Showing posts with label recomendations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recomendations. Show all posts
Saturday, October 17, 2009
A movie for you
Here is The Blind Side trailer. The movie comes out November 20th. I have talked here before about Michael Oher. We can't wait to go see this movie.
Friday, February 6, 2009
A friend sticks close
I struggle with showing mercy because once you don't respond the way I think you should, I back off. How sad is that. I read an article by Nancy Wilson about friendships and loved the direction she sent me in.
http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/01/31/a-friend-sticks/
Enjoy
http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/01/31/a-friend-sticks/
Enjoy
to love mercy
I know I have mentioned this book here before but here I go again because another chapter really impacted me. Relationships A Mess Worth Making. It is by Tim Lane and Paul Tripp.
This week I studied the chapter on Mercy. The book defines Mercy as the kind, sympathetic and forgiving treatment of others that works to relieve their distress and cancel their debt or it is the compassion combined with forbearance and action.
Some points from the chapter are
-A commitment to mercy will reveal your own need for mercy
-mercy is not something you feel but something you do
-mercy is needed because we live in the middle of the great redemptive story, the people we live with nor the world we live in are perfect.
-often the great struggle with mercy is its call to relate to people we consider beneath us. We tend to see ourselves as 'rich' and others as 'poor'
-whenever you are involved with people who need mercy, you will be sinned against.
- I need to show mercy because I was shown mercy.
-whenever you extend mercy, you will begin to see how selfish, impatient, unforgiving and inconsistent you can be.
Micah 6:8 He has showed you , O man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
This past weekend Dr Richardson said that when we see a command in scripture we need to realize we are commanded to do things that don't come naturally to us. We are commanded to love mercy.
I highly recommend this book.
This week I studied the chapter on Mercy. The book defines Mercy as the kind, sympathetic and forgiving treatment of others that works to relieve their distress and cancel their debt or it is the compassion combined with forbearance and action.
Some points from the chapter are
-A commitment to mercy will reveal your own need for mercy
-mercy is not something you feel but something you do
-mercy is needed because we live in the middle of the great redemptive story, the people we live with nor the world we live in are perfect.
-often the great struggle with mercy is its call to relate to people we consider beneath us. We tend to see ourselves as 'rich' and others as 'poor'
-whenever you are involved with people who need mercy, you will be sinned against.
- I need to show mercy because I was shown mercy.
-whenever you extend mercy, you will begin to see how selfish, impatient, unforgiving and inconsistent you can be.
Micah 6:8 He has showed you , O man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
This past weekend Dr Richardson said that when we see a command in scripture we need to realize we are commanded to do things that don't come naturally to us. We are commanded to love mercy.
I highly recommend this book.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A Good Laugh
I read this last night in my January Reader's Digest. I laughed until I cried and then told it to Kaitlin and Marisa and we laughed again. I hope you enjoy!
If the Boot Fits, Wear It By Trish Sinclair
It was the first snow of winter—an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now, I had been able to dress myself for recess, but today I would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten teacher at Princess Elizabeth School near Hamilton, Ontario, had been through first snow days many times in her long career, but I think she may still remember this one.
I managed to get into my itchy wool snow pants. But I struggled with my jacket because it didn't fit well. It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and matching scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson help me with my boots. In her calm, motherly voice she said, "By the end of winter, you will all be able to put on your own boots."I didn't realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence.
I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected the adult to do all the work. After much wiggling and pushing, she managed to get the first one into place and then, with an audible sigh, worked the second one on too.
I announced, "They're on the wrong feet."With the grace that only experience can bring, she struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again. Then I said, "These aren't my boots, you know."As she pulled the offending boots from my feet, she still managed to look both helpful and interested. Once they were off, I said, "They're my brother's boots. My mother makes me wear them, and I hate them!"Somehow, from long years of practice, she managed to act as though I wasn't an annoying little girl. She pushed and shoved, less gently this time, and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet. With a great sigh of relief, seeing the end of her struggle with me, she asked, "Now, where are your mittens?"
I looked into her eyes and said, "I didn't want to lose them, so I stuffed them into the toes of my boots."
--Canadian Trish Sinclair recently self-published a collection of her life stories.
If the Boot Fits, Wear It By Trish Sinclair
It was the first snow of winter—an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now, I had been able to dress myself for recess, but today I would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten teacher at Princess Elizabeth School near Hamilton, Ontario, had been through first snow days many times in her long career, but I think she may still remember this one.
I managed to get into my itchy wool snow pants. But I struggled with my jacket because it didn't fit well. It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and matching scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson help me with my boots. In her calm, motherly voice she said, "By the end of winter, you will all be able to put on your own boots."I didn't realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence.
I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected the adult to do all the work. After much wiggling and pushing, she managed to get the first one into place and then, with an audible sigh, worked the second one on too.
I announced, "They're on the wrong feet."With the grace that only experience can bring, she struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again. Then I said, "These aren't my boots, you know."As she pulled the offending boots from my feet, she still managed to look both helpful and interested. Once they were off, I said, "They're my brother's boots. My mother makes me wear them, and I hate them!"Somehow, from long years of practice, she managed to act as though I wasn't an annoying little girl. She pushed and shoved, less gently this time, and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet. With a great sigh of relief, seeing the end of her struggle with me, she asked, "Now, where are your mittens?"
I looked into her eyes and said, "I didn't want to lose them, so I stuffed them into the toes of my boots."
--Canadian Trish Sinclair recently self-published a collection of her life stories.
Recommendation
Last Thursday night we went to see The Tony Award Winning- 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
We love the National Spelling Bee. This play was written by someone who loves it too. Seeing this has been high on Kaitlin's to-do list since she first saw it advertised on the National Spelling Bee. We were thrilled when it came to our city.
We knew before hand that several would be chosen from the audience. We were relieved when none of us were called. I believe from the way they acted on stage that they were not surprised to be called.
There were 6 cast spellers and 4 from the audience. The other cast members were a pronouncer, an announcer and my favorite the comfort counselor. The comfort counselor was gangster who was assigned to do this as his community service.
The spellers spelled in order and their stories were told at the same time in a very clever way. The audience spellers were mixed in with the cast spellers.
The only questions that were asked the pronouncer were ' May I have a definition? and Can you use it in a sentence?' In the National Spelling Bee, when the spellers ask a question, the answer is given in a way to be a help to the speller. Not in this play and that led to many laughs. One word was 'cow'. The speller asked for the word to be used in a sentence. The sentence was 'There is a cow'.
You could tell when it was time for the audience spellers to go back to their original seats because their words got INCREDIBLY hard. All the audience spellers were off the stage but one. She went up to spell her INCREDIBLY hard word and shocker of all shocker, she spelled it correct! She was as stunned as the cast was. They all broke out into hearty laughter. She was called back up immediately to spell again. She was given an even more INCREDIBLY hard word. When she asked for a definition, she was told their wasn't one. (Lots of Laughter) As soon as she got one letter incorrect, the bell was rung and she was on her way back to her seat.
The cast spellers had their stories. One had a lisp, one was a scout, one wore a cape, one kept looking for her parents, but my favorite was the fat fellow. For being such a heavy fellow, he was light on his feet. He needed to be because most spellers use the placard that hangs around their neck to spell on but he used his magic foot. When given a word, he would spell it on the floor, in cursive, with his magic foot. Then he would spell the word looking at the floor like it was written there. This led to lots of laughs.
We all laughed so hard during this whole play. I hope we are able to see it again. If you have the opportunity to see it, you will not be disappointed.
In case you don't already have it on your calendar the National Spelling Bee begins on May 26 and ends on the 28th.
We love the National Spelling Bee. This play was written by someone who loves it too. Seeing this has been high on Kaitlin's to-do list since she first saw it advertised on the National Spelling Bee. We were thrilled when it came to our city.
We knew before hand that several would be chosen from the audience. We were relieved when none of us were called. I believe from the way they acted on stage that they were not surprised to be called.
There were 6 cast spellers and 4 from the audience. The other cast members were a pronouncer, an announcer and my favorite the comfort counselor. The comfort counselor was gangster who was assigned to do this as his community service.
The spellers spelled in order and their stories were told at the same time in a very clever way. The audience spellers were mixed in with the cast spellers.
The only questions that were asked the pronouncer were ' May I have a definition? and Can you use it in a sentence?' In the National Spelling Bee, when the spellers ask a question, the answer is given in a way to be a help to the speller. Not in this play and that led to many laughs. One word was 'cow'. The speller asked for the word to be used in a sentence. The sentence was 'There is a cow'.
You could tell when it was time for the audience spellers to go back to their original seats because their words got INCREDIBLY hard. All the audience spellers were off the stage but one. She went up to spell her INCREDIBLY hard word and shocker of all shocker, she spelled it correct! She was as stunned as the cast was. They all broke out into hearty laughter. She was called back up immediately to spell again. She was given an even more INCREDIBLY hard word. When she asked for a definition, she was told their wasn't one. (Lots of Laughter) As soon as she got one letter incorrect, the bell was rung and she was on her way back to her seat.
The cast spellers had their stories. One had a lisp, one was a scout, one wore a cape, one kept looking for her parents, but my favorite was the fat fellow. For being such a heavy fellow, he was light on his feet. He needed to be because most spellers use the placard that hangs around their neck to spell on but he used his magic foot. When given a word, he would spell it on the floor, in cursive, with his magic foot. Then he would spell the word looking at the floor like it was written there. This led to lots of laughs.
We all laughed so hard during this whole play. I hope we are able to see it again. If you have the opportunity to see it, you will not be disappointed.
In case you don't already have it on your calendar the National Spelling Bee begins on May 26 and ends on the 28th.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Grape Salad
Last week at Gladys's party Jan brought this salad. It is from her sister-in -law Marsha. It is fabulous and a little different.
Grape Salad
8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
8 oz. Sour Cream
½ cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
Grapes, seedless (Recipe calls for 4 lbs. I used 2 lbs.)
Beat the cream cheese and then add sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Add to the mixture the clean, seedless grapes. Pour into a 9 x 13 container.
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
Sprinkle the brown sugar and nuts on top. Refrigerate over night.
Note: I use light cream cheese, light sour cream and Splenda.
Grape Salad
8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
8 oz. Sour Cream
½ cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
Grapes, seedless (Recipe calls for 4 lbs. I used 2 lbs.)
Beat the cream cheese and then add sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Add to the mixture the clean, seedless grapes. Pour into a 9 x 13 container.
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
Sprinkle the brown sugar and nuts on top. Refrigerate over night.
Note: I use light cream cheese, light sour cream and Splenda.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A picture is worth a thousand words
Kaitlin has a blog She plans to put up some photos from each shoot. When she takes your pictures she gives you back your photos on a disk in a week. Now her goal is to have at least one of your pictures up on her blog in 24 hours. Check it out.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Recommendation from Andrew
http://www.rabbitroom.com/?p=668#more-668
This blog meant a lot to my son, Andrew. I thought you would like it too.
This blog meant a lot to my son, Andrew. I thought you would like it too.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Update on bathroom plus a recommendation
The tiling is done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is the new sink mostly done!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did I mentioned that Majel found a leak behind thewasher? Here is the hole the plumber cut today to fix the leak. We are to wash clothes as usual and see if it is really fixed. Ha! Wash clothes as usual, I haven't had a washer in a week- We'll be doing double time.
Sweet Carl was running out of undershirts on Monday of this week. He asked me what he could do about it. I told him that KimT recommended The Fun Wash to a friend of hers. He packed up his and my unmentionables and took them there. He picked them up that afternoon. There were clean and folded. I was impressed. I would highly recommend them.
Friday, January 25, 2008
What do you see when you look out your windows?
TaDa...my last new window was installed yesterday. It is beautiful. I can highly recommend The Hanke Brothers. They were very profession and polite. We are enjoying our view.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Recommended by Andrew
http://www.rabbitroom.com/?author=3 In my thimble full of knowledge about computers I haven't mastered it so that I can send you somewhere from my blog but I am always hopeful that this dog can learn some new tricks. The afore mentioned web address is for Andrew Peterson's blog for today. He is one of my Andrew's favorite artists. Andrew sent this to me today and I wanted to share it with you. Do any of you listen to Andrew Peterson?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Are you Famous???
We ate lunch today at Famous Dave's. It was wonderful. We got the Feast. It is a metal trash can with ribs, chicken, and brisket plus corn around the cob, corn muffins, slaw, baked beans, and french fries. It is pricey but we got to try lots of different meats, we got full, plus John has lots of leftovers We want to go again with Carl.
The wait staff has on name tags that say Famous and then their names. So they introduce themselves as Hello, I am Famous Ellen. That cracked me up. I need to work there and get a name tag.
The wait staff has on name tags that say Famous and then their names. So they introduce themselves as Hello, I am Famous Ellen. That cracked me up. I need to work there and get a name tag.
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