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YA Book Club

I cannot seem to get my book read for book club tomorrow night! It's a classic, which I tend to love, so it's not a content thing. I think it's just that I'm out of my reading time and space. Normally I read before I go to bed. I'm comfy, in bed, and I just read myself to sleep. Now that Miss Jane shares our bedroom, lights are off at 10 pm and I've been watching TV (or blogging =p) until I fall into bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get it finished!

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

While I have your attention, let me give a little plug for the book club. We read young adult fiction- some old titles, some new releases. Forever Young Adult is the website that we're organized through. We meet once a month. Right now we're meeting at Grind House Bar & Grill in Clearwater, usually on a Monday night. If you are in the Tampa Bay area and enjoy reading young adult fiction, you should join us! We do all actually read the books and discuss them.

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Pumking!

from September 17, 2012~ One word- Pumking! Fall is so almost here and I haven't had anything pumpkin yet. I made cinnamon sugar cookies yesterday and that's been the closest to autumn food I've had this year. We had our book club tonight. We meet at Brew Garden. When I walked up, Amber had this gorgeous round glass filled with a rich copper-orange beverage and rimmed with cinnamon and sugar. I had to have one... enter the Pumking! It's a pumpkin ale that taste great on it's own, but paired with that cinnamon and sugar- amazing! I feel like I showed great restraint in limiting myself to 2. That's going to be my drink this fall. And I'm not that much of a drinker so that means I'll probably only end up having it a couple times more before it disappears. Still, here in Florida we cling to signs of other seasons and this just made my night, oh, and the great book discussion. =P (It was an apocalypse type book. Our conversation was disturbing and animated enough to elicit a comment from a nearby table. Success!)

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Book Club

Monday, July 30, 2012~

Photographing stuff for TVC

Forever YA book club meeting tonight! We're discussing Howl's Moving Castle. I read it years ago and didn't have time to reread it before the meeting so I'm hoping my memory will serve me well. A nice cold Hoegaarden should help!

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3 Amigos

Monday, July 16th~

Bedtime story with Grandma was probably the kids' favorite time of the day

Today we started going through things again. It's a bit of a challenge to do all this and also keep an eye on kiddos. They can play nicely, but they're loud and still have to monitored. Julian can be a bit aggressive when the younger kids do something he doesn't like. He thinks smothering is an acceptable form of conflict resolution- not good! We have to work on that before school starts.

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Christy

from Sunday, June 10, 2012~

This cover needs a serious update!

Still not packed. I'm rereading Christy and it's totally sucked me in. I'm no good for anything now! Such great little spiritual nuggets in this book. Here's a passage that I really liked:

I might have felt unimportant pitted against the awesome might of the mountains. I did not. Rather, on that mountain top I found something important that I had never known before: an awareness of a vital connection between me and the Authority behind all this beauty.

I remembered my conversation with Dr. McNeill...He had said that he believed in some "starter-force" but that he could not credit a loving God with concern for individuals. But the "starter-force" behind the magnificence displayed before my wondering eyes had an authority behind it that could be no abstraction, for it had immediacy - known and felt. Now I knew how to answer the Doctor's question. Call this what you might...it was personal all right. It thrust deep into me. It pulled. And it insisted that life was precious - all life - Fairlight and I, and every bird and every squirrel and every tree... It cried that all effort is worthwhile; that doubt and fear and discouragement were a desecration of beauty, that hope was always right. It insisted that small achievement was not enough; that hopes and dreams must be large enough to stand up beside those soaring summits and not one bow their heads in shame.

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Is the Bible just a book of rules?

Tuesday, May 8, 2012~

"Now, some people think the Bible is a book of rules, telling you what you should and shouldn't do. The Bible certainly does have some rules in it. They show you how life works best. But the Bible isn't mainly about you and what you should be doing. It's about God and what He has done.

Other people think the Bible is a book of heroes, showing you people you should copy. The Bible does have some heroes in it, but most of the people in the Bible aren't heroes at all. They make some big mistakes (sometimes on purpose). They get afraid and run away. At times they are down right mean.

No, the Bible isn't a book of rules, or a book of heroes. The Bible is most of all a Story. It's an adventure story about a young Hero who comes from a far country to win back His lost treasure. It's a love story about a brave Prince who leaves His palace, His throne- everything- to rescue the one He loves. It's like the most wonderful fairy tale that has come true in real life!

You see, the best thing about this Story is-it's true. There are lots of stories in the Bible, but all the stories are telling one Big Story. The Story of how God loves His children and comes to rescue them.

It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby. Every Story in the Bible whispers His name. He is like the missing piece in the puzzle- the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together, and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture."

- from The Jesus Storybook Bible

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Marriage Assessment

Thursday, April 19~

I'm almost always in a book or Bible study of some sort. Right now we're reading one of Lysa TerKeurst's. She wrote this fantastic marriage relationship inventory that really grabbed my attention! I have to share it.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Assessment

Am I patient with my spouse? (I am flexible and understanding.) EPHESIANS 4:2-3

Am I kind to my spouse? (I am kind in thought, words, and actions toward them.) EPHESIANS 4:31-32

Am I supportive (not envious) with my spouse? (I do not keep score when I feel I do more.) JAMES 3:16-18

Am I encouraging (not boastful) to my spouse? (I do not brag about my accomplishments while downplaying theirs.) HEBREWS 3:13

Am I humble (not proud) with my spouse? (I do not think my agenda is more important than my spouse’s agenda.) 1 PETER 5:6

Am I gracious (not rude) to my spouse? (I build up my spouse with my words spoken in private and public.) EPHESIANS 4:29

Am I selfless (not self-seeking) with my spouse? (I focus on my spouse’s needs and wants and balance them with my own.) PHILIPPIANS 2:3-4

Am I self-controlled (not easily angered) with my spouse? (I do not have a short fuse or quick temper.) PROVERBS 15:1

Am I able to forgive and let go (keeping no record of wrongs) with my spouse’s shortcomings? (I do not use my spouse’s past shortcomings as ammunition in today’s disagreements or allow these things to taint our communication today.) COLOSSIANS3:12-14

Do I delight in being faithful to God (not delighting in evil)? (I seek to live a pure life and choose not to flirt with sin.) EPHESIANS 4:1

Do I rejoice with the truth? (I actively pursue God’s truth over Satan’s lies.) JOHN 8:31-32

Do I seek to protect my spouse? (I fill in the gaps where they feel weak and
vulnerable.) 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11

Do I trust my spouse? (I give my spouse the benefit of the doubt.) 1 PETER 3:8

Do I keep hope alive in my marriage? (I trust God with “our” future, not “my” future.) JEREMIAH 29:11

Do I persevere in my marriage? (I look for solutions to problems rather than look for a way out.) MATTHEW 5:33

Am I devoted to the permanence of our marriage? (I believe that divorce is not an option for us.) MALACHI 2:16

In the scramble of handling all the details of a life full of little people, romance and love can sometimes take a backseat. We have to not only be intentional with our active love, but also be intentional about keeping our love fresh, exciting, and fun. You can’t compare your circumstances and relationship with others; that will only serve to drain and discourage you.
Keep your focus on making your marriage the best it can be. It is what you put into your marriage that you’ll be able to pull out of your marriage. The grass isn’t greener on the other side; it is greener where you water and fertilize it. -Lysa TerKeurst

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Doesn't Take Much to Make Me Happy

Monday, April 16, 2012~


Yes, this is my messy bookshelf.

Went to my FYA book club meeting tonight. It was a small group, but the discussion book was good so we had lots to talk about. We meet at the Brew Garden so I had to order a Hoegaarden. It would have been rude not to. =p Today really has been decent for a Monday. Tomorrow starts with body sculpting class so it will be off to a good start as well.

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