Surrender, part 3
Posted: December 16, 2011 Filed under: God Encounters, Spirituality, Thoughts 4 Comments »
Sometimes – usually – it is outside of our control.
In fact, almost everything in my life is outside of my control. And yet, I have this incredible need to feel like I have some input. But I don’t.
My schedule, my travel, even when I am awake or asleep – all of these are influenced by various people and entities. All of these require some form of compromise, communication, and cooperation.
About the only thing I actually can do on my own, is rearrange the icons on the desktop of this computer.
Are Your Teens Prepared for the Temptations
Posted: December 13, 2011 Filed under: Parenting, Thoughts 2 Comments »This time of year we hear a lot of music that we don’t normally hear. Some of it isn’t actually Christmas music, but we only hear it during the holiday season. As I drove to work the other morning, a song came on the radio that stirred up those usual warm Christmastime feelings. It’s a very well written song, usually performed by Dean Martin and Doris Day. And then I listened to the words.
Here are the lyrics to Baby it’s Cold Outside – which are amazing really.
Three Reasons We’re Giving Away Our House
Posted: December 5, 2011 Filed under: Parenting, questions, Thoughts 9 Comments »
Would you like a free, or nearly free house? Take over the payments, or buy it on Short-Sale, and it’s yours.
When we were transferred from Colorado to Oregon, we put our house up for sale. The housing Bubble was just bursting. In order to unload it quickly, we lowered the price $5000 a week until it sold. We were able to take a little cash out of it, but overall we lost about $40,ooo. If we hadn’t sold it right away, we would have lost another $20-30 and had no cash for a down payment on this house.
