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[Debp]

Hey, Islandboy, where have you been lately?    Hope you are ok.

[islandboy]

Hello Debp, I've been about one hundred yards from our house picking up sticks and dead branches in an attempt to stay ahead of the mower. We have a area of land that weeds have completely taken over and we are trying to claim it back for our yard. It is overrun with a weed called "Beauty Berry", and  "Burrdock", and briar's and a vine that gets seeds on it called "Rosary Beads", the vine is another one that takes over really fast and it has seed pods that burst open and are filled with bright red seeds with a small black dot on them. The native Indians used to use the seeds for decoration, or so I have been told.
So everyday I go out for a short time and pick up stuff and pull the burrdock out of the ground. Then a friend helps mow the area. It is a long hard process but, will be worth it in the end.
Otherwise, all is well here. Thanks for asking.

[Debp]

Hello Debp, I've been about one hundred yards from our house picking up sticks and dead branches in an attempt to stay ahead of the mower. We have a area of land that weeds have completely taken over and we are trying to claim it back for our yard. It is overrun with a weed called "Beauty Berry", and  "Burrdock", and briar's and a vine that gets seeds on it called "Rosary Beads", the vine is another one that takes over really fast and it has seed pods that burst open and are filled with bright red seeds with a small black dot on them. The native Indians used to use the seeds for decoration, or so I have been told.
So everyday I go out for a short time and pick up stuff and pull the burrdock out of the ground. Then a friend helps mow the area. It is a long hard process but, will be worth it in the end.
Otherwise, all is well here. Thanks for asking.

Glad to hear you are ok.....except for having to pull weeds, etc.    I've been a little busier at Cpals.net so haven't gotten to post as much lately here, although I do look at the posts here.  God bless.

[islandboy]

Debp, I checked out the site you mentioned in your last reply. Cpals is a really nice Christian forum. It seems to be really well organised and interesting. I might register there as well when I have more time to play on the computer.
In other news pulling weeds is not my favorite task, as health wise it is wearing me out, but my doctor said that I must get out and exercise more due to the medication I take that causes water weight gain. I have been praying for rain,      to give me a day off from exercise but so far it has been really dry.  Hurricane Dean missed us, but there is always another one brewing.   
Hopefully we will not get hit this year.
How's the weather been in your area?

[Debp]

Debp, I checked out the site you mentioned in your last reply. Cpals is a really nice Christian forum. It seems to be really well organised and interesting. I might register there as well when I have more time to play on the computer.
In other news pulling weeds is not my favorite task, as health wise it is wearing me out, but my doctor said that I must get out and exercise more due to the medication I take that causes water weight gain. I have been praying for rain,      to give me a day off from exercise but so far it has been really dry.  Hurricane Dean missed us, but there is always another one brewing.   
Hopefully we will not get hit this year.
How's the weather been in your area?

Thanks for the compliment (since I'm a moderator there).    Hope you can join in when you get the time.

We had a heat wave all of this week....about 90.  But tomorrow it will drop 10 degrees!  We are dry, dry, dry.....only had about 3 1/2 inches of rain the past year and needed our regular (about 15 inches).  Might have to go on mandatory water rationing if we don't get rain this "winter".  I do miss rain living out here.

[islandboy]

Well remember I said I was praying for a day of rain so I wouldn't have to exercise,    well today it rained. It put down an inch in a very short period of time. But my exercise didn't end, as when we went out to check the boat it had allot of water in it. The battery was dead and pump was not working. So of course that means the boat needed to be bailed out my hand. I walked down and watched my betterhalf bailing out the boat. It was not a pretty sight and so I have returned to the house, to visit with y'all on line.

[nChrist]

        ROFL!

Hello Islandboy,

I think that the least you could have done is cheered a few minutes for your wife and encouraged her to greatness.      You could have even sung a high school fight song of some sort like they used to do at football games to keep her energy up while she bailed that water.   

I had to laugh just a little bit because bailing water has been a common sight here for the last several months.

[Soldier4Christ]

The bailing of water looks like it's coming here also. We haven't had a lot of rain in my exact location but it has been quite heavy just to the north of us by less than 20 miles. There is a lot of flooding and it is spreading to our area now.

[islandboy]

I tried the cheering on and encouraging words, but the look I got convinced me to keep my mouth shut and leave quietly. We need to pull the boat out of the water, but the trailer is not handy to us at this time and needs some work. Like all good fun activities there is always allot of work involved in keeping all the equipment in good repair and running. Too many chores and not enough people to get the job done right. 

[Debp]

       ROFL!

Hello Islandboy,

I think that the least you could have done is cheered a few minutes for your wife and encouraged her to greatness.      You could have even sung a high school fight song of some sort like they used to do at football games to keep her energy up while she bailed that water.  

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Are you trying to get Islandboy killed?   

The bailing of water looks like it's coming here also. We haven't had a lot of rain in my exact location but it has been quite heavy just to the north of us by less than 20 miles. There is a lot of flooding and it is spreading to our area now.

Wish you all could send some of that water our way.  Whatever happened to "seeding the clouds" to get rain to fall over some areas?

I tried the cheering on and encouraging words, but the look I got convinced me to keep my mouth shut and leave quietly.

Glad you used your wisdom, Islandboy. 

[Soldier4Christ]

Wish you all could send some of that water our way.  Whatever happened to "seeding the clouds" to get rain to fall over some areas?

I think they seeded the clouds in the wrong areas.

[islandboy]

I haven't heard much about seeding the clouds, for years in fact. Do they still do that? Generally, in Florida, we have allot more rain then we have had so far this year. Lake Okeechobee in South Florida, is at a record low in depth. However, I am not convinced totally that the problem is from lack of rain or government agency's that are in the process of cleaning the muck off the bottom of the lake. Now they can't waste tax payers money if the lake fills back up again. So I think they are continuing to drain off the Lake to the south and letting less of it flow into the Calossahattee River, so they can remove more muck.  All in the name of more mucked up government silly ideas.

[Debp]

We had a miracle today....a bit of rain in the L.A. "Basin" (where the city of L.A. is).  It wasn't much, just some big drops here and there, but still was nice.  I heard San Diego got more rain than us....also, at the ocean by L.A. they got more.  This was due to hurricane Dean.  We never get rain until "winter".   Our "high desert" city of Palmdale is planning to go on mandatory water rationing, their drought is so bad.  Thank you, Lord, for the lovely rain....please send more to us and somewhat less to the Midwest.

[airIam2worship]

I haven't heard much about seeding the clouds, for years in fact. Do they still do that? Generally, in Florida, we have allot more rain then we have had so far this year. Lake Okeechobee in South Florida, is at a record low in depth. However, I am not convinced totally that the problem is from lack of rain or government agency's that are in the process of cleaning the muck off the bottom of the lake. Now they can't waste tax payers money if the lake fills back up again. So I think they are continuing to drain off the Lake to the south and letting less of it flow into the Calossahattee River, so they can remove more muck.  All in the name of more mucked up government silly ideas.

We are 'supposed' to have some rain here in central Florida today, but so far our grass has turned to hay and the fish are dying in the lakes and rivers from a lack of oxygen due to the unusual heat in some places actual temperatures over 95.

[nChrist]

I don't know if the still seed clouds or not. I do remember a time of prolonged drought when I was a child. We were all getting pretty desperate. Many got together and did pay for cloud seeding, and it rained, rained some more, and rained some more. I don't know how long we paid for cloud seeding, but it appeared to work - OR did it?

Who knows? We were all also praying for rain. I would obviously say "GOD" if you asked me which one I have more faith in. I also remember our Mayor proclaiming days of prayer for everyone in our city. Our city has always been surrounded by large areas of crops and raising cattle. Both are hard ways of making a living, and not getting any rain can bankrupt them. I also remember many times of special gatherings in the rural areas to pray for rain, and they still do.