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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

If it’s Tuesday night – then you just know what I’m all about:

1.  After one of the coldest Novembers in South Florida in a century we are now experiencing extended summer-like weather conditions in December. Expect mid-afternoon temperatures in the upper-70s to the lower-80s for the unforeseeable future. Season’s Greetings !

2.  Some people do their best work while sitting down, but as far as I’m concerned public toilets are for standing up – not for sitting down. There’s only one place where I sit down – at home !

3.  I’ve already received about a half a dozen Christmas cards in the mail from friends across the free nation. Have no fear, for my Christmas cards will be going out via first class mail (hopefully) this weekend.

4.  I got a haircut today at Woody’s of Homestead. I’ve been going there since I was a kid in my late-20s. I recommend that joint to anyone who’s looking for a no-nonsense barber shop. Simple does it !

5.  Travis introduced me to La Cruzada Taqueria at Lunch today. It’s a cool little Mexican restaurant tucked away in a corner of Olde Historic Downtown Homestead. I delighted in a MASSIVE chimichanga with chicken inside and rice and beans. It was outrageously tasty. It was a MASSIVE Lunch, and in just a few more hours I’ll be partaking in a MASSIVE Dinner at the house of Dr. J.T. & A.J. as we do Food, Fun, and Fellowship with my closest friends in Life. I dig that groove !

Thanks for sharing a small piece of your Tuesday night with me here on my blog.

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Holidays Music

Monday Night Countdown

You know the jam:

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me:
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree !

Here are my TOP 5 favourite items from that festive track:

5.  Six geese a-laying – Who could resist the precious start of Life ?

4.  Seven swans a-swimming – I could watch swan swimming for hours !

3.  A partridge in a pear tree – Partridges are cute, and I love pears !

2.  Nine ladies dancing – As a former clubber I totally dig that !

1.  Twelve drummers drumming – Dude it ain’t rock without the drums !

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Weather

Homestead Cold Weather Alert

At this time I am not issuing a cold weather alert for late tonight / early tomorrow morning. Although I expect temperatures to drop down into the mid-50s late tonight I also expect them to climb back up a few degrees by daybreak tomorrow morning. (Wind chills will bottom out in the low-50s.)

I issue these cold weather alerts when I expect wind chills to drop down into the 40s or colder; and that could very well occur later this week – perhaps on Friday morning – following the passage of yet another cold front.

Stay tuned to the big green blog for the latest weather news that you can use.

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God

Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

It’s the 07TH day of December in the year of our Lord 2008, and on this foggy and misty Homestead morning we all met corporately at the movie theatre to be the church in a group setting. We did not ‘go to church’, but rather we brought the church in each and every one of us to the central meeting location. It’s how we rock and roll on a Sunday morning. We rock. CHURCH ROCKS !

Pastor Travis led us through Chapter 4 of the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament.

We …
– want to claim God as our God when he blesses our messes.
– tend to view ourselves as the center of the universe.
– pout when things don’t go our way.
– blame God for our bad situations.
– want to serve the God of prosperity.
– don’t want to serve the God of the wind and the worm.
– must remember that Life is not about us.

Being angry – not a sin.
Allowing our anger to make our decisions – sin.

We are off mission when our anger shapes our attitude – even as we obey Him.

God is the God of Judgement. He is the God of Grace.