Stepping outside my box

I stepped outside my box tonight. I went to the gym and did my 20 mins on the elliptical machine. I normally head to the theater to do 20 mins on the treadmill and catch a movie at the same time. Well tonight's movie was not appealing to me because it was snow dogs. A good Disney movie non the less. But When my nephew was 6 years old he spent the night with us and I got to watch snow dogs with him 6 times in a row. That did that movie in for me. So I skipped the movie and noticed a new machine that I had not seen there before. It was the stair stepper. I did 20 mins on it and I liked it. I have to say it wore me out though. I was dripping with sweat and felt like my heart was gonna jump right out of my chest. But I'm hooked. I'm glad that I gave it a try and did something new tonight.

Blessings till I post again.

Election and Love

With the election drawing near I feel obligated to say that I am Rob Baugh and I approve this message.

I always dread elections because it means we have weeks... NO Months of hearing that dumb phrase I am so and so and I approve this message. Well if you did not approve the message we would not be watching the commercial now would we. I admit that it's small stuff that gets on my last nerve. My wife finds it funny that when the big storms hit our life I just stand by and let it happen. She thinks I don't care. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I do care! However I know that when all the chips fall and we pick up the pieces that God has extra pieces laying around for us to pick up. When we put the mess back together it is normally bigger and better than it was before the storm. But let something small or minor happen and it just really rocks the boat for me. I can't explain why this happens. I used to be a very patient person and nothing ever seemed to bother me. Well things did bother me, I just never showed it. But in the past few years I have let some emotion come to the surface and people are starting to see what has been bottled up for the past 30 odd years. Some people say that I have changed. I have not changed. I am still the same old Rob that I always have been. The only difference is that now I have let the world see a little more of who I am. Rather that be good or bad. I pray that it's more good than bad. I also pray that God will continue a work that he started in me the day I was born. I know that God has a special purpose in life for me and I do hope that I find that purpose and that God just pours his blessings on it. I don't know what my special purpose is. I'm still searching and I know that when I find it that it will be full of blessings and surprises. I know that it will mean that I will have to step outside of my comfort zone. I'm ok with that and I know that I'll be kicking and screaming like a disobedient child when I do find it. But after I am done throwing my temper tamper that God will smile down on me and say are you done fussing now? Good now go do my work. God is amazing and his love is unconditional. I don't know how he could ever love a sinner like me. I just know that his word says that he does and I believe it. I'm sure that I am not alone in saying that I have looked in the mirror many times and asked myself how he could ever love anyone like me. At the end of the day when all is said and done and I have messed up once again he is still standing right there beside me with arms stretched wide open to smother me with his love. God is so good to me and he has blessed me by having such a wonderful wife, who loves me so much. My heart was so hard and it had a lock on it that no one could get into. My wife of 10 years now, was the only one who had the combination to that lock. I'm glad that she did and that she came into my life. Without her I would not know what to do. I value her opinions and her approval. Some would say that I am whipped. But I would argue that I am not whipped, I am loved.

Blessings till I post again.

Stuff

Do you ever feel like you have a lot going on in your life but when you put it all down on paper the list of things to do isn't long at all? Sometimes that is how I feel. I sometimes think I have just so many things to do and so little time to do it in. Which is true for the most part. But it's a bunch of little things. The things that take mere seconds to complete yet you put it off for days even weeks till you put your foot down and do it. That's kind of how I have felt this week. I just think I have so much to do and how will I ever get it done. But I know not to worry about it because when I set my mind to something, the job will get done. I'm sure I am not alone in the way I am. Tomorrow is another day and maybe I'll get something, or ANYTHING done tomorrow.

Blessings till I post again.

Debates

I'm watching the VP Debates. I don't know much about politics but that never stopped me from having an opinion. A friend of mine told me tonight that he finds it very disturbing that many people will vote based on things such as the color of skin, or "I just like him/her". What ever the reason most people spend more time researching a car they are about to purchase than they do researching a candidate that they are about to vote for. I too find this disturbing. I think you owe it to yourself to research the candidate before ever stepping into a both to vote for him. Do not take anything you hear in the media as fact. I have found that many of them are one sided. You really should get online, open a news paper or ask people who are knowledgeable about the "FACTS" before you decide who you are voting for. I have always been a republican and for the most part have always voted that way. But if I feel that a democrat is more qualified to do the job I will vote for him or her. I hope that everyone gets out to vote this year. And please don't just vote democrat or republican because thats the party your parents always voted for or your spouse votes that way. Spend a little time and do some research and even pray for God to help you make the right decision.

Blessings till I post again.