Be sure to check out my photos from this morning on Robin's Reports.
Robin's Reports - Irene
I took the fishermen over to see the waves.
Our prayers go out to those of you who will meet Irene head-on. She's very big & powerful.
Blessings,
Robin
Friday, August 26, 2011
IRENE
by Robin
Be sure to check out my photos from this morning on Robin's Reports.
Robin's Reports - Irene
I took the fishermen over to see the waves.
Our prayers go out to those of you who will meet Irene head-on. She's very big & powerful.
Blessings,
Robin
Be sure to check out my photos from this morning on Robin's Reports.
Robin's Reports - Irene
I took the fishermen over to see the waves.
Our prayers go out to those of you who will meet Irene head-on. She's very big & powerful.
Blessings,
Robin
Saturday, August 6, 2011
SHADOWS
by Robin
The other day, I needed to clear my mind. I couldn't think of a better way to do it than walk for miles on the beach. For whatever reason, all the blood flow leaves my brain, heading to my muscles and it leaves space for God to get in my mind. (or something like that) I have great revelations when I exercise.
Anyhow, as I was happening along, step-by-step, I noticed all the beautiful footprints and tracks made in the sand. So many lives, people and purposes. God creates each one unique.
Then, I noticed my shadow. I am a very short person. I barely reach over 5' at the doctor's office. However, the sun was setting and my shadow probably 20' long. Wow, wouldn't it be nice to have a few of those extra inches to help me stand taller.
It hit me as I kept my pace, pondering shadows, earlier in my Bible study on Zechariah, in the commentary, was how God sees us verses how the world sees us. We have to keep in mind that we are who God sees us to be. We also have to be careful not to fall victim into how other's see us.
For example, I am 5' 1" and that's the exact number God sees, but depending on how I walk with Christ (the Sun-Son), other people can see me smaller, with only a 1 foot shadow, or bigger, with a 20 ft. shadow. Either way, it is a distortion of the Truth of who I am in Christ.
I think it is important to get to know people's hearts and develop good relationships with them rather than judging them for the shadows they cast.
Don't be a shadow! Be who Christ made you to be.
The other day, I needed to clear my mind. I couldn't think of a better way to do it than walk for miles on the beach. For whatever reason, all the blood flow leaves my brain, heading to my muscles and it leaves space for God to get in my mind. (or something like that) I have great revelations when I exercise.
Anyhow, as I was happening along, step-by-step, I noticed all the beautiful footprints and tracks made in the sand. So many lives, people and purposes. God creates each one unique.
Then, I noticed my shadow. I am a very short person. I barely reach over 5' at the doctor's office. However, the sun was setting and my shadow probably 20' long. Wow, wouldn't it be nice to have a few of those extra inches to help me stand taller.
It hit me as I kept my pace, pondering shadows, earlier in my Bible study on Zechariah, in the commentary, was how God sees us verses how the world sees us. We have to keep in mind that we are who God sees us to be. We also have to be careful not to fall victim into how other's see us.
For example, I am 5' 1" and that's the exact number God sees, but depending on how I walk with Christ (the Sun-Son), other people can see me smaller, with only a 1 foot shadow, or bigger, with a 20 ft. shadow. Either way, it is a distortion of the Truth of who I am in Christ.
I think it is important to get to know people's hearts and develop good relationships with them rather than judging them for the shadows they cast.
Don't be a shadow! Be who Christ made you to be.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
OLIVE TREES
by Robin
Today, I was doing my daily study in the Bible. I'm on my 5th book of the year and it is a hard one. ZECHARIAH!!!!! Zechariah was a minor prophet and he had visions!! Complicated ones!!
I was doing my best to understand the vision of the lampstands & olive trees inspite of a headache. I'm so thankful for http://www.biblegateway.com/ for all the blessed links to resources (commentary & dictionaries). I looked up the symbolism for each of the items in the chapter. I found this wonderful definition for olive trees in the Easton Bible Dictionary.
(Also, olives remind me of a friend of mine who absolutely loves black olives.)
Olive-tree is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:11). It is mentioned among the most notable trees of Palestine, where it was cultivated long before the time of the Hebrews (Deut. 6:11; 8:8). It is mentioned in the first Old Testament parable, that of Jotham (Judg. 9:9), and is named among the blessings of the "good land," and is at the present day the one characteristic tree of Palestine. The oldest olive-trees in the country are those which are enclosed in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is referred to as an emblem of prosperity and beauty and religious privilege (Ps. 52:8; Jer. 11:16; Hos. 14:6). The two "witnesses" mentioned in Rev. 11:4 are spoken of as "two olive trees standing before the God of the earth." (Comp. Zech. 4:3, 11-14.)
The "olive-tree, wild by nature" (Rom. 11:24), is the shoot or cutting of the good olive-tree which, left ungrafted, grows up to be a "wild olive." In Rom. 11:17 Paul refers to the practice of grafting shoots of the wild olive into a "good" olive which has become unfruitful. By such a process the sap of the good olive, by pervading the branch which is "graffed in," makes it a good branch, bearing good olives. Thus the Gentiles, being a "wild olive," but now "graffed in," yield fruit, but only through the sap of the tree into which they have been graffed. This is a process "contrary to nature" (11:24).
How important it is to be grafted into the family of God, bearing good fruit in one's life.
Today, I was doing my daily study in the Bible. I'm on my 5th book of the year and it is a hard one. ZECHARIAH!!!!! Zechariah was a minor prophet and he had visions!! Complicated ones!!
I was doing my best to understand the vision of the lampstands & olive trees inspite of a headache. I'm so thankful for http://www.biblegateway.com/ for all the blessed links to resources (commentary & dictionaries). I looked up the symbolism for each of the items in the chapter. I found this wonderful definition for olive trees in the Easton Bible Dictionary.(Also, olives remind me of a friend of mine who absolutely loves black olives.)
Olive-tree is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:11). It is mentioned among the most notable trees of Palestine, where it was cultivated long before the time of the Hebrews (Deut. 6:11; 8:8). It is mentioned in the first Old Testament parable, that of Jotham (Judg. 9:9), and is named among the blessings of the "good land," and is at the present day the one characteristic tree of Palestine. The oldest olive-trees in the country are those which are enclosed in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is referred to as an emblem of prosperity and beauty and religious privilege (Ps. 52:8; Jer. 11:16; Hos. 14:6). The two "witnesses" mentioned in Rev. 11:4 are spoken of as "two olive trees standing before the God of the earth." (Comp. Zech. 4:3, 11-14.)The "olive-tree, wild by nature" (Rom. 11:24), is the shoot or cutting of the good olive-tree which, left ungrafted, grows up to be a "wild olive." In Rom. 11:17 Paul refers to the practice of grafting shoots of the wild olive into a "good" olive which has become unfruitful. By such a process the sap of the good olive, by pervading the branch which is "graffed in," makes it a good branch, bearing good olives. Thus the Gentiles, being a "wild olive," but now "graffed in," yield fruit, but only through the sap of the tree into which they have been graffed. This is a process "contrary to nature" (11:24).
How important it is to be grafted into the family of God, bearing good fruit in one's life.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
RING POPS for READING
by Robin
With some inspiration from my awesome friend, Renee and a slight family twist on it, we came up with our own specialize reading program. Book IT is wonderful and I highly recommend it. However, it stops at a certain grade level and sometimes those little pizzas aren't enough incentive for a growing young man.
So, you ask me...... what is incentive?? RING POPS!!! This child grew up with the ability to sniff out sugar in a room while he was still in diapers. He picked his own reward and I bought a case of them.
Below is a picture of his first book report of the year with his first Ring Pop. We followed our IEW (Institute of Excellence in Writing) rules and he gave me a paragraph filled with creative adverbs, strong verbs and quality adjectives.
How are you encouraging your student to read this year? I'd love to hear from you.
Blessings,
Robin
With some inspiration from my awesome friend, Renee and a slight family twist on it, we came up with our own specialize reading program. Book IT is wonderful and I highly recommend it. However, it stops at a certain grade level and sometimes those little pizzas aren't enough incentive for a growing young man.
So, you ask me...... what is incentive?? RING POPS!!! This child grew up with the ability to sniff out sugar in a room while he was still in diapers. He picked his own reward and I bought a case of them.
Below is a picture of his first book report of the year with his first Ring Pop. We followed our IEW (Institute of Excellence in Writing) rules and he gave me a paragraph filled with creative adverbs, strong verbs and quality adjectives.
How are you encouraging your student to read this year? I'd love to hear from you.
Blessings,
Robin
Monday, August 1, 2011
SHARK WEEK & 15 yrs old!!
by Robin
I thought I'd honor both occasions by combing them in 1 picture. Seven years ago, my birthday boy was holding a baby bonnet-hammerhead. My, how he has grown into a fine young (fisher)man.
Don't forget to watch Shark Week on Discovery!!
Birthday pictures forthcoming!!
Robin
I thought I'd honor both occasions by combing them in 1 picture. Seven years ago, my birthday boy was holding a baby bonnet-hammerhead. My, how he has grown into a fine young (fisher)man.
Don't forget to watch Shark Week on Discovery!!
Birthday pictures forthcoming!!
Robin
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Raising Snipers......er...Fishermen
by Robin
I'm not sure how we went from waterguns to Red Ryders and machine gun nerfs, but here we are.
This is my mission field. Boys on forts with play guns.
Somehow I have to tame their passion into something useful and teachable for life. It also gives me challenges for learning my new photo editing program. I like the above photo with the added brick background for a more modern warfare look.
Then, my Simon Peter asks me if I can do snow. I don't know??? So, we rummage through some new buttons and low-n-behold.... we have snow!!! This photo was taken in 90 degree heat.
I guess I know the future of my photography projects will now be taking pictures of my boys in camo & nerf gear. LOL
Have a blessed day!
Robin
I'm not sure how we went from waterguns to Red Ryders and machine gun nerfs, but here we are.
This is my mission field. Boys on forts with play guns.
Somehow I have to tame their passion into something useful and teachable for life. It also gives me challenges for learning my new photo editing program. I like the above photo with the added brick background for a more modern warfare look.
Then, my Simon Peter asks me if I can do snow. I don't know??? So, we rummage through some new buttons and low-n-behold.... we have snow!!! This photo was taken in 90 degree heat.
I guess I know the future of my photography projects will now be taking pictures of my boys in camo & nerf gear. LOL
Have a blessed day!
Robin
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Aunts, not Ants
by Robin
My sister, Christine & her girls, came to our house the 2nd weekend of July and then Jack's sister came the 3rd weekend. It was a lot of fun with everyone. I didn't have time to play with all the pictures, but at least I have posted something up so you know why my month flew by without me blogging much.
Aunt Christine - my older sister. Don't believe her if she tries to claim being younger than me.
Cousins
1st Day - we went bowling.
This may become my Halloween profile pic on Facebook. ha ha We laughed our heads off at the bowling alley. Literally.
Simon Peter & my eldest niece are 60 hrs apart in age. The younger two are 6 months apart.
Day 2 - They went over to Universal Studios, but came back for more torture on Day 3. My fishermen challenged my niece to a hot sauce face-off on smoked oysters.
Don't feel too bad for her. She was greatly rewarded with S'Mores. Actually, we all were. Yum!
Parting shots as they continue on their journey through the great state of Florida.
The next generation of "Lemon Sister". That was our (me, my 2 sister & 1 cousin) nickname when we were young girls.
A few days later, Aunt Sandi flew in to town and we took her the next morning to go fishing. She's gonna kill me for posting up her smallest fish of the day. LOL. She did catch nice keeper fish, but that will have to be over on the fishing blog. Truth is, we all caught little ones like this (but there is no proof).
Day 3, we took her to church with us, then to the movies and then has dinner out at Rusty's. They have wonderful waterside seating. I snapped this pic outside the restaurant. Jack loves his sister.
Day 4 - We ate too good. Here is lunch. Yes, that is slaw under the fish. It was delicious!! I found an excellent dairy-free slaw recipe and I'm sticking with that.
Goofy people!!! I don't know them.
Quickly followed by dinner a few hours later.
Day 5 - We couldn't hardly eat. LOL. It was time to put Aunt Sandi back on a plane. I'm sure her own family missed her terribly. Captain made sure he let her know how much he loved her.
Aunt Sandi liked to read at night and Captain liked staying by her side. They bonded so well, I thought maybe he was going to fly out with her.
At least Tiki is still faithful to me. ha ha.
So, this is what I have been doing this month. Today, is Jack's birthday so we will celebrate it with him.
God bless & have a wonderful weekend.
Robin
My sister, Christine & her girls, came to our house the 2nd weekend of July and then Jack's sister came the 3rd weekend. It was a lot of fun with everyone. I didn't have time to play with all the pictures, but at least I have posted something up so you know why my month flew by without me blogging much.
Aunt Christine - my older sister. Don't believe her if she tries to claim being younger than me.
Cousins
1st Day - we went bowling.
This may become my Halloween profile pic on Facebook. ha ha We laughed our heads off at the bowling alley. Literally.
Simon Peter & my eldest niece are 60 hrs apart in age. The younger two are 6 months apart.
Day 2 - They went over to Universal Studios, but came back for more torture on Day 3. My fishermen challenged my niece to a hot sauce face-off on smoked oysters.
Don't feel too bad for her. She was greatly rewarded with S'Mores. Actually, we all were. Yum!
Parting shots as they continue on their journey through the great state of Florida.
The next generation of "Lemon Sister". That was our (me, my 2 sister & 1 cousin) nickname when we were young girls.
A few days later, Aunt Sandi flew in to town and we took her the next morning to go fishing. She's gonna kill me for posting up her smallest fish of the day. LOL. She did catch nice keeper fish, but that will have to be over on the fishing blog. Truth is, we all caught little ones like this (but there is no proof).
Day 3, we took her to church with us, then to the movies and then has dinner out at Rusty's. They have wonderful waterside seating. I snapped this pic outside the restaurant. Jack loves his sister.
Day 4 - We ate too good. Here is lunch. Yes, that is slaw under the fish. It was delicious!! I found an excellent dairy-free slaw recipe and I'm sticking with that.
Goofy people!!! I don't know them.
Quickly followed by dinner a few hours later.
Day 5 - We couldn't hardly eat. LOL. It was time to put Aunt Sandi back on a plane. I'm sure her own family missed her terribly. Captain made sure he let her know how much he loved her.
Aunt Sandi liked to read at night and Captain liked staying by her side. They bonded so well, I thought maybe he was going to fly out with her.
At least Tiki is still faithful to me. ha ha.
So, this is what I have been doing this month. Today, is Jack's birthday so we will celebrate it with him.
God bless & have a wonderful weekend.
Robin
Thursday, July 14, 2011
BLESSED
by Robin
I blogged once that we had put in new roses into my front gardens to replace the dead bushes killed in the freeze. Well, they are putting out some gorgeous blooms. So pretty, I just had to post them up once again.
While I played around with the background and added a sweet quote from Camille, the actual color on the rose is the true color. It is coral pink on this bush and they're GORGEOUS!!! This bush was the last of all of them to put out roses because it stayed in shock for so long.
I am so blessed to have seen the beauty that was to come once the roots began to grow.
I think it is a reminder to all of us that we are blessed if we are patient with the things & people around us. The world tells us to throw away the less than perfect people & things in our lives. God shows us how blessed we are to have them. God doesn't make junk. He has a purpose in everything.
God bless,
Robin
I blogged once that we had put in new roses into my front gardens to replace the dead bushes killed in the freeze. Well, they are putting out some gorgeous blooms. So pretty, I just had to post them up once again.
While I played around with the background and added a sweet quote from Camille, the actual color on the rose is the true color. It is coral pink on this bush and they're GORGEOUS!!! This bush was the last of all of them to put out roses because it stayed in shock for so long.
I am so blessed to have seen the beauty that was to come once the roots began to grow.
I think it is a reminder to all of us that we are blessed if we are patient with the things & people around us. The world tells us to throw away the less than perfect people & things in our lives. God shows us how blessed we are to have them. God doesn't make junk. He has a purpose in everything.
God bless,
Robin
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
WHAT DO FISHERMEN DRINK??
by Robin
Have a blessed day!
Robin
PS: Two more days until Jack's sister arrives.
Have a blessed day!
Robin
PS: Two more days until Jack's sister arrives.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
30 YEARS OF SPACE SHUTTLES
by Robin
And some of the best minds ever compiled into an amazing project. Well done!!
I can't believe it is over.
Thank you & God bless everyone in the shuttle family.
Robin
And some of the best minds ever compiled into an amazing project. Well done!!
I can't believe it is over.
Thank you & God bless everyone in the shuttle family.
Robin
Saturday, July 9, 2011
SHUTTLE DINNER
by Robin
This is what we fishermen ate for dinner last night. It's a family recipe that I varied a little bit to make dairy-free (no parmesian for me).
God bless,
Robin
This is what we fishermen ate for dinner last night. It's a family recipe that I varied a little bit to make dairy-free (no parmesian for me).
God bless,
Robin
SHUTTLE REPORT
by Robin
Shuttle pictures here
Please don't forget to catch the photos & report of the last shuttle, Atlantis, going up.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Shuttle pictures here
Please don't forget to catch the photos & report of the last shuttle, Atlantis, going up.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Monday, July 4, 2011
HAPPY 4th of JULY
We went out fishing last night, as a family. The sunset gave me such awesome pictures for the upcoming blogs. We stopped off for a little take-out dinner (dock-side) at Grills. While I was there, I snapped these photos as the sun set behind the charter boats.
My niece did a little overlay because I was so sad that I couldn't capture the fireworks we saw in a distance about 30 minutes later. She helped me combine the two memories into one stunning photo.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
SUMMER!!
by Robin
I'm not sure where the time has flow as I've been away from blogging. We finished out the school year with awesome grades and test scores.
I've gone to multiple homeschool book sales. This one was in Orlando at Circle Christian. It's like a massive Black Friday sale for homeschool moms. I found many good deals here.
Mom and Dad visited us last week. I was so glad that Jack had taken an extra day off of work so he could see them more too. We ate very, very well and I'll have to blog more about the food another day.
The garden is ever growing, needing weeding and harvesting of vegetables before the critters get in there to eat my food.
Today, the boys and I pulled & stored seeds from coriander (cilantro), parsley, sunflowers, sweet basil and boxwood basil. I also grabbed a few jalapenos, sweet bell pepper, tomatos, 2 onions and there a handful of banana peppers ready for pulling when I get the hankerin'.
A raccoon made his home in my back yard a couple nights in a row. Thank goodness I have chihuahuas that chased him away. The squirrels did their best to eat all the tops of my sunflowers for the seeds. That's another reason why I pulled them, dried them for a week and stored the seed. I'm thinking I may create a fall crop of sunflowers for the table.
We've done some swimming, but not as much as I'd like. The beaches had jellyfish on them, but I believe they're finally gone. Our street seems to be filled with boys and they travel from one house to another throughout the day. It seems odd to be home without them.
Dad and Jack fished one week and caught only a small mahi and barracuda. A week later, we went trolling and came home with 3 mahi and 1 wahoo, which all went into the freezer.
In a week, I have my youngest going off to camp for a week. This is going to be so hard on ME (not him). He's never been away from home without us. He's looking forward to it. I'm going to spend my time painting his bedroom. I've been saying I was going to do it now for 4 years. We took inventory of what was useable out in the shed (i.e. brushes, wall paper remover & primer).
In July, we have two more sets of company coming (yeah) and the LAST shuttle (Atlantis) will lift off. So sad.
I am going to do my best to find the time to bring you updates from time to time. I thought once summer hit I would have all this free time, but I don't. Of course, it may possibly be because I'm sleeping in longer. ha ha.
Blessings,
Robin
I'm not sure where the time has flow as I've been away from blogging. We finished out the school year with awesome grades and test scores.
I've gone to multiple homeschool book sales. This one was in Orlando at Circle Christian. It's like a massive Black Friday sale for homeschool moms. I found many good deals here.
Mom and Dad visited us last week. I was so glad that Jack had taken an extra day off of work so he could see them more too. We ate very, very well and I'll have to blog more about the food another day.
The garden is ever growing, needing weeding and harvesting of vegetables before the critters get in there to eat my food.
Today, the boys and I pulled & stored seeds from coriander (cilantro), parsley, sunflowers, sweet basil and boxwood basil. I also grabbed a few jalapenos, sweet bell pepper, tomatos, 2 onions and there a handful of banana peppers ready for pulling when I get the hankerin'.
A raccoon made his home in my back yard a couple nights in a row. Thank goodness I have chihuahuas that chased him away. The squirrels did their best to eat all the tops of my sunflowers for the seeds. That's another reason why I pulled them, dried them for a week and stored the seed. I'm thinking I may create a fall crop of sunflowers for the table.
We've done some swimming, but not as much as I'd like. The beaches had jellyfish on them, but I believe they're finally gone. Our street seems to be filled with boys and they travel from one house to another throughout the day. It seems odd to be home without them.
Dad and Jack fished one week and caught only a small mahi and barracuda. A week later, we went trolling and came home with 3 mahi and 1 wahoo, which all went into the freezer.
In a week, I have my youngest going off to camp for a week. This is going to be so hard on ME (not him). He's never been away from home without us. He's looking forward to it. I'm going to spend my time painting his bedroom. I've been saying I was going to do it now for 4 years. We took inventory of what was useable out in the shed (i.e. brushes, wall paper remover & primer).
In July, we have two more sets of company coming (yeah) and the LAST shuttle (Atlantis) will lift off. So sad.
I am going to do my best to find the time to bring you updates from time to time. I thought once summer hit I would have all this free time, but I don't. Of course, it may possibly be because I'm sleeping in longer. ha ha.
Blessings,
Robin
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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