Love and Hate

Daylight savings time began two days ago, and I am still reeling from it's affects. Hopefully I'll be over it tomorrow. I woke up late for work again this morning so tired that I barely cared. On the way to work I listened to my current favorite album: "Remedy" by David Crowder Band. I was stuck by the last song, which I already heard a few times but didn't listen to. After more than a decade of basking in God's love, I am still reeling from the effects.

So, here you go. In the ultimate display of my artistic prowess, I'm going to let David speak for me:

And the problem is this
We were bought with a kiss
But the cheek still turned
Even when it wasn’t hit

And I don’t know
What to do with a love like that
And I don’t know
How to be a love like that

When all the love in the world
Is right here among us
And hatred too
And so we must choose
What our hands will do

Where there is pain
Let us be grace
Where there is suffering
Bring serenity
For those afraid
Let us be brave
Where there is misery
Let us bring them relief

And surely we can change
Surely we can change
Something

Snow

We had a snow day on Tuesday. Norah has been in snow storms in IL when she was really wee but nothing since. So I took the tag off her waterproof coat and bundled her up for an educational experience.


She was not impressed.


Of course, I had her so bundled that she was frequently toppling over. Poor baby. She was in the cold, being encourage to interact with cold, wet, sticky stuff, and repeatedly falling on her bum.

But by the end of our 5 minutes outside, she could identify snow if I asked her to point to it. So, our educational experience was a success!



this is the closest i got to a smile

Annabelle Came To Visit

Valerie and Annabelle came over last week. It was so good to see Valerie. And we got to meet Annabelle for the first time; we are smitten. She is calm, happy, amiable, darling, and . . .

quite good at kickboxing.

Quality Entertainment

During the winter months, while our family was stuck at home recuperating from our numerous illnesses, Erica and I managed to get ourselves completely addicted to the TV show "Lost'. We got the DVD's from Netflix and started at the beginning. For the last couple of months, we have watched Lost almost every night and just finished Season 3. My favorite quote so far: "...you two arguing about who's your favorite other?" I can't remember enjoying a TV show so much since "Quantum Leap", which we also watched a few episodes of before returning to New Othertown.

While going through some old junk last week I came across one of my favorite old movies: "RAD". It is a horrible movie made in the 80's about BMX bikers that I thought lived up to the name. I can't get enough of watching those punk kids walk Helltrack!