For alot of us, today the love handles are complaining about all the delicious food we enjoyed yesterday. And for some of us, the thanksgiving meals aren't done yet! Note: It's good to have a small family! :)
I'm going to be honest and say that I didn't feel so thankful on Thanksgiving this year. I did get to sleep in and when I walked out to the kitchen I saw it! A HUGE PAN OF BAKED OATMEAL! I screamed...it's been a couple months since that lovely stuff has graced my plate! Oh was it good! :)
I really didn't do all that much while waiting the 6+ hours to eat. I played my guitar for a while, which I've realized I've been doing every spare moment I have. It was nice to have the whole family home and I can say that this week we actually sat down for 3 family meals! Wow that's a record! Rarely are we all home to eat together!
This year we went all the way over to Cove Valley Camp to eat our Thanksgiving meal with the Eshleman Family. It's been a while since all 14 of us had a meal together! Believe me, it was one loud meal! hahaha! Dad and Allen both mentioned how nice it was for Steph and myself to be there, because apparently it's quiet without us! Now really??? Imagine that?! :P
After supper we played apples to apples and hung out. The boys left for a friend's house where they had a sleep over and were getting up really early to go black friday shopping? Since when does Britt wanna go black friday shopping??? haha! I missed playing apples to apples with them!!!! Especially Josiah! I know, I know, it's a sad thing to play favorites, but to be honest, I miss Josiah the most whenever I'm not at home!!
We finished the night by watching a really old Jimmy Stewart movie called Harvey.
I just wanted to go to bed so bad. I didn't feel like this was what thanksgiving should be like. And going to bed, I had the hardest time as I thought through everything. WHY! What was wrong?! I don't really know when exactly it came to me....sometime while I was asleep...but the answer came.
We're going through transitions in our families. This might very well be the last time all of our families are together for thanksgiving. That thought makes me want to cry. I will always try to be home for Thanksgiving with the Eshleman family!
As we grow up and move on with life, we need to be thankful for the moments we have together, because you never know where you'll be next year. And once dating comes into the picture it's really not the same at all! Then you get married and have your own family and in-laws and all sorts of thankgiving stuff. Oh joy.
For me, being someone that likes to have things different and enjoys the adventure in life. I have found out how hard it is for me to let go of things and embrace NEW adventures in life as I grow into who God wants me to be, even if it means feeling slightly left out at family get-togethers, because I'm still single(and I'm thankful for that!), or not having anyone to hang out with over the holidays, because they all have a ton of things to do and I don't. It's ok to be alone, because I am NEVER alone. God is always there and as I find things to do by myself, I'm realizing that I get to share that time with God instead of people.
And on the other side of things, I'm just in a manic anxious state waiting for Whitetail to open so I can go snowboarding. Then I won't care about hanging out with anyone, unless we're on the slopes together! haha! :D
God Bless!
♥
Friday, November 26, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Here I raise my Ebenezer...
Don't judge! I can be really slow sometimes!
I've always loved the hymn "Come Thou Fount"...or as I would call it "the Ebenezer song". I never really understood why in the world the Ebenezer was there, because the first thing I think of is Ebenezer Scrooge! Haha! So this morning I was googling the passage I'm using in this post(because I could not remember what chapter it was), and the first website on the list talked about Come Thou Fount and Ebenezer and it all made sense. I didn't even have to read it. It just clicked! :)
Sunday night, I had the privilege of attending Grace Baptist Church's Thanksgiving Service...and meal. ;) Basically they preached a little, then left it open for people to publicly say what they were thankful for. I told my mom when I got home that I thought about standing up, but they only had an hour and I didn't want to take up half of it! And you know I would! :)
The passage used was 1Samuel 7:2-12
Then all the people of Israel turned back to the LORD. 3 So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” 4 So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the LORD only.
5 Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the LORD for you.” 6 When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Now Samuel was serving as leader of Israel at Mizpah.
7 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines. 8 They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.
10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites. 11The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.
12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
Samuel set up a monument, naming it Ebenezer. Thus far has the Lord helped us. We were challenged to set our monument saying "Thus far has the Lord helped me", realizing that this past year, and even this far in our lives is only possible with God's help. We were also challenged to think back over the last 12 months and meditate on just how God has helped us, and thank Him.
I was debating whether or not to share some of the things I'm thankful for. Two years ago I wrote out 100 things, and last year I did 200! This year I was going to do 300, but I decided not to. Rather, I challenge you, my reader to think back over the last 12 months and see just how much God has helped you. Raise your Ebenezer and say with thanksgiving "Thus far has the Lord helped me".
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
God Bless
♥
I've always loved the hymn "Come Thou Fount"...or as I would call it "the Ebenezer song". I never really understood why in the world the Ebenezer was there, because the first thing I think of is Ebenezer Scrooge! Haha! So this morning I was googling the passage I'm using in this post(because I could not remember what chapter it was), and the first website on the list talked about Come Thou Fount and Ebenezer and it all made sense. I didn't even have to read it. It just clicked! :)
Sunday night, I had the privilege of attending Grace Baptist Church's Thanksgiving Service...and meal. ;) Basically they preached a little, then left it open for people to publicly say what they were thankful for. I told my mom when I got home that I thought about standing up, but they only had an hour and I didn't want to take up half of it! And you know I would! :)
The passage used was 1Samuel 7:2-12
Then all the people of Israel turned back to the LORD. 3 So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” 4 So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the LORD only.
5 Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the LORD for you.” 6 When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” Now Samuel was serving as leader of Israel at Mizpah.
7 When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines. 8 They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” 9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him.
10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites. 11The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.
12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
Samuel set up a monument, naming it Ebenezer. Thus far has the Lord helped us. We were challenged to set our monument saying "Thus far has the Lord helped me", realizing that this past year, and even this far in our lives is only possible with God's help. We were also challenged to think back over the last 12 months and meditate on just how God has helped us, and thank Him.
I was debating whether or not to share some of the things I'm thankful for. Two years ago I wrote out 100 things, and last year I did 200! This year I was going to do 300, but I decided not to. Rather, I challenge you, my reader to think back over the last 12 months and see just how much God has helped you. Raise your Ebenezer and say with thanksgiving "Thus far has the Lord helped me".
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
God Bless
♥
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Laughing is good. And adventures at Pap and Grandmas are even better!
Sometimes we just need to be crazy. For me, this usually has to happen AT LEAST once a week or else I start to get depressed almost. haha! :)
I love doing random fun thing and when a trip to Pap and Grandma's comes along....you never know WHAT you'll get into!
Pap and Grandma. My grandparents of no blood relation, (but just as close to my heart as family) live in the beautiful Fulton County Pennsylvania. In the sticks! They have pretty much any farm type animal imaginable, except a cow and horse.
Saturday morning, I found some work clothes...and headed over to help 'Uncle Robin', 'Aunt Linda' and the Brant family cut and stack wood for Pap and Grandma. There is NEVER a dull moment with this family and I'm so grateful for all they have done for me!
Lunch. Glorious lunch! Grandma always has a ton of food for us to enjoy and I finally got to eat her slippery ham pot pie!!!! DELICIOUS! But I will not rave about the food.
After lunch we had 2 loads of wood to finish, then clean up the saw dust and we could 'play'.
I found a sled and thought it was a perfect time to try it out on the hill....
At last we succeeded! The sheep apparently give up if you grab their tails then their neck. It worked for Chevy anyway...he even picked one up.
With one crazed adventure over, we headed back to the house to eat pie. BUT WAIT...the goats! We wanted to feed the goats too. Pap told us we would have to climb over the gate, because the goats would run out otherwise. Being the impressively graceful and balanced person that I am, I leaped onto the gate, attempting to get a foothold in the chickenwire......didn't work too well.....
Yep. Victoria flipped over and got stuck like this. Below my head/hands was a pile of goat crap...to which I didn't want to fall into! In the midst of laughing really really really hard at the situation, and unaided by my friends who were also laughing really really really hard, I managed to roll back up and swing my legs over the gate to straddle in...then jumped into the pen.
The goats are so cute! Toy was even there...although much much bigger than when I held him at 2 days old in June. The goats were much easter to feed and hold than the sheep.
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| I'm not sure if this is Toy or his sibling |
Saturday was an epic day. I can't help but sitting back and saying "Thank you God for making life fun and full of new adventures everyday!"
May your week be filled with adventure!
God Bless
♥
Photo credit goes to Hannah Brant of Rejoice Photography
Thursday, November 11, 2010
It's 11:11-pray for revival!
11/11/10
What a day!
It started out much earlier than I like. 5am I rolled out of bed and into the shower. To be honest, when I went to sleep last night I didn't want to wake up this morning and drive an hour to visit my friend Laura at GSSM in Mechanicsbug, but I had the day off and I knew I would enjoy it.
That sick to my stomach with fear feeling was the devil trying to discourage me, because God had so much in store for me today!
I got there only 5 minutes late. Not even late enough to miss worship!! This week the students at GSSM were learning how to use the Arts in ministry, a topic of great interest to me as well, which was one of the main reasons I wanted to go up this week. :)
Totally amazing!! It was one of those "you had to be there" things. But I'll try to explain anyway.
First off, I love worship. Hands down. Worship is a passion! And I love worship time. I wish it could go longer some days. :)
My favorite part of the 'school day' was breaking up and going to different 'stations' where they focused on a specific "art". Dance, song, and digital art were among the ones Laura and I took part of. We got to create a dance, sing songs and learn some cool ways to use media to minister to others. I think I found the digital media one most interesting, and wish I could have spent more time on it. Being a 'tech savvy' person and living in a 'tech savvy' generation, media and technology can be a great way to minister and share God's love with others. They even touched on photography and photoshop which I was soo excited about! Two other passions of mine! :)
We had a break then we got to share what we learned in the workshops. Laura and I even got to dance on stage and teach the rest of the students our dance! That was so amazing for me, because I've been to GSSM many times already, and to be able to be looked upon as equal with the students and interact and share my passions with them, on stage and over the internet....dude it was cool!
Today was a total "God moment" type day. And it lined up so much with alot of things I've been thinking about recently. Looking back, I think the biggest thing God showed me today is that he's given me gifts and tons of creativity to use for His glory, now it's my turn to be creative and use them to change the world! :)
We even got to pray for some guys who started talking to us. The one..his girlfriend had breast cancer and was really depressed and stuff so we prayed for her too! For me, this was a huggeee stretch out of my comfort zone, but I think I might like it...?? I defiently felt awkward, but this is good.
When Laura and I got back to the apartment, we decided....lets highlight her hair. Blonde. OHHH this was fun! Poor Laura ended the process with a huge bleach blonde streak in the middle of her bangs. We left the color in too long! haha! So in the midst of laughing our heads off, we decided- run to CVS and find a new color! Currently we are waiting for it to set. I have confidence that it will be a good color however.
Today has been a great day. I'm kinda sad for it to end, but at the same time....I'm looking forward to the future of seeing how I can use my gifts creatively to serve God. We shall see where my adventures take me next...
God Bless.
<3
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Revalations from computers and the stress of family pictures...
Broccoli chedder bread bowl at Panera Bread and some free wifi is the perfect way to spend a day off. With pandora's holiday...CHRISTMAS station in my headphones. *sigh* Life is good.
It's been a stressful week, but God is faithful! I guess the biggest thing that I'm sorta...kinda really excited about at the moment is that the computer problem at work is FIXED! OH thank you Jesus! Last week, I got to the point of completely giving up, but God came through. I guess I should give you some background...
So I'm a video editor intern. Working on a couple projects. Well for some odd reason we couldn't get the final video burned onto DVD. We wondered why Avid(the video editing program we are using--oh how i wish we were using final cut) didn't come with a program to do this. We hit stone wall after stone wall with Roxio(the other program we bought to hopefully stick movie onto DVD). It told us our video card wasn't updated enough, stupid because the computer is under a year old. *Random note: even if it is cheaper...NEVER EVER EVER Do video editing on a PC. It's a total fail.*
We spent weeks going through all the red tape to order new parts and update/upgrade everything! And Roxio still didn't work! I should mention that this has been going since June. 2 weeks ago we decided to buy the new version of Roxio(which I still want to learn because apparently you can make 3D movies and I wanna try this!). We installed it and waited.....to no avail! Talk about the pits! I started looking around for other jobs. :) My boss....thank the Lord...is also a christian, which is totally awesome because we can talk about God while we want to burn the computer! We decided to pray every time we got together that God would give us wisdom and fix the computer! Well right after we did that, I'm getting ready to leave the office and I look on my desk and there's a cd sitting there, still in the wrapper. Avid DVD??? I looked over at Tom and was like...Um...is this what we're looking for?!! It was! Oh God! Haha! I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry! I came into work the next day with high expectations of finally being able to finish my project, but......when I installed it....I got an invalid registration error. So frustrating! Turns out Roxio and Avid DVD conflict with eachother when installed on the same computer.
But not without revelation. :) I started thinking about how true the situation was if you put it into real life. Think about it, how often in life do we look for the solution to a problem and get all frustrated and wonder why we can't find it, so we "go out and buy something else". We find something else to "fix it"....but in all reality it just makes it worse. So many times it isn't until we reach rock bottom that we think it would be a good time to cry out to God for help. And we find that the solution to it all has been there in front of us the whole time! :) But we still have to deal with the consequences from the "other solutions" we tried. Which can lead to more frustration, but in the end...God works everything out.
This morning my phone was ringing off the hook while I was doing my hair and make up. Tom got Avid DVD installed and working. Apparently the O in the serial number was an O not a 0. That's the only reason he could think of. I practically flew to the office just to make sure it was real! SCORE! :) :) :) When I walked in, and saw it working I said "You know what Tom, God fixed the computer!" To which we both decided was the only explanation we had! Thank you God!
So I guess what God's really been teaching me through this experience and recently in general is that I like to "do it myself".....true story...haha.....but I need to remember to do it with him! :)
This past weekend was a stressful, but fun one. I went ice skating on Saturday! Oh my...I'll state again that I love ice skating so much! And now that I'm getting better at it, it's much more entertaining! I can go backwards and skate on one leg!!!!! Of course the people you go with are the best part! Never a dull moment when I'm with the Brant sisters! :)
The stress came as I decided we were getting our family picture taken by Rejoice Photography(You can find her on Facebook). With 7 people in the family, it's a pain to get everyone, especially Daniel, to agree to get their picture taken. Then there's the matching clothes part. AAAHHH! This time, however, I found colors that matched the season, that went together, and everyone had something around the same color! Thank you Jesus! We didn't even know when we were doing it, Sunday afternoon or Monday. Finally we decided on Sunday afternoon. So all the clothes needed to be washed and matched and I had to make sure that everyone wore what they were supposed to. Ok, I'm very OCD and a perfectionist when it comes to photos! But in my defense, we haven't had a family picture in 10 years. They need to look good, because who knows how many of us will be married by the time we get another one! haha!
It turned out quite well. We had a great "make them smile" person and a very patient photographer. The weather even turned out pretty much perfect with hardly any directional lighting and just a little on the chilly side, but not too bad! And the pictures....priceless. I have one crazy family! :)
It's been a stressful week, but God is faithful! I guess the biggest thing that I'm sorta...kinda really excited about at the moment is that the computer problem at work is FIXED! OH thank you Jesus! Last week, I got to the point of completely giving up, but God came through. I guess I should give you some background...
So I'm a video editor intern. Working on a couple projects. Well for some odd reason we couldn't get the final video burned onto DVD. We wondered why Avid(the video editing program we are using--oh how i wish we were using final cut) didn't come with a program to do this. We hit stone wall after stone wall with Roxio(the other program we bought to hopefully stick movie onto DVD). It told us our video card wasn't updated enough, stupid because the computer is under a year old. *Random note: even if it is cheaper...NEVER EVER EVER Do video editing on a PC. It's a total fail.*
We spent weeks going through all the red tape to order new parts and update/upgrade everything! And Roxio still didn't work! I should mention that this has been going since June. 2 weeks ago we decided to buy the new version of Roxio(which I still want to learn because apparently you can make 3D movies and I wanna try this!). We installed it and waited.....to no avail! Talk about the pits! I started looking around for other jobs. :) My boss....thank the Lord...is also a christian, which is totally awesome because we can talk about God while we want to burn the computer! We decided to pray every time we got together that God would give us wisdom and fix the computer! Well right after we did that, I'm getting ready to leave the office and I look on my desk and there's a cd sitting there, still in the wrapper. Avid DVD??? I looked over at Tom and was like...Um...is this what we're looking for?!! It was! Oh God! Haha! I didn't know whether I should laugh or cry! I came into work the next day with high expectations of finally being able to finish my project, but......when I installed it....I got an invalid registration error. So frustrating! Turns out Roxio and Avid DVD conflict with eachother when installed on the same computer.
But not without revelation. :) I started thinking about how true the situation was if you put it into real life. Think about it, how often in life do we look for the solution to a problem and get all frustrated and wonder why we can't find it, so we "go out and buy something else". We find something else to "fix it"....but in all reality it just makes it worse. So many times it isn't until we reach rock bottom that we think it would be a good time to cry out to God for help. And we find that the solution to it all has been there in front of us the whole time! :) But we still have to deal with the consequences from the "other solutions" we tried. Which can lead to more frustration, but in the end...God works everything out.
This morning my phone was ringing off the hook while I was doing my hair and make up. Tom got Avid DVD installed and working. Apparently the O in the serial number was an O not a 0. That's the only reason he could think of. I practically flew to the office just to make sure it was real! SCORE! :) :) :) When I walked in, and saw it working I said "You know what Tom, God fixed the computer!" To which we both decided was the only explanation we had! Thank you God!
So I guess what God's really been teaching me through this experience and recently in general is that I like to "do it myself".....true story...haha.....but I need to remember to do it with him! :)
It turned out quite well. We had a great "make them smile" person and a very patient photographer. The weather even turned out pretty much perfect with hardly any directional lighting and just a little on the chilly side, but not too bad! And the pictures....priceless. I have one crazy family! :)
Phew, what a week! But I can't help but thank God for continually being faithful and always working things out to His glory! :)
May you have a blessed week and may the glory of the Lord shine upon you! :D
God Bless.
♥
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
For those moments when we need refreshed
We all have days where we just need refreshed, amen? Where our minds are so clogged full of the stresses of life and things of this world that we almost feel like screaming!?
Tell me I'm not the only one! :)
For me, there comes a point of desperation. Where I CANNOT go another minute until I spend some time just soaking in worship. Usually I lock myself in my room block out everything and play every single worship song I can on the guitar until my fingers bleed. Painful I know, but refreshing. Psalm 144:1 has really begun to speak to me on what I can do when I praise: "Praise be to the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle." My hands and my fingers are trained for battle? To think that when I'm playing guitarra with mis manos y dedos(I'm practicing for the Dominican), I'm fighting a war. A battle not against flesh and blood, but a spiritual battle. I think it makes the devil mad when we praise God, duh, that's kind of obvious...why else does he cloud our mind with so many distractions to keep us from praising God? :) And you wanna know something, when I'm 'in the zone' I get such an inexpressible feeling of accomplishment knowing that with every note I play for God, with every chord change, with every word that comes out of my mouth in praise and worship to God, that I'm showing that little bug of a devil who really is in control of my life!
Sunday was one such day. I just got so irritated with life and all the frustrations of the week that I played..and played...and played. But somehow it wasn't enough. I had been debating all day whether or not to go to Keepers of the Flame that night. I didn't have enough gas, I didn't want to leave the kids at home, but they didn't want to come. But finally I realized how pathetic it was. God will fill up my gas tank AND take care of Daniel and Rochelle. So off I went.
I got to M-burg, and realized what day it was. Halloween. And trick or treat night. AAHH. I had to drive 25 through town because of all the people! :( Although I was in a hurry, and not too happy of being slowed down, I got to look at all the people walking around in costume. I about got sick. So many monsters, and ghosts, and demons, and zombies. Why? Growing up we never celebrated Halloween, because it's a satanic holiday, celebrating the occult(that's how it started anyway). And looking back, I'm glad(and I mean no offence to anyone. It's a personal conviction of mine).
Suddenly, I got so mad! And downright disgusted at how commercial we've made holidays in America. It was almost like torture to drive through town. But at the same time I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt and with 10 times the amount of resolve than when I left my house, that going to church was the BEST thing I could do on halloween! What better way to spend a night like that then by worshiping God for hours, undistracted!!
And how refreshing as well. There's something about worshiping to the point where you don't think you have anymore left in you. To just lay it all before God and say "even though this is how I feel, and how I see things. You ARE God and You ARE in control!" :) And just spend time soaking in His glorious presence. *sigh*
INDESCRIBABLE.
I can tell the difference in my personality this week too. My focus is reset. :)
Sometimes we just need to get away and spend quality time with our Savior. I challenge you to do that this week. MAKE TIME to worship God.
Think of it as a rehearsal for how we're gonna spend eternity.
God Bless
♥
Tell me I'm not the only one! :)
For me, there comes a point of desperation. Where I CANNOT go another minute until I spend some time just soaking in worship. Usually I lock myself in my room block out everything and play every single worship song I can on the guitar until my fingers bleed. Painful I know, but refreshing. Psalm 144:1 has really begun to speak to me on what I can do when I praise: "Praise be to the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle." My hands and my fingers are trained for battle? To think that when I'm playing guitarra with mis manos y dedos(I'm practicing for the Dominican), I'm fighting a war. A battle not against flesh and blood, but a spiritual battle. I think it makes the devil mad when we praise God, duh, that's kind of obvious...why else does he cloud our mind with so many distractions to keep us from praising God? :) And you wanna know something, when I'm 'in the zone' I get such an inexpressible feeling of accomplishment knowing that with every note I play for God, with every chord change, with every word that comes out of my mouth in praise and worship to God, that I'm showing that little bug of a devil who really is in control of my life!
Sunday was one such day. I just got so irritated with life and all the frustrations of the week that I played..and played...and played. But somehow it wasn't enough. I had been debating all day whether or not to go to Keepers of the Flame that night. I didn't have enough gas, I didn't want to leave the kids at home, but they didn't want to come. But finally I realized how pathetic it was. God will fill up my gas tank AND take care of Daniel and Rochelle. So off I went.
I got to M-burg, and realized what day it was. Halloween. And trick or treat night. AAHH. I had to drive 25 through town because of all the people! :( Although I was in a hurry, and not too happy of being slowed down, I got to look at all the people walking around in costume. I about got sick. So many monsters, and ghosts, and demons, and zombies. Why? Growing up we never celebrated Halloween, because it's a satanic holiday, celebrating the occult(that's how it started anyway). And looking back, I'm glad(and I mean no offence to anyone. It's a personal conviction of mine).
Suddenly, I got so mad! And downright disgusted at how commercial we've made holidays in America. It was almost like torture to drive through town. But at the same time I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt and with 10 times the amount of resolve than when I left my house, that going to church was the BEST thing I could do on halloween! What better way to spend a night like that then by worshiping God for hours, undistracted!!
And how refreshing as well. There's something about worshiping to the point where you don't think you have anymore left in you. To just lay it all before God and say "even though this is how I feel, and how I see things. You ARE God and You ARE in control!" :) And just spend time soaking in His glorious presence. *sigh*
INDESCRIBABLE.
I can tell the difference in my personality this week too. My focus is reset. :)
Sometimes we just need to get away and spend quality time with our Savior. I challenge you to do that this week. MAKE TIME to worship God.
Think of it as a rehearsal for how we're gonna spend eternity.
God Bless
♥
Friday, October 29, 2010
Life has it's ups and downs.....sorta like a roller coaster.
Most of you know that I, Victoria Utermoehlen, will find something to smile about in every situation no matter how discouraging it might be.
I'll be honest-this week has been hard! It was almost like I was on a spiritual high, maybe even a mountain top experience over the weekend and by yesterday I was in the pits!
It was so nice to get away from Pennsylvania for 4 days! And even with the whole "check engine" situation, it was totally worth it.
....Did I mention that Monday I tutored 3 kids in Latin, baked cookies, jumped on the trampoline, had a tea party while wearing a lacy old lady hat, and finished my first ever friendship bracelet and enjoyed one of the prettiest sunsets I've seen all month(bad thing when you're driving). I even made it home the back way, in the dark, without getting directions?! Thank you, God for a decent sense of direction!
Tuesday dawned and Victoria was not ready. Chasing 9 kids around all weekend and staying up till 2am and driving over 8 hours works on one's body when they have to get up for work. GGAAH! Then computer problems at work made it worse. And I almost forgot to turn in my check for the missions trip to the Dominican Republic in January!
Wednesday morning I forgot my house key! Left it in my pants from the night before! Seriously!! I was locked out of the house for an hour and by the time I drove to MennoHaven, waited for Stephanie to get off break to bring me her key and drove back to the Van Kampens....they were home! Haha! Gotta love it...I should have just played on the swings.
Thursday-the final straw. I overslept. And actually got into a FIGHT(yes, things like this actually happen) with Steph....over when to do the chores! Seriously! How stupid can we be!?!?!? I was so frustrated and tired and irritaed that my plans were not going the way I wanted them to. I went to the office. My mom texted me and wanted me to check my email, because it was urgent. YEAH IT WAS! My sister Rochelle got shot in the eye with an airsoft pellet and was in the eye docter getting it checked out. Apparently she couldn't see much out of it and stuff. I don't really know all the details yet, but I about collasped. What else could go wrong!? I could have a half blind sister! <--ok I was overreacting just a little.
Ever get to the point where you feel like your whole world is spinning and crashing around you. So overwhelming that you start to shake? Yep that was me. Do you also ever notice that it's usually not till we can't do it on our own that we decide it would be a good time to pray. Haha...I wonder why I can be so dumb somedays?!
I'll be honest-this week has been hard! It was almost like I was on a spiritual high, maybe even a mountain top experience over the weekend and by yesterday I was in the pits!
It was so nice to get away from Pennsylvania for 4 days! And even with the whole "check engine" situation, it was totally worth it.
....Did I mention that Monday I tutored 3 kids in Latin, baked cookies, jumped on the trampoline, had a tea party while wearing a lacy old lady hat, and finished my first ever friendship bracelet and enjoyed one of the prettiest sunsets I've seen all month(bad thing when you're driving). I even made it home the back way, in the dark, without getting directions?! Thank you, God for a decent sense of direction!
Tuesday dawned and Victoria was not ready. Chasing 9 kids around all weekend and staying up till 2am and driving over 8 hours works on one's body when they have to get up for work. GGAAH! Then computer problems at work made it worse. And I almost forgot to turn in my check for the missions trip to the Dominican Republic in January!
Wednesday morning I forgot my house key! Left it in my pants from the night before! Seriously!! I was locked out of the house for an hour and by the time I drove to MennoHaven, waited for Stephanie to get off break to bring me her key and drove back to the Van Kampens....they were home! Haha! Gotta love it...I should have just played on the swings.
Thursday-the final straw. I overslept. And actually got into a FIGHT(yes, things like this actually happen) with Steph....over when to do the chores! Seriously! How stupid can we be!?!?!? I was so frustrated and tired and irritaed that my plans were not going the way I wanted them to. I went to the office. My mom texted me and wanted me to check my email, because it was urgent. YEAH IT WAS! My sister Rochelle got shot in the eye with an airsoft pellet and was in the eye docter getting it checked out. Apparently she couldn't see much out of it and stuff. I don't really know all the details yet, but I about collasped. What else could go wrong!? I could have a half blind sister! <--ok I was overreacting just a little.
Ever get to the point where you feel like your whole world is spinning and crashing around you. So overwhelming that you start to shake? Yep that was me. Do you also ever notice that it's usually not till we can't do it on our own that we decide it would be a good time to pray. Haha...I wonder why I can be so dumb somedays?!
Let's change the mindset here. PRAYER. Surrender. Two things essential for a 'christian's' life!
Turns out Rochelle just has bascially like a bruise on her eye. 2 kinds of eye drops, cool compresses, NO PHYSICAL activity till Tuesday. Guess that means she'll be vegging in front of the TV this weekend.
Steph and I are back to being attached at the hip. Nothing that a good talk at C&C Coffee Company whilst enjoying mochas and latte's couldn't fix. And I'm glad we got it worked out, because the rest of the day would have been crap.
So lets end this by saying all the good things that happened this week(so you can thank God with me)....
*The check engine light turned off! haha.
* I'm going to the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC in January!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I ended up only having to pay half of it! YAY JESUS!!!!!!!
* Six games of pool later and you really can't think of anything else except the 8 ball! haha! I am inproving my game....sorta...
* "What a friend she is, making me talk to myself......heh heh...I crack myself up..." -Steph Eshleman folding her clothes while I was trying to sleep. [We're making a quote board next week]
* Things like apple crisp, ice cream and cool whip!
* Laughs. Sunshine.
* The supper table conversation Thursday night. <--somethings can be left unsaid.....:)
..............
* BLOKUS! Oh my goodness!!! I Love this game so much I want it for Christmas!!!!!!!! I think we played 10 games last night. I even stayed up late to keep playing!!!!!!!! AHHHH!!!! SO much fun!!!!!!! Steph randomly asked if I wanted to play, because neither of us had played before....saying Yes was the best decision of my day(well maybe 2 best, after deciding to give my frustration over to God)!!!!!!!!
*And tonight I'm actually having a girls night! It's been a while. A long while since this has happened! I'm excited!
In ending, my advice....don't get so caught up in the frustrations of life. They're like a roller coaster. It lasts maybe a minute. It's not worth the stress of worrying about it. It'll be over sooner than you think. Let go of the bar, stick your hands in the air and enjoy the ride!
God Bless
♥
Monday, October 25, 2010
October 22-24: My Virginia Adventures
Friday 5:31pm.
I have decided to make ONE post instead of 500000000, because I'm sure I will have lots of stories to tell.
I call this weekned my fall break and I'm spending it...ironically, at college. Haha! EMU to be exact, visiting my "cousin" Rachel. <--we decided we were cousins so I could go to some sports after party for families only. We are smart! After a 3 hour car ride, it's nice to chill. I'm still deciding whether I should take a power nap or not.....most likely not...I don't want to miss anything.
9:06pm.
Volleyball is such an intense sport! I like it much better then soccer, hands down. The EMU girls team played Roanoke and even though they lost, the game was worth watching! Especially because I have a friend on the team!
After the game I got to join the team families for a meal. Meatballs, pineapple, COOKIES and Apple cider! Amazing for the stomach of one who hadn't eaten all day! :)
9:50pm - Batman Begins and The Dark Knight! Two movie's I've wanted to see for a couple months now! SOO epic!!!! The Joker is so funny, in a creepy sort of way. And Two face...whoa...that was a little disturbing, but not that scary.
Saturday 11:11am- Good bright and shiny morning to you! I love sleeping in and I'm glad Rachel does too..especially on Saturdays! *sigh* so refreshing.
The morning/afternoon adventure begins as we decided to eat brunch at IHOP. I had never been to IHOP, thus the reason for the trip. We got directions and found out it was only 4.5 miles away. And to the car we went.
5 minutes went by, then 10.....we drove around, following the directions from mapquest......they didn't work.
30 minutes later we pulled into the IHOP.
We made it back to EMU just in time to run to the science building to watch Despicable Me. HILARIOUS and good movie!!!!!
5:22pm-Arrived at the Gossages. I missed them so much! I didn't even make it in the door before I was tackled and screamed at and surrounded by 5 energetic kids! It's been two months since I've seen them. I missed the hugs and the now 5 year old Kenna screaming "I love you Katoria" at the top of her lungs every 5 minutes! Three kids gave me a back massage...amazing! And spaghetti for supper with garlic bread and....walking nachos.
I had the brilliant idea because I didn't want to mix nacho cheese sauce with spaghetti, and the chips were in little bags. Ever heard of the Walking Taco? Well I got the idea from that. One massive spoonful of cheese sauce and a bag of chips later and you have the Walking Nacho. We played Sorry and ate Ice Cream and played music. Oh yea and who could forget the incredible and slightly embarrassing barefoot walk around the neighborhood. Janson with a hammer and Kenyon who had to pee so bad he wanted to do it "dog" style. Every tree and every fire hydrant. hahahaa. What fun!
I ended the night by having 'quality girl time' with Kindle and Addison.
Sunday 7:30am -beep beep beep....I hate waking up on Sunday! But I dragged myself out of bed. There's something slightly humorous about big families getting ready for church! Oh my goodness the yelling and fighting that goes on is like no other day of the week. :) Being that I was planning heading home from their church, Kindle and I stayed home an extra hour. It worked out perfect, because she had to finish something for church and I proofed a paper Addison wrote and hour before that had to be turned in today. It was a first person story telling of the creation of the star spangled banner. I ended up practically re-writing it! :)
Blue Ridge Bible Church in Purcellville, VA was my destination. I found it from memory of going the last time I was here! Score!!! I was so proud of myself!
We sang Christmas Carols in church! They're doing a "Christmas in October" series...so we aren't so focused on all the other Christmas goo rue in December that we miss the real meaning of Christmas(kinda a neat idea). Caleb played the drums. He's pretty good if I do say so myself! ;) The message was on Luke 2:8-20(if you'd like to listen: http://brbible.org/resources/sermons/the-gospel-proclaimed).
12:45pm- LUNCH TIME! :) Pizza, sun chips, candy bars, and coke in glass bottles! The meal was for the 30+ people that stayed for the guitar workshop. The guitar workshop was interesting. I didn't really understand too much from the electric guitar part, but the acoustic section was helpful. I finally learned what the notes are on each fret of the guitar(I sorta skipped that part in teaching myself), and I think I'm understanding barr chords better. I also learned about the 4/4 and 3/4 rhythm strum patterns.
Today has turned out to be a long day, but cool non the less. It's been such a God day. I got to talk to so many kids that were just asking me random questions about life and middle school drama, and relationships. So great! I also got to talk to this girl who was around my age while we made friendship braclets(I am working on my first one still, but I finally got the concept of how to do it!) about our gifts and hobbies. She asked me how I figured out what my gifts were and such. It was such a miraculousness opportunity for me to share parts of my testimony as well as give advice and encouragement to someone who's in such a similar place in life as I am. I was thinking of how amazing it is how God works. If I hadn't met the girls at camp, I wouldn't have been able to come down and visit...and I wouldn't have been there today, which means perhaps the people I talked to wouldn't be as encouraged! God thank you for using me! :D
As I was leaving around 8pm my cars 'check engine' light came on! Not good! :( I figured the reason was probably that I needed to put oil in it, because I have a small tendency to forget that part...and I knew my oil was low already. Anywhos so I decided to go back to the Gossages church and find Mr. Gossage, who used to be a mechanic. It so happened that he was in his office talking to a guy who loves to work on VW's! Such a God-thing! So they came out and checked my car over. No weird noises or anything...just low on oil. *grins sheepishly* The closest wal-mart was at least 20 minutes away and I had no idea how to get there. Thankfully I always carry 1qt of oil with me. Enough to get me back to the Gossages, to stay another night(since my parents and I thought it wise I just waited till morning to drive home). Again, this was such a God thing, because it gave Kindle and I time to talk more on the way home about life and what God's been showing us and stuff. Love it! Even now, being the last one awake after talking for over an hour to Addison, I'm not taking this 'check engine' light problem as a bad thing. God's used it so much already!
Seriously, He's so awesome!
Thinking back over my day, and over this weekend. God is bringing to mind what He showed me last night in devotions. I was reading Psalm 23 and suddenly I saw it in a new way. Funny because I've read that chapter a billion times in my life. :)
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
Verses 4,5 really stuck out to me. Even though I walk to the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Usually, the first thing I think of when I read that is death, yanno like someone laying on their death bed...in the shadow of death.....but really this could mean you're biggest fear, or a trial that you're going through. Even though you walk through the valley....FEAR NOT for I AM with you! My rod and my staff they comfort you!
I have decided to make ONE post instead of 500000000, because I'm sure I will have lots of stories to tell.
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| Notice the shirts? :) |
I call this weekned my fall break and I'm spending it...ironically, at college. Haha! EMU to be exact, visiting my "cousin" Rachel. <--we decided we were cousins so I could go to some sports after party for families only. We are smart! After a 3 hour car ride, it's nice to chill. I'm still deciding whether I should take a power nap or not.....most likely not...I don't want to miss anything.
9:06pm.
Volleyball is such an intense sport! I like it much better then soccer, hands down. The EMU girls team played Roanoke and even though they lost, the game was worth watching! Especially because I have a friend on the team!
After the game I got to join the team families for a meal. Meatballs, pineapple, COOKIES and Apple cider! Amazing for the stomach of one who hadn't eaten all day! :)
9:50pm - Batman Begins and The Dark Knight! Two movie's I've wanted to see for a couple months now! SOO epic!!!! The Joker is so funny, in a creepy sort of way. And Two face...whoa...that was a little disturbing, but not that scary.
Saturday 11:11am- Good bright and shiny morning to you! I love sleeping in and I'm glad Rachel does too..especially on Saturdays! *sigh* so refreshing.
The morning/afternoon adventure begins as we decided to eat brunch at IHOP. I had never been to IHOP, thus the reason for the trip. We got directions and found out it was only 4.5 miles away. And to the car we went.
5 minutes went by, then 10.....we drove around, following the directions from mapquest......they didn't work.
30 minutes later we pulled into the IHOP.
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| WE FOUND IT! It was totally worth getting lost through Harrisonburg and all the frustration we had. :) The food=amazing!! I got a Cheese-steak sub thinger = ♥. The funniest part...we spent less than a half hour in IHOP and it took us 35 minutes to find it! haha! But it's all good. |
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| This was a sight for sore eyes! |
I had the brilliant idea because I didn't want to mix nacho cheese sauce with spaghetti, and the chips were in little bags. Ever heard of the Walking Taco? Well I got the idea from that. One massive spoonful of cheese sauce and a bag of chips later and you have the Walking Nacho. We played Sorry and ate Ice Cream and played music. Oh yea and who could forget the incredible and slightly embarrassing barefoot walk around the neighborhood. Janson with a hammer and Kenyon who had to pee so bad he wanted to do it "dog" style. Every tree and every fire hydrant. hahahaa. What fun!
I ended the night by having 'quality girl time' with Kindle and Addison.
Sunday 7:30am -beep beep beep....I hate waking up on Sunday! But I dragged myself out of bed. There's something slightly humorous about big families getting ready for church! Oh my goodness the yelling and fighting that goes on is like no other day of the week. :) Being that I was planning heading home from their church, Kindle and I stayed home an extra hour. It worked out perfect, because she had to finish something for church and I proofed a paper Addison wrote and hour before that had to be turned in today. It was a first person story telling of the creation of the star spangled banner. I ended up practically re-writing it! :)
Blue Ridge Bible Church in Purcellville, VA was my destination. I found it from memory of going the last time I was here! Score!!! I was so proud of myself!
We sang Christmas Carols in church! They're doing a "Christmas in October" series...so we aren't so focused on all the other Christmas goo rue in December that we miss the real meaning of Christmas(kinda a neat idea). Caleb played the drums. He's pretty good if I do say so myself! ;) The message was on Luke 2:8-20(if you'd like to listen: http://brbible.org/resources/sermons/the-gospel-proclaimed).
12:45pm- LUNCH TIME! :) Pizza, sun chips, candy bars, and coke in glass bottles! The meal was for the 30+ people that stayed for the guitar workshop. The guitar workshop was interesting. I didn't really understand too much from the electric guitar part, but the acoustic section was helpful. I finally learned what the notes are on each fret of the guitar(I sorta skipped that part in teaching myself), and I think I'm understanding barr chords better. I also learned about the 4/4 and 3/4 rhythm strum patterns.
Today has turned out to be a long day, but cool non the less. It's been such a God day. I got to talk to so many kids that were just asking me random questions about life and middle school drama, and relationships. So great! I also got to talk to this girl who was around my age while we made friendship braclets(I am working on my first one still, but I finally got the concept of how to do it!) about our gifts and hobbies. She asked me how I figured out what my gifts were and such. It was such a miraculousness opportunity for me to share parts of my testimony as well as give advice and encouragement to someone who's in such a similar place in life as I am. I was thinking of how amazing it is how God works. If I hadn't met the girls at camp, I wouldn't have been able to come down and visit...and I wouldn't have been there today, which means perhaps the people I talked to wouldn't be as encouraged! God thank you for using me! :D
As I was leaving around 8pm my cars 'check engine' light came on! Not good! :( I figured the reason was probably that I needed to put oil in it, because I have a small tendency to forget that part...and I knew my oil was low already. Anywhos so I decided to go back to the Gossages church and find Mr. Gossage, who used to be a mechanic. It so happened that he was in his office talking to a guy who loves to work on VW's! Such a God-thing! So they came out and checked my car over. No weird noises or anything...just low on oil. *grins sheepishly* The closest wal-mart was at least 20 minutes away and I had no idea how to get there. Thankfully I always carry 1qt of oil with me. Enough to get me back to the Gossages, to stay another night(since my parents and I thought it wise I just waited till morning to drive home). Again, this was such a God thing, because it gave Kindle and I time to talk more on the way home about life and what God's been showing us and stuff. Love it! Even now, being the last one awake after talking for over an hour to Addison, I'm not taking this 'check engine' light problem as a bad thing. God's used it so much already!
Seriously, He's so awesome!
Thinking back over my day, and over this weekend. God is bringing to mind what He showed me last night in devotions. I was reading Psalm 23 and suddenly I saw it in a new way. Funny because I've read that chapter a billion times in my life. :)
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
Verses 4,5 really stuck out to me. Even though I walk to the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Usually, the first thing I think of when I read that is death, yanno like someone laying on their death bed...in the shadow of death.....but really this could mean you're biggest fear, or a trial that you're going through. Even though you walk through the valley....FEAR NOT for I AM with you! My rod and my staff they comfort you!
And it gets better- you prepare a table before me, in the presence of my enemies! WHOA this it was got me....in the presence of my enemies. God's right there with us, right in the thick of whatever we're going though, whatever we're facing. He's there. And you know what...he's preparing a table of blessings and grace and love. RIGHT THERE in the middle of our struggles, whatever 'shadow of death' you're walking in right now, God is with you. And He is willing to prepare a table and better yet...anoint your head with oil...so much that it runs over! This is HUGGEE! If we're surrendering our lives to Christ, even when things aren't what we planned, when we face trials. Don't give up on God. Run to him. And he will pour so much blessing and love over you and it's gonna overflow onto everyone around you. People are gonna wonder how you're making it, and you can look them in the face and say: "even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me!"
God Bless.
♥
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Chickens and Old Friends
Today I had the opportunity to help Nina serve lunch for her mother's 81 birthday. It was one of those things were I had other stuff planned, but she needed help so I decided that was more important then my plans.
It was my first time serving, or even eating a meal done in courses. I'm not even used to sitting down for a meal, much less one with 2 forks and spoons and yea. It was neat.
A meal with "old' people?
I must admit I was a little apprehensive, but I loved it!!! I thought it was so cool that these ladies have known eachother since grade school and still get together and talk about life. I listened to all their stories and how things have changed since they were my age. I couldn't help but think about what it will be like for me when I'm 81. I pray that my best friends now and I will still be able to get together and talk about everything, just like the 'old days'. haha!
The thing that sorta worried me the most was what would the conversation be like at the table. I come from a family where anything and everything is talked about when we sit down together. I didn't want to be bored with them talking about the weather.
I don't even know if the weather was even mentioned till the last 10 minutes of me being there. Eighty-one or eighteen girls are girls and that means you get them together and they talk about 'girl' things!! :) The most memorable conversation was about chickens and cutting their heads off and cleaning them out and all that fun stuff. AT THE LUNCH TABLE! I couldn't help but laugh. I even got to share a few stories, but I actually...ok...yes I'm serious here....I liked being the quiet one! They had so many funny stories and memories and they are so spunky. I hope I'm that full of energy and humor when I'm in my 80s!
The thing that impressed me the most was that through all these years they didn't lose contact. I'm sure they've had their disagreements and such, just like all friends, but they moved on and didn't allow that to ruin the friendship. I pray that I will be able to do the same.
....and that is my two cents of the day....
God Bless.
It was my first time serving, or even eating a meal done in courses. I'm not even used to sitting down for a meal, much less one with 2 forks and spoons and yea. It was neat.
A meal with "old' people?
I must admit I was a little apprehensive, but I loved it!!! I thought it was so cool that these ladies have known eachother since grade school and still get together and talk about life. I listened to all their stories and how things have changed since they were my age. I couldn't help but think about what it will be like for me when I'm 81. I pray that my best friends now and I will still be able to get together and talk about everything, just like the 'old days'. haha!
The thing that sorta worried me the most was what would the conversation be like at the table. I come from a family where anything and everything is talked about when we sit down together. I didn't want to be bored with them talking about the weather.
I don't even know if the weather was even mentioned till the last 10 minutes of me being there. Eighty-one or eighteen girls are girls and that means you get them together and they talk about 'girl' things!! :) The most memorable conversation was about chickens and cutting their heads off and cleaning them out and all that fun stuff. AT THE LUNCH TABLE! I couldn't help but laugh. I even got to share a few stories, but I actually...ok...yes I'm serious here....I liked being the quiet one! They had so many funny stories and memories and they are so spunky. I hope I'm that full of energy and humor when I'm in my 80s!
The thing that impressed me the most was that through all these years they didn't lose contact. I'm sure they've had their disagreements and such, just like all friends, but they moved on and didn't allow that to ruin the friendship. I pray that I will be able to do the same.
....and that is my two cents of the day....
God Bless.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Chainsaws and Christmas
Even as I'm typing this, Christmas music is already playing in the Utermoehlen household. Tradition is that the day after dad's birthday is the day we can start listening to Christmas music. By Christmas I am so tired of hearing the same songs over and over again, but somehow when October 17th rolls around and we start talking about our Christmas playlist, I get excited all over again. Songs like Home for the Holidays, and Elvis's Blue Christmas bring a smile to my face. And there's the Boston Pops version of Sleigh ride, and Linus and Lucy and who could forget Bing Crosby's White Christmas!? Oh boy, I'm getting excited for the winter season! I realized this morning that in 8 weeks, I'll be tearing up the snow on the slopes of Whitetail and working on jumping ramps!
With winter coming sooner than we think, the job of cutting firewood is in full swing..haha yeah cause you gotta swing the ax! :) Today I added another 'firsts' to my ever growing list. Using a chainsaw.
It's harder than it looks! I doubt I'll use one very often, I'll stick with the assembly line and stacking part of the job. :) Chainsaws still kinda scare me......
With winter coming sooner than we think, the job of cutting firewood is in full swing..haha yeah cause you gotta swing the ax! :) Today I added another 'firsts' to my ever growing list. Using a chainsaw.
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