This time change may just get the best of me. At 6:00 p.m. I think it's 9:30 and am ready to get in bed…and when I realize it's only 6:00, I just get on the couch. And fall asleep. And then I wake up at 3:30 a.m. And then at 6:00 I'm ready for bed and it's not time so I fall asleep on the couch and then wake up at 3:30. It's like when you give a mouse a cookie. Or a moose a muffin. Or…groundhog day. Whatever.
But that's not really why I'm writing this blog entry.
Often I will have friends ask me for a book or website or a scripture to go to when they are needing help with something…ya know…like a self-help issue. And the only reason is because I know of a lot of resources in the self-help area…not because I'm the expert…but because I'm usually reading a self-help book or browsing a self-help site or searching scripture for my own issues that need help.
I've found that in all my searching and browsing, I tend to find gems from the same resources over and over. So here is a list of my favorite places to go when I'm needing wisdom.
God's Word
Beth Moore-One Place
LPM Blog
Proverbs 31 Ministries
Lysa Terkeurst
Marriage Today
Love and Respect
Boundaries
And these are the books and studies that have been most life-changing for me...
Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend
Esther: It's Tough Being A Woman
No Other Gods
Unglued
God never promised a life of ease for believers...
...In the world you will have trouble. But take heart; I have overcome the world. John 16:33b
But He does give us help along the journey. And He promises:
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
Monday, November 19, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Fifty seven...fifty nine...
It's been a busy Fall, and I'm not believing that we will be getting high on tryptophan in less than two weeks. It has totally snuck up on me and I'm still trying to find a minute or two to get my Fall Pinterest project underway. The verdict is not yet in, but it may not happen this year. Just a sneaking suspicion I'm having.
On October 29th, my folks celebrated 57 years of marriage. Fifty seven! Y'all. That's a long time, and I'm filled with admiration and respect for these two who have been committed through a lifetime of ups and downs. They have been and continue to be a wonderful example to me, my siblings, and all their children.
Here they are 57 years ago...
And here they are now...
To me, they don't look old enough to have been married that long.
I also finally got my little workout group off the ground. Well...somewhat. I did one month and decided earlier this week that I need to pull back through the end of the year, and restart them in January. I think that will be a better time of year for getting a workout group started. Ya know...with all the New Year's resolutions and goals and what not.
And while we're on the subject of what not, I need to vent for a minute about something that happened to me three times in less than two weeks. Now...before I step up onto my soap box, I want to say that this has nothing to do with money. At all. But everything to do with the principle of it and the unfortunate attitude of entitlement that plagues our society. So...not once. Or twice. But three times...at three different restaurants...our waiters have decided to round the amount of change they give back to us in their favor. So...for example...our ticket at the last restaurant was something like $23.41. We paid with two twenty dollar bills...and expected to get back $16.59. Instead we were given $16 even. Our waiter decided that he would just pocket the $.59 for himself. And really...59 cents is nothing to get rattled over. I already know that. And yes...I can be a tight wad at times, but I always take very good care of waiters with my tip. But y'all...a tip is a gift...a gift of appreciation for good service. It is not something that is owed you automatically just because you are a waiter. And it is at the discretion of the customer as to how much is given. Right?
The first two times it happened, we just let it go, and left...annoyed. But at the last restaurant, B decided to ask where the rest of our change was. And the waiter's answer appalled me even more than the audacity he had to short change us. He said, "Oh I didn't mean to do that. I don't carry change with me." And then just stood there like 'sorry dude but that's how I roll'. And he didn't even offer to go get the rest of our change.
Blah.
Can't stand the attitude of entitlement.
Anyway. I will let it go now.
But does anyone have 59 cents I can borrow? 😜
On October 29th, my folks celebrated 57 years of marriage. Fifty seven! Y'all. That's a long time, and I'm filled with admiration and respect for these two who have been committed through a lifetime of ups and downs. They have been and continue to be a wonderful example to me, my siblings, and all their children.
Here they are 57 years ago...
And here they are now...
To me, they don't look old enough to have been married that long.
I also finally got my little workout group off the ground. Well...somewhat. I did one month and decided earlier this week that I need to pull back through the end of the year, and restart them in January. I think that will be a better time of year for getting a workout group started. Ya know...with all the New Year's resolutions and goals and what not.
And while we're on the subject of what not, I need to vent for a minute about something that happened to me three times in less than two weeks. Now...before I step up onto my soap box, I want to say that this has nothing to do with money. At all. But everything to do with the principle of it and the unfortunate attitude of entitlement that plagues our society. So...not once. Or twice. But three times...at three different restaurants...our waiters have decided to round the amount of change they give back to us in their favor. So...for example...our ticket at the last restaurant was something like $23.41. We paid with two twenty dollar bills...and expected to get back $16.59. Instead we were given $16 even. Our waiter decided that he would just pocket the $.59 for himself. And really...59 cents is nothing to get rattled over. I already know that. And yes...I can be a tight wad at times, but I always take very good care of waiters with my tip. But y'all...a tip is a gift...a gift of appreciation for good service. It is not something that is owed you automatically just because you are a waiter. And it is at the discretion of the customer as to how much is given. Right?
The first two times it happened, we just let it go, and left...annoyed. But at the last restaurant, B decided to ask where the rest of our change was. And the waiter's answer appalled me even more than the audacity he had to short change us. He said, "Oh I didn't mean to do that. I don't carry change with me." And then just stood there like 'sorry dude but that's how I roll'. And he didn't even offer to go get the rest of our change.
Blah.
Can't stand the attitude of entitlement.
Anyway. I will let it go now.
But does anyone have 59 cents I can borrow? 😜
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