Sprucing up

I am in the midst of updating all my posts with tags for the topic area. All the way back from Feb 2005. Then I will clean up the topic categories. Until then feel free to browse but it's a little sloppy over there. ;)

Skipping October.. or...

just Halloween, please!

Can I skip Halloween and head straight to Thanksgiving? I mean retailers skip August and September and head straight for Halloween...
I despise, no, I loathe, no I, ok, I HATE Halloween.

I have not been able, as of yet, to pass on this disgust to DH so we still dress our beggars up as something cute (I put my foot down at scary, not hard because we both agree on that) and we wander to strangers door to merrily ask for candy. Something we would discipline our children for the other 364 days of the year. Where's the consistency, I ask?
I glare at my brother in his mask that scares my kids every year! I mumble and grumble at the haunted houses around the neighborhood. Seriously? The "scarecrow" lying by the front door waiting to jump up and scare unsuspecting children (or stir up my hubby's wrath) even the little ones!
I know, I KNOW, all of the arguments against celebrating Halloween. I also know if my husband wants to participate we will. Submission in everything, and all.

I have however gotten him to agree that when we move and have some land we will have a weenie roast on Halloween we will call it Reformation day or something like that and invite all of our friends to come. Forgetting the evil of the day! Quickly, Lord Jesus, please!

So in light of my feelings on Halloween I think I will just skip October. Thanksgiving here I come!

The one in which we solve all the problems....

on a Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday mornings I gather with a group of ladies. Supposedly for Bible study.
Right now we are enjoying working our way through the video study by Elizabeth George. A Woman After God's Own Heart.

A lot of times though we spend hours fixing all the world's problems. For instance before, during, and after the Bible study this week we discussed: adult children caring for their parents, versions of the Bible, Sarah Palin, raising children, Barak Obama, George W. Bush, our church.... by lunch time we'd recessed for the day.
We have moms, grandmas, great grandmas (GG, isn't that a cute great grandma name?). We have married folk and widows. There are kids playing quietly in the background. (Ha, Ha, Ha, HA!) We pray for one another, for marriages in our church and outside of it, for our leaders, for our families, for the sick, for the lonely... we pray! We study God's word. We discuss. We agree. We disagree. It's ok. We do that with laughter.

Any one of us would drop anything for the other and come running in a minute. We load the kids up in a car and rush to help a friend.

We have different spiritual gifts. You want the truth mixed with love (I try)? You want to know something in black and white.. come see me! :) You want mercy, compassion, and sympathy? Check with Melodie or Jennifer. I know I do. LOL

We are more than friends, we are sisters. Others are invited to our time of fellowship. Some come and stay for a season, some (Jennifer) set up camp and dive right in, some walk away shaking their heads. If you come once and don't get it, try again. We want you!

We have differences. We have similarities. If the President wants some advice he should definitely call us because we have it figured out.

They are my prayer warriors. They are my girls. They are my Tuesday Chicks.

And I have to add because this is just the type of friend I am... especially number 1!

True Friendship

None of that Sissy Stuff

Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems that always sound good, But never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card- Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.

1. When you are sad -- I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on mountain dew.

2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

3. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.

4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.

5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much Worse it could be until you quit whining.

6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.

7. When you are sick -- Stay away from me until you are well Again. I don't want whatever you have.

8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy butt while I help you up.

9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end.. 'Why?' you may ask; 'because you are my friend'.

Friendship is like wetting your pants, everyone can see it, But only you can feel the true warmth

These are the days...

Productive days, that is...

When you have a day where things just kind of fall together. The children behave, schoolwork is done, projects around the house worked on to satisfaction, if not completion... you know THOSE days.
We spent time yesterday ripping out carpet in our school room. I started putting it back together last night, but this morning I was able to get my closet in there rearranged and a corner set up for Jonathan to play in during school.
I completed daily assignments and catchup work with all the kids. They are done! Corrections and all.
The littles are waking up from their rest, the olders are reading quietly. Dinner is almost done, we can eat when Dh walks in the door.

These are the days!!

Be Blessed!

A Sunday post?

I try not to post on Sunday, but I read something this morning that made me stop and think. I know that most conservative Christians are at a stalemate with the whole McCain/Palin thing. I am resigning myself to voting for this ticket, but I still have a few months to express my views. :)
Here though, is an excellent article on the book of Judges and everyones new hero Deborah.
Read and let me know your thoughts. I am very interested. I am not always right. I have to stand for what I believe is right. If I have good scriptural evidence I can be persuaded to accept a new idea.
That being said, I can not be happy about the McCain/Palin ticket. Someone mentioned that God must have ordained her to be on the ticket. Sure, but then we have to concede that God must have ordained Barak Obama to be on the ticket as well, no? I think God knew perfectly well who was going to be on the ticket. I just accept God as big like that. :)
In the end, God is in control. I have prayed and prayed and asked him to show me if I am being too stubborn or hard headed about this whole thing. I have only spoken up briefly with some at church about what I think of the whole issue. Mostly, I stay quiet and listen. Maybe this is wrong. My friends know that I don't like a woman in this office. That's pretty much all I say.
Anyways, this was going to be a short post. LOL.
Here is the article.

Hat Tip: Life in a shoe

The case of the missing...

I put my camera on to charge yesterday. I have missed having pictures to share with you all. We were getting ready to take Tamara out to dinner for her birthday. I thought I would take some pictures of her dinner date. When I grabbed my camara off the charger I noticed it was still dead. Weird. I opened the battery case and there was no battery! Weirder! I have no idea where my battery is.
Just thought I would let you know! :)

Give Me Your Eyes

This is my new favorite song. My kids can all sing it because I listen to it so much! It's just so catchy.