SO COOL!

I have to tell about this. Anyone who is anyone knows that
President Bush was in Redding on Thursday. My husband just
happened to be near the airport when he landed in Air Force One.
Not too long after he hopped into Marine One and headed out to
view all the fire damage in Northern Cal. I just happened to be in Shasta Lake when they flew over on their way to Shasta Lake. I can't
begin to tell you how cool. It gave me chills. I was in the Starbucks parking lot and I hear this incredible noise (I knew what it was) and right over head flies Marine One and all the other helicopters accompanying it. I thought, "This is about as close as I will probably ever come to the President." What a rare treat.

FSA...

Tales from a 30th High School Reunion: we forget what lies behind...

For those of you who read the post on my previous blog site re: the girl who wanted to beat me up in Jr. High? Well, here we are. By the looks of my hair, it does look like she took me down, but that's not the case at all. We had a good laugh about it and enjoyed visiting with each other.

I'm not sure how much more fun I could have had, but I have to say that not only was it "like old times," but it was BETTER than old times. By this age, all the old embarrassments, intimidations, etc. are long gone and you just enjoy each other. Some of us even met at another location after we got booted out of the reception hall at 11:30 p.m. and how it got to be 2 a.m. - I'll never know!

So now we have gotten reacquainted - for some it has been 30 years!- and we even have our own website, plus a photo sharing site so we can stay in touch with all the pics that were taken at the reunion.

Here's to 25 Years!

A milestone fewer and fewer couples are reaching. I have to admit that when I got married 25 years ago at 23 I really had no idea what I was getting into. The seas were stormy for quite a few years, but we learned how to sail the boat together and I can say we've become a much more efficient crew sailing our way through both calm and stormy seas. Of all the wisdom God has instilled in me through the course of our marriage, the most apt has been the verse He gave me near my wedding date.

1 Peter 3 Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Fear, meaning, forgetting Who is in control and trying to control things - and your husband- yourself. If I were Jewish I would say "Oy Vey!"

I didn't realize what a real treasure I got when I married my hubby. (Did I mention we run a pirate ship?) I wasted a lot of time trying to clean up the outside of the treasure chest that I didn't even look inside. Wow! Silver and gold mates!

Gotta go, the Captain is waiting for me to weigh anchor. Time to celebrate... FSA...

PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN

Happy 4th of July and God bless America.

I wonder how many people who complain about America and take living in this country for granted have ever been to another country? I had the priviledge of visiting Europe - quite a few years ago - and I knew even at 17 that we had it very good in America. I wonder if the whole "housing market" /financial crisis along with the gasoline "problem" isn't giving us a taste of what we have taken for granted for so long? Are we waking up?

There is so much I could say, but I could go on too long. So, I hope everyone is having a fun day... and thanking our Creator for such a great country.

P.S. We should be thankful for lots of things, including our new cell phone law here in California. Watch this and it may take on a positive side? hands free phone


FSA...