Just give me Jesus

Desperately Seeking the Silver Lining

I am desperately seeking the silver lining.

Ok
We did refinance the house.
Paid of 96% of our debt
(one small card left, I can handle that :-)
House payment only went up 20.00
Got a lower interest rate.
Didn't have to make Oct and Nov. pmts.
Used that money to get out of debt.
Ok that's all good stuff.

Went to buy a new camcorder and the guy
would not give me the price I saw it for
in a sister store.
I said thank you, and left.
So I didn't make that major purchase.

I am working 2 jobs, and my 2nd job's boss
told me if I want any more hours,
he is glad to give them to me.

They gave my dh 3 months severance pay.
They didn't have to do that.

They paid him for all the vacation time he didn't use.

We can cash out our 401k plan and stop
losing money on it.

My self, and my children are pretty healthy,
so not having insurance is not that
big of a deal.

Because my kids and I busted our butts over
the summer fund raising at the race track
I have all the money needed to
pay for his hockey season.

I keep grasping for silver strings that line
this thick black cloud that
is resting on my heart.

When my dh told me he was one of the 90 that
got fired, I wasn't surprised.
I am not totally freaked out.....
but
The longer he is at home
the greater
the chances are that this
already dysfunctional marriage
will collapse.

Please, pray for me.
My kids are watching.



08:17 - Friday, November 21, 2008 - comments {2}


Pattern of Insanity!

What can my blog entries tell me about......me?
Take into account that some entries have been removed.......but what is left will show a pattern.

December 07
Jesus is on my mind.

January 08
Health on my mind.

February 08
Dealing with relationships with others.
Jesus on my mind

March 08
Passover
Homeschool

April 08
Passover
Jesus on my mind

May 08
Love
Jesus on my mind
Something that makes me smile

June 08
Love
Home-y tips
Jesus on my mind.

July 08
Shout out to my local extension
Jesus on my mind
Home schooling.

August 08
August was a rough month for me. I only preserved one entry.
August is when things started going down hill. August is when I started noticing.

September 08
Canning
Cleaning lists
And I begin to show frustration.

October 08
My goals....desperately trying to stay on track.
The economy is spiraling out of control.
Trying to stay on target with Jesus.
Trying to find the silver lining.
Showing that I am wearing down quickly..........

November 08
2 of my 4 wheels have popped off.
There is SO much said and even more NOT said in my blogs.
I am in a knife shop, as an F5 tornado blows thru.
The storm itself can kill me......but it's the debris flying around at high speed that is more likely to do me in!!
I am walking across a swinging bridge in the thick fog.
The boards are creaking and cracking and breaking.
I don't know if my next step is certain death?
I don't know if my next step is going to fall through and leave me hanging.
I don't know if my next step is solid ground, and safety.
I don't do well with uncertainties. Who does?

I have deleted SO MANY blogs.........because I just couldn't stand myself. Because that's who I am blogging for, me. And if I couldn't stand it..........shew wee what a stench.

I am not out of the woods.
August was the down hill portion of this roller coaster ride.
Unfortunately, it's November, and I am still moving down.........at an incredible rate of speed. There is no light at the end of the tunnel ( not even the ever present freight train :-) and there is no sign of an upward portion.

Bear with me.
Ditch me and don't read me.
Whatever works for you.



09:53 - Thursday, November 20, 2008 - comments {1}


Affirmation is nice!!

Posted in BEING HEALTHY
Yesterday marked the 90th day I have been on my second job!
Review time.

My boss gave me "exceeds expectations" on performance, then went on to compliment my work ethic, and my cleanliness.

It's nice when someone notices your hard work, and effort.
I had a smile on my face for an hour!!!

The other good news is that my friend who has been out of the country for 3 weeks...........will be home tomorrow.
I miss her so much!!


09:09 - Thursday, November 20, 2008 - comments {1}


There is NO reward for doing the right thing!

No reward.

Go to work.
Times get tough, get a second job.
Pay your bills.
Pay your mortgage.

At the end of a day, you fall into bed.
You're tired.
Sometimes you feel like throwing in the towel.
You can't.
Why?

You're doing the right thing.

When you sign your name on a mortgage document,
you are promising.
making an oath,
giving your word via your signature,
that you will pay back the money you borrowed.

The papers were right there to read.
You had time to read them.
Pleading ignorance to anything isn't going to fly.

If you bought a house that was more than
you could afford.........
That's your fault.
Get the second job and pay for it.
Sell it.
Do what it takes to keep the promise.
This is the consequence for coveting.

But no.
Wait.
There are no consequences anymore
There are rewards for greed and lust.
If your eyes were bigger than your wallet.......
it's ok
Big Brother will bail you out,
refinance your DEFAULTED LOAN,
yeah, the one you quit paying on,
the one that you broke your promise ........
yeah, Big Brother will give you a loan
at a low low interest rate
AND
Big Brother will let you live in the home
YOU'RE NOT PAYING ON
an extra 90 day.


But if you're a hard working American,
picked up the second job because things got tight,
you work hard to make sure
your bills are paid.....
SORRY
This deal is not for you.
You cannot get the lower rate until you are
180 days BEHIND in your payments.
You have to be
a deadbeat
to get this reward.

No amount of begging, pleading, yelling,
letter writing, or speaking to
upper management
will help.
This is BIG BROTHERS rules.
That's right
The government.
Big brother only rewards bad behavior.



07:36 - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - comments {2}


Poor thing, she's just not teachable.............

It's so hard to deal with someone who's not teachable.

I guess you have different learning styles to consider.
Myself, I am a visual. SHOW me how to do it, LET ME do it, then I will get it.....Visual learners require patience on the 'teachers' part because they are not 'text book' learners.

Some people you can just 'tell them' what to do,
and wham o.........they do it.
Some people you just point in that direction and wham o........they take the bull by the horns and run.
Some people require extra time.
Some get it right away.

Then, there are those who simply are not teachable.
Not hopeless, because as long as there is breath in the body, there is hope......
They ask a question, you answer.
They ask the same question, you answer again.
They ask the same question, you answer by showing them.
They ask the same question, to a different person.

They don't listen.
You tell them something, and they just don't hear you...or....worse, they ignore you, and ask someone else? I guess they are just looking for the answer they want to hear?? I don't know. It's frustrating, I can tell you that!!!

It's hard to have patience with someone who purposely choses not to learn.
It's hard to have patience with someone who asks the same question 20/11 times.

Lord please give me the wisdom to know the difference between a slow learner and the unteachable!!

07:22 - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - comments {0}


Projects

Posted in GOALS

My daughter and I are going to start putting together our own cookbook. We have been talking about it for years, but this is the year we will actually do it!!

We will write out all the recipes, then photograph the finished product. My daughter thinks every cook book should be stuffed full of photos!!

I am going to also start working on my boys high school sports book.You know that scrap book thing for every year he's been in high school?? The one I said "oooo I will keep up" ha ha ha ha
Yeah, he's a junior, and I haven't even looked at the stuff in 2 years!!!
I am going to sort stuff by each year into folders then pack my scrap bag to take with on our road trip this weekend.......

I think once I start working on my scrapbook, it will kick start me back into that mode...........




07:41 - Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - comments {2}


I guess I just don't get people??

I guess I just don't get people.

Let's say I buy a book.
I read it
I don't like the content of the book
And I don't care for the author's style of writing.
So the logical conclusion is?
Don't buy books, written by this author.
makes sense right??

Let's say I buy a c/d.
I listen to it.
I don't like the music or the lyrics.
I don't care for the singers voice.
So the logical conclusion is?
Don't buy c/d's with this style of music, or by this artist.
makes sense right?

Let's say there's a blog out there.
I click on it and read it.
I don't care for the opinions or the writers content.
SO THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION IS????
I don't return there.
I don't go back.

SO tell me this?
WHY would someone go to a blog where:
they don't like the writer or their style,
they don't like / agree with the content?
WHY would someone not only go to a blog they
don't like / don't agree with,
but
GO THERE 4-5 TIMES A DAY,
EVERY DAY,
and then when they are blocked,
seeks out any other blog this person may have??

I find that odd.
Borderline sick.



07:45 - Monday, November 17, 2008 - comments {3}


Bible Study 6-10

In my blog titled
Bible Study 1-5
I revealed how short I fall of keeping
the 10 Commandments.

#6 You shall not murder.
Hmmmm
Ok, so things are looking good for me here.
I haven't killed anyone.
Nor would I.
Ever.
But
Jesus said: Matthew 5:21-26
Ok, once again, I am toast.
My tongue is quite a weapon.
As are my fingers on a key board.
As is my heart, that is hidden.

#7 You shall not commit adultery.
Once again.......
Toast.
Jesus said: Matthew 5:27-32

#8 You shall not steal.
Ok wait a minute.
I am not a thief........or am I?
Well sometimes I don't buy EXACTLY what the coupons for.
And I take pens home from work.
And I have my dh print something off at his office.
And I read a magazine while I am at work
(stealing time. getting paid for a job,
yet doing something I am not
paid to do)
When I sit down and do a deep self exam.
Busted. Guilty.

And I thought I would SAIL through the 'shall not's"
NOT

#9 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Liar Liar.
Busted Busted.
I am SUPER hyper sensitive in this area.
I TRY SO HARD to be 100% honest.
One thing I am known for is my
blunt force honesty.
But
In my anger, I know I have sinned.
Of the 10 Commandments,
this is the one I come the closest to keeping.

#10 You shall not covet.
Ok
I do covet.
I don't care about stuff.....like houses cars clothes.
But I covet people who have
large families,close friends
amazing marriages.
I covet relationships
not stuff.
Still coveting all the same.


So there you have it.
I can't "keep" the 10 Commandments.
Lord knows, I don't even come close.
I came close when I had mono
and was sleeping 18 hours a day
But I think that is the
only time I was even close.
Honest.





08:28 - Sunday, November 16, 2008 - comments {2}


You are invited to my pity party...............but.....................

Everyone is invited to my pity party
but there are some rules
you must follow.

Rule number one.


NO matter how wrong I may be
you must agree with me
and
you must tell me what a wonderful person
I am.
You cannot share with me your experiences
remember
this is MY pity party.


Rule number two.


It's not about you, it's about me.
I do not want to hear about your experiences
I do not want to learn from your mistakes.
I do not want your advice, no matter how sound it is.
I just want to be stroked and coddled.
I want to be told what I want to hear.
If you can't do that, I will delete your comment.
Again
Remember, this is MY pity party.

Rule number three

I might be a christian but I surely do not want
to hear any of your Bible advice.
I have a Bible and I pick it up every Sunday to
take to church with me,
So don't tell me about the Bible.
I don't want to hear "what would Jesus do"
I don't want to hear what Moses did.
One more time.......
This is MY pity party.
All I want to hear is what I want to hear.
Tell me I am a good mom and wife.
Tell me that I am doing a great job.
Tell me that you feel sorry for me.
Tell me that I deserve better.
Tell me that I need some quality *me* time.
Really.
That's all I want to hear.


This is the disclaimer I should put on my blog every time I am "having a day" and want to be coddled.
That way gals who really want to help, or offer advice, or can shed some light on my situation because of their past experiences........yeah, those gals can pass on by and not waste their time and effort on me!!

(This is a tongue in cheek kinda post.......as it is tiring to see so many blogs out there that should have this kind of disclaimer on them!!)









08:05 - Sunday, November 16, 2008 - comments {4}


Bible Study 1-5

My study this week is Exodus 20.

It asks "what will I do this week to "keep" the commandment".
Um, I can't keep them.
I am not able.

It's not possible to 'keep' them.
That's why Jesus died, right?
Because He was the ONLY One who could
because He is God.
And only God can keep them.

They are there to show me *I* need a Savior.
They are there to show me *I* can't do it alone.
They are there  to reveal my sin to myself.
Well, when I honestly evaluate.

#1. No gods before or beside me.
Ok,
That means, nothing in my life is MORE important than God
OR
AS important as God.
ERRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
(sound of obnoxious buzzer that tells you: WRONG)

Well I fail right there.
Whamo right off the bat.

 #2 No making idols or worshiping them.

That means I cannot make, create something, tangible
visible that is more important or AS important
as God.
ERRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Wrong again.
Hmmm let's see, is there anything or anyone
that I can touch (tangible) or that I made
or created that takes God's place?
Is it my sewing? My scrapbooking?
My volunteering?
My kids? My dh?
My home and the decorating of it?

#3. You shall not misuse the Name of the Lord.
This is more than saying GD or JC.
This is more than saying OMG.
Misusing the Name of the Lord
Hmmmmmmmm
Misquoting Scripture.
Manipulation of Scripture.
Using Scripture as a weapon to elevate self.
Taking Scripture out of context.
Changing Scripture.
This is where I find the Greek and Hebrew so
very important.
I don't want to misuse His Name.

#4 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it Holy.
Sabbath.
That's Friday from sundown to Saturday at sundown.
Sabbath in Hebrew is Saturday.
Let's see.....
Keep it Holy, set apart. Do not work.
Hmmmm
What are the two busiest nights in a restaurant?
Friday and Saturday.
Maybe if I were not breaking the first 2 commandments
I wouldn't be breaking this one.
See what I mean.
This is a measuring stick to show me just HOW short
I fall.

#5 Honor your father and mother.
Honor.
What exactly does Honor mean in Hebrew?
What does "honor" look like that pleases the Lord?
How do you honor a parent you never met?
How do you honor an alcoholic?
How do you honor an abuser?
There are no instructions for that.........

Phew.
So I fall pretty short.
So short, I will have to do 6-10 later.






08:02 - Saturday, November 15, 2008 - comments {0}


Potpourri of QUESTIONS!!

Posted in LISTS !
This is kind of an odd post.
I have a ton of questions, but it would take
14 entries to give each it's own time
SO
I thought I would do a potpourri of questions post.
Here we go:

Question 1

Is it too late, here in zone 5, to plant rye?
My dh hasn't turned my garden yet,
and probably won't for at least another week.
Is it too late?

Question 2

What is the easiest way to paint a stucko-ceiling?
My ceiling has the "start" pattern of drywall mud
on it, where it has the stalagmites?
What is my best bet on painting that??

Question 3

I feel the Lord calling me to break old traditions.
I have felt this call for the last 5 years.
This year, it is strong, and loud and clear.
However.
My dh is NOT hearing this same call.
I am not sure where he is with the Lord.
My dh wants to string up christmas lights.
I do not want to celebrate the pagan holiday.
I am not so sure what to do.
My heart aches, because my dh is not interested
in the things of God.
And, I have 3 kids watching.
This is a fine line......and I want to do what is right,
in the Eyes of God.
Help.

Question 4

Do you know where I can find plans to build and
outdoor brick bbq?

Question 5

Where can I find a Bible, written in Hebrew?
Better, where can I find a "Vine's-Like" resource
that tells me what the original Hebrew word
was that is translated to English.

Question 6

What herbs do you recommend for the 'winter blah's"?
It's so grey and dark for days on end
and it gets depressing!!
What is a good tea to help the body adjust
to the lack of sun??




Thanks so much!!!


08:01 - Thursday, November 13, 2008 - comments {4}


I love it when I make progress

Posted in THE HOMESTEAD
I love it when a plan comes together!!

I am a list gal.
Love the list.
However............I don't get everything
on the list done, then feel like
a slug.
SO
Today I chose the laundry room.

I did all the laundry.
All.
Ironed everything.
Put it all away.
Everything I had stuffed in the cabinets for good will
went to goodwill today.
Once the last load comes out of the dryer,
I will move the machines
sweep and mop
and
WA LA
One room is DONE.

Tomorrow
Well tomorrow I will move into the 1/2 bath.
I am going to quit over obligating myself
and start only doing
what can be done in a day.

Phew. This feels good!!




04:12 - Monday, November 10, 2008 - comments {1}


November Thoughts

November
The month of Thanksgiving.

Not sure what I want to do this year.
Usually I host.
Honestly, I don't want to this year.
Every year.
EVERY YEAR
When it's over I say "I am not going to do this again next year"
SO I think this year,
I will listen to my own advice.

Maybe I will send my boys to my aunts to gather more wood
and the girls and I can
serve at the local womens shelter.

I don't know.
But I do know this.
I do not want to do what I have done
for the last um-teen years.

07:58 - Monday, November 10, 2008 - comments {1}


OH MY GOSH!!

Posted in THE HOMESTEAD
Just sat down with my
United Natural Foods
Catalog
to order my bulk grains.

EVERYTHING HAS DOUBLED
in price.

Can anyone tell me what happened??

They want 45.00 for 25lbs of soft white wheatberries.
They want 45.00 for 50lbs of hard red wheatberries.
They want 60.00 for 50lbs of oats.
AND
They want 45.00 for 25lbs of long grain white rice.
All organic.
BUT THIS IS DOUBLE from the last time I ordered.
What Happened???




09:36 - Sunday, November 9, 2008 - comments {3}


Grace and Purge

Sunday
First day of the week.
Hmmm.

I think I will choose Joy this week.

How do you exercise Joy, when co-worker lied on you?
IT can be done!

First
I will 'assume' that it is just a misunderstanding.
I know in my heart, I was clear
but
I will handle it like a misunderstanding.
I will RE address our previously discussed topic.
I will maintain my composure.
I will not jump to conclusions.
I will extend grace.

If she chooses to act like a baboon
That's her problem
not mine.
But I will give her the grace I would want
someone to extend
to me.

IF she lies again.
I will call her on it.
I will let her know that lying is not acceptable.
AND
if she cannot get along
she will have to leave.

If she lies, again,
She will have shown a pattern of deception
that is unacceptable.
She will have shown behavior that
is a determent to our team.
She will have revealed her divisiveness.
And we will have to purge her.

That's it.

Not in a mean way. Not in a hateful way.
But in a very matter of fact way.



08:30 - Sunday, November 9, 2008 - comments {0}


Political Post........ok, Politically Incorrect Post. Warning. Truth, not warm and fuzzy!!

So just a heads up.
This is not a warm and fuzzy post.
It is a post, with factual information
in it and it's not
what anyone's itching ears want to hear.
SO
If you are looking for a warm and fuzzy post
stop reading right now.
Really.
Stop.
Hit the go back button.
Last chance..............

OK,
Here she goes.


 

Obama is not black.
His ma'ma is a white woman.
His father, is a muslim middle eastern mix.
Obama doesn't have an ounce of 'slave blood' in him.
It has been proven geneologically.
(that was a gross misspelling :-)


Everyone is caught up in this notion that we have "arrived" because we voted a person with darker than lilly white skin.......
Don't you see???
We are doing what we have been programmed to do.

My generation, and the one after me, has had it beat in their head that we are the 'bad white guy' and if we disagree with a person who has pigment, we are a racist.
People voted for Obama BECAUSE he was black.
And that's ok??
Yet, if they voted McCain because he was white.......THEY ARE A RACIST.

MY POINT????

Brainwashed. We've been hoodwinked. A great lie has been told and we bought it hook line and sinker and still........people are buying the snake oil.

I am not a racist when I say I didn't vote for obama.
I am someone who believes life begins at conception. I am not for the Socialist States of America. I support my troops, and I want to be able to strive to make 251,000.00 a year and not be penalized because I worked my butt off.

My anger is really because people are so programmed, so blind, and so "head in sand" minded.

No one reads history.

No one reads Scripture,

No one does research and thinks.


They are doing what the public education has taught them.
Listen to ONE leader, do what they say.
Don't, DON'T ask questions.

Hitler, Stalin, Lenin...........Castro, Chavez.........Hussain, Ak-ma-gen-a-dod
ALL of them every single one of them have the same pattern..........

And if anyone read obamas speeches.......they would have seen, he's in bed with all of them.
BUT NO, we can't do that because we would be racist.

We are to love one another because we are created
in HIS Image
Not because of some misplaced guilt.
Not because we have been programmed to do it.
That is not love
AND God knows it.

I just can not believe that people really really can't see through lie
It's a great lie and it makes me nauseous when
people get up on their high horse and start
regurgitating what has been shoveled
into their heads.
Mindlessly
Without research, without thought
Because it makes them "sound good".

BUT
God said...........God said..............He said this would happen.


07:41 - Saturday, November 8, 2008 - comments {5}


It's Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiday!!!!!

Yeah, that list of things I had
to do from yesterday,
HA HA

Over did it the day before and my back
said
ENOUGH LADY.

It's back to work tonight.
It's been nice having this whole week
off, and hangin' with
my kids.

I think they have enjoyed it too!!

Cooler weather is moving in, and I am
glad that we got the bulbs
in the ground.

Things are changing. The season,
The Celebrations, The Everything.
Some for the Good.
Some, not.

I am so thankful, grateful
that God has allowed me to home school.
So that my kids can hear
His Word
day in and day out.
So that my kids can read
REAL
history books.
About real, history.
So that The Holy Spirit may
sharpen their discernment skills.
Lead them, show them, teach them God's Ways.
How to spot a lie.
How to spot hypocrisy.
How to spot a fake.

I am so thankful and grateful that my state
doesn't make home schooling a burden.
Our rules are few, and easy to follow.

I am so thankful for this time God has given me
with these kids!!



08:19 - Friday, November 7, 2008 - comments {0}


Our Christmas Tree Traditions

What kind of tree does your family use?

When the kids were under 5, we used an artificial. From 5-14 we have selected the largest fresh cut tree we could cram in the house. For the last 4 years, we have flanked the fireplace with to "pre-lit palm trees". This year........we may not do a tree at all!

 

When do you put your Christmas tree up each year?

We used to put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving. In the last 5 years, we wait longer and longer every year.........last year it was the week before.


What kind of traditions do you have when putting up the tree (if any)?

We used to make a day of it, and again, in the last 5 years, it has become less of an attraction than it was in the past.


How do you like to decorate your tree?

We had a 'hillbilly' Christmas tree. A little bit of everything, mostly handmade stuff the kids created at school! No rhyme or reason.


Do you have any other interesting things that you would like to share about your Christmas tree?

We decided 5 years ago that fir trees were probably not what was around when Jesus was born..........so we thought we'd be pretty slick and buy pre-lit palm trees. Now even those have lost their novelty. They look like they belong on a Jimmy Buffet stage!!! As we grow and learn, certain traditions in our family will pass away, and new Celebrations will take their places!
This is an exciting time for us!!


06:06 - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - comments {0}


Potpourri, you know the kind that is pretty and smells good! :-)

Posted in Unspecified
Who is this Jesus?

So yesterday was Wednesday.
I have Bible Study
every Wednesday Am.
Here's what I have been thinking on for about 3-4 days.

Exodus 15:25b-26
There the LORD made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them. 26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep ALL His decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

*IF* I listen carefully to the Voice of God
Do what is right in His Eyes
Pay Attention to His Commands
Keep ALL His Decrees

Then:

There's another passage, Isaiah 58
that follows this same type of writing.
The "here's what to do, and when you do it God will..."

This is what I am chewing on at the moment.

The Kitchen

Found the GREATEST biscuit recipe in the world
in my Alton Brown cook book.
They are so flaky and so light.
We had 'southern breakfast dinner'
last night.
Biscuit's and sausage gravy, home fries
eggs, bacon, grits,
french toast and pancakes.
mmmm

The Homestead

Getin' her ready for winter. Weather has been
delicious the last 3 days.
Gonna finish up outside today and then really start
hitting the inside hard.
Purging and cleaning.
We want to be ready at a moments notice for
company!!

Politically Incorrect and Potentially Offensive

I think what happened on election day stinks.
BUT
The people voted, and the people spoke.
Sad.
Both canididates stunk.
They usually do.
Because they are both humans, wreck with sin, just like me.
(but I shower. HAHAHAHH)
Seriously.
So we here in blog land are not going to agree.
Like hiney's we all have opinion's and most of them stink.
Ok
But to have a temper tantrum, a big long hairy
scene that would take an
Academy Award
about 'closing my blog an woe, and drama'
give me oxygen.
I blogged at a place for years.
Time marched on, women came and went, and it changed.
I shut it down, silently, and moved on.
A handful missed me...but really....being honest here
*I* was not that important.
*My* input didn't keep that board 'running'.
Got a pretty firm grip here.
This is not reality.
This is where a handful are real, and many many are
what they 'want to be' or 'wish they could be'
in real life.
Good or Bad.
Exhale.

OH The Garden

Got the veggie garden ripped out and burnt. Mapped out
one of the 3 new gardens.
Planted all of my day lily's
Today, tie up trees and wrap their trunks.
Clean up the misc. mess out side.
Get ready for winter.
Start mapping out the flowerbeds out front..

LISTS!

On the list today:
Clean Inside
Clean Outside
I think that is enough!!

Home School

Kids are doing swimmingly!
I need to sit down and fill out FASFA forms
look at colleges for both my
oldest and middle
Record grades.
I can't believe I am almost done.
Makes me sick.
I wish I had 10 kids.

GOALS

One of the questions in my BSF this week read:
What sinful habit are you willing to break?
One gal said you have to ask God to show it to you
(God knows I have more than one)
Then once He reveals it to me
I have to HATE IT (the sin)
Like God hates it.
I have to confess it, then repent of it.
My goal is to ask God to reveal one sinful habit this week
then for me to confess it, and repent of it
and eliminate it.
That is my goal this week.

BEING Healthy

I love my 100% Virgin Coconut oil from
Tropical Traditions.
It brings such an amazing moistness to cakes
and cookies without making
them taste like coconut.
It's so much better for us than crisco
or margarine.
We made chocolate chip coconut cookies
the other day.......
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
amazing.
We made bread from scratch
(ground the wheat and everything)
and it was WONDERFUL.
We do love our coconut oil!!


Well, that's it! A true, Potpourri!!



09:00 - Thursday, November 6, 2008 - comments {1}


It's a "Be Educated Wednesday"!!

We're all pretty smart gals!
And where there is something we don't know,
we ask, or we look it up.

Hitler's Rise to Power

How does history repeat itself?
When we fail to teach accurate history.
When we fail to learn.
When we fail to repent.
When we fail to teach our own children.

Stalin's Rise to Power


Similar childhoods, similar ideas.
Similar outcomes.
Same hatred for the Jews.

Lenin's Rise to Power

Again, the hatred for God.

God forgive us!
May we, who are called by His Name
come to our knees.

2 Chronicles 7:14
IF MY people, who are called by MY NAME
will humble themselves
and pray
and seek MY face
AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS
THEN
I will hear from heaven
and will forgive their sin
and will heal their land.

Forgive me Lord.



12:05 - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - comments {0}


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