I'm taking a break from cleaning. Lala asked me to post some pictures of our "home sweet home". I've been wanting to get the house to the point that I wanted to show it off in pictures. It's close, but not quite there. So I'm taking the day cleaning and "decorating". Its kinda fun. But its pizza time now.
So update on the interview.... didn't go well. I mean it didn't go terribly bad I guess, I could just tell she wasn't impressed. And another major bummer, the lady at Bath and Body decided she didn't need me. I pretty much cried over that one.
Buuuttttt...
A grocery store I applied at called me for an interview. So that's excited. Its the first call I've gotten. I got the first interview by going in frequently and asking if anyone had gotten the chance to look over my application. I'm also thinking of applying at a shop that has a huge downstairs Christmas section. It's so pretty and pleasant. Its not that I won't work any job I can get. I would. I just really want a positive environment that's safe and products that I feel good selling to people. Maybe I should just sell Pampered Chef.
Well that's it for now. I'll post pictures soon!
Why I Can't Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown
Dear Friends, A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, so I sent out an e-mail with a few points. With the election just around the corner, I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it's worth repeating...
First, I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.
Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads - I follow. I can't dictate the terms, He does because He is the leader.
I can't vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that's who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won't be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.
In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong- then economic concerns will soon not matter.
We need to follow Martin Luther King's words, don't judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I don't know Obama so all I can go on is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.
NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (1/31/2008).
To beat Ted Kenn edy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.
There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100% rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas, etc., love him. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted "No" on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. There is a reason he voted "No" on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted "No" on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.
Let's take a look at the practice he wanted to continue -
The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:
A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby.)
B. The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.
God help him. There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.
Think about this: You can't give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.
There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.
Obama tells us he has good judgment, but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright's sermons. I wonder why now?
Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19-20, "Go and make disciples of all nations." This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you; walk like you; talk like you; believe what you believe, etc. The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?
Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a ...
1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions .
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System.
7. Personal commitmen t to embracement of the White Value System.
Would you support a President who went to a church like that?
Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama's former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside. This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.
A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if it is a white church or a black church, it's still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.
Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him."
Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?
So what does all this mean for the nation? In the past, when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing - judgment.
Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 "Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."
Then God says -
1 Samuel 1:18- "When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." 19- But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us. 20- Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles." 21- When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22- The LORD answered, "Listen to them and give them a king."
Here is what we know for sure. God is not schizophrenic. He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, "a city divided against itself cannot stand," so obviously many people are not hearing from God. Maybe I am the one not hearing, but I know that God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture, so I doubt it.
For all my friends who are voting for Obama-- can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this. But I know I can look the other way because of the economy.
I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama's positions. Finally, I have two questions for all my liberal friends. Since we know someone's value system has to be placed on the nation,
1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation?
2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?
Blessings,
(Note: While he wrote this just to his friends, the sad part is that now he has been getting
hate mail and his family is being harrassed.)
I've got an interview at Rue21 on Halloween! Please be praying for me! And I'm also pretty darn sure I'll get an interview at Bath and Body Works too... the hiring manager seems to like me a lot. She just hasn't gotten to my application yet!
Yay!
By the way, still waiting to hear what shows people watch.
Love love!
"Oh the more I seek, the more I'm sought"
~ Hymn #101 by Joe Pug
I've been tagged by Lala and Smithy to participate in a blog game. The rules are:
Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Write Six Random Things about yourself.
Tag a few other people at the bottom of the post.
Leave comments on their blogs, letting them know they've been tagged!
Let the person who tagged you know when you've written the post.
1. I greatly do not like going through the wrong door to either exit or enter a store. I must go through the correct door.
2. I love icons. Like the ones that people often have annoyingly placed all over their Myspace. I find theirs annoying, but I have a huge folder of them on my hard drive. I especially love sayings, ducks, stars, umbrellas and socks.
3. I do not like wearing matching socks.
4. I find myself using a different accent if I'm around someone who does for even an hour. Or I watch a show with a different accent. That includes friends who wear braces.
5. I know they are bad, but I can eat hot dogs basically all the time, along with cheese and pizza.
6. I wasn't allowed to watch the show "Doug" when I was a kid because a character was blue. (I love you mom. :-D)
I tag
Tina,
Deana and
my mom.
Thanks for the fun!
So yeah, I'm ashamed at how long it's been since I've posted. Ah well, its okay.
I have to get in the shower, but I thought I would update first, so I've got my new "Paste Magazine" music sampler in and I'm ready to go. I love Paste magazine. (Thank you Christina for getting it for me for Christmas :-) ) If you like secular magazines and are over... 17 or 18, this is a real winner.
Happy news! Josh got a job! At Radioshack. Wooooohhhhoooooo! I did a very thrilled dance when I listened to that voicemail. We celebrated that night by each getting a pint of Ben and Jerry's, which was on sale. I got the "Creme Brulee" which was awesome! Especially with the swirl of chocolate I put in it.
He starts sometime next week. Please pray he gets lots of hours as it is a "temp" position. I'm still looking for a job. :-/ So if anyone wants to hire me in Shelby, here I am! :-p
Other than that, we haven't had any super exciting news.
I have started learning how to play chess from Josh. Its fun. At first it was so easy to want to get frustrated, but I gritted down and decided to force my brain to do it. We started "playing" at 12 am. ("Okay, so this one is called... the rook?" "Yes, and no, you can't call him Dwayne." "Okay." "So tell me, how many moves can the rook make and what will be the best position for him. And what's my next move?" "Um... I don't know?") (For the record, I wasn't a pest about it, I really did try.) We finally stopped playing at 2:15am. Wowzers.
Then the next night I randomly decided to open up the two really old computers we had and see what they had. Next thing, an hour later, we had put all the good parts in one and had a working computer. Then we spent an hour getting the network card to work.
So anybody have any interesting stories to tell so I can be amused? :-p
Oh, I do want to know, do any of you have a weekly show you watch?
Josh and I have been watching "Sanctuary" and I watch "Bones" and *ahem*
"Greek". Lately we've been working our way through series. Like SG1, Psych, Roar and our current one, Band of Brothers. (I love that show and insisted Josh had to see it. He likes it so far.) I think we have "Freaks and Geeks" up next. But that will probably be in a few weeks.
It sounds like a lot of shows, but remember Josh is a film major, movies are important.
By the way, if you are like me and fear is a problem... don't watch the first Resident Evil. The other two are fine, but gosh, the first one sparked fear in me. I gotta conquer that.
Oh! Josh and I went to the first church we've gone to for the point of "visiting" to try to find a home church. No we haven't been total heathens, either we've been away or had company or went to a church for all but two weeks.
The people were really nice and the building was very nicely done. I liked the atmosphere. But unfortunately, we don't agree with their teaching. I can't go to a church that I only agree with half of what they say. I think 3/4 is a good mixture. But otherwise, any less than that and you're torn the whole time and really end up confused and frustrated.
Well good day folks, I hope its a great one.
So I'm sitting here wondering how I can be more me.
I feel the need to find my niche.
My friend Courtney has started a new blog called
"Thrifty Wife"It's pretty cool and I can tell I'm going to learn from it. Man, I want so badly to really be wise with our money.
My friend Lauren has this beautifully artistic house, which she affectionately calls "The Fort". That's another thing I would love. I long to create a beautiful home for Josh and I to share.
I want my niche. My thing.
The other night I told Josh that I've always wanted to paint. The next day he pulled out a canvas he has and his paint stuff and told me to paint. I haven't started yet, but I'm going to soon.
I guess all this randomness is to say, I'm in a place of discovery. I do not want to go through life a "half" person. I want to live to the fullest, and be uniquely, loverly and frighteningly me. And...
I know that a huge part of that will come through growing closer to Christ. Which is an area I need prayer in. I feel I really need to draw closer to God, but almost am unsure how to go about it.
Maybe I need to write a song. That might help me figure stuff out.
Thanks for listening everybody.
(Josh's putt-putt golf ball from our recent trip to Charleston.)
(YAY! 3 DAYS TIL SYLVER AND TYLER COME TO VISIT!)
Hmm, so basically I'm posting simply because I haven't posted in a while. I have nothing of "uber" importance to say.
We did hang up some of our wedding "lanterns" last night in the old, unused fireplace. They look beautiful. Next step is to get some outdoor Christmas lights and put them in the floor of the fireplace. It'll look pretty.
Josh and I both have colds. I'm getting over mine thankfully, but it's not been a fun time. Poor Josh hit the worst of his last night. Yes, I know, due to the facts I just told you, I was the one to give the cold. I'm a bad person. But here's what Dustin and I figured: Either I stayed away from Josh, no kisses, slept on the couch, no sharing drinks, which would really be icky cause both of us have the love language of touch. So in that case, he got heart sick. Or he got physically sick and could take cold medicine.
By the way, have you noticed how multi-symptom cold medicine is like a grenade? They cram a lot of different meds in one bottle and figure "well if we chuck all this at them, its sure to help something." Oh for a sniper rifle against the common cold.
Speaking of sniper rifles, Josh and I are getting into airsoft. More, I'm getting into airsoft. See, Dustin is wanting to start a league so Josh and I are going to play once a month. We ordered my gun yesterday. As much as I would have loved the shotgun with cartridges that shot out three at a time. (That thing is a bad beast!!) I could not justify spending the $70 on it. So I just got a cheap gun that I could feel okay spending our "newly wed amount" of funds on. It's a good gun and should do me fine. I even got two extra mags for it. So I'm excited. :-p
Well I have a couple other things to do before I start getting ready for the family reunion. :-)
So later ya'll!
