What Time Is It?????

Summertime. (That is a High School Musical reference for those of you who missed the movie and the ice show ;-)

They say that Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer (or is the official start?) and that this year more people stayed close to home because of outrageous gas prices. We stayed so close to our home we were actually in it. That's right folks, we stayed home, but not because of high gas prices (which I will address in a minute), but because we are building this house (those prices are high too) and hubs says we have to stay here until it is done because he has to make sure that everything is being done correctly. The problem is that our normal vacation weeks are the last week of May and the first week of June, so my body thinks its time for vacation while my mind is saying "it stinks to be you". We actually do not go on vacation this year until July 26th. Have I mentioned that I am not good at waiting? Have I also mentioned that I need a vacation? Oh well, at least I have something to look forward to this summer, right?

Since yesterday was Memorial Day, I suppose I should have spent it filling up the pool. Problem is: we don't have one, which is actually a good thing, because if I had a pool I would never get anything done and my skin would look like shoe leather by now. Thank you Lord, for not letting us have a pool.

I downloaded all my old files to my new computer, but I cant find them. I know they are here somewhere........I think I mentioned that we now have Windows Vista on our computer. I am sure it is a fine program, but I just do not see how it is more user friendly. User friendly to me means someone coming out to my house and showing me where in the world all my files are.

I am sure that some of you have noticed that in my comments on your blogs there are a lot of misspellings. The worst part is that it works like my Insert button is on, but it isn't. What? Remember WordPerfect? It feels like I am using it again. The lesson I am learning is that all keyboards are not created equal AND the newest thing is not always the best thing. As soon as I find my pictures, I will put some new ones on the blog. If you all knew how many misspelling there are in this post right now you would laugh your heads off, I mean the whole page is yellow. And when I type the word "dont" with no apostrophe one of the choices to change to is "donut" - that, my friends, is how the devil puts ideas in your mind - he is out to make sure I dont lose weight and he is using my computer against me. Have I mentioned that I hate the devil? (I do however, like donuts).

We have been getting estimates on closet systems (that is a fancy way to say 'them thangs that go in your closet to keep all your stuff in order"). One of the 'bidders' sent a lady to measure and see what we want/need as far as our closets go. As I stood there in the master closet with this lady and my husband, she had the audacity to ask me how many pairs of shoes I have. What? Has she no shame? No sense of discretion? Does she not know that a woman never reveals to her husband the actual number of shoes she owns? Who does she think she is anyway? Why not just ask how much I weigh? After giving her the 'evil eye', I politely said, "I will have to count them and contact you at a later time". What I really wanted to say is "Don't even worry about it, lady, you guys couldn't even make enough of those little cubbie holes to hold all my brown flip flops". The nerve! Another company from Asheville is coming today to give us an estimate. They are sending a man, so I am not going near that place for fear of the things he might ask.

Every year for the past 5 years, I have been the preschool craft lady for Bible School (we call it Super Summer Celebration - guess we think it will throw people off and they will think it is something different than your average old VBS and if I do say so myself, we do a great job with SSC). Anyway, this year we are going against the crowd and doing "Cactus Canyon" (Lifeway). If you all know of any Western, desert, old west, cactus canyon kind of crafts, please let me know ASAP! Normally I would have had the supplies purchased 2 months ago and they would be sitting in my upstairs hallway, but this year I am behind......WAYYYY behind. Way, way, way, behind. Remember these are 2-5 yr olds so the crafts need to be fairly simple and not pricey (there are 100 preschoolers). No idea is crazy - all are welcome and much appreciated.

Now as I stated earlier, I would like to address the fact that gas is $4 per gallon, but since I am a Christian and what I really want to say is not very Christ-like, I will just say this:
Four dollars for a gallon of gas is BEYOND ridiculous. I do not know why we continue to allow the government (that's right, I went there) to gouge our pocket books like they are. Even though the price of a barrel of oil is exorbitant, the government still insists on getting their 'unfair' share in taxes ((this was brought to my attention by my sister Lisa, not to be confused with my BFF Lysa Terkeurst from Proverbs 31 Ministries, okay we aren't really BFF's, but she has commented on my blog a few times and I think we could totally be BFF's if we knew each other in person - I would love to speak at one of her conferences (maybe I could open for her?)- we would make a great team - Lysa, call me!)). (Yes, I know I use parenthesis way too much).

Moving right along........The least they could do is let up on the amount we pay in taxes. Our problem is that we have let the "tree hugging, global warming believing, save the spotted owl people" run our country through special interest groups and now we are stuck with tons and tons of oil off the coast of Alaska with no hope of ever being able to extract it. Our country is so misguided that we worry more about saving the whales and tree frogs than we do about saving human babies, we worry about animals more than the needs of the people. If you will notice, the passing of a bill allowing gay marriage is getting much more attention than the fact that poor families cannot afford food because of the price of gas.

Can you tell that it makes me mad to pay $4 per gallon for gas? Not to mention that hubs has a diesel truck. I think we paid $4.55 for diesel last time we filled up. People keep saying "If for just one day everyone would not buy gas, then they would have to lower prices". Hey, I have an idea.......instead of just talking about it LET'S TRY IT! Desperate times call for desperate measures, people!

Okay, it is now time for me to get my blood pressure back in check and get ready to start the day. Pray for me this afternoon as I head to the new house to do what my mother calls "man's work". I am really stronger than I look, really, I am . And don't worry about me, I know this post is somewhat of a tirade in nature, but I mean everything I said in the nicest and Godliest way.............stay tuned, my next post will be about people who wear their burdens like clothing.......no, really stay tuned.