what to say today?

Must be time for another 'weekly' sort of post... but so many random thoughts leave me a bit speechless. (Those of you who KNOW me are laughing heartily at that thought!)


That's really just a caveat to tell you my brain seems void of profundity, so "Reader, beware!" and keep your expecations minimal, please.

I was going to throw in some pictures here, but now the system doesn't want to work for me - ??? - so you're stuck with my verbal abuse a bit longer.
I have spent the morning so far with online library catalogs :o searching for books for history reading. We must start school up NEXT week!! Can you guess who doesn't feel ready for this again? This is 'normal' for me, so we will jump in anyway.
So... Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, "Livingstone, I presume"... and on to Reconstruction and Pioneers of the West, and so on. We LOVE HIS-story here! =)
{edit: make that pioneers of the MIDwest =) ... we're supposed to be post-Civil War}
AND the Cattleman just brought me a Lego creation to see... they have been b.u.s.y. this week with their Legos! Sounds like another post with pictures will be required soon.
For those of you who care to note: the MusicBox girl IS practicing her violin faithfully this week (and right now)! yeah! =)

the inner man

Praying for you, my friend!

For this cause I bow my knees
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory,
to be strengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man;
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us,
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.


Ephesians 3:14-21

getting a grip?

Another week flown by!
The Littles and I enjoyed a little "summer" last week (library visit, biking, playing) -- along with a little math and botany and cattle chores :-) The Bigs were in Wisc for a few days for a teen conference - Tim even went for a day to observe first-hand. Good, all very good.
Saturday we had 'no place to go!' woohoo! and good since the Bigs arrived home ~5:45am and were very short on sleep! Later Tim and the able crew tackled the business of butchering Tom Turkey... one BIG bird. I think we had the meat cooked and in the freezer by 10pm.
Sunday sermons have been SO good this summer - Pastor and his "non-series mini-series" on how to live in this present world =) And Sunday school with Christlike Leadership (servant leadership => slave leadership!) All very, very good!
Tim brought a volleyball net home from his mom's, so it's volleyball season at our house (um, yard) Also a 'new' dresser for the Cattleman to use for all his duds. So I spent many hours rearranging and cleaning to make the basement liveable again with the additional furniture -- yeah! but oh my, we have TOO much stuff in this house! :o ...and yes, chaos is discouraging and depressing! A grumpy mama :( is not good.
The Littles had some more 'summer' fun with a trip to the zoo today with friends. Tonight the Bigs are having yet another biology lesson with the last? dissection from their lab kit - a fetal pig. I videoed some of it -- not sure yet if I should post it here ;-) They started outside to keep the stink out there -- but had to move into the sunroom now that it's dark -- still slicing and dicing out there...

Sorry, no pictures to liven this up tonight :-) Maybe the Cowgirl with digital camera will have a zoo photo to share with me later - that would be more appealing than the dissection? And I did NOT take pictures of before/after in the basement! ;-) You'll have to use your imagination.

of cattle and neckties

My dad stopped yesterday for some quick hugs before leaving town today... He said he had mentioned to a friend that this grandson was a good farmer, but he also liked to wear a tie.
Here's the Cattleman "preaching" to his sister - sans necktie and "Dep" - I'll have to be sure to get a better picture next time he's slicked up.

...and one of our black beauties on the right side of the fence this day...

the beauty of Proverbs

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,

and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;

they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

That thy trust may be in the LORD,

I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Have not I written to thee excellent things

in counsels and knowledge,

That I might make thee know

the certainty of the words of truth;

that thou mightest answer

the words of truth

to them that send unto thee?

Proverbs 22:17-21

fun with sparklers

wisdom

James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,

that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;

and it shall be given him.

The house decision is a heavy one for us... I am really looking forward to the *perfect* place on those streets of gold! Meanwhile, we pray for wisdom for where to live here.

James 1:19-20

...let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

This verse struck me as a good one to remember for i-net use as well as face-to-face :-)