT BEFORE THE MEAL, AND EVERYTHING.
WHEN LIFE SEEMS A LITTLE BACKWARDS OR AT LEAST MESSED UP, KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE WHO HAS GONE BEFORE YOU TO STRAIGHTEN THE CROOKED PATHS AND MAKE THE LOW PLACES HIGH, AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE YOU, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR RED CONVERSE HIGH TOPS ON BACKWARDS!
Notice anything missing? or Are you just needing a boost spiritually? We are starting a weekly bible scripture reading that will be led by REV_Deborah (temporarily meeting at her page) you can view her page @ www.jcfaith.com/rev_deborah.
The meeting will discuss a weekly bible scripture and will be open to discussion at the END of the reading and examination conducted by Deborah.
At the end of Deborah's briefing we will open the room to further discussion. Although we welcome everyone and welcome all discussions we ask that no negative or unrelated matter be brought into the room.
Of course when the meeting has completed we can all just hangout and enjoy the company!!
227 years ago...on July 4th, 1776
This great nation, the United States of America,
In a struggle for what was right and free,
Was proudly born...
May we celebrate that precious freedom
For which our forbears fought so bravely...
The freedom that is inherent
In the Stars and Stripes, our revered flag...
Celebrate Freedom
This Fourth of July!
Galatians 5:1
[ Freedom in Christ ]
It is for freedom
that
Christ has set us free.
GOD BLESS YOU,
JOHN
LOOKIE HERE!!! I GOT ON THE COMPUTER TWO DAYS IN A ROW!!! YIPPIE TIE YI YAY!!!
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THINGS WERE GOING PRETTY WELL, ...
BUT LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE, ALWAYS, AT LEAST YOU PRAYED THE BLESSING, RIGHT? THINGS COULD BE WORSE.
PRAYING FOR YOU THAT ALL ARE WELL, ALL IS WELL, AND ALL GOES WELL!
YOU EVER HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION AND GOTTEN HIVES? I DID, TUESDAY, DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS ALLERGIC TO, BUT I THINK IT WAS STRESS, MAYBE ALLERGIC TO WORK. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR WALK-IN CLINIC INSTEAD OF THE ER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO AIRWAY RESTRICTION, AND THEY TOOK ME IN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, WHICH IS GREAT! I HAD HIVES EVERYWHERE SKIN TOUCHED SKIN, SUCH AS BEHIND THE EARS, KNEE AND ARMPIT JOINTS, BETWEEN TOES AND FINGERS, AND OTHER UNSAVORY PLACES, PLUS ANYWHERE CLOTHING WAS TIGHT, SUCH AS HATBAND, WAISTBAND, FRUIT OF THE LOOMS, SOCKS TOPS, ANKLES WHERE THE BOOTS TIE, AND THE ARCHES OF MY FEET WHERE THE LACES DRAW TIGHT, AND WRIST WATCHBAND.HATBAND? UH-HUH! I WAS MISERABLE AND HAD NOT SLEPT, AND THEY ADMINISTERED BI-LATERAL HYPODERMIC THERAPY TO MY GLUTIMUS MAXIMI, AND THE LEFT ONE GOT STIFF, AND GAVE ME SOME LITTLE WHITE PILLS, MAN, AND I WENT TO WORK WANTING TO DIG INTO MY FLESH ALL NIGHT. AWHILE BACK I HAD A TOOTHACHE AND LETTLE SLEEP, AND that WAS A BAD SITUATION FOR SOMEONE CARRYING A GUN, BUT TRY THIS OUT, HIVES AND LITTLE SLEEP AND CARRYING A GUN!!! WELL, WE ALWAYS SEEM TO THINK THINGS COULDN'T GET ANY WORSE, DON'T WE? DON'T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!!! AND THAT IS THE MORAL OF MY STORY. BUT GOD IS WITH YOU THROUGH ALL THINGS, OR AT LEAST IF HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT THE ONE WHO LEFT, BECAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU. HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD NOT GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN BEAR, AND BELIEVE ME, WITH ALL THOSE HIVES, THERE WAS A LOT I WANTED TO BARE, BUT HE PREVAILED AND I AM BETTER, NOW, AND YOU WILL BE, TOO. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! HOPE TO BE ON MORE REGULAR, SOON, I LIKE BEING REGULAR, YET PECULIAR, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER RABBIT TRAIL I WON'T GO ON RIGHT NOW.
I AM DISPATCHING AGAIN TONITE, ALREADY HAD 4 HOURS OVERTIME BEFORE COMING TO WORK FOR 16 MORE HOURS TONITE AND 8 MORE TOMORROW NIGHT, SO A DECENT WEEK, EH? I WILL DISPATCH UNTIL 11 P.M. CDT AND THEN GO PATROL MY USUAL POST AT THE UNIVERSITY VILLAGE NURSING CARE CENTER UNTIL 6 AM AND THEN MESS AROUND UNTIL 7 AM. MARCIA HAD A GOOD BIRTHDAY WITH RASCHELLE, AND THEN I TOOK HER TO RED LOBSTER TODAY TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY LATE, AND THAT IS WHERE 'SCHELLE WORKS, AND WE REQUESTED ONE OF HER TABLES SO WE COULD GIVE HER THE TIP AND NOT SOMEONE ELSE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT QUITE A BIT. IT'S FUN HAVING THE WAITRESS TELL YOU REAL LOUD THAT SHE LOVES YOU!!! HA! ESPECIALLY A CUTE ONE, MAYBE I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS. ANYWAY, THE WHOLE RESTAURANT LOOKED, THAT'S WHAT WAS FUNNY! MY WEEKEND WAS THURSDAY, BUT I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD FATHERS' DAY WEEKEND LIKE REAL PEOPLE DO!
WE ARE WELL AND GETTING BY, BUT DO NOT HAVE MUCH ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AS YET (NEED A LAPTOP, EH?). I AM DISPATCHING AGAIN, TONIGHT, GETTING PAID OVERTIME TO PLAY ON THE COMPUTER, SO I AM ABLE TO CONTACT YOU AGAIN AND EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR YOU NOT ABANDONING US IN OUR ABSENCE, AND CONTINUING TO BEFRIEND AND PRAY FOR US. YOU CAN TELL IT IS A BUSY NIGHT, HERE, BUT IN THIS LINE OF WORK, QUIET IS BLISS. THEY TEACH AT THE POLICE ACADEMY THAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE 98% SHEER BOREDOM AND 2% SHEER TERROR. PRAISE GOD FOR THE 98%, AMEN? GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE AT VIRGINIA TECH!
KEEPIN' ON KEEPIN' ON FOR JESUS!
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