Can’t tell you how glad I was that Cosmo won. I was practically chanting his name waiting for Mystery to announce it and yes, I clapped and screamed when his name was called. I thought he was a good candidate from the beginning. This process just brought out his best and gave him the confidence he needed to be a Master. Pick-up. Artist. ha
Archives for September 2007
The Hills – September 24
O M G. I can not believe Jason and his new what’s-his-name girlfriend–oh excuse me, fiance. He went after her right after his engagement was announced. And then that girl stood right in between Jason and Lauren and gave her that look. Low class. But I’m glad to hear Lauren is coming out of the fog the next day. Go Lauren.
And why does Heidi expect Spencer to be so excited about registering? “We’ll resume this on another day.” Actually, I think I like that line and may have to use it. “Oh, honey, you mean you don’t want to shop for shoes with me? Oh, well, we’ll resume this on another day.” Spencer hasn’t told his parents??? He is such a loser!! Ugh.
Emma to Lexi
“Lexi, a dress you wear at night is called a night. gooowwn. OK?”
Never thought about exactly like that, but ok.
So frustrated
So ‘member that huge raise from my client manager I thought I was going to get? You know, just for being a great employee (well, contractor technically)? Yeah, well, not happening. And oh yeah, today I got a call from my contracting company and I’m not getting anything for my annual raise either.
I’m so bummed and mad and frustrated. I want out of that contracting company pronto. But you know, non-compete clauses and political stuff like that keep me from making the jump in a skinny minute.
My client manager and contracting manager are all supposed to have a conversation next week and maybe they can work out something so the contracting company doesn’t eat all of it and I get some pennies as least.
Go!
Yesterday we had a guest speaker at church. He was a director of missions from some county in NC. He was a fantastic speaker. He kept your attention, had good stuff to say and was quite entertaining. I know that probably shouldn’t be on “the list” of what makes a good pastor, but it helped either way. I wanted to share the four games he said people play in church and then the four things that people can do after they quit playing games that will make a great church.
Game #1 – Blame game. It’s always someone else’s fault when something doesn’t go right.
Game #2 – Excuses game. We always have an excuse.
Game #3 – Power game. It was almost funny when he said this, you could hear the oh’s coming from people across our congregation. This one stabbed us in the heart. That is one of the main problems in our church. Someone gets put at the head of the committee and they say “It’s mine. mine. mine. mine!” in a four year old voice. That was funny when he said it, but honest to God, that’s the way people act.
Game #4 – Procrastination – I’ll get saved…tomorrow. I’ll go visit them..tomorrow. I’ll start reading my Bible…tomorrow. We all know how that one goes.
And once you give these games up…you should take these steps taken from Matthew 9:35-37:
#1 Go! – Jesus went and never stopped. He got out and talked to and touched the people that no one else would.
#2 See! – When you go, you start seeing and you can’t see until you go. When you start seeing people, you start seeing the needs of people.
#3 Compassion – When you go and see people in need, you automatically develop compassion for them. Anyone that has been on a missions trip can attest to this. There’s no way to describe that feeling of what you see when you went.
#4 Pray – When you go and see the needs of people and develop this compassion for them, you will pray. Pray like you never have before. And prayer moves mountains. He fills needs and moves other people to go!
This was a very condensed version of his sermon…unfortunately none of the funny stuff included, but it really touched me yesterday. I have all these grand plans in my head and yet I procrastinate and never go.
Rock of Love Finale
For all the searchers from Google…the finale is Sunday Sept 30. I don’t know who wins but everything I’ve read online this morning has Jess as the winner.
Do ya think we look alike??
First cold of the season
I woke up last night to snot running down my face. Nice. I’ve apparently picked up my first cold of the season. I went to church this morning but didn’t make it this evening. I slept on and off this afternoon. Mom and Dad’s air went out so we’ve been over here at their house and Scott has been trying to fix it. I’ve just been lounging around and the girls are watching Shrek in between playing. I’m hoping I’ll wake up in the morning and somehow be all better otherwise tomorrow is not going to be fun.