Conversations with a Conservative

Yes, I am way behind on blogging.  Why?  Because my life has pretty much revolved around my mess of a new house with a few other things peppered into it.  I will try to start posting pictures of house work, but in all honesty, at this point, it will only be phone pics because I really do not know where I packed my camera cord.  Also, this house needs WAY more work than our first house, so it is kind of slow going.  Anyway, I promise to post some pics of what we have been up to so far.  In the meantime, I leave you with this thought for the day (I was sent this in an email so I don't know where it originated from, sorry): Gotta love Ben Stein!! He comes up with some good ones! Paradoxical Quote of The Day From Ben Stein: "Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen." Now add this, "Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will ...

So I started off not writing because the whole buying a house thing almost broke me.  I admit, stress turns me into the Hulk.  I like change, but the actual changing process freaks me out.  This is the only reason we haven't started trying for a baby; my hubby new that me+house selling/moving+baby=CRAZY!!!!!!  Let's be honest, me+house selling/moving=STRESS BALL OF EMOTIONS and the baby would have probably gotten me committed.  I joke that at least I would have had a place to sleep! Anyway, the hubby and I prayed that we would see God in this, know it was His plan, and I kept praying to learn how to give up control.  This started back with the PE exam, but I knew I hadn't conquered it yet.  The last few weeks were full of "God, I totally trust you, I know you are in this so all is okay" AND "GOD!  What are you doing to me?  I can't take this one more minute!  I'm going crazy!"  I knew He was just putting things in the way so we wo...

I hadn't really wanted to update or talk about the house search, so I have avoided Blogland the last couple of weeks.  I am not superstitious, but I think I was afraid to talk about anything because it hasn't really been going well and I thought maybe things would turn around.  Not so much.  First of all, before I complain too much, I have to give thanks to God.  He has moved the sale of our house along so well and been so great on that end.  Let me rephrase that, He is great on all ends because He is God and is goodness and love and all of the things I need right now.  That is what I keep trying to tell myself - He is good so we are good.  I didn't come up with that. I read it on Ann Voskamp's blog, here .  You see, I know God is good.  I know He has us and we will be taken care of, but I am letting the enemy in to cause doubt.  I don't want to doubt.  I want to have faith that can move mountains - sometimes I think I used to,...

Nah!  This will be short and sweet and after all the dust settles I'll give more updates.  Long story short, we put our house on the market three weeks ago or so, got an offer last weekend (a week ago now) and accepted it.  The inspection is today - trying to just surrender it to God. We found a house,  made an offer, almost signed a contract, then learned it has aluminum wiring (very bad apparently), walked away from house, and don't have one on the horizon.  Old me would be freaked out - new me abiding in the Holy Spirit knows God has a plan.  I would love to not have to move to an apartment temporarily, but if we do, we will.  I really want the sale of our house to go through because we just love the young couple, and selling our first house has been quite emotional for me.  We put a lot into it, and I know they will love it so we are praying that all goes well for the next couple of days.  Anyway, the last few weeks have been crazy busy, ...

*This is long - I hope you will read it.  At the very least - please watch the video at the end! I am sure, like me, all of you are aware of the shooting tragedy in Aurora, CO that took place in the wee hours of the morning.  I pray for those families that lost dear ones and pray for healing for those injured.  There is no way I can imagine what it is like to go through an experience like this.  The terror that they felt during the attack and the terror that they will likely still experience as they process what happened just makes my heart hurt for them.  I pray that the Lord bring them His peace that surpasses all understanding.  I pray that He protect them and scoop them all up in His arms to carry them through this horrific ordeal.  It makes me so sad.  I truly can't understand what goes on in a person's mind to push them to doing something like this.  God gives us free will, and in that, some people do some pretty horrible things - i...

So I did this little series the last couple of summers, and I decided it was about time for me to bring it back.  I have a little confession, I listen to sports talk radio most days at work - do you all still love me?!  I live in TX so sports are pretty major here, but I also grew up in a family (even though we were all girls) where sports were watched (not really participated in so much).  My mom and my dad are both big sports fans, and although the hubby wasn't so much when we started dating (I was probably more into sports than him), he became a major sports fan in college and sucked me in deep too!  It is fun to get to enjoy it together and especially when we get to cheer on our alma mater together.  Anyway, all of that to say I haven't listened to as much music lately, which is sad because I LOVE music.  So I decided to share my music likes with you - sorry if you don't like them (well, only a little, this is my blog after all)! So most of ...

*This is not a sponsored post - I don't do those on this 'lil 'ol blog (how many apostrophes can I use in a row?!)  I just like to share things that I like. I meant to take a picture before I finished most of it, but I just couldn't wait because it was that tasty.  Oh, right, I need to tell you what "it" is!  I tried the new Burger King frozen strawberry lemonade today and it was soooooooo tasty.  I love icee/slush type things and lemonade so it is the perfect mix for me.  The last couple of years I have been addicted to coke icees, but I thought I would try this out.  The small is only 3 WW points plus so it is definitely a little treat to enjoy every now and then.  Honestly, I tried the McDonald's version a couple of months ago and was underwhelmed.  The BK version, in my humble opinion, is quite a bit tastier.  Anyway, if you are looking for a way to stay cool in this crazy heat, try one!