I'm entirely too excited about Christmas this year. It might have something to do with the fact that Kent will be here for the holidays..just maybe.. ;-)
This week someone at work asked about my favorite Christmas movie. I can't settle on just one, but I always stop to watch ELF, CHRISTMAS VACATION, HOME ALONE and THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL.
I love Christmas movies...
"And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so? "It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!" And he puzzled and puzzed, till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't thought of before! "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
Who could forget GREMLINS? Every time I watch it, I say to myself "If I had a Mogwai, I'd never get him wet or feed him after midnight." Ridiculous, I know...but I still want a Gizmo.
"You're not Santa. You smell like beef and cheese."
What? No "A Christmas Story"? :) I'm currently watching "The Bishop's Wife" on Turner Classic Movies. I'm about to wrap gifts. I love this time of year, too. Oh, and we also always watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas".
Thank you so much for all of the goodies you sent and the sweet card. You are such a special person and hopefully we can all get together soon. Thank you again!
I've been thinking a lot about kindness over the past few days and ran across a great quote from C.S. Lewis (below), which got me studying a bit more about it. Just thought I'd share a few things I found.
If only we could all act this way...
"The worldly man treats certain people kindly because he 'likes' them. The Christian, trying to treat everyone kindly, finds himself liking more and more people as he goes on - including people he could not have even imagined himself liking in the beginning."
-C.S. Lewis
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves in compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience."
- The Apostle Paul (Col. 3:12)
"Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other -- it doesn't matter who it is -- and that will help you grow up in greater love for each other."
- Mother Theresa
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it."
- Albert Schweizter
"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate."
- Albert Schweizter
"You can never do a kindness too soon because you never know when it will be too late."
the presentation went VERY well! A lot of teachers left with something done and even the most tech-illiterate felt good! Plus, they all said I did a great job!
I miss my Jenny too! Yeah, I was glad that I didn't break Jim's nose, but I really thought I had. We ended up on the phone with my mom to ask if I had. So when do you think we'll actually get together?
"It is probably impossible to love any human being simply 'too much.' We may love him too much 'in proportion' to our love for God; but it is the smallness of our love for God, not the greatness of our for the man, that constitutes the inordinacy...But the question whether we are loving God or the earthly Beloved 'more' is not, so far as concerns our Christian duty, a question about the comparative intensity of two feelings. The REAL question is, which (when the alternative comes) do you serve, or choose, to put first? To which claim does your will, in the last resort, yield?"
ISN’T IT AMAZING HOW GOD PUTS DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME? TEACHING US, HELPING US GROW….A SINGLE PERSON CAN HAVE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON ANOTHER. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR INFLUENCE ON THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU!
THERE ARE SOME WE LOVE SO MUCH THAT WE’LL DO ANYTHING FOR THEM AND THEY’LL DO ANYTHING FOR US. WE’LL DROP THE WORLD AND BE THERE WHEN THEY NEED US...NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES.
SOME TEACH US THAT ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHO YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE…
AND THAT ITS OK TO BE DIFFERENT…EVEN FROM YOUR FRIENDS
SOME BELIEVE IN US, EVEN WHEN WE DON’T BELIEVE IN OURSELVES.
SOME TEACH US HOW FREEING FORGIVENESS CAN BE…
OR THAT YOU REALLY CAN’T SMILE TOO MUCH
SOME YOU’VE KNOWN FOREVER AND YOU CAN’T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT THEM…
AND THAT “FAMILY” DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE
SOME TEACH US TO LAUGH AT OURSELVES…
AND EACH OTHER
OR THAT ITS ALWAYS OK TO CRY, BUT HAPPY TEARS ARE THE BEST KIND
SOME TEACH US TO LET LOOSE AND HAVE FUN!
SOME RESTORE OUR FAITH IN TRUE LOVE AND COMMITMENT …
AND THEN, THERE ARE SOME THAT TEACH US ABOUT IT ALL…AND MUCH, MUCH MORE...
Ok, I have to say it...you are so stunning! I hope you know that about yourself! :)
Friends are the greatest gift a person can have and there is always room in our hearts for more...but never to be removed are the love from those that have always been there.
Its only 9am on Election Day and my nerves are already on edge. If, at the end of the day, the race is close, I'll be up all night, flipping from Fox News to CNN to ABC to NBC and anywhere else I can find more up-to-the-minute news on final numbers.
I'm sort of a political junkie. My family has always been political, I was a Political Science major in college. I even went on to law school where I saw first hand some of the morally-bankrupt, money-grubbing punks who only studied law in Chicago with a hope they could launch their political careers and liberlize the country even more than it already is.
So, in order to keep myself sane today, I thought I'd look up some quotes from my favorite President. Some are funny, some are serious, and some are just ... Reaganisms. Enjoy!
DEMOCRACY and FREEDOM
"Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure."
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong."
"Man is not free unless government is limited."
"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
"Democracy is worth dying for, because its the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."
CHANGE
"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."
GLOBAL WARMING
"Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources."
REAGANISMS
"You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."
"There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classifed Top Secret."
"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."
"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."
"How can a President NOT be an actor"
"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM, AND SUCH
"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."
"If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party."
Ah, good ol' Reagan. I voted - now I'm ready for the election to be over. Although, I'm not sure that I'm ready for the leadership elected into office. :-/
i was born when carter was in the white house... that was pretty bad (from what i've read & heard)... maybe it'll take another looser to cause people to wake up.
