What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Hmmm - a thought provoking question. I urge you all to comment on this, as the lack of comments on my bloggage is making me bitter. I'm praying through it (sometimes!) and maybe I'll get over it one day . . . Somebody please love me!!! Yes, I'm a needy girl; I want to hear from my loyal subjects in Blog-Land. (See, since I already said I'm needy it's okay for me to refer to you as a possession. Isn't this fun?!) Craig gets a gold star for religiously commenting on everybody's blog. He's either really dedicated or really sad. I won't post my personal opinion. ;)

Love you guys! Have an awesome week! Keep praying for Warren & Micah - pray especially they don't get attacked by hairy-lederhosen-wearing German women.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven . . .

Yesterday was the time for Warren & Micah to fly to Germany - once they're rested up it'll be a time to laugh and a time to work! Keep them in your prayers! I hope you guys are having a great week so far - if not, hang on it'll be over in 7 days!

Lately I've been anxious about the future - focusing on things to come & not on the here & now. While it's good to plan for days to come, it's not good to let it eat up your time, energy & thoughts. Instead of daydreaming I could be praying - what a novel concept! (Duh!) God has my life mapped out for me - I know that, but still try to figure things out for myself on my own time. Not a good plan.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

On a completely off-the-topic note, Chris & I have been dating 5 years as of yesterday, March 28, 2004. Ahh, how special!

This weekend was a good'n - Warren & Micah came home! (I'm sure you've all figured that out by now!) I enjoyed everything except Warren's flatulent problem and the lingering odor of his room. Oh well - it'll air out in a month or so! It was nice just to sit around talking with him 'til late into the night . . .then he'd get sleepy, then grumpy, then frighteningly angry and violent. Then (of course there's more!) he brow-beats me out of his room, and I'm left with a bruise . . . ahh, just like old times. I lurve it!

Well, we made it through midterms, now we just have to pry our eyes open and stay awake for the next 2 months of class - and we're home free!
Sort of. . .

Long time - no blog. Life. Very. Busy. Spring Break is winding down, NOOO! I don't think I got anything meaningful accomplished, although there was that trip to the Hillsboro outlet mall . . .

Had an enlightening quiet time the other night - Exodus 12, talks about killin' lambs & smearin' their blood around. Good stuff. Ok - for real though; in order for the Israelites to be saved from the first-born-baby-killin' they were to sacrifice a lamb and smear it's blood on the doorframes of their houses.

God gave specific instructions to the people through Moses & Aaron - same goes for today. God gives instruction: we follow it. (At least we should.) Notice he didn't kill the lambs for the peoplel; he didn't do it for them. It takes sacrifice on our part - they gave up some lambs, who knows what God will ask us to give up? Doesn't matter - it was his in the first place.

We see by their example the grave consequences that come with disobedience.

Midterms, devil midterms. It's so hard for me to decide whether to be happy about midterms or depressed. Good side: the semester's half way over!!!
Bad side: no life for a few weeks due to studying pointless information I'm gonna forget anyways, Spring Break is now Homework Break, and aaaaahhhhhh! My brain is fried.

To make matters a tad bit worse I found out one of my professors is a Pulitzer Prize nominee. That, my friends, means no matter how hard I work for this class it really won't matter because this dude is "Dr. Super-Smarty-Pants-English-Man!" So, you can all feel better about your professors now! Unless one of yours has actually won the thing! (Wonder if he cried and said, "It's such an honor to be nominated . . .")

Have an awesome Spring Break!

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round . . .

Ever notice when you're trying to focus on something distractions come easily? It's midterm time! My brain has filled with countless distractions - I hear songs and see shiny things: not good. Another thing that attracts distractions: my prayer life. My ideal prayer time consists of me standing alone in a valley - snow-capped mountains on all sides, enormous green trees guarding the edge of a river - and a gentle wind playing through the branches. WAKE UP!!! Ok - since that's not optional I'll take what I can get, and I don't do that nearly enough. I think even in the midst of Robin's Happy Valley Land I'd get uber-distracted. I'm sure a bird would fly by and it'd all be out the window! Satan loves to distract God's children - I know I'm an easy target. So, my goal this week is to drop to my knees, and in the midst of chaos focus on Him. With His help of course!

Point to Ponder:
Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Ooh, bet you never thought about that! Wonder if they wore parachutes too . . . What a waste of a perfectly good airplane. I'll add that to my long list of "Stuff I Don't Get." Also on that list: Why do I have to have 14 hours of Spanish if my major is English? The world may never know. I feel I should have something brilliant and witty to say with each blog but, alas - it's not happening. Hope to not disappoint you, again.

Question of the Day:
What makes your "Stuff I Don't Get" list?

Just humor me and leave some comments!