Silly girls

You should have seen the digging and rearranging and pillow pushing they did to get it "just right."

Kathy's 7/7's

Left to right: my brother,Kevin, me, and my sister,Kathy

Kathy doesn't have her own blog (yet--but I'm working on her) so here are her responses:

Seven things to do before I die:

1. See my girls marry godly men
2. Read all the books I want to read!
3. Fix up the back porch!!!!
4. Retire (fat chance)
5. Take a trip someplace exotic with my mother and sister
6. Go to Austria with Mike
7. Clean off my desk at the end of the day (just once!!)

Seven things I cannot do:

1. Keep my house spotless
2. Read all the books I want to read!
3. Clean up my desk at the end of the day
4. Play the flute like I used to
5. Play piano at all!
6. Type using the right fingers
7. Stop loving classical music

Seven things that attract me to my husband:

1. He so much fun
2. He is a wonderful, wonderful father
3. He spoils me
4. He loves to cook
5. He loves my mother and sibs and all "theirs"
6. He always wants to spend all his time with me
7. He loves his parents

Seven things I say most often:

1. "Help! I need someone tall"
2. "I've got to lose some weight"
3. "You've got to be kidding!"
4. "Go Bucks!"
5. "Yesss!"
6. "They're trying to drive me crazy"
7. "What day is it? Saturday?"

Seven books (or a series of books) I love:

1. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hobbit
3. Pride & Prejudice
4. Sherlock Holmes
5. The Harry Potter series
6. Moon and Sixpence
7. Tale of Two Cities

Seven Movies I’d Watch Over and Over Again:

1. The Princess Bride
2. Scrooge
3. Waking Ned Divine
4. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings
5. The Quiet Man
6. Almost Any Musical
7. The Stand

Seven people I’d like to tag:

1. Meghan
2. Katie
3. Mike
4. Rhonda
5. Natalie
6. Roger
7. Cindy

Tag, You're It!

I have never participated in a meme, but it looks like fun and I do like to read them, so when I saw an open invitation at the Upward Call, I decided to have a go at it.

This one has seven lists of seven

Seven things to do before I die:

1. Grow in grace and truth
2. Visit Ireland
3. Face death with confidence and peace
4. See my boys happily married to godly women
5. Pray with my grandchildren
6. Teach my granddaughters to cook
7. Open a bed and breakfast

Seven things I cannot do:

1. Read a map
2. Give up on the people I love
3. Keep houseplants alive
4. Relax when the house is a mess
5. Chat on the phone
6. Keep a straight face
7. Dance

Seven things that attract me to my husband:

1. He makes me laugh every day
2. He remembers the little things
3. He is very handsome
4. He loves my cooking
5. He is patient
6. He is growing in the Lord
7. He loves our children and prays for them

Seven things I say most often:

1. “Hurry Up!” (same thing as “go potty” to my dogs)
2. “Get down!”
3. “What a good girl!”
4. “Go get in your bed!”
5. “Drop it.”
6. “Wait”
7. “Sit” (yes, I do talk to my dogs—they are voice activated)
(Please don’t think I only talk to my dogs; I talk to my cats and all the people in my house, too, but I don’t say the same things repeatedly to them as often as the dogs and the things I repeat to them might embarrass them—and me!)

Seven books (or a series of books) I love:

1. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
3. God’s Minute by L.M. Cross
4. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
5. Knowing God by J.I. Packer
6. The Complete Works of Jonathan Edwards
7. True Spirituality by Francis Schaeffer

Seven Movies I’d Watch Over and Over Again:

1. The Princess Bride
2. A Christmas Story
3. Waking Ned Divine
4. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings
5. Citizen Kane
6. Elf
7. Milo and Otis

Seven people I’d like to tag:

1. My sister, Kathy
2. Allyson
3. Donna
4. My reader in New Mexico
5. Tulip Girl
6. my hubby (he’d never do it online. . .)
7. Anyone who would like to play along

If you don't have a blog and would like to play along, [post your answers in the comments (STRIKE THAT)]. . .if you have a blog and you decide to play, post a link in the comments and I'll move it to the post in an update. [email me your answers--it's probably more than the comments can accomodate]

UPDATE: You can read Kim's list at The Upward Call here.

Here's Allyson's list. She reminded me of a movie I missed--Enchanted April which reminded me of another movie I forgot--Babette's Feast. Oh, how could I forget that one? It's one of my very favorites. If you haven't seen it, you should. If you're a guy--hang with it. . .it's not just a chick flick; you'll like it.

Donna's list is up on Quiet Life.

God's Minute

November 29

He ever liveth to make intercession for them.--Hebrews 7:25

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, because of Thy good hand upon us in mercy, we have been spared during another night. Help us to trust in Thee, to have no will but Thy will, and to desire to be only what Thou wouldst have us be. We pray that Thou wilt show us how large is Thy pity, how great is Thy love, and how infinite is Thy goodness; give us to feel that Thou hast called us with a holy calling; that Thou hast put us here to do Thy pleasure, and hereafter to enjoy Thee forever. Breathe into us the spirit of pryaer and teachableness, and enable us to give earnest heed to the truths taught in Thy Word. We thank Thee for Thy holy Word, for Thy Church, and for all the ordinances of Thy house, and for the way of salvation through Christ. We bless Thee, our Heavenly Father, for all Thy gifts, but above all for Thine unspeakable gift, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. We rejoice in the assurance that He is now interceding for us. May the weary and heavy-laden come unto Thee and find rest for their souls. We pray that Thou wilt send forth laborers into Thy harvest. Be Thou to all Thine own as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Speedily fill the whole earth with Thy glory. Make us all, O Christ, joyful in hope, patient in suffering, active in service and abounding in love. We ask all these blessings in the name of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Saviour.

Amen.

Robert Stuart MacArthur, D.D.,
Boston, Massachusetts

Show and Tell

My sister, Kathy, embroidered this beautiful rendition of Thorin's Map, from The Hobbit several years ago. I regret that my camera skills were not able to capture it better, but hope that you can see just how gorgeous it is. It really is exceptional.