{"id":1748,"date":"2010-03-06T23:49:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T05:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=1748"},"modified":"2010-03-06T23:49:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T05:49:39","slug":"recap-february-28-march-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100306-1748.htm","title":{"rendered":"Recap (February 28-March 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<!--\nupdatepage();\n\/\/--><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>On bekahcubed<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Book Reviews:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"books\/murdock_c_g-dairyqueen.htm\"><i>Dairy Queen<\/i><\/a> by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Book Review)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"books\/oke_j-whentomorrowcomes.htm\"><i>When Tomorrow Comes<\/i><\/a> by Janette Oke (Book Review)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Photo Albums:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"photos\/1985christmas\/ats00000.htm\" onClick=\"return popup(this, 'photos')\">Christmas 1985<\/a> at Grandma and Grandpa Cook&#8217;s house and at Grandma Menter&#8217;s house<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On the web<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Laugh out loud funnies:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A little marriage enrichment for you married folk (and fun for singles, too!) <a href=\"http:\/\/twentytwowords.com\/2010\/03\/03\/there%E2%80%99s-always-a-bright-side-to-your-spouse%E2%80%99s-faults\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be thankful for your spouse&#8217;s faults<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Books for the TBR list:<\/i><br \/>\nIs this for real?  Am I actually emerging from this week with only <i>one<\/i> additional book on my TBR list?  This is amazing!!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/review-adoration-of-jenna-fox-by-mary-e.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The adoration of Jenna Fox<\/i><\/a> by Mary E. Pearson<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve said it before and I&#8217;ll say it again&#8211;I like YA fiction.  This one sounds like it&#8217;ll be a deeper and more complex read then most&#8211;but it sounds good!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>News to take note of:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthfinder.gov\/news\/newsstory.aspx?docID=636564\" target=\"_blank\">People with purpose don&#8217;t get Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a>.  <br \/>\nThis is good news for a goal-oriented but family medical history heavy gal.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/sex-relationships\/news\/20100302\/which-marriages-last-10-years\" target=\"_blank\">The odds for a successful marriage<\/a><br \/>\nWanna be married for a good long time?  The odds are best for highly educated couples from two-parent families who married after age 26 but did not cohabit prior to marriage.  It also helps if they have kids after marrying.  Looks like the odds are in my favor (assuming I hold off on marrying for another year&#8211;but I think that&#8217;s probably a reasonable assumption!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Thought-provoking posts:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justin Buzzard on processing life like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzardblog.com\/2010\/03\/01\/psalm-3-learning-how-to-process-approach-life\" target=\"_blank\">David in Psalm 3<\/a>.  I&#8217;ve been doing a bit of this Sight\u2013>Belief\u2013>Remembrance\u2013>Resolve\u2013>Prayer\u2013>Praise\/Assurance stuff in the last couple of months.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/Blog\/2273_staying_faithful_when_things_get_worse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Staying Faithful when life gets worse<\/a>: Reflections on the life of Joseph<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>Sometimes faithfulness to God and his word sets us on a course where circumstances get worse, not better. It is then that knowing God\u2019s promises and his ways are crucial. Faith in God\u2019s future grace for us is what sustains us in those desperate moments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Videos worth seeing:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Validation: a short film<br \/>\nAnd by short film, I really mean film.  This is 16 minutes long, but it&#8217;s a FANTASTIC romantic comedy. <br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Cbk980jV7Ao&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Cbk980jV7Ao&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nHT: <a href=\"http:\/\/seth.heasley.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/hockey-ice-skating-teach-dad-cashew-cream-validation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Collateral Bloggage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On bekahcubed Book Reviews: Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Book Review) When Tomorrow Comes by Janette Oke (Book Review) Photo Albums: Christmas 1985 at Grandma and Grandpa Cook&#8217;s house and at Grandma Menter&#8217;s house On the web Laugh out loud funnies: A little marriage enrichment for you married folk (and fun for singles, too!) &#8230; <a title=\"Recap (February 28-March 6)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20100306-1748.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recap (February 28-March 6)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}