Archive for May, 2008
this one cut straight to my core.
Regarding the Sabbath: “It’s hard to preach about a commandment The Church doesn’t keep.”
– Dr. Matthew Sleeth
two years ago, being the color-coded spreadsheet chart-and-graph making weirdo that i am, i decided to analyze chris’ and my starbucks spending pattern. in april and may 2006, we spent $237.21 (or $118.61/month) on coffee drinks that make us gain weight.
seeing it on paper like that was a shock, so we have cut back significantly.
well, at least, that’s what i thought.
i just went in and added up our starbucks for the last two months. in april and may 2008, we spent $42.82 (or $21.41/month) on coffee drinks that make us gain weight. actually, that is way more than i thought (and hoped) it would be.
monday, i shared with you a decision the pinkhairedgirl and i made to forgo our annual tradition of tattooing. with that donation, the one-month salary for a rescue center employee was just paid. with crystal’s donation on top of mine, two employees had their salary paid.
today, i am sharing with you my “no more paying for starbucks” decision. i am not going to buy anything at starbucks for the next year. the java chip frapp i am sipping on right now will be my last until june 1, 2009. i am taking that money ($20) and de-worming 128 kids a month. because really? that is a lot of kids with worms and that just isn’t right.
i am sharing these facts and figures with you not as a “oh, check out MY sacrifice” kinda thing…but to show you that we are putting our money where our mouth is (or perhaps taking away our money from where our mouth is?)
your starbucks fund can help feed children. even if you just gave up two or three lattes a month, look at what you can do.
as aaron said earlier…we are unapologetically asking for your help and sacrifice.
it’s your turn. you will make a decision today. what will you do?
WILL YOU GIVE UP YOUR STARBUCKS (OR _________) WITH ME? ONE YEAR. DARE YA.
i usually don’t answer my phone when i don’t recognize the number, but since it was a DFW area code, i figured…
what the heck?
on the other line was a very nice gentleman from american airlines. evidently they thought my online complaint from april had been resolved (because of this post).
he was super nice, apologetic, and even posted some miles to my american advantage account. and he told me my email to them was the first one to really ever point them to a blog post. and now they are going to pay a little more attention to their online reputation.
so…i wanted to share the happy ending with you guys. maybe there is hope for airline travel after all.
people have still been commenting and linking to the post “keeping your mouth shut” – about things you feel you can’t say in church.
i found out yesterday it was featured on a radio station in Australia! you can listen to the discussion online here. i have to admit: it’s pretty cool to hear “flowerdust” said with an aussie accent! they read some of the comments too…maybe they read yours!
the discussion is great though. take a listen!
