Too many words....

NOT ENOUGH TIME! I would love to write more about this video below, but I'm extremely busy. In short, this video was very impacting and I'm soo pumped they are showing it on BET right now. It's a great tool to make people realize that if babies are aborted...we'll be missing out on some very influencial people (whether they are the president, a teacher, an artist, etc...you get my point)!

Ok...so I just tried to put the video on here. I found it at this link.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c

Ok...I'm already addicted

iHeartFaces....is like candy for photographers! Since I'm a "wanna be" photographer...I've decided to enter the adults(faces of adults that is)portion of the contest too.

www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com

iHeartFaces Contest

I thought I might just have some fun and enter in the iHeartFaces contest over at:

http://www.iheartfaces.blogspot.com/

Cute movies...but not for kids!

Ok, I love (Absouletly LOVE) movies! I especially love movies that I can go watch that are clean, and don't leave me regretting I wasted eight bucks on garabage! But I'm realizing it's getting far and few between!

For instance over the past few weeks, I've seen two pretty cute movies that were rated PG. I was soo pumped when I saw they were rated PG...I almost NEVER (can't say never because I have) watch rated R movies. Usually most movies that I've wanted to see over the past several years are PG-13. Knowing that they are more mature ratings, I knew there could be some not so clean material in them. But I've even been suprised with what not clean material has been in them...way WORSE than I imagined. The last two movies I've seen were Marley & Me and Bride Wars. Now let me first say that I really enjoyed both of these movies! There were good things about both and not soo good things about them both as well.

But my BEEF is that they were rated PG!!! They were definately both really fun chick flicks, but should have been rated PG 13 in my opinion. First of all, Marley & Me was advertised as a "family movie" all Christmas long. When my parents, sis, bro-in-law, Scott, and I took our niece and nephew on Christmas night...we realized how un-family friendly the movie really was. There was several foul words, adult humor, and sexual content. Their wasn't any real nudity (except Jennifer Aniston's bare shoulders (but you knew she was undressing from the context), but it was too much for my 6 year old nephew and 10 year old niece (which my sister took out of the movie 5 minutes into it to go see a children's movies & they got their money back). I did appreciate the movie's positive slant on marriage and family! It was a great married couples movie! I had the same problems with Bride Wars, although I didn't take any children...I knew an 11 or 12 year old could get into it without any problems. The movie didn't have as much profanity (that I remember), but showed a bachelorette party that showed male dancers (and lots of tequila shots). Definately, not what I would picture for a PG movie!

I looked up what the Motion Picture Association of America specified what made a movie PG:
A PG-rated motion picture should be investigated by parents before they let their younger children attend. The PG rating indicates, in the view of the Rating Board, that parents may consider some material unsuitable for their children, and parents should make that decision.The more mature themes in some PG-rated motion pictures may call for parental guidance. There may be some profanity and some depictions of violence or brief nudity. But these elements are not deemed so intense as to require that parents be strongly cautioned beyond the suggestion of parental guidance. There is no drug use content in a PG-rated motion picture.

What most suprised me by this description is that they said some profanity (Marley & Me had to have atleast 15 cuss words) and brief nudity. Really, come one, their can be brief nudity in PG (family friendly) movies. What is next G movies showing nudity...and I do know there are cuss words in some G rated kid's films.

I guess what I've learned is that the best bet is to go to Christian websites to check out why the films are rated what they are and for parents to screen ALL films before taking their children to see them. Maybe I'm niave or have a bad memory...but I don't remember G or PG movies having quite the mature issues that they do today! I guess that is just the way sin ruins and deteriorates all aspects of our world.

On a POSITIVE NOTE you should all check out the new Christian/Family Friendly (seriously, it is!) movie that is due to hit theaters in the fall of 2009. It's coming to Owensboro on September 18th. We (MentorKids) were able to have a special viewing because it has soo much to do with mentoring! Check it out: The Secrets of Jonathon Sperry http://www.sperrymovie.com/

Happy Safe Entertaining!

Wow...I missed blogging about all the holiday fun!

I can't believe Christmas and the all the holiday festivities are already over! It always makes me a little sad and a little relieved to get back to normal schedules! Scott and I really enjoyed our first Christmas together. It was a blast to send out cards, decorate the house, remind each other of Christ's birth, and experience the joy of being each others family! We also loved spending time with each of our families and friends. Here is a a delayed pic we gave our families for Christmas!

Hope you all enjoyed the blessings and wonders of the season.

Turkey Time...

Love this Martha Stewart Turkey Platter! I got it this weekend ON SALE at MACY'S for only $15 buckaroos! You should definately check out to see if there are any left! I love Thanksgiving...Turkey Day is one of my favorite holidays!

Kisses everywhere...

Ok...the title of this blog may seem a bit indecient, but I'm not talking about real kisses...the candy ones. The MAN (aka my husband) set up this whole scavenger hunt with candy hugs & kisses from Hersey's! He hid 50 of them around our house, car, and at my work two weeks before Halloween (which was great to candy around this time!). He knows I don't love chocolate, but it was more the point of the game. According to the amount of kisses and hugs I found determined what type of date we were going to have that weekend. Now, I would have been happy with any kind of date, but let's just say I'm a little COMPETITIVE... okay, a lot competitive! Anyways, I got the highest amount at the end of the week and I also got to trade in all those candy kisses/hugs for the real ones! It was a fun game and great date!

Even though I love sharing the creative wonderful ways my husband is learning to show love to me, that isn't the point of this blog. During the week of hunting for the candies, I started feeling very aware of his affection for me. I told him that everytime I would see a kiss lying next to the lamp at work or in my hair stuff basket in the hall closet...IT MADE ME SMILE. It was like this visible I LOVE YOU notes everywhere!!!

Still getting to my point...

After that week was up and after I won an amazing date...I still kept finding those candies EVERYWHERE! I got the highest amount, but he didn't make me find ALL he hid to get the best date. I've been amazed that I've over looked these kisses & hugs in the most obvious of places. Today was such a place...the bathroom at work. There is a picture hanging in our work bathroom that I see often (obviously), and right on top was a SHINY silver kiss! How in the world did I miss that one! Staring at me, inviting me to find it...just in my reach. I laughed thinking, " Huh, Scott's love was right here, and I didn't even notice it."

Well, then that really got me thinking about how I overlook his love for me in other ways. Things he does and says everyday that I simply miss. What a sad loss for me not to be able to enjoy those tokens of affection.

How greater a loss to miss out on God's kisses & hugs hidden EVERYWHERE. It made me wonder what I miss out on because I'm so used to my surroundings or so comfortable with that love. Where do we not turn and see some measure of God's love. This tiny insight has made a HUGE difference in being sure to look around for the Lord's mighty love in the everyday landscape of my life.

Thank you Scott for sharing your kisses and hugs & for helping me see the bigger picture! I hope none of us miss out on all of Christ's affections for us simply because we are distracted or are too comfortable where we are!