MEMORIES, OLD AND NEW: THE GREEN WHAT??

Our son Norman sang (by Mom's request) Amazing Grace/ My Chains Are Gone
(he also with his equipment sang the back ups as well as played his guitar) ENJOY http://www.facebook.com/profilef.php?id=100000304204566&ref=brem#!/KimberlinMusic (click on special song from a person I love)

I'm old enough to relate to this--maybe that's why (besides being frugal), I'm in no particular hurry for the latest version of the latest gadgets? But truthfully, a lot of them I do enjoy and appreciate, don't you.. "we've came a long way baby" LOL

In the line at the store the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. The former generation did not care enough to save our environment." He was right, that generation didn't have the green thing in its day. Back then they returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. They were recycled. But they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day. In her day they walked up stairs because they didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a gas guzzler machine every time they had to go two blocks. But she was right. They didn't have the green thing in her day. Back then they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in a 220 volt energy gobbling machine - wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; they didn't have the green thing back in her day. Back then they had one TV or radio in the house - not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen they blended and stirred by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail they used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. They didn't have air conditioning or electric stoves with self cleaning ovens. They didn't have battery operated toys,computers,or telephones. Back then they didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power.They used hand operated clippers to trim the shrubs. They exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; they didn't have the green thing back then. They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But they didn't have the green thing back then. Back then, people walked or took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint. But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful the old folks were just because they didn't have the green thing back then?

BOY HAS IT BEEN AN EXTRA HOT FEW DAYS AT WORK
It don't make sense, but it's HOT in the kitchen when I get at work at 6:15

even before the ovens/warmers/fans (over the ovens) and such are even cut on!

WHEW!!! But today is "the hump" leaving only two days this week!!!

And, I am THANKFUL FOR MY JOB.. still looking forward to full time! "Lord's Willing"

YouTube - He Has Made Me Glad

LIVE, LOVE, and LAUGH! (enjoy the lives He has given you)

Genesis 21:6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”Job 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. Psalm 126:2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
YouTube - Don Moen "Shout to the Lord"
remember, He has the whole world in His hands, and He is still in control!
YouTube - He's got the whole world in his hands
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PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT..

GOD BLESS, GUIDE, LOVE AND PROTECT EACH OF YOU!
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SEE YA TOMORROW BARBARA! (~.*) "LORD'S WILLING"