When my kids were little, they weren't being careful and spilled some kind of dry food on the carpet in our dealership. I immediately quipped, "You'd better eat every last piece that you spilt on the floor." There are 2 thoughts on germs and kids: avoid germs at all cost or bury your kids in germs so they have a strong immune system. I guess you can tell which camp I belong to.

I've definitely flown with someone who overflowed and took up half of my seat as well as his own. It was NOT pleasant. The obese man didn't even slightly try to stay in his seat. His arms stuck way past the armrests and he sat spread eagle, so his legs took up half of my leg room. The only saving grace was there was a nice lady on the other side of me that didn't complain when I leaned into our shared armrest. She felt sorry for me. I support your suggestion.

I was thinking Sheba was in Ethiopia, but did my research on openbible.info which has a handy map/location feature to find where ancient locations were and what the modern location is. There definitely are some locations that are disputed. For my purposes, either location shows the effort she made in contrast to how little effort we make for something so much more impressive and useful.

Sorry for you loss. My grandmother lived to 103 and my husband's grandmother lived to 105. They both had so much wisdom and experience from the lives they lived. That experience is greatly missed.

We were studying Luke 11 in church and in our small group Bible study and got in a discussion about this verse: “The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.” (Luke 11:31) She (called the Queen of Sheba in 1 Kings 10) traveled a long distance by camel just to hear the wisdom of Solomon. I used Open Bible to determine that Sheba was most likely Yemen. I then used perplexity.ai to determine approximately how far it is from Yemen to Israel (1373 miles). I then asked it how far you can reasonably travel in a day on a loaded camel and it said “~18 miles/day.” Doing the math, that would suggest the Queen of Sheba traveled 76 days on camelback to listen to Solomon speak. That is a lot of effort. Today, we have access to the words of someone much wiser than Solomon. We have access to the Bible (the God breathed Scriptures) and the actual words of Jesus from His time on earth. How many of us would travel on camels for 76 days (3.5 months) to hear God’s word. How many of us will even put in 30 minutes/day reading God’s word? God’s word is so readily available today and we rarely reference it. Why? Will we be condemned by the Queen of Sheba in the last days? #biblestr #Christian #biblestudy #bible #christianity #jesus

My sons have been participating in a Bible program called Awana. By the end of the program, they will have memorized over 1,000 verses and read the whole Bible. It is a good program. Last night, the reading was Acts 6 & 7, which talks about Stephen. I saw parallels in the life of Stephen and the life of Charlie Kirk (with the exception that I’ve never seen Charlie Kirk performing miracles). “8And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. 9But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. 10But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 11Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” 12And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council. 13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law; 14for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.” 15And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.” (Acts 6:8-15) and “54Now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him. 55But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse. 58When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.” (Acts 7:54-58) Both spoke the truth. Both were not afraid to debate the truth in love. Both were faithful servants of God. Both were falsely accused. Both were killed for speaking the truth. May Charlie enjoy his graduation to heaven and may God be a rock and comfort to his family that was left behind. #biblestr #Christian #christianity #faith #Bible #bible

I do still have major issues with stairs and uneven ground, but I'm very happy with my healing progress.

Agreed. If you or your kids don't absolutely need a college degree for their planned career (want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, architect, etc.), then they shouldn't go to college. If you or your kids absolutely needs a college degree, pick your college very carefully. Most of the big names make their graduates more hateful and dumber than when they started. I can recommend Liberty University as a totally non-woke university, but it is also a Christian university.

I can now walk on smooth, flat surfaces with only a cane. I'm totally shocked I've healed as quickly as possible. I'm now at the point that it is easy to do things I used to do, but it is equally easy to over do it and reinjure it.

I agree, you sometimes do, but it is hard and I'm sorry you had to go through that.

I took off my ace bandage and lightly pressed on my foot all over. I didn't feel any sharp pains. It still hurts and it throbs when I don't keep it raised, but it has already improved a ton. I can now lightly touch it to the ground. I really don't think I broke anything. I think I just pulled a bunch of muscles/ligament in my foot. Going to the doctor is a bit problematic. Banner bought almost all healthcare in my town and they don't care for patients. They just demand payment from customers. It makes it very hard to get decent care.

My dog (a Leonberger) tends to dribble water after drinking. I think he dribbled water across my kitchen tile yesterday. When I was putting away groceries quickly yesterday, I stepped on the wet spot and instantly, my feet shot out from under me and I crashed to the ground. In addition to bruises and minor abrasions on my left wrist, right knee, right elbow, and right shoulder, I seem to have really messed up my left foot. Last night, I couldn't even barely touch it to the ground and I still can't put the slightest weight on it. I don't know if I sprained it, tore something, and/or broke something, but it sure does hurt. I'll be spending the whole day on the recliner couch with my foot propped up hoping for it to get better. Right now I'm trying to homeschool from the couch, with my laptop on one TV tray and my son's schoolwork on another.

I have rabbits now and rabbit poop is great for the garden, not that I've done a good job of keeping up with the garden, but when I do, the soil will be great!

I used to have chickens (mostly Buff Orpingtons) and loved having them. Their happy "cluck, cluck, cluck" was so peaceful and of course I liked the eggs and meat (my family prefers dark meat and Buff Orpingtons have giant thighs and drumsticks, but smaller breasts). Unfortunately, I developed a lung allergy to bird dander and had to choose between eggs and breathing after spending around 2 months on steroids' and oxygen.

I had texted my eldest son, who is attending Liberty University to ask if he had any plans for the holiday weekend. He replied, "What holiday?" I answered, "Labor Day" He replied, "At Liberty University, we don't celebrate communist workers day." I laughed. He responded again, "Maybe we do celebrate Labor Day by actually doing labor." I love my son and highly recommend Liberty University if you are going to send your kids to school. It is quite possibly the least woke university in the US.

I made an offer through direct messaging, but I'm not positive I'm getting all of my messages since Coracle quit working. I'm still trying to pick a new client.

Absolutely the best. It is the best for gifted students, typical students, and special needs students. My personal experience is with the gifted and the special needs.

Being caring and understanding isn't the same as trying to rescue people that don't want to be rescued or affirming peoples denial of reality. The best way to help someone is to guide them to reality, not to affirm their delusions or encourage them in their destructive behavior. Most colleges today are so busy making people feel good about themselves that they teach students to deny reality and affirm their destructive behavior making college graduates dumber than when they started college.

My current favorite chocolate is Equal Exchange 92% Cacao. It only has 3 ingredients: Cacao, sugar, vanilla. It doesn't have any of the garbage.

That is why it is so important to read and know the whole Bible and let the Bible interpret the Bible. If we use any other tool to interpret the Bible, we can be misled.