I Got Bored and Look What I Found (on craigslist again!)

old metal casket - $100 (ft.thomas,ky)
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Date: 2011-02-04, 3:40PM EST
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full size real casket great for halloween looks like it was just dug up 100.00 firm

(Here's one way to save on funeral expenses!! You don't think they DID dig it up, do you??)


3 inch fire hose - $200 (Mt. Orab)
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Date: 2011-02-04, 1:55PM EST
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3 in fire hose or discharge hose 9 rolls $200.00 obo need to get rid of

(Carwash, anyone?? Maybe we can help a local fire dept. with their budget by buying them some new hose??)


chocolate chip starfish - $20 (trenton)
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Date: 2011-02-04, 2:02AM EST
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Here is my chocolate chip starfish. I bought him at the local pet store, but they did not tell me he was the type to eat invertabraes. He doesn't get along with anything in my tank, and he has attacked and killed my horseshoe crab. :( So although he is very cute, he has to go. If you're into carnivorous saltwater fish, this cute little guy is the thing for you. He will not eat fish, just bottom feeders like blennies, crabs, and snails and such, basically things that do not move. (my horseshoe crab slept in the sand like 23 hours a day)


(Who knew there were chocolate chip starfish in existence?? And who knew they were so vicious?!! Wow, you can learn a lot by browsing craigslist!!)



Dumb & Dumber hat - $4 (Maineville)
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Date: 2011-02-03, 11:14AM EST
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Dumb & Dumber hat, from the movie. I bought it new and may have worn it for an hour, so it's all but new. Mailable for an extra $3 or so, depending on your location, and I can take paypal. This is available, no need to send an email to ask, and please no texting.

(Are they saying they only felt dumb enough to wear it for one hour? Did they suddenly get smarter? And do they really expect to get a bunch of emails asking if they still have it???!!)

"Earnest Deposit"

Have you ever bought a home? Usually when you make an offer to the seller, you're required to give an earnest deposit- an amount of money to confirm the contract to buy the house.

I thought it was interesting to read in Ephesians 1:13-14 that the holy Spirit has been given to us as "the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession." Earnest in this case meaning "a part or portion of something given in advance as a guarantee of the remainder."

If the spirit is our "earnest deposit" of the inheritance that God will grant us, how cool will the full inheritance be??!! After all, the spirit is what brings us comfort (Matthew 3:11), guides us to all truth (John 16:13), and gives us love, joy, peace, gentleness, and faith (Galatians 5:22-23). To have even a portion of these gifts brings great joy so I can only imagine how amazing the full inheritance will be if this is just a small taste of it!

Kitty Woes

Did you know cats can have strokes? I didn't know that either until I came home one day about two weeks ago and found that Whiskers was holding his head lopsided, staggering around like he was drunk, and had eyes that were twitching back and forth like pinballs. Needless to say, it was disconcerting and somewhat scary. We took him to the ER vet where they couldn't actually confirm anything. There best guess was that he had gotten an infection that went to his brain. After doing some research, though, we found that he had 8 out of 10 of the symptoms of a stroke.

The good thing is, he has gotten much better. He's still not 100%, but he's able to get around pretty well now without falling down constantly. He still has trouble getting up onto the couch without falling over, and he can't shake his head without falling down, but he's mostly back to his old self. That's been a big relief. Although he's older, he's always been our healthiest, best behaved cat and we weren't ready to have to make the decision to put him to sleep.

For people who don't have pets it's probably hard to understand the depth of feeling that we have for them. They are loved members of the family. I must admit though, that although I might qualify as a crazy cat lady (I do have FIVE cats, after all) I am not one of those who thinks they are my children. As much as I love four of the five kitties, I wouldn't go deep in debt in order to prolong their lives. If Whiskers had needed a neurologist (the next step for diagnosis according to the ER vet) he would have been sent on to the great hereafter. That's reality. But I'm so thankful that he has recovered enough to continue to live a full and happy life.

It's not easy being responsible for another creature's life, but for me, it's well worth it.