Do You Wanna Be Like Budford?
My Day
09:00am
I've been a bit disconnected from my journal lately. So, I decided I would give a timestamp entry a go again. When I get a little off, timestamp entries tend to bring me back. I don't really have a goal to write everyday. But lately, I have had a lot I want to write.
I've tried to use the Journal app on my phone. But it isn't natural for me. I do use it. I just don't write everything that is actually on my mind because writing on a phone is difficult for me. The app doesn't have an option to use the Mac or iPad. I can connect to my phone through my Mac now. But even that is clunky...LOL I should just find another journal app or use the Notes app like I've done before.
10:30am
I got a late start to my coffee and breakfast today...hehehe I did that yesterday too. A new trend? LOL j/k But speaking of coffee, last night I was reading in my journal entry from a year ago yesterday that the first time I enjoyed Joffrey's Sumatra origins coffee was February 17 last year. I mentioned back then that I loved it and would likely get it again. I've gotten it with every order since...LOL This morning, I'm drinking the last of my current supply. I ordered more last week and hope to get it by the end of this week...hehehe
I finally recorded Do You Wanna Be Like Budford? LOL Originally, I wrote it to be Do You Wanna Be WITH Budford... But I like what I landed on instead...hehehe This one took me longer than any other song I've made with his voice. This one is special because it is a cross over to my favorite Disney character...hehehe Olaf isn't actually in the original Disney song. But the song is inspired by the little Olaf Elsa made for Anna when they were kids. Later, we find out Anna made little Olafs for Elsa throughout the years...hehehe
Anyway, I wanted this song to be special. I really love how it turned out. The lyrics and the personality I brought to the song really expresses the warm hug I wanted it to be 🤗
03:30pm
I was finally able to get outside for a short walk. It has been a busy day at work. Even on busy days, I like to break away for a little bit. It just hasn't worked out today...hehehe
It's a beautiful day today. A great temperature and the sun is shining. It's a little windy. But not too bad. The smell isn't great, though...LOL They are resealing the parking lots this week and next. So there is a tar smell right now. It's suppose to rain tomorrow. They pushed back the process another day as a result. I was suppose to move my car tomorrow night to prepare for my area to get sealed on Thursday. Now the plan is to move my car Thursday for a seal treatment Friday.
I'm working a half day on Friday. I'll then be going to Disney World to meet up with some friends. One of them is visiting from out of town. Friday was my best day to see them. I took a half day from work so I could get over there and see them in the afternoon into the evening.
I'm planning to dress dapper for this visit. I'll be wearing greens and browns. I'm thinking about wearing my Figment artist pin. It doesn't really match the outfit. But it does match the festival going on at EPCOT. As my collection grows, I'll have better matching pins for all occasions...hehehe Wearing a pin, if even mismatched, it a goal of mine.
They suddenly switched which magnet is available for Annual Passholders. They were doing a Ray one for Princess and the Frog. Now they are doing a Minnie Mouse magnet. So I'll finally get a Minnie to go with my Mickey one...hehehe I'm really excited about that! They used to give the Minnie one out when you got a new pass or renewed. But I never got one. They always send the Mickey one. I feel like my collection of magnets will be complete now...LOL
05:30pm
I just got in from an evening walk. I encountered a lot of people tonight. It was a little unusual. I'm glad to see so many others enjoying this nice weather today.
I don't normally do it on this day, or at this time, or for any particular reason...hehehe But I stopped by my mailbox to grab my mail. It had been a while. I don't have a routine for it because all of the important stuff arrives electronically these days. I was surprised to see the mail carrier was still here at this hour. They are normally finished in the afternoon. It was the regular guy I've seen and interacted with several times.
Today, he seemed a bit down. I started to walk back to my apartment. But it weighed a bit on my heart that he wasn't his normal chipper self. So I went back to check up on him. He said he was fine but that it had just been one of those days...hehehe He mentioned there was a lot more mail than usual. By the time we were done chatting, he was back to his normal chipper self that I had come to know. Sometimes, what we need is a little chat...hehehe
I jokingly said that I would offer to help him finish delivering the mail but said I assumed there were laws against me helping...HAHAHA We both chuckled and I wished him a good evening...hehehe
It's time to make tacos now. I'm going with tofu tacos this week. I'll be making my taco seasoning. The tofu will be all crumbled up as if it was ground meat...hehehe I love celebrating taco Tuesdays...LOL
08:10pm
Whoa! This week's Bible study 😱 Last week, we just did the intro. It wasn't as deep as the previous two books' introductions. But lesson one is amazing! I read through the whole thing last night after watching the episode. I knew right away this week was going to be amazing 🤩
After watching the episode again tonight, I did my first session of working through the lesson and making notes to discuss in our fellowship on Sunday. I'm really excited about this lesson and it is only just beginning!
By the way, the tacos were pretty good. They weren't as amazing as the Bible study lesson. And they weren't my best tacos. But I still enjoyed them...hehehe I think they needed some salsa or pico de gallo. Either of those would have gone well with the sauerkraut.
I've been getting some different tortillas lately. They only have 4 ingredients and are organic. I could probably start making my own. And I may someday. But for now, these new(to me) ones will do nicely.
Time to pick my photo for today. I've been doing this technique where I record a video and take a screenshot to create the photo. So far, that's what I've done for all by one of the photos I've featured this year. I'm thinking about doing some regular still images. I sometimes miss the regular way to snap a photo...hehehe
I'm also going to make my evening coffee and treat.
09:30pm
Well, today's photo ended up being sourced from a still image instead of a video...LOL I went with a photo of my tacos for tonight...hehehe I did both a video and a regular still. But I went with the still instead of using a screenshot from the video.
I don't make tacos every week. But when I do, I love celebrating tacos on Tuesdays ❤️
10:00pm
I love coffee. I drink it all the time. But prior to 2019, I didn't care for it. When my grandfather passed away in May of 2019, I took it up in his memory. Now I'm well known for enjoying that bitter black nectar...LOL Especially Joffrey's. When I visit my parents, my dad brews extra coffee and leaves it on the maker to keep it warm for when I am ready to partake. He doesn't use Joffrey's. But his coffee is good enough...LOL
Do you remember when it was the end of the broadcast day and they would have the flag on TV with the Star Spangled Banner playing? I sometimes miss things like that. Regular TV is 24/7 now. And streaming is on-demand whenever you want it. But TV used to be like the seasons. There was a beginning and an end.
And with that, here is the end of today's entry ❤️
Photo a Day
Anyone who knows me today, knows I love tacos...hehehe Funny thing is, 3 years ago, I rarely ate tacos...LOL Now, I celebrate them most Tuesdays...HAHAHA
These beautiful delights are tofu tacos, of all things...hehehe It kind of looks like chicken, doesn't it? I've learned how to prepare tofu to resemble other textures and tastes. These tacos really did taste and feel like chicken tacos!
You can find this photo in the photo section too.
Bible in a Year
Leviticus 16
Leviticus 16
1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD. 2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat. 3 This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them. 5 And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. 6 Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Then he shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 8 After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat, 9 he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering. 10 But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat. 11 When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. 12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil. 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die. 14 And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat. 15 Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. 16 So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities. 17 No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel. 18 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar. 19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites. 20 When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat. 21 Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task. 22 The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness. 23 Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen garments he put on before entering the Most Holy Place, and leave them there. 24 He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people. 25 He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar. 26 The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp. 27 The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up. 28 The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp. 29 This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— 30 because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD. 31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute. 32 The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments 33 and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly. 34 This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Leviticus 17
Leviticus 17
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded: 3 ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it 4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people. 5 For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. 6 The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’ 8 Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice 9 but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people. 10 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ 13 And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. 14 For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’ 15 And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
Leviticus 18
Leviticus 18
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God. 3 You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs. 4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God. 5 Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD. 6 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. 7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. 8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father. 9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere. 10 You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family. 11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister. 12 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative. 13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative. 14 You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt. 15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her. 16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother. 17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved. 18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive. 19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period. 20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her. 21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. 22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. 23 You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion. 24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. 25 Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. 26 But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you. 27 For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled. 28 So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you. 29 Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people. 30 You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
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