Do we or don’t we?

I use to help out with my husbands family reunion by helping organize and plan the day!  One year as we arrived I was told guess what your running it and then I was running the reunion on my own for a few years.  I got creative by ordering keepsake magnets and I shopped around throughout the year for prizes for the games.  These were expenses that came out of our pocket here at home.  However it was hard for me with my anxiety issues and I was ready for someone else to step up and take over and a family did.  Now they been doing the reunion since and now they want a break.  They are having a hard time getting another family who is our state to step up and fill those shoes again, and my husband wonders, do we or don’t we?  For one I don’t have all the mailing addresses (by this I mean those who the family continues to invite) and I don’t want to do it on my own.  The family who keep track of the family history documents as it all.   I offered to find direct mail printing company and design a flier for next year, but I don’t want to take over and run it.  I will help but I don’t want to take on the task alone.

I really think like for instance my husband, its his family reunion, that those children should do it, and we the spouses help!  The majority of the kids are men and for some reason our group of men seem to shy away and not want to be in charge and up and in front of everyone.  They want the wives or the women to do it.  Now there is some talk of moving the reunion out of state as a cousin stepped up but only if its moved!  That I do not understand.  They are only willing to run it if the reunion is moved out of state.  So the next reunion is sort of up in the air and its why it was mentioned to my husband.  Again I am willing to help, there are plenty who have not stepped up to run it, to run it.  I think it be more fair if each side took a turn!

Bible Memory App

I bought an App to use on my iPod called Bible Memory.  Its pretty neat!  There is over 250 verses and they are all in categories and keeps track of the verses you memorize.  It gives you so many seconds to fill in the blanks, three levels of difficulty and each time there is more spaces to fill in and the last test is you have to fill in all the words of the verse.  The only downside for me is I am not very fast at moving the scroll to pick words and I have to extend my time.  I think they should adjust the time because I don’t think “speed” is necessary, memorizing the verse is what is most important!

So far so good!

Recently we have changed cell phone service providers and I have to say that so far so good!  When compared to who we had the past two years and for what we were paying before, we have more minutes that even roll over and internet is included.  Although I like the cell phone we picked out, its a Samsung Flight, I still wish I could have an iPhone and I was talking to hubby about maybe upgrading my phone as there is a special going on.  However only if I could get an iphone warranty though.  I know with my iPod, I have had some issues where I have had to take it back a few times and have it replaced so I would want that piece of mind, especially with it being touch screen!

I am just about finished with my book Silver Refined.  I have learned so very much from this book so far and it truly has helped me in many ways!  I love how Kay writes.  She really just explains things and it just clicks in my head, but most importantly in my heart!

I am sure something will come up

My son just graduated from high school this year and its already into August and still no luck in the job department.  He has been keeping his eyes open and hoping to find some local jobs that he can apply too.  He applied where hubby works but after talking to hubby today and as much as I know my son will be disappointment, I don’t see him getting in there like he hoped.  I am glad though he has keep his eyes open for other job openings to come up though.

We are still waiting on the replacement diploma to arrive!  I can not get over how they messed that up, the date on his diploma was June 2008 when he just graduated this year!  There was also a small error we found in his transcript so I am watching for that to come as well.  That has sort of been an issue too when my son was looking to apply for some grants and scholarships.  Without the proper paperwork it sort of messed things up a bit.

He is learning how to drive now and he is making progress.  We are not putting any stress on him, we know he is doing the best he can do and I am sure a job opening will come up soon!

Knitted Together-Godly Made

OH this is a great one I just have to share!  This is a devotion via my email by Max Lucado:

“You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Psalm 139:13, NIV

“Knitted together” is how the psalmist described the process of God making man. Not manufactured or mass-produced, but knitted. Each thread of personality tenderly intertwined. Each string of temperament deliberately selected . . .

The Creator, the master weaver, threading together the soul.

Each one different. No two alike. None identical.

Wow does this not give a great perspective on it?  I can picture God in my mind working with his hands like knitting each creature, each soul, no two alike!  Wow I like that.  I have a label, Godly Made!

Recognizing worth

I was reading my devotion for today and it says:

Amidst life’s pace and trials, we easily lose sight of divine viewpoint.  When we’re overwhelmed by criticism, trouble, or suffering, its vital to recognize our worth in the Lord’s eyes.  This realization can energize our service and renew our love for the One who gave Himself to bring us back to God.

Recognizing my worth (self worth) is where I know I seem to fall, a lot!  I always am my worst critic and when I am overwhelmed with things I really am hard on myself.  Even at my age, I am learning as a Child of God, only “his eyes” matter!

True wealth

True wealth doesn’t come of this earth, our true wealth is in heaven!   A devotion I received from Max Lucado in my email:

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”  Matthew 5:6 NIV

We usually get what we hunger and thirst for. The problem is, the treasures of earth don’t satisfy. The promise is, the treasures of heaven do . . .

Blessed are those who, if everything they own were taken from them, would be, at most inconvenienced, because their true wealth is elsewhere.

Appointments and Meekness

As I mentioned in a previous post I am in the middle of reading As Silver Refined, Learning to Embrace Life’s Disappointments I thought I post to catch up a bit.

I am learning a lot from reading and the way Kay explains this is just fabulous.  I just can’t get over how each Chapter has really reflected in one way or another in my life.  I like how she put this, Disappointments are HIS appointments.  I need to be more better about taking the things as they come to the cross and not try and deal and carry them on my own.  That each one is a unique opportunity to go to God and for for situation to play a part in my life.  I am learning about Meekness, but that it doesn’t mean you constantly take a beating either (just a phrase).

I wish he could go to college

My son is still waiting on his diploma to come, as the first one they mailed out the date was wrong (off by two years), so they had to reprint them and the board has to sign them all again.  They didn’t just mess up on his, but every student who graduated!  He keeps talking about wanting to go to college, taking classes online but since he sent the schools laptop back to them, he would have to invest in a computer.  He has been reading some computer reviews and trying to decide which would be his best option, a desktop, or a more portable unit like a laptop he used from school or even a netbook!  He is putting what money he got from his graduation away and is looking for work in the meantime.  His advisor was suppose to send him some information in regards to scholarships and grants but we have not received it yet.  I told him maybe they were holding it and they are going to send with his replacement diploma!  Hubby hoped to get him in where he works but I am beginning to think that just isn’t going to happen and my son is a little disappointed, because that is really where he wanted to work.  I wish he could go to college.  I really do!

Soon as the cooler air is here

As soon as the cooler air is here, I am going to dawn my brave hat and head into the attic and see if we have a shut off to our main water supply up there, like other houses in our area has.  We have looked under our cabinets and searched the utility room areas and not to be found.  We need a new shower handle set in the back bathroom and I still want to replace the kitchen faucet and I sort of have my eye on a Hansgrohe faucet style I absolutely love!  I love the higher arch faucets rather the lower ones because I am all the time in the kitchen cooking and baking for the family and when I am filling up pots or washing them at the moment I keep banging my old one and afraid one of these days I am going to break it!  Once its hot as hot as a sandbox I will get up there and look around see what I can find.  I will probably have to lift some of the flooring up there to find it but just has to be a shut off some place.  It just really hits the pocketbook when you have to always pay a plumber for simple repairs we could do ourselves!

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