Glory Bee Attitudes

Here are some photos from our recent trip to New Mexico. We enjoyed our time in Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque.

It started out as a good idea. I saw on the news this morning that the Attorney General was hosting a shredder day at a Baltimore high school. Although the event was free, donations could be made for the benefit of Junior Achievement. "Great" I thought, "I love JA. It will be worth a donation to get rid of that big box of paper in my office". For the past several years, I've had some accumulated paper that came from cleaning out old files or from tossing into the mix junk mail for credit cards and other offers. I started hand shredding it but soon realized it would take a month of Sundays to just make a dent. I figured sooner or later I'd make one of those community shredding days. Lloyd and I filled two large trash bags and took off to securely rid ourselves of old bills, pay stubs, ancient tax returns, medical information, and all manner of stuff that the dumpster divers would love to get their mitts on. And we were joined by hundreds of our close...

I saw a shark. And jumping over that shark was one Donald Trump, calling himself The Ringmaster and announcing that the circus was in town. Well, he was right about the circus. Celebrity Apprentice has hit the airwaves again. I am hopelessly addicted to any variation of The Apprentice (including plain vanilla, celebrity, and the British version). It's hard to watch a train wreck, but there are isolated redeeming moments that keep me coming back. This season Trump has separated the teams again into male and female. I don't know his reasoning but I would guess that there's less pretense starting out that way. No one is filtering something for the opposite sex. Women get cattier in a crew. Men get puffier in a pack. So here are a few random observations from last night's premier: Gary Bussey is a mess. His inability to turn off his cell phone was reminiscent of Blago trying to use his Smartphone in the last Celebrity Apprentice. Dione Warwick on the register? P...

I bought a new phone today.  After much debate, I decided on a Droid.  It's a Samsung Fascinate.  I love gadgets and technology and I like to believe that I can pick up new things quickly.  And I can.  For the most part. As I've aged my eyes have become worse and even with a fairly recent pair of eyeglasses, I don't always do so well with icons.  Usually they are supposed to represent something but most of them appear meaningless to me.  I have this same problem with my computer, but with my droid or my blackberry, they are even smaller and more difficult to decipher.  But since I've been using a blackberry for a few years for work, I can get by.  I usually end up relying on position or color or referring mentally to "that orange box with the squiggles" which is in reality a symbol for a calculator. The bigger problem I'm having is with the touch screen.  This truly gives new meaning to the term "Fat fingering". I'm wondering if girly-...

I don't go to too many movies.  It's a world I don't live in.  But I heard The Grace Card advertised on a local station and I think I'll check it out.  I love the title!  I love that it is about people who struggle, because we all do. And I especially love that it's about grace, God's grace.  Can't wait to see it Feb. 25.  Check the site to see if it's playing at a theater near you . Check out the trailer by clicking below and also the info on sending a Grace Card.

Here is a video of scenes from our 2010.  We had such fun this year with family and friends and we realize we are so blessed.

No resolutions but I do have 20 goals. 1.  Clean out my inboxes and keep them clean 2. Clean my office 3. Stage the house (even if we decide not to move it will feel good) 4. Determine where to live 5. Take a class 6. Keep debt to a minimum 7. Declutter 8. Get a new roomba 9. Make a will 10. Get a sleep number bed 11. Keep my car cleaner 12. Have a relaxing vacation 13. Get more sleep 14. Outreach twice a month   15.  Bible Study at least twice a month   16.  Get laptop battery fixed   17.  Have someone over for dinner at least 5 times this year.   18.  Watch something funny at least once a month   19.  Walk more.   20.  Get back to goal weight.