A – Available/Single? Not married
B – Best Friend? Patti
C- Cake or Pie? cake
D – Drink Of Choice? Coca Cola
E – Essential Item You Use Everyday? Car
F – Favorite Color? Purple
G – Gummy Bears Or Worms? Bears
H – Hometown? Knoxville,TN
I – Indulgence? Pens
J – January Or February? January
K – Kids & Their Names? Don’t have any
L – Life Is Incomplete Without? Family and Friends
M – Marriage Date? Not married
N- Number Of Siblings? 4
O – Oranges Or Apples? Apples
P – Phobias/Fears? SNAKES!!!!!!!
Q – Favorite Quote? Can’t think of one right now
R – Reason to Smile – I’m alive and healthy
S – Season? Spring
T – Tag Four People?
U – Unknown Fact About Me? I’m a secret agent… LOL! Can’t think of anything.
V – Vegetable you don’t like? Any kind of “greens”
W – Worst Habit? Being critical
X – X-rays You’ve Had? Chest
Y – Your Favorite Food? Mama’s
Z – Zodiac Sign? Virgo

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• Monday:  Taco Casserole (thanks, Betty! yummy!)
• Tuesday:  Chicken Tenders, green beans, corn on the cob
• Wednesday:  Sloppy Joes and chips
• Thursday:  Thanksgiving feast!!!!
• Friday:  Leftovers
• Saturday:  Leftovers
• Sunday:  Will be traveling

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1. Egg Nog or hot chocolate?
Hot chocolate.

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
Santa wraps!

3. Colored lights on the tree or white?
White

4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No

5. When do you put your decorations up?
I don’t decorate my place.  I travel to my mom’s but she decorates just after Thanksgiving.

6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
My mom’s homemade dressing

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?
Going to my mamaw’s house. The whole family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) went.

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
What?? What about Santa??

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
Yes, we open most of our gifts on Christmas Eve.

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree?
I don’t usually have a tree because I travel to my mom’s. 

11. Snow: love it or dread it?
Dread it.

12. Can you ice skate?
Uh… not so much

13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Jesus

14. What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you?
Being able to travel so I can spend it with my family

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Pumpkin pie

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
All the family gathering at my parents for food and presents.

17. What tops your tree?
Again… I don’t have a tree but there’s an angel atop my mother’s.

18. Which do you prefer: giving or receiving?
Giving.

19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night

20. Candy Canes: yuck or yum?
Yum

If you want to see more or give it a go yourself please stop by Judi’s!

BUT… please visit Organizing Junkie for more Menu Plans!  There’s some good stuff over there!

• I got to talk to both my sisters this week!  I miss them.
• I have my health.  That’s a biggie.
• I still have a job!!! (even though we’ve now been cut to 4 day weeks)
• I have a roof over my head and am not hungry.
• I got to chat with my friend PAT a few times.  She always makes me laugh and she always manages to make me feel worthy and loved even when she is mad at me!
• I know I’m loved.

I guess that’s all I have right now.  There were some trying moments on the job and today being my first Friday without pay has been pretty trying.  I have had too much time on my hands to think… about my money (or lack of), my job, my future, what I’m doing with my life, etc.  Ugh! Idle mind… you know what they say.

Hope everyone else had a good week and has a GREAT weekend!  For more reflections visit Judi!

These two people may not appear to have anything in common but they do. Their weaknesses have been exposed. Okay, so we’re not all perfect after all. I’ve been reading all the comments on different blogs and websites and one thing stands out. How incredibly judgemental and unforgiving we can be.

Looking in my mirror I see someone who has made, and continues to make, plenty of mistakes as well… and someone who has weaknesses just like everyone else. The difference is I am not a popular preacher or music star. So my mistakes are judged by a much smaller group!

But the weaknesses and mistakes are there nonetheless.

As far as Ted Haggard, at least he did admit to weaknesses and ask for forgiveness. And Faith Hill, well who will ever TRULY know the nature of her intent except her and the good Lord? What I think is important to take from it all is we should accept the fact that we are human, bound to these bodies and very IMperfect.  And take responsibility when necessary. Eat crow even though it is tough and unsavory. No matter if millions of people “know” us or only enough to fill a compact car we should still find a way to embrace our weaknesses and learn from them and find a way to use them for good… to learn a lesson or help someone else.

And if we find ourselves witnessing someone elses weaknesses and it’s affects… there’s only one Judge… and it ain’t me! Love is the answer. Sounds corny but I believe it’s true. So Faith acted like a brat or delivered a joke at the wrong time. She’s human. Doesn’t make her a dreadful person. Human. If she was being a brat and chooses to pass it as a joke… still human! Bruised egos and hurt pride have gripped us all at times and made us too embarrassed or stubborn to own our actions. WE’RE HUMAN.

I’ve done the same thing lots of times I’m sure. Screwed up and been too stubborn or blind or unwilling to let the egg on my face humble me or teach me. It’s an easy thing to be taken by.

My hope is that I can learn something from both of these people and take it with me for the next time I’m smack dab in the middle of a situation where my faults, weaknesses and human nature are glaringly obvious and I am faced with how to handle it. And I know there will be just such a time!

I’m just thankful my only Judge is so forgiving and loving! Boy am I thankful!