Monday, May 31, 2010
Just Testing
Ok, I got a new phone--a droid--and i found an app that will allow me to blog from my phone. So I'm giving it a try.
Just Testing
Ok, I got a new phone--a droid--and i found an app that will allow me to blog from my phone. So I'm giving it a try.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Puppy and Prayer
So I stink at blogging. I said I was going to try and post one a day. Well, Life happens! This has been such a busy week...mentally, especially. We got a new puppy Monday (has it really only been a week?). Needless to say, it's almost been like having a newborn baby in the house again, without the nursing every 3 hours! It's not really that physically demanding, although the whining at night and waking up at 6:30 to go potty is tough! The hardest part is during my kids' awake hours, especially my 1 year old. They love Tad and want to pet him and hold him all the time! Trying to keep Bryce from even stepping on him is mentally exhausting! And watching for the telltale sign of sniffing!
Saying all that, we love him so much! He is a Yorkshire Terrier, or a Yorkie and like I said, we named him Tad. As the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan, would say, he's a medium energy dog. It's funny, when my blog buddy Mandy first started her dog training business, she mentioned the Dog Whisperer a lot. I had only heard of the show, never watched it, and honestly thought he was some sort of dog psychic. Now, because of her blog, I'm hooked! My hubby even bought me Cesar's book How to Raise the Perfect Dog for my Kindle app on my iPod Touch. It's been so helpful! I can already tell it's working. And housebreaking is going well, too. If you live in Southeast Arkansas and you need some help with your dog, or just a great place to board your dog, go check out Mandy's Canine Corrections.
Now for the real reason why I'm blogging today. I wanted to share a little bit about what's going on in our church. This month, we've been focusing on the Holy Spirit. Just trying to get back to a place where we see Him as Holy. A lot of the time, the Holy Spirit is seen as the "red-headed step-child" of the Trinity. So in order for us to focus on the Holy Spirit more, we have to pray more. Each week in January has been dedicated to a different type of praying. The first week, we were given detailed questions that we were to pray through every day designed to really make us evaluate where we are spiritually. The second week, we fasted for one day as a church. The third week, which was this week, we had a prayer journey. This was amazing! Kudos to Rodney, our student pastor, for doing most of the prep. This was held this past Thursday night. We simply came to the church at different times and went into the sanctuary. There were different tables, or stations, set up all over the sanctuary. Each station had a different activity to do which was designed to help direct your prayers. For example, one station was set up with Play-doh. We were to examine ourselves and see if we'd made any idols in our lives. Then, make an image of that idol with the play-doh. And then smash it! Another station had scrabble letters laid out. We were to create words that show what God has been in our life. And you could build off of other people's words! One of my favorites was a station that simply held 2 bowls. One with a lot of water and the other started out empty. As you prayed at that station, you filled a ladle with water and poured it into the other bowl, symbolizing how our prayers mix together. This was a very reverent time. No words were spoken, except to our God. If you'd like any more info on this event, leave me a comment!
This Sunday is our last Sunday in this series. Hopefully, it is going to be a very special day in the life of our church. I can't really go into the details yet, but I can say that we're only having only 1 service and no Bible study that morning. Everyone is being told to come in expectation. I cannot wait to see what God does! I'll give an update next week.
Be in prayer for our church this Sunday. Pray that lives will be changed. Pray that hearts will be focused on Him, and not on superficial things. And be in prayer for our family.
Saying all that, we love him so much! He is a Yorkshire Terrier, or a Yorkie and like I said, we named him Tad. As the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan, would say, he's a medium energy dog. It's funny, when my blog buddy Mandy first started her dog training business, she mentioned the Dog Whisperer a lot. I had only heard of the show, never watched it, and honestly thought he was some sort of dog psychic. Now, because of her blog, I'm hooked! My hubby even bought me Cesar's book How to Raise the Perfect Dog for my Kindle app on my iPod Touch. It's been so helpful! I can already tell it's working. And housebreaking is going well, too. If you live in Southeast Arkansas and you need some help with your dog, or just a great place to board your dog, go check out Mandy's Canine Corrections.
Now for the real reason why I'm blogging today. I wanted to share a little bit about what's going on in our church. This month, we've been focusing on the Holy Spirit. Just trying to get back to a place where we see Him as Holy. A lot of the time, the Holy Spirit is seen as the "red-headed step-child" of the Trinity. So in order for us to focus on the Holy Spirit more, we have to pray more. Each week in January has been dedicated to a different type of praying. The first week, we were given detailed questions that we were to pray through every day designed to really make us evaluate where we are spiritually. The second week, we fasted for one day as a church. The third week, which was this week, we had a prayer journey. This was amazing! Kudos to Rodney, our student pastor, for doing most of the prep. This was held this past Thursday night. We simply came to the church at different times and went into the sanctuary. There were different tables, or stations, set up all over the sanctuary. Each station had a different activity to do which was designed to help direct your prayers. For example, one station was set up with Play-doh. We were to examine ourselves and see if we'd made any idols in our lives. Then, make an image of that idol with the play-doh. And then smash it! Another station had scrabble letters laid out. We were to create words that show what God has been in our life. And you could build off of other people's words! One of my favorites was a station that simply held 2 bowls. One with a lot of water and the other started out empty. As you prayed at that station, you filled a ladle with water and poured it into the other bowl, symbolizing how our prayers mix together. This was a very reverent time. No words were spoken, except to our God. If you'd like any more info on this event, leave me a comment!
This Sunday is our last Sunday in this series. Hopefully, it is going to be a very special day in the life of our church. I can't really go into the details yet, but I can say that we're only having only 1 service and no Bible study that morning. Everyone is being told to come in expectation. I cannot wait to see what God does! I'll give an update next week.
Be in prayer for our church this Sunday. Pray that lives will be changed. Pray that hearts will be focused on Him, and not on superficial things. And be in prayer for our family.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Twitter vs. Facebook
I've heard this argument so much lately! I have a lot of friends who just don't get the purpose of Twitter. "Isn't that just like Facebook?" they always say. So I thought I'd write a post on my personal feelings about each social network and why I use them.
Facebook
I've been on Facebook since 2005, I believe. Back when only college kids could use it. It has become the site that I go to everyday. Even if I don't get to another site, I always check Facebook. Why? It has enabled me to keep track of my friends. There are a lot of friends that I just don't see very often that I keep up with on Facebook. And I've gotten closer with people from high school that I never talked to much then.
Also, I've used Facebook on several occasions as a problem-solver. If I have a problem, whether it be a tech problem or parenting, sometimes I'll post it on Facebook and I generally get a lot of responses. Sometimes I don't get an answer that I need, but often I do!
One of my favorite Facebook activities is Mafia Wars. I know, a lot of my real life friends laugh, but I love this game! Check it out and ask me to be in your Mafia! ;)
Twitter
Why do I use Twitter? Yes, it's just a bunch of status updates that I can just put on Facebook. Or can I? Status updates are only one part of Facebook. Status updates ARE Twitter. There are things that I say on Twitter that I don't say on Facebook.
My favorite thing about Twitter is "following people". You can follow anyone from friends to celebrities. And yes, I do both! My husband laughs at me because I follow my fair share of celebs, but I like getting that glimpse into their culture. I don't follow just *any* celeb. I pick those that are on my favorite shows or movies, usually. And I followed Ashton Kutcher because of his Twitter contest with Cnn.
I also follow a good many Christian singers, bands, and preachers. I love getting words of wisdom every day from Max Lucado, Rick Warren, Tony Nolan, and others. I love hearing how awesome MercyMe's last concert was...or better yet Bart's (Millard of MercyMe) latest rant against AT&T! I love getting a sneak peek into Mark Hall's (of Casting Crowns) journal via twitpic.
I've also found a couple of new people to follow. Terrace Crawford followed me one day, trying to get more followers, I guess. Usually I don't follow too many back, but I checked out who he was and checked out his blog. He seemed like a neat person to follow so I did. He's a pretty funny guy!
Something else I've discovered about Twitter is that it almost makes my bloglines obsolete. Most everyone that has a blog I read will post on Twitter that they have a new blog post up. So I'll end up following the link from there, instead of waiting to look at bloglines.
So who's the winner in the Twitter vs. Facebook debate? Neither! I love them both! So, if you find yourself wondering if you should get a Twitter, then yes, do so! Just don't use it like you do Facebook.
Follow me on Twitter.
I've been on Facebook since 2005, I believe. Back when only college kids could use it. It has become the site that I go to everyday. Even if I don't get to another site, I always check Facebook. Why? It has enabled me to keep track of my friends. There are a lot of friends that I just don't see very often that I keep up with on Facebook. And I've gotten closer with people from high school that I never talked to much then.
Also, I've used Facebook on several occasions as a problem-solver. If I have a problem, whether it be a tech problem or parenting, sometimes I'll post it on Facebook and I generally get a lot of responses. Sometimes I don't get an answer that I need, but often I do!
One of my favorite Facebook activities is Mafia Wars. I know, a lot of my real life friends laugh, but I love this game! Check it out and ask me to be in your Mafia! ;)
Why do I use Twitter? Yes, it's just a bunch of status updates that I can just put on Facebook. Or can I? Status updates are only one part of Facebook. Status updates ARE Twitter. There are things that I say on Twitter that I don't say on Facebook.
My favorite thing about Twitter is "following people". You can follow anyone from friends to celebrities. And yes, I do both! My husband laughs at me because I follow my fair share of celebs, but I like getting that glimpse into their culture. I don't follow just *any* celeb. I pick those that are on my favorite shows or movies, usually. And I followed Ashton Kutcher because of his Twitter contest with Cnn.
I also follow a good many Christian singers, bands, and preachers. I love getting words of wisdom every day from Max Lucado, Rick Warren, Tony Nolan, and others. I love hearing how awesome MercyMe's last concert was...or better yet Bart's (Millard of MercyMe) latest rant against AT&T! I love getting a sneak peek into Mark Hall's (of Casting Crowns) journal via twitpic.
I've also found a couple of new people to follow. Terrace Crawford followed me one day, trying to get more followers, I guess. Usually I don't follow too many back, but I checked out who he was and checked out his blog. He seemed like a neat person to follow so I did. He's a pretty funny guy!
Something else I've discovered about Twitter is that it almost makes my bloglines obsolete. Most everyone that has a blog I read will post on Twitter that they have a new blog post up. So I'll end up following the link from there, instead of waiting to look at bloglines.
So who's the winner in the Twitter vs. Facebook debate? Neither! I love them both! So, if you find yourself wondering if you should get a Twitter, then yes, do so! Just don't use it like you do Facebook.
Follow me on Twitter.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Lazy Day
So I didn't post yesterday like I said I was going to. But I do have a good excuse! Yesterday, our pastor had called our church to a day of prayer and fasting. So, during naptime--which is my normal internet time--I prayed instead of getting on the internet. I really think God is about to do something amazing in the life of our church!
So today was a lazy day for the Martins. It snowed all day long! We spent all day playing with the boys and relaxing!
So today was a lazy day for the Martins. It snowed all day long! We spent all day playing with the boys and relaxing!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
There's Gonna Be Some Changes 'Round Here
Ok guys, if anyone out there still reads...I have some news. For the past year or 2, really, I haven't had a home computer set up. We've always used my hubby's laptop from church. Well, my dear hubby has now set me up with a decent home desktop (really only good for internet and basic word processing stuff and not much else lol) so now I'm back to blogging! I never blogged much with my hubby's laptop because, frankly, by the time I had access to it, usually, all I really felt like doing was checking on Facebook, email, and Twitter. And read my favorite blogs. And don't get me wrong, my hubby's not the bad guy! He wasn't "restricting" my use of his laptop or anything.
With his job (minister) he often brings a lot of work home, like working on various graphic design-type-things. And, believe it or not, he doesn't sit in his office all day and play on Facebook! So that's his time, too, to relax and do some 'net surfing.
So, what to expect from me now? No promises, but in order to try and get back in the swing of things I'm going to try and blog every day. What will I blog about? More than likely, it will be family stuff. Just what's going on in my life. You can also probably expect some parenting stuff thrown in there, you know, because being a mother of a 3 year old and 1 year old makes me an expert. Ha! More than likely, it will be a plea for help! Double Ha!
Thanks for sticking with me!
With his job (minister) he often brings a lot of work home, like working on various graphic design-type-things. And, believe it or not, he doesn't sit in his office all day and play on Facebook! So that's his time, too, to relax and do some 'net surfing.
So, what to expect from me now? No promises, but in order to try and get back in the swing of things I'm going to try and blog every day. What will I blog about? More than likely, it will be family stuff. Just what's going on in my life. You can also probably expect some parenting stuff thrown in there, you know, because being a mother of a 3 year old and 1 year old makes me an expert. Ha! More than likely, it will be a plea for help! Double Ha!
Thanks for sticking with me!
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