Hahaha…
Aug4
Category Archives: Humor
Aug3
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO LOL…
Hehe…
Jul17
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO LOL…
Yup.
Jul12
AND I QUOTE…
Jun30
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO LOL…
Yup….this is how I feel today.
Jun21
DAY 170 (2014)
This basically my mom’s reaction… God loves to surprise His children, He’s good like that.
My mom’s birthday is on Sunday. As my brother and I decided what to do for her, we came up with a GREAT idea. We’d surprise her with the one thing she wanted most: My brother to come visit. Everyday since he moved to Buffalo at least one time a day she’ll say these words, “I miss Jon.” Yesterday morning I woke up, told my mom I had to help my boss with something, but I’d be back to pick her up and take her out. At which point I headed to airport to get “my boss” (aka. baby brother). I retrieved him from the airport, made a quick Starbucks run (we were both coffee deprived), then headed home. When I got home I left my brother sitting in the car in the driveway. Went inside and asked my mom, to come help me get stuff out of the car. She walked through the garage toward the driveway, she had a quizzical look on her face. Then she noticed him and immediately started screaming for joy. She was so excited (still is), she started laughing, crying, and yelling all at the same time (I did not know that was even possible). Here’s the cool part: she couldn’t stop thanking God. Why is that the cool part? She knew to whom the praise belonged. She did thank my brother and I for the surprise, but her praise was all toward God. She praised Him for providing my brother with the funds to travel. She thanked Him for my willingness to get up at an insane hour in the morning. She thanked Him for another year of life that she will get to begin with both her children around. There was not a thing that she did not praise Him for. I am blessed beyond measure to have this, godly woman, as my example in life. She has taught me that truly “EVERY good and perfect gift is from God.”
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” (James 1:17).
So what’s the plan? Know to whom the praise belongs.
Jun17
DAY 166 (2014)
Okay so today’s post will be a little different. Today was busy, but I manged to get a lot done. I dealt with some very nice people. And some NOT so nice people. During my interactions with the friendly people my thought was, “I am so happy I got to interact with this person today.” But with the NOT so nice people my thought was this:
Some days are like that. Thank God for His infinite wisdom when creating us. He knew the kind trouble we’d get in if people could hear our thoughts at times. Hahaha.
“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are His” (Job 12:13).
So what’s the plan? Uhmmm… taking thoughts captive 😉
Jun6
DAY 156 (2014)
Everyday, laugh.
This was the day of funny conversations. I have two very amusing friends who say the most random things, but very sincerely. Today I have laughed a lot with my coworkers which is great because my time with them is slowly dwindling away. It is weird that I am beginning to feel the pangs of loss while I am still with them. I think it is because I am very aware that my tenure there is coming to an end. God must have known that if I wasn’t laughing I would be crying, because not only am I saddened at the thought of leaving, but the day was just one crisis after another. At one point I checked the almanac to make sure it wasn’t a full moon (it wasn’t). The laughing started early. My coworker and pharmacy tech extraordinaire Karla came up to me inquiring about whether or not I had, had breakfast:
Karla: Today is national donut day. So I went to Dunkin Donuts.
Me: Oh really?
Karla: I bought a Boston Market, do you want it?
Me: ??? You bought a Boston Market?!
Karla: Yes, would you like it?
Me: ???? A B O S T O N M A R K E T?
Karla: Uh-huh. Would you like it? (she’s looking at me like…why do you keep asking 🙂 )
Me: Wait. Do you mean Boston cream?
Karla: Uhmm, that’s what I said.
A little later as my friends and I are walking to lunch Christina (who is normally involved in my best convo of the day posts… on FB). Made the journey to the cafeteria memorable with this sudden outburst:
Christina: How much peanut butter are you allowed to own? (She asks staring at me).
Me: (blinking) Huh? Uhmm, Stacy I am going let you answer that. Peanut butter is dietary and you’re a dietitian.
Stacy: You mean like, personally, like how much can you have in your house?
Christina: Yes, how much can you own?
Stacy: As much as you want!
Christina: Good ’cause they’re buy one get one free and they only have that sale like once a month.
Yup, laughter has been the theme of the day. It has blessed my soul and reminded that God loves to hear His children laugh. He provides these moments of joy to remind us that the world was intended to be beautiful, intended to be happy, it was sin that broke it down. But nevertheless God is still in the business of bringing us joy.
“Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them'” (Palms 126:2).
So what’s my plan? Laughter.
Jun1
DAY 151 (2014)
It’s not that God’s not talking. It’s that we are NOT listening.
So as you all know (those of you keeping track). I am having a a hard time with a decision that I am making. Technically it has already been decided I am just diligently looking for ways to get out of it. Which is odd because normally when God says jump, I jump (I don’t even ask how high because once I jump He’ll get me as high as I need to be). This particular journey has me a little stumped because there is so, so, so much risk involved. If the risks only involved me I’d still be apprehensive, but less so because, well, it just affects me. But this risk involves my family. So I have questioned and re-questioned God. In fact recently I realized that my desire to find a way of escape has caused me to kind of ignore God, maybe ignore is not right; more like dodge God. You know that proverbial walk in the other direction when you see “that” person coming. Well, that’s what I have been doing to God. But despite it all God has been talking and not subtly at all. For you to get the full effect of just how much God will continue to talk even when we are trying NOT to listen I am going to take you back a couple of days. On Friday, I made plans to meet up with my friend Jackie at Barnes and Noble. I needed godly advice (translation: I wanted her to say, “Don’t do it… she didn’t do what I wanted :'( ). I got there before her so I decided to peruse the books (I LOVE the feel, and smell of REAL books). I stumbled on a book that peaked my interest, my area of study is neurological in nature and as such the author was what caught my eye. The author, Dr. Ben Carson, world famous neurosurgeon and humble man of God. I started reading the back it looked interesting so I carried the book with me to our meeting spot and sat to talk with my friend. She did not sugarcoat anything (one of the reasons I adore her), she told me straight out, “All I hear out of your mouth right now is me, me, me, and I, I, I, What about God, God, God?” (she makes me itch…). We wrapped up our “conference” that’s what we call our get togethers. I purchased the book and went home. Today I picked up the book, turned over the cover and this is what I read: TAKE THE RISK. HAHAHA! God’s got jokes, the title of the book is, “Take The Risk.” It is NOT a question. It is a statement of action. Here’s a simply truth: God is always communicating, always talking. He is not trying to hide His will from us the bible says so. We are just not listening (uhmm, the bible also says that). So today I made a decision to listen. Why? I’ll let Dr. Carson answer that question. “No risk, pay the cost. Know risk, reap the reward.” I’d rather reap than pay (I’m stingy like that 😀 ).
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–His eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
So what’s my plan? Take the risk 😀
May29
DAY 148 (2014)
Ever just have a great conversation with a friend you haven’t spoken to in a while? Lately I have been feeling lonely, and it is not for lack of friendship. I have really great friends here and really great people who I get to hangout with. I am not craving friendship, what I am in desperate need of is fellowship. The unity that comes from spending quality time with someone of like mind, a kindred spirit so to speak. I have five very close friends who fit that description. People who have walked through fires with me, and I with them (Shannon, Amy, Erica, Linda, Stephanie, and Christmas, aka Chrimma) opps seems as though I can’t count… six, six very close friends from who I have learned a lot 😉 . Today I had the awesome joy of talking with one of these awesome ladies (the one I get into the most trouble with), Christmas. It was like having water poured into my thirsty soul. The bible talks about the importance of having fellowship one with another, true fellowship. Today after my conversation with my friend I felt refreshed, renewed. She reminded me of things I knew, but had forgotten. I told her about what God was teaching me, what He was doing. I told her about how I was scared, but willing because I know it is God that is doing the leading. Then she said this, “You said this to me once and it is something I have always remembered. Go where the peace is.” I had forgotten that saying. But it’s so true. There are times when the future you are walking into seems so unrealistic, but yet you have this unexplainable peace that this is the right direction. I call it God-peace, because only God can make the uncertain seem certain. Today I took a breath and released all my stress and all my fears to God. The choice I have made does scare me, but I also have peace, God-peace. And if God is for me, what have I to fear? Thanks Chrimma I needed that.
“Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country” (Proverbs 25:25).
So what’s my plan. Go where the peace is.