Is a cupcake for breakfast really such a bad things? As Bill Cosby says, cake has eggs and flour. Two things also contained in a bran muffin, right? So they're not that different. So one has pink frosting and the other has nutritional value. On a Monday morning (which is one of my least favorite days of the week) which would you choose to brighten your day?

We are doing a study on Joseph's life at church. I signed up for it on a whim and until I showed up the day it began I actually had no idea what the study was about or what it was titled. I know, I know. What kind of person signs up for something she knows nothing about? But the thing is, if I had taken the time to read the title I wouldn't have gone anywhere near it. The title is, "keeping your focus WHEN YOUR DREAMS SHATTER". Knowing from experience that God often takes you through studies that either already are or are about to become very applicable, I very literally began to panic. I didn't know of any shattered dreams as of yet, so what was going to happen to me? When was the bottom going to fall out? Can I sneak out the door without anyone noticing?
I did not sneak out and nothing has happened. Yet. And I am not sitting here waiting for the ax to fall. I decided right away if it was going to fall the least I could do was enjoy the right now when my dreams are relatively intact. I'm taking to heart the "tomorrow has enough worries of it's own" thing. That is God's grace today. The grace God has ready to pour out on me tomorrow will not make my dreams shatter-proof, but it will make more real to me the truth, honor, righteousness, purity, loveliness, goodness, excellence, and worthiness of my God's love for me.

It has been a while since I posted anything and that's because I found blogging to be a bit like picture-taking for me. I'm horrible at remembering to take pictures of my kids or events or... well, pretty much anything. I get busy doing whatever it is I'm doing or laughing at whatever my kidling is saying and I forget to snap a photo of it. Same thing with blogging. I'm busy doing and I forget to be blogging. Not that I'm busy doing anything really important. Which is probably part of the problem. Most days, I'm not that interested in what I'm doing and I'm for sure and certain that writing it down and letting other people read about it won't make it one iota more attention-grabbing.

Which is why I'm going to attempt this blogging thing again. I have a list of things that, if I ever become my ideal, I'll be busy doing. And blogging is on that list. I like to write and I like to share my thoughts, ideas, and lists with people (whether they are a willing audience or no). So here I go...

I love the dollar store. It's the only place I don't have to check the price tag before I make a purchase. Latest dollar store find: chinese lanterns. I've always wanted to string them up in the backyard to light a summer party. Floating, glimmering lights, like over-grown fireflies.

Little bit of advice for moms of little ones: don't waste the time you have when your kidlings are occupied by doing something useful. Use it for reading a bit of your favorite book. Look at the latest issue of your favorite magazine. Drink a cup of whatever you fancy and daydream for a few minutes.

Well, today is a red letter day. I took a shower AND fixed my hair AND put on makeup. Some days I only get to one of those and it isn't always the shower.

C.S. Lewis says that the morality of a society can deteriorate in part when individuals drift away from one another. I'm not sure exactly what he meant by that but it made me think of our society and how we seem to be trying to prove false the statement "No man is an island". Sure we can chat online and we can find out what's happening in each others lives by reading facebook statuses or blogs, but do we really know each other? Do we know each other's hearts? Do we know when the people around us are hurting or in need? Do we share our hurts and needs with others? I believe we need to find out what is hidden beneath the smiles and updates and statuses and bear one anothers burdans and let our own burdans be lightened or lifted. We must all be more humble, more honest and more helpful.

Being the oldest sister of eight I'm all about giving unsolicited advice. So that's what this blog is about. If your wondering why I'm calling it "my straight line" it's because my life can be summed up by the sentence "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.". Everything I do and say and believe is about achieving the most in the most efficient way.

So from here on out if you want to know what I would say in a given situation, what I would do, or what I would think you can ask or you can just read what I post.

Today's advice: don't let superfluous holidays take over your world. The holidays I'm refering to are Valentine's day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day. I don't know if you've noticed but the commercials on TV insinuate that you should spend a boatload of cash on each of these days. But I think these days should be celebrated by remembering the sentiments or people they are supposed to be commemorating with much less expense. Just use them as a gentle nudge to say what you should say or do what you should do for each other. Save your money for Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries.

just saying hallo for my first blog ever.