a day off

i woke up this morning to make the love bug some coffee so he could be some what awake during class, then i looked up recipes for gravy so i can make fab chicken gravy to go on the mashed tatoes. tonight we are having crockpot chicken and i'm going to make some chicken stock form the leftovers. i love having my own kitchen to cook in :)

i look around our apt and all i can think is God is good. even when "bad things" happen they are to his glory. monday night the pastor was starting ruth and he talked about her circumstances after she left with her husband to go out of Bethlehem. how it had changed her whole demeanor going from pleasant and good to bitter. and understandably so. so when i look at the things that throw me for a loop i think what do i have to complain about? why does my attitude move rapidly like the needle on the richter scale? i am slowly growing in being able to see the good before i am overwhelmed by what seems terrible thus keeping a consistent attitude of praise rather than grumbling.

lots to do today, cleaning, cooking, and other errands. love you guys and know that you are in my prayers.

because my job requires very limited mental skills i have a lot of time to think. so much so that sometimes after work i am so tired of hearing my inner monolog all i want to do is veg out. lame i know. also, because i think so much, i always intend to write blogs about what i have seen or thought of until i get home and i forget to because i feel like i have already gone through the process of writing it down and analyzing it.

we met the pastor of our new church and got to talk to him and his wife (Jack and Debbie). it was so very cool. they are very down to earth people and i totally feel like we can relate with them and learn so much. i had a dream last night that they invited us over to their house to hang out and we just sat and talked for hours about everything and anything that entered our brains. it was a nice dream.

tonight we go to the college/young adult ministry. Debbie introduced us to Chris the pastor of that group and he was around our age, maybe a few years older than Aaron. tonight will be their Christmas Concert type deal yay!

any who i need to get ready for work seeing as how i have to leave in like a 1/2 hr and i'm still in the state i was when i rolled out of bed. and i'm not talking about California.

the tree!!

mom and dad came down and gave us their old tree and bought us decorations and everything :) they are awesome. it was nice spending time with them (even though dad fell asleep so mom and i went in the other room to watch a movie)
the love bug and i decorated it the next day after work and of course we added a few interesting touches of our own. nuff chit chat here's the pics.