PANDAWA LIMA

ngeri

ngeri kau memilih meninggalkan suamimu yang setia dan bertngagung jawab demi nafsu bejat birahimu

kau yang seharusnya menghormati lembahga perkawinan ternyata kau mnusiuk dan merusaknya sendriri nilai nilai spiritualitas yang ditanamkan keluarga kau abaikan begitu saja dengan slogan slogan dan asmara dan dan belanja tidak tercukupi sebualn sdelapan juta dan mungkin membandingkan keadaan orang lain yang lebih kaya sehingga kau tedg sangat berbuat dosa seperti hal ii peri keadaabn bukan pada polah sawah saj a tetapi pada keadaan yang memilukan dangat tidak memungkinkan hidup bersam perbesdaan prioritas dan prisipial djuga gaya hidup yang membuat orang makin senewen saja rasa harga diri hilang kau gadaikan kau jual dengan sangat murahnya ketakutan yang sangat tidak beralasan ketakutan yang aneh aneh , ketakutan yang dibuat buat , ketakutan yang berlebih lebiha n pada dirinya sendiri

klau kau menganggapku ada mengapa harus berbuat terlalu seperti ini

sebahgian dari sikap dan tingkah lakumu adalah sisi lain gelap dirimu sisa sisa masa lalumu dari komplek silir sewaktu kamu msaih merasa kurang cukup memalukan dan kurang hebat
sekarang kamu bisa menguasai dan menjadi selbrita bergulat dan berpacu dengan waktu mentuk mendapatkan eksistendsi dirimu segala cara kau halalkan termasik masuk dunia skandal hitanm semua menyudsahkan serba kepayahan serba kekurangan serba perhitungan apakah kita tidak cukup menyusahkan orang tua kita sehingga jadi keluarga saja susah apalagi kok bergeluarga karena kau selalu berkeluh kesah . ini bukan curhat bukan nasehat saya tidak berusaha mencari pembenaran dari siapapun

kalau kau masih seperti ini

semua tak sama kapan aku dapat memiliki kamu kalau kame melrika diri terus seperti ini malam kita bersama siangnya kau kabur lagi sekarang siang malam semuanya telah kau rampas siapa yang ditindas dan siapa yang tertindas kau anggap melanggar peraturan sendiri itu adalah kebijaksanaan surat surat pentingku kau bawa kabur, kesempatan berkeluargaku kau pangkas kau khianati kau tak mau berumah tnangga secara bijaksan orang tu7amu bukannya mebimbing anaknya salah seperti pki bernyanyi genjer genjer pating kelelwer membantaiku begitu saja tidan sedikitpunmn bermartabat minister kasta jongkok memahami kasata tinggi katamu mencontohkan yang salah dari tindakan baik dan bijaksana tidan menawar solusi dan mou memanggang asam dan batu saja menmanggang babi diatas nanangan tidak pernah menilaiku secara simpati dari hasil kejujuran mental watak sikap yang kucontohkan coba harus bagaimana mnerima kekesalan dan kesalahan

kau bersekancdahk kadahal bunglon lagi

beberapa nama mucul ada babang pamuji , ada banmbang per madi , asa bambang pujiono vwersi penyelewenga hendro wibowo yang juga berdosa melibasku dari khalayak sana apa artinya lembaga , apa artinya sertifikasi , apa artinya bantuan negara , kejahatan apa lagi yang kau serangkan dengan selingkuhan selingkuhanmu jayuus hawtono warsito sodiq , auwawi , hardi, sholeh, hartoyo, dan semua teman teman konspirasi jahatmu yang kau pakai itnuk menjatuhkan kunthiulku , ada sekian banyak nama data yang kau simpan dqalam vail vaginamu kriminal kriminal dan buajingan buajingan yang menjarah istriku menxinai anak anak ku merusak keluargaku menjajagh institusi individu yang kubangun berabad abad denga kitab kitab suci dan primbon prombon

aku masih mencarimu disudut sidut hati

aku selalu dianggap gila dan dianggap bersalah dan pintasr berkelit dala brbagai msalah termasuk ke dalam ranah masalah politik disesa ada calonan modin pedhowo ,limo mati 3 tinggal dua ekor itu kan tampak sebuah pertandingan tamapak luar tidak tampak dari dalam betapa sempit sawah ladang kita dan lebarnya sawan ladang orqang lain karena kita selalu membanding pertapa tak pernah membanding denga pengembara apakah anak yang sudah dewasa brumah tangga masih dijajah dengan aturan keluarganya undang undang orang tuanya yang memorandum saja tidak mau bertanggung jawab membesarkan anaknya semua dicontohkan dari oramg tua tidak ada yamg bisa diselesaikan sndiri tinggalkan suamimu nanti akan saya bantu begini mari bersama hujart suamimu kamu ajkan kukasih kedudukan yang lebih tinggi

walaupun tanpa judul aku melakukannya tidak adany perasaan saling menghargai memang aku bersalah menuju jalan yag dsalah , tetapi semua sah dilakukan apakah lklantas kita mengatakan kondisio sign qua non itu benar kalau mengkontrakkan istri kepada negara itu benar mengaku walau tidak melakukan bersedih walau terbalik tersemnyum walaupun menarik terbalik semua perahuku pecah diterjang ombak perselingkuhan pejabat tinggi dan persekongkolan jahat para aparat dan dudkun dukun jahat para pemutar bali fakta lalanytas apakah aku dinanggap paling bertanggung jawab pada keadaan yang bukan sebenarnya psli paling pintar berkelit dari masalah yang sehrusnya hal itu tidak usah terjadi kalau sedikit mau mengerem tindakan dan mengendalikan diri

kalau kamu hanya mau makan nangkanaya sementara aku gelepotan pulut getanhnya

liahat 5

aku melihat sesuatu yang lain yang tak bisa aku lihat
melawan tindasan lima miliar

4 prmbrrrerontakan kalau aku melihat pmerataan hanya sekedar konsep hilangnya kesusilaan atas dasar prinsipil dimana gaya hidup lebih dipentingkan daripada utang utang yang melekat pada jabatan adanya sustu yang tak pantasa dan tak suai akselerasi midernisasi yang tak selaras

aku enggan melakuan seperti apa yang engkau lakukan berbagi aja kau nggak mau kok bicara soal pemerataan nisbi adanya ogomasi kelompok besar an kelompok kecil kalu selalu didik dianggap salah bahkan dianggap gila dalah karena tindakannyatiddak selaras itu berdasar dan nyata tetapi hati berkata alain apa nikmanya bekerja seumur hidup kalau residunya hanya sampah sampah busuk menghadapi konspirasi kejahanmu sendiri kau layangkan aku selama ini sandiwara yang memuakkan

pemberontakan 3

masih saja kau mengulitiku mencarai kesalahanku dengan dalih kekesalanmu . kalau kau selalu membandingakan dan akan membanggakan kekayaan seseorang yang berdewkatan denganmu dalam kelimpahan dan kekayaan , uang tumpukan seperti datang sendiri , yang sering terjadi adalah konspirasi uang semir , bertumpukan dalam tumpukan uang dan emas sedangkan yang miskin berebut serabut samapah terserak berebut makanan karena kayurang makan penyakitan karena kurang recehan ratusan juta bahakan kau berikan kepada orang yang sudah kaya sedqangkan kepada uyang miskin puluhan ribu saja kau itung itungan

edisi 2 pemberontakan

surat surat lemah sampai surat surat kuat aku layangkan
tetapi aku tak menguasai keadan mudah saja kau membuat cap apa sahja dipunggungku karena aku fakir san tak punya apa apa untuk memnbela diri sedangkan kau berpihak pada uyang lain untuk membela diri walaupujn itu salah semua tanpa lkata tanpa protes kau meninggalkan aku begitu saja katanya bekerja cari kerja cari uang , tanggung jawab , menggebu gebu detak jantungnya nggak mau berbafgi dalam bekerja malah berbagi dg orang lain

pemberontakan

lhele monthe
kalau engkau berontak silakan kau berontak kalau aku tak boleh menuntutmu dengan kenyataan dan fakta silakan bunuh saja yang bego dan gobog apakah semua orang berbalik mumkuli kepalaku denga timpukan batu membuat cap teroris kepadaku termasuk kamu

caante balik baru memuat konsep kelepasan alifathani&@yahoo.co.id TUKANGFOTO -B

alifathan87@yahoo.com Tukangfoto asubajigan ngapusi kabeh com

mata

mata adalah jendela dunia

Couture Allure Vintage Fashion

Florida's first racially integrated law firm honored in Jacksonville | jacksonville.com

Couture Allure Vintage Fashion

sexual text

By: Bob AllenPosted: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:00 am
Section: News

Once the most sought-after African-American on the Southern Baptist Convention preaching circuit before sexual misconduct marred his ministry in the 1990s, Pastor Darrell Gilyard has taken a leave of absence from his Jacksonville, Fla., mega-church after a woman told police he sent obscene text messages to her daughter.

The alleged victim's mother filed a complaint against the 14-year pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Nov. 29. According to media reports, the woman claimed she found obscene text messages when she checked her daughter's phone Oct. 23. The report doesn't include the girl's age, according to the Associated Press, but describes her as a minor.

According to the Florida Times-Union, the mother waited so long because deacons at the church asked her not to involve the police until they spoke with Gilyard and promised to take care of it.

The sheriff's office hasn't filed any charges but referred the case to its sex-crimes unit, according to a local television station.

Gilyard said in a statement he was voluntarily agreeing to a leave of absence with pay "in light of recent issues that have been brought to our attention."

"It is my goal, during this time, to have a complete and thorough review of the facts," Gilyard said. "Once this is completed we will discuss how to proceed accordingly."

Gilyard, 45, rose to fame among white leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention after Jerry Vines, at the time co-pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., who later served as the SBC president, discovered the gifted young black preacher in the early 1980s.

Learning that Gilyard wanted to attend college and seminary but couldn't afford it, Vines called on his friend Paige Patterson, at the time president of Criswell College in Dallas, who secured a scholarship for Gilyard. Gilyard didn't finish his degree, but Patterson continued to mentor him, helping him to land preaching gigs at Baptist state conventions and evangelistic rallies across the country.

Gilyard reciprocated by leading his multiracial Victory Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas, one of the fastest-growing in the nation, to join the Southern Baptist Convention in 1990.

The friendship ruptured in 1991, when Gilyard admitted to several adulterous affairs with women he was counseling. Gilyard resigned as pastor of Victory Baptist Church under pressure from SBC leaders. Patterson counseled him to stay out of the ministry for at least two years, but Gilyard ignored the advice and started a new church with about 125 former Victory members two weeks later.

Gilyard gained national prominence on Jerry Falwell's "Old Time Gospel Hour" with an emotional story of growing up homeless and sleeping under a bridge in Palatka, Fla., in a sermon sold as "The Darrell Gilyard Miracle Story." The story unraveled, however, when the Dallas Morning News reported that Gilyard in fact was raised in a comfortable home by a woman who said she took him in as an infant and raised him as a son.

Gilyard became pastor at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville at age 31 in 1993. A church Web site credits Gilyard with leading the church to grow from 200 to more than 9,000 members and construct a 5,000-seat sanctuary. His sermons are broadcast on television and streamed on the Internet. His recent guest appearances include a sermon at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., and appearance on Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Gilyard is also active in Jacksonville's civic affairs. He recently received appointment to a 16-member commission to stem violent crime. He resigned from that post Sunday.

A leader at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church told the Florida Times-Union in 1993 the church wasn't concerned with Gilyard's past. "He has taken the church from a dying church to a very progressive one," Ella Marie Sykes, the director of church ministries told the newspaper. "We're going to stand by him. We do love him and believe in him."

The 1991 Dallas Morning News story that documented Gilyard's fall from grace at Victory Baptist Church listed previous allegations of sexual misconduct at three churches in Oklahoma and Texas. The article accused Patterson of glossing over Gilyard's 1985 firing as an assistant pastor from one of the churches for sexual misconduct and quoted multiple former Criswell College students who said they reported Gilyard--including one woman who said Gilyard tried to rape her--to Patterson and he told them to refrain from speaking about it unless they had substantive proof.

Patterson, who went on to serve as SBC president and now is president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, denied being confronted more than once, telling the Associated Baptist Press that particular woman "gave me reason to doubt it was true."

"The fact that two former Southern Baptist presidents had significant information about Gilyard's predatory conduct makes this story particularly troubling and shows how far the tentacles of collusion extend in this denomination," said Christa Brown of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

ore than 800 pages in the Darrell Gilyard case are released.

Jim Schoettler

She was a 15-year-old Jacksonville girl with behavior problems whose parents trusted their pastor to give her private counseling.
But details the teen gave to police about what she said happened in darkened rooms and elsewhere describes anything but help meant for a troubled child.
The teen's allegations of being molested and receiving sexually explicit text messages were included in 800 pages of records released Tuesday in three criminal counts against former pastor Darrell Gilyard.
The records also include pages of lewd text messages involving a cellular phone belonging to Gilyard and another teenage church member. That 14-year-old girl's initial texting to Gilyard led to a crude string of phone sex banter that is part of the criminal case.
The records obtained by The Times-Union include police reports, texts and sworn statements from officials of Gilyard's former church, Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. The records were released by prosecutors after being provided to Gilyard's attorney as part of the legal discovery process.
Gilyard, 46, was arrested in January and charged with lewd and lascivious conduct on the 14-year-old girl. The case began when the girl's mother contacted police after finding some of the text messages.
Charges of lewd and lascivious conduct and lewd and lascivious molestation were added in March. The new charges involved the 15-year-old, who was friends with the other teen. Both girls said they had their encounters with Gilyard last year, well before he took a leave of absence and eventually resigned from the church as the case became public.
Not guilty plea was entered
Gilyard has pleaded not guilty to all counts and has been free on $5,000 bond since his arrest. His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 3. His attorney, Hank Coxe, said: "We look forward to getting to the courtroom to see if this information can be reconciled with other information we have."
Church officials said when they confronted Gilyard with the allegations, he denied doing anything criminal, though he was periodically remorseful. Their internal investigation concluded he acted "irresponsibly" and they intended to discipline him before he left the church, records show.
The identities of the two teens are not being revealed by the Times-Union because of the allegations of sexual misconduct.
The 15-year-old girl's allegations include being with Gilyard twice in a dark room where he laid her on the ground, began touching her body and kissed her neck as he laid on top of her, a police report said. The teen, in a tearful interview with police, said Gilyard spent several minutes grinding on top of her, pulled her to her feet and gave her a hug, the report said.
Hugs turned to molestation
As a reason Gilyard gave for turning off the lights, the 15-year-old girl told police he said, "You can't see God, but you can trust Him," the report said. She said their initial meetings of handshakes quickly turned to hugs, longer hugs and then molestation.
The 15-year-old also used a journal to document what she claimed were lewd text messages she received from Gilyard.
Similar messages involving the 14-year-old were revealed in the records based on images of telephone company documents. The teen initially texted Gilyard's phone in late September and introduced herself to him. Over the next month, dozens of texts were exchanged. Some were suggestive of hard-core sex on her part, while equally crude comments were made from his phone. Both also responded positively to the others overtures periodically.
Some texts from Gilyard's phone also indicated a concern about being jailed and his desire to have the texts cease. But, at subsequent points, the exchanges continued.

dik mamik

church.
Gilyard, who resigned on Jan. 4 as pastor of the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, turned himself in to police headquarters with his attorney about 5 p.m. and declined to make a statement, an arrest report said. Charged with lewd and lascivious conduct, he posted $5,000 bail about 45 minutes later and was released from the Duval County jail.
Gilyard, 45, is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony charge Feb. 5.
The arrest culminates a six-week investigation that began when a mother reported to police in November that she found obscene text messages when she checked her 14-year-old daughter's phone on Oct. 23. The mother is not identified in the report. The messages were sent from a phone number belonging to Gilyard, the mother said in a complaint filed with police.
The arrest report accused Gilyard of soliciting the teen "to commit a lewd act by sending her lewd text messages and requesting for her to send him lewd text messages back."
Gilyard's attorney, Hank Coxe, called him a committed community servant who's worked hard to build the church, improve neighborhoods and help at-risk youths. Coxe said it would be inappropriate to discuss the case but added that Gilyard "appreciates the enormous support of his family and others and has sought professional support for himself and his family during this very trying time."
Gilyard, who lives in a gated community and has a phone number that is disconnected, could not be reached to comment.
Pastor George Harvey has been an outspoken critic of Gilyard since he came to Jacksonville 14 years ago after another church-related sex scandal in Texas. Harvey said he is appalled by the allegations.
"Certainly it's a disgrace to the Christian community and a disgrace to the community at large," said Harvey, who leads the Mount Charity Missionary Baptist Church. "I'm real concerned the message it will send is just bad, but we nevertheless want to clean up Jacksonville and we must start in the church."
In the police report filed Nov. 29, the mother of the teen said she later spoke with another woman who indicated her 16-year-old daughter also had received sexually graphic messages from the same phone number.
That woman said she went to the church about the phone calls and learned the phone number belonged to Gilyard. She said she spoke with four church deacons about the phone calls and showed them a journal of sexual encounters with Gilyard. She said the deacons told her not to involve the police until they could discuss the allegations with Gilyard, according to her statements in the police report.
After the mother of the 14-year-old went to the Sheriff's Office, she was asked why she waited a month to lodge her complaint with police. She said she'd been told the church was going to handle the matter, the report said.
Church officials could not be reached to comment Monday night despite messages left by the Times-Union on the cell phones of two deacons and the associate pastor.
Gilyard preached for 14 years at Shiloh to a ministry of thousands in a huge sanctuary just west of downtown. He took a voluntary paid leave of absence three weeks after police were notified of the incident.
Gilyard's resignation came about 16 years after he resigned from a Texas church following reports of having affairs with church members.
The Rev. Jerry Vines, who encouraged Gilyard as a seminary student and then agreed to forgive him for his problems in Texas, has said he would never condone sexual misconduct. The former First Baptist Church pastor reiterated his concerns about Gilyard in an e-mail to the Times-Union Monday night.
"I extended forgiveness and mercy to him and evidently he trampled upon them," Vines wrote. "No minister if guilty of sexual improprieties, especially with underage children, should ever be allowed to stand behind the sacred desk again. Let the truth be found and let justice be done."

aNGRY

Here he is, angry at me for trying to take his picture with my phone. Of course.

I will fully admit that I get tired of fighting and arguing and debating. I get tired of convincing him that he is not the boss. I get tired of standing my ground. This parenting thing is not for the faint of heart, believe me. I keep reminding myself how important it is for him to hear the words NO and for them to have some traction. For there not to be emptiness in my threats. But I am fully convinced that he is completely unable to hear the word NO. Thereby making all my "ground standing" fruitless.

So, my little Solicitor and I will continue to battle it out in the court of 2.5 year old logic. And I will remind myself that all this arguing will only help him to become the most kick-butt lawyer that Canada has ever seen.

emerged

happened to her and that it will never, ever be erased from her memory. She is succesful, respected, to all appearances you'd never suspect. But there is a part of her that is awakened continually with thoughts of her abuser - the nightmare that is always just under the surface.

And yet...and I take a huge, deep sigh, here....and yet. We have a convicted, confessed, and known child/woman abuser. A man that used his position for 3 decades to manipulate his way into positions of trust and to ultimately become sexually perverse with girls and women. Not only did he seduce some, but let's not forget that he took (by rape) from those that said no. He twisted young girls into thinking he was the "only one" that could really love them, sending text messages, "counseling" with them behind closed doors, calling at odd hours...to young, innocent, naive, young teen girls. And he forever has altered the course of their lives...please do not underestimate the damage that has been done to hundreds (over 3 decades)...

...Now, these last few weeks, his latest church is sending a message to them that they should now look up to him and allow him an open door to lead them in a position of spiritual authority? To Pastor a church locally. Fresh out of prison.

As if that is not insulting enough, they remove the children because they are a violation of his probation, as he is not allowed to be around them. But, for goodness sake, let's not remove HIM, let's not tell him that it is not appropriate...let's remove the temptation from the abuser and make the poetential victims feel pushed aside, separated.

Are you kidding me? Have we all gone mad?

What parent would even want to be in this position or would go to a church that this is a requirement? Do the children matter to you? Do the children, teens even matter to you? What message are you sending them? Whom are you asking them to look up to? Why would you even want a spiritual leader that is unable to EVER be around your children. No children's musicals, no children's programs, no teen ministries, no Sunday school for them, no nursery programs...However, they tell us the children's activities "are all being held off site" but, they have a nice playground...I can just imagine explaining this to my children.

I am quite sure that Darrell is laughing at night. After all, he told several Southern Baptist leaders that he was "untouchable" after having being confronted about his crimes years ago. He thinks this is all a game. I was told by two leaders (separate occasions) that Darrell looked them right in the eye and mocked God. He told one, with a sneer and a smile, "You can't touch me". And to another, he said "I don't care if Gabriel the archangel came down from Heaven and said that I can't preach..."

See, you are all underestimating who you are dealing with.

Forgiveness - that's what you stand behind. Well, I forgive the terrorists of 9/11. But I wouldn't ask them to pilot an aircraft and map out a destination to my hometown....I forgive the man that sexually abused a friend of mine, but I would never ask him to babysit any of my children, or stay in my home. I would never ask him to work in my church nursery. I forgive someone who takes from me - recently some items were stolen from my storage unit, but I wouldn't ask them to please come again.

MY CHILDREN AND YOUR CHILDREN are far too precious to take chances with!

We have to stand up and say NO to predators in the church, in our schools, coaching our children, selling ice cream from trucks in our neighborhoods, canvassing our playgrounds, working in our youth programs...why is that so controversial within the church?

It's an abomination for a teacher to take advantage of a child in school. Remember Mary Kay Letourneau -we call her sick, make a Lifetime movie special about her. Shake our heads.

But a predator Pastor, a predator Priest, Predator youth worker...within the church? We "must forgive" and my favorite quote so far "Well, look at Paul...God used Paul, he was a terrible sinner..."

Darrell can do many things with his life...but he is not allowed, BY LAW, to be in a position of authority over children. Teaching, preaching, counseling, selling ice cream, coaching little league, NOTHING! There are no "special rules" for a preacher. No need to petition the courts for a special ruling. Read Article here.

It makes me wonder how much worse is it going to get in our society. Before you know it, we will have a "National Predator Day" parade and I guess we are just supposed to be on board. I guess, since Darrell is an "exceptional expository speaker", he will be at the head of the parade.

I do not hate Darrell - I do not lose sleep over him, nor does it run my life - BUT, I'm also not able to stomach the mockery that is being made over crimes to children. We let these predators out too soon, we have no proof of any rehabilitation, we are told to be unbiased and that they have rights too...well go to America's Most Wanted and see how many children are missing. Most met up with a child predator, and most will never be seen again. If you were to catch one of these predators in the act, would you ask them to come to your church and preach next Sunday?

Darrell Gilyard talks a good game - he preaches amazing sermons of words and uses Holy scriptures - these are your arguments as to why he should preach - that it would be a waste to lose these talents. There are a whole line up of victims behind every one of his sermons...if you are able to overlook this, then you might as well go back in time to the awful times in our history in which religious profiling cost hundreds of thousands their lives. Think about your reasoning - "but he's a great preacher of the Word", "lives are changed".

These horrible times in history things were seen by "religious" people as part of their cause and stood behind their religious reasoning an

Monday, 30 January 2012

Ladies night In

"Ok Ladies I am going to take my turn and host a party, This one is gonna be a Fun & Fashionable one" "A what" "A party were you can buy purses, wallets, winter ware, jewellery, and hair accessories."

I had never been so excited to host something. I knew a good group of ladies to invite to my partee, and I knew a great lady (sister in law) who had just started a new business venture called Fun & Fashionable. It was the perfect order girls night, and we didn't even have to go out. We got to stay in, we had wine, snacks, money and nothing but time to shop. We got to browse through all of what Fun & Fashionable had to offer, we got to sip on our wine and snack on our snacks and enjoy plenty of conversation with all our closest and best ladies. We had an amazing night, not only because the product to was to die for, but the prices were really really right, and you know what happens when you mix good product and right prices, well you get alot of worried husbands....lol...But its ok, we did good. We all found some wonderful treasures to take home. My girls also came over and got to pick out one thing. They were amazed at all the wonderful things and of course tried to purchase more than 1, I had to let them down, because it was my turn to get more than 1 :) . I would just like to thank all my ladies for coming on out and I want to thank My sister for spending the time to set up and unset up all your wonderful product. Last but not least Thank you to my wonderful husband for looking the other way when I came home with, a purse, headband, necklace, winter hat, cell phone gloves, 2 set of winter hats and scarfs for the girls, a special pick necklace for Ella, and a special pick scarf for Allison. I will try to look the other way when you bring home another something with a motor!!!

hospitalized

Ever since I put it on for the first time, I've been rather milk toast about it. I'm just not sure it's me. I was surprised then yesterday when I wore it and received so many compliments on it! Upon putting it on in the morning, when I was with my youth group girls at a weekend retreat, I received several compliments on it from women and girls alike. Even my youth group girls, who like ot sport black t-shirts with skulls on them, commented on it. As did the mother of my pastor (hi Shelly!) who was visiting at church on Sunday. She commented that it reminded her of something that was worn in the 1960s or 1970s. Such a compliment, of course, made me smile.

At this point, I've decided that do I like the piece, but I don't love it. I wonder, though, if the issue is what I'm wearing with it. On Sunday I wore it with jeans and a turtleneck (no, I don't normally wear pants to church, but we were coming back from the retreat). I have a feeling, though, that it might look better in the summertime over a black dress. Hmmm.... Sometimes an accessory piece, as I consider this to be, is just waiting for the right base.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Snugitude

As you all know, I love spoiling people's misconceptions about history. One of the biggest fallacies about history, I think, is this ridiculous idea people have that everyone who came before us was terribly serious. Now granted, I do think that people were more responsible then we are today. But everyone, at some time, needs a laugh. Even those dour looking Victorians from the 19th century. They laughed too - they just considered it too informal for a portrait!

The other day while reading a book about English domestic culture in the Georgian period (because that's what I do - for fun) I found a silly little case to prove my point. The author quoted a gentleman that apparently coined the word "snugitude" to describe the happy state of living in a comfortable house with close family. As Bow Tie Man and I are big fans of creating new words, I instantly knew that this was a word I had to co-opt and insert in my own vocabulary. And every time I say it, I smile. And laugh. As I think that gentleman probably did too. What a perfect, historically accurate, funny little word to describe one's happy state!

Monday, February 13, 2012

In My Life....

Everyone, I know, has those times of life when there are a million projects boiling away, with no sign of completion of any of them anytime soon. That's me right now. Be it quilting or youth group, there are things happening, and while I'm enjoying it, those things don't always translate well into blog posts!

So anyway, here's where I am.

- I've started teaching the youth group on my own. Bow Tie Man used to do it, but as we have a grand total of 3 girls who come every Wednesday, I thought it made more sense for me to do it. I love the girls dearly, but have gotten the feeling for awhile that the cirriculum wasn't sinking in. So now, like the good Baptist we are, we're studying the tradition of Lent! We'll cover topics like Passover, Palm Sunday, the sacrament of communion, the crucifixion, the resurrection, and so on over the next few weeks.

- I've stared about a million projects lately, and as of yet, have finished none of them. They include a quilt (piecing), a sweater vest jackety thing (knitting), an afghan (crochet), a doily (more crochet), and embroidering napkins. I need more hobbies

- I have read one and a half of the five books on my New Year's Reading List thus far. I thoroughly enjoyed Peter Pan. Emma - not so much. I put it down several weeks ago with my book mark about dead in the middle, and can't get up enough enthusiasm for finishing it.

- I'm currently training five new people at work. It's very fun, but takes up lots of time. They are all very neat people, though, and I'm really enjoying getting to know them better.

- I have really exciting news about the Historical Society! But I can't share it. Yet.

What have you been up to?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

So Downton Abbey Arrived in My Mailbox Yesterday....

Season two, to be specific. I've owned season one since last spring. I knew it was coming out this week. I knew it. But my heart still raced a little bit when I pulled it out of the mailbox with a squeal. Instantly, the temptation began. Temptation, you ask, dear British readers? Yes, temptation. Because they've only broadcast part of it thus far in the States. We still have TWO installments to go. That means at present, Matthew has "felt something" but is still in the wheelchair, Mary is still safely engaged to the newspaper man, who has taken to threatening her, Bates' wife just came up dead, Lavinia just returned, and Cybil is about done putting off her chauffeur.

Oy.

Don't tell me how it ends. I have my own theories, but still want to watch it unfold on screen firsthand.

Did I consider sitting down and watching the last several (probably four - six) hours last night? Yes, I honestly did. Funny enough, Bow Tie Man found it funny and kept egging me on to do it.

The only problem? I had a youth group lesson to write. And yes, God is more important than Downton. Dusting that had to be done before friends come for dinner this Friday. And I also knew that tonight (Tuesday) I'd be at a board meeting for the historical society all night, and Wednesday night is church. So if I didn't watch it all last night, I wouldn't get back to it until Thursday.

I did, however, spend a GREAT. DEAL. OF. TIME thinking about it. Because you know, I'm a dork.

Will I watch it all Thursday night? Maybe. Maybe I'll just spend all of Saturday on the couch, sucked into the wonderfulness of Downton.

Anyway, if you don't hear back from me until next week, you'll know that I'm either 1) lost in couch cushions, never to be found again or 2) hospitalized from the shakes I got while waiting to watch it.

pastoral

chances with!

It's an abomination for a teacher to take advantage of a child in school. Remember Mary Kay Letourneau -we call her sick, make a Lifetime movie special about her. Shake our heads.

But a predator Pastor, a predator Priest, Predator youth worker...within the church? We "must forgive" and my favorite quote so far "Well, look at Paul...God used Paul, he was a terrible sinner..."

These horrible times in history things were seen by "religious" people as part of their cause and stood behind their religious reasoning and thought that God overlooked their crimes becau

e to come along for the ride.

It was the summer I had turned sixteen and I was part of the group that was taking instruction classes in church in preparation for baptism that fall. I had also just started being a part of the youth group. (Also referred to as Rumspringa) My biggest qualms about being a part of the youth group was that I didn't have a brother old enough to take me to the Sunday evening hymn singings which meant I had to accept a ride with anyone that had room on their buggy for me and didn't have too far to come pick me up.

That first Sunday evening when LV and his brother came to pick me up was already history. The ride had been a very quiet one with hardly a word spoken and I had been happy to thank them for the ride and hop off that buggy. Feeling awkward and uncomfortable wasn't something I enjoyed.

On this particular evening I was sitting in the living room waiting for them to stop in on the way to the singing that was being held at one of my best friends homes a little over three miles away. Daddy was sitting on the rocking chair munching a bowl of popcorn and talking while we waited. He seemed to find it a lot more amusing than I did that I was riding with LV. The one person I had spent my school years ignoring and not really liking at all.

I heard hoof beats approaching and a minute later I saw the horse and buggy appear at the top of the hill. I quickly grabbed my bonnet and hymn book and went outside as they swung into the driveway. I hopped into the buggy and we were on our way. Ridge, the horse trotted briskly. The summer evening was cooling off pleasantly as we drove along with the doors and the storm front open. My long bonnet strings kept blowing in the wind and resting on LV. I tried to tame them by holding them under my chin but felt ridiculous sitting there like that. I finally gave up and let them flap where ever they wanted to. LV didn't seem to mind and didn't even bother trying to brush them off.

When we got to the singing Edith was watching us as we drove up to the house. She seemed to take great pleasure informing me that I'm starting to look like a horse with all the horse hair that was covering my white cape and apron. I tried to brush the hair off the best I could and went inside to greet the rest of the girls. The singing started before too long and the next two hours were spent singing song after song. I had always enjoyed singing and loved being a part of this.

I didn't get a lot of time to visit with my friends after the singing was over since LV and his brother were the first to be ready to go home. We headed for home at a fast trot. Ridge seemed to want to get home quickly and when he came to the road where they usually turned off to go home he automatically swung towards it while Vernon tried to keep him going straight ahead. The next minute we were perched on the bank beside the road at a crazy angle. I was sure the buggy was going to tip completely over and we would go rolling down the mountainside. LV jumped out of the buggy and ran up to Ridge to back the buggy to safety. What he didn't know was that in his hurry to get out of the buggy he had smashed my toe succeeding to break it.

Once we were safely back on the road LV got back on the buggy. That little happening seemed to break more than my toe and we talked a little bit the rest of the way home.

Vernon got married not long after that and LV and I got to really enjoy our rides together. And I think you know the rest of the story.
Labels: Am

Unsung Sewing pattern _ The consumate amateur

I need to branch out. Truth be told, there are two skirts and one shirt that aren't pictured, that are not blue or green, and which I've yet to blog about because they are part of outfits that haven't been completed (largely because the missing items have lots of pieces and require some measurement adjustment I haven't quite gotten my mind around yet). But clearly I need to make a conscientious effort to sew non-blue, non-green items.

ore than 800 pages in the Darrell Gilyard case are released.

Monday, 30 January 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Monday, February 13, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

KUMPULAN ANIMASI

Best Is The Best

Arsip Blog

Popular Posts