Sally Field has a friend that actually has to “set aside time once a week” to take her pill for osteoporosis. It evidently takes so long that the woman is now very relieved to know about Boniva, which she only has to take once a month.

Swiffer says a lot of us are too stupid to figure out that you have to unplug your vacuum cleaner before taking it up the stairs to vacuum.

Someone else has us making a huge mess with a mop, so we have to buy their product so we can get it right.

What is going on with this new trend in advertising that shows we are too stupid or uncoordinated to do everyday things unless we use their products?

I think I watch too much television.

I went to see An Inconvenient Truth today. It’s a documentary by Al Gore.

Now, put aside your political issues. It has nothing to do with that, other than a few comments that seemed to be saying that if he had won, he wouldn’t be spending his time doing this.

But it does explain global warming in a way that even a first grader could understand.

Go see it. It’s really good. And the message is very important.

It is so refreshing to find someone doing business that takes pride in their work and cares about their reputation.

Almost a year ago I had my bedroom and bathroom painted. It was fairly costly because before they could paint, they had to remove wallpaper from both rooms. It took them a couple of days and I was first impressed because one of the painters was a woman and before they left she actually cleaned up after them.

Last month I noticed that the paint was peeling in spots, mostly in the bathroom. I e-mailed the painter and he came out to look at it. He said it was because they didn’t get all the glue off from the wallpaper. It can look like it’s all off and then this is how they find out it wasn’t. Now they are coming over to re-paint both rooms for free.

It’s only right that they do that and it’s sad that I should even be impressed that a business is doing the right thing, but I am. (Especially since it’s not usually my luck to find someone good out of the phone book!) Yeah for L&S Painting!!!!

I really like hurricanes. The wind, the sideways rain, the total energy in the air. It’s just the coolest thing in the world.

Granted Panama City is in sort of a protected area somehow….we don’t seem to get direct hits very often. Almost always they hit to the east or west of us. And the area where I live in the city isn’t prone to flooding, either. Last year a tornado came within 1/2 mile of us, so that was a little scary….or would have been if I’d been awake when it happened.

Alberto is just the beginning of another long year of storms, so they say. I have relatives in Ft. Pierce, Palm Bay and Ft. Lauderdale and I think it’s safe to say none of them like these storms at all. They all had a lot of damage from them last year, so we need to keep them in our prayers this year.

But for me, bring ‘em on! I’m ready! And hopefully this won’t be the year that we get a direct hit and I have to eat my words! : )

If you like country music, this is great. If you don’t like country music, watch it anyway and turn off the sound.  The really cute guy in the video is my nephew…..

http://www.robinenglish.com

enter site and go to ‘check out new video….I’m the one’

BARBECUE SEASON

After 4 long months of cold and winter, we are finally coming up to summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking as it’s the only type of cooking a real man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved.

When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine…

1) The woman buys the food.

2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.

3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill – beer in hand.

Here comes the important part:

4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine….

5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.

6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation.

Important again:

7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine…..

8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.

9) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:

10) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.

11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed “her night off.” And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there’s just no pleasing some women….

I haven’t read the DaVinci Code, nor will I be seeing the movie. I am really disappointed in Ron Howard and Tom Hanks for their roles in this.

When a movie is about something as important as Jesus, you have a real responsibility to get things right. There are people out there that are so impressionable and, unfortuately, put their faith in actors rather than the Word of God, so now they are going to be going around spouting the word of dan brown, as told by favorite actors ron howard and tom hanks.

I suppose I shouldn’t let that change the way I feel about those actors, but it does. It’s just sad.

Happy Birthday/Mother’s Day mom!

You would have been 80 years old today.

I know you are celebrating with Jesus. I miss you!!!!!

May 13, 1926 – May 1, 2005

In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus says:

” Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fultill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

So now I’m confused. Here’s what it says in the explaination. This is in the NIV Study Bible about those verses:

5:17 “the Law. The first five books of the Jewish Scriptures (our OT), the Prophets. Not only the Latter Prophets-Isaiah, Heremiah and Ezekiel, which we call Major Prophets, and the 12 Minor Prophets (lumped together by the Jews as “the Book of the Twelve”)-but also the so-called former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings). Taken together, “the Law” and “the Prophets” designated the entire OT, including the Writings, the third section of the Hebrew Bible…..fulfill. Jesus fulfilled the Law in the sense that he gave it its full meaning. He emphasized its deep, underlying principles and total commitment to it rather than mere external acknowledgment and obedience.”

And then he goes on to talk about Murder, Adultery, Divorce, Oaths, An Eye for an Eye, Love for Enemies, Giving to the Needy, Prayer, Fasting, Worry, and Judging Others.

So is this saying that the original 10 commandments have been replaced by these? Which means that the commandment about keeping the Sabbath holy would have been something that was necessary in the OT days but not now?????