Comments for What I know so far http://jenweir.wordpress.com A happy heart is like good medicine Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Deck of Cards Challenge by Rachel Byers http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-deck-of-cards-challenge/#comment-36 Rachel Byers Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:05:54 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-36 Does a jumbo sized deck of cards count??? =) Does a jumbo sized deck of cards count??? =)

]]> Comment on A new season of blogging….. by Jeri Lyons...Olivia's Mom http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/a-new-season-of-blogging/#comment-33 Jeri Lyons...Olivia's Mom Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:03:59 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-33 I love reading your blogs! You give hope to those of us who fall into the pit of daily life. You have an ability to make even the most chaotic situation sound like a blast, and that there is something good in everything! I love reading your blogs! You give hope to those of us who fall into the pit of daily life. You have an ability to make even the most chaotic situation sound like a blast, and that there is something good in everything!

]]> Comment on A new season of blogging….. by April Solomon http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/a-new-season-of-blogging/#comment-32 April Solomon Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:20:57 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-32 OK, 2 blog entries in the last year (both in the same month), not too bad! Cute family pic, Canon still has the confused look, glad that didn't change this year, it's so cute! When you say you took them all out on Black Friday, you didn't go at 4 a.m. did you?? Then yes, I would say you're brave. You're such a sweet and fabulous mom and wife! OK, 2 blog entries in the last year (both in the same month), not too bad! Cute family pic, Canon still has the confused look, glad that didn’t change this year, it’s so cute! When you say you took them all out on Black Friday, you didn’t go at 4 a.m. did you?? Then yes, I would say you’re brave. You’re such a sweet and fabulous mom and wife!

]]> Comment on A new season of blogging….. by Chris Eder http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/a-new-season-of-blogging/#comment-31 Chris Eder Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:55:54 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-31 I just scanned through your blogs. Nice writing Jen...You need more pics. Maybe some cowbell too. If you want to remove yourself from the presure of buying the right gift, move to Europe. No Target...only internet. Merry Christmas. I just scanned through your blogs. Nice writing Jen…You need more pics. Maybe some cowbell too. If you want to remove yourself from the presure of buying the right gift, move to Europe. No Target…only internet. Merry Christmas.

]]> Comment on A new season of blogging….. by Gretchen http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/a-new-season-of-blogging/#comment-30 Gretchen Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:59:39 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-30 My friend, It's all about the giving and not all this getting. What I love about you. Remember how I said, "I don't want to take away the sweetness of this holiday." My friend,
It’s all about the giving and not all this getting. What I love about you.
Remember how I said, “I don’t want to take away the sweetness of this holiday.”

]]> Comment on The dreaded birthday party by jackie ross http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-dreaded-birthday-party/#comment-29 jackie ross Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:06:17 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-dreaded-birthday-party/#comment-29 I opened your email and then saw your blog and read this while eating my all bran and yogurt!!!! I hadn't realized that you had such an arches phobia! although the 3 year old hamburger REALLY IS very worrying! thanks for the smile you put on my face as i start my day! I opened your email and then saw your blog and read this while eating my all bran and yogurt!!!! I hadn’t realized that you had such an arches phobia! although the 3 year old hamburger REALLY IS very worrying! thanks for the smile you put on my face as i start my day!

]]> Comment on The dreaded birthday party by Just Me http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-dreaded-birthday-party/#comment-27 Just Me Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:15:31 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-dreaded-birthday-party/#comment-27 Ok- I too want to eat better and feed my family better. I started out small. Wheat this and organic that. I try to avoid hydrogenated yuck or processed muck. But Oh My Gosh- one can go crazy to avoid everything. But ya, that fast food stuff is really the scariest of them all. I mean really people have no idea what they are putting into their bodies. The puddle of grease in their mouth as they bite down should however tip them off. I mean really these people take better care of their cars then their bodies. A wash here, some oil there, and even a lovely scented tree to mask the lingering oders. Why don't people care for themsleves? I wonder? There are so many people out there that I would want to have a little pine tree around their neck if I could. So I keep trying to learn what all those words mean on the back of labels. We not there yet but we are on our way! Ok- I too want to eat better and feed my family better. I started out small. Wheat this and organic that. I try to avoid hydrogenated yuck or processed muck. But Oh My Gosh- one can go crazy to avoid everything. But ya, that fast food stuff is really the scariest of them all. I mean really people have no idea what they are putting into their bodies. The puddle of grease in their mouth as they bite down should however tip them off. I mean really these people take better care of their cars then their bodies. A wash here, some oil there, and even a lovely scented tree to mask the lingering oders. Why don’t people care for themsleves? I wonder? There are so many people out there that I would want to have a little pine tree around their neck if I could. So I keep trying to learn what all those words mean on the back of labels. We not there yet but we are on our way!

]]> Comment on The dreaded birthday party by Your Cousin http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-dreaded-birthday-party/#comment-26 Your Cousin Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:31:41 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/the-dreaded-birthday-party/#comment-26 Yummmy! Micky D's sounds wonderful right now. I think me, the wife, and the little one will go out and get some good vittles. Some nuggets for the little one, a few big macs--that's just for me, and for the little woman--5 double cheeseburgers with extra cheese. Hey, do they sell Nascar stuff there? I can kill 2 birds with one stone. Think of it this way, if you eat there once a year you are only partially contributing to the world's ozone depletion, forest deforestation (huh?) and the melting of the polar ice caps. What the heck everything is connected right? Congrats on the baby that is coming soon---another boy! Wowza! Hello to Marckq. Love and miss you...hope you are doing well. Kevie Yummmy! Micky D’s sounds wonderful right now. I think me, the wife, and the little one will go out and get some good vittles. Some nuggets for the little one, a few big macs–that’s just for me, and for the little woman–5 double cheeseburgers with extra cheese. Hey, do they sell Nascar stuff there? I can kill 2 birds with one stone.
Think of it this way, if you eat there once a year you are only partially contributing to the world’s ozone depletion, forest deforestation (huh?) and the melting of the polar ice caps. What the heck everything is connected right?

Congrats on the baby that is coming soon—another boy! Wowza!
Hello to Marckq.
Love and miss you…hope you are doing well.
Kevie

]]> Comment on Why have children anyway? by Pam http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/why-have-children-anyway/#comment-25 Pam Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:23:53 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/why-have-children-anyway/#comment-25 I was asked recently if I would do it all over again, knowing how hard it is to be a parent, knowing all the sacrifices that must be made. Without hesitation, my answer was "yes!" I don't even know why, really, except that maybe I have come to realize that the things that take me OUT of myself become the most amazing spiritual blessings of all. Why would I want to deny myself spiritual blessing for the sake of convenience and quiet? Besides, what can I say about my boys but "I just love them?" Amen, Jenn :-) I was asked recently if I would do it all over again, knowing how hard it is to be a parent, knowing all the sacrifices that must be made. Without hesitation, my answer was “yes!” I don’t even know why, really, except that maybe I have come to realize that the things that take me OUT of myself become the most amazing spiritual blessings of all. Why would I want to deny myself spiritual blessing for the sake of convenience and quiet? Besides, what can I say about my boys but “I just love them?” Amen, Jenn :-)

]]> Comment on Tough days by Pam http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/tough-days/#comment-24 Pam Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:20:19 +0000 http://jenweir.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/tough-days/#comment-24 When Sam was asked in preschool to define his mother's love, I anxiously waited for back to school night so that I could see the big revelation of my devotion and creativity, pictorially displayed for all to see. There were a few scibbly lines on a beautifully framed piece of paper and underneath the teacher had quoted Sam as saying "my mom loves me because she pushes me on the swing." I was a bit disappointed that night, but it has come back to me over the years that Sam knows love when I involve myself in his activity. I don't think Sam is so unique, either. Lately I have been meditating on I Corinthians 13 (you know the one!). I looked at Love is Kind today. Webster says "kind" is generous, gentle, friendly, sympathetic, tender-hearted. I summarized it for myself as being an action or attitude that looks outward with grace - it listens and then meets needs without thought of reward. You are a kind mother - and that, at the end of the day, pleases the Lord! When Sam was asked in preschool to define his mother’s love, I anxiously waited for back to school night so that I could see the big revelation of my devotion and creativity, pictorially displayed for all to see. There were a few scibbly lines on a beautifully framed piece of paper and underneath the teacher had quoted Sam as saying “my mom loves me because she pushes me on the swing.” I was a bit disappointed that night, but it has come back to me over the years that Sam knows love when I involve myself in his activity. I don’t think Sam is so unique, either. Lately I have been meditating on I Corinthians 13 (you know the one!). I looked at Love is Kind today. Webster says “kind” is generous, gentle, friendly, sympathetic, tender-hearted. I summarized it for myself as being an action or attitude that looks outward with grace – it listens and then meets needs without thought of reward. You are a kind mother – and that, at the end of the day, pleases the Lord!

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