What shirt should I wear?

"What shirt should I wear?" was the question asked of my husband to me the morning that CBN was sending a reporter and cameraman to our church to film the happenings of our youth group. 

I told him to wear this one:

 He didn't like my idea. He chose this one instead:

 I'm not sure when it'll air, but as soon as I find out I'll let you know!

Not sure how I feel about this

I love all-natural foods, even breath mints. These taste wonderful and are made with quality ingredients (no high fructose corn syrup). I'm just not sure I like the name. I think they're trying to be proud that they're made in Vermont, but VerMints? Really? A mint with vermin in the title? Weirds me out a little every time I eat one.

Small Changes: Corn chips

I love chips and salsa. Or chips and (homemade) dip. A small change that you can make when choosing corn chips is to simply choose the unflavored variety. Instead of reaching for the bag of Dorito's (pictured above) with that horrible long list of ingredients (including MSG which is one that should always be avoided--Google it, scary stuff!) reach for a bag of plain corn chips.

This is a bag of plain old Tostito's. Corn, vegetable oil, salt. You know what those are. 

Now, if you want to choose even better then you can reach for a bag of organic corn chips, which are guaranteed to have no GMOs (Google it) and have corn that was grown organically without pesticides, herbicides or anything else that could harm your body. I prefer the organic ones, but that doesn't stop me from indulging in my favorite snack when we go out to a Mexican restaurant for lunch.

Remember, just because they sell it in the store does not mean that you should eat it.  

Lightbulb moment at the craft store

Yes, you read that right, craft store. And I was in one. Course, this is a weekly occurance for me since one of my many jobs takes me to said store.

I was wandering around the store, and came upon the scrapbook paper section. I will admit, this section does cause my heart to race a bit. 

  Look at the myriad of colors! Every color imaginable, and then patterns, and then glitter. I could spend hours here just drooling.

The thought came to me that some of these papers would be perfect wallpaper pictures for my phone. The prints are small enough to make a good background. I've tried taking pictures of other things (like my favorite tea mug) but the patterns are to large. These scrapbooking papers are the right size.

Here are two I snapped today:

You may not like these prints, but I know you'll find one there that is perfect for you. I chose a Hello Kitty one that is just darling. Too much fun in that aisle! 

Jake from State Farm

Have you seen the commercials for State Farm with Jake?
If you haven't, take a minute: 



It's always cracked me up, and my sense of humor wants to run with it. Especially when I get a text like this one:

I don't get them often. Usually it's when someone sends out a group text and I just type in a reply, that is then sent to the entire group. Hey, I forget....

Anyway, the other group members don't know who the follow-up texts are from. They usually send a message asking who I am. I so badly want to use that line the next time I get one. Ha ha ha.

Do you reply to text messages that you don't know who they're from? I'm guessing that you are smart enough to realize that they are usually a reply to a group message.

Not long ago a friend sent a group message of a picture of her new haircut. I replied with something like, "Wow, hot mamma!" without thinking that it went back to the whole group.

One recipient was not happy. She replied to me something along the lines of, "My husband doesn't think so."

That made me really laugh, for two reasons, she felt the need to tell me she was married, and also because her husband doesn't find her to be a hot mamma. 

So from now on I'm going to try to remember to reply personally to those group texts. This way I won't offend your friends or make them think that someone out there is watching them. Ha ha ha.

Go ahead, text me: "Who is this?"
My reply will be: "Jake from State Farm"

Or, if I'm feeling up to it, I'll just say, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."

Course, that could have a rather unfortunate ending.

Small Changes: Cooking Spray

No one wants food sticking to their pans. We've been sold on non-stick cooking spray for so long that many people don't know any different.
Um, like using plain old oil to grease your pans.
Aside from the obvious, there are other choices. You can choose the non-stick cooking spray with those strange ingredients listed below.

Silicone? Really? Is that necessary? I say no, it isn't.

There are products on the market that you can add your own oil to and them pump it with your hand to make it pressurized and then spray it. Thus also eliminating the aerosol. Why spray chemicals onto your cookware, and into the air when it can be so easily avoided.

The Misto (pictured below) is on sale at my little local grocery store, so if they have it I'm pretty sure you can find it anywhere. 

If you can't find it in your area, then hook up with a Pampered Chef consultant. They carry one similar. I've used mine for years. 

Remember, check the ingredients! Just because they sell it in the stores doesn't mean you should eat it.

A thought for the day

While driving to pick my daughter up at church after worship practice tonight, some ducks walked across the road in front of me. They put themselves in harms way. 
Ducks have wings. They could (should!) easily fly over the road instead of walking across it. It would make more sense.
Even squirrels know enough to take the high road. Ever see one cross the road on power lines? Too funny.

There's a lot to think about in that little observation. How many times do we put ourselves in harms way? In the way of temptation? Instead of taking the sometimes harder way out?

Just something to think about.