It's Official...The Cowboys SUCK!

Are they still my team?  Yes.  Do I hate them?  Right this moment, yes!  Will that change at the drop of a hat?  Yes.  Today, the Cowboys, my Cowboys played the worst game in history.  Tony Romo was horrible.  The offensive line was horrible.  The refs were horrible.  The defense, not so good.  It was just an all around horrible game.  I watched every stinking last second of it.  The hated Philadelphia Eagles celebrating every second of going to the playoffs.  I have to say that Tony Romo has kind of been exposed for the player that he really is.  Am I saying he is awful?  No, but I don't think he takes it seriously.  He was sloppy.  I am sure his back is hurting, but he has been pretty bad the last couple of weeks.  We need to sign someone who can play in case he gets hurt in the middle of the season again.  We need to sign a quarterback that might push him some for the starting job.  How about a Matt Cassel, Jerry?  We need a December man.  

Trailing the Boys!

I am faithfully watching my team watch their playoff hopes slip away yet again.

Why would you be running the ball effectively and then try to pass on 3rd and 1?

All we need to do is win this one game!

If You Were Mary

Today in church, our pastor talked about Mary.  One interesting thing he brought up was that Mary would have been as young as 13 or no older than 17.  Pretty amazing if you think about it.

I wonder how old Joseph was.  Anyway, the important thing to learn from Mary is that she treasured what she had learned in her heart and then pondered the things.  What do those words mean treasure and ponder?  Sean said out that treasured in this sense meant "to spend time meditating and concentrating on the things" and pondering would have encompassed all the events that had happened up until that time.  This puts an interesting spin on treasuring and pondering.  How many things do I treasure in my heart?  What do I spend my time on?  How does that all come together for me?  Things to think about in the new year.

I don't get it

I know this post would draw the ire of many, but I can't resist.

I watched The Dark Knight last night on pay-per-view and quite honestly, I do not understand all of the hoopla.  The plot was difficult to follow.  Christian Bale sounded like he had larangytis everytime he wore the batman costume and Heath Ledger's Joker...well, frankly I was disappointed.  Maybe my expectations were too high.  I have heard for months that it was one of the darkest performances of a villian ever.  I thought it was kind of lame.  No offense to the late Heath Ledger, who I think was a fine actor.  The movie itself just fell short in my estimation.  I watched Tropic Thunder the other night as well.  Tom Cruise's performance wasn't all that either. I think he must be bored with playing the same characters all the time.  I am going to see Valkyrie sometime though.  

Just some thoughts.  I am a bit harder to please in my old age.

King Tut

Our family went to see the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art today.  I love these kinds of exhibits, although, I think they carry less artifacts than they used to.  They didn't have the mask from the tomb there, but lots of other interesting things.  If you get a chance to see this one, check it out!  We are going over to some friends tonight to hang out and play games.  That should be fun as well.  

Christmas Eve

Do you ever wonder about the Christmas traditions in your family?  My family has changed a great deal over the last few years and many of our traditions have gone by the wayside.

At first, I was very resistant to the changes, but now I have grown accustomed to them and actually like some of the "new" ways we do things.  Tonight we will all go to church at 5 and then head over to my mom's for some chicken enchiladas and a couple of presents for the kids.  Tomorrow, we will get up and open Santa gifts with the kids.  Then Sean's mom and dad will be coming by for lunch.  In the evening, we will go back down to my parents for a big dinner with the whole family.  That should be interesting.  

Tonight, I will lay in bed and reflect on the birth of the Christ Child and what His birth meant so long ago and what it means for me now.  I will rejoice in His coming before drifting off to sleep.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Two Weeks OFF!

Yea!  Two weeks off before having to go back to work.  Now I can focus on the business of Christmas.  Tonight the kids and I are watching "A Christmas Story."  This Christmas classic is a must watch before the big day.  Every year I find a different thing to appreciate about this movie.  This is my 8 year olds first time.  It will be interesting to see what she thinks.

Holiday Blues

Does everyone get a little down near the holidays?  I was talking to a friend this morning and maybe should would have felt down anyway, but she was feeling blue today.  I found myself this afternoon feeling the same way.  Is it  because we build the holidays up in our mind to be more than they should?  It is not the presents or anything, I think it is the disappointment over some familial relationships that have never and will never be what they should or could have been.  I know this is a time to focus on the Christ child, His birth, and what it means to me and for me.  That always sounds so easy.  It is much harder to put into practice.

Hope tomorrow looks a bit brighter. 

P.S. IT is stinking cold here today.  Brrrrr!

A Lump of Coal

Well, the kids did not get in the school.  Not one of them!  Back to the drawing board on that.  I am not sure what Plan B is.  Have to be thinking about that, hopefully it will wait until after the holiday.

I have been shopping for Christmas presents all day.  I used to love Christmas.  I loved the excitement and anticipation.  Over the years, I have become jaded.  I know the true meaning too.  The fact that we don't really celebrate the season for what it was meant to be is not lost on me.  I like to buy presents for people, but from my heart.  Shopping around Christmastime is a beat down!

I may get a lump of coal this year!  Maybe I deserve it!

  

PhD

How fitting for my first blog.  It is December.  I have been anxiously awaiting two things.  Santa is not one of them.  The first is to hear about whether I would be invited to interview for the Doctoral Program I have applied to and the second to see if any of my children were chosen by lottery to enter a charter school close to our home next Fall.  

I got the good news yesterday.  I was invited to the interview!  YEAH!  That will happen in February.  Tomorrow is the big day for the rest of the news.  I am praying for some guidance from God.  Decisions about where to send children to school are very difficult.  

Keep us in your prayers as well.

Thanks.  More soon.