Well, I've posted to all my blogs now.LOL I wanted to let my readers know that I've posted a question/discussion topic on my blogs at www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com and www.tarheelreads.blogspot.com about book buying and how it affects the industry and authors and such. I'd love it if you'd go take a look and post a comment.
Now for us, well things are going well. DH is working steady and so far we've been bringing in more than he was making working a "job". It's still a scary thing but we are fairing well. We are excited about it at any rate. And making a few changes to shopping habits I feel has helped. They were changes we needed to make anyway, so not at all bad.
The kids are growing likes weeds. Baby girl's birthday is March 9th and I think we are going to try for a cookout here at the house. We got the kids a play/swingset the weekend. It was a monster to take down and now we've got to get it put back together, but we were waiting for a bit warmer weather and time.LOL
OKay I'm running again. Hope everyone is having a great day.
hugs,
WendyK
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Snowy Birthday...
Well Monday was my birthday, and it snowed Monday night. I'm going to post a few pics.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Elvis Aaron Presley...
This is one of my all time favorite images of Elvis.Elvis Presley was born today in 1935. And for those who don't know I'm a HUGE Elvis fan. His movies were on all day today and while I wasn't at home, my fatherinlaw and daugther watched them. I got to see a couple tonight. But I still wished him a Happy Birthday.
This is another of my favorite images.
I hope everyone had a great day. By own birthday is coming up in a little over a week.
hugs to you all,
WendyK
Monday, January 05, 2009
Resolutions for the New Year...
I got this from a friend and wanted to share it:
Priorities For The New Year
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2" diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them in to the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. The students laughed. He asked his students again if the jar was full? They agreed that yes, it was.
The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your spouse, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed.
The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car.
The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important.
Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.” Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter.
What a thought for the New Year. You can make all types of resolutions but if you don’t have your priorities in the right place it won’t matter. This year, should you decide to make resolutions, I would encourage you to make them in line with your priorities.
So make those resolutions but make sure you make the ones that will mean the most to you and your loved ones. Sometimes life can be too much and we need to take a moment to reevaluate just what is important in our lives. I did this at the end of 2008 and it's why I gave up my position as the Christian Fiction Coordinator and a reviewer at www.theromancereadersconnection.com. I have my blogs, www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com and www.tarheelreads.blogspot.com and this one. I'll be able to set my own deadlines, and if at times I need to put reading aside because my son needs the extra help with school, or I have my own writing to do, or our business needs attention then I can do it and not feel guilty for missing a deadline. I miss reviewing with the wonderful ladies at TRRC, but I've also found the stress relief soooo much better. It's such a pleasure now to read, whereas before it was becoming a chore. I read/review/discuss/invite authors to My Book Addiction blog from the secular section of reading, and I'll read/review/discuss/invite authors to my Tarheel Reads blog from the Christian Fiction section of the reading world. I'm hoping 2009 will find me in a much better place than 2008 did.
We lost both my motherinlaw and my DH's father's mother, both within a month of each other. We then lost my Great uncle passed away. It's been a strange, long, emotionally challenging year, 2008 was. I won't say 2009 can't be worse because it can. But thank the good Lord so far it's being good to us. My DH is now working for himself, he recently got an offer to occasionally work with a guy he's worked with for over 20yrs. That will help to off-set any losses we might have felt from now working a "job". We had figured up how many inspections he'd need to do in a week/month's time to make what he made at his "job" and so far he's worked more than that. He's much more relaxed, and we are both excited about it. This makes the kids more relaxed and excited. I'm scared but it's that good kinda scared you get. I really feel the Lord was leading us to this. My DH has wanted to be his own boss for years.
I'm thinking I might need to print off this post to remind myself often that the "small stuff" is just that it's small. There is NOTHING too big for God to handle and by letting it go, I'm allowing him to care for me as He longs to do.
I hope you all will find your own resolutions to be as enlightening and life changing.
hugs,
WendyK
Priorities For The New Year
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2" diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them in to the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. The students laughed. He asked his students again if the jar was full? They agreed that yes, it was.
The professor then picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your spouse, your health, your children - anything that is so important to you that if it were lost, you would be nearly destroyed.
The pebbles are the other things in life that matter, but on a smaller scale. The pebbles represent things like your job, your house, your car.
The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there is no room for the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, material things, you will never have room for the things that are truly most important.
Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.” Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter.
What a thought for the New Year. You can make all types of resolutions but if you don’t have your priorities in the right place it won’t matter. This year, should you decide to make resolutions, I would encourage you to make them in line with your priorities.
So make those resolutions but make sure you make the ones that will mean the most to you and your loved ones. Sometimes life can be too much and we need to take a moment to reevaluate just what is important in our lives. I did this at the end of 2008 and it's why I gave up my position as the Christian Fiction Coordinator and a reviewer at www.theromancereadersconnection.com. I have my blogs, www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com and www.tarheelreads.blogspot.com and this one. I'll be able to set my own deadlines, and if at times I need to put reading aside because my son needs the extra help with school, or I have my own writing to do, or our business needs attention then I can do it and not feel guilty for missing a deadline. I miss reviewing with the wonderful ladies at TRRC, but I've also found the stress relief soooo much better. It's such a pleasure now to read, whereas before it was becoming a chore. I read/review/discuss/invite authors to My Book Addiction blog from the secular section of reading, and I'll read/review/discuss/invite authors to my Tarheel Reads blog from the Christian Fiction section of the reading world. I'm hoping 2009 will find me in a much better place than 2008 did.
We lost both my motherinlaw and my DH's father's mother, both within a month of each other. We then lost my Great uncle passed away. It's been a strange, long, emotionally challenging year, 2008 was. I won't say 2009 can't be worse because it can. But thank the good Lord so far it's being good to us. My DH is now working for himself, he recently got an offer to occasionally work with a guy he's worked with for over 20yrs. That will help to off-set any losses we might have felt from now working a "job". We had figured up how many inspections he'd need to do in a week/month's time to make what he made at his "job" and so far he's worked more than that. He's much more relaxed, and we are both excited about it. This makes the kids more relaxed and excited. I'm scared but it's that good kinda scared you get. I really feel the Lord was leading us to this. My DH has wanted to be his own boss for years.
I'm thinking I might need to print off this post to remind myself often that the "small stuff" is just that it's small. There is NOTHING too big for God to handle and by letting it go, I'm allowing him to care for me as He longs to do.
I hope you all will find your own resolutions to be as enlightening and life changing.
hugs,
WendyK
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