SAD

Being sad is a natural reaction to disappointment and loss in some way, our human nature in the realm of hurt. A broken spirit. There have been many times in my life that I felt profound sadness.

I know the old saying that misery loves company. It is very true, but it doesn't have to be that way. Why is it that many people are so jealous of someone that is happy. They automatically think, that person is faking it or isn't "real". Sometimes that is true, but you aren't seeing their yesterday. So....the sad person turns that sadness they feel into bitterness toward someone else. There it is, the turn. Sadness can turn to jealousy and then bitterness shows up. How could they be happy all the time? I know they have issues in their life. The truth is that every person on the face of this earth has an oppressor. It is not the many afflictions or situations we face in life it is the way we handle those. If bitterness is allowed to creep in, we and the people around us suffer.

Have you every been around a person going through cancer treatment and they are happy and positive. Or maybe you have gone to Africa, and seen the children that have no food or parents or even clean water, yet they are smiling all the time. These people inspire me. They don't allow their circumstances to dictate happiness. Being happy is a choice. We can choose to hold our head up for help, or focus on the trouble and wallow. I know it is so hard when you feel like someone else is responsible for your pain. I know it looks like someone else has it better than you. You and I have to choose correctly. I admit that I don't always do a good job of this either but it is the goal and I often evaluate myself in this way. Our very soul depends on the outcome. Bitterness and unforgiveness can damn our soul to hell.

So if you are sad today, it is OK to grieve and assess. We don't want this : Psalm 10:6 -He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble." But we must lay our losses down, careful to not look around us and compare our lives. Take a look inward and if all the fingers you have point back at "you" & "how you feel", walk away from concern for yourself, reach out (as feeble as it may seem) to forgive, and happiness will follow. If you do, I promise you will not be sorry... or sad.

Look who's 10 months

10 months old this week! We are doing everything in our power to keep up with this one. He weighs 24 lbs and is 30inches long. He is a very sweet child, but not very gentle. The scratch on the left eye and the bruise on the right side are just small battle scars from learning to walk and his not so gentle approach to life. He stands alone and side steps very well, it won't be long now. We can hold his hand and he will walk a little but finds crawling so much faster. I posted on Facebook that we need a life time supply of running shoes to keep up.

Everyday we are so trilled to have him! Thank you Lord.

Taco Bell Free Taco

Take a sugar break on Halloween Evening and get a Free Black Jack taco from Taco Bell! Offer at participating Taco Bells from 6pm to 12am October 31st.

They say...... "It is not a trick. It's our treat!"

Love the Freebies

Hannah's Prayer

WOW!!

Pumpkin Ice Cream

My favorite ice cream is Eddy's because they sell 1/2 fat ice cream. Marty and I love the double fudge flavor but this week I found my favorite, PUMPKIN! I love pumpkin flavored everything.

Do you have a Shakey's in your town? They serve frozen yogurt and every year they would sell an incredible Pumpkin flavor that we fell in love with. If you have one, you need to try it. Sadly, they went out of business here. I could never find another place to get that great pumpkin ice cream, until this week. Eddy's Ice Cream has done it again, Pumpkin. The best news is it is 1/2 the fat!!!! We all love it. The bad news is that it is a seasonal item that they sell only in Sept and Oct. You will have to hurry if you want to try it. We just found it this week. :( I think we need to petition the company to sell it until the end of November at the very least. I think that is definitely a pumpkin month too. Don't you?

By the way, I don't get paid by Eddy's for this favorable advertisement but...........I should.

Starbucks VIA Taste Challenge

Starbucks is going instant?
Hey guys, we have to try this and see if it measures up. Get a free coffee when you try it.

Baucus's Health Care proposal- "The Mark"

Like all Americans, I have been watching as our government hashes out a Health Care Bill that will affect all of us. In my research today, I found a good source that outlines the proposal. It is from The Hill.com blog.

I am trying not to make a correlation out of nothing, but I was spun around by the name of the plan. It is referred to as America’s Health Future Act called, The Chairman’s Mark. I missed it until in almost every other paragraph the name was shorten to "The Mark." "The Mark".... you have to be kidding me. The health plan that affects every American is referred to as" The Mark." Well....every bone in my Sunday School girl body was a little shaken by this. The Bible warns of the mark of the beast, could this be the beginning? I am not one to blow things out of proportion so the balanced side of my personality says probably not, but it sure made me think. The name alone gives me pause and we all will be required to have some sort of health plan under this proposal or be penalized by 35%. The fist proposals were even more likely to take control of every area of our lives and looked much more like a possibility of full government control. That kind of control could lead to a mandate of all people to march to their drummer or pay big(some sort of mark would not be out of the realm of possibility). Now, we would be left with a choice. We will be able to make decisions for our own lives. However, they will have a huge foot in the door of our lives, so take note. This is just round one. My children and their children will be in billions of dollars of debt and we all know that debt is the bridal in the horses mouth.

"The Mark", Hmmmmm, what do you think?

P.S. If you are in the Health Insurance business, things are looking good for you and for the rest of us, we need to get in the business.

More Diapers

The song plays on in diaper land, and on and on and on. I know we have several more years of them, but maybe, just maybe, this little boy will train earlier than the other two. I have made a few changes in the diaper department. Thought I would share that I am now using Earth's Best chlorine free diapers. I mentioned in earlier posts that both of the other boys had a lot of diaper rashes from Huggies and Pampers. I now believe it was due to the chlorine. While I really liked Seventh Generation, Earth's Best has a stretchier tab that is much more comfortable for baby. I have also changed to their wipes as well because they don't smell bad like the competition. So...... fair-well Seventh Gen. I'm on the Earth's Best wagon now.

I still buy them from Diapers.com. I never have to pay shipping or tax and the best news is I don't have to drag them home from the store. They ship straight to my door. Whoo Hoo!

Even though this song drags at times, I have made a little progress in the details.

He is so worth all of it!!