February 14, 2007
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Table of Elements:
C = carbon
Ho = holmium
Co = cobalt
La = lanthanum
Te = tellurium
CHoCoLaTe – Better living through chemistry!
Happy Valentines Day — On Feburuary 14, 269 a guy by the name of Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer’s daughter. (She had become his friend.) He signed it “From Your Valentine”, just before his exucution - for not giving up Christianity.Do you enjoy yourself? Have you paid attention to yourself lately? If your output exceeds your impurt, your upkeep will be your downfall. Forget to put gas in your car, you know what happens. We’re instucted to take heed unto ourselves. Those words mean to take a firm grip. Thus, get a grip. Become single minded and forget the little stuff that brings you down.
Comments (44)
And to you!
I do enjoy myself if I’m by myself or with fun person. I do pay attetion to myself at times but more on the kids that why I’m stress.
u touch on something i need to pay attention to …….. i’m trying to
that was a good post. i definitely did that toady on my snow day from college! thanks for the comment about the pictures. it was very pretty out there.
Trying. really. Ang
Life is way too short to get tied up in knots.
it is a lot of fun. i love the people i work with. there are some very interesting people that you meet working there… it is very fun though. its giving me an idea of what pharmacy will be like before going to school for 6 years to become a pharmacist!
Yes it is true…
Sadly, I’m usually single minded when a problem occurs.
Yeah, it’s a constant battle, but here’s my theory : If I can find a way to ABSORB my time with the things of God, then there will be little time for other nonsense! good theory…..but difficult as free time is usually spent doing all the things that need to get done around the house, or caring for my kids! when you work full day it’s difficult!
I wanted to stop by and wish you and your precious family a Happy Valentine’s Day! “We love because He first loved us!” Have a special day, my friend!
Darn. Wished you would have posted this morning! It would have saved me from my last post. Thanks…I needed that.
We should always focus on the positive things, to touch them and make them bloom. As what we focus on expands, it makes sense to look for the good in people and in situations, even when on the surface they’re messy or unattractive. Everyone is loved by someone and can be a good friend under the right circumstances. We can often draw the best from people by simply looking for the beauty of God in them.
Our family have just made the Square Cake (Traditional Cake for Tet Holiday) yesterday, I’m so tired… (stay up late)
Hmm… In New Year Eve, the family should gather (like the Christmas in your country), have a end-year-meal and drink.
We have one tradition is that, if the family know someone who has the lucky-age-of-born (for example, my age is Dragon), they would invite that person to come to their house after 00:00 in the morning. And, my father said, I should go out somewhere in the street, until new year comes, then I will come home to be the lucky-year-person.
After that, I will receive lucky money ^^ from my family (and other older people, if we meet)
So, it’s about the New Year Eve, it due on friday night. On Saturday, we will step into the Golden Pig Year 2007 ^^
Have a good time, see you soon
mmm chocolate!. lol Happy valentines day!! Ang
Now THAT’S chemistry I can get into!
Now why didn’t they teach us that in HS chem…that would have been something i could have sunk my teeth into!
Oh sure…get me back into that bag of Hershey’s Kisses again! Just what I needed lol Happy Valentine’s Day! *hugs*
yum! chocolate…
Whap yourself upside the head – “better living through Chemistry?” Hmmm..have you felt your forehead? Other than that, great post.
I like your thoughts on getting a grip, becoming single minded. Not forgetting to fuel up on God. Good thoughts.
As for the chocolate…..well….I am not much of a chocolate person myself (with exception to Reese’s PB Cups. My wife, though, would find your chemistry argument fascinating and logical (at least in her mind!).
Kudos to Valentine. It’s a very nice (truthful) story about exempelary courage. His, is yet another example of how we overcome, extreme as it is. But hey, life is short and eternity is…well, eternity. He not only gave his life to Christ, but for Christ….blessed saint.
I like your chocolate chemistry solution. Darn!!! It never works on a diet, though!! Help!!! I need chocolate!!
That was neat chemistry.
ryc: The pictures were from the ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial in Springfield IL on Monday. Hope you are having a good day!
My favorite. Chocolate chocolate chocolate.
Yeah someone had lots of time on their hands.
Speaking to me on this last part. I’m burning capital now, the interest was spent weeks ago.
May your day be filled with chocolate and hugs.
i love wheel of fortune i am not a big fan of chocolate yea it was a little to nice doen here in GA that now it is only 35 today i have only been down here a short time but i am spoiled already with the warm weather lol oh and i am not a big fan of tattoos i just to like need needles people how have one are alright but the all over the body i think that you are covering up what God gave you hope ou have a great valentines day
also just in the past couple months i have actually really paid more attention to myself and how i feel about myself normally i would help others and give all my attention to my boys and not really care about myself but i found that i feel better about myself and not so stressed all the time i have more other things to stress about
happy valentines day and thankxx for the greet so your from mission do you know danielle covey ?
A love letter. Just for you.
Dear Child,
You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Psalms 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4
And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is…Will you be my child? John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32
Love, Your Dad.
Almighty God
Happy Valentine’s Day!
ryc: I am impressed with Springfield, IL. The museum is very interesting and the other sites there are very interesting.
Hope you are having a good day.
Dont forget—the kids will expect a treat today. Chocolate Pudding anyone?
I am truly amazed. You have more responses to your Xanga than anyone else I have read. There is a photographer, Mathew Saville, who also has a staggering response…but yours beats them all. Such a fine way to “reach” people and for them to reach you, as well. I hope your Valentine’s Day is spent with lots of love and hugs and…yes!! chocolate. Stay warm and safe today. My prayers that you get through this storm without much incident. God bless.
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The letter was taken from an email my g/f sent. http://www.fathersloveletter.com/flltextenglish.html
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Happy Valentines Day 
Its not so happy for me though…nobody loves me or my family. My mother has nobody to love her because she is a widow, all the girls in my brother’s class at school hate him, and me well…all the guys think I’m an annoying science geek [which is true]. I didnt even get any chocolate today…I only got 2 flowers that are almost dead! I’m sorry…Valentines Day is hard for me and my family because well…tomorrow will be the 6th year “anniversary” of my daddy passing away…
So yeah…I’m sorry for like “yellling” or “blurting” out on you.
thank you for your comment and God Bless you every day! ~B
thank you for your comment and God Bless you every day! ~B
Aww…thanks…you sure? Because like none of my friends like me talking about my feelings because they always want me to help them with their feelings and all. Wow, my Dad died when I was in fourth grade too! [conwincidence ?sp?] haha
I e-mailed ya just to let you know!
‘I just heard about the story of Valentines today earlier for the first time ever waahha
RYC: Yes, the birds on fire.
Oh! I guess the Rhino just wants to have fun!?!
I do not remember where I heard that poem! It just came to me today – and I know someone told it to me!
I’m really not supposed to have any chocolate