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Social Media Bandwagon

We watch R-rated movies with nary a thought.          Violence , guns, people being murdered as we munch popcorn.                 Sex scenes don't faze us. They are part of the movie.          But let singers sing a song on an award show , wild and crazy , and suddenly we have become a people that can't watch .         It's simply not "Christian "     We applaud a Christian singer for walking out of the show,        because after all , that's what we do when we see something  of the world.         We leave. Right ? We jump on the "Christian" bandwagon .               Are we blind ?       Hypocrites? Or do we share trending social media articles so we look more   righteous ?               You can't have both.                      You are either one way or you're not.  s

Shut the front door!

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My newest column on The Bargain Hunter .  What is YOUR spousal argument that just won't end?  Quick, name the one thing that is a bone of contention between you and your spouse? Is it about bills? Kids? Supper that isn’t made often enough? I will tell you a story of the one thing my husband and I fought about, a simple thing that really meant a lot to him, but that I could have cared less about. Callous? Nah, just one of those couple things that end up lasting for years until like magic – the problem is solved.  Now that I’ve got you all on the edge of your seat, I’ll tell you what the whole problem was. … Our front door. Yes, that entryway into the Herrera household that divided us for years. When we bought our house nearly 18 years ago, we could tell that the front living room had once been two rooms. A support beam ran down the center, separating it into what used to be two tiny rooms. As we set up our TV viewing area, we realized that the front door would continually be ope