Not So Wimpy

Day two in Minnesota. It is was about twenty degrees today, but my body still thought running was a good idea. I gave it a shot and it felt very good (I couldn't feel my fingers, so I don't know if they agreed or not). Thank you, Candi, for instilling strong running desires in me.

I'll get some pictures up, when I can, of the family.

There's no snow here yet.

Outta town

I'm in Minnesota because my grandmother went Home Monday morning. It's not the best reason to come here, but it is definately good to be together as a family.

Now I know that last minute plane tickets are never the most direct route.

Thanksgiving (to who?)

We went to the Thanksgiving Eve gathering at Christ Community Church tonight. The Pastor, speaking on thankfulness and ungratefulness said this (actually, it's paraphrased because I'm adding some words and thoughts):

Coveting (greed, and lust for anything) looks forward. Thankfulness and gratefulness look back.

Here's another quote that deals with the same idea from another person:

"Remembering" is the fence or boundary that keeps us from ungratefulness toward and disobedience to God.

Chapter 8 of Deuteronomy is entirely about remembering, being grateful, and what happens when we stop both of those. I'm pretty sure we, as a country, have stopped remembering where we came from, forgotten God, and determined to credit ourselves for our wealth and position in the world.

I say this as a member of the country and confess my materialism and greed, also. Thank God that He is a God of second chances. I pray that we, as a country, will ask God for a second chance and then take that second chance to obey Him and give credit where credit is due.

Oh no! There on to me...

Aaaaah, the Age Old Question

I got this at work the other day. Enjoy!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because gosh-darnit, he's a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA : The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road

HILLARY CLINTON : When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH : We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY : Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL : Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON: ... inappropriate...

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY : Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross,and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON : Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

DR. PHIL : The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE : That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN : To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART : No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS : Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY : To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS : Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish it's lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE : It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES : I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN : Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS : Did I miss one?