Emma's New Career

Emma got the chance to deejay at the local radio station for 2 hours last night - I think she has found her nitch (sp?). She did great and her and her friend Maria were hilarious to listen to. Kids tell no lies and spare no truths!

Great Weekend

Well, Chris took me to North Carolina for the weekend and we had a great time. While he worked Saturday, I hiked 5 miles up Blood Mountain at Vogel State Park in Georgia. It was wonderful, no cell phone, just me and nature! I felt so good afterwards. The rest of the weekend we ate good food and looked at antiques we can't afford.......

Changes

Well, you know our lives are everchanging and so I thought I would update you guys on a few of them:

I am no longer typing from home - YEAH!!!! I know some of you girls out there think I am crazy for not wanting to do it anymore, but 11 years of it is enough for me!

I am phasing out my work for Christ the King (working 2 days a week right now).

I am going to be substitute teaching for the school system full-time (Lord willing) and am finally going to be able to be on my kids' schedules.

Chris and I start 12 week classes on Sept. 29th in order to be qualified to be a short-ter foster home for the State of Tennessee.

Well, there ya' go. Pray for us as we embark down a different road. Love to all!!

Obama Without His Teleprompter

Too much to Blog!!

It Takes a Rothschild To Tell the Democrats They Have Become Elitist and Left the Folks Behind!!!

Obama 2nd largest recipient of lobby money from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae!

Obama accepts $9 million for his campain the week that the American people deal with an ecomony shambles!

Too much to blog about - please WAKE up America!

From the Bible(NIV):Matthew 7:1-51

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1212

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" 1 Samuel 16:6

Never Forget

2,819 Killed

343 Firefighters Killed

23 NYPD Killed

37 Port Authority Officers Killed

115 Nations who had citizens killed in attack

289 Bodies found "intact"

19,858 Body parts found

1,717 Families that got no remains

99 Days fire continued burning at ground zero

422,000 New Yorkers suffering from post tramatic stress disorder as a result of the attacks on 9/11

My prayers go out today to all of those who lost loved ones 7 years ago today. May we never forget what happened.

Ephesians 4:31-32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

I was studying this scripture this morning and heard a great quote while researching it- "Bitterness is drinking poison and expecting someone else to die from it." Isn't that so true! If you are holding on to any bitterness or anger (i.e. grudge) let it go today! Today is a new day - why not lay it all down at the foot of the cross. Also, if you think this isn't an issue for you, check out what my dear sister Leslie sent me about it:

This is John Wesley’s commentary on those verses…
Verse 31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Let all bitterness — The height of settled anger, opposite to kindness, verse 32.

And wrath — Lasting displeasure toward the ignorant, and them that are out of the way, opposite to tenderheartedness. {I found this interesting}

And anger — The very first risings of disgust at those that injure you, opposite to forgiving one another. {WOW}

And clamour — Or bawling. "I am not angry," says one; "but it is my way to speak so." Then unlearn that way: it is the way to hell.

And evil speaking — Be it in ever so mild and soft a tone, or with ever such professions of kindness. Here is a beautiful retrogradation, beginning with the highest, and descending to the lowest, degree of the want of love.

Verse 32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. As God, showing himself kind and tenderhearted in the highest degree, hath forgiven you.

What a weekend!

We had a GREAT, but VERY busy weekend! I had my first session of Leadership Franklin County on Saturday from 8-3 and then we tried to just hang out the rest of the day - which means I cleaned house......

Today Chris and I got to teach the first 6th grade Sunday School class of the year - which was SO great. The kids are awesome! Then we quickly drove to Murfreesboro to eat lunch with my sister and see the Hud-Man and drove back for Abby to go visit the senior shut-in's at our church and go to youth group with Jacob - WHEW~

I am worn out, but excited at all that we have going on. You all know that our family likes to be busy and active - that is just the way God made us - so things are good. Hope everyone has a wonderful week full of blessings and moments of joy!

Love it!

"I've learned quickly, these past few days, that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country." -- Excerpt from Palin's speech.

My Point EXACTLY......

Celebrity mag Us Weekly releases a scathing cover of McCain VP pick Sarah Palin — but two months ago it was all roses for the Obamas.

Why, our media isn't biased at all is it?

Death of Journalism

I really do try not to use my blog as a political soapbox (after all you only have to see my bumper sticker to know how I feel) but I have had it! Honestly I believe we have seen the end of true journalism in this country. I NEVER watch CNN because it is a biased bunch of crap anyways, but I did watch it yesterday evening to see what they had to say about the RNC. Lord have mercy on us, does true journalism even exist anymore? Is journalism now about making blatant attacks on people??? Isn't journalism supposed to be about finding out the facts and reporting them to the public?? Evidently not - CNN has become nothing more than a STAR magazine or National Enquirer. It is very sad. Not only is it very sad - but even more sad the majority of dumbed down Americans don't even realize it.

GO SARAH PALIN! She scares the heck out of these people and that is why they can't do anything but try and attack the fact that she has children for crying out loud - where in the heck did the John Edwards story go?? This man cheats on his wife with breast cancer and we hear nothing! Sarah Palin has 5 children and a normal 17 year old daughter who made a mistake and we are attacking her character??? Come on people really.............

NEW CONTACT INFO

I have had a HORRIBLE time with hotmail lately and am finally going to make the big switch over to my Comcast account. Please note this as my new contact info:

melissaann1970@comcast.net

Thanks!!

Labor Day

We spent Labor Day with Chris' family. We took the kids down to the Riverfront in Chattanooga and they had a great time sliding down the hilll by the pier on cardboard boxes. We then went back and cooked out hamburgers and headed back home in time for the game. Go Vols!!!!!