Copying and pasting worked. Cute baby, dog, and mini. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

On that visit to Starbucks, we had seven MINIs show up. Right before I exchanged Elvis for a Ford Escape, our MINI club met at a local parking lot. SIXTEEN MINIS all in a row. I didnt have a camera with me and didnt get a picture of it from another motorer.

I followed your example and uploaded some Shadow and Logan to yahoo. ONe is my almost 18 year old playing with the baby. I had forgotten about it. I must have been using yahoo photos at one time, because I was a little taken aback at one album which had pictures of H and my daughter in Guam. He sent these pics to his OW. I hate finding landmines when I least expect them! As Mimi would say, "ICK!"

Hope this works:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mojodiva99/album?.dir=45d5

Thanks Trix!

Very cute!!

Trading a MINI for a Ford Escape! What were you thinking!!

Okay, this is a personal confession. Please don't tell anyone....

I've ACTUALLY been looking at Thunderbirds. I've got to admit that I really LOVED that car and I miss it...a lot. I'll check out others (like the MINI, Volvo, BMW, and Saab) before I do anything drastic. But...I really liked the T-bird.

Is there anyone who thinks that would be just too mean and cruel and I shouldn't get one JUST BECAUSE?

Georgia

Georgia-
Don't take this the wrong way. Don't let your ex-wife control your decisions! If you want a T-bird and can afford it, get your T-bird! You didnt know what kind of financial shape you'd be in, hence the swapping of cars, but that's behind you now. Heck, I don't think its mean at all! To me, its karma!

We traded for a Ford Escape because I became pregnant after purchasing the MINI. We have our almost 18 year old, our 11 year old daughter and now the baby. Our second vehicle is a really old Ford Aerostar with no air conditioning. We do miss our MINI though... terribly. I will purchase one when we get back from our next overseas duty. In about four years. HAH!

Mojo and Georgia:

Thank you for your interest in my newfound PUPPY adventure...

I am thinking VERY SERIOUSLY about the Diva/Goddess Dog...

I told my H last night about your stories and he seemed VERY INTERESTED..

This is a man who said that he would "never" have an "inside" dog...

He said, "Mimi..they say it is a LAP DOG"...

I said, "That means SHE needs to stay inside.."

He didn't say NO WAY...

I thanked him for discovering this for me...

IT WAS HIS IDEA, AFTER ALL...

Sooo..we'll see...

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Mimi -

When we have a family get together with the inclusion of dogs (Jeb, the Diva Granddog, my "other" granddog (#2DIL's dog - hard to describe "mutt") and my parents Rat Terrier), well DIVA DOG just kinda hides and LOOKS at the others like she pities them. It's like they're the commoners who romp and play with one another...but not her. She's WAY too good to actual associate with "DOGS".

Of course, I do blame my son for somewhat spoiling her.

A Shih Tzu would look good curled up on a Toga looking down upon her subjects.

Georgia

I was just thinking:

"My H and I have never had a DOG TOGETHER"

That's funny....

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FGG wrote: "However (not a criticism, just an observation) I am amazed at how little she knows of the Bible. Things that most church-going folks seem to take for granted is new to her. And when I started the home Bible study, she said she had been wanting to come to learn about what the Bible says. Just about any verse we read seems new and fresh to her. Comments? (I'm not arguing, just curious why that seems to be that way...or am I over-generalizing?)."

Since you ask, FGG, I do think you are generalizing to a degree. But, unfortunately, you are not wrong either.

As Mimi wrote, my Catholic parents and grandparents knew scripture inside and out. We read and prayed as a family every evening. All the Catholic people I grew up with knew scripture very well. Almost all my Catholic friends do, too.

But, since leaving college and entering the wide world I have indeed run into so many Catholics who do not read scripture at all it is embarrassing at times. Several priests I know say the same thing. Too many Catholics are willing to let the Church do their reading for them. But that is not what the church wants, and things are changing especially here in the USA. The number of Bible study classes at parishes in this diocese has increased ten fold in the past decade.

OTOH, I bet the over-all incidence of non-bible reading nominal Catholics isn’t that much different a percentage from what I can find within any of the larger Christian denominations. JMO. But, as Catholics we are held to a higher standard. Don’t know why, just seems that way. But that is OK with me. I and all the practicing Catholics I know want to be held to the highest standards there are.

Perhaps part of the difference here is I am a practicing Catholic. I attend Mass, receive the sacraments, read the Bible and involve myself in parish activities. A lot of people who call themselves Catholic are rather fair-weather, not all that Mass attending, haven’t received the sacraments in years kind of Catholic. They all have an excuse, too. (I’m praying for them, though.) But also, it is the largest denomination in the world, so expect a larger number of obvious less-than perfect members, or people who call themselves members but really aren’t.

A related issue is just being so big and world-wide. There are many differences in the way dioceses operate in different countries. There are differences in emphasis, rites, and what is important to the communities at different times. These differences sometimes appear contradictory or are misunderstood but there are no differences in universal fundamentals. I think there are far fewer important differences within the Catholic Church around the world than I see among the spectrum of Protestant denominations just in the USA.


OK, I’m doing what precisely what I said I would not – lecture, pontificate, apologize and argue. I am not really qualified to explain much of anything. I don't know if I even answered your question FGG. But I need to stop now, before I really step in something. I will just close by saying my Catholic faith has carried me through the darkest times of the worst waking nightmare I never imagined. I don’t need to defend it. It works. It is exactly right for me. I guess I have to admit I think it is exactly right for most other people, too. But that isn’t really my call and I try to stay out of such discussions.

With prayers,

But Aphelion...

You are helping me..

Maybe I am generalizing here, too..

However, you represent what is appealing to me about the Catholic church...

The folks that I know that are DEVOUT CATHOLICS..like yourself..like my now deceased grandmother..seem to embody genuine Christianity...

You seem to be a kind,humble, contemplative, caring sort of guy...

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I think the paradox for me is this. It seems to me that most "nominal" Protestants I know who don't know scripture ALSO demonstrate a lifestyle that reflects that.

However, (leaning on this one acquintance I have), this lady is a strong, outgoing, dynamic Christian who seems to know very, very little about the Bible. She even brings a Bible to our Bible study that is something she seems to have hardly ever looked at, doesn't know what version it is (KJV or other). BUT....the first time I met her she was telling me about the Lord within minutes of us learning each others names.

I'm not sure what to make of that...so I guess I'm just scratching my head as much as asking a question.

Georgia

What about all the the folks in my former church who knew the Scriptures frontwards and backwards and DID NOT demonstrate such in their lifestyle?

You live in a more ORDERED community/world than mine is...

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HYPOCRITS....

Georgia;

I can tell you this for sure, too..

There's a lot of Baptists that do not know Scripture....

In teaching Sunday School, there's lots of kids in my church whose families did not own Bibles...

Georgia, have you been sheltered?

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Mimi...I can assure you that I've not been sheltered.

Please notice that I DIDN'T say that those who read / knew the Bible acted accordingly. Unfortunately, there seems to be A LOT of dogmatic church members (and I'll offend some by saying that I think Baptists have the market cornered on this) who know scripture but seem to understand the LAW but have never heard of the word GRACE. Sad, IMO.

But, what I said was that folks who DIDN'T know scripture generally (not always) had a lifestyle likewise.

I guess maybe my thoughts could be clarified by saying that I have NEVER met a Protestant (of any denom.) who was significantly ignorant of the Bible, yet was leading an obviously Spirit filled life.

That is the inconsistance that I am trying to describe.

Georgia

P.S. - What S.S. age did you teach?

"I have NEVER met a Protestant (of any denom.) who was significantly ignorant of the Bible, yet was leading an obviously Spirit filled life."

The semantics are confusing me. How about the contrapositive:

People ignorant of the Bible do not lead spirit-filled lives.

Is that what you mean?

Added: I'd have to disagree, though. For just one counter example, one of the most ethical and spiritual people I have never met is on these boards, and he claims to be agnostic.

Sorry, I also have to add, FWW and OM both read and know the Bible quite well. They both taught SS for a period during their LTA. They even did their lesson plans together! Where does this fit?

Yes, that is what I am trying to say.

Man...what a day!

Well, I now have no one working for me (a rebel without a cause?). It's been a hard day.

In other news.....my attorney called and said he has received a copy of the order written up with xW's attorney. She has sent it to him for his review, then he is supposed to sign it and send it to the judge for final approval.

However, he said he has some disagreements with it and thinks she is "trying to sneak some stuff in". He asked me to meet him at 9:00 AM tomorrow and go over this with him.

Sigh...why does this have to be so hard?

Oh well, have a good evening all.

Georgia

P.S. Busy night tonight of laundry, balancing checkbook, and wrapping presents.

Aphelion - Ethics and Spirituality are NOT the same thing as being a "born-again Christian." Is that what you are saying?

Certainly anyone choosing to try to live a "good" life is better than someone leading a debased lifestyle, on a "societal level." But it has nothing to do with whether or not they are saved.

Hi folks...

I've not been in a posting mood lately, but there is a lot of things going on in my life.

I'm totally off the Lexapro now and my emotional roller coaster is a better ride than the Georgia Cyclone at Six Flags. I cried through "Chronicles of Narnia" last night (I don't know why either...apparently I'm going totally crazy. I may start teaching pottery at an insane asylum soon).

Anyway, I'm going to update my life thread tomorrow morning as after tomorrow I'm gone until January 3 (from work, at least).

Georgia

Been missing your posts.Do let us know what is going on.

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