For His Service

10 Day Forecast Updated: Jun 30, 2012, 6:13pm EDT Tonight Jun 30 104 °F Observed High 5:05 pm Mostly Clear      Chance of rain     0%   Sun Jul 1 103 °   Partly Cloudy     Chance of rain:      10%    Well, I do live in Hotlanta!    Today we attended an Atlanta Braves game and set a new...all time record high...    Thankfully, we were in a suite with air conditioning... the only way to watch the game today.  I saw this comical Weather forecast... I thought it was funny...enjoy!   NNW at 8 mph

“ We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, ‘What does it matter so long as they are contented?"- C.S. Lewis... Yep, I did it again.  I started a blog with another C.S. Lewis quote.  Yesterday was one of those days that I wished that God said.."as long as they are content"... But, HE knows better.  Even when my heart breaks... He knows better.  Even when I don't understand why my son got an I.V., waited  1 1/2 hours for his MRI and then was told "not to move a muscle" for another hour..which he couldn't do..so his MRI was rescheduled with Sedation, He knows better.   Even when a relative battling alcohol addiction causes embarrassment for himself and others, HE knows better.  Even when there isn't healing where you thought there would be healing, He knows better.   Even when your heart feels like it can't hear of another hurt or neglected child.... or animal, He knows bet

Vulnerable- a.  Susceptible to physical or emotional injury. b.  Susceptible to attack: That's how loving feels sometimes. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” ―  C.S. Lewis ,  The Four Loves I think he got it.  In order for love to be real, to not guard your heart in a box and for it to waste away, we must be "susceptible to emotional injury"  .   My husband will make me mad, sad, or glad (suddenly I am Dr. Seuss) .  LOL..   I can avoid the bad (and the good) by checking out... and p

Madeline decided she wanted her own before and after... so she asked me to cut her hair into a swing bob... Here it is... she is so cute!

We only get family  only channels ...and one show I like to watch is  Junk Gypsy.    This is my real-life version of Junk Gypsy.  In order to try to encourage the kids to play more board games, I made two tables that would house board games at the bottom. I took two existing tables that we had and measured with diameter of each.  Then, I went to Lowe's and had them cut plywood to those dimensions.  Next, John-Michael and Madeline helped me drill pilot holes and ..  attach the rolling casters with wood screws.  Finally, we painted it all out in a soft grey to pull it all together.  John-Michael looks thrilled about the painting.LOL... Here are the after photos of our new game tables.. John-Michael decided he wanted a haircut..so here is his before....before I got the scissors out...  And here is His after..  My oldest son...so did not want to have a haircut..but he sooo needed one..  His before...  Him hiding as we are tryin

It has been a week since I have blogged..  Life is busy...even in the summer... three kids, many friends... hopping here and there.  I added pink to my hair.. it washes out in a couple of weeks.  I painted a few paintings ..including this "Power Horse" in red as a fundraiser for the rescue where we volunteer.  Alivie, a 5 year old race horse at the rescue, had her intestines removed twice this past month..once due to an obstruction...  and once due to a twist in her colon (a complication from the 1st surgery).  She finally made it back to the rescue. Here Madeline is greeting her as Sam in holding the lead rope.  John-Michael tells her that he has been praying for her and is so glad she is back.  The kids have had friends over... and we went to see Madagascar 3. We really liked it.  I went to see my dad on father's day. Here is his rescue-pitbull, Baby. See her sweet smiling face.   She is about  6 or 7....and is a great dog.   My dad

I am trying to plant things that 1. we can eat  or 2. will attract birds/ butterflies.    So we have sunflowers and hibiscus near the pond We have daylilies and lantana.  The lantana is to the right and has mulitiple small flowers. ...the hummingbirds just love it.  Lantana comes in many colors. I have it in pink, red, yellow, and orange. This Phoebe is looking for bugs...  To the right ..you can see small fencing... this is one of my vegetable garden areas.  We just harvested beans and now we planted bell peppers and sunflower seeds.  ..something for us ..and something for the birds.  And then ..there are flowers that are for both of us  ...  ..I love the look of black-eyed susans (above)... and the birds love to eat the seeds in the center.  We harvested many raspberries ... here is what is left (below).. And we have fruit to come..here are some of our grapes that need to get a little bigger.. (come on, rain).... Here are my tomato