It goes great with toe jam!

Last week we went to the Zoo and went on an Elephant Excursion. We got to go into the elephant enclosure and do lots of fun stuff.

• We got to pet the elephants' trunks.
• The elephants greeted us by smelling our feet. There was one lady that was wearing sandals that they especially liked. I'm convinced she used peanut butter as a moisturizer.
• The elephants threw footballs and kicked soccer balls to us.
• One of the elephants picked up a penny with its trunk and gave it to my husband and son. If you look closely you can see that the penny is pinched, not suctioned in the trunk.
• They also did some tricks.

Fun was had by all!

Photos courtesy of momma.

Deep Thoughts by Crookedtoes

This is day 3 on facebook and I'm proud to say that I'm not being petty, envious, or nosey. Score one for me!

I don't have any interesting or quirky stories so today's post will be the thoughts that were in the forefront of my mind today.

1. Mom's bday. Happy Birthday to Momma.

2. Giraffe's aren't very fuzzy. Instead of fur it's more like horse hide. (Saw one up close at the zoo today)

3. Why are non-Christians so hostile when posting about Christianity on the internet?

4. Patrick Swayze died today. TIME OUT (opens iTunes window to listen to NKOTB, Dirty Dancing, it has a Swayze/Baby reference, bobs head)

5. Money sucks. The love of money IS the root of all evil.

6. What's the deal with prayer? (This is one I've been contemplating a lot and I am interested in others' opinions. I'll save the details for another post it would take too long for this one.)

7. I wish the stink in the kitchen could magically disappear.

Help... I can't get up.

So I think today's topic is Christ. I know, pretty heavy for second day back, huh? Nonetheless, here I am being transparent. I am a Christian. By the world's standard I guess I am a "good Christian." I tithe, go to church, go to other church group thingies during the week, and am a good person (far from perfect but good.)
By biblical standards I suck. Well Paul talked about not doing what he wants to do and hating what he does. So I guess I'm in good company. I pray daily but my soul's desire is to be in constant conversation with God. I lose my patience too quickly. Self-discipline...what a joke, where do I begin? I spend too much money on things and not enough on feeding hungry people or providing for orphans and widows. Blahbedeeblah, I could go on all day about where I'm lacking, but truthfully, what I want..what I need... is simply more time sitting at His feet, looking into His face.
I think we (Christians) will never be "where we want to be" in our relationship with God until we are in heaven. We live in a fallen world and we live in fallen bodies. That won't keep me from pursuing Him though.

Rose colored glasses are transparent, right?

Ok, so a couple of posts ago I talked about my arch nemesis, facebook. I have stayed away from facebook for a long time. I'm pretty proud of it because you can reactivate your account at anytime. I know this because I did that a couple of times to get an email address and then closed my account again. Anywho, I'm going to reactivate and practice restraint. I am also going to be transparent.
I think facebook is stressful because I write about the good stuff... because I want to look as good as all the other people... who post only the good stuff.
Also, I'm going to start blogging again. Most of the time when I'm not blogging it's because I feel like no one would be interested in my day-to-day going-ons. So if your going to follow my blog be prepared to be bored sometimes....

....and be forced to look at gratuitous pics of my lovey.

Five Magical Years

Five years ago today I stood in the sanctuary of my church cursing like a sailor because I kept stepping on my wedding dress as I practiced walking down the aisle. Ahhhhh, what a beautiful day.
Anyway, Yay for me and my husband!


How could you not be madly in love with that?

Dear Tree,

The reason I quit facebook is because of the whole high school friends thing. I had several high school friends and slowly started having high school thoughts.
"Oh my gosh! She is divorced."
"What a joke, THEY married each other."
"I can't believe she posted that picture, what a slut?"
Am I sick or what? Anyway there were a few really good friends from high school that I miss seeing how they are doing but I had to quit for integrity sake. Facebook is evil. If you will see my previous post you will note that I believe 98% of the internet is evil, entertaining, but evil.
Why did you do it AL?! WHY!!!!!?!!!!!!
Respectfully,
Crookedtoes

Why did you invent the internet Al Gore, Why!?!

The internet is black hole. A vacuum that sucks away time, energy, and all things holy.