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Here are FOUR QUESTIONS that everyone can answer and then you have the option to add a fifth question of your own for those who are visiting your blog to answer in the comment section, along with commenting on the four standard questions you answered! 

Here are the Questions:

1. It's Customer Service week - do you think customer service is getting better or worse now than it was five years ago?
I would have to say worse.  It seems like personnel are working under more pressure and I think it shows.

2. October 1st is also World Vegetarian Day - have you ever spent time as a Vegetarian?  Do you have regular meatless meals?
I love chicken and seafood too much to be a vegetarian.  I have no desire to forego meat.

3. What reality show would you like to be a part of?
I don't watch them, so I have no idea what is on.

4. Are you planning to watch the Baseball post-season?  Who will win the World Series?

I don't know who is playing, but if I am with a fan I will watch.

And now one for you--

5. This week I am going on vacation to see the fall colors on the East Coast.  Here in Phoenix, there are no changing colors.  Where was the most outstanding fall color display that you have seen?

Sunday Meditation--Rest

As we rush around madly trying to squeeze as much as we can into every waking hour, the latest news that lack of sleep can cause depression, weight gain and even premature death comes as grim reading - especially for men, who are particularly at risk from these effects. 

Brain scans have shown that people who meditate are able physically to expand parts of their brains, growing bigger, fatter frontal lobes - the part that controls concentration, attention, focus and where we do much of our analysis of problems. 

Praying has similar benefits. U.S. research has shown that people who regularly attend religious services live longer than those who do not. Although some of this benefit must lie in the social connection, scans show the brain responds in a similar way to prayer as it does to meditation. 

Rest is not a matter of doing absolutely nothing. Rest is repair.
Philippians 4:7  His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. (TLB)

Washed By Blood

The autobiography is the story of an Out-of-Control Rock Star. An Inescapable Addiction to Drugs. A Miraculous Redemption through Jesus Christ.

You think you've heard this story before but you haven't. Washed by Blood is a look at the dramatic saving power of Jesus Christ unlike any other—one that shows how God looks out for all of us, even those who seem farthest away from his grace.

Brian "Head" Welch was a rock star who thought he had it all. He was the lead guitarist in Korn, one of the biggest and most controversial rock bands on the planet. He lived in a mansion, had millions of dollars in the bank, and legions of fans all over the globe.

He was living the good life, and it should have been perfect. But it was all a lie.

What no one knew was that backstage and away from the crowds, Head was fighting a debilitating addiction to methamphetamine, and that nothing—not even the birth of his daughter—could make him quit for good. He had given up. He was empty inside. He spent his days contemplating suicide convinced that each high would be his last.

And that was when he found God.

Washed by Blood tells the remarkable story of how God's unconditional love freed Head from his addictions and saved him from death. Here Head describes the joys and struggles of his journey to faith, detailing how Jesus has helped him cope with his pain and find the path that's right for both him and his daughter. An account of triumphs, hardships, and the healing power of Jesus, Washed by Blood is an inspirational demonstration that God is always there to save even the most troubled souls.

Highlights on Friday

Highlights of my Week

Fall is a beautiful time of year as nature throws one last fling before winter. These are some of its offerings:

Lily of the Nile

Marigolds

Moon in western sky

Sun in eastern sky same day same time

Snapdragons

  

Mums and chili peppers

Yellow bells

Each week, Hilary listi four statements with a blank for you to fill in on your own blogs. If you want to join the fun and come up with four fill in’s of your own, please email them to her at Hilary@feelingbeachie.com. If she uses them, she will add you as co-host to the hop!

This week’s statements:
1) I am so __excited__ for my __vacation to start next week___
2) __Believe__ me, I _am a very lucky girl_____
3) I am ___good____ at keeping secrets.
4) I _wish___ that __October 27th__ was here already.

Fall and Hunting

Getting ready to go hunting

Pack horse string

Fall brought hunting season, one of Daddy’s busiest times, as he outfitted and acted as guide to hunting trips into Yellowstone and its surrounding forests. He would round up horses, those that were to pack supplies were carefully loaded, the supplies balanced, then covered and tied with diamond hitches. The riding horses were checked for shoes, and ridden enough to work the friskiness out of them. Then off the string would go.  On good trips, he would bring back an elk, but always stories of the antics of the dudes.  If there was an elk and since the weather was already cold, he would store it outside, hanging it high in a cleft between a huge rock back of our house by the upper pond.  Mom would can some of the meat to make sure we would have enough supply to last until the next hunting season.