GingerGolden

I agree, if it's my fence and I wanted it painted, I'd paint it. However, if you think it would only cause you more problems, leave it as it is. I also agree with having the local government check out the tree. Cutting down a mostly dead tree will not cost as much as having to replace pieces and parts of your home if the tree falls as well as any danger to life and limb of your family.

... and what may be true for some, may not be true for others... Depending of course on the subject.

Whoa! Wow, just another reason to count it a blessing to be raised Military, even though it was hard, although I suppose gaining a 139 IQ is helpful too. I wasn't raised to be nor have I adopted a discriminating and racist point of view when it comes to anyone and everyone and I will never encourage such in my children. We are all the same, no matter what! At least that's the way I see things and it is so liberating not to have to stand against a wall or in a box with a lot of others. Thank you GOD & Daddy as well as Mother! LOL! And we're southerners... Well, our family, I suppose Heavenly Father would be Universal, but I bet he'd love the south!

As far as the lady in the OP, well, this is merely my opinion, but her life belongs to her, what she sees fit to do with it is her own freedom to use her own free agency to do with as she wishes. If that is her wish, then I respect what she wants. Would I encourage her? Of course not!

Here's a couple of links that may be safe enough to place here without being chewed up to badly by anyone here I hope.Easter Eggs: Pagan or Not? Easter, a Christian festival, embodies many pre-Christian traditions.

Dan, if you put up some installation, you could keep the temperatures in better control up there couldn't you? It would also help to keep the rest of your house either warm or cool as well. If you didn't want to put insulation up in the whole attic, maybe you could come up with some type of design for a small compartment of some sort. If not, I suppose you could always store water up there...

Well, the only scripting techniques I've ever used pertained to stories and dialog, so I guess you got me beat there...

I've learned to live with it. My mind is definitely faster than dial up! I get bored or frustrated while waiting, but it hasn't killed me yet. It does help to click open in a new window sometimes, not sure why that is...

Hmmm... Maybe Jesus was intelligent enough not to try to throw a bunch of individual spirits into a prefabricated box, (you know, that old box that mere mortals seem to put someone in when they don't really know them or just judge them unfairly for some UN-enlightened reason or another.)because of their looks, their clothing, their associates or their habits. Jesus had a heart good enough to look past or through all the material things in life in order to see, know and realize the Spirits Inside and not just the the outer covering or the hidden habits or even the wicked ways. He wasn't prejudice of others, he didn't discriminate against others unfairly. He Loved! Jesus had Heart, more than any before or since.

hmmm... I can understand how you feel about not wanting to make it seem as though some type of manipulation. After 3 children, surely he knows what a positive pregnancy test stick looks like. Show it to him and talk with him as soon as you find out if it's positive. Personally, I think that would be better than withholding the information. Knowing all the information or having all the cards laid out on the table is essential to making the best decisions, don't you think? However, follow your heart.

I just want to make a small note here, that my car is fixed. Had 2 or 3 fellows only look at it, and one who I really wish had never touched it, cause he wound up playing monkey with my 1991 Buick Regal Limited Edition factory installed battery cables. If I'd have known what he was planning to do before he did it, I'd have run him away from my car. (Gals, think twice if you ever come across someone who wants to play mechanic with a pocket knife and a role of electrical tape.) The day was saved however by a 24 year old girl and her 11 month old baby. She came out here, found the problem, took me to town and then replaced my starter for me. I also had to buy a new battery. The car goes zoom, zoom, Zooooooom!

Really?Hmmm... I must have missed that somewhere, but I have a sneaky feeling it must have come from something the donkey said...

(((Mahone))) Bless Your Heart!

Oh and this had made me remember some of a child's song from long ago. Not sure what anyone here may think of it, but here it is. Sorry, it's been a long long time and I just can't remember the words between the blue and the yellow. It's a song we use to sing while riding the VBS bus.

I've done some studies in mythology, pagan religions and the wheel or circle of the year. I can't remember right off the top of my head. But every color has a special meaning and color vibration. For instance, Blue is a healing color. Here we go: Red - courage and sacrifice Orange - balance, harmony Yellow - intellect, spirituality Green - honor, safety, love Blue - healing, truth, serenity and harmony Purple or Violet - royalty and nobility I can offer you an Easter Egg story though. One year, it snowed on Easter. I was an older teen by then, so it was my job that year to hide the eggs. Mother decided that since it had snowed that it would be better not to dye the Easter Eggs. LOL! So, I hid plain boiled Easter eggs in a yard full of snow. it was so funny! Can you imagine how hard it really is to find white eggs in snow? Needless to say, they never did find all the Easter eggs that year till after the snow melted and the dogs had found them.

mixing up love & lust? Nope, my point is that the woman needs some positive affirmations, positive reinforcements and such from her hubby. (Even if I were a bit blunt with it to begin with. Lust never entered my mind, after all we were discussing a married couple.)

I'm a INFJ Introverted - 33 Intuitive - 38 Feeling - 62 Judging - 33 Visionary - * INFJ - Confidant Sounds pretty straight on... Says we're a rare breed. Cool! Famous INFJs: Nathan, prophet of Israel Aristophanes Chaucer Goethe Robert Burns, Scottish poet U.S. Presidents: Martin Van Buren James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Nathaniel Hawthorne Fanny Crosby, (blind) hymnist Mother Teresa of Calcutta Fred McMurray (My Three Sons) Shirley Temple Black, child actor, ambassador Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, martyr James Reston, newspaper reporter Shirley MacLaine (Sweet Charity, ...) Piers Anthony, author ("Xanth" series) Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) Tom Selleck John Katz, critic, author Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary) U. S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL) Billy Crystal Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) Nelson Mandela Mel Gibson Carrie Fisher Nicole Kidman Jerry Seinfeld Jamie Foxx Sela Ward Mark Harmon Gary Dourdan Marg Helgaberger Evangeline Lilly Tori May

See, sometimes we do need a Hug Button!Hang in there (((LostSheep)))! Hugs!

Yes Sir! I do think that would help... Tell her how much she means to him. Tell her she's pretty even if right now, he isn't seeing it. Tell her anyway. If he loves her and wants his sweetheart back he should let her know that he loves her no matter what. Give her something to feel good about, something to smile about when he isn't even right there with her. Ask him to think back on some of the things that he did when they were first courting that he knows makes her feel good and smile. Right now, she's more than likely knee deep in a depression. Doing and saying positive things will help him help her and their marriage.

*nods*I didn't mean he wasn't either. What I mean is that if he takes the time to boost her up, he will see a difference in her. Women do it all the time, try to hold their man up, boost his self esteem. Kinda like making a little good fuss cause he can open jars that she can't. He can reach things and do things that she can't. Right now, she's the one needing the extra boost from him. Seems fair enough, I think... If you go out of your way to make someone feel better and you do it as a mission to accomplish something, it can be done. She needs some positive affirmations from him. People sometimes are like putty in your hand, depending on how you treat it makes a difference in the finished results. And I agree with the poster up ^ there. He should pray, they should pray together.

Jim, We understand what you mean, or at least I do, and I'm sure others do as well. What they are trying to tell you is that it didn't stop at the cross, it went further. Much further... We focus on the life of Christ and not so much his death, since he lives now. The cross is a symbol of suffering and death as well as shame. It was the mode of death that came to him in the times and environment he lived in. I don't think any of us have turned our backs on the symbolic meaning of his death. The cross is a symbol of death. He's no longer on the cross. Jesus the Christ Lives. From my understanding his suffering purpose was done in the Garden. He got up and walked out of the tomb. Pray about it...

This is true!I'm wondering... I saw an old film one time about a bunch of natives, the woman others didn't think was so pretty or appealing, but the guy who married her, saw deeper than that. Johnny Lingo was the name of the film. Whether ya'll realize it or not, it works the same way for fat gals. Sometimes you just have to look a little deeper, do a little more. If this guy we are talking about took the time to say and do things that make his wife feel pretty and like the sweetheart he courted, I bet she'd come around. Someone has to make the first move it seems, so why not him? Why not woo her more often, get the oil running hot again. He and she might just surprise them both! It is some of the best exercise you can find...

I understand that, of course, but he married her for some reason. Besides, sometimes that might be just the thing to do... IMO, I don't think the problem is all her problem. They are a couple and well, sometimes you have to add oil to the car to keep it running. What else is bothering him? Or her for that matter...

hmmm... Well, to be quite blunt and Gentile about the matter, maybe he should drag her off to the bedroom more often and they can work it off together! Sounds like a winner to me!

That is funny!