Friday, December 25, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
a reason to celebrate!
Last Friday we had a wonderful opportunity to celebrate with friends the 10th anniversary of Josh and Jamie.
A surprise planned by Joshy B. went off nearly flawlessly.
Here's a group pic. and a few others from the evening. I wish I had more, but I still can't quite figure out the camera that I've had for 3 years.
A surprise planned by Joshy B. went off nearly flawlessly.
Here's a group pic. and a few others from the evening. I wish I had more, but I still can't quite figure out the camera that I've had for 3 years.
Happy Anniversary J & J !!!
Thanks for a fab night out!
I will give you one guess as to what these two were discussing.
Looking good VDs ! You're up next, right?
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tis the Season for impulse buys...
There are three reasons I shop online.
1. Free shipping, and if not, it still beats finding a parking spot and waiting with 2-4 kids in the checkout line.
2. Home delivery. The brown box on the front door step = check one more gift of the shopping list.
3. Drastic reduction of impulse shopping. See it. Think I need it. Buy it.
Having said that, I have ventured out to the local Target a time or two. My latest and hopefully last impulse buy are the following Christmas stockings,,,
Oh the kids were even more excited than I was. Will they still be excited when all they receive in their stockings is a chapstick because I've already spent too much money ??
1. Free shipping, and if not, it still beats finding a parking spot and waiting with 2-4 kids in the checkout line.
2. Home delivery. The brown box on the front door step = check one more gift of the shopping list.
3. Drastic reduction of impulse shopping. See it. Think I need it. Buy it.
Having said that, I have ventured out to the local Target a time or two. My latest and hopefully last impulse buy are the following Christmas stockings,,,
Oh the kids were even more excited than I was. Will they still be excited when all they receive in their stockings is a chapstick because I've already spent too much money ??
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Shrinking the Circle.
I enjoy watching the new TV show -- The Middle. Some of the truths in an episode usually make me chuckle. Being middle class in the midwest is somewhat of a unique existence. Unique, and often bizarre to those who didn't grow up here, or haven't visited it for an extended amount of time. We have our own way ( much unbeknownst to ourselves) about doing just about everything. That could be a blog post in and of itself. Let me suffice it to say, that compared to the other pockets of the USA, the middle is more than just geography.
Many of us are born, raised, and remain in the middle. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Famiiies/friends that live close to one another have a certain advantage when it comes to being involved in each others lives. If you share a driveway with your parents, you will know them, and they you. If you live 2000 miles apart, time together is much more of a challenge. If you have had the same friend since you were toddlers, and now the two of you have toddlers who are friends, there is amazing blessing in that. I will never argue that God does great things right where we are. But are we just a titch too cozy? Is all the overlap between school, church, work, hobbies, family-- shrinking the circle?
Do we want our circle to expand? Do we even see the need for our circle to expand?
It doesn't matter where you live, urban, rural, suburban, west coast, midwest, east coast, Canada. The question i ask myself and you, are we increasing our territory, or is the circle shrinking?
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request" (1 Chronicles 4:9-10).
Many of us are born, raised, and remain in the middle. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Famiiies/friends that live close to one another have a certain advantage when it comes to being involved in each others lives. If you share a driveway with your parents, you will know them, and they you. If you live 2000 miles apart, time together is much more of a challenge. If you have had the same friend since you were toddlers, and now the two of you have toddlers who are friends, there is amazing blessing in that. I will never argue that God does great things right where we are. But are we just a titch too cozy? Is all the overlap between school, church, work, hobbies, family-- shrinking the circle?
Do we want our circle to expand? Do we even see the need for our circle to expand?
It doesn't matter where you live, urban, rural, suburban, west coast, midwest, east coast, Canada. The question i ask myself and you, are we increasing our territory, or is the circle shrinking?
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request" (1 Chronicles 4:9-10).
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