The Healthy Choice

I have to be at work at 6:00 and 7:00 throughout the week, so this does not leave me much time to make the best breakfast. So I think it's needless to say that I'm a pop-tart guy. I've always liked my pop-tarts warm with a large glass of milk.

So as dumb as this sounds, I try to get the more healthier pop-tarts of the ones that I like. For the longest time I got the cinnamon tarts which I like "okay." But I recently looked at the nutrition labels and saw that the chocolate pop-tarts, which I liked a lot more, were actually healthier than the cinnamon. Who would have thought.

Now you might be thinking this wasn't quite the upgrade that I've made it out to be, however, you don't realize the ease on my conscience that chocolate pop-tarts gives me. It's like I'm getting away with eating chocolate for breakfast, muwahahahaha. So when Cortney shakes her head in wonderment as if to say "Landon, really, chocolate for breakfast," I can proudly smirk and say "Hey check the label, and don't get mad at me because I'm eating healthy. I might even power walk to my truck this morning."

Hellooo.........is anyone out there??

So I'm sitting at work right now on Wednesday morning and as most of you know there is ice all over the roads. I'm actually very glad I'm at work though, just because I would be very antsy at home. However, I'm starting to wonder if there are any human souls out there. I'm beginning to feel like Will Smith in "I am Legend," except for the whole end of the world thing and all.

I really wish I had a large trash can lid or something I could use to slide across the parking lot right now. No wait.......I wish I could start at highway 71 around Pizza Parlour and slide all the way down. Is anyone going to read this? I'm not sure. I am just typing random words simply because I 'm not sure what else to do right now. I think that every time I talk I will talk only in cliches.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound? Silence is golden. Am I talking to a brick wall? Don't beat around the bush because even a blind squirrel finds and acorn sometimes. Also, don't put the cart before the horse just because you heard it through the grapevine. What does a bull in a china shop do? How does everything taste like chicken? Was it really raining cats and dogs yesterday? Is a heavy hog fat?

Does anyone have the answers to these? I mean, I can assume that a heavy hog is fat. But the rest..............

Weekend Fun

Here's a little bit about my weekend.

Friday Night
Went to the Alma basketball game which was really fun, followed by a maddening Dilbert board game that saw me knocking board pieces everywhere and saying replacement words under my breath. You know.....replacement words.....words that replace the bad words. I'm not proud of it.

Saturday
Did a little work Saturday morning followed by a complete waste of time and utter disappointment.....I mean watching the Hogs. After I came to grips with the fact that the Hogs really suck and just paraded as good earlier in the year..................... I felt no better because I can't help but like the Hogs. What the crap is wrong with me?
Saturday night we hung out with Cortney's family. Played a little Mario Kart , Guitar Hero and Apples to Apples. Also ate Pizza Parlour which is always good. Got home around ten and then my longtime friend Jarod came over for a little more Mario Kart and Guitar Hero. Good times.

Sunday
Went to church in the morning and heard a great message about holding on to your word from God. I've determined to never drop anything that I've heard from God or His Word until it comes to pass in my life. God has been too faithful to His Word for me to ever give up on anything He has told me.
Played ball in the afternoon which I always look forward too. I feel like the game of basketball is slowly coming back to me........or is that me slowly coming back to basketball? Either way it's getting a little better each week.
Sunday night me and Cort went out to Target to get a few things, and then went to the movies to see "Paul Blart: Mall Cop." It was okay, I thought it would be a little funnier though. I like the name "Blart" it's funny. I have a fairly high standard for comedy movies.......oh who am I kidding, I loved Anchorman! Which is a great movie by the way.

That was my weekend. You stay classy San Diego.

How'd he do that?

I ran across this on you tube and thought it was absolutely crazy. I'm not sure how this guy does this but it looks like he's missing some ligaments or something. Check it out!

(It's not the first guys, it's the skinny white dude)

Dilbert

I have recently posted some random thoughts, one of which included that Dilbert is the best comic strip ever. Now, I realize that this comic is about the workplace and all of the lingo that goes with it. And I also realize that some people may have different tastes in comedy. But, I find it hard to believe that most wouldn't think that this strip is the funniest of all time.

We got my friend some Dilbert books for Christmas, and this is when we were able to really appreciate the work of "Dilbert" that it really is. It was amazing that almost every strip made me laugh out loud and want to read more. Cortney also got me the "Dilbert Board Game" for my birthday, and I never knew there was such a thing. But we played it and was hilarious too!

I'm sure by this point you have stopped reading and think that I am a rambling idiot because I keep talking about a comic strip. I don't care, because I am about to read some Dilbert and it will make me leave everything else behind and take me into a state of total and complete laughing out loud. Here's a sample of Dilbert. Enjoy!

iPod=More Word=More Faith=...........

When I got my first iPod on Christmas of 2007, I immediately found how great it was for hearing the Word. It's almost all I used it for, but we believe it may have been stolen during the summer. I immediately noticed that my Word level went down and my desire to read the Word went down. This frustrated me and made me feel lazy and guilty because I thought that I had to get the Word through my iPod to be motivated to read the Word.

I came to realize that it didn't matter how I got the Word in my heart, as long as I was getting fed daily. Turns out that hearing more of God's Word motivates you to want to read and study more, which causes you to want to hear more, go to Bible School more, etc. My parents got me a nice iPod touch for Christmas and I quickly began to download podcasts. It's a good thing to have the Word going through your ears all day. It's the one thing that can assure you of growing up spiritually, causing you to fulfill the call that God has on your life. Plus, it's so easy to have going while you're working (if you're able). It's like a continual IV going to your heart causing faith to grow and grow and grow.

I'm excited about God's Word and the life-changing potential that it offers. I'm ready to see quick and big manifestations in my life and I know that can't happen without God's Word. You see, faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God. So this tells me that if I have no Word, then I can't have faith. Because faith COMES by HEARING. If I have no faith, then I won't see the manifestations that I want to.

There is so much more I want to talk about this, but the point I want to get across is that if you have an iPod than I strongly suggest downloading podcasts from great teachers like Kenneth Copeland, Keith Moore, Creflo Dollar, Jerry Savelle, Mac Hammond, etc. They're FREE and updated often. Let's get more of God's Word so we can produce fruit in our lives causing Him to receive glory!

RAnDom Thoughts

I'm being a trend follower and going to post some random thoughts like my pastors have done on their blogs. I can't promise they will be as good or as random but here goes.

1. How is Barney the dinosaur still around? I saw my cousins watching him the other day and there's like 34 more dinosaurs on the show now.

2. If yellow is really the "In" color of 2009, my dad has a sweet van!

3. The comic strip "Dilbert" is the funniest comic ever.

4. My wife could be the best ever! Not so random, but it just crossed my mind.

5. Why do you always want to go find bad guys and lay the smack down after watching a superhero movie?

6. The term "It's Art" has become very loose over the years. I can't believe the crap that people call art these days. I guess the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

7. The Nintendo game "Mario Kart" is timeless.

8. A few cool quotes I ran across:
"Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered and no one was there."
"The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population."
"The Miss Universe pageant is fixed, all the winners are from Earth."

9. My taste buds are slowly and progressively coming to like foods that I have never liked. Is that normal as you get older?

10. So, it looks like the internet is here to stay. What a classy invention.

Go Hogs!

I know I already posted about the Hogs a few posts ago, but I have to say how sweet it was to be at the Arkansas vs. Texas game. Cortney got me tickets for Christmas, so me and my dad went last night. It was by far the best sports game experience of my life! I've never seen that big of a crowd, that loud and crazy. The last few minutes were wild and to top it all off the Hogs pulled off the win.

I'm looking forward to a great season ahead, and hope the hogs don't stop over-achieving. But hey, even if they did it would still be a good year. Plus, good things happen to any fan's teams who isn't the Minnesota Vikings!

Great Weekend

I had a great birthday this weekend thanks to all my wonderful friends and family. I'm truly blessed to be surrounded by people who love God and each other so much.

On Friday, we had some friends over for some food and games. It was a great time of scouting new talent for american idol, or should I say a punching bag for Simon ( see Jake's blog). Finished the night off with a little guitar hero and apples to apples. Good times.......good times.

Got to play a little golf on Saturday when it was 77 degrees! However, when we started in the morning, visibility was only about 150 yards due to fog. It cleared off and it was a great day to play golf. I actually played decent so that made it better.

Heard a great message Sunday morning about making decisions in peace and eradicating any ounce of fear from our life. Good stuff. Played a little basketball, did a little shopping at Best Buy and ate at Cheddar's. All in all it was a fun weekend, all thanks to my wonderful wife who made it happen.

Now come and comment on the last post! I know that all of you wish you had some super ability and that you're lying if you don't!