Have You Done it Yet?

Hello friends and neighbors! I am just popping in once again to remind you to please stop by and visit my new site.(Does this sound like begging? Good...because I am!) It is http://www.valeriebasham.com
Also, if you have a link to me, please change that link to the above address.My new site is called "The Bishop's Wife" :)

One more thing! I am hosting a giveaway!! Click here for details. You can enter to win a $25 gift card to Amazon.com! :)

Thank you!

A Favor...

I really appreciate ALL of you dear blogger friends who have added a link to my blog on yours. I have recently re-located in cyberspace. I would like to ask you who link to me, to please change the link to my new blog. Eventually, I would like to take the posts on this blog, and import them to my new one. Or, at least some of them! I'm sorry to put you to any trouble, but I do appreciate it. I want everyone to be able to find me. Well, everyone that wants to find me. Which may not be very many. In fact, maybe no one wants to find me! (That weird paranoid feeling is sweeping over me. I'm reaching for a brown paper sack to prevent hyperventilating.)

Please. Only do it if you have time. Thank you!

My new address is:
http://www.valeriebasham.com

PS I'm not really hyperventilating. I was just kidding. (Big toothy grin) Have a great day!

Don't Forget...

...that I've moved! My new blog is located at http://www.valeriebasham.com
Please remember to bookmark the above link and visit anytime! The site is still under construction, therefore, your patience is appreciated. :)

Thank you!

Announcing My New Address!!

Okay, after having the brilliant idea of designing my own website, and doing it myself, Tim Irvin made it possible! :) It didn't quite workout the way I had planned. It was really hard, you guys! I thank the Lord for smart church members! :)

I would like to invite you to join me at my new website: Click here! And please bookmark me! :)

It's still a work in progress, but I just couldn't wait any longer!

I count it honor to visit with you, so from the bottom of my heart, I thank you!

Please Hold while I Direct your Call...

I have been away for a while, but I promise, I wasn't being lazy. Well, not very lazy anyway. ;) I am working...well, actually, this great friend of my family's is working on getting a Wordpress site up and running for me to blog on. I love the look of Wordpress! It's clean, it's sharp, and, my favorite feature, it's fun!

I'm eager to post on my new site. In fact, I'm so eager, that I've lost all desire to post on blogger! If you are interested, then please keep checking in. I...ahem, I mean we hope to have it running soon.

Thank you!!

A Little About My Husband

My husband left this comment for me on my post from the other day. I thought it was so funny! Terry is very real. He's very honest. He's very funny! I especially thought my family might get a kick out of this! :)

25 Things About Terry:

1. I'm a crazy man.
2. I don't know where to say I'm from when people ask me because I've lived in so many places.
3. I've been injected with radioactive dye after I had an allergic reaction to the regular kind.
4. My left foot is narrower than by right.
5. I am a little weird about the Bible I use - Scofield.
6. I am a cynic of the worst kind.
7. I can argue both sides of most issues because "I" don't have a side.
8. I like to get people angry, why? Because I like to live at the edge of death, it's exhilarating.
9. I've seen a man -in person- who swallowed a cigarette that was still burning .
10. My wife makes me very happy.
11. My kids all have Blond Hair and Blue Eyes, like my wife.
12. They are all smart like, my wife.
13. They all are very affectionate like, my wife.
14. They all can drive a person to the brink of insanity, like me.
15. I've attended a Catholic Mass just to see what it was like.
16. My first memory is about age 5, I didn't get my brain till then.
17. My Parents married in the 70's and thank God my name isn't Rain Blossom.
18. I didn't know my real name was Terry until I was 5, my parent's called me ---- not rain blossom!
19. I used to roller blade a lot, I've driven hundreds of miles just grind a rail and roll/fall down stairs.
20. My first computer experience was a Tandy T100 (?) from radio shack.
21. I lived in an area of the country where people still hated yankees for 6 years.
22. I married a woman who used to hate me!
23. I won the reading contest in third grade! (they didn't say golden books didn't count) (just kidding about the golden books)
24. I almost drowned in Lake Havasu City, Arizona
25. My favorite song sung by Ken and Pam Graham is "don't go to heaven alone, take somebody with you". To which I add "POW POW" (That's the noise of a gun firing. VB)

- Terry Basham, II

Simple Woman's Daybook #7

FOR TODAY...February 2, 2009

Outside my window...It's dark! The sun is making its ascent over the horizon, peeking through the beautiful pine tree forests around us. It promises to be another warm winter day, highs in the upper 50s and upper 60s this week. I'm so glad I made some winter comfort food the last two weeks, because it would be out of place this week!

I am thinking...about the movie "Fireproof". I had really wanted to see it, but we could not afford to purchase it right now. I know watching a movie is no big deal, and I did not pray about it! However, the Lord blessed me by letting me see it! A kind lady in our church happened to have it with her at church last night and offered to loan it to me. She had already seen it! The Lord is so good to me!
I'm also thinking about how blessed I am to have a husband who is truly my hero.

I am thankful for...God's provision for the month of January! I cannot believe that February is already here.

From the learning rooms...we are busy, as usual. We are past 100 days of school! I can't believe it! We are definitely on the downhill side of the school year.

From the kitchen...Homemade Bean burritos, stay-a-bed stew, Italian Noodle Skillet, homemade pizza, and Lasagna are on the menu for the week. I'm still trying to decide about dessert...

I am wearing...my pj's and my warm, fluffy robe! We are having a chilly start to the day.

I am creating...this blog post. :) And that's about it, right now!

I am going...to Ohio and Illinois this month.


I am reading...still finishing up a devotional book and the book Teachers of Good Things. I hope to finish these soon and begin some new books.

I am hoping...I get to meet Kristy, a lady I met through the blogging world and to see Terry's cousin, Misty, during our trip up north! :)

I am hearing...my space heater blowing and my typing.

Around the house...peace and quiet and a little left over chaos from a busy Sunday!

One of my favorite things...watching Columbo on DVD. Yes, I own the entire series on DVD. What can I can I say? I love Peter Falk. Now you know. Please don't hold it against me. :)

A few plans for the rest of the week: Grocery shopping, homeschooling, planning for our trip, attending church.

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. Psalm 27:5

I am so thankful for my Rock - the Lord Jesus Christ!

Special thanks to the hostess of The Simple Woman's Daybook.