Corps or Corpse?

While spending the evening with my brother-in-law and his family we all had a great laugh! We were playing Catch Phrase and one of my daughters was taking her turn. She had to try and get her teammates to guess “Marine Corps”. She did really well only she read that last word phonetically instead of the way we actually pronounce it.

Her turn went something like this:
Daughter: Uncle Mike is in the…..
Teammates: Oh the Marine Corps!!!!
Daughter: yes, now what do you call a dead body?????
Teammates: WHAT? Marine Corps and dead body..ummm..what on earth……ummmmm

Daughter: It was Corpse!

After a round or two of laughter we explained it to her and then laughed some more.
Aren’t phonics great?!?!?!?!

A Blogging Star!

I have been extremely blessed by a great lady! Valerie over at Just4homeschoolfamilies just passed this award along to me. It is a privilege to receive this award from such a great lady, please go visit her site. Thank you Valerie for honoring me with this award and the great comments on your blog.

We are unsure of where this award originated and the official rules. However, when I think of a star blogger…I’m picturing bloggers that put out a lot of entries a day, chuck full of information that will benefit others, people that make blogging so much fun. I glean from all of my blog friends….whether it be for laughs, encouragement, homeschooling advice, or just simply friendship.

Here are my Blogging Star nominees:

Cindy over at the Dominion Family: I have only recently started reading her blog but am really enjoying it! She is not afraid to talk about things in our society that sometimes just make us crazy!

Amy over at Amy’s Humble Musings: This is another blog I have just recently begun reading. I do not think that I have laughed as hard at any other blog, but she has a serious side also and balances those two attributes very well.

Discipula over at Libertas: She is another Reformed Classical Christian homeschooler to five boys and one girl. She has a lot of great links to share as well as some good reading in her posts.

Types of Psalms

The Biblical Psalms can be divided into five different categories. The first category is the most frequent type of Psalm and that type is the psalm of lamenting. These are psalms in which the author cries out to God for help or rescue. The second category is the psalm of confession. A wonderful example of this would be Psalm 51 where David confesses his sin with Bathsheba. Two others are the psalms of praise and the psalms of thanksgiving. The last category includes what are called imprecatory psalms. These psalms call for the judgement of God upon His enemies.

Often times people tend to focus primarily on the Psalms of praise and thanksgiving, I love these as well. We should also pay close attention to the other types of psalms. Those that give us the example and call of confession and repentance. Those that call for the judgement of God upon His enemies, that God’s justice will be evident. The psalms of lamenting are also of great value. We live in a fallen world filled with sorrows and struggles. Knowing that there are psalms that can aid us in our crying out to God should be an amazing comfort.

This week I encourage you to look for each type of psalm as you meditate upon the Word of God.

To participate in the Saturday Psalm & Praise just follow the link.

What is Family Reformation?

Family Reformation is something that is near to my heart. With the grace of God and His Word, our family continually strives to be formed anew each and everyday into the type of obedient family God desires. Here is a link to a great article on family reformation. This next paragraph is a snippet from that article…..

So, what is a family reformation? To reform something means to “form anew” or to “rescue from error and return to a rightful course.” Many Christian families are in error. We have churches full of “out of order” families where men are not leading, wives are disrespectful, children are rebellious, and everyone acts and reacts selfishly. Families need to be “formed anew” – reformed into the order God prescribes in His Word.

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13 Things That Scream "Go To The Grocery Store!"

Thirteen Things That Scream “Go To The Grocery Store!”

1. Last payday, 2 weeks ago, you only spent a fourth of your regular grocery budget.
2. You are rationing toilet paper squares.
3. Except for the soy sauce and balsamic vinaigrette, and the little mustard packets you swiped from Subway, ALL of your condiments are gone.
4. You sliced your last 4 cheese sticks to stick in a casserole.
5. You used cans of evaporated milk to make breakfast.
6. You run out of the plastic grocery bags you usually save to line the bathroom trash cans.
7. When asked what’s for dinner, you say, I don’t know, I just threw stuff in there!
8. Celery is supposed to be rubbery, right?
9. Children open the refrigerator door and stand there longingly with the look of death by starvation on their faces.
10. There is water or water or water to drink.
11. The only thing in your freezer is ice and that old box of baking soda.
12. Sugar, what is sugar?
13. When your children ask, “uh mom, when are you going shopping again? I’M STARVING!!!!”

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