Am I There, Yet?

I don’t think I would do well as a single mom.  Last night Josh was working late on the video stuff…I didn’t mind, ‘cuz he looks so cute on TV! ;)  Anyways, the last time he did this he didn’t get home until midnightish, so I didn’t expect him to be home early.  So, as soon as the kids got up from their “naps” I realized that I still needed to fix something for dinner.  I didn’t really have the energy or drive to cook at that particular moment, so I asked them if they would like to go to the video store and Taco Bell.  Of course they graciously complied with loud screams of excitement.  :) 

We went to Blockbuster, picked out a couple of DVDs for them and a couple of chick flicks for me.  Then we ran to Taco Bell and loaded up on healthy stuff…of course!  Ha!  After we got home and the kids ate their tacos they went upstairs to watch their DVDs and I got out the portable DVD player, set it up on the table to watch my DVDs and ate my nutritious Taco Bell meal.  Yes…in case you don’t know me…that’s sarcasm.  I’ll try to refrain! 

I love the portable DVD player.  I could take it with me.  It was great!  I had to throw away my Taco Bell mess and I walked into the kitchen to throw away my trash with the DVD player in hand and the movie still running.  I wanted to get more comfortable, so I took my movie with me into my walk-in-closet while I picked out some pajamas and changed my clothes while never once being interrupted from my movie.  I then grabbed my bottle of water and got comfortable on the couch while never having to turn the movie off once.  I sat there for 4 hours vegging out, watching fake people live out their fake lives while the real-life kids vegged in their own little world.  Everybody was happy.

And, this is why I would not be a good single mom.  I don’t think the goal is to get through life while keeping everybody happy.  Dishes need to be done.  Healthy meals need to be prepared.  Kids need to be played with and educated.  I have a feeling that if I were single, alone and tired from working outside the home and trying to manage my family and house on my own, that I would turn into this type of person.  I don’t know how my single-mom friends do it.  I admire them tremendously.  Kudos, my single-mom friends!

Still, I had a great evening and don’t feel an ounce of guilt. 

BTW…Shall We Dance is not worth the time or money!  I found it to be dumb and unbelievable at times.  I am embarrassed to even admit I rented it.  Must Love Dogs is cute fluff…but, again, only watch it if you have time to burn and don’t mind not being able to get 2 hours of your life back.

Speaking of movies…we saw Pride and Prejudice last weekend.  Oh…it was delicious.  I adored every minute of it.  This movie that has to be in my library.  I’m trying to figure out how I can sneak away to watch it again.

I kinda thought this was funny and wanted to share.  I’ve recently created a newsletter/blog to inform women in our church what is happening in women’s ministry.  I thought that I would be cheap and go the “free” route risking obscure ads showing up.  I didn’t think it would be a big deal…that is, until I discovered which ad decided to attach itself to the blog. 

Let me give you a little background.  Our church recently had a small handful of people leave our church to go to the next “hottest” thing in town…the newest church.  Well, apparently, since the name of my town is mentioned in this blog along with a few “religious” words, Google thought it would be appropriate to attach an ad to this blog advertising this other church!  It felt a bit awkward to me to have a blog specifically created for the women of our church to view a newsletter advertising another church, so I had to pay the extra $25 a year to have the ad removed.

Pesky…but kinda funny.  Like I said before, had it been an ad for face cream or diet pills or cell phone service, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it.

Question:  Should churches be in competition with each other?  Can it be avoided?  What could we do to insure a unified body of believers in our community? 

P.S.  That same ad shows up here on my blog…please don’t think I’m trying to get you to leave our church and go elsewhere!  (I just don’t want my husband fired because of an ad on my blog!)  LOL!!!