Chris was talking about his new release Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone). We like Chris a lot…he is a great guy. Here are some of the things that Chris likes: food…thin crust pizza (cheese/pepperoni), drink… iced tea (unsweet w/ splenda), truck…ford f150, movie… seabiscuit, hobbies…running, flyfishing, being on the lake.
If you missed the interview you can still hear what happened…
-How Chris revamped Amazing Grace…
Do you have a really messy garage? Do you want to have a really nice one for free? The Do it yourself cable network’s looking for the worst garage in the country. If you think you have the nation’s messiest garage, just send a picture of it to gladiatorgw.com. You might win a ten-thousand-dollar garage makeover.
The Chronicle is offering parents of returning students a Cheat Sheet…it provides answers to back to school questions – you can log on to the virtual panel by going to blogs.chron.com/schoolzone. Or if your child attends an HISD school you can call the HISD hotline at 713-556-8900.
If your kids are hard to get up in the morning – maybe this would help…there’s a website to offer you a free pre-recorded wake up call for your kids from one of the cast members from High School Musical. You can find it at irgent.com/walmartwakeUp. You even get to choose what type of message they give your child! For Free.
HISD is activating a back-to-school hotline to answer questions parents may have regarding the beginning of classes. The hotline will be in operation from 9am to 4pm, August 22 - 24 and August 27 - 29. Parents can call 713-556-8900 . HISD will have representatives ready to answer questions . Spanish-speaking representatives also will be available to answer questions
Don’t lose a chunk of your day doing errands and taking care of appointments. I’ve got the scoop on the best and worst times to go to the post office, the supermarket, and a bunch of other places. These come from Woman’s World magazine:
Between books, sports gear, cell phones and laptops, some kids will carry almost HALF their weight when classes start this fall! You’d think they’d need to replace the school nurse with a chiropractor, but the most common injury isn’t spine related. It’s broken bones! Overstuffed book bags throw kids off balance so they’re more likely to fall and damage their wrists, arms and legs. Here’s how to keep your children safe, courtesy of Web MD:
Don’t lose a chunk of your day doing errands and taking care of appointments. I’ve got the scoop on the best and worst times to go to the post office, the supermarket, and a bunch of other places. These come from Woman’s World magazine:
First: the post office. The best time to go is about an hour after it opens. You’ll miss the early-bird rush and avoid workers taking breaks. The worst time to go is first thing in the morning, at lunch hour, or an hour before closing.
What about the bank? Midmorning or mid-afternoon in the middle of the week is your best bet. But make sure to avoid the bank on the 1st or 15th of the month or on Friday, which are all traditional paydays. Also, avoid a day following a major holiday.
If you dread going to the DMV, try the middle of the week and the middle of the month. Stick to mid-afternoon as well, about 2pm to avoid the morning rush. Don’t try to go at the end of the month, when registrations and licenses expire.
At the doctor or the dentist, try to make the first appointment after lunch. They usually run behind in the morning, and catch up at lunch. Avoid making an appointment midmorning or mid-afternoon, when studies show over 90% of doctors and dentists are running behind.
Wednesday is the best day to go to the grocery store, that’s when surveys show they have the fewest customers.
And finally, if you need to call customer service, try Thursdays, midmorning. Studies show that’s when you’ll spend up to 75% less time on hold.
Now maybe you can avoid the 11 days the average person wastes each year waiting in line!
Between books, sports gear, cell phones and laptops, some kids will carry almost HALF their weight when classes start this fall! You’d think they’d need to replace the school nurse with a chiropractor, but the most common injury isn’t spine related. It’s broken bones! Overstuffed book bags throw kids off balance so they’re more likely to fall and damage their wrists, arms and legs. Here’s how to keep your children safe, courtesy of Web MD:
Get the right backpack. Wide, padded straps distribute the weight and protect the neck and shoulders. Don’t buy a ‘sling-style’ backpack with a single strap. They put all the pressure on one side. If your kid thinks only dirks use both straps on the backpack – tell them how dorky they’ll look when they fall over.
Experts recommend that a child carry no more than 10% of their weight. So an 80-pound kid should carry an eight-pound backpack. The average 13 year old’s bookbag should weigh no more than 11 pounds – which is about two big text books and a couple notebook binders. No more. Most kids carry 25% of their body weight. When researchers at the University of California put sensors on the backpacks of middle schoolers, once the load hit 20 percent of a child’s body weight, blood flow to the skin and muscles decreased to dangerous levels, and the kids experienced increased shoulder and back pain.
Balance the load. Tighten the straps so that the pack is close to the body and the weight is distributed evenly.
From a frustrated mom…
Ever feel like a really bad mom? I’m not talking jail time or anything. Just that feeling like there is a Good Mom somewhere out there who would never do or be what I do…or am.
Good Mom always remembers to notice, compliment, and encourage. She is fun.. Her patience is limitless and she never raises her voice. She wakes up early every morning and spends time with Jesus. She is consistent and kind. She makes cookies from scratch. She plays outside even when its really hot.
Her house is always clean, her produce is always fresh and she has a garden with flowers and vegetables. She can sing. She makes puppets out of socks. Her kids never watch tv because they are totally satisfied to listen to the riveting, captivating stories that their Good Mom makes up. …Every night.
Full disclosure time. I have worn the same pair of paints for 2 days. Not because I really like this pair but because I haven’t any that are clean. Oh and my socks don’t match right now.
My 3 year old has a really bad habit of talking back. I have had the same butter knife in my dishwasher for 2 weeks. Some unidentifiable food is stuck to one side. I am distracted, discouraged, and maybe a bit lonely.
And so With an intention to just “be still and know that He is God”. I opened my Beth Moore bible study book (the study that I quit 2 weeks ago because I couldn’t finish a weeks worth of study in a week and I didn’t have a sitter for my kids anyway.) And there it was, 1 Timothy 1:16. And this is what He said to me:
Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I’m proof…of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off–evidence of his endless patience–to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever.
My children are “right on the edge of trusting him forever”. And by His Holy Spirit, He wants to display His unlimited, endless patience in me as an example for them. I don’t know how He does it. But I do know this–that maybe instead of trying to be more like Good Mom, I could begin to let Jesus be Jesus in me.
Meanwhile, I’m going to do some Laundry.