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Prayers MUST be working...

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:54:50 GMT

After a day spent in the ICU, my mother is getting to come home. They did not have to perform surgury of any kind, but instead will be prescribing meds to remedy/control the heart ailment. What a blessing!

She had been told that she will have to modify her lifestyle, and that will be the most challenging part of this whole ordeal. Please put/keep/continue to pray for her and our family as we work through the next stages of our lives.

Pacem,
Jim

The Saga Continues...

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:36:30 GMT

As if losing the leading lady from my formative years isn't enough to deal with in the last week, now there is another new player in the game of life. My mother's heart.

Since coming up here to mourn the passing of her mother (my grandmother) a week ago, my mother has been admitted to the 'A' unit of the St. Elizabeth's Hospital ICU...heart attack. Ouch!

She is being further tested today to find out if they can go in to do an angioplasty or if they'll have to crack her open for a full blown fix-em-up job.

Please place/keep my family in your prayers for a Godly solution to the latest news, and for continued strength for all of us to deal with the situation.

Be safe,
Jim

Monday, October 22, 2007

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:31:26 GMT

Juanita Reincke

(February 11, 1928 - October 16, 2007)

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. today in the Irvin Funeral Home chapel in Centralia for Juanita Reincke, 79, of Centralia. The service will be followed by cremation, with final interment of cremains taking place at a later date. Visitation is this morning after 10 at the funeral home. Parish coordinator Darren Eultgen will officiate the services.

Reincke died at 4:57 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16, at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Centralia. She was born in Springfield on February 11, 1928, the daughter of Emil Weichert and Jeannette (Leaverton).

In 1973, she moved to Centralia from Springfield. She retired from the Warren G. Murray Developmental Center, where she was the manager of the Recipient Resource Center. She was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, a Toastmistress in Springfield, and in earlier years she was a leader of the Cub Scouts, as well as the Boy Scouts.

Survivors include: sons, Joe Reincke and wife Wendy of Granite City and Jim Reincke and wife Debbie of Salem; daughters, Michelle Ellis and husband Terry of Carlyle and Deborah Kirkpatrick of Homestead, Florida; a sister, Mary Hemberger and husband Vernon of Pleasant Plains; a special friend, Linda Hixenbaugh of Centralia; grandchildren, Melissa Kirkpatrick, Marissa Logan, Christina Logan, Lyle Logan, Bessie Howell, and Debbie Jourdan; and 17 great-grandchildren.

I miss you Gma.

An Excellent Lesson...

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:41:37 GMT

In September of 2005, a social studies schoolteacher from Arkansas did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school superintendent, the principal, and the building supervisor, she took all of the desks out of the classroom. The kids came into first period, they walked in; there were no desks. They obviously looked around and said, "Where's our desks?"

The teacher said, "You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them."

They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades."

"No," she said.

"Maybe it's our behavior."

And she told them, "No, it's not even your behavior."

And so they came and went in the first period, still no desks in the classroom. Second period, same thing. Third period. By early afternoon television news crews had gathered in the class to find out about this
crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of the classroom. The last period of the day, the instructor gathered her class.

They were at this time sitting on the floor around the sides of the room. She said, "Throughout the day no one has really understood how you earn the desks that sit in this classroom ordinarily. Now I'm going to tell
you."

She went over to the door of her classroom and opened it, and as she did 27 U.S. veterans, wearing their uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. And they placed those school desks in rows, and then they stood along the wall. By the time they had finished placing the desks, those kids for the first time I think perhaps in their lives understood how they earned those desks.

Their teacher said, "You don't have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it's up to you to sit here responsibly, to learn, to be good students and good citizens, because they paid a price for you to have that desk, and don't ever forget it."

Hallelujah...

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:00:47 GMT

SANJAYA IS GOING HOME!

...enough said.

Sad News...

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:20:31 GMT

Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community.

The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

If this made you smile for even a brief second, please rise to the occasion and take time to pass it on and share that smile with someone else who may be having a crumby day and kneads it.

Prayers...

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:32:20 GMT

If you do nothing else today, please take 15 seconds and say a prayer for those affected by the happenings in Virginia.

Thank you!

The Dark Side...

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:27:34 GMT

I admit, I live 'on the dark side' too...

Me --> http://www.myspace.com/banditbbq

Myself --> http://www.myspace.com/usautonetwork

and

My hometown --> http://www.myspace.com/salemillinois

Come over for a visit sometime!

How do YOU get to Paris, France?

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:40:59 GMT

Here's a funny little item from IndyLady 842...

Follow these steps [in order of course]

   1. go to www.google.com

   2. click on "Maps"

    3. click on "Get Directions"

    4. go from "new york" to "paris, france"

   5. scroll down in the directions to number 23

   6. laugh and then re-post this ASAP so other people can enjoy

NBA or NFL?

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:49:03 GMT

Okay, since I am not one to forward emails that I get (very often), I thought I would post this one simply because I found it interesting...

NBA OR NFL?

36
have been accused of spousal abuse

7
have been arrested for fraud

19
have been accused of writing bad checks

117
have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3
have done time for assault

71 REPEAT 71
cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14
have been arrested on drug-related charges

8
have been arrested for shoplifting

21
currently
are defendants in lawsuits, and

84
have been arrested for drunk driving
in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?

Give up yet? . . . Scroll down,

Neither, it's the 535 members of the United States Congress.

The same group that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

AND THEY JUST VOTED THEMSELVES $15,000 PER MONTH PENSION FOR LIFE AFTER SERVING ONLY ONE TERM IN CONGRESS!!