Friday, December 5, 2008

7 Quick Takes Friday

Click on over to Jennifer at Conversion Diary for my 7 Quick Takes inspiration ala Mr. Linky.

One.
I'm sorta with Jennifer on the balloons, but my "eek" is rubber gloves. And I occasionally have to wear them at work. I love the vinyl ones, but the rubber ones are just too, well....balloony.

And a two.

Don't wash your car. Seriously. This is what happened to my eldest son's Jeep when he took it to a reputable (well, until this week) full service car wash. Seems Car Wash Dude thought it was cool to rev up the engine. Big time. In gear. One word: totaled. The blessing: nobody was hurt.

And a three.
Remember the scene in Bruce Almighty when "God" Jim Carrey got all the email so fast he couldn't keep up? That's how I felt when I Lucky posted a pathetic piece on Doggyspace. The dogs of this world really have hearts. Sympathy emails kept pouring in so fast on Lucky's journal post that I still haven't responded to many of them! Call me nuts. I love my dog and I'm really going to miss him.

And a four.
Back to cars. Here's our repair list for the week: wheel bearings for Ron Burgundy's truck, my 4 wheel drive is down to 3, my remote to unlock doesn't work, the driver's window gets stuck in the down position (it was 17 degrees this am), I'm 2500 miles over the need for an oil change, and my cell phone won't stay charged which isn't really a part of my car but with everything else going on, it needs to be. I hate it when things don't work. It's my pet peeve.

And a five.
Over 600,000 people lost their jobs this month. This just makes my heart ache. Please join me in praying for them.

And a six.
My daughter (mildly) rear ended a dude while texting yesterday. KT, if you're reading this, don't you know what an accident could do to your beautiful face? To children in the car ahead of you? Put the Crackberry down and focus, sweetheart. Nothing is so important as the tail lights in front of you. I'm begging. Humbly. Focus. FOCUS. FOCUS.

And a seven.
Will this be the weekend the Christmas tree goes up? The latest it ever went up was December 21. It was still worth it. After all, tradition says it goes up on Christmas Eve. I have lots of time. Problem is, it will fly. And there will be a turkey to brine and chestnuts to roast and potatoes to whip....oh, and that horrible Strawberry Pretzel salad I complained about last week....

Tea tonight: Organic green with acai

Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Hand, Grace, and Love of God

One of my favorite bloggers, Stacy From Louisville (whom most of you will know as SFL) posted this on her blog today, and I watched it at least 4 times - so far. What a beautiful portrait of our salvation. And leave it to SFL to take us from laughing hysterically one day over her family Christmas letter, to shedding tears of appreciation for our huge God the next.

Stacy's got it going on.

Peace to all.




Tea today: Green with triple antioxidant

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

I have an Elf name!

My friend Elaine at Matters of the Heart helped me find out who I REALLY am.....

Your Elf Name Is...



Trixie Fluffernutter

As my kids would say..."Mom, you have way too much time on your hands."

Time for friends, that is :)


Tuesday, December 2, 2008

MckMama's on the Loose!

She's at it again friends! Head over to MckMama's blog and join Rebel for a Cause. Lots of chances to win a great prize package but better yet, to help out those in need! NO EXCUSES! Click on the widget below to get started.


Tea tonight: Yogi with triple antioxidant

Monday, December 1, 2008

"Not Me!" Monday


Head on over to MckMama's blog for the inspiration for my "Not me!" Monday post!

I did not totally become the Scrooge I said I wasn't going to be when I didn't get one single Christmas decoration out this weekend. I have the house all festive and decorated for Christmas. Uh huh. Right.

I did not become frustrated when my mom pulled out a two page list of everything she's done in the past month to read to us after the Thanksgiving dinner. I mean everything. Mowing lawn. Mulching leaves. Breaking the lawn mower. Talking to neighbors. And everything in between. It did not take an hour, at least. It was not embellished with every single detail of every activity, with a little ADD on the side. It did not have every grandchild squirming in their seats and rolling their eyes. It did not result in hilarious, sarcastic remarks that elicited genuine belly laughs we haven't heard at that dinner table for many years. And Gma did not laugh with us. What a great sport she is. How I have become her, but please, can that "becoming" stop here?

I did not have a delightful time with a baby this weekend. Baby fix! Baby fix! All my blog friends talk about their little kiddos and my arms do not ache for baby cuddles and to hold my own (who could all probably bench press me). When the opportunity came to babysit for a friend, I was not all over it like white on rice (or brown on rice, as is the case at my house). So having my own "babies" here, as well as a real baby, made the weekend complete, with the exception of my baby girl who chose to give her weekend holiday time to friends and acquaintances in need. As much as I did not miss her, oh, how it did my heart good. At least she got to join in the Gma stories...and the pie.

I did not observe Ron Burgundy, when we went to the gym together Sunday afternoon, talk to friends for an entire 45 minutes while I proceeded to work out. He is the only person I know who can make talking an aerobic exercise. And then he did not wonder how I got finished so soon. Hmmmm. And he's still so skinny. Maybe I should try that.


Tea today: Green with pomegranate