Teri's Faith,Family, Friends,Fun & the "Few"

Teri

Occupation:	Materials Manager
Age:	52
Location:	Louisiana
Interests:
God Church Christianity USMC Marine Corps Shriners Animals Gardening Camping Nature Pugs Cockatiels Poetry Boating Fishing Crafts Pictures Music Health "House" LSU Saints
Charles&I have been married for 30 wonderful years. I have held my oilfield job for 36 years, Charles is retired due to health problems. We live in LA, just south of New Orleans. Our pride and joy, son Anthony, is a US Marine@ CampLejeuneNC where he has a totally precious girlfriend, Katrina. Our awesome daughter Stacey lives in Jackson MS&works for a car dealership. Our yard is a Natl Wildlife Federation“Wildlife Habitat”. We have a Pug Mix dog and a Cockatiel. We travel– we love the Mayan Riviera south of Cancun. In 2006 we traveled to the pacific coast of Panama – it is an amazing country. We now travel our own USA in our Motorhome, Dino. I was born in England so I hope one day to return there even though it is not the tropics. We attend a non-denomination Christian church and we do love the Lord! He has kept His arms tightly around us and carried us through an awful lot of troubles. It is true “all things work together for good for those who love the Lord!

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Saying Howdy to my Live Friends :)

My Favorite Web Sites



Freedom Calls Foundation The Foundation's network offers soldiers more than 8,000 miles away the opportunity to participate in milestone family events such as births, birthdays, weddings and school graduations. The Foundation's network will soon include installations at military h

Regional Military Museum - Houma LA A wonderful military museum still in its infancy - but sure bound for greatness! I am proud to say that I did my fair share of helping with the equipment!

USMC Family & Friends Support Center And this is the life saver web site to go to AFTER the recruit becomes a United States Marine! OOHRAA

Parris Island Family & Friends Support Center This is a web site owned and operated by military dependants and is a life saver to anyone whose loved one is a recruit of the USMC!

Logan's Call A remarkable phone call from a 12-yr old boy to Houston radio station KSBJ FM 89.3. So profound, the station has it posted on their website.

Cross Services Inc Dare I mix pleasure with business?? This is the web site for the company that employs me. We are truly a big family! I've been with the Thompson family since I was 16 years old! Through blood, sweat and tears I claim them as my own!

Operation Military Pride "I Got your Back" Awesome video - honoring all our Military heroes.

Circuit Riders International Doc and Pat Louviere - Missionary & Evangelist - truly blessed and led by God! Wonderful servants of Jesus!

World Arnold Chiari Malformation Association (WACMA) In May of 2006 I was diagnosed with a condition called "Chiari". The malformation included a 17mm herniation of my brain stem causing it to sag below the "foramen magnum" - my skull-cap. In short, my brain is too big for my skull!!

The Unbound Bible When you are searching for a particular scripture - this works great!

Christian Assembly Church - Schriever LA This is a very new web site set up by Scott Roten, our associate pastor at Christian Assembly.

Lifesongs Radio The very BEST in Christian Radio!!

Presidential Prayer Team Yep - I'm a member! Check it out!

Interview with God Beautiful music and scenary while a conversation with God plays before you.

Global Incident map It is TRULY an insane world in which we live! and people question why we need a Military Force???

Iris Seismic Monitor I find nature and ALL of it's activities so intriguing. Knowing that ALL is a part of Gods long term plan just adds to my interest! Earthquakes ALWAYS get my attention!

Five Days with Katrina Alvaro's pictorial account of Hurricane Katrina's collision with the gulf coast of Louisiana and Mississippi Sept 2005

Weird but Interesting Tidbits

Just stuff that catches my attention



English Language is very strange. Fat chance and Slim chance both mean the same thing!

At the Moment of Conception you spent about half an hour as a single cell

Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born

Your Thumb is the same length as your nose

Stomach Acid is strong enough to dissolve razor blades

A Pair of Human Feet contain 250,000 sweat glands

Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three

USMC (and others) Quotes & Oaths & Such



Joe Lieberman "But here's the point. We're in a war against Islamist EXTREMISTS who attacked us on 9/11. They've been trying to attack us in many, many ways since then."

John F Kennedy Inaugural Speech 1961 the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.

A Veteran! There is no better way to say it.A Veteran,whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at 1 point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The USA", for an amount of "up to and including my life.That is honor!

It's a Marine Thing! "We steal the Eagle from the Air Force, the Anchor from the Navy, the rope from the Army, and on the Seventh Day when God rested, we overran his perimeter and stole the Globe, and have been protecting our shores ever since."-USMC

Ronald Reagan said... Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, 1985

Ned Dolan said... "Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." - Ned Dolan

USMC Oath "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the USA

Abraham Lincoln on Congressmen Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged."

Dwight D. Eisenhower Freedom has its life in the heart,the actions,thesprit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed-else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die

Calvin Coolidge Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Patton Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

John F. Kennedy Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Winston Churchhill If you are going through hell, keep going!

Rudyard Kipling on Danger For God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before! The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted."

Chuck Norris on tempers Men are like steel, when they lose their temper they lose their worth!

Gen. A. M. Gray, USMC Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.

Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing, U.S. Army The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.

Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991 They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake".

Colonel James M Lowe "As Marines, our message to our foes has always been essentially the same...'We own this side of the street! Threaten my Country or our allies and we will come over to your side of the street, burn your hut down, whisper in your ear 'Can you hear me now?'

Jay R Stark USN Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.

Father Kevin Keaney said... You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are. - Father Kevin Keaney 1st Marine Division Chaplain, Korean War

Bumper Stickers

Funny, Serious, Questionable, Profound



No Marines No Freedom Know Marines, Know Freedom

Marine's 99% of the population need not apply

All American's know what's right Marines do it

If Freedom wasn't Costly Everyone would have it

the Marines don't accept applications only commitments

American by Birth Marine by Choice

All Men are created equal, then some become Marines

Bird List

Bird Sightings - Local and Foreign



Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 8" (20 cm). Starling-sized. Heavy pinkish-white bill. Male black and white with conspicuous rose-red patch on breast and underwings. Female white above and below with heavy brown streaking; prominent white eyebrow; yellow wing linings.

Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus 5 1/2-6 1/2" (14-17 cm). Larger and stockier than House Finch, but smaller than Cassin's and darker than both. Dusky rose-red of male, more raspberry than purple, extends from upperparts to breast and flanks, brightest at crown and rump. Off-white below, m

American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Breeding male bright yellow with a white rump, black forehead, white edges on black wings and tail, and yellow at bend of wing. Female and winter male duller and grayer with black wings, tail, and white wing bar

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 12" (30 cm). Jay-sized. Long, wedge-shaped tail displaying a longitudinal ridge or keel when in flight. Appears all black at a distance but is actually highly iridescent, with colors varying from blue to purple to green to bronze, depending on the light. B

Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 6-8" (15-20 cm). Male black with glossy brown head; female plain gray-brown. Both have a finch-like bill.

Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 7" (18 cm). Bluebird-sized. Adult male has chestnut body and black head, back, wings, and tail. Female yellow-green; immature male similar to female, but has black throat.

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 7-9 1/2" (18-24 cm). Smaller than a robin. Male is black with bright red shoulder patches. Female and young are heavily streaked with dusky brown. See Tricolored Blackbird.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 8" (20 cm). Starling-sized. Heavy pinkish-white bill. Male black and white with conspicuous rose-red patch on breast and underwings. Female white above and below with heavy brown streaking; prominent white eyebrow; yellow wing linings.

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 5 1/2" (14 cm). Sparrow-sized. In bright sunlight male brilliant turquoise blue, otherwise looks black; wings and tail darker. Female drab brown, paler beneath.

Painted Bunting Passerina ciris 5 1/2" (14 cm). Sparrow-sized. Perhaps North America's most colorful bird: male has bright red underparts and rump, green back, blue head, and red eye ring; female bright green all over, paler below.

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 6-7 1/2" (15-19 cm). Similar to White-throated Sparrow, but more slender, without white throat, and generally with a more erect posture. Crown has bold black and white stripes. Upperparts streaked, underparts clear pearly gray. Pink bill. Young birds simil

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 6-7" (15-18 cm). Upperparts streaked, underparts clear gray. There are 2 color forms, one with black and white head stripes, the other with tan and black head stripes. Both have sharply defined white throat patch; dark bill. Females and young birds are dul

Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 9" (23 cm). Slightly crested. Brown above, with gray throat, yellow belly, rufous wings and tail, and pale brown at base of lower mandible.

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 5-6 1/4" (13-16 cm). This species shows much geographic variation in color. Typically, male of western population ("Oregon Junco") has black hood, chestnut mantle, white underparts with buff sides. Eastern male ("Slate-colored Junco") is dark slate-gray on

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 7-8" (18-20 cm). Male solid rose-red with pale bill. Female pale olive green above, dull yellow below. Male Northern Cardinal has black face, conical red bill, and crest. See Hepatic Tanager.

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 7 1/2" (19 cm). In breeding plumage, male brilliant scarlet with black wings and tail. In nonbreeding plumage, female and male olive green; male has black wings.

Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 6-7 1/2" (15-19 cm). Adult male has brilliant red head, bright yellow body, with black back, wings, and tail. 2 wing bars; smaller uppermost bar yellow, lower one white. Female is yellow-green above, yellow below; wing bars similar to male's.

Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus 6" (15 cm). A terrestrial, thrush-like warbler. Olive green above, white below with dark streaks; conspicuous eye ring; orange-brown crown bordered with black stripes; pinkish legs.

Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 5 1/2" (14 cm). Male golden-orange with blue-gray wings; no wing bars; large white spots in tail. Female similar but duller.

Northern Parula Parula americana 4 1/2" (11 cm). A small warbler; blue above with yellow-green "saddle" on its back, yellow throat and breast, and white belly; 2 white wing bars. Male has orange-brown chest band.

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 5" (13 cm). Black and white stripes, including crown. Male has black throat; female's throat white. Creeps on tree trunks.

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 4 1/2-6" (11-15 cm). Olive-brown above, bright yellow on throat and upper breast. Male has bold black mask, bordered above with white. Females and young males lack face mask, but may be recognized by bright yellow throat and wren-like behavior.

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens 5" (13 cm). Crown and upperparts olive green, throat and sides of breast black, face yellow. Female similar but duller.

Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm). Bright yellow with a light olive green tinge on back. Male has fine rusty streaks on breast. The only largely yellow warbler with yellow spots in the tail (not white).

Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor 5" (13 cm). Olive above, bright yellow below, with black spots and streaks along sides; male has chestnut streaks on back. Female and immature have fewer streaks. Bobs its tail vigorously.

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 6 1/2-8" (17-20 cm). Smaller than a robin. A sleek, crested, brown bird with black mask, yellow tips on tail feathers, and hard red wax-like tips on secondary wing feathers. Almost always seen in flocks.

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 7 1/2-8 1/2" (19-22 cm). Smaller than a robin. A short-tailed, chunky, iridescent black bird; long pointed bill, yellow in summer and dark in fall and early winter. Plumage flecked with white in winter. Juvenile is uniform dull gray with dark bill.

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 11 1/2" (29 cm). Rufous-brown above, white below with dark brown streaks. Curved bill, long tail; yellow eye. See Long-billed Thrasher.

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 9-11" (23-28 cm). Robin-sized. A slender, long-tailed gray bird with white patches on wings and tail.

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 8-9 1/4" (20-23 cm). Smaller than a robin. A slender, long-tailed, dark gray bird with black cap and rusty undertail coverts.

American Robin Turdus migratorius 9-11" (23-28 cm). Gray above, brick red below. Head and tail black in males, dull gray in females. Young birds are spotted below.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 3 3/4-4 1/2" (10-11 cm). Tiny. Similar to Golden-crowned Kinglet, but greener, with no face pattern except for narrow white eye ring. 2 white wing bars with dark area beyond second. Males have tuft of red feathers on crown, kept concealed unless bird is ar

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 5 1/2" (14 cm). Rich brown above, buff below, with conspicuous white eyebrow.

Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla 4-5" (10-13 cm). Smaller than a sparrow. Upperparts dull blue-gray, underparts whitish. Crown dull brown, with whitish spot on nape.

Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 4-5" (10-13 cm). Similar to more northern Black-capped Chickadee, but feathers of folded wing usually show less white edging; lower edge of black bib more sharply defined than that of Black-capped. Best identified by voice and range.

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor (Parus bicolor) 6" (15 cm). Sparrow-sized. Gray above and whitish below, with rust-colored sides and conspicuous gray crest. Black-crested Titmouse (B. atricristatus), found in southwestern Oklahoma and Texas, is similar but has black crest.

Purple Martin Progne subis 7-8 1/2" (18-22 cm). Our largest swallow. Adult male dark steel-blue. Female and immature male duller above, pale gray below. Overhead, similar in shape to European Starling, but flight more buoyant and gliding.

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 12" (30 cm). Bright blue above with much white and black in the wings and tail; dingy white below; black facial markings; prominent crest.

Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 6" (15 cm). Olive green above, whitish or sometimes yellow below (especially on flanks and belly), with distinct white eye ring. Identified chiefly by voice and habitat.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 8 1/2" (22 cm). A furtive woodpecker mottled with off-white and black; male has red crown and throat; female has only red crown. Both sexes dull yellowish below. Immatures dull brown. In all plumages, distinctive mark is conspicuous white wing stripe, visi

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 6" (15 cm). A sparrow-sized, black and white woodpecker. Small red patch on nape in males. Similar to Hairy Woodpecker, but smaller and with short, stubby bill.

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 10" (25 cm). Barred black and white above; pale buff below and on face; sexes similar except that male has red crown and nape, female red nape only. Reddish patch on lower abdomen is seldom visible in the field.

Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Description 3 1/2-4" (9-10 cm). Male has bright rufous upperparts and flanks and iridescent orange-red throat. Female green above, with rufous tinge on rump and flanks, and much rufous in tail. Adult male Allen's Hummingbird has green crown and back; femal

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Description 3 1/2" (9 cm). Tiny. Needle-like bill. Metallic green above, white below; male has brilliant, iridescent red throat. Immature male lacks red throat. Female green above, with white throat and breast, buff sides, and white-tipped outer tail feath

Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Description 11" (28 cm). Bright green above and pale gray below, with scalloping on throat; dark blue primaries; long and pointed tail.

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Description 12" (30 cm). Soft, sandy buff with a long pointed tail bordered with white. Black spots on wings.

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Description 8-9" (20-23 cm). Male bright red with crest, black face, stout red bill. Female buff-brown tinged with red on crest, wings, and tail.

White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Description 12" (30 cm). A brownish-gray dove with blackish wings that have a broad diagonal white bar; rounded tail has whitish corners noticeable in flight.

Blog

December 01

New Version of Footprints

New version of 'footprints'

This new version of the 'footprints' story really caught me off guard at the end...What a blessing.

FOOTPRINTS...A New Version

Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, rarely varying the pace.

But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarou nds, circles, departures,
and returns.
For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling, His consistently.

You and Jesus are walking as true friends!

This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His steps.

Inside His larger footprints are your smaller ones, you and Jesus are becoming one.

This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger.

Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints. They have become one.

This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is back This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops. Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints.

You are amazed and shocked.
Your dream ends. Now you pray:

'Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new Christian; I was just learning. But you walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with you.'
'That is correct.'

'And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually learning to walk in your steps, following you very closely.'

'Very good.. You have understood everything so far.'

'So...When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was becoming like you in every way.'

'Precisely!' said Jesus.

'So, Lord, was there a regression or someth ing? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first.'

There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice.
'You didn't know? It was then that we danced!'

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to weep, a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-4

Are you laughing? Are you thinking? Spread the Word and give thanks to the Lord for He is good!

I ASKED GOD

I asked for a flower,
He gave me a garden.

I asked for a tree,
He gave me a forest.

I asked for a ri ver,
He gave me an ocean.

I asked for a friend,
He gave me 'YOU.'

Send this to whomever you think of as a friend.....

I did

SOAP CONCEPT - Revisited!

SOAP CONCEPT

S Scripture – read daily

O Observation – of the meaning

A Application – to your life

P Prayer

Use SOAP daily – If not, you know what happens!

SOAP 12-01-2008 His Grace is Sufficient!

December 1, 2008 2^nd Corinthians 12:8-10 For this thing (Paul’s thorn in the flesh) I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

It is true that the harder you have to work for something, the more you value it. I do not know and it is not recorded just what the thorn in Paul’s flesh referred to, but it is clear that it was his cross to bear. We all have our own crosses, we all deal with them our own way. But in the carrying of our own cross, if we stand with the grace of our Lord, our burden will be made lighter. In so doing, our weakness becomes our strength. We must die to self for then and only then can God’s grace be totally manifested. His grace IS sufficient for me and the thorn in my flesh.

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November 30

KittyCats!

I don't own kitty cats (but then again...who REALLY can own a cat?), but I got kitty cats!! I guess they heard that my backyard is a wildlife refuge!!