me and my honey...

snow

Snow, snow, snow, snnnnoooowwww!! Even though it was only 4 hours of snow, it was amazing. God is so good because now, not only can I simply enjoy snow for the beauty and simplicity but also because... it brings money!!

I know, your thinking that I've completley lost it- but I haven't!! Now when it snows, Matt gets called to salt - party on wayne!! (maybe not a party but its great for him!!)

Snow has this ability to deaden all wordly noise. I walk out in the morning to my car (that was frozen shut) and the whole world seems asleep. A quiet bliss settles over a convoluted world. Its a pipe dream I know, to think that snow fixes all the problems because just because I can't hear the cars careening down the streets or the sirens wailing, doesn't mean they aren't still doing that. However for those couple minutes- while Im de-icing my car and viciously pulling open the door - I feel the peace, the quiet, the calm of this deadend world.

Snow is really great - that's the conclusion of the day!

Missing the Holsby Boredom...

That's right, you heard it hear first... there is something about Holsby I miss! JUST KIDDING - there's lots about it that I miss but this one thing in particular is something I didnt have full appreciation for until I left... THE TOTAL LACK OF ANYTHING TO DO!!!
I spent 2 months listening to people stories, going to Hose Bebe's, walking endlessly in the woods with Dan., developing my extremly competitive Eurchre skills and permantenly damaging my rear end bike riding. You do random things when you're that bored. Now I look back though and think that maybe that way of life is a little closer to what God intended for us than this constant blur that seems to be here in North America. Im not saying we should all have the same schedule as we did at Bible School (cause if your Dan. that involved an ubeleivable amount of napping) but it strikes me that the cliche "stop and smell the roses" might really hold a kernel of truth.
I was at Peace Portal last week and the pastor was talking about Mary and Martha and their e xperience sitting at the feet of Jesus. He made the comment that Martha's activity and busyness wasn't wrong, it was just no longer infused with Christ's precense. Our activity, whether at break neck speed or not, needs to be constantly infused with the presence of Jesus, so that even on our busiest of days we take the time to sit at his feet.

Stefan and Betsy...

First let me welcome my amazing cousin Stef. to the blogging world. Because I am fairly illerate still and have to wait for Sarah to get home to create a link to the world of Stefan and Betsy I'll tell you all know what the website is - minnesotajuliens.blogspot.com - check it out, they are amazing and we all miss them soooo much!!!