Small Fryday Contest - By: MckMama

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Okay Dokay folks----

As you know I follow a blog My Charming Kids (a.k.a. MckMama's Blog) and have posted a few times on here about her MckChildren and MckMiracle that she so delighted the whole world with just a few weeks ago.  This lady is a bunch of MckPersonality and MckHeart! I just love reading her blog, for it always either makes me smile, laugh or cry.  I also admire her MckTalent in photography (she's a self-taught pro). I adore her beautiful kiddos ages 0, 1, 2 and 3!!! LOVE IT! 

If you haven't yet checked out her blog before you should.  Its truly just a breath of MckFresh Air and will keep you wanting to go back for more.  Most importantly, if you struggle in believing in the power of prayer and OUR Father's Love, Mercy and Miracles. MckMama's story is one to read from the beginning to present, for I assure you will rethink your stance and maybe will share a giggle, a tear and some MckLove to her and her family. And before you know it, you are a MckFAN!!!!

She is having a contest......Small FryDay Contest: Go check out her blog, leave her a comment and while you are there tell her why she should vote for ME to win this contest.  If you are having a little trouble coming up with reasons to tell her why I should win (because you are too busy telling her why YOU should win), yea think I wouldn't catch on did you?  I have given you a little "help list" below to pick from to get you started.  Have fun reading her blog....and I know I am taking a risk by posting this post, it's possible that once you go "MckMama".... you wont be back to McMyBlog - UGH!!!  (See I can't even think of a cool 'riddle/motto' for my own blog or self!) MckDangIt! 

Enjoy!

Why I want to win!

1.  I love custom blog headers, in the mood to change mine up but can't fork out the $$ to do so.  

2. I am learning more about my own fun in photography by reading her blog, and she is giving away camera stuff.  I TOTALLY NEED CAMERA STUFF!!!  All I want for Christmas is stuff for my camera and a bike!  

3.  We both have little girls and I think (hoping) I can some how come up with some creative way to get her to ship Small Fry's wardrobe to Morgan.  Oh wait.... did I just write that?  Getting off track! 

4.  Because maybe she loved the little scrap-blog page I made (all by myself) along with the little riddle for Small Fry I wrote and thought it was simply MckMarvelous. After all this is a Small Fryday Contest, right? 

5.  And last but not least...... WHY NOT "Wind Beneath My Wings" for a winner?  She has a lot of things that take her breath away.... but so do I, so MckMama and Myself both, have a lot of MckBlessings to be THANKFUL for! 

How to Deal with Conflict Quickly

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19 (NIV) 

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How do you deal with conflict quickly?

I’ll tell you, but you’re not going to like it. The solution to resolving conflict is confrontation.

That’s right; if you’re going to resolve conflict, you must confront.

You don’t have to confront in anger, though. In fact, you shouldn’t confront in anger. Lovingly go to the person and, speaking the truth in love, deal with the problem immediately.

In James (1:19), we’re taught three rules for confrontation: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

If you do the first two, the third one is automatic. If you’re quick to listen and you’re slow to speak, then you will be slow to anger.

What are you listening for?

You listen for the hurt in that person. Hurting people always hurt other people. When someone is being a jerk, more than likely, it’s because that person is hurting. When you understand their hurt, you have a better understanding of why they do what they do, and you’re a little more patient with them.

by Rick Warren

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Thought I would start this post off with my handsome man, since a lot of the post after will be Butterfly.  And it isn't because I enjoy taking more pictures of Morgan, but simply because he isn't home all day with me and so Morgan is mommy's 'ginny pig' for photo taking.

Hunter turns 8 years old next Thursday on Thanksgiving Day (27th). I can't believe it.  We are having his Live Outdoor Laser Battle Field Game Birthday Party, this Saturday.  Its going to be fun and I will have tons more pics to share.

This picture is to show you that my handsome boy had his braces taken off.  Isn't he so cute!!

My friend Carolyn, who is the owner and maker of "It's a 10" hair products, recently purchased this really cute beach house up in Boca.  They did some amazing remodeling in the home and just have turned it into the perfect little beach house.  We went there this weekend (the girls) and had a really fun time.  Although that was the day we really got our cold front, we took the girls for a walk to the beach, it was a fun time.  Then after that we took a ride over the Mizner Park and ate at Max's Grille.  It was such a treat to spend the day with just the girls, go to the beac, beach house and then finish it off with some delicious food for lunch.   

By the way, if you have never tried out her hair product, YOU MUST!  This stuff works wonders, smells fabulous and to be really honest here.... IT WORKS, simple as that!!!  

It has been mentioned by some really cool famous people in their interviews who swear by it, and you have many big name company's that want to buy her out and take over her product.  This stuff is becoming BIG TIME!! So try it out if you haven't and I'd love to hear your feed back and spread the word over to my friend.  

A wordless picture!!!  But look at her tooth! 

Just some cute little pictures of baby girl not really feeling that good, so doesn't really want to give mommy a smile, but after awhile couldn't really hold back that serious face for too long.  

This little outfit was from Aunt Whitney and Uncle Brian.  She got so many compliments in it.

Thanks Uncle Bri and Aunt Whit!!! 

Okay, I like making the little collage things, but I am not liking how small they appear on the post.  Ugh!!  Now sure what to do that about.  

Well in the collage below you have a few different days and situations with baby butterfly.  

1. First Pictures she actually started out her day feeling pretty good. I got some smiles out of her. Then as the day went on she started to feel really bad. She became cranky and ran fever.  But I like this shot because you can really see her bottom tooth.  Click image to zoom!

2. This was the day before when she really began to feel bad, but the fever had yet to kick in.  She wanted to sleep a lot and I thought she looked adorable sleeping with her arm up by her head.

3. Third picture is baby girl after just waking up, on our way to take big brother to school.  If you really look close, you can see that she doesn't feel good at all and her hair...her hair, looks as though she took a bite out of a lamp wire (as daddy said it).  Pretty funny stuff! 

4.  We were going out to run some errands, getting things for big brothers birthday party coming up this Saturday.  To end up taking her to the doctor because she wouldn't eat for almost 7 hours. When I got her to the doctors she had 101.9 temp, on top of the Tylenol I had already given her.  Doctor says she has a virus and to not be surprised if she breaks out in any type of rash in the next day or so.  I finally got her to eat some last night, and she ran fever most of the night, but today being day #3, she has broken the fever and seems to be in a much better mood.  No rash yet!!! 

Resolve Anger Quickly -

Not doing an extra devotional, although I guess it wouldn't matter if I did.  I just felt that this was short, brief, to the point and very powerful in it's meaning.  I know I am guilty of not remembering this very stuff myself.  I need help and prayer to make me a better person at forgiving faster and not staying angry.  Maybe, someone else like me needs to read this today too!!! 

If you are angry, be sure that it is not out of wounded pride or bad temper. Never go to bed angry – don’t give the devil that sort of foothold. Ephesians 4:26-27 (PH)

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It’s okay to be angry, but anger becomes wrong when it’s not resolved quickly. The apostle Paul teaches, if you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin and do not stay angry all day.

The Phillips translation says, “Never go to bed angry.” That would keep a few of us up all night! If you said, “In our marriage, we’ll never go to bed angry,” you might work toward resolving problems a lot faster.

When anger is not dealt with quickly, it can turn to resentment and, then into bitterness. Bitterness is always sin; resentment is always sin; those emotions are always wrong.

But that doesn’t mean anger is always wrong. When you care about people, sometimes anger is the correct response. I get angry when I see people blowing their lives on things that don’t matter. I get angry when I see people walking right into the middle of something they know is wrong.

Regardless, we’re to resolve our anger quickly, or else we’re giving the devil a chance push us into bitterness and resentment.

By: Rick Warren (winking to those of you, that matters to! LOL) 

Week Four Devotional -- ON TIME THIS WEEK!!!

We are each responsible for our own conduct. Galatians 6:5 (NLT)

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Your choices control your calendar and, as a result, your lifestyle. Your choices are far more powerful than your circumstances. You may not like how complicated your life has become yet, with very few exceptions, no one is forcing you to keep your life complicated.

You have the power to simplify your life.

The Bible teaches, “We are each responsible for our own conduct” (Galatians 6:5 NLT). To me, that means God expects us to assume responsibility for our lives and to carefully choose how we spend our time.

That’s why I’ve spent years teaching people to discover why God placed them on this planet: What is your purpose for being here?

Ultimately, it will be the donation of your life that will count far more than the duration.

In other words, it’s not how long you live – or even how much you cram into how long you live – it’s really about how you live.

Here are three essential steps to simplify your life:

· First, figure out your purpose, and then let your purpose guide the goals of your life.

· Second, organize your activities based upon your purpose.

· Finally, harmonize your schedule with your purpose; that is, bring your activities into agreement with your goals.

You have just enough time to do God's will while you’re here on earth. You’ve been given just enough time to fulfill your purpose. When you try to do more than God planned for you, it’s only natural that you’ll find yourself constantly out of time or stressed over your schedule.

If it doesn’t fit the purpose of your life, God doesn’t want you doing it. In fact, he may be overjoyed that you finally got the message and stopped doing meaningless activities. He may even want you to add “rest” or “have fun” to your to-do list.

My prayer for you is that you will find relief from stress and a new sense of satisfaction as you do only the things God created you to do.

PS:  For those that it seems to bother and hide under anonymous, this devotional was done By: Rick Warren.

But as Rick Warren would normally like to say, "he doesn't want the credit, he doesn't care that I posted that devotional on my blog and didn't add his name to it. He would rather see it said "BY GOD".  

I am not writing my own devotional each week, never claimed to do that.  Which tells me that you must not read the books by Beth Moore or you may have known that my first two devotionals were by her.  :) 

However, lets all be adults and stick to the point.  The point is letting Gods word, no matter if I wrote it, post it, or if Beth Moore or Rick Warren wrote it.  Just as my daily quotes, I never put who said them. That is not the important part and I am not trying to take claim for anything I didn't do.  I am simply sharing and spreading the "GOOD NEWS" as God has called his children to do. So lets stick to just that please.  In the future, comments like I have received from "no namers".....will never be posted or seen by any other than me, and I will just delete them and be on with my day.

For everyone else..... I am glad you are enjoying these devotionals and I am sure that you were not victimized because you didn't know that devotional was written by Rick Warren.