What's on your mind?

[SarahsKnight]

My favorite Season is currently Winter!!

Same here. Lady Winter and I have a rather agreeable companionship. ^-^

 

[SarahsKnight]

My guess is that come this evening, @GodDoesListen55 will be out partying for two different reasons.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Happy Birthday, @GodDoesListen55 ! I hope you're having a great day!

 

[Saucy]

Happy New Year! I hope you all have a blessed 2024!

 

[MrMoe]

 

[GodDoesListen55]

Happy Birthday, @GodDoesListen55 ! I hope you're having a great day!

Thank you so much!

 

[GodDoesListen55]

My guess is that come this evening, @GodDoesListen55 will be out partying for two different reasons.

Yep, I am officially 35; it's my birthday!

 

[sampa]

Getting ready for a new year walk.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Getting ready for a new year walk.

Be careful on the streets, Miss Sampa.

And I know we are all glad to see you came back, just as you said you would.

 

[ReesePiece23]

The Singles forum could be in it's final days, if the current trends are anything to go by. Does anyone remember a time when there was a new post every few seconds? And when award evenings were hosted and attended by every member of the board?

In 2014 the posting frequency was overwhelming, you literally couldn't keep up. You'd be multi-quoting ten or twelve people at a time.

Singles carried CF virtually on its own.

 

[sampa]

The Singles forum could be in it's final days, if the current trends are anything to go by. Does anyone remember a time when there was a new post every few seconds? And when award evenings were hosted and attended by every member of the board?

In 2014 the posting frequency was overwhelming, you literally couldn't keep up. You'd be multi-quoting ten or twelve people at a time.

Singles carried CF virtually on its own.

I don't remember that, but I do remember 2007-08. There was a lot of activity. It was comparable to what I experienced in person with singles ministry. The engagement was active, the one thing that was lacking was long lasting friendships. I did meet up with a couple and phoned a couple. How do you build a community online?

 

[ReesePiece23]

I don't remember that, but I do remember 2007-08. There was a lot of activity. It was comparable to what I experienced in person with singles ministry. The engagement was active, the one thing that was lacking was long lasting friendships. I did meet up with a couple and phoned a couple. How do you build a community online?

I came extremely close to organising a CF meet up in New York back in 2016 - I can't remember why it all fell through, but I know I had some key members lined up. Such a shame it never happened, because one or two of them met their wives and husbands not long after.

It'd be impossible to get that close again.

 

[LoveDivine]

I met a couple members from here in person years ago. I also keep in touch with several off this site. I think lasting connections can be made if members share a lot of common interests or similar outlook. It also takes some effort to keep any friendship going

 

[ReesePiece23]

I'll be in the States again this year, I'm sure. I'm open to a meet up with some of you if you're interested.

Japan first though for a plein air painting tour - I haven't been back since 2017, so I'm looking forward to seeing how the place has advanced.

 

[SarahsKnight]

I met a couple members from here in person years ago. I also keep in touch with several off this site. I think lasting connections can be made if members share a lot of common interests or similar outlook. It also takes some effort to keep any friendship going

And if nothing else, there is also the pleasant memory of simply having seen that person once.

I also met with TX_Matt - who went by Snowy Macie the last we saw of him - once. Cool guy.


I would have seen @LadyOfMystery - the one and only Jennie Amber - in person too had she not apparently gotten cold feet about dating.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Miss @sampa , who is that in your current avatar, by the way? I remember you had a cute one of a cat girl in a maid's outfit.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Whiling away the first day of the new year with the DLC of Resident Evil 4 remake. Although it is several months old, it is my first time through.

Secret Agent Ada Wong to the rescue!

 

[sampa]

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[.Mikha'el.]

I spent much of this afternoon cleaning out old FB messages. Many were from people in groups I no longer participate in, some were folks whose accounts no longer existed or had blocked me for one reason or another, and even one person who had apparently since died. I think I should do more of the same with my standard e-mail or CF messages.

 

[sampa]

I spent much of this afternoon cleaning out old FB messages. Many were from people in groups I no longer participate in, some were folks whose accounts no longer existed or had blocked me for one reason or another, and even one person who had apparently since died. I think I should do more of the same with my standard e-mail or CF messages.

It's great to do a cleaning out of social media. I spent a little time myself trying to figure out everything I would need before I took my break. This will be the longest break that I've taken from social media ever. 6 months. Of course I let others know. I had prayed and thought about it months in advance before making the decision. I'll miss out on my nephew and niece, but my sister understands and will keep me in the loop. Hopefully the time will be productive to start cleaning up old videos and photo albums.

On a similar note, I probably will be spending this week cleaning up my work desktop and transferring files to the share drive. The it person was shocked how much I had on my drive when we did a refresh. It was embarrassing and has taken forever for things to transfer.