12/28/2005

New Years Resolutions grrr

Well, well, well, it's 'that' time again - listing our resolutions for the new year.
Well, bah humbug on THAT, like anyone's going to actually KEEP, much less even REMEMBER them. Aren't the SAME things on your list every single year?
So, mine is more of a TO-DO / WISH-LIST for the year 2006 : )
  1. This year, I promise to discover a cure and develop a vaccine for CELLULITE.
  2. This year, I look forward to having only UPLIFTING experiences = eyelift, facelift, booblift, buttlift.
  3. This year, I 'm going to obtain 2 hearing aides, one for each ear... not because i'm hard of hearing, but so I can turn DOWN the volume and walk around stone deaf to all the unwanted racket I don't WANT to hear.
  4. This year, with or without said hearing aides, I'm looking for the nearest silent monastery for a 6 week retreat.
  5. This year, I want to marry Alan Jackson and have 12 of his babies, ok that one might be a bit far fetched since he's already married and I'm no homewrecker... hmmm, maybe sing backup on some of his newest songs when they are recorded... yeah! that would be cool!
  6. This year, I will form a conga-line on I-75 and we will dance our way from the capitol of Georgia to the capitol of Florida, just for the sheer fun of it.
  7. This year, I'm FINALLY going to win $500 million in the mega millions lottery. (What I'm going to DO with the $500 million is another whole list!)
  • And if I had my 'druthers', this is what I'd druther be doing this year . . .
  • Fly in John Travoltas airplane.
  • Ride on Nicholas Cages motorcycle.
  • Co-Host for one week on the Regis & Kelly Show.
  • Dance with Ellen Degeneres.
  • Make something crafty with Martha Stewart, then cook up something yummy.
  • Drive a float in the Rose Bowl Parade.
  • Deliver the Publishers ClearingHouse Sweepstakes check to the winner.
  • Win the HGTV DreamHouse and live happily ever after.
  • And have it prettied up by Candace Olson of 'Divine Design' fame.
  • Meanwhile, have my present abode transformed by the 'Design-on-a-Dime' and 'Mission Organization' teams.
  • Assist Matt Fox of 'Room-by-Room' fame with his woodworking and painting projects.
  • Ride with Kenny Wallace in a real race or at least during qualifying.
  • " And with Dale Jr. too.
  • Drive the pace car at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
  • Sing the national anthem for the Atlanta Braves.
  • Travel to visit the Dalai Llama and have lunch with him.
  • Play Leeann Rhimmes mother in a movie (honest to gosh, we look so much alike, i could do it! I look just like an older version of her).
  • In fact I'd like to 'Do Lunch' with ALL these people AND with everybody on my 'Loved and Respected' list.
  • Find the answer to the mystery of the mark on my left wrist.
  • This list is by no means finished and will be added to as time permits...

12/21/2005

Honk for Jesus


The sweetest thing happened today...
Driving home from doing a tiny bit of Christmas shopping, I was about 3 miles from town, in the middle of nowhere. No houses or businesses, just beautiful countryside.
As I approached the crossroads to make my left turn, there on the right was a car parked next to the road. Sitting on the hood were two young teenage girls holding up a homemade cardboard sign in front of their faces. As my truck slowed for my turn, I strained to read the sign, certain that it would read something like 'car for sale' or something similar.
I was quite surprised when instead of the expected message it read "HONK FOR JESUS"!
Naturally, I had to honk and when I did, those two girls let out in unisom, an earsplitting scream such as when rabid football fans cheer when their team makes a hard won touchdown.
They were so cute I smiled all the way home.
I wanted so badly to go back and take their picture, but time constraint pushed me forward.
Those little ladies will never know what a wonderful, unexpected, sweet, warm feeling and memory they gave me to cherish.

.............UPDATE...........

New Years Day driving into town, I saw right in front of the spot where they had been sitting, on the road in huge orange paint or chalk the words
HONK FOR JESUS !

Thank you ladies for the smile & the memory...
and for being such staunch supporters for Jesus... Bless your hearts : )

Thank You Carol Wimmer


WHEN I SAY, "I AM A CHRISTIAN"

When I say, "I am a Christian" I'm not shouting, "I’ve been saved!"
I'm whispering, "I get lost! That's why I chose this way"

When I say, "I am a Christian" I don't speak with human pride
I'm confessing that I stumble— needing God to be my guide

When I say, "I am a Christian" I'm not trying to be strong
I'm professing that I'm weak and pray for strength to carry on

When I say, "I am a Christian" I'm not bragging of success
I'm admitting that I've failed and cannot ever pay the debt

When I say, "I am a Christian" I don't think I know it all
I submit to my confusion asking humbly to be taught

When I say, "I am a Christian" I'm not claiming to be perfect
My flaws are all too visible but God believes I'm worth it

When I say, "I am a Christian" I still feel the sting of pain
I have my share of heartache, which is why I seek His name

When I say, "I am a Christian" I do not wish to judge
I have no authority...I only know I'm loved

Copyright 1988 Carol Wimmerhttp://www.carolwimmer.com/
Used with permission of Carol Wimmer.

12/17/2005

Saddest word...

When God calls little children to dwell with Him above,
we mortals sometime question the wisdom of His Love.
For no heartache compares with the death of one small child,
who does so much to make our world seem wonderful and mild.
Perhaps God tires of calling the aged to His Fold,
so He picks a rosebud before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them and so He takes but few,
to make the land of Heaven more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult, still somehow we must try -
The saddest word mankind knows
will always be "Goodbye" ...

12/15/2005

"Babies Don't Keep"...




Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tommorow
For Babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep...
I'm rocking my Baby and Babies don't keep!


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12/07/2005

Serendipity, You make me laugh...





Serendipity...
a classic example...

For several days (like 2 weeks!) I turned upside down the house and truck looking for an overdue library book.
The book still hasn't turned up and the library graciously renewed it as often as they could so I could continue to search for it. But since the book was borrowed from another library branch, eventually , it HAD to be returned.
I've been checking out, reading, and returning library books all my life and have never lost a book before.
The only one I've ever had to pay for was left outside on the patio table briefly when a sudden very light rain came up and it got just wet enough as to be unacceptable to go back on the library bookshelves.

Sooo, the time finally came, bring forth said book or pay for it.
Well, I paid ($7.00 plus cost of money order, thank goodness it was an old book, a newer book would have cost 3 times that much, but still money I really couldn't afford to part with at the moment).

They had several books I'd requested earlier, so I counted them and decided, ok now, I've GOT to be more careful, paying for lost books is not possible in my limited budget.

I get home with books in my bookbag, and that evening, I reach in randomly pulling out the first book.
'Getting Control etc...' by Sandra Felton

After the Table of Contents, on page 13 is the Introduction, 'How to Read This Book'.
Normally, I skip introductions, but this one caught my eye.
I'm reading along and in paragraph 4, honest to God, this is word for word what it says =

"Try not to lose this book while you are reading it because, if you do, you'll lose your enthusiasm for the insights you get. Here is your first fill-in for where you will faithfully store the book:
I will keep this book ________ while I am reading it."

It felt like serendipity had gently slapped me in the face and I laughed one of the best belly laughs of my lifetime...