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HOIST THE COLOURS

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Hope you didn't miss it!

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 It's gittin' te be slim pickin's in the Pirate costume dept. - (almost chose something different entirely) - but I think I finally found somethin' ...



 ( I even has a barrel o' rum! )   ;)


 Tricks or treats! - ARRRR!

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A pirate walks into a bar with a paper towel on his head. 

The bartender says, “What’s with the paper towel?”

The pirate says “Arrr!  I’ve got a Bounty on me head!”

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 Captain Nemo, (my Dad), fell again, this time in the bathroom, really early this morning - so my brother is putting in a bar for the toilet and for the shower. My Mom is getting him a walker - Dad is seeming to agree to it now - and we'll probably get a chair for the shower too.  - It also looks like we will probably be moving his bed, (and a temporary one for my Mom), downstairs this Saturday - That way he will have everything he needs on the first floor ( there is a small bathroom downstairs) - This will be a better situation for him as he is definitely getting weaker.

 Thank you again to all who are continually holding our Dad up in prayer

 (Captain Nemo's treatments are until November 3rd)

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 Well this is the fifth week of treatments for Captian Nemo - He's doing well today, (Tuesday), and even went for a walk outside with me and Mum This morning - but he has been getting weeker and just last night he fell. Mom says he tried getting out of his bed last night, and fell. He's ok, but I know it's frustrating for himas the treatments are catching up with him and he is tiering out faster now. I thank The Lord that Captain Nemo was always one for working out and being healthy - that truly has made a great difference.  - His long term memory is sharp as a tack, he even remembered a verse from The Bible, word, for word - but his short term memory is sometimes good and sometimes bad. - I have heard that with the chemo, that that can happen, so we just go with the flow as much as possible, and we rejoice when he does remember. - Captian Nemo's brother, and my cousin will be here next week to visit. I hope and pray the visit goes well, it's just what both brothers need. :)

*(Hmmmm....need a name fer Captain Nemo's brother and me cousin)  ;)

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 Then keep it to yourself!!!! - ARRRGH!

 Well, first let me say that everyone here on tBlog has been so incredible and so nice. - reaching out to me and to my family while Captian Nemo, ( my Dad), is going through this rough time, dealing with cancer. - but - ( and you knew from the title that there would be one), - There have been several people in mine, and my family's everyday life that have not been quite so supportive. - In fact some of them have been downright offensive! - Feeling the need to share some doom and gloom story or some horrible account of someone they knew having cancer -

 *** NEWS FLASH to those people - WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE REALITY!!!!!! ****

- DUH!

 - Yes -  he might not get better, in fact he could die - but do you honestly feel that me or any of my family members need to hear doom and gloom - doom and gloom right now??? Wouldn't YOU want people to be supportive and uplifting during a time like this!?!?  and guess what?? - YOU don't HAVE the final say so - ONLY GOD DOES!
 
- one person in my family* even came right up to my Dad - with my Mom standing right there with him, and actually said "your the first"   What a lot of nerve - or more like no thought at all - that took! AND, it was at the wedding!!!!!  - yeah, I had to just walk away. - I mean maybe I should have said something - ( trust me I wanted nothing more than to defend my parents and speak up for them, especially my Dad ) - but honestly, the only thing I could think to say was - um....WHAT??!??!? - the first what? - The first to DIE!??!?!?!!!!!! - yeah it's better that I kept my mouth shut

 So, thank you to all of you who have said so many encouraging things and have been holding my family, especially my Dad, up in prayer - Even though he has cancer and all the reality that comes along with that, we never know what The Lord's plan is - Sometimes God's answer is yes, and sometimes it's no - but we trust in His plan and know that He loves us.

*it was my MIL - yeah, nice huh?

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  My Mom would always tell the story, that when she and my Dad were dating, that when they would walk around downtown, that girls would ask her about Dad, "Is that Tab Hunter*" - no...she would say - but man did he look like him! - right down to the cowlick!

  - Well....."Captain Nemo" finished his fourth week of radiation treatments today - he will finish his fourth week of chemo by the end of this week, ( radiation treatments are five days a week and chemo treatments are seven days a week), and he has only two more weeks to go. ... He is now showing signs of getting weaker, needing more naps, and he has lost some of his hair now. - I'm greatful for all they can do for him, don't get me wrong, but it is still so very hard to see.

  I love you Daddy

 

 * Who is  Tab Hunter? - check it out -
http://www.tabhunter.com/" title="http://www.tabhunter.com/" target="_blank"http://www.tabhunter.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Hunter" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Hunter" target="_blank"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002147/" title="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002147/" target="_blank"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm00...

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The Starfish
 

The old man awoke just before sunrise, as he often did, to walk by the ocean's edge and greet the new day. As he moved through the morning dawn, he focused on a faint, far away motion.

He saw a youth, bending and reaching and flailing arms, dancing on the beach, no doubt in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin. As he approached, he realized that the youth was not dancing to the bay, but rather bending to sift through the debris left by the night's tide, stopping now and then to pick up starfish and then standing, to heave it back into the sea.

 

He asked the youth the purpose of the effort. "The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die, unless I throw them back into the sea."

As the youth explained, the old man surveyed the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both directions beyond eyesight. Starfish littered the shore in numbers beyond calculation.

The hopelessness of the youth's plan became clear and the old man countered, "But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is up. Surely you cannot expect to make a difference."

 

The youth paused briefly to consider my words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as possible. Turning to the man, he said,

"I made a difference to that one."





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 Anyone decorate their house for halloween?
We always have Linus and Sally in the pumpkin patch :)

- But this one would be awesome! - Would be so cool if I could find a Pirate ship that looked translucent like this, and put it on top of my roof!  ARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 Hello tfriends  -

 I have heard this song quite a bit, and always just when I need it when I'm thinking of my Dad, and I wanted to share it with all of you...the words have helped me greatly, I hope they give you some comfort too - 

( sung by the Christian band, "Mercy Me" )

Word of God Speak

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say


Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak

I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need is to be with You
And in the quiet hear Your voice


Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak

Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak


I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay

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Ok Mateys - this week it be Rosietulips's turn up on deck! ...( Rosie, you can cut and paste these eleven questions into your own tblog page, and folks can ask you more questions there - *after you answer these first eleven of course* ;) - or - you can answer the questions right here by cutting and pasting them into the comments, and then we can go from there ) - We're looking forward to gettting to know you better Matey! Arrrr!  ;D 

Ok - you know the drill! - ;D

....Farwell blue eyes...


Paul Newman

Only women of a certain era will fully appreciate this.... true story.
(if you don't understand this, tell your mother, she'll get it)

A Michigan woman and her family were vacationing in a small New England
town where Paul Newman and his family often visited.

One Sunday morning, the woman got up early to take a long walk. After
a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself to a double-dip
chocolate ice cream cone.

She hopped in the car, drove to the center of the village and went straight
to the combination bakery/ice cream parlor.

There was only one other patron in the store :::
Paul Newman, sitting at the counter having a doughnut and coffee.

The woman's heart skipped a beat as her eyes made contact with
those famous baby-blue eyes !!.

The actor nodded graciously and the star struck woman smiled demurely.

Pull yourself together ! She chides herself. You're a happily married woman
with three children, you're forty-five years old, not a teenager !

The clerk filled her order and she took the double-dip chocolate ice cream
cone in one hand and her change in the other. Then she went out the door, avoiding even a glance in Paul Newman's direction.

When she reached her car, she realized that she had a handful
of change but her other hand was totally empty.
Where's my ice cream cone ? Did I leave it in the store ? Back into the
shop she went, expecting to see the cone still in the clerk's hand or in a
holder on the counter or something. No ice cream cone was in sight.

With that, she happened to look over at Paul Newman
His face broke into his familiar, warm,
friendly grin ,, and he said to the woman
' You put it in your purse !! '

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....How scary is this??!.....

Pirates seize ship carrying tanks, ammo

(pirate seize ship carrying 33 Soviet-made T-72 tanks, tank artillery shells, grenade launchers and small arms)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/ 26/ship.tanks/index.html" title="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/ 26/ship.tanks/index.html" target="_blank"http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD...

Mysterious Cargo Aboard Iranian Ship Seized by Pirates Raises WMD Concerns

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0" title="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0" target="_blank"http://www.foxnews.com/story/...,2933,430681,00.html

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