"It seems strange to me that people who are dependent every moment on God to give them life allow themselves so easily to forget that fact. God sustains us moment by moment. We ought to be grateful for that. Let us never forget that our very breath comes from Him."
Jake’s Earth Hour Celebration
Please join me tonight between 8 and 9 PM.
It is my plan to turn on every light, appliance, & power tool in the house. With any luck I can increase my carbon foot print to that of an Al Gore type mansion.
Happy Easter to All
You know there are allot of things I could put in this post. Insightful commentary, audio/video, or a bible passage. I will just say this.
Tomorrow we celebrate the raising of our savior Jesus Christ from the dead. This perfect man died a gruesome horrible death for the imperfect people that he loves. We are and were not worthy of this gift. Please do not waste it.
He is risen indeed!
Home Improvement Goals for Summer 2008
- Paint 12 doors ( I knew I shouldn’t have hung them until I did)
- Paint 2 door facings
- Fill the nail holes and touch up the trim in the bathroom & entire downstairs
- Paint the garage door (the previous owners left it primer gray)
- Finish the shower in the second bath
- Cut up and remove the semi-rotten wooden patio from the back of the house
- Paint all the block on the outside of the house (it needs it but I also want to change the color from white to tan)
If I get all this done the Stapleton Mansion Phase 1 will be completed
You may ask why I am posting this on my blog? Well it may keep me honest and see that I actually get it all done!
It’s just my way of doing public accountability.
Also while I am feeling bad and ranting a little. . .
I am sick of all this GREEN stuff.
I couldn’t even enjoy a good Holmes on Homes (a truly manly man’s show where you can wear overalls with no shirt) without every other commercial on Discovery Home telling me to fight global warming (which I don’t believe in).
I now suddenly have the urge to trade in the new Camry for a Hummer, stock pile incandescent light bulbs, and run electric cars off of the road.
I think my work is done here, now to try this non-snot controlling medicine and go to bed.
The 2nd Biggest Ceiling Fan’s I Have Ever Seen
Picture it. Jake is driving up Rt. 219 just outside of Parsons on a dreary Tuesday afternoon heading up to get onto Rt. 50. Then I see the 2nd biggest ceiling fans ever!
Just thought they were kind of neat I had never seen a windmill farm before.
I’m Mad as Snot!
As some of you may remember a few posts back I lamented at how Zyrtec-D has gone OTC. Since it has pseudoephedrine in it I have to be treated like a criminal to buy it. Jess & I take 2 Zyrtec-D a day each and I have been purchasing a box about every week and a half for both of us to share. Jess has obviously not been up to walking in stores since Zyrtec-D went OTC.
Move forward to today, I am sick and almost out of Zyrtec-D which is the only thing that has been drying me up. So I get dressed, risk life and limb (up hill both directions; against the earth’s rotation), and head out this evening to get some along with other essentials at Wal-Mart. I go up to the pharmacy counter (license in hand because I now know the criminal routine) and try to make my purchase. At this point I am informed that I may not make another Zyrtec-D Purchase until March 11th. Apparently I have reached my quota! This really really made me mad! I was nice and did not take it out on the poor pharmacy tech, but I am still stewing!
So Monday I am going to call my family doc and see if I can start trying other allergy/sinus medication. Something that is not OTC! Sure I could run around to 15 different stores and try to beat the system but I just do not have time to do that. All I want is my snot to be controlled.
So to all those people out there who have found an illicit use for pseudoephedrine may I say congratulations. Your misuse of a legal medical compound has now inconvenienced yet another person who just really wanted to have their snot managed. May I suggest that you get a job and find other highs in life that may be just as rewarding as your illicit uses for pseudoephedrine.
You could seek the Lord, Church doors are always open. You could seek help from friends or family members who could help you beat your addiction. Or in some cases you could just get a job and stop stealing to support your habits. So before you continue down this path of death, destruction, and loose snot everywhere, I say change your ways.
You may say, "Jake that’s a little harsh", and I say my head is full of snot, I have a fever of 101, and one of those situations could be under control right now if some people could have found better things to do with their time!
Quotes
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing.
Thomas Jefferson