theconservativelife.com is working again. Everything should be fine now. Hopefully there will not be any more login problems.

I am so happy with my new host. It is so much faster than where I was before. Our blogs are still at the old host. I wanted to get everything figured out with the board before moving the blogs over. :)

If you take a look over to your right you will see an RSS feed from the board.  It has the five most recent posts.

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You can access it from HERE until the domain names above are working correctly again.

In case you missed that, you can access the board from HERE.

So, the domain names aren’t working right now… but the good news is, the new server is fast, fast, fast!

So, for those of you who didn’t know Katie’s maiden name - now you do.   Lucky you. And Lucky Katie - at least now she has a more normal name.   Bettendorf is a normal name, right?  More normal than webb anyway.  I do know her self-esteem has went up by leaps and bounds when she realized her new last name would be Bettendorf!  Katie Bettendorf.  That just sounds good, doesn’t it?

Here are a couple pictures of my wonderful wife back in Middle School.

How do you like those bangs?  I think there is a story about them.. You will have to ask Katie.

You all know I could go on and on and on and on about Katie.  And normally I would.  But, you know that board I started?  There are some pretty exciting conversations going on over there and I hate to be away for too long.  You know how it is.  We average about 200 post per day and I have to read each and every one.  At least I feel like I need to. 

We have also been having moments of s.l.o.w.n.e.s.s on the board.  I am on a shared server and you know how that goes sometimes.  Maybe you don’t.  Shared servers are like… shared.  You share them with others.  A lot of others.  Hence the slowness at times.  That is why I am currently working on getting our own server -  so we can be fast.  I like to have conversations fast.  Fast conversations are what I like. 

If you haven’t made your way over to the board yet, you need to do so.  You need to do so NOW!  Before you miss something.  Something really cool.  Like a $100 Vision Forum giveaway!  So… go sign up!  You won’t regret it one bit.  No, not even a little bit!

So, It has been 9 days since I opened the board.  So far I am happy with the way it is going.  We have a great group of people over there already and they are eager to talk.

I mean look at the stats so far.  142 members, 26 forums, 218 topics and 1975 posts.  Did I tell you the people on the board like to talk?  I mean 1975 posts in 9 days.  Actually, it hasn’t really been 9 full days yet.  But, whatever.  We will divide 1975 posts by 9 days to come up with the average number of post per day.  That is 219.44444444444444444444444 post per day.  Are these people maniacs, or what?  They are posting fools, I tell ya!  If you haven’t joined the board yet, you are surely missing out on something great!

That was math right there.  Did you notice?  It is called division.  I will have Jenna, John, Jacob and Jason read this post.  See, you don’t have to sit in a classroom with a book to learn math.  See how easy that was?  Even I can teach math and I don’t even have a teaching degree. ;)

Okay, Let’s look at the board…

How’s that?

We even have a nifty little shout box.  I turned it on its side, because I can.  The conversation can get a bit crazy and hard to follow.  Debbie H. is talking to herself.  That’s okay, Debbie, I talk to myself too! :)

And we have ads.

Like this one.

And this one. 

If you are smart and nice and loving and nice and caring you will click on our ads.  If you are going to buy it online anyway, you might as well buy it from us, right?  I thought so.  I mean, if we make a little money on this board we will be able to afford to school or kids for more than three days per year.  Or is it three weeks per year?  Besides, who else do you know that has 14 mouths to feed, is getting ready to build a house and has a Club Penguin habit to support?  And if I find out you use Ad Blocking software I will ban you.  Forever.  Just kidding! :)

This is the Alternative Medicine Forum.

Each item in the list is called a thread.  Here is a thread called "Coconut Oil and Cod Liver Oil."

There were 1975 posts when I started to write this post.  Now there are 2006 posts.  Didn’t I tell you the members here like to talk? :)

The board is called The Conservative Life.  Most of us on here are conservative Christians.  Some people describe themselves as so conservative people think they are liberal.  Now, how’s that work?  Come find out.  Then go tell all your friends and have them sign up! :)

All of our vehicle at this time were from the 80’s.  We had the 1984 VW Rabbit. A 1985 VW Vanagon and a 1984 or 85 Mitsubishi Mighty Max.  Notice we had two Volkswagens?  Volkswagens are cool.  I wouldn’t mind having a couple right now.  My first car was a 1973 VW Super Beetle.

Anyway,  have you ever seen a purple Rabbit?  Remember the 1984 VW Rabbit I bought?  The silver one?  The one with the diesel engine?  It was cool!  But it was silver.  Faded silver.  Faded silver did not match our other vehicle at the time - the Mitsubishi Mighty Max.  The Mighty Max was faded silver too - when I bought it.  But since, at that time, we were living in Turkey, land of cheap labor, I decided the faded silver color had to go.  So, the mighty Max was now a nice Kawasaki Green!  It didn’t really look that much like a Might Max anymore because of all the body modifications we had done to it - but, that is a story for another time.  For now, just remember that our other vehicle was Kawasaki Green and the faded silver Rabbit did not look good next to it.

So, being that we were in the land of cheap labor, I took the Rabbit to the local body shop.  We knew the owner of this body shop very well, as it took him over a year to complete our truck.  I forget how much we paid to get the Rabbit painted and have the interior completely redone, but it was cheap.  I am thinking $500 or so.

These are the best pictures I can find right now.  This is in January 1997 in Fairfield, CA.

I love the lines on this car.  Is that Jenna playing in the street by herself?

I had intentions of fixing the bumper.

And changing out the wheels.

The interior was nice.  See the stitched VW logo on the headrests?

I never got around to fixing the bumper or changing the wheels out.  The Rabbit died a horrible death on I-80 one evening.  Something about oil - the lack of oil!  it was not my fault - really!  It wasn’t.  I don’t remember what ever happened to this car after the oil incident.  I am sure Katie remembers.

Here is a picture of me and Jenna the same day I took the pictures of the Rabbit.

I guess Jenna wasn’t playing in the street by herself - here is Katie.

A closer look at my fabulous wife!  Isn’t she a cutie?  That is back when she was still enamored with me and had to watch everything I did.  ;)

My dad, AKA Grandpa B., took us on a tour of the airport.  One of our stops was the fire station.  The kids had a blast spending time with Grandpa B. while learning about the fire trucks.

Look at that!

How would you like to take a spin in this baby?

Who’s that?

Katie with Jill on her lap.  Is that safe?

That is a powerful stream of water!

Look at this!  They can puncture the airplane and spray water inside.

Wow!

Jessica with Grandpa B.

Jolina, Josiah, Jillian, Joshua and June standing in front of the tire on the big fire truck.

Time to fill the tank on the truck back up!

The kids feeling the water go through the hose.

June listening to the water go through the hose.

John watching Grandpa B. fill popcorn bags.

I guess those count for 80’s perms.  She looks like a kid in a movie back then but I can’t think of who… Annie?

She must have had poor self-esteem back then.  ;)  I mean it is a nice picture and all, but…

How cute! 

What a lucky man I am to have such a wonderful wife!

Please keep in mind that this is a new board, so there may not be categories for everything you want to post about.  If there is a topic you want to talk about and don’t see a category for it, just let me know and I will add it.

You have to be a member in order to post in a forum.  Guests cannot post at all, only have access to read certain forums and cannot see member’s profiles.

The only rules, so far, are:

1. No cussing.

2. No personal attacks.

Debates are fine as long as it doesn’t turn into flame wars.  That being said,  everything does not have to be debated.

If you have any recommendations or suggestions, feel free to start a thread in the Feedback forum if you are using the board.  If you are not using the board yet you can leave your suggestions here.

The Conservative Life

Make sure to introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself forum!

See you there!

Here is the lower road on the campground loop.  You can see here that is is under water.  About 3 feet under water.  If the low water bridge had been constructed differently and there was not a dip in the road here, we would not have this problem.  This shouldn’t happen very often, but we need to look at getting this fixed.

Let’s take a look at the low water bridge.

Whoa.  That is a lot of water!

Can you say "washed out bridge?"

See the water coming off the edge of the bridge? 

I would not want to get caught up in that.  No, I did not drive over the bridge today! ;)

See the gap between the dirt road and the bridge?  That will definitely need to be fixed if you want to get to the other side.

Here is the Little Pine Creek.  With a lot of water.  One of the reasons for the high water levels, besides the amount of rain, is because the ground is frozen so the water runs off instead of soaking in.

The Little Pine Creek flowing into the Jack’s Fork from the left.  Go here to see the water levels about a week ago.  To see more normal levels, take a look here.  Or here.  Or you can look here.

Time to go. 

So, I plan to open a Message Board.  It will have a lot of forums that are relevant to a Christian lifestyle.  A conservative Christian lifestyle.

General topics would include things like parenting, healthy eating, crafts, homesteading, homeschooling, marriage, etc.

Here is where I need your help…

• I need a good name.  Something catchy, pertinent, easy to remember, and not too long.
• I need ideas for specific forums.
• I have in mind the program I will use but I want to know which message board programs you like using.

Thanks,

Jeff