HurriedPatience

As some of you may know, today is One Day Without Shoes Day .... but many of you may not know. This day is encouraged/sponsored/planned by Toms Shoes , the buy one give one organization, and for those of you who have not heard about this company take a look at a college campus or music festival and you will probably lay eyes on a pair or more. For those of you who have watched me grow up, the concept of NOT wearing shoes comes VERY naturally to me. I remember days when my husband and I were dating and my father would see me leave the house without shoes and say," child where are you shoes, get back in the house and get them," to which I would reply," don't worry dad I left some in Curtis' car." These conversations happened ALOT, and I don't regret not liking shoes :) not liking shoes led me to my purchase of Vibram Five Finger Shoes  and eventually my first pair of Toms ( feel like I am wearing nothing). So I think it was the first year I was caug...

Just the other day I was speaking with my mom about how I needed to get back on the saddle and continue blogging, so today I saw a post on Facebook that instead of saying little snippets of what I felt on the topic I would write it as a whole. A new friend pastor friend of mine posted today about the term wedlock. Of course many of my readers know that I have a strong love for dictionary and nickname in middle school was dictionarybarbie because I was ridiculously dictionary oriented, so I went to my good friend the dictionary to verify I understood what the term meant. Merriam Webster said wedlock is the state of being married. In thinking about the break down of the word though, the first part does mean marriage (wed- to bring or join {two things} together). Then the second part of the word "-lock" has a few different definitions but for the point of this blog I will say it can be a combination of lock(noun) where the fourth definition is "one that is assured or su...

I read the most amazing book with hints on cool dates to do with your spouse. What really made me excited about reading the book, " The Little Book of Great Dates" by Greg Smalley is that I read it during the time that we were in the series Mr and Mrs Better Half at NorthRock  ( follow link if you are interested in hearing or watching the sermons from this or any series). During this series our pastor Jonathan spoke about how your relationship has be be intentional and this includes dating while married. The book gives ideas for every week/month general dates, or special dates like anniversaries, how to date with kids, or even dating when things are going on. Dating must be intentional and this book helps you be intentional.  **Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for the purposes of reviewing it, these opinions are my own.****

a Facebook Friend/ fellow blogger WondHerful  did this last week and I was pretty interested in doing it too :) Alphabet of thanks A: Apples B:  Books C: Curtis D: Dad E: Embroidery F: gluten free FLOUR G: Grace Point Church H: Huffman (my in-laws) I: ice J: Jaek the Cat K: Keepsakes L: Leading and Loving It and Leading and Loving It Local M: Mom N: NorthRock Church O: Oral Communications P: Pie Q: Queen of England R: Rebel T3 S: Starbucks and SnoCones T: Tyndale Blog Network U:  Unglued ( thank you Lysa Turkerst) V: Vegan goodies at the grocery store W: Worship X: eXtra sleep :) when I can fit it in Y: Youversion Z: Zoo :) there is so much more than this list that I am thankful for, but it sure is a good start :)

**Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for the purposes of reviewing it, these opinions are my own.**** It has been a long time since I last blogged. There have been many season changed in 2013, I have chosen for this rocky season to be filled with God up front and fully instead of getting frustrated and taking it into my own hands and eventually giving it to Him. I think thats the way he likes it too! As part of that journey, I am seeking His face and trying to learn more by reading amazing theologian and christian womens books. The most recent read through I have done, and will start doing as a daily devotional on my birthday! is," The One Year Holy Land Moments Devotional," by Rabbi Yechiel Echstein and Dr. Tremper Longman III.  The subtitle piece explains why I REALLY wanted to get to review and read this book, " Inspiring Reflections on Scripture from a Jewish Rabbi and a Christian Theologian....

I am a planner- which i have learned coincides directly with a little bit of control freakness. When I saw the title ,"confessions of a raging perfectionist," I was intrigued and knew that I should read the book. Thanks to my friends at  Tyndale House Publishers I have been provided with a complimentary copy of this book. First off when I received the book, it bugged me ALOT that the book title was not capitalized. Writing the name of the book here without capital letters also bugs me but I am working on it. In a Q and A session provided to me by Tyndale House Publishers, the author Amanda Jenkins was asked: What is your hope for this book, Confessions of a Raging Perfectionist? Response: That my transparency would get readers one step closer to freedom from their own impossible goals; that it would open their eyes to the strangleholds we sometimes don’t even see, but  shape the way we think and spend our time; that it would get us laughing at the stuff we hide;...