Popular Posts:

This is just a review of some of my favorite posts and some of your favorite posts (based on view count and comments). They are in no real order.

• A Little Singing: a post about my boy learning good songs (like Hey Jude)
• Another Idea Without A Patent: a post about a book idea I came up with about a small booklet with the reactions of mere men in the presence of a Holy God.
• Random 01-25-10: a post about chickens, a child and a dryer. Even has a video.
• The Universe: a post about how the entire universe should be a classroom.
• Chicken Update: a post about my first edible egg from our chickens.
• Photos, Fotos, Foto-Foto: a post about a fun weekend we had not to long ago. Lots of pictures.
• Lake Quinn, PA: a post about cows and poop!

What has been your favorite post?  On the right hand side of the blog is the popular blog list, if yours isn't there you can search the blog for your favorite.

Let me know.

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Are you tired of wondering if people are staring at your unpolished shoes while you are ushering at church?

Is there a black shoe outline on your couch from trying to shine your shoes with nowhere to put them?

Is your sock drawer also you shoe shine drawer?

Did you just try brushing your hair with a shoe shine brush because your husband put it back in the wrong cabinet and now you have black streaks in your hair?

Do you wish your shoes shined shiny like a shiny shining thing?

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My dad and Steve are selling these and are looking at different ways to sell the thing that they are building.  Etsy is one way to sell them and they are starting with a Shoe Shine Box. 

Please take a look at the page.  If you have an Etsy page, let me know and I will "Favorite" your store and you can favorite ours.  I know it says that there is only one box for sale, but that is not entirely accurate.  Etsy charges $0.20 for each listing (or quantity), so I placed one for sale for now and there will be more after the sale.  Perhaps (if somewhat successful), I will up the quantity a bit.

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Bible Reading

I discovered two very helpful things at the Bible Gateway website.  It all started last week when I wanted to find a daily Bible reading thing online because it is easier to read the computer screen whilst eating breakfast than it is to read a Bible laying on the table next to the bowl that has to be held open.  So, I did a Google search for Bible reading related things and, of course, Bible Gateway was amongst the top results.

Bible Gateway has two things I will use more often now.  One is the five different Bible Reading Plans that they offer.  Currently, I am reading the Bible in a year... actually, I started this morning, so, I am cheating a little because I skipped ummm... 11 days.

 Second is the Audio Bibles.  You pick a Book of the Bible and a chapter and none other than Max McLean reads to you right from your computers speakers.  I recommend the flash version because you won't need to download anything if your computer is up to snuff.  Turns out that this Max McLean guy is quite famous for a few things, like being a narrator for Listener's Bible online and a daily radio program Listen to the Bible which is worldwide.  I think I've heard his name before, but after reading the information on Wikipedia, what I'd really like to see is his theatrical presentation of The Screwtape Letters which I have been meaning to read but have neglected to.  

In Other News:  Our chickens spent the night outside in their coop.  We gave them a lamp so they could read... or stay warm and covered the large hard-wire wall with a blanket to keep the wind out.  This morning when I went out to change their water and add feed, they were fine, all snuggled up under the lamp talking about the weather and trying to determine which ones of them were male and which were female.  After giving them food and fresh water I removed the blanket so that they could watch the sunrise.  Because of the few hawks we have around the house, the chickens are not allowed to play outside without our supervision.  


Photo:  From Here - I'd buy one if I could.

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Forgiveness - A Link

The other day I wrote (here) how Twitter could be used for great discussions.  The "tweet" was about whether or not forgiveness should be conditional or unconditional.  Timmy Brister put his thoughts together on his blog Provocations & Paintings and I think it is well worth the read.

So, there is the link (above) (or here).  I recommend reading it and thinking about it.

And, just in case you don't want to read that but rather want to see some family pictures, I have added some just for you.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jestoneiv/ThanksGivingOtherStuff#slideshow/5411416123844693186