Best Superbowl Commercials

The only few commercials that really stood out for me are:

1. The little boy Doritos commercial
2. Denny's screaming chickens
3. And of course, the upcoming movie Robin Hood with Russell Crowe looks pretty good.

But seriously, this year's Superbowl ad lineup was quite the letdown.

Hands down, birds win. Remember the "Waz up" toucans of years past? Denny's did a good job this year. Doritos...you only won me over with 1 of your 4 commercials. There were definitely some clunkers that I really shouldn't even mention. Do I dare even discuss Alice in Wonderland? Looks terribly creepy. And don't get me started on GoDaddy.com...they don't deserve to be on TV.

Tim Tebow's ad wasn't what I expected it would be, but was well done, in my opinion.

But otherwise, really? You pay 2 million dollars + for each ad...and this is what we get? Could've definitely been better.

Here's to hoping Brett Favre comes back for one more shot at a Superbowl with the Vikings. Our guys deserve one more shot. We could've won this Superbowl easy. Props to the Saints, they won the game fair and square. Coach Payton's onside kick call to start the 2nd half was one heck of a call. I think they went a bit far saying that winning the Superbowl is what has given the city hope, though. I'm hoping God has a little more to do with it than a football team...

Drew Brees' son is pretty darn cute, though :).

What 1 hour can do

Last night 7 of us from my small group/Bible study and other members of our church went to Feed My Starving Children. In the matter of 1 hour we packed 20+ boxes with thousands of meals, enough food to feed 44 children in Haiti for 1 entire year. That is amazing. Seriously, we need to do this more often. It only took 1 hour. How many lives could we help/change/benefit by simply giving up 1 hour or two of our time?

Here's a picture of us with the boxes. I love doing things like this. Always eye-opening. Always totally worth every minute. SO glad we could help in this small way.

Time's up, Haiti

You may be going, whoa...what a title. But seriously, have you read the news lately? I went to Drudge Report this morning and there was not one link to the Haitian earthquake crisis. Sad. So sad.

I have to commend Samaritan's Purse. They are daily updating their relief profile on Facebook and I'm sure they won't stop until all needs are met, which will be years.
Check out their updates here. Below are a few pictures from their site. Heartbreaking. Inspiring. The crisis is not over, despite lack of coverage now from news media moved on to other things. The crisis will not be over for a long time to come, and we have to stand with the Haiti people, because if we don't, who else will? We are America. Nations rely on us...it's interesting when you look at how we differ from other countries because we have our foundation fully founded on God. What a difference that makes!

Time Lapse

I'm terrible, I know. I haven't posted for a few days. Royal failure. But I've been caught up in life. Relaxing. Trying to remove myself from work and normal everyday stuff and focus on God and find His plan for me. You know, that kind of stuff. So, sorry for the time lapse. I would love it if I got a million comments asking me to keep blogging and asking me where I've been for the past few days....no such luck. Oh well, then you're just going to get stuck with my ramblings, because I figure with my 5 friends as my followers and those of you who occasionally stop by for a quick "scroll-through," people aren't dying to hear what I have to say. If you are, let me know, that'd be a major ego-booster, let me tell ya. On a more serious note, it's okay. I have aspiring visions of being a blogger and possibly envision writing a book someday, maybe a book about my blog, maybe a book about my travels, who knows? My grandpa has always been asking me when I'm going to write the next great novel. Never thought too much about it until now. Am I supposed to write a book? Better yet, what am I supposed to do with my life besides work (I also envision people being curious about what I do...not exceptionally glamorous, but hey, if you're curious, I'll tell you) and just living a normal, everyday life.

God has great things in store. That much He's told me this past weekend. He told me He's got me covered. He holds my entire family in His hands...and has a pretty good plan for us, too. The struggles we go through are only temporary and faith-building. There's a time lapse between the major stepping stones of our life. We get impatient because we're always wondering what our next step is. We fail to realize there's a huge time lapse in the Bible, too, oftentimes years go by between chapters and we read them like they happened the next day. That realization was a wake-up call for me, at least.

So, Jess, what's the next chapter in your life? Well...thanks for asking. Europe. I am going to Europe. My 5th mission trip. Definitely not where I saw myself going this year, but that's another story in itself. Which brings me to another question. Have you ever been on a mission trip? And if so, where?