03.27.10

Is it Friday yet?

Posted in Personal at 8:21 am by admin

After a ridiculously long week I am soooo ready for it to be over.
- The car needed a new starter, timing belt, and water pump.
- I just switched jobs at work and now have a to-do list that’s making my eyeballs POP.
- The list of house projects is getting a little overwhelming.
- The furnace went out at our rental. AGAIN.
- Plus, Bryan and I are crazy and we added a brand new puppy to the mix. (Which is pretty much like having a toddler. I find myself using all the phrases I do when teaching Sunday school to 2-year-olds.)

But after half a bottle of wine last night and a great meal with friends, lattes this morning from Stumptown and a chance to get some much needed work finished at the office…I am a tad bit more sane.
My life is blessed. There’s no doubt about it but that doesn’t mean I appreciate how crazy-loco it makes me sometimes.

03.25.10

A little slice of sunshine

Posted in Beliefs, Personal at 3:05 pm by admin

Complicated. That’s what life is like most of the time.

Relationships are complicated.

Work is complicated.

Learning to be obedient is definitely complicated.

But something that isn’t complicated, is basking in God’s love. It’s like a little slice of sunshine in an otherwise rainy kind of day. And I am like a cat that stretches towards the shaft of light, curls up in it and soaks as much of it up as possible. Good thing God has an endless supply because some days I feel like I require a whole lot of His unconditional love.

03.08.10

Its been that kind of day…

Posted in Personal at 5:46 pm by admin

Talk about a Monday. The car goes in for a new sunroof and the replacement has a problem so now they have to keep it overnight.

I decide for the first time in my life that I can wing and just toss in a a towel, some shorts and my tennis shoes for a trip to the gym. Packing light, right? Which means of course that it also happens to be the day that the soap dispenser in the gym shower is OUT of soap. I always bring my own…except for today. Last time I ever pack light.

Then there was the fact that a 15 minute bus ride back to the office turned into a 45 minute ride when the Burnside bridge shut down.

So now I find myself guzzling down a Blue Dot IPA and it’s good. And right now I need it. Here’s to Monday!