Can't win for snoozing

In browsing through Relevant's Christmas gift guide,
I laughed out loud when I came across this nifty-narco-annihilator*: "Clocky."
This was its description:

Get out of bed on the first beep.
If you hit snooze, "Clocky" wheels away and hides,
forcing you out from under the covers.



Youtube it for some great demonstrations.

Anybody know someone who might need this? :)

*narco: blang** for narcolepsy
**blang: blog + slang, word creation props to Eliza

i LOVE christmas

I like thinking about what I was doing a year ago during special times like holidays and summers. My sister asked me a few days ago if I wanted to help her decorate her house for Christmas. I was reminded of when I did this last year, and wrote a note on facebook about it (before I was a blogger). I went and read the note, and thought I would post it. A) To show what I was doing and thinking at this time LAST year, and B) To help put someone else or myself in the spirit of thankfulness and awareness.

During times like Christmas, my sense of awareness is heightened, my heart and spirit are stimulated, challenged, encouraged, affected, and I just can't help but think it is a divine thing. Here's the post. And the last paragraph is still as true now as it was a year ago.

I saw my most favoritest :) movie yesterday- August Rush. Pleease go see it if you love music and good movies. I am very impressed lately with movies and the messages they send. Other recent favorites are: Becoming Jane, The Painted Veil, Dan in Real Life.....ah! So good. See 'em all.

I am LOOOVING Christmas season! Folks say it all the time, but it really was here before I knew it! I feel behind- like I should have been listening to Christmas music back in October! I usually do! I blame it on moving- my cds are still in a box, I haven't accessed my i-tunes in over a month.

I'm watching my sister decorate her Christmas tree right now, and enjoying 98 degrees' Christmas album. Earlier, I was enjoying Mercy Me's Christmas cd....both are GREAT. :) I love this time of year and its tunes that bring back memories and give you a good feeling. Going to the mall....hanging out with friends more than normal...getting stuck in lame traffic...Starbucks Christmas flavored drinks...shiny decorations....the bells ringing outside of Wal-Mart...the excuse to bake and eat sweets limitlessly...church services with Christmas hymns...the color GREEN! My favorite....

I hope that as this season comes and passes quicker than we want, that we would allow our souls to slow down. That we would rest in the peace that Christ brought with Him to this earth, and continually offers us through a relationship with Him. I was driving to town today, and was reminded of the intimacy that God wants us to enjoy with him. We so long to be known and understood, and God wants us to realize the beautiful truth that He knows us and understands us more than anyone on this earth will. He created us and pursued us and if I could just understand that I am found in Him! :) That reminds me of the song "Found" by Hillsong:

Amazing love, now what else shall I need
Your name brings life, it's more than the air I breathe

My world was changed when your love you gave for me
My purpose found in all that you are for me

And I've found myself in you
And I've found myself in you

Take me to a place, where I can see you face to face
All I wanna do....All I wanna do is worship you


Happy Christmas season to my friends. God has blessed me to know beautiful people who are always thinking beyond themselves. I love you and I cherish the unique friendships I have with you.

just right

my flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my

forever.

psalm 73:26


the eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
you open your hand and

the desires of every living thing.

psalm 145: 15-16

save me from myself, Lord

my...

perfectionism
fear of making mistakes
lack of follow-through
carelessness with time
selfishness
unbelief

Curtain Call

This is the title of the new sermon series at church. It started today, with an opening message called "The Ultimate Ovation". Brent did a great job presenting challenges from the life of Stephen (Acts 6 and 7), the first martyr. These challenges, taken from Stephen's life, hit me to the core...

1) Live an irreproachable life: one where people have to lie to say something bad about you. (that alone is a sermon. what a great task!)

2) Do irrefutable works: be trustworthy. blameless. do good works. acts of service. use God's abilities to bring hope and healing. real change to real lives.

3) Speak irresistable words: be wise in how you say what you say. be eloquent with purpose. through your speech, others will know your true convictions and heart. they won't have to question if you mean it.

Just these three points are a sermon and challenge I could take on for life. :)

Great job, Brent. I look forward to more.

Zoobilee Zoo

Ok.
I used to watch this show on Saturday mornings when I was little. I randomly will hear the jingle in my head (not uncommon...I remember all jingles. It's sick.)

I found this clip while on youtube, actually trying to find a clip of a show I was explaining to JoAnna, Tiff, and Eliza. I didn't find the show (the one with the moving cup characters in the kitchen...I think it was an extension of Sesame Street)...but I definitley found Zoobilee Zoo!

What I didn't realize, back when I used to watch it, was how WEIRD this show was. What the world? Check out the theme song. Notice how long it lasts, too. :)

Worship

I am so thankful for this FREE PIANO that sits in our house!

God "showed up" (stolen) this afternoon when I sat down to play it, even though I thought I was just going to play through a few songs to get my daily dose. Sometimes it is just emotional and overwhelming when God connects my mind with my heart in regards to the truths of Him. He did that today through a few lines as I tried to sing through them. It's sometimes the simple concepts that mean the most.


Your love is amazing, steady and unchanging

Your love is a mystery, how it gently lifts me

Your love carries me


For I am his, and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ