Hey You...Yeah YOU!

...update your blog. You know who you are. Let me give you a hint... if you look over to your right and scroll down a little you'll see your blog posted in one of two sections. I rely on you people to entertain me when my kids are monopolizing the TV. You MUST update it! I need to be all up in your business. Friends, fellow photogs a little help please.

P.S. I love you ALL!

Blog Love

Thought I'd share some blog love with y'all by featuring one of the blogs from my shout out list.

A Day in the Life

is my dear friend Anne's blog. I love her insight and her mixture of comedy and heart felt wisdom. She's passionate about her family and has a unique perspective and a very compassionate heart and she's HILARIOUS! I found out recently that she also writes bible studies. I knew I picked a good friend! She loves the Steelers even more than my hubby I think and she sports a nose ring and several tatoos, two things little conservative me would never have the guts to do but I feel like I have them vicariously through association.

I think I can officially place her in the "Very Best Friend" category because when I'm outta town she's the first person I want to talk to when I get home. She's one of the only people I feel comfortable sharing the gory details of my life with and when I'm in a bad mood she can tell immediately when I pick up the phone. Our lives have eerie similarities and she completely "gets me". When we first moved to Tennessee from Cali 7 years ago I prayed and prayed for a good friend and I'm convinced she was an answer to that prayer. Ok enough mushy stuff! Go check out her blog, you'll love it!

Walgreen's Wisdom

Today I checked in on Bro. David's Blog. Now that March madness is over I figured it was safe again. (Basketball lingo confuses me) Anyway, I ran into this post and it struck a nerve. Just what I needed to hear. With my life being so busy lately I don't want to lose touch with all of you so expect a phone call from me here soon. I love you all!

Recommendation....I love Bro. David's "Monday Random thoughts" not to be missed. I suggest clicking on his link in my shout out's every Tuesday if you need a little chuckle.

Lessons Learned at Walgreens
In Spiritual Growth, Thoughts at 1:24pm
A while back I was in Walgreens. I was just stopping in to grab two things, so I didn’t get a basket. However, as I was getting my two things, I happened to see other things that I could not live without. Jennifer also saw some things she needed, and before I knew it, my hands and arms were full. Can you identify with me on this?
So I make it to the check out line, which had to be the longest in the history of Walgreens. You guessed it – they only had one register open.
While I’m waiting, I’m shifting the load to relieve muscle spasms. Twice I almost yelled, “open another register you idiots! Haven’t you heard of customer service!” I didn’t, but I considered it.
I got the “positive thinking” thing going, telling myself, “I can make it!” One more load shift, and I’m good. Then the unthinkable happened. The bottle of pink finger nail polish that my dear wife needed slipped through the place between your bicep and forearm where you can hold stuff when you bend your elbow, and it fell to the floor. I watched it fall for what seemed like an eternity until it finally collided with the floor, and there was the most brilliant pink explosion!
Very embarrassing! Very frustrating! Very messy! Here I was tempted to yell, “clean up on aisle 2!!”, but instead tried to play it cool, hoping no one would notice. “It’s just BRIGHT pink goo splattered everywhere with broken shards of glass sticking up waiting for a pre-schooler to step on,” I said to myself. No one will notice. It was then that my good citizen training kicked in, and I sheepishly went to the counter and reported my transgression. The teenager at the counter was very kind and gentle with me, and for that I was grateful. It just wasn’t a good day for me at Walgreen’s. I was so frustrated that I’m not sure I even got the two things I ran in there for.
Life is not only like a box of chocolates, but also like my experience at Walgreens. Sometimes we get too much stuff in our hands. More stuff going on than we can manage. If we do that, inevitably something will fall – most often the relational pieces of our lives. When we are too over-scheduled, too busy, have too much stuff we are trying to juggle, we skim relationally. We let relationships fall by the wayside, especially our walk with God. This impacts everything else we attempt to do.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Always start with God. You can’t do everything and still take care of the main thing, which is to walk closely with the God of the universe. Out of this walk comes wisdom to live a reasonably balanced life.
And next time you go to Walgreens – get a basket!