Another Chance Ranch

Does This Count?

Oops!!

So, yesterday was a super long day.  I am not complaining, just explaining. Because in fact, yesterday was a great day! GGRRR-EAT (Tony Tiger great) day!

I got to bed at 1:30 am yesterday. I tend to fill my plate pretty full, and then I tend to procrastinate. So, if you add those together it equals some late nights. There, that is my confession for today.

Anywho! Yesterday was the last day of our ladies Bible class. We voted on our next study, completed the current study, and then enjoyed a potluck luncheon. I think we all had a great time!

After class, I had to run a few errands and the first stop was Wal-Mart, aka Wally World or Wally's Family Fun Center, and noone enjoys going there. Oh, it is such a dreaded place. But, I walked in that door with my head held high, a smile on my face, and my list running through my head. I am also very bad about making a list and leaving it at home.

The first thing on my list was a copy of Ree's new cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks - A Year of Holidays. As I approached the cardboard Ree standing in the middle of the aisle I noticed that there was a woman standing there with a rather unhappy look on her face. She was staring off as if she was day dreaming, but as I passed by she glanced at me. A little jolt of excitement went through me as I grabbed the book. I wondered if my grabbing one would draw her attention to the book as well. Not that Ree needs any help selling books, I just wanted to see if the "monkey see, monkey do" thing would actually work.

It did! This monkey, got that grumpy monkey to pick up Ree's book. In my own little way, I helped that monkey have a better day. Who can flip through any of Ree's books and not smile.

Then, as I was heading down another aisle I got the sudden urge to jump on the cart and ride down the aisle. I didn't do it, but it made the smile on my face even bigger. That is kind of how my day went. It was a good day!

I sat down to watch one of my favorite shows, NCIS, on television and completely forgot that I needed to write a blog post. I had even thought about telling you all of this yesterday, and then I forgot! I blew the whole NaBloPoMo thing! I can't believe it! I meant to post! I really, really did! So, if I publish this and try to add the time and date as yesterday at 11:59 pm, will that count?

I Can Spend Hours...

Oh goodness.

I can spend hours on Pinterest.

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Something You Might Not Know About Me

There's a lot about me that you might not know, but there is one thing I am going to share. Just one for now.

For a long time, our church had a ladies bible class every Tuesday morning, and I attended for at least a year. I loved it! I loved getting to know the women in our class, having people that I could talk to, ask questions of and not feel ignorant.

But then life happened, and the ladies class was no more. I was bummed, and after talking to several other ladies, I learned that they were bummed too. I prayed about missing the class, and about the class starting up again. Little did I know that I would be teaching the class.

Yep.

I teach a ladies bible class.

Yea, yea, quit your laughing! Pick yourself up off the floor, and finish this thing. :)

I've never been one to speak in front of a crowd. During speech class in college, I nearly cried during every speech I had to make. I got sick to my stomach, had the sweats, and the shakes. Just so you know, people don't notice the shakes as much if you lay your notes on the podium in front of you. So, why in the world did God think I could teach this class? That was my question to him. But, after praying, and praying, and praying, and more praying, I felt drawn to teaching this class.

I asked a friend, Luann, what she thought and she just said, YES! My hopes were rising a little bit at this point. Of course, I asked McD and he thought I should go for it. Then I asked my mom what she thought, and she said yes. Then I asked my granny, another couple of friends, and finally I talked to someone at the church and well, here I am teaching my first bible class.

I don't feel qualified to teach the ladies I am teaching. So I have decided to say that I am not really teaching, I am facilitating this class. I go through a lesson, and hopefully I will bring up things that we can discuss. And sometimes, we get off on completely different subjects but at least one of us learns something each time we meet.

Teaching/facilitating this class has given me purpose. I feel like God must have wanted me to teach this class, because the while I was preparing for my first class I was calm as a cucumber. (I have no idea how cucumbers are calm, just sayin'.) The day of class came, and I was ready. I read the whole class from my notes, but I wasn't even nervous. I felt a calm about me.

Today, we decided that we didn't want the classes to end so, I get to teach this class again. I hope you read that right. I don't "have" to teach the class again. No one is making me teach the class again. I *get* to teach the class again.

You have no idea how blessed I feel!

Come back tomorrow and I will share the book we are studying from in our ladies bible class.

Thanks for listening reading!

Whoa! Hold Your Horses!

Whoa! Hold your horses! It isn't midnight yet. I'm still on schedule!

Today is only the 11th of November, and I almost forgot to blog.

We had a great weekend in California, and honestly, I haven't had such a relaxing weekend in a really long time! There was lots of laughter, food, and friends!

Life is good!

See you tomorrow!

 

Our Favorite Commercials

Yesterday, I wrote about how much we are enjoying the NBC show, The Blacklist. It has sucked us in, and leaves us hanging each week so that we have to come back for more. I had all kinds of questions I hoped someone could answer, but in reality I know all the answers are a big fat secret.

In my post, I mentioned that we like to record the shows we watch so we can fast forward through all of the commercials. After re-reading that, I decided that I needed to clarify something. There are several commercials that we will watch. We will even rewind so we can see the whole thing if we sped past it.

Here are a few that we like.

We are dog lovers, and this Iams commercial really touches our hearts! McD's favorite parts are when Rocky is whining at the window, and when he lays on top of Dawn in the driveway. He's just so happy to see her. Aww.

This one just happens to be one of my favorite of all time! You don't even have to be a huge Star Wars fan to like it. It might help a little, but you don't have to be.

Another favorite! Who doesn't like this commercial?

Another favorite! We aren't Dodge drivers, but we really like how they spotlighted the Farmers! No Farmers, No Food!

So, there ya go. There are a few of our favorites. We don't skip all commercials, we slow down for our favorites!

What about you? What are some of your favorite commercials?

The Blacklist

Okay, NBC you've done it again! You've gone and aired a show that I can't stand to miss! It is so good that I might even watch it live.  We tend to record everything we want to watch just so we can fast forward through all of the commercials.

Here's what I want to know:

Do you watch The Blacklist?

If so, don't you just love Raymond "Red" Reddingon? He is such a good bad guy.

Now, for the question I am dying to get an answer to...

Is Red Lizzy's father?

Here's another one...

Who planted cameras in Lizzy's house?

Oh, and one more and I will stop.

Is her husband, Tom, really a good guy or a bad guy like Red says?

Let's chit chat about this show!

 

No-Shave November - I'm In, Are You?

I really seriously thought about taking a photo of my already hairy legs, but then I decided not to. 

I wasn't really planning on participating, but then it occured to me. I participate every year, just not usually a month at a time. I still might not make it a whole month, but I am going to see how long I can go.

Are you participating?

If you aren't familiar with No-Shave November the head over to the website, No-Shave November, to learn more about it. Let's just say that men grow beards, women have hairy legs, and all donations go to find a cure for cancer.

 

How Would You React If...

I am a Christian!

That is something that I have not kept hidden on this blog, and never will.

I believe in Jesus Christ!

Always have, always will.

Let me tell you a little about my Saturday morning.

We are involved in a missions club at our church called Christ Point. Our primary purpose is to go and make disciples of Christ by providing various means of support and creating funding for persons or organizations who are actively taking the gospel to others. We also plan to foster active faith through prayer and good works, and a love for the lost.

We are trying to get out in our community to show our Christian love, to help where we can, and hopefully the lives that we touch will be changed. Our group is associated with our church, but we don't want people to think we are trying to just get people in our doors. We just want people to know Jesus.  And that is why we are Christ Point.

Sorry, I kind of got sidetracked but I told you that so you would get the rest of the story.

Saturday morning, there was a health fair in town that was put on by one of the local hospitals and our missions club, Christ Point, had a booth there.  We had coloring sheets for the kids, candy, info about our group, and several smiling faces.

Things had kind of slowed down when we got there to mind the booth, but there was still a light stream of people coming through the doors. A woman came by our booth and said that she was still a kid at heart, and she wanted a coloring sheet. She proceeded to cram about five of them into her already bulging bag of free goodies.

What do people do with all that stuff?

Sorry, getting sidetracked again.

We were all smiling at her, and laughing with her. She was telling us how she likes to color. But then, as she started walking off, she said, "But I'm an Atheist."

How would you react?  Have you ever thought about it?  Have you ever been told that?

I'll tell you how I reacted, or how I think I reacted.  I stood there stunned. I don't think my jaw hit the floor, but I can't be sure. This isn't the first time I've heard someone say this, but it is the first time I was face to face with the person saying it.

Thank goodness someone else was there because he jumped in as soon as she said it and asked her how that was working for her. She didn't really answer that question, but she did begin telling us about how we believe in a book that has been translated so many times, and how they believe in something else. I can't tell you what she said, because I couldn't understand her. She kept talking, but I couldn't make out what she was saying.  Probably because I was still stunned.

Our friend, Jason, was great with her. I, on the other hand, was worthless as teats on a boar hog.

Later, I thought...We do not believe in a book. We do NOT believe in a BOOK! We BELIEVE in JESUS CHRIST!

Now, why didn't that come to mind when the woman was trying to tell us what we believe.

So, what would you have done? I know that I did not have the correct response, and I will be better prepared next time. Leave me a comment and let me hear your thoughts.

Ahh, the Earworms!

Earworms by definition are songs, jingles and tunes that get lodged in your brain and you can't shake them free. Okay, so that is my definition not found in Webster's Dictionary.

These earworms are annoying at times, fun at times, and can cause you to burst out in song anywhere you might be. Sometimes at inappropriate times. Like I said, fun.

I am getting ready to list a whole bunch of songs and jingles that I find to be earworms, if you do not want to have something stuck in your head then don't read the list.  Fair warning. But if you do read the list, I dare you not to sing the songs and jingles!

Double Dog Dare Ya!!

(I sang every one of them!)

• I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - Coke jingle
• Gimme a Break - Kit Kat candy bar jingle
• Baby Back Ribs - Chili's jingle
• Oscar Meyer Song
• BC Clark Anniversary Sale - only if you're from Oklahoma do you know this jingle
• Andy Griffith Show (Come on, you know you want to whistle!)
• Hey Hey We're the Monkees
• It's a Small World
• The Muppets Mahna Mahna
• Hakuna Matata
• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
• Hey Jude
• Whoomp, There It Is
• Who Let the Dogs Out
• We Will Rock You
• YMCA
• Landslide
• The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• You're So Vain

I keep thinking of more, but I will stop here.

Share your earworms! You know, they are highly contagious!

Unbelievable!

Unbelievable!

I signed up for NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), and it started today. Thirty days of writing blog posts and I can't come up with one single thing to write!

Oh, and there are 54 days until Christmas!

UNBELIEVABLE!