Gram's Place

I found these buzz words and thought some of them FOR SURE apply to the business world, some more than others.... Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. Why is it that we have to have a blame before we can move on? Body Nazis: Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who look down on anyone who doesn't work out obsessively. Yeah, this is definately NOT me, but I do know a few. Seagull Manager: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, and then leaves. Mostly, I should just leave my comments to myself. You know who you are. :) Cube Farm: An office filled with cubicles. We don't have cubicles but I thought this was funny. Idea Hamsters: People who always seem to have their idea generators running. And the opposite would be the idea sloth? Mouse Potato: The online, wired generation's answer to the couch potato. I know my kids are becoming these for sure! Prairie Dogging : Whe...

We have made the decision to get a new girl! Apparently four aren't enough. So, this fall (August) we will have one more 16 year old living with us. She is from Germany. Her name is Julia and we are very excited to have her! A few weeks ago, we were approached by an organization and told that we were recommended by a family that we have known for years to have a foreign exchange student. Our first reaction was that we didn't think we should because we are building a house and currently live in a TINY house. We were sure we wouldn't have room in our current home, and we don't know when our new home will be done! But instead of immediately saying no to them, we agreed to pray.... We prayed about it, we discussed it with our family, and our girls were begging to do it. We were still somewhat reluctant. So, we gave it some more time and met with the agency. To make a long story longer, we looked at several of the girls that were applicants and found several that we ...

I have a few confessions to make today. I thought I'd share. 1. I confess that I hide candy bars in a secret place from my family. I know you are reading my blog. You will NEVER Find them!! Trust me.. NEVER. 2. I confess that I don't know what a podcast is. My hubby keeps talking about it and I have no clue. 3. I confess I don't always listen. I pretend to and I nod and comment even saying thing like "you're kidding? that's so funny." But, I have no idea what you just said. 4. I confess that I have an addiction to pens. I love them, I have a real problem with them, and I daily resist the urge to get more.

My Space Thought it might be interesting to see where it all happens. Oooooh.. you know, cuz “IT” is so important, so engaging, so absorbing, so fascinating, so…. Irrelevant. When I’m at work, which is basically from 9am – 3pm Mon-Fri, this is it. (Note: I’m not IN the photo, because, uh… I’m taking it!) Note: The candle burning is lemon chiffon - very yummy. The coffee cup is filled with the daily favorite - Cinnabon Flavored with vanilla carmel creamer! Wow... I didn't realize there were that many wires under there! Okay... this is the view out my wi ndow. Pretty blah today! I’d actually like to see your space too. Blog about it. Post a photo!

I subscribe to Money Magazine. I love to read it and glean advice and information, though I seldom heed the advice. I really ought to... Anyway, found an interesting article on blogs about money in the last edition. It was great. I checked out the blogs and they are all very interesting. You should read the article here . If you don't care too much about reading it, then you should AT THE VERY LEAST check out this blog . It IS STRANGELY ADDICTING...

There are so many things on my heart today… I wish I had more time in the day to just sit and think and talk to God about the things that are weighing me down.  Instead of examining them with God, I start to speak to Him and then the busyness of the moment pressures me to move on with the tasks at hand.  So I find myself often offering up abbreviated 30 second prayers.  Although I intend them to be a simple flash, a wink to Him, I wonder if He considers me hasty or sharp instead? Can God do for me what He did for the Israelites when they were fighting their enemies?  Cause the sun to stand still, for the day to be delayed? My day might not be as imperative to an entire nation doing God’s work. But what would it be like to have such a holy day with the Creator of the Universe?  Just me and God. I just wonder what it would be like…

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18 and find line 4. "Men also long for adventure "2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, what do you find? My husbands survey to complete on "Waterfowl hunting" in this state. 3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? The High School Musical rerun! 4. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? A pencil rustling as Abbers studies her history behind me. 5. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? Went to INSTE. 6. Before you started this survey, what did you look at? Charlotte's Blog - she was new to my site! I copied this from her! :) 7. What are you wearing? Jeans and a HOT HOT HOT sweater. 8. Did you dream last night? Doubt it. 9. When did you last laugh? at Joe in INSTE 10. What is on the walls of the room you are in? paint 11. Seen anything weird lately? not really 12. What do you think of this quiz? long 13. What is the last film you saw? can't remember. wow - that's ...