I will never die because I just have too much to do.
My husband is going out of town again–this time to his 25th High School Class Reunion. He leaves on Friday and returns the following Thursday. Before he leaves, I’m trying to prepare myself so I don’t have to take the children into Target to buy laundry detergent or to the grocery store for milk and bread. It’s such an ordeal to take four kids shopping–especially boys who hate to shop–and it’s so much more expensive.
So, tonight, I went to Target in search of spray to kill the bees that have taken up residence in the corner of my back yard. This has been a particularly bad year for bees and their cousins, the wasps. I did not find bee killing spray, but I did buy enough M&Ms to get us through the week. And I bought three white shelves on clearance for $2.97 each and a Captain Feathersword feathersword on sale for $3.97 (for Babygirl for Christmas) and ninety large trashbags. I hope to paint my living room while my husband is gone and I want to throw away a lot of trash and I want to bag up even more stuff for the church rummage sale.
Tomorrow night, then, I’ll buy paint. Thursday night, I will grocery shop. Depending on the weather, I may take the kids to Mt. Rainier Saturday or Sunday.
Oh, I finished another book–“Left Behind” by Tim LaHaye and . . . uh, I can’t remember the other guy. Jerry Jenkins? At any rate, it was less horrible than I expected. That’s the best recommendation I can give. I’ve read it. Now I can feel free to never read another one. I’m not a big fan of “Christian fiction.” What is that, anyway? Why the big divide between the secular and the sacred? That has always bugged me. At any rate, it was a quick read, fairly entertaining and I can see why it was a best-seller. That’s all I’m saying.
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LOL Melodee, your trip to Targets sounds like mine to Wal-Marts. Seldom actually buy what I go for, and walk out with a ton of stuff I didn’t think I needed, until I saw it… : ) Good luck painting, very ambitious! I need to get myself down to the eye Drs to get glasses, would love to read again…. ~~Michelle
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LOL Melodee, your trip to Targets sounds like mine to Wal-Marts. Seldom actually buy what I go for, and walk out with a ton of stuff I didn’t think I needed, until I saw it… : ) Good luck painting, very ambitious! I need to get myself down to the eye Drs to get glasses, would love to read again…. ~~Michelle
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Yep, Target always has so much to offer. I go in for diapers and come out with M&M’s and clearance clothes, too!! I’ve read and own all the Left Behind books, sorry. I read secular and Christain fiction both, I think with Christian fiction you don’t have to be surprised or worried about what you might read. I just love to read and will read just about anything. Have fun painting. There is no way I could paint with my husband gone with my kids home!! But it does need to be done. btw, I’m so jealous of your proximity to Mt Rainer. Washington State, Everett, is my birhtplace and I just don’t get there often enough.
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Yep, Target always has so much to offer. I go in for diapers and come out with M&M’s and clearance clothes, too!! I’ve read and own all the Left Behind books, sorry. I read secular and Christain fiction both, I think with Christian fiction you don’t have to be surprised or worried about what you might read. I just love to read and will read just about anything. Have fun painting. There is no way I could paint with my husband gone with my kids home!! But it does need to be done. btw, I’m so jealous of your proximity to Mt Rainer. Washington State, Everett, is my birhtplace and I just don’t get there often enough.
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Oh my, you’re going to have your hands full again aren’t you? I sure hope you’re sucessful in getting yourself prepared ahead of time so no trips to the store are required. And I’m guilty of having read all the “Left Behind” series, too. Shhhh….don’t tell. I definitely take it with a grain of salt but as far as fantasy fiction goes it was as you said an entertaining read. Plus, gosh darn it, after reading a couple of them, I just had to know how they would manage to describe the return of Jesus and who of the Trib Force survived till the end.
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For some good “end times” reading I recommend the Christ Clone Trilogy by James BeauSeigneur. About a hundred times more interesting and better written than Left Behind.
I base that opinion on only having read the first book in the Left Behind series. It started out with a laugh, but by the end of the book I knew I didn’t want to read any more of the series.
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Oh my, you’re going to have your hands full again aren’t you? I sure hope you’re sucessful in getting yourself prepared ahead of time so no trips to the store are required. And I’m guilty of having read all the “Left Behind” series, too. Shhhh….don’t tell. I definitely take it with a grain of salt but as far as fantasy fiction goes it was as you said an entertaining read. Plus, gosh darn it, after reading a couple of them, I just had to know how they would manage to describe the return of Jesus and who of the Trib Force survived till the end.
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For some good “end times” reading I recommend the Christ Clone Trilogy by James BeauSeigneur. About a hundred times more interesting and better written than Left Behind.
I base that opinion on only having read the first book in the Left Behind series. It started out with a laugh, but by the end of the book I knew I didn’t want to read any more of the series.
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Another week alone with the kids?! Poor you!
A friend gave me Left Behind…the first one I guess. It sat on my shelf for 2 months until I finally returned it, unread.
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Another week alone with the kids?! Poor you!
A friend gave me Left Behind…the first one I guess. It sat on my shelf for 2 months until I finally returned it, unread.
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A friend of Dh reads while traveling picked up the left behind book and decided to commit his life to the Lord.
Cool huh?! :O)–>
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A friend of Dh reads while traveling picked up the left behind book and decided to commit his life to the Lord.
Cool huh?! :O)
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