Well, Anita, maybe we can further our education and you be an electrician ($75/hr)and I, a plumber ($85/hr)! (or vice versa) The pay looks pretty good, even with the overhead and that is probably about 40-50%, plus taxes. Decent work, with good pay, and it is work that will always be there. Well, maybe we should have thought about it when we were much younger!!
Andy and Kat are now down. Andy decided against taking out the ceiling to insulate the water line. Since the basement is unfinished on either side of the family room, you can see all the way down into the area between the floors (where the lines are), from the unfinished rooms. He showed me where the hot water line was bowed and was lying against the cement wall. It just goes to show what an effect the wind has on the extreme cold the cement is going to conduct from the wind chill. Andy is going to try to insulate between the cement wall and the lines, from the unfinished rooms.
While out in the garage with Kathleen, Andy got the idea to use their camping mat (a piece of insulation to put under the sleeping bag) to insulate the wall. So they cut it to size and then taped the pieces together with masking tape until it was the length of the space where the lines ran. Using some extension sticks borrowed from his Dad, he tried to get the mat to go behind the lines and cover the cement wall. It is not going all the way down the wall--obstructions are keeping it from going through. In addition to the obstructions, the line is tight against the wall and it is difficult to push the mat. He tried using a number of different things to get it through. Nothing worked.
Today Andy went down again, this time he took Kathleen with him and with pulling and pushing they got it to finally fit flatly against the cement wall...a perfect fit.
Today was a good day in spite of it being so cold. We had a new blanket of snow last night and the land was all very pretty and white. A good day to bake. I had gotten some dates that were on sale yesterday even though I have never had a recipe for using them. Last night I went on-line and found a recipe for date bars. Today I made them and they were delicious. (mmmmm) Date bars and a glass of ice tea....a wonderful treat. Both Kathleen and Andy said they were good too. The recipe was found at: www.tablespoon.com/recipes/date-bars-recipe/1/ As we get closer to Christmas I will bake the mincemeat bars.
Tomorrow we need to create some Christmas cards. Eleven days until Christmas Eve! The time is starting to go quickly. Kat and Andy have been busily filling the space under the tree with many beautiful presents--they are going to be ready--it will be fun!
Victoria and Nick took Madison to her meet this weekend. Victoria told me about a wheel on her car "wiggling". She said a mechanic had looked at it and said it was her tires. I just had a problem with the pickup vibrating badly, even after I got new tires. It turned out to be some very bad u-joints. I pray the Lord will keep her safe. Perhaps it IS just a need for new tires, although that is dangerous enough!
I can't tell you how many times the Lord has brought me through danger on the roads. One time, I was driving from Shelby to Cut Bank, on a winter day a number of years ago. The highway looked clear, however, as I hit the shade, from the interstate passing over it, the road was solid black ice. Before I had a chance to realize it, the Scout did a complete 360 degree spin and then with a "thunk" the wheels hit dry pavement and continued on down the road. It happened so fast, there was no time to react. If the ice had been longer and my speed slower or faster, I would have wrecked or at least gone into the ditch.
There are miracles all around us, all the time. As I walked back from the roadway today, it seemed amazing that we can breathe air that is -9 degrees and not freeze our lungs -- whether we breathe through our nose or our mouth. What about the eyes...how is it that they have enough salt in them to keep from freezing and yet not enough to burn the eye. How could anyone believe such wonders happened by chance? Not just by chance, but billions and billions of chances that turned out perfect! Our God is good!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A good job to have!
The water line has frozen the last two nights on the kitchen and laundry room side of the house. I called a plumber YESTERDAY morning and they were totally booked up for the day, but gave me a reference to another. I called and they said $85 an hour from the time they leave the shop, minimum one hour. Well, it is one hour just to travel back and forth so we know there is two hours at least for a visit. Not wanting burst lines, I said ok, and they said it would be in about 3 hours. Now anyone looking to go into a high paying line of business might go to school for plumbing....it pays well!!!
Having seen Dad thaw pipes a number of times, I thought I would try it. I found the hand-held hair dryer and went downstairs. Checked the line to see where the feeze spot could be. So I started blow drying the line. It wasn't too long and we had cold water. The plumber now called about coming out, so I canceled the appointment. However, it took all day to get the hot water line unthawed.
Last night the temperatures were not nearly as cold as the night before, but still TODAY there was no hot water in the kitchen or laundry room. I used a heater downstairs and the blow dryer and no results. Now I am going to try blocking some of that wind coming in under the deck by putting a tarp along the front of it to stop that bitterly cold wind. The frozen spot apparently is right below the deck, which means Andy is going to have to tear out part of the ceiling in the family room to get to it. That will be for tomorrow...I hope the pipes are good through the night. (About an hour later, after putting up the tarp...the line thawed!!)
Will be glad when it is all done! Or, this could be a long winter. Tomorrow is 17 above! The dogs can be outside all day!!!
Having seen Dad thaw pipes a number of times, I thought I would try it. I found the hand-held hair dryer and went downstairs. Checked the line to see where the feeze spot could be. So I started blow drying the line. It wasn't too long and we had cold water. The plumber now called about coming out, so I canceled the appointment. However, it took all day to get the hot water line unthawed.
Last night the temperatures were not nearly as cold as the night before, but still TODAY there was no hot water in the kitchen or laundry room. I used a heater downstairs and the blow dryer and no results. Now I am going to try blocking some of that wind coming in under the deck by putting a tarp along the front of it to stop that bitterly cold wind. The frozen spot apparently is right below the deck, which means Andy is going to have to tear out part of the ceiling in the family room to get to it. That will be for tomorrow...I hope the pipes are good through the night. (About an hour later, after putting up the tarp...the line thawed!!)
Will be glad when it is all done! Or, this could be a long winter. Tomorrow is 17 above! The dogs can be outside all day!!!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Winter Weather
Tonight the low is suppose to be -20 and tomorrow is even colder with a HIGH of -10 and a low of -25. That does not take into account the wind chill factor. So it is getting very cold out there.
The dogs are in the house. Well, in AND out of the house. Beamer keeps wanting to go out, so I let them out so he doesn't have an "occurrence" in the house. Now we have cooled the house down way too much, so he is just going to have to WAIT until it warms up a little. The high today is suppose to be 4, so I figure about 10 or 11 I will send them out and they can spend the day outside. With a little more straw in their dog house, they should be fine, and then he can go all day if he wants to.
Sunday's paper came out with articles of people all thumbing their noses at the Word of God. First, an LA Diocese elected a lesbian as its assistant bishop. She still needs the approval of a majority of dioceses within that church to actually get the appointment.
Then, there is a man in Sacramento who wants to ban divorce. Malachi 2:16
indeed tells us, “For the LORD God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one’s garment with violence,” Says the LORD of hosts. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously.”
Deuteronomy 24 gives one of the instructions from God for divorce 1 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2 when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, 4 then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance."
If we go on in Deuteronomy 24:5 we find a very special law for newly weds, “When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken." Perhaps there will be less divorce if we bring about ALL of God's laws.
Jesus said of divorce, "Matthew 19:9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.” The Lord, our God, takes marriage very seriously and our vows very seriously. Divorce is talked about a number of times in the Bible.
God, although hating it, did permit divorce (with restrictions) but abortion and homosexuality were never permitted and were always an abomination. These all deal with families, and the destruction of it.
The third article that makes these times "a cold day in hell", (something one once would have thought unimaginable) is "Dr." LeRoy Carhart taking over "Dr." George Tiller's late term abortion practice. Dr. Carhart is the one that gave testimony in Court on Partial Birth Abortion and described his practice. It can be found at http://mttu.com/Articles/The%20Abortionist%20Speaks.htm (or go to http://mttu.com/main.htm in the permanent archives).
We know whatever the past sin, there is forgiveness for those who repent and walk with the Lord.
The Lord came to Saul (changed later to Paul) (Act 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”) (goads: a type of stick to prod animals)
Paul - the apostle everyone knows and loves, persecuted the christians and consented to the killing of Stephen, before he became a believer in Jesus Christ. As an apostle of the Lord he was sent to preach to the Gentiles (us). (Acts 22:19 So I said, ‘Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You. 20 And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death,[a] and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
Then He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.’” 21)
David, the greatly beloved King, was the great (28 generations back) grandfather of Jesus. He commited adultry with the wife of one of his soldiers. She became pregnant. David tried to cover his sin by having her husband think it was his. This failed, and he had her husband killed by putting him at the front of the battle. (2 Sam 11:14 In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.” ) He then married Bathsheba. David repented of his sin and carried his guilt to the Lord. The Bible is full of people who sinned. People who realized the great consequences of their sin(s) and truly repented of their sin(s). The Lord changed their hearts and they walked with the Lord and became great witnesses and Paul became the great Apostle.
We all have the blood of abortion on our hands, but by acknowledging the sin and being repentant and asking for forgiveness, we will find it through the awesome grace and love of our God, if our hearts are truly with the Lord. Then we must go and "sin no more."
Revelation 22 "(9 in part) Worship God. 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
The Lord is returning soon. The time for us to be ready is here. The time to save your children and those you love, is now. God help us all.
The dogs are in the house. Well, in AND out of the house. Beamer keeps wanting to go out, so I let them out so he doesn't have an "occurrence" in the house. Now we have cooled the house down way too much, so he is just going to have to WAIT until it warms up a little. The high today is suppose to be 4, so I figure about 10 or 11 I will send them out and they can spend the day outside. With a little more straw in their dog house, they should be fine, and then he can go all day if he wants to.
Sunday's paper came out with articles of people all thumbing their noses at the Word of God. First, an LA Diocese elected a lesbian as its assistant bishop. She still needs the approval of a majority of dioceses within that church to actually get the appointment.
Then, there is a man in Sacramento who wants to ban divorce. Malachi 2:16
indeed tells us, “For the LORD God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one’s garment with violence,” Says the LORD of hosts. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously.”
Deuteronomy 24 gives one of the instructions from God for divorce 1 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2 when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, 4 then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance."
If we go on in Deuteronomy 24:5 we find a very special law for newly weds, “When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken." Perhaps there will be less divorce if we bring about ALL of God's laws.
Jesus said of divorce, "Matthew 19:9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.” The Lord, our God, takes marriage very seriously and our vows very seriously. Divorce is talked about a number of times in the Bible.
God, although hating it, did permit divorce (with restrictions) but abortion and homosexuality were never permitted and were always an abomination. These all deal with families, and the destruction of it.
The third article that makes these times "a cold day in hell", (something one once would have thought unimaginable) is "Dr." LeRoy Carhart taking over "Dr." George Tiller's late term abortion practice. Dr. Carhart is the one that gave testimony in Court on Partial Birth Abortion and described his practice. It can be found at http://mttu.com/Articles/The%20Abortionist%20Speaks.htm (or go to http://mttu.com/main.htm in the permanent archives).
We know whatever the past sin, there is forgiveness for those who repent and walk with the Lord.
The Lord came to Saul (changed later to Paul) (Act 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”) (goads: a type of stick to prod animals)
Paul - the apostle everyone knows and loves, persecuted the christians and consented to the killing of Stephen, before he became a believer in Jesus Christ. As an apostle of the Lord he was sent to preach to the Gentiles (us). (Acts 22:19 So I said, ‘Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You. 20 And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death,[a] and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
Then He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.’” 21)
David, the greatly beloved King, was the great (28 generations back) grandfather of Jesus. He commited adultry with the wife of one of his soldiers. She became pregnant. David tried to cover his sin by having her husband think it was his. This failed, and he had her husband killed by putting him at the front of the battle. (2 Sam 11:14 In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.” ) He then married Bathsheba. David repented of his sin and carried his guilt to the Lord. The Bible is full of people who sinned. People who realized the great consequences of their sin(s) and truly repented of their sin(s). The Lord changed their hearts and they walked with the Lord and became great witnesses and Paul became the great Apostle.
We all have the blood of abortion on our hands, but by acknowledging the sin and being repentant and asking for forgiveness, we will find it through the awesome grace and love of our God, if our hearts are truly with the Lord. Then we must go and "sin no more."
Revelation 22 "(9 in part) Worship God. 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
The Lord is returning soon. The time for us to be ready is here. The time to save your children and those you love, is now. God help us all.
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