First the Deep;
God has been really speaking to me lately. One of the things he has been revealing to me has been the power of friendships and his desire for me to have them. I think for so long I have been having a few friendships and maintaining them ok but God has this bigger plan for me. God doesn't want me to settle in him and be content to just make myself happy. He has established people in my life to help me grow and I in theirs to help them grow. Jesus had his disciples. Jesus was a perfect man and he still needed his friends. I too being no where near perfect of course need support as he did. If I want to strive to be like Jesus then I need to make myself available to the relationships he wants to bless me with.
Part of Gods perfect plan has been for a group of people from BASIC(Brothers and Sisters in Christ) at school. I mean I think of these people truly as my brothers and sisters. We laugh and cry and pray and eat and talk together. I have been so blessed just in the short time that I have known them. Sometimes we don't get along perfectly but that is the way it is in any earthly family. I think of what I would have missed out on if I had rejected what God had planned for me through these people. I know if I need anything that they will be able to help me and I can help them if they need anything as well. Sometimes it is hard to remember a time when I didn't hang out with all of them.
This weekend is the big BASIC retreat. I am sure it is going to be a lot of fun and also God is really going to be doing even more amazing things in our lives. He has already done so much. I ask all of you to be in prayer for this weekend. I know if we seek after God that we will always come away changed. I know I am excited; not just for myself but also for those I know who need to make a very important decision this weekend too. I am in prayer that their hearts will be softened and their minds open.
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And the not so Deep;
Ok hey here is a shameless plug....The one who comments most on my blog also sleeps in the same apartment that I do and she could just talk to me. So if you don't live with me, I would like to hear from you too. Let me know what you are thinking. Tell me that your reading my stuff. You might make my day. Hey you might even make my week.
Props to Djere for listening to God (Whose your Daddy?) Lizz for the aforementioned reason (Whose your Daddy?) My host family for awesome chicken dinner, My mom for making me a baked surprise tomorrow (I can't wait) God gets infinite props cause God Rocks!
No Props to Mel for sprayin that nasty foul smelling floral scented clorox disinfectant in the garbage...6 hrs later and it still smells all florally but um not in a springtime way. Even less props for opening the garbage whilst I was finishing the dishes so I got to smell that nastiness all over again.
Well time to get back to the Math. Plan from tomorrow:Math Class, 1 hr car ride, Work Island, Home to do laundry and Back to Oswego 1 Hr, Sleep, Classes, Head out to Basic Retreat, Back Sunday afternoon, Nap. Later everyone!!
The Lessons
Top Ten Lessons That God has been Teaching Katherine this Semester
(Enter your Name for Katherine)
Lesson Number 1
Sometimes God makes (Katherine) do tough stuff but it makes her stronger.
Lesson Number 2
God doesn't want her to be the ultimate survivor, there are only teams on his island.
Lesson Number 3
God wants to use everyone.
Lesson Number 4
Sometimes God lets (Katherine) fall on our face but he always picks her up.
Lesson Number 5
God wants to (Katherine) to be an encourager, to be used to build others up.
Lesson Number 6
God's mercies are new every single morning, even when (Katherine) doesn't get enough sleep.
Lesson Number 7
God is looking for those who will press in and seek him.
Lesson Number 8
God works through those who are willing not those who feel they are the most capable.
Lesson Number 9
God loves (Katherine) all the time even when she doesn't want to believe it.
Lesson Number 10
God may ask (Katherine) to do hard stuff but she never has to do anything in her own strength.
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"Magnificent Holy Father
I stand in awe of all I see
Of all the things You have created
But still You choose to think of me "-Third Day
Satin Hands
Psalm 145
8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in love.
I have been waking up early a lot lately. Sometimes I wake up early because there is so much work to do. Other times I just wake up and get up because it is better then just sleeping in my bed. I know that there have been times when I used to go to bed early...at least for a person in college and awake after 9 and consider that getting up early. Not Anymore.
Yesterday was a good day. I went to work and then drove home. I made stuffed shells and brownies to feed everyone after my Mary Kay Party. The Mary Kay thing was a lot of fun. It was great that our Mary Kay Lady really is excited about what she does and she also really loves Jesus. I also had a good time getting to know some girls, that I haven't really had an opportunity to share with this year, a little bit better. After the Mary Kay thing Catie and I went to game night.
Today after church I have to drive back to the island and work again. I am happy I have Mel to tag along today. She is going to visit with mom and dad while I work. Tonight I have to finish reading a play and
write some sort of Freudian critism which ought to be interesting. I also have to do some math because I have a quiz tomorrow. Hopefully I will have time to do all that homework after I go to basic prayer night.
Mel- "Katherine you should really get "satin hands" Your hands are like alligators."
Katherine- (to the Mary Kay Lady) "I told you she would say that only I said she would say lizard hands."
Mel-(to the MKL) "Aren't her hands dry?"
Mary Kay Lady- "Well I wouldn't want to be cuddled by them"
Shine His Light
Ah Friday!
Well today was a long day. I awoke at seven thirty. I showered, dressed and ate a cookie. I contemplated all the homework which didn't get done yesterday
(Yesterday 2hr hmwrk,1 1/2 hr math class,1 hr drive, 1hr wrk on island,30 min drive, 1 1/2 hr dentist appt(filling with no assistant,she apparently was in labor) 30 drive to island, 2 1/2 hr work,1 hr drive to apartment,dinner, 1 hr general procrastination, ok 2, 1/2 hr conversation with my boss, sleep) Back to today, did homework till 9 thirty,went to classes till 3, out a hour early, last class was cancelled, half hour at apartment, hour drive to island, work till 9ish, drove back to the rents, Laundry.
I would be in bed now but I am waiting on my clothes....
Had a profound thought as I was leaving work tonight. I came out of the office and realized there were no stars or moon out and it was raining and I wasn't completely sure if I would be able to find my car. I had forgotten what real dark feels like. Real dark is in effect the absence of light and it has a unreal force. I though about the people who aren't depending on God for guidance and how they are a lot like me stumbling into the dark trying to find my car. It is our obligation as those who have the light to spread it to those who are lost and stumbling. The further they have gone from the light the harder it is for them to find their way home, the brighter we need to allow God to shine through us so that they might be found as children of the light as we have been.
Tommorow is another busy day...work 9-11, 1 hr drive home, picking up/housework, Mary Kay Party 4, Basic Game night 7,
Props to the following people who need them earned them..H-squared..Djere..My mom..My last class of the day teacher...My sister...The makers of Zingers...Dell Technical support...Catie
2 Corinthians 12 Amplified
8Three times I called upon the Lord and besought [Him] about this and begged that it might depart from me;
9But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me!
10So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [ in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).
Find Me In The River
Find Me In The River
Find me in the river
Find me on my knees
I've walked against the water
Now I'm waiting if you please
We've longed to see the roses
But never felt the thorns
And bought our pretty crowns
But never paid the price
Find me in the river
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone and I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the river, I'm waiting here
Find me in the river
Find me on my knees
I've walked against the water
Now I'm waiting if you please
We didn't count on suffering
We didn't count on pain
But if the blessing's in the valley
Then in the river I will wait
Written by Martin Smith ©1995 Curious? Music UK
Taken From:
Albums: Cutting Edge 3&4, Cutting Edge (US), Deeper (US), Deeper (UK)
This is Where I Come From
I was going to write about this but I felt this post by a good freind of mine said it best, so here it is:
"WHY I LOVE SMALL TOWNS"
"On Saturday, my old high school's girls basketball team won the state title. That's a big deal where I come from. My Dad left a message on the machine, all excited like, and asked me to call him to hear the play by play.
The best part was, that when the bus came back from Glens Falls, where the tournament was held, the State PO-lice met the bus at the exit from the interstate. They led the bus back to the school parking lot, heading it under a triumphal arch that had been created by extending the ladders of the town's two firetrucks across the road. The whole town showed up for the late celebratory tail gate in the school parking lot. The first state championship in school history."
I Used to Carry the Weight of the World
My friend Heather and I enjoyed the following song. It is on the soundtrack to How to lose a guy in ten days. I think the words speak to where we are at and our relationship with Christ. I don't think I would have gotten that insight if Heather hadn't pointed it out to me. So she gets props. Also props to Mel for telling me I had friend spelled wrong for a couple weeks on my sidebar. My bad. Props to Catie and Liz for laughing with me and helping me find all the things I seemed to misplace between late night and my car. Thank you ladies. Boys get no points tonight cause their the enemy..Or at the very least their own very distinct species which defy any rational explanation. They just are. So here is the lyrics...Be blessed.
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK - WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I don't know why I was so afraid... all the time
Memories seemed to bother me.. my whole life
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I don't know why I was so ashamed
Such a waste of time
And I don't know who I was trying to be
All those lies
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly
Oh and there's always something
Or somebody right behind
Well we're not meant to be everything
We're just a piece
So spread your wings
Oh I don't know why I was so afraid all the time
I used to carry the weight of the world
And now all I wanna do is spread my wings and fly...
House of Thoughts
I was watching
Joyce Meyer this morning. She was talking about a house of thoughts. She said we all build our lives by our thoughts. So if you are always having negative thoughts and that is what you dwell in then you are going to build a negative life for yourself. Another good point was that if your life is dominated by those thoughts soon they trap you in and satan comes to dwell with you in your house of negative thoughts. In order to make this better you must knock down the house of negative thoughts and build a new house of thoughts which are focused on God. If we walk around empty headed then only the bad thoughts will fill our mind. We therefore must be proactive and fill our minds with the thoughts of God; scriptural truth in order to guard against bad thoughts. It isn't just about clearing our mind but creating a defense against the negative thoughts. It put a whole new perspective on things for me and I thought I would share it here.
Props to Catie for being honest with me. Djere props for doing the shoulder thing but negative props for not wearing pants and shoes and socks...if you get frostbite man how are you going to be the base of our pyramid? Props to Mel for convincing me to cook last night...sweet and sour chicken is da best...Heather for watching a movie with me and for letting me be the first to see the new hair-do...(except now you are looking too hot and I know the boys are going to be taking up all your time) and also Heather bonus props for not getting annoyed when I was compelled to do the dishes...Mom props for doing my taxes...And mom bonus props for the green cupcakes which were a big hit at prayer night...
The Door Metaphor
Sometimes you open the door and it gets slammed in your face. You think it is a fluke so you open it again. Every time you open it ....SLAM. After awhile you stop opening the door. The people in your life are faint shouts from the outside. You can't remember how it was that the door opened. The hinges are rusted, and the door is hanging useless on its frame.
Then one day someone knocks on the door then they stick their hand through the mail slot. They make you laugh. They aren't threatening. They offer a friendly gesture. You force the door open and allow them in. It is harder then you remembered, the door opening. Part of you wants to run to another part of the house and hide behind the closet door. Part of you wants to push them back out the door.
Then somehow something within you allows this person to change you. Maybe it isn't even the person so much as the One who directed the person to you. Slowly you forget the days of the SLAM. Pretty soon you walk out the door and begin to knock on the other doors too. You realize why you were given 4 walls and a door, not just 4 walls.
Friday had me feeling so domestic. I picked 3 yr old Caroline up at 2 from daycare. She was excited as I sprung her early from naptime and she was going to see her Kerri Jayne for the afternoon. I had hoped she would sleep in the car on the way home but wasn't so lucky. I took her to my second babysitting job. The other girls arrived shortly after an afternoon of ice skating. Laurissa the oldest...11 or 12..Megan around 10 and Kerri Jayne..the baby...or she was until suddenly she was like 7 when I blinked..She is still high on the cute meter....she is missing her two front teeth.
So the girls and I got rid of the parents and started in on the work of the afternoon.. There was coloring ...playdoh and then a movie and then Megan and I made dinner...Ziti with homeade sauce...green beans...and Laurissa and I made instant pudding...vanilla and chocolate...
After dinner we watched a movie..one of those cheesy
Disney Channel Original Movies I secretly, now openly love. Wayne Brady played a music teacher and it was about a blind wrestler who struggles to find self acceptance and acceptance from his peers. The girls really liked it and so did I.
When Jeannete had come to get her before dinner Caroline didn't want to go so I kept her with me till the other girls parents got home. I put her in the booster seat after she had said the one hundredth goodbye of the evening and I loaded her, blanket, bear etc into the car, she Promptly fell asleep as soon as I was out of the driveway.
I have to say when I was contemplating the easiest way to get her into the house and back to sleep and deciding whether or not she needed to have her teeth brushed before she was tucked in I felt that twinge of domesticity. There is a part of me which thrives there with the babies and the little things. Reality says they are easy when you can leave them with their parents at the end of the night.
On another note:
I have been learning a lot of lessons about Christian friendship lately. More important then the lesson of what it is, perhaps is the lesson of what it is not. Lessons are being slowly learned but learned just the same. Change takes time. Change is not always easy but a crucial part of growth. Ok enough seriousness.
Watching (Kate Hudson Marathon):
How to Lose a guy in 10 days
Alex and Emma
Eating(Thanks to My Momma): Chocolate Cupcakes with Green Buttercream Icing
Boneless Ribs with Maple Baked Beans
Laughing at :
Donald Trump's latest headline
Procrastinating:6 loads of clean laundry sitting at the bottom of the stairs
Anticipating: Church Nursery Duty in the AM..... Prayer night with the Basic Kiddies (I miss you)...The first Sunday afternoon uninterrupted by "Hello ''''island this is Katherine how may I help you?"
Today is the official start of spring break. Yes kids it is official as of 9:45 last night. I am free of the island until Tuesday and the home office has been loaded into the blue diesel pickup and is no longer my responsibility(insert wild yells and hallelujah chorus here). While the advantages to the home office are many there is also something to be said for not waking up with the sound of the back-up drive humming along 2 Ft from your head. However, that being said, I am going to commemorate the loss of the office with the following top 5 list.
The Top Five Reasons Working From the Home Office Rocked:
5) I could answer the phone while wearing an oversized t-shirt, boxers and a blanket.
4) I could have pretend gosippy conversations with my pretend office friends.
"Can you believe what Katherine wore to work today"
"Yeah no kidding".
"She thinks she is sooo cool".
3) I can confuse people as they make reservations for the Island Paradise and hear sirens going off outside.
2) I can travel my entire commute in 6 seconds.
1) I can schedule my hours around Survivor and Dr. Phil.
So I am headed back this afternoon to the 'rents home. I have already been booked up to babysit tonight and I have arranged to do laundry there with the help of the girls who still think "helping is a cool thing to do". Mom is also making me a pumpkin pie so I am beyond myself thinking how good that will taste.
Although my break is looking to be an abbreviated one I am glad to have a couple days at home and a few days rest from the reservation business. I am also happy to see the sun is shining today and there aren't tiny snowflakes falling like earlier this week. I feel truly blessed in my life to have all the friends I have, and the opportunity to rest. We live in a fast paced world, and many people think they cannot afford to rest. What they do not know is that God Himself offers to everyone the opportunity to find perfect rest in Him. I hope as you read this today that you take advantage of that free gift and find rest in
Him.
Pondering: Why
this man can't get a real hair cut.
amused by: The 6 loads of laundry I have gotten dirty in less then a month.
Entertained by: Caleb the baby and his ability to make me go from bummed to happy in 6.7 seconds.
Eating: A chocolate chip waffle
Watching:
Anne of Green Gables
Props to: Mel for making super yummy breakfast pizza.
Caleb for smelling so Babylicious.
Mom for offering to bake me a pie.
Donna for offering the use of her washer and dryer.
Jeanette for letting me pick up my cutest number one fan from preschool this afternoon.
Good Day
Consuming: Scrambled Eggs with Feta Cheese
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreos
Excited about: Heading Back to Adams tommorow or Friday Morning!!
Reading:
The Purpose Driven Life
Props to: Djere for making me listen when I didn't know how
Watching:
Second Hand Lions
Playing:
With my food
Waiting For: Fresh Raisin Bread in the Bread Maker (Thanks Mel)
Reading:
Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson
Watching:
What a Girl Wants
Procrastinating :Fasfa Form, IRS Form, Island Work, Studying Preterite Spanish Verbs, Tidying up my desk in the living room.
Lazy Sunday
Enjoying: No School Tommorow
Playing:
Online Rubiks Cube,
Space Invaders,
Pacman,
Devouring: Chicken Parm w/Ziti, Salad and Homeade Bread
Enjoying:"
Quotes"
Adventures In The Quiet Home
Today was a quiet day. I spoke a lot, but to customers. I help people plan their vacations. I think that it is pretty enjoyable. People get so excited about planning their trips and I like being able to help them. A lot of times people who are planning vacations live really busy lives. Sometimes those people also need someone to listen to them. I don't mind doing that also. I think that if I can bless them and they need someone to listen I will do that. People often tell me more then they need to but I think everyone just needs someone to listen to them sometimes.
I mean isn't that what we are all looking for? Someone to acknowledge that we are here and worthwhile. I think there are a lot of people in my life who are doing that for me right now. I appreciate that so much. I think even though we have a Father in heaven who is able to hear the tiniest cry and the loudest yell there is also something to allowing the people God puts in our lives to share with us and to bless us.
Mel was gone today. Her friend was cutting her hair and then they spent the evening hanging out. So since I closed up the "office" I have been enveloped in the quiet. I think it has been good. Things seem so slow compared to the past week. I think that God has allowed me to appreciate today for the stillness it has brought. This is going to be a great spring break.
Watching :
Bruce Almighty,
Shanghai Noon
Devouring: A
Veggie Burger on a Whole Wheat Pita
Chocolate Ice Cream with Hot Fudge, Chocolate Chips and Whipped Cream
Enjoying :
Fine Art from My Couch
Celebrating: The 20 reservations in one day record I set today
Laughing at:
"Quotes"
Spring? Break
The snow is falling slowly outside. I am feeling tired tonight, I would wager perhaps even exhausted. Last night I was up until 2 typing a wonderful children's lit paper. Ok it wasn't wonderful, but it will do. I woke at 8 to get ready for school and finish my math homework.
School was ok. I had my children's lit midterm and a math quiz. The rest of the day was a series of showing up to classes that apparently were unofficially cancelled in honor of spring break or were abbreviated in honor of spring break. Therefore most of my day was spent waiting for classes that never happened.
After school Mel and I went to open bowling which was fun. We had never been bowling just the two of us but it was a great way to blow off some of the stress of the week. There was also a great selection of music in the bowling alley. I wondered if I must be getting old because I found myself singing along and even dancing much to Mel's chagrin to
this and
this and
this and yes even
this.
I am looking forward to a great rest tonight and not looking forward to a full day in the home office tomorrow. I will not miss homework or classes next week but will miss hanging out with the basic kiddies. I was sad as everyone left for home in a great exodus today.
Reading :
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle
Watching:
Frontier House
Enjoying:
A Pig, A Frog, A Bear and a Gonzo
Devouring: Chocolate Chip Cookies Baked in the
Best Small Appliance Ever
Sleeping Like a Baby
I woke up this morning with a powerful image in my mind. What made this image even more significant is the way I have been feeling all week. It has been a hard week with lots of new lessons to learn. Not easy lessons either. I don't pretend to have all the answers but I feel like this image was very helpful and so I share it here now.
In my mind there was a room with lots of children sleeping on mats. I know it doesn't sound profound but here is what I feel it means. See we are all like those children and when we surrender to God we can find perfect peace there when we are tired. Just like kids in daycare we are never left alone while we rest. God is always right there to protect us. Just like it would be fruitless for the daycare kids to worry about what will happen while they sleep it is also fruitless for me to not rest in what God has provided to me.
Beauty, Butterflies and Breakin' Free
I have spent a lot of my life living just on the outside and protected somehow. That was not wrong for a season. I feel like that time was like the time in the cocoon. A beautiful butterfly cannot stay in the cocoon forever. There comes a time for the butterfly to break through the cocoon and spread it's wings.
The cocoon was secure but in ways it was also restricting. It was wrapped tightly around me and kept be from seeing my true beauty. It also kept me from being
truly free. Certain people have come along this semester who have been challenging me to see what has been there all along. I don't have it all figured out yet and part of me would like to crawl back into the cocoon where I am far less venerable but I know that would be a fruitless pursuit. A butterfly cannot return to a cocoon and I cannot return to where I started out.
Jude Ch 1
20But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, 21staying right at the center of God's love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
22Go easy on those who hesitate in the faith. 23Go after those who take the wrong way. Be tender with sinners, but not soft on sin. The sin itself stinks to high heaven.
24And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating-- 25to our one God, our only Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Master, be glory, majesty, strength, and rule before all time, and now, and to the end of all time. Yes.
Ahhhh Friday
Today I had yet another fun day at school. In Math we had a quiz in probability and then I went to Children's Lit followed by Grammar and then Literary Criticism and lastly Spanish. I came home and made dinner, Cheese Empanadas I got the recipe from the
More With Less cookbook which I love. I then worked for an hour returning calls and replying to e-mails. After working I joined Mel at the Gruetmans and we watched
Reba and then
Operation Condor. Operation Condor is a hilarious movie which was on UPN tonight. It stars Jackie Chan, it was made in 1990 and was not originally filmed in English. It was a good Friday night watch because it was in no way a thinking movie, and I have done way too much thinking this week. I can't wait for spring break, one more week! I feel like then I will be able to take a deep breath, until then I will be trying to keep my head above water with all my school work. I know that there are worse things; but I am still anticipating spring break with great joy. Meanwhile if you are looking for a break you might enjoy the following things:
John Mayer
Room for Squares
Play Mash Online
A Good Laugh
Una Chica Feliz
Another Good Laugh
Blessed be your Name
Tonight I made Fajitas. I bought the chicken for a reduced rate and good deals always make me happy. They turned out well and I enjoyed sharing the Fajitas and my evening with my friends Amy and Heather and my number one sister Mel. Before starting my homework I watched Americas top model 2 on UPN. It is the kind of show I enjoy sharing with the girls and laughing at. They were in Italy tonight. It made me want to travel. I am sleepy now as I stayed up late last night and woke early this morning so this is going to be a short post. Today was a long day but I am grateful as I know God allowed me grace and strength to face everything that was thrown my way.
Thanks today to :Mel for washing the dishes on my day! Amy for the flowers and cheering the house up. Heather for amusing me...(terror dactal)
Enjoying : Another spring like day, A stocked refrigerator, Watching movies on the new DVD player Janet and Mike got me for my birthday, Rice Pudding, The little girl around 6 in price chopper who was dancing in the checkout line
Listening to: Blessed be your name
(Matt and Beth Redman)
(A E F#m D)
Blessed be your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be your name
Every blessing you pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name
Blessed be your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be your name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be your name
Its a typical tuesday
Listening To:Rita Springer/created to worship
Watching: Gilmore Girls
Reading/school/work: Complex Probability Notes/ Frost/4th of July Reservations
Amuzed by: The man on the phone who told me that his chocolate lab is trained to bark when they say "who let the dogs out"-like the song, when I asked what type of dog he had and if it was well behaved.
Asking myself: How many Days till spring Break?
Thanks to DJERE for listening to me....Jon for letting me in on a "touch of his soul" his writings he has posted and Mel for making me chicken nuggets filled with cheese
Sunny Days Sweeping the Clouds Away
We had a break the in Cold weather with temps around 50 today. It was great to venture outside the house in something other then a down coat, hat and mittens. I have crazy amounts of work to do as spring break is in less then two weeks. Teachers are really going homework happy. It is Mad! It is made worse by the great weather which makes me want to run outside, not sit with my nose pressed up against a book or the window.
Reservations for the island have picked up as well and I am trying my best to balance the school work and homework. As I make reservations for the island from the home office I find myself dreaming of the freedom summer will bring me. The weather today was a good reminder that it will not be cold forever and that soon spring will come.
Reading-For School/The Theif Lord and Robert Frost
Reading-Not For School/The Purpose Driven Life
Listening to- Etta James -At Last
John Mayer-
Watching-Average Joe
Dr Phil
Pondering-Why a 16 oz cup of tea costs less then a 32 oz cup of tea at school when they both use one tea bag-(Thanks to Mel)
