The "O" Word
Conservative by Nature, Christian by Choice
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Oil, Meet Water

October 6th, 2010 . by Cary

3 year old, meet urine specimen cup.

I’m gonna go wash my hands.

Again.

Chat ya later…

cary

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OK, Let’s Try This Again.

September 29th, 2010 . by Cary

Seems a certain halfrican is reading my blog, but only parts of it – cherry-picking the parts that help him the most:

“President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he is a “Christian by choice” and that his decision was influenced by gospel teachings about salvation and the importance of loving one another.”

Let’s refer back to the post of a few days ago, shall we?

Saying you are a Christian is easy. Being and acting as a Christian is another matter entirely, and one where a lot of “Christians” fall.”

Now, you are probably asking how this ties together – think about this. Obama, claiming to be a “Christian by choice” (cherry picking my tag line, above) has stated that he believes “that the ‘bedrock strength’ of the country is its embrace of many faiths, and also of no faith.” The United States was founded on Christian principles, no matter how many time the Saul Alinsky followers will tell you it wasn’t, by Christian men, no matter how loudly the left screams that the founders were “deists” and not Christian. Yes, the country allows many faiths to practice here, whether they are true *coughislamcough* faiths or cults, whether they have time tested tenets or not, whether they are legal or not. But the COUNTRY was founded on CHRISTIAN principles by CHRISTIAN men. Stealing lines from anonymous bloggers does not bode well for a “Christian” who isn’t supposed to steal. Bowing to the foreign heads of state does not bode well for a “Christian” who is forbidden from worshiping any god other than the One True God. Claiming you will do one thing and then denying it later (transparency of government) is not a Christian tenet, and again, does not bode well for a “Christian” who is not supposed to lie (bear false witness).

And, what the heck, I might as well throw in MY favorite diatribe – that of personal accountability. The next time someone blames the prior person to hold that office to blame for something that new someone has been doing, can we just draw up impeachment charges?

Before you get the wrong idea, (might be a tad late for this) please keep in mind that my prayers for our leadership are for God’s lesson to be shown, for His hand to be seen, for His providence to allow us to learn from our actions. And for God to work through the current leadership.

Chat ya later…

cary

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

(Lack of) Posting

September 22nd, 2010 . by Cary

The weather here is kinda mellowing out – temperature wise. The humidity has been making most rollercoasters look like kiddie rides. My aching has been deep and constant.

My posting, for this reason, has been missing. When you are trying to accomplish the basics (put your feet on the floor, stand up, walk around, do your job duties, breathe, etc. through a fog of constant pain (and the induced fog of Tylenol Rapid Release Gels) you get tired.

And then you get to fellowship with your brothers and sisters in Christ; you, in fact, get to help lead them in praise and worship. The pain lifts for a blissful while. You enjoy it while you can, because you know that it will be back. It’s just a matter of living with it for so many years; and you deal with it. Nothing that can be “cured,” nothing that can be “fixed,” nothing that can be changed. Just endured.

Lord, thank you for letting me feel the pain, since it reminds me that I am alive in You.

Chat ya later…

cary

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

MidWeek Already!

September 8th, 2010 . by Cary

So – Tuesay has come and gone. Did anyone else feel like it wasn’t really a Tuesday?

Wednesday is my “short” day at work, and then I get to fellowship with my family and friends, play praise and worship songs, and generally have a GREAT time!

Chat ya later…

cary

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

“Closet” “Job”

September 1st, 2010 . by Cary

This morning I took a few minutes and yanked up the carpet strip in the closet. Pictures are kinda indistinct, since there’s only so much room in the closet to take a picture.

You can, however, see how careful the builders were in floor prep – removing all the paint and what not before applying the carpet pad glue. That will entail some scraping with the Big Nasty before I lay any flooring. The next step was to remove the carpet strip itself, along with the nails that had been used while the concrete was still green enough to accept them without spalling the slab. Of course, now that it’s fully cured (ten years later) when the nails are pulled out some of them pulled up nice chunks with them, and I will have to use leveling compound in those spots.

Tomorrow morning before the world awakes I will be taking out the old baseboard, and probably starting on scraping the floor.

Chat ya later…

cary

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

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