Why do you do a "dry run" of a presentation or talk?
I ran in the rain this morning, so the "wet" run must be complete, do I have to dry off and do it again?
Monday, May 17, 2010
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
earth day
When I got to the office today, I went to get a glass for water and saw my LIME green Starbucks mug in the cupboard (the kind that is unspillable) and thought "I should fill that". So I picked it up and went to find my coworker who likes "fru-fru" drinks from Starbucks. She also had a green travel mug to fill, and was a more than willing cohort for the trip down through the tunnel. So we went and got our peppermint mochas (mmmm) and returned to the front desk where our receptionist reminded us that it was earth day. How appropriate to be so green (oh! pun intended) on earth day!
have a great one.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
tears
Betsy gave me the book Prayer by Richard Foster. These quotes and the following prayer are taken from it...
Tears are like blood in the wounds of the soul
Whoever wishes to advance in building up virtue will do so through weeping and tears
Oh Lord, how do I let go when I am so unsure of things? I'm unsure of Your will and I'm unsure of myself... That really isn't the problem at all, is it? The truth of the matter is I hate the very idea of letting go, I really want to be in control. No, I need to be in control, That's it, isn't it? I'm afraid to give up control, afraid of what might happen. Heal my fear, Lord.
How good of You to reveal my blindspots even in the midst of my stumbling attempts to pray. Thank you!
But now what do i do? How do I give up control? Jesus, please teach me your way of relinquishment.
I read this prayer this morning and it searched my soul. What holds me, us, back from the freedom of complete trust in God? Is it the uncertainty of life? of jobs and finance, of living situations and relationships and health? Or is it that we want control? we want to be prepared for hurdles and shocks? Is it sometimes one more than the other? Is it a blurr of both? Are we afraid of uncertainty?
is this too meaningful for this blog?
i'm sorry.
but not really.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
spring... sprung
It is so spring-timey these days!
Question: how old is too old for swinging on swings?
Do the 8 year olds next to me think I am a crazy grown-up for swinging in happy silence? watching the clouds through the trees? laughing when I hit the top of the swing's pendulum movement and bounce back down?
Question: how old is too old for swinging on swings?
Do the 8 year olds next to me think I am a crazy grown-up for swinging in happy silence? watching the clouds through the trees? laughing when I hit the top of the swing's pendulum movement and bounce back down?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
lost phone
Do you ever feel like you could sleep forever?
It was really hard to wake up this morning.
Somewhere between hitting the snooze on my phone's alarm, checking the weather, and talking myself into getting out of bed to go for a run, I lost my phone. Slowly I became conscious enough to begin to search for it, but decided to run before ransacking my entire bed. When I came back, that's exactly what I did. Somehow the sneaky thing was inside my duvet cover, it lit up the duvet in blue when I called it from Ellen's phone.
I told her what happened, asking, "Do these things only happen to me?", and she said "At least you didn't put it in the fridge". Oh wait, "I've done that before... twice."
What a start to a day!
It was really hard to wake up this morning.
Somewhere between hitting the snooze on my phone's alarm, checking the weather, and talking myself into getting out of bed to go for a run, I lost my phone. Slowly I became conscious enough to begin to search for it, but decided to run before ransacking my entire bed. When I came back, that's exactly what I did. Somehow the sneaky thing was inside my duvet cover, it lit up the duvet in blue when I called it from Ellen's phone.
I told her what happened, asking, "Do these things only happen to me?", and she said "At least you didn't put it in the fridge". Oh wait, "I've done that before... twice."
What a start to a day!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
you asked for it
People have complained for the first time that I am not posting enough.
I asked Lauren if I am becoming unsilly. THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC!!!!!!!! She says it's just normal to me and that since she is Lauren Binder, she is always right and I should post all of what I am thinking, even though I think it is unsilly and unblogworthy.
ok, chief.
This is what I have been thinking about when I look in the mirror recently:
There was a large mirror covering the restaurant wall at dinner two Saturdays ago. Ladson turned to face it next to me and asked what I saw.
He said that when you look at someone else in the mirror, you see them the way they see themselves. No one is symmetric.
That could be a way deep thought, but my hair was straight, so all I saw is what looked like my sister with Ladson, and I got a little jealous...
The first flowers of spring appeared this past weekend.
ahh the joys of little yellow buttercups along the side of a jogging path.
I picked two for Paige and myself. Flowers from Jesus...
In the happiness of coming warmth I bought a bar of 85% chocolate yesterday. Seemingly unrelated, I came home at night with a bad headache, and tired body. I told mom it was sympathy pains because she has been dealing with a lot recently. But now I think I was just dehydrated from OD-ing on chocolate/caffeine.
I asked Lauren if I am becoming unsilly. THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC!!!!!!!! She says it's just normal to me and that since she is Lauren Binder, she is always right and I should post all of what I am thinking, even though I think it is unsilly and unblogworthy.
ok, chief.
This is what I have been thinking about when I look in the mirror recently:
There was a large mirror covering the restaurant wall at dinner two Saturdays ago. Ladson turned to face it next to me and asked what I saw.
He said that when you look at someone else in the mirror, you see them the way they see themselves. No one is symmetric.
That could be a way deep thought, but my hair was straight, so all I saw is what looked like my sister with Ladson, and I got a little jealous...
The first flowers of spring appeared this past weekend.
ahh the joys of little yellow buttercups along the side of a jogging path.
I picked two for Paige and myself. Flowers from Jesus...
In the happiness of coming warmth I bought a bar of 85% chocolate yesterday. Seemingly unrelated, I came home at night with a bad headache, and tired body. I told mom it was sympathy pains because she has been dealing with a lot recently. But now I think I was just dehydrated from OD-ing on chocolate/caffeine.Why do I learn my lessons the hard way?
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