Even though I haven't been around the blogging scene much lately, I wanted to pop in today to congratulate my friend, the one and only Amanda, for reaching her 100th Thankful Thursday post.  For those of you not in the know, Amanda has set aside Thursdays, almost every Thursday for the past two years in fact, to blog about those things for which she is thankful.  I can't tell you how much her thankfulness has inspired me to look around my life for things to be thankful for, and, in turn, what a blessing that spirit of thankfulness has been to me.

So I'm going to count this as my Thankful Thursday, too.

I'm thankful for Amanda, and her thankfulness.

I'm thankful for her beautiful spirit.

Most of all, I'm thankful that she's my friend.

(I know, I know, another lame non post.  Apparently that's how I role these days.)

Saturday was one of my favorite kind of days.  It was dark and rainy and windy and cold; one of those nearly perfect fall days when the best place to be is inside with a book or a movie, and a steady supply of warm drinks and fuzzy socks (preferably green, I say).

I did venture out for a little while, just to smell the wind a bit.  (I also got the mail and spashed in a puddle...)  It was glorious.  Truely.

Have I mentioned that I love Fall? 

Cause I do.  A lot.

Happy Autumn, my friends.

Tootle Pip
[doodlebugs]

Rifqa Bary is a 17 year old girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and is now hiding out in Florida because she fears that her family will kill her to preserve their "honour".  Please pray that the Lord puts a hedge of protection around this extraordinary young woman.

Here's some of the details: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541205,00.html

from whatwhileweslept