On My Nightstand: January Week 3

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5 Minutes for Books hosts a monthly meme called "What's on Your Nightstand?" so here's what is currently next to my bed, after the changeover from last week.

Progress is being made in my two non-fiction books: Finding Favor with the King as well as the accompanying devotional. This coming week I am planning to focus a little more on the book itself.

I didn't start the last book in the Gresham Chronicles, The Diary of Miss Lydia Clark, so that book will get moved over to this week. I did finish Every Now and Then by Karen Kingsbury and also A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell.

A Constant Heart was interesting - life during the times of Queen Elizabeth and what it was like living as a courtier in her courts. The story was told from the perspectives of a husband and wife who (gasp) were actually in love with each other and the danger that it could be in that time. At first it was a little strange having the story switch back and forth from one person's perspective to the other, but it definitely added a different aspect to the story.

Here's the current stack next to my bed (or scattered around the house):

• The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark - Lawana Blackwell
• Whirlwind - Cathy Marie Hake
• Finding Favor with the King: Daily Inspirations- Tenney
• Finding Favor with the King - Tenney

Are there any books that you are reading that I should think about for my pile? Let me know what you are reading that you would recommend!

At Least it Was Just My Phone

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My dad sent me this story via FoxNews today. At least I only have my cell phone in my pocket.

CENTERVILLE, Utah — The man escaped with a few cuts to his arm, but the toilet made out much worse.

Police say a man's gun fell out of its holster while he pulled up his pants after using the bathroom at a Carl's Jr. restaurant Tuesday. The gun fired when it hit the floor and shattered the commode.

A few shards of porcelain cut the man's arm, and a woman in an adjacent restroom who was frightened by the noise reported she was having chest pain. Both people were checked at the scene and released.

Police say they confiscated the 26-year-old man's firearm while they review the incident. The man had a concealed weapons permit. No charges are being filed.

Dear Stimulus Scammers

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While I realize that scamming is the name of your game, I just thought I'd try to help you out a little bit in the emails that you send out, trying to hook me into giving you every piece of financial information that is related to me.

1. Run a spell check on your emails. I mean really. If you're going to scam, pretend that punctuation, capitalization and all grammar rules apply.
2. Yahoo? Are you serious? Please consider that I might have just a wee bit more of intelligence and realize that the IRS would not have a yahoo domain for its' communications.
3. If you are going to congratulate me on a stimulus refund, you might want to get my name right. Just saying it might help.
4. Emailing me the same email four times in a day - a little fishy if you ask me. Somehow I don't think the government is that willing to part with its' money.
5. And using lots of words and making the email more wordy? Not really helping either. Because "Without wasting much time, will want you to contact them immediately with the above email address so as to enable them attend to your case accordingly without any further delay as time is already running out" might be a little more impressive if you referred back to point #1.

p.s. Being sure to warn me that there are scams occurring is a nice touch. Suspicious, but nice. Thanks for caring enough to warn me.

Boxing in my Stomach

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I am SO EXCITED because next Monday I am going to be meeting up with Mary from Not Before 7 to just hang out and talk and, well, MEET her officially other than in the bloggy world!!

For Tiny Talk this week, I have a little somethin' somethin' to share from the oldest three in our house.

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We've been studying about Russia this last week with the girls and I was trying to get them to notice that Russia is unique because the country is on two different continents. We were sitting on the couch and I was asking them what they noticed and they were pointing out silly things on the map. Not noticing what I was hoping they would notice.

Finally I asked, "Do you not see ANYTHING special about Russia? Anything at all?"

Laurianna looked for a minute at the map and said, "Well, the 'R' is in Europe and the 'USSIA' is in Asia."

Because I'm sure the people in Europe notice that huge "R" out in the middle of the field somewhere....

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McKenna was reading from the Beginner's Bible (Matthew 13:47-49) to me and I was half listening until she got to a part in the New Testament where it talked about separating the godly from the ungodly.

And had a few minor alterations because of her reading.

"But the angels will come and separate the goodly (godly) people from the ugly (ungodly) people. The goodly people will live in heaven with me forever."

And apparently the ugly ones don't have a chance. We need to work on some phonics, eh?

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While he was waiting for breakfast on Saturday morning, Zachary looked up at me and said in an awe-struck voice (with his hands on his stomach), "Mom! I think that someone is boxing in my stomach! I think someone is playing the Wii and boxing in there! It's going (insert boxing noises here)."

I about lost in on that one!

Be sure to head over and read some more Tiny Talk Tuesday!!

No Wonder My Kids Don't Listen

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I have to truthfully admit that I don't even learn from my own mistakes and take my own "advice", as it were.

And one would think that after experiencing something traumatic such as having your cell phone fall into a toilet and having to stick your hand into the mysterious, germ-infested depths of the tidy-bowl might possibly teach a person to KEEP IT IN HER PURSE!!

But no. Not me.

And it happened AGAIN.

I am happy to report that I now can boast of several different ways to successfully dry out a cell phone. With it still being usable.

As a bonus, my #7 key is now working better than it did after the first dropping. And my cell phone is now in my purse at all times.

Disinfecting is optional but highly, highly, highly recommended. Repeatedly.

On My Nightstand: January Week 2

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5 Minutes for Books hosts a monthly meme called "What's on Your Nightstand?" so here's what is currently next to my bed, after the changeover from last week.

I actually finished a FICTION book. A proud moment for me. Jane Bullivan't book Skydiving for Parents has now officially moved off my nightstand. I did glean some great things from this book, although since she is British it was a little difficult for me in some places (took me forever to wrap my mind around the word "bonnet" until I figured out she was talking about the hood of a car). What can I say?

I was able to read a few more chapters in two of my other more thought-intense (non-fiction)books: Finding Favor with the King as well as the accompanying devotional.

This week I'm adding some more fiction to my pile, and finishing up the third book in the Greshem Chronicles by Lawana Blackwell.

Here's the current stack:

• The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark - Lawana Blackwell
• A Constant Heart - Siri Mitchell
• Every Now and Then - Karen Kingsbury
• Finding Favor with the King: Daily Inspirations- Tenney
• Finding Favor with the King - Tenney