Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. We were very sad when our beloved dog, Sam, died. A few weeks after that our dear friends from France came for a month long visit and it has been non-stop fun and friendship…just what we needed to lift our spirits! We also had a great visit from [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘2008’
July 6, 2008
Heartbroken…
Our beloved shih-tzu dog, Sam, passed away Saturday morning and we are heartbroken. We were blessed to have him as part of our family for a little over fourteen years. In many ways he was our first “child,” having bought him when we had our first case of “baby fever.” (He never [...]
July 1, 2008
Surprise!…A New Look!
What do ya think?! I was never too crazy about the original theme, so we’ll give this one a try. One of these days I might even get my own personal theme. Baby steps…!
June 30, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 30, 2008
“Good, Better…Best!”
“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful [...]
June 23, 2008
If I had met Jane…
I already did a post the other day about the book Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler, but there’s something that still just really bothers me about that book. There’s a scene where Courtney/Jane has an encounter with Jane Austen, herself. The dialogue that follows just doesn’t get it [...]
June 23, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 23, 2008
“Who are you?”
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me…For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10b
“Those who [...]
June 21, 2008
My Own “Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict”
I just finished reading Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. It has a clever premise: A modern woman is cheated on by her fiance, numbs her pain with vodka and Jane Austen classics, and finds herself transported (via a form of New Age-like time travel) back to Jane Austen’s time. [...]
June 16, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 16, 2008
“Email from God”
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love:not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:9-10
Several [...]
June 9, 2008
Devotion for the Week of June 9, 2008
“From the Inside Out”
“Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies [...]
June 6, 2008
Good News! My Internet Friends!
I woke up this morning and just knew it was going to be a good day today! And I was right! Today is…wait for it!…wait for it!…National Doughnut Day!!! That’s right!!!…a whole day dedicated to the glorious, wondrous, fabulous, straight from heaven ’cause God loves us so much doughnut! And boy [...]
