Day: March 1, 2008

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Bedtime Stories

The weakening U.S. dollar may soon be the victim of yet another currency abroad. Following in the footsteps of the Canadian dollar which is now worth more than the U.S. dollar is the Australian dollar. A couple of days ago it closed just shy of U.S. 95¢. That’s up from 7 years ago in March 2001 when 2 Australian dollars equaled 1 U.S. dollar. And you wondered why there were so many Australian tourists here in the U.S. !

Daylight Savings Time does not begin this weekend. It begins on the 2ND weekend of March, so that’s next weekend. Next Sunday morning at 2 AM it will suddenly become 3 AM, and daylight will arrive later in the morning but linger on later into the evening.

Those are your ‘Bedtime Stories’ for this Saturday night. I’m getting ready to watch an hour of “Cops” on Fox, and then it’s on to bed I go. Be sure to catch this blog after about 1 PM tomorrow afternoon for the ‘Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad’.

Until then remember this:

The best part of wakin’ up is Folgers in your cup.

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God Health History

The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Sky: Mostly Sunny
Temperature: 62°F
Relative Humidity: 89%
Winds: N 5 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.27 Rising

My thoughts:

1.  It was another 1.8-mile walk around my neighbourhood on this cool and crisp Saturday morning. I did it in a little over 35 minutes.

2.  Nobody was outside this morning walking or jogging or walking their dog(s). I was all alone – just me, the continuous hits playing on my iPod Shuffle, and the coolest music video I’ve ever seen – the imagery and scenery all around me. This neighbourhood is beautiful. I wish I discovered it 13 years ago when I first moved here. I wasn’t living back then. Now I am alive !

3.  Constitution, Independence, Liberty, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, and Hamilton: These are the names of the 8 streets within my neighbourhood. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin were the authors of the United States Declaration Of Independence. It was created on July 04TH 1776. The United States Constitution was created in 1787 and then ratified in 1788.

4.  During my Active Duty Air Force years I had to run a mile-and-a-half once a year within a specified period of time. I always beat the time, but I never enjoyed it. Some 20 years later I walk that same distance once a week, and I love it. I actually look forward to Saturday mornings because of the walk. It’s a physical walk that symbolizes my spiritual walk with my loving friends and family as we follow the ultimate Leader – The King Of Kings.

5.  2007 was the year that everything changed for me in my Life. I’m not re-living 2007 again. I’m making 2008 even better. It’s one thing to wake up from the darkness of night (1967-2006). It’s another thing to chase that daylight and make an impact in my Life. That’s what I’m all about for 2008. I’m ready to take the stand and be ‘Fully Engaged’.

Fully Engaged