Days Passing Me By

Well the days are just passing me by here. Last week the girls were at Youth Camp and they were really blessed and had a great time. Yesterday and today I was sick...yuck. No fun. Sunday night we had a drama team at the church and they did a super job. There were 7 people on the drama team--three men and three women. Each of them needed a place to stay for the night, so we had two of the girls (young women actually), stay the night with us. It was fun getting to know them a little better. One of the young ladies had the same birthday as me, so that was kinda cool. I'm 15 years her senior though. At any rate we they had to meet back up with their team by 9 am Monday morning, so we got up early and made them a nice breakfast before Heather took them back over to the church. One girl was from Texas, and the other from Georgia. It's kinda neat meating people from around the U.S. The sad thing is that you make friends and then never see each other again. Such is life I guess. Well shame on me for not keeping up with these posts. There is only so much time in the day, and I have been trying to revamp my Christian Home School Program site. I'm still working on a couple of application forms, but should be done with the "big" coding items by the end of this week. I want to advertise this site and see if I can scoop up some folks that are looking to homeschool for next year. Enough.

Weekend Going Fast...

This weekend is screaming past us. The heat and humity seamed to let up some and today was actually warm and breezy. I didn't really get out much today as I was preparing a sermon, however, the time I did get out I really enjoyed. I just added some billing software to my web hosting site. I am pretty excited about this, as it will enable me to auto bill my clients without me having to do monthly paperwork. Well I shall be setting my alarm for 3:30 am, so I should not take any more time here.

Busy Day

It was a busy day today. Well, I stayed up late last night again to watch a movie with the family. We watched Star Wars II. Tomorrow I will probably take my oldest daughter to see Star Wars III at the theatre. The problem with me staying up late is that I like to get up early 5 to 6 am at the latest. I was so tire that I slept right up to about 8am. When I wake up this late, I feel like my day is half over. Not long after I was up I received a ministry call which took about an hour. Then I did my morning prayer, Bible reading, and devotions. Then I wrote a devotion for the church men's meeting in the evening. From there led right into some friends coming over for our dog's birthday party. Yes, you heard that right! Petra, my boxer, turned 4 today and my 11 year old has had a birthday party for the dog every year since we got him as a puppy. She usually invites her friends over for a get together and we buy some kind of treats and dog toys for him (the guests are not required to bring anything however). Today though, our friends brought these huge bones from the deli over which was very thoughtful of them. This kept Petra happy most of the afternoon! Well as weird as it sounds for someone to have a birthday party for a dog, I trust that it will provide fond memories for my daughter when she is older. Well, it is late now, and as Yoda might say, "End, my rambling must".

Ooops.

For those of you that actually keep up with the reading here, please forgive my lack of posting for that past few days. It seems that all of a sudden things seem to get bottle necked and everything becomes a priority. The result: no blogging for a couple of days. At any rate, we think Alycia may have broken her pinky toe. She skillfully clipped the side of a chair leg or something and hurt it pretty bad, the toe that is. It's pretty black and blue, but unforunately there is usually not a lot the doctors can do for something like that. The doctor told us to come in on Friday if the pain wasn't subsiding. The last couple of weeks we have been going through the Star Wars movies. IV, V, VI and last night I. Today we will try to watch episode II. They are fun to watch, but I would never own them. This Sunday I am preaching at the church. The pastor is on vacation in Florida with his family. I hope he gets plenty of rest as he could really use it in my opinion. Yesterday a member of the church called and said that someone they knew in NY had a family member dying of cancer in the Augusta hospital and said they would really appreciate it if a minister could visit him. Obviously I consented to go. When I arrived the family had just stepped onto the elevator, so I didn't meet any of them. The nurse asked if someone had requested for me to come. I said that his daughter in NY had wanted a minister to visit him. The nurse woke the poor guy up. He didn't look well, and I felt bad for him. I introduced myself to him, and he seemed pleased that I was there. I asked him if he wanted to go back to sleep. He said yes, then I asked if he minded if I prayed for him quickly before he went back to sleep. He consented. I prayed with him, but he had fallen asleep by the time I opened my eyes. A younger guy and his wife came in as I was getting ready to leave. I gave them my number and told them to call if they or any of the other family members needed anything. Very sad. Who controls when the end of their days will be? Only the Lord knows when your last breath will be taken. Don't procrastinate. Find the Lord while He may be found. Taste and see that the Lord is good....accept and confess today that you are sinner,ask Him to forgive you, believe that Christ died for you, and He rose from the dead, and you can be assured that one day you will be in Heaven with Him.

Ever Think to Get Paid for Online Surveys?

I recently registered to be a member of SurveySavvy to participate in surveys online. Heather will be signing up within a couple of days too. If you join, you can get paid when you participate in surveys. When you refer friends, you will get paid for their participation and their friends' participation. They pay cash! Check out the Earnings Calculator in the Refer Friends section.

Go there now and click on 'Join'. Hey, why not get paid for your opinions. If you would like a pay for membership to a directory that literally contains hundreds of sites like this, please go here. It is one hundred percent legit', and they are genuinely interested in helping you get started with paid surveys online. There will be a commitment on your part to participate, but hey, it could help you with some of the bills around the house.

Working on the Jewelry Site

Man-o-man. I have been working on my jewelry site today (Your Personal Jeweler). I am trying to reorganize the categories as I used to have just "Finished Jewelry" and "Religious Jewelry". I realized that people who shop for jewelry usually don't think, "hmmm, let me go to the jewelry store and find some finished jewelry". At least I know that I would say, "hmmm, let me go check out the bracelets at that store". So hard at work am I, trying to get this set up properly. As usual, I have had technical difficulties for some unknown reason. Thankfully, I have overcome them, but all I managed to do was change the categories. I really wanted to add more products. We literally have thousands and thousands of products to put in the database, but time and other obligations has prevented serious progress here. Hopefully, if you're reading this, you will find yourself a customer of my jewelry store at some point. Have a nice day.

Check Out the Oxymoron List Yet?

I love Oxymorons. They crack me up. So why do you drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway anyway? Here are some of the oxymorons from the list on you right:

1. A Fine Mess


2. A just war


3. A little big


4. a little pregnant


5. A new classic


6. absolutely unsure


7. abundant poverty


8. Accidentally on Purpose


9. accurate estimate


10. accurate horoscope


11. accurate rumors


12. accurate stereotype


13. acrophobic mountain climber


14. Act Naturally


15. active retirement


16. actual reenactment


17. acute apathy


18. acute dullness


19. adult children

I was actually thinking of writing short stories that primarily consisted of oxymorons. If nothing else, It would make me laugh...and I'd be satisfied.

Nothing else to report. Last night was another good, actually great service, at Camp Meeting. The kids, for the most part, have been cooperating. Hannah actually slept the entire trip (1 hour) home! This was a very good thing. Another good thing happened last night. I actually got a complete 8 hours sleep. Wow! I forgot what that felt like.

Another plan I have in the works is to start a daily devotion online called Coffee with Jesus. If I start it, I will post here and create a link so that you know of it's existance.

Ok...enough...