books i'm ATTEMPING to read......knowledge i may never have...

a new year. time to get started on yet ANOTHER new book. i admit it, i love books and more than that, i love collecting books. (to my dear mother-in-law, this is for you! :))of course, in my lifetime, i will never have the time to read them all. (not to mention the ones that i CONTINUE to buy. LOVE COSTCO! :)) for some reason, subconsciously,i feel that if i can have my nose in three or more books at a time, i'm a better, more educated person. ODVIOULSY THAT ISN'T TRUE!! maybe it just makes me feel like i'm 'attempting' to be more educated. anyways, my point is...(i usually have one) that i'm trying to do MORE reading and LESS dusting the books on my shelf. (like i dust!) i think i have 8 or 9 books started right now. i'm trying to pull a bit of wisdom out of all of them. starting now,i'm vowing to finish one before i start another. so, as i read, i'll share some of my highlights with you. after all, there's no point in all of us being in LIMBO! :)
here's some of my favorites....

1. -The Message. A year in the Bible.- this is the one that i'm trying to be the most faithful with. we are now 22 days into the new year and i'm still current! could it be? will i actually stick with it this year? just a few pages a day, i think i can do it. the Bible has AMAZING STORIES and this is an 'easy read'!!

2.-The Power of a Praying Parent.- Written by Stormie Omartian. great one.

3.-Lies Woman Believe.- Written by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. my niece, Taya told me about this book years ago. i'm still working on it. i like what i've read thus far.

4. -Boundaries With Kids.- Written by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. front says:"when to say Yes, when to say No, to help your children gain control of their lives." i'm looking forward to finishing this one....hoping to take some good tips from it!

5.-While they were sleeping- Written by Anne Arkins and Gary Harrell. 12 character traits for moms to pray. love this one.

6.-Believing God.- Written by Beth Moore. i'm doing this with a small group on Wednesdays. LOVE MY GIRLS. LOVE THE BOOK.

7.-The story of Edgar Sawtell.- a HUGE book, having a hard time getting past page 27- only 539 to go. yippee. mom, i'm forging thru.

8.-Up to NO good- the rascally things boys do! :) think that one speaks for itself!!

9. of course, one of the main reasons that i can't finish a book is because every month those new issues of People, Country Living, Country Home, Real Simple, Digital Scrapbooking, Creating Keepsakes, Better Homes and Gardens (not to mention the 'special issues' they put out) keep coming!! i'm a sucker for magazines!! my grocery bill is usually about 15 bucks higher than what it should be for this very reason.

there you have it.
since i know you care! :)
i'll keep you posted!

it's a 'dog-eat-dog' world....

our poor, poor cat (Joe) had a little friendly competition on Sunday when the neighbors dog came to visit.....
Joe realized very quickly that it's always best to stay up and out of the way. the kids were feeling pretty bad for her (notice sam risking life and limb for it), ryan and i on the other hand, thought it was hysterical. zoom in on the bottom picture and you'll see that the dog is dying for a piece of joe!
it's high time that cat learns a simple fact....life is not always fair!

the streets of hoopla..............

last night, after having devotions, max was asked to pray.
his prayer went something like this....

"Dear Lord. Thank you for this day. thank you for our food. please be with the people on the streets of HOOPLA that have no food today.....(there was more but i was laughing so hard, i missed the end).

so when he was done, i asked him where HOOPLA was, thinking it was a new country (ya, i sucked at geography!) they were learning about at school. in his most serious face he said, "i couldn't think of another street name so i made one up".

i think that one made God chuckle too!! :)
out of the mouth of babes...