Doing Dishes

This is how doing the dishes works in our house...Theresa gets the pots and pans and Trixie does the rest. For those of you who have eaten at our house lately -- sorry we didn't warn you.




At least we save some money this way because our "dish washer" doesn't require electricity or a water connection!

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Tithing

ESPN's Outside the Lines show recently aired this video on televangelists and professional athletes. You can say a lot about the problems with the "prosperity gospel", but that is not the point of me posting the video. What I am interested in is the state of mind of some of the "ministers" interviewed as well as some of the athletes, as well as ESPN itself. Most impressive in this video is Evander Holyfield and the way he responds at the end of the video when the reporter is asking him, now with his 109 room house being forclosed, if he had the choice to make his mortgage payment or tithe, which he would do. Holyfield said he would tithe because it would be better for him in the long run.

It is very interesting to me that some "non-reformed" Christians understand this perhaps better than some "reformed" Christians. Granted the "paying off in the long run" part may look different in our minds, but you must admit to being a little humbled by the sincerity and frankness with the response. While prosperity gospel teaching organizations will continue to undermine Christ's true aim for how we should live and why, some of them at least have this much right on the button. God gets dibs first, period. Hearing him say that can be a tough pill to swallow when we are willing to shine that penetrating light back on ourselves.

The Porch and Patio are FINISHED!

We have finally finished the porch and the patio.  We want to give a big thanks to all who were involved.  We still have a little clean up, but I think Trixie will miss playing on the big piles of dirt.  Thanks again for all of your help!

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In case you missed it - Ryan Church missed third base while trying to score in the Mets game the other day when Angel Pagan hit a nice triple in the 11th inning. I guess the moral of the story is members of the church can't go 'home' if they are being led (albeit from behind) by pagans. Also, this must be a hard name to deal with as a child...(and as an adult)

Manny

Ok - I am pretty sure now I was duped.

Blah.

Go Rangers!!!

Baseball

Another player testing positive for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), right? Not sure. Manny claims he saw a doctor for a personal health problem recently and was taking prescription medication the doctor claimed was ok. However, the league has suspended him for 50 games for violating the substance abuse policy in regards to PEDs. Unlike A-Fraud, I actually believe this guy. Not sure why, but who knows. Let's see what details come out in the coming week(s).

Here is Peter Gammon's reaction:

Flu Hooplah

This is actually a post by me - Eric. I know I know, if it is a health related post it must be Theresa right? Well, this is my little way of educating everyone about the real killer (it ain't swine flu).

In fact, the CDC no longer recommends closing schools even if a student is suspected to have or is confirmed to have H1N1.

Enjoy