Yikes ! I've been tagged!

During this blog game of 7 tag, I have been given the oppurtunity to join the blog world. Henceforth, I shall give it that good old college try!

7 things to do before I die:

• try to be a better practicing Christian, both in studying the word and in putting it into practice ( however, as a son of Adam, I am continually falling short...)
• help my wife and children discover and use their Godly gifts
• see my children marry and start families of their own
• enjoy time with my wife visiting the grandchildren, spoiling them and sending them home with their parents
• help my family travel to the places they want to see
• be more consistent in my exercise and managing my finances
• be a better friend to those that have been a good friend to me

7 things I can't do:

• work indoors all day, every day
• all ways know just the right thing to say in any situation
• watch Andy Griffith shows,when Opey is about 4 or 5 and his Pa thinks he's done something bad when he has actually done a good deed , without tearing up a little
• read some of the blogs and comments without laughing
• get tired of watching "The Quiet Man"
• go back as a young, single man and do a small part in the defense of our great country
• give enough thanks to our founding fathers for their God-given foresight and intuition in setting up the framework for our country and wonder if modern day liberals understand that this framework is what gives them thier right to their opinions but also protects mine

7 things that attracted me to my wife:

• Her physical beauty
• Her quiet confidence and composure the first time we met
• Her willingness to enjoy life
• Her "artsy side" that offset my practical side
• Her Auburn background
• Her attitude that she could make her own way but not in a women's libber way
• Her inner beauty that came out during our courtship

7 things I say most often:

• " Good-bye, see ya this evening..." ( with a morning kiss and hug)
• " Tea, I guess..."
• " Graham, have you fed and put up the dog..."
• " Savanna, have you checked your oil lately..."
• " Whitney, why aren't you in bed..."
• "Amen"
• "what's for dinner?"

7 books I like:

• the 4 Lonesome Dove books
• any Lewis and Clark book
• any Loius LaMour book
• Life and Campaigns of Lieut. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson ( thank you Robert Green)
• Never Give In, the Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchhill
• Carry a Big Stick, the Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt
• any Lewis Grizzard book (thanks to my sister-in-law Jane)

7 movies I could watch over and again:

• Lonesome Dove
• The Quiet Man
• Open Range
• Zorro with Antonio Banderas
• Giant
• Robin Hood with Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman
• Dances with Wolves

and now I shall end this post without a tag....