Encouragement....Or Not?

I couldn't help it! I came across this cartoon and it made me laugh...

...cry maybe... haha

Just thought I would share it with you

Enjoy your day and until next time, be Encouraged :-)

".....but let us encourage one another daily....." Hebrews 3:13

Back Porch Viewing

When you visit my grandparents house you often have the privilege of sitting on their porch while watching some sort of wildlife in their backyard. They often have deer, and sometimes turkeys wandering through their yard. Its very peaceful sitting there just watching; you can hear the drop of a pin.....





However, travel about 20 minutes west, and this is what you will find:





Oh no, we don't often have deer in our yard, and I don't think I've ever seen a turkey out my window. However, since two of our neighbors happen to be farmers this is the animal life you find in our yard......

Not quite as calm or peaceful. You can't hear the drop of a pin over, 'chomp, chomp, snort'. And if dad finds them in the yard, you can guarantee that he'll go running through the yard screaming something-or-other trying to get them to stop eating the apple tree. :-)

The Night of the Zombie

Okay, embarrassing story, but its too funny not to post :-)

A few nights ago my family watched the movie "I am Legend". (a must see.....very good movie) In this story there are, for lack of a better word, zombies. They usually jump out from around a corner, and even at times from out of nowhere. They made us jump a few times and had me a little jittery.
When the movie was over we headed back upstairs to go to bed (it was about midnight). I remembered that I had forgotten to feed my cat before the movie, so I opened the front door to check on the status of her food dish. Empty. Leaving the front door open, I ventured out to the garage to get a cup of cat food. When I returned to the front door, it was shut. Not locked, just shut.

I thought I left the door open. Oh well, its late and I'm tired.....I must have forgot I shut it.

With that thought in my head I reached for the doorknob, turned, pulled, and came face to face with this thing that screamed in my face and sounded a lot like one of the 'zombies' from the movie. I screamed twice as loud and three times as long as this thing...... which, when finally stopped screaming, I realized was just my dad who had decided to give his youngest daughter a heart attack.

My screaming like an idiot is not an uncommon thing, unfortunately. When I'm startled my first instinct is to scream. Not gasp, jump, or even back up. But Scream. My poor youth pastors wife....We met around a corner tonight and I screamed in her face. You see, I scared her too but she didn't scream. She said quite calmly, "Oh, you scared me!"

I loved "I Am Legend" but for the sake of my families ears, I might wait a while until I watch it again......or any other thriller for that matter.

One of those days

When things are slow at the restaurant where I work, something strange often happens. Why? Simple, pure boredom. ....but tonight it got a little out of hand. It was extremely slow.....not just a little slow.....extremely slow. I work as a hostess so I get to see the expression on peoples face as they come out of the kitchen to tell me what happened. (The hostess then finds the manager :-) ) The person usually looks a little nervous. But I was sitting at the desk tonight and one of the cooks came out of the kitchen with an big grin on his face. Here is the conversation that followed,
(Keep in mind how slow it was. We were all pretty bored........)

Cook: Did you see the big mess in the kitchen?
Me: What big mess?
Cook: From the dishwasher!
Me: No, what happened? Did it break again? (our dishwasher has a knack for breaking :-) )
Cook: No, half a bottle of dish detergent got poured in!
Me: How did that happen?
Cook: Justin (the dish washer...the person, not the machine :-)) did it
Me: On accident?
Cook: No! He wanted to see what would happen
Me: And.....
Cook: Bubbles are everywhere! The dishwasher overflowed into the sink and bubbles where coming out of all the drains! Even the one in the back! And the floor is soaked.......hahahaha


I then walk to the back of the kitchen, and sure enough, piles of suds are being mopped up.

Needless to say, the floor around the dishwasher is sparkling, and the kitchen has a nice detergent smell to it :-)

Just to make you smile :-D

This post is full of information that is......well.....useless.

I've picked some of my favorites from "The book of useless information"

• November 19th is 'Have a bad day day' (...and any day I have a dentist appointment)


• Americans spend $1.5 billion every year on toothpaste (Half of which is purchased by my older sister, Jaime)


• In the summer, walnuts get a tan (Someone should tell them about sunscreen)


• A group of frogs is called an army (You have to go through an army of frogs to find one prince)


• Elvis failed his music class in school (I'm hopeless)


• The basilisk is also called the "Jesus Christ lizard" because of its ability to run on water (Yeah, but can it turn water into wine?)


• Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave (I do not speak from experience....yet)


• During your life you will eat sixty thousand pounds of food (In my case, mostly chocolate)


• A can of spam is opened every 4 seconds (It this even real food?)


• Two million different combinations of sandwiches can be created from a subway menu (And I order the same thing every time I eat there)


• The Donald Duck comic strip was banned from Finland because he didn't wear pants (Feathers don't count?)


• Three mile island is only 2.5 miles long (All my trust is broken.......does Winnie the Pooh really live in a 100 acre wood?)


• The Bible is the number one shoplifted book in America (The easiest way to spread the Word)


• Tonsurphobia is the fear of haircuts (Poor Eli.....)

yeah baby.....:-)

My hand therapist did a nerve test today and it showed a 25% improvement in my hands! Several other tests showed that therapy is actually helping......which is obviously good news :-)

Mom asked me what I wanted for Christmas and this is what I said......



Put a smile on your face......:-D

Deck The Stalls....falalalalalalalala

"To say that it happened on Mulberry street..."

I've seen some strange things in the past few days. Some made me laugh, others made me take a second look.....

1). I was on my way to work today when I saw an Amish man driving a truck. That was strange enough but I laughed to myself when I pictured a pair of horses pulling a Ford Pick-up :-]

2). I ate lunch with Grandma Rosina, Jaime, and the kids today. When Eli thought I wasn't looking he leaned over, took a french fry off my plate, licked the ketchup off and returned the fry to my plate. He then checked to make sure his crime had gone unnoticed and licked the ketchup off of about 3 more of my fries before his mommy caught him :-]

3). This one makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time --- Our Christmas tree fell over about 3:30am Sunday morning :-0 At that hour of the morning it was quite upsetting to see the decorations that you had just put on the tree covering the livingroom floor. I like to decorate Christmas trees but once a year is plenty for me

4). Eli decided that the best place for his toothbrush was up his nose......

5). The dish washer cut his thumb on a knife at work tonight. He decided that putting hot sauce on it would stop the bleeding...however, it just made it look like he was doing the 'Holy Spirit dance'. :-]