My cousin Susan sent me the following. You won’t believe how ingenious some of these are.
25 clever ideas to make life easier
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Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com
Why didn’t I think of that?! We guarrantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw).
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Via: apartmenttherapy.com
Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.
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Via: unplggd.com
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls).
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Via: athomewithrealfood.blogspot.com
Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.
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Via: marthastewart.com
Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.
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Via: realsimple.com
Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.
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Via: savvyhousekeeping.com
Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.
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Via: iheartnaptime.net
Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily – who knew?!
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Via: realsimple.com
Attach a velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.
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Via: flickr.com
Look up! Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.
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Via: instructables.com
Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.
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Via: realsimple.com
Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.
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Via: stephmodo.com
For those who can’t stand the scrunching and bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.
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Via: sprwmn.blogspot.com
Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins (and tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door
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Via: realsimple.com
A tip for holiday packing. Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel!
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Via: familyfun.go.com
A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.
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Via: unplggd.com
Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels.
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Via: kiboomu.com
Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones – so much more fun and easier for kids to eat. Definitely doing this!
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Via: squawkfox.com
Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper bag. Much healthier and cheaper than the packet stuff.
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Via: photobucket.com
Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!
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Via: 9gag.com
Win friends at breakfast with this heart-shaped egg tutorial. Aww shucks!
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Via: wilton.com
Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila – you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream. Click here for recipe.
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Via: realsimple.com
Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.
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Via: lifehacker.com.au
Gutter garden: Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.
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Via: re-nest.com
Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.
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Genesis 4 – 7:
The chapters we read today made it very clear how much sin affects what happens on this earth. There is evil in the world and evil and sin have consequences.
Adam and Eve essentially lost both of their sons when Cain, jealous of Abel, murdered him. I’ve always felt that so-called hate crimes are ridiculous. How can we know the motivation of someone when they commit a crime, that they did it because of hatred. But God certainly recognized something amiss in Cain’s attitude before Cain ever took his brother’s life. In fact, God rejected Cain’s offering. Cain brought “some of his crops” to the Lord. Abel brought the “best of the newborn lambs” to God.
Interesting how God asked Adam where he was after Adam ate of the fruit. God asks Cain where Abel is. He gives us the opportunity to confess. Adam did and God shed blood to provide a covering for Adam and Eve. Cain, on the other hand, asks, “Am I my brother’s guardian?”
Cain is banished to be a vagabond who wanders through the earth, but God takes pity on him, giving him a mark so people will know not to harm him. Notice also that Cain recognizes he is banished from God’ presence (see Gen. 4:13). Cain marries and has children and grandchildren who seem to be skillful individuals.
We then see that Adam and Eve have another son whom they name Seth. Genesis 5, in relating the initial descendants of Adam, never mentions Cain, but provides information about the line of Seth and ancestors of Noah. We see the wickedness of man and how God is sorry, how it breaks His heart. He states His intention to wipe man off the earth, BUT NOAH FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD. As we see, Noah “walked in close fellowship with the Lord.” God grant that we all may do that.
God shares what He is going to do with Noah and commands him to build an ark. According to Hebrews 11:7, “it was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith, Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith. Noah tried to tell people there would be a great flood. Imagine his faith…Noah preached for years and years without one convert. But did you see Genesis 6:22: “So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.” Not only did Noah have faith, he also was obedient. In this “now” generation, I can’t imagine anyone doing this.
This flood was catastrophic. The water stayed on the earth 150 days. Those of you who have lived through local floods can just imagine how devastating it was.
Well, tomorrow, we’ll be reading Genesis 8-11.
Until next time…
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