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Things I Have Done
Okay...got this from Linda's blog...Pillars of Pine Highlight the ones you have done so far, in your lifetime (I've put mine in bold): 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Every Australian State 5. Watched a meteor shower 6....
Old Book Art
Old Book Art is a beautiful website..for everyone who appreciates art/illustrations in old books. The Mission of Old Book Art To provide & facilitate access to free illustrations: pictures, drawings, maps and other images scanned from antiquarian, public-domain...
Who Cares about Greens Anyway?
Why all this fuss about greens? Who cares? Why are they different to any other vegetable? Green fruits and vegetables are rich in health promoting phytochemicals such as lutein and folate. Green foods can support most bodily functions and eliminate toxins such as...
Green Smoothies
Seeing as how my few readers seem so keen to talk more about Green Smoothies I thought I’d post a few links, a recipe or two and a video. I’m so keen to share this so would like to offer as much help as I can.
Perspective…again
What is it with me and perspective so far this year? Anyone might think I'm turning 40 this year! :silly: Just a funny...although it's probably only funny in our home, to us. John doesn't understand how I can build e-commerce websites and community websites that...
Our Family Principles
These principles have hung on our fridge for many years. Our family guidelines have served our family well.
Day trip adds perspective
I likened that to my growing desire for God’s word. I’m starting to see things more from His perspective…the more I read, the more I spend time with Him, some Bible passages take on new meaning. Not because I’m seeing new things rather that I’m seeing them with the eyes of the Holy Spirit, not just the eyes of my own understanding
Are they bored?
“Life is never boring,but some people choose to be bored.” I've never accepted it when my children have said, "Mum, I'm bored". I would always respond with various quips until they simply stopped telling me that they were bored. I made a chart and pinned it to the...
Firestorms 2009
I feel sick. Nauseous. A churning in my tummy that just won't go away. Two weeks ago, on was supposed to be our first day back at lessons, my brother-in-law passed away, after a long, difficult illness. Last Sunday, a service was held in the gardens to celebrate and...
Teaching Our Children How To Give Compliments
So what are you teaching your children about manners and relationships? Is it acceptable to simply ignore those that don’t fit in with your views, your beliefs? Or should they speak out against every single thing that goes against their beliefs? How then do they speak words of encouragement to others?
Boy with Nails and the fence
There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Family Holiday 2008
In between comings and going, sicknesses and computers that don't want to play nicely I never did get around to writing about our holidays. It's a ll a bit of a blur now but I still want to talk a little about it. A few days before we set off to Broken Hill, Miss R's...
Relationship or Religion
To do what is right and just is more pleasing to ADONAI than sacrifice. CJB I'm a simple kind of gal. I love the poetic richness of the KJV but there are some times when I like to read other versions of the Bible as well. I've found it helpful in my walk as a believer...
Best Argument for Christianity
"The best argument for Christianity is Christians: their joy, their certainty, their completeness. But the strongest argument against Christianity is also Christians--when they are sombre and joyless, when they are self-righteous and smug in complacent consecration,...
Confession: My Ducks Are Not In A Row
I do not have all my ducks in a row. Not in any area of my life.
Perspective
Fount this at Fish n Cans...thought it was too good not to share. A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said....
Participating in…
I was browsing some blogs (again) and I thought this post was so true and yet so applicable to my life, and no doubt, the life of many other homeschoolers...although it isn't specifically about homeschooling at all. Go check it out! And The Rock Was Christ posting...
Calvinist? Homeschooler? Something else?
This quote sums up why I don't call myself by any particular label. Granted I don't know the complete context in which Mr. Washer is talking about or to whom he is addressing but the general thought is still good. “Anytime your banner becomes anything other than Jesus...
Mother of Boys
I was catching up on some blog posts this morning and came across a gem (which is not unusual from Mrs. Wilson's blog) about parenting boys. Here's a snippet but do pop over to read the post in its entirety. According to Proverbs, mothers are to lay down the law,...
Quote from Tozer
God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, `O Lord, Thou knowest.' Those things...
