Bob Sr. - I should get a job at Starbucks.
Bob - What would you do?
Bob Sr. - I don't know. I can't make the drinks cause I don't know how to pronounce any of them.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
My Friend Olga
Olga was kind enough to let me "practice" taking human pictures. This taught me more of what not do do than anythings else. It was a fun day and I had lots of fun.
Did not notice the trash bag in the trees.
My favorite picture!
Did not notice the trash bag in the trees.
My favorite picture!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Bluebonnets
I entered a little friendly competition on another blog and the picture below made the top ten. Check it out at 4TUNATE. This amazing couple is raising quad boys!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Speedster Bob
Today we decided to take a little drive and as we were driving to meet some friends Bob got pulled over for speeding. Now for those of you that know "Mr. set the cruise control to 40 mph in 45 mph zone" this is pretty funny. The one guy who rarely ever speeds gets pulled over. When the cop took his info I really wanted to laugh. I know that sounds wrong but I really needed a break from the stuff I am trying to process. I just love God's sense of humor and timing. I wanted to ask the cop if I could take a picture but I didn't have my camera on me otherwise I would have. Thankfully Bob got a verbal warning and was able to laugh about the irony of the situation. After he got let off he said "And you thought I drove slow before." I won't mind him driving slow for the next two months because that just means more time to listen to George Strait. Which he just loves – HAHA.
Friday, April 11, 2008
This Week...
This week has been a very draining week. Our church lost a key leader. I shouldn't say lost she was never ours and like our pastor said she belongs to God. She is at home with Him now. The one thing this past week has taught me is I'll never understand why God let's certain things happen but I don't need to understand I just need to trust Him. This week I have spent more time in The Word and praying to Him than anything else. This week I have prayed for a lost dog to be returned home (it was), the heartbreak of losing a baby, the strength of a pastor and staff, Vanessa's husband and a peace that passes all understanding. I sang songs through my tears and praised God. This week....
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
Memory Lane
Channel 17 on XM radio is "Strait Country" until 5/31/08. Strait Country as in nothing but George Strait 24/7. My all time favorite singer!! Needless to say I spend a lot of time in the car this weekend listening to King George. Just about every song reminded me of something.
Love with out end, Amen. My dad used to sing this song to my sister and me. They also sang this at church on Father’s Day a couple of years ago.
Lead On. Back at Tech a group of us went out to Ransom Canyon for 4th of July. They had a concert and then fireworks. During the fireworks they did not play any music so we decided we would sing our own songs. Keith wanted to sing Lead On. So we attempted to sing the song but the only words we could remember were Lead On. We also butchered many, many more songs and I still laugh whenever I hear them
I was also reminded of the time at Midnight Rodeo when they had request night and we decided to list nothing but George Strait. Or the road trip Kevin, Keith and I took to El Paso to see him our freshman year at Tech. Keith and Kevin taking turns dancing with me anytime George came on at Cowpokes/Midnight Rodeo since I would not dance with anybody else. Lots more memories from Tech but I don’t have enough time to write them all down!
Write This Down. I taught my godson, Adam, this song. Every time I hear this song I can hear Adam at age 5 singing this song.
True. While at Red River, in my Doc Martin sandals, I taught Jeff how to two step to this song. (I can remember him asking every time a new song came on if it was George Strait. He had no idea who George Strait was but he had promised to dance with me if one of his songs came on. He didn’t mention that he didn’t know how to dance.)
Amarillo by Morning. Bob took me to see George two years ago and this is the only song he was looking forward to. He didn’t really know any other songs but he does now. Anyways, Bob was hoping this would be one of the last songs that George would sing so he would have something to look forward to. I think it was the second or third song that he sang. Poor Bob!
I Cross my Heart. The song used for first dance as a married couple for several of my friends.
I love listening to George because a lot of his songs have such sweet memories attached to them. Thanks for taking a small trip down memory lane with me.
Love with out end, Amen. My dad used to sing this song to my sister and me. They also sang this at church on Father’s Day a couple of years ago.
Lead On. Back at Tech a group of us went out to Ransom Canyon for 4th of July. They had a concert and then fireworks. During the fireworks they did not play any music so we decided we would sing our own songs. Keith wanted to sing Lead On. So we attempted to sing the song but the only words we could remember were Lead On. We also butchered many, many more songs and I still laugh whenever I hear them
I was also reminded of the time at Midnight Rodeo when they had request night and we decided to list nothing but George Strait. Or the road trip Kevin, Keith and I took to El Paso to see him our freshman year at Tech. Keith and Kevin taking turns dancing with me anytime George came on at Cowpokes/Midnight Rodeo since I would not dance with anybody else. Lots more memories from Tech but I don’t have enough time to write them all down!
Write This Down. I taught my godson, Adam, this song. Every time I hear this song I can hear Adam at age 5 singing this song.
True. While at Red River, in my Doc Martin sandals, I taught Jeff how to two step to this song. (I can remember him asking every time a new song came on if it was George Strait. He had no idea who George Strait was but he had promised to dance with me if one of his songs came on. He didn’t mention that he didn’t know how to dance.)
Amarillo by Morning. Bob took me to see George two years ago and this is the only song he was looking forward to. He didn’t really know any other songs but he does now. Anyways, Bob was hoping this would be one of the last songs that George would sing so he would have something to look forward to. I think it was the second or third song that he sang. Poor Bob!
I Cross my Heart. The song used for first dance as a married couple for several of my friends.
I love listening to George because a lot of his songs have such sweet memories attached to them. Thanks for taking a small trip down memory lane with me.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Hail
I am a currently sitting in my bath tub. I awoke to thunder so I jumped out of bed to unplug my computer. Crawled back into bed only to be startled by pounding on the walls and quickly realized it was hail. Golf ball sized hail. A few minutes later the sirens start to go off so I grab my computer and take cover in the bathroom. Can't find anything online about a tornado in the area so what else is a girl to do at 3:21am in the morning?
I can't heat the sirens so I am going to head off to bed. It should be an interesting day...
I can't heat the sirens so I am going to head off to bed. It should be an interesting day...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
In Control?
It's funny how God works. Today I overbooked myself, on my plate was baby-sitting for synergy and a girlfriends bible study. To be honest I am not that into this study and decided it would be ok if I missed. God had other plans and synergy ended up being cancelled since one of the girls could not get back to the DFW area.
So, instead of going home just to turn around and head back out I decided to just stay at work and finish up a few things. Before I knew it was getting late and I knew I had to get it in gear if I was going to make it. I get about half way there when traffic comes to a stop but I realize I am in the area that I used to work in. I get onto 114 and cut through a few back streets. I know the general location for the study (a different location that before) and I grab a Starbucks before trying to find the location.
Literally a block away and I almost get hit by a truck, my Starbucks drinks almost spills, and I can not find the entrance to the apartment. I think about heading home while circling the area and end up turning into the correct apartment complex and finding the apartment. YEAH!
I arrive and I am the only one to show up so far. I joke with Elaine saying we can just say we watched the lesson and be done with it and be that much closed to finishing this study. She said she was afraid nobody else was going to show up because of weather (thunderstorms) and there were a lot of accidents in the area.
Three more ladies showed up and we talked about how we were struggling with the study. We just can’t seem to get in it. We pop in the DVD and make a few wise cracks and try focus on what is being said. All of a sudden the room is quiet as we are all listening to what is being said. Then the DVD freezes and Elaine said something to the effect of “Man the devil really does not want us to watch this.” She runs into her room and gets her DVD player and we continue watching the lesson. By the way, this lesson happens to coincide with the class that Bob and I are currently taking at Fellowship.
It is hard to explain what God did tonight but HE was moving in that apartment. Here is a group of women as diverse as we can be. All of us in a different season of life but tonight that diversity brought us closer to each other and closer to God. I normally do not open up to people I have only seen three other times much less cry in front of them but tonight I did.
God lead me to share my story of when Terry was in the ICU and not expected to make it through the night. In a nutshell I talked about the different phases of prayer I went though on my drive from El Paso to Dallas. I prayed he would let her live, then I prayed He could take her but only if He let me say goodbye first, and then finally released her to Him and said it was fine if He took her without me saying goodbye. The amount of growth I experienced in that car for the twelve hours it took me to get to Dallas is mind boggling to me.
I had realized I am not in control and no matter what I try to do I can’t change on single thing. The only thing I can control is how I respond to the situation. I was so grateful when she woke up and was released after seven days.
By the time I finished with my story there was not a dry eye in the room. Tonight I got to know the women that God has placed in my life better. Just being able to hear their stories and how God has used some awful events to grow these wonderful women is truly amazing. I am not going to go into specifics but each of the life events led to a realization of how God allows bad things to happen in order for great things to happen.
In my FC study we have been talking about trusting God, depending on God, and turning the control over to God. Tonight all three of those topics collided. Thank you, Lord for getting me to bible study tonight. Again, I can’t explain what happened tonight but God was speaking through the video and each of those women.
Tonight God showed me, again, I am not in control. He had plans for me tonight and He got me where I needed to be. As I sit here typing this I am still trying to process it. All I know is I needed to document it so I can look back on it. (Something we learned last night - if we write it down then we can look back and see how He is in control through our own stories and the stories of others.)
So, instead of going home just to turn around and head back out I decided to just stay at work and finish up a few things. Before I knew it was getting late and I knew I had to get it in gear if I was going to make it. I get about half way there when traffic comes to a stop but I realize I am in the area that I used to work in. I get onto 114 and cut through a few back streets. I know the general location for the study (a different location that before) and I grab a Starbucks before trying to find the location.
Literally a block away and I almost get hit by a truck, my Starbucks drinks almost spills, and I can not find the entrance to the apartment. I think about heading home while circling the area and end up turning into the correct apartment complex and finding the apartment. YEAH!
I arrive and I am the only one to show up so far. I joke with Elaine saying we can just say we watched the lesson and be done with it and be that much closed to finishing this study. She said she was afraid nobody else was going to show up because of weather (thunderstorms) and there were a lot of accidents in the area.
Three more ladies showed up and we talked about how we were struggling with the study. We just can’t seem to get in it. We pop in the DVD and make a few wise cracks and try focus on what is being said. All of a sudden the room is quiet as we are all listening to what is being said. Then the DVD freezes and Elaine said something to the effect of “Man the devil really does not want us to watch this.” She runs into her room and gets her DVD player and we continue watching the lesson. By the way, this lesson happens to coincide with the class that Bob and I are currently taking at Fellowship.
It is hard to explain what God did tonight but HE was moving in that apartment. Here is a group of women as diverse as we can be. All of us in a different season of life but tonight that diversity brought us closer to each other and closer to God. I normally do not open up to people I have only seen three other times much less cry in front of them but tonight I did.
God lead me to share my story of when Terry was in the ICU and not expected to make it through the night. In a nutshell I talked about the different phases of prayer I went though on my drive from El Paso to Dallas. I prayed he would let her live, then I prayed He could take her but only if He let me say goodbye first, and then finally released her to Him and said it was fine if He took her without me saying goodbye. The amount of growth I experienced in that car for the twelve hours it took me to get to Dallas is mind boggling to me.
I had realized I am not in control and no matter what I try to do I can’t change on single thing. The only thing I can control is how I respond to the situation. I was so grateful when she woke up and was released after seven days.
By the time I finished with my story there was not a dry eye in the room. Tonight I got to know the women that God has placed in my life better. Just being able to hear their stories and how God has used some awful events to grow these wonderful women is truly amazing. I am not going to go into specifics but each of the life events led to a realization of how God allows bad things to happen in order for great things to happen.
In my FC study we have been talking about trusting God, depending on God, and turning the control over to God. Tonight all three of those topics collided. Thank you, Lord for getting me to bible study tonight. Again, I can’t explain what happened tonight but God was speaking through the video and each of those women.
Tonight God showed me, again, I am not in control. He had plans for me tonight and He got me where I needed to be. As I sit here typing this I am still trying to process it. All I know is I needed to document it so I can look back on it. (Something we learned last night - if we write it down then we can look back and see how He is in control through our own stories and the stories of others.)
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