Praying

If I should ever appear to be raving about my friend Kathi Lipp’s books it is simply because I am. I can’t seem to stop it and I don’t think I want and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t want me too.

Her latest book is Praying God’s Word for your Husband. And no, it won’t turn you into Super Wife. You won’t win Wife of the Year. But you will bless your man and in turn you will be blessed.

Kathi talks about praying for our husbands in all areas of life. She gives us verses to pray when he is feeling stressed, his career, finances, safety, future,  emotional health, parenting, and relationship with God and others.

But here’s the best part, I don’t know about you but I really struggle with the words when I pray. I open my mouth and my brain goes blank. But never fear, Kathi’s here! She gives you sample prayers for each and every verse!

The book is designed to be done with a group but you could it alone if need be. I have two friends that will be doing the book with me. And we can’t wait to get started!

 

(I received a copy of this book free from the publisher for the purpose of review)

Getting Myself Organized.

I know it’s supposedly bad “karma” or “dogma” or maybe “katma” for you to write more than one blog post a day but it’s my blog and I’ll write when I want. And I want.

Do you remember my post here about getting love in my mailbox? I received a boatload of books (5) from my friend Kathi Lipp. I’ve actually stopped thinking about her as my “friend”, I’ve moved on to thinking about her as my secret “twin” separated at birth.

I just read her latest offering, “The Get Yourself Organized Project, 21 Steps to Less Mess and Stress.” Anyone who knows me at all knows I am not the most organized person on the planet or make that the universe, no, better make it galaxy. (I blogged about it here.) Flit, fly or meander through life by the seat of my pants.  I don’t often ever, usually make anything resembling a “To Do List“. You might think this is a bit sacrilegious of me but I think it is sacrilegious or to put bluntly, lists are of the devil.

I mean really, do you think God made a To Do List when He created the world? “Let’s see, Day One I am supposed to create light. LIGHT! Okay that’s done.” and He slapped His palms together a few times and went and took a nap?

I work for a man who is very detailed and always makes a To Do list and thinks everyone should do the same.  So I bought the above notepad as a joke. I did use it a few times. The pad has one side “Do it now” and on the other side, “Do it later”. I joked with Mr. FullCup that anything The Pastor gave me to do would automatically go on the “Do It Later” side.  As I thought about the pad I wondered why put anything on the Do it Now side, why not just do it now and forget writing it down?

As I was reading Kathi’s book I was tickled beyond belief to see that some of the suggestions she gave as a non-organized, organized person were things I had already done. Wahoo! I’m more organized than I originally thought.  I even made some notes in the margin on things I need to do. Like put our CDs back in the doors of the entertainment center.

She says to “Shake out area rugs, vacuum the carpet or floor, and give the windowsills a once-over. Just below that I had to write, “Oh yeah! The windowsills. DUH.

She goes on to elaborate:

My for cleaning windowsills is to go over them with a rag and some cleanre once or twice a month. But once a year, when they’re looking dingy, I just repaint them–only the windowsills, but it freshens up the whole room.

GENIUS!

If you’re thinking you’re hopelessly disorganized and there is no hope for you, if you think you are light years from any type of organized life, If you and organized are polar opposites, you have to get this book! Kathi writes not as one who is naturally organized but as one who has learned some tips to be organized and it works. Her plans/thoughts/ideas work because she has learned how to make organization work for her and not her for the organization.

If you only buy one book this month, buy this one!

(I won a free copy of Kathi Lipp’s book “The Get Yourself Oganized Project” through the author’s blog. I wrote a review by choice.)

Mailbox Love

A few years ago I received an email that read something like this: “I am so sorry. You’re request to review my book fell through the cracks and I’m just now getting it mailed!”  Within  a few days the promised book arrived and I sat down to peruse it.

I could not put it down. I read it cover to cover in a matter  of hours. I gushed over it to anyone who would listen. I blathered on about it on my blog.

Kathi Lipp’s books are full of practical wisdom, helpful tidbits and a whole lot of humor. Kathi is as real an author as I think I have read. In reading her books you can’t help but know she is only passing on what she has learned. To date I have read all of her books except her two most recent ones. But that will soon change as I received one of those in the mail.

 That is her newest offering. And the one I can see myself stretching out on the couch this afternoon reading.

A few weeks ago to promote her new book, Kathi offered a challenge on her blog to clean out your purse on May 15. Since I’ve never been one to back down from a real challenge. It is especially true if there is the promise of a possible prize. And double if the prize has something to do with books and bags.

I’m all about the books and the bags.

Today I watched my mailman drop two packages on the porch floor and said with a grin, “Someone got two books in the mail.” Only it wasn’t two books. Oh no. I hit the jackpot.

Who could ask for more???

That, my friend, is what I like to call, “Love in my mailbox”. Thanks, Kathi!