Today's Quote
Some pursue happiness, others create it.
-Anonymous
Monday, March 14, 2005
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Wow... more neat days.....
Friday, Austyn spent the day with us.. and we had a blast. Then, Saturday, due to illness in the family, we got to see Jon and Randi and Kaitlyn along with Jake and Heather and Andrew for part of Heather's Birthday, and today, we get to see the rest of the family for the rest of Heather's Birthday. Paul has been home sick with the flu.. so we are doing it this way!! Will post some pics from yesterday online and from today later on.. have a great day!
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
-Thornton Wilder
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
-Thornton Wilder
Friday, March 11, 2005
Hayden Howard's Birthday....
Hayden Howard's Birthday in Topeka, KS. at Chuckie Cheese..... Happy B'day Hayden!!!!
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-Walter Bagehot
Thursday, March 10, 2005
I think I am going to live....
Guess that's the case. This is the first day in more than a week that I have woke up and not had wet eyes... wow.. how cool! I got this virus in my lungs and I felt like I was drowning... and after setting through Dad's dealy.. it was a bit scarey.... I never had anything quite like it.. my lungs were full of junk and I could cough up hands full of this yuck.. and every breathe was a wheeze instead of easy.. and labored.. Then it went to the lining on the outside of my head.. and it hurt to breathe.. ect.. you get the pic.. but hopefully, that is past.
Austyn has a skit at school this am and Phil is on the way to see him in it.. he is carrying the flag, *I think he said... Jake is out feeding cattle, Ann and I are better, we think, and all is well in the world.. have a 76 degree day coming soon, Sat. I think.. how wonderful that is.. it's about time to start farming again.. love the first earth turned smell..... but alas, by the end of summer, I am ready to quite for a bit.. haha..
We have a family who keeps their kiddos calves here with us for showing and they have done quite well this spring in the livestock shows. They are to wonderful young ladys who fight like two sisters, and get along like to sisters..haha.. Jake is taking them over Saturday morning to meet Fred Shultz and look at his great livestock. I think Saturday, the family is getting together to celebrate the birth of Heather Ann and the anniversary of Phil and Tammy. Twill be another wonderful family moment!!
All I know for now.. Have a great day!!
Austyn has a skit at school this am and Phil is on the way to see him in it.. he is carrying the flag, *I think he said... Jake is out feeding cattle, Ann and I are better, we think, and all is well in the world.. have a 76 degree day coming soon, Sat. I think.. how wonderful that is.. it's about time to start farming again.. love the first earth turned smell..... but alas, by the end of summer, I am ready to quite for a bit.. haha..
We have a family who keeps their kiddos calves here with us for showing and they have done quite well this spring in the livestock shows. They are to wonderful young ladys who fight like two sisters, and get along like to sisters..haha.. Jake is taking them over Saturday morning to meet Fred Shultz and look at his great livestock. I think Saturday, the family is getting together to celebrate the birth of Heather Ann and the anniversary of Phil and Tammy. Twill be another wonderful family moment!!
All I know for now.. Have a great day!!
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Does God Exist?
Does God Exist?
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt!
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber and I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
If you think God exists, send this to other people---If you think God does not exist, delete it!
BE BLESSED AND BE A BLESSING !!!!
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt!
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber and I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
If you think God exists, send this to other people---If you think God does not exist, delete it!
BE BLESSED AND BE A BLESSING !!!!
As a father, I have failed the test.......
As a father, I have failed the test. I forgot to mention that Wednesday is Heather Ann Moffat Blankinship's 32nd Birthday and the day is special to another family of Moffat's as well. It is also Phillip and Tammy Moffat's 13 Anniversary of their Wedding. We wish you all the best and many many more. I think there is a family get to gether coming up soon to celebrate, so maybe I will be forgiven, hopefully, ???
Friday, March 04, 2005
Has been a week among weeks... haha...
Seems like only yesterday, think I have heard this one before.. haha!!
What a week. Ann sick, me sick, cows out on wheat when not supposed to be, our own house dog ran away from us overnight, Zoe went to spend the night a the neighbors... Truck not running right, beautiful weather, mom has back ache and now this am she has an unexplained black eye!! hummmmmmmmmm.... and on and on. Jake is heading up to the farm to work with Uncle Mike tomorrow so we will not have him this weekend and this is the week that the fat pigs that Paul was feeding out, with Andrew's help, went to the butchers.. haha.. guess you can guess where this story is headed, yelp, Andrew wants to know where his pigs are and he is MAD!!! Plus Dad had Grandpa Roy's trailer and he was not supposed to have it.. and on and on.. Andrew, our little ole 85 year old three year old... Ann is home today, but received a job at 4:30 pm yesterday that is a rush job so she has been on the phone trying to help get it out most of the morning.
I am heading out to work on fence when Jake gets back with the truck and my claw hammer! We only own one, so have to share!
This has also been a week for geese... everywhere!! thousands of them and they can mow off a wheat field in nothing flat. I saw this for the first time last two days. The wheat field of ours that is across the fence from the pond on this quarter was about three inches tall, and in two days.. clear to the ground!! They are unbelievable in their ablility to mow it off!!
Heard someone has an anniversay this coming Wednesday, March 9th... and someone else has a birthday on that same date.. right??? Phillip and Tammy will be married 13 years.. getting married in 1992.. and ole Heather, Madison's mom, a 1973 model will be 32 on that same date, goodness Heather is that right???
All for now, enjoy the day....
What a week. Ann sick, me sick, cows out on wheat when not supposed to be, our own house dog ran away from us overnight, Zoe went to spend the night a the neighbors... Truck not running right, beautiful weather, mom has back ache and now this am she has an unexplained black eye!! hummmmmmmmmm.... and on and on. Jake is heading up to the farm to work with Uncle Mike tomorrow so we will not have him this weekend and this is the week that the fat pigs that Paul was feeding out, with Andrew's help, went to the butchers.. haha.. guess you can guess where this story is headed, yelp, Andrew wants to know where his pigs are and he is MAD!!! Plus Dad had Grandpa Roy's trailer and he was not supposed to have it.. and on and on.. Andrew, our little ole 85 year old three year old... Ann is home today, but received a job at 4:30 pm yesterday that is a rush job so she has been on the phone trying to help get it out most of the morning.
I am heading out to work on fence when Jake gets back with the truck and my claw hammer! We only own one, so have to share!
This has also been a week for geese... everywhere!! thousands of them and they can mow off a wheat field in nothing flat. I saw this for the first time last two days. The wheat field of ours that is across the fence from the pond on this quarter was about three inches tall, and in two days.. clear to the ground!! They are unbelievable in their ablility to mow it off!!
Heard someone has an anniversay this coming Wednesday, March 9th... and someone else has a birthday on that same date.. right??? Phillip and Tammy will be married 13 years.. getting married in 1992.. and ole Heather, Madison's mom, a 1973 model will be 32 on that same date, goodness Heather is that right???
All for now, enjoy the day....
From Joanna and Clinton, Sunday School Lessons....
STORY OF ELIJAH
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the
altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces, and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now," said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, "I know! I know!" she said, "To make the gravy!"
LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Johnny interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was DRIVING," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described
the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama. Then, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?"
A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."
DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?"
"No," replied Johnny. "How could he, with just two worms."
HIGHER POWER
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Nine year old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school.
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked.
"Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Bobby was excited about the task -- but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Bobby was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd and that's all I need to know.
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the
altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces, and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now," said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, "I know! I know!" she said, "To make the gravy!"
LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Johnny interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was DRIVING," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described
the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama. Then, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?"
A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."
DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?"
"No," replied Johnny. "How could he, with just two worms."
HIGHER POWER
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Nine year old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school.
"Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he used his walkie-talkie to radio headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked.
"Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Bobby was excited about the task -- but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Bobby was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd and that's all I need to know.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily.
-Zig Ziglar
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily.
-Zig Ziglar
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
-Vesta M. Kelly
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
-Vesta M. Kelly
Monday, February 28, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Happiness does not come from doing what you want, but wanting what you do.
Happiness does not come from doing what you want, but wanting what you do.
was thinking about where everyone was from when I woke up this am..
I was thinking where all the folks were from that were present Saturday. Small crowd, but lots of places... Ingalls, Roff, Mehan, Stillwater, El Reno, Perkins, Norman, and Perkins. Anyway..... Today is Uncle Ivan's official Birthday... So Happy Official Birthday - Uncle Ivan! And many many more!!!
Enjoy the day!!
Enjoy the day!!
Sunday, February 27, 2005
What a wonderful day yesterday was!!
What a wonderful day we had yesterday! Ann is not feeling very good health wise, nor am I, but what a wonderful day yesterday was. Started with the sun shining, that was great! Then Andrew and Heather came to our home about an hour before we left for OKC, and
Andrew and I played games on the computer and he is very good at it, beating his grandpa all to pieces! Then we had a great trip to OKC, and when we arrived at The Olive Garden, it was about 5 mins and they had us seated, and we were a big group for them! Everyone arrived, including the Birthday Boy himself, Uncle Ivan! Later we learned that both Cousin Clinton and myself have Birthdays in Feb. too. We had an awesome lunch. Uncle Ivan opened his cards and presents, and we had a great visit!! All my kiddos showed up!! All our grandkids showed up! What a truly amazing time!! It's not everyday you get to visit with everyone and your family too! Austyn and Andrew got along great, and so did Kaitlyn. Madison didn't kick her mom too much so Heather got to eat! Kaitlyn was great so Randi and Jon got to eat. Tammy and Phil got to enjoy the time with the boys playing great! And Jake and I got to eat some good food and visit with others!! So all in all, great time. Those there were Uncle Ivan, Aunt Freda, Cousin Joanna and Clinton, Marilyn, Mom, Jonathan and Randi and Kaitlyn Moffat, Heather Blankinship and Andrew, Jake, Ann and I, and Tammy and Phil and Austyn Moffat! What a deal! Uncle Ivan wore his crown while he ate. He is such a trooper!! And we ate and ate!! Then home, with no problems, and a nice spring day in Feb. comes to an end! If mom would have had her new ears, it would have been complete!
Enjoy the day! New pictures are online too. No video from yesterday, I forgot to do that, guess it will be next time!!
Andrew and I played games on the computer and he is very good at it, beating his grandpa all to pieces! Then we had a great trip to OKC, and when we arrived at The Olive Garden, it was about 5 mins and they had us seated, and we were a big group for them! Everyone arrived, including the Birthday Boy himself, Uncle Ivan! Later we learned that both Cousin Clinton and myself have Birthdays in Feb. too. We had an awesome lunch. Uncle Ivan opened his cards and presents, and we had a great visit!! All my kiddos showed up!! All our grandkids showed up! What a truly amazing time!! It's not everyday you get to visit with everyone and your family too! Austyn and Andrew got along great, and so did Kaitlyn. Madison didn't kick her mom too much so Heather got to eat! Kaitlyn was great so Randi and Jon got to eat. Tammy and Phil got to enjoy the time with the boys playing great! And Jake and I got to eat some good food and visit with others!! So all in all, great time. Those there were Uncle Ivan, Aunt Freda, Cousin Joanna and Clinton, Marilyn, Mom, Jonathan and Randi and Kaitlyn Moffat, Heather Blankinship and Andrew, Jake, Ann and I, and Tammy and Phil and Austyn Moffat! What a deal! Uncle Ivan wore his crown while he ate. He is such a trooper!! And we ate and ate!! Then home, with no problems, and a nice spring day in Feb. comes to an end! If mom would have had her new ears, it would have been complete!
Enjoy the day! New pictures are online too. No video from yesterday, I forgot to do that, guess it will be next time!!
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
-Rumi
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
-Rumi
Saturday, February 26, 2005
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