Psalm 121:1-2 I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from which comes my help. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth This is a beautiful passage and one of my all time favorites.

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My only btdt is probably years out of date, both my sister and I have reverse thrusting. We did some sort of physical therapy as children but I don't remember many details. It might have worked for a while but it must not have lasted. I still occasionally reverse swallow, several of my dentists have noticed and remarked on it but no one has suggested I do anything about it. :001_smile: My sister does it more than I do and it has caused her teeth to misalign again even though she wore braces for years as a child. I am sorry this is not very encouraging. :glare: One positive thing though, I do remember learning to hold my tongue properly 'at rest' which stopped the mouth breathing, the odd position of holding my jaw, and fixed the close your mouth while you chew thing. It was part of the therapy.

Thank you. It is hard for people who are unfamiliar with Islam to overcome the images they see on TV. It is so important for those who are living the faith to be seen as well. I feel this way about Christians as well, there are many many negative images in the news, we need all the reminders of loving, devote people of faith that we can get.

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Agree about checking the zoning laws. It is fairly easy to move a single wide mobile home. You will need to put in utilities. Electric is fairly easy, but water and sewer require some planning. If you are rural enough you can put in a septic tank. You also need to put in some type of foundation to rest the home on. It does not have to be fancy, some people just lay a concrete slab or two concrete strips. If you live in a high wind area you will want to install tie down straps. I think they have a fancier name. :tongue_smilie: These are not difficult to do while setting up the home, they are a little more expensive as a retrofit. Beyond that, you need some sort of stairs/porch since mobile home doors are not level with the ground and some type of skirting. The skirting can be functional to protect the underside of the home, to keep out varmits and in some cases people use the underside area for storage. Skirting does not have to been the metal panels, it can be slump block or wood or any other material you like. Leave access spaces (doors) for any maintainence to the plumbing etc underneath. There are lots of options if you want to buy new but if you are willing to look at used mobile homes they can be very inexpensive.

I have seen plenty of 'in lieu of flowers' requests to send money to a charity. In fact I will probably request that if I ever pre-plan my own funeral. IMO flowers are a waste of money for a few hours at a funeral home. One of my local homeschool families asked for money for their kids scholarship fund after the father (and sole breadwinner) passed away. That made sense, as well as being tragic, his unexpected death left a huge gap in their plans.

wonderful...:grouphug::grouphug:

Fox news website posted the picture. I was disgusted. I am not normally a fan but this was the last straw. Sensationalism at its worst. Very had to forgive. :mad: I have been praying for the families and for everyone in harms way.

yes...this (bolded) :iagree::iagree: I live in the Bible belt and I can tell you Christians already have a bad name. This type of carp just makes it worse. I know so many people who have been deeply wounded by 'christians' (lower case c definitely intended), some of the stories they tell bear little or no resemblance to Christ. I am sure the next time I speak to one of them I will hear how christians approve of wife-beating. sigh

praying :grouphug::grouphug:

:iagree::iagree::lol::lol: I was in high school in the '70s, I remember all the kids wanting to wear peace symbols and the adults saying it was the sign of the devil. I think the logic was that it was a devil's claw. I just did not think anyone still believed that. Pat Robertson is not relevant in anyway. OP if your dd want to wear it, I would let her and tell the objectors that you have said it is okay.

:iagree: I was financial secretary for many years at my old church before we moved away. The treasurer and I counted donations; he made deposits and payed bills and I kept 'record of giving' for each person or family. That was it, no one else not even our spouses knew who gave what. Finance committee knows total giving and total pledges, they base the budget out of that.

praying

SCAD is Savannah College of Art and Design They have a highly placed equestrian team. :001_smile:

This is it. The summer is over. Friday is freshman move in at SCAD and we are driving dd18 up there in the morning. :auto: Proud of her, excited for her, wee bit sad.

wonderful! :lol::lol:

praying (((hugs)))

:iagree::iagree: Replace "son" with "eldest" and "daughter" with "younger", and that would be us exactly. Particularly at the age of 8.

:grouphug::grouphug: Dd21 has had many experiences with that kind of schedule mayhem. :glare: She is also the 'melt-down...cry...' type with a strong dose of 'let me do it'. :001_smile: I hope the semester works out for your daughter, and she will have learned lots of skills in coping with pointless bureaucracy.

We used to do this in our family room, had about 10' of pipe at one time. :lol: and I totally understand your first reaction though, my younger dd and her boyfriend brought Calliope home for me (about 200 miles). He was very distressed having a rat in his car. :auto: Younger dd kept her quiet by feeding her half a package of sunflower seed, yeah that helped :glare:.

oops sorry, no intention to offend your rats. :001_smile: My previous ones did not like wheels, they would run for a bit look around and get down. Obviously, not all rats think alike. ha

My girls used to build mazes for our rats to run through. However, the rats quickly realized that if they stood up on their haunches and looked cute the girls would give them the snack anyway. ha

Sadly, no. Rats do not exercise on wheels, because they are really smart and figure out very quickly that they aren't going anywhere. :lol: They are also extremely curious (at least the ones I have had have been), so I will try letting her explore in a safe area.

That sounds good. I will have to give her plenty of 'out of cage' time. However, did I mention that I have taken in three foster kittens as well as my own two cats and one dog. :lol::lol::lol: Dh is getting that 'enough is enough' look. HA