James Taylor, kids, cravings, and church signs...

Is it weird that I like James Taylor? Does that mean that I am getting old or maybe it means that I have great taste in music? There is a Christian artist that reminds me a lot of James Taylor, Chris Rice. Chris writes some beautiful stuff and it has the same calming effect that you get from Taylor...except Chris has that whole spiritual Christian thing down. Not saying that Taylor can't be spiritual or Christian for that matter. Not sure if he is Christian. I mean Shower the People You Love could totally be a Christian song. Right? And there is a version of Go Tell It On the Mountain by Taylor on Youtube. I think I am getting old...

Okay. Everyone that knows me has to know how much I love kids. The only person I know that wants kids as much as I do is Anjel. We are so ready to have some babies! We are waiting patiently on God. But, I have to say that if I wait much longer they are going to add a chapter to the Bible. I can read it now. 90o year old man has his first child. HEY KID! GRAB ME THAT BOTTLE OF METAMUCIL AND HAND ME MY TEETH! No, seriously. The more true investigations that I get the more it makes me wonder why some people can even be allowed to have children. You have to know that a lot of the investigations that we get aren't true. Which is a blessing. We have experienced a higher call in rate here lately though...and a lot of them have been true. I have been told that the closer you get to summer the more calls the hotline receives. Apparently the schools call in a lot of reports because the teachers start worrying about the children not getting their needs met. Makes sense if you think about it. Throughout the school year the children have stability at school and 2 meals they can count on. One thing that I am truly grateful for is how my mother raised me. I got a big'ole education on how to raise me some kids. I have more patience with children than I do with adults sometimes. <- Completely true. My pastor's status tonight read: "wishes our children, who will inherit all this mess we are creating could just take over today...they'd do a better job than congress and at least behave like adults." It's sad to know the truth that rings in that.

Cravings have gotten worse. I almost broke down tonight and went to Wal-Mart to get some sugar free ice cream. I know your thinking this would be okay. Well it wouldn't be that bad. A large majority of things that say sugar free in fact aren't. Sugar Alcohols can impact blood sugar levels just like sugar. Sugar has 4 calories per gram. Where sugar alcohols on average can have 2 to 4 grams of calories per gram. So, as you can see just because it may say "sugar free" it's basically the same. I will have to be careful with these items. I haven't had a soft drink in over a month and haven't craved those at all. My cravings are for mash potatoes, chocolate, and ice cream.


I noticed a church sign the other day on my way to work that has made me smile over and over for many days now. The posting on the sign reads: God will provide for your needs today and then turn around and do it again tomorrow. It's almost an addiction for me to read church signs. I especially love the signs from GodSpeaks.com. I am sure you have seen them, "We need to talk. -God," or "I love you, I love you, I love you. -God." You can go to the website and read them all. Pretty neat stuff!



Anjel and I have been asked to teach the junior high class this Sunday evening at church. It wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have to teach about the end times! Pray for us!