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| April 09, 2007 |
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| and a purple beanie! |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| A purple beanie? |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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like this... 
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| sweet |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| You guys are too funny!! |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| DC, this is my Mississippi sleeping bag!!! This is serious stuff :-) |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| Ok ,ok, maybe I should take it more serious...let's see...do you have a matching pillow? |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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No, sadly, the sleeping bag is not very purple. So, my purple pillows do not match. |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| Side bar question...you are going to Mississippi on a missions trip, right? Where does one sleep in Mississippi when on a missions trip? I know you will sleep in the sleeping bag, but inside of what type of shelter does one use such a sleeping bag? |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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BRILLIANT Cathy!!! I just happen to be wearing a red sweater!!! I'll pop them together in the wash tonight. DC, we'll be sleeping at the Gulport Armory (it's their Disaster Rebuild Operations Center). |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| Cathy, If I remember right, you can tie bunches of it together with plastic bags and you get a nice tie-dye effect...now, wouldn't MAry Ann look great in a purple tie-dye sleeping bag?!?! |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| You guys think it will be okay to put it in the wash? It's name brand is Columbia, it was manuafactured by Northpole Ltd and made in China. I'm concerned. |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| Oh, whoops! It is Gulfport. |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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Mary Ann, I have some camping gear, Coleman sleeping bag included, that is brand new (out of box) that I will never get to use since I got sick right after getting it. I've got a lantern, heater and some other stuff. I know that my wife has promised the $220 Eureka tent to a local Christian Boy Scout troop (sorry). But for the rest of the stuff, I would like to donate it to C3 if you all could use it. It is not good to me anymore and I need to get the basement cleaned out. My wife said let it all go minus the tent. If you, Pastor Dan, Cathy D or whoever needs some of this, let me know. Dave P.S. I also have a nice 2004 Jeep Rubicon (lifted on 31s with extra underbody armor) if anybody is looking for a 2 door soft-top TJ style. Sorry, I can't donate that though. I need $$$s for a wheelchair van. LOL |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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Rita, you don't like purple? DANG!!! Actually, that's cool. More purple for me :-) What about chocalate? Jan, oohhh, great idea. A purple tent!!! We're sleeping indoors though... still, a PURPLE tent would be awesome!!! Dave, thank you for the VERY generous offer brother... I've asked Pastor Dan to jump in here and respond. Your sleeping bag wouldn't happen to be purple, would it? :-) |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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| God's blessings as you serve Him! We should get a great blog when you return! |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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You sure love purple. A can of spray paint makes your sleeping bag just right! I will have to get busy on the blogs now since you won't be on here as much for a week. Will you have some internet access? In all seriousness, y'all are doing God's work down there. GIT R DONE for Jesus! |
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| April 09, 2007 |
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MaryAnn....Girlfriend you are the only person on MyChurch who could write a blog about a sleeping bag and get loads of stars and comments! If any of us did this, forget it! Anyway, more importantly then the sleeping bag itself, but where it is going. Lord, Please bless the trip to Mississippi. Please anoint your servants to do your will. May they accomplish far more than they even set out to do, by your mighty power and strength. I pray that you would use this team to bring salvation to the lost, homes for the homeless, and healing for the broken-hearted. May they do all of this in Jesus Name to the Glory of God. |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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| Mary Ann I love purple too but blue is my favorite. purple and blue goes good with red hair and hey that's what matters that we look good while we do what we do right. I'd like to have some purple and some blue leather for riding my bike. They'd see me coming for sure. |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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| Using Keith's idea above, I tried to spray paint Mary Ann's sleeping bag. It came out quite nice actually, but I can't seem to paste it here, so, Mary Ann, you will just have to imagine it a very nice shade of purple... |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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OK folks, let's do this the easy way.... Can somebody PLEASE just give Mary Ann some red colored sunglasses? Then her sleeping bag will look purple. LOL 
For the rest of you reading this blog, I want you to start asking Mary Ann questions about purple. Everything you ever wanted to know can be found at the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple LOL < wink > LOL Dave |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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| I hope you slept in that purple bag during Lent. You know that purple is the color of Lent? It would be like sleeping in a bag of sin. So while you're down there in Mississippi try and do some penance, okay? LOL!! |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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Mary Ann, I can't believe this. You start a blog about your sleeping bag. You already got 204 reads and 8 stars. I hope we don't have problem's getting you out of that sleeping bag down in Gulfport to go do some work. Mark <>< |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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MaryAnn; You are so funny girl! I am blessed to be able to read your blogs and am looking forward to more when you get back with all the juicy details of your missions trip to Mississipi (every time I say mississippi I spell it out m-i-ss-i-ss-i-pp-i! lol) That is such a wonderful missions trip! Good for you for being apart of it and doing the good works for Jesus! Bless you ten folds. I prayed the prayer with Sue's comments too! I LOVE PURPLE - I just can't wear it! Plus I love pink, but my husband doesn't like pink on me - I still wear it though for my own satisfaction!) I love all colors though! |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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| This is hilarious. Nine stars for this? MaryAnn, you could sneeze and someone would star you! (LOL) Hope it's comfortable, whatever color it is! ~your bro, mike |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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| As long as her face turns purple during the sneeze!! I would star that... |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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This is hilarious i've not laughed so much in a long time. You all are pure treasures and i'm so glad i found you on mychurch. |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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i'm pleasantly amused.. there are definitely purple sleeping bag liners! and you could die your hair purple to match the beanie =) |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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lol you guys are so funny! although a purple tent would be cool... my husband is with pastor he hates camping in a tent so he says lets hotel it... i tell him thats not camping! SO i just had to add that becouse it was funny! |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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Ok, here is a "roughing it" story...my wife and I were doing some mission work in southern Mexico just on the Guatamala border. We were with a team that was working the mountain villages. The area is jungle in the valleys, but arid at the top of the mountains. We stayed above the jungle line. Most nights we slept outside. You would zip your sleeping bag all the way shut and wrap it around your head. There were a lot of insects, animals, and sometimes rain, so you always made sure you were well covered. At one location where we stopped, there was an old, decrepid, run down shed. A couple of guys were tired of sleeping out "in the elements" and decided it was time to sleep in the shed. Did I forget to mention that scorpions were pretty common, too? Well, in the wee hours of the night, my wife and I, sleeping peacefully under the stars, hear one of the guys get up and walk out in the woods to do his personal business. He returns and slips into his sleeping bag. Within about 5 seconds we hear a piercing scream. Both guys are jumping and running and end up knocking the old shed over. We all ran over there to see what had happened. The one guy, upon returning to his sleeping bag, thought he felt a scorpion inside of it, got scared, ended up waking the other guy up who panicked, and both were yelling because the other one was yelling and they ended up crashing into the wall of the shed and knocking it over. There was no scorpion....and after all the noise, there were no animals within miles to bother us for the rest of the night. We all laughed about that night for a long time. Still makes me smile to think about it. |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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I'm with Cathy on the slow room service, that's rough stuff! LOL Cute story DC, I would have been the screaming one (no actually I don't think I could have slept in an old shed - or outdoors, I guess I would have been hooped. lol. |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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PatorDATM, those red sunglasses are the BOMB!!! What a simple solution!!! But, alas, the sleeping bag will still be more blue than purple once the glasses come off. David the Beloved, I'm doing my penance now dude :-) I'm suffering with my almost purple bag. aaallleen, no time now to pick up purple bag liners...great suggestion though. Rosie, you would look AWESOME in purple leather!!! Keith and Jan, I'll be with Mark Wigley...and he ALWAYS GITs R DONE for Jesus!!! Praise God... I'm just grateful to participate. :-) Thank you for the encouragement. Rita, you meanie :-) Hey, your daughter has great taste!!! Cathy, sistah, you can come over any time and lay hands on my sleeping bag. You have the key :-) But, to quote my dear brother Michael (LOL!!!), "Blessed are they who have not seen, but believe" Mike and Sue: you 2 are the reigning C3 blogging champions!!! Thanks for humoring me :-) And, thank you for your prayers. tracylea and DC, thank you for sharing your camping stories here... :-) DC, you're a brave man...married to a VERY brave woman...scorpions? YIKES!!! Kathy and Kelly, thank you...I'm praying we will all have many bloggable experiences that will bring glory to our Lord...Mark Wigley is the king of Mississippi blogs though!!! Thank you everyone for the laughter and for the advice...but, especially, thank you for your prayers!!! |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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Wow, it's good it's bright color, could you imagine if it was camo, way too easy to lose in the woods. Then you have the problems with all those animals getting used to warm beds, and invading camping stores in search of their own sleeping bags, and well you know, camo is just way too complicated!!!!!! Dennis |
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| April 10, 2007 |
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Dennis, I LOVE purple camo!!! Will it really cause animals to invade camping stores? How about if I just get a purple camouflauge head wrap? 
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| April 11, 2007 |
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Mary Ann.. you know purple is my favorite color, but more importantly it's the color Royalties used over the centuries....I put a purple drape on my cross out in front of my house for Easter! I have to tell you when I see PURPLE I think of God!!!! Now, there are many things you can do to make that sleeping bag purple, but as someone already said, ti's where it's going that matters! Dear Heavenly Father we ask that you surround Mary Ann and those going with her to this area Your Perfect grace..Lord give them strength to do whatever is needed. Give them wisdom to share YOUR Word so that others may know YOU too!!! We thank you Lord and give you Praise for all that you continue to do in our lives. In Jesus' name we pray!!! God bless, Bevie |
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| April 11, 2007 |
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| Mary Ann, you have my permission to WhompIT Cathy for her suggestion...but, you know...she is right! Oh, and would you explain the "camo" part of purple camo? Maybe there is a purple woods somewhere where it would blend in...yeah, that must be it ;^) |
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| April 11, 2007 |
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| Yeah we will need a picture of you in your sleeping bag and voice you are right there is a purple woods somewhere it's just never been found as of yet.lol hey mary ann i got so caught up in the purple sleeping bag tale that when i had my nails done i got home and realized i had her polish them purple. lol they look cool |
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| April 11, 2007 |
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This is such a holy blog - not. Does somebody have a scripture about sleeping bags...there has to be something out there...I certainly hope the new sleeping bag isn't full of holes, errr holy... |
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| April 11, 2007 |
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| God bless you too Bevie!!! Thank you for the prayer and for sharing a bit of your passion for purple and it’s historical importance!!! |
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| April 11, 2007 |
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| Purple woods, holy blogs, bags full of holes, photos of me in a bag full of holes, in the purple woods posted to a holy blog? Cathy, Rosie, DC… I love you!!! You make me laugh. J |
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| April 11, 2007 |
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I like the purple camo also, wow! I never saw that before....I'll have to find something in that shade. I was just pondering the deep theological growth which I have had since the inception of this blog! Muchas Gracias, MaryAnn! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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"...For purple mountain majesties..." |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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I just hope you don't get any Purple Rain. With a bag full of holes that could be bad. |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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De nada mi hermana Sue. PD, awesome song!!! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| Rosie, you are right!!! I will bring my purple umbrella. Darn…forgot, I lost it (or rather, someone "borrowed it")!!! Well, I have a yellow umbrella my mother gave me and an electric blue (almost purple) wind breaker with a hood. I think that should do the trick. You are definitely a thinker my sister!!! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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12 stars, 61 comments and 417 reads in just 3 days; for a sleeping bag! :eek: Mary Ann, I need to get your autograph. I sense that you are well on your way to stardom. :) Dave P.S. Will you please touch my blog? Perhaps you can cause a dramatic change in readership of my blogs! LOL |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| I'll carry her bags...even her sleeping bag, as long as I can go along for the ride! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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yellow umbrella ,electric blue jacket with hood purple sleeping bag, sister girl can you see the beauty you got goin on here it will be all the craze we will have to call it the Mary Ann movement. Since Cathy is your manager and voice is carrying your bags i'll be your body guard. |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| I think we need gloves. Matching gloves. Yes, that would be nice. Maybe just one like good ole MJ did for a while. Even I would wear one purple glove. No mittens, though. |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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Purplezilla??? Where did that come from - LOL!! Does anybody know if there is a purple holiday - like St Patty's is a green holiday. If not, let's create one and call it MA day. |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| Cathy, it has red on it...might clash... |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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You know what would be really, really bad? I mean like really, really, really bad? For some unexpected reason, Mary Ann could not make the trip! :eek: NOT - - In the name of Jesus! Nothing will prevent Mary Ann from going and christening this sleeping bag! Besides, once she sleeps in it overnight, it just might be purple the next morning! And the blog continues... Do I "hear" another star coming? No, not Mary Ann this time; a star for this blog! LOL |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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You all are not going to believe this... I just did a Google search to find Mary Ann a purple sleeping bag... Well, the puple sleeping bags are out there but more importantly... This blog is #7 in the Google listing!!!!!!!!! :eek: LOL CLICK HERE |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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One would think after all of the times that "the word" has been mentioned, that I would have been able to spell P U R P L E in the comment above. :oops: |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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Do I kid? Especially when Mary Ann's fame and glory is involved? BTW, where is that purple lady today? When she is at work, she must not surf the Internet like everyone else does here... LOL |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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Purple sleeping bag, purple shirt, purple tent (in doors), purple mountains, purple rain, purple, purple, purple, purple. I feel a pattern forming here. Mary Ann, what is your favorite color? I can't believe I ask that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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Mary Ann's favorite color, just for Mary Ann, is called: E L P R U P pronounced (el - prup') LOL |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| be sure to stop by Mobile,Al. and eat at the Original Oyster House. The besty seafood you will ever have ;) |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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I am laughing SO HARD!!!  purple doggies? a manager? a body gaurd? a porter to carry my sleeping bag? an autograph hound? a google listing? E L P R U P (el-prup')? Purplezilla? a purple state? MJ's glove? OJ's lost glove? OH, and: "Mary Ann, what is your favorite color?" You guys slay me!!! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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Christian blogger hug, all around!!! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| Hey Zach, thanks for the restaurant tip. I love seafood!!! |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| Hey, I went to www.elprup.com. Is that Mary Ann's vehicle? |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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Lazy Kracker!?! LOL!!! I ain't no Lazy Kracker!!! And I don't drive no 4Runner!!! :-) I got me a 1996 PURPLE Saturn!!! She's a beaut DC. You would love her. |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| That's Job (my man-cat) he's about to start his own blog. |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| He's not happy about this Lazy Kracker stuff DC :-) |
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| April 12, 2007 |
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| Yea thats a nice sleeping bag ya got there....lol |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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I'm laughing so hard i have purple tears running down my face. We have to get a national purple day instated some how. |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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| Watching a beautiful sunrise this morning...soft colors...a little orange...a little light blue...wait, is that purple I see!!! Even He likes purple!! Yeah, I seem to remember His robe was that color, too. |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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Good morning DC!!! Oh, I face west...so only see the purple sunset... which He loves too!!! |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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The enemy is at work! I could see everything except Job!!! (maybe you can try sending it again in a regular message to me! :)) ) Everything that is hidden shall be made manifest, and every thing in darkness shall be brought to the light! I, unlike the enemy am NOT at work...I have a vacation day today! Remember, PURPLE is the color of ROYALTY!
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| April 13, 2007 |
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Mary Ann, I didn't think about this until this morning. I hope you read your blog before you all head south. That way, you'll know just how much I love purple! LOL The Muscular Dystrophy Association is picking up today a wheelchair that I had borrowed about 18 months ago from their loan closet until I could get my very own chair in a color and style that was "more me." But just for you, for the past 18 months before getting my very own chair last December, I have been riding around in the following PURPLE CHARIOT!!!  Up close view of the BRIGHT purple color: 
Now you will be able to sleep peacefully in your new sleeping bag dreaming of my purple chariot! LOL Godspeed ahead on the trip and bring back PLENTY of pictures to be posted in your blog! Dave |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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| With this comment, Mary Ann will be one comment away from 100 and only 1 star away from tying the most popular blog for the past two weeks. So folks, let's support Mary Ann now! :) |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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| Yeah and cheers to Mary Ann and her purple sleeping bag that's going to spread the good news of Jesus and His Love and mercy in Mississippi. You go girl. |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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Dave, Now I will be able to sleep peacefully in my new sleeping bag dreaming of that awesome purple chariot! How cool is that!?! I will bring back plenty of pictures too.... I'm not sure I've figured out yet how to post pictures to blogs though... Can anyone see my Job? He's practice blogging. One day soon he will post his own blog! Okay... gotta run out and pick up a travel alarm clock... don't want to oversleep :-) Love to you all mychurch family, Mary Ann |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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Thanks Mary Ann! Dave P.S. You better order a few bottles. I've gone through half of my bottle in just a week! :eek: (of course, I eat whole jalapenos like candy...) |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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Mary Ann, I can't tell you how much creativity this must have taken. The depth and meaning displayed here is tremendous! By the way whay do you do for a living and do they have anyopenings? I would like to work there. Craig |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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 Craig, are you suggesting I've been blogging from work? Not so bro... 
Well, there has been a time or two...  but, only on my lunch break (and I haven't had many of those lately). Okay, I gotta hit the hay. Thanks for the comment. "The depth and meaning here is tremendous!" LOL!!! You're funny! Hope all is well with you and yours... God bless you, Mary Ann |
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| April 13, 2007 |
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| Hi Mary Ann, I always have enough purple vinyl from my sign shop that I could cover the sleeping bag with, LOL |
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| April 14, 2007 |
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| Purple trails to you until you blog again , Purple trails to you keep smilin until then (you know the song don't you?) Be blessed as i know you will be a blessing. |
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| April 14, 2007 |
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I think you should make it purple camouflage! Wish you the very best on your trip! |
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| April 14, 2007 |
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| Rosie, you are toooooo funny! |
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| April 15, 2007 |
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| Why thank you voice thank you very much (in elvis voice of course) |
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| April 15, 2007 |
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| I heard from the team at around 12:30pm Eastern--so far, so good. They were still making their way through Tennessee--which means they should be in Alabama right now and will arrive late tonight. |
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| April 15, 2007 |
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| Thanks for the update PastorDan. |
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| April 16, 2007 |
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| I wonder how the purple bag slept last night. Hope she got a good nights sleep.Rita you are so right we need Queen Purple back to rule and reign over her blog. Too quiet |
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| April 16, 2007 |
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Cathy, Tell her that her purple blog is blue without her!! |
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| April 17, 2007 |
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| Thanks Cathy for the update, wow that's some wind you are getting. |
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| April 18, 2007 |
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What's the latest word from Mary Ann? Is the sleeping bag purple yet? Some good news along those lines would take some of the blue away from this blog. We really need to know something; anything... Besides, this blog is at the top of the charts! Ata-girrrlll Mary Ann! |
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| April 20, 2007 |
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| So blue here with out you ,I'm so blue thinkin about you, you have gone what can i say and taken purple away and now it's so blue blue here with out you. (think of blue christmas by elvis ) |
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| April 20, 2007 |
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| Godspeed and safe travels for them all! |
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| April 21, 2007 |
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Mary Ann's manager, bag carrier, body guard, song writer, painter...everybody...when she comes in the door, yell surprise!!! That way she'll know we are all here. |
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| April 21, 2007 |
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| Good idea |
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| April 21, 2007 |
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| I've got the can of purple spray paint in my hand for when she walks in the door. Just in case, mind you. But I do believe she will still be her 'ole purple self! LOL ;) |
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| April 21, 2007 |
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| Great idea PastorDATM...I hear she made it home...now we just have to wait... |
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| April 22, 2007 |
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| ooh.. Looking forward to hearing how everything went! :) |
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| April 23, 2007 |
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| Mary Ann oh Mary Ann can you come out and play today???????????????????We've missed you. |
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| April 23, 2007 |
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Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement. We are home!!! :-) I have about a zillion emails and phone calls to return... Lot's to catch up on. Once I get my head above water (soon, I hope) I will figure out how to post pictures and give you all an update. The trip was awesome and all my prayer requests were answered. Here's the list I sent Cathy on 4/13/07: Safe and fruitful trip Our efforts are glorifying to God We grow closer together in Christ and to Christ More love, compassion, wisdom, discernment... God bless you all, Mary Ann |
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| April 23, 2007 |
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Welcome Home!!!!!!!! Turn on the lights and everybody yell! |
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| April 24, 2007 |
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SURPRISE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! welcome home |
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| April 24, 2007 |
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Carol hooked me up with a tip on flickr - where you can upload pictures to the internet. Thank you Carol!!! Can anyone find my sleeping bag? 
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| April 24, 2007 |
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| Jan, Thanks for the beautiful bouquet. The purple flowers are the best!!!
Cathy, are you up for a road trip? We can take the Z… :-) |
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| April 24, 2007 |
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Welcome Back. |
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| April 24, 2007 |
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| Thanks Lloydd!!! |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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I hope Mary Ann forgives me for accidentally letting that can of purple spray paint discharge on her when she entered the room and the lights went on. When Voice_in_DC told everyone to "yell" my hand tightened from the thrill and pushed the button on top of the spray paint can. Then the button got stuck in the down position. From there, well, lts history! Am I in trouble with you Mary Ann? :eek: Can we still be friends? Dave |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| Are you kidding me Dave? I LOVE the new purple look!!! Thank you friend. Cathy knows :-) |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| is the sleeping bag bottom bunk on left????????????? |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| Nope, looks like though, don't it? :-) |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| You got it Cathy!!! You just won a Mississippi refrigerator magnate, a Tennessee postcard postmarked in Mississippi and a Mississippi postcard postmarked in Alabama. CONGRATULATIONS!!! |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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LOL!!! You can't see panties Rita!!! You are so funny :-) I'll provide you with photographic evidence of the sleeping-bag's continued existence later tonight :-) Okay, gotta get back to work now. Lunch time is OVER ;-( |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| Heeeheeeheee!!! Rita, you are correct!!! Woe, a window would have been nice. :-) ... However, the weather was great so it wasn't to stink'n steamy... |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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Okay Rita, I am happy to share this proof with you. Me and my sleeping bag are home: 
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| April 25, 2007 |
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However, I am shocked and appalled by the wrinkles!!! 
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| I MUST SAY THAT BAG DOES LOOK MORE BLUE THAN PURPLE NOW YOUR SHIRT LOOKS PURPLEISH I BET YOU COULD MAKE A FORTUNE OFF EBAY WITH THAT BAG SINCE IT'S SO POPULAR. JUST A THOUGHT. LOL |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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| And if you put your sleeping bag up for auction on eBay (great idea Rosie, huge funds for the Kingdom!), don't forget to direct everyone here to your blog on MyChurch and ask them to sign up while they are visiting. Being a member at MyChurch (or is it being a friend of Mary Ann's) that just might increase the value of what they are selling. :) Hmmmmm... LOL |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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I left myself wide open for wrinkle jabs :-) I thought Cathy Diemer would be the first to comment on that... she's picking her hubby up from the airport right now. We had Romans bible study together earlier this evening with Pastor Dan, TOMA... and some non-mychurch C3ers. Sell my sleeping bag? OH NO!!! I LOVE MY SLEEPING BAG!!! |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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Can I start th ebidding at $1.25? Isn't that always the low bid? Dennis |
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| April 25, 2007 |
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$2.50 |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| $2.50 do i hear $3.00 how high can we go for the kingdom of God. (Mary Ann you'll make enough on this bag you can not only give greatly to the kingdom but you will have enough for another PURPLE sleeping bag just as purple as you'd like it to be) LOL |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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Just catching up on all the discussion on this thread...deep, thought-provoking, theological (you mentioned Bible study), life-changing discussion...where would my day be without it? You guys are too funny! Rosie, I bump your bid to $3.50. |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| Dang guys!!! I paid $29.99 for that bag (not including tax). It's only 3 weeks old and barely used. |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| Not with 5 bucks Rita. LOL!!! |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| Oh Jan, thank you, $6 oughta do it... heeeheeeheee... |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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Hmmm? What, is that how much you have in your wallet Cathy? TOO FUNNY!!! :-) Whoops... gotta go. Aon is on their way. Be back around lunch time. Keep the bidding going. :-) |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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$12.01 this is a tactic used on E-bay to outbid the $12.00 bidder :) |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| Oh Sue, you do e-bay? Cool!!! What have you sold there?Hey, how about I throw in the attractive and versatile net sleeping bag tote. I used it as a laundry bag in Mississippi. It is sparking clean and bounce fresh now… as is the sleeping bag. Will that up the bid? |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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WOW. I'll go $12.76 with the versctile net tote bag.......haha :) Sorry, I'm usually the one to mis-spell words, I had to take the laugh value on this one, Laugh value is worth a penny more!!!! Dennis |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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I really don't know what to say, everything from everybody has already been stated...so I just came on here to follow the crowd Okay, I'll have some input, maybe you should take a interest in the color blue, you know it really ain't all that bad...... |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| With an autographed pic of Mary Ann standing next to the bag, I'll go $16. |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| Y'all are neglecting this bag's value as an historic artifact. |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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Mary Ann, I think this might be an issue, referring to your and your bag as a "historic artifact" !!!!!!! I don't think I would have gone there myself............ |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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| I think the fact that it's used by Mary Ann AT the MS missions trip actually increases the value! Which makes me think sitting on it is the right strategy for investing here.. |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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Sitting on it? How will that increase it's value, doesn't wear and tear decrease the value? I'm getting so confused, historic artifacts, sitting on things, and it's not even PURPLE !!!!!! |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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20 stars, over 1500 reads, and still counting! This has got to be a MyChurch record for a blog! I would like to suggest that all of us pitch in a nice donation for the MS effort and give it to Mary Ann to be delivered to the MS relief efforts. In return, Mary Ann autographs the picture and the sleeping bag. Then, I would propose that those two items be submitted to some museum that stores artifacts of technology. In another 100 or so years, the folks flying around in their anti-gravity suits going to work can look on their 3D super-HDTV's monitor in their helment at the history of a 2006 Christian website called MyChurch.org and see how a wanna-be PURPLE sleeping bag changed history! |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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Dennis, I know it's your birthday (happy birthday, btw!) but don't be stirring stuff up... And Carebear's right -- on Antiques Roadshow, they're always talking about an item's provenance, its origins and the story behind it, as making the real difference in something's price. |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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Aw shucks, It's just old age setteling in :) I like that, provenance, that means that even though i'm getting old myself, that my provenance gives me interesting character, right? I mean really, provenance helps? Right? |
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| April 26, 2007 |
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$16.50 With all these comments...I hope I upped the correct figure :) Yes, I used to sell used home school books on E-Bay. I stopped a few years ago. Then I used to just buy....but NOW there's MyChurch! Saving me a bundle! But now we are bringing E-Bay to Mychurch :) |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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I saw Sue last night. She is such a sweetie (don't let that crock fool you!). Thanks for upping the ante Sue. Dennis, whatchatalk'n 'bout dude? Are you dis'n the bag blog? Grace to you (LOL!!!) and happy birth day too brother :-) Dave, your loyalty to the bag blog and steadfast faithfulness to purple is a blessing (I’m being silly here). Seriously though, they say laughter is good for the soul… you have kept me in stitches J Thank you!!! |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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Carebear, Cathy, DC, you make me smile :-) Love to all mychurch family!!! Pastor Dan, I can't help but notice, you have not graced the bag blog with a star. I think I will "just ask"... So, why? Is it the sleeping bag? Is it the color purple? Is it the dialogue? Is it me? Well, I thank you for your commentary just the same brother. Maybe you will consider adding a comment and/or star to the Mississippi Picture Blog? Better yet, how about you post a picture there of your relief work following Hurricane Katrina? Happy Friday everyone!!! |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| Uh-oh, let me not forget precious Rita... sistah, you crack me up!!! "I see panties, and socks- a fan to spread the bad air.... haha! But sleepingbag???" LOL!!! You are dinstinctly German in your humor. You remind me so much of my dear friend Ingrid (who has yet the join mychurch... but, I'll keep working on her). |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| $16.51...Deal or no deal? |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| Brightness, blue? OH NO!!! NEVER!!! Well, maybe reddish/blue or bluish/red (is bluish a word?). |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| I have $16.51 come on do i hear $17.00 this bag has been on a very important ministry trip which increases it's value alone but add in that it was Mary Ann's well that blows the value right off the charts. I'll bid $17.50. |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| Okay Mary Ann, I tell you what, I kind of like the sleeping bag myself just as it is...well I was going to say, well maybe not, okay, okay, I'll ask the question...can I have it then or maybe you'd rather put up for a auction....I mean I love the bag and it's color, blue! It's my favorite color, what do you say? |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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MaryAnn, When you said "Don't let that crock fool you", I thought you meant "crock of bull :)" Until I had a minute to realize what you meant. Remember...I am a blonde! lol I am assuming the proceeds will go to Denise's windows????? $18.02 |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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HaHa!!! Crock of bull... that's funny Sue. Maybe I should have used "croc" for short instead. Hey Brightness, if you really need the bag, it's yours! Otherwise... I'll need to consider some of the other suggestions and offers here. :-) Angie, no deal! :-) Rosie, thank you for the added value. :-) Cathy, $25? Is that what's in your wallet today? What, no change? LOL!!! |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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Ok did not read all the comments - here is my peanut thrown from the peanut gallery... a) Your sleeping bag is cool. b) Are you married? I couldn't not tell by your profile. C) If not - by being a blue sleeping bag person you may attract a red sleeping bag person and then then the two of you will be PURPLE :) |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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SSTTR, you are brilliant!!! I am single. Where can I find this red sleeping bag person? |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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OK...Sue, that was a REALLY blonde moment..thanks for the smile... I tend to agree with provenance or whatever they call it...there is history in this bag. How many states has it traveled??? Maryland, Viginia, Tennessee, Mississippi...four? Ummmmmm, well, I can pass on the latte for a couple of days...ok, $26! |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| Alabama, Georgia and West Virginia too. 7 states :-) |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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| well, I don't need it really, I just want it, cause you know I just think it's kinda cool and all...and you know like I said earlier, I just love being part of the action...man, I really, really love this post!!! |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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Cathy, we have a Seattle's Best in our building. Run by a Korean man who is a missionary. He led a team to Oman last year. Real missionaries, too. They go in teams of four. They took a cab to a little village in the middle of no where and started walking through the town knowing God would provide. They met people, were invited in to eat and stay and while there taught about the Gospel. He is the one I buy my Lattes from, so I am not too sure I want to take away from him too much...oh, and I spend $4 a day, twice a week...OK!?!?! Because it has been through 7 states, I'll go $27...wait, did I just raise my own bid? Cathy, look what you made me do!!! |
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| April 27, 2007 |
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You raised your own bid...and you talk about blonde moments! lol After all, crocodile does not begin with c-r-o-c-k :) But "Crock of Bull" does....lol, hillarious! |
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| April 28, 2007 |
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| Now we are above the original cost!!!! |
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| April 28, 2007 |
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I have $35.00 from Jan can i get $37.50. This is for a very worthy cause did i read it's to go to windows? Everyone deserves windows (so let's do this).......Oh i'll bid $37.50 do i hear $38.00 (when i grow up i either want to be an auctioneer or Tye Pennington) LOL |
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| April 28, 2007 |
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Yes, any sleeping bag money will go towards Denise's windows... Great call!!! You all crack me up :-) |
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| April 28, 2007 |
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| Okay I've been following this thread and I got just a little lost along the way, now who is Denise, and what's up with her windows? Anybody???? |
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| April 28, 2007 |
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| Go to Mary Ann's other thread about her missions trip to Mississippi. It explains it all... |
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| April 29, 2007 |
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| Oh yes, please do check out the Mississippi Picture Blog... http://www.mychurch.org/blog/22676/mississippi-picture-blog. I welcome your comments there (especially if you chose to type them in purple!!!)... Oh, and STARS, I love STARS... God's promise to Abraham... your gift to me and your other mychurch friends :-) |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Now back to the bidding Denise is in need of windows and they are not cheap. Last bid was $37.50 do i hear $38.00..................Dennis jump in anytime i know you are out there...... |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| ...and remember, you get a personally autographed picture, too! |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Sorry, I 'm only allowed $1.25 in my pocket at any one time, remember I have 3 daughters, and ex-wife, and 2 grand-daughters, I not only don't have any money left, if I did I'd give it away to my Anna and Lou(I'll post pictures soon, they are soooooocute)! |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Cathy, I think you may be the proud owner of a used blue sleeping bag :) |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Nope. I'll go $50. |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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Oooh, look, I found some money in my daughters pocket(it probably used to beliong to me!) Let's see..48, 49,plus $1.25 of my own..ooh, ooh how about $50.25 !! hooray, $50.25 !! |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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Mary Ann must not want to part with her now-not-new sleeping bag. Somebody needs to bid $1,000 and watch Mary Ann bid $1,000.01. The possibilities will be endless; not to mention a complete house full of new windows. :) Dave |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Now we are talking Dave so is your bid $1.000.00 going once going twice do i hear any other bids????????????? |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Sorry Mary Ann Dennis and Dave has out bid you remember it's for a good cause everyone keep those bids coming. Denise will be nice and cool this summer and nice and warm this winter with those new windows purchased by a PURPLE SLEEPING BAG |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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"Somebody" does not equal "Dave" ... LOL But I will enter a "double-nickel" bid of $55. Dave |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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I better hurry up and order my new sleeping bag!!! I cannot stand the thought of being bagless. It will be purple!!! |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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Cathy, I am willing to "go together" with you on this and COMBINE our bids ($299.99 + $55) making it a nice sum of $354.99 which is about what ONE window costs these days. Dave |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Dang!!! I didn't want to have to do this... but, now I am forced to up Cathy's bid by $0.01 to a total of $300. Dave, how could you think of dividing the bag? It must stay intact! :-) |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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Cathy and Mary Ann, Y'all got my $55 for the window donation. I'll contact you via message here to find out who to make the check out to and where to mail it. Dave P.S. I think perhaps the sleeping bag should be hung somewhere in your church. Somebody could stitch a nice scripture on it. Then hang it up like a wall banner. I bet Pastors Mark and Dan could come up with a lot of stories (and sermons) about the history of Mary Ann's sleeping bag. |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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OK, I'm going to send out a challenge ! I say everyone who bid take their highest bid, or if you really are daring take the highest bid, and match what hte highest bid was ! This would mean that Denise and maybe even someone else will get windows. Then I think you should hang the bag, among any banners you might have and let everyone thst see's the bag ask abot why a lowly sleeping bag would be given such honor. Mary Ann, I so appreciate your sacrifice, I know you really likes the sleeping bag, even if it wasn't purple. I hope that the people who run into this on Google will understand the value of this bag, this blog, and Mychurch.org! Dennis PS. I vote for this to be the blog of the year, against which all others will forever be measured!!!! |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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I can help out a little for the windows. I will just put it in the tithe box with a note on the bottom. Wait until Denise hears how we raised the funds for her windows :) |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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WOW!!! Mychurch brothers and sisters are the REAL DEAL!!! God bless you all... and may the Glory go to our AWESOME Heavenly Father and thanks to His Son Jesus Christ... forever and ever AMEN!!! |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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| Somebody give us an address to send our checks... |
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| April 30, 2007 |
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Calvary Community Church, 9180 Rumsey Road, Columbia, MD 21045 Just write "Denise's Windows" in the memo. Cathy, Correct me if necessary :) |
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| May 01, 2007 |
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Yeah you have done it Mary Ann you are raising money for Denise's windows and you get to keep your sleeping bag. You all are the best but now you know you've put me out of my new job as auctioneer i was really getting into it. Anything else we can sell???????????????LOL |
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| May 01, 2007 |
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Hiya Rosie, I will part with my sleeping bag and ship it to anyone who out bids my $300 offer (which I will still donate to C3's Katrina fund for Denise's windows)... WOO HOO!!! $601, that would be almost two windows (right Dave?). So... 
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| May 01, 2007 |
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| My check is written and will be in the mail tomorrow. I'd mail it today but I cannot get to where my wife keeps the envelopes and stamps (out of my reach). She doesn't want me to write any S.O.S. letters. LOL (j/k) Dave |
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| May 01, 2007 |
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My check will also follow! Dennis PS, how can I not help someone named "Denise"! |
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| May 01, 2007 |
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 Denise is going to love her new windows! |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| My check will be in mail friday, this feels better than a cuddle with a fuzzy bunny. |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| Just to let y'all know, I just got a $70 gift from a church in Georgetown, TN. that goes towards the windows. |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| Cool...my check is on the way, too. Rosie, I am not sure about your fuzzy bunny comment...in more ways than one... |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| voice don't you like fuzzy bunnies???????????? we use to have bunnies when we were kids they were so soft and fun to hold but they were little stinkers if you know what i mean. My bunnies name was Puff and my brothers bunny was Popcorn. |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| OK, we had a bunch of rabbits when I was a kid, too. Yes you are correct, they are nice and soft....it is just when I think of something really nice a "cuddly bunny" just doesn't come into my mind...even when I work with it for a bit...still, I understand where you are coming from. I wonder if Denise or someone down there is praying for her windows because God is doing a work here! |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| I have noticed that nobody had only one bunny, I'll jut leave it a that, there not as bad as Tribble's, but almost....... |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| Oh yes...one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. I had totally forgotten about the Trouble with Tribbles. What a neat memory! Oh, and I think we had at least six rabbits - at the beginning....turned into far too many in a very short period of time... |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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I had just one Rabbit. His name was Bumper and he was blue/grey in color. Started out as Bonny, discovered Bonny was a boy, wanted to name him Thumper, changed it to Bumper (keeping the "B" sound in his name... to which he had already grown accustom). I can't stand to see animals caged. So, eventually, I let Bumper have free range in our back yard and the fields behind our home. Soon, there were many mini-me blue/grey Bumpers hopping around the neighborhood. So adorable!!! |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| Okay this is funniest blog ever. I don't know how I've missed it. We never had bunnies. I might need counseling about that. hehehe!!! :) |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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Isn't God awesome? Somebody can mention a plain, dull, now used, blue sleeping bag and before long, we have a blog with 24 stars, 267 comments, and 2116 reads where everyone is talking about cute little bunnies hopping around the neighborhood; after talking about some plain, drab, white windows that are going to bless Dennise. Oh did I mention that, through all of this, Mary Ann needed a bag carrier, body guard, song writer and painter. I'd say that's a good mix of thoughts to keep us wondering if Mary Ann might end up in Hollywood doing some really odd sitcom based in a church about all of this. Hurry! I need a script on my desk by 9 AM tomorrow morning. I think we have a million dollar movie in the making here! What a great way to put MyChurch in front of everybody around the world! This movie will explain what goes on inside those four walls of a church when things start a rockin and a rollin! Holy Spirit rain down on us and set us a laughin! We are the happiest people on earth! |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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I think there is enough material on these blogs to generate a script especially using a little imagination. I mean, this is ALL public information, right? Just change the names to protect the innocent...oh, and I think those white windows are going to have a special glow about them that only those on MyChurch can see... Signed, Bag Carrier (and proud of it!) PS Happy B'Day, PastorDATM |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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For all you bunny lovers... (\__/)
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| May 02, 2007 |
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AWE!!! Jan, Rabbit loves you too... Look at the little angel... praying away... 
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| Mary Ann, don't let him too close to mine or, well, you know... |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| TOO LATE!!! |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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ROFL!!!! Rosie, look what you started with that "bunny cuddling" talk!!!! |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| Jan, I had to ask my brother Michael. Haha!! He told me it means: rolling on the floor laughing. |
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| May 02, 2007 |
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| You got it Mary Ann! |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Voice and Mary Ann i just love the bunnies i could just hug them all. This has been the funniest blog ever i have to read it every morning before heading out to work. |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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Rosie, you inspired the whole bunny episode. THANK YOU!!! I love bunnies!!! I love PURPLE!!! I love chocolate!!! I LOVE mychurch!!! oooohhhh and... I LOVE you!!! Happy Thursday!!! |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Happy Thursday to you Mary Ann and all I Love PURPLE Bunnies covered in Chocolate reading the blogs on mychurch.LOL....I LOVE You Too you are an awesome person and i'm so glad i met you here as well as all the others you all make my days brighter......... |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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AWE!!! Jan and Rosie, you’ve got my eyes a well’n. |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| I don't know what to say...I just said I was the only person left on MyChurch to read the Purple Sleeping Bag blog. I was expecting this huge exegesis on purple sleeping bags with some sort of analogy and then how it affect our spiritual lives. :o) Man! I've got to stay better connected, LOL! |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| I have never read all the way through this, and I can't now cause I don't have the time.. and by the time I got around to look at it it was way too big, but I want to contribute to it too......so in a nutshell..........what is the conversation about now? |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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Denise's windows. Her home was devastated by Katrina. I bought my sleeping bag for the trip down to help rebuild. We worked on Denise's home... we couldn't build her new windows... so, we're gonna buy them for her. |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Mary Ann was collecting money, then we got off on bunnies with a small does of tribbles in the middle. Windows are nice. Everybody needs them. |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| So this is just pretty much an "anything goes' blog huh? |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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Hey!?! Aaron!?! Aren't you going to star my blog? And Bunny? |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Oops!! Done! |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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JAN, click here and you'll find yourself at a fairly extensive (and spyware free) source for smileys! Right-click your mouse on the one you want and select "copy." Then go to the place you want the smiley, right click again, select "paste" and I think you'll be pleased with the result... (assuming you're not a mac user). Enjoy! And you can forward my consulting fee to the sleeping bag fund! 
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Sorry, JAN, didn't realize you're out in God's country in the Land of Lincoln. It'd be wrong to bill a fellow Illinoisan. |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Jan, The Smilies I use are at www.smileycentral.com I haven't had any trouble with it, but Cathy said it was trying to take over the church computer. Better Smilies, but then there's the risk. It is free, and I won't charge you either :) You could always just delete it if it causes you any trouble. If anything my computer has been working better lately, so Smiley can stay! |
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| May 03, 2007 |
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| Sue, you may want to run some spyware removal software--that's what smileycentral delivered along with the graphics. |
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| May 04, 2007 |
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| Jan you are not the only dummy on the block my computer just doesn't want to work with me on any thing and then once i do get it one time Duh i forget how i did it....... I just enjoy everyone else's smiley's.........I need the computer geeks to come and show me how to make this thing sing....LOL |
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| May 04, 2007 |
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| Sorry, JAN, I was just describing how I got it to work so I'm at the limits of my usefulness on this. |
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| May 04, 2007 |
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Blogs have very limited graphic capability, Jan. MyChurch has been working on it to make it easier, but sometimes it just isn't going to work. Sometimes you have to paste it into something else - like Word, save it, then paste it to the blog. Sometimes that doesn't work either. I have tried a multitude of things. The process that does work all the time is to have it pasted from another website. Easy to do if you have an active site. Mary Ann did that for all her pictures. |
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| May 04, 2007 |
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Jan we will get it one day and then watch out for the smilies to be flying everywhere. |
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| May 04, 2007 |
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| With Smiley Central, you just click on the Smiley. But you have to make sure that the cursor is in the text box. Then just click on the Smiley and wa-la, you have a Smiley! |
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| May 05, 2007 |
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Okay Jan, I'm gonna email you a link to the mother of all smiley face sites site!!! If you figure it out, please post a smiley here. love to you my sister!!! Mary Ann |
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| May 05, 2007 |
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| Cathy started a blog to post the donation tally http://www.mychurch.org/blog/24706/The-Window-Tally-BlogakaBunnySleeping-BagMary-Ann-Windows-
Denise will get her windows!!! Praise God and to Him ALL the Glory!!! He has blessed us so that we may bless others in His Name.
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| May 05, 2007 |
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| Consider this blogged STARRED for the 26th time....... |
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| May 05, 2007 |
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SCWEET!!! |
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| May 05, 2007 |
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| You got it sister!!! Already emailed it back to you :-) |
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| May 05, 2007 |
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| Oh no, not another one with the smileys!!!!!! Run, everybody, run!!! Just kidding... |
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| May 06, 2007 |
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| Jan you got it congrats sister i'm just going to give up on it for now my computer's running likes it is in the caveman age i need some work down on it then maybe it will sing like i need or should i say SMILE |
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| May 06, 2007 |
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 Hurray for Jan!!
Something else that is SUPER easy... just hover your mouse over the smileys here on mychurch, right click, copy and paste um anywhere you like. |
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| May 06, 2007 |
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| Hey Mary Ann that was cool thanks for info that worked...... |
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| May 06, 2007 |
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I can do it, too, but I would prefer blue pom poms...
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| May 07, 2007 |
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| i like this smileys made easy Mary Ann you are the best.......Thanks Jan i borrowed your smiley you are awesome |
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| May 07, 2007 |
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Hip, hip, HURRAY for HAPPY FACES... smileys galore!!! |
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| May 10, 2007 |
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| So Mary Ann what is the stats on the sleeping bag are you still the proud owner or did someone step up to be high bidder?????????? |
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| May 10, 2007 |
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| I still own it sister!!! And Denise is getting her windows!!! Isn't that awesome? |
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| May 10, 2007 |
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now Timmy why would you say that??????????????haha Mary Ann that is awesome i think you should have the sleeping bag it's right where it belongs and Denise getting her windows is so very awesome this was a great adventure what can we do next. who needs what???????????????????? |
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| May 10, 2007 |
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No museum submission? ;) LOL |  | 20 stars, over 1500 reads, and still counting! This has got to be a MyChurch record for a blog! I would like to suggest that all of us pitch in a nice donation for the MS effort and give it to Mary Ann to be delivered to the MS relief efforts. In return, Mary Ann autographs the picture and the sleeping bag. Then, I would propose that those two items be submitted to some museum that stores artifacts of technology. In another 100 or so years, the folks flying around in their anti-gravity suits going to work can look on their 3D super-HDTV's monitor in their helment at the history of a 2006 Christian website called MyChurch.org and see how a wanna-be PURPLE sleeping bag changed history! |
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| May 14, 2007 |
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| I think this blog would make for a great hollywood movie |
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| May 14, 2007 |
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| What would we call it? "From Bags to Wishes"? Or "Purple People Pleasers"? Or "Mary Ann Pines for Purple - The Real Story of the Blue Bag"? |
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| May 14, 2007 |
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| I want Harrison Ford to play me...we are the same age and we look a lot alike (in my dreams)... |
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| May 14, 2007 |
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i want to be an extra in the movie . i can still be the body guard.........i better beef up......
who should play Mary Ann and we'll have to see who the best stand in would be for the sleeping bag not just any ole bag can take that honor. |
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| May 14, 2007 |
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| You all are TOOOOOOO cute!! I like "Thoroughly Modern Mary Ann". :) |
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| May 14, 2007 |
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This blog keeps getting better every time I check back on it.... :)
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| May 15, 2007 |
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| Um!!! You guys are cracking me up. LOL!!! Hmmm... I'm so bad with celeb names. Can anyone make a recommendation for my roll? |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| What has happened to the sleeping bag???????????Is it sleeping????????? This blog must not die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got to keep it going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Help where did everyone go??????????????????? |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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Still here!! I am waiting for the screen play to be announced. In the mean time, let's see...where would be a good place to do the filming...I personally like Glacier National Park...any other thoughts? |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Have the auditions started yet? |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Cathy and Mary Ann are at some Wine Festival tonight, I think...maybe we should go watch their performances. Whatcha think, Dave? |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Ann and I hiked at Glacier to one of the many lakes tucked back in the mountains. The one I remember is called Avalanche Lake. It was spectacular. We sat on one side of the lake at water's edge and ate our lunch while watching two bear cubs playing on the other side of the lake - far enough away to be safe, but close enough to see. It was awesome. |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Are they going to be squashing grapes with their bare feet? |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| That is a visual that makes me smile! It would be worth watching, wouldn't it? Based on our comments on the other post, I think it best to stay away from two ladies stomping right now... |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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Jan,
Sleeping bags don't die; they just go to sleep. The next morning when they wake up, they are ready for another action packed day! :-)
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Sleeping bags don;t die, they just ponder "lofty" thoughts !! |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Hey, I may have found that red sleeping bag to make my blue bag purple... |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Hey, I may have found that red sleeping bag to make my blue bag purple... |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Mary Mary Ann Ann is is seeing seeing double double tonight tonight.. |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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| Must have been the wine from the wine festival... |
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| May 19, 2007 |
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MaryAnn, lol |
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| May 20, 2007 |
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| Yeah you are all still here and making plans for the location to start filming and Julia Roberts would be great for Mary Ann if she doesn't want to play herself. And then the merge of the red and blue bags to get the purple ones this is so awesome i think i'll cry for joy. Hey Mary Ann you and Cathy should come down here this fall we have a wine festival about 30 miles from where i live. |
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| May 20, 2007 |
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| Jan, maybe they are like rabbits and it is only six weeks!!! |
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| May 20, 2007 |
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| Just think...by next summer we could have enough purple sleeping bags for all of us to go on a missions trip!! Woohoo!! |
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| May 20, 2007 |
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| I like your thinking voice that would be alot of fun we all go on a missions trip together. |
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| May 21, 2007 |
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As an FYI, all I could think about after writing about the wine press with bare feet was the "I Love Lucy" show where Lucy and her neighbor, Ethel, were in the vat mashing grapes! LOL
Anyone remember that show or am I an old geezer? :eek: |
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| May 21, 2007 |
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| Pastor Dave....you are an old geezer and I remember the show!;^) |
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| May 21, 2007 |
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| That red sleeping bag has already been to Mississippi and back :0) |
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| May 21, 2007 |
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MaryAnn,
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| May 22, 2007 |
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| I remember lucy and the grapes. Cathy the wine festival is the Vevay Swiss Wine Festival. We have several wineries here in town also. The best one however burnt out several years ago they had the best food there. |
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| May 22, 2007 |
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| Let's see, get up, spend 5 minutes trying to scroll to the end of thesleeping bag post, wonder, will this ever end? Sigh and figure, oh well, get up and try to get a few stars of my own......:) |
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| May 22, 2007 |
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Casting to begin soon for "Mary Ann's Bag of Diemermite" (from another blog). Julia Roberts has agreed to play Mary Ann, but only if Richard Gere is the lead man...something about another movie they did together. Rosie and I are the bag carriers. PastrorDATM is our explosives expert. Jan, Cathy, and Carebear are detectives, similar to Charlie's Angels. Dennis is Charlie. We are going to ask CJ to direct - cool glasses. We are still missing a few players, so any other ideas?
Plot is that we are all on a missions trip to the country of Marnasia - a very poor island country 300 miles off the coast of New Zealand. Dave finds a cave full of Diemermite made with a new explosive called C3 that only Dave and two other people knew about. Dave calls his friend Charlie (cell phone coverage provided by Jack Bauer) who decides to have his best three detectives take on the job - they just happen to be on the island at the same time on another missions trip. The first clue that Jan notices is...they all have purple sleeping bags...the story unfolds... |
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| May 22, 2007 |
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| I LOVE IT!!! |
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| July 08, 2007 |
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Here's the man that could turn my blue sleeping bag purple:
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| July 08, 2007 |
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Oh, here he is from a different angle :-)
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| July 08, 2007 |
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Mary Ann,
He looks very familiar! :) Does this mean you two were floating around the Chesapeake Bay recently? Nice!
Dave |
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| July 08, 2007 |
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| I like the red shirt!! Was that intentional? |
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| July 08, 2007 |
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| Yeah, red shirt...should have figured... |
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| July 08, 2007 |
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| Yes, we were floating around the Chesapeake Bay on July 3rd. The shirt color was not intentional... just inevitable :-) |
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