Arthur Blessit

One of the Godliest men I have ever known is Arthur Blessit....he holds the Guiness Book of World records for the longest walk of any human...over 38,000 miles over most of the world carrying the cross of Jesus...he has a simple Gospel message, Jesus died for your sins and loves you....Kay, my dear friend and sister in Christ sent me the link to his web site....the above photo was taken about 25 years ago when he was in England...we were privileged to meet him at a church in London.....which I wrote about in a much earlier post almost a year ago.
Back in the 60s he had a Jesus coffee house on the Hollywood Sunset strip called His Place. If you would like to read more about this simple and remarkable man, visit his website here

I won!

Yesterday afternoon I opened my email to find out I won a giveaway! Carrie from Weaver Girl Guz
makes these wonderful wash towels and I won a triple stack of them..they are so nice and hand woven....what a blessing! Please stop by her blog and she also has a great Etsy store
called Wash My Cloth....
I will post a photo when I get the cloths and thanks Carrie!

I don't have a whole lot to post about, but am collecting a lot more vintage photos...I am making quite a few journal jars....I have 7 made so far...I have one cowboy/western one, and have photos for a civil war themed one and also vintage baseball....plus my usual vintage jars , some with lace embellishments and some with vintage tatting...and the original prim grungy jar. I am hoping I can get Under Dog to take photos of them as he does so well with macro details.
I will have a booth in the EZ Shoppe Holiday craft sale starting Oct. 8th and all my jars will be for sale....the price will include the shipping.
The above photo is one that I recently found... there are so many public photos online, I could spend hours pouring through them...so happy to see them available and enjoyed.
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We watched TV a bit yesterday, mostly politics, especially towards the evening...the only show I really enjoyed and will watch again is on Fox, Mike Huckabee has his own show now and it is very very good...at the end of the show, many members of Fox formed their own band and Mike played the guitar...if you've read my or Alan's (Under Dog) blog much, he is who we really wanted as VP nominee. I tried to find a link to get you to the show site but evidently as this was his first show this last weekend, they don't have a site up and running yet.

Why I didn't Become a Teacher

Thanks, Julie!

My Thoughts for Friday

Please be sure to see the above video...history is being rewritten in one of our nations newest monuments.
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I also wanted to say a little something on the emergency funding thing going on this week in Congress...There was a warning bell rang several years ago in Congress about this very thing..
those who tried to fix the problem before it got this bad, were shot down...read about it here
President Bush, who is so hated by so many, tried 17 times to get this before Congress..there was even a bill, that cleared the Senate banking panel...but the powerful Democratic House Financial Services (Barney Frank ) spearheaded the fight to defeat it.
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I think it was great that John McCain went back to Washington to try to hash out this bail out of Wall Street...this is a more important than the election in his mind and I think he is a true patriot, more interested in the country than his own political agenda..

This is the first election that I know of, and I've voted for many presidents...that I can see will really make a difference...Our country is slipping down a steep slope. Please investigate Obama's background before voting for him...we all know John McCains...just remember that Obama was a known Muslim for many years, all of his childhood and into early adult life...he only professed Christ for political gain and was in a church for over 20 years that was racist and anti-American.
This is more troubling to me than his political views and lack of experience.
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I found an interesting blog for Sarah Palin you might want to read...its written by a young man, only 22 who has a good head on his shoulders, here is the link...

Thursday, Proud and Free

This was the largest re-enlistment ceremony ever held in military history..did you see this on TV? no? That's because it wasn't shown.
This was held on the 4th of July this year at Al -Faw Palace, in Baghdad, Iraq. Over 1200 military men and woman re-inlisted with General David Patraeus administering the oath. Afterwards they had pizza and Gatorade....
Several newspapers reported the event but it wasn't on television...mostly they report about the bad things that happen not the good...
Many reenlisted for the money but also because they believe in what they are doing, some are on two and three tours in a combat zone.

Wednesday Pet of the Week

This is Prima, a cute little girl who would make a great companion dog...she weighs about 9 lbs., is calm and loves to snuggle under the covers.....she is loyal and protective of her owner.
Care2 is having a contest for the best animal shelter...the winning shelter gets $10,000 ! plus they are giving away 1,000 gifts to various shelters...please vote for
the Sun City K9 Dog shelter, I have put a link on the side...no obligation on your part but that money would really help the shelter build some new warm kennels this winter..

We've had a quiet weekend....our son announced he wants to get back into baseball...when he was younger, we were very involved in Little League, Alan was a coach and Donny was a umpire...Matt was on top teams and went into the playoffs several times, he was a catcher and a pitcher but could play almost any position...as a pitcher, 12 years old, he had a wicked arm and threw balls at about 60 MPH....now he wonders how he would do at 17...he could hit too and made quite a few home runs...God has blest him with alot of athletic talent.
When we moved up here, about 4 years ago, he lost interest and let baseball have a rest until now. Fortunately we have a neighbor who is into Little League, and was on a minor team as an adult. He's taken an interest in Matt and says he can get him on a traveling team within a week or so. He says he wants to start working out and getting ready for try outs.
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Our weather has been wonderful today...in the high 70s..no AC needed.....we did some yard clean up, sweeping, etc. and I trimmed our Purple Fountain grass as it was getting too large and falling over. I also worked on more journal jars which I will be listing on Etsy....my jars are very unique, no one else makes these on Ebay or Etsy and they make a nice gift......I have several photos of previous jars on my other blog so will only post one here..


This one was a western themed one with photos of old cowboys...I also decorated it with old cracker jack box toy ropes, horse shoes and a tiny pistol...bits of rope too....I am working on a similar one as well as two others....
A journal jar contains questions to help in writing a journal..over 100 that will help stir up memories...

Redecorating

HI,
Just decided to redecorate my blog a little for the fall, what do you think?

My Thoughts

I thought this might help in getting down to the issues.....with all the accusations going on, the actual issues get pushed to the side...as a Christian, although neither party is perfect, the Republican platform is closer to being more scriptural than the Democratic...just click on it to see it better...
As far as the financial crisis that has been in the news this week, each party pointing its finger at the other....kinda silly to my way of thinking, this isn't a party issue but simple human greed and bad judgment...I don't think its right for the government to bail out these banks anyway....maybe they should bail out all the little citizens who fell for these "great" deals and are losing their homes....
In the old Testament every 7 year was a year of Jubilee in which everyone debts would be forgiven...wouldn't it be great if we could do something like that now?
OOPS, I stand corrected, the Year of Jubilee was every 50 years...guess I was thinking 7X7 as it says in Leviticus 25:8 , thanks, David & Julie
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I was sent this but its right on..
What Do You Think?

You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district manager after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of experience of being a surgeon.

You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be the superintendent after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't join the military and become a colonel after a 143 days of experience.

You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.

BUT....

From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World .... 143 days!

We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143 days, that's all it is - a start. AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public is okay with this and campaigning for him. We wouldn't accept this in our own line of work, yet some are okay with this for the President of the United States of America ?

Come on folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol!