Daily 5 - Day 165

Today's Daily 5:

1. Getting to be part of the big announcement of T. & L's engagement at church this morning.
2. I'm not going to be the only girl anymore!  I don't know if I've mentioned this, but I have two brothers, and all male cousins on both sides of the family.  I am quite literally the ONLY girl.  But now I get a sister-in-law and a little extra estrogen power :)
3. Went to T's choir concert tonight - was nice to finally manage to hear them sing.  And the music always moves me.
4. It was a day where I collected lots of hugs
5. Curly hair - my hair has been well behaved lately, and I've been able to wear it curly.  I love when my hair is curly.  It always makes me feel sort of pretty.
6. Wore one of the new pairs of jeans today - I feel really good in them.
7. Lots of moments for laughter
8. Realizing that some things I was quite nervous about are actually going to be really positive changes
9. The chance to journal this morning during the sermon
10. Actually slept a bit last night for the first time in a week.
    

Exciting News

I can now officially share with all of you that I am going to be a sister-in-law.

T. proposed to L. on Friday morning, and they made a public announcement at church this morning.  I've had the privilege of being with them to celebrate several times over the course of the weekend.  To make the occasion particularly meaningful, T. brought L's parents in from Ontario for the weekend, so that they were waiting for her with our parents when he brought her back to the house after proposing.

T. asked a mentor of his from the church, a friend of our family who has a great sense of humor if he'd like to help break the news to the congregation and our friend lept at the chance.

I managed to catch the whole thing on video this morning (tough to circumspectly have a camera ready when you're not supposed to know that anything will happen to interrupt the normal flow of the service!) The quality isn't great, but you can catch the important parts - especially how thrilled this congregation that has watched T. grow up and has delighted at having him on staff with Dad for the last few years were at the news.

Another Haiti Article

I'm sitting here checking facebook and catching up on some article reading, and came across this article from the New York Times about Haiti that a friend had posted to facebook.  It's definitely worth the read.

Daily 5 - Day 164

Today's Daily 5:

1. Had a treatment this morning - hopeful that means I'll start feeling more like myself again in the next day or two.
2. Appreciated the love in my mom's eyes as I admitted some lingering irrational fears while we were doing errands together.  The love and the knowledge that she knows what it is like to have to face those fears.
3. Appreciated a conversation with a dear friend this morning too.  The words stung, but they will resonate, and help to shape my heart, and that is something that these days I find a blessing, albeit a painful one.
4. Thankful to have gotten the grocery shopping for next week done today - means I can simply be at home most evenings next week.
5. Spent a few hours clipping from magazines and listening to some podcasted radio interviews that I had a backlog of - still amazed at which things are catching my eye to clip.
6. Took a garbage bag of clothes I no longer wear to the thrift store today
7. Hamburgers and a really great Asian salad for lunch
8. Lavender in my oil burner
9. Holing up in my bedroom for the last 6 hours or so, and simply being
10. Got the budget updated - it's tight this month, but I'm going to manage to stay within it.
    

Alive, After 11 Days

Rescuers pulled a man, alive, from the rubble in Haiti today, 11 days after the earthquake.