Do You Know....?

This weekend there was a Men at the Cross event to rally Christian men in the Triangle area to come together to be inspired to reach their community for Christ. I like to think of it as a big Campus Crusade for Christ hoo-rah for grown-up boys :)

If you know my Danny -- and his infectious enthusiasm for God -- then you know that this was right up his alley. He was there with two good friends from church. There was a total of 1500 mean that gathered. They heard great speakers, saw some powerful drama (no ribbon dancers), and shared a great time of music worship.

Friday night when he was telling all about it, he stopped to describe the mini-concert worship music time. This was our conversation:

Danny: "Hey, have you heard of a guy by the name of Michael W. Smith?"

Me (giggling): "......Ah, yeah. I saw him in concert..... like when I was 18."

Danny: "OH. Well, he's pretty good."

Me: "Um, yeah. See in the 80's there were two choices in contemporary Christian music. Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. And if you were lucky, they'd do a song together to mix things up. Michael W. Smith, he's been around for a very longgggg time."

I had to explain to him it was like me saying to a Redskins fan, "Hey, have you ever heard of this guy Joe Theisman?"

I'm not a pro or con Michael W. Smith person. I just know he is a huge staple of Christian music industry.

Okay, everyone old enough to know, sing this with me as you imagine your youth group showing a slideshow of some event or saying good bye to a church staff person....
"And friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them . . . "

The Dining Room of My Dreams

I have failed to mention in my recent posts that I have been in "project" mode with my dining room. Last month Danny and I finally bit the bullet and invested in a dining room set that can seat 8 (but really my space only fits 6). Even though we'll be empty nesters next year, part of the purpose was to have a set so we could invite more than one couple at a time for dinner. We believe strongly that our home is a perfect place to minister, reach out, and fellowship with others through hospitality. And no, that wasn't a bunch of bunk to convince my hubby to get us this set!

Before our furniture arrived today, I had my walls painted a light gray and a main accent wall SILVER! Its gorgeous but you can't tell from the pictures. There is some application issues and it will most likely need more work, but for now it will do and depending on what artwork goes on the wall, we might leave it as is.

Pics below are of the set but the window treatments will not arrive for another couple of weeks but they will be white, small chocolate stripe and a green band that is the same fabric as my green chairs. BTW the two end chairs match my grey and silver wall perfectly.



Below are the two lighting fixtures I hope to get to complete the look.

The crystally one is for the entrance

This pendant chandelier for over the table. BLING!

Cantonese Corgi

Today while eating breakfast at our breakfast bar, we saw one of our neighbors through the window stop in front of our house while she was out with her Corgi.

In the past, this fake blonde late 20 something has let her Corgi run on anyone's lawn as she or it pleases. We have witnessed in the past either the fake blonde or the man she is living with (not sure they are married) with this dog on our front lawn. At that time there were also "deposits" on our lawn and our neighbors. So at that time Danny nicely confronted the man and he assured us he was not letting the dog go on our property. Danny said he appreciated it but would also appreciate it if they would not let the dog ON our property at all.

However today was a different story. While fake blonde stopped in front of our house and waited on her dog she also saw us looking directly AT her from our breakfast bar so she was sooooooo snagged. Danny quickly went out to confront her and asked her to not let her dog go on our property. This was her response:

I don't appreciate you coming out here at 7:30 to talk to me about this [mind you she is there in front of OUR house with her dog on OUR property]. I pick up after my dog. He has to go somewhere. Besides if you don't like it you should've bought a house with property that belongs to you.

REALLY? Well of course Danny said all the appropriate things like "It doesn't matter this is my property and please do not let your dog on it."

So here are my thoughts (not actions, just thoughts):

• You can take the girl out of the trailer park and give her a fake blonde look and even buy her a red BMW (which she has) and give her a fluffy dog like a corgi but you cannot take the trailer park outta the girl.
• You are darn rucky Jesus does not give me permission to play who's got the bigger dog with the bigger pile to deposit 'cause "he's got to go somewhere."
• Listen sista, you ARE darn rucky I am a Christian because back in my village, we stir fry up your corgi for appetizer.
  

I am sending her a copy of my property boundaries and a sweet note to let her know trespassers will be prosecuted. After I pray hard about my attitude first.

Or maybe a recipe for sweet and sour puppy will do the trick . . . .

Click HERE to learn more about dog cuisine.