Hmmm, totally messed up. I meant for this to go on my CLK Church blog. what the heck did I do?!

Tomorrow I will be meeting with what I hope to be new members of the Kids Team!! The room has been painted and coming together nicely. My extraordinary husband with a servant's heart so big, I'm surprised it doesn't pop out of his chest, has been working VERY hard on the room!! Exciting times!!

Here's a few pics!







ONE MORE WEEK

FUNDRAISER AT OUR HOUSE FOR P-DIDDY




I just feel horrible how the cost of gas is affecting so many, especially P-Diddy. You must read this heartbreaking story, then you'll understand why we are holding a fundraiser!

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Sean "Diddy" Combs wants you to know celebrities are feeling the rise in gas prices, too, and wants his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters" to help him out.

"Gas prices are too __________ high," he says in his latest YouTube video. "As you know, I do have my own jet, but I've been having to fly back and forth to L.A. pursuing my acting career . Now, if I'm flying back and forth twice a month, that's like $200,000, $250,00 round trip. _____ that. I'm back on American Airlines."

The hip-hop mogul recorded the video blog in an unspecified airport while walking through the terminal and getting on a plane.

Diddy made a plea for some free oil.

"Give a shout out to all my Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters and all the brothers and sisters in all the countries that have oil — if you could please send me some oil for my jet, I would truly appreciate it," Diddy says, showing his commercial jet boarding pass to the camera.

Taking a stab at the upcoming political election, Diddy wants to make sure politicians understand his frustration.

"Can you believe this? I'm actually flying commercial — that's how high gas prices are. I'm at the gate right now. This is really happening — proof gas prices are too high. Tell whoever the next president is, we need to bring gas prices down. ... I can't believe I'm flying commercial. ... Even your boy is affected by gas prices."

Does this just break your heart or what?

WHY DO OLD PEOPLE TALK TO ME????????


I'm in K-Mart this afternoon and in the femine product aisle - there is an old lady there looking at 'male protection' - I can't seem to type THAT word - and something to help her out - again, I can't actually type it out!! She's got a couple tubes in one hand and boxes in the other, reading and studying intently. Her basket is in the middle of the aisle and I can't get around her. I say excuse me several times and she's so intensely studying these products she doesn't even hear me. Finally she sees me and proceeds to ask me -

"Excuse me young lady, do you know which one of these feel better for the man? I want him to be comfortable." OH MY GOSH. I kind of froze, seriously, I didn't say a word, I couldn't move, I couldn't blink. Then she asks me, "Have you used one of these lub.....t's before, is one brand better than the other?" Then I started laughing. I apologized for laughing and she started laughing and said, "Oh honey, I know I'm old at 82 years but I'm dating a 75-year-old so things still work."

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - PLUG MY EARS!!!!!!!!! At this point I'm laughing so hard I had to walk away. I backed up out of the aisle, laughing and waving good-bye at her.

Maybe she's dating the old guy that commented on my big hiney (see below).

I'm going to start hiding from old people - the scare me!!

GREG LAURIE'S SORROW -

Greg Laurie's son, Christopher, died in a car accident yesterday. I have listened to Greg's sermons a lot and know many people who came to know the Lord through his ministry.

As I was reading about Christopher this morning my heart became heavy for his wife, a woman I have never met and probably will never meet - but since yesterday I can't get her off my mind. Christopher was only 33 years old, he has an adorable red haired little girl and his wife is currently pregnant with their second child due in November. I cannot even imagine what this young mother is experiencing.

Please keep this family in your prayers.

www.harvest.org

MY BIG HINEY!

Okay, so this morning I took a walk - I'm trying to walk again, be healthier, etc. Plus, my doctor told me to! Anyway, I walked from my house, around the golf course, back up, a decent distance - when I'm on my way home and there's an old man sitting in his little motorized scooter of a wheelchair and he says to me..."Hey there young lady, if you want to get rid of your big hiney you better double time your steps."

OH MY GOSH - so I tell him I've walked around the golf course as well as several blocks and I'm actually in "cool down" mode on my way home. Then he says, "well, if you say so." Like he didn't believe me.

I suddenly got a burst of energy, pushed him in his wheelchair to El Dorado Park and proceeded to push him in the lake!

Okay, that's not true - but does anybody want to go TP'ing with me tonight!!! :o)

THE LONG BEACH BUZZ!!



Apparently Long Beach and the surrounding towns can't live without their Starbucks. There are 26 stores in a very small mile radius and none of those Starbucks are closing. Check out the list below of those stores closing - if it's listed more than once, then another store in that town is closing.


ALHAMBRA CA
ANAHEIM CA
ATWATER CA
BAKER CA
BENICIA CA
BERKELEY CA
BREA CA
BREA CA
BRENTWOOD CA
CASTAIC CA
CATHEDRAL CITY
CHULA VISTA CA
CHULA VISTA CA
CONCORD CA
CORONA CA
CORONA CA
EL MONTE CA
ELK GROVE CA
EMERYVILLE CA
EXETER CA
FONTANA CA
FONTANA CA
FRESNO CA
FRESNO CA
GONZALES CA
HAYWARD CA
HEMET CA
HEMET CA
HOLLISTER CA
HUNTINGTON PARK CA
JACKSON CA
LA MIRADA CA
LAGUNA BEACH CA
LAKE ARROWHEAD
LAKE FOREST CA
LINCOLN CA
LODI CA
LOS ANGELES CA
LOS ANGELES CA
MAMMOTH LAKES CA
MIRA LOMA CA
MISSION VIEJO CA
MISSION VIEJO CA
MODESTO CA
MONTCLAIR CA
MONTEREY PARK CA
MORENO VALLEY CA
NORWALK
ONTARIO CA
ONTARIO CA
ONTARIO CA
RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA
RANCHO MIRAGE CA
REDDING CA
REDDING CA
RIVERSIDE CA
RIVERSIDE CA
SACRAMENTO CA
SACRAMENTO CA
SACRAMENTO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN DIEGO CA
SAN FRANCISCO CA
SAN FRANCISCO CA
SAN JOSE CA
SANTA ANA CA
SANTA CLARITA CA
SANTA MONICA CA
SANTA ROSA CA
SIMI VALLEY CA
SOUTHGATE CA
TAHOE CITY CA
TUSTIN CA
TUSTIN CA
UPLAND CA
VICTORVILLE CA
VICTORVILLE


What does that say about Long Beach/surroundings....we are on a constant caffeine buzz?!

I'm waiting for some transcription work to download and had a few minutes to kill....I knew you just couldn't live without this information!! :o)

MY HUSBAND THE MOVIE DORK......




This is get to know my husband week, I guess, since I really don't have anything else to blog about! "The much anticipated" Batman movie opens tonight. Darren and one of his BFF's Glenn Garvin are going to one of the midnight shows tonight. Darren loves to do that and does it all the time. Thankfully he has Glenn, as most of his friends have the attitude of, "yeah, I'll see it when the crowds go down," his friends and his wife!! I went up to Edwards to get their tickets just now and holy cow...NINE theaters have sold out and the tenth is very close. They have even sold tickets for a couple of the 3:20 a.m. shows. I'm sure the tenth screen will sell out by late afternoon as there was a line. Yes, a line at noon on a Thursday. Who knew??!!

Enjoy boys - and don't wake me up when you get home!! :o)