I love Telemarketers!

This evening, I was making pizzas.

The phone rings.

I am not too sure who it is (caller ID you know) and I am watching other people's children so I don't want to miss a call.

"Hello."

"Um, hello (heavy overseas accent), how are you?"

"I am fine, thank you.  How are you?"  Why did I answer the phone?  And how am I going to charitably get out of this?

"I am great.  (uncomfortable pause)  Congratulations.  You have just won a free wireless security system.  How do you feel about that?"

WAHOOOOOOOO!  I have an answer for that!!!!!

"Thank you so much but I already have a wireless security system.  We own several guns and are not afraid to use them."


VERY LONG SILENCE  . . . . . . . . 


"Oh . . . . . . . Thank you."  


CLICK


The right comeback is so satisfying!!!!

God wills all things.

I am reminded this morning of the story of Jesus with his disciples in the boat on the lake.

The storm that raged about.

The panic and fear that set in from human nature and lack of faith and trust.

Or when Peter walked on the water with his eyes and heart firmly fixed on Christ.

Then he looked at his surroundings and took his eyes off of Our Lord.

His faith was gone as he realized the truth: 

we as humans cannot do the impossible on our own.

He began to sink. 

Oh you of little faith, do you not know that the Divine Physician knows the cure?

Where is your faith?

Most cures for any illness or disease are not pleasant.

God wills or allows all things.

  

When there is a storm about you, God has a reason.

There is always a greater purpose.

If there are things that you do not understand, 

that are painful and disagreeable, be thankful.  

God knows the medicine you or those around you need and is only providing a cure.

If your only prayer is to wake up and know that there is purpose in everything, sometimes that is enough.

When the body is cured of illness many times there is great convulsing and much unpleasantness.

The matters of the soul are much the same. In times of trial 

when we see no end or purpose we, like Peter, take our eyes off of Christ.  

Realizing we are nothing, we sink.

I am reminded of steel:  It is useful and strong when it is tempered correctly.

Several years ago, my parents barn burned down.

Among the ashes were the tools that my father used.

Useless and weak.

I remember him making and fixing many things with all of them.

Useful tools:  Strong and with purpose

As he picked up the charred and mangled pieces, he would come across a few that were still in good shape.   As he looked at them he would say, "That would be useful again if it could be re-tempered.  Somebody who knew how to do that could make it strong again."

My friend, sometimes we too have been through a fire.

We have lost our strength.  Our tempering is gone.

To re-temper metal it must go through fire again.

Oh, ye of little faith.

Do you not know these trials, this fire you so bitterly lament over, is God re-tempering you?

He is making you strong and useful again

because He loves you and sees you still have purpose and life.  

Only a boy would say this! Again.

I love my time in the morning.

It is so quiet and peaceful.

I choose to be in my sewing/laundry room while my children eat breakfast.

It gives them the feeling they are alone and yet I can hear their interesting conversations.

Yesterday morning while listening to my boys, I heard the following:

Mom is so strong!

Yeah!  Mom is so strong she can pick up a huge tree!

This bantering went back and forth until the following really caught my attention:

Yeah, well Mom is so mean and tough even a bazooka is scared of her!

Hummmmm, all of this led me to I wonder if they have seen me in my super hero outfit?

What?  Haven't those guys in the back ever seen a super hero in action before?

MORE available "men"?

Hello my little readers!

Especially all of those single ladies out there.

It was a glorious spring day on Sunday and I was without my boy hootiekins.

It was a perfect opportunity to head out with the girls.

So, we went down to the loop to Fitz's rootbeer joint.

As the day wore on, Ben Dover and I  decided that aside from proving that not all beer is made from roots, this looked like a real opportunity to scope out St. Louis for available men for the single gals we know.

So, we put on our super duper spy-o-scope glasses.

It didn't take us long to find 3 gems.

Their music filled the air and we knew they must still be single.
Here is a sampling of what they will sing just for you too!

This is first come first serve.  Just contact me for their secret location.

I think they looked a bit better with my glasses on though.

ONLY A BOY WOULD SAY THIS!

This morning, my son wakes up early and is chatting with me.

"I wish we could have an inside cat that only lives in Hannah's room."

"When I am older, I will NEVER own a chihuahua."

A wise decision my boy!

"When I am older, I will have my own pet.  Like a baby alligator or baby snakes.  Or maybe a bunny."

Two nights ago at dinner I heard, "I wonder what it would be like if Sasquatch was our pet?"

Doesn't look like a good idea.

I do not need to be hearing something like this!

Sorry buddy!  No new pets for us!