Good night, All.
Posted on 03/01/2008 9:02:33 AM PST by JustAmy
Well ..... I still have a corrupt mailbox. The computer will now shut down without me turning off the power.
I’ve probably lost all of my old email but I am going to try to recover it enough to save the file tomorrow. It might work if I disconnect from the internet before opening it.
I hate computer problems.
Meg ..... your pansy, table and poem were all wonderful. Thank you for your beautiful contributions.
Thank you, gardengirl. Welcome to Amy’s Place.
Sorry that I haven’t been around much today.
I’ve added you to my ping list, let me know if you want me to remove your name.
Thank you, OESY.
As MamaBear said ...... I’ve learned something today.
Thank you.
Beautiful Easter Lily.
Thank you.
Thank you for the link to that wonderful hymn.
sorry I have not gotten here yet .. I was gone most of yesterday & the same will be true today. There is always a lot of warmth, friendship, and fun here. Thank you all for your contributions..
For my next DollyHumor, from my friend Phil in Oregon... but sharing here:
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Insults, Quips and Quotes
“A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.”- Louis Nizer (1902 -1994)
“I feel so miserable without you, it’s almost like having you here.”- Stephen Bishop
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.”- John Bright
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”- Winston Churchill
“A modest little person, with much to be modest about.”- Winston Churchill
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” - Irvin S. Cobb
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” — Clarence Darrow
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?” - Ernest Hemingway
“He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.”- David Lloyd George
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.”- Winston Churchill
“He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.”- Samuel Johnson
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.”- Paul Keating
“He had delusions of adequacy.”- Walter Kerr
“There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.”- Jack E. Leonard
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.”- Abraham Lincoln
“He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.”-Robert Redford
“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” - Thomas Brackett Reed
“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.” - James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” -Talleyrand
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.”-Forrest Tucker
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”- Mark Twain
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” - Mark Twain
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.”- Mae West
“She is a peacock in everything but beauty.”- Oscar Wilde
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”- Oscar Wilde
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.”- Oscar Wilde
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.”- Billy Wilder
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for support, rather than illumination.” -Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Thanks! The graphics and poem really touched home—the first one with the hollyhocks. Just beautiful.
The pansies, too. They were my grandma’s favorite flowers. I made her a quilt with pansies and butterflies—strange combo, I know, but that’s what she liked. She had it on her at the hosp when she died. It’s at the bottom of my cedar chest—haven’t thought about it in years, but i think about her every time I plant pansies. I love having a greenhouse full of them. Even before they start blooming, when you go in in the morning, you can smell them. The leaves are fragrant as well as the flowers. As soon as the fans come on, the scent disperses, at least until they start blooming. Have a great day, and thanks again for brightening mine!
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Have a beautiful day, everyone!
FR is being persnickety this morning (I love that word - persnickety, LOL). Posting is taking a great deal of patience, I keep getting that annoying "Proxy Error" message.
Our grandsons introduced me to the amazing world of virtual bowling using the Nintendo Wii (pronounced we) video-game console. But before beginning, we had to create my look-alike character called Mii (me). From a selection of facial characteristics, they quickly created a person whose hair, nose, glasses, and mouth looked surprisingly like me. “Hey, Grandpa,” they said. “It’s you!” And so it was.
Much of our self-concept comes from others. The feedback of family and friends is vital in helping us discover our unique gifts. As followers of Christ, we are charged with making an honest, positive contribution to each other. We can apply the words of Paul to this critical process. “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. . . . Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers” (Eph. 4:25,29).
Between the extremes of hazardous flattery and destructive criticism, we should aim for beneficial reality in what we say to each other. In the “we” of Christian community, the “me” of personality is shaped. It’s a great privilege and responsibility to help each other discover who we are in Christ.
I will be away for awhile .... Marissa has a small part of a hymn that she will doing solo in church this morning.
I told her that I would be there.
Thank you all for coming by with your wonderful contributions this beautiful Sunday. I will be back later for individual replies.
Have a Lovely Lord’s Day!
Other than enjoying Sunday, we can also celebrate .....
Banana Cream Pie Day
Give Up Easily Day
Morocco Independence Day
Mother’s Day (UK)
Texas Independence Day
I’m not giving up; I will be back later. ; ^ )
Happy “Give Up Easily Day!”
PS: I think it should be “Don’t Give Up Easily Day”. Too bad that I’m not in charge of 123 Greeting Cards.
persnickety!!
Don’t you just love the English language?! Some words just keep rolling around in your head like a loose marble in the back of a moving station wagon. Lagniappe is one of my faves.
Sorry you’re having trouble w/fr. Thot I was the only one!
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