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Aimee--I am now working! I have a great job as the Publications Secretary for a local Methodist church, and it is a wonderful part-time occupation. I am still kind of keeping up with my eBay business re-selling quality women's clothing--got to sell off the inventory! I love being a Christian and being with Christians...I love that this world is not the final state of things... Nate--Just call me Mr. Arkansas. I'm an Arkansas fan. I love the Hogs, I love the towns, I love the woods, I love THE ROCK. First and foremost I love God and the home and wife He has given me. I love the Bible study where I lead worship and teach on occassion. To find out more . . . Check out da Blog!!

Friday, April 27, 2007

lessons I learned this week...

1. Do not trust owners of angry acting dogs when they say "He won't get ya." The large painful bruise/scratch on my thigh is testimony to how much they don't know. (Thankfully, it could have been much worse!)

2. Do not go outside with my husband without my own apartment key, even (and especially) if I am just barefoot in my pajamas and planning to move the extra car out of his way as he heads back to work. Yes, I was outside for an hour and had to drive to my inlaws barefoot and driver's license-less to use the phone and ask him to come home and let me back in!

3. Do not take a three-hour nap starting at 8:3o PM unless I want to be up at 2 AM listing eBay items. How many people are going to stay up until that hour to bid at the last minute! (Actually, you'd be surprised....)

Friday, April 20, 2007

All for Nothing...

Sometimes babysitting is something like parenting...though most of the time I feel like an older sister with two naughty siblings...and I am their bad example.
The other day, Hannah wanted a plastic box to put some of her "supplies" in, and as is always the case, Alyssa wanted it too, and had in fact already received permission from me to use it. What ensued thereafter required me to give Hannah some alone time in my room and then afterward we had a very serious talk. This talk evolved into a discussion of idols of the heart and what something becomes if we are willing to sin for it. I wasn't sure if she heard or even understood all of what I told her; but the next day when the girls arrived, Alyssa was bearing her own supply box and told Hannah she may use the one which had caused all the fuss the previous day. After trying to fit all of her markers and balloons into it, she discovered that it was too small for what she wanted it for, and exclaimed "I sinned over this for nothing!" Trying not to explode with laughter, I made some comment to the effect that sin never gets us where we think it will, even when we in the short term seem to get what we want from it--gratified that she had at least understood part of the previous day's discussion.
But then I got thinking about her comment. It really was enlightening to me even about my own heart--do I ever think that sin is somehow "worthwhile" because I get what I want out of it? The sad answer is that often I do, mistaking the miserable trash and rags of this life for treasures that I greedily grab for, allowing them to blind me to the real, great, and immeasureable treasure of blamelessness before a holy God. When I stand before Him at the end of my life, I pray by His grace that there will be few times I will look back on with remorse and exclaim "I sinned for nothing!" knowing that anytime I deem anything at all more precious than His will and His commands, it will never yield anything but sorrow.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Art and Such...and Writing

I used to aspire to writing and illustrating children's books. The only problem is that I can never think of a topic/ subject that seems original and not already used and reused. Here is a cute character, though. This is a drawing I did once of a little boy I knew (the left picture looks more like him). Can anyone think of a good story featuring this little guy??

Monday, April 02, 2007

Shorter than Expected...

So I forgot to print a picture of the last cut (below) to take to the hairdresser's today. Oops! Oh, well, Nate thinks it's cute. Hair gows out...

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