How to reach your full Potential for God by Charles Stanley

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already Behind

I took on the task of reading the Bible in 90 days and I even spent my Christmas money that my parents sent me to buy the special Bible that is suppose to make the reading easier.  Reading 12 pages a day, I can do that, ha yeah.  I always start yawning after about 3 pages.  Of course these 12 pages are two rows on a page.  I should be able to read the Bible after all it is the divinely inspired word of God and I have no problem reading books by my favorite authors. 

I am currently about three days behind.  The program has two days in it that you can not read.  About this time I would just give up but I am going to keep going.  so what if I don't finish in 90 days the important thing is that i read the Bible all the way through.

okay so I have convinced myself,  how about you?  Keep at it.  so what if you didn't make your goals today.  Every Second of every minute of every day is a chance for a brand new start.       

Spent the weekend cooking

At least it felt that way.  Hubby will be on his way to Texas by way of Louisiana within the next 15 minutes so I made some casseroles and such for him to take in the truck with him that should keep him well feed for the next week. 

I made him a dozen egg muffin sandwiches,  at least a dozen french bread pizzas, a entire lasagna which we divided up into different containers,  sent along two containers of chili left over from Friday night and an entire ham casserole that I had made extra and nobody here really liked it but David. 

He will probably be gone for two weeks so this should keep him well feed for the first week.  It is so expensive to eat on the road. 

While he is gone I will squirrel away  little bits of different meals that we have here at home.  This will be difficult as Faith is moving out so It will be just Hannah and myself  home and I really don't like cooking big meals for just the two of us.    

Hubby is Here

My Hubby is home for a couple of days.  We find it a little hard to do the schooling when he is here.  He always has ideas on how school would be better or run more smoothly.  I appreciate his input but most of the time don't impliment his ideas because Hannah and I have gotten into a rhythm with school that works well for both of us.

I got my ring back from being sized yesterday.  It is taking some getting used to wearing it as it is raised quite a bit and is larger than I usually wear.  But I do really love it.

I am still behind on the 90 day challenge so I have decided to just read it as I can and If I don't finish it within 90 days that's okay.

3 hours to get home

It took me three hours to get home this morning.  We had a bit of snow this morning and it made the roads icy.  I guess a van flipped over on the highway (don't know if anyone was hurt but I prayed for them) a bit in front of me and I sat in traffic for 2 hours.  Luckily I always have my phone with me with several books downloaded and I had my mp3 player with several audio books on it also (not to mention my old phone with audio books on it as well) Okay so I am a reading junky and I guess I like all my gadgets. 

I started listening to Oswald Chamber:Abandoned to God this morning and listened to about an hour and a half.

Didn't get any of my reading done for the 90 day challenge so will have to read later today.  Had to start school as soon as I got home.

Keeping track of everything that enters my mouth on sparkpeople.com.  Went over on my calories a bit yesterday but not by much.

Next week will be starting back with flylady.net  It's kinda like cleaning for dummies.  She takes you step my step through what to do and even though I have been doing this along time I like to have step by step instructions.  I decided to start this next week so we could get back into the swing of school and I could get the Bible reading into a groove.

This is what my daughter drew for art yesterday.  I thought she did such a good job I framed it.  I really have to look into art lessons for this girl.

not much happening Here

We have been getting back into the swing of school again. 

Please go visit http://www.homeschoolradioshows.com/  .  They have several old time radio programs available, one is of The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  They offer free programs every week. 

My oldest daughter maybe moving out within the next couple of weeks.  This is bittersweet as we have raised her to be independant but we will miss her.  (Not to mention the transportation she provides for Hannah to various things that I will now have to drive her too)

I am about a 1/2 day behind in my Bible reading.  I have just started Exodus and Moses and Pharaoh have just started the back and forth of God bringing a plague and then the magicians perform the same thing and Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 

I have found a wonderful site for the diet resolution.  Actually I have belonged to it for about a year but haven't availed myself to all the site offers.    It is sparkpeople.com check it out, it is free.     

Happy New Year one and All

Our New Year's celebration was very laid back as I mentioned in another post.  My son came to stay with us for the evening.  I spent much of the day Thursday cooking so we could have the goodies that night.  My youngest daughter baked brownies (they turned out a little hard as she put them into a pan that was to big) and snickerdoodles (these turned out good although she didn't put in the cream of tartar and she accidently put cinnamon in the wrong bowl, the cookies were just extra cinnamony).  I made the potato skins (just bake potatos, let cool slightly, scoop out pulp, put on favorite toppings and bake an extra 15 minutes at 350)  These also freeze great.  I also made Honey bbq chicken wings (use frozen chicken wings, mix a cup of honey with whole bottle of favorite sauce, pour into chicken wing bag and coat wings well, pour onto a baking pan.  bake at 350 for 1  hour).  I also made meatballs (just took frozen meatballs and put in crockpot with jar of spaghetti sauce on high for 4 hours)  would have been better if I had made the meatballs.  We also had chips and dip.  and of course soda. 
Faith went to a party with her friends.
Justin and Hannah played Wii for a while then we all played Disney Monopoly.  We have our own rules for certain things so had to reestablish them along the way.
My hubby made a fire in the fireplace and Justin opened his Christmas Presents since he wasn't with us at Christmas. 
We watched the end of Wild Hogs and then watched the ball in New York, Red Rose in Lancaster, White Rose in York and the Stawberry in Harrisburg all drop together.  Then we went to bed.
Next Mornging we slept in and I put our breakfast in about 8.  We ate breakfast and watched the Mummers parade all day.  I made some ham and cheese sandwiches and then my son left for home. I will post the recipes for the breakfast and the sandwiches later.  Last night we watched the fancy brigades.  We were a little disappointed this year.  Seems like last year about every one we were saying WOW during their performances but not so much this year. 
Today is just a regular Saturday. Hubby is out doing errands and I am here blogging.

The Bible in 90 Days: I have read the first day and half's readings.  I have decided to break each day into two separate reading times as I was finding my mind wandering yesterday as I was reading.  It still amazes me each time I read it about how willing Lot was to sacrifice his daughter so the messagers wouldn't be taken by the men . 

My resolutions:  1.  Lose weight.  Not going to set a number on this one I just want to lose some weight and maintain it being off.
2.  Read the Bible in 90 days.  I have read the Bible all the way through but never all at once. 
3.  Better organized.  maintain the house better and get my daughter onto a chore schedule.
4.  Maintain our budget.  We have made great strides with this last year but hope to improve more this year. 
 
            

Hannah's Hope and Sarah's Song by Karen Kingsbury and I, Alex Cross by James Patterson

Find my reviews at my other blog  A Room without books is empty .

Appetizers

Our New Year celebrations are pretty low key these days.  We sometimes go to a church service but most times we just stay home and eat snacks and appetizers and play games and maybe watch a movie. 
I spent soem time yesterday goin through a bunch of recipe emails I have saved looking for appetizer recipes and this is what I came up with:

New Year's Eve:  Honey BBQ chicken wings (recipe I have been using for years from Taste of Home)
Mini soft pretzels and dip from Pillsbury site
Potato skins recipe I am not sure where I got
Flaky pizza Snacks from Pillsbury
slow cooker bbq meatballs from recipelion
snickerdoodles
caramel brownies

New Year's day:

Semi Homemade Breakfast Casserole
spicy potato wedges
bacon wrapped breadsticks from about.com homecooking
cheesy sausage stars recipes from about.com homecooking
Marinated ham and swiss buns from about.com homecooking (my boss made these one time and they are really delicious)

We spend most of the day New Years watching parades especially the Mummers parade which is a Philly thing. 

I will post some of these recipes if they turn out ok. 

I have alot of recipes saved that I get in my email and plan on making them this next year. 

Here's hoping everyone has a great and wonderful New Year.   

23 years ago today

23 years ago today I went into the Drs. to have a checkup to see how I was progressing in my pregnancy.  I was due in about two more weeks.  The doctor checked me and asked me if I wanted him to break my water to start the labor because he said I would probably be back in a day or two anyway.   Well you don't ask 9 nomth pregnant lady if she wants to get it over with, of course I said yes.  12 hours later I had my son.
My husband and I were totally clueless on what to do as parents even though we both had spent several years working at a children's home as house parents (it's different when it's your on child).  He was one loved little boy.
We had our ups and downs with him and recently he has chosen to step away from his upbringing and has chosen to live a life that is both bewildering and heartbreaking to his father and myself. 

But we still love him and pray for him every day.

So Happy birthday Justin!!! We love you.    

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas

My christmas started off alittle rough.  I work in a house taking care of two wonderful ladies who are both developementally disabled.  I try to bring them home with me most holidays and they are just like part of the family.  Anyway one of them is in a wheelchair and we have a special van to transport her.  After I strapped her in and got the other lady in, I hopped in the van and started driving the van out of the garage.  Crash!! Bang!!  I get out and realize (too late) that I forgot to latch the hatch and it hit the garage door and I smashed the entire back window out.  Ugh.  so after a quick call to my boss I preceded to clean up the glass and while I was doing that I slipped and fell and really scrapped up my knee.  I got the window covered with garbage bags but didn't have any tape but scotch tape so I taped it as goo as I could then preceded to come on home.  I stopped at two convenience stores on my way till I found some duct tape then taped up the the window better.  Whe I got home my wonderful husband measured a piece of plastic and got the rest of the glass out and taped the plastic on for me.  We had a good rest of the day. 

My husband surprised me on Christmas eve with my main gift in my stocking (we open our stockings on Christmas Eve)  It is a beautiful opal and pink diamond ring.  Opal is my birthstone and pink is the color for October.   I had to take it to get it resized as it was just a bit to small but I will have it back soon I hope.

Both my daughters got mp3 players for Christmas and gift cards to itunes so they have been adding songs.

My oldest daughter gave my husband and I gift cards to Ruby Tuesdays and we went out to eat on Saturday.  It was nice having a "date" with my hubby.

I have been thinking about New Years resolutions and one both my husband I have decided to do is to read the Bible cover to cover in 90 days.  I used some of the money my parents sent me for Christmas to buy the Bible in 90 days Bible.  Blogging about it

What are some of your resolutions?  


   

Wishing Everyone a very Merry and Happy Christmas

I will be enjoying time with friends and family tomorrow as i am sure many of you will be so I want to wish you a safe and Happy Christmas.

Braving the world today

Only two more days till Christmas and I am braving a trip to Walmart with my daughter today.  I have avoided the stores like the plague and you will not catch me at the mall.  But my daughter needs to go buy some gifts and I have to bite the bullet.  I have done most of my shopping online and it is so nice having everything delivered to the house (except when Fedex delivered a package to our front door which we do not use and I didn't realize it till it had been rained on.  Luckily the contents were wrapped in heavy plastic.)

 

don't make shows like this anymore

Only a few days left

Only a few days left until Christmas Day.  Hope you are enjoying FAmily and Friends.

 I only have a few links for today.  One is for Christmas stories here.
 And here  a quiz about Christmas traditions.


The girls and I will probably go last Christmas shopping tomorrow because that is when Faith has off and I can get the car.  I can't wait till she gets her insurance check and I can have my car back full time.  

have a great day

  

Digging Out

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Final Stretch

Well we are in the final stretch for Christmas.  We like so many others in the east were hit by a snow storm over the weekend and it caused us to slow down and really remember what this season is all about.  Look toward the bottom of this blog to see pictures from our storm. 

Here is a Holiday menu that you can make very inexpensively.  Even if you have certain things that you eat every holiday like my family does it is always nice to have some new things to try.

If you like candy canes Here is the legend.  And Here is an online tour of a candy cane factory.

Here are Christmas file folder games.

In all the hustle and bustle just slow down and enjoy your families and have a great week.