I don't like PC

Okay, I'm sorry that this isn't G rated, but it really bothers me. I read the newspaper, I watch the news when I'm exercising at the Y and the TV's are right in front of me. Why is everything so politically correct? Why do they call it "exotic dancer", "call girl", "high end escort", and "hooker"? Because it's more politically correct and doesn't sound that bad. But that's such a lie. It's prostitution and it's a sin. And so is free adultery. Proverbs 5:5-6 says, "(an immoral woman) Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell. Lest you ponder her path of life - her ways are unstable; you do not know them." It goes on to say that the entrapped wicked man will be caught in the cords of his sin and he shall die and have greatness of folly. Actually, this topic is covered by all of Proverbs 5, 6 and 7. I think they should require all politicians to read it before swearing in to office, but I guess that wouldn't be politically correct. Hmmm, "her house is the way to hell, descending to the chambers of death", that doesn't sound very "high end" to me.

Free Fee concert !!

Steve Fee = awesome worship. And he is coming to Charlotte on Tuesday April 1 at 7:00pm at First United Methodist Church uptown. And it's free! I probably can't be there :( because our babysitting budget is busted for the month, but you never know how much I can sell on Ebay until then, I have 2 weeks!

Fact # 8

I thought of one more "little known" thing to add to the last post that is really funny so I might as well share it:

When I was 23, my friend Rachel and I flew to CA for vacation and we went to a Jars of Clay concert in LA. She is friends with them, they all went to high school together in upstate NY, and so after the concert we were hanging out on their tour bus, just the band, Rachel, myself and 2 friends that we were staying with out there. Anyway, sometimes I tend to speak before thinking (no!) and I saw this other guy hanging out near us and so I said very loudly "Hey, I'm Pam, you must be the bus driver!" He just looked at me and told me he was their manager. I think I insulted the manager of Jars of Clay! Not that there's anything wrong with being a bus driver, but c'mon. Everyone was laughing and Rachel told me much later that for a long time they would call him "hey bus driver!" as a joke.

p.s. Happy Valentine's Day everyone and I haven't posted because I was sick for a couple of days and so were the kids and I've been playing catchup around here this week :)

I've been tagged!

Ok, my friend Nikki has "tagged" me in a game where I have to list 7 little known facts about myself. So here goes...

1. I was in a commercial on MTV when I was 20.

2. For 8th grade, I was in a special program in Montreal where all my classes were in French; Religion, Science, Math, History, EVERYTHING!

3. I came in SECOND place for Friendliest and Most School Spirit my Senior year of high school, no wins though :)

4. My first missions trip was to Germany when I was pregnant with Brooke and we had to eat sausage and other nasty German food all week. It was horrible!

5. When I was 8, I hit a "home run" (or so I thought) in softball which was actually a pitiful grounder to the pitcher's mound who then overthrew first, who then overthrew second, and so on and the umpire didn't have the heart to tell me that I had to get back and stay on first base because I was screaming and crying with joy and elation!

6. I used to play the clarinet, flute and saxophone. Now? Only the guitar.

7. When I was very young, all I wanted to be when I grew up was a moviestar!

Okay, now your turn Jessica!

More Ski Pictures

Boone goes to Boone !!!

Well, we went on our annual family ski trip this past weekend to Boone and Blowing Rock NC. It was so much fun! We went with the Skinners who live next door to us and the Latshaws of Atlanta. Also 2 babysitters. And we even brought our other next door neighbor Alan. So it was a total of 12 kids in a great house only 3 minutes from the slopes at Appalachian Ski Mountain. In a nutshell, Brady did amazing, Brooke and Alan did average, Boone screamed and had a temper tantrum on the bunny slope, and Brennan slept through the whole thing. Note to self: always bring a babysitter when you go on a trip, George and I and our friends were able to ski, really ski, on the hard slopes and not have to watch the little ones. Brady and his new friend Lauren did so well they were able to be on their own with no help! He is such a super stud, we can totally picture him being a ski instructor someday because he is really comfortable and at home on the slopes. He told me that he wants to ski every day, and did not want to come home in a MAJOR way. Check out the pictures...

My Day With Grandma Alice

Ya gotta love New Yorkers! I got to spend the day with my Grandma Alice (my mom's mom) on Thursday. We had so much fun; she is one hip 87 year old. She is staying with mom and dad for a couple of months to get away from the snow and ice. Brooke had her class chapel on Thursday, so they got up extra early in Fort Mill to drive all the way to Hickory Grove Christian School and be there by 8 am! WOW! Then we came back to my house so mom could go to work. When we got here, I hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so I was eating and gave Grandma something really high maintenance and fancy like toast :) and she said, "I didn't come here so you could wait on me!" Then she asked for tea, oops, I don't have tea and I've never had tea, I don't know how to make it either. So I gave her a glass of orange juice. After struggling over the newspaper Jumble puzzle and getting nowhere, we decided to go to Macy's and shop. She wanted a short sleeve blouse with a Peter Pan collar and buttons like some girl on her soap opera wore last week, well I couldn't find one. The store had mostly winter clothes. I suggested the Junior League, and she looked kind of concerned at the thought of wearing used clothing! Oh yeah, I forgot, New Yorkers! Then we went out to the grocery store where she insisted on buying my kids ice cream and other sweet treats. I knew I'd be in trouble later when they had their sugar rush! Next to Jason's Deli for lunch, and all she wanted was a hot dog, at least it came with chili on the side. Then we picked up the boys and played at home with them for awhile, Legos and cars I think. She is so good with kids! When I left to pick up Brooke, she insisted that she would stay back with the boys and I could go by myself. I said "that's too much work for you". She retorted, "you're crazy!" So I made some excuse to take Brennan with me and left her with the other two. When I returned about 40 minutes later, they were all fine. Then we had our treats, (I had TWO Hostess cupcakes) and we left a little while later to take her to Mom's office. All in all, a very fun day. Here's what I love about New Yorkers, or more specifically, the New Yorkers in my family:

1. They say what's on their mind, they don't overanalyze.
2. Can do attitude, Just do it!
3. Great story tellers, Grandma had me laughing all day with the stories about my cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. She keeps me connected and in touch with what's going on with everybody.

I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of her to post here, so I'll get one when we head down there to play bocci in a couple of weeks. Thanks everyone up North for lending Grandma to us for a couple of months!!