Archive for the ‘Blogroll’ Category

• Five Books that Changed Who I am.

  Date: 2011.06.27 | Category: Blogroll, Christian, Life | Response: 1

  Princess Warrior Lessons has continued a linky/meme entitled Five Books that Changed who I am.
  Being a bookworm (this is the only name I actually respond to when stuck in a book), I have been influenced and effected by many books, but there are a handful of books that have changed who I am.  Of course there is the Bible, this is the living Word of God and it helps to change me who I am daily, this is a given, but there are more.

  First – Search for Significance.  I have re-read this book and could not see what I found so amazing.  Perhaps the Holy Spirit used it to speak things to me that I’d never heard before, even though they were said.  I truly believed I was a child of God (although saved by grace for many years) when I read it.

  Second – Bondage Breaker.  This book took me and people in my family through things that needed to be healed.  It helped to break chains that were invisible, but tangible.

  Third – What the Bible says about Healthy LIving.  This book took me through the facts that God gave us foods to eat and there are things in the world that shouldn’t be eaten.  I believe that there are foods in the world that can make people sick.  This book put me on the path to finding out that I had an allergy to milk proteins.

  Fourth – Five Love Languages.  This book helped me to understand how I give and receive love.  It has helped me to identify how my family gives and receives love and so helped to strengthen my relationships with them.

  Fifth – Created to be his Help Meet.  (Update – 29/10/11 – I no longer agree with the overall message of this book please see this post.

  http://larissaquinn.com/blog/2011/10/29/books-books-books/

  This book clearly outlines what is means to be a wife, no matter what type of husband you have.  It has blessed my marriage and helped me to understand that the earthly relationship of husband and wife truly is a reflection of Christs relationship with His church.

  So there are my five that have truly changed who I am because they’ve taught me things I didn’t know and shown me how to change my ways.

  If you want to join in click here.

• Some of my regular reads

  Date: 2011.04.15 | Category: Blogroll | Response: 0

  For today’s post I thought I’d introduce you to some of the blogs I read regularly.  There are aspects to these different blogs that appeal to me, I don’t agree with 100% of the content on any of them.  Some of the reasons I read are encouragement in my faith, healthy living, simple living, minimalism (I find it facinating) and tiny houses.  There are also some blogs I find interesting simply because where they live or how they live is so different to me.  Enjoy.

  The PASSION Blog Encouraging People on their Journey of Faith and Life in Christ

  Down To Earth A Blog about the Quality of Life

  Be More with Less Life on Purpose

  Choosing Raw Celebrating a Nourishing and Compassionate Lifestyle

  The Tiny House Blog Living Simply in Small Spaces

  :mnmlist

  The Duck Herder

• My Blog

  Date: 2010.08.12 | Category: Blogroll, Life | Response: 0

  I am enjoying having a theme that I like. I just need to get into the meta and update my blogroll and other windows on the side. I don’t think I’ve read any of those blogs in a long time. Since discovering RSS feeds I do my reading through them. Let me list a few of my more recent blogs that I read.

  Dave.Quinn.Online

  down—to—earth

  Sparkling Adventures

  :mnmlist

  miss minimalist

  MY ZERO WASTE

  bensrib

  Beyond Church Walls

  Pure Christianity

  Suburban Jubilee

  Secret Hippie

  Lifestream Blog

  Our Daily Bread

  I hope you enjoy some of my daily readings, some of these are like good friends, especially the ones who blog almost daily.  I guess this is a kind of snapshot of where I’m at at the moment.  Exploring minimalism (without the spiritual side of it) to the degree of right-sizing our possessions not down to a certain number or anything extreme.  Starting being more aware of what needs to be recycled in the household, helped by information of just where our rubbish ends up.  Enjoying simple living and simple faith in Christ.

• I found treasure!

  Date: 2009.04.24 | Category: Blogroll, Friends, Home Tips, Life | Response: 0

  I found a treasure yesterday.  I value personal achievement and striving for what is best for you.  My new found treasure is a blog.  The central theme is Living a simple life.  The sub-title at the top is

  We discuss vegetable and fruit gardening, slowing down and being mindful, cooking simple food, keeping chickens and worms, composting, green cleaning, stockpiling and preserving, living well on a small amount of money, working within the community and how to change the habits of a consumer to those of a conserver.

  Rhonda Jean uses friendly conversation with bits of life journal to convey to younger people (and others) how to find your own brand of simple living.  She intersperses her posts with photos of her home including her garden and crafts. I find it very inspiring, and so do all the readers.  She welcomes comments and replies in a bit of a forum threadlike fashion.

  She posts on the idea of simple living from time to time as well as what she is doing.  Below is an excerpt from one of her posts.

  Whatever your circumstances are, you can fashion a life that will simplify your daily tasks, help you nurture yourself and your family and lead you to discover that a simple life is like a patchwork – it’s pieced together slowly, unpicked sometimes, composed of a mish-mash of colours and textures and is different for everyone, depending on the fabric of your life. But when one stands back from a completed patchwork, it’s complexity becomes apparent. It’s no longer pieces of this and that, it builds into a functional piece that gives warmth, beauty and comfort.

  If you like the idea of slowing down and jumping off the neverending treadmill of the ratrace, no matter where you are, take the time to read her blog.  It will be well worth it.

  Down To Earth – Rhonda Jean

  Excerpt from “Not the step-by-step guide to simple living”

• Fun 8 Things Meme

  Date: 2009.04.16 | Category: Blogroll, Fun and Trivia | Response: 3

  8 Things I am Looking Forward To:
  

  1. Fitting comfortably into clothes I am too big for yet and love.
  2. Having more freedom to travel (pet committments).
  3. The weather cooling down more so I can wear jumpers.
  4. The second stage of a blanket I am crocheting which I’ve never done before (I’ve crocheted a blanket before, just not in this pattern!).
  5. Trying out new soups and casseroles this winter.
  6. Going down to Perth and seeing some movies in the near future.
  7. Getting out and walking more in the cooler weather.
  8. Teaching the kids the next few years in school, it’s an interesting time.

  8 Things I Did Yesterday:

  1. Walked on the Merredin Peak trail.

  2. Had takeaway for the second time this year (subway).

  3. Had an iced coffee (bought).

  4. Checked out www.simplesavings.com.au and www.facebook.com

  5. read the 16page local paper (no news is good news!)

  6. did a load of washing, not essential, but one a day keeps mount washmore away!

  7. watched fav tv shows – spicks and specks and gruen transfer

  8. watched MIL do some spontaneous weeding!!!

  8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

  1. smell/breathe through nose
  2. fit size 10-12 clothes
  3. play the guitar/piano really well
  4. afford to own a large property
  5. have the energy to run a large property
  6. afford to own horses to put on a large property
  7. make enough money to live on whilst doing something i love
  8. not eat chocolate or drink coffee

  8 Shows I Watch:
  

  1. news
  2. spicks and specks
  3. gruen transfer
  4. all saints
  5. packed to the rafters
  6. how i met your mother
  7. australias got talent
  8. domestic blitz

  8 People I Tag:

  feel free to consider yourself tagged and just pop a note in the comments .

• Fishing

  Date: 2009.02.03 | Category: Bible, Blogroll, Christian, God, Life, Scripture, Uncategorized | Response: 1

  My husband and I agree on most things.  We are one of those couples who just don’t fight.  I think I remember under 10 in our nearly 13 years of marriage.  We have similar opinions on things that matter which makes us compatible.  We have different interests which cause us to have different things to bring into the marriage. We have been gifted differently by God and I let Dave do the things he’s good at as he lets me do the things I’m good at.  However there is one thing I’m not that good at, that Dave is good at that I have to do.  Fish.

  One thing, and he’ll agree with you, that I just don’t “get” and don’t really want to try is boats and fishing.  I’ve heard people go on about boats like they’re high performance sports cars or something.  They all look the same to me and unless it’s a HUGE thing I’m not going on it.

  Fish.  I used to have a love/hate relationship with fish.  I used to love to hate them (as food, as animals I adore them).  Now my palate has matured some and I can appreciate some fish, as long as there are no bones about to attack my throat.  Deep sea, cold water are my faves – tuna, salmon and sardines.

  Now I can appreciate fishermen, they’re great, they get the catch in.  It’s not my job and I’m glad.  However Jesus taught that we would be fishers of men.  Dave is a natural “fisher of men”.  I’m not.  I mustn’t let my attitude be the same as that.  I can’t sit and say,  the evangelists will do the hard, often frustrating work of “getting the catch in”.  It’s not my job.  I mustn’t fool myself into thinking it’s not something I should do because God requires everyone to fulfill the great commission. Matthew 28:18-20

  Dave wrote a great post about this the other day.  Please read it and be encouraged.

• 7 dollars 7 days

  Date: 2009.01.23 | Category: Blogroll, Christian, Widows and Orphans | Response: 2

  I read about this over at “Inside Cha’s Head” (thanks Cha!)

  All I could say was “Wow”.

  Please read then think about our responsibility as one of the richest societies in the world.

  7 dollars 7 days

• Shrinking the Camel

  Date: 2009.01.03 | Category: Bible, Blogroll, Christian, God, Life, Photos, Scripture | Response: 2

  As I was reading through my blogroll this morning I noticed the title of a blog on the side of one – Shrinking the Camel.  Immediately my mind sprang to the verse

  Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Luke 18:24-26

  This blog is about “Connecting Spiritual Life with Business Life” but what got me was the great banner picture.  Please go and take a look.

• Getting to know me ~ Christmas Edition!

  Date: 2008.12.24 | Category: Blogroll, Fun and Trivia, Life | Response: 2

  Getting to know me ~ Christmas Edition! (thank you Melissa for tagging anyone!)
  

  1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper and gift tags so you know who they are for.

  2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial, considered none this year and only using a Jesse Tree, but couldn’t not have one!

  3. When do you put up the tree? 1^st December as is tradition in our family

  4. When do you take the tree down? I usually don’t get much past Boxing Day…it’s over!

  5. Do you like egg nog? Used to, but don’t drink milk anymore (and never actually had it on Christmas, it’s more a filling drink for colder times of the year.

  6. Favorite gift received as a child? I don’t remember.

  7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, it’s a small one that seems to change positions each day! (the kids do that!)

  8. Hardest person to buy for? Everyone but the girls…we all have too much and don’t need anything else.

  9. Easiest person to buy for? The kids, they often tell me through the year what they want!

  10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Usually email, (more environmentally friendly) but I found a pack of cards I must have bought sometime and sent a few paper cards this year for the first time in a few years.

  11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don’t remember.

  12. Favorite Christmas movie(s) “Jesus” by Campus Crusade for Christ (please come back and click on this link after you’ve read the rest of my answers)

  13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I usually start through the year, pick things up when I’m down in Perth and stash them away.

  14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Is this saying re-gifting? If so, no, I think it’s really rude. If it means given it away to a charity like Good Sammy’s yes, I declutter often and you can’t keep everything forever.

  15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Christmas day I enjoy the pudding with custard and before Christmas I like to have a candy cane or three. Other than that the ham is probably the only staple that makes it Christmas.

  16. Clear or colored Christmas lights? I don’t use lights but enjoy everyone elses when I see them.

  17. Favorite Christmas song(s)? Away in a Manger I have loved all my life, but as I’ve gotten older, I like O Holy Night.

  18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? This year everyone is coming to us. Each year we take turns to “do” Christmas. We never traipse about as everyone gets along, there are no big egos competing saying it “has” to be done the same every year and all suffer!

  19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? No.

  20. Angel on the tree top or a star? A star.

  21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning.

  22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The commercialization and materialism. That it is about Christ seems to never be highlighted…except on the bloggersphere! Well done guys!

  23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Last year I was heavy on the blue and gold decorations (on the tree) this year, I’m leaning toward read. My alltime fav is green, red and gold, those colours say Christmas to me.

  24. Favorite dinner for Christmas? Dinner is always leftovers, usually if anyone is hungry. This year lunch will be cold meats and salad because of the weather, so we may be more hungry, possibly!

  25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Peace and happiness.

  26. Do you bake lots of goodies during the holidays? No usually, too hot. My family used to make shortbread traditionally, but it hasn’t seemed to survived. It is one thing I envy the Northern Hemisphere for, it must be nice to be rugged up, eating yummy baked goodies and sipping a hot cuppa.

  27. Do you decorate different rooms of your home? The lounge usually has the tree and I put tinsel and pretty bows around the kitchen and entry, the door has a little something, that’s about it.

  28. What decorations do you put outside? None. Less to pull down afterwards.

  29. How do you spend Christmas Eve? We usually watch the Carols on telly.

  30. Is Christmas your favorite holiday? No, I much prefer Easter, Christmas is the run up to that.
  
  I tag whoever wants to participate! You can leave me a comment to let me know that you have answered the questions on your blog then I can read yours and get to know you!

  Merry Christmas

  

• Christmas is for Celebrating…what should we celebrate?

  Date: 2008.12.23 | Category: Blogroll, God, Life | Response: 1

  Today I was reading my blogroll and came across a sad true story of a security guard who lost his life, doing his job.  It was the day after Thanksgiving in America in a Walmart shop where people had been queueing all night to buy heavily discounted items.  The guard was trampled to death by people rushing to buy things.  These things may have been necessary for some people’s existance, like new white goods or warm clothes.  In reality most of the items being bought are probably Christmas gifts for family and friends who really don’t need them or just more things for themselves.

  What have we come to that a life can be taken while people are stampeding to buy more?
  Its an addiction to stuff that needs to be fed.

  Christmas is a time for giving and sharing, but empty meaningless gifts are not what it is about.  We should be celebrating and sharing the true gift of Jesus’ birth into this world so that He could save us from greed, envy and every other sin that we have all committed.  Believe on the name of Jesus and be saved.