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As I sit here, surfing the site, I can't think but how lost I am.  How do I join a friend's list?  How do I "blog"?  I thought I was the "cool mom" and knew this computer stuff, but I can't even figure out how to ask Andy what time to pick the girls up from Six Flags.  I mean really!  Mom's are you with me?  Can this just be a little more mom-friendly?  I see where scores are posted for Pac Man, and I keep getting invites from friends (yes! I consider my daughter and her friends "friends" but I don't know how to talk to other people?  If any of you have it in your heart to help a mom in need, please "blog" me, or email me, or im me, or whatever other options there are.  I AM LOST!  Thanks for your time ;)  -Suz

I finally got first place! Can I get a whoopwhoop?

It took long enough. Gosh!

Beat my score now, Benton!

First place!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!

Pacman is Jesus' favorite game. Promise

We pay good money for light....

I spent the majority of my day today attending to the needs of my ever growing yard.  I mow it...it rains...it grows...I mow, and so on and so forth.  At any rate, today was somewhat special.  Recently after our last bout with the unrelenting rain and wind, my beautiful yard accent lighting had begun, to one after the other, fail.  So, I thought to myself after professionally coifing my yard, "why not top off this proverbial ice cream sundae of grass by dropping the cherry on top with the purchase of some new light bulbs for the accent lighting.  As I drove my family sedan to the local Home Depot, I began to think about possibility of adding an additional light to counter-balance my already existing lights on the otherside of the garage.  I arrived at the Home Depot, made a b-line for the yard light aisle and was promptly met by the ever helpful store associate.  "What can I help you find today", he said.  "Well I need to find some replacement bulbs for my yard lights".  He shook his head and sulked at my response.  I thought it was a simple enough request, however his response troubled me.  After a few questions on the type of lights that I had, he pointed me to the shelf with the correct bulbs.  I WAS SHOCKED...These bulbs must have been made from diamonds or something.  When it was all said and done I had 6 bulbs for the grand total of$29.97. Needless to say I totally forgot about the adding another fixture thing...that was even more!   It got me thinking, light is a valuable commodity.  Its not just bulbs, its the electricity we pay for monthly for the bulbs to work.  On average, I spend around $200.00 a month.  That is $2400.00 per year that I pay for the commodity of light (not to mention the 30.00 bulbs).  Okay so I know you saw it coming, but I am about to make a Biblical parallel.  The Bible says we are the light of the world.  Now obviously we are speaking on a non-electrical level, but I think the metaphor fits.  Do we as a culture (church culture) exploit what we have (Jesus) in order to make a buck?  Now I am not talking about tithing, that is about being faithful and has little to do with money and more to do with obedience.  I am talking about the commercialization of Christ.  Would Jesus himself endorse the wwjd bracelet?  Would our Lord really care about the "christian" music industry?  The Jesus I serve turned over tables in the temple when he saw people taking advantage of other people's faithfulness by selling them over-priced sacrificial animals.  He was mad.  He was not meek, he was angry and on some levels enraged that the "people of God" would use the name of God to exploit others.  Now I don't know if I was exploited today with my bulb purchase or if I was just a sucker.  However it is, I figure God used that $29.97 to gently remind me of the great responsibility I have to give out the light that I have.  Its not something to exploit but rather to make available to anyone who may need it.  Oh well, back to the yard...

but I just got the highscore on SNAKE!!!

 YAY me...

Seriosuly. www.myspace.com/thesecrethandshake

Once again, the magic of The Secret Handshake helped me do amazingly well at Pacman.

Well today, I beat yesterdays high score by abut one thousand. And yesterdays score was about one thousand short of beating the high score. So I was super excited!

...But my new score is a very small 90 points away from championship...

www.myspace.com/thesecrethandshake

more great tunes at www.myspace.com/theamericanbeat

I just got 95 thousand on Pacman. Easily my best score ever. But 1 thousand short of the high score.

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 ONE THOUSAND!!! just ONEEEE

 im angry.

I'm not sure if I should blame my friend texting me or the music im listening to (The Secret Handshake).

 I got so far as to find out that eating bananas give you 2000 points. Crazy.

Go listen to the Secret Handshake. www.myspace.com/thesecrethandshake

mMuch love