Ode to 'Politeness'

By A.A. Milne

If people ask me,
I always tell them:
"Quite well, thank you. I'm very glad to say."
If people ask me,
I always answer,
"Quite well, thank you, how are you today?"
I always answer,
I always tell them,
If they ask me
Politely ...
BUT SOMETIMES

I wish

That they wouldn't.

Helloooo?

Is there anybody out there?
You all don't want to talk anymore?

YAY

rkid#1 and I are probably going to get an apartment or a house together (if I can manage to get a job lined up ... which is a frustrating thing to try and do when you have no idea when you can start). We're going to have fun. I'm excited. I can't wait to see my babies!

The deadly tongue

Lately my prayer has been that I will be more aware of the spiritual transactions I am making with my actions - that I won't ever think my sin harmless.
As some of you know, I carry on an e-mail conversation with 4 or 5 guys from Fort Stewart. My excuse always being that we went to war together, I can't just stop talking to them. We're friends!
But last week, after one such conversation, I logged off feeling really convicted. I had been ignoring conscience pings for weeks about this subject. But God said, "there it was, Kate. When you pressed send on that email, you allowed satan a foothold. Don't you know I abhor the tiniest sin as much as the worst?"
Later that afternoon, while reading 2 Timothy, I found at least 4 verses I felt the Lord wanted me to pay close attention to, the most prominent of which was verse 16, which reads, "Avoid godless chatter because Those who indulge in it become more and more ungodly."
And I realized that's true. I wonder why I'm not getting closer to God? Because I spend an hour in his word, five minutes in prayer and the rest of the day either watching TV and filling my mind with things of the world, or indulging in godless chatter.
So I'm cutting off the email conversation.

How true

Tonight I was out with Sara A. and she said to me, "Isn't it amazing the situations we get ourselves into when we're standing outside the will of God?"
And I thought, "Yes, it really is."

Despite my 'vacation' post ...

I added a new post to katespeak today. It's not as well-written as some I've done, and it doesn't convey my point as clearly as I would like it to. It didn't flow. But it'll do. You'll get the idea.

Here's a thought

Maybe the French could spend some time and money building their Army, fighting bad guys or doing something constructive instead devoting all their resources toward one-upping themselves in the tallest structure contest.
I mean granted their new bridge does serve a purpose, but Chirac and all the rest talk about it in purely aesthetic terms, revealing their true feelings. They just really like tall stuff.

"It's a miracle of equilibrium. It's French engineering genius. It's dialogue between nature and man. It's a marvel of art and architecture."

"Oh yeah, and it'll help with traffic too (we think)."

What's wrong with you people

Okay, write at the top of the "edit posts" page is a button that says, "create new post." That way mom and dad can actually ... well, create new posts to put it simply, instead of just commenting to existing ones. AAARGHH! It's like playing cards with my brother's kids ....
(that's a line from Tombstone, by the way, before you all start reminding me my brother doesn't have kids. I know!)
:) Kate