Today I was sitting and talking with my 6 year old and 4 year old. I was explaining how the baby in my tummy gets food, drink, and breathes. I continued to tell them how we need plants to live, you know the oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange. I continued by asking them, "Isn't it amazing how God made everything to work?" My 4 year old, shown in the photo, piped up and matter of factly said, "It's for God's honor!"This is just a glimpse that the love of the Lord is growing within her and our teachings are being rooted in her heart. Even at 4 years old, she knows the chief end of man and of all creation; to glorify God!!Thank you Lord for such a rich blessing!!
Well, I’m back from a hard working weekend in Cork. I got back last night, but was too wrecked to write anything - I just hopped into a shower and straight into bed!
Woke up this morning in bits! Could barely get out of bed, so took a sickday off. Back aching, tired, arms & legs hurting, and no homework done - I didn’t get a chance as I was on my way to Cork as soon as I was home! But recovering - slowly. Spent the entire day in bed until around 3pm, got up and reviewed my photos, and got to editing some videos I got of our accomplishment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9nY9xlZI8k
As you can see, we did some major transformation to it. A total of 12 man hours has gone into it so far. 8 hours ‘getting it going’, and 4 hours tidying and cleaning the bodywork and interior. It sounds absolutely demonic, as there is a hole in the exhaust - which will be patched next time we’re down. But it’s nice to get things like this, considering it&rsq
The following quotes are from Dale Jr.’s weekly radio program on XM Satellite Radio’s XM Sports Nation, “Dale Jr. - Unrestricted” (Thursdays at 7:30 pm ET, XM Channel 144) regarding working with Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson next year as well as his biggest accomplishment at DEI…
This past weekend, I discovered that I need to work on building friendships. I threw my party on Sunday. Other than Ross, three people showed up. Only three. I invited twenty-five. It was rather depressing, indeed. It showed me that I either need to make some new friends or not throw a party on a Sunday night. Either way, it's feeling pretty lonely right now.In other news, I'm proud of myself today. I've accomplished a lot. I got up this morning, worked out, showered, did homework, got to class, and did just about everything I'd planned on doing. Now I'm at work, plugging away at my freelancing that's due tonight, and enjoying this feeling of accomplishment. It does feel good.I am going to keep this up. I am going to be persistent. I am going to show everyone that I can turn things around for the last time.Digg This! ~ del.icio.us ~ Stumble It!
I've accomplished a lot today, despite losing my U card yet again and having to find it once again as well. That little piece of plastic is my key to getting in to the building, getting to eat, and clocking in at work. It's an essential part of my day. Losing it makes things rather complicated, to say the least.Still, I did a lot. I got a large chunk of homework done at work today. It feels good to be able to really function and get things done. I have still had a few setbacks, but I'm still plugging away. Yesterday, for example, I didn't go to class. I just couldn't. I got panicky and Ross suggested I go home because I wasn't well. I wish I hadn't had to miss class, but I'm getting the work done eventually, albeit a little slowly. My distance learning classes are going exceptionally well. I'm really accomplishing a lot in them. I'm learning a lot, too, which feels pretty good. My goal is to have them all completed before the beginning of next semester. That means I have two
One can easily view the workplace as a sweatshop where poor employees toil on endlessly under unbearably harsh conditions. While there may be an element of truth to that perspective in some parts of the world, it is hardly an accurate characterization of work in the USA. When I ask my graduate students, as I do every year, to describe a workplace that is desirable to them, inevitably work is viewed as a place to accomplish something. They find that it is not enough to simply get paid for the time you spend at work. Satisfaction is directly related to a sense of achievement. Many of the graduate students are working on advanced degrees because they view public service as a personal value. In other words, work becomes a better place to be when I leave each day feeling that my efforts have resulted in measurable, positive outcomes. On the other hand, it is discouraging to leave work with the gnawing sense that my time has been wasted. This is one of the reasons why
“There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.”
C. J. Walker (1867 – 1919) U.S. first female American self-made millionaire
Everyone in your family, including your children, will enjoy planting a vegetable garden. Even when you include your children, you can still have a very delightful garden in which everyone can enjoy spending time together. Of course, you may want to add some pumpkins, watermelons or sunflowers to your garden since these are things that your children will really enjoy. Grow A Pizza GardenThere are a lot of ways in which you can go about planting an organic garden, filled with wonderful tasting vegetables. One way that you can do this is by planting a theme garden. For instance, you can plant a pizza garden wherein you can grow all of the vegetables that you would need in order to make a great, homemade pizza. Some of the things that you could grow in such a garden include tomatoes for making the sauce; green peppers, jalapenos and onions for toppings; and various herbs and seasonings such as basil, thyme and oregano.What You Need To Use In All Natural GardeningThere are some specific ga
Today I did something I have wanted to do for a while: I cleaned up my site. I deleted pages I did not need, including my old blog. I kept up the main page but got rid of everything and just have a link to my new blog (it has PR 2 so I figure I should keep it). I also got rid of all these archive pages from when I had an archive. I posted the results of the seocontest on my main index page, and I cleaned that page up a bit too! Then I made a new sitemap to reflect the changes. I feel so clean and free! I had allowed things to get a little out of hand because I was busy and I had other things I could spend my time doing to help my ranking. Now ranking is not as important, and I can focus on how nice and "functional" my site is. ;-)
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” [read business-fable]Anatole France (1844 – 1924) French winner of the Nobel Prize in literature
