Good Morning Seattle!

While I’m at describing some of my lifestyle, I’ll give you a glimpse at my morning.  First of all, except for dire situation, I believe in the mental alarm in my biological clock.  When I wake, I get up.  Occasionally the alarm misfires and rings at 6:30am in the morning, but that’s when I hit snooze.  Sure, there are days when I need to hit snooze twenty times before I wake up, but look on the bright side.  I don’t need to wake to a heart-pounding, terrifying, artificial buzz that drains the energy out of me!

Then after taking my shower, I’ll run downstairs for some hearty cereal.  This is where I need to introduce you to my favorite cereals:

First of all, no self-respecting man should have less than two cereal.  In the morning I alternate between Great Grains, which Karen bought by accident once, and the Honey Bunches of Oaks.  By the way, Target sells Great Grains for a dollar cheaper than everywhere else.  Nothing like a good dose of fiber in the morning for softening your bowel movement.  Now Cocoa Pebbles, which is much better than Cocoa Krispies, is for when I have no dessert at night and I need something sweet.  You start eating cereal but end up drinking chocolate milk!   Excellent.  This type of indulgence has got to be illegal in some states…

Then I pop up my laptop and do my devotions with the Daily Bread.  It’s different than the free booklet that resembles junk mail.  You actually get more than one verse to read with the online version, and then you get a story and a one-line application to reflect on for the rest of the day.  After all these years, I’ve found the key to having devotions regularly in the morning, and this is it.  Having Post Cereal with the Bread of Life.