SELDOM DO I FEEL THE NEED TO VENT.................

NORMALLY THINGS KINDA JUST SLIDE OFF MY BACK..YOU KNOW, LIKE A DUCK.

BUT...........TODAY I WAS WAITING IN THE DR. OFFICE AND THE T.V. WAS ON ONE

OF THOSE CHANNELS THAT CARRIES ALL THE LATEST NEWS (GOSSIP?)

FIRST, THERE IS JIMMY CARTER MAKING THE STATEMENT ABOUT PEOPLE  BEING RACIST! NOW IF THAT STATEMENT WOULDNT RILE YOU, IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO GET YOU RILED...I CAN DISLIKE SOMEONE OR SOMEONES OPINION WITHOUT BEING A RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEN, ALONG COMES JON AND KATE GOSSLIN..PERSONALLY, I THINK THEY'VE USED THEIR KIDS ENOUGH TO MAKE THEIR FORTUNE AND IT'S TIME TO CALL IT QUITS!

BUT, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE MADE DOESN'T SEEM TO SATISFY THEM..THEY WANT MORE FAME AND FORTUNE.....AND I THINK THIS IS BEING OBTAINED AT ANY PRICE FOR THE KIDS! I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE,BUT THIS STORY IS GETTING OLD.....ITS NEITHER POOR KATE OR POOR JON,,,IT'S THE POOR KIDS! SHE COMES OFF AS A DOMINATING, MONEY AND FAME HUNGRY SORT OF GAL.AND JON, HE WAS A HEN PECKED LITTLE GUY AND WAS HUMILATED AND NOW HE IS TICKED OFF ABOUT IT AND GETTING REVENGE!

THEN,OF COURSE, THERE IS THE HEALTH CARE ISSUE,WHO CARES? WE DON'T HAVE A SAY SO ANYWAY....WE CAN GRIPE AND COMPLAIN ALL WE WANT, HELLO????????????? NO ONE LISTENS!!!!

THE REAL KICKER ON THIS NEWS PROGRAM WAS WHEN IT SAID THAT THE RECESSION IS OVER AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS DOWN????

LET ME TELL YOU, THE AREA I LIVE IN HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OUR STATE! SO, WHATEVER!

OK, I COULD VENT MORE BECAUSE I WAITED OVER AND HOUR IN THE DRS. WAITING ROOM AND ANOTHER 45 MINUTES IN THE DRS. OFFICE.....BUT DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE? NOW COME ON.....DO THEY REALLY?

THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT..THIS WILL LAST A GOOD WHILE AND UNTIL THE NEXT TIME..HAVE A GOOD DAY..AND VENT A LITTLE!!!

IVE READ SO MANY JOURNALS ABOUT THESE ADDED POUNDS WE HAVE PUT ON ........I PREFER TO CALL IT MY "WINTER WEIGHT"

AND I LOVED THE JOURNAL "COMFORT OR CUTE" SO I WANT TO SHARE AN OLD POEM OF MINE....

                                   "HARD FAD FACT"

EACH YEAR THE FASHION INDUSTRY INTRODUCES THE NEW FADS.

SOME  RECEIVE A GOOD REVIEW WHILE OTHERS DO QUITE BAD.

WHAT MANY DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS THE FASHIONS WE ALL CANT WEAR,

FOR SOME OF US LOOK LIKE ROASANNE AND OTHERS RESEMBLE CHER.

THE MINI-SKIRTS AND SHORT-SHORTS ARE NOT ATTIRE I WOULD WEAR.

IN FACT THE THOUGHT OF WEARING THEM IS MY OWN WORSE NIGHTMARE!!

APPEARING IN THE FASHION WORLD CAME HIP-HUGGERS AND SKIN TIGHT JEANS,

ONE COULD NOT IMAGINE WHY GALS DON'T SPLIT THE SEAMS.

BELL BOTTOMS WERE A GREAT HIT, BIG RATINGS THEY WOULD EARN..

AND NOW THREE DECADES LATER, THEY HAVE ONCE AGAIN RETURNED.

WELL,SWEAT PANTS AND BIG TEE-SHIRTS ARE THIS GIRLS CUP OF TEA,

I WILL LEAVE THE TUBE TOPS AND CAPRIS FOR THOSE WHO WEAR SIZE THREE!!!!

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i posted a journal regarding my opinion last week or so and i had several comments on it......

i received one comment stating that we need more than prayer to change the situation our country is in......one  writer commented something to the effect that we are not like sheep and we should take it upon ourselves to get the nation back..............

my  return comment was that god is in control no matter what any one does,,,,

however, i failed to reply about the sheep comment and i felt guilty by not doing so.

we are indeed sheep, we as beleivers are referred to being like sheep and jesus being our shepherd..

i stated that my comments are always just my opinion but i felt like i needed to add this post and not let my convictions go unsaid. thanks for reading and acknowledging my opinion and i do respect those of others. have a good day and god bless!

I HAVE READ TONS OF OPINIONS AND LISTENED TO MSNBC,FOX AND EVERY OTHER CHANNEL THAT BROADCASTS  NEWS ABOUT THE MESS THIS NATION IS IN TODAY.

SOME ARE PRAISING OBAMA, BAD MOUTHING BUSH  AND POINTING FINGERS.

WE WORRY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL DISASTER,SOME CALLING IT A RECESSION AND OTHERS CALLING IT A DEPRESSION....WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHAT WE CALL IT?

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE HAVE TAKEN GOD OUT OF EVERYTHING.......NO PRAYER IN SCHOOL......NO DISCIPLINE TO SPEAK OF.....NO CHRISTMAS NATIVITY SCENE.....CHRISTMAS ISNT EVEN CHRISTMAS ANYMORE TO SOME,,ITS A SEASONAL HOLIDAY ( NOW IF THAT ISNT A BUNCH OF CRAP)

YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS NATION WILL BE TURNED AROUND AND THE REAL CHANGE IT NEEDS,(NOT THE OBAMA CHANGE)

READ THE BOOK TITLED "TURN" BY MAX LUCADO...IT HAS THE ONLY REMEDY FOR THIS NATION...

I CAN PARAPHRASE THE ENTIRE BOOK IN ONE PARAGRAPH........THIS IS IT....

"IF MY PEOPLE, WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN AWAY FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND"  (2ND CHRONICLES 7:14)

QUESTIONS ANYBODY????????????????????????? SEEMS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY TO ME.

WELL, LETS SEE HERE.

THE GOVENOR OF OUR STATE JUST GOT CANNED BECAUSE HE WAS A CROOK,,,,AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ONE BEFORE HIM IS IN PRISON FOR BEING A CROOK...I JUST HEARD ON THE NEWS THAT ANOTHER POLITICIAN IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR TAX FRAUD(HOWEVER,HE SAYS HE IS SORRY) WHAT ELSE DID I HEAR TODAY...LETS SEE....OH YES, MORE TROOPS ARE BEING SENT TO IRAQ/APHIGANISTAN? NOW WAIT, DID I NOT HEAR DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN THAT THIS PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME?

OH,AND YES, WE WILL PROBABLY SEE ANOTHER PRICE HIKE FOR GAS..SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

ALSO,,,A MAN WAS FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH BECAUSE HE HAD NO HEAT AND ELECTRICTY IN HIS HOME BECAUSE HE COULDNT AFFORD THE BILLS.....HOW OLD DID THEY SAY HE WAS, LIKE 78 OR SO?

MY, MY,,,AREN'T WE A GENEROUS AND THOUGHTFUL, BIG HEARTED COUNTRY?

MY LITTLE OLD NEIGHBOR LADY SOLD HER TV LAST MONTH TO PAY FOR HER MEDICINE..I GAVE HER A LITTLE PORTABLE ONE BUT SHE STILL CANT AFFORD CABLE.SO WHAT THE HECK?

YOU KNOW, I THINK I AM GONNA GATHER UP ALL MY BILLS(MAYBE MY LITTLE OLD NEIGHBOR LADYS TOO) AND SEND THEM TO WASHINGTON AND ASK FOR A BAILOUT? YOU THINK IT WOULD WORK?

ONE LAST THOUGHT THAT JUST KEEPS ME GOING AND GOING LIKE THE LITTLE RABBIT WITH THE BATTERIES..GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!!!!!

LAST WEEKEND THE VIETNAM MOVING WALL WAS IN OUR AREA.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS IS,IT IS A REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM WALL (THE NAMES OF THE CASUALIES ARE LISTED ON THIS) THE ORIGINAL IS IN WASHINGTON D.C.

I TOOK 3 OF MY DAUGHTERS WHO ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL........I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY THE MONUMENT AND ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS COMMENTED THAT ALTHOUGH SHE KNEW THERE

 WERE THOUSANDS OF DEATHS, IT SEEMED MORE REAL WHEN SHE SAW  EACH AND EVERY NAME IN FRONT OF HER.

THEIR WAS ALSO A MONUMENT(REPLICA) OF THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE IRAQ WAR,THESE NAMES APPEAR ON DOG TAGS,,,,,,,,,,IT IS ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAKING.

THE REPLICA OF THE 9-11 MONUMENT WAS THERE ALSO,ETCHED IN MARBLE ARE THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN THAT SENSELESS MASSACRE.

THERE WAS ALSO A MEMORIAL GIVING HONOR TO EACH AND EVERY SOLDIER IN EVERY WAR WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

IN THIS HURRY UP LIFE STYLE WE ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN, I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT THESE MEN AND WOMAN OF VALOR ARE NOT GOING UNNOTICED.

I SALUTE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE MEMORIALS AVAILABLE FOR US TO SHOW OUR CHILDREN AND I HOLD THESE  SOLDIERS IN THE HIGHEST ESTEEM.

WE RIDICULE EACH OTHER OVER BEING REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT AND I PERSONALLY TAKE OFFENSE  WHEN WE SHOW SUCH LITTLE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER.

THIS IS NOT WHAT OUR TROOPS FIGHT FOR..THEY FIGHT FOR FREEDOM BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR COUNTRY......GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

when i was in church this morning,we sang a song titled"it is well with my soul".

now i love the church hymns and ive sang them for years and years but today i really heard the words to this song...a few lines go like this...."when peace like a river attendeth my way,when sorrow like sea billows roar,what ever my lot, thou has taught me to say. it is well,it is well with my soul." wow.how awsome is that???

we also sang "trust and obey"..most anyone who has been in a baptist church has heard of this song..but as before,i heard the words to it today deep inside my being........"trust and obey, for theres no other way. to be happy in jesus,but to trust and obey!! thats about enough to make a fella (or gal) shout!!

fanny crosby wrote many many of the church hymns,not only baptist hymnal songs but a vast majority of christian music in her era. she was a petite  lady,blind almost since birth and a very dedicated christian lady..she lived in poverty to help others and could have ben a very rich lady if she chose to do so...but,i guess she trusted and obeyed and was indeed blessed by her lord!

i know as god promised her,when she passed fom this earth,he greeted her with words such as this.well done my good and faithful servant!

GOOD MORNING! I JUST WANT TO INFORM EVERYONE THAT THE DISMISSAL FROM THE STORY TIME GROUP WAS DONE ACCIDENTALLY.AND I HAVE NO ILL FEELINGS ABOUT IT..I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY AND HOW IT HAPPENED AND I PRAY NO ONE HAS HURT FEELINGS OVER IT. WE ARE HUMAN AND ENTITLED TO MISTAKES( I SURE MAKE PLENTY OF THEM)ANYWAY,GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU AND BE SAFE...ENJOY ANOTHER NEW DAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH! 

  I GOT A NOTICE THAT I WAS DISMISSED FROM THE GROUP OF STORY TELLING TIME BY A MODERATOR?

SO,WHAY DOES THIS HAPPEN AND WHY DO THEY DO IT?

I CANNOT THINK OF A THING THAT I HAVE  POSTED THAT WOULD UPSET ANYONE.

PERHAPS I SHOULD POST THIS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTION? THANKS FOR READING THIS.

  I WAS CLEANING AND RAN ACROSS SOME OF MY OLD PHOTO ALBUMS AND WANTED TO SHARE A FEW HUMOROUS MOMENTS WITH WHO EVER READS THE JOURNALS.........

IT WAS TIME TO TAKE ONE OF MY LITTLE GIRLS FOR A PHYSICAL BECAUSE I HAD ENROLLED HER IN A PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM(SEVERAL YEARS AGO)LIKE MOST MOMS,I CAPTIVATED MANY EVENTS ON FILM SO I COULD SHARE THE MEMORIES WITH THE KIDS WHEN THEY GOT OLDER.

SO I HAD MY CAMERA WITH ME AT THIS DR. APPOINTMENT, CATCHING THE LITTLE GIRL BEING WEIGHED, GETTING HER HEIGHT AND HER BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED, ETC.

WHEN THE DR. CAME INTO THE OFFICE HE PRECEDED TO TELL MY LITTLE GIRL HE WAS GOING TO CHECK HER BREATHING AND HER HEART..........HE SAYS TO HER.OH MY .I HEAR SOMETHING!!!!!

SHE LOOKS UP AT THE DR AND SAYS,WELL,THATS JESUS YOU HEAR,HE LIVES IN MY HEART AND BARNEY IS ON MY UNDERWEAR!!!!!!  THIS POOR DR. STARTED LAUGHING SO HARD, HE HAD TO STEP OUT OF HIS OFFICE,AND SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A HUGE UPROAR OF LAUGHTER IN THE HALL WAY.HE HAD TOLD ALL THE NURSES AND DRS. WHAT MY LITTLE GIRL HAD SAID.WHEN HE CAME BACK INTO THE ROOM,HE SAID,WELL,I REALLY THINK YOU ARE OK!!!!!!!!