It has been several weeks since I last posted my menus. This certainly helps me keep on track. Last week was busy with Spring Break and we ate out way too much. Unfortunately I don't think we ate much that was healthy.

No matter what the weather is like I am determined to cook like it is Spring! I am ready for some fresh foods and great things off the grill!

Monday: French Dip sammies with Cherry Almond Salad with White Balsamic vinaigrette
Tuesday: Talapia, green salad and bread
Wednesday: Dinner at Church...I think it is Roast Beef with mashed potatoes
Thursday: Grilled Chicken with either a fruit or veggie salad
Friday: Fajitas with salad
Saturday: Grill Hamburgers with veggies

Head over to Laura's for more menu ideas!

On the bright side of last week being busy, I got lots of deep cleaning done. Windows inside and out, all the girls rooms from top to bottom, the garden tilled (OK, I watched my man do this one), and started on two bathrooms re-wallpapering and painting. Ahh...I love Spring!

Judmentalism Part 2

A few posts back I talked about judging others. God has continued conversation about this with me and here is what He has shown me. Many times, if not all the time, my judgments are not necessarily accurate. Shocking, I know. I am only seeing a cross-section of a situation. A snapshot if you will. In the past week or so He has shown me different sides of situations that I was quick to make a call on. And shocking again, there was more to a situation than I knew or was privy to. Let's just say some situations are multi-faceted, just like a jewel. God sees what is really going on in a heart, not me. Shocking, yet once more.

Unless it is me right smack dab in the middle of a situation I really have no idea the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth(and even then my truth can be distorted). How it appears is not necessarily the way it is. So all that to say God has has said to me gently 'love covers a multitude of sins'. I am not advocating a 'live and let live' philosophy or a 'don't ask don't tell' policy. But for me, I think I need to work on being 'slow to speak and quick to hear', 'speaking truth in love', and 'loving others as myself'.

Jamie has a great video of Jeremy Camp singing 'Empty Me'. Oh, Jesus that is what I need from you. More of You and less of me. Because I can be so sinful myself and not even see the plank in my own eye.

And the winner is....CAROL!

We used Random.com and Carol won the drawing for Chris Tomlins's CD! Congratulations Carol. Does this inspire you to start your own blog? Your fans are sure hoping that you will not disappoint us. No pressure though...yea, right.

100 posts! and a give-away

WOW! 100 posts! I have to say that when I started this about a year ago I didn't know if I would have anything to say. Most of the time I really don't have anything of much worth to say. But occasionally something thoughtful does come out. To thank you for reading all the silliness with the occasional worthwhile thought I am having a give-away to let you know how much I appriciate you. Leave a comment to this post and I will have a random drawing on Friday for either the Glory Revealed CD or
Chris Tomlin's See the Morning depending on if you already have one or the other. These are two of my favorite worship CDs of all time!

I thought the 100th post should be wonderful, awesome, inspiring. But I don't have anything like that today. But I do have a couple thoughts about what I have learned or gleaned from blogging in the past year.

~There are some awesome women bloggers out there. I have met several women through their blogs that I have come to admire and respect. They make me think and strive to be more like Jesus and I love that. I probably would have never come to know them without blogging. They are featured on my sidebar.

~Blogging is kind of therapeutic. I enjoy completing a thought. Sometimes I use it as a kind of therapy. A way for me to process through what God is teaching me. I love to hear the comments and see what God says through y'all.

~I can waste a lot of time blog reading. I really try to limit how much time I allow myself to cruise blogs because I can waste too much time with it just like TV or anything else. It is a bit addictive.

~The written word is powerful. It creates more emotion and feeling than just verbalizing. This is wonderful when it causes me to draw closer to God and His Son.

So leave a comment and I will post who wins on Saturday!

What is your Purse-onality?

According to "In Your Purse: Archeology of the American Handbag" by Kelly Styring, the average woman owns 10 purses and the average purse contains 67 items and weighs 3.4 pounds. For more information on this purse research you can visit www.inyourpurse.com.

Here are four purse analogies.



More Is More Better

This lady is the one who never really got over carrying the diaper bag and still wishes she had something that large. She normally has like a full snack bar and a working pharmacy down in her bag and is prepared for every situation in life.


The upside: Should you ever find yourself in jail, she'll be the only one in your group of friends with a MacGyver 7-in-1 tool to bust you out.

Basic Tiny Toter

This girl can get the whole contents of her day into seven square inches. I don't really understand this woman, but you can bet if she can do this that she's got some control issues.


She probably pays her bills ahead of time and has her sheets tucked in real tight on the corners of her bed.


The upside: Should you ever find yourselves in jail, she'll be the only one with the unlimited AMEX who can bail you out.

Serial Monogamist

She gets one purse and sticks with it for 12 years. She's the kind of person for whom you occasionally have to do what we call "a purse intervention." Now she's also loyal and if she'll stay with this purse for 12 years she'll hang with you.


The upside: Should you ever find yourself in jail, she's the only one in your group of friends who'll be out on the sidewalk holding a candlelight vigil with a sign that says, "My friend is innocent."

Purse Schizophrenic

This woman changes her purses more often than she changes her underwear. Sometimes she doesn't know how she's going to feel after lunch so she'll occasionally carry a purse inside of her purse just in case her mood changes.


The upside: If you find yourself in jail, she's normally the reason why you're there, BUT she's also the one who'll sit right there with you in that jail cell saying, "Isn't that the best fun we ever had honey?"

All that came from comedienne Anita Renfroe. I thought it was so funny. I think I am somewhere between a More is More Better and a Purse Schizophrenic. I think I have a couple of my friends picked out. Carol, I had no idea you had such control issues. If this test was correct I would have labeled you the schizophrenic (wasn't that fun?) So...what kind of purse gal are you?

Something fun....maybe

I recieved this in an email yesterday and rather than email y'all I thought it might be fun to post on our blogs instead. So, if you are game play along and cut and paste the following in your blog (with your own answers of course) and leave a comment so I can go see your list.

1. What is your occupation? Stay at home Mom, Wife, house manager, taxi cab driver, errand girl, laundry mat, grocery shopper, child care provider, teacher, educational researcher, and what ever else the family needs for today.

2. What color are your socks right now? blue slipper sox

3. What are you listening to right now? Peace and quiet, and the computer humming.

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Easter candy last night. Why must every major holiday be linked with bowls of candy?

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes - though it's been a while.

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Although I would love to say red, that is probably too wild for me really, how about blue.

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Mellissa Edrington

8. How old are you today. 37

9. Favorite drink? Cherry Lime slush from Sonic

10. What is your favorite sport to watch? Anything my kids are playing

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Oh, please...a better question would be 'how many times...a year?'

12. Pets? Not now. Don't get me started.>

13. Favorite food? Mexican

14. Last movie you watched? August Rush.

15. Favorite Day of the year? The first day of Summer

16. What do you do to vent anger? Hmmm...???

17. What was your favorite toy as a child? My red Schwinn banana seat bike

18. What is your favorite season? Summer

19. Hugs or kisses? Both

20. Cherry or Blueberry? Cherry

21. Whatever happened to:

22. When was the last time you cried? When I watched August Rush

23. What is on the floor of your closet? Shoes

24. Favorite smells? Something yummy cooking and clean kids fresh from the bath/shower.

25. Who inspires you? Ruth Graham

26. Wondering away from God and following my own way.

27. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheese burgers

28. Favorite car? Suburban

29. Favorite cat breed? not a cat lover in particular, but love cocker spaniels

30. Number of keys on your key ring? 6

31. How many years at your current job? 15

32. Favorite day of the week? Friday

33. How many states have you lived in? 2

34. Do you think you're funny? No

A little funny

This past weekend this conversation was overheard. Evie(6) was trying to prove to her sister Eden(10) how smart she was.

Eden: What does M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I spell?
Evie: It spells Mississippi...(long pause)...or Alabama.

No homeschool jokes. ;o)