babygrl1234

In the 18 years I was forced to attend Catholic mass I don't recall anyone being discouraged from reading the Bible. My very Catholic parents both read the Bible daily. And masses at all of the Catholic churches I have been to (which is many since we always found a church while we were on vacation and whatnot) always have two readings from the NT (Corinthians, Phillipians, etc) and the priest reads a section from one of the 4 Gospels. And I never really thought much about it until now but we rarely, if at all, heard anything from the Old Testament. Now my parents forced me to go to church until I moved out of their house. I could not stand it. But even after I moved out I continued going to mass because it was the "right" thing to do. But I never enjoyed it. I disliked the same old thing week in and week out. I can pretty much recite a whole mass for you at any given time. It was boring and it was not feeding me spiritually. It wasn't until last year when I went with a friend to a non denominatial Christian church that I felt comforted. I learned that there is a huge difference between being religious and being spiritual. Religion is filled with rules and regulations on what you must do, what you must wear, how you must act. Do this or you will not get into heaven. Do that or you will not get into heaven. Spirituality is having a relationship with the Lord and letting him shine through in the things you do. My parents are religious people. I have had more than one argument with my father over my son not being baptized. When the time comes he can make that decision for himself. But because of all the strict rules he was raised with he truely believes that my son's soul is in danger. They are not happy about me swithing churches. They see it as a slap in the face. I don't get it, because having some sort of spiritual joy in my life should be the ultimate goal. I don't want to raise my children with the fear of God. I want them to know his love. And ultimately if you don't believe in God, you don't believe in God. I am not going to get all high and mighty about it as some people who are blocked might get :tt1: Those are the kind of people who give all Christian a bad reputation. I don't love my atheist friends any less than I love my Christian friends. I can just pray that one day they might have a change of heart.

It really is a great way to get back into shape. Good luck to you!

As much as I would like to say I am ready for that, there is no way I can do that in a month lol. I think I need to get my first sprint tri out of the way first. And that is scaring me to death as it is. I am so not big on wearing tight clothes (bathing suit or whatever) in front of people. And if that is what holds me back, well that is pretty sad.

I am absolutely shocked that you are even considering it. Seriously amazed. And how awesome is that?

Does that mean you can cut glass with your shirts? It's pretty cold in here, I htink I might be able to. Oh wait, that may be TMI.

Sorry to bump you out Tap.

Good for you. Recumbents look very, very comfy.

But J I found a nice half Ironman right on Lake Michigan, that coincidentaly takes place during one of the weekends that my parents will be camping. Obviously that is not an option for this year (not only because it is sold out, but because I am not delusional) but in 2010 it would be doable. Thanks Mac. So I went running yesterday, since I had not been in awhile. And I was feeling all inspired and stuff. At any rate I think the 3 weeks of P90X have made a huge difference because it was easier to run. I was going a bit faster and breathing a bit easier. And I have not been running in well over a month. Maybe even 2. So even though my weight loss is stalling the P90X is actually improving not only my strength but my cardiovascular health as well.

REO Speedwagon- The Hits. Only my favorite CD ever!!!!!!

Lulu that is the darn cutest dog ever. Umm really guys, I thought ironing was to remove lines and wrinkles in clothes. Why do you iron to put creases in your clothes?

Mine for now!!!!!!!!!! Can a mod close this thing immediately?

Is it going to take one of these children dying before CPS does anything about this?

My answer to this is don't drink at all then if you know you are going to have to drive. Or if you have even one drink don't drive. Because if that person who was 1/10th of a percent over the legal limit was back on the road with a slap on the wrist and killed someone the next time around it would be a pretty sad thing. Something that could have been preventable. And if I had to drive 45 minutes to work I might go crazy.

Shit. Now I am looking for half ironmans.

I hate running. I don't know if I could do a full marathon let alone one after a century and a 2 miles ride. But dammit if I had a buddy I might have to find a way to love running.

I wear scrubs to work, they dewrinkle themselves. I wouldn't even know how to iron a crisp crease. Heck I am not even really sure what you are talking about.:frown:

Took my daughter to see Coraline over the weekend. It was cute watching her try to grab the 3d objects coming at her.

I don't even own an iron. I do the dryer method of dewrinkling.

Then I must be very, very, very deficient.

My secret desire as well.

I like it a lot.

I heart Facebook.

Busy with that new little baby I suppose.

Now that is funny. I also think that it should be required to check the ID of everyone buying alcohol and those who have a DUI on their record should have a color coded license should be refused service.

I like how you think.