Queenies Little Kingdom

THIS GIVEAWAY WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON WEDNESDAY! (hence the WFMW banner) Doesn’t anybody want a free book?

What works for me today? Is giving stuff away that’s what! I’ve been meaning to do a little book sharing and today seems like the perfect time to do it. If you’re interested in reading Robin McGraw’s newest book then leave me a message saying so. Some bloggy love would be nice too. I’ll take any form of flattery you got, people!

I’ll pick a winner…….on Saturday (6/20) at noon! 🙂

Oh…make sure I can reach you back if you’re chosen as the lucky winner!

I’m so sick of people making their own decisions about what is wrong and what is right! For the last few weeks I’ve been watching a little situation unfold on Facebook between some folks I know from back home. It seems that one of them has embraced the homosexual lifestyle for himself and he wants the rest of his “old” friends to accept him as is.

That’s not really the problem though.

He wants to smear it in their face (or so it seems from what I keep reading) and dare them to speak anything against that decision. It’s pretty frustrating to see. I’ve really wanted to say something….and I have poked in a few comments here and there. But nothing that REALLY stirs the water like some of my other friends. I didn’t mention…..but this guy is actually a distant relative of mine as well. So, I’m trying to be sensitive to him and his needs. But honestly, I know that his biggest need is CHRIST!!!! Oh he claims to be a follower and he knows that God just doesn’t feel about his choice the same as these friends do. He’s all out there with his “beliefs” and unfortunately he’s been lied to.

Satan has a way with the flesh doesn’t he? He convinces our mind to believe what our heart deep down knows is wrong. I have experienced this tomfoolery myself during the course of my life. It’s a matter of convincing ourselves to lighten up or cut loose. It always ends in destruction. Which leads me to some really amazing verses that speak clearly how God feels about our foolishness.

Proverbs 6:16-19
“There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.”
Can you see anything in there that you might have a problem with? Maybe you’re a superhuman and you’ve managed to avoid any of those issues in your life. I really doubt that’s the case. But for me, I’m convinced that I need to do a personal heart check. One that involves asking myself and God to reveal any and everything that is not in agreement with Him. I want to be pleasing to my Lord……and I never want to be a part of something that I know my God hates or detests.

I’m still praying for and watching my FB relative. I know that God doesn’t want me to stand by silently. But I also know he doesn’t need me going after him with my hair on fire (in the name of Jesus Christ) either. What would you do? I see other Christian friends trying to speak the truth to him and he’s rejecting it and making it a “christians” are the bad guy issue. What’s new right?

Lord,
I want to obey you. I want to honor you. I want to reach other’s with your love. My flesh is weak and I tend to get a bit fired up when I feel passionate about something. I believe what your word says about this lifestyle and I need a gentle and loving way to speak your truth to him. Help me to do that. Use me to make a positive impact on him and all who might see what I say to him.
Amen.

Before….

This was about an hour before the actual parade began. They were lining them up. Notice how nice and sunny it is? Well, about 10 minutes before the parade start time…it started to rain. Do you think they would hold off for a few minutes? Umm NO!

Poor girls! All of them had to squeeze into the convertible’s and ride with the tops up. You could barely see them. Bummer! Oh well, she still had a great time! As soon as they made it back to the parking lot….the hot sun came right back out and the rain stopped! Can you believe that?

During…..

After…..NO KIDDING!

I know I’ve mentioned a time or twenty how busy and hectic my life has been the last few weeks. It’s those kids! They keep me hopping from one thing to the next. I haven’t had a moment to stop and smell the coffee in I don’t know how long. Most of the focus the last week or so has been on G A V I N !!! He had banquets to attend, parties to plan, a birthday…graduation… blah blah blah!

Last night I spent a little time with hubby in the hot-tub. We sneak out every once in a while and have a real live uninterrupted conversation. We should do this every night….but who has the time? Not me! Remember, I’m busy! 🙂 Afterwards, I go in and shower before heading to bed. When I opened the bathroom door to come out…THIS IS WHAT I SAW…

What in the world? WHO DID THIS? Hey, let me out!!

I squeezed my way out and started room by room looking for the prankster. Each one claiming innocence until I opened Sweetboy’s door. He couldn’t look me in the eye and started cracking up! Very funny, I say! Is that how you treat your mom? Lock her in the bathroom with a spare mattress that just happens to be leaning up in the hallway?

Huh? What’s a mattress doing leaning in the hall, you say? Oh please… don’t act like you don’t have an extra mattress in your hallway! Get real, people!

Okay, we have it as an extra spot for sleepover’s and the what have you. Normally, it’s in the storage room. Once it comes out….we tend to move it all over because someone will want to use it. I hereby proclaim, it’s going to be put away tomorrow! No more pranks! Yea, right!

Tonight was the night! It actually happened, people! After the weekend of the puking human volcano…..and missing his big graduation celebration party….we were beginning to doubt he would ever have a successful party. Oh but have no fear! God had other plans, oh yes he did.

I couldn’t sleep last night. Gavin decided to buddy up with several guys that live in the same neighborhood across town for a sleepover. I’m usually pretty cool about that sort of thing. But for some reason, I just couldn’t relax and go to sleep. I prayed as I laid there with my eyes popping open that God would keep him safe wherever he was. My head started hurting then my back…..before I knew it I was aching all over (I think because I was stressing out). So much has happened in the last week or so. I really wanted him to have a great party.

This morning a raging thunderstorm was my wake up noise. I mean it was raining buckets. I wanted to cry. It’s the reschedule day for the party and I worried that once again….we might have to cancel. I prayed again and just let it alone. God doesn’t need my assistance anyway. He’s got it under control!

He proved that. Tonight’s party was a great success. Everybody seemed to have a fun time including Gavin. He was surrounded by sweet friends and a big honking fire! Gotta love those pyromaniacs! Oh and that cake? Ooo la la! It was perfectly delicious! Just like I imagined it being the last 3 days. Yum yum!

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34)

NEXT STOP….

Gavin with the family….minus his sisters! They were lost!

It’s been 2 days since my Sweetboy walked across that stage and received his high school diploma. It still doesn’t seem quite real! I didn’t cry or even get emotional. I was too busy to think about it. We had family here and food to prepare along with party stuff to handle.

We planned his grad party for Sunday night. Haybales, hotdogs, smores……and a huge bonfire! With that many kids having parties we knew we needed to pick a time when friends could come without having to miss too many other parties. He was then free to go visiting several parties all over the county. He was only gone for 4-5 hours before returning with a killer head-ache. Instead of going back out for more celebrating….he stayed home on the couch!

By 5am Sunday morning…he was up and running for the bathroom, SICK! Deathly ill!

Party day + deathly ill = cancelled party! He was so sick he couldn’t talk. He just moaned and ran towards the bathroom over and over all day. We felt so bad for him. I did what I could……wet the rags, wiped the mouth, sprayed the Lysol and covered every single thing with bleach water. Poor Gavin! There was no bouncing right back.

He’s still in bed and not back to perfect health. Whatever it was….it was a doozy! He’s not a sickly kid and never has been. We can’t be sure if it wasn’t something he ate at one of many parties….he hopped around to so many. Or if it was an actual virus/flu bug. I’ve never seen him this sick in his whole life.

We hope to pull his Bonfire Blowout off this Wednesday night. His cool cake is still in the fridge and all the food along with it. Maybe by then he can eat again. The stomach is still a bit nervous. If not, he’s taking a ton of hotdogs to IU this fall! 🙂 Ewww!

What a way to spend your graduation weekend, huh? We’re so proud of you Gavin! Congratulations graduate! Yahoo! Oh, and get well soon!

You forgot to mention the fact that he graduated with an 11.34 GPA out of 12 (10 is an A) which put him 21st in his Class of over 300! (Just one question Gavin, what happened to that .66?) Just kidding!! I am very proud of you!
Love you Sweet Boy!
Dad

We wanna eat this cake!