How God Created Animals - Funny!

Stop. Stop whatever you are doing and go see this site right now. You'll die laughing!

Twitter Reveals How God Created Animals

Watch My Sermon!

In better news, I was blessed to be able to deliver the sermon at my church yesterday for the second year in a row for United Methodist Women Sunday. My topic was "3 Lessons from Godly Women of the Bible." I didn't know it was being recorded, but it's now up on the church website if anyone is interested in listening to it. 

http://www.riveroaksumc.org/sermons

Sharing Sad News

There isn't always a great way to share bad news, other than to simply put it out there.

Two weeks ago today, my husband filed for divorce. Today, he is preparing to move out. We anticipate this process to take the next couple months to ...
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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day, uh, Something

You know what's worse than cars disobeying the flashing red lights and stop signs on a school bus?

Having another school bus ignore it. Seriously??

Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 12


This morning brought 3 hugs, 1500 pedometer steps, 1 pair of shoes to be tied, the breaking out my first aid kit for the 1st time to treat a big owie, having a very nice woman pray over me, 1 car ignoring the school bus' red lights and stop sign, ...
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Police Department Answering Machine - Funny!

Hello, you have reached the ____________ Police Department Voice Mail.

Pay close attention as we have to update the choices often as new and unusual circumstances arrive. Please select one of the following options:

- To whine about us not doing ...
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The Real End of Summer

I don't care what the seasonal or school district calendars say: the last day of summer is and always has been Labor Day in my world and mind and heart. 

It was the last hurrah day down at our condo on the Jersey Shore, the last day of endle...
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Diary of a Crossing Guard, Day 7

"Other duties as assigned" includes:

-Tying Shoes
-Zipping Backpacks
-Trying to enforce the "no pedestrians in the staff lot" signage

Interesting snippets of overheard conversations today:

#1
Mom: Did anyone poop their pants?
Son: Not yet this ...
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