Simply Life

I. Four movies you could watch over and over
Back to the Future (and Sequels)
Oceans 11 (and Sequel) yes, I am cheating! :)
The Italian Job
Mr.& Mrs. Smith

II. Four places you have lived
Nashua, New Hampshire
Barnstead, New Hampshire
Mesa, Arizona
Santa Ana, California

III. Four TV shows you love to watch
CSI
Law & Order
7th Heaven
Full House re-runs

IV. Four places you've been on vacation
Florida
Sedona
Vermont
California (Disneyland)

V. Four Blogs I Visit Daily
Michele's
The Martin Times
Just PureMood
Championable

VI. Four of my favorite foods
Chipotle's Burritos
Chicken pasta with pesto sauce
A really yummy steak
Pot Roast in the crock pot

VII. Four places I'd rather be
On vacation in Hawaii
On vacation in Ireland
On vacation in New England
On vacation anywhere? :)

VIII. Four Groups or albums you can't live without
The Donna's (I've absolutely started to love them!)
Vertical Horizon
Casting Crowns
Nichole Nordeman

IX. 4 Vehicles you have owned
1988 Chevy Celebrity (it was my grandma's)
Ford Aspire
Ford Ranger
Chevy Malibu Maxx

Thirteen Things about Julie

1. I still have a head/neck ache that I've had for two weeks
2. I'm so glad someone is still doing the Thursday Thirteen meme
3. We found an awesome Chinese delivery place - reminds me of NH!
4. I am getting ready to watch "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" AGAIN!
5. Currently, I am reading "Can You Keep A Secret?"
6. It's almost my mom's birthday (on Tuesday)
7. The weekend after her b-day we are taking her to Sedona
8. I recently was given a WAY early birthday present from my mom (aPeople Magazine subscription)
9. In March, both my hubby and I will be turning 30 years old.
10. That freaks me out!
11. Our dog is sleeping at my feet, with his head resting on my foot.
12. He is named Buddy for a reason
13. I have to get off this computer before I go blind! :o)

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2. For Your Pawz Only
3. Ivy's

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Apparently, they are sick of competing. Although, personally it wasn't much of a competition in my eyes anyway. I very rarely watch UPN. The WB on the other hand is practically my favorite station.
Hopefully, it stays that way.
I found this article in the Philadelphia Daily News that says the two networks will be merging in Sept. They will cease to exist seperately, and be forever known as The CW. HUH?! I'm not sure that will roll off my tongue the same way "The WB" does. They are stated as trying to keep the UPN's following of younger and minority viewers.
We'll have to wait and see!

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This life is not all there is!

“God has…planted eternity in the human heart.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)

Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. You will spend far more time on the other side of death—in eternity—than you will here. This life is preparation for the next.

You have an inborn instinct that longs for immortality. This is because God designed you, in his image, to live for eternity. Even though we know everyone eventually dies, death always seems unnatural and unfair. The reason we feel we should live forever is that God wired our brains with that desire!

Matthew Henry said, “It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day.”

If you remember the original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when "Hollywood Squares" game show responses were spontaneous and clever, not scripted and (often) dull, as they are now.

Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course.

Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False: a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You've been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A. Don Knotts: That's what's been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmo, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's married?
A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say "I Love You?"
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Q. What are "Do It," "I Can Help," and "I Can't Get Enough"?
A. George Gobel: I don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question, Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll never forget.

Q. Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what's a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately, Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after "lights out."

Q. When you pat a dog on its head, he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark!

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the Army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body; what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.

Q. Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q. When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver: I'll lend him the car; the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh.

Well, there seems to be news floating around about the Thursday Thirteen being over with. Done. No more.
However, I just visited Leanne's site  and discovered that the torch has been passed to two lovely ladies.
You can go to Leanne's site too, and check out the new Thursday Thirteen hostesses!! :o)

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Everyone’s life is driven by something!

“I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy.” Ecclesiastes 4:4 (LB)

What is the driving force in your life?

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. There are five great benefits of living a purpose-driven life:

- Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life…

- Simplifies your life …

- Focuses your life …

- Motivates your life.

- And knowing your purpose prepares you for eternity.

Many people spend their lives trying to create a lasting legacy on earth. Yet, what ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says. Living to create an earthly legacy is a shortsighted goal. A wiser use of time is to build an eternal legacy. You weren’t put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

You are not an accident!
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it. God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything he creates.
 “Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love.” Ephesians 1:4a (Msg)
Why did God bother to go to all the trouble of creating a universe for us? Because he is a God of love.  This kind of love is difficult to fathom, but it’s fundamentally reliable. You were created as a special object of God’s love! God made you so he could love you. This is a truth to build your life on!

It’s not about you!

“For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, …everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.” Colossians 1:16 (Msg)

“It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone’s life is in his power.” Job 12:10 (TEV)

You were made for God, not vice versa, and life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose. Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.

The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life’s purpose: Ask God.

Andrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under an atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once, preempting the future entirely, let alone any meaning. Suddenly, all by itself, a phrase appeared: ‘Without God life makes no sense.’ Repeating it in astonishment, I rode the phrase up like a moving staircase, got out of the metro and walked into God’s light.”

You may have felt in the dark about your purpose in life. Congratulations, you’re about to walk into the light