Wordless Wednesday (11/19)

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Lemonade Award

SoulBrush graciously gave me another award. This one is made by Laughing Wolf. I'm not sure what it means, or if I should do anything, but the thought is very appreciated.

Thanks gal! See ya in the funny papers!

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The Grape Escape

Here we go!! After much preparation and planning, The Grape Escape is here! Yay!



Reservations were made, packing was done, and I had my passport all ready as I wait for my special flight. This is my first passport, by the way. Except for visiting Canada, Mexico and Hawai'i I never been on foreign soil.




Greg showed up to fly me from my humble surroundings in Georgia to glamourous Italy. (Hubba Hubba)


Greg kinda messed up (he said I distracted him by looking in his eyes so much … aw well) and we ended up in Egypt!! Opps! My Bad! [blush]




So, we finally made it to Italy. Greg got in some reading and I caught up on some much needed rest …




... David Niven stopped by. So he and Greg squeezed in a little swimming while ....



… I took a little ride with a few of the locals … WAHOO!!!



Then y’all showed up …
OK, all these distractions had to stop and we stomped the grapes.
This is my first attempt at wine making.
Don’t worry, I washed my feet first, and it wasn’t even Saturday.



Hey, now that we’re done with the stomping, how about we tour the ruins?
Huh, can we? Huh?!
I want this to be my ride (those are Moto Guzzi‘s, by the way).



The always lovely and gracious Audrey showed up and said we had to get ready for the party … PARTY??!! OK!! There went my motorcycle tour.
Does anyone have a tiara I can borrow?
Mine is in the shop this week. (Along with my Lear Jet and Lamborghini ... yeaaaah, RIGHT!!)


I made the reservations for Vespas to convey all my bloggy friends.
Keep saying “Momentum is your friend …” and you’ll be fine.
I'll be in the rear where it's safer.

Hope you don’t mind, some of y’all may have to share.

Thought I’d better pop off a postcard to Sweetie back in the States. I already miss him so but he had to stay behind and babysit our three dogs.
(Thanks Vintage Postcards for the Picnik.com free on-line photo editing.)

Looks like this shindig has started! Might wanna hurry up ….

I’ll help pour the bubbly .. ! Let the unabashed imbibing begin!

Better keep Vodka Mom away from the bar. :o)

I haven't had this much fun since the world was young. Let’s do it again next year.

Thanks for inviting me Muse Swings.

Now if I can just find Greg so he can fly me home. I hope he doesn't take the long way around the barn again ....

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SC Priest: No Communion For Obama Supporters

This was sent to me by a very good christian internet friend who wishes to remain anonymous. The subject started over the internet article titled SC priest: No communion for Obama supporters. The article brought up some very good points and I thought this friend would enjoy the read.

So without any further ado and with her permission, I am posting her well written e-mail response. I am in total agreement with this letter.

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... it is good to see some Bishops standing up for their beliefs. Unfortunately, many of their parishioners are not of like mind. Goes hand in hand with the recent poll of "evangelical" Christians which showed that 57% of them do not believe that Jesus is the only way to God. A friend told me shortly after the election that exit polls showed that 70% of people who identify themselves as Christians voted for Obama. I told her I would bet the farm that 57% of that 70% are the ones who believe there are other paths to God besides Jesus. The other 13% are just misguided, or maybe all they heard was his "promise" to cut their taxes. Sadly all too many Americans focus on the small stuff [what are going to do for me?] and don't grasp the big picture that will affect their own futures. I think this goes back to the "depraved mind" Paul spoke of.

I enclosed "evangelical" in quotes because the meaning of the word has been changing over the years. It used to mean someone who was born again and believed in the tenets of Christianity and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Slowly, but surely, it is being applied to people who do not subscribe to the basic tenets of Christianity and whose churches have left Jesus outside [knocking on the door to be let in]. In the early years of the Internet [back in the days of DOS], I met two Christians on a Christian Bulletin Board. Even back then, Christianity was under attack by the Left. Christians were being demonized and there were certain words that the Left-wing press used derogatorily against us. Anyway, the three of us decided to accept the "derogatory" names that the Left was trying to demonize Christians with and so we christened ourselves the FRERs. It stood for Fundamentalist, Right-wing, Evangelical Radicals. LOL

One of the first things the Democrats want to do is to pass the so-called Hate Crimes Bill. In case you have never read this bill, it is specifically aimed at eliminating Christianity from America. Christianity claims that Jesus is the only way to God and the Muslims say that is so hateful it must be considered a hate crime against Islam. Yes, Islam is mentioned by name in this bill!!! Of course, the gays got in on the act, too. After all, declaring homosexuality a sin is hateful and must be considered a crime. Like, whatever happened to free speech? But you can see where we are headed [think "Orwell's thought police"].

Obama claims to be a Christian and, as far as I am concerned, this will the litmus test. "By their fruits ye shall know them." Ditto with the anti-"Fairness Doctrine." This originally came about back when there were very few radio channels and it was felt that all viewpoints should have an equal chance to be heard. But that no longer applies today since the advent of fiber optics, etc. However, the Liberals want to use it to silence their conservative opponents. If passed, it would effectively eliminate "talk radio" and radio and TV religious programming. The latter, however, might present a problem since other religions [notably Islam] are getting on TV here now ~ although conceivably the Christian networks could be forced to give equal time to proponents of other religions. But, with the Hate Crimes Bill, even if Christian TV Networks are able to stay on the air, they will not be able to preach the gospel or mention Jesus [after all, He claims to be the only way to God and that is just too hateful] or the Bible which contains the quintessential hate crime against the gays [just too hateful], so the Christian TV Networks could essentially be rendered ineffective.

If this bill passes, any pastor who preaches that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Him or that homosexuality is a sin or anything else someone might find "hateful" can be thrown into jail, fined and worse [as you know, this is already happening in other "previously Christian" countries]. Churches which continue to adhere to the gospel will lose their tax-exempt status [the reason the founding fathers insisted churches be exempt is because the power to tax is the power to destroy] and may even be forced to close down. Should that begin happening, it is my prediction that all the so-called Christians will bail and go to other, non-persecuted religions or none at all. As in separating the wheat from the chaff.

But we must always keep in mind that these two bills, particularly the Hate Crimes Bill, have one overriding purpose: to eliminate Christianity from America.

PS: One thing, though. I'm not sure I made the difference between the Fairness Doctrine and the Hate Crimes Bill clear. The Fairness Doctrine, as it stands now [but with politicians, things are always subject to change] is geared to radio [and conservative talk shows, specifically]. The Hate Crimes Bill is geared toward eliminating Christianity. Christianity, btw, is not specifically mentioned in the Hate Crimes Bill, but Islam is and one of their complaints is that is that no religion should be allowed to claim exclusivity. In other words, it is hate speech for a religion to claim it is the only true religion and thereby consigning the adherents of other religions to hell. What is really irritating about this is that Islam also claims to be the only true religion. Either the Liberals don't know anything about Islam or they don't care because they are only interested in getting rid of Christianity ... or both.

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FYI: Genealogy Buff News

As you all know, I enjoy family genealogy. Does anyone else 'subscribe' to the web site Genealogy Buff? It's a free service through the Yahoo! Groups feature. The gentleman that runs the site, Bill Cribbs, has transcribed and placed on-line thousands of pages of wonderful genealogy information. Plus, he links to much of the Rootsweb sites for free. I use his site quite often.

I recently received an e-mail from Genealogy Buff that more info has been added:

NORTH CAROLINA - Craven County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
MISSISSIPPI - Lauderdale County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TENNESSEE - Unicoi County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TENNESSEE - Lake County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
WASHINGTON - Chelan County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
CALIFORNIA - Ventura County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
ILLINOIS - Lawrence County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
ILLINOIS - Saline County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
COLORADO - Park County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
WASHINGTON - Island County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
ARKANSAS - Pope County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TEXAS - Collin County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TEXAS - Dallas County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TEXAS - Hutchinson County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
FLORIDA - Pasco County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TENNESSEE - Coffee County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
TENNESSEE - McMinn County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
NORTH CAROLINA - Wake County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
FLORIDA - Suwannee County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
ALABAMA - Mobile Area - Miscellaneous Obituaries
MICHIGAN - Oakland County - Miscellaneous Obituaries
LOUISIANA - St. Mary Parish - Miscellaneous Obituaries
GEORGIA - Cherokee & Cobb Counties - Miscellaneous Obituaries
OREGON - Lake County - Miscellaneous Obituaries

Bill states that the above information is in the User-Contributed Data Forum at http://www.genealogybuff.com/ucd/webbbs_config.pl .

Of course, there's much, much more at the site. If you don't use it already, I would suggest checking it out. Be sure to bookmark the site as new information is added frequently.

Enjoy!

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Here Comes The Sun ...

It has been gloomy and overcast here for a couple of days. Last night was a heck of a storm. The wind took it's liberities with the place. I've got limbs to pick up today. The noise woke me up around 2 AM-ish. We almost lost power a couple of times. This morning, the sun decided to show up! Yay!

It's a glorious day in paradise.

I hope everybody else is having enjoyable weather and a happy weekend.

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Funny Friday Motivational Poster

I just couldn't resist the poke.

It's an inside joke.

Notice the wheels don't have spokes.

(I'm a poet and don't know it ...
I mean REALLY don't know it!!)

(Deepest apologies to any golfing aficionados
and budding poets.)

Have a good'en y'all!

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