Under His Construction

• Feb. 8, 2008 - Tagged Again!

New blogger Melissa over at HoneyBee10269 (please go give her a warm welcome to the bloggy world) has tagged me with another fun tag. This one is centered around a favorite particular passion of mine - BOOKS! SO here are the rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.

2. Open the book to page 123.

3. Find the 5th sentence.

4. Post the next 3 sentences.

5. Tag 5 people.

The book I am using is a new favorite called 'How to be a Lady' by Harvey Newcomb written in 1850. I love this book! All you Principle Approachers out there will enjoy this little excerpt.

"The office of conscience is, to determine whether any thing you propose to do is agreeable to the rule, and to urge you, accordingly, to do it or not to do it. Suppose you wish to determine any thing is straight; you lay a rule upon it that you suppose to be straight, and if they agree, that settles the matter. Your eye, comparing the object with the rule, determines whether it is straight or not. But if the rule applied is crooked, your eye is deceived, and you misjudge."

Oh how I want to go on and share more! But I have already broke the rules by giving you 4 sentences instead of 3. So go out and get the book - you will not be sorry! Even if you only have boys - so much of what is shared is incredibly applicable to boys and girls (and mommies too!)

So now I am supposed to tag 5 people but since I just tagged 5 two posts ago I am going to leave this one open - please join in the fun if any of you wants to. I know I have many fellow book lovers that visit me here, so if you are one of them consider yourself tagged! ( :

• Feb. 8, 2008 - oh how true!

Posted by HoneyBee10269

Hi Mandi, I'm glad you shared 4 sentences...it needed the last sentence to complete the idea. And how true it is...makes you realize how important it is to make sure that the ideas or beliefs we have line up with God's Word...otherwise we can be mislead or decieved. Wonder if this book is in our library? I wouldn't consider myself a "rough" woman by any means...but don't know that I'm really all that "lady-like" either. I've never been one to enjoy being dressed up or being proper with the pinky extended while drinking tea sort of thing (in fact I don't even like tea!) and so it might be interesting to see what a lady is supposed to look and act like as opposed to my preconcieved image. :-) Thanks for playing and for welcoming me...I look forward to blogging with you more! Have a great day!

Melissa

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• Feb. 8, 2008 - tag

Posted by MominIreland

I did your tag. The first one, not the book one. :)

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• Feb. 9, 2008 - Thanks

Posted by MominIreland

for that encouragement about Ned! That made my day! :)

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• Feb. 10, 2008 - interesting book

Posted by Jennifer in OR

Mandi, that book does sound very interesting; I'll be looking for it. I may try this book meme, too, I love it! Hope you're settling in over there! How far north into Washington are you?

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• Feb. 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by onecrazymom

Melissa,
Yes - I thought so too - I just could not leave the 4th sentence off - it would have violated my conscience! LOL ! You will love this book and you will definitely be surprised by what is in it. Definitely more depth than tea and pinky etiquette like you would expect. I highly recommend it to all parents!

Barbara,
Thanks so much for playing along! I am so glad I was able to make your day! It just makes mine as well!

Jennifer,
Oh please do play along - I would love to see what you are reading! I highly encourage you to get your hands on this book - it is exceptional! A real gem! We are getting quite settled in here and it feels so good. We are right next to the Canadian border - very close to a Red Mountain and White Water ski resorts. I would so love to take a weekend ski trip - it has been years since I have had the opportunity to ski - I really miss it.

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