A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-25,26,27-06....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie | August 25, 2006 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~

Welcome to TGIF at the Finest!   We hope you've been having as much fun as we have with our essays and/or spotlight on various FReepers. From the beginning, we've been kicking back on Saturdays and Sundays and simply reviewing the features of the week; our weekend threads now start on Friday and continue through Sunday. If you missed seeing any of this week's threads and want to say hello there now, just click on the link for that particular day. If you'd like to drop in and out of this thread today through Sunday, please feel free to do that also. One of us will try to be around to see the welcome mat is still out, put the coffee pot on, and maybe even bring fresh flowers for the table. : )

~ Billie, Dutchess, Dolly Cali, GodBlessUSA, JustAmy ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


08-21-06 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

08-22-06 Lin & Dave's Excellent Adventure ~ Part One
By Diver Dave
Presented By Billie

08-23-06 Lin & Dave's Excellent Adventure ~ Part Two
By Diver Dave
Presented By Billie

08-24-06....Finest Pet Day ~ Dear God From the Dog
By Dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

07-01-06 ~ Hall of Fame #16

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

"Wear Red" Friday

You will soon see a lot of people wearing Red on Fridays. Here's why..... The Americans, who support our troops, are the silent majority. We are not "organized" to reflect who we are, or to reflect what our opinions are. Many Americans, like yourself, and all their friends, simply want to recognize that Americans support our troops. Our idea of showing our solidarity and support for our troops is starting Friday and continuing on each and every Friday, until this is over, that every red-blooded American who supports our young men and women, WEAR SOMETHING RED.

Word of mouth, press, TV -- let's see if we can make the United States, on any given Friday, a sea of red much like a home football game at a University. If every one of our memberships share this with other acquaintances, fellow workers, friends, and neighbors, I guarantee that it will not be long before the USA will be covered in RED - and make our troops know there are many people thinking of their well-being. You will feel better all day Friday when you wear Red! So let's get the word out and lead by example; wear RED on Fridays.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE. FOR US, THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED!! GOD BLESS AMERICA.

received this in my email June 10th, the author is unknown.
I am wearing red today and every Friday ~ Billie

[DollyCali]

[DollyCali]

Recommended Movies for the Theater This Weekend (from the Finest Movie Addict/Critic):

World Trade Center (rated PG13) – Genre: Action/Drama. Based on True story of 911 – Nic Cage (this is very intense)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (rated PG13) – genre: Action/Comedy – Will Ferrell

Snakes on a Plane (rated R) – genre: Adventure, horror, suspense – Samuel Jackson (if you dislike snakes, you will HATE this movie)

The Ant Bully (Rated PG) – genre : Children’s animation

The Descent (rated R) – genre: claustrophobic horror – all girl cast.

Been around awhile at theaters, but worth seeing:


The Devil Wears Prada (Rated PG13) genre: High Fashion Comedy – Meryl Strep and Anne Hathaway

Monster House (Rated PG) genre: Kids animated adventure (big Kids will like this one too)

Little Miss Sunshine (rated R) genre: dark comedy. Re: dysfunctional family

A Scanner Darkly (Rated R) genre: adventure/Sci Fi – Cast animation - Keanu Reeves, Robert D.Downing, Winona Ryder, and Woody Harrelson

Superman Returns (PG13) genre: Action Superhero – Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth (pretend you just saw the original superman one & two (and not the last two).This picks up at the end of the 2nd Original movie)

Over the Hedge (PG) genre: Kids animation

Cars (G) genre: Kids animation - much too cute!

Pirates of the Caribbean (PG13) genre: Action comedy – Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knighley, (helpful to have seen the first movie)

X-Men: The Last Stand (PG13) genre: Sci Fi Action – Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman (helpful to have seen the first two movies in series)

The Lake House (PG13) genre – Time Differential Love Story – Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock (this was not rated highly but I liked it)

[DollyCali]

Finest Ping

[Northern Yankee]

Good Morning!

Cloudy and cool here. That sun is starting to get lazy these days... sleeping in and going to bed early.

[MEG33]

Lookin' Great!Thank you Dolly! Nice pledge graphic.

[DollyCali]

The news in toons:

[DollyCali]

Yes, I know what you mean re: Lazy sun.. and then it goes away at night MUCH TOO EARLY. Start school next week?

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for the reminder, Dolly! I'll be running errands and finishing up projects all day, and hopefully, I'll be wearing red.

[DollyCali]

Thanks Meg.. I "borrowed" the pledge graphic from "somewhere"..

I am here a couple hours earlier than I intended as something came up & I will be leaving shortly for morning..

All.. if you didn't see yesterdays Finest Thread .. It is an adorable pet thread by Dutchess.. the contributions were excellent as was the thread itself:

Finest Pet Thread

[DollyCali]

I have a VERY busy day ahead also. The Macrobiotic pot luck dinner meeting was outstanding (It is Prostate "man to man" cancer survivors support group). It was wonderful to taste all the different foods and dishes made with ingredients that are strange to most Americans. There were about 20 of us there & it was held in a lovely, large home in Macedonia (NE Ohio) rather than the normal eating locale of the Congregational church in Hudson.

[snugs]

Sounds interesting what sort of foods did you taste?

[The Mayor]

August 25, 2006

Avoiding The Greener Grass

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READ: Ephesians 5:22-33

Let each one of you . . . so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. —Ephesians 5:33 Nancy Anderson says she grew lukewarm in her faith and thus believed the world’s lie: “I deserve to be happy.” This led to an extramarital affair that nearly ended her marriage. She wrote her book Avoiding The Greener Grass Syndrome to help keep her painful story of infidelity from “becoming someone else’s story.”

In her book, Nancy offers six action suggestions on how to build “hedges” to protect your marriage and to help make “a good marriage great”:

Hear—give a listening ear to your spouse.
Encourage—build up your spouse by focusing on positive qualities.
Date—celebrate your marriage by playing and laughing together.
Guard—establish safeguards by setting clear boundaries.
Educate—study your mate to truly understand him or her.
Satisfy—meet each other’s needs.

The grass on the other side of the fence may look greener, but faithfulness to God and commitment to your spouse alone bring peace of mind and satisfaction.

When you avoid the greener-grass syndrome by loving and respecting your spouse, your marriage will be a picture of Christ and His church to those around you (Ephesians 5:31-32). —Anne Cetas

When you look at someone else’s life,
Thinking that it’s better than your own,
Just remember what God’s given you
Was designed for you alone.  —Hess

Jesus Christ is the only third party in a marriage who can make it work.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 119:1-88; 1 Corinthians 7:20-40

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Dolly :)
How are you? Beautiful pledge. Have a wonderful weekend!!

[MEG33]

Geraniums

Happy TGIF To The Finest

~Wear Red On Friday To Support Our Troops~

[SheLion]

Thanks SO much for the ping!!! Beautiful work!!!!

[MEG33]

Those cartoons are great, Dolly!

[Gucho]

Another excellent thread DC. Thanks for the ping.

[luvie]

SUPPORT THE TROOPS--














WEAR RED ON FRIDAY

[stopem]

Good Morning!!
Wearing red to show support for our awesome Troops!

Puttin on my best dress jeans!:)

[MEG33]

~May God Protect Our Protectors~