Category Archives: fun

Fill in the Blank

I’ve decided to play with a few memes lately and my newest is Friday Fill In. They give us sentences and we fill in the blanks.

1. I feel tired, always tired;).

2. Running to catch up.

3. Do stuff.

4. Life is always completely unique.

5. It’s hard to know how much time and thought to give stuff.

6. Politics follows suit.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to craft night, tomorrow my plans include Zumba and cleaning and Sunday, I want to chill!

Geeky Joy

So as some of you may know, I am in Breckenridge, Co for the Savvy Blogging Summit. But as with all journeys there is a beginning! Mine was in San Jose, Ca. And after I checked in I found a little geeky joy!

San Jose Airport waiting area chairs Not only did they have free wireless but every chair had plugs! On both sides! What computer nerd wouldn’t love that?

And just because I was flying out, here is a gratuitous picture of my plane I left on.

Blogging Gals Sticking Together!

Some of you out there know that I am going to my first blogging conference in July! It is the Savvy Blogging Summit and I am so excited!!! This will be my first time out of California and I am a bit nervous but looking forward to it!

It is a great group that are coming together to learn how to be better bloggers! 1 of those that are coming is Megan from the Half-Pint House. She makes some of the cutest bags and that is how she is paying her way to the conference! So go check out some of her cuteness and get something!

A Little About Purim

Purim is from sundown on February 27th until March 1st this year (it is based on the Jewish calendar). But what is Purim you wonder? I have often heard it referred to as Jewish Halloween but there is more to it than that. It is the celebration of Esther and God’s saving of the Jewish people! We are to remember this every year (Esther 9:28):

These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every province and in every city. And these days of Purim should never cease to be celebrated by the Jews, nor should the memory of them die out among their descendants.

It is a celebration. So in my house we might let the kids dress up, make noise makers and crowns. I will (probably) make Hamantaschen. The big feature is the telling of the Esther story. The children (and adults) boo whenever Haman is mentioned and cheer at the mention of Mordechai. We might also print off pictures and do some other fun stuff (go to my Frugal Homeschooler for activities and resources).

As Christians why do we celebrate Purim? Well, I could get into the whole Jesus celebrated Judaism and so we should also keep the holidays (with grace because we aren’t under the law). Or how when we excepted Christ we were grafted into the family of Abraham. But…. Here is a simpler reason. God was faithful in saving the Jews and because of that we have Messiah. So we need to celebrate God’s faithfulness to us by saving the Jews from Haman’s hand.
There are lots of lessons in the book Esther (like if Saul would have been obedient…) but that is for a different day. Let us start by rejoicing in God’s faithfulness! And the fact He uses a willing and obedient heart to do great things, like save a people.