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I'mnotinterestedinfluffhere.I'minterestedin making the GOOD LIFE a reality in my life. Because if I can't do that... what's the point?

I know a lot of people in the generation before mine that just "white-knuckled" their way through life. They were always just barely holding on and "sick and tired of being sick and tired" their whole lives. I just can't believe that that's the "abundant life" the Bible says we are supposed to have.

To quote a good movie, if that's all there is, that's not much of a life. So I saw the cover photo of my friend Liz Hartley on Facebook and thought "she's living a GOOD LIFE" in the eyes of most of us onlookers. She's out riding her horse on a beautiful day and quoting Churchill -

What really constitutes a GOOD LIFE? Can you say you're living the GOOD LIFE and cry too? Can you be honest and still say you are living a GOOD LIFE if you are cleaning up dog pee 2 or 3 times a day (from a house broke dog), your Visa bill charged you a $39.00 late fee because online bill pay took 6 days to arrive and you screamed at your husband before he left for work? Is that just having a bad day in a GOOD LIFE? I think the answer is yes and I think we need to realize it.

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sort and he'll get over it. You have now learned not to rely on bill pay if there is a four day holiday weekend close by. And well, your husband should have seen the writing on the wall and carefully side stepped that last nerve he walked on. A GOOD LIFE doesn't mean a perfect life. It doesn't mean a problem free or a "no more bad days" kind of life.

If your life if pretty darn good for the most part and you have a bad day or a few consecutive bad days every once in a while - you still have a GOOD LIFE. It's all about our perspective. We will have days when we are depressed because we are grieving something we have lost. We will have days whenfightsamongstfamilymembersoccur.Andwewillhavedayswhenweflatdon'twanttogetoutofbed because of what we know lies ahead from time to time, but... a GOOD LIFE is based on the whole picture, not just a few days or weeks here and there.

Striving for a GOOD LIFE is striving to live life in such a way that if tomorrow were your last you could honestly say - I had a GOOD run! Take a look at some of the things that we compiled that can add up to making a GOOD LIFE. We pay a lot of attention to how today went and not nearly enough attention to how things add up.

Example: If you don't get some kind of physical exercise today - it's not really going to be a big deal, but if you don't do anything for a year - it adds up to a big deal. It's no secret that a lot of how we feel today is determined by how we lived yesterday and the day before that. Life consists of a certain number of days, how you live them determine how GOOD your LIFE is. It all adds up and you get to choose all of the elements in the equation.

Perspective is sometimes comparison.

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•14 ounces sweetened condensed milk

•½ cup lemon juice

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pineapple, etc.*

To feel totally without hope is one of the most painful places to be and unless someone has been there, they have no idea how excruciating it is. Everything aches, from your heart to your spirit to every muscle and bone in your body.

If you are there now or you know someone who is, I have a few things that I would like to say to you – if you are ready to hear them. It is up to you to determine if you are. If you have any doubt, maybe you should come back later because it is not

The Black Pit...

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to claw your way out.I often get emails and comments asking how I stay so positive. Those who have read me for a while know about my somewhat epic battles with depression in the past and that creates even more questions as people who are in the battle now want to know how I manage to maintain victory over it.

I have truly been at that place in my life where I felt no hope – I have been in the very bottom of that dark pit where I found myself desperately looking for even the smallest ray of light and found none.

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1. In large mixing bowl, combine cool whip, sweetened condensed milk, and lemon juice. Stir with wire whisk until well blended.

2. In a punch bowl or trifle bowl, break up half of the cake. Top with ½ of lemon mixture. Top with half of fruit, add remaining cake, add remaining pudding mixture, and decorate the top heavily with more fruit.

3. Cover and refrigerate for a few hours before serving, if possible. You can serve it immediately, but it is even better cold.

Instructions

gonna be a soft cushy blanket. It will be more of a battle cry. Even though you feel exhausted, if you are ready for this post, it will cause you to have to work harder than you ever have before – but for a goal you’ve longed for. If you think you are ready, here goes…

I know you’re hurting. I know you’re sad and I know you’re tired. I knowyoufeel likeyou’vebeenfighting,struggling, day in and day out for so very long and yet have gotten nowhere. I know your heart desperately longs for hope or warmth or some sort of reprieve from the constant ache. I know because I’ve been there. I wish I could hold your hand and walk you out of this, but I can’t. I wish I could look into your life and tell you exactly how to handle each situation, but I’m not able. But I can tell you how I got through it and I can tell you that if you are in that pit, you are not meant to remain there.

God has a plan for you. He has a purpose for you. And He can take this pain and use it for good. He can take the darkest moments of your life and use them to make you stronger, wiser, and happier than you ever dreamed possible, so much so that you will findyourselfyearsdowntheroadlookingback and being grateful for this moment, because so much strength and joy came out of it.

A lot of people end up looking

so hard for a person to hold their hand in the darkness that they miss out on the opportunity to hold God’s hand instead. Sure, there might be people in your life you can lean on and that is all good and well, but when it comes down to the big battles…I’m talking the life and death battle between me and the hopelessness, if I have a choice to have the creator of the universe as my coach and team mate, I’m going with those odds.

I learned a long time ago that going to people (friends, relatives, etc.) with my problems might help on a temporary level, but they can’t do anything for me. Instead, I started taking my problems directly to God, because He is the only one who can actually help me. If He leads me to a person then so be it, but it is about you and him solving this together. There is no easy way to get from point A to point B, but it begins by realizing that this is a journey that you are on. You have to decide that you are ready to get to point B and dedicate yourself to doing whatever it takes in order to do that.

1. Do you really want to change?

I know this seems like a ridiculous question at the onset, but it is a valid one. Most people claim they want to change, but then only really want to do so if happiness drops out of the sky and lands in their pocket like a lucky lottery ticket. They don’t want to do the work it takes to get there. There was a time when I’d rather continue to complain and moan and

layflailingon the groundbecausethat is what I knew and what was comfortable. I was like that for years.

In fact, I blamed my life for every problem I had rather than realizing that it all began with me. Change requires someone realizing that the very nature of existing and being an adult does not validate our personality. We are a work in progress and if we don’t work on us, we make no progress. So the first question is, do you want tochange and if so, do you want it bad enough to actually start the process and stick with it?

2. Are you ready to accept responsibility for your own actions, thoughts, and words?

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Order her NEW COOKBOOK by clicking right here! I set out to write the one cookbook that I myself would use the most when it came to planning suppers for my family- I hope you'll find it as useful as I intended it to be. Please keep in mind, though, that the recipes in this book and the meals you and I make are really just a tool to bring our families and friends together.

Because at the end of the day, the supper table is where we teach our families where they came from and they let us know where they hope to go. Values, heritage, history, dreams, and encouragement are passed around with the serving platters and roots grow a little deeper with each bite. We may have high hopes and aspirations when we set off into the world each morning, but if you really want to make the world a better place, end the day by coming home to supper.

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I had to learn thatme losing it in a traffic jamisnot the faultof the traffic jam, itwasa lackofself-controlandacharacterflawonmypart.Ihadtorealizethat my yelling at someone was not that person’s fault, no matter how I felt they prompted me to yell. My voice is controlled from within, not without. A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. ~Proverbs 25:28

3. Is complaining one of your primary activities and if so, are you willing to give that up?

Thereisanoldsayingthatsomepeoplefindfaultlike there was a reward for it. There are a growing number of people like this in our world today and they love every second of it. They get power trips off of how many things theycanfindtocomplainaboutandatwinkleintheireye

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Easiest, Freshest Tasting Strawberry Jam – No Cooking, No Canning!

Ingredients •4 cups crushed strawberries

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•5 Tablespoons Instant Pectin

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1. Wash strawberries. Remove tops and slice into a bowl, pausing from time to time to crush with a potato masher.

2. In a separate bowl, stir together instant pectin and sugar. Pour into strawberries and stir for three minutes, or until sugar is dissolved.

3. Ladle into clean jars, leaving ½ inch headspace to allow for expansion during freezing. Cover with lids and allow to sit out for thirty minutes. Place in fridge if you will use within next few weeks, or freeze for longer term storage.

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Freshflavorsoftheseasonjustcan’tbebeat!Iespeciallylove this strawberry jam because it manages to maintain that fresh pickedstrawberryflavorthatyoulosewhenthestrawberriesarecooked. They’re still good don’t get me wrong, but to me when I want to taste springtime strawberries, cooked or store bought preserves don’t even hold a candle to these.

What is even better is that this is the lowest fuss, least maintenance way of making jam – requiring no cooking and no canning beyond pouring it into jars!

when things go the wrong way as they mentally build up their story and how they will spin it. I used to be like that. There was an odd satisfaction in complaining. In a strange way, it makes the complainer feel superior to a circumstance or situation, or even another person. But you know what? The ability to control my tongue is a much greater satisfaction. Daily, I see people complainabouthavingajob,traffic,andahousepaymentand now I can’t help but think “Wow, you have a job, a car, and a house!” A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. ~Proverbs 15:4

You have got to want to be happy. You’ve got to want it so bad that you are willing to do the hardest thing there is... discipline yourself. You’ve got to be willing to do whatever it takes, chastise yourself when you complain, make yourself step out of your comfort zone. We’re not

talking about having someone hold your hand here. That is what we do for children crossing the street. We’re not kids anymore. We’re adults and an adult that is not capable of disciplining themselves is a train wreck waiting to happen. Chances are, if you are depressed/negative life right now, you are a current train wreck. You feel it. You know it. But you can get out. You can be happy. I PROMISE you.

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” ~Christian D. Larson

To get there, you’ve got to want it like a starving dog wants a hambone. You’ve got to be willing to work for it, to uproot that tree you are chained to and drag it to that bone centimeter by centimeter, taking as long as it takes to get there and then, once you get it, you clench your teeth

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around that bone and you don’t let it go. You do whatever it takes to keep that bone, because you’re not going back to starving again.

You’re not going back into that pit again. You’ve got to realize that you are sick and you need to make yourself healthy again. You’ve got to realize that your mind is not thinking right and you have got to train it how to think. Yes, I do believe that negative people who complain all the time are mentally ill. What is worse... this is a highly contagious mental illness and we are all potential carriers.

Medical Disclaimer: To begin, go see a doctor. Make sure there isn’t a chemical imbalance that they can help you with.

Then, no matter what that doctor says, even if they give you a prescription to help, you’ve still got work to do. A pill may help and may even be needed, but you’ve still got to tidy up this house you’re living in. Are you ready?

Here is how I did it...

One of the most common threads among depressed and negative people is our ability to blame our lives, our family, our circumstances, and our environment

for our misery. Rather than looking inward and taking any responsibility whatsoever for our own crappy thinking process. Pardon my language here, but that word seems to suit best when thinking about how my own thought process used to be.

The world may have been hard on you in the past, but now it is time to get tough with yourself. I had to stop coddling myself, nurturing my sadness and self-pity. My inner drill sergeant (which is actually the Holy Spirit) had to grab hold of that blanket I was wrapped up in, pull it off, and say “Stand up. Your life is beginning today and you’re going to live it.” Before anything could get better in my life, I had to be willing to take responsibility for my life. I had to be willing to say: “I can’t change this but with God’s help, I can change me.”

Until I was at that point, until I was ready to stop blaming everyone and everything else, I wasn’t ready to claw myself out of that hole. For a long time, I preferred to stay at the bottom of that pit and spend my time trying tofind someoneelse toblame for putting me there. Once I sunk low enough and got desperate enough, through God’s grace, I began my journey out. But it was not quick and it was not easy. It took a few years (not days, not weeks, not even months) and it took some

definite determination on my partand it takes daily consideration to keep from going back.

I realized that I was prone to depression and negative thinking andIneededtofindawaytorecoverfrom that. Just as an alcoholic recovers from alcoholism, I had to look about my life, identify triggers, and set boundaries. You know how some people are meticulous about every little bite of food that goes into their mouth? I had to become that way about what I allowed into my head.

No more TV shows that feature negative people or showcase characters that represent who I didn’t want to be. No soap operas, no “reality” TV with its manufactured crisis everyfive seconds. I stoppedingesting that mess. It is not shown on a television in my house, I will not serve it to my family, and I won’t be around where it is being served.

I stopped listening to at least three different genres of music altogether. No more sad songs. No more getting in the car and cranking up the soundtrack to my pity party. Only encouraging and uplifting music. I had a few friends who were enablers. Like an alcoholic might have to give up the friend who drank constantly and didn’t see it as a problem, those who wallowed

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in complaining, negativity, and woe is me were just people I couldn’t be around anymore, once I decided I was going to live out the purpose of my life. These people encouraged me to stay the way I was and saw nothing wrong with it. I had to get away from them in order to be able to recover (drug addicts who want to recover do not maintain a relationship with their dealer).

I began watching what I read, how I spoke and what words I chose. I began seeking, actively seeking, to find something to be grateful for inevery moment, in every situation. For every one complaint I thought – just thought – not even said, I made myselffindatleasttwothingstobegrateful for. I began training myself.

I learned how to shut my mouth so that my own voice did not become something negative to my own ears. There have been so many times when I have opened my mouth to say something and I literally forced it shut before I could, because they were words that were not worth the energy of my voice. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your

mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. ~Eph 4:29

If any of this seems extreme to you, if there is any step here that you just can’t imagine doing, this is a sign that you’re comfortable where you are, enjoying your depression and negativity, and you don’t want to get away from it bad enough to do anything about it just yet. Once you are ready to recover, you have to realize that there are things that arefineforotherpeople,buttheyarenotfineforyou.Itmaybealrightforsomeone who has never suffered from an alcohol addiction to go into a bar. It is not for a recovering alcoholic.

You will have to be meticulous about identifying your own triggers and keeping those off limits to you. It is a process and it won’t be easy, but it will be worth it. If you are reading this and identifying with what I am saying, God has brought you to a fork in the road. One path is as dark as the one you have been traveling on, but the other is bathed in light. It is hilly and unknown, but the views are

spectacular and there are gardens of fragrant hope all along the way.

It is time to make a choice.

Pick up your foot and decide where you are going to set it down. It is possible to take the other path. But get ready, because that day will come whenyouwillfindyourselfstandingin the sun again. You’ll still feel the pull of that dark cave, but you will have taught yourself how to stand firmandrefusetogoback.

And the moment you turn towards that darkness and declare that the sun is shining, you’ll hear someone in the cave call out “Don’t listen to them, they don’t have any idea what its like in here”. When you hear those words, remember when you were there, and show them grace.

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Sometimes, if you really wanna be happy, you’ve gotta get stubborn about it.

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How To Pray for Your Strong-Willed Children My little girl barged into the bathroom while I was soaking in the tub. My head snapped up from my book. She walked over to the edge of the tub and stuck both hands in my warm water. And wildly splashed.

There went my relaxation. And my privacy (thanks, broken bathroom door lock). And my temper. “Please don’t touch the water again,” I whispered through gritted teeth.

She stared at me and let her fingers hoverover the water, so close to touching, but not quite. So, obeying. But just barely.

This is a strong-willed battleground and I know it well. In the last 14 years, between my two strong-willed girls, there have been meltdowns and tantrums and wild words and power struggles. There have been

moments of anger and tempers and tears and regret from all of us. We have hurled angry

words at each other over little things that don’t matter, the color of clothes, the length of shorts, the scary stuff under beds.

We have found our way, only to falter and finditagainaswenavigatethislifetogether.Muchofparenting is two steps forward, one step back.

My daughters are loyal. They are determined leaders. They stand for justice. They work hard and arefiercelyprotectiveof those they love.Theycan’tbe bullied or manipulated. They are rule followers, but also risk-takers. They are respected by their peers. They know what they want and nothing can deter them. Theyarepassionateloversandfighters.Andtheyneverstop talking.

They walk into a room and light it up.

Their iron clad wills have rocked my world. And even in the hardest moments when I fail them

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or they fail me, I wouldn’t change who they are for a minute.Becausetheirfiercenesswillchangetheworld.

And so I pray this over them, under them, before them and after them:

God,

You gave me strong girls. They are a gift. You and I both know, this is a hard calling.

Please help me not to crush their determined spirits with all my rules and regulations.

You created them to color outside the lines, give me the courage to let them.

Channel their determination into purpose. Turn their stubbornness into pliable willingness to say yes to you. Teach them to yield their steadfast spirit and help me to let go of what doesn’t matter.

I need help mothering: Show me how to look past the attitude and see a pure heart. Lead me to look for the good and appreciate the crazy. Instead of controlling them, teach me to empower them. And instead of drawing a line in the sand and demanding my way, remind me that these girls are a whole lot like me.

Oh, and see what you did there.

Most of all, teach all of us how to follow you.

Amen.

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Help me become the measuring stick by which I judge others by.

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Stop feeling guilty as though they are your fault. They are just part of the package. The difference for you is that you don’t have to lose your peace and joy over them. You don’t think I punish people with cancer because they have been bad, do you? People with cancer have a lot of bad days. They didn’t cause them. And I’m not mad at them.

You always act like troubles are your fault. Trouble is to be expected, I told you that. I also told you to cheer up because I have overcome them. You just have to wait to see it come to pass. In the meantime you can have joy and peace. I gave them to you. It’s you that keeps trading them in for misery.

It’s just a bad habit for you to get depressed and worried when trouble or sickness comes. You can act as though nothing is wrong. You can act like you believe Me when I tell you I’ve got everything under control. It’s yet another choice I’ve given you. You can get in the habit of remaining happy during the hard times just like you are in the good times. If you believe Me when I tell you that everything is going to be alright, you don’t have to change your attitude at all when trouble comes knocking. What I gave you the choice to change is how you respond to troubles. My way or misery?

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I've seen love and I've seen hate up close - both are mesmerizing, but love is unmatched in its beauty.The latter is as ugly as the former is beautiful.

Times Are Not SO Bad... bet when the people were

headed west and they ran into the Indians who scalped them and burned their handmade

homes to the ground, the cholera that killed thousands and the thieves that robbed and killed them... they thought their plight was hopeless and impossible at times.

I bet they saw the droughts, the floods and the pastures full ofrocks as unbearable obstacles. I'm guessing they thought from time to time that they were living in the most hopeless generation that ever lived in America. I'm sure it was kind of

like our senseless murders, the awful cancer battles and all the people who would rather steal than work. Kind of, butourhousefiresarenotintentionalset and most of us didn't build them with our own hands and most of our thieves don't scalp or kill us.

It's not really any more bleak now with our hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards and they weren't aware that global warming might even exist. We see all of the trials and suffering that goes on and let it get us down from time to time. We feel hopeless and some things seem impossible to bear, just like it did for them I'm sure.

Does every generation believe they have the hardest trials?

Ask anyone who lived through 2 world wars and the Great Depression and I bet they will tell you that theirs trumps ours. We act like this is the worst it's ever been, but it's not. It has been much, much worse and that generation - the one known as the "greatest generation that ever lived" can tell you stories that will make most of our trials look like childs play.

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“I hate shotgun shooting.”

Prior to my law enforcement career, I had onlyfiredashotgunonetimein my life. It was a very old Savage .410 gauge/.22 long rifleoverandundershotgun,and I was about twelve years old at the time. I remember the recoil as mild, but I only hadtheopportunitytofireitthe one time. When I got into lawenforcement,Iwasfirstintroduced to the .12 gauge police riot gun, an (Ithaca Model 37 trench shotgun with an exposed hammer) and the introduction wasn’t pleasant.

The range officer hadus take the antique WW II era shotguns out of the sewn in sacks beneath the front seat of the units and stand in a line and fire off all ofthe loaded rounds that were in the shotguns. Now I had handled these old shotguns each day to check for barrel obstructions and to make sure they were loaded, etc, but I had never fired onebefore.

They had us shoot at a half sized man target (called a B-27) from the 15 yard line and told us that if we got fiftypercentofthebuckshotpellets on the paper we wouldpassthequalificationrequirements. I threw the

old smoothbore up to my shoulder and pointed at the middle of the target and fired. “Baroom” is what Iheard through my earmuffs. Nine pellets of buckshot and all of the accumulated dirt and debris that had collected in the barrel sped through the air. The old saying that “it kicked like a mule”, was very accurate. Apparently I wasn’t holding it correctly into my shoulder. As I had received absolutely no training on this weapon; my winging it was apparently not a good idea. It’s what happened after the shot was fired that caused my injurythough.

I racked the slide back smartly to eject the spent shell and load the new shell. I had forgotten that on this old timey shotgun (with the exposed hammer) a part of the action came back towards my clenched right hand. The web of my right hand was neatly sliced open, and bled profusely. Not only was I injured, but being a green rookie, I was highly embarrassed. I had to live with a lot of ribbing from the old hands for several months for not knowing what I was doing that day.

I learned as I went. I wrapped up my injured hand andfinishedthedrill.Ifinallymademyqualificationscoreafter a couple of tries. Then they made us go down to the skeet range and had us load

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up with light birdshot shells. We were supposed to break three out of five flying claybirds to qualify, but I never did meet this requirement. I just couldn’t understand the amount of lead you had to hold ahead of the flyingbird to get it to run into the shotgun pellets.

As I look back now, I realize that all they were doing was getting us to manipulate the shotgun under stress, so when we needed them in an emergency, we would be reacting instinctively instead of struggling with the controls to get a shot off. Finally after a few years we got new Remington Model 870 pumps and the shotgun training wasn’t as bad.

I never could hit more thanoneoutoffivebirdsonthe skeet course though, and NEVER had any real formal training on the shotgun by anyone. I believe this was because it was not cost effective and everyone back then believed that the best use of a shotgun was the sound of the round being racked back and the mere threat of it.

The 12 gauge shotgun is probably the most devastating shoulder firedweapon devised for close quarters combat. Shotguns have many different usages, and have been in American homes as a deterrent to crime for decades. They have been included in the United States military arsenal since World War I, and they are still being used today in combat zones by our troops.

The specific shotgunwe are reviewing today is the Winchester Model 1300 Defender. It’s derived from the base model Winchester 1300 that first appearedin 1978. There are several

different models of the Defender series that include rifled barrel slug huntingmodels for deer hunting, etc.

My shotgun has an 18” barrel, a wooden stock and forearm, with a single brass bead for a front sight. It came with an extended tube that allows seven 2 ¾” shells to beloaded,butitwillalsofirethe heavier 3” shotgun shells. It loads from the bottom and ejects the spent shells to the rightside.Thefinishon thisWinchester 1300 Defender is a non-glarefinish and it’smade of steel and composite materials.

The racking of the slide in a dark building is an ominous sound that almost everyone recognizes. On two separate occasions that racking sound and a stern verbal warning was all it took to convince a concealed suspect to come out with his hands up.

“The Boss also hates shooting a

shotgun.” With her department she

had to qualify with a shotgun once every six months. Being of small stature, it slammed into her shoulder roughly with each shot. She would come home bruised and battered aftereveryqualificationday.

Her department was somewhat more advanced in their training than mine. She actually had to firetheir shotguns many more times than I did, and she was required to actually hit something. Finally they switched to the MP-5 sub-machine gun and she could handle that weapon easily. She hasn’t fired a shotgunsince those days and probably never will again.

I came across this shotgun at Shooters Corner in Texas City. I was hanging out one day and I saw that this shotgun had been waiting to be picked up by its owner for three years. I asked Frank if I could buy it for the amount of the repair work that was owed on it. He checked with Jerry Tkac, and all of the legal requirements had been met, so it was sold to me for a nominal fee to cover the amount of the repairs that were performed. I really didn’t need a shotgun at that time, but for the price I paid, I couldn’t pass it up.

Well I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about the wide variety of loads for the 12 gauge shotgun that currently exist for home defense. They range from 9 pellet buckshot to light dove loads. There are frangible rounds for knocking off door hinges, and reduced power loads for home defense. If all I had to defend my home with was a .12 gauge shotgun, I’d stagger my rounds, light, heavy, and then slugs. That would make mefeelconfidentthatIcouldeliminate any two legged threat that came through my door uninvited.

Till next time, get legal with a concealed carry permit and practice shooting as often as you can. And please consider joining the NRA to help them uphold the 2nd amendment to the constitution and protect your gun rights.

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My "Aha Moment" happened because of a package of hamburger meat. I asked my husband to stop by the store to pick up a few things for dinner, and when he got home, he plopped the bag on the counter. I started pulling things out of the bag, and realized he'd gotten the 70/30 hamburger meat - which means it's 70% lean and 30% fat. I asked, "What's this?"

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"No. You're missing the point, " I said. "You got the 70/30. I always get at least the 80/20."

He laughed. "Oh. That's all? I thought I'd really messed up or something."

That's how it started. I launched into him. I berated him for not being smarter. Why would he not get the more healthy option? Did he even read the labels? Why can't I trust him? Do I need to spell out every little thing for him in minute detail so he gets it right? Also, and the thing I was probably most offended by, why wasn't he more observant? How could he not have noticed over the years what I always get? Does he not pay attention to anything I do?

As he sat there, bearing the brunt of my righteous indignation and muttering responses like, "I never noticed," "I really don't think it's that big of a deal," and "I'll get it right next time," I saw his face gradually take on an expression that I'd seen on him a lot in recent years. It was a combination of resignation and demoralization. He looked eerily like our son does when he gets chastised. That's when it hit me. "Why am I doing this? I'm not his mom."

I suddenly felt terrible. And embarrassed for myself. He was right. It really wasn't anything to get bent out of shape over. And there I was doing just that. Over a silly package of hamburger meat that he dutifully picked up fromthegrocerystorejustlikeIasked.IfIhadspecificrequirements, I should have been clearer. I didn't know how to gracefully extract myself from the conversation without coming across like I have some kind of split personality, so I just mumbled something like, "Yeah. I guess we'll make do with this. I'm going to start dinner." He seemed relieved it was over and he left the kitchen.

And then I sat there and thought long and hard about what I'd just done. And what I'd been doing to him for years, probably. The "hamburger meat moment," as I've come tocall it,certainlywasn't thefirst timeIscoldedhim for not doing something the way I thought it should be done. He was always putting something away in the wrong place. Or leaving something out. Or neglecting to do something altogether. And I was always right there to point it out to him.

WhydoIdothat?Howdoesitbenefitmetoconstantlybelittle my husband? The man that I've taken as my partner in life. The father of my children. The guy I want to have by my side as I grow old. Why do I do what women are so often accused of, and try to change the way he does every little thing? Do I feel like I'm accomplishing something? Clearly not if I feel I have to keep doing it. Why do I think it's reasonable to expect him to remember

everything I want and do it just that way? The instances in which he does something differently, does it mean he's wrong? When did "my way" become "the only way?" When did it become okay to constantly correct him and lecture him and point out every little thing I didn't like as if he were making some kind of mistake?

Andhowdoes itbenefithim?Does itmakehimthink,"Wow! I'm sure glad she was there to set me straight?" I highly doubt it. He probably feels like I'm harping on him for no reason whatsoever. And it I'm pretty sure it makes him think his best approach in regards to me is to either stop doing things around the house, or avoid me altogether.

Two cases in point. #1. I recently found a shard of glass onthekitchenfloor.Iaskedhimwhathappened.Hesaidhe broke a glass the night before. When I asked why he didn't tell me, he said, "I just cleaned it up and threw it away because I didn't want you to have a conniption fit over it." #2. Iwas takingout the trash and found apair of blue tube socks in the bin outside. I asked him what happened and why he'd thrown them away. He said, "They accidentally got in the wash with my jeans. Every time I put in laundry, you feel the need to remind me not to mix colors and whites. I didn't want you to see them and reinforce your obvious belief that I don't know how to wash clothes after 35 years."

So it got to the point where he felt it was a better idea — or just plain easier — to cover things up than admit he made a human error. What kind of environment have I created where he feels he's not allowed to make mistakes?

And let's look at these "offenses": A broken glass. A pair of blue tube socks. Both common mistakes that anyone could have made. But he was right. Regarding the glass, I not only pointed out his clumsiness for breaking it, but also due to the shard I found, his sad attempt at cleaning it up. As for the socks, even though he'd clearly stated it was an accident, I gave him a verbal lesson about making sure he pays more attention when he's sorting clothes. Whenever any issues like this arise, he'll sit there and take it for a little bit, but always responds in the end with something like, "I guess it just doesn't matter that much to me."

I know now that what he means is, "this thing that has you so upset is a small detail, or a matter of opinion, or a preference, and I don't see why you're making it such a big deal." But from my end I came to interpret it over time that he didn't care about my happiness or trying to do things the way I think they should be done. I came to view it like "this guy just doesn't get it." I am clearly the brains of this operation.

I started thinking about what I'd observed with my friends' relationships, and things my girlfriends would complain about regarding their husbands, and I realized that I wasn't alone. Somehow, too many women have fallen into the belief that Wife Always Knows Best. There's even a phrase to reinforce it: "Happy wife, happy life."

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That doesn't leave a lot of room for his opinions, does it?

It's an easy stereotype to buy into. Look at the media. Movies,TV,advertisements-they'reallfilledwithimagesof hapless husbands and clever wives. He can't cook. He can't take care of the kids. If you send him out to get three things, he'll come back with two — and they'll both be wrong. We see it again and again.

What this constant nagging and harping does is send a message to our husbands that says "we don't respect you. We don't think you're smart enough to do things right. We expect you to mess up. And when you do, you'll be called out on it swiftly and without reservation." Given this kind of negative reinforcement over time, he feels like nothinghecandoisright(inyoureyes).Ifhe'sconfidentwith himself and who he is, he'll come to resent you. If he's at all unsure about himself, he'll start to believe you, anditbecomesaself-fulfillingprophecy.Neitheroneisadesirable,beneficialoutcometoyou,himorthemarriage.

Did my husband do the same to me? Just as I'm sure there are untold numbers of women who don't ever do this kind of thing to their husbands, I'm sure there are men who do it to their wives too. But I don't think of it as a typical male characteristic. As I sat and thought about it, I realized my husband didn't display the same behavior toward me. I even thought about some of the times I really did make mistakes.

The time I backed into the gate and scratched the car? He never said a word about it. The time I was making dinner, got distracted by a call from my mom, and burned it to cinders? He just said, "We can just order a pizza." The time I tried to put the new patio furniture together and left his good tools out in the rain? "Accidents happen," was his only response. I shuddered to think what I would have said had the shoe been on the other foot and he'd made those mistakes.

So is he just a better person than me? Why doesn't he bite my head off when I don't do things the way he likes? I'd be a fool to think it doesn't happen. And yet I don't remember him ever calling me out on it. It doesn't seem he's as intent as changing the way I do things. But why?

Maybe I should take what's he always said at face value. The fact that these little things "really don't matter that much to him" is not a sign that he's lazy, or that he's incapable of learning, or that he just doesn't give a damn about what I want. Maybe to him, the small details are not that important in his mind — and justifiably so.They'renotthekindsofthingstostartfightsover.They'renot the kinds of things he needs to change about me. It certainly doesn't make him dumb or inept. He's just not as concerned with some of the minutia as I am. And it's why he doesn't freak out when he's on the other side of the fence.

The bottom line in all this is that I chose this man as my partner. He's not my servant. He's not my employee. He's not my child. I didn't think he was stupid when I married

him - otherwise I wouldn't have. He doesn't need to be reprimanded by me because I don't like the way he does some things.

When I got to that point mentally, it then made me start thinking about all the good things about him. He's intelligent. He's a good person. He's devoted. He's awesome with the kids. And he does always help around the house. (Just not always to my liking!) Even more, not only does he refrain from giving me grief when I make mistakes or do things differently than him, he's always been very agreeable to my way of doing things. And for the most part, if he notices I prefer to do something a certain way, he tries to remember it in the future. Instead of focusing on those wonderful things, I just harped on the negative. And again, I know I'm not alone in this.

If we keep attempting to make our husbands feel small, or foolish, or inept because they occasionally mess up (and I use that term to also mean "do things differently than us"), then eventually they're going to stop trying to do things. Or worse yet, they'll actually come to believe those labels are true.

In my case it's my husband of 12+ years I'm talking about. The same man who thanklessly changed my car tire in the rain. The guy who taught our kids to ride bikes. The person who stayed with me at the hospital all night when my mom was sick. The man who has always worked hard to make a decent living and support his family.

He knows how to change the oil in the car. He can re-install my computer's operating system. He lifts things for me that are too heavy and opens stuck jar lids. He shovelsthesidewalk.Hecanputupaceilingfan.Hefixesthe toilet when it won't stop running. I can't (or don't) do any of those things. And yet I give him grief about a dish out of place. He's a good man who does a lot for me, and doesn't deserve to be harassed over little things that really don't matter in the grand scheme of things.

Since my revelation, I try to catch myself when I start to nag. I'm not always 100% consistent, but I know I've gotten a lot better. And I've seen that one little change make a big improvement in our relationship. Things seem more relaxed. We seem to be getting along better. It think we're both starting to see each other more as trusted partners, not adversarial opponents at odds with each other in our day-to-day existence. I've even come to accept that sometimes his way of doing things may be better!

It takes two to make a partnership. No one is always right and no one is always wrong. And you're not always going to see eye-to-eye on every little thing. It doesn't make you smarter, or superior, or more right to point out every little thing he does that's not to your liking. Ladies, remember, it's just hamburger meat.

Searched several posts and could not locate who the actual author of this piece is, but it's apparently a woman & she nailed it! Editor

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Our youth have technology skills and many have the desire to help people. Putting them together with our aging population gives them a good reason to maintain a connection with seniors while giving seniors the knowledge necessary to get the most out of using technology to improve their lives.

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LOCAL REAL ESTATE

3223 Avenue G 1/2

Lovely gentleman's ranch with great water views from all 4 bedrooms, the living room and the dining room. This 2,883 square foot, 4 bedroom, 2 1/4 bath Colorado inspired stone home sits on 9.848 acres. It's divided into a 1 acre rural home site, 6.018 acres in AG-Improved pasture and a 2.83 acre,18 foot deep stocked pond. Recently upgraded with granite countertops, bamboo floors and new paint inside and out.Click the link below for more information &to contact the listing agent. Santa Fe is a GREAT place to live!

View from the back porch!

LOCAL REAL ESTATE

Santa Fe is a GREAT place to live!

Charming home of yesteryear...

Orignally moved from the Heights area and nestled on 2 acres in Galveston county. It's a two bedroom, but can be three and has been used as such since the 80s. Built in 1950, it has 1.5 baths, a 2 car attached garage and a large covered porch. Updated kitchen and baths-- are far from original, however it still has the glass door knobs. Laminate flooring throughout and carpeted bedrooms. Plenty of outside spaces, bbq area and a side deck. The playset will stay. Unrestricted and in Santa Fe ISD, so bring your horses & come get your piece of the country!

Click on the photo above for more information & to contact the listing agent.

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SFISD Marching Band Plays to Disneyworld crowd! LOCAL NEWSLOCAL NEWS

Santa Fe High School Marching Band became stars of their own Disney show when they entertained resort guests at the Magic Kingdom. The group traveled to take part in the Disney Performing Arts Program. The marching band, under the direction of Matthew Raines, entertained hundreds of Magic Kingdom Park guests as they marched through Frontierland and around Cinderella Castle and onto Main Street, U.S.A before the “Festival of Fantasy Parade”. The group’s performance included “Hey Baby (If You’ll Be My Girl)” by Bruce Channel.

In addition to their performance, they participated in the Disney Performing Arts “You’re Instrumental” workshop, where they learned how to get the most of their rehearsals and honed their sight-reading skills under the guidance of a Disney Teaching Artist.

Vocal, instrumental and dance ensembles from all around the world apply to perform each year as a part of Disney Performing Arts at both the Disneyland Resort

and the Walt Disney World Resort. Once selected, they are given the opportunity to perform at the resort for an international audience of theme park guests. Millions of performers have graced the stages of the Disney Parks in the more than 25-year history of the program.

Happenings at Mae S. Bruce Library in Santa Fe...

Happening at Genevieve MillerHitchcock Public Library...

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ALL programs start at 2 pm. Please arrive 20-30 minutes early to log books before program.

All programs are FREE!KICK OFF DAY*Sat. June 6th NOON to 2PM - Sign up for the reading program, pick up brochure and check out your 1st batch of books.NOON to lPM - Visit with the H.E.B. Buddy Man & get buddy bucks. 12:30PM - 1:30PM Enjoy a balloon twister. 1PM - 2PM Play with ChickFila Cow & Games. While eiyoying the visitors, you can munch on an ice cream cone too!

WEEK 1Tues. June 16th - Guess who is coming? Ronald McDonald with his "Giving Back" program. Wed. June 17th - That special day is coming up for Dad's, so let's make him a "TOOLBOX" card!Thurs. June 18th - Every Thurs. will be "Make a Super Hero costume" piece. This week: the MASK.Fri. June 19th - Ages 4 - 7 play Bird Bingo.

See if you can "Bingo" & win a prize!

WEEK 2Tues. June 23rd - Meet members of the Galveston Island Beach Patrol. Learn about water safety and lifeguard heroes.Wed. June 24th - Texas A&M Chemistry Road Show - It's science magic! presented by Dr. Pennington. Fun & fascinating! Thurs. June 25th- Get Crafty, 2nd piece to the costume, the "Head Band".Fri. June 26th -Ages 8-12 Bingo. See if you can "Bingo" and win a prize!

WEEK 3Tues. June 30th -Texas Seaport Museumpresents: How sailors worked & played aboard the 1877 ship Elissa.Wed. July 1st - "Turtle Lady" with her beautiful "live" turtles of all sizes. Itsy Bitsy to lOO lbs.

8005 Barry Ave. (409) 986-7814www. hitchcockpubliclibrary.org

Library Hours Library Hours

Summer Reading Program Summer Programs

13302 6th Street (409) 925-5540www.maebrucelibrary.org

Tues. Wed. Fri. 10 to 5Thurs. 10 to 6Sat. 10 to 3

Closed Sun. - Mon.

Mon. Tues. Wed. 10 to 6Thurs. 12 to 8Fri. 10 to 6Sat. 10 to 1:30

Reading Program runs from June 8th to July 31st. All programs are FREE!

Super Hero Training Camp (Mondays) at 2pm Ages 7 and up.

June 8th Design your own superhero.June 15th Test Your Superhero Strength.June 22nd Create your own Superhero Comic.June 29th Batman & Gravity.July 6th Make your own Superhero Sandwich.

Story Hour (Tuesdays) at 11am Ages 6 and under.June 9th You're my Hero!June 16th What's that loud Siren!June 23rd Watch me Fly!June 30th Here I come to save the day!July 2nd Ah-Choo

E n t e r t a i n m e n t (Wednesdays) at 10:30 am For all ages.June 10th Captain America.June 17th Journey to Neverland.June 24th Visit

with Ninja Turtle & Spiderman.July 1st Nasa "Suiting Up"July 8th Santa Fe Fire & RescueJuly 15th Santa Fe Police Department

Crafts (Wednesdays) at 2 pm For all ages.June 10th Super Hero MaskJune 17th Super Hero PuzzleJune 24th Super Hero Duct Tape Key RingsJuly 1st Super Hero NecklaceJuly 8th Avenger Bookmarks

Junkfood & Journaling (Thursdays)6-7:30 pm Ages 10 and Up.

Every Thursday evening June 11th - July 30th

Friday Movie @ the Library For everyone.June 12th - July 24th

Saturday Game Days 10:30 -11:30 School Age (1st Grade & up.)

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Pictured from left to right are: Officer Shores, Ann, Ura, Captain Meadows, Linda, Jo Anne, Chief Campbell, Nancy, Lieutenant Boody, Dena, and Verna.

Our local sewing guild, "The Sew-Sew Gang" donated 2 dozen hand sewn teddy bears for our Santa Fe Police Department crash/trauma "Bear Program". SFPD hands out these bears to children who have experienced a traumatic event or been involved in an accident. It’s a great tool to help console a young child who has experienced a tragic event.

The group has been together for over 20 years. Their main purpose and goal is for charity and to help children; each bear takes approximately two hours to sew. On behalf of the City of Santa Fe Police Department and our community we would like to thank the Sew-Sew Gang for their time, talent and commitment to helping the less fortunate and the children in Santa Fe and Galveston County.

Saturday, June 20th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spring Fling

Join us for:Musical Entertainment – Silent Auction – Door PrizesRaffle – Country Store – Flea Market – Craft Vendors

Homemade Baked Goods & Cake WheelWheel of Chance

Children’s Games – Train – Face PaintingHarvest Table & Food & Drink Concession Stand

SANDWICH LUNCHBBQ Beef Sandwich, Chips, and Cookie - $6.00–Take Out is Available

FREE ADMISSIONFor more information on events & renting vendor booths call 409-925-8476 or 409-925-3093

St. John’s Lutheran Church13136 Hwy. 6 – Santa Fe, Texas

A private matter...Is there such a thing today?

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The Galveston County Animal Shelter has REDUCED the "Adoption Fee" for cats and dogs that are already Neutered/Spayed ("fixed") to half price--$42.50, which includes all their shots including rabies and microchip.

And often there are pets available who are "Sponsored" - meaning their "Adoption Fee" has already been paid by a generous donor to help you get them out!

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LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS SPRING FLINGWe will have St. John's Lutheran Flea Market Sale on Saturday Only! June 20th at 13136 Hwy. 6 in Santa Fe, TX from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Mark your calendars for these BARGAIN PRICES! Old & new items, collectibles, household items, crafts, toys, furniture, and lots more! Benefiting St. John's Lutheran, Youth Camp Fund, Salvation Army & the Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod Disaster Relief Team.Arts & Crafts Vendors are needed at the SPRING FLING. For information please contact Barbara Wright at (409) 925-1461 or (281) 455-1133 or by email at dbwright02@aol.com

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