Far Reaching Consequences

2Ch 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
2Ch 10:14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2Ch 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

The egotistical decision of Solomon's idiot son, Rehoboam, changed the course of history. It meant the end of the glory years of the united kingdom of Israel and set in motion the perpetual divided kingdom of Judah vs Israel, South vs North. Not one of the subsequent northern kings would serve God, only 8 of 20 Judean kings would do that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.

In the end, it would mean captivity for both factions and the eventual scattering of the 10 northern tribes to the 4 winds.

This is the boy for whom Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs. A lot of good it did him.

However, we read that the cause was of God, so that He might perform His Word. The shelving of Israel would open the door for gentile ministry 26 generations later, and God could do a new thing, the Church.

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School's out

Here's a new concept , last day of school photos they both seem so much more happy in these pictures , it really does feel like we just started this school year , it sure does fly by.

Happy dance..

School's finally out as you can you see how excited the girls are , we are kicking off day one with sleeping in late , that was heaven , and shopping , Mason has earned and saved this whole year and she is ready to spend it , on a shopping spree, wish me luck , this could be a long day .

Cheers to a happy summer break . We need it .

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Room Air Conditioner Turn-In

NHsaves participants have teamed up to offer a unique opportunity for consumers to save energy and money this summer! For a limited time, NHsaves is offering a $30 incentive toward the purchase of an ENERGY STAR-qualified room air conditioners when customers turn in old & inefficient room air conditioners. Electric Utilities are offering its customers/members a chance to recycle their old air conditioners. This service is free at participating retailers, saving the fee of $5-$20 normally charged at municipal transfer stations. A special $30 rebate to be used toward the purchase of a new ENERGY STAR mode will also be provided. For more information or to find the recycling location nearest to you, click here.

NHsaves is about people in New Hampshire doing the right thing working together to save energy, reduce costs and protect the environment. NHsaves is made up of: Public Service of New Hampshire, Unitil, National Grid, and New Hampshire Electric Co-op.

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Room Air Conditioner Turn-In

NHsaves participants have teamed up to offer a unique opportunity for consumers to save energy and money this summer! For a limited time, NHsaves is offering a $30 incentive toward the purchase of an ENERGY STAR-qualified room air conditioners when customers turn in old & inefficient room air conditioners. Electric Utilities are offering its customers/members a chance to recycle their old air conditioners. This service is free at participating retailers, saving the fee of $5-$20 normally charged at municipal transfer stations. A special $30 rebate to be used toward the purchase of a new ENERGY STAR mode will also be provided. For more information or to find the recycling location nearest to you, click here.

NHsaves is about people in New Hampshire doing the right thing working together to save energy, reduce costs and protect the environment. NHsaves is made up of: Public Service of New Hampshire, Unitil, National Grid, and New Hampshire Electric Co-op.

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Album Fiksimini ( Part 1)

Aslm...

Hoho...
Senangnya...
Beberapa fikisimini yang saya tulis di Twitter dan FB banyak yang suka...
Padahal saya masih sangat teramat pemula...
[Pamer?]  Hehe... nggak gitu juga...

Nah...
Bukannya mau sombong atau gimana, tapi saya rasa boleh lah di post di blog...
hoho...
Semoga lebih banyak lagi yang suka...

---------------Aul's Fikismini Album Part 1---------------

~Bunuh Diri~ 
Manakala mobil itu melintas, ia segera melompat, lalu terpental dan berdarah. Hanya karena pagi tadi dimarahi Ayah.

~Peniru Payah~ 
Ia berdiri, Aku berdiri. Ia berteriak, Aku berteriak. Ia melompat ke jurang, Aku melambaikan tangan.


~Selingkuh~ 
Dan aku hanya bisa menatap dengan sesak di dada saat orang yang ku kasihi beradu dahi dengan pria berbaju coklat itu.

~Ternyata~ 
Ia tersenyum, manis sekali. Semanis madu. Dan dengan lembut ia menyapaku, "Kau tampak lucu dengan baju terbalik itu,"

~Hadiah~ 
Ia berkata, "aku akan menghadiahkan kalung permata mahal untuk ulangtahunmu besok,". Dan sore harinya, ia gantung diri.

~Janji~ 
Pagi ini pria itu berjanji, akan menghadiahkan rumah mewah kepada kekasihnya. Dan kekasihnya histeris menangis di sore harinya, karena pria itu mati ditabrak truk kemarin malam.

~Demi Cinta~ 
Aku mau melakukan apapun demi cintaku padamu," Ujarnya sambil menatap mata gadisnya dalam. Gadisnya menjawab mantap dengan senyum penuh kemenangan, "Baiklah. Kalau begitu carikan aku pacar yang lebih baik darimu,"

~Pengantin Baru~ 
Dan saat ia membuka matanya serta menoleh, ia menjerit dan berlari turun dari tempat tidurnya sampai terpeleset jatuh dan kepalanya berdarah, hanya karena kaget ada pria bertelanjang dada di sebelahnya. Padahal hiasan kamar pengantin baru pun masih terpasang dimana-mana.

~Diskon~ 
Dan ia pulang dengan wajah kecewa. Esoknya ia kembali ke warung itu dan berkata, "Nasi bungkus kemarin sudah turun harga?". Dan penjualnya menjawab, "Ya. Gratis!".


~Korupsi~ 
Seorang pegawai disidang gara-gara memotong gaji bawahannya. Hakim bertanya, "Kenapa kau melakukannya?". Dengan nada membela ia mejawab, "Atasan saya yang duluan memotong gaji saya"

--------------- The End ---------------

P.S.

Mohon kritik dan sarannya, agar menjadi lebih baik.

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Lessons Learned from the Chronicles:

1Ch 26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
1Ch 26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
1Ch 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

1. God is a God of order (thus the name, "Chronicles"). Everything and everyone in its place. Not only does He have the hairs of our head numbered, not only does He know when every sparrow falls, but He knows everyone by name, past, present and future.
2. Everyone matters, everyone has a job to do. Priests, porters, singers, praisers, etc.
3. There are two ways of doing things, the wrong way and God's way. God's way is always the best way.
4. Though the books can be tedious, they teach us pronunciation and enunciation.
5. The Chronicles are invaluable to the Jews for geneology.
6. They are just as inspired as the gospels, though not always as inspiring.

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my "just beachy"

I recently ordered these beachy prints from Rusty Cricket on Etsy , I have been really looking forward to their arrival and I was so pleased when they arrived today .

I added them to this little spot by the stairs , it is such a nice pop of color and I think it really finishes this room off.

I must admit I smile when I look at this room , it is so fresh and welcoming casual and definitely "just beachy" , it is all coming together .

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Birthday Party wear out!

The Candy party was a great sucess , all of Mason's good friends and lots of sweet treats were served, glad it went well but I am sure glad birthday's are over for the year, they have worn me out! Customized treat bags .

Swimming , hanging out presents and candy and more candy , that is all this party needed to make Mason's day .

I personally loved the chocolate covered strawberries , yummmm

Instead of a cake Mason requested cake pops like she saw on Bakerella , they turned out OK at best , I think I learned a lot , and I need to find edible pens if I ever try this again .

Mason's great sweet friends , peaceful too .

Sophie bought Mason the nicest purse , everyone loved it , apparently she won't let me borrow it.

A left out little sweetie , a few spilled beverages , one fall {for me chasing the dog out of the mud , which I fell in} , a couple of crazy hyper dogs {they must have been feeding off the energy} , and somehow one very badly burnt lamp shade that nearly went a blaze , all in a day .

Cheers for now !

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Candy Themed Party

Here is my beautiful birthday girl , she is 12 today , isn't she lovely , I love her unique fashion sense , she is so much like I was at her age.

I am attempting the Bakerella happy face cake pops , can you tell this is a kids party or what , BTW these are not so easy ....

A few bags of cotton candy .

Mason layered her fave candies .

Making more marshmallow pops.

A project we threw in yesterday, I am determined to get the front walkways all completed as soon as possible. This is easy , with the exception of the cement mixing, next time we get at it we will rent a cement mixer. It will look great after we fill it in with sand and some mosses , I look forward to one material surface , FYI this is dirt cheap to do

Sophie's birthday breakfast request.

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Pecundang Yang Nggak Penting

Aslm.



Well, jangan salah sangka teman-teman...
Judulnya itu bukan ledekan saya untuk diri saya sendiri.
Tapi untuk seseorang yang nggak penting, yang merasa sok penting dengan meninggalkan pesan nggak bermutu di Cbox saya, tanpa berani meninggalkan link blog nya...

Haha...

Awalnya saya sempat merasa SEDIKIT TERGANGGU dengan pesan itu. Tapi, setelah pesan itu datang lagi, tau nggak saya ngapain? SAYA KETAWA NGAKAK...

Hoho...

Mungkin teman-teman semua ingin ketawa juga?
Oke, saya akan berbagi kegembiraan.
Sebelumnya, silahkan cari posisi enak untuk membaca. hehe...

Kronologis Kedatangan Si Pecundang Yang Nggak Penting

1. Kedatangannya yang pertama pada hari sabtu, tanggal 19 juni 2010. Dia meninggalkan pesan di cbox saya dengan nick "terserah" dan memasukkan link blog saya sebagai link nya. Bunyi pesannya:
""  Blog idiot, nggak ada yang spesial """

Komentar Saya:
Well, seperti yang saya bilang, awalnya saya merasa sedikit terganggu. Siapa orang yang nggak senang dengan saya. saya nggak merasa pernah berbuat salah kepada orang lain.
Tapi akhirnya saya berkesimpulan, dia orang yang sangat pengecut. Saking pengecutnya dia nggak berani memasukkan link blog nya. Yang artinya dia takut saya mengunjungi balik blog nya. Artinya lagi, dia takut saya memergoki blognya yang lebih nggak spesial daripada blog saya, dan Of Course lebih idiot daripada blog saya. Kemungkinan kedua, dia mungkin bahkan nggak punya blog! Hahaha...




2. Hari ini (Minggu, 27 juni 2010, saat saya membuka blog dan mengamati beberapa pesan yang masuk di cbox. Wow! ada dia lagi! kali ini dengan nick "pembenci rahasiamu" tanpa memasukkan link. Waahh... mungkin dia terkesan dengan puisi saya ya, sampai nicknya pembenci rahasiamu - puitis. hoho...
Bunyi pesannya kali ini:

"  Hey blog idiot nggak ada yang special tau, jelek blognya kayak yang punya"

Komentar saya:
Uhm, mungkin dia bilang blog saya nggak spesial karena postingan terakhir saya labelnya Aul's Journals - Anggap aja diary - Yang isi postingannya tentang curhat kebahagiaan saya telah berumur 17 tahun. Jadi dia nggak senang dengan blog yang isinya curhatan. Artinya blog dia isinya ilmu2 copy paste. HAHA. Dan saya nggak ragu lagi menggelari dia "Pecundang" atau "looser". Pasalnya, dia masih nggak berani nunjukin link blog nya. Apa yang dia takutin, kalau emang blog nya itu serba spesial dan nggak idiot??
dan dia bilang blog saya sejelek wajah saya. HAha... Mana blog dia yang nggak sejelek dia itu?? Ngasih link aja nggak berani kok. Artinya, blog dia lebih jelek daripada blog saya.

.Himbauan Kepada Si Pecundang Yang Nggak Penting

Well, anda bilang di blog saya nggak ada yang spesial: sini, mana link blog anda yang spesial itu. Saya mau liat, seberapa spesial blog copy paste anda itu...
Trus, anda bilang blog gue idiot: sini, mana link blog anda yang nggak idiot itu. saya mau liat, seberapa jenius nya blog copy paste anda itu...
Trus, anda bilang blog saya sejelek muka saya: sini, mana link blog anda yang nggak jelek itu. saya mau liat, seberapa cakep nya blog anda yang secakep muka anda itu...
Trus, kalo anda bisa nyela blog saya yang 100% tulisan saya : sini, mana link blog anda yang isinya copy paste semua itu. HAHA. Nggak berani ngasih liat kan...?

Let me tell you...
Facts about me:
1. Alhamdulillah. Hingga saat ini, pengunjung blog saya lebih dari 15.000. Bahkan mungkin jauh lebih banyak dari itu. Itu bukti blog saya banyak yang suka. Artinya, blog saya nggak jelek. juga nggak idiot.
2. Followersnya. juga udah lebih dari 120 orang. itu bukti blog saya banyak yang suka. artinya blog saya nggak jelek. juga nggak idiot.
3. Komentarnya. Nggak terhitung. Anda tau, komentar di sebuah blog itu menandakan seberapa banyak yang membaca dan suka posting yang ada di blog tersebut. itu bukti blog saya banyak yang suka. artinya blog saya nggak jelek. juga nggak idiot.

Mau nyangkal apa lagi??
Berhubung dari jutaan blogger, hanya anda yang berkomentar demikian, artinya satu hal:

SELERA ANDA NGGAK BERES...

Haha...
LOOSER!!!

Sebenarnya saya agak kasihan juga...
Anda bilang blog saya ini-itu. nyatanya anda datang juga ke sini. itu artinya blog saya bagus dan membuat anda terkesan kan? Kalau tidak, bagaimana mungkin anda ingat alamat blog saya dan bisa datang untuk yang kedua kalinya?
Benar kan? Atau anda hanya sirik karena blog saya nggak lebih jelek dari blog anda? atau mungkin karena blog saya nggak lebih idiot dari blog anda? atau mungkin karena blog anda nggak lebih ramai dari kuburan?
Saya rasa, anda juga tahu. Sirik itu hanya akan melukai hati dan jiwa anda sendiri.
Saya tidak akan berusaha membalas anda, karena saya merasa apa yang anda lakukan tidak penting untuk saya. Dan, karena saya yakin di dunia ini ada yang namanya keadilan. Anda akan dapat balasan sendiri suatu saat. ( Kalau di Plurk namanya KARMA ).

Hoho...




Well... Jangan sangka saya membuat postingan tentang "DIA" ini karena menurut saya dia penting. Seperti yang saya katakan tadi, saya membuat postingan ini hanya untuk berbagi kegembiraan kepada blogger lain yang baca, agar tetap tenang dan nggak merasa terganggu bila mendapat kasus yang sama.
Ingat satu hal teman-teman:

Akan selalu ada rintangan untuk menjadi Sukses.

Lihat aja Bang Dika. Penulis yang bukunya diangkat dari blognya. Awalnya banyak yang berkomentar karyanya hanya memenuh-menuhkan judul buku yang dijual di toko-toko. Bahkan banyak juga yang berkomentar sadis-sadis, seolah-olah menulis itu adalah dosa yang memalukan. Tapi akhirnya, semua karyanya BEST SELLER.

See-Yaa...

Aslm

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Happy Birthday to my baby girl

Sophie turns 9 today at 9:59 am , she 's dressed in her new birthday clothes and jumping for joy.

Yes I let my kids jump on the furniture , actually normally I don't but I do let Sophie stand on this table to see herself in the mirror above the sofa ....no one got hurt.

Hip hip horray ! Happy birthday Sophie , I love you SOOOOO much!!!

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New addition

Isn't it purdy ?

It came in a plain brown box. That is how IKEA rolls , this is an Ektorp Jenny Lund style chair with white slipcover.

Moe checking it out.

It's covered in a lovely unbleached cotton.

I need to do a little ironing , I know.

I love it , I hope my husband likes it too , because we really didn't discuss it .

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Lamp slipcover number two

Before lamp : grey and grey shade , it just felt out of place to me.

My after lamp makeover , I sprayed it aqua blue and created a new lamp slipcover .

It looks like I bought new lamps , even my husband approves. Now I just need to do something about that chair it's the wrong colour the wrong pattern , I have toyed with having it slipcovered , or slipcovering it myself {I don't have confidence in that }I don't want it to look hand done , sometimes a new addition is just the way to , it has been at least three years since I have bought a new piece for the house , after all my kijiji second hand makeovers and finds I think a small purchase may be in order.

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Do you remember these invitation bags of candy for Mason's candy themed party , well we are officially counting the days only a few more left , I am so thrilled with the candy bar that is coming together , see at the bottom of this post.

Here is a picture of how my back facade looks today ,after two years of work , below is how it used to look , a little flat don't ya think?

Can you spot all the changes.

Before the shutters , looking a little blah now that it has shutters. So yes I did build the shutters from old left over fence boards , I scrubbed them down and then added a fresh coat of grey stain , the same stain I used on the shingles in the front and back of the house. Now my house has as much "curb appeal" as the front , maybe my back neighbours will let me design the backs of their houses too ... doubt they are so inclined , I know I am one of a kind , actually I am not , through blogging I have found there ARE others just like me.

I got those hinges I needed to make my freshly built shutters look more functional .

I ordered this lovely floral fabric from Tonic Living after seeing it here at Rambling Renovators.

Getting ready for another birthday party , the candy bar is turning out nicely, I should throw big people parties I love this stuff.

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