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Friday, October 24, 2003
What a couple of weeks! CRAZY! I don’t even know where to start, as usual. My sister, her girls, and her boyfriend came out to visit last week. I got to take the girls to California Adventure all day last Monday. We had so much fun! Then we all went to Disneyland on Saturday and had so much fun! Jack is back and he’s sharing the Mansion with Oogie! What fun. I want to buy EVERYTHING Nightmare Before Christmas that they’re selling!!! They even have Jack face balloons this year!!!! I need one!!!
Female friendships were harder than ever in the last couple of weeks but I really think we’re doing some things ‘right’ and getting through them pretty amazingly.
I went to see the Cadillac Tramps last Friday but other than that’ I’m not sure I’ve seen anything since James Brown. Which was fun. We put off seeing Willie Nelson cause my mum had other plans. Going to Dave’s show tonight.
Oh, I’ve been going to what I call my ART ACCOUNTABILITY group. Really it’s just a few friends getting together and working on art in the same room but it’s really made me begin and even complete three new pieces. It’s turned out to be fun and I’ve been able to get to know new people.
Church was more craziness but at least it was moving forward craziness. I think we’ve got a plan for the next two and a half months. Scares me to think what January could bring but for now I’ll be happy that we’re set and pray for the Lord to guide us into the new year.
So I think my new weekly schedule (through the holiday’s) will be:
Monday – mum
Tuesday – The Traveling Rabbit Hole
Wednesday – hang with Jen, eat at the Kitchen’s, Art Accountability group
Thursday – message group
Friday – fun
Saturday – whatever / alone time (I hope!)
Sunday – alone time, whatever, community
Do I over commit? Of course, I do but I love God and people. Lord, help me to find a balance in You and adjust my schedule as you see fit.
XOXO,
Viv
Female friendships were harder than ever in the last couple of weeks but I really think we’re doing some things ‘right’ and getting through them pretty amazingly.
I went to see the Cadillac Tramps last Friday but other than that’ I’m not sure I’ve seen anything since James Brown. Which was fun. We put off seeing Willie Nelson cause my mum had other plans. Going to Dave’s show tonight.
Oh, I’ve been going to what I call my ART ACCOUNTABILITY group. Really it’s just a few friends getting together and working on art in the same room but it’s really made me begin and even complete three new pieces. It’s turned out to be fun and I’ve been able to get to know new people.
Church was more craziness but at least it was moving forward craziness. I think we’ve got a plan for the next two and a half months. Scares me to think what January could bring but for now I’ll be happy that we’re set and pray for the Lord to guide us into the new year.
So I think my new weekly schedule (through the holiday’s) will be:
Monday – mum
Tuesday – The Traveling Rabbit Hole
Wednesday – hang with Jen, eat at the Kitchen’s, Art Accountability group
Thursday – message group
Friday – fun
Saturday – whatever / alone time (I hope!)
Sunday – alone time, whatever, community
Do I over commit? Of course, I do but I love God and people. Lord, help me to find a balance in You and adjust my schedule as you see fit.
XOXO,
Viv
Thursday, October 23, 2003
I feel listened to!!!! The following makes me want to keep writing to politicians! I may not always agree with Boxer but at least this time I do!!!
Senator Boxer was one of 12 Senators to vote no on the $87 billion request for Iraq. Below are excerpts from her statement after the vote.
STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR BARBARA BOXER ON THE IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL BILL
Now the President is asking for $87 billion more for Iraq.
While war inevitably carries great costs– both in terms of financial losses and losses in human life– the American people and the families of our troops should not be alone in
shouldering those costs and burdens.
We cannot afford to continue down this path without legitimate burden-sharing. Our troops are overstretched, our financial obligations are becoming more taxing by the day, needs at home are going unmet, and the federal deficit is absolutely soaring.
In Congress we have a responsibility to our constituents to debate and decide upon the path that is best for our country. We should not rubberstamp every proposal the Administration puts forward, particularly when lives are being lost.
The American people are not satisfied with the direction of this country. But all that the Administration has offered so far is the status quo– another blank check for Congress to sign that offers no plan to genuinely decrease the strain on American resources.
Basically, we are left with one huge $87 billion check which will be used to continue a policy that has led to 194 American post-war deaths and 903 Americans wounded in action to date.
Administration officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, repeatedly, and perhaps even deliberately, downplayed the cost
of reconstructing Iraq. They claimed that we would pay for this war with Iraqi oil revenues and with support from the other nations. They told us this would be easy.
My decision to vote no on the $87 billion request and for the Byrd amendment is a stand against the status quo and for a change in this Administration’ s go-it-alone, pay-it-alone
strategy.
Senator Boxer was one of 12 Senators to vote no on the $87 billion request for Iraq. Below are excerpts from her statement after the vote.
STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR BARBARA BOXER ON THE IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL BILL
Now the President is asking for $87 billion more for Iraq.
While war inevitably carries great costs– both in terms of financial losses and losses in human life– the American people and the families of our troops should not be alone in
shouldering those costs and burdens.
We cannot afford to continue down this path without legitimate burden-sharing. Our troops are overstretched, our financial obligations are becoming more taxing by the day, needs at home are going unmet, and the federal deficit is absolutely soaring.
In Congress we have a responsibility to our constituents to debate and decide upon the path that is best for our country. We should not rubberstamp every proposal the Administration puts forward, particularly when lives are being lost.
The American people are not satisfied with the direction of this country. But all that the Administration has offered so far is the status quo– another blank check for Congress to sign that offers no plan to genuinely decrease the strain on American resources.
Basically, we are left with one huge $87 billion check which will be used to continue a policy that has led to 194 American post-war deaths and 903 Americans wounded in action to date.
Administration officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, repeatedly, and perhaps even deliberately, downplayed the cost
of reconstructing Iraq. They claimed that we would pay for this war with Iraqi oil revenues and with support from the other nations. They told us this would be easy.
My decision to vote no on the $87 billion request and for the Byrd amendment is a stand against the status quo and for a change in this Administration’ s go-it-alone, pay-it-alone
strategy.
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Meg and Jack love me Back! The White Stripes ROCK SO HARD!!! Last night was so much fun!!! Jods and Meemeer and me went to my favorite venue on the planet - the Greek! We heard the last song of the first band. We heard almost all of the ya,ya,ya's! We ran into Dave and John Phillips (yes, mama Gen, your little bro)! Was so much fun! Great music, great outdoors, and great dancing! Yes, I did hit the lady next to me - but only a few times!!!!
In other music news, I'm taking my mum to see Willie Nelson on Friday and then Shan and I are going to see James Brown on Saturday! Whahoo! What a mix of music this week will be!
I think emotionally I'm too messed up to write. HA! I need serious prayer but not serious in anything really serious is going on! I just want a lot of soaking in the spirit! I so miss the days of laying around the front or back of MV Vineyard! Laughing, crying, flailing around! The people, the prayers... but mostly GOD! What a blast God really is! I love you papa and need you more and more!
xoxo,
Viv
In other music news, I'm taking my mum to see Willie Nelson on Friday and then Shan and I are going to see James Brown on Saturday! Whahoo! What a mix of music this week will be!
I think emotionally I'm too messed up to write. HA! I need serious prayer but not serious in anything really serious is going on! I just want a lot of soaking in the spirit! I so miss the days of laying around the front or back of MV Vineyard! Laughing, crying, flailing around! The people, the prayers... but mostly GOD! What a blast God really is! I love you papa and need you more and more!
xoxo,
Viv
Friday, September 19, 2003
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Friday, September 12, 2003
Yup, I'm doing good today – even though I cried on my way to work when I heard about Johnny Cash! HE ROCKS!!! AND now he’s rocking with the King and the king! What a worship event that’s gotta be!
Need to buckle down and pay attention to work a bit more but I'm on lunch so it's ok right now. Survived a stressful week at work. Survived my friends’ stressful situation.
-Interruption-
Dude a Huge jagermeister bus just drove by on the freeway outside my office...
-End interruption-
There’s only one more (and a B5 movie night) rabbit hole left… strange. For over a year now, we’ve been meeting on Tuesday’s at this amazing house we lovely named the rabbit hole. It’s decorated beautifully and the feeling you get when you’re there is amazing! My dear friends, Jim, Tonya, Ashley, and sometimes Caleb and Josh live there. But on the 23rd the house should close escrow and then Tonya and Ash will move to Idaho. Jim will too once he finds a job. Tonya says there’s room in the house for me to move with them… Who knows what the future holds…
This Sunday our community is putting together a Creative Expression night. I’ve not been able to give it much thought but when I do I think I’m gonna love it! Just to be able to run around Susan’s beautiful house creating different things – paintings, writings, drama things, collages… I think it’s gonna be so much fun!
And I’ve been invited to a photography party! Which rocks cause I love photography but I can’t take a good picture to save my life. But I’ll be so inspired to see other people’s art!
Allie’s coming to visit this weekend from San Fran! Yes, God does have mercy on me! I can’t wait to be with her!
Last night was fun watching my friends band and I talked to a girl who I thought previously hated me – I think insecurity is so sad! It sucks that we all have it – to one degree or another – I wish we could all be totally secure with ourselves. Could you imagine the world that way…?
Got to jet. (Eddie’s sing “all five horizons…”)
Need to buckle down and pay attention to work a bit more but I'm on lunch so it's ok right now. Survived a stressful week at work. Survived my friends’ stressful situation.
-Interruption-
Dude a Huge jagermeister bus just drove by on the freeway outside my office...
-End interruption-
There’s only one more (and a B5 movie night) rabbit hole left… strange. For over a year now, we’ve been meeting on Tuesday’s at this amazing house we lovely named the rabbit hole. It’s decorated beautifully and the feeling you get when you’re there is amazing! My dear friends, Jim, Tonya, Ashley, and sometimes Caleb and Josh live there. But on the 23rd the house should close escrow and then Tonya and Ash will move to Idaho. Jim will too once he finds a job. Tonya says there’s room in the house for me to move with them… Who knows what the future holds…
This Sunday our community is putting together a Creative Expression night. I’ve not been able to give it much thought but when I do I think I’m gonna love it! Just to be able to run around Susan’s beautiful house creating different things – paintings, writings, drama things, collages… I think it’s gonna be so much fun!
And I’ve been invited to a photography party! Which rocks cause I love photography but I can’t take a good picture to save my life. But I’ll be so inspired to see other people’s art!
Allie’s coming to visit this weekend from San Fran! Yes, God does have mercy on me! I can’t wait to be with her!
Last night was fun watching my friends band and I talked to a girl who I thought previously hated me – I think insecurity is so sad! It sucks that we all have it – to one degree or another – I wish we could all be totally secure with ourselves. Could you imagine the world that way…?
Got to jet. (Eddie’s sing “all five horizons…”)
Thursday, September 04, 2003
I am totally overwhelmed today! Emotionally, physically, and mentally! Spiritually I’m good with God but still totally overwhelmed by everything else this topic includes….
Work is totally driving me crazy! I have so many deadlines and I’m just overwhelmed at how to meet them and train two people in fiscal year end process! Then there is the subject of office politics, with a new employee – all the people that like the newbee and all those that don’t! What that entails and how I get in the middle is NO fun!!! Other work related nightmare questions: When is my raise really gonna come? How much I hate traffic! How much I hate wearing long sleeves! Am I ever really gonna make a difference? Does non-profit status really mean anything more than not paying taxes!? Some are age old questions, so have been in my working life since day one, others really could have the light at the end of the tunnel coming close! Oh, and then there’s the subject of a new computer! Yes, my boss and another gave me a PC for my home. After I explained how much I hate technology and how much I refuse to work at home! So now what, I’ve got a personal computer in my car and all I want is for it to back in the office and away from my personal life. I know, I’ve got to talk to my boss about it today! But if you know me, you should know I hate confrontation!!! I’m willing to do it when necessary but it freaks me out!
Emotionally, gosh I’m pretty f#&ked right now! Loosing Allie is most likely really starting to affect me now. I know I can call her and e-mail her but it’s not the same as going to the Harbor with A’s fried zucchini and talking about everything! I really need a night like that with her, today!!! Then there’s all my other friend relationships, figuring them out, working them out, making time to see everyone. There just isn’t enough time in my life to do it all! I know that, but I care so much about people that I hate not being able to spend more time with a lot of people. Of course then, there’s all the emotional healing that’s taken place in the last year with my prayer man and that’s just confused me more in times like this because I want to shut down. I want to break down! I want to be a mess on the floor listening to Trent! I know how to handle that! Even when it gets out of control there was grace in it! But I know I’ve been called to something new now – FREEDOM. In so many ways, the Lord has freed me but it’s so weird to figure out how to handle these times of overwhelm in light of this new freedom. So I continue on… sure something will work out. But feeling too numb. I don’t like numb but I haven’t figure out how to feel with all this so sometimes I just feel totally turned off…
Physically overwhelmed – that’s just the obviousness that it’s gotta be that time of the month or something… AND I’m always gonna want eat better, work out, etc.
Spiritually, I sure don’t have enough time in this lunch hour to write this all out but I can say our Church Community is really affecting my spirituality! God and Me - we’re working it out! But the community has gone through such a hard year and it’s really starting to confuse me! We’ve tried to tackle so many huge things and been so successful at building community, yet… Yet, so many are moving away! I feel like so many are bailing out! I’m committed – sure I don’t know how long I’ll be physically in Southern California – But really no one really knows how long they’ll be on earth! So my commitment today, should equal my commitment for NOW! Which I would love to see and here and FEEL from others! What do we want, what do we need, what should Sunday look like, who should lead, when should we meet, what color is Todd’s hair (J/K) – none of those things really matter but we’ve got to come to some kind of working decisions – otherwise the run away method is the only way! I’m not saying that others that have left are running away, if fact I have felt and seen the hand of God in so many of those movements. But what about the rest of us! We’re just a rag tag group! AND WHAT BETTER GROUP CAN GOD USE BUT A RAG TAG GROUP! I totally believe it I just feel a lot of the pain, confusion, irritation, etc. that goes with all of this….
So no conclusions for me today. Just needed to vent! (feel a bit better)
VB
I should meditate on this one today:
The heart of God loves a persevering worshiper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God!
Work is totally driving me crazy! I have so many deadlines and I’m just overwhelmed at how to meet them and train two people in fiscal year end process! Then there is the subject of office politics, with a new employee – all the people that like the newbee and all those that don’t! What that entails and how I get in the middle is NO fun!!! Other work related nightmare questions: When is my raise really gonna come? How much I hate traffic! How much I hate wearing long sleeves! Am I ever really gonna make a difference? Does non-profit status really mean anything more than not paying taxes!? Some are age old questions, so have been in my working life since day one, others really could have the light at the end of the tunnel coming close! Oh, and then there’s the subject of a new computer! Yes, my boss and another gave me a PC for my home. After I explained how much I hate technology and how much I refuse to work at home! So now what, I’ve got a personal computer in my car and all I want is for it to back in the office and away from my personal life. I know, I’ve got to talk to my boss about it today! But if you know me, you should know I hate confrontation!!! I’m willing to do it when necessary but it freaks me out!
Emotionally, gosh I’m pretty f#&ked right now! Loosing Allie is most likely really starting to affect me now. I know I can call her and e-mail her but it’s not the same as going to the Harbor with A’s fried zucchini and talking about everything! I really need a night like that with her, today!!! Then there’s all my other friend relationships, figuring them out, working them out, making time to see everyone. There just isn’t enough time in my life to do it all! I know that, but I care so much about people that I hate not being able to spend more time with a lot of people. Of course then, there’s all the emotional healing that’s taken place in the last year with my prayer man and that’s just confused me more in times like this because I want to shut down. I want to break down! I want to be a mess on the floor listening to Trent! I know how to handle that! Even when it gets out of control there was grace in it! But I know I’ve been called to something new now – FREEDOM. In so many ways, the Lord has freed me but it’s so weird to figure out how to handle these times of overwhelm in light of this new freedom. So I continue on… sure something will work out. But feeling too numb. I don’t like numb but I haven’t figure out how to feel with all this so sometimes I just feel totally turned off…
Physically overwhelmed – that’s just the obviousness that it’s gotta be that time of the month or something… AND I’m always gonna want eat better, work out, etc.
Spiritually, I sure don’t have enough time in this lunch hour to write this all out but I can say our Church Community is really affecting my spirituality! God and Me - we’re working it out! But the community has gone through such a hard year and it’s really starting to confuse me! We’ve tried to tackle so many huge things and been so successful at building community, yet… Yet, so many are moving away! I feel like so many are bailing out! I’m committed – sure I don’t know how long I’ll be physically in Southern California – But really no one really knows how long they’ll be on earth! So my commitment today, should equal my commitment for NOW! Which I would love to see and here and FEEL from others! What do we want, what do we need, what should Sunday look like, who should lead, when should we meet, what color is Todd’s hair (J/K) – none of those things really matter but we’ve got to come to some kind of working decisions – otherwise the run away method is the only way! I’m not saying that others that have left are running away, if fact I have felt and seen the hand of God in so many of those movements. But what about the rest of us! We’re just a rag tag group! AND WHAT BETTER GROUP CAN GOD USE BUT A RAG TAG GROUP! I totally believe it I just feel a lot of the pain, confusion, irritation, etc. that goes with all of this….
So no conclusions for me today. Just needed to vent! (feel a bit better)
VB
I should meditate on this one today:
The heart of God loves a persevering worshiper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God!
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
I sometimes think I’ll work through lunch and just eat at my desk… But then I start looking around on the net and all is lost!
Wow, where to start? It’s been a month off bloging and much as happened! And it was my birthday month! Let’s try a re-cap of main events:
8/1 – Renewed my Disneyland Annual pass. Went with Allie, Candice, Sarah, and Lisa.
8/2 – Lunch and Movie for Candice’s b-day. Movie seriously disturbed me – dirty pretty things! Worship at Aliso Viejo. Dinner and movie with Allie
8/3 – Mom’s craft show. Coffee and Lunch with Blake, Katie, Allie, Heather, Zack, and Joe. Took Candice to see Susan Vega at Downtown Disney – great opening act, too.
8/4 – Dinner with mom, dropped by Candice and Jodi’s and finished Allie’s book
8/5 – Tonya’s b-day. Dropped mom off at airport.
8/6 – Disneyland with Joe and Allie
8/7 – Hung out with the Dawn and Joe. Chat with Jodi.
8/8 – Allie’s going away party. Drama (but I wasn’t involved that God)!
8/9 – Dave’s house
8/10 – Party at the Adam’s Family house. Movie at Heather and Zack’s with Allie.
8/11 – Ocean Stupid Ranch with Allie, Heather, and Zack. Man I hate that place! Thank you God that I don’t hang out there any more!!!
8/12 – Ocean Stupid Ranch with Allie, Heather, and Zack. Then on to Target with Joe and Astro, too.
8/13 – Dinner and movie with everyone for Allie’s last night in SC! Yes, my best friend moved away to San Francisco without me!
8/14 – Jodi, Jen, and Candice took me out to keep me occupied. Cried myself to sleep about Allie moving!
8/15 – Girls sent me flowers to cheer me up! Movie with Jodi, Jen and Candice.
8/16 – Lalapalooza! My Perry spun for me! Great up close pictures of Perry! Amazing Jane’s presentation! Sat with Bill for Incubus set.
8/17 – Message group. Lunch with Tori and Susan. Aurthur Farm for community get together.
8/18 – Candice to me to the Blue Bayou for my birthday! Great food! Great atmosphere! Great company! Amazing that she remembered and surprised me! In my 26 years of loving Disneyland I had never eaten there!
8/19 – Rabbit Hole
8/20 – Jimmy Kimmel Live with Jodi to see Dave Gahan.
8/21 – The Violet Femmes with Candice, Jodi, Jen, and Tim for my B-day!
8/22 – Lunch with mum for my b-day! Cute waiter called me princess! Mom gave me Beautiful vase, more records, and The Land of the Lost lunch box, on top of already buying my Pearl Jam ticket! Jodi and Candice made me dinner and then I opened presents. Then a few people came over for the Neverending Story movie Viv’s B-day get together.
8/23 – Help Joe, Dawn, and Elijah move. We to my dad’s grave to talk to him about my grandmother dying the week before. Movie with Candice, Charles and his friend. Tommy forgot to take a message!
8/24 - Bats Silly Day at Disneyland. Laundry at mom’s.
8/25 – Went to Dave Gahan with Jodi at the Wiltern. Stopped by Dave’s after.
8/26 – Rabbit Hole
8/27 – Lunch with Erin. Wrote a good-bye letter
8/28 – Prayer man! Harbor! MTV lame Awards and Tori Amos with Jodi, Candice, and Kelly.
8/29 – Sister and family came into town. We all just ate and hung out at mom’s.
8/30 – Took my nieces to see Freaky Friday, Fashion Island and Laguna Hills mall. Dinner with friends and family. My sister, her boyfriend and the girls gave me a DVD/VHS player for my birthday! Holy Crap!
8/31 – Message group. Family pool party at my Uncle’s house. Orange Street fair. Drank much! Meet a stupid boy! Kelly and I made up our own Jigs! Trash-ie bar after for more fun. Then High Fidelity with Candice, Jodi, Kelly, and the boys.
That’s just the basics, too. All in all I am blessed!!!!! I have many feelings... I'll post those later!
Wow, where to start? It’s been a month off bloging and much as happened! And it was my birthday month! Let’s try a re-cap of main events:
8/1 – Renewed my Disneyland Annual pass. Went with Allie, Candice, Sarah, and Lisa.
8/2 – Lunch and Movie for Candice’s b-day. Movie seriously disturbed me – dirty pretty things! Worship at Aliso Viejo. Dinner and movie with Allie
8/3 – Mom’s craft show. Coffee and Lunch with Blake, Katie, Allie, Heather, Zack, and Joe. Took Candice to see Susan Vega at Downtown Disney – great opening act, too.
8/4 – Dinner with mom, dropped by Candice and Jodi’s and finished Allie’s book
8/5 – Tonya’s b-day. Dropped mom off at airport.
8/6 – Disneyland with Joe and Allie
8/7 – Hung out with the Dawn and Joe. Chat with Jodi.
8/8 – Allie’s going away party. Drama (but I wasn’t involved that God)!
8/9 – Dave’s house
8/10 – Party at the Adam’s Family house. Movie at Heather and Zack’s with Allie.
8/11 – Ocean Stupid Ranch with Allie, Heather, and Zack. Man I hate that place! Thank you God that I don’t hang out there any more!!!
8/12 – Ocean Stupid Ranch with Allie, Heather, and Zack. Then on to Target with Joe and Astro, too.
8/13 – Dinner and movie with everyone for Allie’s last night in SC! Yes, my best friend moved away to San Francisco without me!
8/14 – Jodi, Jen, and Candice took me out to keep me occupied. Cried myself to sleep about Allie moving!
8/15 – Girls sent me flowers to cheer me up! Movie with Jodi, Jen and Candice.
8/16 – Lalapalooza! My Perry spun for me! Great up close pictures of Perry! Amazing Jane’s presentation! Sat with Bill for Incubus set.
8/17 – Message group. Lunch with Tori and Susan. Aurthur Farm for community get together.
8/18 – Candice to me to the Blue Bayou for my birthday! Great food! Great atmosphere! Great company! Amazing that she remembered and surprised me! In my 26 years of loving Disneyland I had never eaten there!
8/19 – Rabbit Hole
8/20 – Jimmy Kimmel Live with Jodi to see Dave Gahan.
8/21 – The Violet Femmes with Candice, Jodi, Jen, and Tim for my B-day!
8/22 – Lunch with mum for my b-day! Cute waiter called me princess! Mom gave me Beautiful vase, more records, and The Land of the Lost lunch box, on top of already buying my Pearl Jam ticket! Jodi and Candice made me dinner and then I opened presents. Then a few people came over for the Neverending Story movie Viv’s B-day get together.
8/23 – Help Joe, Dawn, and Elijah move. We to my dad’s grave to talk to him about my grandmother dying the week before. Movie with Candice, Charles and his friend. Tommy forgot to take a message!
8/24 - Bats Silly Day at Disneyland. Laundry at mom’s.
8/25 – Went to Dave Gahan with Jodi at the Wiltern. Stopped by Dave’s after.
8/26 – Rabbit Hole
8/27 – Lunch with Erin. Wrote a good-bye letter
8/28 – Prayer man! Harbor! MTV lame Awards and Tori Amos with Jodi, Candice, and Kelly.
8/29 – Sister and family came into town. We all just ate and hung out at mom’s.
8/30 – Took my nieces to see Freaky Friday, Fashion Island and Laguna Hills mall. Dinner with friends and family. My sister, her boyfriend and the girls gave me a DVD/VHS player for my birthday! Holy Crap!
8/31 – Message group. Family pool party at my Uncle’s house. Orange Street fair. Drank much! Meet a stupid boy! Kelly and I made up our own Jigs! Trash-ie bar after for more fun. Then High Fidelity with Candice, Jodi, Kelly, and the boys.
That’s just the basics, too. All in all I am blessed!!!!! I have many feelings... I'll post those later!
Friday, August 01, 2003
I got to see Ziggy Marley for $7.00 last night! Was so cool! My friends and I were talking last night about how cool that music is at bringing together all kinds of people! I really does have a unifing pull!
I think I'm ready to go back to a Sunday service like once a month. BUT ONLY IF IT'S A GOSPEL SERVICES! :) No, really, I've been wanting to go to this cool gospel church in Oceanside. Think I should make that a priority!
First Day of my birthday month! Wahoo!!!
I think I'm ready to go back to a Sunday service like once a month. BUT ONLY IF IT'S A GOSPEL SERVICES! :) No, really, I've been wanting to go to this cool gospel church in Oceanside. Think I should make that a priority!
First Day of my birthday month! Wahoo!!!
Thursday, July 31, 2003
I’m in a strange mood right now. I just looked at pictures on-line of a wedding of old friends. I wasn’t invited. Yup, people always say no matter what happens between you and the boyfriend, we’ll always be friends. But um, then why, less then a year later is it that they don’t call or contact or even invite me to the wedding I was supposed to be in… Oh, yes, people lie. I remember now.
No, I’m ok with that. Really. I guess it’s all just weird right now cause I’m getting ready for one of my best friends (of 5 years) to move to San Francisco. I’m so happy for her but sad that she’ll be far away! So I’ve been working on a surprise going away present for her, for like a month now. What sucks is every time I see her (and I’ve been trying to see her everyday), I want to talk to her about all the memories that are being brought up because of the present but of course it’s a surprise so I have to be careful what I say. Silliness! Then another friend was offered this great opportunity to go work for the Gorge Fox University. How cool would that be? Being so close to Portland and getting a change of pace. Yet, I’m still here. Shoot! I’m really happy to feel like I’m in the right place for me right now. In fact in the face of all the healing stuff I’ve been doing with my prayer man it’s a very good God thing that I’m ‘still here’. But it does feel strange preparing for others leaving and not being sure of anything for me. It makes me live more in the today, then the future anyways, but I really do want to get out. Travel, live different places, do fun stuff, but maybe that’s for a later time. Who knows? I’m good though.
Going to some cool shows in August: Susan Vega, Lollapalooza, Violent Femmes, Dave Gahan and then VNV in September.
I’m putting together our community/church’s first ever (in the 3 years we’ve been together) women’s retreat and… yeah, more thoughts on that later…
No, I’m ok with that. Really. I guess it’s all just weird right now cause I’m getting ready for one of my best friends (of 5 years) to move to San Francisco. I’m so happy for her but sad that she’ll be far away! So I’ve been working on a surprise going away present for her, for like a month now. What sucks is every time I see her (and I’ve been trying to see her everyday), I want to talk to her about all the memories that are being brought up because of the present but of course it’s a surprise so I have to be careful what I say. Silliness! Then another friend was offered this great opportunity to go work for the Gorge Fox University. How cool would that be? Being so close to Portland and getting a change of pace. Yet, I’m still here. Shoot! I’m really happy to feel like I’m in the right place for me right now. In fact in the face of all the healing stuff I’ve been doing with my prayer man it’s a very good God thing that I’m ‘still here’. But it does feel strange preparing for others leaving and not being sure of anything for me. It makes me live more in the today, then the future anyways, but I really do want to get out. Travel, live different places, do fun stuff, but maybe that’s for a later time. Who knows? I’m good though.
Going to some cool shows in August: Susan Vega, Lollapalooza, Violent Femmes, Dave Gahan and then VNV in September.
I’m putting together our community/church’s first ever (in the 3 years we’ve been together) women’s retreat and… yeah, more thoughts on that later…
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
So here I sit with my bagel, cream cheese and water held in my Slytherin cup (I need to get up and get more, by the way).
Interesting that three of my favorite people celebrate their birthdays this week. My adorable Hunter turned 8 on Sunday. This is the first year I have not been with him on his birthday (last year they were in Hawaii, too, but I vacationed around his birthday). It almost killed me not being with him. But he had a special birthday campout in their back yard with three friends, his brother and his father even camped out, too. His dad bought him a fishing pole and a tackle box! I cried with joy to hear about the fun but cried at not being there, too! Oh, Lord when will my time come to live close to them again!!!??
Next was Erin’s birthday lunch on Monday. I took over cupcakes and party favors on my lunch break. The kids were thrilled with the bouncing balls and Erin was thrilled with the cupcakes cause her oven wasn’t working so they weren’t going to be able to bake a cake. And I got to tell her and Lisa a little about my newest crush…
Today is Jen’s birthday! Should be fun with sushi, drinks, little pigs, and Prince!
This weekend I’m off to Arizona to be with my nieces and sister, Sheila. We get to mansion–sit this cool 5 bedroom house that Sheila’s boss built. I’m so excited to finally see Holes with my nieces, especially since last Thanksgiving Chelsea read the entire book to me (minus the first couple of chapters that she had already read on her own). I’m really praying for some special bonding time with the girls on this trip; especially Chelsea, who has had a really rough year. Oh, Lord, You know how much I love my family – bless and keep them always!
Oh, yes, when I get back my mum will have surgery on her knee due to dancing at the Passover meal! I’m serious!!! It is funny but the recovery will not be funny! Lord, help and heal my dear mum, please!
Emily sent me the cutest pictures from their trip here this last February. One picture is of Hunter and I in the bathroom getting ready for Knott’s Berry Farm. His three colored Mohawk in full beauty and he’s blow-drying my hair for me! IT’S THE CUTEST EVER!!!
Yup, I’ve got a crush but refuse to spill my guts here until something official happens. I’ll be sure to keep my blog posted…
Got to get working…
Listening to Dar Williams – Fishing in the Morning
Which reminds me! I had the coolest time on Saturday night. Shannon, Matt and I went to the John Ford Hanson Theater in Hollywood to see Dar Williams. It was such a great concert – out doors, stars above, beautiful music, and great seats! It was such a special treat from the Lord! I really want to spend more nights in life like that! Thank you Lord for Your beauty all around me!!!!!
Interesting that three of my favorite people celebrate their birthdays this week. My adorable Hunter turned 8 on Sunday. This is the first year I have not been with him on his birthday (last year they were in Hawaii, too, but I vacationed around his birthday). It almost killed me not being with him. But he had a special birthday campout in their back yard with three friends, his brother and his father even camped out, too. His dad bought him a fishing pole and a tackle box! I cried with joy to hear about the fun but cried at not being there, too! Oh, Lord when will my time come to live close to them again!!!??
Next was Erin’s birthday lunch on Monday. I took over cupcakes and party favors on my lunch break. The kids were thrilled with the bouncing balls and Erin was thrilled with the cupcakes cause her oven wasn’t working so they weren’t going to be able to bake a cake. And I got to tell her and Lisa a little about my newest crush…
Today is Jen’s birthday! Should be fun with sushi, drinks, little pigs, and Prince!
This weekend I’m off to Arizona to be with my nieces and sister, Sheila. We get to mansion–sit this cool 5 bedroom house that Sheila’s boss built. I’m so excited to finally see Holes with my nieces, especially since last Thanksgiving Chelsea read the entire book to me (minus the first couple of chapters that she had already read on her own). I’m really praying for some special bonding time with the girls on this trip; especially Chelsea, who has had a really rough year. Oh, Lord, You know how much I love my family – bless and keep them always!
Oh, yes, when I get back my mum will have surgery on her knee due to dancing at the Passover meal! I’m serious!!! It is funny but the recovery will not be funny! Lord, help and heal my dear mum, please!
Emily sent me the cutest pictures from their trip here this last February. One picture is of Hunter and I in the bathroom getting ready for Knott’s Berry Farm. His three colored Mohawk in full beauty and he’s blow-drying my hair for me! IT’S THE CUTEST EVER!!!
Yup, I’ve got a crush but refuse to spill my guts here until something official happens. I’ll be sure to keep my blog posted…
Got to get working…
Listening to Dar Williams – Fishing in the Morning
Which reminds me! I had the coolest time on Saturday night. Shannon, Matt and I went to the John Ford Hanson Theater in Hollywood to see Dar Williams. It was such a great concert – out doors, stars above, beautiful music, and great seats! It was such a special treat from the Lord! I really want to spend more nights in life like that! Thank you Lord for Your beauty all around me!!!!!
Monday, May 12, 2003
I’m feeling really disconnected today and not at all in the mood to work. (Relax, I’m on lunch, so I’m not currently stealing from the non-profit I work for.) My e-mails been down for a week now… last week was ok, because I was too busy at work to notice but this week I realize my e-mail helps me to not feel trapped at work. I love little updates and reminders and family and friends dropping lines…
I think I’m feeling disconnect to my extended community, too. And I’m sure God. Lets start with the extended community…
We’re in the 5th month without Todd and Deb and the kid-o’s I love - that sucks! Life without Leann sucks, too! And then the hell that is ‘transition’ time at ‘church’ – that sucks! I really feel like we are finally pulling out of the ditch we had to sink into with all those suckie things, but I guess I’m just so afraid of where we’ll all end up. We’ve had so many people come and go in the past three years but they tended to be the Todd Hunter Look-ie-loo’s. And we welcomed them and let them go when they stopped showing up. I realized it made me wait to get close to visitors but I never stopped being me and opening up to the entire group as a whole. If you visited, you got the real ‘group’ me, but I didn’t always get to know the real you. Was that bad, maybe but that is not the point. The point is I’m afraid the people I DID get close to are gonna take off. And it shouldn’t matter if I don’t see them at some regular meeting but it is really hard to try and keep 30+ people in your life who don’t attend the same regular meeting, especially when your life was already full to begin with… So again is this proof that 30+ groups are still too big? Maybe? Also, it makes me try to get my head around letting people be, letting people go, but also wanting to see if things should change so they can stay…? I want to really share my life with others and I knew getting into this that not everyone would opt in for that… guess it’s just harder than I thought, even when I was expecting it to be hard. Change sucks! But we all know that! Hum…
Guess this does all relate (which I do know). Disconnected to God, hum… that is not necessarily the way I feel. He and I have such an intimate relationship that I don’t usually ever really feel disconnected – but something… I was just talking to some random lady I used to sit across the big sanctuary from at an old church, about how the way I ‘do’ church and interact with God has changed – how that’s not bad but how it’s strange… Without the routine of the past I hear him, interact, and AM with Him differently. Which again isn’t bad but sometimes it just more reassuring to have things ‘the way the were’. I’ve got to believe that these changing things are ‘for the better’ and for deeper more real relationships, but sometimes I just want consistency… I guess it’s like my missing my dad’s hugs. Like my dad was always consistent in my life! I could always get a hug if I wanted one… ALWAYS! But not now… ok, maybe it’s not like that because thats never going to get better…
Oh, what am I writing? I’m ok, just thinking too much, maybe…
I think I’m feeling disconnect to my extended community, too. And I’m sure God. Lets start with the extended community…
We’re in the 5th month without Todd and Deb and the kid-o’s I love - that sucks! Life without Leann sucks, too! And then the hell that is ‘transition’ time at ‘church’ – that sucks! I really feel like we are finally pulling out of the ditch we had to sink into with all those suckie things, but I guess I’m just so afraid of where we’ll all end up. We’ve had so many people come and go in the past three years but they tended to be the Todd Hunter Look-ie-loo’s. And we welcomed them and let them go when they stopped showing up. I realized it made me wait to get close to visitors but I never stopped being me and opening up to the entire group as a whole. If you visited, you got the real ‘group’ me, but I didn’t always get to know the real you. Was that bad, maybe but that is not the point. The point is I’m afraid the people I DID get close to are gonna take off. And it shouldn’t matter if I don’t see them at some regular meeting but it is really hard to try and keep 30+ people in your life who don’t attend the same regular meeting, especially when your life was already full to begin with… So again is this proof that 30+ groups are still too big? Maybe? Also, it makes me try to get my head around letting people be, letting people go, but also wanting to see if things should change so they can stay…? I want to really share my life with others and I knew getting into this that not everyone would opt in for that… guess it’s just harder than I thought, even when I was expecting it to be hard. Change sucks! But we all know that! Hum…
Guess this does all relate (which I do know). Disconnected to God, hum… that is not necessarily the way I feel. He and I have such an intimate relationship that I don’t usually ever really feel disconnected – but something… I was just talking to some random lady I used to sit across the big sanctuary from at an old church, about how the way I ‘do’ church and interact with God has changed – how that’s not bad but how it’s strange… Without the routine of the past I hear him, interact, and AM with Him differently. Which again isn’t bad but sometimes it just more reassuring to have things ‘the way the were’. I’ve got to believe that these changing things are ‘for the better’ and for deeper more real relationships, but sometimes I just want consistency… I guess it’s like my missing my dad’s hugs. Like my dad was always consistent in my life! I could always get a hug if I wanted one… ALWAYS! But not now… ok, maybe it’s not like that because thats never going to get better…
Oh, what am I writing? I’m ok, just thinking too much, maybe…
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
I’m much more calm down about that last post… It’ll keep me thinking but funny as God is, last night while I was cleaning through some paperwork, I came upon a paper I took notes from a sermon on and I skimmed over the notes to see that the entire sermon had been about waiting… why it’s good to wait… how the Lord bless us when we wait… stuff like that… Then a little later while skimming through a friend’s magazine I noticed God talking to me through a birth control advertisement… It read something like: You’re pretty picky when it comes to men, why wouldn’t you be when it comes to your birth control. I started laughing!!!! I had to tell my friends that God was reminding me I don’t have to settle for second best when it comes to men through this birth control ad! Too, funny!
So the sky is blue today and I’m gonna get back to work… :) V
So the sky is blue today and I’m gonna get back to work… :) V
Monday, April 21, 2003
Hum, not sure what to write about… Let’s re-account the basics – I have fun going out and being obnoxious with boys… I have fun with ‘spiritual’ things… Somehow my mind or guilt or shame or stupid programming can’t handle both. Ever feel trapped in the Matrix of more than one program. I mean really, can I be a ‘Trying to Follow Christ’ Single Women and think about men… NOPE, NOT UNTIL I GET MARRIED! Seriously, as ridiculous as that seems, that’s what I’ve been feed. You couldn’t possible love Jesus and have sex outside of marriage but worse yet, if you even think about it you’re a Jesus killer… Now, you may want to stop here, as it seems I’ve decided to rant, and if your a man, you may not understand if you read on but I’m gonna continue…
Seriously, I think we’ve missed something!?! It’s not really all about sex, either! Truly but that seems to be the deciding factor in some of this! I was just talking to my dear friend last night about how much we both want to date. It’s been a year since I’ve had a real boyfriend, and heck; I really like having a boyfriend. I’ve healed some from the wounds of the past and I’d like to try again… but what does that really mean? How can I date in 2003 without figuring out where sex goes… It may sound lame but why is it, this weekend I meet a boy and maybe he’ll call maybe he won’t, but the next day after meeting him I was trying to figure out when to tell him I can’t have sex with him… WHAT IS THAT? Is that just good Christ like thinking or is that bazaar that before my first date with a new guy I have to figure that out.
Now I know, the truth is I can’t expect to date the average Joe these days without putting out… so yes, Jesus will send the non-average Joe when He’s good and ready for me to meet him… I KNOW!!! So then I re-run the old programs – Patience and Long Suffering are Fruits of the Spirit… and I know I should just suck it up and wait but is it so wrong to want a male person to hang out with… but heck, can I ever handle having a male around without, you know, thinking the wrong things…
Or what about trying to find someone cool to hang out with in the first place? Not in the ‘Church’!!! AUGH! That has never worked for me!!! They’re much nicer and more sincere outside of those walls… Plus the way the old program works, guys my age don’t have much to do with the ‘church’ until they’re ready to settle down and then with the ration of men to women all the girls jump at a young single man walking in the doors.
So I’m just wonder if something is messed up – other than just me. J
Oh, well, guess I should just take a cold shower… V
P.S. Please consider everything I write filled with sarcasm!!!
Seriously, I think we’ve missed something!?! It’s not really all about sex, either! Truly but that seems to be the deciding factor in some of this! I was just talking to my dear friend last night about how much we both want to date. It’s been a year since I’ve had a real boyfriend, and heck; I really like having a boyfriend. I’ve healed some from the wounds of the past and I’d like to try again… but what does that really mean? How can I date in 2003 without figuring out where sex goes… It may sound lame but why is it, this weekend I meet a boy and maybe he’ll call maybe he won’t, but the next day after meeting him I was trying to figure out when to tell him I can’t have sex with him… WHAT IS THAT? Is that just good Christ like thinking or is that bazaar that before my first date with a new guy I have to figure that out.
Now I know, the truth is I can’t expect to date the average Joe these days without putting out… so yes, Jesus will send the non-average Joe when He’s good and ready for me to meet him… I KNOW!!! So then I re-run the old programs – Patience and Long Suffering are Fruits of the Spirit… and I know I should just suck it up and wait but is it so wrong to want a male person to hang out with… but heck, can I ever handle having a male around without, you know, thinking the wrong things…
Or what about trying to find someone cool to hang out with in the first place? Not in the ‘Church’!!! AUGH! That has never worked for me!!! They’re much nicer and more sincere outside of those walls… Plus the way the old program works, guys my age don’t have much to do with the ‘church’ until they’re ready to settle down and then with the ration of men to women all the girls jump at a young single man walking in the doors.
So I’m just wonder if something is messed up – other than just me. J
Oh, well, guess I should just take a cold shower… V
P.S. Please consider everything I write filled with sarcasm!!!
Friday, April 18, 2003
Three years without my pop!
Here's how I celebrate the anniversary:
I slept in a little late - 9:00 am – then I got up made tea and toast with avocado – sat in my rocking chair thinking for a bit – then I put on The Secret Garden theater production CD – Listened to the entire thing – Cried – then I looked at pictures of Dad and me – then I threw on some clothes and grab some stuff – I drove to Riverside, listening to all the special songs that remind me of dad – got a big kids hamburger meal and made my way to Dad’s grave – from there I finished the burger, laugh with Dad about how I never bring him flowers but always bring him a burger and fries – then I set up my chair, blanket, and books and began my special time – I first read the ‘speech’ I gave at Dad’s memorial service – then I read through the Butterfly Kisses book I gave Dad – I had to laugh out loud when I remember just how much Dad and I used to tease each other – what a beautiful thing to remember – his laughter and cute sarcastic responses to mine! Then I read a bit of the journal I’ve been keeping since he died and then wrote my three year current day update – then I wrote in my Angel Catcher book – was beautiful to recognize how much I’ve grown in three years – was also very sad to realized Dad was never going to see me in this new light of so much healing – but I’m sure he’d silently prayed for it for years! Then I read my favorite poem to read there by his body’s last resting place – It was a beautiful day in that garden of bodies! The sky constantly changing from dark clouds to rolling big fluffy clouds to the times the sun would peek out and shine brightly on me to warm me up! From there I got on the freeway and listened to Dean Martin all the way to San Clemente – got to Mom’s house to see her in better spirits than I had anticipated – with much indecision we finally made the choice to eat at the Fisherman’s on the San Clemente Pier – it was a glorious day at the beach! We ran into a cute friend of Chip and Emily’s and then had a cute waiter – who Mom flirted with all night – he loved it! We ordered stake dinners and a bottle of Champagne – we toasted to a great man and then I corrected myself and said ‘To the Greatest Man’! We enjoyed the food, the view, and each other – then we headed home – I said goodbye to Mom and went out for coffee with Allie.
All in all it was a sweet day of remembrance! - V
Here's how I celebrate the anniversary:
I slept in a little late - 9:00 am – then I got up made tea and toast with avocado – sat in my rocking chair thinking for a bit – then I put on The Secret Garden theater production CD – Listened to the entire thing – Cried – then I looked at pictures of Dad and me – then I threw on some clothes and grab some stuff – I drove to Riverside, listening to all the special songs that remind me of dad – got a big kids hamburger meal and made my way to Dad’s grave – from there I finished the burger, laugh with Dad about how I never bring him flowers but always bring him a burger and fries – then I set up my chair, blanket, and books and began my special time – I first read the ‘speech’ I gave at Dad’s memorial service – then I read through the Butterfly Kisses book I gave Dad – I had to laugh out loud when I remember just how much Dad and I used to tease each other – what a beautiful thing to remember – his laughter and cute sarcastic responses to mine! Then I read a bit of the journal I’ve been keeping since he died and then wrote my three year current day update – then I wrote in my Angel Catcher book – was beautiful to recognize how much I’ve grown in three years – was also very sad to realized Dad was never going to see me in this new light of so much healing – but I’m sure he’d silently prayed for it for years! Then I read my favorite poem to read there by his body’s last resting place – It was a beautiful day in that garden of bodies! The sky constantly changing from dark clouds to rolling big fluffy clouds to the times the sun would peek out and shine brightly on me to warm me up! From there I got on the freeway and listened to Dean Martin all the way to San Clemente – got to Mom’s house to see her in better spirits than I had anticipated – with much indecision we finally made the choice to eat at the Fisherman’s on the San Clemente Pier – it was a glorious day at the beach! We ran into a cute friend of Chip and Emily’s and then had a cute waiter – who Mom flirted with all night – he loved it! We ordered stake dinners and a bottle of Champagne – we toasted to a great man and then I corrected myself and said ‘To the Greatest Man’! We enjoyed the food, the view, and each other – then we headed home – I said goodbye to Mom and went out for coffee with Allie.
All in all it was a sweet day of remembrance! - V
Monday, April 07, 2003
Quotes for today:
How many lives per gallon? - Popular anti-war protest sign
Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. - President Dwight Eisenhower
Those of us who care for the direction of the American dream have one job now to do, and that is to begin working toward that election day in November of next year. - Dorris Haddock, also known as Granny D
Yes, overall my weekend was really great! Friday night we went dancing - was fun – one friend drank too much but that was not bad just really funny! Saturday I went to driving school and it wasn't too bad as my instructor's life was full of miraculous events – he thought he was teaching me about driving but instead was teaching me about the beautiful hand of God! Then I went to the church Sarah and Lisa are leading worship for every other week and that was sweet but strange to be in the old format of worship, announcements, teaching from one man for far too long, then an offering (where I was presented with a 'new' person card to fill out and we all know it will be only a couple of days before I get propaganda in the mail) and then the closing prayers... I like to find God everywhere! Even in the old format of church so that was cool and cooler yet were the songs I heard in this pastor man’s teaching… Here’s the part where the reader gets to name that tune or the singer/songwriter:
- Lust for life
- Sliver Spoon and a paper plate
- Walking on broken glass
Proof once again that God and music are everywhere – even in over taught sermons…
Then I talked to one of my favorite people on earth! It was a very unexpected two-hour phone call with an x-boyfriend! It was beautiful and such a hope/faith booster - he's doing very well and making great choices... my prayers are being heard! I can’t express how amazing it is to talk to someone who gets things the way I do – or someone who not only loves things about me but understands why I love them. I hope everyone in life has people like this around them. Then of course I had to go over to Jodi and Candice’s apartment to tell them all about the phone call!
Sunday I forgot about daylight savings and got to San Clemente to late to help my mother set up for her craft fair but she bought me breakfast anyways! I am loved! Then I spent a glorious hour and a half at the Dana Point harbor - journaling, praying, breathing, sleeping, enjoying watching the families, getting wind kisses from God... Then I went home and began and complete four art projects! That is no small feet... I usually have a hard time beginning one let alone completing one! My phone call the night before was just so inspiring! Then I was flaked on but it turned out ok cause I got to have dinner and watch Shag, the White Stripes Video's and a Tori Amos Video with Jodi and Candice.
Was very unexpected weekend all around! What a blessing! Just wish I knew what I was doing with my life… but that’s ok… if every weekend were like this…
V
How many lives per gallon? - Popular anti-war protest sign
Here in America we are descended in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. - President Dwight Eisenhower
Those of us who care for the direction of the American dream have one job now to do, and that is to begin working toward that election day in November of next year. - Dorris Haddock, also known as Granny D
Yes, overall my weekend was really great! Friday night we went dancing - was fun – one friend drank too much but that was not bad just really funny! Saturday I went to driving school and it wasn't too bad as my instructor's life was full of miraculous events – he thought he was teaching me about driving but instead was teaching me about the beautiful hand of God! Then I went to the church Sarah and Lisa are leading worship for every other week and that was sweet but strange to be in the old format of worship, announcements, teaching from one man for far too long, then an offering (where I was presented with a 'new' person card to fill out and we all know it will be only a couple of days before I get propaganda in the mail) and then the closing prayers... I like to find God everywhere! Even in the old format of church so that was cool and cooler yet were the songs I heard in this pastor man’s teaching… Here’s the part where the reader gets to name that tune or the singer/songwriter:
- Lust for life
- Sliver Spoon and a paper plate
- Walking on broken glass
Proof once again that God and music are everywhere – even in over taught sermons…
Then I talked to one of my favorite people on earth! It was a very unexpected two-hour phone call with an x-boyfriend! It was beautiful and such a hope/faith booster - he's doing very well and making great choices... my prayers are being heard! I can’t express how amazing it is to talk to someone who gets things the way I do – or someone who not only loves things about me but understands why I love them. I hope everyone in life has people like this around them. Then of course I had to go over to Jodi and Candice’s apartment to tell them all about the phone call!
Sunday I forgot about daylight savings and got to San Clemente to late to help my mother set up for her craft fair but she bought me breakfast anyways! I am loved! Then I spent a glorious hour and a half at the Dana Point harbor - journaling, praying, breathing, sleeping, enjoying watching the families, getting wind kisses from God... Then I went home and began and complete four art projects! That is no small feet... I usually have a hard time beginning one let alone completing one! My phone call the night before was just so inspiring! Then I was flaked on but it turned out ok cause I got to have dinner and watch Shag, the White Stripes Video's and a Tori Amos Video with Jodi and Candice.
Was very unexpected weekend all around! What a blessing! Just wish I knew what I was doing with my life… but that’s ok… if every weekend were like this…
V
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