Tickled Tuesdays

My alltime favorite joke...


Why don't cannibals eat clowns?
Answer: They taste funny!

I Heart Hoarders

It's one of my favorite shows... Hoarders. I DVR it and then use it to motivate me to fold clothes when the laundry monster has puked on my bed. Most of the people in the show have been affected by an emotionally devestating tragedy... death of a loved one, loss of love, etc. Some it's just how they watched a different family member grow up. But for all of them, it is certain it is a mental disorder.

I am a spiritual hoarder. I can't empathize with the hoarders on the show because I don't keep things physically, but in the past I have kept my past and held onto it tight. I've piled up memories, past hurts, guilt from hurting others, self-righteousness, pride, and every other ugly thing. This stuff is trash. God tells us that He removes our sin as far as the east is from the west…

Psalm 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

That’s good news. But why am I like the people on the show Hoarders? I know that God wants to come in and help clean house. I know He doesn’t expect me to just sit there but make decisions on what is important and what isn’t, what is trash and what is treasure. I’m just like those men and women. I don’t want to let go. I ignore the mold, the piles of poo that my sin has generated, the smell that even cases of kitty litter doesn’t cover up. I say, “That’s a project that I’m planning on working on later. I’ll deal with it later.” Or “There’s some use for that broken hanger; don’t touch it! I’m keeping it!” Or “There’s some use for me feeling guilty about something that is over, that I’ve been forgiven of. Don’t touch it! It’s my treasure. I’m keeping it!”

Obviously, I’m not always good about giving things over to God to dispose of. Is it my pride? Yes. My lack of trust for God(You know the Creator of all the Universe)? Yes. Am I a work in progress? Yes. My heart still looks like the inside of a hoarder’s house at times. I want to bring things in and keep them. Things that have no value in my spiritual life; things that will just pile up and grow mold and make me stink. Daily I have to ask Him to help clean up everything. And thankful daily He sees my heart. He knows when He opens the door it’s gonna be piled with my sin and gonna smell bad… sometimes real bad. I’m so thankful that God still wants to knock and still wants to come into my heart.

Mommy Tips Monday

Kids have trouble with regularity?

Tired and a bit aprehensive about using Miralax? 

I've got a new idea...  Prunes.  Ok, not a new idea.  But when my 4 year old figured out the natural benefits to eating this fruit "candy", he refused to eat them.  My new trick I'm about to try, drowning the prunes in powdered sugar.  Seems my kids will eat just about anything as long as powdered sugar is involved. 

Happy Regularity Everyone!

Things Toddlers Say

I never know how a car ride will go.  Usually, we are all happy and enjoy seeing things along the highways and streets.  Sometimes, though, my children have meltdowns and scream unusual things like my little girl last week sobbing and yelling hysterically, "I want my monkey cave!"

Things Toddlers Say

On our recent trip to San Antonio, my son wanted his picture infront of some cactus.  As I was just about to capture the moment, he said, "Spikey cactus cheese!"

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