My Own Thoughts

so I can sleep without lights, or I’ll get breast cancer. Clayton Cramer says that there is a higher risk for women who sleep with light. He’s quoting someone who ought to know.

of history and Johnny Horton. Here they both are, illustrated/demonstrated with legos.

“Formulas are manual labor for the mind.” -M “Andrew Carnegie was awesome. He gave away lots of money. And that’s why he made lots of money, so he could give it away.” -E

What’s your greatest fear about trusting God with your life? That he’ll let me drop to the ground without catching me because I’m not really doing what he wants.

Currently how connected do you feel to your dreams? Does your day-to-day life reflect an active pursuit of your dreams? What prevents you from such a pursuit? What are dreams? Langston Hughes wrote, “Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” That’s my first thought when [...]

Make a list of the items, gifts, resources, and opportunities you are responsible for stewarding. Tell how they came into your life and how much control of them you have. My brain. God gave it to me. I don’t have a lot, though I could help keep it well by working out and eating correctly. [...]

What’s the biggest physical challenge you face? What one step can you take today toward improving your physical health? My biggest physical challenge is my health. Actually, that has long been a major challenge. I have lots of things wrong with me, though nothing clearly visible, like being in a wheelchair. Thankfully I have been [...]

R said he was listening to some videographer podcast and the guy said all stories are if, then statements. If the alien doesn’t find a way to call home, then the government will experiment on and kill him. (ET) If the woman doesn’t get married, then she will continue to be an embarrassment to her [...]

In what area of your life are you struggling the most to change? Are you trying to change with willpower or God’s power? I am struggling the most to get back to eating right and exercising. I have often asked for God’s help. I have never noticed receiving God’s help on this issue. So I [...]

1 pkg. German chocolate cake mix 6 to 9 oz. chocolate chips (or M & M’s) 1/2 c. rolled oats 1/2 c. butter, melted 2 eggs, slightly beaten Heat oven to 350. Takes 8-12 minutes. Cool one minute. Remove from pan. This is a slight variation from this Cooks.com recipe. The cookies were good. I [...]

My hubby tagged me for a meme. I love memes, so why didn’t I do this one already? I don’t know. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating! Find page 123. Find the first 5 sentences. Post the next 3 sentences. Tag 5 people. Here’s the three sentences. Jim licked [...]

A friend’s mother fell and broke her hip almost two weeks ago. They had intended to have surgery right away, but she had an infection. So they put it off while they tried to figure out what to do to make the infection go away. Today Anne told me that she was going to leave [...]

The Christian Science Monitor has the story of a young man who voluntarily chose poverty, starting over from homelessness and not discussing his college degree, to see if he could get an apartment, a vehicle, and $2500 in the bank within a year. He succeeded. You have to want it.

I’ve been hearing a lot of music on the radio that relates to the idea of One Month to Live. For instance, “Letter to Me” by Brad Paisley, in which the narrator is writing a letter to his 17-year-old self: you got so much up ahead you’ll make new friends you should see your kids [...]

How much of any given day to you spend doing only what you do best? I spend three and a half hours a day doing what I do best. (Or maybe 7-10 if we are talking about sleeping.) In general do you agree with the 80/20 principle? What activities in your life to you consider [...]

What consumes most of your time each day? What exactly consumes you at work? How much of any given day to you spend doing only what you do best? I sleep seven to ten hours a day. That leaves about fourteen to do things. I spend an average of three and a half hours each [...]

in the One Month to Live challenge, my husband has said I am not ambitious and neither are our kids and they got it from me; that we are shallow; and that I am content with the status quo. He also said I approached the book like a Hatfield approaching a McCoy. Here’s the deal. [...]

Eisenbrauns had a contest for ancient Middle Eastern, or Greek, language love poetry. Amazing stuff! Thanks, Mirabilis for the pointer.

holds me to get to sleep and holds me as he’s waking up. laughs at my jokes and listens to my rantings. reads my blog posts and comments too. has been true for twenty years. works hard to make good money so I can stay home with the kids. wrote me letters while we were [...]

Definition: a cherished desire; “his ambition is to own his own business;” a strong drive for success My cherished desires have been: go to college teach school teach middle school teach college be a missionary go overseas learn a foreign language get a PhD Somewhere along the way I added get married and have children. [...]