One of the seven technological wonders that is facebook

For all one of my loyal readers... wondering why I haven't been blogging in the last year or so? Apparently all of my hours of blogging time has been hijacked by facebook. I really don't know what the appeal is to most people, but for me it is the best way to be nosy without actually morphing into Gladys Kravitz.

Not only that, but I get to play fun games like Farmville where I can while away several minutes of my precious time farming things like raspberries, which harvest in a mere two hours and pattypan squash, which I have never even heard of. Not to EAT this bountiful harvest, mind you, but just for animated computerific fun. Really, my goal is to overtake the level of my niece who hooked me on this time consuming nonsensical game, just to show her who's Farmville Boss.

And speaking of "Boss", I am quite the Mafia Queen. I am only 45 more blackmail photos and untold amounts of "energy" away from becoming a (not quite) actual Mafia Boss. Woo Hoo!

Yesterday, we were telling my 6 year old son that we didn't even have computers when we were his age and he said, "You must not have had any fun then." We neglected telling him about the fun that was Atari, because really that didn't come out until I was much older than he is and because I had the knockoff Sega version. We had one game that I remember. It was a car racing game that was black and white. You played it as if you were controlling the car from the perspective of the Goodyear blimp. I was the champion of that game because I figured out the pattern. My mother was so proud.

I am wondering what I ever did before facebook and computers? Was my house cleaner? Um, no. Was I reading books more? No, because I have read more books this year since school started than I have read since I was enrolled in school full time. More on that in a later blog post. I can imagine that you are sitting on the edge of you seat, so I will end this post there. Just wanted to let you know why I fell off of the blogging wagon, and it is all because of facebook.

Starting over? Again? Really this time? We shall see...

I am going to try the blogging thing again. I keep forgetting about the blog, because now there is facebook, but I wouldn't want to blog on facebook.

Anyway, I keep coming up with some ideas to try for this blog. And maybe another blog too. We'll see.

I will (re)start with this post.

Yay me. Getting started again.

Just Like Before Kids. (Almost.)

I don't know about you, but it is a rare day that my husband and I get to go out like we used to BK (before kids). So, when a friend of my husband's told us that he and his band from the mid-1990's said that he was coming into town for Thanksgiving to have a reunion show we called "PaPa" and asked if he would keep the kids for the night.

We prepared for the show by napping the afternoon before, because the music wasn't scheduled to start until 10:30! That is about the time I am usually yawning and stretching and getting ready to go to bed if I am not already asleep by then.

Some of our other friends were going to the show too and we went to dinner with them. We talked about old times, about our kids and about our jobs; basically, the conversation was nothing like the conversations that would have occurred 10 years ago.

We knew that we were a tad early when the mothers of some of the band members walked in after we did. When the show started 30 minutes late, we were rockin' out! That band should have made it big. They were awesome! Talent does not guarantee success, because those guys have some major talent. Never mind that they all have kids and had their pants pulled up too high and are balding. They rocked the house down.

At one point at the beginning of the show, the bass player/singer went to the mic and said "Thanks for getting baby-sitters and coming out tonight." It was funny, because looking around the room was like being at a college party except that we were all OLD and had put on a few pounds. (ahem!) I thought to myself that I wished I could freeze time for a moment, but it was nice to just close my eyes and know that my husband was there and would be there even when we picked up our kids and when our routine starts over again.

I can't wait for the next reunion show. I hope that they don't wait so long this time.

Happy Thanksgiving

So, here's what I want to know...

If you do not believe in God Almighty who made heaven and earth and everything in it, why do you celebrate THANKSGIVING? To whom, exactly, are you GIVING THANKS?

So, my last post was in August

So, my last post was in August.

Great.

Does anyone look at this?

HELLO! (HELLO!)
ECHO! (ECHO!)

Filtering the cobwebs here....

I have some thoughts on this blogging thing and I may actually start up again or start a new one.

Is there any way to blog offline and post later? It seems like I have heard someone say that there is, but I cant remember how they said to do it. I think it is a blog "plug-in" or something.

And before I go, if anyone is still there, I will tell you a hilarious blog I look at daily. It is: cakewrecks.com.

First Day of Bible Study

Today was the first day of my Fall Bible Study. We are doing Kay Arthur's Return to the Garden: Embracing God's Design For Sexuality.

Really? Yes, it is a Bible study on sexuality. Can you imagine?

What I love about this is the age range of the ladies in the group. There are some who have great-grandchildren to new mothers to young adult women. One lady shared that she is 66 years old and is madly in love with her high school sweetheart since being reunited with him after 40 years. They have both been married twice before and lost spouses both from divorce and death. They are keeping themselves "pure" for each other until they are married after the first of the year. Isn't that the sweetest thing you've ever heard?

I love that.

Today was the introduction and it was a general overview of our culture's emphasis on "in your face" sex and what it does to our view of ourselves and our intimate relationships.

Kay Arthur has quite a testimony that she shared bits of in the DVD today. Put it this way: she is qualified to teach this study. There was one moment when I literally thought, "Did she just say that? I can't believe she just said that!" But more importantly, she said that her goal is to teach each of us how to uncover for ourselves what God's Word says by an inductive method of study. Asking the "5 W's and 1 H" questions to each passage, highlighting key words and really understanding what God says. That is a skill that will go on long after this study is over.

One final thought that I had after the lesson today is that WE are responsible for teaching our children what God's word says and that it is ABSOLUTE TRUTH and what we base our behaviors on. If we do not teach our children, they will learn from the world and what the world shows us is the polar opposite of what God teaches. What a tremendous responsibility!

The Invisible Woman

I might be the last woman to see this, but I love it. I hope it blesses you as it blessed me.