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Where would the world be without funny and talented people like Tim Hawkins? Seriously???
Stop whatever you’re doing now and go here: http://www.timhawkins.net/video.php
Watch the video titled “The Government Can”. Sadly, it’s not only funny, it’s true.
Sigh.
Serious HT to Dana @ Are We There Yet? for pulling this little goody out of the bag)
I have spent the last two hours catching up on blog reading from my google reader and Jules from Everyday Mommy posted a link to this post that is truly a MUST READ.
When this post originally was published (way back in October of 2006), it had more to do with business than raising children. Today, I can look back at it and see it has as much (if not more) to do with raising children as it has to do with business.
It is really my heart’s desire for my kids to see me SERVING joyfully and willingly not only my husband’s needs, but their needs as well. It is only through my example that they will learn – I can’t be a “Do as I say, not as I do” type of mom.
I truly hope to instill these following values in my children over the next few years that I am able to have them at home.
When leaders make a mistake, they say, “I was wrong.”
When followers make mistakes, they say, “It wasn’t my fault.”
A leader works harder than a follower and has more time; A follower is always “too busy” to do what is necessary.
A leader goes through a problem;
A follower goes around it and never gets past it.
A leader makes and keeps commitments;
A follower makes and forgets promises.
A leader says, “I’m good, but not as good as I ought to be;”
A follower says, “I’m not as bad as a lot of other people.”
Leaders listen;
Followers just wait until it’s their turn to talk.
Leaders respect those who are superior to them and tries to learn something from them; Followers resent those who are superior to them and try to find chinks in their armor.
Leaders feel responsible for more than their job;
Followers say, “I only work here.”
A leader says, “There ought to be a better way to do this;”
Followers say, “That’s the way it’s always been done here.”
Doesn’t that make you want to be a leader?
Keeping a blog is so much like having a conversation with an old friend. A 40-year old friend — because you’re basically talking to yourself when no one else is reading your blog. And you’re 40.
It doesn’t matter how long you go without writing, you can just pick right up where you left off like nothing has ever happened.
Of course, a lot has happened. But that’s neither here nor there.
Any one else ever grow up hearing that phrase “that’s neither here nor there” without really knowing what the heck it meant? I decided to look it up today…it’s an idiom that means “Not important; having no significance or influence on the question at hand; not related; not relevant; not germane; not pertinent.”
I’m completely embarrassed to admit I then had to look up the word “idiom”, because hello? Ninth grade was over 24 years ago and I’ve slept since then. {Not to mention I’ve had three kids — my vocabulary has been decimated by (reduced by a tenth – and no, I didn’t look that one up…I actually remembered it) twelve years of child-rearing and saying one syllable words like “no” and “wait”.}
Idiom means “A phrase characteristic of a particular language, that cannot necessarily be fully understood from the separate meanings of the individual words which form it, but instead must be learned as a whole unit of meaning.”
So basically, I’m just throwing some words at you in hopes that someone will take notice that I actually BLOGGED today.
Thank you and have a good day. Tune in tomorrow…same bat time, same bat channel. {of course, I’m not promising I’ll actually BE here…but you can tune in just the same.} 😉
Hi. It’s me again. Stepping back up on my soapbox to talk to you about yet another bill up for approval in Congress.
I’m talking about the HealthCare Reform Bill, or H.R. 3200—“America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009â€.
Folks, this bill is dangerous for many reasons, including the abortion on demand mentioned here.
It also allows the “federal government to fund home visitation programs, where government officials would enter homes and monitor children and instruct parents in how to raise their children.”
In addition to all of that, there is actually a clause that states people who choose not to carry insurance could be subject to FINES. What is happening to our freedoms, Americans?
If you believe this is an egregious wrong, as I do, please contact your senators and congressman as a concerned citizen.
I know not all of us are politically active; but I just have to pass this on to you and ask you to pray about how God would want us to act and to pray.
More details at http://www.hslda.org, if you’re interested.
May God have mercy on us and on future generations of this great country!
Also visit D James Kennedy’s site to add your name to the petition to stop this bill right here.
Our eldest has been growing her hair out for the last four years for Locks of Love:
She has a heart of pure gold and a head of hair that would make any model jealous. 🙂