Inspiration for the New Year

My sweet and spiritually in tune bishop shared this with me this morning and I love it so much! It's just what I need as I contemplate this past year and move forward into 2016. 

Three great quotes from this short video...

1) "She probably didn't give it any consideration that the future could be better than the past."

2) "Anybody can choose to leave the past behind and move forward."

and my personal favorite...

3) "Coming to believe that what God has for me is bigger and better than what I have going on right now."

Take It Off Already!

If the networks don't take this commercial off the air...like now, Cody just may have a nervous breakdown.

"Don't they know Christmas is over? Jeez Hyundai. Get it right." (Cody's words)

The New Year Shuffle

Each December we have to rearrange our living room in order to put up the Christmas tree. We don't move furniture around very often due to the fact that Cody is blind and it really throws him off. He did fine with the changes this year but instead of telling us he wanted the furniture moved back, he said "On New Year's Day, we have to turn the house around."

I realize the picture is about the upside down housing market, but Cody's statement is kinda fitting to the cartoon. Don't you think?

Happy New Year Everyone!

"We've Got Eleven Games Coming Up."

Cody loves spending time at his grandma's house. He really likes playing with her Atari. (Remember my blog post 'Toys From Christmases Past'?) Anyway, Cody likes to chant, in order, the games that he will play on the Atari when he gets to grandma's house. Apparently he started doing this in the year 2001. It took us about seven years to figure out that he was adding a new game each year. Now that I look back, it seems like we were a bunch of dimwits for not catching on sooner, especially after seeing it in writing...

2001- Yars Revenge
2002- Yars Revenge and Kangaroo
2003- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, and Pac Man
2004- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, and Pit Fall
2005- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, and Grand Prix
2006- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, Grand Prix, and Donkey Kong
2007- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, Grand Prix, Donkey Kong, and Centipede
2008- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, Grand Prix, Donkey Kong, Centipede, and Asteroids
2009- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, Grand Prix, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Asteroids, and Stampede
2010- Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, Grand Prix, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Asteroids, Stampede, and Q-Bert

Now Cody's talking about 2011 and has added a new game. He says, "We've got eleven games coming up!" then he continues with...

"Yars Revenge, Kangaroo, Pac Man, Pit Fall, Grand Prix, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Asteroids, Stampede, Q-Bert, and Circus Atari."