How! (now you answer with Ugg!)

The MOM
Guess what! Now I have a dog story. Mine is tragic I will warn you. My beagle-doschund mix had puppies on Christmas Eve, seven to be exact. As usual two puppies died pretty quickly but that is normal in a big litter. The runts often die. Emy, I know it is sad. But since Monday we have had 6 die. Dad expects the last on to die tomorrow. I am not sure why they are all dieing. We think it is b/c Violet(their mom) has laid on them. It is winter so we put a blanket in the dog house and puppies get under the blanket and Vi doesn't know they are there and it is all over bad. She usually doesn't lie on this many tho. Maybe something else was wrong with the pups. Yes, Emy, I really am sad. Wow this is actualy a short post. It may grow in length as the night tarries on but for now this is the end. :SMOOCH:Lady

Christmas time is here...er...was

Hi ya'll I hope you have had a wondermous Christmas I most certainly did. Let me seee. The presents that I presented to my siblings were all happily recieved. All but Nopee that is. She has issues with thankfulness. J. Alan loved his puzzle but I think even more he loved Beanie's book. She did as well. I wish I had caught her face with my camera. But right now I have no clue where the charger for it is. Snap dragons! Continuing onward into my post...I do believe that every household should have a child of about two or three with them on Christmas day. I have never before seen such delighted faces. Beans Louise is very expressive. She makes the funniest noises and faces. Mom liked the shirt I got for her and Katy's present was a hit as well. Wounded Soldier loved his present. I got him Risk for the computer. Now, to his delight as well as our own. he needs no one to play the game with him.

This is the day after Christmas and so I will list everything(ok just some of the things) that I recieved. I didn't know what to ask for so people were pretty much on their own as far as what to get me. I got two song books. One is some pretty renditions of hyms the other is from Amazing Grace the movie. It has a bunch of songs that were inspired by (?) the move. It isn't a score book though. I recieved a string of realy pearls. They are beautimous. A Jon Deer hat. I wore that all day yesterday. I have a shot gun in a box. Yes my dear friends, I now have my very own shot gun. It isn't put together but she is pretty in the box. Wood stock and everything. ;l My grandpa gave me his old lappy. It is old but it works and I have some photo softwere as well as some good Bible softwere already on it. Woo hoo! I am liking having it. I did my spelling on it this morning. ;-D Last but not least after everything was opened mom came out with money. Each of us kids got $100 in ones. We are to use it on whatever we wish. I think I may tithe and then put it all in savings. I have spent so much money this Christmas season! Eeek! It was worth it though. Every one liked what they got from me.

After breakfast before presents Daddy read the Christmas story from Luke and then about the wisemen in Matthew. This year we ate cold cereal. I love cold cereal. Frosted shredded wheat is the best. Yumm-o. I think this Christmas went very well. No one is on a let down b/c their attitude was wrong. And I don't think we went too overboard with presents. ;L not too bad any way. God is good. I had my family with me. Grandpa was in from Podunk. The only downside is that my other grandparents didn't come over to watch us open presents like they usually do. :-( We went to their house for dinner after our Christmas frenzie and spent the whole afternoon there. I had a nap that afternoon. That was GREAT! Hmmm. Oh! And the kids got a teeter totter. It is a major teeter-totter. Twas big.

Well it is all over and I am not on some low. I am just as happy, no happier, now than before. What a joy.

I almost forgot. My bell choir rang in the Christmas Eve service. They did a wonderful job. We rang "Little Drummer Boy" they ring it throught twice. The first time was reallly good for them but by the second time around they were at "Oh LOOK! There are people out there!" (Our church was packed. It was a little less than usually but, still VERY full) So they sorta forgot to look at me and it got a little rough but over all it went very well. I am proud of them. Ok I think I am done now.

Christmas Presents

Dad, Beanie and I went shopping this morning. I got another peice to add to mom's present and some stuff for the child whose name I drew. That person was revealed to me this morning. We lost the original list so we had to go by what Katy had figured which was, at least in part, incorrect. She thought she had figured my person but nOo. That threw the whole thing off.

We went to SDC on Thursday and had a wonderful time. The bitties were pretty good but, they sure were ready to go home when we finally did leave. Nope was our only whiner. We went shopping before we went to the park. I got a birthday present for a freind and a Christmas present for a family member at GAP. We looked for bitty shoes at the 3 childrens clothing stores but twas of no avail. None had any for us.
At SDC we watched their version of Dickens ACC. Tis funny. This year they had the much needed change of music for the big Christmas tree to "dance" to. Beanie loved all the lights and she danced to the music throughout the park. She wanted to ride the frogs but when I set her in the seat (after waiting a fair peice with her all excited) she came apart. No froggy, No froggy, NOOOO! So much for that.

The ride home was exciting-ish. Dad VERY tired. We turned on the music and used every other device possible to keep him awake. He hit his face, splashed water on it and his head, then in a finaly attempt danced to Adam Steffy. The latter was quite funny to watch. After a while we stopped and dad got out walked around, ate hot food. I stayed in the car with the sleeping children and was soon pretty much asleep myself. I was of no use the rest of the trip home. My eyes were mad a me for forcing them to stay open for so long so I gave in and let them have their way. We arrived home all in once peice without any intersting manuvers done by the driver that I know of. Did I mention that this was all in fog? The fog was thick and only in patches. We would have to slow down to get through the fog and then come up to speed only to be met by another patch. Daddy's poor eyes were sick of straining.

Today we are off to Grandpa's. We are staying the night and going to church with him tomorrow. I am excited. There are some people there I haven't see since last time I was there in August.

Blow ups

Beanie had a come apart for hmmm, 10-15 minutes. She wanted to go outside with dad and J. Alan. They were blowin' up the blow ups. Thing is, she's scared of the blow ups. Plus it is chilly outside. Beans Louise didn't care. She still wanted to go outside. So she cried and cried and screamed and screamed and called for dad and screamed and cried for a good long time. Finally I was done and, not gently as I should have, stuck her in bed! No more screamin'. When I came to get her the noise had gone down a few decibels and understood no more fit pitchin. Good Night that child!

Tomorrow we (2G and I) have a recital. I found out about it yesterday. After that I am going to my cleaning job then off to church to see my Awana kids. It has been two weeks since I have been there. I am ready to go back.

My family is watching the old cartoon Grinch this evening while mom is at a Sunday School party. Ooo "the" song is on. I can hear it.

I wan't ya'll to read Ephesians 4:29-32 AND 5:1-13. Then comment me about it.

Romans 3:24

..being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus... Romans 3:24
In the first to chapters of Romans the Apostle Paul has laid the foundation to understanding the hope of the Gospel. He has driven home One: every man stands guilty before God with out any hope of gaining goodness and two God demands perfect righteousness from man in order for there to be fellowship between the two. If this is where Paul stopped man would be hopeless. He would be guilty with no hope of clearing his name therefore unable to fellowship with his Creator.

In verses 21-23 the hope is being revealed to us. First, the righteousness of God is made manifest in Christ. Second, that righteousness is given to all who have faith in Christ. Third, again it is iterated "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" we are in a hopeless position.

There are four key words in verse four that should be examined.

Justified - God has declared innocent/just those who have faith in His son Jesus Christ. He has not only forgiven, which is good and what we need, but has also declared righteous/ good.

Remember that we have no righteousness of our own. Never have never will but most often we believe in our "I'm a good person" religion. Think of it this way. I come up to you and ask you how I like my new coat. Truth is I don't have a coat on. You might smile and back away slowly thinking "you've lost your mind" maybe you'll say some polite lie about how much you like it. When we confess our self righteousness it as if we are going to God and saying "Do you like my new coat (righteousness)" and God isn't polite about it He comes right out and says " You don't have one. There is no coat on you body. I can't see any." It isn't there. You see there is no way that we can make our own coat. There is no way that we can come to God via our own works. (Romans 3:20) We are guilty before a holy God and there is NO GOOD IN US. (Romans3:10) But God can give us a coat. When we come to Him broken and understanding our sinfulness and our need for a savior God says " Look I have a coat for you. It is My son's. Take it and put it on by faith" When we do put it on God justifies us. He sees, not our sin, but rather the righteousness of Christ. He imputes to us the righteousness of His son and decrees us innocent.

Freely- a gift, without cost

We have been justified freely. It is a gift. God gives us that coat. When some one hands you a present in a sincerity do you smile and nod with your hands behind you back while you slowly walk a way? I know you talk of how nice the giver was in thinking of you and speak of how beautiful the presents wrapping is or, if you know what the present is, you speak of it's beauty right? What kind of psycho does that? No we reach out and grab the present and thank the giver. We don't just stand there. Nor do we try to give a twenty to the person who is trying to give the gift. To do so is to insult the giver! God has offered the present of His son. He doesn't want you to extol on the beauty of the idea of a savior, for you to tell Him that you believe that everyone should be saved, or that you go to church and believe Jesus. He wants you to take the gift. You also can't try to exchange works for the gift. You can't put so many hours of ministry into a box and try to swap presents with God. We have nothing to offer Him. Remember we need His coat!

Grace- God lavishes His blessings on those who don't deserve it

1) God's Grace is sovereign. He chooses whom He wills to draw and save and so pour out His grace upon.

2) His grace is unconditional. We can't attract God's attention to ourselves or make Him want to bless us. We don't deserve it. It's in the definition. The angels cannot understand the mystery of God's grace. They do not know why God would place such favor on sinful man. Angels understand hell. Were you to ask one about it they would tell you that it was an easy thing to explain. God is holy and just and we are sinners whose sin needs to be punished. God needed someway to punish sin so there is Hell. They just can't understand unconditional Grace.

3) God's grace is costly. Salvation is free to us but it cost Heaven's treasure, Christ. Jesus stripped Himself of His glory to live among sinful man and died a death worse than anything that we can fathom for us. The cost was great.

Redemption- to buy and bring home and embrace

God has bought us with His blood. He forgave us and then instead of leaving us to our own devices took us home and made us His children. Hosea and Gomers story illustrates God's redeeming love. God told Hosea "Get married". Hosea said "ok". God said " I picked a girl out for you. Her name is Gomer" Hosea was skeptical knowing that she wasn't a chaste woman but obeyed and married her. They had three children: Don't think she is mine, Pretty sure she isn't, and Definitely ain't my kid. Gomer ran away and Hosea looked and looked for her then one day in the market place Hosea saw her on the auction block being sold as a slave. She looked hideous. She had lived a hard life and had been with many men as a harlot. But God told Hosea to buy her. The cost was great. Hosea sold everything to get his wife back. God gave up His most precious possession to get us. He gave His son. We looked awful, we smelled, we had been with many other lovers yet God bought us and made us His children. He Redeemed us through Christ.*

God has justified us freely and lavished His grace upon us. He has bought us out of the gates of Sheol and sets us before His throne. Rather God is willing that the former should be Your story but if you have not come to the understanding that you are a sinner and you have no hope outside of Christ and have therefore bowed before the Creator of the universe and asked for His forgiveness and trusted Christ as your savior then all of this is foolishness to you and you need Jesus. Everything that I said about hell. It's true. All that about being guilty. It's true. You need Jesus to rescue you. Only He can.

*This blog post was based on a sermon my Dale Thompson preached Sunday, December 16,2007.

Lizzy Bob

Tonight we took my car to the play. We being mom and I. Well as ya'll know my car is old. A 1978 Ford Futura to be exact. It doesn't start easily. She(the car) needs time to warm up. When we were getting ready to leave mom tried to start the car about half a dozen times and it would keep running. Lou~La~Belle and her guy are cracking up while they are loading the car next to me. (You see being unable to keep the engine going is, apparently, funny.)Finally the car keeps running and we pull out and she dies again. We, the four of us, those inside the car and out, were all laughing so hard. But this story isn't translating to paper, er, blog well. Anyway the car is started and as we head down the road I start jerking all the stuff away from my feet. Mom looked at me like I had gone mad. My feet were getting wet. Yes that is right ladies and gents my car leaks at the passenger side feet. It turns out it doesn't leak that badly and my stuff probably wouldn't have gotten wet but I didn't know that when I was jerking clothes out of the floor! Oh and the windshield wipers are.... they need to be changed and it has an exhaust leak. Tada isn't she a bute! Well once she gets going she does well.

All went beautifully at the play tonight. Sadness at it being our last performance. Jolene made a beautiful video of the whole thing for Joanna and Joseph. We got presents. A lot of people we knew came. I missed my last carol in an attempt to get the stage set up for the Crachets. I have some funny pictures of Joel and me as Ebenezer and Belle. I hate my bonnet when it is on my head. I think it looks tacky. Did I take it off for any of my pictures? No. So yes I look quite tacky in all of them. I laugh when I see myself on video. I think it is funny when I fake cry! Joanna asked if I cried tonight in my scene cause it sounded like it. That made me feel good cause I can't conjure up tears. Sound effects yes, tears, no. I added lines last night and again tonight and they worked great. ;D

Thanks Meaggy T for your work to my blog. I love it. :smooch:

Everyone go say something nice to Emy cause she was crying when I left her tonight.

Pray. My bell choir is practicing for the first time in two weeks tomorrow. We have two practices till Christmas Eve service!

I'm here!

I figure ya'll deserve a real post considering the last one I wrote was accidentally deleted. ;f I know tis a tragedy.

Last night Lady Lana three of her brothers.

OOO that makes a lot of sense. As I was called to join my family, I was unable to finish this post on the day that I started it. Now then,.. Lana and her bros did come on Sunday night to ACC. The dear girl stayed and told us a story. Twas delightful. Mr.M told her to move up stairs so that her followers would change into civilian clothes again. Her poor brothers were left to their own devices downstairs. Sorry guys we just don't ge to see her often.

On to last night! Last night we decorated our Christmas tree. It is beautimous. All we have for ornaments are ones that we have gotten on Christmas's past and some that have been made by various children. Every year on Christmas eve we get jammies and an ornament. I wonder what they look like this year.


Now today's news. This morning we went to the dentist. NO CAVITIES! WOoohooo! Then we were off the the Solid Rock. We saw Joel. He was working. Mom honked at him but it didn't scare him like I hoped. Drat. While we were there we bought a Veggi Tales nativity like the one that the bitties played with at church. They love it but mom and I have just about had enough of Jr Asparagus's "O Little Town of Bethlehem". Some times that song sounds like Beanie cryin' in her bed. This afternoon the monster of J.Alan wouldn't go to bed so in our last attempt to quell his energies I went and laid down by him. It worked but it also sent me in to a delightful, deep slumber. I awoke at four to "Get Beanie". She was awake too apparently.

Yummy there are sweet potatoes in the oven as well as acorn squash. Green beans are on the stove to go with our orange food. Breakfast was yummy today b/c mom made Paula Deen's praline french toast casserole. Talk about tasty(not to mention fattening)! Yummers! Mom was on this really cool website last night when she got the casserole recipe. I don't remember the name of it but it had this thing that would automatically change the ingredient amounts according to how many you needed to feed. You just put in the number of servings and it cuts or adds it all up. Nice it was.

Wow, tired, excited....

Paul Washer

More controversial stuff. Ya I know I should quite but......

http://bloodtippedears.blogspot.com/2007/11/christ-commands-to-make-disciples-not.html

I have only watched the first video but we like Word Pictures. The man speaking is from the show. They(Word Pictures) have some good stuff that even Lana (cuase you like Piper) and Meaggy(cause you like Bro. Dale) won't disagree with. ;D

Worship Music

Jesus Just Wants To Give You A Hug?
Over thirty years ago, the great philosopher Paul McCartney asked, “What’s wrong with silly love songs?” Having given this over three decades of serious consideration (OK, at least several months), I have Sir McCartney’s answer.It depends.If you want to fill the world with silly love songs, there’s nothing wrong with that. But if you want to fill the church with them, I say, “Stop it!”Tune into your “get you through your day” Christian music station and you will hear grown men, whining like love sick puppies, “Nothing else can take your place, or feel the warmth of your embrace.” Who are they singing to? The One who holds the universe together by the power of His word, or a chick?Take the QuizHere are six phrases from six contemporary songs. Can you pick which phrases belong to secular songs and which to the sacred?1. All I need to do is just be me, being in love with you.2. My world stops spinning round, without you.3. I never want to leave; I want to stay in your warm embrace.4. I’m lost in love.5. Now and forever, together and all that I feel, here's my love for you.6. You say you love me just as I am.The first three are from a popular Christian band called Big Daddy Weave, the second half are from Air Supply.More and more of our Christian music is sounding one note: Jesus loves you soooooo much. Do I doubt for a second that Jesus loves His children? Nope, but it depends on what your definition of “love” is.God “agape” loves His children. Agape love is not an emotions based, warm and fuzzy kind of love. Agape love is a self sacrificing, “I will help you despite how I feel” love.William Tyndale was the first translator to use the word “love” for agape. Prior to the 16th century, the word “charity” best described agape. Leaving that debate aside, since Tyndale’s time, the English definition for love has expanded. Our modern day use of love ranges from a love for an object to physical love/sex (eros love). I love that new car. I love that girl. I love that God. That God loves me.Not only do we use “love” in romantic ways to sing about God, we have added other romantic phrases to our Christian music repertoire: hold me, embrace me, feel you, need you. This criticism is not new, in fact, it has existed since Godly men began endeavoring to sing anything but the Psalms.John Wesley considered an “amatory phrase” to be language that was more feelings based love than self-sacrificing agape love. John deleted “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” from one of his brother Charles’ collections because it was too romantic sounding.Amatory PhrasingNot only are musicians guilty of writing amatory phrases, but they are singing with amatory phrasing. Christian men sing with such romantic longing and neediness it makes me want to scream, “Man up!”Christian women are singing with such throaty breathiness you would think they had just run from their home to the studio. To whom exactly are they singing? Brad Pitt or the Savior?There are two consequences to this “Jesus is my boyfriend/girlfriend” music. Needy, emotional women continue to need more counseling, self help books and conferences where they can spread their wings and soar. Men simply are not showing up for church. It is my belief they simply can’t stand the mood manipulating worship times designed to help them “feel the Lord’s embrace.”Musical MermaidsWithout theology in music, we are offering fluff that will not comfort when bridges collapse and test reports are negative. Songwriters could provide true hope if they would write about the sovereignty of God rather than crying about “how safe I feel when Jesus is holding me.”Charles Spurgeon had the same criticism of “Hymns for Heart and Voice” published in 1855. He condemned the hymns as being “little better than mermaids, nice to look at but dangerous because they cannot deliver what they promise.”Is there anything wrong with being reminded that our God is our help from ages past? Of course not, the Psalms are loaded with promises of God’s comfort. But unlike the Psalms (and theology based hymns), contemporary music is void of the reason why we should not worry. We do not worry because someone purrs that we shouldn’t fret, but because God is our shelter in the stormy blast and our eternal home. Our comfort comes from knowledge, not caterwauling.If you enjoy a silly love song now and then, knock yourself out. But leave them where they belong, in the world or in the bedroom, not in the church.
Posted by J & J Bible Ministry, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Rock on! The site link is on my side bar. Check it out is has a ton of cool stuff. Sound doctrine is stinkin' awesome!

Brandon and Nopey

This is gonna be short but I wanted to update.

Today we got onto the topic of Nicole and Brandon. Nopey for some odd reason, will not believe that there is a "Brandon and Nicole". She kept sayin' "NO. They are not. I won't believe it till she tells me." Mind you that at our house Nicole and Brandon have been a topic of discussion for a while now. She has know for over a month now that they were "gonna get married"(not anytime soon; with officialness comes eventual marriage. Understood. Good). So she doesn't believe me. Well not quite anyway.

See I told you I was gonna be brief. Mom didn't think I could. It is only a ONE(ish) paragraph post. Ha-ha-haaaaa. I did it!

Ok I am done. Love ya'll

Quotes

My grandpa sent me quotes for Thomas A. Kempis ( Imitation of Christ). I thought that I would post some. I have found that they make me feel guilty which, is a good thing. Though, truly, I should live my life above such reproach. This blog post is my "something for the public good".

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others for thou has many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou are not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

(Does anyone else struggle with this one?)

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

The quotes were found on This website.

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Tonight is PP. Yeah. Chemistry went well today. I understood it all. That makes me happy.

Thank you Tony for helping me make a 3D pyramid with a piece of paper. ;D Can you tell that geometry isn't my thing? Ok so it's just graphing and apparently making things with my hands. It takes some major brain power for me to graph anything. I don't understand why. It is a picture. You think that drawing basic geometric shapes would be easy!

Moving on..... I hear that senior Patriots got creamed at the tournament. I don't have particulars.

Oh!!!!!! Something very exciting happened on Saturday. Back story coming right up.

There is a lady in my mom's Sunday School class whose husband has had brain tumors. Doctors have gone in and removed that tumors at various times and b/c of the frequency of removing them, left out a piece of his scull in order that they could more easily get in just in case they had to remove more. Well this last summer the doctors decided that they would put back into place this man's bone. His body rejected it. Now he is having to have antibiotic and all these special things and his wife (the lady in mom's class) is having to stay home to take care of him. All of these happenings have put a financial strain on this family.

The lady was telling about her situation in SS one morning and it got the other ladies to thinking upon how they could help her out. They came up with having a garage sale. And that they did last Saturday. Ya'll should have seen the amount of stuff went to that garage sale. My house became a drop off point b/c of its location so we saw much of it. We took a full size bed full, a suburban full, and two or three loads in the small-bed truck, of things donated to be in the garage sale and people were dropping stuff off at the site of the sale as well!

Here is the cool part. On Saturday, this one day garage sale made $1,100.01. What makes it awesome is that the ladies had prayed that they would make a $1000! (mom didn't know that 'till afterward) Most of the items were marked at $1. Mom said that they probably sold $800 dollars in $1 items. It has to be a God thing that they made so much money. At 2:30 when everything was being packed up people were still trying to look! So God is good all the time and all the time God IS GOOD!

'K ya'll that rocks my socks off!

Happy Birthday Hannah!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to work this morning or I would have had this up sooner. I pray that you would have a WONDERFUL birthday with none embarrassing you tooo much. But just a little would be good I am sure. LOL

*Smooch* Lady

Star wars

Today at nap time J. Alan asked to listen to Star Wars. I had told him that we would listen to my MP3 player. He sang right along with the Star Wars theme. Twas so stinkin' cute! Besides Taggs, do all 3yos know SW to the point of being able to sing it? I also introduced him to bluegrass. We listened to "Honey in the Rock". It happens to be a comical song that is partially sung with the zerbert sound. He absolutely loved it!

Jelly threw up all night. :( Sadness. She was all fun and games this morning so we think she is all better now.

Yesterday in Chem we all didn't get to finish are experiment b/c this machine that we were to use broke. Hopefully next week. I almost cried in class b/c Mr. Herb did this skit about the 10 lepers that Jesus healed and the 1 coming back. I'm not sure why.

My brother pulled a tooth that was going to have to be pulled (now he only has 5 that need to be cut out) in order to get $50. Ya'll shoulda heard him scream! Good night the boy has one powerful set of lungs, though I don't believe that anyone can beat Beanie.

Now I am going to venture to show that same brother all of the Hobbbottom films. I dearly think that it should invoke great pleasure to his young being.

Night Ya'll

Star wars

Patriot Basketball

Wow they mean small when they say it! That last one is itty bitty. I took a good number of pictures but none of them are really any good. The first one on the page cracks me up. It coulda been so good. It is clear and bright enough{(mind you the only one that was clear and bright w/o editing softwere) but there is a basketball in the way. Who woulda figured as a basketball would get in the way at a basketball game? I am sure I never would have. LOL

What a wretched place would heaven be!

What a wretched place would heaven be!

(Jonathan Edwards, "The Way of Holiness")

"Nothing impure will ever enter it." Revelation 21:27

Everyone hopes for heaven--and if everyone who hoped for heaven actually went there--heaven would be full of murderers, adulterers, swearers, drunkards, and thieves!It would be full of all manner of wickedness and wicked men--those who are no better than wild beasts, howling wolves, and poisonous serpents. Yes, heaven would be full of incarnate devils! What a wretched place would heaven be--if it were so! That pure, undefiled, glorious place--would be turned into a hell. There would be no happiness there for those who are holy--if they were all mixed up together with wicked men and devils! How would one unsanctified person interrupt their happiness--and fill those regions with the loathsome stench of his sin and filthiness!It is impossible that a God of infinite holiness, who is perfect and hates sin with perfect hatred, who is infinitely lovely and excellent--could embrace in His arms--a filthy, abominable creature, a hideous, detestable monster, more hateful than a toad and more poisonous than a viper! So hateful, base, and abominable--is every unsanctified man!What a pitiable, miserable condition are they in--to step out of this world into an uncertain eternity, with an expectation of finding themselves exceedingly happy and blessed in heaven--and all at once find themselves undeceived--and sinking in the bottomless pit!

Are you to be pitied?

Hayride!

Ya'll I had a blast last night. We went out into the middle of nowhere to have a bonfire and a hayride and sing songs and just to be with other Jesus lovers. It was great. We started singing while on the hayride and J. Alan wanted to sing Jesus loves me. So we did and then he wanted to sing Deep and wide and so we did. But then he wanted Jesus love me again and since we are nice peoples we sang it again. It didn't satisfy him though he kept wanting to sing that song. He loves it. He looked up at me with his big excited eyes and whispered "Let's sing all the Jesus songs!". I of course had to check into that with "What Jesus songs?". The reply "Jesus Loves Me".

Jazzy. I had met her before but I learned about her by experience yesterday. Talk about more fun than a barrel of monkeys! Lou~La~Belle got to be with her guy. Yeah for them!!!!! I am being genuine!

Mr. David spoke on the faithfulness of God. We did the "God is good" repeat thing with faithfulness and merciful in place of good. God is faithful. The examples of His faithfulness are endless.

Have I ever mentioned that I love the book of Romans? I do. Our pastor is going through Romans on Sunday Mornings. He has been preachin' some pretty awesome sermons and this morning was no exceptions. It was on Romans 2: 17-29 and self righteousness. Right now we are at the bad news. The bad news of condemnation. We are all sinners. Soon we will come to the beauty of Christ's finished work on the cross (what that means) and b/c of the foundation that is being laid we will hopefully, appreciate it all the more. You have to be lost and know it to be saved.

Sorry about the ginormous gap in between posts.

Lady

Beanie

Has anyone ever had a bitty come up to you with an upturned head, sweet laughing eyes, and a toothy grin just to say "eeeww"? Beanie did that to me this morning it means "change my britches". She is so snap dragons cute!

I found a new way to warm myself up in the winter time. I do believe it is the best plan that I have come with yet. Dudududuh! Stick your head in the dryer! Ok before you freak out let me explain. You see upon emptying the dryer hug the clothes while they are yet in the dryer and just lay there for a minute then remove the clothes and ideally proceed to fold them. Mom said I was weird when I told her. I should have returned the comment with "weird but warm!" But of course I don't every think of witty (please be generous and allow me the use of the word) remarks when I could use them.

Play practice yesterday went well I supposed. We are up to two nights a week for practice now. When all of our line are learned, coujgh ceolough, then it might go more smoothly. We sat and watched the movie of last year while scenes of people were having one-on-one time with Joanna and during the middle of the movie I noticed that I had knit five rows with out realizing that I had lost some stitches. I was interesting to look at. I then proceeded to take it all out and do it again. Yucky!

I have laundry that needs to be folded.

Lady

p.s. What should I write my CtB article on? Lana after you read my writing you may say thank youbutdon'tsubmittanythingtouseveragain, so don't expect greatness or anything close to it.

Puple people eater

The song was written and recorded by Sheb Wooley in 1958. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE That's the song on! Ya'll need to teach us computer illiterate people how to do the link like Lana did. Tis cool the way you did it.

Last night we went to the two dollar theatre and watched Ratatouille! It was fun. I liked it but it stressed me out. I know, I know how can a movie about a little furry creature that talks and cooks stress you out? Well he kept doing stupid things, he paid for it but, he kept on doing it and I new that disaster was gonna strike and the consequences must be reaped. So it stressed me out. Some "I love Lucy" episodes do it to me too. Over all the movie was cute. By the end I and I think the rest of my family was ready to have the plot resolved. It seemed a little too drawn out. Maybe I was just tired. The was quite a bit of wine drinking in the movie and the main human character does get drunk. He claims he doesn't drink much but the boss makes him drunk to try to find out about Remi (the rat). It is Paris and Paris is a city of love so quite a few cartoon kisses are seen. Only one of those kisses is drawn out. There is also an illegitimate child in the movie but most kids don't understand it. They never say it in so many words. The man says he didn't know about the boy and we all asked "how didn't you?". As I said there is trouble. A lot of lying that goes on but in the end the consequences are paid. Linguine lies and his restaurant get closed and Remi's lie causes a friendship to be breached. But as always everything turns out in the end. Over all I would see it again. I should have taken a note pad to write things down but I didn't think of it. Jelly fell asleep in my arms and so one of my arms went to sleep with her. The pins and needles didn't poke too hard when it woke up. Josiah loved it and I think Jelly did as well. She kept saying " teute mouse" & "awww".

Mom and dad are at various places this morning. Each one has a child with them ; that leaves Jelly and I at home by ourselves. We have been reading books.

I'll see about posting some pics that I took of Jelly and Siah yesterday. I have some very cute ones.

Love and keep close to Jesus,
Lady

Fits and Birthdays

Have you ever watched a 2 year old pitch a fit cause it didn't want to got to bed? It starts with their belly goes out and it snakes up their body till their head pops like a doggie on a dashboard. It is almost as if they are belly dancing, their little feet start moving; tis quite a dance they get going on. Soon it seems that if the child's head bobbles anymore it they'll get whiplash or something. On top of the dance, they are making beautiful music by hollering. They're faces are all red and tears are screamin' down the face. Do you know how hard it is not to laugh at that?

*The day that I got a wild hair and thought Man's back would be a great blank canvas.*

Today Siah came and asked me if he could watch "Ben - Hurb". I told him to ask mom and of course we did watch "Ben- Hurb". "I lovbe 'Ben- Hurb' ish my fabrit!" he told me. He is gonna be 3 on Sunday! No way one of my bitties is gonna be three. :( Tis sad. He is getting so big and verbal. The little talker come up with some of the cutest sentences not that I can remember a good on at the moment. I my Siah that Jesus gave me. I hope that he grows to love Jesus and learns to be a Daniel*.

My grandpa named his lappy "Baby Brute". His desktop is fittingly, Big Brute.

I think I am going to make some sort of cookie for my Chemistry class? Does any one have any favorites? Dislikes? Or.... should I make some sort of bar?


Love muches ya'll


* Daniel in the Bible. As in Daniel in the Lion's den (chapter 6) . Daniel would not bow to the authority of anyone but the Lord God.

The Weekend

Duke and the Great Pie war was the entertainment choice of the day. Can you tell we have children? That and Daniel Boone. "The extras" came today. "The Extras" are two children , very good ones I might add, that we keep on Tuesday while their mom's are in Bible study. As we did last week, we beaded. All the kids seem to love that.


Today has been a cookingest day. For luch I concocted (this blog post has been interrupted by a family walk) a potato and mixed vegetable dish with cheese sauce and cheese on top. Twas wonderful. The 12x9 Pyrex was empty after lunch and my mid afternoon snack. It never made it into the freightor. Thank you mommy for finishing my sauce! She made it deliciouso. Then after some math I made a upside down apple ginger bread/cake. Tis yummy as well.

How glad am I that when I needed to go this thing save, without posting, my post as a draft. "I'm lovin' it" to quote McDonald's.

Play practice was last night. Twas fun but nothing to write home about. Ummm.... My table didn't get to do our experiment at Chemistry. What is up with that? Really I don't care. I am much more of a lecture girl than actually performing experiments.

Friday! I had a blast with Britter Bear and Lou~La~Belle at BB's house. The guys were kicked out so that the girls could hang. We took pictures and play the piano a bunch and to wind down we watched "Ever After". BB fell asleep after 5 minutes lying on the pallet. LLB and I stayed up through the whole thing. I think it was around 2ish when we fell asleep. Truth be told, I don't think I would have remembered the movie had it not been one that I had seen many times.
So after waking at 8:45 the next morning and having wonderful sausage gravy on real bread toast, we all got dolled up with the intention of going to the park for more photo ops, then left the house around 12(?). As it turns out we nixed the picture and just shopped. Goodwill, Jill's, My best friend's closet, NBC, and Payless all were the benefactors of at least a smile and some noise. I found some jeans and a blue dress while we were out. Cool beans.

I must mention the food of our girls night/day. Friday night I made this Asian style cabbage dish that was spicy. I, quite frankly, like to feel my mouth after three bites of my food but others I know, don't seem to mind being numb. BB and LLB set their mouths aflame with rooster sauce. BB's stove heats things very quickly. I found out the hard way when I sent many, many little mustard seeds flying through the air like popcorn. Thankfully they are easily clean up. Ms. Mary bought us cappuccino chunky chocolate ice cream and then as soon as we got in the house proceeded to eat it. It is LLB's favorite kind of ice cream. BB made homemade banana ice cream with honey twas wonderful.

I think the most fun part of the entire girls weekend was the teasing of Lou~La~Bell and her guy. Yes, I am a mean sister but they just smile at me when I say things to them. BB and I would "mock" them as we followed here and there. "I'll hold your hand!" said BB, and proceeded to hang on her brother..... while we were in Braum's. Ya'll please know that if they truly cared we wouldn't do it. But what else are little sisters for?

Have you noticed that I rarely compose short posts? I think I am done for tonight. Does all this bore you? What would you have me post about?

Love in Jesus

My Heart Cries Out to You

I just finished watching a show called "Travel the Road". http://www.traveltheroad.com/ These two young men are missionaries traveling to 25 different countries to tell people of Christ. They have a video camera and they document their travels. The men give the history of the country that they are in. If it's Germany then they speak of the holocaust tonight it was China and Beijing, Tianamen Square. Video documentaries can sometimes speak louder than words on a page.

I have heard of the horrors of communism but never before have I see such lifelessness. There is a river that separates China from North Korea. These men were at a city in China and were able to look over the river at NK. While China's streets were lit with neon, only one light shone on the banks of North Korea at night. The next day they went out on to the water and what they saw was heart wrenching. China's side of the river was bustling but, in North Korea if you weren't military, you weren't out. One thing that was pointed out was a Ferris wheel on the NK side of the river. B/c of the great oppression there it is interesting that one should even exist.

To what end is all this jabber of foreign countries? As I watched the show my heart ached. I am reminded of the song "My heart cries out to you". It is hard for me to understand a nation so cold as North Korea till I see it with my eyes. I have seen it, though only on a tv screen, and I am again reminded of how blessed I am and how much I should be proclaiming Christ to the world. I have been placed by God in America where I have the ability to speak freely why don't I do so? Why don't I shout it from the street corners? Is it that I am ashamed of Christ? No. I just must remember to shout when I am awed by my Creator that people my know Him. No more keeping it in. We should proclaim in the everyday with our hellos and goodbyes not just at church organized events.

"Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." and so Jesus preached.

I know my Redeemer lives and I will praise Him!
Lady

p.s. Sorry about the randomness of my sentences.

It's not real

Why is it that when you miss in basketball it is called "shooting bricks"? Why in the world? Good night even if I had a gun I wouldn't shoot "bricks"! Today we were in the car (mom,I, and the bitty three) and we were talking about the school bus being yellow. In connection with the yellow thought I made this confuzling statement " The golden arches are yellow". Now for those of you who are having trouble with seeing the contradiction; how are golden arches yellow.
Most of us understand what I meant for you see that the term "golden arches" is just that, a term. But was not the term coined in connection to their color?

I get to go party all night at a friend's house with a bunch of girls. How fun is that? If you are a guy well sorry. Anyway I will be tiirrred when I get there so if will be all the more fun. Bring on he loupyness! If you were to peek in a window, say like an angel and Scrooge, you might see a gaggle of girls behaving like they were six. I can't wait!

We watched some hobbbottom filmage. At the end of "Woe-be-gone" Nopee asked " How can you get it if you don't know what the phone number?". I had been telling her as she asked such questions "Its not real" but apparently she doesn't get it, or didn't. Ya know I wonder what would happen if you called the number on the screen. I told if she wanted I could introduce her and get an autograph from one of the stars in the silent one. I think she thought that was cool!
Am I being too mean? What do you say after you have tried to explain "it's not real" a couple of times? http://www.youtube.com/hobbbottomfilms Check 'em out!

Chem and GS and ACC

Question. Which blog does one choose to post on when they were last updated on the same day?

Answer. The one that should generate more traffic.

I have a lab report to write. Calorimetry is great cause it is just math which means that if you do the measuring correctly you will come out with the correct answer. How awesome is a definite answer! The down side to that is... How in the world do you write a good conclusion for a lab report with it?!

Last night began with girl scouts and ended with play practice. How funny did I feel when I walked through the doors and was asked "Are you Bell?" . At that point in time I didn't want to own up to being her. One should not be called upon to display their performance abilities upon arriving at practice! It kind of wracks your nerves. You see we were late, in a way. We left GS early to make it to ACC about an hour late. I keep saying we but one knows who "we" is . Lou~La~Belle and her mom are "we" along with myself. Anywho play practice. Um can you sign awkward. Lets just say that we will have to work on not being afraid of each other, rather him being afraid of me. Ya so moving on. Joel and Hannah sound wonderful when they sing together. Last night they were working on the song for graduation this year. Good Night it is beautimous! He Knows My Name by the McRaes. Tis pretty stinkin' awesome. Joel is gonna have to learn to sing the melody by himself but he'll learn. That is why I say sound good instead of sing well.

Does anyone know of any good ways to earn money? We are talking fundraisers here not pocket cash; that I have.

Lady

p.s. Sorry Meag I had to change the color. It hurted my eyes.

Skirts

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/inspiration/lifestyle.php?photo=/images/inspiration/lifestyle/lotus_cap1/IMG_8283.jpg

Mom made us this kind of Skirt yesterday. All four of us girls wore them this morning.

This is the first one that was made for me. Front and back.

I posted on my xanga.

Chemistry it tomorrow. Fun! For real. No joke. I like it tis fun.

Dollar City 'venture

Hola peoples! I am again able to enter this blog site. We shall see how long it takes before this one goes berserk again.

Yesterday I had an adventure. Yes I did. I and Leinad and Pi wend to Dollar City with our "Greatest in the Universe Grandparents"! And guess what!?! Lou~La~Belle was there with her "Greatest in the World Grandparents" too as well as her sibs. Do you know what that means????? Rides. I actually rode rides. You see my dear friends, I do not generally like rides. They make me feel funny. I see that I need to clarify "rides". By rides I am implying big ones. Roller coasters and such. Yes well I don't like them, usually. But... I decided to be brave and I put on my cowgirl boots and was. Anxious was I before we boarded Wildfire. Anxious was I on it and strapped in. Praying was I as we clicked to the top before the plunge. After the first loop I was in fair shape (don't ask LLB anything, she lies). I kinda liked it, kinda sorta in an afeared sorta way. No really I did. I only rode it once. Whereas LLB and Beff rode it over 5, maybe even twice that. I don't remember it was allot. Um after that we, rather they, rode the giant swing. Yes I am a chicken and I am not ashamed. The number of relaxing passings through the air was however many a turn times 4. Whippee fur me! I got wet. After passing through man made water rapids I came to the conclusion that I should do it again for I could not be anymore saturated than I was at that point. I was proved wrong. Happens that I had one shoulder dry. Well by the time we ate dinner on the road my shirt was dry. Then we watched a show, which, to some people's dismay, was my favorite part of the day. They took songs from movies that I have seen, had a cutesy storyline, I was able to sit the whole time, really what could be better?

I just kept thinking. I get to do that. (read that last sentence in a singsongy manner) I get to do that. ( that one too) I am going to like "A Christmas Carol" so long as I don't get skeered.

I need sleep. Tis late for me. Comment me por-favor. Bye ya'll

Lady ;D

p.s. This thing doesn't have good fonts. :(

Not a whole lot

I need to post I have little to say at this moment which is quite strange. I hardly ever run out of words which "need" saying. Friday was presentation night. It went fine. I won't say well but fine. No one threw up so we are good. The class along with their teachers felt like idiots on stage. The teachers felt weird b/c they were so young and the class b/c they were so much older than all the others who "present" things on presentation night.

I finished some Chemistry today. There was a problem that just didn't want to come out. As has become usual, I set up the problem correctly but, didn't have the correct significant figures. Truth be told I am pretty happy cause the hard part is knowing how the problem is to even be done. Tomorrow we shall see how well I know my Chemistry. And that is probably very ill.

Last night we were out at Youth night till 10:30ish. The night had dwindled down and things were going kinda slow in the teen section of the house but I thoroughly enjoyed it. We played this game called "four on a couch". I liked it. I think that next time we should play it agian.

One of my brothers doesn't feel good. Tis no fun to see him that way. Hopefully he is his usually self tomorrow.

Lou~La~Belle is home or should be soon. She went to a GS thing Saturday as her final test to decide whether she get to go to England or not. She would have a great time if she went. For her sake I hope she can.

I have thirty minute left till I go back up to church. Looking over this makes me think that maybe I should post something worth reading sometime. I'll have to try that.

Sunday school was on Job and enduring the trials that come our way. The one thing that was really stressed this week was that Job, no matter the circumstance, worshiped the Lord. He worshiped the Lord and shunned evil. How many of us can say in a real tride and true testing or just something that seems trivial later that we worship the Lord and flee from do what is wrong whether that be accusing Him of wrong or turning to worthless things to make us "feel better"? Is it not difficult to not fall into a trap of running to things (anything besides our Provider) for comfort when we are down? It is hard to "consider it all joy" in the midst of the trial but that we must do. In our McDonalds society we have tried to do away with any inconveniece and feeling hurt is an inconveniece. With that mentality, atop our sin nature, we automaticaly turn to food, or a person, a movie, or events and become gluttons by those things. When we are tempted to find comfort in our own pitty party or vacuumy attitude, we must remeber that we were created by God to glorify Him and we cannot do that when our eyes are on ourselves. Remeber Job turned to his creator, though he was in sackcloth and ashes, to worshiped Him. Do we even stop to think that what we may be going through God is using to draw us, or maybe some one else to Him?

I have to stop and get ready for church. I'll try to come back to it later cause that "sermon" isn't finish. It needs some Bible verses. Hmm.

She who is off to teach bell choir departs.

The Invasion!

I am taking over this blog! (insert evil laugh) But I have permission. (ok take the laugh out) Coley said that I could. We figured it would get used if I took over. So this is post is my very first after invading. Umm.... I must figure out how to do cool things with blogs cause I am computer illiterate. Pictures how bout that for a first post. And maybe a short bio. Ok so here I go.

My name is Lady. Everyone know me by that one.

I am old with six peeples under me. I love to sing(though not well), piano,(don't do that well either) and talk(now that I can do). I am heavily involved with my church. I sing in the youth choir, teach 1st-3rd grad bell choir (that was one of my more bright ideas), get drafted into various tasks, and sub in nursery. Umm I love my family. I guess as I write more posts you'll learn more about me. But before I end this bio you must know that I love Jesus. If you don't know Jesus ask me and I will tell you about Him. One day I will post only about how much you need Him.

I just heard something very funny. My little bro Pi is learning how to put his poo in the potty. Well apparently he thinks that every time you poo you have to spit. We really have no idea where he came up with this little ritual but nevertheless he does.

That is just a sampling of what will in the future be posted on this blog. I really need to go. Ps.119 beckons.

From Lady who rambles well,

Love

Welcome Slow Signers

If you have not already checked out the website we talked about in class you need to do that. If you complete all of the lessons, you could actually count it as a credit on your high school transcript. How awesome is that?

See you in class tomorrow. If you have any questions, post them in "comments".

~Nicole