Comments on: Adding more home photos! Which took FOREVER!!!

By: jonny

jonny — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:24:29 +0000

My former-eth speaketh the truth-eth, you are indeed loved and appreciated, no matter the state of your whatever, whenever!!

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:40:39 +0000

That’s great to know! You’re so sweet and encouraging !
Besides, I worry less about English; it’s German-French translation and hoping to be concentrated. Oh, I should perhaps go back to our biblical verse for our marriage (Romans 8, 31) !

By: LindaB

LindaB — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:33:24 +0000

Delighted, you will pass exams with no problem!!! ‘Cause we’re all gonna pray for you—–that God will give you peace about it, a clear and focused mind, and will bring to your thoughts everything you’ve learned! I am so impressed with your English already!!! I wouldn’t know that English is a second language if you hadn’t mentioned it! You’ll be fine!

We’ll keep in mind your temperment ups and downs until then and we’ll give you a “pass” to be cranky, if you need to! LOL (We love you!)

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:06:04 +0000

Just a notice to everyone around: It’s quite probable that my temper will show considerable ups and downs the months to come. That’s due to the final exam hopefully taking place mid-February. My thoughts change from ‘ok, I’ll do it’ to ‘oh my, how will I ever pass exams’ – and every imaginable degree in between.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:55:55 +0000

I guess that depends on how you define ‘a bit’ !

By: jonny

jonny — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:52:32 +0000

Thanks! No, I guess I can be a bit of an extremest = /

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:24:58 +0000

Jonny, you don’t seem to waste your time with trivial things like a cold…but I hope you’ll soon be well again and will pray for it.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:10:46 +0000

Yep. Not out of the woods yet.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:57:01 +0000

Uhh, talking about sleep – I realized that it’s ‘bedtime’ for me now; see you tomorrow (hopefully) !!

By: trishARKANSAS

trishARKANSAS — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:48:52 +0000

It’s good to be back for a few days. Then I will be replaced by a bi-lingual young lady.

Jonny-Will pray for you too! Are you still sick?

Delighted-I have a friend named Debbie Young. She suffers from sleep apnia (I think that’s how you spell it) She stops breathing several times during the night and she wakes up with severe headaches b/c the little bit of sleep she does get is mixed with a lack of oxygen. But God uses her in such great ways. I’ve never met anyone with so much creativity or drive do do as much for the Lord while it’s still day. From what I have learned about you just from talking to you via “Tori’s Table” you seem to be the same type of person.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:21:32 +0000

I would indeed be grateful. Either I can’t hear what God tells me about the reasons for it or He didn’t tell me anything up to now.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:18:44 +0000

Welcome back trish!! Thanks for the reminder to pray for you, delighted! The last few days have been rough on me as well = /

Is there such a thing as ‘roots’ gospel?? That’s what I would consider Alison Krauss, for example.

By: trishARKANSAS

trishARKANSAS — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:17:00 +0000

Delighted- If you don’t mind, I will ask my church to pray for you tomorrow evening.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:02:23 +0000

Well,it’s never really good thus far but the last few days it was even worse. I guess that’s also why I have to struggle with some kind of melancholy these days.

By: trishARKANSAS

trishARKANSAS — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:56:24 +0000

Oh yes delighted how have you been sleeping?

By: trishARKANSAS

trishARKANSAS — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:55:26 +0000

It’s hard to explain that to someone outside the USA. If you heard both you could tell. Why don’t you u-tube The Hoppers and Donnie McLurkin. The Hoppers would be what I would consider Southern gospel. And Donnie McLurkin’s style would be what I would consider gospel. The Crabb family would be a good mixture of both styles.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:35:10 +0000

You’re right, thank God for diversity ! Though as yet I didn’t quite get the difference between gospel and southern gospel… perhaps someone could give me a hint ??

By: trishARKANSAS

trishARKANSAS — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:10:59 +0000

This is soo awesome. I get to come back to work a couple days this week. And I get to invision myself sitting around tables, drinking coffee and eating bananna bread. WOW!

I agree with you Rachel some of the words to these Rap songs makes me want to crawl into a closet and pray through.

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:12:36 +0000

I’ve heard that rumour too! AND, and I am witness to this, He even ministers through Rap.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:35:22 +0000

A Whoppin’ AMEN to diversity!!! And, I’ve heard rumor, He even works through Soul music!?!

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:49:58 +0000

I’ll give you an Amen jonny … and through Rock music too. It just goes to show how much bigger, more powerful and all-encompassing God is than us, his creation. Thank God for diversity!

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:31:57 +0000

Sorry, no. Most songs I couldn’t listen to to the end. I was blessed seeing how wonderfully Christ was working through, with her voice and the songs she chose, was given to sing, though. Good to know God is so powerful, faithful, and so full of grace that He can even reach people through southern gospel type music! Amen??

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:40:43 +0000

Good comment Rach’ lol!

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:00:15 +0000

You’re great rachelbaker ! Lol

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:22:29 +0000

Hey Mr Rock Star, you better look out or you’re going to find yourself listening to southern gospel for pleasure

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:20:03 +0000

Yes, delighted, it does.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:34:29 +0000

Just to be sure, jonny: with this ‘dog house’ expression you mean you could be in trouble ?

By: LindaB

LindaB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:56:19 +0000

Oh! Sorry Tanya! I mispelled your name, for heaven’s sakes! I think it was because I watched Dr. Zhiavago recently and that spelling is stuck in my head!

Thank you for pointing that out for me, Jonny! You’re so helpful!

By: jonny

jonny — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:45:28 +0000

Yeah, the idea of someone wanting to paint over a red brick fire place has already caused me to lose more than a little sleep. Sure you don’t want to give the idea a little more time?? = /

OK, cuz of my former obsession’s reaction to Tonya Goodman Sykes, I had to google. If Tonya is also referred to as ‘Tanya,’ then I am humbled to have discovered her through this blog. Christ seems to use her voice for His healing and ministering purposes, ways. Quite an honor. After one song I YouTubed, I thought, ‘It rarely gets any better than this.’ Interestingly enough, that famed shoe collecting Gospel singer of a man, Mr. Russ Taff, must have thought the same at the time. At the end of the song he stood up and applauded for her as well. I just hope she’s not in tight with Candy, otherwise I could also be in the dog house for what I’ve written here as well.

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:19:55 +0000

Thanks Linda. Fortunately they are behind glass so I don’t have to dust them too often!

By: LindaB

LindaB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:03:44 +0000

Tori, tell me again why you want to PAINT your fireplace?? It looks good, Girl! Do you have to prime it first? What if the paint starts peeling?

Betty, your Liliput cottage collection is impressive!!! They are beautiful!

By: MostlySunny

MostlySunny — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:45:39 +0000

Fun photos!

By: BrownEyedGirl

BrownEyedGirl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:04:05 +0000

Beautiful pictures! Thank you for taking the time to post them, Tori!

I see that I don’t need to resist the temptation to keep my tree up year round :o) I do put up a tree at Easter and Halloween.

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:48:13 +0000

That’s simply great ! It was such a beautiful surprise to start the day with. As bettyrwoodward already said: thanks so much !

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:50:06 +0000

Thanks for adding the photos, Tori, it was worth it even if it took ages and thanks to those who shared them. I am home from Rachels now so might get round to taking some soon!

By: LindaB

LindaB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:46:41 +0000

Tonya, I’m so glad you contributed your photos………..and that you read Babybloomr!!! I wish I’d known that—-I would have been a lot nicer! LOL

That postcard from your dad is a wonderful momento of his love for you and his thoughtfulness! I can identify with your loss—–I lost my dad in 1980 and just talking about him now still brings tears, even though he left us so long ago at 56 years of age. Things that were his now have so much more value to me.

Tonya, I hope you come back often to this blog and post some!! We’d all enjoy hearing from you.

Alyson, I’m leaving the porch light on for you, Dear! Hurry up—–I’m not getting any younger!!!

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:57:56 +0000

Tori, it looks fine!
Linda–I am on my way–I’ll even bring some homemade banana bread.
My husband has those same ‘speaker issues’and they are LOUD–one time he and Matt were watching some war movie and I was in the shower…I thought we were having an earthquake or something…I was grabbing the sides of the shower and thinking I was about to die!
I have some of my husband’s grandmother’s depression glass but I don’t know anything about it. My china cabinet is loaded with pieces from her and from my grandmother…some that my grandmother made when she took a pottery class in her 80’s.
Tanya–I LOVE the sentimental stuff! I am so glad that someone saved the communion trays from my grandparent’s church for me. And there is a big chair that used to sit at the front of their church for years where my grandfather sat during services–we’ve been trying to buy it from the people who just TOOK it when that church died out. I’d pay big money to have that chair ’cause the image of him sitting there with his Bible open in his lap is still so clear to me.
the Mema–I would love to just visit your area and hear the history. And how cool to have a vintage photo!
(BTW–a family who moved here recently from VA sat next to us at a ballgame the other day–the father was talking about the school zoning issues in the Chesapeake area–he seemed surprised that I knew what he was talking about. I remembered your letter…)

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:46:46 +0000

You’ve done a great job, Tori! You can’t even see the dust in my house!!!

Themema, you left off the most interesting feature of your home—–folks, she has a real elevator in her house! It’s very cool!!!

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:31:33 +0000

The effort is appreciated Tori! It is soooo cool to peek into everyone’s homes.

By: tori

tori — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:24:39 +0000

OK, still looking a little weird. I’m trying.