A few Friday's ago, I came home from a long 40 hours of work week and wanted to do nothing more than sit on the leather chair, I so often fall asleep in, and watch "Say Yes to the Dress." As everyone else was going out for the evening, I called the local Chinese place to find that they had recently changed owners and no longer went by "The Golden Palace" as they had been known for years. Actually they had no name and no menu for me to see. I decided to go for something that every Chinese place has: Orange Chicken. It took nearly 7 minutes just to give the woman my order and address for delivery before she told me my order needed to be 15 dollars for delivery.
"Fine add some crab Rangoon if that will make it 15." It took at least another 7 minutes of repeating my address, order, and giving my debit card number before I finally was able to put the phone down.
"I don't ever expect to see that Chinese order," I told my mom with a preceding roar of laughter from the both of us. I waited about 30 minutes until a man came to deliver my food which was handed to my dad. And we both completely forgot to tip as he signed the receipt.** I opened my bags to find an order a crab Rangoon, 17 packets of sweet and sour sauce, 3 fortune cookies, and an order of cashew chicken. Rather than starting the order process all over again, I settled in on the crab Rangoon and cashew chicken.
20 minutes later...I had already eaten my fill of Chinese food when there was a knock at the door. The Chinese man who had been at my door just earlier was there with another bag in his hand. Before I said a word, he handed me the bag and spoke only one word.
"Sorry" and ran away from the house. I chuckled at the quick yet awkward exchange and looked inside my bag to find a full order of Orange Chicken.
Morale of the story is....Wait to eat your food until the right order comes or order from the established Chinese place and avoid the start ups if you can't be flexible to eat Cashew Chicken when you ordered Orange Chicken.
**I never would promote not tipping - in fact I still feel guilty for forgetting this!
My nephew Isaiah (aka Zae) and I
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Finisher Goals for 2012
If you've talked to me or even visited my Facebook page once recently, you'll notice two conversational pieces that have become quite overwhelming in my life. One is an adapted vehicle which I am currently saving, selling, and raising money for this year. There will be more details to come on this in the near future but if want to donate or learn more about this right now, click here. Two is John Acuff - my new favorite author, blogger, etc. I have posted his blog posts, chuckled at his statuses, read them to others, and probably annoyed people with my John Acuff obsession. Visit his blog here!
But at the end of 2011, he challenged his readers to put together finisher goals for 2012. These are similar and a more focused way of achieving New Years resolutions. Did I say easier? Nope, neither did he. You can read his blog to learn more about his challenge but basically making specific, realistic goals which if worked at can be achieved within or before the years end, if not much sooner. The idea being if I finish all my goals by June, I can always create new Finisher goals to work on. I loved this notion as last year I had a long list of resolutions, some completed and some not touched at all. Although creating my list of 5 finisher goals almost became a goal. :)
Bek's 5 (but actually 6) Finisher Goals for 2012:
1. Finish 12 books that I currently own but have not yet completed - one per month
2. Dedicate one workout a week to train and roll up to 5 miles inside and outside
3. Pay off two student loans
4. Study two major doctrinal points, first with the Bible and second Wayne Grudem
5. Obtain an adapted vehicle
6. Read through the Merrian-Webster 10th Edition dictionary
Rather than just making broad resolutions like "lose weight" or "read more" the finisher goals have allowed me to make achievable and specific outlines to work on the greater desires.
What New Year resolutions or Finisher Goals have you made for 2012??
But at the end of 2011, he challenged his readers to put together finisher goals for 2012. These are similar and a more focused way of achieving New Years resolutions. Did I say easier? Nope, neither did he. You can read his blog to learn more about his challenge but basically making specific, realistic goals which if worked at can be achieved within or before the years end, if not much sooner. The idea being if I finish all my goals by June, I can always create new Finisher goals to work on. I loved this notion as last year I had a long list of resolutions, some completed and some not touched at all. Although creating my list of 5 finisher goals almost became a goal. :)
Bek's 5 (but actually 6) Finisher Goals for 2012:
1. Finish 12 books that I currently own but have not yet completed - one per month
2. Dedicate one workout a week to train and roll up to 5 miles inside and outside
3. Pay off two student loans
4. Study two major doctrinal points, first with the Bible and second Wayne Grudem
5. Obtain an adapted vehicle
6. Read through the Merrian-Webster 10th Edition dictionary
Rather than just making broad resolutions like "lose weight" or "read more" the finisher goals have allowed me to make achievable and specific outlines to work on the greater desires.
What New Year resolutions or Finisher Goals have you made for 2012??
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