I had a dream the other night.

I dreamed I was relocated to a vineyard along with a large group of Christians.  It was like a prison camp.  We were instructed to pick the grapes, but we were not allowed to eat them.The grapes were large and beautiful, heavy with juices and each fruit was as big as a walnut.  The Christians were hungry.  Many of them ate the forbidden fruit until their mouths were purpled with the juices. Others ate in secret, furtively looking to see if they were being watched.  Others tried to resist, but they were so hungry they were surprised to find the fruit in their mouths and gone before they understood what they had done. They asked among themselves, "Did I eat that?"

It was a dream of hypocrisy. 

We live among the temptations of the world, and some of us gorge.  Some of us pretend we are not taking what we should not have, we hide our actions.  Some of us wish to do right, but before we know it we have taken what we should never have taken.

Is there a Christian among us who really could resist unto death the temptations of this world?

I know who I am, and it is shameful.

• The "Hate nuggets" on both sides need to stop.
  
  
  
  Shannon Dawn Burnham Has chik fil a killed your gay friends? I thought the owner just has an opinion.

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   They've donated lots of $$ to anti gay charities I refuse to donate to that cause so they won't profit of off me eating there.

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  No, none of my friends have been murdered by Chick-fil-a Shannon Dawn Burnham. However, Chick-fil-a has donated millions of dollars of their profits to several anti-gay groups and have made it perfectly clear that they do not believe that all men were created equal. Since I do, I am making it perfectly clear that I will never give them another red cent.

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  Between the last two comments this comment by me was deleted:

  
  

  I respect your decision.  Here is what the owner of Chic-fil-a says, "While my family and I  believe in the Biblical definition of marriage, we love and respect anyone who disagrees." 

  
  

  Here is a list of the "anti gay" charities the owner of Chic-fil-a has donated to:

  Marriage and Family Legacy Fund

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes

  National Christian Foundation

  Focus on the Family

  *Eagle Forum (leading the pro-family movement since 1972)

  *Exodus International (seeks to "rehabilitate" gay Christians)

  Family Research Council

  
  

  * I looked these two up since I didn't know them and they weren't obviously named.  

  
  

  If a gay person decides he wants to be a Christian and wants to be "rehabilitated" isn't that his business?  

  
  

  I am so disappointed by the lack of thoughtfulness on both sides.

Half year resolutions:


Half year resolutions:

• NO NEW YARN (except on my birthday) for the rest of the year

• Take time to read (for fun)  every day, even if it's only 5 minutes

• DIET (Lose 30+ lbs by Christmas)

• Write in the baby book

• Blog once a week (at least)

• Take time to KNIT or CROCHET (like I have to remind myself, but sometimes I don't because of other things that I feel like I have to do.  I want to remember I have to relax for me)

• Keep Organizing

• Keep up on my work prep

• Enjoy my new office at work (Can I do 2+ hours a week on work days?  Can I take the baby in on off days?)

• EXERCISE each day, even if it's only for a short time

• Spend more time with hubby 

• Enjoy time with EJ

I can do these things.

Mirrors lie.  They tell you you look good, at least better than you did when you started whatever the process was to get you looking in the mirror.  Changing clothes, putting on make up or doing your hair, the mirror lies.

I know this because sometimes I look in the mirror and think, "Yeah that's okay."  Then I look at a picture taken that same day and think, "What the HECK?"

The time has come again to be serious about a diet.  Several of my friends have had very good success with their diets, and I think it is time for me.  I need to get rid of this baby weight before I add more on.  I told D. we can talk about babies again at the end of the year, so there's not much time to get some off.

I talked to the Dr. about it and he said as soon as my lungs and feet are "less jacked up" he could hook me up with a program that can work  on the condition that I PROMISE to exercise, or it would be a waste of effort.  I know he's right.  I've lost weight before without exercise, but it all found me again.

I'm thinking a good idea would be the C25K program and some gym time after work.   It will be hard because 1. I'm lazy and 2. I don't like to walk with the current stroller.  I don't want to buy an expensive exercise stroller if I'm not really going to get my money's worth. Besides, if we do get pregnant around the end of the year, I'll need a double . . . hard.

Other plans, figure out my protein, calories and burn calories needs.  I know there are formulas.
Improve will power- get exercise music and listening materials ready to keep me focused.
Make a schedule to be sure to have no excuses for "no time" to exercise.

I've decided to stay part time, probably until the Spring, when the full time position opens up at TCU.

When to start?  Well, my feet are still feeling pretty good from the steroid shot. (that was amazing) I'm feeling mostly better from the lung sickness (that was pretty awful.) So  I think I'll start the exercising Monday or Tuesday.  I'll start the diet planning this weekend or Monday.  I wish I could find all the S4L stuff that I had a few years ago.

It's going to happen . . . I think.

Me: My feet really hurt when I first get up in the morning
Dr: Let me see your feet . . . oh yeah your feet are . . . I haven't seen feet like this since ...
you need a rolling pin.
Me: I have a rolling pin.
Dr. I need a rolling pin, a solid mahogany one.
Me: Ok.
Dr. That's what my father told my mother he would give her for her wedding present, while they were on their first date. I wonder whereI can get a solid mahogany rolling pin.
Me: I don't know.
Dr. Maybe I should make one.
Me: I guess so.
Dr: You can use a regular rolling pin, or a Dr. Pepper bottle.
Me: For what?
Dr. Your feet.

I have a "friend" on Facebook (yes read those quotes as intended) who is very opinionated.  She's an atheist and she's always railing against anything Christians and all the "dumb" things Christians do. She's Californian, so she's always going off on Texans and rednecks.  She practices "attached parenthood" so she's always against "scheduling children."  It goes on and on.  I think many of her posts are silly and some even offensive. I've often wondered how I could stop seeing her posts without actually unfriending her.  I mean, I don't want to not be her friend, I want to be able to comment to her  on her page if I feel like it.  I want to be able to email her if I want to, I just don't care to see all her posts and her comments of other people's posts.

Besides, unfriending feels weird.

So, today she made a comment about how she was going to unfriend people who are always making religious comments, because they bored her.

People were commenting and saying, "yeah, you should, those people are hypocrites anyway."  Really? Now all Religious people are hypocrites?  Blanket.  Thanks for you open mindedness.

So I made a comment because 1.  I was feeling sassy and 2. she quit and she's not my boss any more :0)

I thought I was being not rude- but maybe I was wrong, as the comment got deleted and a new comment by her was posted which said, If you don't like what I post about you should unfriend me, I've unfriended people for lots of reasons, like moaning about a relationship for too long, or always selling something or just long repetitive posts.

I wish I would have copied my post so that I knew exactly what I said, but is was something like this

Hypocrisy is a problem for all people.  It's fair warning to tell people you will unfriend them, but people like to post about what they believe in.  You often post about what you believe in. You shouldn't unfriend people for what they believe in, you should unfriend them because they aren't your friends.

I looked to see if she unfriended me, but I guess I'm not religious enough . . . YET!

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