We’re off for the weekend. It’s our first camping trip of the season and possibly the only one not tied to a swim meet. I’m planning on kicking back and enjoying myself because as soon as swim meet season hits next weekend, relaxation becomes a thing of the past.
Take care friends, and don’t forget to vote for a name below. There aren’t many votes yet, and the winner will be chosen on Monday. Make your voices heard!
All right Folks, I’ve left this name thing hanging way too long, and for that I apologize. Life, once again, carried me kicking and screaming away from this computer screen, but through ingenuity and plain old sneakiness, I’ve managed to get back, and now we can carry on with what I started oh so long ago.
The blog name. It is such a very important part of the blog. It needs to give a sense of what to find in the blog, and at the same time, create a sense of intrigue and beckon to people to come see what it is about. It needs to flirt.
It was a wonderful response to my previous post and you all came through beautifully with your ideas and suggestions to help me. From those thoughts, I have composed a list of name ideas, some suggested and some which came to me as a result of your comments. There have been many which I have thought of and then discarded for various ideas, and believe it or not, this really is my condensed list! So, without further ado and in no particular order:
-Good Friends
-Welcome Friends
-Everybody’s Story
-Jen Smiles
-Random Ramblings
-Home Away from Home
-Cabin in the Sky
Sorry for the late entry, but a RL friend suggested “Live, Laugh, and Love” so I’m throwing that one in too! Back to your regularly scheduled readings…..
I also want to give a tip of the hat to a suggestion given by Evyl. He suggested that I use the title currently on my about me page, which is “What You Really Want to Know”. I really liked this suggestion because I really like that title. After many hours of on-again-off-again deliberation, I decided not to use it as a blog title because I simply like it way too much for my about page. It was in no way an easy decision though, and I just want everyone (especially Evyl) to know that!
So out of the remaining suggestions, which do you think I should pick? As a true Libra, I am completely unprepared and incapable of making such a decision, so I need to rely on all of my friends once again. I’ll leave this post for one week, and by next Monday I will pick the winning name.
Ready, set, Vote!
As I have been wandering about my favorite blogging haunts this past week, I’ve noticed so many changes at people’s sites. It is very striking because I’ve been AWOL for so long, but I find myself once again exploring everything little nook and cranny at each blog that I visit. With all the surprises I’ve been discovering, it’s like Christmas all over again.
One thing I’ve been delighted to come across over and over again, is the link to this blog. Shameless, aren’t I? And I’ve noticed a bit of a trend. Many of you have added a little disclaimer to either the title or the blurb that comes up when the mouse hovers over the link. “Not” {Worthless}, or “Not so” {Worthless}, or even {Worth} “full” is what I have been seeing. I blush, and I think, and now I would like to offer a small explanation regarding my name.
When I started this blog, I did so on a whim. As so often happens to me, my creative juices were really not flowing at all and I couldn’t come up with a single title to describe what I saw this blog as. I actually didn’t really know what I even expected from this particular blog, so I stuck in the name you see now with the intention of changing it when the vision of what this blog was to become became clearer.
Now, as I hmm over all the edited versions of my blog link, I think perhaps it is time to come up with a different name. Something that captures what this blog has become. And that is where the problem begins. I’m not really sure what this blog has become! Anyone? A big whiny monster perhaps? Delusional ravings?
I’m still just as stuck for a name as I ever was. So, I throw it out to the masses. I know I don’t have a huge following, but those of you who do come, can you help me out here? I’m afraid I can’t even be as helpful as Anonymum was when she changed her title and give you a starting point. I would like a new title, something that captures this blog, and I would like you to help me find one.
My identity is in your hands. 😀
Our minister recently posed an interesting question in her sermon. How has God spoken to you? After telling the story of how she came to be part of our ministry, she even went so far as to encourage members to write to or tell her about their experiences in which they felt God had spoken to them.
Now, there are two things that popped into my mind right away. First of all, if I was ever to start hearing “the voice” I would never admit it for fear of the big men in white coats packing big butterfly nets looking for me. Second of all, if anyone starts getting up to “testify” and it even looks like it is going to turn into a bible thumping repent-fest, I’m going to turn around and start waddling out of that church as fast as my five-kid butt and thunder thighs will take me.
And then I got “the e-mail”. (Yeah, blew me away too. Who knew God could be so technological?)
All funning aside, I received an e-mail this week that caused me to, once again, stop and realize just how far all my blessings extend. Someone who hardly knows me, mostly knows of me, took the time to drop me an e-mail and say she hadn’t “seen” me on the net recently and was concerned that things had gotten difficult with Superbabe. She just wanted me to know that she was thinking of us and hoping for the best. It sat me back, and I realized that there are blessings far beyond what I see in my normal everyday life.
Originally, I thought I would post this about how great the net and blogging is for connections and friends, people we would otherwise never meet. Sound familiar? Yes, done to death I know, but I was going to do it anyhow. Then this morning I started thinking about it differently.
It’s strange, you know, that whenever I most need that little pick me up, that little nudge or help, there it is. Things have been difficult with Superbabe lately. At the time our minister was delivering her sermon, I was actually in outpatients for the fourth time in three weeks with him. He’s been very sick, having trouble breathing, losing weight and despite all my exhausting efforts, will likely end up with a feeding tube once more. I have one more trick to try and then I will have no choice but to give in. That message in my e-mail showed up on a day when I was feeling particularly down. As well, life, you know, does not exist just for Superbabe. There are many other things going on in this house which all compound his situation, and depending on the day, sometimes it is just too much. To receive word from someone who hardly knows me that they are thinking of us and wishing us well, touched me in a way that can only be described as spiritual. Weight was lifted and replaced with comfort. What else could you call it?
So in answer to my minister’s question, no I don’t hear voices. I have however, been touched by angels and lifted up and carried various times in my life. I have had situations turn out completely different to what I would have expected, some better and some worse, and had life changed inexplicably overnight. I believe that my life is led by God and that gives me great comfort whenever I feel scared or lonely. I now find myself in situations where I am being called upon to give the comfort or counsel, and with God’s helping hand and angels around me, I hope to make a difference in both small and large ways.
Now tell me, has God spoken to you recently?
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