7 times 13 equals 28

Who knew? 7 times 13 equals 28 Now isn't that clever, hahaha

Oprah and the yelling goat

I found this mighty hilarious.....the yelling goat

Kermit the Frog and Cookie Monster

Two of my favorite characters from my childhood..... Click the following link to enjoy video...Kermit the Frog, Cookie Monster and the Mystery Box

Lord Undo Me by Blake Williams

I heard this on KLOVE this past week and it truly touch my heart and I wanted to share it with you. I hope you  are as blessed as I was when I heard and then later read it. If you click the following link, you can hear it being read by JD Chandler, one of the DJ's on Klove. Lord Undo Me by Blake Williams

Lord Undo Me by Blake Williams

I don't really worship these days
I don't really stand up to praise You with songs
Or prayer or actions
Or with anything
I am full of all the right moves
I am full of all the right words
I am full of all the right religion
But is is all just illusion
I am really
Lonely
Lost
Calloused
Jaded
Cynical
Too religious
Too realistic
and well really just to lazy
to worship You anymore
I have lost my first love
I have lost the joy of Your presence
But most of all I have lost the fear of Your glory

Father I need to see You again
Like Isaiah I want to stand in awe of Your glory
To fall down at Your feet
To come face to face with Your
Perfection,
Radiance,
Goodness,
Holiness,
Awesomeness
I want to stand before You and see You for who You are
and me for who I am
I want to be undone

I want to know me for who I really am
I want to see the depths of my heart
And know that You are the only way
You are the only life
I want to see me and understand
What it really must have taken for You to
Love me
Care of me
See me
Speak to me
Want me
Communicate with me
Die for me
Die for me
Die for me

Lord, I want to stand in that place where all I can see is Your glory
And my sin
Because in that place I can't help but worship You.
Lord let me come undone
Undo my heart
Lord, undo my heart
Break down these walls that I love so much
No, wait don't,
I'm scared I don't know if I can handle this
Don't
But I can't live this way anymore
I can't stand here in this half-life
This  going through the motions life
This not really alive life
Father, I need You so come in and do what You must
Cut out the tumor on my heart
Break down the walls that I love
Lord let me come undone
Undo my heart
Let me worship You again.

At the post office

This week I went to the post office and the following is what I encountered as I stood in line.....

Postman: Would you like stamps today?
Lady: Yes please
Postman: Which one would you like? We have Lady Liberty, and [he was then stopped in mid sentence]
Lady: Who is Lady Liberty? (She was really serious)
Postman: With a look of bewilderment on his face, said pardon?
Lady: Who is Lady Liberty?
Postman: Still looking bewildered, stepped away from the counter and got the Lady Liberty stamp and returned to the counter and presented them to the lady
Lady: Her face turns beat red, and she says, I should have known who Lady Liberty is...I'll take them..

I couldn't hear the rest of the conversation as I at this point could no longer keep from not laughing...I laughed so hard I had a tear in my eye.

School

I read this somewhere and thought it was worth re-posting...

The church is my college, heaven is my university, Jesus is my principal, the Holy Spirit is my teacher. Angels are my classmates, the Bible is my study book. Trial and temptation are my exams, winning souls are my assignments. Prayer is my attendance, crown of life is my degree, and praise and worship is my motto. Enroll today there is room for all and tuition is free.

Long Distance

They say that distance and time makes the heart grow fonder. They also say that time goes by fast. They also say long distance relationship don't work out well. Here are my thoughts on these three statements..

Long distant relationships aren't for everyone. Distance isn't the best or ideal for any relationship, however sometimes it is necessary due to certain circumstances and situations. If a couple is faced with having to be miles or states apart they need to have a serious conversation and know their limitations and expectations. There has to be trust, love and God in the relationship to make it work. Now I do know that there are some people who do not believe in God and they make it work, but I personally think that God makes its a bit more bearable to deal with. Anyway, I do think that it is possible to have a successful long distance relationship. It takes time, patience, a lot of work. But then again anything regarding a relationship takes time, love, patience and a lot of work.

Time goes by fast. While that is generally the truth and time goes by way faster than one can handle sometime. I think time for me is going by so slooow. My boyfriend is at boot camp and this has been the longest 9 weeks of my life. The 9 weeks aren't up yet and I feel like its been a year. I know I need to be strong and that it is almost over. But oh my goodness, its taking forever. I am so ready for boot camp to be over so that I can talk to him, so I can see him, and life for both of us can resume and get better. The future is full of many great and wonderful things. I am so excited and cant wait for them to get here..In any event, it just seems like its taking a thousand years to get here. *Sigh*

When I want time to go by fast it goes by slow and when I want time to go by slow it goes by fast....How does one communicate to time....Stop for a minute, press pause I want to enjoy this just a moment longer. Or hurry up, I am ready for such and such...It doesn't happen. All we have is the present moment. So we need to make the most of it...

Distance and time: For the most part I have to agree with this statement. There are some situations that distance and time breaks the bond, but generally speaking it does make it stronger. Like I said earlier my boyfriend has been gone forever. (If you ask me how long, I will probably tell you since Moses was a baby- in the basket, back in Bible days). All we have at the moment is the ability to write hand written letters. So romantic :-) He isn't always able to write but when he does it makes me feel so much closer to him. I love the letters he write me, they are funny, sad, romantic, etc. I love that man! I seriously can't wait to see him again and I know he feels the same way. When we do see each other again, its going to be like he never left...But trust me I will know better...

Anyway, that's all from the rambling corner of Simply that...have a great day dear reader....

Baking a cake

One of the many things I like doing is baking. So this weekend I decided I would bake a carrot cake from scratch. I turned on the oven to preheat it, gathered my supplies and ingredients and started the baking a cake process. I get done with all my mixing, put the batter in a pan and had placed the pan in the oven. I set the timer and went about my business. I came back to the kitchen when the timer went off and checked the cake. To my surprise, the cake was not baked. I immediately thought to myself, oh no not again, the oven element is broken. But then I decided that's not possible, my brother and I just recently replaced it. So then I decided the oven has another problem...Oh boy now what. Then it occurred to me, the oven doesn't feel hot....so I look at the oven dials---the oven had been turned off...So I turned back on the oven and reset the timer.....Silly me, I had turned off the oven at some point during my mixing the cake batter process and didn't even realize it. So two sets of timers later, the cake was done and came out beautifully. Oh and it was quite tasty if I may say so myself...It is never a dull moment when I am around, hahaha.

The things kids say..

So my best friend and sister is a student teacher in a second grade classroom. This week she had quite the entertaining and interesting conversation with the class..

Teacher: Does anyone know what holiday is coming up on Monday and why we don't have school?
Class: No
Teacher: It's Labor day, does anyone know what that means?
Class: No
Teacher: Ok, does anyone know what labor means?
Girl: Isn't that when a baby comes out of your private parts?


Gotta love kids.....simply hilarious

Simply That's approved pet list

So if it were a perfect world and I could have any pet in the world..I would have these if I knew they would get along with each other....dogs, a hedgehog, a monkey and a penguin. They are all sooooo cute....

The confusion of the date and time

Here is another moment in life where I exhibit my infamous ingeniousness....

Yesterday my daddy emailed his travel itinerary, for his trip to visit me and my mommy. I made a mental note of the dates and times and opened my calendar. For a brief moment I was excited then I became perplexed. He was to be coming to visit yesterday and leaving on the sixth. As I am looking at the calendar I see that the sixth is a Saturday..Knowing that yesterday was Wednesday, I was sadden by the short length of stay but excited for him to visit. So I immediately called my dad at work and said "daddy, the sixth is this Saturday, why are you leaving so soon?" My daddy, lovingly replied "you are crazy, the sixth is a Tuesday. And tomorrow is the first. I'll be home for almost a week." I pondered it for a moment, then said "Oh ok, well have a great day and I'll see you tonight". I still was not convinced, I was still insisting that Saturday was the sixth. So I go back to my calendar and look up the dates again...and to my surprise, the sixth really is a Tuesday. So I sent a text to my dad saying "oops, I was looking at the wrong month :)" 

I am not sure how I squished six days into three days.. and I guess it would also help if I looked at the correct month...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!