I know what I did 25 years ago today. Do you?

Hello ladies, Before I do anything else, I MUST say "Happy Birthday to my son, Wesley.  He turns 25 today!  Happy Birthday sweetie, I love you!

An Award, for me (blushing)
Tracey at Buttercup Hill  has given me the Proximidade Award. Thank you, Tracey!

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are extremely charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award.”
I am passing this award on to:

Danna - Living Between the Lines
Pam- The Country Homemaker
Nicole - Our Cozy Nest
Shannon - Bless our Nest
Elise- Nest Sweet Nest
Carolyn - Cranberry Crossings
Kathi- Feathering My Nest
Lea- Farmhouse Blessings

Please take the time to check out these lovely ladies.  They really are some of the sweetest gals on the net.
Have a blessed Friday.

I need a little fun

Hey everyone.  Wow what a morning. I am glad it will be lunch time soon.
My morning started off with delayed school openings, and my typical 1.5 hour commute into work in this morning ended up taking 2.5 hours...so needless to say I am looking for a little fun.  So a friend sent me this yesterday and decided I would post it here.  Feel free to grab it and play along.  If you do, let me know so I can read your answers. 

TYPE ONLY 1 WORD,  IT'S HARDER THAN YOU THINK.

    1. Where is your cell phone? car
    2. Your significant other?Michael
    3. Your hair? Long
    4. Your mother? Louise
    5. Your father? Grover 
    6. Your favorite thing? reading
    7. Your dream last night? none
    8. Your favorite drink? Tea
    9. Your dream/goal? Heaven
    10. The room you're in?  Office
    11. Your fear?  sickness
    12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Kentucky
    13. Where were you last night? home
    14. What you're not? Mad
    15. Muffins?   Blueberry
    16. One of your wish list items? balance
    17. Where did you grow up?   Kentucky
    18. The last thing you did?  Smoke
    19. What are you wearing?  Clothes
    20. Your TV?   Off
    21. Your pet?   sleeping
    22. Your computer?  Compaq
    23. Your life?  Full
    24. Your mood?  good 
    25. Missing someone?  no
    26. Your car? Volvo
    27. Something you're not wearing? frown
    28. Favorite Store? Book
    29. Your summer? Hot
    30. Your favorite color? Red
    31. When is the last time you laughed?   Today
    32. Who will/would re-post this? Everyone
    33. FOUR PLACES I GO OVER AND OVER:
          A. work   B. Wal-Mart  C. Home   D. Meetings
    34. FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME: 
          Mom,Michael, Anne, Don
    35. FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:
          A.Mexican  B. Shrimp  C. cheese  D.Wings
    36. FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW?
         a.Home
         b.Beach
         c.Europe
         d.Shopping
    37. FOUR PEOPLE I THINK WILL RESPOND:
        A.Mom, B. Michael, C. Terri, D. Rachel

Laughter is great medicine

Got these in a email from my mom and wanted to share.  Can you relate?

  

Hope your having a Wonderful Wednesday

New Christmas Toy!!!

I got to share with you a new toy  I got for Christmas.  My son gave me a gift card for a local Christian Book Store and since I was pretty much up to date on purchasing  all my reading material I decided I would get something I have really been wanting for awhile now.
When I finished reading my bible in a year at the end of last year, I decided it would be a great idea to have a bible on audio so that I can listen anytime that I want too, plus continue to read along at that same time. But I was running into a problem, you see,  I could only find either the OT/or the NT, but not both.  And both is what I wanted.  In comes my new toy, let me share with you a bit about the product.

"The Original GoBible® is a hand-held, portable device preloaded with the entire audio version of the Christian Bible.  The Original GoBible® does not interact with a PC; all of its content, over 70 hours of audio, has been downloaded onto the device. This is an audio device only.  The Original GoBible’s interactive on-screen menu allows the user to easily scroll through the Old and New Testaments and select the book, chapter, and verse which the user wants to begin play at.  The user may also, for convenience, scroll through a Story Index of 200 of the most popular Bible stories.  Additionally, the user has the option of following the Original GoBible's "Bible-in-a-Year" plan for listening to the entire Bible in 365 days.  The Original GoBible® provides a “Topic Index” that allows a user to find specific scripture passages of particular spiritual relevance to almost thirty relevant topics.  Lastly, the Original GoBible® can support up to 36 Bookmarks so the user can mark their favorite passages or where they left off listening. Presently, The Original GoBible® is offered with either the New International Version (NIV) narrated by Max McLean, the King James Version as read by Alexander Scourby or the New King James Version narrated by Stephen Johnston.

What makes the Original GoBible® device unique is that no other audio version of the Bible anywhere takes the audio down to the verse level.  All current recordings of the Bible break down the listening option to the chapter level.  We understand that people talk about, think about and study the Bible at the verse level.  Therefore, we have cut the audio to the verse level and indexed it so you may search for and begin play at any verse point in the Bible.  This has never been done before with the audio version of the Bible and the Original GoBible® is the only device in the world with this feature!

The Original GoBible® is operated with one AAA battery that can operate the device for more than 24 hours.  The Original GoBible® is approximately 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches by .5 inch.  The screen size measures 2.4 inches in diameter.  It weighs approximately 3.2 ounces. The box comes with an Original GoBible® device, headphones, a carrying case, a belt clip and a battery.  The Original GoBible® may also be played through two accessories; a set of portable speakers or an FM transmitter that allows audio to play through a car stereo; both may be purchased on the GoBible® website.  The Original GoBible® retails for $99.95.  "

With the convenience of this little bible I can take it anywhere, it's so portable.  I AM LOVING IT! I am going to start using it in my car for my long commute but I need to get a adapter for my car so that it can come through my stereo speakers.  You can find out more about this handy dandy technology by going to the website. 

Hugs and Blessings,

Cindy

My weekend has come and gone.

 

  

The weekend is almost over, and I can't believe it.  I sure would love to have a three day weekend this weekend.  I had a wonderful list of things that I should and wanted to do this weekend, some I finished and others will have to wait until next weekend. 

I have been doing laundry and waiting on it to finish so that it could go into the dryer.   A girl has to have her jeans for work, right?  Anyway,while I was waiting on that, decided  I would tell you what I have been doing this weekend.  I guess by now, you noticed that I have a new header for my blog.  What ya' think?  I am not sure if I will keep it, or if I will work on creating something else, but I wanted to take the Christmas header down. 

I have worked this weekend, on updating and changing some of my content on my blogs,adding some new backgrounds.  I also updated by Facebook (added some wedding pictures and honeymoon pictures,with alot more to do) and Plurk accounts.  On the right sidebar you can find a link to follow me on Twitter. I decided at the first of the year I wanted to get myself organized online and put a system in place (posting system)but still haven't come up with anything definite yet.  Those are a few things that I have done on the web. 

I also have spent time cleaning my kitchen.  It needed it from top to bottom.  I even organized my fridge.  Don't laugh!  It actually looks good but you know it will not last very long.

I spent time today reading and study my devotionals, which is what I want to spend my Sunday's for.  I really do want to reserve Sunday's for quiet time and family time.  No more working on the Sabbath.  Just as it was intended. 

Well guess I will close,  Tomorrow is Simple Woman's Daybook, so check back with me to see what's up.

Hey are you ready?

Hugs!

Studying the Word of God

Hi ladies, if you noticed several post back I discussed some of my goals for this year, and digger deeper in to the word of God was one of them.   I read a wonderful article providing us with some wonderful tips and thought I would share them with you today. 

1. Suit yourself
Pick a course of study that suits you and stay with it. There are many excellent daily devotionals and study guides available. To find one, ask your friends or pastor to recommend their favorites. Also, salespersons at Christian bookstores are happy to help you make a selection.
Spike and I rely heavily on Barclay's commentaries for our teaching. I also find myself returning time and again to Oswald Chamber's My Utmost for His Highest for meditation. It never fails to challenge me to do deeper with God.
A current favorite of mine is a small volume of daily meditations on the four Gospels entitled Becoming Fire. In it, author Jeanie Miley draws the reader into each New Testament drama as an on-the-scene participant, relating our own thoughts and struggles to those of the Bible characters.

2. A fresh word
Try reading a favorite passage of Scripture in a translation you are not used to. See how fresh insights spring to life. Try, for instance, reading 1 Corinthians 13 in the J.B. Phillips translation: "Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. It is not touchy." The meaning here is so accessible! (Overall, this is a beautiful and poetic translation of the New Testament--worth adding to your library.)
Pam, my Bible teacher, teaches from the Amplified Bible, which is excellent for providing additional adjectives and expanding meaning.
Or try one that our whole family is enthusiastic about, the Bible paraphrase by Eugene H. Peterson entitled The Message. Though a paraphrase is not meant to replace a translation, it can bring invigorating new insights to familiar passages.

3. Praying your way through the Scriptures
"Pray your way through" a chapter or book of the Bible. This is one of the best ways I know to appropriate the truth of God's Word for our everyday lives. Verbal or written prayer can be used (I prefer to write). Here's how it works:
As I read through whatever book of the Bible I'm studying, I stop at every verse that speaks personally to me and write out a prayer pertaining to that verse. I try to make these prayers as personal and relevant to my own life as I possibly can.
Here's an example, using Romans 8. First, read the verse or verses:

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace (Romans 8:5-6).

Next, write a prayer in simple, conversational words of your own, pertaining to what you have read:

Lord, it's real easy to tell when I'm living "according to the flesh" by what my thoughts keep returning to--what my mind keeps dwelling on. If my thoughts return time after time to anything other than You, I'm usually not "in the Spirit." Sometimes I get totally stuck on shopping for clothes, or redoing the house or something like that. Then, before I know it, I have squeezed You right out of my mind. There's nothing wrong with clothes or wallpaper-- I know that. It's just that when they take over my brain like that, they start competing with You. Father, teach me to live "according to the Spirit." Everything else is dying. Only You are life and peace. Those are the qualities I hunger for! Amen.

4. Character study

Do a study of one particular Bible character. Trace that person's life in Scripture. Read other books and commentaries on his or her life. Try to "get inside this character's head" and figure out how he thought and why he did the things he did. In what ways is he or she like you? Different from you?

5. The acts of your life

Realize that though the Bible is complete, the Book of Acts (the story of God's church) is still being created in the lives of each one of us who follow Jesus. Write out your own story. Who are you and how is your life affecting the coming of God's kingdom on earth? Don't over glamorize yourself, but try not to be too hard on yourself, either. Make your story as factual and complete as possible. Someday you will be asked to give your testimony, "to give an account for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15), and you'll be prepared!

6. Consider the benefits

Go through Psalm 119 and make your own inventory of the benefits mentioneed that are available to the man or woman who studies God's Word.

This tips can be found at Christian Woman Today

You Decide

I decided that today I would repost something that I posted a while back but saw it again recently and it made me smile/laugh just as it did before.  See if you remember this...





Now here is one you may not have seen.

Dad Sense

Now which one do you think is the best?