My life...

Baptist . . .

So today was my first Sunday back to church in quite some time. I had been wanting to go back for a while, but was really feeling 'blocked' for many reasons. Thankfully the kids jumped on board and we did it together!! We attended "First Baptist of Prairie Grove", which was where I was going when I first moved here, but due to some issues I had with others in the church, I quit.
I had some reserves because of the "Baptist" label, but I was actually very pleasantly surprised.

Let me just tell you . . .

• The worship music was updated, (although I do love hymns).
• The atmosphere was relaxed and comfortable.
• There were the perfect amount of people, not so few you feel like an obvious guest, but not so many you get lost in the shuffle.
• The kids loved Children's Church.
• It was nice to see some familiar faces.
  

Now, let me say a little something about the 'sermon': (which was VERY interesting to me, and not typical, even for this church, as they are in the middle of a 'sermon series')
These are some of the things said, and people quoted today
(It was on "Jesus Among Other Gods")

• "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, Buddha" (pronounced correctly)
• Ravi Zacharias was quoted.
• Jesus Christ was quoted. (no brainer)
• Buddha was quoted.
  
• GK Chesterton was quoted.
• "nirvana" was talked about
  
• Nirvana(and I mean the band)

And some great points were made. I like the kind of service that is educational instead of hell and damnation. A double bonus?? We did NOT sing "Just as I am" as the closing song!

P.S. We will be going back. . .

Backtracking . .

Apparently, it is too overwhelming to think about blogging about everything that I have missed so far. . .so starting Monday I will start fresh! Looking forward to doing this again! ;-)

Behind . . .again . . .

. . . Story of my life.

Mostly I read other peoples blogs and think "they are so funny", "they are so smart", and I don't even compare, so why bother? But then I remember that I do this for me, so it shouldn't matter (but it does). Ugh.

Here are the things that I need to blog about:

• My trip to Detroit
• My sisters progress on the new house
• the end of ball season
• taking my first on line class
• Dad's Surprise 60th birthday
• 4th of July
• 5th of July (with some explanation)
• Giving swim lessons

Wow . . I need to get busy!

Um wow . . .

So, Detroit was fun . . .I am exhausted . . . I have been reading all my old journals and feeling sorry for myself . . .and I have a TON of stuff I want to write about and just don't have the time! I might have to schedule 'blogging time' from now on, just to get it done. . .

Miss updating all of you people that never comment on my life . . .hee hee . . .

Tid Bit Tuesday

• I leave for Detroit in the morning.
• I won't be back until Sunday afternoon.
• I am excited to see old friends.
• Garrett is in a baseball tournament.
• We played 2 games on Saturday.
• We played 1 game last night.
• We may play up to 3 games tonight.
• Did I mention that I leave for Detroit in the morning . . .

Until I return (and I will have plenty to post, I am sure) . . .Don't miss me too much!!

slb

Saturday

Well, we got to Oklahoma around 11:30 am . . .it was already pretty hot (with NO shade). Thankfully a friend invited us to sit under their pop up gazebo . . .it was heaven! We are totally going to get one!

The boys were ahead most of the game, but then it was tied. We entered overtime and scored one run . . .they got up to bat and ended up getting 3 runs to beat us by 2 runs. The boys were bummed, but not for long! We had a 15 min. intermission and got them in the shade for a bit and hydrated again . . . and we played game two! We ended up winning that game 12-2, and Garrett had a great ground hit into centerfield (short stop missed it). He was very excited!! Now we play again today at 3:30 pm and if we win that another game at 5!

I did get some sun on my arms and legs and hit the tanning bed after that. I fell asleep in the tanning bed, which is nice, UNTIL you are rudely awakend by the warm light going off and the cold fan still blowing on you. (Not to mention the loud click when the lights turn off!)