So I'm reading TIME magazine the other day, thanks to a generous friend who has paid for my subscription, and I come across an ad for the "Green Bible."  Most of us know about the "red letter" editions, where the words of Jesus appear in red ink while everything else is in black text.  But The Green Bible is for the nature lover and environmentalist where the over 1,000 verses in the Bible that relate to nature are all printed in a "pleasant shade of forest green."

The idea behind this new edition is that "creation care"--the Christian catchphrase for nature conservancy--"is at the very core of our Christian walk."

I'm not so sure that I agree with that premise that is put forth in the introduction to the Green Bible by  Evangelical eco-activist J. Matthew Sleeth, but I'll withhold judgment until I get a chance to pick up one for myself.

     Our family just got back from a family reunion in Missouri on Monday.  The day the family got together, was filled with reuniting, laughter, tears, etc....Jeff and I were given the opportunity to speak about our Lord and Savior, our daughter sang, and the boys just had fun being boys.  While we were sitting at our table, enjoying our meal, a young lady that was there as a friend to one of the family members became intrigued in our conversation about starting up the church in San Antonio.  She waited so patiently, and I knew by the smile on her face, that she had something important to say.  We had shared, through our conversation, that although we have done some things and have talked to people about the church, nothing had been laid in stone, and we still weren't sure what the next phase was for this ministry.  She quickly stated that her church's mission is to fund new churches from the ground up.  I couldn't believe what I had just heard, and I immediately began to praise God, because He sent her our way, sat her at our table, and in His right spot, in His time, connected us with someone that we needed to speak to about the church, and getting it started. 

     God puts people into Your path at unusual times and places, sometimes the times and places may seem random to us, but they are not random, there just because, they are God's perfect times and places.  They are there to remind us that He is in control of everything.   It is so important to wait on God, and not do things when we think it's time or "feel" like it, because we may miss out on the blessing that comes along with obedience.  Pray and ask God what His Purpose is for your life.  Remember, we all have a purpose and we are all important to God's mission.  Are you on board?  It's not too late! 

Quote of the day:  Henry Ward Beecher

"Oh what joy it brings to me to think that I am not a lonely wanderer trying to find my way, but that the vague and inexplicable yearnings which I have, and I am following, are the draw-strings thrown out to lead me by the One who knows just what my necessities are, and who stands ready to relieve them all!"

Bible verse of the day:  Romans 8:14

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of god, these are the sons of God."

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for always picking the right places and the right times to show me that You are in control of EVERYTHING!  I am grateful to You for always following through and giving me hope each day that I am here in this world.  Thank You for sending people into my life that validate and confirm the plan that You have before me.  I praise You with all that I am, love You from a heart that You continue to mold into Your likeness, and worship You from the depths of my soul.  Thank You for creating me to do Your Will and for sharing with others just how merciful, loving, and just You are.  Thank You God for always coming through and allowing me to be a part of this bigger picture that I can't even imagine.  I thank You for this day!

In Jesus Name I pray,

Amen

In total I've got 71 now... I hope it will be enough until the end of the week...

Well, today I also got the mushroom chair and dresser ;) . Woohoo!

Anyway...in as loving a way as possible, whenever you are confronted with your own incompetence, think to yourself "ID Ten T."  But not that you think you are really an "idiot" (I don't think God would have us thingking that way), but that we don't know everything and we do and say idiotic things soemtimes - and sometimes whe nwe do know better!

And yes, whenever I blog and I can`t think of another title, I`ll just be writing the date.;)

So anyway.

Today was actually good. ALOT better than the past few days. Huge drama`s been going on in school since last week. And I`m actually one of the main people. Boooo.

And with great ranting comes great story-telling. So I`ll be telling what happened before I really blog about today.

So here it goes.

I`ve been fairly popular in my class. I talked and interact with almost everyone. I [used to] have really *ahem* "great", "loyal" and "supportive" "friends" who  "will never leave me behind and will always be there for me." HAH. That`s why I put the quotation marks, dearies.

THOSE group of friends that I just mentioned were actually my best friends So yeah.

Our group was also close to this fairly popular group as well. This group was now made up of my close friends

Right.

So anyway. As the year progressed, my best friends didn`t really like one of the people in our close friends group. [That girl was actually the suspected "leader" of the group. Let`s call her Lucy.] Soon they started talking about her, and I was beginning to be influenced by what they kept saying about her, so I kind of began to not like her as well. And I thought that it was okay too for me start talking about her and stuff.

And Lucy knew about it.

Suddenly, Lucy and the people from her group started ignoring me. ME ONLY. It was kind of weird though. I asked for advice from my older friends, they told me stop focusing on the people who hate me, and be thankful from my real, true, best friends, who will definately never leave me.

That was definately good advice.

Too bad it didn`t work.

*Gasp* WHY?

...because those "real, true, best friends" hated me as well.

And for what reason?

FOR GOSSIPING ABOUT LUCY.

WOW. I KNOW, RIGHT?

And I learned that Lucy`s group [my close friends group] told my best friends, and they got influenced and they hated me too.

LUCY`S GROUP DOESN`T EVEN KNOW, TO THIS DAY, THAT I`M NOT THE ONE WHO STARTED IT. THAT MY BEST FRIENDS, WHO THEY`VE GOTTEN UNBEARABLY CLOSE WITH SINCE THE WHOLE DRAMA WITH ME STARTED, ACTUALLY DESPISE LUCY.

Now that sucks, right?

Let me answer that. OF COURSE IT DOES. :|

See how influence takes it all down?

But whatever. Anyway.

I apologized.

a really heartfelt apology.

and they had no reaction.

Yes, I did something. I ADMITTED IT. But I apologized. Now, it`s kind of their problem now that they won`t accept it.

So I was alone.

I make my way to the lunch table, alone.

Sat down, read a book, ate a burger, drank Fit n' Right, [of-topic, but I`m seriously addicted to that drink now. Lol. Okay, focus,]

I actually enoyed being alone. It gave me time to reflect on things and it really gave me peace of mind.

Until I heard whispers just across my table.

It was them.

Making fun of me.

I`m like, whoa, respect please?

O_O.

I couldn`t take it. After that, there were indirect adresses. You know, like someone who says something out loud, that`s obviously directed to you, but doesn`t say it is? Nevermind. Hope you`ll get it.

What hurt the most is that they turned almost all the friends I had against me. Including my best friends.

Well, My best friends were actually supposed to stick up for me, right? And not just sit there and absorb every single thing they said.

But anyway. I, again, sought help from my older friends. They said that they`re not supposed to be worth the stress <--- SO TRUE. and that I should hang out with more people and form new friendships.

AND THAT`S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

I hung out with my other friends, and I had a blast. I really felt at home with them. I`m just so happy that I got to find other people who would actually care about and comfort me.

P.P`S LESSONS LEARNED:

• Love someone or hate someone, you`re still thinking about them. So don`t stress on thinking about those who you hate. There are, and will always be, people out there who you can run to.
• Influence is deadly. Either you just wanna fit in, or you don`t want to feel insecure around them, never let influence get in your way. Think about the situation like a real civilized human being.
• Never worry about tomorrow, today`s problems are enough. Yeap, I got that from the Bible. Lol. It`s pretty self-explanatory, so never look back or look forward, just be contented with where you are now.
• Learn to forgive yourself. Hey, we`re all human, we all mess up big, and shit happens. You can never change the past, so just live with it, beat it, and move on.
• EVERYTHING, whatever situation, whatever struggle begins, it will definately end. That didn`t happen yet on my case, but I`m confident that it will. It`ll be hard and it`ll take time, but I should just live life to the fullest and not worry.

LOL, that`s enough now. I don`t think I have enough time for blogging. Oh well. Count on it tomorrow.:)

SORRY FOR BORING YOU. Not an official journal entry yet, but anyway.:)

Toddles.:D

<3xoxo,

PrincessProblematic.:)

B: You love a certain someone

C: People cant help but check u out

D: You are really lovable

E: You Are Great in bed

F: Easy to fall in love with

G: You never let people tell you what to do

H: You have a very good personality and good looks

I : People love you

J : People Adore you

K : You're wild and crazy

L: AWESOME KISSER

M: Beautiful

N : Easy to fall in love with

O : Best kisser ever

P : You are popular with all types of people

Q : You are a hypocrite

R: You love to kiss

S: You are freakin crazy

T: You are loyal to the ones you love

U: You really like to chill

V: your not judgmental

W: You are popular

X: You never let people tell you

Y: Sexiest bitch alive

(dpt dari bulletin board dari fs)

Song of the Moment: Monday Kiz - "발자국 (Footprints)"

I have a question for you ladies in the working world. Do any of you wear skirts slightly above the knee cap? In the past year I've worked at my company, I swear I'm the only person who wears skirts that are just a tad bit above my knee, and I feel like people stare at me like I'm dressed like a slut. It's not like I'm wearing a hoochie mama mini skirt that falls right below my butt cheeks. Every once in a while, I find a cute business appropriate skirt that happens to be a little short, but I wear it anyways. Eh, well I suppose if nobody's complained to me about it yet, then I'm good to go. I just hate wearing pants. Sitting in a chair for eight hours, they can become rather uncomfortable. I end up unbuttoning my pants to breathe, and then when I stand up, I forget to button them back up and coworkers will walk by my office and be like "um, what's wrong with you..." Well, I'm sure they think it.

I completely forgot it was October, the month of Halloween. I was driving around and noticed a lot of pumpkins out on people's decks and porches, and I kept thinking they were preparing for Thanksgiving. Then I noticed a pumpkin that had a face carved in it, and then it occurred to me it was Halloween month. I'm still considering dressing up as the frumpy white tire mascot. All I'd have to do is gather a few potato sacks, paint them white, and voila! Michellin could use me as their next mascot. Oh, remember I wrote an entry about how Glamour magazine interviewed me and two friends on the streets and asked us what we wanted to be for Halloween and then took our pictures? Well, one of my friends made it into the magazine! She's the Korean girl who said she wants to be Hannah Montana for Halloween, if you care to buy the magazine and look for her. =)

So fresh off this last weekend's Taste of Springfield, start getting ready for another awesome all day event with tons of beer and live music thanks to Q102 and their friends. We've already posted about this a while ago, but here's the info again and a pretty linky to BUY THOSE TICKETS!!!! C'mon seriously, Dr. Zhivegas? Yeah we're there.

All information from Q102.fm

Date:  October 25th, 2008
Location: The Oasis Inn’s Convention Center
Time:  Noon till 7pm with indoor and outdoor activities

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!!!!!

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Things You Wouldn't Know Without The Tube All Of Life's Mysteries Are On  TV

1. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear.
2. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year.
3. All beds have special L-shaped top sheets that reach up to armpit level on a woman but only waist level on the man lying beside her.
4. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
5. It's easy for anyone to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
6. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
7. The ventilation system of any building is a perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty.
8. You're likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of you sweetheart back home.
9. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.
10. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.
11. People of TV never finish their drinks.
12. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
13. The chief of police is always black.
14. When paying for a taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
15. If you lose a hand, it will cause the stump of your arm to grow by 15cm.
16. Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.
17. During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
18. Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning, even though the husband and children never have time to eat them.
19. Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames.
20. Wearing a singlet or stripping to the waist can make a man invulnerable to bullets.
21. A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a football stadium.
22. If a killer is lurking in your house, it's easy to find him. Just relax and run a bath - even if it's the middle of the afternoon.
23. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
24. Although in the 20th century it is possible to fire weapons at an object out of visual range, people of the 23rd century will have lost this technology.
25. All single women have a cat.
26. Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
27. Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
28. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one.
29. Creepy music coming from a graveyard should always be closely investigated.
30. If a phone line is broken, communication can be restored by frantically beating the cradle and saying, "Hello?, Hello?"
31. Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - especially if any of their family or friends has died in a strange boating accident.
32. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involved martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessor.
33. During a very emotional confrontation, instead of facing the person you are speaking to, it is customary to stand behind them and talk to their back.
34. When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your room will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.
35. Dogs always know who's bad and will naturally bark at them.
36. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.
37. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
38. Action heroes never face charges for manslaughter or criminal damage despite laying entire cities to waste.
39. No matter how badly a spaceship is attacked, its internal gravity system is never damaged.
40. If there is a deranged killer on the loose, this will coincide with a thunderstorm that has brought down all the power and phone lines in the vicinity.
41. You can always find a chain saw whenever you're likely to need one.
42. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch-enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man eating sharks that will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
43. Having a job of any kind will make all fathers forget their son's eighth birthday.
44. Many musical instruments - especially wind instruments and accordions - can be played without moving the fingers.
45. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
46. It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.
47. Guns are like disposable razors - if you run out of bullets, just throw the gun away. You can always buy a new one.
48. Make-up can safely be worn to bed without smudging.
49. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
50. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

Sung to William Tell Overture.

by Anita Renfroe

Lyrics

Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here's your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don't forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast,
The experts tell us it's the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don't shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don't play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don't forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don't make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don't sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up
Where are you going
And with whom and what time do you think you're coming home?
Saying thank you, please,
Excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You'll appreciate my wisdom someday
when you're older and you're grown
Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I'll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don't get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I'll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
"I don't care who started it!
You're grounded until you're 36"
Get your story straight
And tell the truth for once, for heaven's sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff
Would you jump, too?
If I've said it once, I've said at least a thousand times before
That you're too old to act this way
It must be your father's DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom
Don't forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again
because a mom's work never ends
You don't need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I'm the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!

BelleFlower15

Then on Saturday Blake and I will be making the 3.5 hour drive north to BALTIMORE BABY!  I can't wait to see my Mandy.  Blake says to me all the time " I don't understand why Baltimore is so great."  Where I have to respond "You have never been there before, you just wouldn't understand."  So I'm taking him so he understands!  Big memories from Baltimore (every time I go to write Baltimore, my fingers type Blake instead) include: 711, buses, my first crabs at L.P. Steamers, the harbor, crab chips, Hammerjacks (closed), federal hill, and the list goes on!

We will have some pictures to show everyone after the visit, so check out some previews!

See Ya

Snash1338

After an hour or so of chat, we went on looking for shirts and It tired me a lot walking while raining. Well, it cost me too because I couldn't help but buy foods a lot. We saw her friend April, the cute but matured looking girl. I don't know her and we were not properly introduced to each other. My cousin wanted to escape from her though I can feel that  April wanted to go with us. My cousin gave many alibis just to escape. haha but she went inside the boutique where we were in. She told us she was just passing by.

So we had no choice but to let her go with us. We came back to the place where we ate and ordered the black forest ice cream but it was sold out so we end up eating oreos and ice cream. I just thought that if we did not plan to buy ice cream, maybe we could go home early since it was raining. So, we sat and talked again and I thought it would be endless. I cant believe I was laughing hard with someone I don't know and even sharing many insights about life.

The conversation went on and the topic went to sex. Imagine three virgin women talking about sex and I got a lot to tell about it because I am a nurse. April is a smart person and I've noticed that as the conversation went along. She even shared her experience on how she handled the situation when a guy who was my former classmate and the guy who once asked me if he could court me took him to a motel and asked about sex and how she refused firmly. what a small world.

We went home riding the same public transportation. I asked my cousin how old is she and she said she was just 17 or 18.

I was home already when I realized that she's too young to be that open minded. I was home already when I realized I've talked a lot about sex and she's the youngest among us and my cousin is somewhat conservative about sex. My sister is as old as her but she doesn't want the topic about sex.

So I must thank the idea of buying shirt and eating black forest ice cream though it became sold out because I had a very interesting conversation yesterday.

            

     "Ce-mi doresc eu mie,

     Cocalar al României?

     ...

     O femeie, asta îmi doresc!"

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Site-ul este foarte frumos si foarte bine organizat.

I apologize...I couldn't get away with posting this one on youtube because of the song...and I just had to go there and be cheesy enough to put Colbie Caillat's Bubbly to this video footage.  So, you'll have to click on the link to watch the video.  In May Elliott got to play with the Amazing Bubble Machine for the first time.  I loved how interested he was in the inner-workings of the machine!  Louanne saw how much he loved it and thoughtfullly gave one to Elliott for his birthday.  Now he enjoys the bubbles it makes as well as the machine!

Bubbleriffic!

http://vimeo.com/1902969

It's also "Frappe Day" today. I'm not a frappe kind of guy. In my opinion, a frappe is just a milkshake with a marketing plan. Any place that sells frappes is probably more expensive than I'm likely to visit anyway. I'll settle for a good old milkshake any day.

Too bad this blogging program doesn't have emotecons. Today is "Send a Smile Day" and I'd love to be able to send one to everyone!

1826 - Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations

1868 - Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the most at any American university to that date

1919 - KLM of the Netherlands was founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name

1952 - "American Bandstand" debuts on a local Philadelphia station.

1905 - Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)

1922 - Grady Hatton, American baseball player

1943 - Oliver North - The ex-Marine that warned us about Osama bin Laden

1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist

1973 - Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back