Quote of the Week

Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God. Give her everything she deserves! Festoon her life with praises!

Proverbs 31:30-31 -- the message

My first official quote of the week. I decided to use my all time favorite scripture, from my new favorite translation. I keep this close to my heart so that I can constantly be reminded that it is how I choose to live that matters, not how I happen to look. Everyone who reads this should read this entire chapter of Proverbs (here is a link http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?new=1&word=proverbs+31&section=0&version=msg&language=en) Its a short chapter, but full of wisdom for both men and women.

I could go on a big rant about how the media has really screwed up the image of women. You hear that all the time. I am sick of seeing skinny women talking about how the young woman of today have poor self esteem and body image.

Long ago, in my previous life, I worked a hot, stinky, physically demanding job in a factory. There I developed a theory, I will withhold the name of my theory so this can remain a family friendly post. But time and time again, throughout my whole life, I have seen it proven. If there are two woman who are doing the same physically demanding job, and a man walks up on them, the man will always help the prettier of the two. I have discussed this theory with several men, and after careful consideration all have had to admit I was right. For along time I was very angry about this, and I had thought I was over it. But I recently have found that my anger is surfacing again. I am tired of seeing certain women rewarded for how they look, rather than how they behave.

Progress & Afternoon Musing

So I worked hard outside today. Nothing got burned, it was way too windy. But the burn pile has grown tremendously. Hopefully next weekend it will be nice enough to get a fire going.

I cleared the east side of the garage. I haven't touched that mess since I moved in here 4 years ago. It was beginning to get out of control. I grabbed the loppers and cleared out two shrubs. Now I will just need to dig out the stumps or have my brother pull them out. I was able to rip out the stump of one dead bush. Now I just need to drag all that back to the burn pile. I have a bunch of broken up cement blocks that need to be moved also. Those will get hauled over to my brothers house for fill. My goal is to get the west side of the garage cleared out so I have a place to park my lawn mower.

I have been thinking today about work. Not necessarily hard physical labor, but work in general. I like work. Especially outside work. Inside work is fine, if I am alone, or with a select few people.
And I have to say that I have little use for people who shy away from work. I think my grandparents were the ones who taught me that a good days work is good for the mind and soul. I have to say I agree. They both really knew what it was like to work hard.

I am going to start putting my cleaning schedule and meal plan on my calendar. Check it out by clicking the link on the right.

Spring Fever

So the past couple of days have been sunny here. Not real warm, but we have had beautiful blue skies. Today I am heading outside to start my spring yard cleanup. I have lots to burn, so I will have a nice fire to keep me warm. I hope to start the tree line clean-up today too. Lots of brush and junk to clean up so I will have a nice shaded area behind the garage. I might put a small shade garden in with a bench and maybe a place to feed the deer who visit every afternoon. My goal is to clear out all the way back to my paths, and maybe create a couple of new paths into the park. Then I want to extend Jenny's (my dog) underground fence so she has more room to run and chase rabbits. I will post my progress this afternoon.

Sweet Dreams

I just wanted to share a fact about me that no one knows. I don't think I have told anyone about this. I keep having these reoccurring dreams. The dreams are different, but the subject matter is the same.

In these dreams I am married to Lebron James. Yes, basketball superstar Lebron James. How bizarre is that. Occasionally they get hot and steamy, but mostly I just dream about everyday life.

Last night I dreamt that we drove to Wendy's and tried to buy a couple of hamburgers with a $500 bill and they wouldn't take a bill that large so we had to scour the Focus for loose change so we could pay for the hamburgers.

Unfortunately, even though I am married to Lebron James, and am paying for a $.99 hamburger with a $500 bill, I still drive a Ford Focus.

Then I was awaken by my cat jumping on my head. I don't even know if we found enough money to pay for our burgers.

the 5 w's

So here it is... my official blog. I have been journaling all year and I just love it. So I decided to start my blog to share some of my more public musings. Mostly random thoughts and ideas. But I will start with the 5 w's

Who - EGC -- I won't give my complete name of course, so you will have to be satisfied with my initials. If you want to know what the G stands for you will have to ask me in person.

What - My blog -- A good place to put my rambling thoughts. FLYLADY (one of my heros) calls them God Breezes, I have heard others call them musings. What ever you want to call them, here is where I will share whats on my mind.

Where - the official address is --- http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=egc%40nls.net&ctz=America/New_York. Not sure what all that gobbeldy gook stands for but I trust someone does.

When - Whenever I feel like it --- Sometimes the journaling bug hits me at odd times. So you never know when I will post.

Why - Because I can, and becasue I want to. Be sure to comment often.