Evidence I REALLY need this vacation

I am currently up in northern Michigan, visiting my mom and stepdad. First vacation I have had in sometime and I really needed it. Case in point:

The other day, I was driving back to work after a doctor's appointment and talking to Hannah on my cell phone. This you must remember or nothing that follows will be as hilarious.

So I am talking to Hannah, get to work, park and get out of the car. Am walking towards the building when I looked in my purse to make sure I had my cell phone. (you remember what I said, right?) So, I go back to the car, unlock it and look inside - no phone. I go to the passenger side and look on the seat, on the floor, between the seats..and no cell phone. Now, I had already had to go back to the doctor's office because I left my book and my prescription and I was starting to get concerned I left my phone behind, too - either at the doctor's or the lab.

So, I say to Hannah (because she was still ON THE PHONE): I have to go, I can't find my phone.

I pull the (never really missing) phone down from my ear to hit the end call button and THEN it hits me what I have just said!!! Sometimes I think I might be a blonde in disguise.

Hope I find my brain up here...

Barry and Levi

Had a lovely visit last week with my brother, Barry, and nephew, Levi. (My sister-in-law, Caroline had to stay back in CA - she was teaching summer school) Took lots of photos - will only subject you to a few...

This is Allison. She is the daughter of my cousin Clay and his wife Mary. Allison and Levi are just a few weeks apart in age.

Dad, Grandma, Levi, and Bart - Levi's first four generations photo with this segment of the family. (Well, four generations plus one ham)

Liked Levi in this one, but you can't see Grandma's face :(

Big ole tenderloin!! An Indiana treasure. Nothing to do with Levi, except that he was there. But, yum!!

Most-read Bible Verses

Thought this was interesting. Out on BibleGateway.com, they have compiled the 100 most read verses over a two month period this spring. Over 25 million searches and apparently most are John 3:16 or from I Cor. 13, Genesis 1, Romans 8, and Psalms 23.

I enjoyed reading through the list - some really familiar passages, some not so much. At first I was a little cynical because the first 10 verses or so are all pretty warm and fuzzy, but they do diverge.

Any of your faves make the list?

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Mutts

Are you familiar with the comic strip, Mutts? It is a Fortin family favorite. I thought the May 13 strip was really cute, especially given what I find myself wasting time doing lately.

http://muttscomics.com/strip.aspx

If you go to this page today, you will see the strip to which I refer. If you want to see another day, or go to the page and don't see that strip, you can choose what day's strip you want to see. (There is ~ a two week delay)

Have a groovy day!!

Peanut Butter Paradise

This is what over 600 jars of peanut butter look like (plus some flash cards and other random items). Pretty cool, eh?



These are just some of the empty bags folks used to bring said jars to church for our peanut butter drive.

What is cool is that over 720 pounds of peanut butter is headed down to Haiti to feed kids. What is awesome and inspiring is that the Sunday we collected the peanut butter, we had over 2,400 at church. Can you imagine if every person brought a jar??!!! How awesome would that be??

"'...Test me in this,' says the Lord Almighty, 'and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it" Malachi 3:10

I am dreaming big of the day we have so much our little storeroom cannot contain it and we have jars of peanut butter rolling down the aisles of the sanctuary!

Head Gear

I was grabbing a binder off the lower shelf of a co-worker's bookshelf the other day and when I straightened up, this is what I saw:



I found it totally hilarious, not to mention unexpected. (Somewhere in our office is a headless Dwight. Haven't come across that yet. It is probably in the kitchen hiding with the coffee creamer)