The Simple Woman's Daybook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~For Today ~

 

Outside my window: I don't know I can't see the windows...

 
I am thinking: how I'm excited for Sunday

I am thankful : For God & Friends & Family

 

From the learning rooms: I have no idea..

 

 

 

In the kitchen: Gonna be hamburgers soon.

I am wearing: White shorts, My Notre Dame Championship T-shirt & Airwalks

I am creating: this blog.

I am going:  to ride the float for our church in the parade Tuesday.

I am wondering:  if the ain will stay away Tuesday.

I am reading: 

Pay it Forward

I am hoping: for good weather so I can go bike riding

I am looking: forward to Sunday

I am hearing: Music ♥

Around the house: Don't know i'm not home right  now..

I am pondering: God's purpose for me

One of my favorite things: is making people smile

A few plans for the rest of the week: Church on Sunday, Parade on Tuesday

 

Here is picture for thought I am sharing ...

 

                         
                                         Way To Go Dinger on Your Win Last Saturday!!

 

Kyle Petty Vs. Danica Patrick

Kyle Petty Picking on Danica again: http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/06/27/kyle-petty-comments-danica-patrick-nascar-kentucky.html

Danica Shoots back:http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/06/28/danica-patrick-responds-to-kyle-petty-criticism.html

This is nuts. Kyle has been on Danica ever since she came into NASCAR just leave her alone Kyle...

The 10 Commandments of Dating

I found this book The 10 Commandments of Dating by Ben Young & Sam Adams. This book is great. I think every young Christian should read it.

Here are the Commandments:
1.Thou Shalt Get a Life
2.Thou Shalt Use Your Brain
3.Thou Shalt Be Equally Yoked
4.Thou Shalt Take It Slow
5.Thou Shalt Set Clear Boundaries
6.Thou Shalt Save Sex for Later
7.Thou Shalt not Fall for Sex Lies
8.Thou Shalt Not Ignore Warning Signs
9.Thou Shalt Choose Wisely
10.Thou Shalt Take Action

SING ♥

By My Chemical Romance



Sing it out
Boy, you've got to see what tomorrow brings
Sing it out
Girl, you've got to be what tomorrow needs
For every time that they want to count you out
Use your voice every single time you open up your mouth

Sing it for the boys
Sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart
Sing it till you're nuts
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf
Sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

Sing it out, boy they're gonna sell what tomorrow means
Sing it out, girl before they kill what tomorrow brings
You've got to make a choice
If the music drowns you out
And raise your voice
Every single time they try and shut your mouth

Sing it for the boys
Sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart
Sing it till you're nuts
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf
Sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

Cleaned-up corporation progress
Dying in the process
Children that can talk about it,
Living on the webways
People moving sideways
Sell it till your last days
Buy yourself the motivation
Generation Nothing,
Nothing but a dead scene
Product of a white dream
I am not the singer that you wanted
But a dancer
I refuse to answer
Talk about the past, sir
Wrote it for the ones that want to get away

Keep running!

Sing it for the boys
Sing it for the girls
Every time that you lose it sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart
Sing it till you're not
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf
Sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

You've got to see what tomorrow brings
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world
Yeah, you've got to be what tomorrow needs
Sing it for the world
Sing it for the world

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach

June:

"I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June." - L.M. Montgomery


June is generous with her authentic gifts. Once again the days are sunny and hot.  The roses and peonies are in bloom, and it's time to feast on strawberries and cream.  School is over, summer camp begins, and visions of vacations dance in our heads.  Our smiles deepen, our laughter increases, our hearts open.  This month we rediscover that it is life's enrichments rather than the riches of life that bring us true contentment.


                                                June 28th:

                      Repotting: Giving roots and yourself room to grow.

"Little flower- but If I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all
I should know what God and woman is."
             - Alfred, Lord Tennyson







Uh-oh. Dropping leaves. Whatever can be the matter? The plant has been watered; it basks in the light; it's neither too hot nor too cold. I pick up the pot and look at the small drainage hole in its underbelly. Tiny white roots are frantically pushing through in a futile attempt attempt to escape confinement or at least find a little more breathing space.
   Pot bound. Did you know that plants need to be repotted at least every two years? This has not been a problem for me in the past, since plants rarely made it that long around here. But as I become a better caretaker of myself, I care better for everything. However, even if the roots don't need more room to grow, the old soil should be replaced because all the nutrients have been consumed. The interior of the pot is a wasteland. "I don't know when I myself am too pot-bound," Gunilla Norris confesses in her numinous devotional, Being Home, "lacking courage to be replanted, to take the shock of the new soil, to feel into the unknown and take root in it."

                         We, too, need to consider repotting for growth. But when? When we wilt even before the day begins. When we can't seem to visualize or dream. When we can't remember the last time we laughed. When we have absolutely nothing in the next twenty-four hours to look forward to. When this happens, week in, week out, we need to realize that we're pot-bound. We need to gently loosen the soil around our souls, find something that sparks our imagination, quickens our pulse, brings a smile or giddy lilt to our conversations.

    But repotting doesn't mean we have to leave the marriage or quit the job. It just means we need something new. Why is it too late to go back to college if you do it one course at a time? Maybe this is the summer to learn to speak French or to start your own gift basket business? Perhaps you can get the sewing machine fixed, try making blackberry cordial, or take up fencing. What's stopping you from writing for that grant, applying for the fellowship, pulling together that one-woman show, attending that lecture series, publishing your own newsletter, or just sending for that intriguing mail-order catalog.

  As I work with my plans, I see that the roots are just stunted. Gently, with my fingers, I untangle them.
 Leaf. Stem. Root.
Mind. Body. Soul.
 Three in one. Spirit's seamless thread of mystery. I have often thought that if I could just discover where one strand left off and another began, I could understand it all. As it is, I understand little, yet somehow I know.
I set the plant into a slightly larger pt. Not to large; we must not overwhelm but encourage. So too, I must not take on the world but simply each task before me. Now I add rich potting soil. Water. Slowly I take the plant to a shady spot for a day so that it can become adjusted to its new environment. But even at this moment, the stem seems straighter, the leaves uplifted. "Speak to Him thou for He hears, " Tennyson urges. "Spirit with Spirit can meet-Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet."

Root and bud bear silent witness to the restoration.

The Voice

We've been catching up on our "DVR'ed" episodes of The Voice that we had missed! They had some pretty awesome contestants this season. I'm going to post a few videos of my favorites!

First: The Swon Brothers. They are a pretty awesome duo & Colton's a cutie!



Second: Garrett Gardner. He's AMAZING! & adorable & his version of this song made me cry!