Patience – day 26

I’m due for a “patience” post because the last 24 hours has me feeling not very patient.  Before you jump to conclusions, let me tell you a little story.

We put our house on the market and two days later, we had a contract for sale.  We have the termite inspection and the home inspection.  Life is good.  Until I get a phone call at lunchtime Friday.  While I’m celebrating the 35 year career of my assistant director, whose retirement party I am at, I get “THE” call.  The call from Steve, our wonderful realtor, saying that the buyer’s loan fell through.  WHAT THE HECK!!!  I mean, I have a copy of the pre-approval for the $150K that they need for the loan.

So, life happened to our buyers and happened for us.  I have to say that Steve (did I mention how wonderful he is?) is doing a fabulous job reassuring us and assuring us that he will have another buyer this week so that we can close at the end of February, because we are moving to our apartment, which we just finished getting background checks and paying money for.  I got the movers all scheduled.  We’re packing.  Come H-E-double hockey sticks we are moving!

So, now not only am I learning to have patience, but I’m learning to have faith.  I know that God has wonderful things for the Sandmeyer family.  I know that everything didn’t fall neatly into place to have it fall apart.  I saw two really great pictures on Facebook today.  You’ve seen this one before:

But it was this one that really touched me:

My comment on this picture was “Hallelujah!!! Waiting in the hallway for our next buyer!!!”  And we are.  We are praising God in the hallway and waiting on our new buyer confident that we are moving in February and our home will be sold at that time.

I was able to show the house to a gentleman, who stopped by the house this afternoon with his 4 year old daughter.  He was interested in it and said he was going to call his realtor.  I didn’t know that people had been contacting our realtor and asking about our house even with it under contract.  Steve called and emailed everyone and told them it was back on the market.  I mean, really, how wonderful is he?!?!

So, that’s my last two days.  Fun, fun, fun!!!  All I know is that God is good and He’s in control, so I’m going to trust Him and His plan for this because it’s going to be a billion, trillion times better than I could even imagine.

Feed Your Head

I’ve been thinking about that guy from Two and a Half Men, Angus T. Jones, since the controversial video was released by ForeRunner Chronicles.  Jones has been playing the role of the ‘half’ since 2003.  Now, I’m not sure how smart it was for this young man to bite the hand that pays him $300,000. per week, but I get what he’s talking about.

I don’t want to come off as holier-than-thou, but I have never even watched Two and a Half Men.  I don’t find the premise of the show funny.  I don’t find a lot of the sitcoms on TV funny.  There was a time that Scott and I would watch programs like South Park.  We were saved individuals, but we weren’t really living very Godly lives.  When we started attending our present church and getting Biblically-fed, we started to find those programs offensive and disgusting.  It wasn’t something that was being told to us, it just happened.  It happened because we were consuming healthy stuff and it was pushing our appetite for the garbage out.

So, now that Jones has started to go to church and, I venture to say, gotten saved, I understand his disgust with his television program.  But, I think that if he’s willing to go out on the limb and speak out about Two and a Half Men, that he should be willing to walk away from the job.

What do you expect from television?  If you are watching programs that glorify sinful living, use profanity, show nudity, and debase people, you are going to be a person that is okay with sinful living, using profanity, looking at pornography, and debasing people.  Are you?  Something to think about.  It’s something that I’ve been thinking about.  It’s just like the saying:

You are what you consume.  What you watch on television or in the theaters, what music you listen to on the radio or in you mp3 player defines the person that you become as well.  The words to those songs are poured into your mind.  The hateful, ugly lyrics that you sing unconsciously become your everyday words.  Your mind brings forward those scenes, nudity, violence, and ugliness.  And so do you children’s minds.

You can feed your body potato chips and beer or you can feed it nutritious stuff, like fruit and vegetables, that’s good for you.  So, I ask you to be mindful of what you feed your head.

Ladies, please!

I’m going to talk about my most recent pet peeve in watching the young ladies coming into my office.  My mother voices this comment, “Did they think to check a mirror before they left the house?”

My first pet peeve is…

When is it ok to leave the house with your hair in curlers and/or a shower cap?  WHEN???  You’re leaving the house to conduct personal business.  Do you think that people look at you with respect and in all seriousness when you leave your house like this?  They most certainly do not.

My second pet peeve is…

Muffin tops.  I realize that most ladies are appalled at the thought of wearing “mom” jeans, but not every body style can (or should) wear the latest hip-hugging styles.  If you have to lay on your bed to zip up your hip-huggers, I’m thinking you’ve got a major muffin top going on.  Gurl, that is not attractive.

Number three…

When you woke up this morning, did you think it wasn’t necessary to put on some clothes?  Oh, and slip on some slippers to cover your feet?  I mean, why don’t you just keep your baby-doll’s on and some feathered high heel slippers?  Please put on some clothes and keep your pajamas for your home lounge wear.

Number four…

As with the muffin top, some body types have no business wearing short shorts.  ‘Nuff said.

Five…

We are no longer in the 70′s.  Knee-high socks and shorts are not daily wear.  I saw a young lady yesterday hitting on many of these faux pas.  She was not a small woman and was wearing short-shorts and printed knee socks.  Wow!  My first thought?  Did she look in the mirror and say, “Oh yeah, I look good?”

Six…

I realize that I live in the south (and I know I’m not country) and that cowboy boots are in, but they DO NOT go with every outfit.  I’m seeing boots in places one never used to see them.  I know I’ll get a lot of flack for this particular fashion items, but IMHO, they have their own place and time.

So, here’s my little rant for the day.  Thanks for reading!  And, remember, please look in the mirror before you leave the house and have some self-respect.

Leave me a comment below with your fashion pet peeves.