I'm sitting down in the basement on Robert's computer (my internet isn't working), eating some apple pie. Pretty slow day at work, which is strange for a Monday. I drove home in the dark, which feels weird, then I hit Schoolkids Records and got three CDs, read some of Job, and here I am. By the way, here is a picture of Bethany from our trip. She's cute even if her head is a little smaller than we would like.
Right now I am listening to some of a band called Over the Rhine's new Christmas CD online, and it's pretty good, I must say.
Ok, now I just got back from changing Rose's oil - Monday night is car night, where the guys over here work on different people's cars.
Here is me and Sam doing something so very cool, nobody else knows what it is.
Also lately, I have been writing songs more, and that has been a lot of fun.
Our time at Auntie D's isn't really represented on the blog yet, so here you go. aww...
And here's Grace on a naked lady in a shell:
Perhaps that's enough pictures. Here are some other random things that are going on:--I'm thinking about moving downtown
--Work's finally slowing down some, which is good. Very good.
--I have not yet chosen a suitable helpmeet. Her navel must be a rounded goblet, which I have not found.
--I'm reading Great Expectations, A River Runs Through It (borrowing from an English major friend named Josh), and When I Don't Desire God.
--I'm listening to Bruce Springsteen, Over the Rhine, Johnny Cash, and Sandra McCracken among others.
--I'm writing a little story about a headless pony as a Pierce Pettis-recommended songwriting exercise.
--I am almost done with a review of Facing the Giants.
--The nursing home is still going good, in fact if you ever want to keep up/pray: graceatmorningside.blogspot.com (The staff asked us to take pictures of the residents off the site.) A lot of the people there aren't saved. Although a lot have a church background a lot of them have the mindset of a works-based salvation. The dude on there named Sam is the one I gave harmonica lessons to.
--God's been showing me a lot about how much I don't deserve grace, and how wandering my heart is, as I've been praying for him to. We're going through 1 Peter at church, which has hope as a big theme, about putting your hope in Jesus, in our inheritance we have in him in heaven. So that is what I've been praying and thinking about a lot also.
A lot more is going on with church, and with stuff I've been learning, which I may write l8r. I'm looking forward to thxgvng. With that, I am gone. Good night.
54 comments:
Wow. I am overwhelmed. Doubly.
There are so many things to respond to. I'll need tim. That was a typo which I corrected to "time" before I decided it was too funny a typo to erase.
Oh. wow. Mom, you must sit at the computer all day waiting for someone, anyone, to post.
and yeah, you'll need Tim
(I just mean you commented right after I posted)
Really? I didn't see it before now, but my computer thinks you posted at 7:21 PM. But you're right. It's pretty much a full-time job :).
I like your blog you linked us to. I had to type it in for some reason but then it worked. And your friend Thomas is really not Hispanic???
I refer to your comments on that blog.... which is a neat blog that I enjoyed.
Amazing. I must have double vision. I thought the post was there twice, but now it's gone.
Well, one's gone. Humor me & say there were two.
Thomas is actually as indian as they come. I dunno know how he ended up looking like that.
Sometime you should meet Terry Bradburn, the lady that writes the blog.
Yeah, it was here twice.
doesn't G look like Dad in that picture?
(the bottom one - don't tell Dad she looks like him in the top one)
Umm, you do know that first picture is of Caitlin, right? :)
Headless pony? That's gotta be inspiring.
Naked lady in a shell? You make me feel like a pretty terrible parent :).
Whatever you & Sam are doing, Josh & Abby are behind you, watching in - uh, admiration. Or something. Definitely something.
-oh. oops, did not know that was Caitlin. I should have known from the beady little eyes.
-yes, it is in a weird way. Pierce did not suggest headless ponies, but he gave us a handout at the songwriting workshop that suggests writing a story based on a crazy title you come up with , so that's what i'm doing.
Very funny. No, if you had paid attention, you would have known it was me by the socks i was wearing.
Socks???
I was going to going to say that the mag pic is obviously Caitlin, since only she would hold her arm that way, but I see the situation is already clarified.
Also, the lady in the shell had a tail. Ladies with tails are never indecent, no matter how they dress. Its just something I noticed.
Thank you, I feel like a better parent now. I didn't really let my child into some obscene environment.
Do we get to read the "Giants" review or is it on some obscure web site?
The helpmeet thing, um...... ok. Just keep us posted. Not like you are picky or anything.
Ben,
You're going to make somebody a good and godly husband!
Also, that wasn't Bethany, that's the Gracie I want to adopt from China!!
Auntie D.
Ben,
A wise Christian Counselor once told me, "Everybody has their own God stories, but underneath them all is the story of Grace and Love, and it always wins, because it's Truth."
Auntie D.
cool. thanks for the thought...I think that yeah, resonating under all the good stories is the story of grace, since that is what resonates with us.
about the review...I was going to email it to you.
who all is going to be there 4 thanksgibing?
Thanksgibing.......let's see. I think all the R. Haus except J & A. And there is a possibility that G & G will come, but we're not sure yet. I think it depends on weather.
cool. I've had several people on different occasions, by the way, tell me that I prounouce "kool-aid" like kyewl-aid. Do you guys do this?
Hmm...I don't think I've noticed any of us doing that.
But I think we should definitely. Did you tell them you didn't have enought Kyewl-Aid (or TV, maybe) growing up to get good at pronouncing it? Besides, you were a homeskyewler!!
Or I guess if you want you could blame it on the Georgia/Dakotas/Alabama/California/Germany accent. They probably haven't heard enough of that accent to know how it should sound.
The reason Bethany hasn't noticed is because we never have Kool-Aid anymore. I don't think G & I even know what it is.
Kyewl-Aid, I mean.
I'd feel like a good mother because of that, if only they didn't know what Dr. Pepper was.
but it just isn't the same
poor G & I
Yes, they are so deprived. Sad.
Pretty funny! Cedars of Lebanon????
Take note, Benj!
What's the tower of Lebanon?????When was the last tme I commented?
I mean time.
I guess the last time I commented was on "kitty".
The Sam is back.
Illegally.
illegally?
I'd rather her nose be like the bushes of Gethsemane than the cedars of lebanon. although I myself have inherited the Lebanese nose
Yes, go with Gethsemane for the sake of your children.
Where is everybody???
that's what I'm screamin.
hey you guys should do a thanksgiving post
Ben,
This has nothing to do with your story, so I'll probably get excommunicated from the Blog for life. I heard on the news that a lady was decorating a Christmas tree and her finger started bleeding. She thought she had cut it on a pine needle, then she saw a BAT in her tree. It turns out the people who sold the tree keep bats around to get rid of the pests. She didn't sue.
Auntie D.
That's it. She's out. For life :)
yeah I saw that too. maybe she kept it as a pet.
Ben, I'm not sure everyone's mind works that way. Sorry to break it to you :)
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