Theory Thursday

Welcome to Theory Thursday where I share with you what books I'm reading, thoughts I have, homeschool info, etc.

Today, I wanted to tell you about the books I am currently reading. The first one is by Barbara Johnson, aka the Geranium Lady, called He's Gonna Toot and I'm Gonna Scoot. It's a real, yet light hearted book about looking forward to Jesus's return. Waiting for Gabriel's Horn! Barbara is one of my favorite authors. She quotes songs/hymns, jokes, stories, etc. Here's a small sample of her book: "He is our comfort today as well as our hope for tomorrow. 'This is a strange journey we walk,' one friend wrote me, 'full of peaks and valleys. but since God is in both places, we walk unafraid.'" I found this gem at my favorite thrift store.

Second, I am reading two books about Johnny Cash. I know, I am not a fan of his, but when we were in Carlsbad R & I watched part of "Walk the Line" on one of those shows that show you a snip-it and then talk about it. Anyway, it got me interested. So, the two books are I Walked the Line by Vivian Cash, Johnny first wife. Cash by the editors of Rolling Stone. I just checked these two out at the library yesterday afternoon so I haven't done much more than look at the photos.

Have a nice day!

Theory Thursday

Okay, Theory Thursday time!! This is about books, music, thoughts, politics, etc. Today I am going to talk about one more thing my dear friend Anne helped me with. Studing your Bible. For me I try and try to remember verses, the content that I read but have a hard time remembering it. This has really helped me. Okay, I'll just show you what I mean.

Say you're in Psalms (start wherever you are), get yourself a small notebook, one you can carry around easily. You're going to read a chapter then pick three/four words that summarizes the chapter.

Here:

Psalms 68 - Let God arise

Psalms 69 - Vinegar to drink (I know this talks about the Crucifixion)

Psalms 73 - Then I understood their end (talking about life being unfair and sinner prospering)

From Psalms 73-83 I made a note as to who the author was.

When I got to Psalms 119, I wrote three/four words for each of the Hebrew alphabets.

Example:

Psalms 119 Aleph - Seek w/ whole heart

Psalms 119 Beth - won't forget your word

and so on. I also use index cards for writing down verses that I want or need to remember.

I hope this has helped!

Theory Thursday

What a day! Had to go to Cruces today. We were in out first road block. It was kind of cool. Actually, it was hot. We were there, total for about 20 min. So I turned off the car. It got pretty hot. It seemed like we had to wait a lot today on the road. When you're used to just pulling right out & minimal traffic, I guess a few things can make it seem like a lot. The trip was successful though. Went to Hobby Lobby for supplies for the picture board at church. We even found a pool skimmer we really needed at Big Lots! The kids were good too!!!! Thank God for MP3's!

Okay onto Theory Thursday. It's summer which in our house means Summer Reading Program (SRP). This year Colleen is a volunteer!! She has been waiting for this all her life, really! The SRP is where kids read books and get prizes for them. They fill out book logs, 4 books to a log or you write the number of pages you read. For every log and/or every 200 pages you get a prize. You have to turn in 4 logs to get a free t-shirt. The girl & boy who reads the most gets prizes, etc. There are lots of prizes for many things. Colleen has come close to the most a couple of times. So as a volunteer she gets to hand out prizes and organize the logs. Perfect for her! She does it once a week.

The above picture is a little bit of the books they read in one week. Colleen reading more. Jared loves to listen to stories on tape and they don't count.

Hope your day is going good. I need to get and do laundry. I feel a ding coming on! Need to practice my bass (there's the ding) for band practice tonight.