We have a cute little birds nest in the little tree on the side of our house. This bird family built their nest right at eye level (to me) and there's four little blue eggs waiting to hatch inside. I haven't been able to get a picture of the mamma bird sitting on the the eggs cause whenever I walk outside she flies away. I can't wait till the eggs hatch so the kids can see the little birdies. We'll have to keep a good eye on them to make sure they grow up into big strong birdies.

I think I posted once about my neighbors before... I can't remember how long ago it's been but I do know that I am getting tired of looking at this out my front door every day...

Chris and I plan on putting our house on the market soon and I dread thinking of anyone coming to look at our home with this next door... Scripture says to Love Thy Neighbor and I start feeling guilty whenever I get upset over the horrible mess next door... but to love thy neighbor means not to with hold good from someone when you can give it to them. I suppose being annoyed over looking at their junk every day isn't not loving...

What about complaining to city officials to try to get the mess cleaned up??? We've complaine twice and both times were told they would be notified to clean up the mess or be fined... I know that the neighbors rent their house and I'm sure the landlord isn't going to like to have to pay fines because of their mess so I wonder why after they've lived there for over three years the city doesn't enforce the rules of clean property.

I'd like to hear other people views on the situation. Do I just keep ignoring it or go and file another complaint? Keep in mind that we now have snakes around our home when we've not had before they moved in and cluttered up the neighborhood. We also have had mice this year worse than I've ever seen. We never had mice before. Now I don't know for sure that the neighbors are to blame but they also have little dogs that they let roam the neighborhood and their dogs carry trash into my yard. I am always picking up nasty food wrappers, cans, diapers and other such trash out of my yard because the wind or their dogs bring it over. What would you do?

Ok everyone prepare yourself now because this is probably going to offend someone. Just know that if I tick you off I love you and I'm not trying to be rude just honest.

Here it is. My soapbox issue for the day. I am sick and tired of people making God look bad. I know it's impossible for anyone of us to be perfect. I know I screw up a lot and I am far from perfect. HOWEVER I do know that what I represent to the world as a Christian reflects upon God and every other Christian person in this world.

I will never be perfect but slowly God is molding and changing me to be more like Jesus Christ every day. Sometimes I move backward in my walk with God instead of forward but the progress is more forward than backward I can say this for sure. I fight temptations and lose a lot of battles but with Gods grace I win a lot more. I am learning that every day the way I conduct myself reflects who God is and what it means to be a born again believer of Jesus Christ.

Ok here's the really mean part so you might want to take this with a grain of salt. I am sick to death of all the fakers in the world making God and Christians everywhere look bad. You're either in or you're out! You can't be both. Be honest and be who you are. If you're truly a follower of Jesus Christ then don't EVER EVER be ashamed of him and pretend to anyone that you're not. This means quit cussing with your friends and drinking and ignoring God. YOU'RE MAKING THE REST OF US WHO TRY LOOK BAD. I know we will never stop sinning until God brings us home to Heaven but you can at least TRY!

If you're at all confused in what I've just said read the book of JAMES. It's in the Bible yea I know you might have to dig to find it or dust it off but you'd know how to live right if you'd read it. Most important of all I'll list this one for you so you have no excuse... James 2:17 EVEN SO FAITH IF IT HATH NOT WORKS IS DEAD BEING ALONE.... If you didn't understand that because of the confusing language... It means that you can say you believe in God all you want but your faith is DEAD if you don't have any good works to prove it! You can't lie to God and you can't lie to the world. So quit being liars and stop making the rest of us look bad and just be honest.

Ok I'm done now. Stone me if you want.