11/17/11 - NNHS Newsletter - I Say a Little Prayer
“No
one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil;
not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.”
- Guy H. King
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11/17/11 - NNHS Newsletter - I Say a Little Prayer
“No
one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; - Guy H. King |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Here's a nice peaceful golden oldie for you.
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kafVkPxjLYg - I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick, 1967
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Say_a_Little_Prayer:
| "I Say a Little Prayer" is a song
written by songwriters
Burt Bacharach and
Hal
David for
Dionne Warwick, originally peaking at number four on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in December 1967.[1] The song was Warwick's second single from her Scepter Records album The Windows Of The World, following the LP's title track. The tune reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #8 on the Billboard R & B Chart in December 1967, and #4 on the Canadian Charts and was a certified US million seller by the RIAA. The single later appeared on the LP Dionne Warwick's Golden Hits, Part Two and is considered one of Warwick's signature songs. The flip or "B-side" of the single (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls was also a million seller and rode the #2 position for 4 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and CashBox singles chart and the # 1 position on the Record World Top 40 Chart in February 1968. "I Say a Little Prayer" and its B-side, "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls", became one of the most successful double sided hits of the Rock era. Like several Bacharach compositions, "I Say a Little Prayer" contains passages written in unusual time signatures. The verses are constructed of 2 successive measures of 4/4, a measure of 10/4 (using 4/4 + 2/4 + 4/4), and 2 final measures of 4/4. The chorus is in 11/4 (using 4/4 + 3/4 + 4/4). |
NEWBIES:
1.
From Gene Shelton ('64) of VA - 11/15/11, 9:23 AM:
| Carol, Please add me to your list for the monthly newsletter and any other info. that you post. Thanks, Welcome
aboard, Terry - oops, I mean, Gene!
http://nnhs65.com/SITE-MAP.html http://nnhs65.com/faculty.html http://www.nnhs65.com/teachers.html http://www.nnhs65.com/teach-allen-powell.html
Oh, it's actually "posta" be
a daily Newsletter - or at least every other day - and I hope we'll
resume normal production soon now...
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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today to
Ronald Creech ('57)!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
Joe Drewry ('58) of VA
AND
Jane Coltrane Leonard ('64) of
VA
AND
Ann Allen ('65) of NC!
Happy Birthday this week to:
23 -
John Howard ('66) of VA
AND
Peggy Cooke Wolfley ('71) of VA
AND
the late
Fayetta Covert Stansbury
(NNHS / Ferguson HS - '72)
(deceased 06/03/10)!
24 -
Sharon Hilsdon Bryant ('68) of VA!
http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
YESTERDAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:
From http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday1116.htm:
| Saturday, Nov. 16,
1861 WILY WILKES WILDLY WELCOMED The USS San Jacinto pulled into port at Ft. Monroe, Va., with four more passengers than she had had when she left: Confederate Commissioners Mason and Slidell and their two male secretaries. Captain Charles Wilkes had taken them off the British mail packet Trent a few days earlier, after compelling the unarmed vessel to heave to under threat of arms. As news of the seizure spread through the North, Wilkes was being hailed as a hero for the capture. The Confederates were taken to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor for imprisonment. Newspaper headlines applauded the event as helping prevent foreign intervention in the War, little realizing that the headlines in Europe were announcing just the opposite. Sunday, Nov. 16, 1862 FORD FIGHTING FACES FREDERICKSBURG FOES U.S. Gen. Ambrose Burnside had found himself in a job he did not want, command of the Army of the Potomac, due in large part to Abraham Lincoln’s frustration with his predecessor, George McClellan. McClellan had largely created the army out of the mobs of disorganized civilians who had rushed to enlist, but then didn’t seem to want to get any of them hurt by actually fighting anybody. Burnside’s orders, whether spoken or not, were clear: go fight somebody, preferably Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Therefore, despite the date, he today ordered his men to pack up and march across the Rappahannock River. There was some difficulty with the units of Confederate forces who were keeping an eye on them, leading to a skirmish at the river crossing known as U.S. Ford. Monday, Nov. 16, 1863 LONGSTREET LAPSE LEADS TO LOSS After Gettysburg, James Longstreet’s corps had been detached from the Army of Northern Virginia and sent West to assist the Army of Tennessee. They arrived just in time to help win the Battle of Chickamauga, but since then they had had little to do except help maintain the siege of the Union forces stuck in Chattanooga. Finally they had headed in the direction of Knoxville, and today Longstreet was at the little town of Campbell’s Station. Burnside’s forces were nearby, and if Confederate intelligence had been just a little better, or if the army could have moved just a little faster, events could have been greatly different. Longstreet, however, did not move quite fast enough to cut off Burnside’s retreat, and his forces escaped into Knoxville. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1864 SHERMAN SETS SEAWARD SOJOURN The last of the two wings of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s army pulled out of Atlanta today, leaving the city a smoking ruin behind them. In a calculated move to, as Sherman said, bring the realities of the battlefield’s suffering to the civilians who supported the troops, a new style of war targeting the home front was invented. From this point forward Sherman’s troops would carry no supplies but ammunition, and tents for those who wanted to carry them. They would live off the land entirely, taking or destroying everything in their path. The bitterness this “dishonorable” style of war left in the hearts of Georgians was immense. |
TODAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:
From http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday1117.htm:
| Sunday, Nov. 17, 1861 CRUISER COLLECTS CANAVERAL CONFEDERATE CATCH The Anaconda Plan, as it had been called, was the overall Union strategy to win the Civil War. It required two essential things to succeed: recapture and control of the Mississippi River, to cut the Eastern Confederacy off from the West, and a blockade of all possible shipping from overseas. The blockade’s effectiveness had been slow to develop, due to a shortage of vessels and sailors to man them, but this was starting to change. The Union gunboat Connecticut seized a heavily-loaded British ship trying to sneak through the blockade off the coast of Florida. The capture was completed just off a small promontory known as Cape Canaveral. Monday, Nov. 17, 1862 FORCES FIND FALMOUTH, FACE FREDERICKSBURG At this stage in the War, the Army of the Potomac was not divided up into Corps, but instead had just two parts, the Left and Right Grand Divisions. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who had been in command of the army for barely a week, was still getting used to the reins of command at this level, but he knew one thing for sure: he had to do some fighting. He had therefore directed the men to head in the general direction of Fredericksburg, Va. The Right Grand Division, under command of Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, arrived today on the heights of Falmouth, across the Rappahannock River from the destination. It did not take very much cavalry scouting to follow a force of this size, and the Confederates were well aware of their movements. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1863 MONONGAHELA MOVES MILITARY MASSES TO MUSTANG There had been several attempts to tackle the Western jewel of the Confederate States of America, Texas, but none had succeeded very well or lasted very long. Another such strike was made today, and this time considerably greater force was being employed. The USS Monongahela was the escort gunboat for a fleet of troop transporters. They, in turn, were carrying more than a thousand soldiers as they traveled toward Aransas Pass, Tex. The immediate target was the Confederate garrison guarding this pass from Mustang Island. After a preliminary softening-up barrage from the ships’ guns, an amphibious landing was made. The defenders, trapped, had no solution but surrender, and the first day went well for the Union. Thursday, Nov. 17, 1864 SHERMAN STRIKE STRATEGY SUPPORTS SECRECY When William Tecumseh Sherman was settling the structure of his army, he had divided it into left and right wings. Each wing was made up of two corps each, under commanders Sherman considered solid and capable of maneuvering units of that size. They were all pulling away from the ruins of Atlanta today, but they were going by four different roads. The intent was to confuse any Southern spies as to their true intention and destination. As a deception it worked perfectly; observers, each seeing only one corps on the move, reported that Sherman was just doing some local maneuvering. Even if the reports had been correlated at a higher level, there was not much the Confederacy could have done about the March to the Sea, as they had no substantial forces close enough to act. |
From Gene Shelton ('64) of VA to
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
11/14/11, 9:21 PM - "Two ladies who graduated from NNHS back in the late
thirties-early forties":
| Hello David, Two ladies that I know from here in the county are graduates of NNHS. Their maiden names were Jackie and Beverly Coleman. They graduated from NNHS back in '39 or 40 and possibly 41 or 42. My uncle Sam Coleman was their first cousin. Could you try to locate them in a yearbook or whatever so that I could share it with them? They were surprised to find out that NNHS now has a website and support group even though the school has been closed for thirty years or more. Thank you, David, Gene |
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA
to
Gene Shelton ('64) of VA,
Fred Mays ('60) of VA, and
Me
('65) of NC - 11/14/11, 10:03 PM - "RE: Two ladies who graduated from
NNHS back in the late thirties-early forties":
| Fred & Carol, I could always go to the Hilton Library and check the Anchors there, but this is a lot easier. Can you help Gene with this? When replying, please be sure to “reply to all”. Thanks, Dave |
From Me
('65 - of NC) - 11/15/11, 12:26 AM to
Gene Shelton ('64) of VA,
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA, and
Fred Mays ('60) of VA - "RE: Two ladies
who graduated from NNHS back in the late thirties-early forties":
| Hi, Guys, No joy with Jackie, but 
Beverly Coleman graduated in February '39. Charles Coleman
and Lois Kathleen Coleman graduated in June '42.Hope this helps..... |
From Gene Shelton ('64) of VA - 11/15/11,
9:09 AM:
| Carol, Beverley's younger sister, Jackie, graduated from another high school, however, her older brother graduated from NNHS. His name was Robert Ingersol Coleman, Jr. If you can scan photos of both Beverley and Robert, please forward them to me. Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving. |
From Fred Mays ('60) of VA
Gene Shelton ('64) of VA,
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA, and
Me
('65) of NC - 11/15/11, 5:38 PM - "RE: Two ladies who graduated from
NNHS back in the late thirties-early forties":
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Dear All:
It is interesting that I received this email today as it is so timely. Okay, I can say that Beverly Coleman graduated from Newport News in Feb. 1939. I looked her up in the yearbook. Secondly, her sister, Jackie did not graduate from N.N.H.S. as her mother died when she was twelve years old and she went to live with her sister Beverly and her husband in Buckingham County, VA. I presume she graduated there. I understand that both of these ladies are living and well. My first cousins are
their first cousins....in fact, my cousin Annie Laurie Coleman
Soltys passed away yesterday......she graduated from N.N.H.S. in
1951. I had to speak to Annie Laurie's sister Virginia Coleman
Abbott today as well as their cousin Shirley Coleman Schult.....hence,
I asked them about these two sisters......they have phone numbers
and an address if there is a need. They did not seem to recognize
the name Sam Coleman; however, that does not mean too much as
they, as I, have so many relatives. I just notified Carol of the
death of Annie Laurie Coleman Soltys, '51. She was one of 7
children.
Let me know if you need
more.
Take care, Dave and Carol,
Fred Mays of Newport News, VA Thanks so
much, Gentlemen!
My
condolences on the death of your cousin, Fred.
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From My
Daughter, Adrienne Harty
(Hillsboro HS,
IL / American School, IL - of NC) -
currently serving an eighteen-month mission for The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Seattle, Washington -
11/15/11 - "week...whatever it is...":
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So we had an interesting
Halloween here...lots of candy from members. Good stuff! I did have
an ear infection - it's cleared up now thanks to antibiotics. I
also have been having far fewer asthma attacks because I remembered
that I have nose sprays for allergies. So, instead of having two to
four asthma attacks every day (I was even awakened several times
because of it), I've gone to having one asthma attack every now and
again. Much better, no?
Oh, our main investigator
- we have been doing several lessons a week with him. And he gave
his Spanish Book of Mormon to his mom without us recommending it!
AND he went on a church tour with us... AND he went to a church
activity... AND at the Church tour he read the sacrament prayer and
I felt overcome with the Spirit that he would pass the sacrament one
day! IT WAS AWESOME!
On a bummer note though -
my trainer Sister Kim finished her mission and headed back home to
Korea today (our last goodbye was yesterday since she spent the
night in the mission home). On the bright side though - Sister
Hirano (one of my companions from the Missionary Training Center) is
now in our current companionship with Sister Keller and me. I have
yet to have a normal two person companionship, but I just love
having a trio!
Before Sister Kim left I
felt that we should get in contact with a former investigator. This
former (I'm deliberately not calling them by their names, btw) was
still interested in getting baptized, but her brother (with whom she
lives) warned her that if she did he would kick her out. Anyway, I
called her and she was so happy to hear from us and said that she
would love to attend sacrament again because she had been thinking
of it a lot lately! HOW INCREDIBLE is that! Plus Sister Kim got to
say goodbye to her before she left!
Anyway, all is well! I
love y'all!
Sister Harty
How fabulous!
I'm so relieved to hear
that your asthma is more under control! Glad you had a great
week, too!
Love you, Sister Webby!
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From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of
NC - 11/15/11 - "HAIRBRUSH EXPERIENCE OF BETH MOORE AT THE AIRPORT":
| This is an amazing story. It's a
little long but really worth reading. You will be blessed as each of you
are a blessing.....especially to me :) read all the way; God has a
message for you at the end of this e-mail.
A beautiful story. Please
take time to read it! For those of you who
do not know Beth Moore, she is an outstanding Bible teacher, writer of
Bible studies, and is a married mother of two daughters. This is one of
her experiences: April 20, 2005, at the Airport in Knoxville , waiting
to board the plane, I had the Bible on my lap and was very intent upon
what I was doing. I'd had a marvelous morning with the Lord. I say this
because I want to tell you it is a scary thing to have the Spirit of God
really working in you. You could end up doing some things you never
would have done otherwise. Life in the Spirit can be dangerous for a
thousand reasons, not the least of which is your ego. I tried to keep
from staring, but he was such a strange sight. Humped over in a
wheelchair, he was skin and bones, dressed in clothes that obviously fit
when he was at least twenty pounds heavier. His knees protruded from his
trousers, and his shoulders looked like the coat hanger was still in his
shirt.. His hands looked like tangled masses of veins and bones. Then I heard it...'I don't want you to witness to him I want you to brush his hair.' The words were so clear, my heart leapt into my throat, and my thoughts spun like a top. Do I witness to the man or brush his hair? No-brainer. I looked straight back up at the ceiling and said, 'God, as I live and breathe, I want you to know I am ready to witness to this man. I'm on this Lord. I'm your girl! You've never seen a woman witness to a man faster in your life. What difference does it make if his hair is a mess if he is not redeemed? I am going to witness to this man.' Again, as clearly as I've ever heard an audible word, God seemed to write this statement across the wall of my mind. 'That is not what I said, Beth. I don't want you to witness to him. I want you to go brush his hair.' I looked up at God and quipped, 'I don't have a hairbrush. It's in my suitcase on the plane. How am I supposed to brush his hair without a hairbrush?' God was so insistent that I almost involuntarily began to walk toward him as these thoughts came to me from God's word: 'I will thoroughly furnish you unto all good works.' (2 Timothy 3:17) I stumbled over to the wheelchair thinking I could use one myself. Even as I retell this story, my pulse quickens and I feel those same butterflies. I knelt down in front of the man and asked as demurely as possible, 'Sir, may I have the pleasure of brushing your hair?' He looked back at me and said, 'What did you say?' 'May I have the pleasure of brushing your hair?' To which he responded in volume ten, 'Little lady, if you expect me to hear you, you're going to have to talk louder than that.' At this point, I took a deep breath and blurted out, 'SIR, MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BRUSHING YOUR HAIR?' At which point every eye in the place darted right at me. I was the only thing in the room looking more peculiar than old Mr. Long Locks. Face crimson and forehead breaking out in a sweat, I watched him look up at me with absolute shock on his face, and say, 'If you really want to.' Are you kidding? Of course I didn't want to. But God didn't seem interested in my personal preference right about then. He pressed on my heart until I could utter the words, 'Yes, sir, I would be pleased. But I have one little problem. I don't have a hairbrush.' 'I have one in my bag,' he responded. I went around to the back of that wheelchair, and I got on my hands and knees and unzipped the stranger's old carry-on, hardly believing what I was doing. I stood up and started brushing the old man's hair. It was perfectly clean, but it was tangled and matted. I don't do many things well, but must admit I've had notable experience untangling knotted hair mothering two little girls. Like I'd done with either Amanda or Melissa in such a condition, I began brushing at the very bottom of the strands, remembering to take my time not to pull. A miraculous thing happened to me as I started brushing that old man's hair. Everybody else in the room disappeared. There was no one alive for those moments except that old man and me. I brushed and I brushed and I brushed until every tangle was out of that hair I know this sounds so strange, but I've never felt that kind of love for another soul in my entire life. I believe with all my heart, I - for that few minutes - felt a portion of the very love of God. That He had overtaken my heart for a little while like someone renting a room and making Himself at home for a short while. The emotions were so strong and so pure that I knew they had to be God's. His hair was finally as soft and smooth as an infant's. I slipped the brush back in the bag and went around the chair to face him.. I got back down on my knees, put my hands on his knee and said, 'Sir, do you know my Jesus?' He said, 'Yes, I do.' 'Well, that figures,' I thought. He explained, 'I've known Him since I married my bride. She wouldn't marry me until I got to know the Savior.' He said, 'You see, the problem is, I haven't seen my bride in months. I've had open-heart surgery, and she's been too ill to come see me. I was sitting here thinking to myself, what a mess I must be for my bride.' Only God knows how often He allows us to be part of a divine moment when we're completely unaware of the significance. This, on the other hand, was one of those rare encounters when I knew God had intervened in details only He could have known. It was a God moment, and I'll never forget it. Our time came to board, and we were not on the same plane. I was deeply ashamed of how I'd acted earlier and would have been so proud to have accompanied him on that aircraft. I still had a few minutes, and as I gathered my things to board, the airline hostess returned from the corridor, tears streaming down her cheeks. She said, 'That old man's sitting on the plane, sobbing. Why did you do that? What made you do that?' I said, 'Do you know Jesus? He can be the bossiest thing!' And we got to share. I
learned something about God that day. He knows if you're exhausted,
you're hungry, you're serving in the wrong place or it is time to move
on but you feel too responsible to budge. He knows if you're hurting or
feeling rejected. He knows if you're sick or drowning under a wave of
temptation. Or He knows if you just need your hair brushed. He sees you
as an individual. Tell Him your need! I got on my own flight, sobs
choking my throat, wondering how many opportunities just like that one
had I missed along the way... all because I didn't want people to think
I was strange. God didn't send me to that old man. He sent that old man
to me. Please share this wonderful story.
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From Gene Shelton ('64) of VA - 11/16/11, 10:27 PM - "Marshall Hickman":
| Carol, I know you are very busy with everyone's questions and requests. My stepmother, Marshall Hickman, told my brother and me that she graduated from NNHS in '39 which would have meant she graduated with Beverly Coleman. Do you have any info. on a Marshall Hickman? There is no rush. Marshall died in 2007 and is buried in Trinity Memorial Gardens in Newport News. She was 87 when she died. Gene
Thanks, Gene!
Marshall probably graduated
in June of '39.
As I only have the February '39 Beacon yearbook, and she's not pictured with that class - sorry!
By the way, I don't know
whether she would have been in the February or June Class, but had her
family not moved away, the lovely and talented
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner: "...When Gardner was 13 years old, the family decided to try their luck in a larger city, Newport News, Virginia, where Mollie Gardner found work managing a boardinghouse for the city's many shipworkers. While in Newport News, Gardner's father became ill and died from bronchitis in 1938, when Ava was 15 years old. After Jonas Gardner's death, the family moved to Rock Ridge near Wilson, North Carolina, where Mollie Gardner ran another boarding house for teachers. Ava Gardner attended high school in Rock Ridge and she graduated from there in 1939. She then attended secretarial classes at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson for about a year...." |
From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of
NC - 11/16/11 - "Flight of Old 666":
| If I'm not sadly mistaken, B-17's
were made at the Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta, Georgia - soon to become
The Lockheed Georgia Company, with a little help from Georgia Senator,
Richard B. Russell !!! So long ago.... It
is up to us to remind the Americans coming now to maturity, of this
great bravery by these great guys.... http://voxvocispublicus.homestead.com/morrow.html WOWZERONI-RINI!
Thank you, Dools!
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From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 11/16/11 - "THIS IS FUNNNNNY":
| Anybody who enjoys cats
will like this video! FUNNNNNY
Read the story below before you watch
the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIVsZRPx_Dw
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From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of
NC - 11/15/11 - "Piano Solo":
| Sounds a bit like some of
the new groups on TV who think they can sing! Piano Solo Imagine, you are a singer and you accompany yourself on the piano. You have a small dog who is your constant companion and watches as you rehearse. Got the picture? Now, imagine that you must be away for a few hours and leave the dog alone at home. Here is what happened while you were away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5we2rAggjas
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From http://www.FlyLady.net - 11/15/11 - "Do you have bad headaches? Read this!":
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Dear FlyLady, I want to send a special thank you for an email you sent out during the summer. I have suffered from horrible migraines my entire life. I have been on different medicines trying to find one that worked with the least amount of side effects. My darling little boy (now 8 years old) has grown up having to hear that I couldn't play with him because "Mommy has a headache." I had recently gone to see the doctor again in desperation as my headaches were increasing and he was about to switch me to yet another medicine when I finally had had enough. There had to be a better way. Cat scans and MRIs had proven that there was nothing truly "wrong" with my brain. So there had to be some other cause. I knew my mom had them her entire life, and I had watched her suffering grow. I didn't want to go down that pain-filled limiting road myself. That evening I came home and was once again researching suspected causes/triggers when I found an article on pubmed.com linking gluten to migraines. I set out to try and figure out how to eat gluten free. And low and behold I had an email from you waiting for me in my inbox at work the next morning mentioning in passing how grains and gluten are poisoning us. Talk about a God breeze moment! Following the link in your email and successive links from there, I spent 30 days researching and reading everything I could get my hands on this Paleo/Primal way of eating. I decided to try Robb Wolf's 30 day trial and haven't looked back since. I stopped having headaches 2 weeks into the trial and still haven't had one now 5 months later. In addition to the losing the headaches that have been the bane of my existence, I have dropped close to 30 pounds, cured the eczema on my back, the bursitis in my knee, and fixed the annoying digestive issues I thought were "normal." This has truly been a life changing experience. And I thank you for it. In case there are any other Flybabies that might be interested in this way of eating I am including websites that I especially found useful when making the switch. Jimmy Moore at http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/ Robb Wolf at http://robbwolf.com/ Sarah Fargoso at http://everydaypaleo.com/ Loren Cordain at http://thepaleodiet.com/ Mark Sissen at http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ Chris Kresser at http://chriskresser.com/ My husband, who is permanently disabled, is now 15 days into this way of eating and just beginning to see results. He is following the auto-immune protocol to help with the pain from his nerve damage and osteoarthritis. I just wanted to say thank you for giving me back my life. Thanks, Sandra FlyLady here: I found the email she was talking about. Here it is. Dear Friends, Most of you know that over the last two and a half months that, Leanne, Paddi, Pam and I have been low-carbing. We have been enjoying the process of learning about our bodies and how they work. Our journey started several years ago when Leanne and I wrote our book, Body Clutter. http://shop.flylady.net/pages/FlyShop_bc.asp Leanne put me on a low carb meal plan. She actually put together her book Saving Dinner; Low Carb for me. http://shop.flylady.net/pages/FlyShop_SD_LC.asp In April Leanne introduced me to a great book by Gary Taubes, Why We Get Fat and What to do about it. I could not put it down. I actually listened to it three times. http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307272702/ We started searching for anything we could find on Gary Taubes and living a low-carb life style. This lead us to Jimmy Moore and his podcasts. He has interviewed many wonderful people who have been on this same journey. He has a great book too. 21 Life Lessons; you can get it on his website or Amazon. http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/ It was on his podcasts where we heard about Dr. Ann Childers. She has become Pam's doctor in Portland. Our journey is just beginning. I have lost thirty pounds. The best part is that I have no desire to each carbs. I think I have gotten over my addiction to carbs. I am loving my new way of eating. I am never hungry. I actually had to thank Marc Sotkin for telling me I would not stick to my new low-carb lifestyle. I was bound and determined to prove him wrong. Isn't that just like a SHE! Come join us as we learn and lose at the same time. I can't believe how easy this is for me now that I have had a change in attitude. For me Carbs are poison! I see them as rat poison and I have no desire to slowly kill myself. Are you ready to take control of your body? Knowledge is power! FlyLady |
FINALLY:
| From http://www.ajokeaday.com - 11/16/11: |
So there's this man with a parrot. And his parrot swears like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself. The trouble is that the guy who owns the parrot is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul mouth is driving him crazy. One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!" But this just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever. Then the guy gets mad and says, "That's it. I'll get you." and locks the bird in a kitchen cabinet. This really aggravates the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the bird cuts loose with a stream of invective that would make a veteran sailor blush. At that point, the guy is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer. For the first few seconds, there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then it suddenly goes very quiet. At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door. The bird calmly climbs onto the man's outstretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on." The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot. Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?" |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
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1. Thursday, December 1, 2011 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch gatherings on the
first Thursday of every month at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue
just above Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not
limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends in that year, go visit
with them. 2. Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations. 3. Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 11:00 AM - The NNHS Breakfast Bunch will host a Breakfast Bunch Brunch at the Warwick Restaurant, 12306 Warwick Boulevard, (across from CNU) Newport News, Virginia 23606. "Please come join them for a Dutch Treat Brunch featuring a lot of 'War Stories' and maybe a lie or two. Everyone is welcome so bring your wife, husband, boy friend, girl friend, class mate, school friend or whomever you choose." Please RSVP to Bill Roady at duckbill1@verizon.net or call him at 757-595-0716 so they have a head count. |
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Written by
Burt Bacharach (b. 12 May 1928) and
Hal David
(b. 25 May 1921)
for
Dionne Warwick (b. 12 Dec 1940),
1967
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair now
And wondering what dress to wear now
I say a little prayer for you
Forever and ever
You'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever
We never will part
Oh how I'll love you
Together, forever
That's how it will be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me
I run for the bus dear
While riding it I think of us dear
I say a little prayer for you
At work I just take time
And all through my coffee break time
I say a little prayer for you
Forever and ever
You'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever
We never will part
Oh how I'll love you
Together, forever
That's how it will be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me
My darling believe me
For me there is no one
But you
Please love me too
I'm in love with you
Answer my prayer
Forever and ever
You'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever
We never will part
Oh how I'll love you
Together, forever
That's how it will be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me
"I Say a Little Prayer" midi courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/4836/bso2.htm - 11/16/07
"I Say a Little Prayer" lyrics courtesy of http://www.lyricsdownload.com/dionne-warwick-i-say-a-little-prayer-lyrics.html - 11/16/07
Image of Woman Praying courtesy of http://community.livejournal.com/______faith/profile - 11/17/07
Image of Woman Applying Makeup courtesy of http://www.reaganspaandsalon.com/1848967.html - 11/17/07
Pastel Divider Lines clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars7.html - 05/24/06
Animated "NEW" clip art courtesy of http://gifsnow.com/ - 03/07/06
Animated Silly Bear (designed by AF Artist - Ryan Hagen) courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 10/04/05
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Ferguson High
School's
Anchor clip art courtesy of
Steve Silsby (FHS - '72) of
NC - 12/14/05
Thanks, Steve!
Hillsboro High School's Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!
American School Logo courtesy of http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/grads.asp - 09/05/06
Animated Big Hugs Smiley clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA
- 06/19/09
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Animated BOO-HOO
courtesy of Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 08/28/09
Thanks, Glenn!
Animated
Laughing Kitty courtesy of Tom Flax ('64) of VA - 06/03/06
Thanks, Tom!
