GCB.....Do you watch it? Have you seen it? I LOVE IT!

I LOVE the new show on ABC called GCB! If you don't know it stands for Good Christian B*****S. It's based on a book by the same name and made by the guys that did Steel Magnolias and Sex & the City, and it's based around well.. good Christian... well, women. I find it hilarious! I was thinking that some Christians might find it offensive but I think we take ourselves too seriously sometimes. I grew up in an Independant Fundamental Baptist Church that was really more like a cult. It was extremely strict, no pants, no movies, no dancing etc, etc, etc until my parents came to their senses when I was around 17 years old. I still go to an Independant Fundamental Baptist Church, my core beliefs on God, Jesus and Salvation have never changed but I have now researched most things and determined what I actually believe according to the Holy Bible not according to what one man is telling me to believe. Even though I have not found anywhere in the Bible where it specifically states what you should wear to church, I still do have a hard time wearing pants to Sunday morning service. I know it's crazy! This year after we moved to Iowa was the first time I ever wore pants to church and that was just because it was like 50 below zero with the wind chill and I might have lost a limb had I worn a skirt to the morning service. Even so, walking in, I still felt somehow guilty about it! It's so weird how that has stayed in my mind all these years. My mother and grandmother still will not wear pants to church and actually they attend churches in Ohio were pants-wearing is frowned upon. Not out loud of course, but with judgemental disapproving glances. Well, I just about fell off the couch when I was watching my DVR'd episode of GCB and they were addressing the very same issue!!! Amanda had worn dress slacks to church!!! How terribly sinful of her!! Yet another case of art imitating life! So this makes me think that whoever wrote the book that this series is based on must have been a church going Chrisitian. I can't wait to see what other issues they bring up next! I must get this book and do further research!

My First Blog Post!

Ok, So this is my first blog post, I'm not really sure what to say so I guess I'll just say I'm glad that you're reading this because that would mean that I'm not a total failure and something about my blog at least looked somewhat interesting to you. Like I said in my "about me" section, I'm working from home now doing my own artwork and trying to sell it online and on etsy, etc and I really miss working in an office environment. Even though there was a lot of drama and gossip... I miss it! My life is soooo boring right now! My husband would say "Good!" but I feel really lonely most of the time. Right now I have one step-daughter who is 13 (Maddy) who lives with us and is in the full throes of teenagerdom and sometimes (sometimes!) I even miss her eye rolling and sighs of disgust when she's at school! I know! How crazy is that!?! Please don't ever tell her that either!! We have a dog, a Pit Bull named June, but she sleeps a lot and doesn't talk back much. I haven't made many friends here in Iowa, I've only lived here for a little while and it seems most people my age (I'm 43) already have such busy lives with their children and an already full circle of friends. I find myself for the first time actually lonely. Well, thank God for the internet anyway and for my church. I started volunteering in the office so I get to go there for a few hours every Friday and I just love it! Although last friday there was a huge mistake made and the Easter booklets were all stapled wrong, like really wrong, like sort of backwards, so all the staples had to be removed and restapled and there was like 500 or more! I should have caught it earlier, but I didn't. I don't think I will be offered a real job there anytime soon. How humiliating......it was just stapling! Have I lost my edge for work? I haven't "worked" in over a year now. I used to be good, I used to be like the best, now I feel old and sort of useless, I'm not sure why. Why do I still need a paycheck to tell me I'm worth something. That is just silly! I know this! but yet it still bothers me......