days of nuwanda

Keep Calm Wednesday

British accents do make everything better, as far as I'm concerned. I did fake an accent one time, back when I was single and was at a car repair shop. I don't even know why, but suddenly I began in this British accent while explaining my car problems to the attendant. He was very attentive, btw. :)

Is abstinence even possible anymore?

Here's a great blog on abstinence. Really honest and very well said. The author is right--it's pretty much assumed nowadays that it's impossible to not live the casual-sex-lifestyle--and we should stop accepting that lie! One of my biggest beefs w/ movies and tv shows is the casual, random sex. It doesn't matter how much I like the characters of a show--if they are sleeping around like it's casual and meaningless, I will turn it off. Not b/c I'm uber holier-than-thou, but b/c I don't like how my mind begins to accept it. I don't live like sex is casual, so why should I watch it? 

I could say so much more about this topic, including my own mistakes and the mis-information that lots of churches teach that make us feel guilty for even being attracted to the opposite sex at all, but this topic usually lands me on my knees (and rightly so!) as I think about guiding my own children. 

Lord, help us as we teach our children, to be real about the sexual temptation we all face, but to fully realize the power of the Holy Spirit in us, convicting us of sin, IF we allow Him room to work. 

T-shirt Tuesday

I have to throw in a Twilight one every now and again, ok? :)

Education for the young masses

Some of my girlfriends at church are clueless about the 80's...mostly b/c they weren't born yet or some other lame excuse like that. So I think it's my duty to educate where I can. I commented to one friend about Joey McIntyre from NKOTB being on an episode of Psych, and she was all, "Huh? Who's that?" and had to google him. Really? Kids have to google NKOTB? Have we come so far from 1989 that the coolness of the Joey-Jordan-John-Donnie-Danny has faded into memory? It's shocking and sad, and I for one cannot let it go.

So here's a little Joey-Joe singing my all-time fave NKOTB song. And yes, he looks all of 12, probably b/c he was. But he was awesome. They were all awesome. Ok, so Donnie's mullet is a little disturbing, but at least boys wore their pants all the way up back then! :)

 

Faithful Friday

Sister love

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost."

Today is my Sister's birthday, my much older Sister.  Heehee! :) She may be two years older, but come on--NO ONE would believe it! We don't look very much alike--I'm a brunette, she's blonde; I'm taller by 5 inches; she looks young, and I have these gigantic bags under my eyes which I blame on my kids. But if you know us, yah, we are very much alike. In fact, our Mom can't always tell us apart on the phone; she waits for us to laugh before she decides which daughter it is. We can read each other's minds, finish each other's sentences, and have that innate sister understanding that is impossible to explain. We're not twins by a long shot (remember that one guy on the DC metro who asked if we were TWINS? HAHAHAHA!) but we have that bond like twins. 

The best thing about having a sister is having a built-in BFF. We have had plenty of disagreements/hair-pulling-fights/I-will-tell-Mom-everything bribes, but in the end, she knows me better than anyone else and has my back like no one else. I am blessed merely to know the incredible woman that she is, let alone to be related and get to spend lots of time w/ her. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIS! I'm glad we got to celebrate early last weekend. Hope the flowers are still going strong. 

Keep Calm Wednesday

I've long had a fascination w/ the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster that the English introduced back in WWII days to boost morale among their citizens. Well, actually my fascination has been w/ all of the parody-posters that have come out, showcasing everything imaginable. I see them on sites all the time, and thought, Why not blog them? So here I am, starting "Keep Calm Wednesdays". And really, who doesn't need a reminder to keep calm mid-way thru the week? 

So here is the first of many fun posters. I selected this one especially for my girls, and because I think it's always a good idea to begin w/ baked goods. :)

Just because you can doesn't mean you should

Usually I would at least give points for creativity, but not this time. Check out the umbilical cord iPhone charger...and weep. (There's even a video to show it in action.) The only redeeming fact is that it's a Japanese product, not an American one.

 

T-shirt Tuesday

Spoiled valentine

Hubby spoiled me rotten on Valentine's Day, which definitely made up for the whole barfing incident. He bought me a beautiful flower arrangement with daisies and pink roses,

bought me Abduction and watched it with me after the little people went to bed (and actually said it wasn't too bad)

AND then totally tipped the you're-really-trying-to-impress-me scales with the gift of a brand new Kindle Fire. Yah, there's a little drool right there...

And lest anyone misunderstand me, the real reason I love Hubby is not that he's my Sugar Daddy who likes to spoil me rotten, but that he buys this giant poster when I'm out of town, hangs it up on the bedroom wall no less, and waits for me to discover it, knowing I will burst out laughing. Anyone can buy flowers, but what kind of husband buys his wife a silly teenage poster just to see her smile? Mine. And he's amazing. :)