Company Girl Coffee ~ May 1, 2009

Happy May Day!  When I was little, we celebrated several May Days by taking strawberry baskets, decorating with ribbon, and filling with cookies or flowers and delivering to several of the elderly people in our neighborhood.  My mom was the best! 

My morning consisted of making blueberry pancakes for the kids ... then I'm babysitting a 5 year old until she goes to afternoon kindergarten ... then I have got to clean this house!  No big weekend plans, except that 17yo heard her friends saying they're all coming over tomorrow night.  I honestly love it when they're here.  They may be noisy, messy, and eat a lot, but they're in my home and I know what they're doing (and what they're NOT out doing).  So what if it costs me a little more in groceries...it's well worth it.

Time to get ready for Katie, the 5 year old.  We'll go feed the goslings at the ponding basin up the street.

Have a blessed day!

Cheryl

Praying today for:  M.G. (11 year old hurt in auto wreck); T.J. (young mother with toxic shock syndrome - body is beginning to respond to treatment); J.F. (financial needs); Praise: D.M. (congestive heart failure) is recovering!; N. (job)

Why? I still wonder...

I still wonder why it is only politically acceptable to go against Biblical and moral teachings.  Had Ms. Prejean not opposed gay marriage, she would have been cheered and named Miss USA.  Instead, she spoke her opinion, based on her beliefs and morals and was jeered.

I'm proud of Carrie Prejean's courage and will pray that she continues to voice her opinion and be a light in the midst of darkness.

For now, I will still wonder...

Cheryl

Miss California appears in anti-gay marriage ad

By Alex Dobuzinskis, Reuters
3 hours ago

LOS ANGELES — After failing to stop recent gay marriage approvals in several states, opponents have found an attractive, telegenic poster woman in Miss California, a move reminiscent of beauty queen Anita Bryant's 1970s crusade against gay rights.

Miss California, a Christian college student named Carrie Prejean, joined in a television ad campaign against gay marriage this week, upsetting homosexual rights advocates, including a head of the Miss California pageant.

In the commercial from the National Organization for Marriage, Prejean is shown at the Miss USA competition last month where she answered a question about same-sex marriage by saying she opposed it, drawing both boos and cheers and setting off a raucous debate.

After providing that answer, Prejean was named runner-up to Miss USA. She later said her view on marriage cost her the crown.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

Things I've done or not . . .

Things I've done or not. . . .

I saw this on Danell's blog and stole it!

• 1. Started my own blog
• 2. Slept under the stars
• 3. Played in a band.
• 4. Visited Hawaii.
• 5. Watched a meteor shower
• 6. Given more than I can afford to charity
• 7. Been to Disneyworld
• 8. Climbed a mountain
• 9. Held a praying mantis
• 10. Sung a solo
• 11. Bungee jumped
• 12. Visited Paris
• 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
• 14. Taught myself an art from scratch
• 15. Adopted a child
• 16. Had food poisoning
• 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
• 18. Grown my own vegetables
• 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
• 20. Slept on an overnight train
• 21. Had a pillow fight
• 22. Hitchhiked
• 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
• 24. Built a snow fort
• 25. Held a lamb
• 26. Gone skinny dipping
• 27. Run a Marathon
• 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
• 29. Seen a total eclipse
• 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
• 31. Hit a home run
• 32. Been on a cruise
• 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
• 34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
• 35. Seen an Amish community
• 36. Taught myself a new language
• 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
• 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
• 39. Gone rock climbing
• 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
• 41. Sung karaoke
• 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
• 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
• 44. Visited Africa
• 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
• 46. Been transported in an ambulance
• 47. Had my portrait painted
• 48. Gone deep sea fishing
• 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
• 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
• 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
• 52. Kissed in the rain
• 53. Played in the mud
• 54. Gone to a drive-in theater
• 55. Been in a movie
• 56. Visited the Great Wall of China
• 57. Started a business
• 58. Taken a martial arts class
• 59. Visited Russia
• 60. Served at a soup kitchen
• 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
• 62. Gone whale watching
• 63. Got flowers for no reason
• 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
• 65. Gone sky diving
• 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
• 67. Bounced a check
• 68. Flown in a helicopter
• 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
• 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
• 71. Eaten Caviar
• 72. Pieced a quilt
• 73. Stood in Times Square
• 74. Toured the Everglades
• 75. Been fired from a job (Almost! I quit though.)
• 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
• 77. Broken a bone
• 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
• 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
• 80. Published a book
• 81. Visited the Vatican
• 82. Bought a brand new car
• 83. Walked in Jerusalem
• 84. Had my picture in the newspaper
• 85. Read the entire Bible
• 86. Visited the White House
• 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
• 88. Had chickenpox
• 89. Saved someone’s life
• 90. Sat on a jury
• 91. Met someone famous
• 92. Joined a book club
• 93. Lost a loved one
• 94. Had a baby
• 95. Seen the Alamo in person
• 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
• 97. Been involved in a law suit
• 98. Owned a cell phone
• 99. Been stung by a bee
• 100. Visited to Mt. Rushmore
• 101. Learned to play a musical instrument

This put a smile on my face!

Just something silly:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1137883380?bctid=16920289001

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