In God We Still Trust

This is really and truly my last post for a month. :-) I was just cleaning out my inbox so I won't have tons of messages to go through next time I check my email and I found this video. It's great, so I thought I'd share it here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiYgpPB1kwU

Media Fast

I got the idea from some friends of mine in Ohio and also from a book I am currently reading to go on a media fast. A comment in the book I am reading said that a good way to tell if you are addicted to something is to try and do without for 30 days. So, tomorrow I will begin my media fast. Here are my guidelines:

1. No recreational computer use (blogging, reading blogs, Facebook, checking email just for the sake of checking email, instant messenger, Youtube, and games)
2. No mp3 player use
3. Limited tv watching (Since usually our family time consists of watching a movie or tv show, this one would be kind of hard to give up, so I am going to limit my tv to only family time watching.)

The goal of this fast is to get rid of some of the distractions in my life and focus more on my relationship with God. So..... this is my last post for 30 days. Maybe I will be more consistent in writing in my old-fashioned pen and paper journal since I won't be able to blog my experiences. Maybe I will blog some of my journal entries from my the fast at the end of 30 days. We'll see........

How we spent our evening...... in the emergency room

My dad's been in Texas for the last two days for work related training and wasn't supposed to be home until midnight tonight. But, training ended early and he was able to get on an earlier flight and be back in town by 7:30. Well, a little after eight he called and told us he was fine but that he'd been in another wreck. So, we got to spend our evening traveling to and in the emergency room. Thankfully, he and his driver from the shuttle company were fine. (Although the driver could use our prayers as he was suffering from some pretty bad neck and back pain.)

They were on I-85, the main interstate around here when a ladder fell from a truck in front of them and got caught underneath the van they were driving in. They swerved onto the shoulder to get out of traffic when someone rearended them. They were so blessed to walk away as unscathed as they were. The ER doctor even said that most interstate accidents don't have people walk away from them. They were very blessed!

Oh, by the way, we got our replacement car from the wreck a couple of weeks ago back two days ago. Dad will not be driving it for awhile. :-)

Someday My Prince Will Come.....

Maybe one day my prince will be waiting on my doorstep. Today wasn't that day. Too bad! :-)

Kissin' this frog didn't turn him into a handsome prince. (I kind of looked like a frog kissing him though. ;-))

He is kind of cute.....

David Klinkenberg Concert

Today was so much fun! For my graduation present my Grandma took me to see David Klinkenberg perform at a church in Hendersonville, NC. We had such a blast!!
If you've never heard David's music before you should check out his website at http://www.davidklinkenberg.com/. I love his music!!!

David Klinkenberg

Taxes and Texas

Today I've been babysitting for a family that lives in my neighborhood. The two little ones are down for a nap and the four year old (P) and I are watching Robin Hood. When the movie got to the part where King George put all the poor people in jail for not paying their taxes, P wanted to know why the people were sad. I told him they were sad because the king put them in jail for not paying their taxes. Apparently taxes and Texas sound a whole lot alike because P then asked me if jail is in Texas. I tried to explain what taxes were and that the people were in jail because they didn't give the king money. P's response to that was, " They didn't pay the king so they had to go to Texas?" Sure, that works.... Texas is where the jail is. :-)
What a cute kid!

My 64 year old Grandpa :-)

We went over to my granparent's house for the 4th of July to have a cookout and go swimming. My grandpa went swimming with us for a little bit and we enjoyed watching him dive with his hat on. :-) (Sorry the video is sideways.)

I love my grandparents!

So Thankful

The beginning of this was week was really discouraging. My parents had been dealing with the insurance companies and it didn't sound like they were going to replace the car because it didn't have enough damage to be totaled. So we were going to be stuck with a brand new, wrecked and repaired car. (We were really going to end up with the short straw.:-)
Today, we got a call that they were going to total the car. YAY!!!!!! This is such a praise!Hopefully, we will have a new car within the next couple of weeks. I'll be sure to post pictures of car #2. Hopefully this car will last longer than four days! :-)