A day of firsts

Well today was a day for first in 2008..

1. I mowed the lawn - back and front
2. I weeded most of the front garden
3. It hit 16c or for the Americans out there 61f
4. so all the above was done in shorts and t-shirt

YYYYYAAAAAYYYYY

I have to laugh because only I few years ago that to us was cold, Brisbane's winter temp is about 18c so 16c was a day for coats and hot choc......fast forward 3yrs and even 12c is conceded warm once we get to these temp we start to pack up the heavy winter coats and go for the wind and water proof jackets.

because I spend the summer in Australia (winter there) last year I really haven't had a summer since 2006.....all I can say is bring it on baby!!!!

The Mom song

I saw this on another blog... it made me smile. Hope you smile too!!

Bird's Eye View of Paul

Just a little plug for my hubby new book.... It was officially released on Friday. Here is his description of the book himself.

This volume is designed to be an introduction to Paul for lay-people and first year seminary students. I am hoping that I can take the best insights of Pauline scholarship and show how they illuminate Paul's understanding of the gospel, of Christian community, salvation, ministry, Paul's narrative world, and controversial areas such as women and homosexuality as well. There are a stack of Pauline theologies available, but relatively few volumes that try to put Paul in the hands of the church - and that's what I want to do. Get people in my church and your church excited about Paul, thoughtfully reading over his letters, and see what he has to say to the people of God today.

If you want to see his post about it last week have a look here at Euangelion ...this is his blog be warned this is an academic blog, what he has to say most of the time is over my head but I love him just the same.

I have read the book myself and it is easy to follow and great to expand your understanding of Paul...I'm looking forward to reading it again as first time round I was indexing at the same time..boy do i have a whole new appreciation for index at the back of book that no one reads

Honey, great job on the book. I'm proud of you.

Available at Amazon if you wish to have a read yourself

On the Move AGAIN

We are on the look out again for a new house to rent. God has blessed us with some great houses but I would be happy to just have one, not going onto our 4th in less than 3yrs. So please we ask that you pray that God will bless us with a house that meets our need but also still gives us the opportunity to host students and have fellowship in our home. There are only 2 house that we know of that are available for rent at the moment and they are out of our budget. My prayer is that someone would buy the house we are currently in for a rental property, saving us the move and giving not just me some stability but for the girls also.

How Australian is that??

You Are Bare Feet

You are a true free spirit, and you can't be tied down. Even wearing shoes can be a little too constraining for you at times! You are very comfortable in your own skin. You are one of the most real people around. You don't have anything to hide. Open and accepting, you are willing to discuss or entertain almost any topic. You are a very tolerant person. You are accepting and not judgmental. You should live: Somewhere warm You should work: At your own business, where you can set the rules

What Kind of Shoe Are You?

Glasgow

We caught the train from Inverness, view of the snow from the train
In-train entertainment
Waiting in Perth for the Glasgow train
Oh my she is growing up fast.
The VERY MUCH wanted shoes
Glasgow High Street

I'm Smiling

As I stand at my Kitchen window, watching the washing blowing in the wind on the clothes line, there is a freshness and warmth about it. It really makes my heart sing to see washing on the line, summer is only around the corner The last time I hung washing on the line was sometime in Early September I think. Simple Joys...are what i look for. At the moment life is hard but that's for another post.

Love Naomi








UPDATE......Did I just Say WARM? well not even 30 min later and this is the seen:








Yes that is snow :(