I 've always enjoyed poetry and when I was young it was very easy to memorize it. I also liked music and if I heard a song a few times, the words would just stay with me. In the 70's the church where we went started a memorization course to memorize scripture. I thought "Oh this will be a breeze." Well it was't
Bill did better than I did. I tried to tell myself that he could take his book to work with him and study it while he was getting his truck loaded and I couldn't do that.
A couple of years ago, I was reading Psalms chapter 100 and thought I'd like to memorize this, its so beautiful. So I worked on it for ages, if I could repeat it one day next day I couldn't. It would not stay in my memory. I've heard an older person say your brain gets over-loaded as you get older. I've decided that what happens when you are young, your brain is soft and things just soak in, even when you don't really try. As you get older your brain keeps getting firmer so remembering is not so easy. Then when you get really old, like me, your brain must be hard and slippery and things just slid off and nothing sticks at all.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Dogs We've Had
I was thinking last night about Dusty, the last dog we had. Really she was Bill's dog. They were all Bill's dogs. I was never crazy about animals but we usually had a dog. The first one Mrs. Willet gave us. She was an older lady who babysit for me if I went with Bill to play music. I was at her house and her dog had had puppies. I was shocked because this sweet older lady was cutting the tails off the pups with a butcher knife. I took
one of the puppies but did not want it's tail cut off. I wanted to see it wag. Every dog we had was Bill's dog, I guess they could tell where the love was. That dog would follow me to the grocery store which was just up the road and I walked there. I would go in the summer and buy a ice cream bar and sit on the back step to eat it and Snoopy would sit and look sad because he didn't have any so I always gave the last of it to him. Sometimes we let him in the house in the evening and Bill and I would lay on the living room floor by him and no matter so close together we could get he would wiggle his way in between us. That was just a game we played with him. We didn't have any children at that time.
The second dog we had was a little black and white dog. It was a female and we called her Tippy. We still lived on Ginger Hill and she followed Debbie and I everywhere we walked. The older couple that lived next door raised tomatoes and we walked down there to buy them. One day the dog followed us and as she walked in their garage where the tomatoes were, this cat jumped on her back and rode her out of the yard. Apparantly they didn't like dogs and had trained her to do that. From then on when we would go after tomatoes she would follow us until she saw where we were going and then back to the house she would go.
One dog we had was first Lora's but we took it because she wasn't supposed to have a dog where she lived. She was a beauty, a sheltie and of course she was Bill's dog. She followed him around the farm
where we lived and if there was a mud hole she would not step in it. Bill would pick her up and carry her across it.
The last dog we had was really JoBeth's or was supposed to be but she moved away and he became Bill's dog. He was just a mutt but a smart mutt and if you listened to Bill he was a amazing. We never had any other critters to deal with because he took care of them. If we had a mole in the yard he would soon have it dug out and killed and I could certainly use him now. When Bill went into town he would sit out on the hill and watch the road and when he saw the truck turn in the lane, he was off down to meet it and race it to the house. When Bill got sick he would meet the truck everytime we came in and somehow he knew that Bill was no longer on the drivers side he would sit and wait for me to open Bill's truck door, He would sit there for Bill to pet and talk to him for a while then Bill would tell him to move out of his way and he would. He didn't live very long after Bill died. I guess he thought I wouldn't be as good a campanion to him and he was probably right.
one of the puppies but did not want it's tail cut off. I wanted to see it wag. Every dog we had was Bill's dog, I guess they could tell where the love was. That dog would follow me to the grocery store which was just up the road and I walked there. I would go in the summer and buy a ice cream bar and sit on the back step to eat it and Snoopy would sit and look sad because he didn't have any so I always gave the last of it to him. Sometimes we let him in the house in the evening and Bill and I would lay on the living room floor by him and no matter so close together we could get he would wiggle his way in between us. That was just a game we played with him. We didn't have any children at that time.
The second dog we had was a little black and white dog. It was a female and we called her Tippy. We still lived on Ginger Hill and she followed Debbie and I everywhere we walked. The older couple that lived next door raised tomatoes and we walked down there to buy them. One day the dog followed us and as she walked in their garage where the tomatoes were, this cat jumped on her back and rode her out of the yard. Apparantly they didn't like dogs and had trained her to do that. From then on when we would go after tomatoes she would follow us until she saw where we were going and then back to the house she would go.
One dog we had was first Lora's but we took it because she wasn't supposed to have a dog where she lived. She was a beauty, a sheltie and of course she was Bill's dog. She followed him around the farm
where we lived and if there was a mud hole she would not step in it. Bill would pick her up and carry her across it.
The last dog we had was really JoBeth's or was supposed to be but she moved away and he became Bill's dog. He was just a mutt but a smart mutt and if you listened to Bill he was a amazing. We never had any other critters to deal with because he took care of them. If we had a mole in the yard he would soon have it dug out and killed and I could certainly use him now. When Bill went into town he would sit out on the hill and watch the road and when he saw the truck turn in the lane, he was off down to meet it and race it to the house. When Bill got sick he would meet the truck everytime we came in and somehow he knew that Bill was no longer on the drivers side he would sit and wait for me to open Bill's truck door, He would sit there for Bill to pet and talk to him for a while then Bill would tell him to move out of his way and he would. He didn't live very long after Bill died. I guess he thought I wouldn't be as good a campanion to him and he was probably right.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Jonah
Our Sunday School Class has been studying the book of Jonah. I've known the story of Jonah most of my life but I learned a lot from this study. Jonah really wanted God to destroy the city of Nineveh. He must
of hated the people there. They were wicked people, but God still loved them. Jonah didn't want to preach to them so he went the other way but you can't run from God. Jonah must have preached harder because he didn't like them and maybe that was why God chose him to do the preaching. He was mad because they repented and God didn't destroy them. Why did Jonah stay there? Was it because he wanted to see God destroy the town? Then God sent the worm to destroy the plant that was shading Jonah and he was mad again. So God told him that he didn't do any work to get the plant that was shading him. God ask him why shouldn't God care about the great city of Nineveh. The Bible doesn't tell us if God ever got through to Jonah but He did get through to me. There are people that I've held things against but studying Jonah has taught me that God loves those people too. There are things that you just have to let go.
of hated the people there. They were wicked people, but God still loved them. Jonah didn't want to preach to them so he went the other way but you can't run from God. Jonah must have preached harder because he didn't like them and maybe that was why God chose him to do the preaching. He was mad because they repented and God didn't destroy them. Why did Jonah stay there? Was it because he wanted to see God destroy the town? Then God sent the worm to destroy the plant that was shading Jonah and he was mad again. So God told him that he didn't do any work to get the plant that was shading him. God ask him why shouldn't God care about the great city of Nineveh. The Bible doesn't tell us if God ever got through to Jonah but He did get through to me. There are people that I've held things against but studying Jonah has taught me that God loves those people too. There are things that you just have to let go.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Earrings
I was putting my earrings in this morning and I thought about the time Debbie ask her Dad if she could get her ears pierced. He said "If you get your ears pierced you'll have to get your nose pierced. You never heard of that back then. Later years he'd have never said that because people were actually getting their nose pierced. I've seen people with their nose pierced and thought, what would you do if you had a cold and had to blow you nose a lot. Yuh! Even though her Dad didn't really give his permission, she got her ears pierced anyway. Not too long after.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
False Teeth
I've lost my upper jaw teeth. I've been going to the dentist to replace them for over three months. I never thought it would take this long. Next Tuesday I should get the partial. I'm not really looking forward to that day. The last time I was there the dentist put the partial in my mouth with teeth but not the permanant ones.
It felt awful. I thought I'll never be able to eat with this. I couldn't even talk plain with that junk in my mouth. I never expected it to be this hard. I thought it would be a good thing. Will I ever get used to something like that in my mouth? I can't chew food without jaw teeth and I'm so looking forward to being able to eat things not being ground up. I thought when I got them, I wouldn't have to go back except to
get my teeth cleaned. The dentist said I'm getting them the first of the week so I'll be able to go back right away if they make my mouth sore. I hadn't even thought about that. I must have been dreaming thinking that I could just put them in my mouth and everything would be great. This whole process seems to be taking aas long as it took for me to get the teeth I used all my life. I hope finally they'll work as well as those did.
It felt awful. I thought I'll never be able to eat with this. I couldn't even talk plain with that junk in my mouth. I never expected it to be this hard. I thought it would be a good thing. Will I ever get used to something like that in my mouth? I can't chew food without jaw teeth and I'm so looking forward to being able to eat things not being ground up. I thought when I got them, I wouldn't have to go back except to
get my teeth cleaned. The dentist said I'm getting them the first of the week so I'll be able to go back right away if they make my mouth sore. I hadn't even thought about that. I must have been dreaming thinking that I could just put them in my mouth and everything would be great. This whole process seems to be taking aas long as it took for me to get the teeth I used all my life. I hope finally they'll work as well as those did.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Battles
I was reading the bible this morning, reading the story of David and Goliath. David said "the battle is the Lord's". It made me think back over my life and I thought about the battles I tried to win on my own. One I tried for many years on my own and never won. When God came into the picture, He won it for me. Just depend on God, his battles are never lost.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Tea Kettle
I was taking my shower this morning and washing my hair and I thought about how we did that in the fortys. Living on a farm with no indoor plumping, nothing was modern. Baths were not daily. Did just a wash pan of water get you that clean? I don't know but that's all we had. You couldn't turn on the faucet and get hot water. You had to heat it on the stove in the tea kettle. Come to think about it why did we call that a tea
kettle? You didn't make tea in it, you just heated water in it. It set on the stove always filled with water and if you used all the hot water and didn't fill it back up, someone was going to be mad. Today tea kettles are obsolete but they were inportant things back then. We wouldn't have had any hot water if we didn't have a tea kettle. I bet you would have found one in every house.
kettle? You didn't make tea in it, you just heated water in it. It set on the stove always filled with water and if you used all the hot water and didn't fill it back up, someone was going to be mad. Today tea kettles are obsolete but they were inportant things back then. We wouldn't have had any hot water if we didn't have a tea kettle. I bet you would have found one in every house.
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