My wife's book is done!

After a long time of prayer, work, growth and God's favor - my wife's self-published book is finished! "A Scarlet Cord of Hope" is now available for a special "Pre-Order" price of $10 through the end of the year. Please visit www.SherylGriffin.com for more info and to catch up on my wife's blog. If you are near Franklin, TN on January 15th - please stop by the Coffee Beanery for a special book signing. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my wife since her first panic attack. For those who have shared stories and emails with us - we also thank you and wait in awe for what God will do with her story - and yours. God Bless!

Vote Muppets!!!!

The last day of our 7th Annual Christmas Novelty Song contest has come and you have until 10 am Wednesday December 16th to make your vote count!!! Each year we have so much fun and you are big part of that!!! On behalf of Your Family Friendly Morning Show - Merry Christmas and God Bless Us EVERYONE!!!! (Vote for the Muppets....hee hee)

Now you can TEXT your vote

We are in the final days of the Doug & Kim Novelty Song Contest. Voting wraps up Wednesday at 10am/central. Right now Kim is ahead - 58% to 42% - but NOW you can text your vote to 77569 ... Text "Doug" if you want to vote for the Star Wars Song - Text "Kim" if you want to vote for the Muppets Song ...

Since this is Doug blogging - I'll say it again ... Text "DOUG" to 7 7 5 6 9 .... Thank you and May the Force be with you ... Always

(Here's a photo of the album I chose my song from - "Christmas In the Stars")

My favorite Christmas toy

Talking with Kim about her fun with the Barbie airplane got me thinking about two toys from my childhood ... A Talking View Master & the Shrunken Head Kit w/Vincent Price on the cover.

I loved my talking View Master and even remember a few bits of information I learned about the great wonders of the world ... We looked on Ebay and found that there are still some for sale. Did you ever have one? ... Also LOVED the Shrunken Head kit ... Turning apples into Shrunken Heads (This from the guys who's favorite Christmas movie is "Young Frankenstein") HEY - Can I help it if my mom has great taste! I was raised on Young Frankenstein - every Christmas. ANYWAY - Hope you are enjoying our trips down memory lane ... Would love to hear from other "Shrunken Head" fans - or am I alone on this?

My Favorite Christmas Toy!!

When I think back on being a little kid and Christmas I remember my parents allowing me to go through toy catalogs and circle the things I would like. I remember my Mother saying, “Now Kim, you know you won’t get all the things you circle, just a few things.” I laugh when I think about that as both my Mom and Dad spoiled my brother’s and me ROTTEN!!!!! Let’s just say MOST of what I circled was unwrapped on Christmas morning. One of my favorite toys from childhood was a Barbie Airplane. It was so cool. When you folded it up it looked like a suit case and when you unfolded it, it was half of an airplane. There was a refreshment cart. To my knowledge air-masks did not drop from the compartment above and I can’t remember if it had and exit isle but I will tell you I played with that toy and “flew” to exciting destinations until the poor thing had to be thrown away. When I think of all that joy and how short my childhood really was – it make me want to buy a toy for every kid on the planet!!! Wait a minute….Samaritans purse can help us take care of that!!! It’s not too late.

So the Whole World would know!!!

I think, for most of us, we have this picture of what a perfect Christmas looks like. I am a big fan of a beautiful warm fire going in the fire place, snow falling, my Grandfather’s voice reading the Christmas story from the book of Luke, the smell of wonderful food floating through the air, candles lit, and the joy that only good friends and family can bring. While that is ONE way to see Christmas, I am reminded that the reason Jesus came was for the WHOLE world to know and love Him- and then for each part of the world to celebrate His birth in their own unique way. Take a look at the brand new video from my good friends The Katinas – Silent Night www.thekatinas.com/blog It makes me want to spend Christmas in SAMOA!!!  There are other ways to see the World this Christmas – how about the gift that helps those in third world countries? With Samaritan’s purse, the ministry founded by Franklin Graham, you can make sure a child has a wonderful box of toys to open along with hearing the life saving message of Jesus. Samaritan’s Purse also has a “gift catalog” – for those folks on your list that have everything, this is a great gift idea - honor them by giving to others in need. Doug gave me my Christmas gift last year from this catalog and I LOVED it!!!!! www.Samaritanspurse.org Now that’s Christmas!!!!!