Note to self: Blogging is not facebooking. Stop wanting to post every 20 minutes.

Stream of Thought

I feel like the tin man when he gets oiled again. Stream of thought. My favorite.

I cannot find my old blog design. It's outdated. That could actually be a metaphor for my life. My old design is outdated and I'm left with this.

Haven't been here in so long, I forgot everything I ever said. Scrolled back 2 posts and saw the best BD party I ever threw one of my kids. Good memory.

Going into isolation when we move. I predict it lasts all of 2 weeks before I get myself into even more trouble.

Since I last blogged regularly, I have finally embraced FB and become a regular there. Being back makes me feel like a husband that cheated and returned home. Except I am still keeping my mistress on the side. FB has such nice curves...

I am not the same woman that left this blog. Don't expect her back. Sorry if I disappoint you in my current, less than conservative nature.

I am ready to put together all the pieces of the book and am pretty darned excited.

I pray love and peace to each one of you, the saving knowledge of Christ if needed and mostly, do yourself a favor and laugh your arse off before you hit the sheets tonight. It'll be worth it.

Will it stick?

Not sure if I can make the blog stick again. I just can't seem to FEEl it anymore. But I want to blog again and try to center myself back on the life I want to live with the kids. Life without all the external stuff that got in the way the last few years. Yes, years. So, that leaves me totally stripped, drained, empty, broken, and a whole different kind of older. I hear this is when God works best. Oy. He should have a pretty serious game plan because generally, I have a whole bunch of crazy to recover from.

P.S. Told you I would Am. Now go keep an eye on Magalish. ;) Can you tell me how I feel sunburnt when we were in the shade all day? I wonder if this is going to be too weird now that I'm a fbookie.

Coming out of the Blog Smog

Ok this new blog design stuff? It's PROOF that I hate designing anything. I like this design after about 4,000 wasted tries and 1.5 hours of the most wasted time in my life, but of course, it says happy new year.

Plus, I am not the happy happy color, designy whiney type gal. I am the straight black and white gal. The content is better than the package gal. Especially at 40-something. And I can say 40-something because I AM over 40 and it makes me sound sage like. Like I am aged. Pronounced a-jid, for extra emphasis if you like.

I wanted to start a new blog. Should have. Maybe still will. But am still trying to figure out the design part. Wanted a big country look for the new homestead. But nothing worked. I like the more rock n rolly look.

Okay...enough of that already.

2 Peter's in the HOUSE!!!

We began 2 Peter at The Chap yesterday. JK, I am NOT going to start calling CC "The Chap". Just had to try it to freak you all out. P-Diddy stuck when I called Doug that once in a post and I do NOT want this one to stick as well. Lol

Anyway, of course- I could not deny the truth yet again that Doug discussed about ignoring who I am in Christ...again! If you are called...and if you possess the power that Christ gives...why oh WHY do we deny it and ignore it????

I lament that I possess a lot of Peter and Paul's worst qualities. Sigh. I'd like to think that makes me just like an apostle!! LOL! But really what it says is I am just a sinner saved by grace. (Ok, that's bad theology but you know what I mean)

Read this wonderful devotional by Oswald Chambers...I just CANNOT get over this guy!!!! Amazing every time!!



The Piercing Question


Do you love Me? —John 21:17


Peter’s response to this piercing question is considerably different from the bold defiance he exhibited only a few days before when he declared, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" ( Matthew 26:35 ; also see Matthew 26:33-34 ). Our natural individuality, or our natural self, boldly speaks out and declares its feelings. But the true love within our inner spiritual self can be discovered only by experiencing the hurt of this question of Jesus Christ. Peter loved Jesus in the way any natural man loves a good person. Yet that is nothing but emotional love. It may reach deeply into our natural self, but it never penetrates to the spirit of a person. True love never simply declares itself. Jesus said, "Whoever confesses Me before men [that is, confesses his love by everything he does, not merely by his words], him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God" ( Luke 12:8 ).

Unless we are experiencing the hurt of facing every deception about ourselves, we have hindered the work of the Word of God in our lives. The Word of God inflicts hurt on us more than sin ever could, because sin dulls our senses. But this question of the Lord intensifies our sensitivities to the point that this hurt produced by Jesus is the most exquisite pain conceivable. It hurts not only on the natural level, but also on the deeper spiritual level. "For the Word of God is living and powerful . . . , piercing even to the division of soul and spirit . . ."— to the point that no deception can remain ( Hebrews 4:12). When the Lord asks us this question, it is impossible to think and respond properly, because when the Lord speaks directly to us, the pain is too intense. It causes such a tremendous hurt that any part of our life which may be out of line with His will can feel the pain. There is never any mistaking the pain of the Lord’s Word by His children, but the moment that pain is felt is the very moment at which God reveals His truth to us.


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Stream of Thought

Busy Busy.

Facebook marketing plan going great.

Kids are at Disney.

I'm not.

I'm glad.

I'm warm. LOL!

Next month is probably singly the most impt month for LFM. We pulled in an exclusive interview with a famous author.

Now, THAT is exciting for a small fry like us.

I'm behind the biggest 8 ball of my life this month and cannot get this thing GOING.

What a ride this is....our 24th issue is just around the corner....will it be our last? Will it be the start of the next 24? Only one fellow knows....

Happy Birthday to You!

Lol, what a fun time we had at Lauren's 10th Birthday Party. Really you guys, your kids are just wonderful. They were so darling laughing and excited. I love girls. I love your girls!

Lauren (obviously) ate up all the attention!















The cake was actually SO easy. Yet looks impressive! I will post a how to post on this as anyone could do it.










Group Shot. Lauren the goof off as usual.

Kate had the table all to herself...briefly.

Kids were having a ball from the get go. They must have needed a fun day off at the end of the week!

They ate like champs. Eggs, bacon, sausage in croissants, fruit salad, bagels w/cream cheese, french toast bake and juice!

Games were my favorite, we played "Who am I" (taped Disney characters to the back of the girls and everyone had to treat the person like who they were. If they guessed it, they win. From Mulan to Maid Marian (is that Disney?) that was a great beginning.

Then, "Go to Bed"...a secret Mom "winks" the kids to "bed". (read, hit the floor) Lol until she is the last one standing-unless someone can guess who it is!

On to everyone's favorite, we played "Panic Word". Two teams with a stack of word cards. Rotating girls drew a card and had to give clues to make their team say the word. Timed to a few minutes, whichever team got the most cards won. Highly competitive and fast, plays like verbal charades meets 100,000 Pyramid.

Tremendous game guys! Fun to watch too!

In keeping with the sleep over theme, we decorated pillow cases with fabric paint and markers. I found this fabric computer paper that has a peel and stick backing. Download a pic (or any graphic) print and stick on a craft! Cool! (Many of the girls were into this Live-Laugh-Love theme. Love E. Kliber's take though, "Live-Laugh-Liz!"

SO good to spend a little time with Madi too! We NEVER get to see her!!!! Such a cutie!

Diligent workers.

Ok, I didn't MEAN to do a pinata! (sorry, I don't know how to make a tilde on the computer)

But we did and did they love it! We initially just got it because it was so cute but we ended up filling it and doing it. It was TOUGH to break and there were loud chants of "Ma-di! Ma-di! Ma-di!

and "Let's go Janie, let's go! WOW.

Of course, it broke in half and fell the ground refusing to participate by breaking. We nearly beat that thing to death and could have taken out a kid or two in the process. I had to pick it up, rip the top off and fling it across the room! Much to the delight and screaming of some cutie pie girls. We also painted toes, did some Eduardian hair do's and learned a new dance!

Girl's fave? Why the limo of course! One small benefit of the magazine is the ability to trade! No I didn't pay for this ridiculous thing! LOL! You will see their ad in March issue. :) But they were so wonderful and the limo was just beautiful! I wish you all could have seen it. I have never seen the girl's faces so beaming with excitement. So fun. And really we did it for YOU parents too so you wouldn't have to come out and get them so late.

2nd load

First load takes off...with loud music and water and soda. Very Fun!

This whole party was so much fun to plan and pull off. I can't thank you all enough for letting your girls be a part. Lauren loved all of her VERY thoughtful gifts and was just thrilled to spend time with some girlfriends. I hope they had fun, I think they did!

I will send some individual pics to you all. I have some great shots of each of the girls. :) That's all folks.