Conservative Thread: We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once

[Soarin08]

I'm not even attempting to catch up! Nine more days! I can't believe I'm finally able to say our trip is NEXT WEEK!

 

[wonderlanne]

I'm not even attempting to catch up! Nine more days! I can't believe I'm finally able to say our trip is NEXT WEEK!

exciting!!!

 

[Tink & Goofy]

I stayed at POP in September and didn't have any problems there at all. In fact, we really enjoyed it. Well, except for the little snot nosed kids drinking all the slurpees and the machines going down just about everyday, but other than that, we had a really good time.

Now now, honu, his parents paid their money so he could drink all the slurpies.

 

[Soarin08]

So how are my fellow DisCons tonight? I am worn out.... but my dad bought The Dark Knight on DVD for us and we watched it last night.... That movie is AMAZING!! If Heath Ledger (may he rest in peace) doesn't get that Oscar then there's no justice.

 

[mkingdomlvr]

mkingdomlvr...I live in Wasilla, Alaska. I have lots of friends who attend that church. It is very sad.



They are treating it as arson. There were five women, and possibly a couple of children, inside when it happened. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

That's a blessing that nobody was hurt. I hope they get the person who did it.

 

[mfd25wife]

Oh yikes you guys, I meant to tell you this. I was chatting with my cousin last night and mentioned that I had been scaring the bejeebers out of you guys with pictures of the boat in winter. He said "Oh yeah...I need to get your phone number in my new phone. I had some more pictures for you, but we went swimming so they didn't make it."

Went SWIMMING?

Yeah. I don't think you could tell from the pictures I posted, but that boat is an open-backed trawler. He was standing on the stern taking more pictures of crazy weather for me, and the boat took a wave and he got washed off the stern into the water. It's not the first time, either. I can't BELIEVE he keeps getting back on that boat. The boy is crazy.

I can't imagine!

I'm not even attempting to catch up! Nine more days! I can't believe I'm finally able to say our trip is NEXT WEEK!

Yeah, Soarin!! I'm happy for you. I hope you have a great warm and sunny time.

 

[#1hockeymom]

**another midnight mass loving Catholic here!*** I'm Catholic, DH isn't, but he says he says that if he dies he wants a Catholic funeral. We like to say our children are Christian, since they've had a mix.of deliveries, or you could call them Catholic Protestant Baptists and really get confused!

I'm so glad that no one was hurt in the church fire. I didn't know till I read here that there were people inside. I'm glad they got out safely!

 

[Saxsoon]

I am exhausted. I just got back from College Station on Thursday, which is at a lower elevation than where I live. I found out that if you go to a higher altitude, it really messes with you and makes you very tired. I have been falling asleep in the middle of the day and I never do that.

Soarin08, you are doing the CP right? What school do you go to and what are you doing down there? I think I already asked, but I am not sure.

I go to A&M and I am doing the Merchandising CP.

 

[Family Fun Mom]

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was wonderful!

We went to a church not far from here that puts on a "Living Christmas" display. It was really something special. We had to wait 3 hours to go through it but it was worth it. It's a drive through show, if you will. It tells the story of the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ. You get a CD for your car which narrates the story while church members act out the scenes. They had real animals (camels, sheep, donkeys), authentic costumes, roaring fires, a bustling marketplace... the works. It was amazing. During the wait they had carolers, goodie bags for the kids, free hot chocolate and cookies, and pizza for sale. The scenes where Jesus dies and the end scene where Jesus welcomes people into Heaven moved me to tears. The entire thing was free (except the pizza, lol). They say it is their gift to the community. So many people showed up. It was so heartwarming to see so many people come to a Christian event. It really helped put the holiday in perspective.

Afterward we drove through our city looking at Christmas lights. This one house we went to goes all out every year. It's like Clark Griswold's house, but even more over the top! People come from all over to see it. We stopped to walk around and the owner was handing out candy canes to the kids. It was so fun!

I am truly in the Christmas spirit now. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend.

 

[Tink & Goofy]

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was wonderful!

We went to a church not far from here that puts on a "Living Christmas" display. It was really something special. We had to wait 3 hours to go through it but it was worth it. It's a drive through show, if you will. It tells the story of the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ. You get a CD for your car which narrates the story while church members act out the scenes. They had real animals (camels, sheep, donkeys), authentic costumes, roaring fires, a bustling marketplace... the works. It was amazing. During the wait they had carolers, goodie bags for the kids, free hot chocolate and cookies, and pizza for sale. The scenes where Jesus dies and the end scene where Jesus welcomes people into Heaven moved me to tears. The entire thing was free (except the pizza, lol). They say it is their gift to the community. So many people showed up. It was so heartwarming to see so many people come to a Christian event. It really helped put the holiday in perspective.

Afterward we drove through our city looking at Christmas lights. This one house we went to goes all out every year. It's like Clark Griswold's house, but even more over the top! People come from all over to see it. We stopped to walk around and the owner was handing out candy canes to the kids. It was so fun!

I am truly in the Christmas spirit now. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend.

That does sound like a wonderful way to spend the weekend.
I wish I could see something like what they put on.

I spent my weekend cleaning and doing laundry, getting ready for our trip (we fly out at 6 am Tue morning, have to be at airport by 4). No Christmas lights for me.

 

[debbieandroo]

I've been trying to be a good girl and only lurk this weekend while I actually get stuff done around the house - now that the weekend's semi-productivity is over, I feel like I can actually respond to some of the posts....

well, this is what i've been workin on all day... what do you guys think?

Gorgeous, you 'slacker' you -- I love this part - when you've cut out all your pieces and put them together - you finally get an idea of what your quilt will look like and this is a nice reward after all that cutting [which is my very least favorite part of quilting]. And I love your vibrant colors - that will be beautiful as a wall-hanging or a bed covering...

This talk of books reminds me... Can anyone recommend some good fiction books to me? I'm almost done with the books I bought over the summer, so I need some reading material.

Caveats: I don't like books with foul language or, ahem, racy content.

Christian fiction is something I recently discovered and enjoy. But I like regular fiction too, just as long as it's not questionable as defined above.

I also have no desire to read anything depressing and/or about illnesses.

There were some great recommendations already --

I know you love history - have you read anything by Michael or Jeff Shaara such as Gettysburg [Michael] or Killer Angels [his son, Jeff]? I think JB and Grogg mentioned them on this thread - Michael's the preferred one. Also David McCullough - historical non-fiction but reads like a novel...

Added to the Christian fiction - Jan Karon [Mitford series] and Philip Gulley [Home to Harmony] - Bodie Thoene's historical fiction is great, too but she does have a tendency to write about WWII, especially the Holocaust so this may not be a good time for that.

Another sweet series is from James Herriot - the vet who works in Yorkshire during the early 20th century - All Creatures Great and Small is the title of one of the books.

By the way, Wonderlanne, glad to hear the recommendation about Maguire - those sound like a lot of fun - I've heard others say the same thing.

Personally, I love mysteries, especially in series -- MC Beaton's Agatha Raisin and Hamish McBeth [both set in the UK], Alexander McCall Smith's No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [set in Botswana], Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Bear [set in CO], and Dorothy Cannell's Ellie Haskell [set in UK] - these are light and funny, nothing too gritty, and the bad guy generally gets caught.

Here's a link to a site that lists books by genre, subject, author, audience, setting, etc: [this is a great source if you get stuck on what to read next]

http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html

[apologies for getting carried away - occupational hazard, ya know]

Hi everyone! We got back yesterday from WDW. I'm not even going to try to catch up on this thread.

I just have to say I had a WONDERFUL time, but I'll never stay at Pop again. I'm not a hotel snob but I'll just say we had several less than magical experiences there. I think we'll upgrade to Carribean Beach next time.

Beautiful grandson Michelle and great quilt JB.

I'm off to Walmart to restock the cupboards now. I'll be back on later today.

Welcome back! We missed you!

he who throws size 10 shoes at mr. g. w. bush needs to go to jail.

I love the addition to your siggie - you are so funny!

Wow! Miss a day and you miss a LOT over here-I can't even begin to catch up!

BTW-I didn't mean to offend anyone here by talking up Christianity so much-but it's so normal to me. I've never met any atheists, not even too many non-Christians. DH and I both went to Bible Colleges, so everyone believed the way we did and all of our friends are from Church. Most of our families are Christian and very involved in Church. My sister's kids go to Catholic school and she's very involved there and DH's brother's wife homeschools their kids and they're very involved in their Church too. Both sets of parents are too-DH's dad is a Deacon, and both my parents teach Sunday School. Shoot, I didn't even KNOW there were Conservatives that weren't Christian!! Forgive my ignorance, I'll try and tone it down.

I can't speak for everyone - but I don't believe any offense was taken by regular thread members. Lurkers, on the other hand,

I'm a former Bible college grad, evangelical, fundamentalist-Bible-church-attender-all-my-life person myself - and have been so excited to 'meet' all of these great conservatives from every walk of life. Heck, I've even found some nice Yankees! Who knew? *ducking from the size 10 shoes that Deb #1, Teresa, Hilarie and MM are just about to throw*

I think it's been a trip to chat on different levels - however, I am more than a little dismayed that, thanks to the likes of Tink, SD and Soarin' [just to name a few], I'm considered one of the 'older' cons. What's up with that? Since when did 1967 become ancient history?!??!?!?! yeeesshhh!

I do get more of my national weather information from y'all here than I do elsewhere - thanks to y'all I know that it's -20 in AK [cannot even imagine how cold that must be, Deb - you need to put an extra sweater on our Jack!], it's snowing in Washington State, it did snow in LA, there's ice up in MI -- zowie - what a breadth of information. I just love this group of people!

I know! That smell absolutely kills me. I had to make a second batch just so we'd have some to keep here at home! It's really miserable to smell it all day and have none to eat yourself.

I love all things cinnamon. Unfortunately, my attempts at making cinnamon bread have not been that successful. If you don't mind sharing, could you PM me that recipe? I'd love to try it - however, I'm not as selfless as you are - I will eat it myself

We Catholics aren't all that bad.

I LOVE Midnight Mass - it's my favorite Mass of the year. My kids are a little too young for it now, so we'll continue going to the Children's Mass for a few more years, but then we'll transition to Midnight Mass. There's nothing like celebrating Christmas just when the day begins.

Before I was married and still living at home, we'd go to Midnight Mass after we had family over and a huge dinner! My mom sang in the choir, so she had to leave at 10:00 and then we'd head on over at about 11:00 so we could get a seat. Caroling started at 11:30 and then the church lights would dim and Mass would begin at 12:00. It was wonderful. We'd then have a silent ride back to the house where we'd take a detour and look at the Christmas lights and displays in our neighborhood while listening to Christmas songs on the radio. I loved it!!

Over the past few years, I've made some dear friends who grew up in the Catholic church and loved their traditions. Our church is traditional in a hymn-singing, no-rock-band sort of way but, as far as the liturgical aspects go, not so much. I've visited churches that were more formal and there's something so reverential and worshipful about this.

All that to say, your comment about Midnight Mass prompted me to say that I think I will seek one out this year. I would love to go to one - what a wonderful family tradition. And what lovely memories those must have been.

We love POP! I'm sure your trip will be fine.

Oh, Julie - I've meant to tell you - I loved your letter. One suggestion - have you thought about whittling down that first paragraph [it really grabs ya] and sending it as a letter to the editor? That could bring more attention to this as well.

 

[debbieandroo]

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was wonderful!

We went to a church not far from here that puts on a "Living Christmas" display. It was really something special. We had to wait 3 hours to go through it but it was worth it. It's a drive through show, if you will. It tells the story of the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ. You get a CD for your car which narrates the story while church members act out the scenes. They had real animals (camels, sheep, donkeys), authentic costumes, roaring fires, a bustling marketplace... the works. It was amazing. During the wait they had carolers, goodie bags for the kids, free hot chocolate and cookies, and pizza for sale. The scenes where Jesus dies and the end scene where Jesus welcomes people into Heaven moved me to tears. The entire thing was free (except the pizza, lol). They say it is their gift to the community. So many people showed up. It was so heartwarming to see so many people come to a Christian event. It really helped put the holiday in perspective.

Afterward we drove through our city looking at Christmas lights. This one house we went to goes all out every year. It's like Clark Griswold's house, but even more over the top! People come from all over to see it. We stopped to walk around and the owner was handing out candy canes to the kids. It was so fun!

I am truly in the Christmas spirit now. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend.

What a wonderful way to get the Christmas spirit! About the house with all the lights, I watched Samantha Brown's special about WDW at Christmas - she said that the Osborn lights that decorate WDW are from the Osborn house in Little Rock - he had done the same thing, over-the-top lights that became nationally known and now his lights decorate Disneyworld - cool...

That does sound like a wonderful way to spend the weekend.
I wish I could see something like what they put on.

I spent my weekend cleaning and doing laundry, getting ready for our trip (we fly out at 6 am Tue morning, have to be at airport by 4). No Christmas lights for me.

aww, I hope you get everything done without getting too pooped. 4 am airport - ack! I wouldn't be able to sleep the night before.

When do you get back home?

 

[MeghansMommy]

Hello my friends! I've been sewing almost all day. My back hurts from all of this sitting.

I'm not even attempting to catch up! Nine more days! I can't believe I'm finally able to say our trip is NEXT WEEK!

Yay for you!!! I bet you're really excited. I hope you have a fantastic time!

**another midnight mass loving Catholic here!*** I'm Catholic, DH isn't, but he says he says that if he dies he wants a Catholic funeral. We like to say our children are Christian, since they've had a mix.of deliveries, or you could call them Catholic Protestant Baptists and really get confused!

DH isn't Catholic either, but the kids are. We send them to a Catholic school - DH is okay with that.

I am exhausted. I just got back from College Station on Thursday, which is at a lower elevation than where I live. I found out that if you go to a higher altitude, it really messes with you and makes you very tired. I have been falling asleep in the middle of the day and I never do that.

Soarin08, you are doing the CP right? What school do you go to and what are you doing down there? I think I already asked, but I am not sure.

I go to A&M and I am doing the Merchandising CP.

Oooh - another CP "kid" - (everyone younger than me is a kid). Yay!

So how long do you think it will take until you recover from the altitude difference? I had forgotten that altitudes can mess with you.

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was wonderful!

We went to a church not far from here that puts on a "Living Christmas" display. It was really something special. We had to wait 3 hours to go through it but it was worth it. It's a drive through show, if you will. It tells the story of the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ. You get a CD for your car which narrates the story while church members act out the scenes. They had real animals (camels, sheep, donkeys), authentic costumes, roaring fires, a bustling marketplace... the works. It was amazing. During the wait they had carolers, goodie bags for the kids, free hot chocolate and cookies, and pizza for sale. The scenes where Jesus dies and the end scene where Jesus welcomes people into Heaven moved me to tears. The entire thing was free (except the pizza, lol). They say it is their gift to the community. So many people showed up. It was so heartwarming to see so many people come to a Christian event. It really helped put the holiday in perspective.

Afterward we drove through our city looking at Christmas lights. This one house we went to goes all out every year. It's like Clark Griswold's house, but even more over the top! People come from all over to see it. We stopped to walk around and the owner was handing out candy canes to the kids. It was so fun!

I am truly in the Christmas spirit now. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend.

Oh, I so need to go to that church - are they doing it up until Christmas? You're in MI right? Maybe I need to head down to the Detroit area this weekend to check it out. I'd love to know where this nativity is. I'd love to take the kids to see it. What a wonderful experience that must have been for you.

I'm hoping for a snow day tomorrow. We are supposed to get hit with some ice and sleet in the morning. Of course, now that I'm hoping for a snow day, it won't happen.

Have a good night everyone.

 

[Family Fun Mom]

Oh, I so need to go to that church - are they doing it up until Christmas? You're in MI right? Maybe I need to head down to the Detroit area this weekend to check it out. I'd love to know where this nativity is. I'd love to take the kids to see it. What a wonderful experience that must have been for you.

I'm hoping for a snow day tomorrow. We are supposed to get hit with some ice and sleet in the morning. Of course, now that I'm hoping for a snow day, it won't happen.

Have a good night everyone.

I'm sorry, no, it was only this weekend. But they do it every year. Keep it in mind for next year. Here is a link...

http://bethesdachristian.org/362985.ihtml

ETA: this page has You Tube videos of the event in past years.

 

[Soarin08]

Hilarie with an "H," that sounds like a wonderful event your family attended at that church. Wow!

 

[Family Fun Mom]

Here is a You Tube link to the Living Christmas. It doesn't even come close to doing justice to how amazing the event is in real life, but it gives you an idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSoaSV-XSUo

My fellow Metro Detroit conservatives (liberals, too, hi lurkers!) should keep an eye out for this next December. It's worth it to go out and see.

 

[debbieandroo]

Hilarie with an "H," that sounds like a wonderful event your family attended at that church. Wow!

Hey - Have you heard about your exams yet? How did you do?

 

[mfd25wife]

Just a good morning and bump before we drop to P2.

We are under a winter weather warning. It may not amount to much, but I bet there was a run on milk, bread, and eggs last night and early this morning.

 

[JB111107]

I am exhausted. I just got back from College Station on Thursday, which is at a lower elevation than where I live. I found out that if you go to a higher altitude, it really messes with you and makes you very tired. I have been falling asleep in the middle of the day and I never do that.

Soarin08, you are doing the CP right? What school do you go to and what are you doing down there? I think I already asked, but I am not sure.

I go to A&M and I am doing the Merchandising CP.

Yep--everytime I go to visit my mom in Colorado I end up taking a nap nearly every day, not to mention the giant uptake in fluids because you can become dehydrated very easily in that thinner air. It will probably take you a day or two to get reacclimated to your regular altitude.

 

[JB111107]

Gorgeous, you 'slacker' you -- I love this part - when you've cut out all your pieces and put them together - you finally get an idea of what your quilt will look like and this is a nice reward after all that cutting [which is my very least favorite part of quilting]. And I love your vibrant colors - that will be beautiful as a wall-hanging or a bed covering...

Cutting is my least favorite part as well, but at least I can do it in the living room in front of the TV. My cutting mat is the same size as my coffee table. I very rarely just blindly follow any patterns when it comes to my quilts. I always have some different angle to what I make. This particular one was a mystery quilt weekend last weekend with my online group, and it was designed to be a monochromatic quilt in a cool color like blues/grays, etc. Obviously I didn't quite go that route I love traditional blocks and styles, but bold colors and fabrics. I'm trying my hand at writing up directions for some of my original designs so I can try to sell the patterns.