The last year in books

Here is a list of the 23 books that I can remember reading in the last 12 months. It is worth noting that I have started other books and not finished them. So these are the best of about 60 books.

If I could only recommend one on business leadership, right now I would recommend Martha rules(especially for women to read). Only one on Jesus/leadership I would recommend Lead like Jesus. Only one on finance- Total Money makeover. One on marrage, Love and Respect(Although it doesn't make for good small group material). What have you been reading?


Martha's Rules: A Handbook for Success from One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs [unabridged]

The Millionaire Mind [abridged]

Getting Things Done [abridged]

The Millionaire Next Door [abridged]

The Hobbit [unabridged]

Thinking For A Change [abridged]

Lead Like Jesus [unabridged]

Secrets of a Passionate Marriage [unabridged]

Permission Marketing [abridged]

How To Become A Great Boss [unabridged]

Developing the Leader Within You [unabridged]

Who Moved My Cheese? [unabridged]

The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership [abridged]

Developing The Leaders Around You : How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential [abridged]

Trump:Think Like a Billionaire : Everything You Need to Know About Success, Real Estate, and Life [unabridged]

Unleashing the Ideavirus [abridged]

The Total Money Makeover [abridged]

Every Man's Marriage (Every Woman's Desire) [abridged]

Raving Fans [abridged]

It only takes everything you've got

Do you have the time for success

God's Gravity

Love and Respect

Bee leave it or not

Here is an article I got in an email newsletter that I get. Apparently the cellphones may not be what is causing the bees to die.

In a related matter, if you live in NW Arkansas you have got to try Grandma's Honey It is made in Famington and has not been processed. I have not had a lot of really good honeys, but this is the best I have had. It is available at Walmart.


CATASTROPHIC BEE COLONY COLLAPSE IS NOT AFFECTING ORGANIC HIVES
As previously reported in Organic Bytes (Issue #104), beekeepers in 24 states are experiencing record losses of honeybees. Some states have reported up to 70% disappearances of commercial bee populations. Researchers are struggling to find the causes of this mysterious collapse. A crucial element of this story, missing from reports in the mainstream media, is the fact that organic beekeepers across North America are not experiencing colony collapses. The millions of dying bees are hyper-bred varieties whose hives are regularly fumigated with toxic pesticides by conventional beekeepers attempting to ward off mites. In contrast, organic beekeepers avoid pesticides and toxic chemicals and strive to use techniques that closely emulate the ecology of bees in the wild. Researchers are beginning to link the mass deaths of non-organic bees to pesticide exposure, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the common practice of moving conventional bee hives over long distances.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/bees.cfm

Who let the dogs out

Genessa and I have been struggling with what to do with our Lab Sam. He has recently increased his climbing skill from getting over chain link fences to climbing over our Privacy fence.

And when I say climb, I mean climb he walks up to the fence puts his front feet on one of the wood supports and then raises his back feet up and climbs the fence much like I would if I were trapped in the back yard.

When he climbs the fence, one of two things happen. He hangs out in the front yard waiting for us to come home or one of my kind neighbors puts him back in the back yard. I know that they must love doing this I know I would.

All that said I spent most of yesterday installing an underground electric fence. I figured that working with an electric fence and digging would be much funner in the rain so yesterday was perfect.

Sam will wear a coller that will beep when he starts approaching the wire and if he doesn't turn back he will get a small (whats a nice word for shock?) "correction".

I am still not finished with the fence, and once I am, we will still have a couple of weeks of traing to do in order to show Sam how the fence works. I hope he will catch on quick. He learned to climb the fence very fast so I bet not climbing the fence will be learned as quick.

Tim

Picture Journal

Although I intend on posting at length of the great time we had in Colorado, experience tells me this brief reference is all I will do. So it was great. Here are some pictures of what we have been doing the last few weeks.
This is Genessa Grinding on a "box"
This is my cousin Tyler watching my wife flip upside down in the snow during a sledding accident. Notice the green sled flying through the air. (Genessa is the one whose feet you see)
We decided to move our bed to this wall. If our bed room were bigger, you would be able to see everything in the pic. But this was the best I could do.
Since we moved the bed, I decided I could use the carpet that you don't see under the bed. So I cut it out.
My bus has needed a layer of carpet in it to make it quieter and a little more plushHere is our bus with it's new carpet job. BTW I think we have settled on "Wendy" For the name for our bus.

Proof I am ADHD

This was my attempt to make a video serenade for my wife. Needless to say I never finished, but I thought this video illustrates what a wonderful person she is because it shows a little bit of what it is like to be around ADHD Tim.

I call it "I can't help falling in live with you"

Cow Farts

I found this info on Mark Batterson's blog, it was good stuff so I thought I would pass it on.

You can read the article he got it from here.

According to a United Nations Report, cow "emissions" are the greatest threat to the environment.

The 400-page report by the Food and Agricultural Organization, Livestock's Long Shadow, says that the world's 1.5 billion cattle are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. That is more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.

Cow farts account for 9% of all carbon dioxide emissions. Their "wind" and manure account for more than 33% of methane. And their farts produce 100 other polluting gases including ammonia, one of the major causes of acid rain.

One more random cow fact: a cow drinks 990 litres of water to produce one litre of milk!

Looking for a picture to put on this post I found this article that talks about a tax on cow farts. I can't make this stuff up. Cow fart Tax

There are a couple of people that I would like to tax their "emissions"

Shine on,
Tim

Bookmark me!

Ever wondered where the red sea is that is talked about in the Bible. Or some other random place.

Now all you have to do is go to Biblemap.org. This site combines the Bible and Google maps.

So as you are reading the Bible and a place is referenced, you can click on it and see a satellite image of it.

Sometimes if you zoom in you can even see the airports that they must have used to travel in the biblical times.

Shine on,
Tim