Great book to add to your Library

Beautiful full-color maps and charts illuminate the Scriptures.
This is an amazing tool for anyone who teaches, preaches, or studies the bible. This book includes everything you need to help you “see” the bible as you read it and study it. Nelson’s Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts, 3rd edition , is a perfect addition to any church, christian school or personal library. Being able to see the places, and learn about the politics, events, people involved in those events brings a totally new perspective to reading the Bible.

This updated edition of Thomas Nelson’s popular Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts has everything your customers need to visualize the events, places, and people in the Old and New Testaments. The resources include:
* New, full-color, high-resolution maps and charts.
* Downloadable PDFs of maps and charts for presentations and classes.
* Tables, charts, and diagrams that organize Bible information for ease of learning and memorization.
* Historical articles providing insight into Bible times.
* Introductions to each book of the Bible.
Perfect for small-group leaders, Bible school teachers, and anyone curious about biblical times or wanting to locate key events from Scripture, Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts provides a visual overview of the Bible in its entirety

I have to start out by saying I’ve not been a huge fan of Sandi Patty. I guess I could just never really relate to her. I’ve always admired her voice, and her determination, especially when she was essentially shunned by the christian community after her divorce and the tabloid like rumors that followed. But her latest book, The Edge of the Divine has changed my mind.

The Edge of the Divine was an easy read, you could definitely ‘hear’ Sandi’s voice while reading it. It was almost like sitting in a coffee shop, sharing girl talk over a cappaccino. Starting with her first visit to the lap-band clinic, you walk with Sandi as she goes through the procedure, recovers and starts losing the weight. This is a great book for someone considering lap-band surgery, and for women who suffer from obesity, its a light at the end of the tunnel seeing her transformation. It is an encouraging book, not life-changing, but one that leaves you with the notion, that “hey, Sandi did it, maybe I can too!”.

**I was sent this book in exchange for my honest review from The Media Collective, I am in now way compensated for my words, or my opinions**

I feel a spree coming on

I went shopping today for a pair of shoes. Mainly because mine have worn out. Shoes are a hard purchase for me. I rarely buy them, which is strange , seeing as how I am in fact a woman. We all know that women have have an innate affection for footwear. Not me, I’m more of a purse gal myself. A creature of habit, I wear the same pair of shoes until they wear out. The others problem I have is that I am picky, not necessarily by choice, but by necessity. Until I can every get this weight off, I have a hip problem. If I wear the wrong kind of shoes I will get to the point that I can’t walk at all. I have to be pretty particular about shoes.

For a couple of years, I wore these

I would even wear them with skirts I was desperate. Then I discovered the holy grail of comfortable shoes I stumbled on crocs.

What is possibly the ugliest shoes ever created on earth became a necessary part of my life. I started out with the cayman’s and everyone around me made fun of me.
Until they tried them on. Then they joined the croc bandwagon. Seriously. Every member of my family has a pair except for oldest who refuses. After making fun of me for months on end, Stud finally says I think I want a pair of those. and still wears them daily. Yes I said daily.

I have since switched from the ugly ones to these cute, adorable ones, that don’t look like crocs at all but are just as comfy. I love my Mary Janes. Or rather I did. They met the tiny teeth of the puppy. He figured out really quick that while they may be comfy and durable, they also make a great chew toy for a teething pup. But then, he also loves my bra. Go figure.

But as I discovered today, crocs aren’t as popular as they once were, and now are much harder to find. Other than the ugly betty ones, in outrageous colors, I couldn’t find a single pair of crocs. Not one. Where did they all go? Are they all sitting in dank, dark warehouses getting all dusty and cold. They shouldn’t be, I would be more than happy to give them homes. Especially the size 8 womens. Bright colors, dull colors, neutral’s, primary, florescent, you name it I will take them. I love my crocs and now after my shopping spree that was so unfruitful, I feel a need to horde every pair I come across.

Ayiesha

A couple of weeks ago, a lady from Gotee records contacted me about reviewing a CD from an artist they are promoting.  At first I thought, can I do this?  Can I be honest and objective, without feeling like I have to “play nice” in the review?  At first, I wasn’t so sure.  But in the email, the lady had attached a widget so I could preview the artist.

One song was all it took for me to say yes.

The artist is Ayiesha Woods, and as we put it down south, the girl can SANG. I especially like the second song on the CD, Alive.  It’s a peppy, feel good number, that no matter how you are feeling, what kind of mood you are in, you just can’t keep from swaying and moving to the music.  And this comes from a groove missing white girl.

I found myself alone in the house this weekend, and decided to pop Ms Woods’ CD in the computer and listen to it while I cleaned house.  It kept me moving right along, with no trouble, and I found myself humming and singing along with her while I worked.  Forger whistling, I was singing every word with her.  Evermore thankful no one was home.

So here, check this chick out, it’s worth it. She’s good.

Squishified

Well, this year, I will hit a milestone, of the birthday kind.  I will hit 4-0 in September.  Yay me.

In honor of that, I had my yearly physical this week, and my doc was kind enough to send me off to have the boobages squished.  Let me debunk a few myths for you.

#1, IT DID NOT HURT.  Ok, Got that women?  No pain.

#2, I didn’t bruise, get pinched, or anything else even remotely like it.

#3, and this one is for all you men, it was the most mechanical time my girls have been felt up ever.

I’ll find out within a week whether the girls are ok, but seeing as how I’ve breastfed 4 kids for almost 2 years each, I don’t foresee any troubles.

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In other news of the medical sort… I found out yesterday I’m anemic.  Hmmm.  i guess that’s why I’ve felt like crap lately.  Which I guess is better than the other options.  I’m at risk for Lupus and Diabetes, so I’ll take anemia any day.  As long as its the every day variety  that is.

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That new stuff by ky, that yours and mine gel, rocks.

Nuff said bout that.

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I went to Best Buy today with my dad, they sell Mac’s now.  I want one.  Bad.  But not enough to fork over the cashola.

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Do not, and I do mean DO NOT buy anything from this site. Son2 ordered a baseball glove from them a month ago, we haven’t got the glove, no one answers their phone, and they don’t return emails.  yeah, um, I’m thinking we aren’t seeing that money again.  He spent his ENTIRE paycheck one week on that glove.

After we placed the order, I googled them, and wish I had done that first.  Nothing good came of my googling.

Learn from my mistakes, check out a company completely before using them online.

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And for a small funny,

Me, Son2, and my dad went to buy a dryer today for my dad.  He has managed to go through 3 in the past month.  Don’t ask.

We had to stop for gas and pump up the tire on the truck.

There is Son2, all hunched over, putting air in the tire, Dad is watching him, but no air is going in.

Me: did you pay for the air?

Dad- Yeah

Me: daddy, did you put the quarters in the machine?

Son2- papaw, did you start the machine?

Dad- oh, i gotta put the quarters in the machine….

I did it.

Remember back here, when I told ya’ll to enter the Bloggy Giveaways?  Remember there were over 800 of them, and I told you I had entered almost all of them?  Well I didn’t win a thing.  At least not at first.

I got lucky.

Some unlucky soul entered over at My Garden Hat, for a candle, and didn’t leave their information.  Thanks to their oversight, or undersight whichever the case may be, My name was the next one picked!

Now, you all know I don’t pitch products very often.  But let me tell you, I got my candle in the mail last week, and the thing smells wonderful!  Even better is it burns evenly.  There is nothing I can’t stand more than burning a candle and it only melting halfway down, or lopsided.  This one is burning PERFECTLY.  I mean, it is staying gorgeous even while I’m using it all up!

Now, what kind of candle is it you ask?

It’s a Gold Canyon candle.  I had never heard of them, and when I went to order a catalog, there isn’t even a retailer in my area.  The closest one is like 3 hours away.  But don’t worry, I’m not going to become a distributor, I don’t have time.  My live if full enough as it is without me doing candle shows in people’s living rooms.  Not to mention, I know me, anything I made, I would just buy more candles for myself.  ANYHOW, back to the candle, I have the Awaken candle, and let me tell you, it smells wonderful.  I was hesitant at first, it says Eucalyptus Mint.  Well, me, I’m just not a minty kind of girl, but OOOOH, how the thing smells.  I love it.  It’s a fresh, clean smell that I wish I had in a laundry detergent to wash my clothes in.  Or my sheets, ooooh, I love to go to sleep sniffing that smell every night.  I guess sleeping with a scent called “awaken” would be sort of a strange oxymoron huh.

I just keep chasing rabbits, don’t I.

The point is, love the candle, if the other scents are half as good as this one, then, well, I’m in heaven baby!  Anybody want to offer to send me another one?  I’d be glad to sniff it, burn it, and tell you all about it.  Let me be your candle tester, you know, like a food tester, so you don’t get a bad one….