Why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? Matthew 7:3

I was reading my book of devotions for moms today and this was the Bible verse that was first listed under the heading.

I thought that the phrase was kind of odd at first but I did read another quote that was underneath that one and it made me think. This was the quote:

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and the angels know of us. Thomas Paine

We in each of ourselves know what our strengths and weaknesses are. We strive to have a good reputation and have people think the highest of us. We are in a society that to have that is craved. However, each and every person has their downfalls and they know what they are. As my dad used to put it "Watch when you point your finger as three more are pointing right back at you."

Guess the main point of this is to remind us to not pay as much attention to other peoples faults but to pay attention to our own and do what is possible to work on ourselves. Look first into your own problems before focusing on other peoples problem.

Food for thought for the day.....

Surprise!! A Horoscope That Is Correct

I finally had a horoscope happen that was absolutely correct.

Last week when I was flying into Dallas to judge a pageant I was reading my horoscope in InTouch Magazine. And here is what it said:

Libra:
Justice is served when you least expect it. And after a stabilizing change at home, you're as calm as Libra Gwyneth Paltrow in the middle of a yoga session.

When I read that I instantly knew that would mean that Sassygurly would be moving out. I just had a feeling. And I was correct.

We came home on Tuesday to a note on our dry erase board that she had moved out. No more and no less. Just that she had moved out. We both tried to call her and she refused to answer our calls. We just had some loose ends to tie up. Finally I texted her and she had texted back to say that she felt it was in everyones best interest. After a few interesting texts later we were done.

And I will have to say, it has been a HUGE relief for all of us.

The drama that she kept bringing into the house is GONE.
Her constant vomiting for the longest time around the house is GONE.
Her constant need for attention is GONE.
Her lack of cleaning up is GONE.
Her laying around and doing nothing to help out around the house is GONE.
Her body issues which were a huge trigger for me are GONE!!

And I can finally breath again.

The sucky part for us was that she stiffed us on the payment for the truck. She was paying for the truck and the insurance to purchase it from us and she up and left before she paid it. It would not have affected me so bad if we were not relying on that to be paid by her. So instead of being able to use the bonus that I had earned to have all of us go to Kings Island for the weekend and treat my son to a nice mini-vacation was taken away. I am just grateful that I did not hype up that we were going to Kings Island to him. He would have been absolutely crushed. And you just do not mess with my kid. That is not cool!!

So we are now on to better things. With the decrease in cost of having her live with us we may now be able to relax a bit. We figure it this way. We will cut our losses and move on with life. It is not worth it to dwell on the shoulda, coulda and woulda of what has been done. We just wish to move on with our lives and be left alone. That is the best that we can ask for.

To Sassygurly, I hope that you get all that you want in life. Just please leave us out of it. We want no part of it. God Bless!!

When Do Five Year Olds Start To Listen?????

I think this is the ultimate question of all time.

My five year old is having a serious issue today of not listening. I know that it is selective hearing as he wishes to listen to what he wants to listen to. We even went as far as to ask the doctor if there is a true hearing problem. We were informed that he was just fine as his verbal skills would be completely off if there was.

Maybe he is suffering from what FlexiGirls daughter, KaylaT, suffers from occassionally. A bad case of bratitis. Really bad case. What is the cure? Time. And that just sucks.

On a better note, best of luck to any couple getting married on 7/7/07. E is DJing a wedding tonight of a lucky couple that chose this date. So I am on my own with a son who does not listen. Fun is being had by all.

Wish me luck!!!

Four Things You May Not Know About Me

I received this e-mail from Miss Maria in Texas and thought that I would share it with you. Enjoy and feel free to respond or post on your own blog.

Four jobs I've had in my life:
Sentry Insurance
USANA Health Sciences
State Farm Insurance
Creative Memories Consultant

Four movies I would watch over and over again:
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Legally Blonde
American Pie (all series)

Four places I have lived:
Columbus
Round Rock,TX
Dublin
Bedford

Four of my favorite foods:
Pecan Chicken Tender Salad from O'Charleys
Plums
Lobster
Filet Mignon

Four places I would rather be right now:
St. Maarten
Siesta Keys Beach in Florida
Weekend Scrapbooking Retreat
Disneyland

Four people I think will respond:
Cori would probably be the only one as it would give her something to blog (hint, hint)