Mind Myself: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Out Of All The Games I Have Played, This One is My Favorite

I should mention that this game is a PC game.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=656257

This is game is probably one my favorite games for the computer and it is a little bit of an older one. The game Rollercoater Tycoon 2. (I have played the other ones but this one is my FAVORITE. There are 3 games in total.) This game first came out on October 15, 2002 and I still play it to this day. (However, at this current moment the computer that I have it installed on is down.) This game currently has the most play time of any game I have ever played.

But I am a big fan of roller coasters (this was referenced in previous post http://alexmindofme.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-2012-must-ride-roller-coaster.html I must still ride X-Flight!! I hope to get to do that this summer. But anyways... rabbit trail) and to have a game at my finger tips that allows me to build and run an amusement park... THAT IS AMAZING!!! I can build my own rollercoasters and other rides as well. I have to run a safe a profitable park. It's a blast!!!

I would love to show you some of my creations on the game, but the computer is down at this moment so I can't get to any of my screen shots. I will have to show them to you at a later time.

Last Break - June 30

Here is the reading for today...

Psalm 102-103

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 102

A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the Lord.

¹Lord, hear my prayer!
    Listen to my plea!
²Don’t turn away from me
    in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
    and answer me quickly when I call to you.
³For my days disappear like smoke,
    and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
⁴My heart is sick, withered like grass,
    and I have lost my appetite.
⁵Because of my groaning,
    I am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶I am like an owl in the desert,
    like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.
⁷I lie awake,
    lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
⁸My enemies taunt me day after day.
    They mock and curse me.
⁹I eat ashes for food.
    My tears run down into my drink
¹⁰because of your anger and wrath.
    For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
¹¹My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows.
    I am withering away like grass.

¹²But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever.
    Your fame will endure to every generation.
¹³You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem—
    and now is the time to pity her,
    now is the time you promised to help.
¹⁴For your people love every stone in her walls
    and cherish even the dust in her streets.
¹⁵Then the nations will tremble before the Lord.
    The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
¹⁶For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem.
    He will appear in his glory.
¹⁷He will listen to the prayers of the destitute.
    He will not reject their pleas.

¹⁸Let this be recorded for future generations,
    so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord.
¹⁹Tell them the Lord looked down
    from his heavenly sanctuary.
He looked down to earth from heaven
²⁰    to hear the groans of the prisoners,
    to release those condemned to die.
²¹And so the Lord’s fame will be celebrated in Zion,
    his praises in Jerusalem,
²²when multitudes gather together
    and kingdoms come to worship the Lord.

²³He broke my strength in midlife,
    cutting short my days.
²⁴But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
    don’t take my life while I am so young!
²⁵Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
    and made the heavens with your hands.
²⁶They will perish, but you remain forever;
    they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
    and discard them.
²⁷But you are always the same;
    you will live forever.
²⁸The children of your people
    will live in security.
Their children’s children
    will thrive in your presence.”

Psalm 103

A psalm of David.

¹Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
²Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    may I never forget the good things he does for me.
³He forgives all my sins
    and heals all my diseases.
⁴He redeems me from death
    and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
⁵He fills my life with good things.
    My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

⁶The Lord gives righteousness
and justice to all who are treated unfairly.

⁷He revealed his character to Moses
    and his deeds to the people of Israel.
⁸The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
    slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
⁹He will not constantly accuse us,
    nor remain angry forever.
¹⁰He does not punish us for all our sins;
    he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
¹¹For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
    is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
¹²He has removed our sins as far from us
    as the east is from the west.
¹³The Lord is like a father to his children,
    tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
¹⁴For he knows how weak we are;
    he remembers we are only dust.
¹⁵Our days on earth are like grass;
    like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
¹⁶The wind blows, and we are gone—
    as though we had never been here.
¹⁷But the love of the Lord remains forever
    with those who fear him.
His salvation extends to the children’s children
¹⁸    of those who are faithful to his covenant,
    of those who obey his commandments!

¹⁹The Lord has made the heavens his throne;
from there he rules over everything.

²⁰Praise the Lord, you angels,
    you mighty ones who carry out his plans,
    listening for each of his commands.
²¹Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels
    who serve him and do his will!
²²Praise the Lord, everything he has created,
    everything in all his kingdom.

Let all that I am praise the Lord.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20102-103&version=NLT
New Living Translation (NLT)

Friday, June 29, 2012

Merrifield Park

This past Tuesday, due to a power outage, we decided that we would go and take the family pictures that we have been wanting to take for a while. Here are some of them...

The rest are on facebook, here is the link.. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3871481739990.160585.1067029686&type=1

Go and see them (if you haven't already).

Tut Tut It Looks Like Rain

Oh yeah buddy!! I just took this picture...

It seems as if we are going to get some much needed rain and maybe even a STORM!!! I have always loved storms.

Last Break - June 29

Here is the reading for today... Since we are at Psalm 100 I decided to go back to version I memorized it in. So Psalm 100 is in the King James Version. Enjoy.

Psalm 100

King James Version (KJV)

100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

²Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
³Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
⁴Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
⁵For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 101

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 101

A psalm of David.

¹I will sing of your love and justice, Lord.
    I will praise you with songs.
²I will be careful to live a blameless life—
    when will you come to help me?
I will lead a life of integrity
    in my own home.
³I will refuse to look at
    anything vile and vulgar.
I hate all who deal crookedly;
    I will have nothing to do with them.
⁴I will reject perverse ideas
    and stay away from every evil.
⁵I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.
    I will not endure conceit and pride.

⁶I will search for faithful people
    to be my companions.
Only those who are above reproach
    will be allowed to serve me.
⁷I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house,
    and liars will not stay in my presence.
⁸My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked
    and free the city of the Lord from their grip.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20100&version=KJV
King James Version (KJV)

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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20101&version=NLT
New Living Translation (NLT)

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Are We In Phoenix Because It Sure Feels Like It

So if you haven't been outside then you may not know that it's HOT out there. I just checked and it is 99 out there and heat index is 105.

Blah!!

Summer is officially here (well officially it was here June 20, 2012) and it was here for a little back in March.

I think we must be in Phoenix or something. It may be a little cooler there even!! Today would be a good day for rain.

Last Break - June 28

Here is the reading for today..

Psalm 98-99

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 98

A psalm.

¹Sing a new song to the Lord,
    for he has done wonderful deeds.
His right hand has won a mighty victory;
    his holy arm has shown his saving power!
²The Lord has announced his victory
    and has revealed his righteousness to every nation!
³He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel.
    The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

⁴Shout to the Lord, all the earth;
    break out in praise and sing for joy!
⁵Sing your praise to the Lord with the harp,
    with the harp and melodious song,
⁶with trumpets and the sound of the ram’s horn.
    Make a joyful symphony before the Lord, the King!

⁷Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
    Let the earth and all living things join in.
⁸Let the rivers clap their hands in glee!
    Let the hills sing out their songs of joy
⁹before the Lord.
    For the Lord is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
    and the nations with fairness.

Psalm 99

¹The Lord is king!
    Let the nations tremble!
He sits on his throne between the cherubim.
    Let the whole earth quake!
²The Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem,
    exalted above all the nations.
³Let them praise your great and awesome name.
    Your name is holy!
⁴Mighty King, lover of justice,
    you have established fairness.
You have acted with justice
    and righteousness throughout Israel.
⁵Exalt the Lord our God!
    Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!

⁶Moses and Aaron were among his priests;
    Samuel also called on his name.
They cried to the Lord for help,
    and he answered them.
⁷He spoke to Israel from the pillar of cloud,
    and they followed the laws and decrees he gave them.
⁸O Lord our God, you answered them.
    You were a forgiving God to them,
    but you punished them when they went wrong.

⁹Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the Lord our God is holy!

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2098-99&version=NLT
New Living Translation (NLT)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Last Break - June 27

Here is the reading for today..

Psalm 96-97

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 96

¹Sing a new song to the Lord!
    Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!
²Sing to the Lord; praise his name.
    Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
³Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
    Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
⁴Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
    He is to be feared above all gods.
⁵The gods of other nations are mere idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens!
⁶Honor and majesty surround him;
    strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.

⁷O nations of the world, recognize the Lord;
    recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
⁸Give to the Lord the glory he deserves!
    Bring your offering and come into his courts.
⁹Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.
    Let all the earth tremble before him.
¹⁰Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
    The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
    He will judge all peoples fairly.

¹¹Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
    Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
¹²Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
    Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise
¹³before the Lord, for he is coming!
    He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
    and the nations with his truth.

Psalm 97

¹The Lord is king!
    Let the earth rejoice!
    Let the farthest coastlands be glad.
²Dark clouds surround him.
    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
³Fire spreads ahead of him
    and burns up all his foes.
⁴His lightning flashes out across the world.
    The earth sees and trembles.
⁵The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.
⁶The heavens proclaim his righteousness;
    every nation sees his glory.
⁷Those who worship idols are disgraced—
    all who brag about their worthless gods—
    for every god must bow to him.
⁸Jerusalem has heard and rejoiced,
    and all the towns of Judah are glad
    because of your justice, O Lord!
⁹For you, O Lord, are supreme over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰You who love the Lord, hate evil!
    He protects the lives of his godly people
    and rescues them from the power of the wicked.
¹¹Light shines on the godly,
    and joy on those whose hearts are right.
¹²May all who are godly rejoice in the Lord
    and praise his holy name!

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2096-97&version=NLT
New Living Translation (NLT)

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Impostor

If there is one thing that I have learned about Emmerson over his 6 and half weeks of life is... He doesn't like to be fooled.

As people do with most babies, when they cry, they try to get them to be quiet for a second. Well, that is what we try and do with Emmerson. However, when he wants a bottle, he wants a bottle and nothing else will do for the boy. He is very very punctual with his bottles and when he wants to eat. So sometimes he gets a hungry off schedule and he starts to cry. So naturally we give him this...

But he quickly recognizes that formula isn't coming out and he spits out the "impostor" and continues to scream and scream until he get the bottle.

I tell you he is a little piggy and he likes his food and he doesn't like being fooled.

Last Break - June 26

Here is the reading for today..

Psalm 94-95

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 94

¹O Lord, the God of vengeance,
    O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!
²Arise, O judge of the earth.
    Give the proud what they deserve.
³How long, O Lord?
    How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
⁴How long will they speak with arrogance?
    How long will these evil people boast?
⁵They crush your people, Lord,
    hurting those you claim as your own.
⁶They kill widows and foreigners
    and murder orphans.
⁷“The Lord isn’t looking,” they say,
    “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.”

⁸Think again, you fools!
    When will you finally catch on?
⁹Is he deaf—the one who made your ears?
    Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?
¹⁰He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you?
    He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
¹¹The Lord knows people’s thoughts;
    he knows they are worthless!

¹²Joyful are those you discipline, Lord,
    those you teach with your instructions.
¹³You give them relief from troubled times
    until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
¹⁴The Lord will not reject his people;
    he will not abandon his special possession.
¹⁵Judgment will again be founded on justice,
    and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

¹⁶Who will protect me from the wicked?
    Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
¹⁷Unless the Lord had helped me,
    I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.
¹⁸I cried out, “I am slipping!”
    but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me.
¹⁹When doubts filled my mind,
    your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

²⁰Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side—
    leaders whose decrees permit injustice?
²¹They gang up against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent to death.
²²But the Lord is my fortress;
    my God is the mighty rock where I hide.
²³God will turn the sins of evil people back on them.
    He will destroy them for their sins.
    The Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

¹Come, let us sing to the Lord!
    Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
²Let us come to him with thanksgiving.
    Let us sing psalms of praise to him.
³For the Lord is a great God,
    a great King above all gods.
⁴He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
    and the mightiest mountains.
⁵The sea belongs to him, for he made it.
    His hands formed the dry land, too.

⁶Come, let us worship and bow down.
    Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,
⁷    for he is our God.
We are the people he watches over,
    the flock under his care.

If only you would listen to his voice today!
⁸The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah,
    as they did at Massah in the wilderness.
⁹For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
    even though they saw everything I did.
¹⁰For forty years I was angry with them, and I said,
‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me.
    They refuse to do what I tell them.’
¹¹So in my anger I took an oath:
    ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2094-95&version=NLT
New Living Translation (NLT)