Just a quick quote to think about.
"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."- Thomas Merton
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
AND LAST BUT NOT AT ALL LEAST - SHE'S 9!!!
Today is Emma's 9th birthday!
We went to Chris' mother's house on Mother's Day and Emma had cake and got presents from Chris' family. She asked only for money - that 's our Emma! She is putting what she received into her savings account and now officially has more in her savings than we do! Actually, that isn't very surprising is it?????
To my most caring, scholastic, detail-oriented, quiet and attentive child - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I love you very much! Mommy.
Friday, May 11, 2007
The State Capitol
Abby and I went on a field trip yesterday to the Tennessee State Capitol. How strange is it that we lived up there for 8 years and I never went - not even one time. It was really VERY interesting. We have two dead people buried in the walls of our State Capitol - the only capitol buiding to be able to boast that! Leave it to Tennessee! We also have a president buried on the grounds of our State Capitol (James K. Polk and wife, Sarah) - the only state that can say that also! Really sort of strange isn't it? :) Click below to read an interesting article about the ghosts that are said to haunt the building........
I would love to post some pictures of our trip - IF I HAD MY CAMERA!!! I am starting to believe that Canon is holding it hostage, never to be returned.........Instead we had to use a disposable camera yesterday on our trip. Darnit.........
Well, I just wanted to wish everyone a fun-filled weekend and remember to do something thoughtful or kind for all those Mothers out there that ya' know. Trust me, they deserve it!!
Love to all - Melissa
Monday, May 7, 2007
May 7, 2007
A lady went to a beauty shop to have her hair cut and her nails painted and trimmed. As the lady began towork, theybegan to have a good conversation. They talked aboutso many things and various subjects.When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the beautician said : "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked Sheryl who has MS.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize thatGod doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be somany sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
Then Sheryl thought for a moment, but didn't respond because she didn't want to start an argument. The beautician just finished her job and the customer left the shop.Just after she left the beauty shop, she saw a woman in the streetwith long, stringy, dirty hair and not groomed at all. She looked dirty andunkempt.
Then Sheryl turned back and entered the beauty shopagain and she said to the beautician: "You know what? Beauticians do not exist." "How can you say that?" asked the surprised beautician.
"I am here, and I am a beautician. And I just worked on you!" "No!" Sheryl exclaimed.
"Beauticians don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and be very unkempt, like that woman outside."
"Ah, but beauticians DO exist! What happens is, people do notcome to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed Sheryl. "That 's the point! God, too, DOES exist. What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.
"Why do you say that?" asked Sheryl who has MS.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize thatGod doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be somany sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
Then Sheryl thought for a moment, but didn't respond because she didn't want to start an argument. The beautician just finished her job and the customer left the shop.Just after she left the beauty shop, she saw a woman in the streetwith long, stringy, dirty hair and not groomed at all. She looked dirty andunkempt.
Then Sheryl turned back and entered the beauty shopagain and she said to the beautician: "You know what? Beauticians do not exist." "How can you say that?" asked the surprised beautician.
"I am here, and I am a beautician. And I just worked on you!" "No!" Sheryl exclaimed.
"Beauticians don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and be very unkempt, like that woman outside."
"Ah, but beauticians DO exist! What happens is, people do notcome to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed Sheryl. "That 's the point! God, too, DOES exist. What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
NEEDED A LAUGH
I am sure you have all seen this before, but I needed a good laugh today and this usually does the trick:
TO KEEP A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY:
At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
Insist that your email address is: Xena-Warrior-Princess@companyname.com
Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair dancing.
Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "IN".
Develop an unnatural fear of staplers.
Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
In the memo field of all your checks, write 'for sexual favors.'
Reply to everything someone says with, "That's what you think."
Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
Adjust the tint on your monitor so that the brightness level lights up the entire work area. Insist to others that you like it that way.
Dont use any punctuation.
As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
Sing along at the opera.
Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is of the opposite gender.)
Send e-mail to the rest of the company to tell them what you're doing. For example, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom, in Stall #3."
Put mosquito netting around your cubicle. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day.
Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.
Call the psychic hotline and don't say anything...
When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won!" "I Won!" "3rd time this week!!!"
When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives, they're loose!"
Tell your boss, "It's not the voices in my head that bother me, its the voices in your head that do."
Tell your children over dinner: "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."
Every time you see a broom, yell "Honey, your mother is here!"
TO KEEP A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY:
At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
Insist that your email address is: Xena-Warrior-Princess@companyname.com
Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair dancing.
Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "IN".
Develop an unnatural fear of staplers.
Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
In the memo field of all your checks, write 'for sexual favors.'
Reply to everything someone says with, "That's what you think."
Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
Adjust the tint on your monitor so that the brightness level lights up the entire work area. Insist to others that you like it that way.
Dont use any punctuation.
As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
Sing along at the opera.
Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is of the opposite gender.)
Send e-mail to the rest of the company to tell them what you're doing. For example, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom, in Stall #3."
Put mosquito netting around your cubicle. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day.
Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.
Call the psychic hotline and don't say anything...
When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won!" "I Won!" "3rd time this week!!!"
When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "Run for your lives, they're loose!"
Tell your boss, "It's not the voices in my head that bother me, its the voices in your head that do."
Tell your children over dinner: "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."
Every time you see a broom, yell "Honey, your mother is here!"
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
FACING THE GIANTS
We watched "Facing the Giants" last night. If you haven't seen it, it is well worth your time (especially if you feel like you are facing giants in your own life.....)
Okay, my friend Randy sent me this and I had to share. I really hope you can view it. Let me know if you can't.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2722319
Have a good Tuesday everyone! Love, M
Okay, my friend Randy sent me this and I had to share. I really hope you can view it. Let me know if you can't.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2722319
Have a good Tuesday everyone! Love, M
Friday, April 27, 2007
ON A MUCH HAPPIER NOTE
I was going through some older pictures on my computer - which is working FINALLY!!!
Thought I would share a few......Happy Friday people - have a super weekend!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
ALIVE AND WELL
Wow, we have had quite a week. My computer crashed and is having to be completely restored. I am using Chris' laptop right now to update our blog. We have had a very rough week, but it has really made me rely on God and His Word to get me through. Within 24 hours, my computer crashed, we got a call from the IRS about taxes we owe and we found out Jacob was hanging with some not so great kids at school (and subsequently had a meeting at school). This was all while I was running on about 1 hour of sleep (worked about 8 1/2 hours trying to fix my computer myself). Once again, I am asking people to keep us in their prayers. We are being stretched a little thin right now, but I believe that is when God is really at work, so I am trying to just trust and pray. Well, just wanted to let people know we are okay and WISH ME LUCK with reinstalling all my software this morning so that I can get back to work and start making some money again! Love, Melissa
Friday, April 20, 2007
FRIENDSHIP
I read this today and wanted to post it. I have been blessed with such wonderful friendships in my life and YES our friends are an expression of ourselves. Sometimes we need to renew old friendships and sometimes in life we need to let some friendships go, but we must always have friends. It is a necessity.......
Friendship isn't always easily described. The Eskimos, they say, have a hundred different words for snow. Unfortunately, the English language isn't quite as innovative, though it has vast opportunities to differentiate meaning. Certainly, Love is one of those opportunities. And so, too, is Friendship.
Instead of different words, however, we're stuck with simple adjectives. Close friend. Best friend. Childhood friend. Intimate friend. Trusted friend. Beloved friend. But whether you use adjectives or different words, few could deny the nearly infinite meaning in such a simple word.
Friends are special people. We can't pick our family, and we're sorely limited in the number of them at any rate. Society and mores (and often our own conscience) dictate we select a single mate. But our friends can be as diverse and infinite as the adjectives we choose. Our friends, in a very real sense, reflect the choices we make in life.
Friendship isn't always easily described. The Eskimos, they say, have a hundred different words for snow. Unfortunately, the English language isn't quite as innovative, though it has vast opportunities to differentiate meaning. Certainly, Love is one of those opportunities. And so, too, is Friendship.
Instead of different words, however, we're stuck with simple adjectives. Close friend. Best friend. Childhood friend. Intimate friend. Trusted friend. Beloved friend. But whether you use adjectives or different words, few could deny the nearly infinite meaning in such a simple word.
Friends are special people. We can't pick our family, and we're sorely limited in the number of them at any rate. Society and mores (and often our own conscience) dictate we select a single mate. But our friends can be as diverse and infinite as the adjectives we choose. Our friends, in a very real sense, reflect the choices we make in life.
Stop and Smell the Roses!
I still haven't gotten my camera back from being repaired, but hope to borrow a camera this weekend in order to post some pictures of Jacob's party. He is going to have 5 boys over tonight. Fun, fun, fun......I think I am insane! Well actually I know that I am insane and several people have verified that! :)
I was just sitting here thinking what a beautiful day it is and how I sometimes miss out on the small things in life because I am so stressed out over the so-called "big" things. I am listening to the birds sing and the sun is shining.....it is about 68 degrees. Can't get any better than that!
Please be praying for Chris and I. His working in Atlanta is getting a bit much and it looks like he is going to stay in that territory for awhile. Seems like he keeps getting moved further South........if only we could end up in Florida!!! Well, just keep us in your prayers. Wishing everyone a great weekend! Melissa
I was just sitting here thinking what a beautiful day it is and how I sometimes miss out on the small things in life because I am so stressed out over the so-called "big" things. I am listening to the birds sing and the sun is shining.....it is about 68 degrees. Can't get any better than that!
Please be praying for Chris and I. His working in Atlanta is getting a bit much and it looks like he is going to stay in that territory for awhile. Seems like he keeps getting moved further South........if only we could end up in Florida!!! Well, just keep us in your prayers. Wishing everyone a great weekend! Melissa
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