Posts by Blithe Freshman

I love Black Adder , but have only visited were it is shown on PBS so I've seen very few episodes. Wooster & Jeeves is one of my favorites, I'm a Wodehouse fan. Laurie was also perfect with Geena Davis in Stuart Little.

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Did you ever have a prayer answered & the Elders say it was Satan?

by Blithe Freshman in

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when we were still studying, my husband had quit his government /military job in prep to get baptised.we had the means for a while to live while we finished business and looked for a new job.

we had agreed to sit down on a certain date & with our list of what we wanted & to start a job search.

after careful thought for a few weeks i had my list.

Blithe Freshman

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A JW gives blood to her baby but is against blood transfusions?

by cognac in

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well, a jdub was telling me a story that when she nursed her son her nipples were so sore that they cracked and literally bled when she was feeding her son.

she said it was so bad that when he would spit up it would sometimes have blood in it.

how is that different then having a blood transfusion?

Blithe Freshman

Been there , switched to a bottle! No need to starve a baby!

Blithe

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B B Q Etiquette

by FlyingHighNow in

bbq rules .

we are about to enter the bbq season.

therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity .

Blithe Freshman

I love this story! We act it out every weekend, all summer long.

Blithe

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Did you ever have a prayer answered & the Elders say it was Satan?

by Blithe Freshman in

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when we were still studying, my husband had quit his government /military job in prep to get baptised.we had the means for a while to live while we finished business and looked for a new job.

we had agreed to sit down on a certain date & with our list of what we wanted & to start a job search.

after careful thought for a few weeks i had my list.

Blithe Freshman

I did!

When we were still studying, my husband had quit his government /military job in prep to get baptised.We had the means for a while to live while we finished business and looked for a new job. We had agreed to sit down on a certain date & with our list of what we wanted & to start a job search. After careful thought for a few weeks I had my list. I prayed to Jehovah to help us.The week before "the Date" , a letter arived in the mail. It was an invitation to apply for a position with my hubby's former employer.These are very rare invites, only when they can't find someone in the district qualified/ willing for a job & it's really important , they do a world wide search of all current & former employes and pick the 5 most highly qualified.

He had been a GS11, and temp 12 for awhile. This was a 13 $$$. It had evrything he had always wanted in a job. In charge of personel & schedules & money, no infighting compitition. The location was not one I would have ever envisioned wanting to live at but, it had everything on my list, colleges , universities , tech schools, many different kinds of good employment , location between families, recreation, etc.There were things I had not even considered asking for in my prayer I thought too selfish this place had. It was a dream come true!Chances of my husband getting the job were high.Most men with his experience /time in would have had to consider , did their famliy want to move? Most would have had wives jobs to consider, I didn't work. Most would have had kids in high school, ours were not.Most younger men would have wanted a GS13 that was going somewere for a year or 2 usually Washington DC, then move on up.We were looking to settle down long term and this was the job for it. The others invited were likely to not aply.

My husband mention the job to the brother we studied with. The elders were sure the offer had come from Satan and we should not even consider a move so close to our baptism. We may make a fatal mistake and never come into the truth if we moved then. Looking back I bet we wouldn't have too. But my husband listened to them. They ignored my attemps to let them know how I thought it was an answer to prayer. This is when the doubts started for me.

Blithe

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So girls...any weird things happen behind the "Sisters" door?

by bronzefist in

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don't mean to pry, and i don't mean sexual things, but juni told me a strange story about rude "sisters" and mirrors.

hopefully she'll elaborate..until then what really goes on in that bathroom????

brzfst

Blithe Freshman

The weirdest thing I ever saw was a 9 year old boy who was escorted to the bathroom & mother would wait outside the stall for him. I asked her if he had a medical problem.She said no, I said " doesn't he use the bathroom at school alone?" She looked a little embarassed , but never saw him in the ladies room again.