Turkey Souffle

Tonight Heather cooked me a turkey souffle. Can you say "Yum". Now you are thinking, why turkey souffle. Well that is a good question. The answer is simple. We hate to waste good tasting leftovers and we get bored of eating the same thing. I will be honest, it was really good. So with a little creativity, a little experimenting, you end up eating good, saving cash, and not wasting food. Good deal huh?

Thank Goodness for Jesus

Today we had the building inspector at Safe Harbor. We are getting really close to being done with all the construction. Seeing what we have to do to get an occupancy permit. It can be really frustrating sometimes the things that need to fix. Such as our sink is 1/4 of an inch too high. Our toilet is 3/4 of an inch too far away from the wall. Things like that we have to fix.
Now as frustrating as all of that is, let me remind you of a couple of things. We are told that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). We are also told that for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). That means even if we were to live a "really good life" we would still end up 1/4 of an inch off. We would be out of code. Thanks Goodness for Jesus that offers to make us "code compliant."
Just a little more thankful for my Salvation today.

Free Starbucks?!?!

I was at Starbucks this evening picking up a much deserved Eggnog Decaf Latte for my wife for being gone most of the day today. I ran into a friend there. Talked to him for a while. Then I thought he was next in line and he let me go first. What a nice guy I was thinking to myself. So I ordered my drink. Pull out my card to pay for it. The Starbucks employee says "Oh, it has been taken care of." What? I stood there confused looking at the register wandering why it said $0.00. Well using every bit of intelligence that I had, I realized my friend paid for it. Wow! What a nice surprise. Puts me in a giving mood. Which is a good thing.

A mouse in the house!!!

This afternoon, I was just sitting and relaxing when Heather started saying, "There is a mouse, there is a mouse!" Then she grabs Samuel and leaves the room with the instructions, "Get it!" Hmm...there are so many different directions to go with this so I guess I will try and give a couple different views:

• The Hero View: Yeah, I came, I saw, I caught, and I got rid of it! Big tough guy huh?
• The Lazy Cat View: During this time of catching the mouse, my cat was around, so I figured he would catch it right? Well it took me a lot of effort go get that cat to even acknowledge that the mouse was there. Really, why do we have a cat? I have a new theory that my cat sees a lot of mice everyday and is just too lazy to get them.
• The Animal Lover View: My cat did not get the mouse. I did not kill the mouse. I caught the mouse. And then after I caught the mouse I released it into its natural habit. (ie the woods)
• The Ironic View: The little mouse will probably be eaten by a bigger creature out in the woods.

Care to vote for your favorite, or add any?

I have everything

Being that it is Thanksgiving season and all of that, I realized something interesting. I have everything. I am content. I have a refrigerator full of food (ok stuffed). And then today is "Black Friday." I looked at some adds for different sales. I just don't need anything. There was nothing I had to have. Maybe a couple things that would have been nice, but in general nothing I needed. So what did I do today? Hung out with my family. Lot more fun then waiting in 3 hours lines hoping for a good deal.
Now here are a couple of questions for you:

• Am I content because I have enough "stuff" or is there something else that causes the contentedness?
• What does one person need to be content?
• How can we help other's realize what they have and become content with what they have?

The one true bailout

The whole economic uncertainty has a lot of people on edge. People are worried about having a job, losing their retirement, and paying their bills. I admit I don't have all the answers. I will also admit that I don't think we can point to one person or one event that caused all of this. Now here is what I find interesting, people think that the government can save them. No, this is not meant to bash the government or anything like that. But the government is made of humans. Humans are incapable of rescuing anyone, or should I say bailing out everyone. That is not to be mean to the government. But the thing is the One who is capable of a bailout is Christ. His bailout is not a band aid or anything like that, His bailout will last forever.
Yes watching your 401K or IRA lose money is tough. But rather than put your faith in the people that are running the government, put your faith in God. Get that straight, make that your top priority. Then the economic problems are a whole lot less bothersome.

Im too old to be doing stuff like that

I was packing the car to leave Heather's relatives house yesterday. Somehow I did not see this shiny patch were I just happened to step on. Oops! Needless to say I went down like the stock market, fast and painful. Then I watch my 1 year old son fall about 234234 times a day. He does not even say "ouch". He just gets up and falls again. Me? I am sore for the next day or two. Man getting old is for the birds.

Remind me not to be a pig!

In the midst of the economic melt down that supposedly we are facing, I am staring down having 4 thanksgiving dinners. Wow! That is a lot! I don't know how that all works for me. I just got to make sure I don't eat too much.
Here is interesting part about that. I could sit here and complain about having to eat 4 Thanksgiving dinner and the fact that turkey is not my favorite. And how hard I have it, having to eat all those Thanksgiving dinners.
Stop! I am thankful for those opportunities. I am looking forward to spending time with family and friends. So no, don't feel bad for me. Once again, I am pretty sure I am the most blessed person in the whole world

Light in the Darkness

Going inside Blanchard House since the fire is, well, depressing. The way the smoke went through out the house made the whole thing black. literally looks like everything was painted black. On top of that, there were some windows that were broke and are now boarded up, making it even more dark.
FireDex came out the other day and strung some temporary lights. What a difference a little light makes. It is much better. Lot less depressing. Lot more hopeful.
Yes light penetrates darkness. We are called to be light. I know we tend to think our light is insignificant. But any light helps. Be the Light

Sorry

I have not been blogging that much this week. My bad. I guess one of the reasons is Anne of Green Gables. Yes, it is true. I watched not just the first one (3.5 hours), not just the 2nd one (4 hours), but both of those and the 3rd one (3 hours). I will say though that I did enjoy them all. I know they are suppose to be chick flicks. But I am man enough to watch them and admit that I like them.