a question about a question

(this is one of those posts I'll probably keep adding to for a while.)



Does God punish Christians?

What do you think and why? If you answer on your own blog, leave a link! Thanks. *smile*

Finally, the meme.

QuirkyChild tagged me for this. *smile* So, here goes:


Four jobs you’ve had in your life:

1. Postal clerk assistant for the MPS

2. Sandwich/do it all girl for a Deli

3. Jewelry sales at Montgomery Wards (obviously before they closed)

4. Nanny



Four movies you would watch over and over:

1. Pride and Prejudice

2. Sense and Sensiblity

3. Emma

4. You've Got Mail/13 Going on 30


Four places you have lived: (I'm confining this to the U.S.)

1. Colorado

2. Missouri

3. California

4. Mississippi


Four TV shows you love to watch :

1. Good Eats

2. Iron Chef (not Iron Chef America)

3. Thin Blue Line

4. Home remodeling shows


Four places you have been on vacation:
1. New York

2. Illinois

3. California

4. Oregon

Four websites you visit daily:
1. Graceful Mothering

2. blogs (xanga and blogspot - a couple homestead and homeschoolbloggers)

3. Women@Home

4. my email


Four of your favorite foods:

1. fruit

2. chocolate

3. fresh vegetables

4. Crusty bread with thick slabs of meat and cheese - no dressings or anything

Four places you would rather be right now:

1. the beach

2. the aquarium (Monteray Bay is my fav.)

3. a giant library

4. the Louvre, or the Met.

Four bloggers you are tagging:

Anyone left who hasn't done this yet. *laugh*

*happy dance*

I performed fish surgery today and I am quite proud of myself. *grin*
We had a fish that I mistakenly decided to catch and move with a fish net instead of a cup and it caught it's spikey fins in the net. We got most removed, but part just stuck fast - Noel ended up cutting part of the net off so the fish could be loose in the tank. That bit of net didn't work it's way off the fin though as we hoped and it was rubbing a really raw spot on the fish. So, enter the fish doctor. *laugh*
I gloved my hands so I didn't get speared and using those tiny scissors used for suture removal I carefully cut away the netting till I could get it all off. *whew* It was nerve wracking! I'm hoping the fish will heal well and be happy to flash about the tank and give me weird looks as before. I was wanting to take him back to the pet store because he seems to aggressive, but now, I'm not so sure.

Also, in aquarium land, we now have a tad pole to observe. The pet store FINALLY had some. Some people laugh that I actually paid for one instead of going to catch one - but, hey - I've never caught one before and I really don't know when or where to get one in the 'wild'. *laugh* It's pretty cool. *smile*

The guppies we bought are proving to be disastrous. How is it possible for guppies to be so temperamental to keep? I've never had fish die off so fast. *frown* It's enough to make me think of just getting a tank of dirty goldfish! *sigh* We'll see. I'm going to do some more reading before I give up altogether on them.

The gecko has been much more 'social' lately. It's been really neat to see her around instead of always looking for where she's hiding. She's so beautiful - turquoise and grey with orange spots and big orange eyes...and those cool gecko toes...those ROCK. *laugh*

The dog, Molly..she's still rolling in dried grass and bringing it in the house. *laugh* She seems happy to find cozy places to nap and bark at the neighborhood cats. *smile*

add it to the pile....

I just read this quote from a book -

"One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don't need to straighten others out."

The title of the book is Celebration of Discipline. I'm not sure about the author - I'll have to look that up later.
I'm currently reading Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney. Legalistic but informative.

Apparently, discipline is something I am sorely lacking. *frown*

Oh, and in case it wasn't glaringly obvious - I'm in a serious funk.

I really should, but I'm not.

I really should do a lot of things - some of them right now - this moment - but I'm not. I'm tired. (exhausted, really.)
I need to update. I'm not.
I want to post the meme. I'm not.
I should go start dinner. I'm not.
I have to run errands this evening.....*sigh* Guess I will. *soft laugh*

Once again, I wish I could wiggle my nose and have things do what I want. Or snap my fingers while singing along with Mary Poppins and have things put themselves away. Or how about the ONLY thing I liked about Disney's weirdo Fantasia - the magic brooms and mops. Self washing dishes. If I tip my head back, I can dream about it all. *laugh*
Not really acceptable, though. Guess I have to get off my rumpus bulbus and get back to work.
And to think it's only Tuesday!!