What happened to normal orange juice?
Can you tell me?
Remember the days of saying, “I’ll have a glass of OJ” and that was enough?
Now there is pulp-free, extra pulp, Vitamin D enriched, citrus stand, ad nauseum…

As long as we are providing more options than we need, let’s throw a few more in there:

1. SPAM – Now with Only 50% Pig Lips and Cow Anus

2. Fruity Pebbles – Extra Shellac to Produce More Cavities in Less Time Than Before

3. Dolls – Evil Spirit Free! (Bottle of Holy Water Included Just In Case!)

4. Popcorn – Every Kernel Now Becomes a Gold Nugget (Kids, Don’t Eat ‘Em – Give ‘Em to Mom and Dad Immediately!)

5. Dasani – Super Power Enriched (Choose Between Flying or Eye Lasers)

What products should come with options?
What would they be?

We are halfway there (timewise) and have a lot more to go (moneywise).
There are still men, women and children that are forced to use foul water for drinking.  Please, visit charity: water to educate yourself on this global problem.

How can you help?
I am so glad that you inquired.

Give. $20 gives one person clean water for 20 years!
Social. Maybe you have already given financially.  If so, you can still help.  Many of you have your own blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and various other tools and accounts for networking (strictly in a social way). Make your readers, your friends or your family aware of this project. Even make your enemies aware.
Point them to our site: http://mycharitywater.org/30

Remember, our goal is lofty — $30,000.
It is not unattainable.
People raise ridiculous amounts of money every day for ridiculous reasons.

Stay tuned to The Eleventy Million Dollar Blog — the Keigley family is going to conduct an experiment.
The hope is that the Keigley kids, or Keiglets, will have a deeper understanding of how we tend to take our water for granted.

Charity is the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need.
Being charitable is easy these days — you can do a search online and in under 10 seconds, many reputable and relevant charities will invite you to their giving page where your gift is just a click away.
That is a blessing and a curse.

The Blessing.
This September, 30 bloggers are using their sites to collectively raise money for an organization called charity: water.  We have a dedicated page that will allow you to give and to follow the progress as we aim for our goal of $30,000.  We want to reach this goal in 30 days.  So, this month, you will be informed and challenged as we pull our resources together to change lives.
To start this campaign on my blog, I have included a video from charity: water that covers the problem and the objective (this promo features the music of Beck — how could I resist that one?).

The Curse.
Being charitable is easy in this day and age.
Too easy.
So easy, in fact, we can click submit and go about the rest of our day being jerks and bringing chaos into the lives of everyone around us.
It is my belief that we all have a desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.
We often appease that desire here and there without ever really doing the hard work of making real change to the world around us.
So, please give to charity: water.
Help the billion people in our world get clean water.
But…
…I also want to challenge you to make a change where you are.
At work.
At school.
In your neighbourhood.
This month on my blog, I want you to share your stories of not only helping charity: water, but I also want you to share your stories of doing something that scared the crap out of you — something that caused you to step outside of yourself and bring peace, bring shalom, to someone besides yourself.
Share those stories here.  Not so you get a pat on the back, but to encourage others to do something selfless.
Ready?
Go.

I took my watch off today for the first time in almost 3 months.
I left my cell phone on the counter — unattended and turned off.
Our summer sessions of camp are over and on this day, the only thing I am concerned about is the sun going down upon the fun I am having with my children.  Instead of worrying about who was filming free time, I had erected a make-believe car wash that consisted of our garden hose and a watering can (Their modes of transportation were a Big Wheel, a Radio Flyer Trike and a Cozy Cart).  Instead of making sure that all of the campers were safely filing into chapel, I was soaking my children with copious amounts of chilly water whilst all the while singing my own version of “Car Wash”.

Working at the car wash
Do whatcha wanna do
At the car wash yeah
Got lotsa, lotsa water for you

They couldn’t get enough of the car wash. They kept coming back over and over and over again.  Around and around they would go.  Either their cars were getting dirty rather quickly, or they were glad to have their Daddy home.  Really home.

It’s good to be home.  Fully.  Completely.  Attentively.

Never assume that little kids know how to take a normal human-style shower.  The other night, 3 of my little ones took a shower.  I assumed that they would just wash their hair, clean behind their ears and then rinse thoroughly.  I assumed poorly.  I think it was the piercing screams of elation and the sound of something like a sledge hammer beating the wall that caught my attention.  I followed my ears, opened the shower curtain, and what I saw can only be explained visually.  Please refer to the photo below.

‘Nuff said.