for sure

But it is hard to watch sometimes...

Over the moon

Had a very early morning walk on Saturday.

The moon was huge against the western horizon.

Not a great picture but you get the point.

Someone who has access to a basketball net

 And a great imagination

 And a sense of timing

And some patience.

A - door - able

Can I have one, huh, huh, can I?

ain't that the truth

I don't have the nerve

But I wish I did.

some art

Love this art

Corrie Ten Boom

Martin has been reading 'The Hiding Place".

I read it years ago but should read it again.

A powerful story.

Tree-mendous

Ellen

I am a fan of the Ellen Show on television.

She exemplifies kindness and funny.

We can mindlessly watch tv to be entertained

but I never feel like it was a waste of time 

to have Ellen on at 4 while I prepare supper.

I am working on it

I have the most amazing amount of storage in this house.

Shelves and cupboards and closets.

The basement has become a catch-all for the things that do not have a home.

And for the past little while the two sorting tables were covered with stuff to be sorted.

Had something that I wanted to use on New Years Day

that I thought was somewhere on the tables.

But I couldn't find it when I wanted it.

Too much stuff.

An impetus to action.

So now I am working on it.

Started last week.

We will see how long it takes me.

Hopefully 'after' pictures to follow.

Some more knittin' stuff

I thought that I should figure out how to make these. 

But maybe this one is more in keeping with my skill set.

Then again...these are a little more like it.

for all you knitters

or for all you nose enthusiasts

gratitude week 12

Supposed to pick my favourite personality trait.
I am assuming it is supposed to be my personality that I am favouriting.

I went looking for a list of personality traits.
I decided to eliminate the negative ones Negative Traits (292 = 46%)
and the neutral ones  Neutral Traits (292 = 18%)
I will, instead, concentrate on the positive trait list.
This is what I have to choose from

Positive Traits (234 = 37%)

1. Accessible
2. Active
3. Adaptable
4. Admirable
5. Adventurous
6. Agreeable
7. Alert
8. Allocentric
9. Amiable
10. Anticipative
11. Appreciative
12. Articulate
13. Aspiring
14. Athletic
15. Attractive
16. Balanced
17. Benevolent
18. Brilliant
19. Calm
20. Capable
21. Captivating
22. Caring
23. Challenging
24. Charismatic
25. Charming
26. Cheerful
27. Clean
28. Clear-headed
29. Clever
30. Colorful
31. Companionly
32. Compassionate
33. Conciliatory
34. Confident
35. Conscientious
36. Considerate
37. Constant
38. Contemplative
39. Cooperative
40. Courageous
41. Courteous
42. Creative
43. Cultured
44. Curious
45. Daring
46. Debonair
47. Decent
48. Decisive
49. Dedicated
50. Deep
51. Dignified
52. Directed
53. Disciplined
54. Discreet
55. Dramatic
56. Dutiful
57. Dynamic
58. Earnest
59. Ebullient
60. Educated
61. Efficient
62. Elegant
63. Eloquent
64. Empathetic
65. Energetic
66. Enthusiastic
67. Esthetic
68. Exciting
69. Extraordinary
70. Fair
71. Faithful
72. Farsighted
73. Felicific
74. Firm
75. Flexible
76. Focused
77. Forceful
78. Forgiving
79. Forthright
80. Freethinking
81. Friendly
82. Fun-loving
83. Gallant
84. Generous
85. Gentle
86. Genuine
87. Good-natured
88. Gracious
89. Hardworking
90. Healthy
91. Hearty
92. Helpful
93. Heroic
94. High-minded
95. Honest
96. Honorable
97. Humble
98. Humorous
99. Idealistic
100. Imaginative
101. Impressive
102. Incisive
103. Incorruptible
104. Independent
105. Individualistic
106. Innovative
107. Inoffensive
108. Insightful
109. Insouciant
110. Intelligent
111. Intuitive
112. Invulnerable
113. Kind
114. Knowledge
115. Leaderly
116. Leisurely
117. Liberal
118. Logical
119. Lovable
120. Loyal
121. Lyrical
122. Magnanimous
123. Many-sided
124. Masculine  (Manly)
125. Mature
126. Methodical
127. Maticulous
128. Moderate
129. Modest
130. Multi-leveled
131. Neat
132. Nonauthoritarian
133. Objective
134. Observant
135. Open
136. Optimistic
137. Orderly
138. Organized
139. Original
140. Painstaking
141. Passionate
142. Patient
143. Patriotic
144. Peaceful
145. Perceptive
146. Perfectionist
147. Personable
148. Persuasive
149. Planful
150. Playful
151. Polished
152. Popular
153. Practical
154. Precise
155. Principled
156. Profound
157. Protean
158. Protective
159. Providential
160. Prudent
161. Punctual
162. Pruposeful
163. Rational
164. Realistic
165. Reflective
166. Relaxed
167. Reliable
168. Resourceful
169. Respectful
170. Responsible
171. Responsive
172. Reverential
173. Romantic
174. Rustic
175. Sage
176. Sane
177. Scholarly
178. Scrupulous
179. Secure
180. Selfless
181. Self-critical
182. Self-defacing
183. Self-denying
184. Self-reliant
185. Self-sufficent
186. Sensitive
187. Sentimental
188. Seraphic
189. Serious
190. Sexy
191. Sharing
192. Shrewd
193. Simple
194. Skillful
195. Sober
196. Sociable
197. Solid
198. Sophisticated
199. Spontaneous
200. Sporting
201. Stable
202. Steadfast
203. Steady
204. Stoic
205. Strong
206. Studious
207. Suave
208. Subtle
209. Sweet
210. Sympathetic
211. Systematic
212. Tasteful
213. Teacherly
214. Thorough
215. Tidy
216. Tolerant
217. Tractable
218. Trusting
219. Uncomplaining
220. Understanding
221. Undogmatic
222. Unfoolable
223. Upright
224. Urbane
225. Venturesome
226. Vivacious
227. Warm
228. Well-bred
229. Well-read
230. Well-rounded
231. Winning
232. Wise
233. Witty
234. Youthful

One of these should be a favourite of mine....

But there were none listed that seemed to me that I exemplified completely.

But today I pick # 26.

Not always am I so inclined to pick #26. 

But today I do.

Books I have Read in 2015 Part 2

 Fun read that sometimes made me feel smart

 and other times made me feel dumber than a bag of rocks



 I am a big fan of Penn Jillette.

He is an atheist that I have learned much from and, 

perhaps it would be to his chagrin, 

but he has made me a better Christian.

I think that Christians would do well to listen to atheists.

We have much to learn and a long way to go.

This book was on my list for years and years. 

Finally read it and it was good. 

Made lots of notes in my copy.

They studied it at the Women's Bible Study at church and 

it would have been worth it to attend.

 Lucado is always a good read. 

Another one for the Discipleship Resource Center.

 Read one of her books and might feel like 

if you read one of them you have read them all.

Mostly the same sort of stuff.

But it is good stuff. Encouraging for the most part.

Oprah Book Club pick. 

An easy read about a difficult story. 

True story which was quite fascinating.

Made me think about what I would do 

had I been given difficult circumstances as well.

 This self published young author knows my brother.

I had a look at the pre-published manuscript. 

It made me realize that when reading 

I can tell when something is not quite right - editing wise.

But I don't always know what it is.

The sentence may be too long or there was a grammatical error.

But that did not interfere at all with the story.

Written for a younger audience but it still kept my interest.

I thought this first time author did a pretty good job.

 Another Oprah book club pick. 

Took a lot of words to tell a small story.

Did like it but thought it was a touch too predictable.

 Another Discipleship Resource Center selection.

One that I probably enjoyed reading but I cannot,

 for the life of me, remember a thing about it.

 Another Discipleship Resource Center selection.

I can't remember much about this one either.

But I think that I made notes on it.

I liked Rick Warren's spin on the Christmas story.

He takes the gospel and presents it in a simple but meaningful way.
Again, I made notes but I can imagine that I might even refer to them in the future.

Books I Have Read in 2015 Part 1

Here are the books I read in 2015

Good book. Always enjoy Patsy

Apparently I spend too much time in the bathroom

Always enjoy Albom as well

Briscoe is a thoughtful author.

 Enjoyed the personal stuff as opposed to the teaching about money stuff

Same for this one. Personal story was fascinating.

Met John and really enjoyed this one 

as I knew, rather the well, the woman that he was writing about.

His mother attended our church for years and 

it was a joy to get to know a woman 

who I will describe as a pillar of the community.

She made our church a better place.

The story of her decline in health was a 

very close personal look at the loss of a mother.

Carol writes a deeply personal story about a terrible time in her life.

I love that I can enter into someone else's tragedy and learn and grow from it.

 Just some thing that I wanted to read

 before I put it out

 at the Discipleship Resource Center at church.

 I do believe it would be a good read for young moms.

 Nora delights as always.