August 15, Evening Tidbit

The Trouble with take home pay is that it won’t stay there.

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August 14, Evening Tidbit

People who are wrapped up in themselves
make small packages.

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Friday Fiction: Green

Write a brief bit of fiction involving money.

I remembered going to Sunday School as a small girl and having my offering tied in the corner of a hankie. The hankie was 100% cotton, not the permanent pressed ones of today.  I was very careful not to lose the offering and held on tight to the hankie. By the time the offering basket was passed around and I had untied the knot, the hankie was is pretty sorry shape. The offering was all I had.
It belonged to Jesus.

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August 13, Evening Tidbit

All children wear the sign: ‘I want to be important NOW.’ Many of our juvenile delinquency problems arise because nobody reads the sign.

Dan Pursuit

Goes with previous tidbit.

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Today’s Writing Prompt: Home

How do you feel when you walk into your home after an out of town trip?

Walking in the front door, my home gives me a hug.
Walking from room to room reacquainting with my things;
I feel peace and contentment.
Seeing the familiar and the constant, I’m home.

Now if only I didn’t have to unpack and …..

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August 12, Evening Tidbit

If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.

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Relaxing?

1dad1 and I left town on for a few day of R &R. I made sure the RV Park had internet access, we didn’t want to rough it too much. We arrived and got set up. The park is small and very quiet, except for the AC’s. Well, the server I got on was commador issued. Relaxing, no. I had to wait up to 3 minutes or more for a page to load, I could read, knit, fill my water glass, empty…

but relaxing it was not.  1dad1 ran a check disc and a defrag. That helped a little, sometimes. So today, he hooked me up to a different server.  Much better, although now no time to ….

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August 11, Evening Tidbit

The thing that separates the men from the boys is the price of auto insurance.

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My Daughters

My Beautiful Daughters

My beautiful daughters, taken August 1, 2009 at Bass Lake, CA,

Topper’s Picnic

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Today’s Writing Prompt: Quote

In 100 years, what one statement would you like others to remember you as having said?

Accept the situation……..
Surrender my preconceived ideas….
Commit it all to the Lord.

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August 10, Evening Tidbit

The greatest prayer is patience.

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August 9, Evening tidbit

The bitterest tears are shed for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

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Six Word Saturday

Mentally gathering, physically packing, trip begun

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August 8, Evening Tidbit

Middle age is when you don’t have to have jun to enjoy yourself.

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August 7, Evening tidbit

Scratch a dog and you will find a permanent job.

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