tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39884189672127262062011-04-21T13:27:21.046-07:00Lloydnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-35789808757962233092009-01-31T08:26:00.000-08:002009-02-01T05:42:03.436-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SYSDXm3rPOI/AAAAAAAAAPE/M5p2PW2DkVg/s1600-h/tc+tlc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297503503288843490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 306px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SYSDXm3rPOI/AAAAAAAAAPE/M5p2PW2DkVg/s400/tc+tlc.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Changing our position to cash without dealing with our spending to income ratio will not help the fundementals....striving for a sustainable budget. Lets give the budget some TLC...I mean.. tender loving care.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-3578980875796223309?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-43358018975318806182009-01-24T09:29:00.000-08:002009-01-24T09:34:07.900-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXtQd3pxjbI/AAAAAAAAANs/5sr7pyf1gA4/s1600-h/underwatercolor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 343px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXtQd3pxjbI/AAAAAAAAANs/5sr7pyf1gA4/s400/underwatercolor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294914260989742514" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-4335801897531880618?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-84790654850884462512009-01-19T20:46:00.000-08:002009-01-19T20:52:25.854-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXVXQL1RwbI/AAAAAAAAANk/r1PRN6fKqys/s1600-h/raft1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXVXQL1RwbI/AAAAAAAAANk/r1PRN6fKqys/s400/raft1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293232872609661362" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-8479065485088446251?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-78769453616732778972009-01-19T20:33:00.000-08:002009-01-19T21:08:51.910-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXVWyazvKyI/AAAAAAAAANc/tftKtI-7jn4/s1600-h/raft2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXVWyazvKyI/AAAAAAAAANc/tftKtI-7jn4/s400/raft2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293232361233656610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-7876945361673277897?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-18594974159266092652009-01-17T13:14:00.000-08:002009-01-17T13:51:27.264-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXJQ_3tgQyI/AAAAAAAAAM0/6EykuyF__MM/s1600-h/Cant+ignore+anymore1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 482px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXJQ_3tgQyI/AAAAAAAAAM0/6EykuyF__MM/s400/Cant+ignore+anymore1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292381570330542882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXJKw2YAhxI/AAAAAAAAAMM/nAcNVATKm64/s1600-h/Cant+ignore+anymore.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-1859497415926609265?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-48630447241771237342009-01-13T19:27:00.000-08:002009-01-17T13:54:26.152-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXJQgFu871I/AAAAAAAAAMk/vhfGbyDzw2o/s1600-h/Cant+ignore+anymore2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 489px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SXJQgFu871I/AAAAAAAAAMk/vhfGbyDzw2o/s400/Cant+ignore+anymore2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292381024338898770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Actually, the Deacons are looking at the deficit now. The trouble is that hard decisions are coming. ....and who likes hard decisions.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SW1bxqqqEnI/AAAAAAAAAME/cZ2aM40dRJk/s1600-h/raft2+copy.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-4863044724177123734?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-75681605459321441372009-01-10T14:47:00.000-08:002009-01-11T19:09:44.364-08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SWkmAiaQcQI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Oq1WKZ6-w5s/s1600-h/raftwboatflat+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SWkmAiaQcQI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Oq1WKZ6-w5s/s400/raftwboatflat+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289801028002148610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />With the steward ship going down, we have been slowly depending more and more on the fund. The budget has been supplemented by the fund for the past three years.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-7568160545932144137?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-3838999582316924422009-01-05T19:52:00.001-08:002009-01-05T20:14:31.380-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SWLVww4J67I/AAAAAAAAAL0/2TTcxbVd9vY/s1600-h/in_fund_we_trust+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SWLVww4J67I/AAAAAAAAAL0/2TTcxbVd9vY/s400/in_fund_we_trust+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288023946217253810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">So the question was asked, "What good is a fund if we never use it?" "Shouldn't we trust in God and not the fund?" God...fund, fund....God..... tough decision. God...good, fund.....<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-383899958231692442?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988418967212726206.post-90884399255104896262009-01-03T11:11:00.001-08:002009-01-03T14:44:09.301-08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cartoons and satire can make us laugh at ourselves.<br />Hope you enjoy laughing at the extremes.....</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SV_QDoj-kmI/AAAAAAAAALs/q_JrezuL_zk/s1600-h/fundamentalist+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 500px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlMQBQZu3zw/SV_QDoj-kmI/AAAAAAAAALs/q_JrezuL_zk/s400/fundamentalist+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287173248402756194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To some, it seems that all we have been doing is talking about the "Fund"... to others, not enough dialog has taken place. In any case, all can agree that it has taken some "mental energy".</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3988418967212726206-9088439925510489626?l=lloydvandenbrink.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lloydnoreply@blogger.com2