For the moment this is my favorite song.... maybe because its catchy..... maybe because of the lyrics.... who care why really.... just take a listen....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmUDDxflt6o
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Really?!!
Headache+ missing passengers+found said passengers with attitudes that I immediately shut down...+
O-5 trying to argue with me about "fueling" an aircraft+ mx guys giving me flack....= exhausting day
O-5 trying to argue with me about "fueling" an aircraft+ mx guys giving me flack....= exhausting day
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Mothers Day
I copied this from Fox news because it is the cry of my heart...
Reflecting the Father on Mother’s Day
By Penny Young Nance
Published May 07, 2011
Mother’s Day isn’t just a time for sweet cards and a kitchen wrecked from a gift of “breakfast in bed.” It is also a time of reflection on what for most women is our most difficult and momentous role in life and the lessons passed down from our own mothers. This subject could easily fill a book, but here is just one question for our consideration this year, whether you are a mom or a daughter. The question I pose to my daughter, myself, and others is this: “On what do you base your value?” We live in a society in which little or no imperfection is tolerated. As part of a piece I did for Concerned Women for America this week, I interviewed three moms of special needs children in an effort to honor those heroes among us. The interview underscored that our society practically worships both physical and mental perfection. Americans spent $12 billion dollars last year on plastic surgery alone in pursuit of that elusive idol. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, those numbers are up by nine percent — despite a deep recession. Our young women are bombarded daily with unrealistic images of the ideal woman on TV, magazines, and even shopping catalogs. ABC news recently reported that one in five girls has some form of an eating disorder. One in five! What are we doing? When my daughter was a baby, I called Victoria’s Secret and cancelled the delivery of their catalog to my home in an a very weak effort to push back against the false notion that airbrushed, surgically-enhanced, photo-shopped women were the attainable and ideal body to envy and ultimately imitate. It just doesn’t exist in real life, and if it does, it fades with time. Watching my daughter scan the magazine covers in the grocery store checkout aisle, taking in images of women that will never exist in real life, makes me anxious to continue to affirm her worth and instill in her that her worth doesn’t come from beauty, from men, drugs and alcohol, friends, or even achievement. No. My child, your child, and all the special needs kids in this world were fearfully and wonderfully made by a loving God in His own image. From the beginning of time He knew who they would be and, despite their imperfections, He knew His plan for them. It doesn’t sound like a mistake anymore, does it? So, to my daughter and us all, I want to say that you are a beautiful creation. Never undervalue yourself. In fact, for those of us who accept Christ, the Biblical principle is that we are actually the adopted “daughters of the King.” Therefore, we are to carry ourselves with the dignity due our station. In a practical sense, this means that we both deserve self-respect and the respect of others. What a lesson. On college campuses all over the nation, the “hook up” culture would never exist if our young women understood their own incredible value. Our out-of-wedlock birthrates would plummet, and eating disorders would diminish if we could stop trying to vainly boost our young women’s self-esteem, but instead teach them self-respect based on their Creator’s view of them.
As my daughter grows up, I am trying to teach her our values. My husband and I work hard to continually encourage her, tell her she’s beautiful, and make sure she knows how special she is in God’s eyes. In a world full of false expectations and a culture containing mine fields along the road to adulthood, our job as moms is fraught with danger. However, the best gift I can leave my children is the knowledge that the image they bear is not just mine, but more importantly, it is God’s.
Penny Nance is CEO of Concerned Women for America.
Reflecting the Father on Mother’s Day
By Penny Young Nance
Published May 07, 2011
Mother’s Day isn’t just a time for sweet cards and a kitchen wrecked from a gift of “breakfast in bed.” It is also a time of reflection on what for most women is our most difficult and momentous role in life and the lessons passed down from our own mothers. This subject could easily fill a book, but here is just one question for our consideration this year, whether you are a mom or a daughter. The question I pose to my daughter, myself, and others is this: “On what do you base your value?” We live in a society in which little or no imperfection is tolerated. As part of a piece I did for Concerned Women for America this week, I interviewed three moms of special needs children in an effort to honor those heroes among us. The interview underscored that our society practically worships both physical and mental perfection. Americans spent $12 billion dollars last year on plastic surgery alone in pursuit of that elusive idol. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, those numbers are up by nine percent — despite a deep recession. Our young women are bombarded daily with unrealistic images of the ideal woman on TV, magazines, and even shopping catalogs. ABC news recently reported that one in five girls has some form of an eating disorder. One in five! What are we doing? When my daughter was a baby, I called Victoria’s Secret and cancelled the delivery of their catalog to my home in an a very weak effort to push back against the false notion that airbrushed, surgically-enhanced, photo-shopped women were the attainable and ideal body to envy and ultimately imitate. It just doesn’t exist in real life, and if it does, it fades with time. Watching my daughter scan the magazine covers in the grocery store checkout aisle, taking in images of women that will never exist in real life, makes me anxious to continue to affirm her worth and instill in her that her worth doesn’t come from beauty, from men, drugs and alcohol, friends, or even achievement. No. My child, your child, and all the special needs kids in this world were fearfully and wonderfully made by a loving God in His own image. From the beginning of time He knew who they would be and, despite their imperfections, He knew His plan for them. It doesn’t sound like a mistake anymore, does it? So, to my daughter and us all, I want to say that you are a beautiful creation. Never undervalue yourself. In fact, for those of us who accept Christ, the Biblical principle is that we are actually the adopted “daughters of the King.” Therefore, we are to carry ourselves with the dignity due our station. In a practical sense, this means that we both deserve self-respect and the respect of others. What a lesson. On college campuses all over the nation, the “hook up” culture would never exist if our young women understood their own incredible value. Our out-of-wedlock birthrates would plummet, and eating disorders would diminish if we could stop trying to vainly boost our young women’s self-esteem, but instead teach them self-respect based on their Creator’s view of them.
As my daughter grows up, I am trying to teach her our values. My husband and I work hard to continually encourage her, tell her she’s beautiful, and make sure she knows how special she is in God’s eyes. In a world full of false expectations and a culture containing mine fields along the road to adulthood, our job as moms is fraught with danger. However, the best gift I can leave my children is the knowledge that the image they bear is not just mine, but more importantly, it is God’s.
Penny Nance is CEO of Concerned Women for America.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
AHHHH
You should really consider the feelings of others.... especially when they are doing YOU a favor! I can't stand when people are inconsiderate! Makes me wonder... is everyone like this... and we just don't realize? Or are some people just rude?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
so blessed!
I have the sweetest husband in the world!!!!!! He tried to get the lady at my hotel to go buy me flowers for Mothers Day and put them in my room....all as a surprise without me knowing..when it didn't work out as he planned he got the spa brochure and told me to pick something as my gift!! THANK YOU LORD for blessing me with this wonderful man!!!!!!
This is a picture of me working on my homework in the van on the way to work.... I have been working so hard!!!!! AHHH a massage will be nice!
This is a picture of me working on my homework in the van on the way to work.... I have been working so hard!!!!! AHHH a massage will be nice!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Homework assignment..
This is something I wrote as a reponse to a discussion board on spiritual warfare:
I really enjoyed your posting about spiritual warfare. The verse about putting on the armor or God is crucial to survival in the Christian life as well as the evangelism of others. I would like to comment on something that has recently been brought to my attention as a ploy by the devil to 'knock us down' if you will. We are warned in John 10:10-11 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." As I think about this I think about a thief, I think about a real criminal, someone who is sinful, vile and evil. What happens when someone is mugged? They have no idea its getting ready to happen. Satan is plotting to pounce on the unsuspecting. This can be in the form of something as simple as a distraction. Anything can be a distraction.. out busy schedules, our bills, our forgetfulness. We can take our focus off of Christ but for a second and Satan is right there ready to steal our joy. Thank the Lord we live for a merciful God to whom we can repent.
Some parts were adapted by this great book I am reading right now called Crazy Love by Francis Chan.
I really enjoyed your posting about spiritual warfare. The verse about putting on the armor or God is crucial to survival in the Christian life as well as the evangelism of others. I would like to comment on something that has recently been brought to my attention as a ploy by the devil to 'knock us down' if you will. We are warned in John 10:10-11 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." As I think about this I think about a thief, I think about a real criminal, someone who is sinful, vile and evil. What happens when someone is mugged? They have no idea its getting ready to happen. Satan is plotting to pounce on the unsuspecting. This can be in the form of something as simple as a distraction. Anything can be a distraction.. out busy schedules, our bills, our forgetfulness. We can take our focus off of Christ but for a second and Satan is right there ready to steal our joy. Thank the Lord we live for a merciful God to whom we can repent.
Some parts were adapted by this great book I am reading right now called Crazy Love by Francis Chan.
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