August 10, 2015 Monday #stress#laugh#racing#mobrule#

Get Fit
I did Abs of Steel this morning.  Nothing I do has been working to reduce my stomach.  The last thing I heard was it is stress.  Now that I can believe, so I am going to relax.  My niece Lindsey posts a lot of good info on exercising and dieting.  One post showed what a plate of food should look like.  It was half greens (salad) 1/4 carbs (rice) 1/4 protein (fish/meat).  It is a good standard to go by.  That. And relax.


Get Faith
Ecclesiastes 3:1,4  Most of us know this reading.  This study just mentions, there is a right time for everything: A time to laugh.  And the writer adds this.  Parenthood: that state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.  God also created our ability to laugh, to enjoy life and the world around us.


On this day;
1985 - We took Aaron and Nicole to the Offshore race in Grand Haven.  It was their first race and Nicole was only 2 1/2 months old.  Aaron was 7 and looked like he was at Disney Land.  I took the neighbor girl, Carol for an extra set of arms.  Mark was working the race or maybe racing.  Family time.
1792 - King Louis XVI was taken into custody by mobs during the French Revolution. He was executed the following January after being put on trial for treason. Mob rule still prevails.


Parenting
I had always led a pretty exciting and fun life.  By the time I met Mark and had kids - his son Aaron and our Nicole, I was ready for family life.  I just felt that if we were still going to boat race it would be as a family.  The kids loved it and I didn't even miss the bar life.  I did note that Patrick and Norma were holding up the tradition on this year.  But sometimes we need a vacation from the kids, right?


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties

     Living conditions had changed with Adam of course getting preferential treatment with his own room he had the big bedroom up front.  Mom had one bedroom and Martin still slept in a crib in her room.   I shared a bedroom with Grandma, when she was there.  Quite often she would pack her single small suitcase and get on a bus to someone else’s house, or they would pick her up.  She spent the most time with us though

Netherlands Holland

The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to by the much older designation "Holland" (meaning holt land, or wood land), though nowadays this strictly refers only to North and South Holland, two of the nation's twelve provinces, that were created out of the former County of Holland. This from origin Frankish county emerged from the dissolved Frisian Kingdom and was economically and politically the most important county in the region. Because of this importance, Holland often served as a metonym for the entire country. Referring to the Netherlands as Holland is an example of pars pro toto and is considered either incorrect^[19][20] or informal,^[21] depending on the context, but is more acceptable when referring to the national football team.^[22] It is all relevant I guess - but stick to The Netherlands to be safe.


Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Anniversary to Aaron and Lisa

August 9, 2015 Sunday #row!#Mom#excess#bowling#happy!

Get Fit
I have a friend that used to row.  That is obviously good exercise judging by the imitation rowers on the market.  Sunday would be a perfect day to get a rowboat and enjoy nature and get some exercise at the same time.  Who do I know with a rowboat? or kayak?  Judy.


Get Faith
2 Corinthians 6:16  "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."  Most people, the lucky ones to have a mom, dad or someone who truly cares for them know the peace that comes with going home.  Just being in the presence of someone who loves you more than life itself is a blessing.  God also waits for us and loves us more than life itself.


On This Day:
1983 - My cousin Kathy, sister Alice and I went to a wedding shower for my cousin Dan and his bride to be Lynn, at my cousin Earl and Donna's house.  This year the shower is for their daughter, but because of location and years we don't get invited anymore.  I love social media for this reason, I can see the offspring of my cousins and follow their lives, and I have a lot of cousins so I don't mind missing a few showers, but I wish them the best of everything life has to offer.


1893 - "Gut Holz" was published. It was America's first bowling magazine. I know gut is good, but is holz -holes?  Too important a fact to pass up today.


Parenting
I wonder if showers for weddings are going to go away.  Most everyone getting married, anymore, has been living in their own place and already has everything they need.  Excess seems like, well, excess.  Maybe a new idea would be to just contribute to their retirement account for a wedding shower present.  I do understand that in some economic situations - it is nice to get that toaster!.  "It's a toaster!"  oh wrong movie. 


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties 

     Even though the home life was not the same, I didn’t run away.  That was just a fantasy.  My grandmother had moved in with us, to watch us kids and keep the house while Mom worked two 40 hour shifts at Federals.  The minimum wage was $1.00 an hour, so she worked as much as she could.  She tried to get home for dinner with us every day, but it didn’t always work. 

Netherlands Holland
The Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom.^[17] It had the thirteenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2013 according to the International Monetary Fund. In 2013, the United Nations World Happiness Report ranked the Netherlands as the fourth happiest country in the world, reflecting its high quality of life.^[18]
How about that!?


Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!    Happy birthday Jennifer!

August 8, 2015 Saturday #cleanse#peace#LoveIt#Europol

Get Fit
Going to clean house and self cleanse today.  Some days you have to be kind to yourself and this is one of them for me.


Get Faith
(Sharing from God's Little Devotional Book for Mom's) 
Proverbs 3:3  "let love and faithfulness never leave you, bind them around your neck,  write them on the tablet of your heart." The writer adds "When Mother Teresa received her Nobel Prize, she was asked, "What can we do to promote world peace?"  She replied, "Go home and love your family."


On This Day:
1981  My racing friends and I were in Saugatuck.  The crew from Love It was racing and it was all very exciting. The 30' Catamaran hull had won several races and set a few speed records.  When the boats went out to Lake Michigan Lorna and I went out on a friends motor home with them to the beach to watch.  Not too far into the race Love It broke down, not unusual in off shore racing.  Lorna and I tried to get back to town - the local police said they would take us back.  So Lorna and I got into the back of the police car.  When they let us out in front of Coral Gables, Chuck was standing on the porch, white as a ghost.  Inside he asked me if I remembered I had his satchel in my purse.  "Oh yes, here, I said".  He glared at me.  Apparently he had some contraband in there - I was so naïve.


1844 - After the killing of Joseph Smith on June 27, Bringham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons. I should read this I know very little about the Mormon religion.


Parenting
Is your house peaceful or full of drama, anxiety and confrontations?  When life pours over into your home life, it is time to get the broom or maybe the Bible and clean up your attitudes and remember to love each other and spend time unwinding.  Note what Mother Teresa said above.  It starts at home.


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties

     In the summer my backyard seemed to be a hangout for lost boys.  Hoop de do and Hoop de dah, were both actually Timmy’s, I have no idea where we came up with those names.  Then there was Keith and Tom and Darrel.  Oh, and of course my best buddy, Dennis who was always around.  He was the oldest and usually had some old car that we could drive around in, if we could find $5.00 to fill up the gas tank.  We had some very deep conversations back there, about sex, music, sex, sports, other people, sex, going into the army, sex, well you get the picture.  I was (I thought) just one of the guys. The summer of 61 gave us a lot of insight.  Mom still says one of those boys was living in the garage and sleeping in the car.  We were all kind of misfits that only seemed to fit in with ourselves. 

     Del Shannon was singing Run Away.

Netherlands Holland

The Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, Eurozone, G-10, NATO, OECD and WTO, and a part of the trilateral Benelux economic union. The country is host to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and five international courts: the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EU's criminal intelligence agency Europol and judicial co-operation agency Eurojust. This has led to the city being dubbed "the world's legal capital".^[16] The Netherlands is also a part of the Schengen Area  It is amazing what I don't know.  This is good information.

Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday to Colleen

August 6, 2015 Thursday #eathealthy#Godhasyourback#carseats#Alleyoop#utopia?

Get Fit
http://bit.ly/1T4Hjnm  This is a great link to healthy eating shared by my niece Lindsey!  Getting fit includes eating well, as you know.  I also did a little ring Pilates with Kim this morning but still wanting to fit more walking into my routine.  How are you doing with your health plan?


Get Faith
Psalm 9:10  Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.    The writer here says, "As a mother, my job is to take care of the possible and trust God with the impossible."  I feel bad for Mom's that don't have this back up.


On this day:
1980 - my ex-husband Don called me and took me out to lunch.  I think I saw him a few times after this, but he still loved his bikes and I had gone in a different direction.  Too bad, he was hot.


1939 - Dinah Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue radio network who doesn't remember Dinah singing "See the USA in your Chevrolet" ? oh maybe anyone under 60.


Parenting
The God's Little Devotional Book that I m sharing from relates a story on this day about an American woman driving in the European mountains with their child in the back seat.  The child cried and cried to come up in the front to sit with them and she almost let her, but thought better just seconds before an accident happened that would have probably taken the child's life had it been in the front seat.  She was the initial power behind mandatory child seats in cars. Go Mom's!


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties

     Then the teacher announced that we were the next group up on the list, Judy and Carol popped right up, so I had no choice.  Of all the songs out, like Where the Boys Are by Connie Francis or This is Dedicated to the One I Love by the Shirelles.  Why did I suggest this?

     We sang Alley Oop by the Hollywood Argyles.

Netherlands Holland

The Netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to have an elected parliament, and since 1848 it has been governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, organised as a unitary state. The Netherlands has a long history of social tolerance and is generally regarded as a liberal country, having legalised abortion, prostitution and euthanasia, while maintaining a progressive drugs policy. In 2001 it became the world's first country to legalise same-sex marriage. wow!

Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday to David, Heidi, and Jessie(Jack)

August 5, 2015 Wednesday #linedancing#doasIsay#user#seedoasIsay#food

Get Fit
This may be the oldest exercise video I still have.  Denise Austin "Kicken with country".  A mild cardio workout and fun.  Maybe I can start sending some of my niece Lindseys info on here - it is more up to date.


Get Faith
Psalm 32:8  "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."  I like this from God's Little devotional book for Mom's.  The writer adds this;  Train your child the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.  And this; If you want to impact the course of a life.... start at birth!


On this day:
1979 - I was dating a guy that was friends with a wealthy guy that left his tab open to his friends to use at the bar, even when he wasn't there - I guess.  This Jim and I went to the bar this evening and that's when I heard him say "put it on Kenny's tab".  That was the last time I went out with him.  There is something wrong with that scenario - having someone else pay for your drinks when they aren't even there.


1861 - The U.S. federal government levied its first income tax. The tax was 3% of all incomes over $800. The wartime measure was rescinded in 1872.  This seems reasonable.


Parenting
As I was getting in bed last night I heard kids outside yelling and playing and having a good time.  For a second I thought, who lets their kids play outside this late at night?  I fell right asleep.  It was only 10.  Today I remembered some summer nights when we spent the evening and into the nights in the yard with neighbors and kids too - it is summer.  How will they ever see fire flies?


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties (out by the second week of September)

      I did find the nerve to stand up in the last week of eighth grade in front of the class with Judy and Carol for a talent show in music class.  I had gone through my closet a dozen times looking for just the right outfit to wear.  I finally decided on a plaid pleated skirt in a light blue and yellow color with a three quarter length sleeve, white blouse with a round collar.  I was old enough to wear nylons with a garter belt and then put on white Ked tennis shoes.   I wore my hair in a not quite shoulder length page boy with bangs. It was a dirty dish water blond color.  At that time I hadn’t started wearing any makeup.  Judy and Carol and I had been practicing for weeks to perform on this day and I was really excited about it.  It might have been the last uncool thing I ever did. (right)

Netherlands Holland

With a population density of 407 people per km² – 500 if water is excluded – the Netherlands is a very densely populated country for its size. Only Bangladesh, South Korea, and Taiwan have both a larger population and a higher population density. Nevertheless, the Netherlands is the world's second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products, after the United States.^[14][15] This is due to the fertility of the soil and the mild climate.  I found this interesting - second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products, after the U.S

Enjoy the day!  Make it memorable! 

August 4, 2015 Tuesday #yogapm#Mom#published#lowcountries

Get Fit
Saw a post from a friend that said she does yoga before bed every night.  What a great idea to stretch out those tired muscles and relax so that you can get a good nights sleep!  Try it!


Get Faith
Proverbs chapter 23 vs 22  " Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.  "  Good advice to go with the fourth commandment Honor your father and mother.  Good to remember.


On this day:
1977 - After work I went to Pete's mom and dads house.  Tatjiana and Erich had just returned back from Germany - it was their last trip there.  I feel it is important to remember this because none of that family is alive anymore and I don't know anyone that this would be important to, but me.  We had pizza to celebrate their safe arrival home.  RIP


1977 - U.S. President Carter signed the measure that established the Department of Energy. I guess it was one of those forgettable days in news too.


Parenting
Even bad parents can raise good kids.  You see it everyday.  Most parents want something better for their kids, want them to achieve more than they did.  I know I did.  I wanted Nicole and Aaron to have a happy stable home life, raised in the faith, the love of extended family and an education.  It is my greatest joy that they both had this, that and my book getting published. :)


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties soon.

     Mom had a big party for me to celebrate.  My friends and I, despite the skipping out of class and Pastor warning us about our attitude problems and asking us if we were getting anything out of our religious training, actually became members of Holy Cross Missouri Synod Lutheran church.  It may seem like it didn’t sink in, but along the way, in those dark times, I remembered.  My faith was a little mustard seed, but it was there.   

Netherlands Holland

The Netherlands' name literally means "Low Countries", influenced by its low land and flat geography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above sea level.^[13] Most of the areas below sea level are man-made. Since the late 16th century, large areas (polders) have been reclaimed from the sea and lakes, amounting to nearly 17% of the country's current land mass. Sounds like the New Orleans of  Europe. 

Enjoy the day!  Make it memorable!  happy Birthday Pamela S.!

August 3, 2015 Monday # Happybirthdaycoastguard#Blessed#painted children#adultry

Get Fit
I did the Get Fit weight watchers video this morning. Two minutes of cardio and 1 minute of weights.  I know people that are faithful weight watcher people and it works for them.  Something to consider.


Get Faith
Revelation chapter 22 - the last chapter of the Bible.  Those of us that are blessed with the Holy Spirit and believe will see the river of living water flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.  The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen.


On this day;
1976 - When I worked at Quality we had really great clientele.  On this day I am reminded of Jo Schmidt and her husband that had an art gallery and hair salon on the other side of the state.  When they came over - Jo cut my hair and she was the best hairdresser I ever had.  Very nice people, remember them Xana?


1880 - The American Canoe Association was formed at Lake George, NY. Hey that's sounds like fun! Canoe anyone?


Parenting
I saw a video on FB this morning where a dad was questioning his two little boys that were covered with paint. "Whose idea was this?"  "Do you think this was a good idea?"  "What should we do now?"  "Do you think you should get a time out?"  The boys were maybe 3 and 5 years old.  I thought the father was amazingly calm.  Maybe he figured his wife was going to get the job of cleaning them and the mess they made up.  "Do you think you should help Dad?"  He was actually enjoying the interrogating.  I figure the intense cleaning they were going to go through to get the paint out of their hair and off their faces etc. will be a long lasting lesson.  How would you handle it?


Come Get These Memories of the Sixties

     Fortunately, I was forced to spend time at, and was confirmed in the church in the spring.    Judy and Juliette and I had white dresses on under our white confirmation gowns.  I was terrified, even though Pastor told us which questions he would ask us, we all knew that most of the 300 congregation members thought that we had memorized the entire catechism and did NOT know which question we would have to answer.    It was in the back of my head that he would surprise us with a new question. I was sure mine would be;

     “Jean could you please recite the Sixth commandment and Luther’s explanation of its meaning?” 

     And as an answer to my prayer – he never did ask anything other then what he said he would.  It probably would have looked as bad for him as it would have for us.  So, we were confirmed into the church.

Netherlands Holland
Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. The name Holland is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. This usage is commonly accepted in other countries, but in the Netherlands and particularly in other regions of the country it could be found undesirable^[2] or even insulting.<sup>[3]
Be careful what you say!


Enjoy the Day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday Yvonne and Angela</sup>