Mostly, if you know me, you know that I really don't get that into Christmas, or Christmas music. There are just other seasons and holidays I like better.
BUT
I love the last church service before Christmas. We always have great music, and a good time with each other. Today my brother is directing a choir. I've heard his school choir sing the song they're performing, and I'm looking forward to hearing the church members do it. And a "cookie buffet" after the service - how cool is that? Everyone brings a plate of Christmas goodies to share.
So, that's where I'll be this morning. Getting into the Christmas spirit, and eating cookies.
Then I'm coming home to experiment with my roommate at making a traditional dessert that they have at Christmas in New Zealand.
See ya later!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
hungry
I swear my body runs on a weird cycle sometimes... I have weeks with absolutely no appetite, where I force myself to eat, and get a stomach ache every time I force something down. Then, I have days like yesterday and today, where everything makes me hungry. I eat big meals regularly, and I'm still hungry.
Today I've eaten quite a lot, and I still find myself hungry.
I've made good food - full of healthy ingredients, and all I can think at this moment is, "I need another meal."
Vegetables. I'm craving vegetables. Or maybe ichiban soup, with vegetables in it. I have steamed veggies in my fridge - maybe I'll eat those in a while.
Funny how life is like that in so many ways - you can be barely able to eat, to take things in for a long time, and then, suddenly, you find yourself unable to satisfy your appetite.
My devotional life can be like that. For weeks or months I "eat" the minimum, and then, suddenly, I find myself "starving" for the word of God.
I'm hungry right now, in more ways than one.
Today I've eaten quite a lot, and I still find myself hungry.
I've made good food - full of healthy ingredients, and all I can think at this moment is, "I need another meal."
Vegetables. I'm craving vegetables. Or maybe ichiban soup, with vegetables in it. I have steamed veggies in my fridge - maybe I'll eat those in a while.
Funny how life is like that in so many ways - you can be barely able to eat, to take things in for a long time, and then, suddenly, you find yourself unable to satisfy your appetite.
My devotional life can be like that. For weeks or months I "eat" the minimum, and then, suddenly, I find myself "starving" for the word of God.
I'm hungry right now, in more ways than one.
P.S. I Love You
My roommate and I went to see the new movie, "P.S., I Love You" last night. SO fantastic!
I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. Great humor.
And then, in the next second, I was crying. Touching moments, pathos, beautiful.
Plus, hardly any crude language, hardly any extraneous sex. (While I cope with other movies that have too much of those things, I'm always happy to come across a great movie that doesn't have them!)
I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. Great humor.
And then, in the next second, I was crying. Touching moments, pathos, beautiful.
Plus, hardly any crude language, hardly any extraneous sex. (While I cope with other movies that have too much of those things, I'm always happy to come across a great movie that doesn't have them!)
Friday, December 21, 2007
Lemon Shortbread
My roommate and I saw a movie tonight. More on that tomorrow - it deserves it's own post!
After we got home, we congregated in the kitchen, doing some Christmas baking. She's making some sort of hazelnut biscotti, and I mixed up the dough for lemon shortbread. It's chilling in rolls in my fridge at the moment, waiting to be sliced, baked and iced at various points over the course of the day tomorrow. It's a tradition. I make it every year. My brothers hate it (they have issues with fruit flavors in things that aren't, well, fruit), but everyone else seems to love it. Which is funny, because I could take it or leave it. But I make it every year!
Good night!
After we got home, we congregated in the kitchen, doing some Christmas baking. She's making some sort of hazelnut biscotti, and I mixed up the dough for lemon shortbread. It's chilling in rolls in my fridge at the moment, waiting to be sliced, baked and iced at various points over the course of the day tomorrow. It's a tradition. I make it every year. My brothers hate it (they have issues with fruit flavors in things that aren't, well, fruit), but everyone else seems to love it. Which is funny, because I could take it or leave it. But I make it every year!
Good night!
The Belt
Lately I'm all about embracing the little things.
The changes, the items, the things that underscore for me personally what I see the Lord doing in my life, or the places where I see myself moving towards the lifestyle I dream about.
Today, the little thing is a belt.
I bought a fantastic belt yesterday. I was shopping for my mom's Christmas present, but found something great for me as well.
It's a coppery brown leather, printed with funky cream colored daisies. Some of the daisies have rhinestone centres, and the rest have these cool silver studs.
It's my hippie, embracing the feminine, fun parts of me belt, and I love it!
The changes, the items, the things that underscore for me personally what I see the Lord doing in my life, or the places where I see myself moving towards the lifestyle I dream about.
Today, the little thing is a belt.
I bought a fantastic belt yesterday. I was shopping for my mom's Christmas present, but found something great for me as well.
It's a coppery brown leather, printed with funky cream colored daisies. Some of the daisies have rhinestone centres, and the rest have these cool silver studs.
It's my hippie, embracing the feminine, fun parts of me belt, and I love it!
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