Sharing

Today I read a couple of blogs that spoke to me personally so I wanted to share them with you.

The first one is Lysa TerKeurst at Proverbs 31 Ministries. The title of her post from today is called "Good Mom, Bad Mom, Good Mom". I think it's something that all Moms can relate to, unless you're perfect! Click on the post title to check it out.

Now that you've checked out Lysa's post, here is another post that I really enjoyed today. It's by Nancy Douglas at Olive Leaf Ministries. One of the ministries she's recently started are short video devotionals. I really enjoyed this one (it's actually from yesterday but I only watched it today) and just had to pass it along to you. I hope you enjoy it as well! Nancy has also provided some Home Study Notes to help you dig deeper! So go on over and enjoy Nancy's "Silence is Golden".

After you've checked out these two blogs, I'd love to know what you thought. Leave me a message & let me know!

A Blog Award!

I have received my first blog award! I'm so excited!

It was generously given by Nancy over at Olive Leaf Ministries. Nancy has been doing short encouraging devotional videos on her blog these past few months. Her story is worth reading and I encourage you to check out her blog. Click here to see her blog award post.

Thanks for this award, Nancy! Some of my answers are the same as yours - we have similar values!

Here are the rules:

1. Mention the blog that gave it to you & comment on their blog to let them know you've posted your award
2. Publish these rules
3. Share 6 values that are important to you and 6 things you do not support
4. Grant the prize to 6 people

What I value:

1. My personal relationship with Jesus Christ
2. My husband's vision & encouragement
3. Time at home with my children
4. A good dessert, steamed milk & conversation with friends
5. A good book
6. God's beautiful creation - I just love flowers & sunsets!

What I do not support:

1. Disrespect
2. Teasing
3. Whining
4. Violence
5. Abortion
6. Sushi (okay, I just don't like it!)

I wasn't sure what the name on the award meant, so I translated it on-line (may not be a completely accurate translation). "Premio al Esfuerzo Personal" = Prize to the Personal Effort. So I chose some of the blog writers who I feel deserve a prize for their personal effort in blogging.

I pass this award on to:

Lysa at Proverbs 31 Ministries
Susan at Penless Writer
Melissa at Mel's World
Leanne at Impressions
Yvonne at Life as a Gronau
Kristen at Janzen/Larsen Family

Weigh In Monday

Minus 3 = 234!

If we are both remembering correctly, this is the weight Jeremy was when we first met! This next week will be a new milestone!

Praise & Coffee Giveaway

Sue over at Praise & Coffee offers a monthly giveaway of coffee beans & a worship CD. All you have to do is leave a comment on Sue's blog to be entered in the giveaway. It's that easy! And if you add her Praise & Coffee button to your blog, let her know so she can enter your name a second time!

This month's giveaway is a bag of coffee from a local coffeehouse and "Casting Crown's" CD, "The Altar and the Door Live". Click here to leave a comment on Sue's blog post. (You don't have to have a blog to enter the contest; just leave her your e-mail or some other way of contacting you).

Catch Up

Here it is the end of the first week of a new school year and I haven't done a post about Daniel's 1st day back to school! So here is his unofficial "First Day Back to School" post!

Here is my little boy, who is not so little anymore, proud to be in Grade 2!

Daniel - almost 7yrs old

And to top it off, if you didn't notice from the picture, Daniel lost another tooth a week or so ago. It's his top front tooth. We were at McDonald's and his tooth became extra loose. I asked him if he wanted me to try to gently pull it out. He agreed, so with little effort, his tooth popped right out! He was so excited!

Another sign my son is growing up!

Thankful Thursday

Once again I remembered about Thursday Thankful while reading other blogs this morning! So here goes:

• My son being excited about starting grade. He's such a social butterfly and was so excited to see his friends again.
• The way God is providing for our needs. September is such an expensive month for us - we've just finished buying back-to-school supplies, our van and house insurances are both due and it's Daniel's birthday at the end of the month. But through being diligent and saving throughout the year, plus what God has provided for us in the past 2 days, we should have enough to pay for our insurances and Daniel's party! It's been awhile since we've finished September in the black!
• The comfort that God is giving us as we search for a new church family.
• Medication! It's amazing what a tiny little blue thyroid pill can do!
• The sunshine that is back!

For more Thankful Thursday posts, visit Iris at Sting My Heart.

Weight Loss Update

I know Monday has come and gone but I thought I'd do an update anyways.

Jeremy actually tried weighing himself on Monday morning but the batteries in the scale died! After replacing the batteries, Tuesday morning found Jeremy at 137 lbs. That's 3 lbs he lost. One one hand it's nice for him to finally be under 139 lbs, but on the other hand, throughout last week Jeremy was weighing himself each day and actually got down to 235 lbs but gained 2 lbs at the last moment.

This was frustrating for Jeremy because he didn't cheat at all this past week. He has been fighting a cold/upset stomach which could have something to do with gaining weight, but most likely it's because he hasn't been taking his thyroid medication regularly over the past few weeks - forgetting a bit while we were on holidays & then trying to make it last until he had a doctor's appointment booked. We were able to get him a few to tide him over until his appointment next week so hopefully this will help give him his energy back and help his weight to keep coming off.