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Thursday, 08 January 2009

I 4got I had a Blog!!!

OOOOOomygoodness! I totally forgot I had this site! Wow. I have been busy since the move.
So here is the New Year, and we still haven't moved all of our belongings out of the Houston house. Ouch.
To catch up, we're now officially homeowners in Baytown, one of my sisters is now living with us, and her boyfriend is about to stay with us for a couple of weeks while he looks for a new abode.
I'm homeschooling the kids, the dog's house is now the mud room, the church is meeting in our house for a while, and I am all of a sudden trying to figure out how to be the children's pastor and nursery coordinator.
I don't mean this in a selfish or negative way, but I am grateful that we do not currently have a hugh number of kids attending the church, because I'm having to learn as I go in regards to children's ministry. I am grateful to have friends who are teachers to give me advice along the way, and also for the WONDERFUL patience of the parents!
I stay pretty exhausted, though. It's tough trying to have the house clean and in order for every Sunday. Whew! But everyone is SO KIND and LOVING and AWESOME! It's hard but totally worth it.
Besides, who else gets to tell their kids "Okay, it's time to go to church," and then just walk downstairs!

Monday, 05 May 2008

We R So Smrt

It is very interesting to me that, being such "intelligent" beings, we tend to create so much red tape and make things so complicated. Hmmmm...do we, aggregately speaking, like busy work? Or does it give us more of a sense of feeling more indispensable, or important, more needed? Or do we tend to be so paranoid that we make things more complicated, calling our obnoxious security blankets "caution"?
Maybe it's a combo. If it's a combo, it's been super-sized, man.
Can u tell I'm trying to buy a house, get moved, get my kids switched for a new school next year, etc etc.
Well, life feels crazy sometimes, but this cup of Joe is still easy and delicious! Hurray for Community! Besides, I put a little chocolate in it ---oh, I've found a happy place!! Don't tell Tom -- I'm in love with Joe. Joe Chocolate.
Does anyone know, does Calgon really work?
I think when we move, I'm not going to take anything with me. Just us peeps. Then, I won't have to wash any clothes, or dishes...maybe we could just live off coffee. We could pass the pot around, and then I'd only have to wash out the pot.
And maybe I could leave my car behind. We could just walk. That would force my daily planner to lighten up a lot -- I wouldn't be able to go very far very fast. Yeah, I'm like'n it.

Friday, 02 May 2008

Move'n & Shake'n

Well, I haven't blogged in a long time, but things have been so crazy busy and crazy.
I read Tom's blog (4/30) and was going to comment, but my comment was so long, I realized that I just needed to do a blog entry of my own...
Yes, it appears we are moving to Baytown.
Actually, we tried really hard to try to move to the Lake Jackson-Clute area. We've been going to the LJ Vineyard, and we love it there. I love everyone there.
I have some dear, dear friends in Baytown, so I'm excited about that. Yet I'm also feeling sad because I have dear friends in LJ.
I love everyone at the LJ Vineyard soooooo much! I plan on still visiting time to time, calling folks to talk, and hopefully still getting to hang out sometimes.

I have experienced at some other churches (not Vineyards, but I will leave them nameless) that members seemed to just cross me off their mental list of "friends" when we moved, as if moving meant we just moved on without them. I don't see that type of tendency in the lovely folks at the LJ Vineyard, so I don't think that will happen.

But sometimes past sad or bad experiences can leave us a bit concerned concerning any similar circumstances that come along. It's natural to see or feel patterns in life, wether it is reality or not. If the pattern does prove true, some people will say things like "yep, that's life" or equate it with "wisdom." If it doesn't prove true, some people accuse the pattern-seer of a myriad of negatives such as projection, etc.

But, the pattern I've seen and experienced with the folks at LJ Vineyard is that they are not the type to drop friends. Very VERY loving people, who see well beyond the walls of a church building, building true relationships that last.

Wow...I hope everyone at LJ knows how deeply and eternally I love them, and that they will not put me on a "past friends" list. Well...I'm going to do my part, though, because I'm still going to keep in touch!

Wednesday, 12 March 2008

ennui

For me, being a housewife scks rocks! I find it boring and I STINCK at it. That is all.

Saturday, 01 March 2008

Made an offer!

Uh-oh. We made an offer on a house yesterday evening. Tee- hee. If I understand correctly, the agent will not get the offer through to the seller until Monday. I'm trying to not hold my breath. I'm also trying really hard to not get too excitedly attached in case it doesn't work out (but I'm really just in denial, because I am excited.) I'm trying to not start packing and boxing up belongings, but there are visions of duck tape and boxes dancing in my head! I can't wait to label the boxes..."kitchen"..."kids' bath room"..."play room"..."movie room"....hee..hee-hee...WEEEEE!
I'll wait to say where it is until it's a go. Because it won't matter if our offer's not accepted.
But keep an eye on Tom's blog. He might spill the beans.