I Love Moodles!

In reference to this post, where I wonder aloud what I should call the guys that follow GM

Bookmark this post, because someday when I'm as famous as P-Widdy or Matt & Maddie you'll say "I remember the post when DeMo helped Lins name her menfolk followers."

Today is a red-letter day. It is the birth date of the Moodle. Man Poodles. I do believe that it has a certain ring to it.

Snorgs to all you Moodles & Poodles (but not to the Joodles,)

I'm a Winner! No, Really!

I'm a winner! Really. I'm not just being cute. Well...I'm always cute, what I mean is I'm not just playing around.

Kaitlin over at Life of a Busy Wife had an amazing giveaway that ended last night. She was giving away a blog make-over from Krizzy Designs.

*Note: If you've never been over to Kaitlin's place or Krizzy Designs' page you really need to check them out! Go ahead. I'll wait for you to come back......done? Cute, huh?*

At any rate, I threw my name in the hat for the blog make-over, but I expected my terrible-at-contest-winning luck to hold out and never hear any more about it. Well imagine my surprise when I get this post on my Facebook wall this morning from my IRL blogger sista, DeMo.

DeMo: Dude! You won something! Congrats!
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I had to sort through my Google Reader - because well, I enter a lot of giveaways - but once I sorted through my 54 new items I found this!

I won! I won a make-over for Goodbye, Martha! No more "coffee talk" layout for you, Martha...you're going to be a whole new woman soon!

Stay tuned for the changes, I plan to keep you all posted on the process!

Thanks a million to Kaitlin for the great giveaway and thanks in advance to Krystyn at Krizzy Designs for what I know will be a great make-over!












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Listening to: Tenth Avenue North - Let It Go

First of (Hopefully) Many!

The ever foxy, always domestic Lil' Woman of Little Woman, Little Home gave me this award, and I'm ever so thankful! Thanks Lil' Woman!!


Head on over to her blog and be sure to find pictures of Big Man and their new pad. OH! And Martha Mondays...always good!

In keeping with the "I ♥ Your Blog" tradition, I'll be passing this award on to all of my "followers." They are, in no particular order:

1. DeMo of Presently DeMo
2. Mrs. Murphy of Where Shall We Go Next
3. Jason of The 9:24 Project (also of OHF fame!)
4. Jo of The Cattle On A Thousand Hills
5. Brandon of The Relationship
6. Nicole of Here's To Today
7. Jared of Paradigm Shift
8. Karis of For Such A Time As This

Thanks for always giving me something interesting to read, guys! Now, copy the award, paste it in your blog, and pass the "blog love" on to your followers.

Hugs & Snorgles,
L-Dubb

Blog Beavering

I have just spent the past 2 hours beavering my blog header...and I still don't love it. I can now relate to Amanda when she says "my brain is pixelated!" I have 3 ideas for really great blog posts, but I can't bring my brain to shift from MDIS (Microsoft Digital Imaging Suite) to writing mode. I'll just have to write them down where I write the rest of the things I have bouncing around in my head and call it a day.

Jason: Template shopping will have to wait until tomorrow.
Becky: The post to end all posts is first on my list for tomorrow morning.

And with that...I'm off to depixelate on a treadmill!

Stop Squinting

I can't take credit for this great little snippet. I blatantly plagiarized it from my super-hot, super-smart, ppt-ly blessed friend, Amanda.

...all those WOAs and the shameless blog plug make up for stealing it, right DeMo?

The snippet is from a devotional she gets in the mail called "God's Will." He's been doing some great stuff in Amanda's life and it's really blessed me to watch her on this journey. Her post today really got me thinking about whether I truth trust God for my future or if I try to worry things to death.

"What is God's will for my life?" is not the best question to ask. I think the right question is simply, "What is God's will?" Once I know God's will, then I can adjust my life to Him and His purposes. In other words, what is it that God is purposing where I am? Once I know what God is doing, then I know what I need to do. The focus needs to be on God and His purposes, not my life!"

What a concept! So often I try to squint and see waaaaay down the road into my future. I wonder if this person or that person will be a part of it, I wonder if I'll be married yet, I wonder if I'll still be babysitting grown men (aka being an office manager in an HVAC business) for money. I can get myself completely wrapped up in the "what ifs" of my future and miss what God has in the here and now. I need to remember that my focus should be on God and His purpose. If I am daily asking Him if I'm where He wants me to be, then I'm choosing to trust Him and not my own planning. Today is the only thing we're promised. There is no guarantee that I will even see tomorrow morning.

I need to remember that even though I can't see my future (even if I squint) God can. He knows what is down the road for me. Instead of questioning and worrying and thinking about what will happen I can rest in the fact that I know God knows what He's doing. Far better than I do!

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." (Psalms 139:13, NIV)