This is the official Stringfellow family game!
Mana won!

Lazy Saturday

We woke up late and laid around the house all day. It is nice to do that again since we have not been able to since school started. I am not feeling so well today. My sinuses have been acting up a lot lately and now they are making my ears feel bad and my eyes water. I hope this clears up soon. I had a mix up at work this week and I let that affect my mood for part of the day also. I got really upset emotionally. I really do not like it when my mistakes effect other people. It really gets to me. I hate it for that person. I hope I got all that straighten out. Sinuses and mistakes...not a good combo for me!


Picture of the day...
"Corby"
This bird has slept in our porch corner every year for the past 4 or 5 years. My daughter and I decided it was time to name it. She named it "Corby"!

Just a picture of the day...
"Strawberries with Chocolate"

Yum! I eat food that is good for me, just with food that is not!

Done :)

My sweet daughter prays for me every night to do well on the Builder. (Even when it is not Builder time) I would have to say I truly am touched by it. Ever since she started praying for me, the Builder has been easier to work on! She is very persistent in her prayers. She will pray for the same thing every single night with great meaning. She has prayed for this little boy in her class since last year. (He was in and out of the hospital a lot.) She always prays that he is well. How wonderful is that. Even after the initial need is over to still keep this boy in her prayers. How often do we cease to pray for an individual or situation when the immediate concern is over or when the prayer is not answered yet? It sort of gets pushed to the out box, forgotten. I admire my daughter for being persistent. So often I catch myself forgetting to include past situations that still need prayer! I thank God for showing me, through my sweet little one, I need to be more persistent with some certain situations and individuals that still need prayer! I have pushed them to the side and that makes me sad!

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Luke 11:9 - 13



Picture of the day....
"Violin"


The Builder is done! :)
On to other fun projects!

...Priceless

I love the rain! You know the kind of rain when it just sprinkles. Just enough to get things wet. No thundering! No lightening! Just a good soaking! Does it seem that we get less of those kind of rains now or am I just caught up in the day to day schedule of adult responsibilities now? I have enjoyed the rain the last couple of days because of that! When I was little, my friend Kristi and I would go jump in the big puddle in my driveway! Boy, was that fun! We would walk to the convenience store on the outskirts of our neighborhood to get a snack and one day it came a down pour on the way back! We took our time coming home that day and enjoyed the rain. In college, if it rained on my way back from classes, I would not put up my umbrella! People would just stare. I didn't care, I was enjoying something most people thought of as inconvenient. I do have to admit I think the same some times! I love to see the pure joy on a child's face that is playing in the rain. When Mana was smaller, we had a huge, muddy puddle in our driveway from washing the car. She had the best time jumping up and down in that puddle. I wish I had a picture. She slipped and landed right on her backside. She was covered. The look on her face, a huge smile.

She didn't care.....priceless!

Pictures of the day...
"After the Rain"

Work, Work, Oh, Excuses, Excuses!

This post is for Monday! As you can tell it is Builder time! This is the time that all my unorganized traits show greatly! I always procrastinate on getting started with the Builder. I do not know why. I really actually enjoy doing it when I finally get around to sitting down and working on it! So around this time if I get behind on my daily postings, it is because it is Builder time!


We are officially NOT puppy sitting now! I enjoyed having Princess around, but I am glad she could go home. I am so glad to be able to walk into my kitchen and not have to look where I am stepping! She is really cute, well behaved and fun to play with. Best dog I have ever been around! Mana wants a dog more then ever, of course. Puppy sitting just made my answer even a stronger NO! All I need is one more thing to take care of. Just four days of puppy sitting threw me for a loop! I told her we can puppy sit again when our friends go out of town, but that will be the closest she will get to have a dog for a very long time!

For Sunday

Yes, it is officially Monday and I am posting for Sunday. This is how unorganized my life can get. Oh well! Sunday was good. Brother Steve gave a wonderful message in which I got a lot out off as usual. It was about the church. I have several family members in other denominations and I myself was part of another denomination before I became a member of my church. So this sermon really touched a part of me. I was saved while I was attending a Church of God denominational church. I really felt at home there. My husband, not so much. (He acted like he was fine with everything) A few of my family members where not to accepting of the whole "pentecostal" thing. They thought it was strange and had no problem telling me that. My sister-in-law attends a church in the Church of Christ denomination. We have had a discussion about all this before. She believes she is saved by the same way I am! There are a lot of differences in our denominations, but the most important part is the same!


Pictures of the day..."Research"
and Princess liked playing in Mana's hair.