Saturday, February 29, 2020

Happy Leap Day

Celebrate with a good romantic Christian novella...

Leap of Faith Day

The ninth novella in the series...

Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where nothing happens, except holidays... and a little romance, if the hero and heroine trust God.

Her life a mess, EMT Belle Carlisle wants a fresh start. She's lived in Holiday a few years and likes it well enough. She's happy, mostly. 'Be Bold' is her personal aphorism, but it was never intended to include asking a man on a date.

Born and raised in Holiday, Vince Timmons is certain the prettiest EMT on the planet could never be interested in a younger man. Besides, his life is a mess. Not to mention the woman he pursued for over a year humiliated him in public. The last thing he needs is to fall for another woman who doesn't want him.

Man looks on the outward appearance and judges accordingly. God looks on the heart...

http://www.amazon.com/Leap-Faith-Day-Holiday-Book-ebook/dp/B01EX4Y2IO

If you prefer paperback:

Holiday, USA Anthology 2016-17

All four novellas, 9-12, are available in their entirety in paperback, including the covers on the back, for those who enjoy collecting a series.

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

REAL Week 552

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:
Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. My pushups are against the wall.

Using 1, 2, and/or 4-lb weights:
PT ~ Physical therapy
UBP ~ Upper body exercises, pushups, and chair sits against the wall

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

21: 1/2-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

22: 1/4-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch Rain

23: Rest

24: 1-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

25: 1/2 mile walk PT UBP 0-lb 
x3 Stretch

26: 1-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 1-lb x1 Stretch

27: PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Brain Dump

Socialism is a well-crafted lie that leads to communism and death for millions of people. Pretending otherwise is lying.

Pretending Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark are socialist ignores facts.

I'm baffled by the people who claim that man-made socialism will lead to Utopia or at least better circumstances for everyone. These are the same people who are accusing men of killing the earth. How do these people not see the hypocrisy of their own words?

Man is incapable of destroying or saving the world. That's God's job.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

One Day Follow Up

How'd I do, so far?

Physical therapy ~ So far so good

Walk ~ So far so good

Scripture study ~ So far so good

Edits ~ So far so good

Read ~ So far so good

Eat healthy ~ So far so good

Good sleep ~ So far so good

Errands ~ Not yet

Make something fun ~ Not yet

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the storm

Monday, February 24, 2020

Carpe Diem Las Vegas

NASCAR ~ 4 A. Dillon 6 Wallace 20 Truex 28 Yeley 36 McDowell

What needs to be done?

Physical therapy

Walk

Scripture study

Rewrites

Read

Eat healthy

Good sleep

Errands

Make something fun

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the storm

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Thank Goodness It's Sunday 506

~ Hot chocolate chip cookies

~ Favorite authors

~ Uplifting music

~ Good friends

~ God's grace

Saturday, February 22, 2020

End of Week Follow Up

How'd I do?

Physical therapy ~ Done

Walk ~ Done

Scripture study ~ Done

Edits ~ Progressing

Read ~ Done

Eat healthy ~ Better than last week

Good sleep ~ Dreaming, a lot

Errands ~ all done

Make something fun ~ Chocolate Chip Cookies

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the storm

Friday, February 21, 2020

Brain Dump

"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

For those who say that the reference was to the past, the comment still displays gross ignorance. If a philosophy fits in a nutshell, it should probably stay there.

What farmers need to know:

The content of their soil. Do they need to add nutrients? What kind of nutrients? How much?

What crop to plant. Is it compatible with their soil? Will it survive or thrive? Do they need to rotate crops? If so, which crops will work best for their soil and weather. What if only one crop is suitable? How often will the field need to go fallow, in order to give it a rest?

What about water usage? Will they have access to irrigation? Do they need it? If they need it, do they have the necessary equipment? What's the average rain fall? How reliable is it? What kind of storms do they have? Hail storms are known to flatten wheat crops.

What kind of equipment do they need? Plows? Combine? Trucks for shipping? Fertilizer distributor? Bailer? How much will each item cost? Do they have the skills to fix it themselves? What's the cost to pay someone else to fix it?

Farmers have to decide how much seed to buy for the amount of land they own, without buying too much or too little. They have to figure all expenses, including fuel and any extra help needed. They also have to estimate what the market will be like, each and every year.

Farmers have to be meteorologists, watching the weather and determining when to irrigate and when to harvest. I remember family members talking about farmers coming together to harvest faster, because of coming storms. They also helped each other out when one of them was sick or hurt.

Farmers work hard and are constantly endeavoring to find better methods.

For the record, the agriculture revolution occurred in the 1700s. The industrial revolution followed.

Ask the Irish how easy farming is and make sure you mention the potato famine.

There's a reason farmers changed to other trades. I've tried to grow a garden. I was successful one year. The years I dug a hole, put a seed in, covered it with dirt, and watered were utter failures. My one successful year, I dug up the plot, used my horse's fertilizer, pulled weeds, watched it like a hawk, covered the seed mounds with chicken wire to keep birds out, and made sure it was watered properly, not higgledy-piggledy. It was a lot of work. I was also incredibly proud. I didn't grow enough to live on, but what I grew was delicious.

Farming takes hard work, skill, and a willingness to learn from mistakes and try new things. It also takes astonishing determination and tenacity.

God bless farmers.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

REAL Week 551

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:
Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. My pushups are against the wall.

Using 1, 2, and/or 4-lb weights:
PT ~ Physical therapy
UBP ~ Upper body exercises, pushups, and chair sits against the wall

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

14: 1/2-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

15: 1-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

16: Rest

17: 1-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

18: 1/2 mile walk PT UBP 0-lb 
x3 Stretch

19: 1-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

20: 1/4 mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch

Easter is coming.

Celebrate with a story. The Blessing Basket The thirteenth novella in the series. Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where no...