Sunday, February 28, is the last chance to enter in the drawing for a free book, The Five Love Languages, by Dr. Gary Chapman.  Chapman is considered an internationally respected marriage and family life expert.  This book was on the New York Times bestseller list and has sold over five million copies.Just leave a brief comment with your first name.  Also, leave your email address in the info part.

I have often wished we had a treadmill. It would be much easier to fit in exercise time.  Exercise could be done while in pajamas, watching TV, or reading a book.  Weather would have no effect so it wouldn’t matter if it was rainy, windy, snowy, icy, or whatever.   It would be easier to break exercise time down into five minutes here and ten minutes there if time were a factor.  But the truth is that we just don’t have room for a treadmill.  Maybe someday we will.

Do you ever stop and add up all of the insurance premiums you pay in one month?   It adds up to a lot of money!  That’s why it’s good to shop around and find the best auto insurance quotes, homeowner’s insurance quotes, health insurance quotes, and life insurance quotes.  We even have flood insurance, so that’s five different types of insurance for us.  It’s good planning to compare insurance quotes in order to find the best and most economical coverage.

We have had a lot of cold weather this winter in north central Texas, including more snow than we’ve seen in quite some time.  Some people have had enough of it, though, and are wishing for warmer weather.  They might even like an Orlando vacation so they could travel to where it’s warmer.  But soon, the really hot summer weather will be here and some of them will probably be wishing for this cold weather again!  How about you?  Do you like the weather hot or cold?

Jenny’s very last update:

“Jenny Bizaillion (age 31) passed from this world at 3:38pm today.
She was a beautiful, wonderful friend, perfect mom, devoted sister, loyal daughter, and best wife a person could ever have.

From the Bible:  Where, O death, is your victory?  Where, O death, is your sting?   But thanks be to God!  He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!”

A few of you may know about Jenny, a 31 year old wife and mother who is fighting for her life right now.  People literally all over the world are praying this week.  On a Facebook site set up for her, “Praying for Jenny Bizaillion,” there are over 6,600 members to date who are praying for her as well as thousands of others.

Jenny entered the hospital 17 days ago with the flu which had turned into pneumonia which quickly turned to Sepsis, a bacterial infection spread throughout her whole body.  She has not only been battling for her life, her legs had to be amputated below the knees four days ago, and now Sepsis bacteria has entered her brain causing her to have seizures the past couple of days.

Throughout all of this, her family is staying close by and keeping their faith with the knowledge that “God is mighty to save.”   The only reason that Jenny has lived and made it this far is because of God answering the many prayers on her behalf.  Just a couple of days after being in the hospital, a doctor admitted he didn’t know why Jenny had improved but to “keep doing what you’re doing!”  In other words…pray!  Many of the prayers on her Facebook site, including mine, mention that through all of this, the glory goes to God!  God is the one who has brought Jenny this far, and whatever the outcome He will still be glorified!

If you’re interested, I plan to be having a drawing for this book on March 1, 2010.   Just go to The Five Love Languages – Valentine’s Day Book Giveaway and leave a brief comment and your name. I will be contacting the winner by email, so leave your email address which I will keep confidential.  Or you can leave a comment here.
Deadline for entries is Feb. 28.

Have you tried Mrs. Smith’s Blackberry Cobbler?   It is absolutely delicious!  In fact, we had some for dessert tonight, topped with Dreyer’s Vanilla Yogurt Blends (slow churned and creamy).  I don’t need an alli diet pill because we just had moderate servings, and the yogurt is low-fat and low-calorie (plus it even has live active yogurt cultures in it).   The key is eating in moderation and not having seconds and thirds, no matter how tempting it might be!

Grilled is good!  Check out your *local Jack in the Box and see if they’re offering a free grilled sandwich with a drink purchase this coming Tuesday.  Grilled is so healthy, and you can’t beat a free sandwich.  Better yet, take someone with you and buy their drink so their meal is free.

*In Texas, offer not valid in Austin, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Lake Charles, or Waco.

In Idaho, offer not valid in Boise, Twin Falls, or Idaho Falls.  In Washington, not valid in Seattle.

Have you ever been reading and come across something and wondered, “What is that?”  Well, I came across something called “muscle milk” and decided to go to the site www.musclemilkreview.org to find out what is was. It’s not actually milk but rather something that body builders use. Since I’m not trying to build up bulky muscles or gain weight, this is definitely not on my shopping list. It’s interesting, though, to check out things and find out about them.