Post a pic of your workspace, whether it is in an office or your home or wherever you work.

My friend challenged me to do this....HE didn't say if it is supposed to be my computer or where I work...As a stay at home mom that is my house....so I will post some of both I guess.

You post yours on your page too.....

Here are mine...
First is our living room. We made the sofa ourselves. It is made out of wood with a comforter on it and two pillows. (It is actually more comfortable then you might think)

Here is the bathroom....I need to clean it yet this afternoon

Here is my computer area. My desk is made out of pieces of wood. I set the keyboard on my lap to type. Beside it is a filing cabinet and then a book shelf

There is my workspace. Your turn Post yours.

I don't normally tend to talk about Books and Movies on my blog, but I find it funny. I know Twilight is very popular. I have read all 4 of the books of the Twilight series (so has my husband). What I find interesting is that in the past few days I have read a few blog posts talking about how evil Twilight is. It really makes me laugh.

It reminds me of one person who doesn't allow fiction books inside their home. They believe their children should not be allowed to read fiction because that stuff didn't really happen so the author is lying.

Now I am seeing these posts about how a Christian shouldn't read Twilight or watch the movie. It seems to be the next thing for Christians to go after like Harry Potter was before. 

What are your thoughts? Have you read Twilight? Do plan to watch the movie? Tell me your thoughts on the whole issue.

(I myself plan to see the movie when it comes out on DVD. I liked reading the whole series)

Here is video of my little roller. He was doing this before he walked even. Here he is doing it this morning.

Just a note...It is not that great as I am not good at signing and speaking at the same time. It is hard. I can either sign or speak, but doing both together is really tricky for me. (and I just realized the lighting is very very bad) Sorry. But for my first attempt at this video stuff all by myself what can you expect)
At least all you who can hear can hear my voice.

Hope you enjoy the little message. God bless

Why do women shave? Why do you shave?

I myself don't shave. I grew up in a house where it was thought weird if a woman shaved. I don't understand why women shave their legs and underarms. If God didn't want us to have it He wouldn't have given it to us.
Also why do some women think they need to shave "down there"? Men and women are meant to have hair down there? Why do people shave it and try to look like children down there?

Do you shave? Why?

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Shaving facts:
In the 1920s when women began wearing knee length, sleeveless 'flapper dresses' they also sported hairless legs and shaved under-arms.
 
Shaving can have numerous side effects, including cuts, abrasions, irritation and the feeling that something is missing. Some people with curly hair have an adverse response to shaving called razor bumps due to ingrown hairs.
 
For women, the practice of shaving the legs derives from a current cultural standard in the West that deems leg hair on women unattractive. This standard emerged during the early twentieth century, as women's legs became more visible owing to shorter hemlines, and when the safety razor made the practice of leg shaving practical. The reasons for this cultural standard are debated, but it is sometimes seen as an example of a cultural mechanism for increasing sexuality.
 
Some women, despite the social pressures that favor hairless legs in certain Western countries, never shave at all. While some refrain out of lack of concern, others consider leg and armpit shaving an unnatural and repressive societal double standard. Still others refrain in an effort to be less environmentally wasteful. Research also suggests that women who do not shave their body hair are "characterized by higher global self-esteem. Scholars suggest that this is because women with lower levels of self-esteem are less likely to be satisfied with their natural bodies, and thus more likely to alter them.
 
Today, in many countries, especially in much of the Western world, it is more common for women than men to shave off their underarm hair regularly for aesthetic reasons, a practice that may be connected to the overall body hair distribution of sexes. Prevalence of this practice varies widely, though. Some Western women sport a stubble as a mark of defiance against imposed cultural mores. In some East European countries as well as China, underarm shaving is less common and is not considered esthetically necessary.
 
In the West, the practice began around 1915 in the US and UK, when one or more magazines showed a woman in a dress with shaved underarms. Regular shaving became feasible with the introduction of the safety razor at the beginning of the 20th century. While underarm shaving was quickly adopted in English speaking countries, especially in the US and Canada, it did not become widespread on the Continent of Europe until well after WWII.

As the temperature goes up and women's clothing starts to range from small to non-existent, razor industry executives probably start thanking their lucky stars that most women in this country won't be seen in public with a bit of stubble on their legs.

Why do women do it? Shaving is such a hassle. It's time-consuming and the tangible benefits seem minimal.

What about waxing? What possesses women to voluntarily pay someone to torture them?

I really don't understand why women do it. I have never been one to be big on the idea.

Who ever came up with the idea of shaving? What were they thinking? Taking a sharp implement of some sort and dragging it across their skin to remove their hair to make that area of their body hairless in an attempt to appear prepubescent? Of course, if you're going to do that, you're going to cut yourself frequently. And you'll have to do it every day to keep the area hairless because the hair keeps growing back. It seems like you'd have better things to do with your time. You do have better things to do with your time, don't you?

I'm not saying that nobody should shave. You can shave if you really want to. But you should understand that you've been conditioned by cultural expectations which are not natural. Many people shave even though they don't want to because they feel they have to. Many people have attitudes about their own bodies or about other people which are unhealthy or discriminatory simply because of irrational ideas about hair.

Women naturally have hair on their legs and on their armpits. Really. I have no idea who came up with the idea of shaving it off. I know it's not a universal thing, but in the US, the majority of women shave or remove the hair through even more ridiculous means. Women with hair, especially with armpit hair, are often viewed with disgust, by both men and by other women. Why? It's completely natural to have this hair. If she never shaves, the hair is soft. If she showers regularly, the hair is clean. Just what is objectionable about it?
If women weren't supposed to grow hair there, then the hair wouldn't grow there. But it does. It grows on men and women.

Do you shave? You have that right. But to discriminate against someone else who doesn't, for whatever reason (and the reason is really none of your business), is unconscionable.

Both men and women may decide not to shave because they think it's a stupid waste of time and they've got better things to do than spend minutes every day cutting themselves, trying to defy nature for no good reason in cultural exercise for a result they don't think looks better than what nature gave them.

Why shave just because Culture says you should? If God didn't want you to have hair on your legs or underarms then he wouldn't have given it to you.

I think that the standards for women in this society are unrealistic and unfounded.

I think that girls should be allowed to shave or not shave their legs if they want to and people shouldn't judge them on that.

Shaving legs has become such a part of American culture people often don't stop and evaluate why we have this peculiar habit. After all, much of the rest of the world doesn't remove leg hair. It is time to take a critical look at this practice and seriously ask, "Why do women shave their legs?"

Dedicated to the

more than half a million babies

who are born too soon,

fighting for their lives,

and to their families,

who pray for their survival.

I am the parent of a preemie. He is now 6 years old.

It seems so long since the worry, the stress. The Days of him in the NICU hooked up to a vent. The days before I was able to hold him. The worry, the wait. Waiting to see how he would do. Waiting for him to be able to come home.

So this month, I'm supporting the families who sit in the NICU and hold hands with baited breath. Families who's baby stays far from home for far too long. Or worse...never gets to come home at all.

Between 1981 and 2003, the rate of premature births rose from 9.4 percent to 12.3, an increase of almost 31 percent. Every year nearly 500,000 infants are born prematurely. That's roughly comparable to the population of Cleveland.

Premature birth is the number one killer of newborns. Those premature babies who do survive are often disabled for life.

And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant near to giving birth, and got to hear the report that the ark of the true God was captured and that her father-in law and her husband had died. At that she bowed herself and began giving birth, because her pangs came unexpectedly upon her.

1 Samuel 4:19

Premature birth has been recognized as a problem since Biblical times.

Remember premature babies and their families in your prayers.

Premature birth is the number one killer of newborns and babies who survive may be disabled for life. Even the best of care cannot always spare a premature baby from lasting disabilities such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, developmental delays, chronic lung disease or vision and hearing problems.

The March of Dimes is leading a national effort to save babies from premature birth by funding research to find the causes and by supporting local programs that offer hope and help to families with a baby in intensive care. As part of that effort, the March of Dimes wants women to know there are steps they can take to reduce their risk of premature birth. You can learn more by going to the web site, marchofdimes.com, and clicking on “I want my 9 months.”

On Wednesday we had a field full of birds. They covered the trees and the field. I wanted to take pictures. They didn't turn out the best but I thought I would share a few with you.