My cousin sent this to me just in time for the Super Bowl.
I do not know who wrote it so I cannot give credit were credit is due.
Twas the night before the Super Bowl, when along the gulf shore,
Steelers fans were praying for “just one more;”
The players were nestled all snug in the sack,
With visions of the first NFL Six-Pack;
Coach Tomlin was young, but wise for his years,
So I drifted off to sleep without any fears;
When at the stadium there arose some strange chatter,
The Cardinals feared, what was the matter;
We heard “Okel Dokel”, we heard “Double Yoi,”
We jumped from our beds, our hearts jumped for joy;
He stood at the fifty with a grin ear to ear,
Steelers fans everywhere started to cheer;
Then in an instant to our surprise,
This little old man had tears in his eyes;
He went to the booth and there took his chair,
While Terrible Towels waved in the air;
Then over the airwaves came his shrill voice,
The Steelers Nation began to rejoice;
He said, “I am back, but you know I can’t stay,
I just had to see my Steelers play;
From my home up above, I have a great view,
But I wanted to celebrate here with you;
So bring on the Birds, we’ll send them a flyin’,
On the way back to Phoenix, they will be cryin’;
Ben, Hines, Troy, Jeff and all of the rest,
No matter the outcome, to me you’re the best;”
The airwaves went silent, the stadium still,
Was this just a dream, it seemed so real;
In our team we have faith, in our team we have hope,
But the game’s not the same without Myron Cope
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Time to move on.
I had started this before the Inauguration but only got to complete it now.
It is time to say good bye to one president and welcome a new president.
I do hope that President Bush will no longer be blamed for every little thing. For the first time ever I found out that a President is responsible for the weather. Yet, he could not stop Hurricanes Katrina or Rita. He was responsible for the levies breaching with a storm surge that topped 30 feet. Levies that were build well before he became our president.
But now he is done. He can relax and enjoy life once again. But what will history say of this man who was our president? I hope that it will be kinder than the people, media and his liberal colleagues were to him while he was in office.
Now it is time to move on. The country will have its first black (actually mixed race) president. What will this president do? How will the country view him? Is he ready for the stress that comes with the office? We will not know right away will we? Well I do wish President Obama the best and will pray for him.
It is time to say good bye to one president and welcome a new president.
I do hope that President Bush will no longer be blamed for every little thing. For the first time ever I found out that a President is responsible for the weather. Yet, he could not stop Hurricanes Katrina or Rita. He was responsible for the levies breaching with a storm surge that topped 30 feet. Levies that were build well before he became our president.
But now he is done. He can relax and enjoy life once again. But what will history say of this man who was our president? I hope that it will be kinder than the people, media and his liberal colleagues were to him while he was in office.
Now it is time to move on. The country will have its first black (actually mixed race) president. What will this president do? How will the country view him? Is he ready for the stress that comes with the office? We will not know right away will we? Well I do wish President Obama the best and will pray for him.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
From OneNewsNow
ACLU targets minister over city council prayer
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 1/18/2009 4:00:00 AM
The ACLU recently pounced on Roanoke, Virginia, Vice Mayor Sherman Lea over a prayer.
The city's attorney, who has advised dropping mention of a deity in prayer, has mistakenly interpreted the law, according to Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University's Law School.
"Obviously saying the name of God, saying the name of Jesus, does not violate the Constitution," he points out. "Despite the ACLU's rants [and] even the misguided legal opinion of the governmental attorney in this case, the name Jesus is still constitutional."
Staver says America's foundation is based on Judeo-Christian ideas, and Founding Fathers practiced it. "From the very history of our country, in fact the Constitution was indeed birthed on the platform of prayer by government officials -- and not just some 60-second prayer before a meeting, but a three-day prayer in a church," he adds.
Lea has requested the removal of his name from the rotation of ministers who pray at city council meetings. Liberty Counsel's website provides information for the public and government officials with "dos and don'ts" concerning prayer.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Nathan's Japanese Birthday Dinner 1/17/09
Hello again,
It is me once again with something fun today. My friend and brother in Christ, Nathan celebrated his 30th birthday last week. Today his sister Natalie, friends Arlene, Frank with Frank's children (sorry I will not name children under the age of 18) and myself would take Nathan to dinner. We went to a Japanese restaurant called Hibachi Japanese Steak and Bar B Q. I fell in love with the food about 3 or 4 years ago so I mentioned taking Nathan to the restaurant at Sunday night services at church prior to his birthday. She thought it was a good idea. We had thought about having the dinner last weekend. But something came up and our plans changed.
It was this change that made me think of inviting Frank. Arlene wasn't sure if he would make it. You see Frank is divorced and gets his kids every other weekend (if he is so blessed). This weekend was his time with the kids. As it turned out he and the kids came with us.
Did I mention that the place we were going was to be a secret. Nathan said that he thought that he knew were we were going. And he would say something about Hibachi. But we would not confirm or deny that he got it right. We just told him that he thought he knew where we were going. We just would not give it away .
I found out that it was the first time that Nathan and Natalie would be going to this type of restaurant. I did not know that it was Frank and his kids first time. Arlene and I were old hats at dinning at this restaurant. I was going to enjoy introducing new people to my favorite type of food.
We had reservation for 4:30 PM and got there right on time. The only person I was worried about was Natalie. You see the only chairs I knew of were like bar stools. Nat is shorter than I am and she has a handicap. She uses crutches to walk. But the Lord was watching out for my sister. He provided a room that had a lower table and chairs. And we had the room to ourselves for our entire meal.
We were served a salad and then our appetizers were served. Prior to eating we said a prayer for the meal. I was the one who said that pray. I kept it short and simple.
The unique thing about this table is that the grill is built right in. Arlene and I were use to the show that was to come. And a show it was. The cook made sure to speak to each of us but more so to the kids. He set the grill on "fire" and cracked the eggs with his metal turner. He even made an onion volcano. The kids loved it. After the meal was cooked, our chief asked if we wanted to catch a shrimp. All but Nat tried. Of course Frank and his kids were the only ones that were able to catch the shrimp. Nathan, Arlene and I all missed.
The meals were all great. It was then that I learned that Frank (a pro with the chop sticks) and his kids have not been to a restaurant like this. They enjoyed the expenses but tasty meal. We all agreed that this was not an everyday restaurant. We would come for special occasions. I explained that my mum and I come in (prior to getting Maya) only when we got coupons in the mail.
After our meal Arlene, Nathan, Nat and I had Green Tea Ice Cream. I love the stuff and I learned to make it from vanilla ice cream and a Green Tea mix I would get from an Oriental Market. I had asked that happy birthday would be sung to Nathan. Well just before we left our waiter came out with his gong and sang happy birthday. It was cool. Nathan was given a bowl of vanilla ice cream with a candle in it. We waited until he finished that and the waiter took our bill. I will not bore you with the total.
While we waited until the check was paid, Nathan and Frank's son got into a song battle. They were using songs from and changing the words to match the name of the person they were singing about. It was very funny. Some of the songs I remember were Prince's "Purple Rain", "When the Dove Cries", Barry Manilow's "Mandy" and a few show tunes. Needless to say Nathan blew away his competition. Since we arrived in two cars. Frank would meet Arlene, Nathan and Natalie back at Arlene's house. Arlene would drop me off at my home. But it was not an uneventful ride home. Nathan hopped up on good food and Green Tea (we think) would continue with his songs. Poor Arlene had a hard time driving and me giving directions from the restaurant to my apartment because of his funny songs.
All in all it was a wonderful night spent with family and good food. The Lord did answer my prayer for the meal.
I will not always be able to write a blog a night but wanted to share this with you. It was a great godly experience that brought us all a bit closer.
Another significant thing about this group was that we were all in a dinner murder mystery play given about a year ago for the Singles Ministry at our church. So we were close already because of that experience. This brought us closer. I sort of wish we could have invited more people but that would have made communication a bit hard. The tables only seat 8 people and our small Tuesday night Singles Fellowship is a bit larger than 8 people.
Well I want to wish you all a good night and blessed dreams.
It is me once again with something fun today. My friend and brother in Christ, Nathan celebrated his 30th birthday last week. Today his sister Natalie, friends Arlene, Frank with Frank's children (sorry I will not name children under the age of 18) and myself would take Nathan to dinner. We went to a Japanese restaurant called Hibachi Japanese Steak and Bar B Q. I fell in love with the food about 3 or 4 years ago so I mentioned taking Nathan to the restaurant at Sunday night services at church prior to his birthday. She thought it was a good idea. We had thought about having the dinner last weekend. But something came up and our plans changed.
It was this change that made me think of inviting Frank. Arlene wasn't sure if he would make it. You see Frank is divorced and gets his kids every other weekend (if he is so blessed). This weekend was his time with the kids. As it turned out he and the kids came with us.
Did I mention that the place we were going was to be a secret. Nathan said that he thought that he knew were we were going. And he would say something about Hibachi. But we would not confirm or deny that he got it right. We just told him that he thought he knew where we were going. We just would not give it away .
I found out that it was the first time that Nathan and Natalie would be going to this type of restaurant. I did not know that it was Frank and his kids first time. Arlene and I were old hats at dinning at this restaurant. I was going to enjoy introducing new people to my favorite type of food.
We had reservation for 4:30 PM and got there right on time. The only person I was worried about was Natalie. You see the only chairs I knew of were like bar stools. Nat is shorter than I am and she has a handicap. She uses crutches to walk. But the Lord was watching out for my sister. He provided a room that had a lower table and chairs. And we had the room to ourselves for our entire meal.
We were served a salad and then our appetizers were served. Prior to eating we said a prayer for the meal. I was the one who said that pray. I kept it short and simple.
The unique thing about this table is that the grill is built right in. Arlene and I were use to the show that was to come. And a show it was. The cook made sure to speak to each of us but more so to the kids. He set the grill on "fire" and cracked the eggs with his metal turner. He even made an onion volcano. The kids loved it. After the meal was cooked, our chief asked if we wanted to catch a shrimp. All but Nat tried. Of course Frank and his kids were the only ones that were able to catch the shrimp. Nathan, Arlene and I all missed.
The meals were all great. It was then that I learned that Frank (a pro with the chop sticks) and his kids have not been to a restaurant like this. They enjoyed the expenses but tasty meal. We all agreed that this was not an everyday restaurant. We would come for special occasions. I explained that my mum and I come in (prior to getting Maya) only when we got coupons in the mail.
After our meal Arlene, Nathan, Nat and I had Green Tea Ice Cream. I love the stuff and I learned to make it from vanilla ice cream and a Green Tea mix I would get from an Oriental Market. I had asked that happy birthday would be sung to Nathan. Well just before we left our waiter came out with his gong and sang happy birthday. It was cool. Nathan was given a bowl of vanilla ice cream with a candle in it. We waited until he finished that and the waiter took our bill. I will not bore you with the total.
While we waited until the check was paid, Nathan and Frank's son got into a song battle. They were using songs from and changing the words to match the name of the person they were singing about. It was very funny. Some of the songs I remember were Prince's "Purple Rain", "When the Dove Cries", Barry Manilow's "Mandy" and a few show tunes. Needless to say Nathan blew away his competition. Since we arrived in two cars. Frank would meet Arlene, Nathan and Natalie back at Arlene's house. Arlene would drop me off at my home. But it was not an uneventful ride home. Nathan hopped up on good food and Green Tea (we think) would continue with his songs. Poor Arlene had a hard time driving and me giving directions from the restaurant to my apartment because of his funny songs.
All in all it was a wonderful night spent with family and good food. The Lord did answer my prayer for the meal.
I will not always be able to write a blog a night but wanted to share this with you. It was a great godly experience that brought us all a bit closer.
Another significant thing about this group was that we were all in a dinner murder mystery play given about a year ago for the Singles Ministry at our church. So we were close already because of that experience. This brought us closer. I sort of wish we could have invited more people but that would have made communication a bit hard. The tables only seat 8 people and our small Tuesday night Singles Fellowship is a bit larger than 8 people.
Well I want to wish you all a good night and blessed dreams.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Introduction
Hi! I am new to Blogger.
My name is RoseAnn. I was born in Pittsburgh. I am currently living just outside of Philadelphia. I am 44 yrs old and the oldest of my 3 siblings. I have one sister, she has 3 children, and two bothers. The older of the two boys is married and has two step children. The baby of the family is also a brother. He too is married and like my sister has 3 children. I will tell you more about my family in a later blog.
I am an American football fan. As a matter of fact I tell people during football season that I bleed Black & Gold. Yep, I am a Pittsburgh Steeler fan. No matter where I lived in this great country called America, I have always been true to the Black & Gold. My underdog team is Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I have been a fan of the Bucs since they were announced as an expansion team in 1976. I was very happy when they won the Super Bowl a few years back.
Well since I now live in the Philadelphia, I cannot see my beloved Steelers all the time. Everything is Eagles this and Eagles that. I cannot stand the Eagles. They are a bunch of cry babies. Though I am hoping that my Steelers will face them in the Super Bowl this year. (see my pole that is available until 11:59 PM on 1/18/09) Though I will miss the play off game on Sunday. As much as I like football, I will not give up going to church on Sunday night. I will have to have my mum tell me who won the Pittsburgh/Baltimore game.
When we lived in Chambersburg PA, I started to read comic books and real life murder mysteries. I had always liked cartoons so the natural jump was reading comic books. I have had large collections from time to time. Some of my more favorite comic books were "Fantastic Four", "X-Men", "Batman", "The Dark Knight", "Badger", "Teen Titans", "The New Teen Titans" and a few that people never heard of.
The books I read were from murders that happened in the areas around Chambersburg. I was about 13 or 14 when I started to read these. Now here is a twist. I can't stand horror stories or movies. So why did I like real life murder stories. Maybe it was because I liked murder mysteries. But the real life murder stories would scare the heck out of me. And I loved that. I would read and marvel at the way the police would try to find the murderer. If caught then I liked the legal side with the attorneies. I still like to read those books but now it is just hard to find one that will interest me. My favorite author is Anne Rule. My new favorite is watching TruTV.
From comic book to manga and form cartoons to anime. It was only natural for me to look for something more sophisticated to read and watch. I am amazed by the way things look real in some of the manga and anime. It just blows me away.
I have lived in 9 different place. I may tell you about each place I lived in a later blog. I was born in Pittsburgh. We then moved to just outside of Gary Indiania. After that we moved back to Pennsylvania. We lived in Irwin and later moved to Erie. I started school in Erie. After my baby brother was born we moved to Buffalo New York. Then from there it was North Kingston Rhode Island. From Rhode Island we moved back to Pittsburgh. Then it was 11 months in Cross Lanes West Virginia. From WV we moved to Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Then from there we moved to Philadelphia. I moved to Laurel Delaware for a few months until I learned my dad had cancer. I moved back to Philadelphia. My dad died on June 2, 1996. I have been living in the Philadelphia area ever since. My mum lives with me now.
At 25, I gave my life to Jesus Christ. This I will definately share this with you in a different blog or two or three or more. It is something very near and dear to my heart. It will also explain some of the stuff I will say later in my introduction.
I will not bore you with my working history. I will just let you know that I am a Senior Claim Examiner at a well known insurance company. I may let you know which one sometime but not today. I have been working at this insurance company since (temp work) 2/2001. I was working there listening to the radio when all hell broke loose on September 11, 2001. Now 7 years later, I am still happy with my work but it is getting boring now.
I have been on antidepressants since February 2007. I know some of you are surprised by this statement. I mean come on, this girl just said that she gave her life to Christ a few paragraphs ago. Well that doesn't mean that I am not human with human problems. Again I will go into all of that when I start my blogs about Jesus Christ.
Just this past March I adopted a Rat Terrier pup. Her name is Maya. She brings me joy. She makes me laugh. Can you believe that her previous owner just thrust her into a Pet Smart employees hands and left her there. She was fostered by one of the vets that have an office there. If I had not adopted her she would have been put to sleep. The doc could not take in one more dog for too long. Maya celebrated her first birthday in May with me and my mum. Mum did not like the idea of me getting a dog. She has warmed up to Maya and now loves her just as much as I do. I have posted some video of Maya on YouTube.
Within the past few years I have once again put my hand to the "pen". I have been writing stories. Those I will share here as well with a link to where I post my stories.
So let me end this to say that in the days of old I would be called an "Old Maid". Yes that means that I am still single. And that I like. No I do not cat around either. I am already married to the One who loves me most. Unless He brings me into a relationship.
Well that is my rather long introduction. I hope to get some feed back soon. Oh, be watching. I may have a new post up every once in a while.
My name is RoseAnn. I was born in Pittsburgh. I am currently living just outside of Philadelphia. I am 44 yrs old and the oldest of my 3 siblings. I have one sister, she has 3 children, and two bothers. The older of the two boys is married and has two step children. The baby of the family is also a brother. He too is married and like my sister has 3 children. I will tell you more about my family in a later blog.
I am an American football fan. As a matter of fact I tell people during football season that I bleed Black & Gold. Yep, I am a Pittsburgh Steeler fan. No matter where I lived in this great country called America, I have always been true to the Black & Gold. My underdog team is Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I have been a fan of the Bucs since they were announced as an expansion team in 1976. I was very happy when they won the Super Bowl a few years back.
Well since I now live in the Philadelphia, I cannot see my beloved Steelers all the time. Everything is Eagles this and Eagles that. I cannot stand the Eagles. They are a bunch of cry babies. Though I am hoping that my Steelers will face them in the Super Bowl this year. (see my pole that is available until 11:59 PM on 1/18/09) Though I will miss the play off game on Sunday. As much as I like football, I will not give up going to church on Sunday night. I will have to have my mum tell me who won the Pittsburgh/Baltimore game.
When we lived in Chambersburg PA, I started to read comic books and real life murder mysteries. I had always liked cartoons so the natural jump was reading comic books. I have had large collections from time to time. Some of my more favorite comic books were "Fantastic Four", "X-Men", "Batman", "The Dark Knight", "Badger", "Teen Titans", "The New Teen Titans" and a few that people never heard of.
The books I read were from murders that happened in the areas around Chambersburg. I was about 13 or 14 when I started to read these. Now here is a twist. I can't stand horror stories or movies. So why did I like real life murder stories. Maybe it was because I liked murder mysteries. But the real life murder stories would scare the heck out of me. And I loved that. I would read and marvel at the way the police would try to find the murderer. If caught then I liked the legal side with the attorneies. I still like to read those books but now it is just hard to find one that will interest me. My favorite author is Anne Rule. My new favorite is watching TruTV.
From comic book to manga and form cartoons to anime. It was only natural for me to look for something more sophisticated to read and watch. I am amazed by the way things look real in some of the manga and anime. It just blows me away.
I have lived in 9 different place. I may tell you about each place I lived in a later blog. I was born in Pittsburgh. We then moved to just outside of Gary Indiania. After that we moved back to Pennsylvania. We lived in Irwin and later moved to Erie. I started school in Erie. After my baby brother was born we moved to Buffalo New York. Then from there it was North Kingston Rhode Island. From Rhode Island we moved back to Pittsburgh. Then it was 11 months in Cross Lanes West Virginia. From WV we moved to Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Then from there we moved to Philadelphia. I moved to Laurel Delaware for a few months until I learned my dad had cancer. I moved back to Philadelphia. My dad died on June 2, 1996. I have been living in the Philadelphia area ever since. My mum lives with me now.
At 25, I gave my life to Jesus Christ. This I will definately share this with you in a different blog or two or three or more. It is something very near and dear to my heart. It will also explain some of the stuff I will say later in my introduction.
I will not bore you with my working history. I will just let you know that I am a Senior Claim Examiner at a well known insurance company. I may let you know which one sometime but not today. I have been working at this insurance company since (temp work) 2/2001. I was working there listening to the radio when all hell broke loose on September 11, 2001. Now 7 years later, I am still happy with my work but it is getting boring now.
I have been on antidepressants since February 2007. I know some of you are surprised by this statement. I mean come on, this girl just said that she gave her life to Christ a few paragraphs ago. Well that doesn't mean that I am not human with human problems. Again I will go into all of that when I start my blogs about Jesus Christ.
Just this past March I adopted a Rat Terrier pup. Her name is Maya. She brings me joy. She makes me laugh. Can you believe that her previous owner just thrust her into a Pet Smart employees hands and left her there. She was fostered by one of the vets that have an office there. If I had not adopted her she would have been put to sleep. The doc could not take in one more dog for too long. Maya celebrated her first birthday in May with me and my mum. Mum did not like the idea of me getting a dog. She has warmed up to Maya and now loves her just as much as I do. I have posted some video of Maya on YouTube.
Within the past few years I have once again put my hand to the "pen". I have been writing stories. Those I will share here as well with a link to where I post my stories.
So let me end this to say that in the days of old I would be called an "Old Maid". Yes that means that I am still single. And that I like. No I do not cat around either. I am already married to the One who loves me most. Unless He brings me into a relationship.
Well that is my rather long introduction. I hope to get some feed back soon. Oh, be watching. I may have a new post up every once in a while.
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