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Chickens, Eggs, and Wicked

Those are the three words to sum up our weekend. We went Friday night to see WICKED, the musical. If you aren't sure the play is about how the witches in the Wizard of Oz came to be. It was fabulous! I will never watch the Wizard of Oz the same again.

The Saturday we went to the Chicken and Egg Festival. Really. Brent wanted to enter in the hard-boiled egg eating contest, but his tummy prevented him from doing so. There were lots of interesting things to see. If we had kids it might have been a little more fun, it's very kid-friendly, but we don't and we did have some fun. They had face-painting, horse rides, a jumping machine, guitar hero (really how is that related to chickens and eggs??), they had a chicken clucking contest - that was hilarious! They had an egg tossing contest, tractors to look at, all kinds of arts and crafts, including make your own pottery. Lamas - Tina wasn't there though - They even had a wonder goat - but I'm not real sure what he did. There were a few blacksmiths there and of course chickens. Oh and they had food - we did not eat any, but they did have chick and egg on stick! Below are a few of the sights we saw:

6 Words

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I went to a Beth Moore conference in March with Julie, Amy, and Jill. We really had a great time. At the beginning of the conference Beth referenced a blog that her daughter, Melissa, had written on the Beth Moore blog, Living Proof, a few weeks prior to the conference. Melissa's post is called Sum Up Your Life In Six Words. Click Here to see the post.

So, for the conference all of Beth's points were done in the Six Word Summary style given in the blog. She challenged us to sum up our life in six words - no more and no less - and then at the end of the conference to do sum up why the Lord brought you to the conference in 6 words.
One that I remember from the conference that one lady said is: "Came in Pieces, Going Home Whole." Isn't that great?!

At the time I could not think of anything. Occasionally, I am not very good at coming up with things on the spur of the moment and that conference was one of those times. I hate it when the speaker gives you an assignment and you can't come up with anything. So I have been pondering this thought for the past few weeks, pretty much determined to come up with something. I mean 6 words, how hard can it be!! My life in 6 words. Hmmm......
Well last week I finally came up with the answer! But in all honesty it truly is not a summerization of my life, but rather of how I feel at this moment in time.

What I came up with was: I am a toy without batteries. My friend, Bashan, words it for me as: I am a toy without wires.

I don't know how much you are supposed to share of yourself on blogs b/c when you blog you might as well open your home to the entire world, you never know who is reading, so I only try to share things that I would tell or share with anyone. I finally decided that this was okay to share, because I would be interested to know how YOU would sum up your life at this moment in time in 6 words. If you need help check out Melissa's post on the Living Proof Blog.

Let me know what you come up with!
Leave a comment or two. :)

Have fun!

I AM SECOND

I was searching our former church website - just to see what was going on there. When I came across this website listed on their site. The site went public just before we moved, or maybe a month after, I can't remember. The pastor of the church part of the site. I had forgotten about it until today. The excerpt below explains the site. Click on the picture below. I think you will like it.

"I am Second is a movement where significance in life is a shared value among people of all kinds. Actors. Athletes. Musicians. Business leaders. Your next-door neighbor. People just like you. Their authentic stories provide insight into dealing with typical struggles of everyday living. You'll meet people who overcame destructive lifestyles. Plus you'll discover those who've tried to go it alone and have failed, yet still found a life full of hope, peace and fulfillment.
I am Second is designed to help people discover their purpose in life. Have you discovered yours?" - summary taken from

www.fbceuless.com

Hurley and Cody

Cody and Hurley. These dogs have added a lot of adventure to our lives for sure! Just 2 Sundays ago, I left for choir practice and only noticed one puppy, Hurley, in the yard. I did not think much about it. However, when Brent was ready to leave to come to church Hurley was sitting at the edge of the yard staring across the woods to the neighbor's backyard.

These are the same neighbors that I visited on the night that was I locked out of the house. Cody must have decided that it was time to go back for a visit. Brent and his dad jumped in the truck and headed to to their house. When they arrived, Cody had treed their cat! He saw Brent and took off running. Finally Brent was able to get close enough to swat at him, when Cody took off again, only this time he jumped into the pool - that is still covered - he gave Brent a look that said "come on, just try to come get me now! hahaha". Meanwhile, Hurley who must have been feeling left out of all the fun came tromping through the woods and sat at Brent's side and stuck by the him the whole time. Hurley is still scared of new things. Now when I say tromping, I mean it. Brent could hear him coming, he said it sounded like a buffalo! I'm sure that is an exaggeration, but Hurley is a big puppy! Both puppies were finally put in the back of the truck and put in the fense until we arrived home from church.

~Cody~

~Hurley~