Monday… taco chicken quiche, salad

Tuesday… black beans with rice & salsa

Wednesday… sloppy joes

Thursday… spaghetti, garlic bread, salad

Friday… carryout pizza or something!

Week’s Weather Pretty days, some rain and a little Ike-ie at the end of the week.

Sunday Sermon Tabernacle.

Life lessons Trust God to supply the blessings.

Favorite Meal(s) lunch at cheesecake factory… baja chicken tacos! yummy!

Treasured Moment(s) lunch with miki, quiet time over the weekend with matt.

Simple Pleasures  looking forward to diving back into a book, good reports when picking izzy up from school.

Impacting News

    World

    National  Ike pounds Texas, Los Angeles Commuter Rail Crash Death Toll Rises

    Personal  Updated Izzy’s blog…

Things I Read  new moon, bible, devos

Movies We Watched Perfect Stranger

Interesting Internet facebook… 

Places We Went  mardels, cheesecake factory, kohls, marshalls, walmart, sams.

Budget Savers/Busters savers… found some comfy clothes for izzy at kohls; buster… still gas.

Blessings  good health, matt’s neck is well, bailey’s poison ivy is well.

Challenges getting all these cads done!

Accomplishments making a dent in them…

Family Happenings my brother and sil bought a new house… nothing really happening new here… just the usual school etc.

Tried Something New put jalapenos in my cowboy stew… it was yummy.

Photos

Mike & Terri’s new house!

Amanda, Antoinette (Lo’s sis), Edna (her friend), Melissa (Lo’s other sister) at FLO.

Another FLO group pic…

If you were deserted on an island for 1 year with absolutely no connection

to the outside world (not even one person), what 3 things would you bring with you?

Good question Kim… but tough!  Since you said no people I can’t choose Matt to be there… with no connection to the world that means no laptop or cellphone… or radio!  So of course my first choice would be the Bible, it would be a great year of learning I’m sure!  The time we spent in Dallas when Izzy was in the hospital was almost like being deserted on an island for those months.  Almost.  We did see people and have access to phones and things, but we sure didn’t want to watch any television and we didn’t care what the world was doing.  We were focused on learning more about God because we knew that without Him we wouldn’t survive this event.  Our Bibles were our constant companion.  Second I would choose some sort of light source.  Probably a lighter or matches.  I have to be practical, and water would have to be boiled right?  I’ve watched enough epidsodes of Survivor to know at least that much!  The third thing I would choose would be bedding, as in a blanket and/or pillow!  So I could be snuggled up by a nice fire reading.  I honestly don’t know that I could last a year on an island.  Tom Hanks lasted how many years on Castaway?  Like five or more?  He did have Wilson.  Maybe I should choose a soccer ball instead of the bedding?

You can join in over at the Internet Cafe Devotions blog!

It is so convenient now that fast food places accept credit cards. Remember the days when you had to go get cash before driving through the burger drive through? What a pain! I love the ease of just keeping my card in my pocket and using it for all my purchases. I rarely write a check these days… well, I did write a check today but it had been several days since I had written a check. There was a time when I wrote several checks a day. I really don’t miss that. It is also nice to be able to swipe your own card when checking out. That way the card never leaves my hand and that means fewer chances for the card to get left or lost. How about you, do you write many checks anymore?

Saturday 9: Whistle While You Work
1. Tell us which job your are telling us about, and when you had it.  I work at home… and work at home.

2. Where do/did you work? at home. (see #1)

3. Tell us about that boss.  Well, I don’t like to think of him as my boss, but he is the head of our household… and then there is the boss or owner of the SPCC LLC I do CAD’s for.

4. Do/Did you find your work creative? If yes how?  Yes.  Every day is different than the previous day, and with the CAD work it is semi creative.

5. Tell us about your favorite co-worker.  That would be my sidekick Izzy.

6. Tell us about the biggest jerk in that job.  No comment

7. Where do/did you see yourself with this job in five years?  I think I’ll still be managing this house in five years, don’t know about the CAD work.

8. Tell us about your commute.  I walk from my bedroom to the kitchen, to the den, to the front room, sometimes I even go into the hall bathroom.  I am called away as far as Amanda’s room which is the furthest trip I take while working here.

9. What hours of the day do/did you work?  24/7.  Minus a few bloggy breaks.

~~Creative Adventure XVII ~ Fill In The Blanks~

1. While driving home from a ride in the countryside, you happen to spot a large victorian type old-fashioned general store at the end of a side road. Thinking it might be nice to buy something to take home, you drive up the long driveway and can’t help noticing there are no other customers?

2. Parking the car anyway, you walk up the steps to a big front porch that wraps around the building. Upon reaching the door you make sure it isn’t locked before pushing it open?

3. Once inside the store you wander around and up the four floors and can’t help but notice you are the only one there except for a little old shaky lady?

4. Finally leaving the general store, you remember to remind yourself that you really did need that one more cute believe sign?

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For example, the beautiful cartier pasha pictured above. Isn’t it brilliant? The watchery.com has so many pretty Cartier watches to choose from.  They have tons of brand name luxury watches and they are less expensive than the suggested manufacturer’s prices.  They are all new and completely authentic.  They even come with serial numbers.  They only sell the best watches.  Never refurbished or rejects.  They work really hard to get the watches out to you at the lowest possible price.  So, if you were able to pick one of these beautiful watches, which one would be your first choice?  I think the one I pictured would be my first choice.  But there are so many to choose from I could probably pick at least ten.