Belle

Jess tryin' ta help ya. :) If you want everything sugar coated and all the "bad stuff" left out of our posts, this ain't the place to be. We pretty much tell it like it is and that's why you never see any of the women asking, "do these jeans make me look fat?" For what it's worth, most of us started out feeling the very same way during our introduction to TWI. It was once the honeymoon was over that we started ignoring all the red flags waving in front of our faces. I hope you experience turns out to be much different, but based on all the negative things available on the web, I'm not holding my breath. :(

HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO THE COOLEST CHEF I KNOW!!! I HOPE IT'S AS SPECIAL AS YOU ARE! Been cooking all day for you.... Southern Red Velvet Birthday Cake!

MStar, we had all kinds of trouble with MBNA when I was married. They seem to consider customer service to be in the stone ages and don't strike me as caring whether or not folks drop them or not. I hope you get everything worked out to your satisfaction.

Thanks, Abigail! I really enjoyed reading about this special observance. :)

She's beautiful, Jonny! Absolutely beautiful! Love that smile, too! Beautiful, smart and talented? I can see why they call her "Sunshine." :) What else could a Daddy ask for? Ya done good, Sailorman! Jake is awesome looking, too! They do wiggle their way into our hearts, don't they? I can't imagine life without Vixen. So glad you got to have some real quality time with Mr. Starbuck before he crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Lady killer little Lingos? No doubt about that in my mind!

Jim, that is extremely odd! I remember craiggers teaching that there are devil spirits who answer to "Jesus" and that we were to never, ever, ever say "Jesus" without also saying "Christ". It would get you put on probation quickly for inviting devil spirits into the household!

Looks like this is a different group albeit a questionable one. Their site: The Church on The Way. The sites of their "greasespots": FACTNet Message Board TCOTW aka FourSquare Cult Links Cult Education Forum Deception in the Church Could this be yet another lawsuit filed by TWI - your ABS at work? :blink: Maybe not since they go by a bunch of other names as well.

:o Are you saying the credit card company is adding it up wrong or that the vendors are submitting the wrong price? Either way that sucks!! I've never checked either, just paid the card off each month. Thanks for the heads up!!

Down as low as $2.18 here - most places are $2.21. Around Disney and the tourist areas it's $2.46.

DARNIT!!! The Network Nazi won't let my puter download the player to be able to watch from work. :( I think I'm gonna go through withdrawal!! :ph34r:

Remember that Craig taught that it was okay to lie to protect the believers. He used the women in Egypt lying about the baby boys coming faster than they could get there for why all new baby boys weren't being killed as ordered. So rosie's type of "doing the word" is most likely the same, meaning it's okay to purjur one's self for the "best of the ministry."

Considering how they treated Mrs. W and other elderly folks who gave their best years to TWI, I think we already know that the answer to those questions is a resounding................ NO EFFEN WAY!!!! Ewwwwww...... the new poster is up. Where's the puke icon??? Who is the Jesus who's shoes they claim to be walking in? It's certainly not the one in the Bible.

Really neat, MStar! I would LOVE to see pictures of your work and this one when it's completed. I did some more research on that plant. It's actually called the "menorah" plant aka Salvia Judaica and it has medicinal purposes in addition to supposedly being the inspiration for the menorah. Hadassah Medical Center has some information on it. I found a US site that sells it and they say they are the only ones in the US who sell it. I don't have the link handy right now, but if you want it let me know. I may order a few plants myself just because of the rarity and unique beauty of it. The climate in Florida is conducive to growing it, too. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUDO!!!! I HOPE IT'S AWESOMELY WONDERMOUS AND FULL OF GRINS!!!

Welcome Lori! Sounds like we left about the same time. :) Boy, oh boy, do we learn how to think, disagree and discuss things like we never did in TWI. You're in for a great time! I look forward to reading more of you. This round of coffee and danishes for the cafe is on me.

Okay, this was fun! I got lost in links and sites enjoying myself. I learned quite a bit about the animals and flora of Israel. Thanks for asking, MStar! I've thoroughly enjoyed myself. I hope some of our links are helpful. Biblical Landscape Preserve Israeli Trees and wildflowers Midreshet Sde Boker - these aren't identified, but they're pretty! Flora and Fauna of Israel Illustrated Guide to Plants of the Bible Book

Well, Mo..... the saying is that insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. In the case of TWI, I'm thinking the shoe fits. <_<

Psalmie, I don't have any answers, but I've got your sweet Zippie and those puppies in my thoughts and prayers. Just thinking of that wonderful puppy breath puts a smile on my face.... mmmmm..... one of the sweetest smells in the world!

HAPPIEST OF HAPPY BIRTHDAYS, DOVE!!! I HOPE IT'S A HIGH FLYIN' BIRTHDAY SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS!!

I spose this isn't the place to talk about the rats I buy for my dog. :blink: Sorry, Vegan. I like you. I just don't like PETA and I do think meat is good and tastes good for us and doggies. PETA reminds me of those extremists who bomb abortion clinics and show kids pictures of abortions and fetuses and awful things children should never be exposed to. They aren't trustworthy, imo, and will do anything - ethical or not - to further their agenda. And don't even get me started on the awful, horrible things they're doing to the AKC and other animal training lovers who like to participate in competitions, activities and field trials with their pets.

Yeppers!! Only I wake up about 2:30am and can't go back to sleep till about 30 minutes before the alarm is set to go off. :ph34r: I've started drinking a glass of milk before getting ready for bed and that's seemed to help a bit. Thing is, dogs don't have any conception of time, so when you wake up, they think it's time to get up and start the day. Woo Hoo!!!! (Not!!) Try getting the world's most optomistic, energetic, hyper dog to calm down after she realizes you're awake and so it MUST be time to go walking and play before Mom goes to work....... I get to sleep fine, it's staying asleep and then waking up once the alarm goes off that gives me troubles. My alarm clock is now on the other side of the room. My morning Belle hates my night Belle for that!

HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS, LIFTED!!!! I HOPE IT'S SUPERBLY AWESOME!!!

Sorry, MStar. :( I've never even heard of it although it does sound like a really cool book and something that would be right up your alley. I do hope you find a copy of it. :)

WELCOME, ABE!!! Cool to hear your recollections! I'm thinking I may know you or some of your fellow laborers. Trying to remember what years the folks I know were sentenced to HQ..... Witnessing from 9pm-11pm??? Even family members know not to knock on my door or dial my number past 9pm at night! Belle is no lady past 9pm on week nights; she needs her beauty sleep! Those schedules are ridiculous!! They only allow 30 minutes for fixing and eating dinner? WTF?? I'd like to see rosie cook at eat dinner for her and her wife in 30 minutes. :blink: Obviously nobody with any "real world" experience had anything to do with those schedules. And what's with the tattle tale report? The whole wording of those "reports" is such that it encourages looking for things to turn folks in for doing or not doing. How effen godly is that?? May I fix you a tall cool glass of lemonade and offer something sweet, Abe? Looking forward to reading more of you. :)