Just wondering....

Well, I've been sick with the flu and so I've been spending a little bit of time on the computer. If you can picture me dragging myself into the computer room and lolling on the desk in front of the monitor you'd get a good idea of how wonderful I've felt. Not a pretty picture. I haven't brushed my hair in two days... Anyways, I thought I'd do a little housecleaning on my blog reader and it made me wonder which blog reader do you all use? I just switched from "Sage"; a Firefox extension, to Google Reader. Sage seemed a little clunky and took up desktop space so-- out it went. I took some time to organize all my blogs into files within Google Reader, so I've got Idaho Sisters, Indy Sisters, Colorado Sisters, Oklahoma Sisters, Oregon Sisters-other (sister's from my hometown are under plain Sisters), Homemaking, Library and Geeky. Okay, the Geeky one came with Google Reader, but hey, I do keep up with some blogs that could be considered Geeky.

So, how do you all read your blogs? Do you just randomly show up at all the blogs to see if someone has written lately? Do you use an RSS feed in your bookmarks toolbar? Bloglines? Come on everyone, 'fess up. How do you keep up with reading new posts on your blogs?

Thank Full for dear Like-minded Friends

I was sitting in a room full of people the other day just listening. The conversation was spinning around and around and I felt pretty much an outsider. The talk was leading down a road I haven't ever walked. Most everyone there had no idea what to do about the situation they were talking about; it was all bleakness and desolation in fact. Suddenly I wanted out of that room so badly. But, I was bound to my chair having been invited to be there and I saw no escaping until the clock set me free. Finally, having been released I bade my farewells and wondered at my weepy feelings. What was wrong with me? I felt like the room's conversation of bleakness had worn off onto me! I called my husband and spoke to him and he cheered me up. We spoke of God's mercy to His people and how we should love people in the world, as the Lord does, but not the things they do. That it's okay to keep these two things separate. Love the person, not the works they do. Now skip ahead to later that night. I was again in a room full of people; this time they are all my sisters in Christ. Again I sat there listening. And suddenly I was so lightened in heart. I wanted to start singing! I was an insider here in this room... I belonged. Every woman there knew exactly where she was going in life and there was no bleakness or desolation. Now I didn't want the clock to set me free, I wanted that clock to stop exactly where it was. I wanted nothing more in life than to sit there in my chair and hold on to the sweetness in that room. When the time finally did come to leave, I realized on my way home that I was refreshed because I had been with dear friends who were like-minded and so dear to me. Once again, I am so thank-full of God's mercy to me to give me such a cloud of dear friends to walk this way with.

Yummy!

In my quest to eat mostly raw food, I found this yummy Lemon Pudding recipe that is SO easy and it's so good! Here goes: Soak one cup of pitted dates in some water for an hour or so... Then drain them and put them in your blender. Scoop out a nice ripe avocado into the blender also. Now peel, yes peel! 2 lemons and throw them in there too! Blend it all up. It turns out to be a lovely green color. Pour this pudding into a nice bowl and stow it in the refrigerator for about an hour. Now... after an hour, get the bowl out and get your spoon and sit in a nice comfy place. Close your eyes! Yep, you gotta close your eyes. Now take a bite. Mmm.... yummy. Oh, I forgot to tell you to think yellow while you are taking that bite! Think sunny bright beautiful yellow!