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You Know You're a Writer When?

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:09:00 -0600

Okay. So the hot water ran out on me in the shower this morning. I was trying to work out a problem in my plot! Lol!

Oh My! What Have I Done!

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:41:00 -0500

I've signed up for National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo). Which means I've committed myself to attempt to write 50,000 words during the month of November!! Fortunately, the goal here is quantity NOT quality! :) So I am going to do my best to churn out unedited uncritiqued unpremediated prose! :D

Happy Earth Day!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:36:00 -0500

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Your life is pretty green - and you know a lot about how to live an eco friendly life.<br />
So congratulate yourself for being good to the earth. And maybe think about implementing some of the ideas from this quiz!
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Countdown to Thanksgiving

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:31:00 -0500

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/DandelionSeeds/416829/

Thankful reading (Nov 1) – Psalm 136:1-9.

Ah, this has the feel of a true call and response: "for His steadfast love endures for ever!" Over and over. I think the Psalmist is trying to make a point! J Forever is quite a concept. Can you imagine? God loving you for ever and ever and ever......? And steadfast—dependable. You can ALWAYS count on God to be there for YOU. Awesome.

"O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever."

Thankful reading (Nov 2) – Psalm 106:1.

"Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!"

Madeleine L'Engle -- 1918-2007

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:03:00 -0500

One of my all-time favorite authors, Madeleine L'Engle Franklin, who wrote A Wrinkle in Time, has died. She passed away on September 6th at the age of 88.

http://www.madeleinelengle.com/news/

She wrote over 60 books for children and adults, fantasy-type stuff and straight fiction, nonfiction too--inspirational and autobiography, and poetry. She was my hero. Her Christian religion and her family were both very important to her. She came to her faith as a young adult and it underscores all her writing. (If you're not looking for it, you might not even notice it.) All her work is hopeful, optimistic.

If you haven't read any of her stuff, I highly recommend it. (Duh!) Some of my favorites are: The Small Rain (her very first book), The Love Letters, A Live Coal in the Sea. Also I love to read her autobiographies. The first one is A Circle of Quiet.

For quick reads try her so-called children's books (adults love them, too): A Wrinkle in Time, etc., etc.

For a complete list of her books you can go to her official website http://www.madeleinelengle.com/. If you want to know more about any book (though I haven't read absolutely ALL of them) or about her, ask away and I'll do my best to answer.

But DO go check out one of her books!

Okay, I Decided...It IS Too Early

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:07:00 -0500

...to start thinking about Christmas. I think I will wait until October 21st and start the Christmas Countdown http://organizedchristmas.com/christmas-countdown then. :)

106 Days to Christmas!!!

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:59:00 -0500

Is it too soon to start thinking about THAT? I haven't even got my homeschool courses for the year planned out yet! But I am bound and determined to have sacred Christmas season this year. And to me that means getting all the busy done and out of the early on so that when Advent arrives I--and my family--can WORSHIP!

If anyone cares to join me on this journey, you might check out http://organizedchristmas.com/

Merry Christmas! ;)

Learning God's Lessons

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:12:00 -0500

Raise your hand if this has ever happened to you. You have the next few days, weeks, months, whatever... all planned, then God hits you up the side of the head with something completely different, something that turns your plans and your little world completely upside down and is even downright painful. Alright, you can put your hands down now. And it really isn't necessary to jump up and down, waving your arm wildly! (Though it is nice to know I'm not the only one!)

As you've undoubtedly guessed, this has happened to me. In fact, it happened to me this summer. My neatly planned summer that I was looking forward to so eagerly took an ugly turn and I--to coin an expression--belly flopped right into a painful pool of family relationship issues. After a couple of months of floundering around in self-pity and "why me, God?" and downright agony and "what do we do, God?", I think I'm beginning to be able to dog paddle a little now. I think I may be moving on to the learning stage, learning what it is God has to teach me, discovering the way through this morass we found ourselves in. It is still way hard, but a small light bulb went on this morning. This will be the summer that God began an amazing growth in me.

I can't wait to see how it all turns out!

Commitment to Loveliness

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:43:00 -0500

In my quest for homemaking inspiration, I have stumbled on a few simply delightful refreshing blogs devoted to the lady's art of lovely homemaking. http://charmingthebirdsfromthetrees.blogspot.com/ has a sort of challenge to loveliness which she calls the "Commitment to Loveliness". You are asked to choose five tasks each week that will increase the loveliness in your life.

I have been feeling challenged in many areas of my life recently and must confess to having developed some very slovenly habits lately. It's not pretty! So this commitment seems very appropriate to me right now.

My Commitment to Loveliness for This Week:

1. Create a list of basic chores that MUST be taken care of daily or weekly (you know, things like feed the family, do the laundry, wash the dishes, make the bed......) and attend to them.

2. File current year's tax papers.

3. Deep clean master bathroom.

4. Wash windows, valances, and blinds.

Cleanliness is good, but where is the loveliness? How about......

5. Bringing a flower into the house for the dining table everyday.

Here is the post where you can read about the Commitment: http://charmingthebirdsfromthetrees.blogspot.com/2007/04/april-22nd.html

Summary of Part 3 of "Jumping Ship" in the Sep-Oct 2005 Issue of No Greater Joy Magazine

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:20:00 -0500

Adolescents see the real you. They know you better than you do yourself. The number one step--the ONLY step really--to parenting teens is to repent and experience revival within. An honest walk before the Lord, living out the joy of serving Him will bring your teens alongside you.

Your teens are your co-workers now. When they sense your honest love and caring, your eagerness for them to have great experiences, your enthusiasm for the Lord's work they will want to join you in that work. Be honest, listen, share, work hard, have fun. Repent and serve the Lord.