Did you see this massive giveaway over at Shannon’s place, Rocks in my Dryer? Awesome – I’d love to win one of these sets! 🙂
Go check it out and have a wonderful day!
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Archive for June, 2008
How fast do you think you type? I actually thought I was a little faster than this, sniff, sniff 😀
If you take it, be sure to post at your blog, or let me know what your results were!
OR… you could go play TypeRacer. Tim and I played this for a few days, back when I was taking my short bloggy break. I posted much higher scores here (usually in the low 90’s), but it was harder at times. They have some difficult quotes and book excerpts that they use on this site. Fun stuff, if you’re in a typing mood 🙂
Have a great day!
I’ve started the first of the “Restoration” series by Terri Blackstock, and so far, I’m hooked. This first book has been hard to put down. I don’t own all of the others (yet!) in this series. They do have them at my local library, since she’s a local author. But they seem to stay continually checked out. I will probably get on the list for the others after I finish this one. Then again, I may just have to go to the bookstore and “acquire” them 🙂
Here’s a quote that I marked, that I really liked. It’s the father, Doug, speaking to his son, but really, this could apply to all of us:
Doug’s voice softened. “Jeff, every day of your life you’ll have to make decisions about what kind of man you want to be. It’s not going to start when you’re older. It starts right now. And every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you’re denying yourself some of God’s blessings. It’s up to you. You can live a life with God’s blessings, or just exist with all the consequences of choosing wrong.”
I really liked that one. 🙂
Have a good day, and Happy Reading!
Just a few tidbits from our weekend:
* We got the new Wii on Friday night and I’ve really been enjoying playing the sports games that came on it. So much so that I’ve overdone it and I swear, my right arm and shoulder are incredibly sore! Too much tennis, bowling and baseball. I had no idea I could work up a sweat boxing against a computer, but I did. We went on Saturday evening and got another remote and nunchuk (gosh, they really get you there, the cost is high!), so we could play against each other. Needless to say, Tim is much better at this thing than I am 😀
* Half of the flowers that I bought at Lowe’s and planted a couple of weekends ago are already dead. I’m not a happy camper. I bought some more petunias at Walmart (I know, I should splurge and buy the expensive plants from the nursery, but I just can’t bring myself to do it) and replanted them on Saturday. Let’s hope they last longer than two weeks.
* We have two blooms on the “patio” tomato plant I bought and planted for Tim. I have no idea if we’ll actually get edible tomatoes out of it, but I am trying for him. Me, I won’t touch a tomato with a twenty foot pole.
* We ate out altogether too much over the weekend. We started on Thursday by having a friend over to watch Lost and ordering pizza, then we proceeded to eat out or pick up fast food on Friday, Saturday AND Sunday night. Blech – I feel like I’ve gained 10 pounds. It was all good though, and we went to Chili’s one night and got their chocolate molten lava cake for dessert. We both love those things 😀
* My new favorite thing to do on the grill is sweet potatoes! They are so incredibly good. I hope to go to the farmers market soon and get some, they’ve got to be cheaper than the ones in the grocery.
* They’ve started a new series at church, but I’m not looking forward to this one as much as the last ones. For one, they’re going to have several associate ministers on staff do the sermons on Sundays throughout the summer. I understand our preacher needs and deserves a break, but I don’t enjoy these other guys nearly as much as our pastor. That’s the main reason we’re going to this church, and I’m not getting as much out of these other guys. Sigh. Maybe I need to find a new devotional for the summer.
* Tim and I watched “To Kill a Mockingbird” over the weekend. We were both really surprised to find out neither of us had ever seen it. Good movie, and thank goodness for Netflix. Now that summer is here, there’s basically nothing on TV.
* I’ve started a new book I’m really enjoying. Will be back later in the week with a quote that I marked from it, and hopefully some quick blurbs on other books I’ve read in the last several weeks.
Have a great day! 😀