03/17/10 9:22AM

The ladies' class went well, I think. We had some good discussion. As usual, I benefited the most from the lesson I prepared.

We're starting to plan for our daughter's first birthday. It's less than a month away. How did that happen?! Until about 2 weeks ago, I had been thinking about her as my little baby. I suddenly realized she's almost a "toddler." And now she truly is toddling all over the apartment! :(

Today T & I spent our craft time (K's first nap) repairing stuffed animals. It's amazing how they can just magically get holes in them! :) Of course, T's "help" was to go through the sewing kit and inspect every item, but at least he was entertained!
  • ginnyann
    I am glad to hear your class went well....I knew it would and that's the way I always feel....like I profited the most.
    Sounds like your animal repair was fun and educational for "T"....Isabella has asked me what all those things are used for....
    Made a few repairs myself.
    by ginnyann at 03/17/10 1:18PM

Stumped

at 03/10/10 8:06AM
We have a ladies' Bible class on Friday, and I'm "leading the discussion." The "leader" chooses the topic, and I'm having a terrible time getting a lesson together. My top idea is "happiness." That's as far as I've gotten. Please send more ideas, or at least a few good vibes this way! Thanks. :)
  • ceoltoir
    Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm....that was a good vibe. ;-)

    You might consider combining happiness and thankfulness. The Bible has some interesting things to say about thanksgiving and unthankfulness.
    by ceoltoir at 03/10/10 8:10AM
  • ginnyann
    If you go to my blog and click on "granny" she has many lessons I am sure she would gladly share. She is a preacher's wife in South AFrica. She is familiar with foreign work and some great ideas.
    My brain seems to be dead right now.
    She is more than willing to share.
    by ginnyann at 03/10/10 8:54AM
  • nycami
    Compile a list of things that make you happy. See if they fall into categories. Link them back to God, the giver of all things. (or not, I'm just sayin.....)
    by nycami at 03/10/10 12:53PM
  • momw
    Happiness...do the things that made Jesus happy make us happy as well?
    by momw at 03/10/10 2:35PM
  • queenofclean
    Hey I'm gonna get back to you quickly on the last email. Just sparked more interest of things I want to share with you about what you brought up. Give me a few. Love you too.
    by queenofclean at 03/10/10 7:56PM
  • maryel
    Phil 4:11
    by maryel at 03/10/10 9:00PM
  • ginnyann
    Psalm 144:15
    by ginnyann at 03/11/10 5:18AM
  • praguer
    Thanks everyone! Keep the ideas/vibes coming! :)
    by praguer at 03/11/10 7:02AM
  • bravedave
    I don't recall reading by flashlight... I forget if we worshiped in Prague. I was the tallest of the group and I preached, but again I don't remember where we worshiped. I think it was at a schoolhouse. On happiness, Mt. 6:19-34 and the book of Ecclesiastes both show what does and does not make us happy. 1 Tim. 6:6-8 speaks of contentment, which preceeds happiness.
    by bravedave at 03/12/10 2:19AM
  • praguer
    Lesson is finished . . . hopefully it will make sense and benefit us all. Thanks again for the ideas!
    by praguer at 03/12/10 2:48AM
  • ginnyann
    How did your class go? Hopefully, the co-op here in town will have some....one of the girls from church said she had gotten some there before....it can't hurt to try. Yep, we use the saline spray too. Take vitamin C, et
    He just can't get well and stay well, that's why I am thinking it's partly allergy. We've been told there is a lot of mold around and then there's the pine trees. Back when we lived in the area before I don't remember having this much trouble....but then again we were much younger!!!
    by ginnyann at 03/15/10 8:08AM

Warm weather has arrived!

at 02/22/10 12:00PM
OK, here that means we made it above freezing. But we're going on 3 days of that, and the sun was actually shining most of the day! Wahoo! I think about half our snow is gone (maybe more), and I even saw a patch of grass today. Spring is just around the corner, I'm sure. :)
  • mr_and_mrs_berry
    Our snow is melting too. Amazing how 4+ feet can go to 1 foot with patches of grass showing in less than two weeks. I wonder how much more will come this winter? Someday Tami, I hope to visit Prague. Laura loved it (FC Forensics) and Catherine wrote an essay about it, dreaming of coming someday.
    by mr_and_mrs_berry at 02/22/10 6:14PM
  • momw
    I'm so excited for spring and then.....SUMMER!!!!!
    by momw at 02/22/10 6:23PM
  • ginnyann
    I sure hope so....we are supposed to have more weather in the 20's at night for a few more days and not real warm during the day...yuck!
    I am so ready for Spring!
    by ginnyann at 02/22/10 6:55PM
  • nycami
    Wow, we're getting pummelled this year! It's been snowing for about 2 days straight now. Love snow, but it's almost too much of a good thing!
    by nycami at 02/26/10 4:51AM

Free Books!

at 02/20/10 3:19AM
My friend just pointed out this website:

http://booksneeze.com/

I'm sure there's a catch, but I'm investigating it!

A real date - on V day!

at 02/15/10 12:33PM
Ahhhh . . . . I'd almost forgotten what it was like. Some dear friends of ours gave us movie tickets for Christmas . . . and volunteered to babysit our sweet little bundles of energy while we trotted off to the theater. It was wonderful! We saw "Sherlock Holmes," which I enjoyed, but it was so nice just to be with my Honey for a while. We didn't intentionally plan it for Valentines day, but it happened to be the day our schedules coincided. Very nice.

Hope y'all had a good Valentines day, too!

  • momw
    Awww...that's great! Gotta love date night :)
    by momw at 02/15/10 1:05PM
  • video_nana
    Glad you had an evening out!
    by video_nana at 02/15/10 4:18PM
  • ginnyann
    Great....glad you were able to have a night out....romance is still alive and well.
    Thanks for your kind thoughts....I am trying not to over-do....
    My babysitting was cancelled today....on the way here a big deer ran into her car....she and Ansley are fine....emotionally upset....car is in bad shape but still driveable. She was waiting on her husband to get there and the police....so no babysitting today...
    Yesterday was wild with her and our granddaughter together....I think I said "no" a hundred times if I said it once. They want to run and scream like they are outside.....it's loud in this small apt. You can imagine!
    Oh well, it was fun but at the end of the day my nerves were "frazzeled".
    by ginnyann at 02/16/10 5:56AM
  • ceoltoir
    That sounds so nice! It's difficult - but important - to nurture the marriage relationship while you're nurturing little ones.

    My parents saw your dad at the FC lectures. They were AMAZED at how healthy he looks.
    by ceoltoir at 02/16/10 8:13AM
  • mr_and_mrs_berry
    Those date times are so important to squeeze into our lives and so often aren't! I'm so glad you two got one. :) Thank you for caring.
    by mr_and_mrs_berry at 02/16/10 8:18AM
  • homeschoolmomma23
    Okay, on the OSH, I would purchase the picture cards if you haven't already. That will certainly help a child who isn't reading yet. I wouldn't worry about doing the who said index cards that are mentioned in the lessons, unless you did them for yourself to use to review orally with your son. I would pick only 5-6 memory verses and open my eyes to do for the whole semester and do them weeks at a time to really get them down. We did sign language with the open my eyes as well, which honestly one of the sweetest things in the world seeing the little 2 and 3 year olds signing about God. Fortunately, we have a sign language interpreter in our congregation, but I believe you can find sites on the internet that will help you with the signs. If you have access to the books Old Testament Bible Story Patterns and New Testament Bible Story Patterns by In Celebration publishers, they are great for making the who wall people. For the cards and the who wall people, you can put magnets(we use the business card type that have adhesive on the back that you would put a business card on to put on your fridge-we cut them in smaller pieces to put on the pieces) and use a large white board. Review the purple cards and lesson cards, tell the new story, and then review with the who wall pieces. To review like I mentioned above with the who said type cards, I would put all the who wall people on the white board, say, "Who built the ark?" and let your son say or point to Noah. Like they say in the book, don't forget to have God in that set! "Who told Noah to put the animals on the ark?" "Who shut the door of the ark?" I wouldn't worry about the praise passages until your son starts to write some, you can find make your own handwriting worksheets on the web and do the praise passages with the dotted letters for him to trace. I would laminate your who wall pieces because several of them will be used multiple times and if you make them all, you will have quite a collection that you will use for years and years. I would take a week or so to do the lesson, I think that is suggested in the home set, especially with a young one. I would say the read aloud passage and sing the song every time. He will learn it so very fast!!! It is so neat in our congregation to hear our little ones belting out Walking in Sunlight--Hallelujah!-- because they learned it so well when we did light and water. You can find crafts, coloring pages, etc to use for review through the week for the lessons. If you are able to get those clip art people patterns, I like to make a scene from the story and retell the story as we glue the people on the paper. You can keep those in a binder and use those for review as well. I truly think it is one of the best curriculums for teaching Bible. I love it!!! Sorry this was rather disjointed, but if you don't understand or have more questions, email on the address listed on my blog.
    by homeschoolmomma23 at 02/17/10 6:50PM
  • queenofclean
    the amazing energy thing that C is talking about comes from me. Wanna know about it let me know and I'll send you an email. Oh and HI.
    by queenofclean at 02/17/10 8:59PM
  • bravedave
    Hi. My name is David Halbrook. I live in Jamestown, Indiana. I'm wondering if you know a Christian named Robert? I believe that he is a lawyer. I visited Prague in '99 with some college friends, hosted by Keith Barclay. We stayed at Robert's apartment and were able to spend a few days with him but I've lost touch with him since then. Just curious. If you do not know him, you can delete this post. Thanks.
    by bravedave at 02/17/10 10:06PM
  • bravedave
    Well "ginnyann" answered my question and it seems as though you know Robert quite well. I was thinking that I remembered his last name but wasn't sure. Please tell him hello. Does he still have his Confederate flag flying in his office? I have one in mine. I recall talking about US history with him and really enjoying that. Funny thing is that he probably knows US History better than I do! Please tell Robert hello. There was a group of us that visited, so he may not remember me specifically, which is not a problem.
    by bravedave at 02/18/10 6:46AM
  • ginnyann
    Didn't mean to "horn" in on your questions about Robert....I just thought it was ironic....couldn't resist. I don't know if I remember him or not...wish I could see his face better on his blog picture.
    Small world after all....
    by ginnyann at 02/18/10 4:14PM
  • bravedave
    I'm about 2 1/2 hours from Madison. I live 20 minutes west of Indianapolis. As long as The General is up, the South is well-represented. There was a pic of him in my home growing up and my brother's middle name is "Edward" (the E in Robert E. Lee, in case you hadn't asked Robert was the "E" represented). My dad taught history before he started preaching regularly. Glad to "meet" ya Tami.
    by bravedave at 02/18/10 7:38PM
  • queenofclean
    NOT.....but if you need some I can tell you where to get it. :):):)
    by queenofclean at 02/19/10 9:13AM
  • cnh42
    Saw the nursing moms comment...I am still nursing (3 times a day) now....been taking it for a couple of weeks now and haven't noticed a change in supply or in her.
    by cnh42 at 02/19/10 10:50AM