Ok, it's finally hot today.  We've been told all winter to wait.  Wait, cuz it's coming. " You just wait and you'll see," a statement made usually followed with a snicker and a smirk on the face.  Ha!  This is usually said by people who have NEVER seen snow!  How bad can it be? 

Well it's hot.  This is the really the very first day that I'm sweating without actually doing anything.  I can just sit here and sweat all by myself with not an ...

Last week there was an AP article direct from Washington explaining there would be a whole new lingo  regarding the....I'm not sure what to call them now.......but were previously labeled "jihadists or al-Qaida" Anyhow this is what they said:

Don't call them jihadists anymore.  And don't call Al-Qaida a movement.

The Bush administration has launched a new front in the war on terrorism, this time targeting language.

Federal agencies, including the State Department, the Dep...

Wondering what to do with your rebate check?  There are numerous ways to spend this long awaited windfall.  Many businesses are clamoring to take your money with some pretty good deals out there.  The one that makes the most sense to me is that some grocery stores are offering incentives via gift cards to help you stretch your grocery budget by giving you 10% more.  So if you buy a $300 card they'll add $30 and for those with a $600 rebate willing to invest it in gr...

I went to Epcot today.  This is the first time since I've moved to Florida that I've taken the time to check out Disney.  We've had quite a bit of company these last few weeks so I've been entertaining much of this time mostly just around here but today we ventured south for the day and we had a great time. 

The weather was great.  The crowds were almost non-existent which made for easy accessability to all the events. I've never seen Disney so NOT busy.  I mean ...

 

Freedom.

It's something we, here, in the United States generally take for granted.  I'm as guilty as anyone.  It's much easier sometimes to gripe about the freedoms we are losing than to thank God for the freedoms we have.  I hate that the government tells me I have to put on my seatbelt when I drive.  I know it's the rebel in me.  I also know that as a Christian I'm bound to follow the law.  So I do what I don't want to do and I don't do what I wo...

Continuing on with an overview of Israel's history starting with President Harry Truman after WWII.

Many years before Harry Truman would become President he owned a clothing store in Missouri.  It just so happened his partner was Jewish.  His name was  Edward Jacobson.  Providence?  I think so.  Just this fact alone made a pivital impact on the Jewish State of Israel today. 

It was post WWII and the UN was about to vote on whether to grant Palestine a Jew...

There are so many interesting rules and regulations out there that make absolutely no sense.  It makes one wonder where in the world did they get this idea from?  What were they thinking? I really would like to know who sits around and makes up this stuff.  It would be nice to put a face behind some of these laws.

Here's the latest stupid rule in a long list of many.

My husband came home after working at a car dealership all day.  The owner of this very large ...

Today was a gorgeous day.  Not much different than it's been around here.  Highs in the 80's during the day and 60's at night.  Just perfect. 

I did something a bit different today.  I biked to Rosenthal's study in Lady Lake.  Usually it takes me like 10 minutes and about 5 miles to get there by car.  But with rotaries, or around here they call them roundabouts, and loads of traffic along the normal route I took the back way which mostly took me along countr...

I'm happy to say that "Expelled" broke into the top 10 this weekend.  This is pretty good considering that the movie only opened in 1,052 screens about half as many screens as other top 10 movies. 

Those who have seen the movie have said it was nicely done and that it is not from a Christian perspective by any means.   Here are some of the comments from those who have seen the movie.

-Even Mr. Dawkins at the end admitted to "alien intelligent design."

-My wife and I ...

Let's talk about ME and MY family shall we?   

 What did I do this weekend?   Lots of stuff.  It was a good weekend. 

First I went to an Extraordinary Women's Conference in Orlando and had a great time with my friend Jody.  We got there really early at 5pm on Friday.  The doors weren't supposed to open until 6 but we just walked in, picked up our packets and headed into the big arena.  To our surprise we were the first ones there....

 

I have come to realize I can now add another least favorite thing to shop for.  I would put this on the list next to toilets or lumber. 

What is it? 

A mattress.

It's not fun, probably the least fun purchase I've ever made.  I've spent weeks looking and researching mattresses and I still feel I don't know all that much.  It's very, very confusing.  There are so many different types, brands, coils, etc.  Do we buy one with memory foam, pillowt...

With all the politcs of today don't you miss Ronald Reagan?  I mean not only was he articulate, funny  and smart, he was entertaining as well.  Maybe his acting career helped him there some but he was genuinely just a pretty well liked guy no matter your politics.  

Here's a few of his words he left behind to remember him by:

"Here's my strategy on the cold war; we win; they lose."

"The most terrifying words in the English language are:  I'm from the ...

After studying Israel's history for years I have to say I believe, if nothing else, their survival is the greatest single testament to the bible being what it claims to be.  The word of God filtered thru the eyes and ears of man is truly an inspired document.  

If any people group was destined to die out, surely the Jews, who were the most persecuted of all men,nearly killed off many times, would be the people group to put your money on for not making it.

But they did. ...

Everyone is watching the Middle East as we should.  What's going on in the Middle East and how does it affect our future?  I was thinking about this as I listened to a very articulate and knowledgeable Jewish Christian speak about these things this morning.  He just got back from Jerusalem where he took four busloads of Christians to see the land where Christ walked.  He goes twice a year and I'm thinking I'd like to go on the next trip.  What we are seein...