Sunday Thoughts

"Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."

Colossians 3:17

Black Friday

Every Friday following Thanksgiving, my mom and I set out shopping. We don't usually end up buying much, and would never wake up at 4:00 a.m. to get the best deals out there, but we do enjoy the thrill of Black Friday.

Today is no different.

What do you do on the day after Thanksgiving?

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."

Philippians 4:6

Say What?

Slogan shirts, hat, and sweatshirts are very popular. People have a need for others to know how they stand on issues, what appeals to them, and in some cases, the food that they prefer. I am not that concerned with making sure that every human being that I come in contact with, knows that "I [heart] NY," or want to shout to those around me, "Careful or you'll end up in my book." (That is actually true, but not public knowledge). More appropriately would be, "Watch it our I'll blog/Tweet about you." Consider yourself warned.

Although I have only purchased one slogan shirt in my mid-life, as a teenager, my drawers would have been stuffed with slogan shirts. My only slogan shirt has a picture of a rock and a ruler. The rock is saying, "you rule" and the ruler is saying, "you rock." I like to be encouraging.

One of my son's favorite shirts states, "Save the Humans" with a big picture of a blue whale. He also loves his, "Future Rock Star" shirt, although, after trying the clarinet for exactly one school year has deemed playing an instrument "not his gift."

My daughter had so many shirts that I really cannot even remember one. Okay, maybe one. She is partial to her "Crazy like a fox" slogan shirt which is exactly opposite of her personality. She would never be considered for the "Craziest People" photo in her high school yearbook. Crazy to her is painting her fingernails black - watch out.

While I enjoy reading people's t-shirts, and have chuckled now and again at certain slogans, I have only one rule: You are never allowed to wear a slogan t-shirt with a slogan hat, there is simply too much to read. I'm impatient like that. Plus, having to read that much information on a person's body would teeter on staring like a stalker, and a stalker, I am not.

What is the best slogan t-shirt that you have seen?

Major Motion Pictures

I never see movies. Let me rephrase that, I never see adult movies. Oh, let me rephrase that. I never see movies in the theater that were made for adult audiences. Let me make myself more clear. I typically only see animated movies, those made for school age children.

I enjoying watching "At the Movies" on Sunday nights, and sit with my husband, as we decide which movies look good, and which movies, we wouldn't want to see. That's where it ends. We rarely ever make a date to actually go the the movies together and see one of the movies which received rave reviews from the critics.

We do have scheduled date nights, however, when the evening rolls around, and we have to decide between fast food and a movie, or a restaurant, followed by coffee and adult conversation, we always choose the latter.

We do rent DVD's but usually in the summer, when nothing is on television, and we have nothing recorded on the DVR worth viewing. We need to get out more. We need to go and see a movie. Our big kids are always going to the movies and seeing the latest release. We should follow suit.

This week we are taking the children to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The big kids keep saying that they don't want to see a baby movie, guess what, neither do I, but do you see me complaining?

I really want to see Blind Side. I'll have to schedule a date with my husband, and some hot, fresh, fast food.

Sunday Thoughts

"Take care! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven."

Matthew 6:1 (NLT)

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