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A Little Mixed Up, Again, For the First Time

28 Aug

A Little Mixed Up, Again, For the First Time

It has been a mixed up kind of week for us here.  With the tropical storm Fay, and now Gustov on its way, we can see two more tropical disturbances also looking for a new home, so we headed down to the coast to check out our sailboat.  We have been trying to sell our sailboat for a while now but it needed a little extra attention during this time so along with everything else going on, we took one day to see the coast before the next storm.

If we look at the calendar there is another holiday coming up, the first Auburn football game this Saturday… I can almost feel the lighter, cooler air that’s on its way (in maybe three more months). As I was flipping through some of my collected quotes and poems from my mother-in-law I came across this one and it sounded appropriate for the week.  You may have heard it before, but it is still cute.

A Little Mixed Up

Just a line to say I’m living
That I’m not among the dead,
Tho’ I’m getting more forgetful
And more mixed up in the head.

For sometimes I can’t remember,
Where I stand at the foot of the stair
If I must go up for something
Or – if I’ve just come down from there

And, before the frig’ – so often
My poor mind is filled with doubt.
Have I just put the food away, or
Have I come to take some out?

And, then there’s times when it is dark out,
With my night cap on my head
I don’t know if I’m retiring —
Or – just getting out of bed.

So, if it’s my turn to write you
There’s no need in getting sore,
I may think that I have already written
And don’t want to be a bore.

So – remember that I do love you,
And – I wish that you were here.
And – now it’s nearly mail-time
So – I must say, “Good-bye m’dear”.

There I stood beside the mail-box
With a face so very red.
Instead of mailing you my letter
I had opened it – instead!!

—author unknown

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A Little Dirty Dinner // Quips

8 Jun

A Little Dirty Dinner // Quips

This was a glorious but exhausting day of worship coupled with the privilege of serving the most fulfilling creator. To see more about a very busy day, jump over to Worship Journey and read Sunday. While I was trying to relax a little before editing the images from the service I started going through on of my mother-in-law’s many boxes we now have over here.

One thing she did was cut out all these newspaper clippings and various other writings of quotes and poems that struck a nerve with her. A quick look through the box and I found an entire notebook with just little poems and quotes. I thought I would share one here.

A minister was asked to dinner by one of his parishioners who he knew as being an unkempt housekeeper. When he sat down at the table, he noticed that the dishes were the dirtiest that he had ever seen in his life.

“Were these dishes ever washed?” He asked his hostess, running his figners over the grit and grime.

She replied, “They’re as clean as soap and water could get them.”

He felt a bit apprehensive, but blessed the food anyway and started eating. It was delicious and he said so, despite the dirty dishes. When dinner was over, the hostess took the dishes outside and shouted. “Here Soap! Here Water!”

I hope your Sunday dinner was a little more blessed than that but just had to share that while it was fresh on the mind.

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