one thing that makes me smile

It happens a lot.
We (people) assume that everyone standing around us (even when we don't know them) is like us. Then we proceed to make a statement that may or may not be offensive to the people that we may or may not know.
The perfect example... I’ll only give one but several are flying through my mind. This one is not super offensive but someone said it to me the other day...I'm standing in this woman’s living room and her new foster children had just put on fake tattoos. She talks to the children about how they are more like daddy now. She laughs and then said to me, "Yeah, my husband in his younger, stupider days, thought it was cool to get tattoos. So he has a couple."
I laugh and think, she has no idea whether or not I have tattoos. I figured this was a non-issue and I wasn't hurt by it at all, so I let it slide. Other times I feel it necessary to warn my fellow person that they should be aware of their words and who their words might negatively affect.
I guess, since I’m talking, I should go ahead and get on my platform for a sec. The major one I feel we should be aware of is the topic of sexuality (making comments about homosexuality or purity). I’ve heard people say mean things about people who are not virgins or people who are gay. You just never know what those people around you are dealing with.
So let us just be nice.
Let us love one another fully.

new favorite

i'm pretty sure i just officially declared myself a new favorite snack.
coffee ice cream with carmel syrup. Yummy! i am extremely thankful that God gave us taste buds. what if eating were just a chore to keep us alive? its pretty awesome that we get the opportunity to fully enjoy what goes into our mouths. Thanks God!

randomness is one of my spiritual gifts

i guess i missed the memo that it is time to spring clean our closets. there are two piles of clothes to go through, not that i mind. and i should probably do the same, as well as get my summer clothes out, because it's about that time. yippee. the windows are open and the music is playin'. what joy fills my heart.

i was thinking today, that i should probably start paying more attention to what i'm putting in my body, as far as food goes. you see, i realized that i had not eaten any food at my house since thursday. yes indeed. friday: no breakfast, went out to lunch with my office and then didn't eat dinner until around 11:00 pm. and what was that, you ask, french fries from mcdonalds. then saturday: pizza from little ceasers for brunch and snack food at an early nineties party for dinner. sunday: no breakfast again, chipotle for lunch and wendy's for dinner. monday: no breakfast, taco bell for lunch, wendy's for dinner. tuesday: breakfast at mcdonalds and lunch at some pizza joint. tonight i finally ate some non-restaurant food. Mmmm.

i have been spending a significant amount of time in my car the last few days, in fact i've gone through a tank and a half of gas (or maybe more) in two days. scary. but the point of this tiny paragraph was to be about music. most of the time i have kids in the car with me so i listen to some awesome jiggity wiggity rap music. there were a few legs today when i was by myself and once i heard a meatloaf song. ha ha. i thought that was noteworthy.

you should all know that i'm also losing all intelligence once had. i can rarely think of an educated word to use in a sentence and i just used a cheer from high school to help me spell spiritual. "s-p-i-r-i-t, spirit, let's hear it."

with that being said. have a good one.