Did I read that sign right?

**TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

**In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

**In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

**In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

**In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

**Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

**Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

**Spotted in a safari park:(I sure hope so)
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

**Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

**Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.
**Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS

**On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

Just Braggin'

We're hot on the furlough trail. We've been busy traveling and visiting churches pretty much non-stop. Today in a rest stop Illinois I snapped some pictures while my kiddos we're stretching on the playground. I'm sure proud of our kids and I thank God for the often. Hope they all grow up to be just like their dad. :0

Cody is 14 now and way taller than his mother. ;0}

My Buddy Joshua is now 11 and as sweet as ever.

My Nana girl, Hannah is 9 now and a mess. :0)

Seasons

We left Texas and 70 degree weather a week ago and drove 15 hours north to Sioux City, IA and about a foot of snow everywhere.

It's great how God has allowed the seasons to just melt into one another. There is no bumpy change but a wonderfully smooth transition. God is so marvelous.

Here are a few really good verses including seasons.

Proverbs 15:23 - A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Acts 14:17 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Galatians 6:9 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

2 Timothy 4:2 - Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Hebrews 11:25 - Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

All verses are taken from God's Holy Word, the Authorized King James Version.

Week 5 on the SBD

Well I have oficially been on the South Beach Diet for 5 weeks. The first two weeks were a bit difficult but then it got so much easier as the cravings disappated. So now, after 5 weeks I am down 14.2 lbs. I'm so excited about it and can't wait for next week.

I'm posting often about my weight loss on my other blog, I'm Almost There, so drop by anytime, the door's open. :0)

Away with Kool-aid Mustaches

The other day my kids had some huge kool-aid stains on their faces. Have you ever tried to scrub those things off??? Really you can take off half the skin in the process. So the other day i sent the kids to clean their clown like faces and after a while my oldest son came to me with a great hint. Aparently while brushing his teeth he got a pretty good amount of tooth paste on his kool-aid stained lip and guess what happened when he wiped it off?? Yep, it came off.

So when cleaning off kool-aid stains, use a little tooth paste, not gel but old fashioned tooth paste and a damp rag and watch the stain disappear.

Thanks alot to Cody for this great hint. No more avoiding kool-aid for me.