A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-09-04....What they're wearing to the Inaugural Ball

Billie

[Billie]

I'm contemplating the Ball, but if I go....don't you think I should try to find something a bit more patriotic?

LOL! Very patriotic indeed! All eyes will be on you. :)

[LadyX]

"Then one day I had to face an uncomfortable medical test, and I was frantic with fear. Finally I decided that during the test I would focus on the first five words of Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd." This exercise in meditation not only calmed me, but I gained several fresh insights. Later, as I slowly meditated through the entire psalm, the Lord gave me more insights. Eventually I was able to share at conferences what the Lord had taught me."

Oh, how this one resonates with me!
Way back in December of 1985, I was scheduled for a kidney biopsy by the Nephrologist to whom I had been referred.
Asking him what to expect so I could cooperate, he said I would be face down on a radiology table after an ultrasound to locate the exact position of the kidney and depth from the surface.

He stressed he would go in 3 times for tissue samples, but it was imperative that when he commanded me to "HOLD MY BREATH," I had to do so -- explained if I inhaled with the extraction knife in the kidney, it would slice it open and I might very quickly bleed to death on the table --- okay....

Working in that hospital and perfectly at ease with Things Medical, I took that in stride, and the night before, lying in bed, decided to practice.
Took a deep breath and imagined the knife stabbing me in the back, and was horrified that almost at once the urge to BREATHE was tremendous! Within mere seconds, I *needed* to do so!

After the ultrasound and I was lying on the table waiting for Dr. Fox to start, Polly, the Radiology Supervisor and a good friend, sat down on a stool by my head and held my hand. While I really was not afraid of going through this, the gesture of comfort was appreciated.

When he was ready to plunge into the 'X' mark and said, "Hold your breath," without any volition on my part, I found myself serenely reciting the Twenty-third Psalm!!

By the second line he was through, and this was the scenario for the other two extractions as well.
Going with me on the elevator to the floor where I had to lie flat on my back for 24 hours, he explained the nurse would collect urine samples for several hours and line up the small glasses with each one on the window ledge for him to see the amount of blood that would leak from the entry points, to be sure it was diminishing.
If not, a trip to OR would be necessitated.

Contrary to the norm, God had touched the sites, and to his astonishment, there was not a single drop in any ---

What an AWESOME God we have!!

[Billie]

We are privileged to have such ladies among us--women of courage, virtue, and beauty. This raises the eternal question: why are Republican women so much more lovely than liberal women? Does liberalism make them homely or are homely women attracted to liberalism? Or both?

We are, aren't we? So many more than we could picture on just one thread. Your question does make one wonder, but I tend to think the answer is the second: "homely women are attracted to liberalism."

[MEG33]

Amen

[visualops]

wow that's awesome

[Billie]

Hi, Valerie - hey, as long as you have a few sequins and rhinestones to sew on those scraps, it oughta work. :)

I'm sure you've probably heard this many times before, but I'm struck by how much you look like Nicole Kidman!

[Gabz]

Awesome is an understatement.

[Billie]

Once again, you've outdone BILLIE !!!

Aw, thank you, Maggie! You know how much fun I have with this stuff! Gosh, I drooled over so many of those gowns, too!

[Billie]

Personally, I like this style better. Perhap in crimson or navy! :)

Hi, there. Kind of a Cinderella style. I like that laced-up bodice. :)

[Billie]

We have some might fine looking LADIES here at FR FInest. Good Morning ALL.

Good morning, Gail. We really do, and some of those gowns are to die for. (not to mention the bodies!) :)

[Billie]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU! (You have mail) :)

[Gabz]

So do you!!!!!!!!!

[ValerieUSA]

Nicole has gone blonde --- silly girl!
Now I need to get some hair dye or I'll be going gray.
http://img4.exs.cx/img4/2477/dsktpfx.jpg

[uglybiker]

I'll wear my best duds
and promise to be on my best behavior.

[tame]

Good morning, tame.

Good morning :o)

[mrstank]

Well, it would be a fairy tale come true if I went to the ball! :)

I'll check in later. My MIL is coming over and I've got some major cleaning to do first!

[Billie]

Phew! I thought the eye strain of being on FR so much lately had finally caught up to me....LOL

LOL! She's 'always' looked like her. :) Do you remember this from the 2001 Inaugural thread?! (Yikes! The picture quality is really bad!)

"Meanwhile, a few of the Freeper Ladies had a chance to dress for tea with favorite First Ladies Laura and Barbara Bush! Seated with Laura are Ms.AntiFeminazi, and Howlin :^). In the back row: Billie, LurkerNoMore, RightOnline's wife, and Clinton's a Liar."

[Howlin]

OMG, now I'll never be able to show up at the ball in January.........LOL. Unfortunately for me, some of the people posting here weren't BORN when that joke got started! :-)

[Billie]

LOL! Oh, Marge, what a stunning figure you are! (hair and all) :)

[Billie]

Maybe we should just go in our PJ's??? ;^)

Of course! Mine look just like that. :)