I need help! I have several questions:
1)Has anyone here planned a bridal shower before?
2)Has anyone here planned a CO-ED shower before?
3)Has anyone here planned a shower with approximately 60 guests before?
4)How do you survive said activities without GOING INSANE and/or RIPPING YOUR HAIR OUT?
That is all.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
This one's for the geeks
Okay, so who knew? It seems that Douglas Adams may have unintentionally done a bit of evangelizing... Sounds ridiculous, right? Hear me out:
Okay, so the answer to life, the universe & everything is 42, right?
There were 42 generations in the geneology of Jesus given in Matthew, chapter one, from the covenant with Abraham to the birth of Jesus.
Therefore (which we already know) Jesus is the answer to life, the universe and everything.
Hmmm...
Alright, so maybe I'm a little too geeky for my own darn good.
Okay, so the answer to life, the universe & everything is 42, right?
There were 42 generations in the geneology of Jesus given in Matthew, chapter one, from the covenant with Abraham to the birth of Jesus.
Therefore (which we already know) Jesus is the answer to life, the universe and everything.
Hmmm...
Alright, so maybe I'm a little too geeky for my own darn good.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
In case anyone had any doubts:
I love my cat. When I need to take pictures for any event, I finish up the roll with pictures of the cats in my life. Here are a couple of the most recent pictures.
My exceedingly adorable and lovable Smokey:
And my roommate's rather disgruntled (and recently shaved) cat Spooky:
My exceedingly adorable and lovable Smokey:
And my roommate's rather disgruntled (and recently shaved) cat Spooky:
Friday, June 09, 2006
Don't Eat This Book
Being the bibliophile that I am, I have a membership card to Barnes and Noble. This card usually offers me such pleasures as 10% off all purchases I make in the store, as well as occasional e-mail coupons awarding me an additional percentage off. Yesterday the coupon I received was different. It was not for an additional percentage off--It was a coupon for a FREE tall Starbucks Frappuccino. Of course this warranted a near-immediate visit to our local Barnes and Noble.
Once again, being the bibliophile that I am, almost ANY trip to Barnes and Noble results in the purchase of at least three books. (Last week I did manage to escape without purchasing a SINGLE book... I was looking for a certain CD that they didn't have at Best Buy, I walked into the music area, it was right there in front of me. I grabbed it, bought it, and ran out of the store as quickly as possible to avoid the temptation of the books...)
At any rate, this particular visit to Barnes and Noble resulted in the purchase of three books, along with the most recent issue of Poets & Writers magazine (which I should really subscribe to, since I buy it almost every time, anyway). The first two books were: Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. Chuck Palahniuk is the man who wrote the book Fight Club and his stories always very strange, creepy and intriguing. The other book just sounded good.
The third book I bought is found in the title of this post: Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock. For anyone who doesn't know, Morgan Spurlock is the man who did the documentary Supersize Me. This book sort of expands on what the movie covered as well as addressing completely different areas of the "obesity crisis". I just started the book and it is proving to be highly entertaining.
The moral of the story is, I need to stay away from Barnes and Noble until I get my gift card from work. It is a bad, bad place.
Once again, being the bibliophile that I am, almost ANY trip to Barnes and Noble results in the purchase of at least three books. (Last week I did manage to escape without purchasing a SINGLE book... I was looking for a certain CD that they didn't have at Best Buy, I walked into the music area, it was right there in front of me. I grabbed it, bought it, and ran out of the store as quickly as possible to avoid the temptation of the books...)
At any rate, this particular visit to Barnes and Noble resulted in the purchase of three books, along with the most recent issue of Poets & Writers magazine (which I should really subscribe to, since I buy it almost every time, anyway). The first two books were: Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. Chuck Palahniuk is the man who wrote the book Fight Club and his stories always very strange, creepy and intriguing. The other book just sounded good.
The third book I bought is found in the title of this post: Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock. For anyone who doesn't know, Morgan Spurlock is the man who did the documentary Supersize Me. This book sort of expands on what the movie covered as well as addressing completely different areas of the "obesity crisis". I just started the book and it is proving to be highly entertaining.
The moral of the story is, I need to stay away from Barnes and Noble until I get my gift card from work. It is a bad, bad place.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
The Greatest Compliment
Tonight I went bowling and to shoot pool with a LOT of my co-workers. It was quite an adventure. I didn't really bowl so well, and I actually only played one round of pool... Eh, whatever--at least everyone liked my "belt" which was actually my crossword puzzle tie. That's what's really important. That was the GREATEST compliment. Okay, so maybe not. The greatest compliment (to me) actually occurred when I was NOT shooting pool. After bowling a smaller group of us decided to go and shoot pool. Three of us actually ended up just sitting around talking the whole 3 hours we were there.
So, we're talking about work, and life , and such, and as it always does, the topic made it's way around to the ominous "religion" talk. I'm always nervous that I'll say the wrong thing and make someone mad, or that I'll say something that reflects poorly on Jesus. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Anyway, this is where the greatest compliment comes into play. One of the two co-workers involved told me that until she met me, she pretty much just didn't like Christians. To me, it is an AWESOME compliment, but at the same time, it makes me sad. It makes me mourn. She shared with me some of the bad experience she's had, my other co-worker talked about how her Christian SISTER treats her poorly, and I wanted to cry. I'm grateful that God can use me to change peoples views of Christians, but at the same time, I am so upset that people should be in a situation where someone needs to change their views of Christians. I have been told this by several people, and I am joyful that God wants to use me to change that, but still sad that it needs to be done. They should be receiving our love regardless of their current beliefs or choices. (When I say our, I mean "the church" in general, the entire body of Christians.) Let's be honest, if you want to make me angry, you will tell me about a Christian who treated others poorly because of their beliefs or lifestyle. Is this what Jesus would do? Not even close. We all know that those are the people that Jesus would CHOOSE to spend time with.
So, now what? Perhaps if ya'll could pray for these co-workers that their bitterness based on past experiences would be removed and they would become open to considering Jesus. That would be great. Thanks! See ya'll later!
So, we're talking about work, and life , and such, and as it always does, the topic made it's way around to the ominous "religion" talk. I'm always nervous that I'll say the wrong thing and make someone mad, or that I'll say something that reflects poorly on Jesus. I know I shouldn't, but I do. Anyway, this is where the greatest compliment comes into play. One of the two co-workers involved told me that until she met me, she pretty much just didn't like Christians. To me, it is an AWESOME compliment, but at the same time, it makes me sad. It makes me mourn. She shared with me some of the bad experience she's had, my other co-worker talked about how her Christian SISTER treats her poorly, and I wanted to cry. I'm grateful that God can use me to change peoples views of Christians, but at the same time, I am so upset that people should be in a situation where someone needs to change their views of Christians. I have been told this by several people, and I am joyful that God wants to use me to change that, but still sad that it needs to be done. They should be receiving our love regardless of their current beliefs or choices. (When I say our, I mean "the church" in general, the entire body of Christians.) Let's be honest, if you want to make me angry, you will tell me about a Christian who treated others poorly because of their beliefs or lifestyle. Is this what Jesus would do? Not even close. We all know that those are the people that Jesus would CHOOSE to spend time with.
So, now what? Perhaps if ya'll could pray for these co-workers that their bitterness based on past experiences would be removed and they would become open to considering Jesus. That would be great. Thanks! See ya'll later!
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