GOD IS GONNA GETCHA

The Hubbie takes my car to work on Saturday. His little car does not have cruise control, mine does. By the time Saturday gets here, he is so tired, legs hurting, swollen, that just the comfort of cruise control helps him make the trip home.

I have his car on Saturday. I don't like his car. It is a simple, no frills roll up the windows by hand, automatic transmission, manual lock doors, air conditioning included, Toyota. It does have a radio, which was on when I got into the car yesterday. The station was one I was not familiar with. I am mostly a talk radio only kind of gal.

The song was, at first, a Christian song, but then the next song was a country music song so I'm not sure what kind of station it was or is. The title of the song was GOD IS GONNA GETCHA. I about dropped my teeth, another Southern term, meaning I was shocked.

The song was very country style, sung by a mixed group, meaning men and women voices. The whole idea of the song is God is going to punish you for all the bad things you do. I listened to it but did not like it.

For years, I lived under the gonna getcha ideology. I was miserable. I was sitting down on the outside but standing up on the inside, meaning I was going along but not agreeing.

Stop and think about it. Either God is a kind, loving, Heavenly Father, or He isn't.
For years, I thought He was up in Heaven, baseball bat in one hand, lightning bolts in the other, just waiting for me to step out of line so He could zap me. I realize now that it is not God but the system we were in for many years.

Do we do bad things, hurt our children, to make them love us? No. Then why should we view God in that light? The answer is, no, we should not.
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GRAND baby

You make me so very happy....I'm so glad you came into my life....OUR life.
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DIXIE ICE

This is a picture of icicles on the side of a mountain. I pulled off the road and tried to line the picture up with the road signs on the left side of the picture. The drippings are just water that has frozen. They are HUGE. Just look at the size compared to the tall signs.

More proof it's cold in Dixie. Some of us are LOVING it, others are not, but we all have to have something to complain about, don't we? ;)
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DIXIE SNOWING

Blabbering

This is just some blabbering with no real focus or subject.

I went to a place I have never been. I went to an orthodontist, remember how old I am, 61, I be. My teeth are separating rapidly. Yes, they can be saved, kept from falling out of my head.

The problem is, I may be loosing bone so the next step is an appointment with a periodontist, correct spelling is unknown. If that problem is not corrected with a bridge, then the corrections made with the braces will not last.

The braces will take 21 months, which means I will be almost 64, right? If I live to my life expectancy, which is 83ish, it would be worth the sacrifice. If I only live another year or two, I would still want to live it with straight teeth.

Also, stopped by Office Max and did a quick survey of some printing products.

For supper, we had a Kroger Deli chicken, southern potato salad, only $1 on sale this week. I came home, opened a can of Ranch Beans, pulled out some rolls and it was a meal.

Tomorrow is going to be even colder in Dixie so the plan is to stay home, bake, make soup, a casserole, pot of beans, stuff like that. If the soup turns out yum, I will run some over to two shut-in friends.

So, it's going to be a slow rest of the week, unless something comes up, which may.

I am considering a new plan for this blog. It will be a time to think about the plan some more.
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Political Corruption

It's a sad day when our country has the platform of political corruption. The sad day has arrived.

I worked for the State of Alabama for two years and saw it first hand. Although I was never a player, I saw others that were.

Here is a website I would like for you to checkout.

www.Alabama2010.com

It's not only in Alabama but in every state of the Union as well as in Washington, DC.

Is this what you want to leave to your children? Grandchildren?

Pay attention, please. Forward the link to anyone that lives here. Thank you.
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DIXIE RECORD LOW TEMPS

Yep, we're having record breaking LOW temperatures in Dixie. It is very cold out and snow is expected later in the week.

You know this is coming....what about global warming, huh??????!!!!

Anyone that has bought into that lie needs to rethink and ask for a refund for your global carbon footprint money.

Leave it behind in 2009 and don't do it again in 2010 (Dr. Phil).
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HE IS 1

Resolutions

Resolution time. It's suppose to happen this time every year.

Resolution as defined by Webster is the act or process of reducing to simpler form. There are several other definitions but this is the first one listed.

The definition puts life in perspective, don't you think? So, I resolve to not make any resolutions, only to reduce life to a simpler form.

Last year, I decided to reduce the junk I own by 50%. I did and it was a amazingly freeing. We also made an effort to reduce our expenses.

Here are a few things we did:

Started purchasing food from the Angel Food Ministries
Rent movies from Red Box
Drive less
Add water to milk when using mixes
Unplugged all electrical devices not in use

It was more difficult than I thought because I have been a penny pincher for years but we did accomplish changes. We have zero credit card debt, only buy used cars, live on cash basis, etc. The debt we do have is our house, which the payments are less than rent so we continue to chip away at the mortgage.

This year, I hope, plan to do these things:

live a good life
get healthy
watch language,stop saying crap, jackass to self, other drivers
read more
become a better aim when shooting
move more
smile more
continue to reduce expenses
grow home biz to get the Hubbie retired, him with the GRAND baby

Life can be and should be simpler, accomplish the goal for 2010.
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1/01/10

Love the posting 1/01/10. It's the first and last time that will be the date until 3010. We will be long gone by then.

We slept in a bit late today. I got up, showered, dressed, drove to Hardee's for my medium Diet Coke, lite ice, with a plain biscuit, no butter. On the way to and back from Hardee's I noticed there were less cars on the street, passing me by, than there were lined up, in the drive thru, at the restaurant. I love living in a small town, not too small, but just the right size.

Then we did the bills, paid some online, others via mail, caught up the checkbook. It was time for lunch. We headed to the near by town for the Ryan's lunch. It was a different price for a holiday, of course, but steak all day, so we got water and 'saved' four bucks.

WM was on the list so we stopped there, shopped a bit, picked up some needs and a few wants, plus a movie from the Red Box.

Have you tried the Red Box? It's great. Movies for rent for only $1 per night, fast check out, fast check in, cheap, another way we are cutting our expenses.

I digress, is that a word?

We are home, Hubbie is about to take a nap in the chair. I think I will cuddle on the couch less I wake him up with all of this typing, good excuse, don't you think?

So, another day starting another new year. It is one of my favorite days of the year.
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