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Thread: Praise and Thanksgiving 2014
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Meg the Red
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Thanks be for the safe arrival of my new grand-nephew. Even though he came a early, he's healthy and well. And gosh-darned cute.
-------------------- Chocoholic Canuckistani Cyclopath
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Piglet
Islander
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Congratulations, Great-Auntie Meg!
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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tomb
Shipmate
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At dinner tonight, the Offspring and his wife, Squeeze, mentioned that the Ship prolly didn't know that they have reproduced. Their daughter was born August 9. The family are staying at Mrs. tomb's and my B&B Lodge for a few weeks so we can feed them and fuss over them, and stuff like that.
Daughter doesn't have a Shipname yet. I might suggest "Emesis."
Baby's getting baptized the same weekend the Offspring and Squeeze are solemnizing their marriage in Church in September.
A Good Time Will Be Had by All.
PM me on the Ship if you're local to Denver and want to attend the festivities, and I'll send you particulars. You can also contact me through Facebook if you've sussed out my alter-ego.
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Piglet
Islander
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Congratulations, Tomb (and welcome back)!
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Thanks be to God for old friends! And getting to visit with my niece and her little girls. And seeing two more nieces with family was serendipitous. And my visited niece received (finally) funds for assistance with her Aspergers and autistic daughters. Not to mention the bubbly, busy 5-years old. A new service dog and another empathic rescue dog, who has learnt a lot of service tricks over the last few months. She will undergo training to be a PTSD dog - she's already good at it!
-------------------- Even more so than I was before
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Huia
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That is good Pete. I think of Georgie-Porgy as a PTSD cat as she's definitely helped me through the quakes and their aftermath.
-------------------- Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Og: Thread Killer
Ship's token CN Mennonite
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Today I am 50
So, today, I will drink coffee,
today, I will watch my cats sleep
today, I will read a newspaper
today, I will stand in a line waiting for a bus
today, I will smile
(well, also today I will go to the Ex, have chocolate chicken and watch TFC)
today, I will text my wife while she works
today, I will look up at sky to see some birds
today, I will live.
To all the people on here who have profoundly affected my faith, thank you for the role you have played so far.
for the saints on here who have gone before
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Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
-------------------- I wish I was seeking justice loving mercy and walking humbly but... "Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, And study help for that which thou lament'st."
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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I am so so grateful, Lord, for the bountiful gift received just when I needed it most.
-------------------- Miss you, Erin.
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Raptor Eye
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Happy Birthday Og!!
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Piglet
Islander
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Many happy returns, Og!
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Mad Cat
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Praise be for wise advice and patient listening. and also
-------------------- Weird and sweary.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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The unpleasant situation I asked for prayer for, at a nearby church - well, it's on its way to being resolved! Hallelujah, and thank you Lord!
the Exceedingly Grateful Mrs. S
-------------------- 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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ElaineC
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Today Mr C and I give thanks for 40 years of marriage. We were spoilt at Church this morning with presents and cards. We will be spending a few days in Venice and our daughters have bought us tickets to hear Vivaldi's Four Seasons while we are there.
-------------------- Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine
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Raptor Eye
Shipmate
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Congratulations Mr & Mrs C!
-------------------- Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46.10
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Sioni Sais
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Congratulations Mr & Mrs C! We celebrated our 35th recently.
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Doc Tor
Deepest Red
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I didn't really want to spend the day trying to get the upstairs shower working again. I didn't really want to have to drill out rusted screws. I didn't really want to have to make do with the best-fit part from the plumbers' merchant and hope that it would work. Neither did I want to have to scavenge a new screw from a box of electrical fittings and hope that it would fit the old tap onto the new valve.
However, that's how I spent my day. And now that I'm done, the upstairs shower now works again, and better than it did before. My work here is done.
-------------------- Forward the New Republic
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Sioni Sais
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Welcome back Doc Tor! You've been away nearly three weeks. Has it taken that long to fix a shower?
-------------------- "He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Doc Tor
Deepest Red
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Well, I went to the World Science Fiction Convention in London, then was a pre-festival steward at Greenbelt, then at Greenbelt, then at my parents, then finally home yesterday.
Something else for thanksgiving. Living in a tent, on my own, for five days. I could make a habit of it.
-------------------- Forward the New Republic
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Piglet
Islander
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Congratulations Elaine and Mr. C.!
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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I've had several people of my family staying with me in my home, and it has been nice, and one has done much cleaning all in my places!
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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And today one family fixed and got it back on, "Firefox", which stopped being one! thank you, God!
-------------------- London Flickr fotos
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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
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Most of today was pain-free, for the first time in yonks. I woke up in disbelief when I felt my muscles stretch and no pain.
-------------------- Er, this is what I've been up to (book). Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down!
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Ariel
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I'd been ringing my elderly mother every day for over a week - after 27 unanswered phone calls I sent her a postcard asking her to ring me on receipt. I'm delighted to say she rang me straightaway, and so no need to ask the neighbours to go round in the first instance.
It's not the first time I've had to send a postcard, and it probably won't be the last, but I always worry none the less.
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Sarasa
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My husband's friend G, who had a bike accident while they were on holiday, three months ago, went home from hospital today.
-------------------- 'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Visited father in law today. His garden is transformed! So relieved he now has a regular, reliable gardener, and he found him himself. We could spend the visit talking and catching up with him (oh, and cleaning the loo) instead of battling weeds.
-------------------- "Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." — Woody Guthrie http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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jacobsen
seeker
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I did my tax!
-------------------- But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy The man who made time, made plenty.
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Zoey
Broken idealist
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Giving thanks for a lovely GP.
-------------------- Pay no mind, I'm doing fine, I'm breathing on my own.
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Stercus Tauri
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A full year since the end of the cancer treatment, and down to six monthly social calls with the oncologist. Thank God for the gift of all those healing hands.
-------------------- Thay haif said. Quhat say thay, Lat thame say (George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal)
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Nanny Ogg
Ship's cushion
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Praise and thanksgiving for the craft and social group I go to each Wednesday, which has started a healing process with my depression, anxiety and panic attacks.
-------------------- Buy me a beer and I'm you friend forever
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Bene Gesserit
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Praise and Thanks for the Magnificat at today's Evensong (Morley, First Service) - it was so beautiful I was nearly crying
-------------------- Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
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Huia
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YaY internet and phone finally connected and running (probably also to the relief of all who are sick of my repetitive TICTH posts about Vodaphone in Hell).
No more dinosaur dial-up. (My nephew's term for it).
Huia
-------------------- Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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Brenda Clough
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My daughter, a captain in the US Army, returned today to the US from a nine-month tour in Afghanistan. She is now on her way to her home in Tennessee.
-------------------- Science fiction and fantasy writer with a Patreon page
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Yay!
-------------------- I cannot expect people to believe “ 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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Lothlorien
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When Miss M, my granddaughter, was diagnosed with leukaemia at the very beginning of the year, she was really ill. She is making progress in treatment and is on a maintenance dose for most of the next two years. Hair is beginning to slowly return.
Tomorrow is her tenth birthday! I am very grateful.
-------------------- Buy a bale. Help our Aussie rural communities and farmers. Another great cause needing support The High Country Patrol.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: When Miss M, my granddaughter, was diagnosed with leukaemia at the very beginning of the year, she was really ill. She is making progress in treatment and is on a maintenance dose for most of the next two years. Hair is beginning to slowly return.
Tomorrow is her tenth birthday! I am very grateful.
Great news
-------------------- 'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.' Douglas Adams Dog Activity Monitor My shop
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Piglet
Islander
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Excellent news about Cubby and Miss M.
And my job contract's been extended until Christmas, and possibly beyond - further
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Wonderful news Lothlorien. Happy birthday to Miss M.
-------------------- "Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." — Woody Guthrie http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Lucia
Looking for light
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Very relieved and thankful that having left our laptop to dry out for four days after the gin and tonic spill on it I turned it on today and it seems to be working ok!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I have recently become a Great-Uncle for the 9th time! I have also become an Honorary Great Uncle to the daughter of a young woman from our village.
All doing well.
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. 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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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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quote: Originally posted by Welease Woderwick: I have recently become a Great-Uncle for the 9th time! I have also become an Honorary Great Uncle to the daughter of a young woman from our village.
All doing well.
And I am a great aunt! My niece had a baby boy today after a protracted labour and a C section. He is 8lbs 7oz which is big for our family.
-------------------- "Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." — Woody Guthrie http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Piglet
Islander
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Congratulations Great-uncle Wodders and Great-auntie TB!
-------------------- I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander. alto n a soprano who can read music
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tessaB
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Thanks be to God for a wonderful weekend. Two nights in a hotel with husband and autistic son could have been a disaster but wasn't (son slept beautifully for a change) Sponsored walk for National Autistic Society could have resulted in meltdown from son due to so many small children but he really enjoyed it. And finally the afternoon at ThomasLand was just fantastic fun. God really looks after us!
-------------------- tessaB eating chocolate to the glory of God Holiday cottage near Rye
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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My heart catherization last week showed no blockages, or problems, thanks be to God. But it wasn't the easy and no-discomfort thing I was told it would be. I think someone forgot to give me the knock-out drops!
-------------------- Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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My three-years-and a half great-great niece visited me and it was such a pleasure to meet her and play with her. I got a blown kiss at the end of the evening from a very tired little girl.
-------------------- Even more so than I was before
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