Canada Day Celebrations...
Hey everyone
Jer and I wanted to have some people out to our house in Warman tomorrow night for a fire in our fire pit for Canada day. (And you can play frisbee in our backyard or stuff like that.) We were thinking of having it start at about 8pm. If any of you are in the vacinity and would like to come, then please call us at home and we'll give you directions. We have lots of baking left over from the wedding (don't worry it's frozen) but if you'd like pop or chips you can bring that if you so choose. I may make something during the day. We'll have a bit on hand, but probably not enough. Feel free to bring whatever games you would like as well.
Oh yeah...and maybe bring a chair. We only have 6.
*Note: We will be having an official housewarming party on the weekend of the 23rd of July so keep that date free too.*
All are welcome!
Summer School
Summer School....those words together used to sound like punishment to me. My, how things have changed. (I should have put this in my 'I'm older' post below.)
I head back to Uni as of July 5th. (Playing catch up after the wedding year) I'm going to be taking my last two prereq's that I need for my degree (which I should have taken last year) and a Women's and Gender Studies Class which focuses on images of men and women in popular culture. I've heard a lot of great things about that class from people who've taken it before me so I'm looking forward to it very much. I'd like ot know who's teaching it though. They haven't posted that yet.
Even though it's so beautiful outside, I'm really looking forward to going back. Summer session last year was such a great experience for me and I made a lot of new friends out of it. The atmosphere is very different...there aren't as many people fighting with you for walking space...the prof's seem to be more relaxed and at ease with you...and the classes fly by so quick! Plus, the material stays in your head because you're taking a class in a much smaller amount of time.
So, even though it's beautiful out and I'm sitting here drinking my summer glass of pink lemonade, this girl is going back. (And I can't wait) Let's hope I can get my brain working again in time. Any suggestions for ways to do that?
P.S. Who here thinks that Jer should FINALLY post something? Maybe if people aside from his wife pressure him to, he'll do it. ;-)
You know you're getting older when...
1) Your birthday is coming up and you only want things for your house.
2) You drule over nice patio sets & lawn mowers.
3) You spend two hours in the garden digging up weeds and actually don't mind it too much.
4) You find that you're getting addicted to store flyers and you're always looking for the best price in town.
5) You spend time thinking about how you can get your pie pastry more flaky.
6) Sleeping becomes one of your favourite things.
7) You've made the decision to buy every article of your clothing at Walmart.
8) Suddenly turning into your mother isn't as scary as it used to be.
It's all true folks....it's all true. ;-)
Replacement
I had this big long post written and I feel that God spoke to me and told me to replace it with the following passage instead.
James 3: 13-18
"If you are wise and understand God's ways, live a life of steady goodness so that only good deeds will pour forth. And if you don't brag about the good you do, then you will be truly wise! But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your hearts, don't brag about being wise. That is the worst kind of lie. For jealousy and selfishness are not God's kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness."
I feel like God is really trying to teach me something here... So often I'm consumed with myself. Maybe with a bit more outward focus (i.e. being gentle always, and willing to yield to others), some clarity will come.
Man I love Stevie...
Wonder that is! Don't worry Jer, not in the romantic sense. (Although...I've always found his sunglasses quite sexy.)
Whether you like his music or not, you have to recognize what a talented musician he is. I'm starting to wish I had one of his CD's. I only have mixes here and there with the odd song and I'm pretty sure that I'd get in trouble if I went out and bought one of them now.
In other news...I was pretty sad to find out that Ray Charles passed away last week. I've been playing 'Georgia on my mind' on the piano for years.
I wish that I could play audio on this blog. These two men are definetly inspirational. Not just for their musical talent, but for all they dealt with in life. Still, they sang/sing with such energy despite these things. I wonder how I would be able to sing about the world if I'd never seen it. Makes me think...
Anyway, in honour of the late Ray Charles...
"...Dear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining, tears all in my eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining, lift me to Paradise
Show me that river, take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day..."
- From "That Lucky Old Sun"
Passion
I realize now being newly married, that Passion may not have been the best title for this post. I'm sure those of you who are sick minded are making your own conclusions, but that's not what this is about. (I sense a lot of relief...)
'What are you passionate about? When was the last time you wept for your friends, your community, this world?' - Pastor Bruce (from a sermon a few weeks ago)
I used to weep and pray so often for the people I love and for those that God so desperately wants to call to himself, but sadly I've let a lot of that die somehow. Things that used to send me straight to my knees in prayer before, now seem to have less of an effect. Frankly, it scares me a lot. I feel like a part of me (a part of me that God used greatly at times) has died. I feel selfish and I know that I don't give God what he deserves.
Loving God and loving people. (that used to be what I wanted to use as my moto) However, now I feel like the 'love' has been lost in a lot of what I do.
And I'm often frustrated with blogs...(No offense you guys) I don't know why I do this sometimes. It's so impersonal and it only feeds my need to close myself off emotionally. I wonder how I could change this blog to demonstrate 'love' rather than posting things that will get me comments and gain me some respect from my peers. Ultimately I should only seek God's approval.
That's just what I've been thinking about lately...
I'm going to try and take Mark's advice...
Mark says that the trick to blogging is to post frequently and comment to each individual comment left for you. Apparently this will keep people consistently interested. Ha! Maybe for a Trew, but I'm not sure if it will work for me. I'll start trying anyway.
Yay! Travis and Amanda tie the knot tomorrow. I'm so excited for them. God bless you both in your marriage.
And we're back
Well, now we're home and it seems strange but very good. Jer is my husband now. That's crazy but very awesome indeed. The honeymoon was great but a bit too much driving. We stayed at a B&B in the Shushwap area of B.C. It was beautiful! Then after that, we headed off to Calgary for a few nights. (And we sure picked a good time to go to Calgary.) All of the players for Tampa Bay were staying in our hotel and there was a press conference in the hotel for all of the players so they were pretty much all there. I saw Jerome Iginla outside the hotel and I managed to get Kippersoff's (sp?) autograph for Andrew. (But that was in the mall, not at the hotel.) When Calgary won that game on Sat. night, we could hear them going crazy twelve blocks away. (Lots of car horns and yelling people.) It was fun though.
We had such an amazing wedding day. It was so much fun and it would not have been the same if not for all of the wonderful people that we spent it with. (That's you guys!) So, thank you for making it so much more special for both of us. It was very important to us that everyone had fun and it looked like that for sure happened.
And now it's back to work. Jer has the rest of the week off so we're frantically putting our house together. Today though, I think that we're weeding mostly. So I better go find my husband and get cracking. He was sleeping a second ago but now I hear that he's up. I look forward to seeing you all again. We couldn't ask for better friends.
