I placed a few of the pics from the snowstorm we just had here in
Colorado of my car and house on my profile. Just in case anyone was
interested. I'll leave em up a few days before switching back to my
regular pics.

I'm not sure about this (because I definately ain't no lawyer!) but
isn't impersonating an officer of the court (attorneys included) a
felony? Such as representing yourself to others as having that standing?

Let's hope that in this the season of miracles one more can be
accomplished! Our prayers are with you and yours Bek.

I've put the word out to my other online friends who always form a
"prayer circle" and believe me it's a biggun. After almost 20 years I've
gathered quite a group all over and seen the miracles (and been the
benefactor of as well) of the power of prayer. There's a LOUD voice goin
up to night Shadow.

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing
their hopes and dreams when the first tree said,

"Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold,
silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving
and
everyone would see the beauty."

Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will
take
kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world.
Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and
straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the
Hill and
look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close
to
them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people
will
always remember me."

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a
group of
woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said,
"This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the
wood to
a carpenter, "and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because
he
knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree the woodsman said, "This looks like a strong
tree. I
should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The second tree was happy
because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened
because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come
true.
One of the Woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree,
I'll
take this one," and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a
feed box
for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was
not
at all what he had prayed for.

The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His
dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.

The third tree was cut into large pieces, and left alone in the
dark.

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and
they
placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first
tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but
this
manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this
event
and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the
second
tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on
the
water, a great storm arose and the tree didn't think it was strong
enough to
keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and He stood and said
"Peace" and the Storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had
carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through
the
streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came
to
a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at
the
top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was
strong
enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was
possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.


The moral of this story is. that when things don't seem to be going
your
way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in
Him, God will give you great gifts.

Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had
imagined.

We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His
ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best.

Well personally rather than having my feelings hurt I'd like to thank
anyone who might have considered nominating me for NOT doing so. As much
as I like it here and wouldn't mind helping things grow and go smoother
it's not a responsibility I'd care to take on.

Well ya are a Granny but apparently only like being reminded of that by
your grandaughter. Hey this is a college town and a house mom is a huge
respected postition!

I'll vote for Iam and Txs too
Hell Txs is already the "Site Mom" isn't she?
ducking for cover cause I KNOW I'm gonna pay dearly for that one!

Lovely Txs !
And lonelyteardrop I hope ya know you have a LOT of friends here who
care and are holding you close in our prayers!

they get a big snow once every few years and it really rattles them.
It's almost funny to me since I grew up in weather like this. Hell I
told my boss where I come from we call 6" of snow a heavy frost :P

Owens declares state of emergency; storm closes most of I-25 in state
Most of Interstate 25 between Cheyenne and the New Mexico border is
closed and Governor Bill Owens has declared a state of emergency as a
major winter storm rips across the state disrupting holiday travel and
stranding people at Denver International Airport and on interstates.
A tiny portion of the interstate from Denver to Lincoln Avenue near
Colorado Springs remains open, but chains are required, according to
Colorado Department of Transportation.
Before the blizzard hit, emergency management teams — including
emergency vehicles, humvees, snow cats, and response personnel — were
positioned throughout the state.
Owens also activated the National Guard to help the Colorado Department
of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol aid stranded drivers.
Much of the state will remain closed Thursday and Poudre School District
has already announced schools will be closed Thursday despite opening
for much of the day today.
The city of Fort Collins has declared a snow emergency and is urging
residents not to drive.
Under the declaration, the city will plow only major arterial roads,
including College Avenue, Shields Street, Taft Hill Road, Overland
Trail, Lemay Avenue, Timberline Road, Vine Drive, Mulberry Street,
Prospect Road, Drake Road, Horsetooth Road, Harmony Road, Kechter Road
and Ziegler Road.
Vehicles parked along an emergency snow route will be towed at the
owner's expense. All emergency snow routes are marked with red, white
and blue signs that bear a snowflake.
Transfort buses have also shut down for the day, as has Dial-A-Ride
service.
The snow didn’t daunt Rob Rager, owner of American Truck Wash, who spent
most of the morning running errands around town.
Rager, who was filling his tank around noon at Schrader’s Country Store,
3809 E. Mulberry St., said he’d seen everything from dry roads, to ice
to 12-inch snow drifts.
Rager said the weather was likely to get him out of the office early,
but not out of concern for the roads.
“I’m going to leave work early and go play in the snow,” he said.
Chris Overhuls, a delivery driver for Team Petroleum, was making a drop
off at Schrader’s, 3733 E. Mulberry, around noon. Overhuls said his Ford
pickup wasn’t having any problems in the snow and, having grown up in
Alaska, neither was he.
“It’s not bad enough to be in four-wheel drive yet,” he said.
The weather hadn’t slowed business any, said Geoff Reddy, an employee at
the Schrader’s.
“It doesn’t change no matter what,” he said.
Reddy said that customers, mostly truck drivers, told him that
Interstate 25 between Fort Collins and Denver was pretty bad but not as
bad between Fort Collins and Wellington. The interstate has since been
closed from Cheyenne to Denver and Colorado Springs to the New Mexico
border.
Fort Collins and Larimer County are on accident alert — Fort Collins
through 5 p.m. Thursday — and CSP is warning people to hunker down and
stay off the roads.
State Patrol administrative offices between Loveland and Fort Collins
were closing at noon, said spokeswoman Shelly Warner.
Many local businesses, city and county offices are closes.
“The state is starting to close down and the weatherman says the brunt
of the storm isn’t even here yet,” said Shelly Warner, CSP spokeswoman.
“Major companies are calling and I’m telling them, ‘they’re sending me
home so you need to send them (employees) home,’” Warner said.
“We are asking everyone to stay put and please don’t travel right now,”
she said.
CSP is placing meals-ready-to-eat in all their patrol cars to pass out
to stranded people or to eat themselves, if necessary, Warner said.
Snow began falling as drivers headed to work this morning, though roads
were still open and clear as of 8 a.m.
Interstate 70 was closed from just east of Denver to the Kansas border
and I-25 was “getting nasty,” Warner said. At least two semi-tractor
trailer trucks slid off the road just before noon near the Mountain
Vista exit on I-25. One driver was being transported via ambulance to
Poudre Valley Hospital.
Heavy snows are predicted to fall throughout today and Thursday with
blowing and drifting conditions.
Forecasters have predicted up to 20 inches in some areas of Colorado,
though a meteorologist with Day Weather said tallies will be lower for
the Fort Collins area.
By the time the storm ends, about 12 inches of snow will likely have
fallen in the Fort Collins area, though those tallies may be as high as
15 inches in southern Larimer County, said Meteorologist Don Day with
Day Weather.
As of 11:30 a.m., about four inches had fallen in Fort Collins, and five
to six in Loveland, Day said.
Day said snow rates will peak late afternoon or early evening and
decrease by 9 or 10 p.m., with light snow falling into the morning
hours.
“Don’t be surprised if we have some areas that go well over a foot,” he
said.
The Eastern Plains already are reporting near blizzard conditions, with
Akron receiving four inches so far this morning, he said.

Up near the mountains they are but here on the front range the mountains
actually screw with the jetstream and this area where Greeley is located
is called "the banana belt" they only average about 17" of snow a year!

Hmmmmm nice poem Michael but right now I'm thinkin my neighbors here in
Colorado wouldn't have as much appreciation for it. They shut down DIA
around 10 this morning. By noon the Governor had called out the guard
and declared a state of emergency and did a radio broadcast telling
everyone to either stay home or if at work to GO HOME!
There was less than an inch on the ground when I went in at 7:30 am and
since I live less than 100 yards from my job I was elected to count down
the drawers and lock the place up as they sent everyone home starting
with those who lived furthest away. By noon my car was buried in a 3
foot drift with most of the lot over a foot deep so there was a lot of
work just getting people out of the lot. None of the roads are being
touched even yet and most of the interstates in a 4 state area are shut
down. We've gotten close to a foot "real snowfall" so far but the
drifting is making MAJOR piles and problems and my street is over 3 feet
deep right now! We're expecting up to a foot more by the time it ends
sometime tomorrow evening so it's only going to get worse.
I don't have a vehicle that can handle these roads especially since
they're not plowing them yet but hell, I grew up in NE Ohio on the edge
of the Lake Erie effect and snow like this is common there. These people
down on the front range are all in a panic about a little blizzard when
all they have to do is use their heads and stay in. Once it blows over
the hiway depts will start cleaning up the mess and in a couple of days
it'll be fine. Anyone in the Northern half of the country who doesn't
have at least a few days supply of food and essentials is a damned fool.

Trophies = dust collection devices

words=mouth

book of poems = verses

WHOA ! ! Bet that intersection is a blast right now LOL

It was me CCP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaze3NwQqBY

That was my point too CCP.