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My brother-in-law wrote about grace and how it is seen in a great operetta. I enjoyed his comparison.

I taught Amie and James how to play using this Jigsaw Sudoku. I changed it to 4×4 squares and they figured it out. Amie did it by herself in a little over 8 minutes. James did one by himself in 51 seconds. He’s more mathematically minded, so it didn’t surprise me how easy it was for him, but I didn’t expect him to be able to do it so quickly. Now he wants a more challenging one. He’s asking me to print off a 9×9 puzzle to work on. We’ll see how he does on that.

I’ve added some links.  I’ll talk about the ASLU one soon.

My friend, Melody, has been commenting here for a few months now. She gave me her blog link and I found her testimony on there. It is so powerful. It is more about the struggles she’s had since she became a Christian. I remember so much of what she went through, but when I read it all together on there, it really hit me. I met her during the beginning of our sophomore year of college and I was her roommate during the first semester of our junior year. Jeremy and I were part of the ministry team helping Aaron at the church as well. It was the start, for me, of really learning what ministry is about.

Go, read it. You will be blessed.

Go tell my brother-in-law Happy Birthday, whether for his real birthday today or his spiritual one yesterday or even both.  Oh, and while you are there, make sure you read his posts.  He has some good ones.

As a Mom For Modesty and a girls youth leader, I have really scouted out a bunch of internet sites to see if I can find something that would not only be modest, but fit our small budget.  I found this site that offers layering options for what is already out there, so you can be fashionable and modest.  They have camisoles and tees that come up higher and go down over the hips to put under a shirt that is either too low up top or too high down at the bottom.  Now to find something like this for little girls.

A few friends of mine did a Johari window and I thought it was kind of fun, so I put my name in for one.

http://kevan.org/johari?name=Pixiemom

You pick the five traits you think describe me best.  I think it would be interesting to know what my internet friends, most of whom I’ve never met, think are my good traits.

I am praying for the Godfrey family.  They have gone through so much.  Warning:  The link takes you to a story of birth and death.  The pictures were what really brought me to tears.

Click on the picture to go to Everyday Mommy’s original post as well as to leave a comment in support of this. This is a message we would like to get out. This isn’t just for moms either, even though it is called “Moms For Modesty.” I believe it is for Dads, single women who wish to be modest, and single guys who wish to keep their minds as pure as possible.

I have two vox invites.  Just leave a comment and I’ll send you one.  Go check it out if you don’t know what it is.  I wish they had more diversity of backgrounds, but they are still new, so just give them time.  I got an invite mostly so I could get the Pixiemom name for Vox before someone else, but I like to answer a “QOTD” (question of the day) sometimes.  It is a neat, different way to get to know someone.

Read this.  It will make you feel better whether you believe it or not.

One red paperclip, a year and fourteen trades later, becomes a house.  The actual trade takes place tomorrow on the year anniversary of Kyle MacDonald’s start in this.

My brother-in-law, Andrew Read, has his blog back up and running.

I have a friend, Kim, who is having her third daughter today. Please pray for her and the baby. She is being induced because her blood pressure went up way too high yesterday. I can’t wait to see the pictures. Her other two daughters are so beautiful and I know this one will be as well.

Edit:  Oh wow!  She has some birth story if you are interested in it.  Baby Tori came with no problems at all.  I can’t tell it like her, so if you want, just go on over and read it yourself and offer congratulations.

For those who read A Blog Apart, it is back.  My husband is one of the posters there as well as my brother-in-law.  Check it out.

This is actually the third coffee we’ve tried, but Jeremy is working on the review for that one for me.  I decided to do this one myself.  You will be able to tell it has a different author as the tone of the post will be different.

Blogger’s Beach Blast

The description says, “This luscious flavored coffee will make your blog!  Featuring a tantalizing combination of chocolate kiss and caramel.”

The aroma is nice and mild.  You get a hint of caramel wafting in the midst of the coffee.  I usually end up taking at least one big sniff while it’s brewing.

The taste is slightly above mild, but with a “kiss” of chocolate and the caramel, it smooths out very nicely, especially with some cream in it.  If you prefer, as I do, you might like to add a small amount of sugar, but not much is needed.

I think this is a good after dinner coffee.  It is a good prelude to or as dessert.  It is nice and relaxing.

One thing I have done every once in a while is add 1 teaspoon of hot chocolate to it to boost the chocolate taste.  It tastes very delicious, almost like a mocha caramel latte.

You can get this coffee or any of the other new Blogger’s Fuel flavors from Boca Java.  Stay tuned, more reviews will be coming.

I got a Flickr account. I was surprised to still be able to have Pixiemom as my username, but I’m happy to have it. I uploaded a bunch of pictures. Enjoy.

Want to try some good coffee for free? If you blog and are willing to do a coffee review on your blog, then Blogger’s Fuel is looking for you. They have a few openings left for reviewers for their new line of coffees for bloggers. Jeremy and I will be reviewing some on this blog. The coffee is made by Boca Java so it’s going to be some good coffee. Oh, and if you want to buy any, I have a link over there at the side, so they know I sent you. Jeremy loves the good coffee like this and he’s excited to be able to try them.

Thus ends the commercial. We will now get back to your regularly scheduled program.

My kids were just asking to see the latest Wallace and Grommit movie today. Unfortunately, our TV and DVD player are not hooked up and may not be for a few more days since it isn’t high priority… for the adults anyway. Then, this news article hit my eye. I couldn’t help laughing.

I think this will be my last post today.

For any of those who read Priscillawall.com than you’ll be happy that it FINALLY got fixed.

Jason caught this picture at Thanksgiving when he was here. I’d like to have a caption contest with it. Give me a good caption to go with that interesting photo.

This website is done by a friend of mine. She has a daughter Amie’s age. I’ve gotten a kick out of looking at this site the last 3 years. Enjoy!

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Yes, I do! It’s on Xanga. I post about what I’m reading in my Bible. You’ll get a small inkling of what Jeremy hears each night as I’m reading. I don’t update it as much as this one, but if you want to know what I’m thinking about as I’m reading through my Bible, take a look. I have to warn you though. Only Xangans can post comments. I don’t think there’s a way to let everyone post. Just give me an e-mail if you really want to discuss something with me. I believe I have a link on that page.

I started it when my cousin, Becca, began her blog at Xanga. I tried to comment and couldn’t. I was putting down my thoughts of what Jeremy was teaching in Sunday School and Youth Group in a notebook, but was thinking of starting another blog anyway to put it all on. Instead, it’s become my way of putting my thoughts of my daily Bible study up. Everyonce in a while, I’ll talk about something Jeremy taught or tell about what’s going on in my life or at youth.

These two ladies are heroes for many people from New Orleans, not only the ones they helped shelter, but the families and friends of those people.

Ok, I have to admit. This is the first launch I’ve watched all the way through since the shuttle Columbia blew up when I was in 8th grade. I had flashbacks whenever I’d try to watch one to that video I saw over and over that fateful day. Anyway, I thought the kids would enjoy it and watched what Yahoo had on their news, but it didn’t show a lot, so I went over to Fox News and they showed it until the launching rockets are let go, plus you can hear a little of what Nasa is saying and not just a commentator. The kids enjoyed it and had to watch it three times. The part they liked the best is where it is showing a view from the shuttle and you can see part of the coastline of Florida. I thought that was pretty cool too.

Google has set up some sites where you can look at different spots on the earth through satellite. Now they have another. Zoom all the way in for the best view of the ground! It’s really cool.

With thanks to Ash.

Jeremy can tell you this is mostly true. I don’t think I keep people laughing though. Also, though I may know a lot of people because I’m not shy about introducing myself and talking, I really don’t have many friends. Well… true friends that is.

She writes beautiful poems and paints wonderfully. What a talented young lady! She’s only about 10 years old. God has given her something very special.