Psalm 48 (New International Version)

Psalm 48

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

 ¹ Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise,
       in the city of our God, his holy mountain.  ² It is beautiful in its loftiness,
       the joy of the whole earth.
       Like the utmost heights of Zaphon ^[a] is Mount Zion,
       the ^[b] city of the Great King.
 ³ God is in her citadels;
       he has shown himself to be her fortress.
 ⁴ When the kings joined forces,
       when they advanced together,
 ⁵ they saw her and were astounded;
       they fled in terror.
 ⁶ Trembling seized them there,
       pain like that of a woman in labor.
 ⁷ You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
       shattered by an east wind.
 ⁸ As we have heard,
       so have we seen
       in the city of the LORD Almighty,
       in the city of our God:
       God makes her secure forever.
       Selah
 ⁹ Within your temple, O God,
       we meditate on your unfailing love.
 ¹⁰ Like your name, O God,
       your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
       your right hand is filled with righteousness.
 ¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
       the villages of Judah are glad
       because of your judgments.
 ¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
       count her towers,
 ¹³ consider well her ramparts,
       view her citadels,
       that you may tell of them to the next generation.
 ¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
       he will be our guide even to the end.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon can refer to a sacred mountain or the direction north.
2. Psalm 48:2 Or earth, / Mount Zion, on the northern side / of the

My backyard visitor

Unofficial Medical Dictionary

Artery......................The study of paintings.
Benign......................What you be after you be eight.
Bacteria....................Back door to cafeteria.
Barium......................What doctors do when patients die.
Cesarean Section............A neighborhood in Rome.
Catscan.....................Searching for Kitty.
Cauterize...................Made eye contact with her.
Colic.......................A sheep dog.
Coma........................A punctuation mark.
D&C.........................Where Washington is.
Dilate......................To live long.
Enema.......................Not a friend.
Fester......................Quicker than someone else.
Fibula......................A small lie.
Genital.....................Non-Jewish person.
G.I.Series..................World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail....................What you hang your coat on.
Impotent....................Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain..................Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff...............A Doctor's cane.
Morbid......................A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates....................Cheaper than day rates.
Node........................I knew it.
Outpatient..................A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear...................A fatherhood test.
Pelvis......................Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative..............A letter carrier.
Recovery Room...............Place to do upholstery.
Rectum......................Darn near killed him.
Secretion...................Hiding something
Seizure.....................Roman emperor.
Tablet......................A small table.
Terminal Illness............Getting sick at the airport.
Tumor.......................More than one.
Urine.......................Opposite of you're out
Varicose....................Near by

Gotta give props to Microsoft's Tech Support

The tech support guy I talked to this evening was WONDERFUL. 

I have been having an issue where my Outlook 2007 wasn't saving passwords.  When you have multiple emails addys and passwords, it gets annoying to fill in especially when every password is different.  I filled out a ticket after I couldn't fix it myself.  I entered my cell number on the off chance they would call.  He did.  The first time I didn't answer as it didn't come up with anything, but the number.  I looked the number up and found out it was MS tech support calling from India.  Okay, so I answered the return call.

We used a remote sharing program to work on the problem together. He was very polite and relatively easy to understand.  His t sounds like a b, but that's not a big deal.  He asked if I was having any *other* software issues beyond this one.  That was nice.

He sent an email survey for me to fill out and so I would have his email if any further problems arose. 

Best of all, this was all FREE.  Microsoft isn't all bad :)

Woo Hoo!!! After 3 months MS Office 2007 is finally installed on the laptop

When my desktop mother board died, I moved everything to my laptop. Problem was I couldn't get MS Office 2007 to install. I kept getting a stupid error and nothing on the MS Help site would work. I finally found a website (non-MS) that gave me answer (or location to look to fix the registry key). So tonight I fixed it!!!!!!

I paid a lot of money for the '07 upgrade. I was furious that I couldn't get it to install. Even more furious that Microsoft wanted money to fix the problem. I wasn't giving them another dime!

Now I am happy again with life :)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Let The Lower Lights Be Burning

Children Go Where I Send Thee by Tennessee Ernie Ford

We had dentist appointments yesterday

We, my son and I, both had cleanings that went fairly well.

Son wasn't as depressed afterward as usual. WOO HOO!!! He's usually dreading going because they complain about his gums. He just has gums that bleed. They always, always bleed at the dentist and sometimes at home, but are basically healthy. At least this time, she didn't make him feel so bad. She suggested that part of the problem is he's a mouth breather at night which will cause dry mouth.  He doesn't have dry mouth otherwise. He brushes 2-3 times a day, flosses at least 2x's and uses Listerine. She said she can tell he's not ignoring them. He does have 2 teeny-tiny cavities that are close together. One he knew about and the other was a surprise.

I was complimented on my teeth. She remarked how easy I make her job. Boy do I have her fooled *lol* She always remarks how well I brush and floss. Not near as well as she thinks. She is always saying how quick it is to clean my teeth. Must be all the pop I drink that removes the tartar either that or she's being extra nice :) No cavities, but I do need 2 fillings to fix voids from previous fillings they did last summer. This is the 2nd time they are fixing their work. Hopefully, this is the last. Unfortunately for me that is 2 visits since they are on opposite sides. Kiddo gets off with 1 more visit.

Oh, and kiddo has 3 wisdom teeth. The dentist says that eventually they need to come out. One he can do, but the bottom ones have to be done at the oral surgeons which isn't covered by the program we are on so it's private pay. No can do at this time so they'll wait until he's got some sort of real dental insurance.

Why doesn't health care reform include dental or vision? I may not be a fan of that bill, but it *should* include those as well, imo.

Quotes

"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally co...llapse..." Alexander Tyler (history professor at The University of Edinburgh), in 1787

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.-- Samuel... Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776
 

 "Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations" James Madison 1788

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln

 

Bah Humbug! (whine post)

I really don't feel like doing much of anything.  I don't want transcribe, study, read email, play on Facebook, or watch TV.  Durnblame fibro and arthritis.  I'm trying to keep functioning, but I don't wanna!  Everything hurts and aches.  It's miserable outside (nonstop fog and wet).  I just wanna crawl back into bed and forget about everything for a month or two.  Can't, but I wanna!

BAH! 

(hey, I warned ya it was a whine post....lol)

Time to get back to posting songs on Sunday

I've gotten out the habit of posting regularly or posting videos on Sunday.  Trying to get back into it.  I heard this song on the radio this morning and just fell in love with it.  I love Ms. Womack's voice and she always seem to pick the perfect song for it.