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Monday, December 10, 2007

FRIENDS

Friends!!!! Let me count the types: 1) The good weather friends - for as long as the going is good, you have lots of them! 2) The borrowing type - The only time they know you is when they need someting! 3) The bad weather friends - They stick around like glue to blanket through good times and bad... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Modern technology - Good or bad?

The power of technology! We are totally hopeless when something like a power surge interrupts our busy lives. Take this morning for instance. I went to town, I needed some medicine from the pharmacy, had to drop a few things of at the engineering works for my husband and pick up the newspapers. By... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Listen

The rain is coming down softly, At a distance, I hear God mumbling and rumbling, I wonder, what is it He is trying to tell us? Do we ever stand stil, just for one minute to listen, To hear what He is telling us? Though we don't understand, or do we? Then silence comes over us, As we realize, God is... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

From a childs' point of view

During the past few days I realized just once again how dependant a family is on the mother/wife of the house................................. As I told you, I worked from 7 am to 7 pm for the past ten days. For four of days we worked from 7 am to 9 pm. So in total I worked 12 to 14 hours per day. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Marix - Missing those carefree days

Can you believe it? Time really flies by! It seems like yesterday I last wrote and it is already ten days later! I missed the reading and writing dearly and it's good to be back. Now I've got a lot of catching up to do! Not only with my writing but all my other work as well!... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Just letting you know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't disappeared from the face of the earth! I accepted an contract for the next 10 - 12 days that wil keep me busy form 7 am to 7 pm, a full twelve hours a day. I couldn't refuse such an offer just before Christmas because the money is good. So some days I might have time to chat to you all,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

In our parents's footsteps

We as daughters look up to our fathers for guidence. Well, most of the time anyway! It's so often said a daughter marries a husband like her father, and a son a wife like his mother! But how true is this? I'll take myself as an example. I surely hope I'm not like my mother in-law, I want to slit my... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Tomorrow!

I wonder what today will hold in store for us, Will it be fame, Will it be money, Will it be good health, Will all our sorrows disappear, Will it rain or will the sun shine, We don't know, though we wish we did! I wonder what lay beyond today, Will the moon come up at night, Will the sun come up in... Sign in to see full entry.

Mission accomplished

Robin McGraw. The more I listen to her book on audio cd, the more I see all womens purpose on earth. Some don't realize it, some don't want to realize it! I used to wonder what is my purpose on earth. Should I be the the devouted wife and mother or the career woman? How do I balance all three... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 16, 2007

My daily prayer

Today is one of those days that I truly can't understand what the purpose of life is? Why is it that some in-laws can't see their children happily married? Why do they (in-laws) always want to compete for attention? Am I the only one who have to fight these type of battles? It certainly feels that... Sign in to see full entry.

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