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Friday Leftovers

Nov. 25, 2005 at 10:01 AM

Thanksgiving dinner was at my home yesterday. I served up turkey, ham, and all the fiixins' to our family of 8, my sister's family of 8, my parents, and a friend, accompanied by his daughter. It was wonderful. A special thanks to my husband. He saved the day when yours truly put 10 pounds of potato peels down the kitchen sink. He is my "Knight in shining plumber".

While we're working on the leftover food here's a few leftovers from the week that I just haven't gotten around to blogging about.

Wife Swap
Remember the Wfie Swap invitation many of us received back in the summer? There was no way we were going to do the show. The casting director, Lori Malkin even left a comment on my blog doubling the earnings for whoever was chosen. She also tried to downplay any wrong motives on the part of the show. Here's part of what she said,
Everyone's spirtuality is there own and we would never allow someone to push their morals or values onto someone else. And by the way, we are going to be doubling the amount we pay families to $20,000!!!
I didn't buy it then and the claim sounds even less convincing today. Jo's Boys informs us of a lawsuit filed by one of the contestants for mispresresentation by the show. The "wife" they gave him was actually a gay man! The Muskogee Phoenix has the story.

(Hat tip: Kate at Under the Sky)

Fashion Distress
From the Wahington Post,

Mothers voice distress over the suggestive clothing their teen and preteen daughters are wearing, inside and outside the house.
It is truly sad what girls are wearing today. Did someone forget to tell them that camisoles belong UNDER a shirt? Thankfully, Spunky Jr. and the little Spunkettes have no interest in dressing or "undressing" this way.

(Thanks to frequent commenter CJ for the tip.)
 
 

2 Comments and Trackbacks

posted by GogoMama on Nov. 26, 2005 at 4:25 AM

Why is $20k the doubled amount when Fox's Trading Spouses is $50k? How cheap! Frankly, if I had to trust a network, Fox would definitely be higher on my list than ABC or NBC. I do think it might be interesting. Of course, you'd have to know that the footage would be slanted against you. For 50 grand, I might be willing to live with that ;-). Were they willing to let you make any specifications? Even though the Perrin woman had a lot of growing to do (how's that for tact?), I sympathized with her as her children were under the authority of a pagan for a week. I would definitely want assurances that it would be a FEMALE and noting pagan or new age.

posted by Pattycake on Nov. 26, 2005 at 2:59 PM

Our Pastor's wife did a session on Modesty at a few churches, and was very well received. There's a need -- even among mature Christian women -- because the secular world has it so out of control, that in the church, looking on such a low standard, we tend to not reach quite as high as we could sometimes in our own standards. Our Pastor's wife had many women thank her for opening their eyes. We have a responsibility to our Christian brothers, to not be a stumbling block, but rather be a friend who could encourage them in a life of holiness and purity. I praise God that for the most part, the women in my church are sensitive to this.

There is a need for women to rise up and take this message to their sisters in Christ, throughout the churches and Christian circles everywhere.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss (Revive Our Hearts) did a series on modesty - very worthwhile. http://www.reviveourhearts.com/

Concerning teens - I got a book from Love to Learn last Christmas for our daughter, Rebecca. It's called "Secret Keeper" and it's about modesty. Excellent -- she loved it -- she wanted all of her friends to read it.
http://www.lovetolearn.net/catalog/index.lasso?page=detail&category=06b&keyword=&skip=24



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