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Winter Photo Update Part 2
After a week in DC and spending a week catching up at home, I found it hard to want to blog again. Saturday has struck me with the urge to get a lot of things accomplished, and so far so good. Along with that motivation came the urge to finish posting our winter photos (thus far). Granted, this doesn’t include the time in DC, but I think that’s best kept for a separate post.
2 comments February 6, 2010
Extreme Makeover: Snow Edition
Hi everyone, I know the US has had quite the cold snap going on, but I wanted to share what we have been dealing with… The first picture is from the summer. The second is from today. Brr. By the way, we haven’t been above about 30 degrees for a couple weeks now. It spends most of the day sitting right about 25 degrees. (Please excuse the fact that we have taken these pictures through the screen on the window.)
4 comments January 11, 2010
Ten on Tuesday (vol. 4)
1. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a photographer or a dancer. I dabbled in both at various times through my teens and early twenties. In high school, I was captain of the pep squad and later was on the dance team and was an officer on the team as well. I also danced incredibly long hours at a dance studio. In college, I took ballroom dance and spent many evenings at Midnight Rodeo, The Broken Spoke or Gruene Hall dancing the night away.
- Bugs. Really, I don’t think that’s so irrational. They’re disgusting and creepy crawly and blech. Whatever, some people might say that’s an irrational fear.
A craft store like Hobby Lobby – you can’t go wrong with $200 to spend on quilting, knitting, scrapbooking, etc!
Apparently, I have a few moments that I’ve already mentioned – 11 to be exact. My most embarrassing moment to date, however, has to do with sixth grade, forgetting to wear a bra to school and my older brother having to go through my underwear drawer to bring one to school and drop it off in the attendance office for me to pick up. That’s the short version. I was mortified.
I’d choose enchiladas, because I could vary it by having beef, chicken, cheese or veggie enchiladas. Added with all the sauce choices, I’d have variety for a month! Besides, enchiladas are delicious.
My parents got something that came in a big box, which I turned into a spaceship. That was the coolest spaceship ever. Way better than the stuff NASA is launching these days.
No. In the winter, I wear my black pants almost ever day. I love wearing my black patent leather high heels with them. I change it up with the shirts.
I like having themes for all the questions. Maybe it would make it easier to come up with questions if each week had a theme???4 comments November 24, 2009
We’ve been meaning to post but we haven’t had time…
[Rant]
So this morning I sat down to read my dose of Roots and Rings. Chelsea always has something interesting to say and if you don’t read her blog, you should. Today she noted that another blogger had written about people who say “I wish I could do…” but then never make the effort to do whatever it is their heart’s desire. Along those lines, I can’t stand it when people say “I haven’t had time to…” I left a comment about this over on RnR, but I had to get my rant out here as well…
It is a huge pet-peeve of mine when people tell me that they “haven’t had time to…”
“I wanted to call you last week but I didn’t have time.”
“I wanted to read ‘Harry Potter’ but I haven’t had time.”
BULL.
Very few people “don’t have time” to do things.
But John, I work 12 hours a day 5 days a week and… blah blah blah. The fact is, most of us have time that we spend relaxing, watching TV, going for a walk, working on a home improvement, mowing the lawn, doing whatever.
Instead of telling me you didn’t have the time to do it, please tell me that you have had the time, but you’ve chosen to spend your time doing something else. I promise not to be offended.
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6 comments October 5, 2009
Thoughts about Jesus
It is often said that Jesus was both fully man and fully God. If you are at all like me, this is a difficult concept for you. What does it mean to be both God and man? Most would say that sinlessness is a crucial part of that equation. The Bible tells us that Jesus lived a sinless life, and while I certainly accept this as Biblical truth, I struggle to picture a sinless day, let alone a sinless life.
Part of the reason I struggle with the idea of Jesus being fully man is that I would contend that part of the human condition is experiencing failure to live up to God’s standards. Falling short of the Holiness of the Creator is something that every human being has experienced. Every human except for Jesus. I am sure that Jesus struggled with temptation to sin. The Bible even gives accounts of Satan tempting Jesus.
Would you say that being fully human involves falling short of the glory of God? Perhaps Jesus was fully man by living like pre-fallen man in a fallen world?
What does it mean to be fully God? Is God even susceptible to temptation? If not was Jesus fully God? Perhaps God allowed himself to be tempted in order to be fully human?
Any thoughts on this?
How God and Jesus work are quite a mystery. What’s not a mystery however is what Jesus did for us, and how He loves us. At times when I am overwhelmingly confused by the mystery of God, I just have to rest in his love. Take some time today to rest in the truth of God’s love for you.
1 comment January 27, 2009
A Different Kind of Post.
I know that we normally use this blog to keep everyone updated on what’s going on in our lives, but I wanted to Share something else with everyone…
1 comment March 20, 2008
It’s Not Raining Men, but…
Mud?
Really? It’s raining mud? Apparently that’s the story. Catherine and I just came out of a coffee shop in Olmos Park, and her white car was covered in reddish brown splatterings. It was raining, so we were confused. We got in the car, turned on the windshield wipers and examined the subsequent falling raindrops. They, too, contained the grainy red brown bits.
Confused, I called my mom, who informed me that dust from El Paso came through with this storm and so the forecast was calling for mud showers. How odd.
1 comment March 19, 2008
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