COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #93

Good morning all:

It's a cold 26 here and there have been snow flurries off and on since 2am. It was snowing hard when Vivian left this morning, but quit about an hour later. She said it tapered off the further North she went. So, we're hoping that's the end of it for a while.

Church attendance was way down yesterday. We usually run 45-50 people, and we only had 31. We had several of the SS teachers who weren't there and it was really disorganized. But, we made it through.

Hope ya'll have a wonderful day.

Bro. T

 

Good afternoon! The income tax papers are ready to mail to the accountant. WOOOHOOO!!!!

A friend from college came for a visit and we talked and talked and talked. It had been nearly 10 years since we had seen each other. She and her husband spent 2 years in Africa representing us through the International Mission Board (Is that what they call it now?)

Great time. She will return in a few weeks for another visit.Her husband is working here and she feels at loose ends because she doesn't have anything to do.

I didn't sleep well last night either and have not had time for a nap today.

Talk to you later.

Betty

 

Say, who is that young lady, masquerading as Lady Sue, one of the Moderator of this forum and the proprietor of the Common Ground Coffee House? It must be one of those body snatchers I tell you.

So, Gina. you think the shovels are heavier nowadays? But I have a super light shovel Dear....

Linda, I like your definition of "The Battle Hymn of the Believer!"

WOW Betty, that must have been a great fellowship with your friend. I remember my first trip back to my native country after 25 years. Those little kids whom I left behind got married and had their own kids.... what a shock it was to me. I felt like a fish outside the pond. Oh, how I can identify with you when you said, "...and we talked and talked and talked.

Well, good night all! And please someone find Lady Sue before the CGCH opens up in the morning.....

 

Barnabas, that must be Sue's much younger sister in that picture! Nice little dusting you down-staters got over the weekend. We got a measly foot on the Niagara Frontier. Nice to see snowmobiles in the church parking lot again. I'm afraid it looked like a church split inside. The Polaris folks were sitting on one side and the Ski-Doo folks were all on the other!

 

Morning all:

Just enough time to stop in for a few minutes. I will probably be taking a few weeks hiatus, checking in when I can here. Vivian and I are resigning our positions in our church and searching for another body of believers to worship with. The doctrinal differences have become far too many and the faithfulness of the people has become far less than what it should be with no accountability. The pastor search has started and the applications being considered aren't quite what most would consider pastoral material. So, we feel the Lord is telling us to move on quietly. We'll miss the people, but a love for the people isn't reason enough to stay if the doctrine isn't sound.

Pray you all have a wonderful Valentines Day!

 

Ah, so it is you after all Lady Sue! Did I say that I don't like the "real you?" Hum, I have to re-read my post again. I think I need a lesson on communication.... But hey, my fellow poster, Bro. padredurand, understood what I wanted to convey with no second guessing. So, Lady Sue why don't you read the following post and put two and two together. And while you are at it, I hope you will recover from your flu speedily! I did.

http://www.baptistboard.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/24/3683/3.html#000043

 

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

I bought myself a a pretty pink rose. It was kinda funny, people actually cheered when I bought it and they asked who it was for and I said it was for me. LOL I'm suprised more people don't do that. I wasn't trying to make a statement, they were pretty and I wanted one!

I wonder what that woman who married a dolphin is getting for a gift today. HA! A raw bloody tuna fish? YUM! Just like chocolate, only different, right?

Have a good day. I'm on here taking a break from writing about N*FTA. The next person to put something this complicated into action is gonna get HURT, by ME! I now declare that any new policies or agreements be one page only, consisting of a one paragraph introduction and a summary, followed by a numbered list of da rules, and that's IT! NOTHING ELSE! AGGGGHHHH!!!! AGGGGHHHH!!!! AGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!

Ok that's better.

Flowers and candy for all people who do NOT work in the Foreign Agricultural Services department.

 

All these updates on photos, I am getting a guilty feeling *gasp*, then I look in mirror and rather like the younger photo.........

Sue and Barnabas, your photos look lovely, in my opinion.

Cheers,

Jim

 

AW, how sweet Gina. I just got a pretty red carnation delivered personally from a sweet little kindergarten boy.

 

6 Dozen Doughnuts fresh from the grease!

1 Dozen Cake
2 Dozen Glazed
3 Dozen Assorted Powdered and Filled

Napkins are on the counter.

5 Carafe's Piping Hot Coffee
2 Carafe's Hot Chocolate
1 Carafe Hot Water for Tea or Hot Apple Cider.
1 Package of Thera-Flu for Sue. I know it tastes horrible, but it does seem to help. (You can get rid of the taste with a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate chaser!)

(all carafe's are appropriately labeled)

 

Standing Firm, you are doing a good job of keeping the offee House supplid with goodies!!


Tony, praying things will settle down quickly for you.

Sue, I like the new pic.

 

Folks---I'm gonna be the bearer of good news!!!

Spring is springing here in the Deep South!! I've got a Pear tree that is budding/blooming---and the Clover/Vetch is greening up real good!!

I've been working on my Garden Tractor---a International/Farmall Super A!! Giving it a tune-up---new spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, rotor, points and condenser and a new coil!! It'll be time to plant Sweet Corn in a few weeks----soon as it gets dry enough I'm gonna plow up my corn patch----soon as that happens the Sun will start warming up the soil. I'm gonna try to plant corn by March 1!!

How 'bout up north, Sue??? Can you see the ground yet or has the snow started melting???

 

With all due respect for your personage and parsonage, dear Brother Blackbird, on behalf of all of us who have the letters NY in our mailing address..... Shut up!



There's nitrogen in that snow! Of course we won't get sweet corn 'til it's sweater weather again.

 

Stopped by to fill up the coffee, Hot Chocolate and Hot Water carafe's.

Blessings to all.

Oh, and Sue. Here's another of those awful packs of Thera-Flu.

 

Evening All, Few days only lasted a couple which is fine with me. It's nice to know the Lord is still extra blessing this ole' country boy!! Went into work Mon. & they told us we had the week off...come back next Mon. I can't sign up cause of an ongoing dispute with the state employment agency over them saying they paid me too much on a check last year when I did draw for 2 weeks. I know they'll take it out of our state refund, but thats the only way they'll rob me.
Anyway got a call this afternoon from some Apts in Asheboro asking if we could clean a couple this week & if they like our work they'll use us regularly. We'll make more tomorrow than I would have drawn anyway! Thank You Lord!! My little Agee has spent all evening gettin' stuff together & forming a plan of attack. She's all excited about it. The property mngrs have 3 or 4 different complexes so it might be a good start & Asheboro is only 20 mi. up the road.
Thanks to ya'll that have said a prayer here & there for this!! Nice Valentines extra for Agee!
Now all I have to do is remember she's the President of the company & I'm...well...the rest of the staff!!
Be putting BH out shortly, I was late gettin' her this morning & she has slept ALL day, missed a beautiful 57 degree day. Supposed to be around 65 tomorrow.
Well ya all have a good nite & I'll be around sometime I reckon!