Simply Abundant

I have been amiss on my postings for this.

1. Having a good Parent-Teacher conference
2. knowing Nicholas is getting better (he has had a fever virus for 3 days)
3. Our new wall T.V. and recovering space in the living room
4. The Joy on Joshua's face when we let him have the old T.V. in his room LOL
5. Making my bonus this month

Story

This is a funny story I have been intending to posting sense St. Patricks day, I hope you find it funny.


Jacques Chirac, The French Prime Minister, was sitting in his office wondering what kind of mischief he could perpetrate when his telephone rang.
"Hallo, Mr.. Chirac!", a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!"

"Well, Paddy," Chirac replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"

"Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, me cousin Sean, me next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire dart team from the pub. That makes eight!"

Chirac paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have one hundred thousand men in my army waiting to move on my command."

"Begorra!" said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!"

Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr.. Chirac, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some infantry equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Chirac asked. "Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's farm tractor."

Chirac sighed, amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to one hundred fifty thousand since we last spoke."

"Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you."

Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr... Chirac, the war is still on!" We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock Pub have joined us as well!"

Chirac was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to two hundred thousand!"

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!", said Paddy, "I'll have to ring you back."

Sure enough, Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the mornin',

Mr..Chirac! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Chirac. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a bunch of pints, and decided there's no foo-kin way we can feed two hundred thousand prisoners!"

Simply Abundant

1. My good friend working with me, Tabatha! =o)
2. Making my numbers for today at work
3. Shopping
4. Hearing excellent things about our re-fi
5. Having the Boss buy lunch today

S.A.

1. Afternoon movies
2. The happiness when my children
get to go on a field trip at school
3. New clothes
4. Winning things from the radio
5. Listening to the St. Jude Telethon

Simply Abundant

1. Falling Snow
2. Girl Scout cookies
3. Funny email messages
4. A knowing Wink from a friend
(she is leaving this job but hasn't given notice yet)
5. My favorite song on the radio

Simply Abundant

1. Sean is going to get better.
2. There is a little bit of snow mixed with the rain
3. The phone call from a lost friend
4. A much needed break at work =o)
5. The feeling of accomplishment

The Sureal Life

Never before have we been so close to a violent situation as we were yesterday with a good friend of ours and a coworker of Charles, Sean was on his way to work when he was rear ended by another car he pulled over to do the normal checks then the other guy took off. Sean then got back into his car and followed the guy to get his license plate number to call into the police. They turned into an apartment complex where the other guy then rammed his car then took off on foot when he couldn't get his car going again. Sean called the police and they came out and did a police report. The police left and just as he was getting back into his car the guy came back (hit him with a gun, they were wrestling for it) and then stabbed him 7 times. Praise God he is doing ok, he is young with a young family and a very nice man. The police did catch the man who did this and he is being held on many felony's, I hope he gets many years.

Simply Abundant

My friend Jennifer (from work) and I have been doing the Simply Abundant gratitude book and journaling our 5 things daily sense the first of the year so I thought I would start doing that on my blog as well.

Joyful Simplicities:

1. Cuddling a new born baby
2. Seeing my purple crocuses pop up through my grass
3. My bible study
4. Taking a moment with friends and enjoying a cup of Cold Stone Ice-cream
5. A warm cup of coffee

One long week

It has been one of those weeks where I have been to the emergency room twice with a friend who was having problems with her diabetes, plus taking care of her kids, Praise God everything has been worked out.
My SIL (sorry Sheri I can't link this with the MAC I have at work) ;) has been talking about reflection today and what kind of legacy we will leave for our family I am so glad that during these times of looking back my children will know I love the Lord and that I loved them very much.