Yes, I am insane. But I am giving NaBloPoMo another try. We will see how it goes, but my goal is to post every day in November. Wish me luck. I am going to need it! On the flip side, I just may get my drafts folder cleaned out!
Just watching this made me tired! Watch to the end...it is amazing!
"God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how WE need to love God."
Deiter F. Uchtdorf
Deiter F. Uchtdorf
I used to lie a lot when I was growing up. It was so easy. However, I'm not very good at it. My eyebrows raise and I feel like a deer in the headlights! Our new favorite show is "Lie to Me." I am learning so much and my kids are finding it harder and harder to get away with lying.
Not that they were any good at it to begin with. I can always tell when they are lying. Many times I will let them lie over and over just to give them the chance to tell the truth. It's so hard. And I absolutely HATE being lied to. It really makes me angry!
Last week The Doctor and I went to Barnes & Noble. I love bookstores. We were going to just look around, but I ended up with an armful of books. Big armful!
When we were checking out, The Doctor applied for a teacher discount card, but the discount is only books for the classroom. So we paid and went home. When I got home, I looked at the receipt and they had given us the teacher discount on all my books that were definitely not for his classroom.
The books sat in their bags (yes, I needed multiple bags) on the floor for 5 days while I debated back and forth in my mind. I even tried to put them on the shelf, but I couldn't even take them out of the bags. Finally, I decided that I am not going to H-E-double-hockey-sticks over books!
So yesterday I took them back to the store. When I explained to the clerk what had happened, she smiled and said that last week was their Teacher Appreciation Week and instead of the 20% off classroom books, we got 25% off all our books. They do this several times a year, and we had just happened to buy the books when it was going on. She thanked me for being honest and sent me on my way.
As I walked out of the store, my heart was light and I had a spring in my step. I came home and put the books on my shelf and I can read guilt free.
So tell me your experiences with lying...did you resolve it? Any regrets? Let's dish!
Not that they were any good at it to begin with. I can always tell when they are lying. Many times I will let them lie over and over just to give them the chance to tell the truth. It's so hard. And I absolutely HATE being lied to. It really makes me angry!
Last week The Doctor and I went to Barnes & Noble. I love bookstores. We were going to just look around, but I ended up with an armful of books. Big armful!
When we were checking out, The Doctor applied for a teacher discount card, but the discount is only books for the classroom. So we paid and went home. When I got home, I looked at the receipt and they had given us the teacher discount on all my books that were definitely not for his classroom.
The books sat in their bags (yes, I needed multiple bags) on the floor for 5 days while I debated back and forth in my mind. I even tried to put them on the shelf, but I couldn't even take them out of the bags. Finally, I decided that I am not going to H-E-double-hockey-sticks over books!
So yesterday I took them back to the store. When I explained to the clerk what had happened, she smiled and said that last week was their Teacher Appreciation Week and instead of the 20% off classroom books, we got 25% off all our books. They do this several times a year, and we had just happened to buy the books when it was going on. She thanked me for being honest and sent me on my way.
As I walked out of the store, my heart was light and I had a spring in my step. I came home and put the books on my shelf and I can read guilt free.
So tell me your experiences with lying...did you resolve it? Any regrets? Let's dish!
Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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