"Why" Wednesday

Why wasn't Eve frightened out of her mind when a snake spoke to her?

Even if a cute, cuddly kitten spoke to me with human words, I think I would be a bit freaked out.

I know there are some who say that all the animals had the ability to speak as we do before sin entered the world. If that was the case, then I can see how she wouldn't have been afraid. And if sin hadn't entered yet, then I guess she couldn't have experience fear until after the infamous bite. Oh well, I guess I just answered my own question.

There is one thing we do know, though. She was the very first Parselmouth.

"Why" Wednesday

Is it already Wednesday again??
Well, how about a question from Lincoln. He is always asking sooooooooooooo many!!!

A few weeks ago he asked me, "Mommy why did God make Satan when He knew he was gonna be bad?"

I don't remember my answer in full, but I first explained about the creation of Satan and went from there.

It is sort of like us, though, really. Why did God make us when He knew we were gonna be "bad"? Boy, I definitely don't have all the answers, but I know need FAITH to get me through. Speaking of that, it is rest time here at my household, so I better head on upstairs to do my "quiet time" before it gets noisy again!!

"Why" Wednesday

Why are people so inconsiderate?? More specifically, how can neighbors be so inconsiderate?

I am not perfect but I really do try to be a considerate neighbor.

We have had some pretty "ruff" nights since moving into our neighborhood. I won't spend a lot of time rehashing the whole deal since Mark already posted our dilemma on his blog some time ago. (We have had issues with dog barking.) The barking seemed to improve a little after I decided to talk to two of our neighbors about the problem, but obviously the slacking has begun again. The main problem is the fact that we are surrounded by folks who have built-in doggie doors in their houses, so their dogs come and go as they please. When you've got like 5 or 6 dogs barking right outside your window, there is no chance of going to sleep!!!! Or like today---I rarely ever lay down during the day, but after not having decent sleep for the past week, due to various reasons not just dogs, I have tried to sleep during Shiloh's nap for the past 2 days. No luck. Why? DOGS BARKING. It started at 1:30, and I believe I still hear it. It is 3:15 now.
I have tried to be kind and patient, but I have had it. My blood is boiling. I finally called the authorities this Monday, but an officer still hasn't been by to talk to me yet. They are supposed to give me a barking log to start filling out. If things don't get better, I have to be ready to go to court. Please, haven't I been inconvenienced enough? I wish I had a tape recorder to set outside or something, so the authorities could just hear it for themselves. I am a Christian, and I have been one for a long time, but right now my flesh wants so badly to open my window and spew curses!!!
How would the neighbors like it if I played Christian music really loud all the time or if I let Shiloh scream outside in the middle of the night? I bet they would call the cops right then and there to make me stop. Why do I have to jump through hoops to get their dogs to stop barking at all hours?
I guess I better stop. My keyboard has taken enough of a beating for today! Oh, and if anyone has any suggestions (besides a gun) I am all ears!

"Why" Wednesday

Why do cookie recipes say that one batch will yield like twice as many cookies as it really will? This frustrates me so!! It happened again the other day when I decided to make Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Said it would yield 54, but I barely got 30. And really, I only ate about 2 cookies worth of dough.

I don't know about you, but I don't want to eat dime-sized cookies!!

Oh, and I will have to post this recipe when I get the chance, because these cookies are so yummy!

"Why" Wednesdays

A few other bloggers have these cute, catchy little Wednesday posts, so I just had to have my own! It couldn't be "Wordless Wednesdays" b/c my Wednesdays seem to be so full of WORDS!! It couldn't be "Works For Me Wednesday" b/c well, that just didn't work for me. Soooo, I figured since my brain is always so full of never ending, pointless questions that my Wednesdays would be full of "Whys". I just might throw some "What If Wednesdays" in there, too, every once in a while.

Okay, so here is my first "Why Wednesday"...

Why in the world do some people put magazines or any reading material for that matter in their bathrooms?

In my opinion this is not the place for those items. Unless I am in the shower or blow drying my hair or putting on makeup I do not want to linger in this particular part of the house. Ya know those In and Out burger joints? Well, that is how I want my bathroom to operate--In and out!!!

Also, I don't think I want to touch the magazines in someone's bathroom either. No way, gross. I really hope that the folks who do read in bathrooms read their own material and not the library's. Hmm, maybe I should start disinfecting all those library books we check out!