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Thread: Praise and Thanksgiving 2015
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L'organist
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Bit of nail-biting here: second son should have had result today but nothing in the post ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
Poor cherub is convinced he's failed or only got a third and is drifting around the house maundering on about working as a postman.
I now declare it GIN O'CLOCK, purely for medicinal purposes naturally.
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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moonfruit
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I'm all for Gin O'Clock, as long as I can keep it with Pimms ![[Biased]](wink.gif) Fingers crossed for your son, L'organist.
I am grateful indeed for all the people who support me in so many ways, and who are helping me inch my way towards wholeness.
[ 27. June 2015, 17:51: Message edited by: moonfruit ]
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All I know is that you came and made beauty from my mess.
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L'organist
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Yippee - another 2:1.
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Welease Woderwick
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Brilliant - congrats from me!
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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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Piglet
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And from me - well done Junior Organist! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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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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L'organist
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We're having a blow-out meal this evening - or maybe just a Chinese takeaway with lots of GIN before and beer with
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Sir Kevin
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Today Zeke had a long interview and was offered a full-time job teaching English literature and language arts. She plans to accept it and it's not far from home!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Piglet
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Well done Zeke!
Now you'll be able to be kept "in the style what you'd like to get accustomed to", as a friend of D's used to say. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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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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L'organist
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Hearty congrats, Sir Kevin!
The only advice I'd give is that you go easy on the celebratory gin - and I wish I'd followed my own advice last night ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Sir Kevin
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Drinking water just now - no gin! I did take her out to dinner last night.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Japes
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Congratulations to Zeke!!!
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neandergirl
Opposing the thumb
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Yay! for all the yay!
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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basso
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Great news, Zeke! Hallelujah!
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Kelly Alves
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Hoooraaay!
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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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The Intrepid Mrs S
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In addition to all the other excitement in her life, The Former Miss S (Intrepid as ever) has just heard she passed the last hurdle towards her M.A. in Defence Studies!
![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
Yay, yay and a thousand times yay! especially as she dropped out of her first degree after a term*
*literally - fell off a climbing wall and broke a vertebra
The Truly Grateful, Thankful Mrs S
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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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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Thanks Loth - trying not to crow to people in RL*(too much ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) ) so I'm happy to be able to celebrate here.
* just at the moment, everything's coming up Milhouse (cf. the Simpsons) but it isn't this good for everyone, I know that
Mrs. S, steering her head sideways through doors
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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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rolyn
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For the kindness and acceptance of my extended family.
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Change is the only certainty of existence
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jacobsen
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Deeply thankful that my other hip replacement has gone as well as the first one. Am home and learning to walk on two sticks. ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
Even more grateful to the friends who are rallying round to help me through the recovery period.
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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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Piglet
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Great news, Jacobsen - may your recovery be swift and complete! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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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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Diomedes
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R continues to make progress after his eye operation. Yesterday he reached a major milestone and read the newspaper with the aid of a magnifying glass. Then he spent time sorting out some research notes on his computer. Increasing the font size 200% makes enough difference for him to work fairly normally, which it hadn't done up to now. Things are still improving slowly so we hope for even more. We could not be more grateful.
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Distrust simple answers to complicated questions
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Lothlorien
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That is wonderful news and to be able to use computer and to read, albeit with a magnifying glass, would be so encouraging.
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Buy a bale. Help our Aussie rural communities and farmers. Another great cause needing support The High Country Patrol.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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((Diomedes and R)) what wonderful news!
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.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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Chamois
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My friend and colleague L has got a new job! She has been deeply unhappy in her current job and this looks like a wonderful opportunity for her.
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Erroneous Monk
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Thank you, Father, for the local Baptists and their wonderful annual summer play-scheme. It's really well attended this year and the children seem to be having a great time.
Bless their church and its community.
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And I shot a man in Tesco, just to watch him die.
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jacobsen
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Yesterday my consultant told me I could drive again! Rather sooner than expected. many, many thanks!
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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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Nicolemr
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My brother is alive and well.
Last night he was the victim of an armed robbery, in his role as unarmed security guard for a construction site. His security booth was rushed, he was pistol whipped, hit on the head, thrown on the ground and tied up, had his wallet and car key (but not his car) and all the money in his bank account stolen (which he'll get back from the bank) but he is ALIVE. There are no words to express my gratitude for that fact.
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On pilgrimage in the endless realms of Cyberia, currently traveling by ship. Now with live journal!
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Piglet
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Crikey, Nicole. Prayers ascending for his recovery (and the apprehension of the scumbags who attacked him).
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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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Lia
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Giving thanks for a couple of possible job openings after a long and soul-destroying search.
Not sure whether they will turn into real offers, but just having some hope of a change on the horizon has made huge difference to my mood and outlook on life.
I have not felt this happy for years - I am conscious of how fragile the feeling is, but for now, I will drink it in and be grateful
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neandergirl
Opposing the thumb
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Thanks be for other half's important travel docs being found in the nick of time!
Yay! for all the yay!
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Brenda Clough
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Astonished and pleased to have sold a short story. And it is a reprint, which means very little work had to be done!
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Deeply thankful for the kindness of a friend, who went out of her way to do something lovely for (wholly undeserving) me
Thank you God for S
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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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Diomedes
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R has spent the last two weeks completely rebuilding our computer home network. This has involved removing and replacing all kinds of component parts, installing new software etc etc. His close sight has gradually returned to pre-operation acuity, against all the odds - Thank you God for a miracle of healing and recovery.
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Distrust simple answers to complicated questions
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Sarasa
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Diomedes, that is so good to hear.
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'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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Piglet
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Glad to hear it, Diomedes.
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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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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Brilliant! Great news.
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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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jacobsen
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Giving thanks for a quite unexpected opening as a part-time bnb host! It's partly the relief of having another source of earnings, but also the pleasure of youngsters in their 20s coming and going, to their intern sessions, holidays and job interviews. It's all most enlivening. I may not always understand yoof, but I do like them.
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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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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Great news!
quote:
Originally posted by jacobsen:
...I may not always understand yoof, but I do like them.
I feel like that, too.
If the new job helps you to understand them then please share.
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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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Piglet
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Well done, Jacobsen, and all the best!
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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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Sioni Sais
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*****************Yay!******************
We are grandparents!
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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rolyn
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Congratulations Sioni.
Thanks greatly for son getting a job directly compatible to his adult education course. And for securing decent lodgings in a highly sought-after area outside London.
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Change is the only certainty of existence
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neandergirl
Opposing the thumb
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Yay for all the yay!
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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