September 15, 2015 Tuesday #walk!#cheerful#change#fear#history

Get Fit
Rushing off to church today to help with a funeral - going to get that walk in later today.


Get Faith
Proverbs 17:15  "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones".  Not surprising that sadness often leads to illness.  People who have lost a loved one I have noticed quite often get health problems right after.  We can't keep ourselves joyful all the time, life is not always happy.  If you see someone that is down today - give them a little joy, show some cheer, it may help.


On this day
1996 - Your world keeps turning in the same direction and you do the same things and go the same places - on this day Mom and Nicole and I went to church, I taught Sunday School and after we went to Arby's. That was a normal routine for years.   Nicole and I went to Kid R Us and then stopped by my cousin Darryl's.  I have changed churches and never go to Kid r Us anymore and seldom see my cousin Darryl.  Then yesterday learned one of my dear friends Lynn that I taught Sunday School with at that church and lost touch with, except on Facebook, died yesterday morning.  It almost seems like the world stops and starts turning the other way sometime.  She was a great intellect, so  talented, a great Sunday School teacher  and extremely funny.  RIP  Heaven is lucky to have her.


1853 - Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained becoming first female minister in the United States. Wow  this is great, didn't know it happened so early in our history.


Parenting
The writer in the devotional for today talks about the first time driving with her child who just passed drivers training.  You have to have a sense of humor, but it also takes nerves of steel.  I was lucky, Nicole was a great driver - now if she will just not get on her phone while driving I will do a sigh of relief. 


Book club  The Other Irish by Karen McCarthy
We have arrived at the warring aspect of these immigrants and they are fighters - hence "the fighting Irish".  The Scots also are tough opponents.  In the days of the Revolution - fighting the British was not only necessary but welcome to most of them as they had left their homeland to get away from the Brits and now they were pestering them here.  Not for long.


Isaszeg Hungary  current events

Sep. 9, 2015

Op-Ed article by Noemi Szecsi notes despair of Middle Eastern refugees trapped in Hungary and notes Hungarians themselves have little to offer refugees as their economy and standard of living is lower than many other European countries; reflects on ironic contrast between need of Hungarians of all persuasions to see themselves as historical host of freedom-seekers and current lack of resources and will to perform that role. MORE   Interesting history being made here.

Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday to Chelsea! 

September 14, 2015 Monday #Internationaldayofpeace#thank you God

Get Fit
I didn't get my day of rest yesterday.  I did a 5k (which is only 3 miles ) in Dowtown Detroit out of Atwater Brewery.  I don't run, I walked but I made it.  It was a beautiful day on the riverfront.
 Here we are  before the race!


Get Faith Psalm 127
"Behold children are a gift from the Lord"  What would you say in a thank you note to God for the gift of a child, not the day they are born, but the day they turn 18.


On this day
1995  My friend Pete's mom died.  I was very close to Tatjiana, they had very little family and as it happens they are all gone now, even Pete.  I feel it necessary to remember them on these days, I might be the only one that remembers their family.


1995 - Earth, Wind and Fire received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1995 - Hand written lyrics for "Getting Better" by Paul McCartney sold for $249,000 at a Sotheby's auction.
Well, its Monday, what did you expect?  No big news yet today.


Parenting
Dear God,  thank you for my beautiful daughter.  I couldn't have asked for a better genetic composition than the one you sent me.  She is everything I ever needed in my life and I will thank you everyday for eternity for her.  Sincerely, me.


Book Club  - The Other Irish by Karen McCarthy
These descendants apparently settled the Bible Belt and most of the protestant faith in the south and outreaches west.  Quite a feat.  Unfortunately they also gave birth to the hypocritical TV evangelists and money seekers that we deal with today.  The Bible tells us how to determine a disciples worth, they must have missed that chapter.


Isaszeg Hunagary and other locations
Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts, Romans, Huns, Slavs, Gepids, and Avars, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád in the Honfoglalás ("homeland-conquest"). His great-grandson Stephen I ascended to the throne in 1000 CE, converting the country to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century, Hungary became a middle power within the Western world, reaching a golden age by the 15th century.^[12] Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526 and about 150 years of partial Ottoman occupation (1541–1699), Hungary came under Habsburg rule, and later formed a significant part of the Austro–Hungarian Empire (1867–1918).  A lot of history available on this place and it looks like a good read!


Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday to Ray!

September 12, 2015 Saturday #brrr#example#notfunny#play!

Get Fit
Waiting for it to warm up - 53? really.  Taking a walk to warm up for tomorrows 5K.  It is only 3.1 miles, no problem.  Still have that cab app on my phone.


Get Faith
Matthew 5:16 -Let your light so shine before men, that they might see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.  This really explains itself.  Action speaks louder than words.


On this day
1992  I began to notice changes - I was 45 and I guess it was time.  If you never saw Menopause the Musical and are a woman or man dealing with this health issue, you should see it (If you are a married man with a wife in this age range - you too are going through menopause, believe me)  The play is comic relief for something that is not very funny.


1992 - Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African-American woman in space. She was the payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. Also onboard were Mission Specialist N. Jan Davis and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark C. Lee. They were the first married couple to fly together in space. And, Mamoru Mohri became the first Japanese person to fly into space. This is good news with a lot of possible conversation on the topic available don't you think?


Parenting (excerpt from God's Little Devotional for Mom's)
"Seeing things from your child's point of view is one of the most valuable ways to interact with your child!  Periodically get down on the floor and play with your child.  As you do, show by example how to play, how to share, how to interact, how to cooperate or compete in a friendly manner, and how to put away toys or organize a play space.  What you do, your child will do!"  Or they decide that you do such a good job of picking up, they leave it to you, jk.


Book Club  The Other Irish by Karen McCarthy
Haven't had a lot of reading time lately, but I do want to get back to this book. I like it.


Isaszeg Hungary  Interesting place, interesting times

See also: History of Europe and Pannonian basin before Hungary

Hungary is a country in Central Europe whose history under this name dates to the Early Middle Ages, when the Pannonian Basin was conquered by the Hungarians (Magyars), a semi-nomadic people who had migrated from Eastern Europe. For the history of the area before this period, see Pannonian basin before Hungary.  This country has seen a lot of turmoil and war and apparently are not done yet. 


Enjoy the day!  Make it Memorable! 

September 11, 2015 Friday #neverforget#stretch#choices#gymnastics#szia

Get Fit
Gravity Drop  - Stand with balls of feet on a 3" high block with feet shoulder width apart,  toes straight ahead and heels on the floor.  Stick you chest out.  Feel the stretch in the back of your legs.  Hold this position for 30 seconds.  Repeat 3 times.  Great stretch!


Get Faith
Ephesians 5:15,16 -  Be very careful, then, how you live   not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.   I guess we should be better users of our time.  Everyday, gives us an opportunity to sit in front of electronics or do something worthwhile, act or waste time, live or watch others live.  Those are choices for us each day.  I better get moving.


On this day
1991 - Nicole started gymnastics.  It was a class at the YMCA and those of you that know Nicole would have thought this would be something she would like.  She wasn't a fan.  Eventually we discovered she liked team sports, maybe because of the competition and the social aspect of it.  She only stuck gymnastics out for the one session. 


1991 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announced that thousands of troops would be drawn out of Cuba. We know the other history of this day, 911 and Benghazi in 2012.  This Cuba history is important today as well.


Parenting
We all would like our kids to excel in what we want, but it is not always how it goes.  I started Nicole in softball when she was 5 and she liked it and was great at it, but in High School, when I (I!) could have kept enjoying the softball, she went to soccer.  It isn't about us, it is about them.  We should encourage them to be what they want.  Unless they make bad choices - then force them. (lol)


Book Club  The Other Irish by Karen McCarthy
I could sit and read this all day, it is that good, but I have responsibilities. 


Isaszeg Hungary
Hungary (ⁱ/ˈhʌŋɡəri/; Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)), formally, until 2012, the Republic of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Köztársaság), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.^[10] It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, Slovenia to the west, Austria to the northwest, and Ukraine to the northeast. The country's capital and largest city is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and the Schengen Area. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe.^[11]
tomorrow we can look at some translations on common terms like this .szia hi, hello, bye see-ah This is a little like the Italian "ciao". Or American slang - See Ya!


Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable! 

September 10, 2015 Thursday #reorganizebutkeepgoing#love#cider#Alice#hellfire#

Get Fit
Major setback I only have my cd's and sheet workouts available.  Onward, I did my favorite AM yoga to get the day started and will take a walk later.  I almost got 4 miles in yesterday - the neighbor kid put on his rollerblades and went with me, his arms flail and he never stops talking, what fun.


Get Faith
1 John 4:10,11  "This is love not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.   Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."  It can be difficult but finding a way to love all people can be a wonderful walk.  Read about their history, their culture, their strengths, their failures - see how they love their children and want them to survive this world  They aren't different from you and I.


On this day:
1988  Andy and Alice brought their girls, Merri and Lindsey over, picked up Nicole and I and we went to Ruby Cider Mill.  It is that time of year, bees and cider and doughnuts, gotta love Michigan!


Parenting - The best thing of all is the time spent with family, whatever you are doing.  Alice has always had a great sense of humor so that every get together was a party.  I think all of our girls have picked up that ability to make humor on any level, thanks to Alice.


Book Club - The Other Irish by Karen McCarthy
I wasn't aware of the huge impact that the Scots had on bringing religion to the wild wild west, but then it makes sense in a way.  The early Presbyterians were preaching hell fire and damnation to a bunch of itinerant people that needed structure in their lives.  The church in England had excluded them by basically saying God only selects the Elect few.  Their salvation was pre ordained and the rest were out of luck.  I think some people still believe that.  Not true.


Isaszeg Hungary
Pest County (Hungarian pronunciation: [pɛʃt]) is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate).


Enjoy the day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday Kevin and Gina! 

September 9, 2015 Wednesday #tapefail#eternal#koolaidhouse#Book!

Get Fit
Got in a 45 minute Pilates workout.  It will be the last one on the video tape as my machine ate two tapes this morning.  The old players aren't playing anymore.  On to the new methods, fortunately a lot of my workouts are on cd's now.  Do not be discouraged !  Keep moving!  Trying to lose 5 lbs that I put on in Scotland, who am I kidding had that 5 lbs plus before the summer, still working on it.


Get Faith
Ecclesiastes 3:11  "He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."  It is hard to imagine what God is and has done from the forever to the forever, it is beyond human conception.  Imagine a God that sees all the beauty AND all the horror in our world everyday.  I pray sometime for God, that he has to witness the horrific way we treat each other in this world.  Have you seen the people leaving Serbia with their children to escape harm?  the missing people?   Be kind today and accepting.


On this day
 1987 - Nicole was two and I always had a houseful of kids here playing.  My neighbor down the street came by and asked if I could sit her two kids while she was at work, after school.  She could have just told them to come over and hang out here, I wouldn't have noticed the difference.


1987 - Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer aired for the last time on CBS. I don't remember this do you?


Parenting
My wish is that parents will start raising their children to be kind, accepting, helpful, loving and happy.  Is that too much to ask?  In a perfect world. 


Book Club
I got my first paper book yesterday and after writing it and rereading it a hundred times already, I had to read it again to proof it once more.  There are still mistakes. The happiness I felt when I opened the package and saw that book with my name on it - ranks way up there!  Do you want to write a book?  Start today - do your outline.


Isaszeg Hungary 
     

A large village with a population of 8,789 8 km south of Gödöllő. Isaszeg is famous for the glorious battle won by the Hungarian Honvéd (= Defence) Force, led by Generals Klapka, Aulich and Damjanich, against the army of Windischgraetz during the Spring Campaign on 6th April, 1849. There is a war memorial and several honvéd graves to commemorate the battle. A monumental series of events lasting for several days will be held on the anniversary of the battle. A wooden headboard was set up to the memory of 23rd October, 1956. Local history collection displayed in the Village Museum. The origin of the local Baroque church, a listed monument, goes back to the 12th century.  Lots of war here.

Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy birthday Rae Rae!!

September 8, 2015 Tuesday - #walk#decentlove#saved#snakesinachurch#refugees

Get Fit
Running into a lot of road blocks lately that are keeping me from getting back on target with exercise.  This happens occasionally with all of us - just find a way to get back on track asap.


Get Faith
Ecclesiastes 3:4  A time to laugh.  I will share this from God's little Devotional for Mom's. 
     Through the years, one of the most popular comic strips about family life was that of "Momma," by Mel Lazarus  Momma was always trying to straighten out her three grown children,.  Of major concern to her was the proper courtship and marriage of her daughter, Mary Lou.
     In one strip, Mary Lou is shown on the front porch saying good night to her boyfriend.  He s whispering sweet nothings in her ear.  Momma is trying to eavesdrop from the window, but can't quite hear what's going on.
     Once Mary Lou is inside the house, Momma asks. "Mary Lou, what did he whisper to you?"  Mary Lou answers, "Ah, just "love stuff" Momma.
     Momma then says, "Decent love stuff can be spoken freely, out loud.... shouted from rooftops." in the final frame of the comic strip Momma's voice crescendos to a climax: "DECENT LOVE STUFF CAN BE EMBROIDERED ON SAMPLERS!" 


On this day
1984 - This is the day I found out with an early pregnancy test that I was pregnant - with Nicole.  Well I didn't know it was Nicole then.  Mark and I went to Greenfield Village and walked around all day and I quit smoking.  Best thing that ever happened to me. puts all the other 'on this day's to shame.


1866 - The first recorded birth of sextuplets took place in Chicago, IL. The parents were James and Jennie Bushnell. Glad this wasn't me.  One is plenty.


Parenting
I will just refer to above story - as a humorous parenting story.  It somehow is far removed from modern life.


Book club  The Other Irish by Karen McCarthy
Reading about how the Presbyterians escaped the Calvinism of the Church of England to come to America and start their own churches, which included offering a glass of rum and snake handling to attract visitors!  Interesting


Isaszeg Hungary - more background in view of recent events.

Large groups of refugees and migrants in Hungary are trying to walk to the Austrian border, after defying official efforts to stop them.

Hungary has announced it will send buses to transport them to the border.
As darkness fell, police advised around 1,000 walkers on the main motorway to Vienna to put on light-coloured clothing so that they could be seen.
Earlier on Friday another group escaped along railway tracks in Bicske, to the west, from a train stopped by police.
European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal with the crisis.

The Hungarian, Czech, Slovakian and Polish prime ministers have rejected quotas for EU nations.
I'm confused are they trying to keep them in? or help them leave? 


Enjoy the day!  Make it Memorable!