Thankful Saturday??? 9/22/12

1. I recently sold an item on ebay. Got to love that you can print the label, slap it on the package and put in a mailbox. Now if only my other two items would sell.

2. A former student and now friend posted on facebook about her husband and sons (maybe 8 and 10 years old) going to a boy's conference. When they returned the father told the boys he wanted them to put together a presentation to share with him, their mother and sister about what they learned. Rose posted a picture of the two boys in front of their fireplace. They had prepared an entire "church" service around what they had learned! It was interesting to see father investing in his sons and to see these young boys really taking to heart what they learned.

3. Had a great week visiting family last week. I put over 1200 miles on a rental car, but I got to spend time (not enough though) with every sibling and their family. Mom and I took a very nice overnight trip to Savannah. Love my parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and great niece.

4. It's been a rough week at work getting caught up in addition to taking care of my regular work and taking on a new project. I have posted a poem on my computer that says "Omnipotence has servants everywhere." So thankful that some of those servants helped carry my load this week. Family who prayed for me and cared, and a co-worker who did some of my daily work several days this week. Yesterday a co-worker asked what was something she could take off my plate during her slower time of the accounting month.

5. Yesterday I came down with a full-blown cold. I am so thankful that this is a slow weekend with nothing planned so that I don't have to go, go, go.

Thankful Thursday 9/6/12

Well, it's been awhile.

1. Free turkey sandwiches at Arby's today for lunch. I had the turkey club.

2. The salsa is done for the year. 42 pints canned last Saturday.

3. Renae connected my replacement wireless router tonight.

4. One more day of work before vacation!!!

Roll, Stones, Roll!!!

Last year in Egypt we had a lesson near two walls. One was made of bricks and one was made of stones. The general idea was the bricks are made in quantity, all the same size and shape. The wall is very uniform because every brick is uniform. Stones are unique--shaped by a Creator to be one of a kind. A stone wall has character as the various stones give the wall a distinct look. We were challenged to be stones instead of bricks.

This has been relayed to me from another person on the trip so I don't know first hand of its truth.

One of the men on the trip was sharing this on a plane with his seatmate on one of his many business trips. The seatmate is a motivational speaker. His number one client is Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama. So what is the theme of the 2012 Alabama football team?

Be a stone not a brick.

 

This morning on a sports show I heard an interview with Saban who said this year's team has not won a national championship. Some of the players were on last year's national championship but this year's team hasn't proven anything. They aren't the same team. What did I hear--a football program is made of stones from each year's team. A program doesn't produce bricks.

 

ROLL, TIDE, ROLL!!!