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Baptism August 30, 2007

Posted by Jackie Sampson in : Uncategorized , 6comments

Barbara and I talked about this when we were together.  We were raised in the Baptist church and their belief was that you be baptized by immersion when you were of an age to realize the significance of the rite – often 10 -12 years of age, or as adults.  Barbara thought she and Lorraine and possibly Paul were all baptized in the Prairie Creek Baptist church baptismal.  (In Paul’s writings he mentioned that Dad was instrumental in adding the basement to that church at which time the baptismal was included).  Before that time baptisms were done at outside water locations, creeks, rivers, etc.  That was probably the case with our older siblings (anyone know for sure?)  The Prairie Creek Baptist church was without a minister for some time and eventually disbanded.  I was baptized in the Baptist church in Central City when we moved to town in 1947.  Because the country church was closed and without a minister during the time Jean would logically have been baptized, she missed out on that.  Somehow I think that Jean was baptized later, privately, in the Presbyterian Church in Central City.  This was perhaps before or at the time she and Ed married.  I know the Presbyterian minister married them in the home wedding they had in our house in Central City.  Do any of the Nelsen offspring know for sure?    My children were all baptized in the Presbyterian church as babies by the “sprinkling” method.  Then they were confirmed at a later age.  It is interesting how varied our customs are. 

Doing a “fingerwave” August 23, 2007

Posted by Jackie Sampson in : All Posts, Uncategorized , 3comments

My daughter in law, Paulette, just posed an interesting topic to me and I’d like to know who might respond to this. She wants to know how to go about doing a “fingerwave”! (I think she is watching old Bette Davis movies). Well, even I am too “young” to have had them but I’ve seen pictures of my older sisters that I think had hairstyles of that vintage. Helen, Vi, Bonnie…………..Could this be coming back? Heaven help me. Anyway she found a website that addresses this subject. www.vividinfinity.com/fingerwave/fingerwaving.pdf
and it shows, step by step how to do it.

(Sidebar: Paulette has lovely hair with natural curl so I don’t know why she wants to spend time doing this, but if there are any comments regarding this, post it on the blog.)

Posting Photos – New! August 22, 2007

Posted by Marty Bird in : All Posts, Uncategorized , 2comments

OK all you photo bloggers – I added a plugin which makes it easy to include one photo in your post. As an author, you’ll now see a “browse” button just below the Title text entry box. If you choose to include a photo in your post, click on browse and select the image from your hard drive. Continue to write your post or click “Save and Continue Editing” below the text entry box and you’ll see the photo thumbnail above the text entry box. You can preview your post and how the photo will look by clicking the preview text. When you’re done writing the post, choose a category on the right, then click Publish to go live. And no, that’s not my car, but this is.

Want to be an author? I thought so. Email me or leave a comment below and I’ll consider your application. :-)