[As I am singing "beautifully" in the car]
Dad: where did you get money for singing lessons?
Me: from your gas money, I sing in my car!

We have all had one of those days! Mondays!!! I mean you have a lovely weekend with your family, and with your new puppy. And then monday comes along and the real world has to come back to you. Well same with me. I have to get up and do something productive with my life. To me that means go to the coffee shop and have breakfast go to class then go home and sleep! Oh Mondays! I wish you were a funday and not my runday. It’s just another Manic Monday!

Well I hate to say but my beard is gross, like it’s all nasty and such. And to be honest I saw that one coming. I am going to visit family Thanksgiving and I have to shave it. I took some pictures, but they will be posted when I shave.

I have always had a place in my heart for others.  It has typically been filled with thoughts and compassion for the homeless and young children and for most of my life that is all it has been, a thought.  I seem to always have an excuse as to why I can’t do something for those that I know have less than I do.  While my heart and mind might be on them it really doesn’t do much good if I don’t go.  Now I realize that I don’t have to get up and feed all the homeless or provide a teddy bear to every little child in need, but sitting on my butt sure isn’t doing anything for ‘em.

Well, last week I finally got up and did something.  Our church has a ministry where they provide for the homeless.  The first thing they do is take a few of the church vans out and pick up those in need and bring them to the church.  They then provide breakfast, clean clothes and showers to those who want them.  It is amazing to see all of this in action.  The hard part of me is the getting up in the morning.  Things start at 7 a.m. and that means I have to leave the house at about 6:30 a.m.  This is not easy but then when you are getting out there to help others it’s not about you and your needs.

I spent about 3.5 hours working in the men’s shower section last weekend (7 Nov).  My job was to hand out towels, hygiene kits, and a pair of new underwear to everyone who asked.  These are all things that I know I take for granted each and every day.  Things that when I find myself in the need for more I simply do a load of laundry or run up to the store and buy more.  These men and women, and sometimes children, don’t have that luxury and I’m glad I was able to get out there and provide my time to each and every one of ‘em.

We were not as busy as I hear they normally are and I also learned that the third Saturday of the month is usually the busiest week, because by then more folks are out of money because the checks they got at the first of the month are gone.  See the church does this on the first and third Saturday of each month and it is my goal to get up there as often as possible.  I am not writing this to tell everyone how I did such a good job getting up and getting out there to help others.  I am writing this to ask those that know me to hold me accountable and to ask me when I last volunteered and it went.  I also want to challenge you to get out there and make a difference.  Many of us have it pretty good.  We may not think so, but if we stop and look at all the “stuff” we have we begin to realize just how good we really to have it.

Get out there and make a difference!  God is good!

Saved by the blood,

Donovan

Have you ever noticed how everyone today wants to follow you? I mean think about it, we all want to be your friend on facebook, or follow you on twitter. We all want to know what you are up to, yet we don’t want to ask you in person. … i donno how i was ending this… mmmm

I was talking to some friends the other day and we were having a disscusion on music artists. And we were saying how the best are the craziest. Think about it, Britney Spears shaved her head, Lady Gaga’s style is whack, Amy Whinehouse is always in rehab, even Kanye West has had some dumb mistakes. I think I got this blogging idea from the show 30 Rock because they were saying the most talented are crazy ‘look at Jenna and Tracy.’ So yes the talented are crazy!

If you know me, my dream is to be featured onto You Tube at least once in my life. If it would be a video I directed or produced, or even just my dogs playing out in the yard. Well to be honest, it’s harder than what you think. After watching lots of You Tube partner videos, it seems that many of these people ‘have money.’ Since everything is in HD it’s recommended to have an HD camera. At thr moment I cannot afford that. I have looked into those $100 Fl!p cameras, but I want better quality. So if you are reading this, tell me what tour opinion is for finding a cheap, reliable, and high quality camera to do videos.

So, the Air1 verse of the day yesterday was Proverbs 26:20 and I read it as follows:

 Fire goes out without wood, and squirrels disappear when gossip stops.

 Please understand I did this like six times and I finally had to put my curser on the screen because this just couldn’t be correct.  I finally read it correctly and it was quarrels, not squirrels.  That makes so much more sence….