One of my pastors told me this story, so I’m sure it’s okay to publish. He was sharing this with our group of seniors.
Pat leaned over to Fred, during the church meeting and whispered into his ear, “Honey, I just let out a silent one and it smells worse than I expected. What should I do?”
Fred leaned back over to Pat and whispered into her ear, “Honey, I’d recommend you buy new batteries for your hearing aids.”
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Each of the last several years we’ve had the joy of heading to The Christmas Tree Farm in Central, SC to get our tree. This year our local Parenting magazine interviewed us about our family tradition, which was nice.
Typically the first Saturday after Thanksgiving we’ll head out to the farm, where there are acres and acres of perfectly sculpted Christmas trees. The kind folks at The Christmas Tree Farm provide us with hot chocolate or apple cider, a very sharp hand saw, and general directions on the various kinds of trees they offer. They come in any height from Charlie Brown to over 10 feet tall. They have cypresses, white pines, sapphires, green pines and more.
A key when picking out a tree is to pick one close to your vehicle. One year I forgot this simple key and ended up dragging a tree for half a mile. This was the same year I thought bigger was better: we had a 10 foot tree. I thought I was going to die, only to find out later that they would have hauled it up to the shop if I had just asked. Lesson learned. This was another instance when I should have listened to my wife.
When my kids were younger, they enjoyed straddling me like a horse as I was lying on the ground trying to saw the tree down. I’m glad they are older now. They also enjoy the shaking and netting machines. My engineering son likes these the best.
I hope you all have an awesome Thanksgiving and Christmas season as you enjoy your friends and family, as well as the point of it all: Christ came to die for our sins!!
And for those of you who are camping out next Thursday for Black Friday, be sure to read my story to gain some practical tips on how to pull this off and live to tell about it.
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It looked like 200 people in one of our local Chick-fil-A Restaurants this afternoon. We decided it would be better to go after 1PM. It didn’t matter. They were lined out the door and the drive-thru was wrapping around the building.
It was the perfect opportunity to encourage someone. Nora, our cashier, was noticeably overwhelmed. From her perspective the relentless foot traffic showed no end in sight. I grabbed her hand, leaned into her and began to encourage her by thanking her for her kindness, willingness to serve and how much joy she and her team were giving to our community.
She smiled real big, said thank you and her countenance was noticeably different. Paul was right when he asked the rhetorical question, “Don’t you know it is God’s kindness that leads to repentance (change).”
God has been kind to me. I want to go out and do to others what has been done to me. For a brief season, Nora was changed by kindness. The next time you’re in a large, seemingly unmoving crowd, seize the moment to spread the love of God.
We got some free chickin too. God’s kindness is all over the place. Click HERE to find out how to get your free chickin this Labor Day, September 07, 2009
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Side Note: It was obviously God’s kindness because they were also serving Clemson and South Carolina fans. Amazing!!
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This coming Monday, September 7, our friends at Chick-fil-A are giving away a free original Chick-fil-A sandwich to all patrons who wear a UNC Tar Heel sports shirt. I say, “UNC Tar Heel sports shirt” because my readers would not own anything else.
But I’ve heard through the grapevine that Chick-fil-A will actually give a free sandwich to anyone who wears any kind of sports shirt, even though I can’t imagine anyone owning anything but UNC sportswear.
You can read more about their offer HERE.
And should you not have the Tar Heel site bookmarked, which I can’t fathom anyone not having it marked, you can get there by clicking my heel: 
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Okay. We’re in South Park Mall in Charlotte, NC and there was this lady smoking a cigarette at a kiosk. It was sort of odd to see her smoking a cigarette in a public place. There was a conversation that I couldn’t resist. I was intrigued. So I went over to see what she was selling.
Needless to say I was surprised to learn about electronic cigarettes. Yep, that is what she was smoking. I wondered, “What will they come up with next?”
The end of the cigarette glowed which gave the impression that it was real. The texture of the electronic cig was rough plastic.
You have to replace the filters every few days, but it comes with a charger. One cigarette, a charger and replacement cartridges is all you need.
The idea is that you would get a small nicotene fix, but not like a real cigarette and eventually you’ll be able to kick the habit.
And, yes, they had fake cigars and pipes as well.
I couldn’t resist. I smoked the cigarette and the cigar. They had fake Cuban cigars! It was sort of humorous, but I think there might be something to it if folks who are addicted to such things would like to kick the habit.
Here is the link to the Smoking Everywhere website.
Another oddity to this is that you can smoke anywhere, so they say, because it is not a real cigarette. That, in itself, made it a temptation to buy.
I love America!
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A woman with a good heart found just that in a potato.
Alfreda Ruffin bought the potato in a bag from the Piggly Wiggly in Weldon, North Carolina. You can see in the picture it is shaped like a heart!
One person offered her $150. That was from a man who wanted to have it bronzed to put in the town somewhere. Alfreda received several offers. She says one woman said she would pay $1,000 because she wanted to sell it on ebay. Alfred tells us she thinks it should stay in Halifax County.
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In 2008 my children for some odd reason took up roller blading. They were 6 and 4-years old. Their roller blades were five sizes too big for them. We bought them smaller ones at the Goodwill, but they liked wearing ours.
Nearly everyday during the Fall they would get out in the cul-de-sac and practice. Fall down. Get up. Practice. Fall down. Get up, ad nausea. It was inspiring. And it was convicting.
So I thought I can do this. I bought me some ski poles from the Bargain Box on Hilton Head Island, put on my roller blades (from the Bargain Box) and began practicing with them. They were out-distancing me by a long-shot, but I gave it a whirl. Fell down. Got up. Grabbed my poles again. Fought off fear of man. Who cares what my neighbors think about an old guy on roller blades, with ski poles, falling all over the cul-de-sac.
Six months later!
Yesterday we went to Furman University and roller bladed around the lake. It was awesome. No ski poles! I was thanking God for how he uses my children to teach and inspire me to do things I never previously considered.
Lucy – You make any New Year’s Resolutions Charles?
Charlie – Yes. You know how I dreaded all of last year, Lucy?
Lucy – Yes.
Charlie – This year I’m only going to dread one day at a time.
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I do not know who wrote this, but thought it was cute.
Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Only in America do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters
Only in America do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
Only in America do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER….
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?
Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do ‘practice’?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn’t Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Why if flying is so safe, do they call the airport the terminal?
We now learn that Monkeys with big brain sizes are more apt to be sneaky. Do you have a big brain? Another way of finding out would be to answer this question: do you lie a lot? Are you married to a liar? Maybe your spouse has a big brain. It’s not his fault if he was given a big brian. Big Brain People (BBP) are more apt to lie.
The good news for me is that I have the brain the size of a peanut. However, I do have several other issues. You can read more about BBP, Liars and Monkeys here.
