Birthday Meme

My friend Pam tagged me to do this and yes, it was pretty interesting:
1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date only -without the year.

2. List 3 events that occurred that day: There were also a lot of Iragi War deaths

a) 1854 - The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
ALRIGHT!
b) 1983 - The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S. (estimate varies by source).
For all you TV people
c) 1993 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.

3. List 2 important birthdays: I share a birthday with a gangster and a football player.

a) 1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
b) 1945 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor

4. List 1 death:
a) 1648 - King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (b. 1577)

5.List a holiday or observance:

a) Kalevala Day, The Day of Finnish Culture - Finland

This one's for Shane

Your results:
You are R2-D2

R2-D2 64% Yoda 64% Obi-Wan Kenobi 63% C-3PO 62% Luke Skywalker 60% Chewbacca 57% Jabba the Hutt 55% Lando Calrissian 55% Boba Fett 55% Princess Leia 53%

What you lack in height and communication skills, you make up for in industriousness, technical know-how and being there when others need you most.

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What's in name, anyway?

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There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

My nickname Missy

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There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

My real name, Donnette.
Well, I guess since there are 0 people with my name, I can’t use it anymore.
My real name mean “little Donna”. Donna is my mother’s first name, and her name means “Lady”. So I am a “little lady”. I see you rotfl. Quit it!!

My mother said when I was born that if I had been a boy, I would have been named after my father so why not have the first born daughter named after the mother. Also, her initials are DM and so are mine. She is Donna Maria and I am Donnette Michelle. Besides, she picked out my name when she was a little girl and said (to all of her friends) that was what she wanted to name her first daughter. Where the Missy came from? My dad’s mother nicknamed me that. Mom wanted to call me Shelly but it didn’t work that way.

My dad’s initials and my brothers were the same DE, so that was kind of neat.

I'm a Mazda Miata!

You like to soak up the sun, but your tastes are down to earth. Everyone thinks you're cute. Life is a winding road, and you like to take the curves in stride. Let other people compete in the rat race - you're just here to enjoy the ride.

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Update on My Pastor

go to http://www.anitalottahelp.blogspot.com/ and see the Pastor the day after surgery.

All I can say now is.....

GOD IS GOOD!!!

ALL THE TIME!!!

ALL THE TIME!!!

GOD IS GOOD!!!

Weight Watchers Results Wednesday

I DID IT AGAIN!!

I lost 1.4 lbs this week. Total 4.4 lbs.

I was a little discouraged last week because I gained .4 lb

Here is what I did:
I bought the scale. Yes, it cost a little bit of money but it was worth it. What I thought was 1 point was actually 2 and when it gets close to the end of the day (I stop eating before 7 pm, usually) and you are wanting one more bit, it can make a difference.

i learned that the small bag of popcorn at the movies is 7 cups and not 3. And each cup of movie popcorn is 1 point. and each point is about 100 calories for those of you who watch calories. I will have to make my own popcorn a 100 calorie bag (1 point) and try to take my it with me.

i didn't get to exercise this week. My walking partner was kind of busy.


And on a hallejuah note!
My pastor's surgery was yesterday, finally!
and he came through with flying colors.




God is good, all the time!

My Pastor

My Pastor, Jack Riffe needs your prayers right now. He had some chest pains yesterday and is at TGH right now possibly awaiting surgery.

Let me tell you what little bit I know about my pastor. He is a meek and quiet man. I know that he isn't Jesus, but I think Pastor walks and talks like Jesus did. He isn't loud, doesn't scream and he can talk to you in a way that is loving and kind and nothing more. When he preaches, he only preaches what God has told him to say. Many times he has just folded his sermon in his Bible and said I was going to preach on this but God said no, that and he would follow what God has said.
Right now, I am teaching both Sunday School and Junior church. Sometimes, we have 9 children, sometimes we have 0 children. But through his example, he has taught me to keep on, keeping on.

One of the best days of my life was when I went to church on March 8, 2006 and he told me that he visited my sick Daddy that day and it was hard for Pastor to contain himself to try to tell me about his visit with my Daddy. I even saw a tear in his eye when he told me.
See, he led my Daddy to the Lord. Pastor had been trying for about 7 years to do this. He never pushed my Daddy into making any decisions and some days when he talked to my Daddy he just talked to my Daddy - nothing more then how's the fish biting or how's work going. But my Daddy knew what kind of man my Pastor IS.

When I asked my Daddy the day he got saved if he had any visitors that day (I knew Pastor was coming to visit.) He said your Preacher, my friend. Daddy didn't tell me about his salvation but now that I look back, I could tell it in his eyes. When I got home from church that night, he asked how his Brother Jack was doing and he smiled. What a sweet memory of my Daddy.

My daddy went home to be with the Lord on May 13, 2006. He didn't get a chance to follow in believer's baptism. He did get to go to church on Easter Sunday that year. That was the first time he ever got to hear my Pastor preach. He got to hear Pastor Turner a few time before (during school programs and graduation at West Gate) and Clarence Sexton when we took Grace to school or picked her up her freshman year.

My Pastor held his hand as I told my Daddy I would see him in heaven. My Pastor watched as my Daddy smiled at me, nodded his head like he was saying yes and took his last breath. My Pastor, I think was a little shocked when I said that church was the next day and I had to get ready for Sunday School class. It was business as usual, I think I said. My Pastor preached my Daddy's memorial service, which was hard enough for a Pastor to do but when you are friends, it is even harder.

Every since that day, my Pastor is like a father figure to me. I know I am part of the family of God but he and his family have made Grace and I feel like part of their family everytime I am around them. Grace calls the Pastor and Mrs. Riffe grandma and grandpa.

Everyone that knows me can probably see that I am having trouble typing this for the tears. My Daddy said I was always too "tenderhearted". I need to go so I can get some more tissues. Yes, I ran out again.


My favorite Bible verse:
"Delight thyself also in the Lord and He shalll give thee the desires of thine heart".
Psalm 37:4 KJV