Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Channelling Patti Labelle

I'm feelin' good from my head to my shoes
Know where I'm goin' and I know what to do
I tidied up my point of view
I got a new attitude

I've had a tendency of late to let myself get bogged down in negativity, be it coming from my frustrated coworkers, from reading political threads on message boards, or from stressing myself out about the move and/or the wedding planning. It's amazing how easy it is to wander down that path and suddenly your spirit has spiraled down into a dark pit, and you find yourself sniping right & left at people. I don't like being this person and I've realized over the past few days through a conversation with Ed and in a brief series of comments this morning with a guy over a gas pump that I have a choice in my daily attitude. I can choose to take a positive stance. I can take stock of my life, count my blessings, and thank God for the wonderful people He has brought into my life. Most of all, I can get up and begin my day with prayer. Starting my day thanking God, praising Him, asking for His guidance in my daily walk, and listening for His answers...this is the best way to turn my attitude around, and make sure I'm following the right path.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

"What A Maroon!" - 6/10/08 edition

A Periodic Blog Series dedicated to exposing the idiocy exhibited by members of the Democratic Party...and getting a good chortle out of them!


"I'll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits, and we'll use the money to help families pay for their skyrocketing energy costs and other bills," the Illinois senator said.


What Obama doesn't get (or maybe he gets it & just doesn't want the average American to realize the truth) is that a windfall profits tax hits the shareholders, and the shareholders are not just the oil & natural gas company execs (who only hold 1.5% of those company stocks). The remaining stock is held by middle America, people who have oil/gas company stocks in the portfolios of their mutual funds, pension funds, IRAs, etc. (Don't believe my stats: check out THIS STUDY done by Robert J. Shapiro, undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs under Bill Clinton.) So wealth distribution under Obama's grandiose plan will in actuality be taking from the retirement plans of the hardworking middle class, not from the rich as he infers. No thanks - keep your hands off my $$!

Monday, June 02, 2008

How does a Monday become a great day?

When you see, for the first time in the history of evAr in the state of Georgia, this beautiful sight on the shelf at the Floyd Road Kroger:


OMG, what a miracle! What bliss!!