A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-23-04....Hall of Fame #7

Billie

[Billie]

Thank you to all our Hall of Famers and to all of you who have become part of our Finest Family ... as regular contributors and supporters who drop in every day to say hello and give a 'pat on the back' to the "Freeper of the Day" and the hostesses.  We wouldn't be here without you. : )

We're almost two years old now, and we're still having fun. We hope you are. As promised, for your information and perusal, here is our seventh "Hall of Fame" - a list of all those who've held center stage ... from Monday, June 24, 2002 through Monday, March 22, 2004.

"Getting to Know You"

Previous Hall of Fame Threads

09-23-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #1
12-31-02 .................................. HALL OF FAME #2
03-24-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #3
06-25-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #4
09-30-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #5
12-30-03 .................................. HALL OF FAME #6

January 2004

01-01,02-04 ..........................................HAPPY NEW YEAR 2004
01-05-04 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-06-04 .........................................AND THE GOOD NEWS IS...
01-07-04 ......OUR WHITEHOUSE PETS - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
01-08-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-09-04 ...S. CAROLINA ~ SMILING FACES, BEAUTIFUL PLACES
01-12-04 .................................................... MILITARY MONDAY
01-13-04 ...................................................CELEBRATE LIVING
01-14-04 ......................................................FREEPERCISE 2004
01-15-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-16-04 ..............................THE HOLY GRAIL OF THE MARINE
01-19-04 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-20-04 ..................RDB - ONCE ... TWICE ... THREE TIMES
01-21-04 ................................................CELEBRATE LIVING #2
01-22-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-23-04......................................A SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY
01-26-04 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
01-27-04.............................................POLITICAL PICTIONARY, III
01-28-04 .................................................SUNKEN TREASURES
01-29-04 ....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
01-30-04 .....................................SUPERBOWL FOOTBALL PARTY

February 2004

02-02-04 .....................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-03-04 ......................FEBRUARY IS FUNNEST AT THE FINEST
02-04-04 ...............MEET GAIL A'S FREEDOM ROCKET! (ROCKY)
02-05-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
02-06-04 .........................................WVNAN'S WEST VIRGINIA
02-09-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-10-04 ................................LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRELLA
02-11-04 .........................................................TEDDY BEARS
02-12-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
02-13-04 ..............................................................LOVE IS...
02-16-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-17-04 ...................................RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
02-18-04 .....................AN OBSERVATION FROM FRED THE CAT
02-19-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
02-20-04 ..............OREGON - "SHE FLIES WITH HER OWN WINGS"
02-23-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
02-24-04 .................................LET'S CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS!
02-25-04 ...........MEL GIBSON'S "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST"
02-26-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
02-27-04 .................................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST

March 2004

03-01-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
03-02-04 ......................................................MARCH MADNESS
03-03-04 ............................................NATIONAL ANTHEM DAY
03-04-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
03-05-04 .................................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
03-08-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
03-09-04 ...................PENNSYLVANIA - "THE KEYSTONE STATE
03-10-04 ..................................................CELEBRATE LIVING #3
03-11-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
03-12-04 .................................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
03-15-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY
03-16-04 ..........................MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE (RERUN)
03-17-04 .........................................HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
03-18-04 .....................................................JOHNHUANG ESSAY
03-19-04 .................................................T.G.I.F. AT THE FINEST
03-22-04 ......................................................MILITARY MONDAY

We're Here Because of You.

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 03-22-04 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

Thanks, Mixer!

1) Click on the graphic to open the Calendar.
2) Once there you can click on any month and even click to the right to go into next year. Once you are in the month that you joined FR you will need to click on the number in the calendar and then an add item screen will come up.
3) In the next box enter your name in the "Calendar Text" field and then click on submit.
4) If any of the screens fail to load simply click on refresh in your browser and that will usually fix it.
5) If all else fails or simply if you want me to do this for you send me a FReepmail and I will gladly do it for you. ~Mixer

[Billie]

[Billie]

Good morning, Finest FRiends. If you've wondered if your favorite Freeper or topic has been featured or not, here is a chance to check out all our threads. :)

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Billie.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday !

[The Mayor]

In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul. -Psalm 138:3

To conquer your fears, surrender them to the Lord.

[The Mayor]

March 23, 2004

Facing My Fears

Read: Psalm 138

In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul. —Psalm 138:3

Bible In One Year: Joshua 13-15; Luke 1:57-80

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After Bill and I married, I became overly dependent on him, rather than depending on God for my security and strength. Feeling very inadequate and fearful, secretly I worried, "What if one day I don't have Bill anymore?"

When our missionary work took Bill from home for weeks at a time, I began to depend on myself instead of Bill. Feeling even more inadequate, I reduced the risks of life whenever possible and lived within a cocoon of anxiety, even being afraid to go out in public.

Finally, at rock bottom, I followed David's example in Psalm 138:3. He said, "In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." I too cried out and God answered me. His answer gave me the understanding and strength to crack open the cocoon of fear and begin spreading my wings in dependence on God. Slowly but surely He made me a bold servant at Bill's side.

Years later, when Bill died, I recognized how compassionately God had dealt with my earlier fear: "What if one day I don't have Bill anymore?" Instead of removing my fear, God gave me the strength and ability to face it. And He will enable you as you depend on Him. —Joanie Yoder

I know not, but God knows;
Oh, blessed rest from fear!
All my unfolding days
To Him are plain and clear. —Flint

To conquer your fears, surrender them to the Lord.

[FreeTheHostages]

[Temple Owl]

Good morning Billie.

[Billie]

Good morning, Aeronaut. Hope today is off to a good start for you. :)

[Billie]

A beautiful Spring Good Morning to you, Meekie.

[Billie]

'Morning, Rus. I really do like your tag line.

[LadyX]

It is indeed a Good Morning !!
If I might make a small contribution, I arranged for a
rather sumptuous brunch buffet for the Finest Family & Guests:

Brunch Menu

*Chilled Orange, Apple and Grapefruit Juice *Sliced Seasonal Fruit and Fresh Fruit Salad
*Natural Yogurt and 2% Cottage Cheese *Granola and Cereals
*Tomato Salad with Red Onion Vinaigrette
*Mixed Fresh Garden Greens with Assorted Dressings
*Apples and Oranges *Potato Salad
*Buttermilk Pancakes and Belgian Waffles with Syrup
*Fresh Scrambled Eggs *Assorted cold cuts w/garnishes
*Bacon and Link Sausages *Home Fried Potatoes *Fresh Croissants
*Assorted Danish Pastries and Breakfast Muffins *Variety of Breads
*Butter and Preserves *Apple Crumble with Whipped Cream
*Cream Cheesecake with Fruit Sauce
*Fresh Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee
*Regular and Herbal Tea

(The only requirement is you wash your own dishes.
An exception for that will be made for our dear Thin Man,
lest he burn too many calories
from the exertion . . .)

[Billie]

Hi, Freezie - super calendar page today, huh?!

[Billie]

Hey, Temple! Have a wonderful day!

[dutchess]

Hi sistah Billie, lovely sistahs and finest friends. Always love these threads...gives us a chance to sit back and catch up....Can't believe the Finest is almost two years old! Time does fly!

Have a big meeting this afternoon but wanted to stop in and say hi!

[LadyX]

[Billie]

Oh, wow! I'll have one of everything and two of maybe some. :)

There you go again, pampering and spoiling the skinny guy. He should ask to do ALL the dishes - might put some muscle on those bones. :)

[Billie]

Good morning, dutchess! Yep - almost two years ago you were trying to recover from a bad case of poison oak, and took your mind off it by joining the Finest Family. :)

[LadyX]

WHAT THA - - - -???

Who is the wise guy who left this plate with crumbs on it?

There will be a punishment to fit the crime !!

[Billie]

Who is the wise guy who left this plate with crumbs on it?

Well, who do you 'think' left it - you said 'he' didn't have to wash his dishes. :)

[LadyX]

Famous Quote of the Day:

"·Ø¡¤¹àÀÒǹÒãËéä´éÃѺ¢Í§¢ÇÑ­¨Ò¡ ÁÔÊ«ÔÊ ¿ÔÅ´ìÊ ¡Ñ¹·Ñ駹Ñé¹!"

Rather profound, don't you think?

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. It really is a nice one, too ! ...

[jwfiv]

Good morning, Miss Billie...)

Regards to all the Finest on this beautiful day.

After all the slander and treasonous, self-serving lies on the groove tube the past couple of days, I've officially declared my pad a Clarke-free zone...I'm mad as hell and just can't take it any more.

I thank God for Free Republic (and tip my hat to Jim Robinson, too...)))

[LadyX]

Just for you, dear Wolfie - -

And for you, Fuzzy Sistah - -

[cyborg]

Fear can motivate or kill people. BTTT!

[Billie]

"·Ø¡¤¹àÀÒǹÒãËéä´éÃѺ¢Í§¢ÇÑ­¨Ò¡ ÁÔÊ«ÔÊ ¿ÔÅ´ìÊ ¡Ñ¹·Ñ駹Ñé¹!"

Rather profound, don't you think?

I-hay an't-kay e-bay-ieve-lay e-sha aid-say at-thay.

What did she say, Johnny?

[LadyX]

Will this help you get over it, Johnny Mac??

[LadyX]

For my Sistah, if she is out of bed yet..:))

hahahahahaha

[Billie]

Ooohh! Beautiful picture! What a gorgeous creature!

I know, jw - I'm so tired of all the mileage Clark is getting out of his 'expose'. Of course an unbiased, fair-minded media would surely give equal time to a book praising our President. That is, assuming there ever was such a thing as an unbiased, fair-minded media.

[Billie]

Hi, cyborg. It's nice seeing you here today. :)

[jwfiv]

Maggie...yes, thank you...the chocolates and sweets do help my dark mood...but I fear I won't get over it until Dubya is declared the victor in November's elections...)

Billie, your Latin is easier to translate than LadyX's Greek...and, yes, I can believe she'd say that...kids say the darndest things.

[LadyX]

If you don't have it on now, Billie, go to C-Span to hear the 911 Investigation Testimony!
Powell is really ripping the critics - -

[cyborg]

Nice to see you too! Have a wonderful day :-)

[The Thin Man]

Very generous of you, Lady. That's quite a selection. It's sure an improvement over the bowl of uncooked oatmeal that Billie provides for me.

[LadyX]

"It's sure an improvement over the bowl of uncooked oatmeal that Billie provides for me."

And I'll just bet she wouldn't even sing to you "Mairzy Doats" as you chomped your way through it - would she?

Mares Eat Oats

- Mairzy Doats -
Words & Music by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston

I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake
Goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
Some call it pretty, others call it crazy
But they all sing this tune:

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Yes! Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

If the words sound queer and funny to your ear,
a little bit jumbled and jivey
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats
and little lambs eat ivy"

Oh! Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you-oo?
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

(REPEAT)

That would have been a nice gesture - -

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON EVERYBODY!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEE! HAAAAAAAAAAA!

Listen up everybody!

PIPPIN is

BACK!

I got my new PC yesterday evening and all I'm waiting on now is for my brother-in-law to come and help me set it up and get it running. :O)!

OH! BOY! OH BOY!

No more trips to the "lieberry" or the coffee shop (except for thier delicious teas and coffees!)

I'll be freeping in the evenings for sure now! WOOHOO!

NAH I'm not excited (Got some ocean front property in Arizona too, LOL!)

[MeekOneGOP]

I got my new PC yesterday evening ....

Yee-Haa ! ...

Crazy, man. Crazy.

[LadyX]

Great news, Pippin!
Love your tagline, by the way - - -

[Billie]

Billie, your Latin is easier to translate than LadyX's Greek...and, yes, I can believe she'd say that...kids say the darndest things.

[Pippin]

And guess what, Meekie?

I can make graphics on it too :O)

[Billie]

I'll have to wait to read about it - don't have C-Span. Am sure anything he says to the contrary (of their notion) of what transpired will be downplayed though.

[The Thin Man]

And I'll just bet she wouldn't even sing to you "Mairzy Doats" as you chomped your way through it - would she?

It's bad enough that I have to share my oats with mares and does, but please don't subject me to Billie's singing. A man can only take so much! :-)

[Billie]

It's sure an improvement over the bowl of uncooked oatmeal that Billie provides for me.

What? You don't know how to microwave? Geesh! :)

[Billie]

Cute! :)

[Billie]

Yay! Pip's back!!!

[Billie]

It's bad enough that I have to share my oats with mares and does, but please don't subject me to Billie's singing. A man can only take so much! :-)

Ah, I knew you'd pick up on the singing part. :) Predictable again. :)

[The Thin Man]

It's too early in the week to get this excited. Please control yourself. :-)

[Pippin]

'kay!

I'll try to calm it down!

(yeeeeeehaaaaaa)

HEE! HEE! HEE!

[MeekOneGOP]

And guess what, Meekie?
I can make graphics on it too :O)

Great ! What software is it you'll be using ?? ...

[Billie]

I bee back. Didn't get enough to eat at Maggie's 'brunch', so going to lunch now. :)