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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:17:49 GMT

I kind of forgot I ever had a xanga account, so here's my NEW blog. I'm just going to have blogs laying all over the place, like children I've abandoned. Poor souls. http://driftwoodtumble.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:31:53 GMT

I thought since it has been two months, maybe I'd update the xanga.

Christmas break was faaaaabulous. I miss it already.

The church plant is picking up speed; we're starting a small group Sunday night for those interested in getting involved. It is going to be a really exciting year, I think.

I am really all out of words... I need to get back into practice with writing. I just don't have anything to say, and that's totally unlike me. I'll get back with you when I have something good :)

Ooh I am starting a new Bible study series Thursday with my old group at HCC - it is a Beth Moore study, and I LOVE Beth Moore's studies. WAAY excited. I haven't been involved with an organized Bible study since last year.

Someday, we'll do another girls night. I'm sorry I stink at scheduling them; with Lydia, it is a tad bit more difficult.

Much love...

Run down...

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:40:28 GMT

As those of you in my study halls and class noticed, I was not at school today - had to attend to the needs of Lydia, who has a bad ear infection. And let me tell you, I am whipped. Taking care of her all day has worn me out and stressed me out. I know she'll be fine, but I feel terrible for her - her eye is all red and she is cranky as all get-out.

So it has been a rough day.

Don't know who is going to the party at school tomorrow night, but I hope to be there! I'm not sure if I will be able to though, since Lyd is still sick. It wouldn't be a very responsible parent thing for me to leave her with someone else when she feels so crummy. But the husband will be there. So have a jolly good time without me! Harumph!

No worries. I am going to watch all sorts of chic flicks all night tonight and all night tomorrow night, in between taking care of Lydia. It will be a chic flick smorgasbord. That word makes me think of smores, which makes me think of eating dinner, which I haven't prepared yet. So on that note, I am going to go grill a piece of chicken and make a salad and get ready for an evening of weepy eyes and sighs.

Have a faaaantastic night.

Friday, November 03, 2006

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:35:31 GMT

Because I am all about stealing surveys...

1. How tall are you barefoot?
5'6

2. Have you ever smoked cocaine?
No. I tried to come up with something funnier than Heather's comment, but nothing is coming.

3. Do you have a gun in your house?
Nope

4. Ever been to Rehab?
No. Maybe this survey isn't as fun as it was cracked up to be.

5. Do you get nervous before "meeting the parents"?
Yes. I am intimidated by "the parents" - I expect them to beat me up for giving their child a bad grade.

6. What do you think of your friends?
I have a sneaking suspicion no one else can see them.

7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
"If we make it through December"

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?

lots and lots of tea

9. Do you do push-ups?
only when I am feeling especially flabby

10. Have you ever done ecstacy?
I'd be curious to read the answers of someone who has

11. Are you vegetarian?
Occasionally i eat vegetables.

12. Do you like painkillers?

When in pain, painkillers are faaabulous.

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
Well I do this seductive somersault and then rub my stomach and pat my head. That seems to get them every time.

14. Do you own a knife?

I do - big sharp ones

15. Do you have A.D.D.?

Child-induced, yes.

16. Date Of Birth?
July 30

17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
1. Is this all I could come up with to do right now?
2. My contacts are drying my eyes out
3. I want ice cream

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought?
1. amoxicillin for lyd
2. chicken
3. gas. i live an action-packed life.

19. Name 3 things u drink regularly
1. hot tea
2. warm tea
3. luke warm tea

20. What time did you wake up today?
6:45

21. Current hair style?
an attempt to be "in" that has gone borderline-boyish

22. Current worry?
That all of this typing will result in me being up later than planned, resulting in Lydia waking up earlier than planned, which will inevitably turn me into a zombie

23. Current hate?
the onslaught of winter

24. Favorite place to be?
bed

25. Least favorite place to be?
lately? my first friday afternoon study hall

26. Where would you like to go?
Colorado

27. Do you own slippers?
yes but i don't wear them

28. Where do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
probably somewhere on the planet earth.

29. Do you burn or tan?
I spontaneously combust

30. Last thing you ate?

klondike bar. what would you do... ooh ooh.

31. Would you be a pirate?
only if i could have a wooden leg

32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
a week or so ago.

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
lately, "Do, a deer, a female deer..."

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Fire. The shadow of the curtain.

35. What's your favorite sport?
Baseball

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
Lydia

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
I only remember Strawberry Shortcake

38. Worst injury you've ever had?
Self-inflicted, broken wrist; inevitable - c-section

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Two

41. Who is your loudest friend?
My husband

42. Who is your most silent friend?
Well as I mentioned above, my special friends don't seem to be noticed by anyone else...

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
Not really. He doesn't crush on me anymore

44. Do you wish on stars?
No

45. What is your favorite book?
The B-I-B-L-E. And a whole slew of others

46. What is your favorite candy?
Jolly Ranchers. I ahven't had them in a really long time

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
I really wanted Rolling Stones - "Beast of Burden", while Brandon did the garter removal thing. I got my wish

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
"Celebrate good times, come on!"

49. What were you doing at 12AM last night?
Dreaming about Becky Neubauer, oddly enough

50. Do you love someone?
Yes I do. Lots and lots of people.

In reply to a post...

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:40:03 GMT

I wrote this in reply to a friend talking about the myspace phenom, and since I wrote a book in reply, I thought I'd stick it up on my xanga too.

Hey friend,

Excellent post - I've talked to a few people about the phenomenon of blogging and online communications. I'm with you - person-to-person contact is so much more valuable. I think online communications have become a lazy way to stay in touch with people - I only have to post once about my life, and whoever is interested can sit down and read it. There isn't a whole lot of intimacy involved with that, and it saves me having to write ten emails. Isn't that terrible???

On the other hand, hooking up with so many of my friends and acquaintances of old would never happen with all of the "stuff" I jam into each week - therefore, myspace and xanga allows me to have all of these pseudo-relationships with people... maybe we could call them fast food friendships?... Heaven forbid I pick up the phone and arrange for a coffee date with someone, drive a half hour to meet them, and spend two hours hanging out - there are more time-consuming activities to do, like work, clean the house, sleep, play with the baby, hang out with the husband... So in the end, we have more friends/acquaintances, more connections, less time to spend with them, and as a result, shallower relationships. Is that overanalyzing the web-world, or am I on to something?

Now, I'll admit too, I'm on myspace. I love it. But like a twitch in my brain, a quiet alarm sounds every time I log on, saying, "this isn't enough". Real, honest, human contact is missing.

I should post this on my xanga. It's the most writing I've done in weeks!

Hope to chat soon :) Love ya.

Nothing New Under the Sun...

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:15:48 GMT

I have an idea for a Wells... Weekly... or Monthly, or Bi-Monthy, but I haven't quite formulated it yet. But I was browsing through some old poetry from college and found this piece. Hope you like it.

On A Good Night

On a good night, the ceiling disappears

and although the clouds may be thick,

light guides my eyes through miracles.

On a good night, my heart

flutters over chapters of truth,

piloted by an immortal breeze.

On a good night, the hours tick by,

for you have given me energy

to keep breathing in these words.

On a good night, I hear you speak to me,

and my soul childishly splashes

in the glamour and sparkle you’ve poured upon me.

But tonight, the ceiling is crashing

and the room is filled with smog.

It’s so dark; I only see gloom.

Tonight, my heart is dragging its feet through

the chronicles of these horse latitudes.

Tonight, the hours have stalled,

and my will has whittled away into this sliver,

broken easily by outside works.

Tonight, I cannot distinguish your voice

from his and hers and theirs and my own…

I’ve wandered from my puddle of glad tidings.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:42:21 GMT

Looking up.

Looking at me :)

Mmmm. Rice cereal...

1st Akron Aeros baseball game

At the family reunion, winning everyone over!

The Atonement Child

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:32:16 GMT

I polished off an absolutely delicious novel by Francine Rivers, my favorite Christian author, called "The Atonement Child", in one day. No, more like one evening. It was that good.

Francine Rivers is by far the best Christian fiction writer I have read. She is so gifted at character development, writing from different points of view, pulling you along to the point where you cannot put it down. This particular book begins very quickly with a college-aged Christian going to a Christian university, engaged to a man who wants to be a pastor. She has everything pretty well laid out for her - she was raised in a Christian home, she has Christian friends, she is a very faithful Christian herself. On the way back from work one night, she gets raped. And then becomes pregnant. What unfolds through her extremely unfortunate and heart-breaking circumstances is absolutely fabulous.

The author does such a terrific job of walking through the decision of whether to have an abortion, keep the baby, or have the baby and give it up for adoption, and all of the characters' feelings about what should be done, from the girl's parents to her grandma to her fiance to her roommate to the college dean. It's fabulous.

Other books you might consider by Francine Rivers - A Redeeming Love (tied as my favorite) and the Mark of the Lion series. Mmm! Excellent.

On a more personal note, life with Lydia continues to be the best thing ever. When the time is right, ladies, do consider having children. They are truly a blessing from the Lord, in spite of the crying and smelly diapers.

Gospel Truth

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:36:54 GMT

I'm reading a book called "Gospel Truth: The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History, and Why It Matters" right now, which is an interesting book in a whole movement of people trying to discover the "historical Jesus" - which basically means the man Jesus separated from the Son of God. Not an easy task. I was a little threatened by the book when I first opened it, since it makes it very clear that it isn't a theologian's study of Jesus, but the more I read, the more objective I've become to evaluate what the author has to say.

It is a fascinating read because it comes from the perspective of historians and archaelogists instead of theologians and pulls some really interesting facts about NT times to light, bringing the humanity of Jesus into the picture. That being said, I'm also bathing the whole reading experience in prayer... since it is a book written by someone who isn't interested in the miraculous or spiritual, the author tends to disregard things like the virgin birth, walking on water, water to wine, etc. and theorize about what he supposes really happened. There is a great paragraph, though, about delving into these sorts of issues, that I want to post here (by the way, this is at the start of a chapter about John the Baptist, entitled, "The Big Dipper"... ha ha ha):

"This is, perhaps, a good place to pause and reissue a warning. What we have been involved with up to now - what the whole field of New Testament scholarship takes as its coin - is theory. No one can prove that Jesus formed his community of disciples under the influence of the Greek philosopher's school, just as no one can prove that he was or was not virginally conceived. Faith has it all over historical analysis here: if by faith one knows something to be true, then it is true. Faith doesn't rest on data. If one is compelled to venture out into the land of historical reconstruction, the best one can hope for is honest inquiry and educated guesswork. If the picture that results makes sense, that's good. And if this in turn puts one's Christian faith on more solid footing, that's even better." (Shorto, p. 81).

In short, if we look to sources other than the Gospels and the understanding of God imparted to us by the Holy Spirit, we must remember that the world's knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. People can theorize until the world comes to an end, but when it does, what will matter is what we know to be true: Jesus Christ, Son of God, issues saving grace to those who have faith in Him. And that's all.

I'm also reading "In the minds of unchurched Harry and Mary" recommended by Knori to my husband. It's great. Lee Strobel is a terrific writer.

Well the husband is getting on my case about being ready to go. So I suppose I should get ready. Have a fantastic weekend!

Web Design....

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:03:53 GMT

Well I am WAY excited because I might be teaching the web design class this year! All depends on what I can do with Lydia while I'm teaching. Should be great though - I got a couple sample textbooks today to see what might work for the class. I am really looking forward to the opportunity to teach... hopefully I won't be your least favorite teacher ;)

I've been crazy busy with Lydia lovin' her up :) She is the most awesomest baby ever. In my humble opinion. Gotta run - not a lot of time for pc stuff lately. No matter - hope ya'll are having a great summer so far!