Wife and the Diet

Well my wife is on a diet...has lost 24 pounds so far. This morning I made her a piece of grilled chicken and a salad. I don't mind cooking for her. I hope she makes her goal.....we shall see.....to lose is to gain in this instance....
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More Spuds

Well we created a short movie with the potatoe....Luke went on an adventure and ended up getting spattered all over the place....to much glee from my son. He is planning on coming up with more movie stuff to film...so I will try and get it finished and uploaded to YouTube sooner or later.
Enough of that....
Went and worked the swim meet in Talley last  weekend. Wish we had a swim coach here again...since the old one is now gone. My son is agrivated about the whole issue....he just wants to swim...not put up with junk. Lesson to be learned here: Know the folks you are going to have coach for you well enough to know their character....just saying.

Spud Vision...

My son created a potato Luke Skywalker for a book project. We have been debating what to do with him...we came up with an idea. We will film a potato movie with him ...of course being me it will involve voice overs, music and yes the potato will meet an untimely end. May be a week or two before I get the movie finished...but we start "shooting" today.....literally..... it ought to be entertaining to say the least...
My wife says we need to do a bunch of them and start a channel...Spud Vision or Spud Theater or something...idk...but my kids will have fun with it.

Gratitude is built on the grave of entitlement....

The more I think about this phrase the more I see it applicable in my everyday life. WE as humans are not really greatful creatures. We are selfish monsters who devour everything we get our hands on in the name of pleaseure and civilization. OK not really in all cases...but you get the point. We have a selfish nature and we think about ME ME ME all the time. I want a new phone, a new job, more money, a new car, my kids to do well in life, etc. God points out that we are not entitiled to anything. I is by grace we are given the next breath we breathe. It is by that grace and mercy that we have what we have and are who we are.
A friend of mine recently passed away. In his dying days he was at peace...why? He was dying?  No, he was at peace because he was greatful for all God had blessed him with and that he had his trust in God as his savior. He felt blessed...he was humbly dying to self and this world. I see that as a shining example of just how we are supposed to be. He felt not entitled...but blessed because he had been allowed to do the things he did and that really speaks to me. It shows me my faults and selfishness. It causes me to look at my life and say what would God have me do today?

Gratitude is built on the grave of entitilement.  It is by grace we live and by grace we recieve all we have. I am greatful for Gods grace and mercy.

Job finally!

Wife got a job teaching in the next town over. Very suprising as right now there are only about 40 or so teaching positions outside of the Atl area....statewide...and over a 1000 teachers looking for work. Most won't just up and move. We were lucky...this job is 25 min from the house. So Thanksgiving had some special meaning this year.

Grace Church where we attend is having the 8th annual Field by Night http://www.gracechurchga.org  Date is Dec 9th at 7pm. Public is welcome...free fun stuff to do.

Have been training some for my Black Belt test...not as much as I like. I need to just do it...but season is so busy. Need to be running more since I have no indurance at the moment. May start that this weekend. Fun stuff...so much to do and no time to do it.

more of the same...

Wife is up to 14 pounds of weight loss...which is a good thing. She is still trying to find a full time job. Still teaching part time at college and subing at a local school system....idk if that is going to work out. Still praying God will show what he has in store soon.

Encouragement...

I try to be an encoragement to others. Lately I have found it very hard to do so. I have felt sorta boxed in and overwhelmed. I feel like most folks don't care what I do. Hard to be a smileing chipper person when you feel like a lot of your friends don't even care.
I am trying to encourage me wife. I love her to death. She is trying a new diet plan that decreases calories and for now it seems to be working. She has lost 8 pounds in a little over a week...yeah her! I pray she keeps it up...she is a beautiful woman.
I am praying for my children too. I want a better realationship with my son. He is so much like me it is scarey...which makes it harder..since we know what each other are thinking.
I pray that God will grant me the grace to deal with all the junk life throws at us and that my wife will find a full time job soon.
As always..I will keep my chin up and keep trying to be mr chipper....