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Huia
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Gwai, I hope he establishes a settled patter of sleeping through.
My thanks to the Methodist Church of New Zealand for running retirement villages where caring is much more than an empty word.
Huia
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Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Ethne Alba
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After many years of mending bridges, blood sweat and tears, hard slog from two diamond geezers and most of all the mercy and the grace of God....tomorrow is the last Sunday in our church builidng as it is now.
Next week the builders come in!
And we will go back into a very different building
YAY! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
[ 26. October 2013, 21:23: Message edited by: Ethne Alba ]
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Jengie jon
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Sunday
My toilet started leaking, and it has been a PAIN to fix.
So thanks for the plumber I found, who came out promptly on Sunday evening and stopped it leaking with a temporary repair and then came back yesterday to do a proper repair only the repair was jinxed. He finally got it working this evening. If something could go wrong it did including him having purchased a new but faulty syphon.
The charge rate for the amount of work he put in was very reasonable.
Jengie
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"To violate a persons ability to distinguish fact from fantasy is the epistemological equivalent of rape." Noretta Koertge
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Jack the Lass
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I am thankful that I have (at last) been discharged from hospital, and that all seems well with baby who will hopefully bake for a bit longer before making an appearance. And eternally grateful for the NHS and its staff.
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Cara
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Ah, good news, Jack. Hallelujah--and here's to more cooking time for baby....
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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I can't believe no-one has had anything to be thankful for, so here goes - it's a beautiful day and I feel (as I sometimes do) that I am the most undeservedly blessed person ever.
Thank you God for all you do for me every day.
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
The Grateful Mrs S ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Cara:
... more cooking time for baby....
About 15 minutes per pound for medium-rare? ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Jack the Lass
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Cara:
... more cooking time for baby....
About 15 minutes per pound for medium-rare?
No good asking us, we're both veggie ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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Cara
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oh yuk, I'm rather regretting this cooking image now!
It went from jack's talk of "baking"--her bun in the oven!!--to these rather unsavoury connotations...
I meant: more time for the baby to grow to a healthy weight and size and be ready to be born.
Thank God that this time has been afforded--every day in utero is precious and will have made a difference.
Rest, Jack! Feet up, relax.
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Jack the Lass
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Don't worry Cara, it's not bothered me at all and made me smile
I'm thankful every day for the medical and midwifery staff looking after me. I had my moans at the start of the process, and we had a bit of a sticky time getting used to each other (it turns out I'm not the easiest patient), but I think we have good relationships now and I am confident I am in good hands. I have so much to be thankful for, and my heart goes out to those elsewhere in the world who don't have the same (or indeed any) services.
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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Cara:
oh yuk, I'm rather regretting this cooking image now!
It went from jack's talk of "baking"--her bun in the oven!!--to these rather unsavoury connotations...
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) Sorry about that - my "resisting temptation" gene was temporarily deactivated.
I'm delighted that JTL's bump is doing well.
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Cara
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Sorry if I sounded critical, Piglet--it wasn't personal, I just suddenly felt queasy at the idea of JtL's precious cargo as a lump of meat!
Anyway, we are doing a great job of keeping this thread bumped up and away from Hostly brooms.
Because Praise and Thanksgiving are important.
I give continued thanks for the improved circumstances of my three adult children, for all of whom I've asked for prayer on the prayer thread in the past.
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Pondering.
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Piglet
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I'm here to give thanks that our Electoral Synod did its job perfectly - our next Bishop will be the Archdeacon, which presumably means that we get to keep the Dean.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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L'organist
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Choral Matins today - lovely.
Choir sang well, good numbers in the congregation, complimented after on my choice of hymns .
Wedding couple afterwards totally clueless (see HELL) but did afford some amusement, even if of the gritted teeth variety - and, as always, we'll do our best for them.
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Sioni Sais
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Habeus domus!!*
No, not us, our church. After 15 years in existence and an eight-year search for a place of our own we have our own premises.
*"We have a home" - apologies for bad Latin.
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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malik3000
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It's been 2 years since I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and there has been no progression and I feel perfectly healthy and happy. When I first recieved the diagnosis I didn't even know if I'd be alive today. God has been SO good to me!
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Piglet
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Britten's Missa Brevis safely dispatched this morning to much Decanal Grinning™.
Now we know we can do it, it'll be even better next time.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Jack the Lass
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Today is my Christian birthday. Very thankful to still be here after 26 years, hanging on by my fingertips sometimes but still here
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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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Diomedes
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My son D, who has been having a particularly difficult time at work, has had some much appreciated kindness from others in his department. His boss is still determined to make his last 5 weeks as miserable as possible - even so,it has felt a less lonely road for D this week. Thank God - and thanks for those who prayed with me.
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Welease Woderwick
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I have been racking my tiny excuse for a brain looking for a suitable gift for a certain very hard to buy for friend for Christmas and then a post here on the ship gave me an idea and a Google showed that I can get it here in India! It is now ordered and will, hopefully, arrive in time.
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Sioni Sais
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It might be too soon but ...
Eldest Son has work until Xmas and, after someone purporting to be their landlord tried to force entry on Saturday, they completed a move out of there and into a larger, tidier house at about 11pm yesterday with Mrs Sioni doing 4 runs in our car because the van they hired had to go back at 6pm.
They were grateful, we were pleased to help, the electricity and gas work. Even the combi-boiler was working when we left last night!
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
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tessaB
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Beloved daughter, after being made redundant from a job she loved in a left wing cafe, had her first interview for a job yesterday and was offered the job today
Thank you God for giving her the determination to apply for the job and thank You for the National Autistic Society who not only house beloved son but also now employ beloved daughter.
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eating chocolate to the glory of God
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Stercus Tauri
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Originally posted by malik3000:
It's been 2 years since I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and there has been no progression and I feel perfectly healthy and happy. When I first recieved the diagnosis I didn't even know if I'd be alive today. God has been SO good to me!
Thank you for posting that - you are over a year ahead of me in the same adventure, Malik. It's good news to share, and great encouragement to others. I've given a lot of thanks lately to God and to the people whose hands he guides, and to other cancer patients who are able to laugh in the face of it and live joyfully.
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Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)
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Sarasa
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I'm so thankful that my son has been offered a six months extension on a job he loves. When he started there four months ago he wasn't even sure if he'd be there three weeks.
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Cara
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All sorts of wonderful news here re health and jobs, so good to see. Thanks be to God.
I am so grateful that, after a property purchase fell through at the last minute, a holiday rental agency slashed their prices to almost half so our family can be together at Christmas. Such kindness warms the heart.
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Doc Tor
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I've just collected two exhausted children from a Scout midnight hike - both alive, both mostly intact, a 4th place for Master Tor (youngest average age team) and 1st place for Miss Tor (first time a girls' team has won the annual event).
Result.
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JoannaP
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Thanks for Age Concern UK, who have really helped my mother when she got home after 3 months in hospital. I have been really impressed by the amount of assistance she has had from both them and Social Services - which has been a great comfort to me 100 miles away.
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"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
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Jack the Lass
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Thankful for the safe arrival of the Elf Lass last week, for the kindness and generosity of family, friends and strangers, and the wonderful NHS (again).
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"My body is a temple - it's big and doesn't move." (Jo Brand)
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Pine Marten
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My daughter has finally moved from Cumbria to down south and has just got a much-needed job - only part time but it's a start, and as it's a short walk away from her new house involves no travel!
And my slight 'trouble' (which I posted on the prayer thread) was investigated at the hospital last week, and thankfully turns out to be very minor.
Deo gratias!
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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. - Oscar Wilde
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Robert Armin
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I was very heartened by Tom Daley yesterday, and by the generally positive response to his announcement by the media. The times, they are a changing.
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Keeping fit was an obsession with Fr Moity .... He did chin ups in the vestry, calisthenics in the pulpit, and had developed a series of Tai-Chi exercises to correspond with ritual movements of the Mass. The Antipope Robert Rankin
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Welease Woderwick
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I got an e-mail and then a follow up phone call today from the local Foreigners' Regional Registration Office to say my visa conversion has been approved and will I please take my passport and about Rs 8,000* [eighty pounds] to their office and I will get my papers! I have booked an appointment for Friday morning.
*Heaps cheaper than flying off somewhere and applying for another tourist visa then flying back again. I am paying off the last of my credit card next week when my pension is paid so will reward myself with the new camera I have been eyeing for a while.
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Uncle Pete
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Welcome home!
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Even more so than I was before
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Kelly Alves
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Just took my last final. I am DONE.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Ye Olde Motherboarde
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My prayer that our friend Joseph and his family that will have no place to live after Christmas because their "Grinch" landlord put them out. Well, rentals are hard enough to find in the winter anywhere, but around here, it is ridiculous. And having dogs, well, how about making it even WORSE!
I have a guesthouse and the Lord just put it on my mind to move them in there. Now, I have to get energy to do some cleaning out. (Lord, give me strength)
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basso
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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Just took my last final. I am DONE.
Congratulations!!
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Lothlorien
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Eldest son is recovering well from major back surgery to replace a very damaged disc and to fuse lowest part of spine. Hopefully this will see the end of the extreme pain he has been in. Surgeon is very pleased.
First operation two years ago worked for a few months and things went downhill from there.
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MrsBeaky
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As our youngest daughter prepares to celebrate her 30th birthday, we have just received the news this morning that four years on from a late diagnosis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma she is unexpectedly now "in complete clinical remission"
I have no words,just so thankful.... she on the other hand is in her London office drinking champagne bought by her boss!!
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daisymay
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Thank you God! I had lost my money in it's one I carried and had checked to go along the road and into the shop I'd spent and he hadn't found it there, and again I looked all over in the home and after a while I found it! I had prayed to God to let me know where it was and to find it! I had checked lots of places and where I might have dropped it. God, you are really helpful and loving me!
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Lothlorien
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I am so thankful that eldest son has no pain and that the large stomach incision for his back operation is healing well. He is off the horse tablet sized antibiotic tablets he took twice a day for nine months for a supposed bone infection. No infection. He is off the cocktail of very nasty drugs which only partially controlled the pain in back for months and months. They affected his temper and personality,
In fact, he is off all painkillers.
Home and recuperating and he's also extremely grateful.
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Huia
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Loth may his healing continue.
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Piglet
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What Huia said.
I'm thankful that my friend A. has been safely delivered of a baby girl; the proud grandparents accosted me in the coffee queue at w*rk to let me know.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Zoey
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you God.
A few months ago I moved jobs. Driving home from my last day at my old job, I cried with worry and unhappiness about one particular set of siblings - I had grounds to believe they were suffering serious abuse, but I hadn't been able to obtain enough firm evidence to get a court order for them to be placed in foster care.
Today I heard on the grapevine that these children are now in foster care. I know the foster care system is far from perfect, but for these children it is a significantly better option than an abusive birth parent / step-parent.
I am so relieved and thankful.
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Welease Woderwick
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Zoey, a few months ago I met up with a guy who had been in a children's home where I worked in the 70s and he said that coming to the home, imperfect as it was, was far better for him that remaining at his family home.
That made the whole career choice thing worthwhile.
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Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Cara
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I give thanks today for an enormous improvement in the health and happiness of all three of my adult children, for whom I've asked prayer here before. The one who had a potentially life-threatening condition now seems healed, and various issues in the lives of the other two are resolved or resolving.
I am so grateful for these healings.
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