I am in last place.
Andrew who picked all the games by the lowest number is winning.
How can you compete with that mathematical logic?
However, The Cubs Season is Near. I get pumped just thinking about the ivy.
www.cubs.com
is my favorite website!
this is the year!!!!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Go Boilers!
The one year I don't pick them to win! I can handle the sweet 16! Matt Painter looks much older than me. My roomies and I used to make fun of him when he played, not sure why, easy target I guess. I can't remember if she tutored him or not. She did Matt Waddel- he was a real easy target to make fun of! Just some random babbling by a Boiler! Where was IU again? Oh yeah, they didn't make it!
Give me Your eyes...
I am not sure if you have heard the Brandon Heath song "Give Me Your Eyes" or not, but if you haven't click the link to watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTsYAZvHsEQ
The words to the song have been resonating with me as of late. As I sat in church this evening and looked around, I wondered what it would be like to have God's eyes for just one second. To see the hurting woman whose husband has left her, to see the family in crisis with no job, the couple desperate to have a child and to have waited for such a long time to adopt. Sometimes we come into church and plop down and are "fed", without ever looking around at the hurts around us.
I remember being one of the hurting and thinking "how can they go on and be happy and not even notice that I am miserable". Why I would think that I am not sure, because I hide my hurts down deep. To say the least I was challenged tonight, to seek out the hurting. Maybe to just pray for them, give them a hug, write them a note, I am not sure.
The topic of the sermon series is "Hope: Resurrected" and it is very good. There was a video interview with our good friends the Watts and their take on hope after losing a 17 month old son in a drunk driving accident. They shared their deepest hurt to help others, and I know it made an impact on the people around me. They have surely now been doubly blessed! Honestly though, I was weeping long before the interview. The holy spirit sure seemed active, and the singing and worship was amazing. We ended worship singing "Great is thy faithfulness"(I love old hymns) accapella. Wow- we have a big church and it was awesome.
Thanks you heavenly Father for a wonderful night with You, and I don't think I could handle having Your eyes, for even a moment!
The words to the song have been resonating with me as of late. As I sat in church this evening and looked around, I wondered what it would be like to have God's eyes for just one second. To see the hurting woman whose husband has left her, to see the family in crisis with no job, the couple desperate to have a child and to have waited for such a long time to adopt. Sometimes we come into church and plop down and are "fed", without ever looking around at the hurts around us.
I remember being one of the hurting and thinking "how can they go on and be happy and not even notice that I am miserable". Why I would think that I am not sure, because I hide my hurts down deep. To say the least I was challenged tonight, to seek out the hurting. Maybe to just pray for them, give them a hug, write them a note, I am not sure.
The topic of the sermon series is "Hope: Resurrected" and it is very good. There was a video interview with our good friends the Watts and their take on hope after losing a 17 month old son in a drunk driving accident. They shared their deepest hurt to help others, and I know it made an impact on the people around me. They have surely now been doubly blessed! Honestly though, I was weeping long before the interview. The holy spirit sure seemed active, and the singing and worship was amazing. We ended worship singing "Great is thy faithfulness"(I love old hymns) accapella. Wow- we have a big church and it was awesome.
Thanks you heavenly Father for a wonderful night with You, and I don't think I could handle having Your eyes, for even a moment!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
1 Costco Chicken=4 meals!
I bought a routisserie chicken from Costco on Saturday. It was huge. I almost didn't buy it because I figured it was full of steroids and such. Lo and behold there was a sticker on the side that proclaimed it was hormone and antibiotic free! Yippee.
1. We ate it as a chicken with sides for dinner.
2. Pulled off chicken for Chicken Quesadillas for lunch Sunday.
3. Pulled off more chicken to add to a yummy angel hair pasta dish I made up.
4. Boiled the carcuss and got the rest of the meat off for chicken and noodles.
Not bad for $4.99!
1. We ate it as a chicken with sides for dinner.
2. Pulled off chicken for Chicken Quesadillas for lunch Sunday.
3. Pulled off more chicken to add to a yummy angel hair pasta dish I made up.
4. Boiled the carcuss and got the rest of the meat off for chicken and noodles.
Not bad for $4.99!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
5k
Aaron (10 years old) ran in a 5k downtown on Sunday.
He is a good runner.
http://www.tuxbro.com/results/2009/big10OVERALL.HTML
good job Aaron!
He is a good runner.
http://www.tuxbro.com/results/2009/big10OVERALL.HTML
good job Aaron!
March Madness
For the last 3 years each member of our family has filled out a bracket for the tournament.
I never win.
I am usually too favorable to the Big Ten.
I dont like #1 seeds (which wasnt good last year).
And certain people fill them out with such analysis as "I like green more than red so I am going to pick Michigan State to beat Ohio State." or "wouldnt a terrapin eat a gator" therefore Maryland beats Florida. How can you compete with this?
all in fun and I am not sure how much I am working Thursday and Friday!!!!
enjoy!
I never win.
I am usually too favorable to the Big Ten.
I dont like #1 seeds (which wasnt good last year).
And certain people fill them out with such analysis as "I like green more than red so I am going to pick Michigan State to beat Ohio State." or "wouldnt a terrapin eat a gator" therefore Maryland beats Florida. How can you compete with this?
all in fun and I am not sure how much I am working Thursday and Friday!!!!
enjoy!
Friday, March 6, 2009
life is hard
When I look at our family and the issues and concerns we face on a daily basis. Sometimes it is easy to slip into the "life is hard" mantra.
Then God shows me (only He knows when I am ready to see)the issues and concerns other people have which in comparison make our diffuclties seem trivial.
We are so blessed.
God is good.
Even when all 4 kids have been sick within 1 week.
Even when there is uncertainty in the economy.
Even when there is disappointment.
Even when there is failure to meet expectations.
Even when the downstairs toilet breaks, I fix it, and it breaks again.
Even when we NEED new gutters, roof and furnace.
Even when we switch over to digital tv and our reception gets worse.
Even when Kelsey (our choc. lab) eats anything and everything left on the counter.
Even when a 30 year old tree falls.
Even when, due to 4 kids, it is hard to get a hot shower.
Even when I have chosen to put my golf clubs in the attic. (Although I will probably still play 2 or 3 times this year.)
Even when my 11 year old honda civic tries not to start on cold mornings.
Even when my company changes how they pay me and shockingly it turns out to be less.(sarcasm)
Even when....
well, for me.... God knows when I am ready to see how blessed I am.
"Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered." Psalm 32:1
Then God shows me (only He knows when I am ready to see)the issues and concerns other people have which in comparison make our diffuclties seem trivial.
We are so blessed.
God is good.
Even when all 4 kids have been sick within 1 week.
Even when there is uncertainty in the economy.
Even when there is disappointment.
Even when there is failure to meet expectations.
Even when the downstairs toilet breaks, I fix it, and it breaks again.
Even when we NEED new gutters, roof and furnace.
Even when we switch over to digital tv and our reception gets worse.
Even when Kelsey (our choc. lab) eats anything and everything left on the counter.
Even when a 30 year old tree falls.
Even when, due to 4 kids, it is hard to get a hot shower.
Even when I have chosen to put my golf clubs in the attic. (Although I will probably still play 2 or 3 times this year.)
Even when my 11 year old honda civic tries not to start on cold mornings.
Even when my company changes how they pay me and shockingly it turns out to be less.(sarcasm)
Even when....
well, for me.... God knows when I am ready to see how blessed I am.
"Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered." Psalm 32:1
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