OK, so today I did pretty much what I ranted about yesterday. BUT...I did it kinda thinking that, if I've got to work and not hang by a pool all summer or hit the beach or have a lake house, then I'd give people a taste of how cool my job can be.
Most days are fun but today moved toward "cool job". It may move even further that way next week or it could be down right horrific. I'll let you know. Anyway, we did a shoot with HGTV. It was several hours of standing in high heels and running around but it was cool! They came to film one of the hosts leaving to giveaway one of the homes. We had done it once before with Vern Yip. He was extremely nice and very polite. This host was in your face and really hot. Yep, I just said hot! Now, I know NOTHING about these hosts and had no clue who Vern was so I Googled this one. HOLY MOLY! When I did, the second image to come up was him a few years back modeling or something. Let's just say he was rocking a great body and nothing else (don't worry...it was tastefully done!). So, today I got to work with Jamie Durie. An Ausssie born landscape genius with a great personality who happened to be ruggedly handsome! (YES...Nathan Fillion type handsome!)
The shoot went fine until flights got delayed but all worked out fine in the end. We even had a moment where we were joking about how, when he was getting on the plane, we should hold hands and have a tearful Oscar moment as he left. Great fun! Also, watch him give away the Green Home. If it makes the cut, I will be the woman sitting behind him when he gets on the plane!
So, I did it too! I totally wall posted on Facebook about how my life is better than yours because I got to work with the fine folks at HGTV, have fun, possibly get on TV and get paid for it in the end. Eat your heart out you folks at the pool!
Oh...I'm off tomorrow so I will probably post about how I'm at the pool!
Hate away...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Facebook Rant Coming Right Up
I am beginning to dislike Facebook. I would just walk away and leave it but I have to have a personal account to admin the work one so I gotta keep the thing. The reasons I have been just loathing it recently are varied. So, in random order, my rants about Facebook:
- Keeping Up With The Jones - It seems that, at least in my friend list, there is a trend to post about how fabulous life is..."Fam at the lake on the boat"..."lounging in the pool"..."man it's hot while I sit out in the sun and tan while the rest of you losers work"..."Just bought a new RV and we are heading to the mountians with our 100 friends"...."you just have to go to this wonderful resort where the beach is fab". Get the picture? Yeah...you're life is SO much better than everyone else. Heck, for all of the above (which are REALLY close to posts from my "friends") it's almost true! I know Facebook is all posting about your life but, lately, it has been about one upping. Just my opinion. Also, my blog so it's the only opinion that counts!
- Pity Party Posts - OK, I'll admit that I have also fallen victim to these posts. They are really easy to fall into. "My head hurts"..."I hate my life"..."My precious dog who I treat like a child is at the vet...again." I think these posts should all have the "Debbie Downer" sound at the end (WHAA WA...yeah...I don't know how to type that sound.)
- Cover That Up! - There seems to be a need by some young Facebook users and, much more disturbingly, their mothers to put up prom or pool or beach or car wash pictures where there is WAY too much skin showing! I have seen prom dresses that were designed at House of Hooker and bikini pictures that would barely pass the censors for Sports Illustrated...all on high school or younger girls! People, there are perverts that pay for this stuff and you are uploading it for free! Please, if you let your little girl wash cars in barely there shorts and string bikini tops, don't put it on Facebook. I mean, isn't it enough that she stood on the street corner...LITERALLY...and brought in business in that outfit?! This is one time I am very thankful I have boys.
- Games - I despise all the games on Facebook and I don't care in the least if you need two more nails for your barn or your latest score on something is getting you closer to winning an iPad!
- Questions - Unless you are a bored teenage girl (based on my research), NO one cares "If so and so can beat you in a fight" or "Do you think so and so is hot" or "Is so and so a good kisser." Let me answer all those for you now...Beth is smoking hot, can kick your butt from here to tomorrow, does not drink or smoke and has probably never been a ninja. There...glad we got that out of the way.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Serving God...Does It Have To Be So Hard?
Below is today's Purpose Driven Life -
Monday, June 06, 2011
The Body of Christ Needs You
by Rick Warren
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 (NLT)
One reason you need to be connected to a church family is to fulfill your calling to serve other believers in practical ways. The Bible says, “All of you together are Christ’s body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27 NLT).
Your service is essential to the Body of Christ—just ask any local church. Each of us has a role to play, and every role is important. There is no small service to God; it all matters.
There are no insignificant ministries in the church. Some are visible and some are hidden behind the scenes, but all are valuable. Small or hidden ministries often make the biggest difference. In my home, the most important light is not the large chandelier in our dining room but the little night light that keeps me from stubbing my toe when I get up at night.
There is no correlation between size and significance. Every ministry matters because we are all dependent on each other to function.
What happens when one part of your body fails to function? You get sick. The rest of your body suffers. Imagine if your liver decided to start living for itself: “I’m tired! I don’t want to serve the body anymore! I want a year off just to be fed. I’ve got to do what’s best for me! Let some other part take over.”
What would happen? Your body would die. Today thousands of local churches are dying because of Christians who are unwilling to serve. They sit on the sidelines as spectators, and the Body suffers.
God calls you to a service far beyond anything you could ever imagine. He created YOU for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for you to do (see Ephesians 2:10). Whenever you serve others, you are actually serving God.
I am with Mr. Warren on the fact that Christians are saved to serve and not just sit as spectators. Going further into my opinion, I think that too many times, those spectators begin to look as those serving and begin dictate how they think ministry should go. Honestly, if everyone was serving as God intended and was focused on the greater goal of bringing the lost to Christ and serving one another, they wouldn't have time to sit back and think up ways to "help" other ministries do it "right". I seem to recall reading in the Bible how the early church encouraged one another. I don't think we have enough of that anymore. Well, some people are wonderful at this encouraging thing and others are more worried that their agenda will not be met. Anyone want to hazard a guess at which type of person is more focused on God? Yeah, that's what I thought too.
I know this seems a bit harsh but I am feeling a little discouraged so it comes out as harsh. I guess this is one of those "why can't we all just get along" things. You know the reason we can't? SATAN! (Please read the previous just like the Church Lady!)
Pulling my favorite movie into this...which is probably sacrilegious beyond all imagination...Andy says in The Shawshank Redemption that he better "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying". I am feeling like that a bit. Get busy living for God with people who are supportive and lift each other up or get busy leaving for somewhere else. Perhaps, like Andy's escape from prison and subsequent trip to Mexico, it is also my time to leave. I'll be praying about that...
Monday, June 06, 2011
The Body of Christ Needs You
by Rick Warren
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 (NLT)
One reason you need to be connected to a church family is to fulfill your calling to serve other believers in practical ways. The Bible says, “All of you together are Christ’s body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27 NLT).
Your service is essential to the Body of Christ—just ask any local church. Each of us has a role to play, and every role is important. There is no small service to God; it all matters.
There are no insignificant ministries in the church. Some are visible and some are hidden behind the scenes, but all are valuable. Small or hidden ministries often make the biggest difference. In my home, the most important light is not the large chandelier in our dining room but the little night light that keeps me from stubbing my toe when I get up at night.
There is no correlation between size and significance. Every ministry matters because we are all dependent on each other to function.
What happens when one part of your body fails to function? You get sick. The rest of your body suffers. Imagine if your liver decided to start living for itself: “I’m tired! I don’t want to serve the body anymore! I want a year off just to be fed. I’ve got to do what’s best for me! Let some other part take over.”
What would happen? Your body would die. Today thousands of local churches are dying because of Christians who are unwilling to serve. They sit on the sidelines as spectators, and the Body suffers.
God calls you to a service far beyond anything you could ever imagine. He created YOU for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for you to do (see Ephesians 2:10). Whenever you serve others, you are actually serving God.
I am with Mr. Warren on the fact that Christians are saved to serve and not just sit as spectators. Going further into my opinion, I think that too many times, those spectators begin to look as those serving and begin dictate how they think ministry should go. Honestly, if everyone was serving as God intended and was focused on the greater goal of bringing the lost to Christ and serving one another, they wouldn't have time to sit back and think up ways to "help" other ministries do it "right". I seem to recall reading in the Bible how the early church encouraged one another. I don't think we have enough of that anymore. Well, some people are wonderful at this encouraging thing and others are more worried that their agenda will not be met. Anyone want to hazard a guess at which type of person is more focused on God? Yeah, that's what I thought too.
I know this seems a bit harsh but I am feeling a little discouraged so it comes out as harsh. I guess this is one of those "why can't we all just get along" things. You know the reason we can't? SATAN! (Please read the previous just like the Church Lady!)
Pulling my favorite movie into this...which is probably sacrilegious beyond all imagination...Andy says in The Shawshank Redemption that he better "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying". I am feeling like that a bit. Get busy living for God with people who are supportive and lift each other up or get busy leaving for somewhere else. Perhaps, like Andy's escape from prison and subsequent trip to Mexico, it is also my time to leave. I'll be praying about that...
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