A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-01,02,03-05....T.G.I.F. at the Finest

Billie, Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

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

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~ Billie, Mama_Bear, dutchess, Aquamarine ~

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; starting today our weekends will begin on Friday. 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, Mama_Bear, Dansangel, Dutchess, Aquamarine ~



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"Getting to Know You"

THIS WEEK'S THREADS


03-28-05 ~ Military Monday
By Billie
Presented by The Mayor

03-29-05 ~ Hall of Fame #11
By Billie

03-30-05 ~ Signs of Spring at the Finest
By Mama_Bear

03-31-05 ~ Democrats Still Unhinged Over Schiavo Case
By JohnHuang2
Presented by dutchess

Have a wonderful weekend!

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

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[luvie]

What a sweet story, DD--it sure tops mine, which, of course, was just a "story"! I want pictures of you playing octopus with your grown kids! LOL! Glad I could call forth some wonderful memories!

[LadyX]

"No matter how much trouble occured that day or how tired the body was, "Daddy's Home!" meant it's time to play octopus. Daddy assumes his position on the living room floor, flat on his back. Our babies would run back and forth dodging the outstretched arms trying to grab them.

Thanks LUV W for sparking the memories. Methinks I'll engage them in a game of octopus the next time they come over."

How tender are those kinds of memories!
Isn't it amazing to look at those 'litle ones' and realize they are older than we were when those games were played?
Now our steps are slower and they are play with their children -- and one even has a grandson now.

My firstborn 'little boy' called me today with an update on his mother-in-law, collapsing and hospitalized the week after burying her husband - Steve's dear father-in-law.

She had had a TIA with temporary paralysis and inability to speak - tests also revealed she at some time had two 'silent' ischemic heart attacks - but they found no other blockage. Sandy took her home on Easter, and she is doing well now, and will probably return to Florida with Sandy in another week or two; cleared to do so by her physician.

How special it is to talk with your grown up man child heart to heart, knowing he and his (and the two other children and spouses and their children) walk so strongly with the Lord!

I am blessed, and know it full well --

~ Call me "Happy Mommo"

[LadyX]

Oh, LOOOO_EEEE!!

You may wake up and brag about Illinois making it into
the NCAA Championship Basketball Game!!

(now I hafta sweat out the North Carolina - Michigan State game, on next..:((

[Lakeside]

:-)

I know what you mean about talking with your grown "little boy(s)" (I'm so glad your son's m-i-l is doing much better). My secondborn son called this morning so my heart's been singing all day.

Now, if your Tarheels will just win your day will be complete!

[firewalk]

Hello LadyX
(thank you for the ping)

[LadyX]

"Now, if your Tarheels will just win your day will be complete!"

At the mment, with 8 minutes to play, NC is ahead by 13 - - I hope I hope I hope they hang in there!!!

[LadyX]

Sent you with photograph !!

[LadyX]

Nuther date Monday Night, Louie!!
May the better team win -- and I'll still luv yano matter what..:))

LadyX puts a hex on Illinois --

[beowolf]

Billie, my dear lady...as always, I am being myself. Which amounts to trying to outrun everybody else that wants to wack me on the head ( usually for good reason! ).

Remember my friend Dale? Some lady corralled him...it was so sad. He didn't even kick and scream...the big wuss. Now that I know you are posting, I can harrass you again...:-)

[The Mayor]

April 3, 2005

Cobwebs

Read:
Romans 10:11-17

How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard. -Romans 10:14

Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 29-31

The story is told of a painter who was commissioned to portray a run-down church. But instead of an old, tottering ruin, he painted a magnificent edifice of modern design. Through the windows could be seen an ornate collection box for the gifts of the fashionable worshipers. Above it hung a sign bearing the inscription "For Missions." Sadly, the box was covered in cobwebs.

The church or the individual whose heart and life is not involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel is on the way to ruin. We may be engaged in feverish "Christian activity," but our energies are misdirected if the main thrust of God's program for this age goes unattended.

God has so designed His plan of world evangelization that every believer is to be vitally involved. We all should "pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest" (Matthew 9:38).

Some will also hear His personal call to be preachers-otherwise, "how shall they hear?" (Romans 10:14).

Still others will be givers and senders, for "how shall they preach unless they are sent?" (v.15).

Let there be no cobwebs over the cause of world missions because of our lack of concern. -Paul Van Gorder

Lord of harvest, send forth reapers,
Hear us, Lord, to Thee we cry;
Send them now the sheaves to gather,
Ere the harvest time pass by. -Thompson

Untold millions are perishing-untold.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
What About Those Who Have Never Heard?

[Gabz]

Good morning, your honor!

[The Mayor]

Good morning Gabz..

Guess what we forgot to do?
Set our clocks ahead, I should be in Church right now..

[Gabz]

UH OH..................

I remembered last night.........shortly after hubby went to bed - but did get all the clocks changed and him up on time to go to work.

[The Mayor]

I am usaully the one to remember, oh well....

[Gabz]

My husband is usually the one to remember - and usually does it in the middle of the afternoon.....but for some reason he didn't yesterday. The only reason I remembered was I was trying to do a quick time change between our time and Italian time shortly before 9 last night.........it quickly became shortly before 10 in this house!

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

One Fall sunday, I showed up for church and couldn't understand why I was the only one in the parking lot. I didn't realize I was more than an hour early for the first service.
It is a very strange feeling of disorientation when you are out of sync with the world around you. And of course, my first thoughts were more like what is wrong with everyone?

Good morning FReepers. Have a great day Mayor. Hope your wife is continuing to recover nicely.

[The Mayor]

That would be a eeery feeling..

Yes, the Mrs. is doing better, Thank you.

[Gabz]

I did something similar when I was about 14........but it wasn't a strange feeling I got, just one of annoyance. I was to be the Lector at 9am Mass........I showed up at 7:45 just in time for 8am Mass and Father decided I would do both Masses..........since I was there anyway.....

[LadyX]

Beo Beo Beo !!!

Wherefore hast thou been?!
Wert thou trapped on the other side of Freeper Island with those stranded Seabees since 1999?
In a perpetual stupor from the proceeds of Razorback-bert's still?

Miss ya, man -- how be the critters?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- A pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., head out for a Joint Red Flag mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range near here March 29. The exercise is designed to enhance operational and tactical effectiveness through joint integrated training. This is the first Joint Red Flag involving multinational forces, with more than 10,000 U.S. and foreign coalition forces participating in the training exercise, which runs through April 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

050331-N-5884M-092 Atlantic Ocean (Mar. 31, 2005) – An F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the “Wildcats” of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three One (VFA-131), prepares to make the first fixed-wing aircraft recovery aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), in four years. This is the first cycle of flight operations following a four-year mid-life overhaul. Eisenhower is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Chris Molinari (RELEASED)

050323-N-7615S-027 San Diego, Calif. (Mar. 23, 2005) - The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) underway after departing Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, Calif., to conduct routine exercises in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Danielle M. Sosa (RELEASED)

050121-N-4308O-098 Persian Gulf (Jan. 21, 2005) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the “Bulls” of Strike Fighter Squadron Three Seven (VFA-37) launches off the number four steam-powered catapult as an F-14 Tomcat assigned to the "Swordsmen" of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32) launches off the number two catapult aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. The Truman Strike Group is on regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor (RELLEASED)