A Fresh Look

I was listening to something yesterday and it struck me in a new way:
The Sabbath was made to benefit people, and not people to benefit the Sabbath
Jesus was talking to the Pharisees here, rebuking them for rebuking the disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath.

The reason it was new to me yesterday was because I usually accept the Sabbath as something that I'm commanded to take. If God needed a day to rest, now much more do I? was what I've always reasoned my day of rest with. But this made God look weak, not strong enough to keep going. God actually set aside the Sabbath as holy because He knew that WE aren't strong enough to keep going. How much love is in that new look?!?! The Sabbath was made for our benefit - because God knows us so well that He knows we NEED to rest. What a wonderful thought - God loves me that much.

.And Our Guest Was...

...Mr.Lynn Erskine Admissions Counselor for Bethany Bible College
We went out to eat, here in town, and had wonderful food and conversation, and ended the night with a good cup of coffee and more conversation. It was a treat all around.

Our weekend was busy, but good. I am tired, but in a good way.

This is your last chance!

Alright, who is it??? Who is coming to Grand Haven, Michigan today, Friday, September 23rd, 2005!!!!!???????

This is driving me crazy! I want to give up on guessing, but I just CAN'T!

One of those days...

My lady readers will understand what I'm about to say...

I have to admit that I wonder what God was thinking when he designed us with hormones! I'm pretty sure he isn't enjoying what I'm going through, but I would love to know where he came up with the idea. These last couple of days have been the dreaded emotional rollercoaster...which is MOST irritating to me!!! I try my best to keep the rollercoaster under cover, and most people would probably have no clue. But I just want to scream one minute, a couple later I'm laughing about something, then a few minutes later I find myself on the verge of crying! Did I leave my sanity somewhere? If you happen to find it, please let me know...I'm certainly missing it.

Who's the Culprit???

So my hubby informs me yesterday that I am not to make any plans for Friday. That's fine, I think. Expecting him to explain this demand, I am sorely disappointed as he says, "see you after work".

Well, according to hubby this person is a co-friend of ours and they are sworn to secrecy! THE NERVE!!! Anyway, needless to say, I am frequently finding my brain wandering to the question: "who might be coming?" I know they called from New Brunswick...I do not know their gender, however the majority of our friends are female, but that doesn't mean anything. Anyway, my mind keeps working...and if I dont' figure it out by Friday I'll find out then!

Any hints???

A Funny Moment

This was sent to me in an email by my cousin. I find Robin Williams to be quite amusing...and so wanted to share this amusing piece with you!
Enjoy!!
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ROBIN WILLIAMS PEACE PLAN

Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.

Robin Williams' plan! (It's hard to argue with his logic!)

"I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a
plan for peace. So, here's one plan.

1. The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs,past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega,Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good ole boys,' We will never "interfere" again.
2. The US will withdraw our troops from all over the world starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3. All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where they are.... They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.
4. All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!!!!!!
5. No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here.
6. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers; 7-11 cashiers, service station or motel owners .
7. No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.
8. The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.
9. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up their storage sites would be enough.)
10. If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
11. Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
12. All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The language we speak is ENGLISH.....learn it...or LEAVE.....

Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"

A Yummy Moment

Go here for a sweet temptation

How many hoops can you jump through?

This is a game that INS (Immigration & Naturalization Services) likes to play with people interested in becoming Permanent residents/citizens of the United States of America. I am quick to blame these hoops on 9/11, however I find myself wondering if they don't just do it for spite.

Now, reality hits me in the face and says: the government is just protecting itself, so quit your crying! They don't want to let a bunch of bums come into the states and mooch off of them. This really does make good sense, and I'm really just complaining....I know. I'll stop now, but you have a good idea of how I'm feeling about this whole thing.

Don't even get me started on how much this whole ordeal will cost in the end!!!!!

Another Day...Another Year

All together now:

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Judy.....
Happy birthday to you

So, today is the beginning of another year...not so sure how I feel about that.

Sunday morning went really well, in my opinion...and I'm excited for the huge potential it has for expanding and exploding. Have I mentioned that I love where we live?

Our New Apartment

So, all of our stuff is in the new place...still in their boxes. Unpacking is becoming just an unenjoyable as packing. But I won't get into that today.

On the bright side: I get to walk to & from work each day. I love it because it's a sweet calm in the mornings and a great refresher after a day of semi-mindless tasks. It's a beautiful thing! As I sit here, in the break room at work, eating my popcorn, I begin to dream of having people over...eating lots of good food...laughing...watching good movies...and the list goes on!

That's about it though. I've put in a couple more resumes for jobs in the county...we'll see what happens this time.

It's Friday Again!

Yes, it's another friday! Yay for Fridays!!

However this weekend will bring much packing and preparations for a move to an apartment. We found a GREAT place with a GREAT deal! We're super excited too because it's in a GREAT location, just three blocks from where I work, and a 5 minute bike ride to the Hub, where Jason spends the majority of his time. It'll be great for many reasons:

• it's fully furnished (even including cable - for the bum in me)
• it's close to just about everything
• the location means less gas money spent
• the price is perfect for us
• the landlord is wonderful
• it's a place where we can invite friends over!!

Although we do not look forward to packing our stuff up again, we do know that we won't be moving again for 9 whole months!! I think that's the longest we'll have stayed in one place - EVER! Hopefully we'll be able to buy our own home when this lease runs out...but that's a thought for another day...really another month...