Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Wednesday's Art

I want to begin making time to make something creative every week. So I am going to make Wednesdays the day to post something I am working on. Since I just thought of this, I drew a quick picture in microsoft paint. <Hopefully creativity will improve>

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Recipe for Child Raising

I ran across this in my reading today.

1 cup of Proverbs 22:6
2 Tablespoons of Proverbs 19:13
1 Dash of Proverbs 23:13
1 Teaspoon of Proverbs 3:5
1/2 cup of Titus 2:3 through 7
Mix all the ingredients, add a pound of persistence, one cup of love, and whip until right consistency. This recipe is recommended by the Creator of Mankind. Please add a pinch of Ephesians 6:4

—The Bible Friend
Tan, P. L. (1996, c1979). Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations : [a treasury of illustrations, anecdotes, facts and quotations for pastors, teachers and Christian workers]. Garland TX: Bible Communications.


-B

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Crock

A couple of months ago I was taking a crock pot full of hot maccaroni and cheese to a church potluck - both of the handles broke off in the process, thankfully I was not hurt. I did a quick search online for the model number and found out there had been a recall several years ago. Anyway, I had to cut the cord off the old one, mail it in, and they sent me a brand new base. If you carry a crock pot around to different places, it might not hurt to check your model number online - this could have been bad if there were a child near.



Wednesday, May 24, 2006

At the Beach

Florida had not received rain for 95 days..until we arrived. It rained the first couple of days we were there, once it cleared up we enjoyed the rest of the time at the beach. Pictures below - click on the picture if you would like to see it larger.









Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Florida Everglades

We took a boat ride in the Everglades and learned a little about alligators.

- Their taste buds are on the outside of their mouth, so they know what their prey will taste like before they even bite.

- Their mouth has an opening power of about 10-15 pounds, so you could actually hold it's mouth shut with your hands.

- Their mouth has a closing power of about 2200 pounds. We were able to hear the alligator close his mouth, it sounded a lot like a champagne bottle popping open.

Here are a couple of pictures Brian took during our ride.



Monday, May 22, 2006

We're home.

Posting will resume - we are back from our summer vacation to Florida. We had a wonderful time. I will be posting pictures over the next couple of days.

Brian and I went to see the Da Vinci Code movie Saturday afternoon. I think that the hype created from the various religious communities is paying off, literally, in dollars for the movie makers. This was not a good movie, and without the all the publicity I don't think it would have done very well at all. We listened to the audio book last year, besides the fact that it is filled with a lot of historical fiction, since it is a fiction book after all, it was a an interesting read (um..listen). You could quite possibly read this book in the amount of time it took to watch it, two and a half hours. Anyway, an hour of Tom Hanks on the beach alone with a volleyball was much better than two hours of him at the Louvre.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Update

Brian has 6 days left in this semester. Please pray for him as he prepares and takes his exams.

We are going to sunny Florida the week following exams, we are really looking forward to it. We will be meeting my parents, my sister and brother in-law there! This is where my parents were raised, my Dad's brothers still live in the area. We have several things planned already - we will be visiting a Sovereign Grace church in FL on Sunday, I will be getting a Ouidad haircut (yeah!), and we will get to attend Deanna's (my cousin) dance recital. It should be fun.

I am attaching this link for any of you who would like to read a quick encouragement on blessing people with hospitality. This is a blog that I read and am blessed from daily. ~J

Pretty picture courtesey of Shawn

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Kentucky Derby


Well the festivities are in full force now, with the Oaks race on Friday and the Derby on Saturday. If you are still wanting to come and have not secured a place to stay, eBay has a couple of options.

You can rent this house for three nights for just $2000!


You can rent this 38' motor home for just $525 - it is emphasized in the auction description that "the coach does not move".