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A Great Life!

SO thankful and GLAD to be married to Virginia!

This was taken on the Edmonds-Kingston ferry today.  :)

Ever Dream of Falling?

This may make you dizzy.   All I can say is "NO WAY." 

The website where it was posted, says:

"Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an approach to makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro."

Apparently, I'm Not Very Good At Sarcasm

Hey . . . I TOTALLY knew that the e-mail from Yao was a scam.  It was very funny to me that several of you thought I fell for it... thanks for being so kind and concerned for me.  lol

Like many of you, I get what feels like a zillion of those e-mails promising money, fame, etc.  I just thought that one was particularly funny because he both sent the message to "undisclosed recipients" and not just "me," and also said at the end "This is real."

Making an application... Just because you say something doesn't make it so, right?  That's the point.  When it comes to truth, claiming to follow Jesus, etc, just because you say "This is REAL" doesn't mean that it is.

Matt. 7:21-23 . . .

This Is For Real

I received an e-mail from someone I don't know that wants to give me a large sum of money.  He says this is for real:

From:     hahnyao@exportbank.com.ph
    Subject:     Interested???
    Date:     April 20, 2008 10:56:18 AM PDT
    To:     undisclosed-recipients:;
    Reply-To:     (hidden in case you try to sneak this from me)

CONFIDENTIAL
I am a straight forward person and this is the same way I Would like for
you to respond to this email, should you be interested in it's content or
not.

I know that this message will come to you as surprise as we do not know
each other. I am MR. HAHN YAO, an accountant of Export and Industry bank.
(Philippines) There is an account opened in this bank in 1999 with a huge
sum and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again.
Investigations revealed the owner is dead without a beneficiary. I am
contacting you so the funds can be transferred to your name as a
foreigner.. Contact me via my email: hahnyao@somename.com so I can give you
the details.

I look forward to your reply
N/b i do not need your help with legal bills so you do not have to worry
about sending me money. this is for real.
MR. HAHN YAO

Now, I'm not saying that I don't believe Mr. Yao, I'm just not sure why he sent this to undisclosed recipients instead of just me.  And I wish he'd just mail me the money in cash rather than e-mailing me and asking me if I would be in any way interested in legitimate free money.

"This is for real," he says.

What is real?  How do you know what you believe is really real?  :)  That's a real hard question.  Really.

Snow!?!

Snow?  Yes!  No WAY!  We've had it off and on all day today!!!

Link: Local News | Foot of spring snow forecast in Cascades | Seattle Times Newspaper

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R U On Facebook?

I'm on Facebook.  Are you?  If not, please join, and become my 'friend.'  It's a fun, fairly easy, not necessarily time intensive social networking site.  There's even a group on Facebook that I've created for FM Pastors.  I'd love to create a group for Lakesiders . . . (just click the photo to go to Facebook)

Lakeside Podcast

Here's a link to Lakeside's free podcast on iTunes:

Coffee Humor

Found these on a coffee site while browsing:

Proof of Reincarnation?

Did you see the story that broke from India this week about the baby born in India with two functioning faces? She is being worshiped as the return of the Hindu goddess Durga. There in rural India an anomaly like this must give incredible support to Hindu mythology.

Link: Baby with 2 faces born in north India.

Bekah's Sweet 16th!

We love our Bekah!

Born in Freeport, Illinois, she's all FUN!

Happy Birthday!  We love you!