The beauty of math! May 27, 2008

Mom sent this email over to me and I just had to share it with you. 

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Amazing Math!

 
Beauty of Math!

 

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

 

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

 

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

 

Brilliant, isn’t it?

 

And look at this symmetry:

 

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

 

 

 

Now, take a look at this…

101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

 

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

 

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

 

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER 100%.

 

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

 

What equals 100% in life?

 

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

 

 

If:

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

Is represented as:

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

 

If:

 

H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K

 

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

 

And:

 

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

 

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

 

But:

 

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

 

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

 

 

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

 

 

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D

 

12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

 

 

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

 

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
Get you there, It’s the Love of God that will put you over the top!

 

 

Have a nice day & God bless.

 

In Our CELLS Ya’ll! May 16, 2008

God not only formed us but He is in us.  Christ is in our cells!!! 

That is so awesome!

 

 

Thank you to Alicia and her hubby for sharing this!

This week’s plan and menu. May 12, 2008

Hello and good Monday!  Did you have a great weekend?  Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms!  Hope it was a blessed one.

Now onto my plans for this week.

~Yes, laundry.  I only have 2 laundry baskets.  While some might think that 2 is plenty, not for a family of 8.  One basket is the permanent sock basket and so I actually only have 1 working one.  I need a few more. 

~Gardening- We picked up the last of the fencing for the gardens and we have finished enough of the deck and retaining wall work in the lower garden to get planting there as well.  I am looking forward to getting things in the ground.  Mr. Muscles has to till in there first.

~Projects-  I have one more stretch of pasture that needs t-posts.  Yah!  Mr. Muscles is really feeling a wild hair to get the fencing done.  I am going to take advantage of that giddyup.  LOL 

~We have to get the yard cleaned up.  All of the projects and such makes for such a mess of the yard, driveway and parking area.  The kids and I are hoping to get out there Tues. and get everything put away, thrown away and cleaned up.  The yard is in need of mowing but that will have to wait.  I have too much to do this week.

~The competitive gymnasts booster club is having a fundraiser yard sale this weekend.  I am heading that up and I have tons of stuff for it.   We were already planning on having a yard sale but this will provide us with a much better location and then we can use the money for gymnastics competions for Ms. Firecracker.  We have a couple of other kids who may go competitive and I want to be ready just in case. 

~Homeschooling- the kids are really feeling the push to finish more books.  I am not pushing them but they see just how close they are to being done with certain books and subjects and they are pushing themselves.  Every once in a while I have to slow them down a bit.  LOL 

~Spiritually I am looking to finish up my Elizabeth George book (A Woman After God’s Own Heart).  This has been an excellent book!!

~~My cleaning zone this week will be the kids’ rooms.  Our May assignment for Organizing Junkie’s Monthly Round Up is kid’s rooms.  I am very excited about getting their rooms done!  I have already been at work in them and taking pictures. 

On our yummy menu this week is:

   *Chicken Fajitas with refried beans.

   *Meatloaf with mashed potatoes, peas and fresh veggies.

   *Breakfast including cheesy eggs, turkey sausage, toast and gravy.

   *Pasta Bake with garlic bread.

   *Chicken and Macaroni cheesy casserole.

   *Beef tips with rice, onions, bell peppers, and beans with sliced veggies.

   *Saturday night is our night out.  This is my favorite night.  No cooking and no cleaning!

All meals are homemade and if you are interested in a recipe just let me know.  I will post it with next week’s menu. 

For more Meandering Mondays visit Tiany and for more Menu Monday visit Organizing Junkie.

Ya’ll have a very blessed week and don’t forget to leave me a comment.  I love them and then I get to come visit you!

~Rhen

The recipes requested last week:

BBQ Chicken Stew:

Cooked chicken diced up and put into a stew pot (I use 6 chicken breasts).   Add 2 diced tomatoes, 2 cups of green beans, 2 cups of corn, 5-6 medium sized potatoes diced and 1 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce.  Allow all of it to boil together.  If you use canned veggies the juice you will only need about 2 cups of water but if you use fresh veggies you will need 4.  You can use chicken broth instead of water as well.  Allow it to come to a boil and then simmer until the potatoes are soft. 

Breaded herb chicken.  I use a mixture of my favorite herbs (you can buy mixtures such as Italian, Lemon and Pepper) and toast that has been crumbled up.  Break 4-6 eggs into a dish and whisk them.  I use chicken breast or tenders.  Dip the chicken in the eggs and then roll in the herb and bread crumbs.  Put them in an oiled pan on the stove, cover and cook on a medium heat until they are done.  The chicken can be covered with mozarella cheese and a light dusting of herbs when they are done. 

 

This week’s plans and menu May 5, 2008

Good Monday all!!  I hope you had a terrific weekend. 

1.  ~Even more laundry.  Like it will ever end!

2.  ~Grocery shopping.  I shop every two weeks and today it the day.  I will go right after my Dr’s appt today. 

3.  ~Gardening- the last of the succession planting will happen this week.  That includes corn, beans, squash, lettuce and more.  I picked up some herb plants this weekend that need to go in the rock garden. 

4.  ~Homeschooling.  More work on their basic books and finishing up subjects.  We will also be doing a lot of planet gazing this month and planning a field trip to Amicalola Falls.  I will see if anyone wants to carpool to help with the price of the gas to get there.

5.  ~Spiritual Health-  I am reading Elizabeth George’s book A Woman After God’s Own Heart.  It is such an awesome book.  I also have the study guide with it.  I like the way she guides you by asking you particular questions about what you read and what you thought.  Very inspiring!

6.  ~Projects- We will work on gathering rocks and building the walls of the rock garden.  The garden is outlined but most of the walls have not yet been built.  I am also going to finish the last of the t-posts.  I couldn’t get to this last week because of a hand injury.  I need to get a fresh bale of hay in the chicken house, ask my neighbor to backfill the retaining wall Mr. Muscles finished and build a second chicken run. 

7.  ~My cleaning zone this week will be the kids’ rooms.  Our May assignment for Organizing Junkie’s Monthly Round Up is kid’s rooms.  I am very excited about getting their rooms done!

On our yummy menu this week is:

  *Herb breaded chicken with black eyed peas, asparagus, fresh sliced veggies.

  *Roast with sweet potato casserole and green beans.

  *Tuna Salad (nice cold meal on a warm day)

  *Veggie pizzas

  *BBQ Chicken stew

  *Hamburgers with potato salad, corn and Greek salad.

  *Saturday night is the night Mr. Muscles treats us all to dinner out.  Woo hoo, no cleaning that night!

All meals are homemade and if you are interested in a recipe just let me know.  I will post it with next week’s menu. 

For more Meandering Mondays visit Tiany and for more Menu Monday visit Organizing Junkie.

Ya’ll have a very blessed week and don’t forget to leave me a comment.  I love them and then I get to come visit you!

~Rhen

Meandering and Menu Monday April 21, 2008

Welcome to my meandering and menu post, my menu is just below my meandering.

I would love to come and visit you so please make sure your link is filled in on your comment!

Our Family’s Time with God

♥  I took a week or so off from reading A Woman After God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George.  The past couple weeks have been so crazy but I am really enjoying doing the study guide with it.  She asks a lot of great questions for you to think on.

♥  Continue with prayer journal. If you are in need of prayer you are more than welcome to leave a comment or email me.

♥  Sacred Marraige bible study/ devotions with Mr. Muscles. (I got this from CBD. Click here to see it for yourself.)  This is an ongoing study for us.

♥  Continue daily devotions with the kids (these lead to such intense and fantastic discussions!)

My Must Do List (this list is beyond my normal cleaning, laundry, homeschooling and such)

♥  I have to price and purchase two farm gates for the pasture.  One gate down and one to go when it comes in -3 weeks from now.

♥  I have 60% of the t-posts put in and when I get the gates this week I hope to be able to get most if not all of the rest of the t-posts put in.

♥  More planting to do in the big veggie garden.- Always!

♥  Work on smaller veggie garden retaining wall.  We have the posts concreted in and now comes the fun of actually attaching the boards. 

♥  Mr. Muscles has to finish demo-ing the last of the upper deck.  I got remaining floor boards removed.  It will take his strength to knock down the braces.

♥ Take a whole bunch of stuff to the recycling center.

♥  Continue working on building up the rock border to the herb garden by the upper shed.  Progress is being made!!

♥  Grocery shopping for the next two weeks.

♥  Put away all the cold weather clothes and the clothes they 6 have outgrown and then get out the next size up in summer clothes. 

Cleaning Zone

♥My zone this week (week 3) is the master bedroom.

I am participating in Organizing Junkie’s Organizing Round Up and April is master bedroom month.   I will divide my room into 4 cleaning areas.  As I get each one done I will post it under my Tackle it Tuesday post.  At the end of the month I will then combine all of those to show the transformation.  I am so excited about getting our master bedroom cleaned up and organized!!

Homeschooling This Week (in addition to our normal schedule)

♥  We are in the home stretch of several subjects.

♥  I am still catalog shopping for next year’s curriculum.  I hope to get everything ordered in the next 2 weeks.

♥  Our local support group will be hosting a science/ health fair.  The kids and I are still working on what each of them is going to do.   

For more Meandering Mondays head over to Tiany’s to check it all out and join in!

Here is our menu for the next week.

♥  Hamburgers with potato salad and baked beans.

♥  Pasta bake with garlic bread.

♥  Chicken fajitas with refried beans.

♥  Lamb roast with mashed potatoes and green beans.

♥  Salmon with salad, peas, and rice.

♥  BBQ Chicken with sweet potato casserole and fresh sliced veggies.

♥  Mr. Muscles treats us to dinner out on Saturday night. No cleaning up!!

All recipes are homemade with fresh ingredients and I am more than happy to share my recipes. If you have any recipes for the above dinners please share them in a comment. I am always looking for new ways to prepare our favorites! If you ask for a recipe please tune in for next week’s MM and I will post all requested recipes here.

Here is the recipe for BBQ Chicken Salad as requested. 

     Chopped or shredded chicken.  I use a large, family-sized pack for our tribe of 8. 

     I precook the chicken by boiling it then I chop it or shred it. 

     Then I add 6-8 diced potatoes, 2 large diced tomatoes, 2 cups of green beans, 2 cups of corn, 1 onion chopped and 1 bottle of favorite BBQ sauce. 

     This can be cooked in a pot on the stove and be done in about 45 min (or until the potatoes are soft) or it can be allowed to simmer all day in a crock pot. 

     It is very yummy and is even better as leftovers. 

For more great menus and dinner ideas head over to Organizing Junkie’s place.

Have a blessed week!

~Rhen

Meandering and Menu Monday April 14, 2008

I missed almost all my meme’s last week and I am glad to be able to get a little time to blog and get my Meandering and Menu Monday post done.

Welcome, my menu is just below my meandering.

I would love to come and visit you so please make sure your link is filled in on your comment!

Our Family’s Time with God

♥I am still reading A Woman After God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George.

     I am really enjoying doing the study guide with it. She asks a lot of great questions for you to think on.

♥Continue with prayer journal. If you are in need of prayer you are more than welcome to leave a comment or email me.

♥Sacred Marraige bible study/ devotions with Mr. Muscles. (I got this from CBD. Click here to see it for yourself.)

♥Continue daily devotions with the kids (these lead to such intense and fantastic discussions!)

My Must Do List (this list is beyond my normal cleaning, laundry, homeschooling and such)

♥I am happy to report that I have all but one of the railroad tie posts put in and concreted into the ground for the pasture.  This week I will get the last one in and start pounding in the t-posts!  Woo Hoo!  

♥I need to pick up a few more bags of concrete.  We are in the middle of several projects that need it.

♥Finish attaching the last of the fencing around the garden.

♥Work on smaller veggie garden retaining wall.

♥I bought 5 azalea bushes that I need to plant on the top of the hillside going up the driveway.

♥ Take a whole bunch of stuff to the recycling center.

♥Continue working on building up the rock border to the herb garden by the upper shed.

♥Make a batch of laundry detergent.

Cleaning Zone

♥My zone this week is the master bedroom.

I am participating in Organizing Junkie’s Organizing Round Up and April is master bedroom month.   I will divide my room into 4 cleaning areas.  As I get each one done I will post it under my Tackle it Tuesday post.  At the end of the month I will then combine all of those to show the transformation.  I am so excited about getting our master bedroom cleaned up and organized!!

Homeschooling This Week (in addition to our normal schedule)

♥A couple of the children will be finishing up their handwriting workbooks so I will be printing out a few worksheets for them to use.

♥Several of us are adding a few more field trips and get-togethers to our schedules.  I need to get these into my homeschooling planner book.

♥Our local support group will be hosting a science/ health fair.  I am excited about this and I get to dicuss with each child what they want to do for it. 

For more Meandering Mondays head over to Tiany’s to check it all out and join in!

Here is our menu for the next week.

♥Veggie Pizzas.

♥Pasta bake with garlic bread.

♥Chicken fajitas with refried beans.

♥Beef tips and rice with onions and bell peppers as well as mashed potatoes and green beans.

♥Curry rice, Greek salad, great northern beans and sweet potatoes.

♥BBQ Chicken stew.

♥Mr. Muscles treats us to dinner out on Saturday night. No cleaning up!!

All recipes are homemade with fresh ingredients and I am more than happy to share my recipes. If you have any recipes for the above dinners please share them in a comment. I am always looking for new ways to prepare our favorites! If you ask for a recipe please tune in for next week’s MM and I will post all requested recipes here.

For more great menus and dinner ideas head over to Organizing Junkie’s place.

Have a blessed week!

~Rhen

The Joy of Faithful Obedience March 25, 2008

     Do you need a little help to find the joy of faithful obedience to God?  He knows I do! 

     What can we do about it?   Maybe a free book called The Joy of Faithful Obedience? 

     That would be a great place to start! 

     Here is a little info:

Prior to his death in 2003, Dr. Bill Bright, founder and former president of Campus Crusade for Christ International, put into book form what he regarded as the 10 most vital principles every Christian leader should know and live by.

The result is The Joy of Knowing God, the “simply powerful” 10-book series of Bright’s most dynamic messages on successful Christian living. Each book also contains a thoughtfully abridged Bonus Audio CD, hosted by Grammy Award winning recording artist John Tesh and read by a noted Christian who graciously volunteered time and talent because he or she has been positively influenced by the author’s life message.

In The Joy of Faithful Obedience, book seven in this series, Bill Bright shows how you can experience true happiness that comes from living a life pleasing to God. Rediscover how faithfulness to the heavenly Father is indeed “Your Way to God’s Best.”

     Did you see that?  It comes with a free CD of Kirk Franklin reading the book!  This really is a great book and will be a great blessing to someone. 

     For your chance to win it you only have to do two things.

         1.  Leave a comment

         2.  Post a small tidbit about this giveaway on your blog.  Gotta spread the word ya know!

This contest is open to anyone in the world.  Yes, anyone who wants to enter.  God will provide to send it to you.  See how great God is?! 

Have a blessed day,

~Rhen

PS- this contest is open until 12 midnight on April 4, 2008

This guy is too funny!! March 20, 2008

PS Ya’ll- My poll will be closing soon so if you have not yet voted go to the top of the page and click polls.  Let your voice be heard!  When this one closes I will putting a new one up.  I have several ideas for polls but am only going to do one at a time.

Have a blessed week!

~Rhen

Meandering and Menu Monday February 18, 2008

 

Hello all and welcome to the latest editions of Meandering and Menu Monday.  Don’t forget to leave a comment so I can come visit you!

My Time with God

  ♥I am finishing up my reading of the book of Mark.

  ♥I am working on getting my new prayer journal going.

  ♥Hubby and I have two great study books (one on Romans and one on marraige) that we have been intending to do but found things got too hectic.  We talked about it the other night and made the decision to commit one night a week to doing a study together. 

My Must Do List

  ♥Plant 2 grape vines, 2 blueberry bushes and 1 fig tree

  ♥Transplant 2 blueberry bushes and 9 blackberry bushes

  ♥Get my veggie seeds started indoors.  I will post more about what and how tomorrow.

  ♥Get the 30 eggs we gathered into the incubator

  ♥Declutter kitchen

  ♥Dig holes for pasture fence main posts

  ♥Get my pasture mix ordered

That is my list beyond the normal stuff of cleaning, laundry, homeschooling and such.

Cleaning Zone 

♥My zone this week is the kitchen.  I have several cabinets that need to be organized.   I am also participating in Organizing Junkie’s Organizing Round Up.

Train Them Up

  ♥Continue daily devotions

  ♥The oldest 3 each are starting a prayer journal.  I will start them out with the list kind of prayer journal and let them xpand from there should they choose to.

  ♥For Ms. Banana (5) is loving her new coloring book .  We use it for her bible lessons.  It is working beautifully!!

Homeschooling This Week

  ♥Normal schedule for this week and adding some lessons on basic woodworking

  ♥Pen Pal letters to write for Ms. Serious (10), Short Man (9), Ms. Firecracker (7) and Ms. Lovebug (5)

  ♥Ms. Serious has a report due this week

For more Meandering Mondays head over to Tiany’s to check it all out and join in! 

 

Here is our menu for the next week.  

♥Homemade sloppy joes, baked beans, fresh veggies

♥Chicken with cream sauce, Greek salad, peas, great northern beans

♥Turkey Noodle Bake

♥Barbeque Chicken Stew.  Yum!!

♥Beef tips with brown rice, onions, bell peppers and fresh sliced veggies.

♥Roast, sweet potatoes, green beans and pineapple

♥And one night out to dinner which means no cooking or clean up for me.  I am thinking my favorite Mexican place

All recipes are homemade with fresh ingredients and I am more than happy to share my recipes.  If you have any recipes for the above dinners please share them in a comment.  I am always looking for new ways to prepare our favorites!

For many more yummy dinner ideas and recipes head over to Organizing Junkie.

Leave me a comment with a link to your MM so I can come visit.  Don’t do Meandering Monday or Menu Monday?  Come on and join in!

All for His glory,

~Rhen

My heart is aching February 13, 2008

Yes, my heart is aching.  No, it is not because of Valentine’s Day.  Honestly, I can take or leave Valentine’s Day.  I am not all that interested in Mr. Muscles spending too much money on stuff or overpriced flowers that will wilt and die.  My favorite chocolate when I am not expecting it, a daisy from the side of the road or an extra long hug for no reason:  those are the things that show me just how deeply he loves me and he does love me. 

Back to the point of this post.  I just watched an amazing video at Georgia Mom’s place.  Oh-My-Word! 

Many of you already know about unbelievable people like Shannon, Boo Mama, Ragamuffin and his wife, Heather, and many others are on a trip to Uganda to help open the eyes of bloggers everywhere to what the children there go through everyday. 

I have been reading their posts and they have been tugging at my heart.  Tugging so hard that my heart is aching.  I look at my children and I want so badly for the children in Uganda and all over the world to have two parents to love them, food to eat, a solid roof over their heads, an education and toys just like my kids. 

My heart is being called to sponsor a child through Compassion International.  I am going to pray about this tonight and talk to Mr. Muscles and I hope that he will not only say yes but say it with compassion and gusto!

God has greatly blessed our family and the only thing to do is to ask God bless, through us, those who are in desperate need. 

Please pray for the team while they are over there.  Please pray for the children.  Please pray.