Living In Indiana

First I want to thank Karen of Karen's Korner for the beautiful award. This award asks that a person pass on the must view blog sits that a person has to view everyday. So here are my must view blogs and I want to honor them with this award. Many friends have I made in the short time of blogging. They make me smile, help with the technology of blogging, and great comments on what I have to ramble about.

Chris from Frazzled Farmwife-She and her family raise cattle and hogs in South Dakota and I love learning about that state each time I stop by.

Grandma from Greatfullin-She is a lady that got me started in making a Grateful Journal and lives in the same state I do.

Heather from Laced With Grace- I love this site because of the devotions she writes and each time I stop she says something that thrills my heart.

Preacher's Wife from The Preacher's Wife- I do my daily devotion from this lady. Also, she tells us about herself and her life as a Minister's wife.

Betty from Betty's This and That- She is a new blog friend of my age that make me smile each time I stop by.

Stop by these sites and visit. Leave a comment and enjoy.

Living in the mid west United States brings weather surprises and the past week has been an experienced here in a major snow storm with 10 inches of snow, wind and a temperature below zero. This weekend the temperature went into the 50's and the snow piles started melting. Yesterday we were put under a tornado warning with a temperature in the 60's. Rain started about 8:00 PM with thunder and lighting for 2 hours, stopped for a while and started raining again and still raining with major flooding with closing of schools in 4 area counties. Also, there is a problem with a dam in Monticello that could break. Here on our farm we got about 3 inches and we can make it to town since we have 2 ways to get there. Our school is on a 2 hour delay and we have not heard of any major flooding. It is till raining, but the wind as died dowm.

God Bless

Good Morning to you all. Felling good about myself. I received this from a cousin of mine and finally learned how to add pictures to a post. I pray you enjoy and the post will give you good thoughts for this day.


A serviceman once wrote about a moment of comedy he had witnessed
in the army. It happened during a company inspection at the Redstone
Arsenal in Alabama.

The inspection was being conducted by a full colonel. Everything had
gone smoothly until the officer came to a certain soldier, looked
him up and down and snapped, "Button that pocket, trooper!"
The soldier, more than a little rattled, stammered, "Right now, sir?" "Of
course, right now!" was the reply. Whereupon the soldier very carefully
reached out and buttoned the flap on the colonel's shirt pocket.

The officer had been quick to note the youngster's uniform problem, but
hadn't noticed his own. For some reason, we seem to be the same way.
The faults of others stick out like a missing tooth, while our own are often
hard to spot. Small specks in other people seem major, while the planks
in our own eye seem excusable (Matt 7:1-5). Let's quit dwelling on the
faults of others all the time. The church needs builders and workers-not a
wrecking crew. Work on your own faults, then seek to help others in a
spirit of gentleness.

Friendship Means

A cousin of mine sent me an e-mail that I want to share with you for Sunday Seven. The topic is friendship and what it can mean to individuals.

1.A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.
2.A friend is always there to give you a boost.
3.Time and distance are important between friends. When a friend is in you heart, they remain there forever.
4.Friendships enrich our lives and bring us joy and happiness.
5. One tree can start a forest, one smile can start a friendship.
6. One touch can show you care, one friend can make life worth living for. Friends are like the walls of a house. Sometimes you lean on them. But sometimes, it's enough to know they're just standing by.


Who is your friend? Who is the one true friend? My one true friend is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Encourage Kids

Good day to all. Yesterday was one of those days that just flew by. Went with hubby to exchange parts and order the right ones for a tractor and a skid loader. Then left early for a boys basketball game that was 45 minutes away to check out how good the road were. They won a well fought game. The road were a little slick from blowing snow so the travel home was not speedy. The school made a wonderful program with stats and information on both teams. In the program was a note on how we as fans should behave at sporting events. I want to share it with you since some of you have children playing in sports and some are fans that go to cheer on the team. As I was listening to our fans I became upset with some of the words being yelled. So enjoy and learn.

THAT'S MY KID
Please don't curse that kid down there,
their my kid, you see.
I did not raise my kid, dear fan, for you to call
names, my kid may not be a superstar, but
these are High School games.
So please don't curse those kids in there, they
do the best they can.
they never try to lose a game, they're kids and
you're just a fan, the game belongs to them.
You see, you're really just a guest.
They do not need a fan that gripes, they need
the very best. If you have nothing nice to say,
please leave the kids alone. If you forgot your
manners, then please just stay at home. So
cheer for those kids in there, each one's a
parent's kid.

WIN-LOSE-OR TIE TO US THEY'RE #1!
IN SPORTS. IN CLASS, AT HOME, IN CHURCH, AT WORK, AT PLAY;
BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE-ENCOURAGE KIDS!!!

One Down

All done with cleaning one bookcase of papers and books. It was like Christmas as I found many papers written during the 8 years. Still looking for 2 big papers I wrote on the Trail of Tears of the Cherokee Indians in the 1800's. One more to clean and Hubby can add to the wood stove. One bag in and 3 more ready to go. I found an interesting article and want to share it with you. I feel it still applies today and feel free to read it to your children.

TEN RULES OF LIFE YOU WON'T LEARN IN SCHOOL
1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average young person used the phrase: "It's not fair;" 86 times a day.

2. The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. This may come as a shock.

3. Sorry, you won't make $50,000.00 a year right out of college. You won't be vice-president, or have a car phone either. (a little out dated) You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a designer label.

4. If you think your professor is tough, wait until you get a boss.

5. Flipping burgers or doing any other honest work is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different work for burger flipping. They called it "opportunity."

6. It's not your parent's fault if you mess-up. Your are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life" and "You're not my boss."

7. Before you were born, your parents were not boring. They got that way paying your bills and listening to you.

8. Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off-not even a spring or fall break. Your are expected to show-up everyday for at least 8 hours and you don't get a new life every 16 weeks.

9. Smoking does not make you cool. Watch an 11-year-old with a cigarette butt in his/her mouth. This is what you look like to an older adult.

10. Your school may be "out-come based", but life isn't. In some schools, you're given as many times as you want to get the answer right. Standards are set low enough so everyone can meet them. This of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real-life-as you will find our.

Good luck. You are going to need it-and the harder you work, the luckier you will get.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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A THIS OR THAT WEDNESDAY

This morning I began the process of cleaning out a book case of 8 years of papers and books of college courses. I only put books and papers to the top and had to use part of another one to clean. Only part of one got done. Five note books, 7 paper note books, and 10 files later I got a box full for our wood stove. Tomorrow is another day.

Have you every locked your keys in your car? Well, that happened to us this afternoon in Lafayette, In. at a Christian Book Store. Hubby and I had taken 3 young people out to eat pizza at a pizza buffet restaurant before the book store. Two of the children we have taken to camp and since their older sister is just to old to attend this camp we decided to buy her a cross necklace. What a look of joy on her face as the necklace was put on. I bought a few ornaments on a 50% sale. I made the mistake of locking the car when hubby was telling me not to. Long story short and $40latter we were on our way. I think it was of God, because on our way home we were detoured because of an accident. If we had not had to wait I think we would have been involved in that accident.

At our farm house it is 6 degrees with 10 inches of snow on the ground. We are lucky right here with the wind not blowing. This morning it was a praise when the snow plow went by, Hubby left shortly there after to do choirs at our other farm stead where our hogs are. The men of our church is remolding the Church Kitchen and hubby is up helping tonight. I can not wait to see the end product.

On a blog I was reading she had put the first lines of her posts so I believe I will do it also since this is my 103rd post. That is mind blogging. If any of the first sentences sound interesting feel free to check out my archives.

September 1, 2007 The very first one
Hello, for a person near 60 years old this is something i never expected to experience.

October 3, 2007
In some of my posts I have eluded to two illnesses I experienced in the past 3 years.

November 1, 2007
The following was sent to me by a friend in an e-mail.

December 2, 2007
This was supposed to be a Sunday Seven.

A plan of mine is the read the Bible in a year. I propose you try it and see if you can make it. Check out Read the Bible in One Year at www.eword.gospelcom.net Good luck to you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2008

Good Morning all, In my part of Indiana it is 18 degrees with 6 plus inches of snow on the ground that is just right for children to be out making snow men and having snow ball fights. We are under a weather warning that says we are going to get 2 or more inches of snow today with the wind picking up for blowing of the white stuff. My hubby has been out and is going to try it to town and then to our other farm to check on the sows and the new baby pigs. I just saw a pickup go by so the roads are not to bad yet. The landscape outside the window is just beautiful and a flock of geese are flying over the house. The tree limbs are covered with snow and makes the world seem magical.

I hope all of you had a wonderful evening of celebrating the New Year in. Hubby and I attended a party at our Church with a small group of people. Fun was had with games, food, more food, celebrating the Preacher's son on his 13th birthday, visiting and prayer. All is right with my world.

Not sure about you, but I am getting very excited about the year coming up. I know God is going to do wonders in my life and my families life. The year of 2007 was good for me. (A year in review). Last January saw me beginning my last semester of college. My last two classes under way and the beginning of getting out after going to school year around for 8 years. That is right I went fall, spring, and summer for those 8 years. Saying good by was the hardest thing I had to do. May 19, 2007 found me receiving a diploma and the beginning of the next part of my life. I came home from graduation and rested for a month and started the process of finding a job. At first I thought I could do it without God, but reality hit and now I am sitting back and letting God do His thing with my life. I have made resumes and cover letters and filled out what seems like a lot of applications and gone on a few interviews. As I have said in other posts I am in the best health. September rolls around and I began blogging which I never heard of before. In December, the 60th birthday happened. The new 40 I hear. My story in a nut shell and it brings me to January 1, 2008. I just can not wait to see what is going to happen.

My pray is that if 2007 was not the best for you that 2008 is better and you become excited with the wonder of what God has planned. My pray for my family is that my oldest finds a nice Christian man, my youngest and her husband tells me I am going to become a grandmother, and my husband has a good year in the Insurance business and farming is good. For me, I pray that I see God and what He has in store for me and I can meet someone that I can make a difference for the good in their life or many. I do not want to stifle God in anyway. I will close with a phrase my hubby says, SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU!!