Saturday Night

Wow - what a weekend! We had an overnighter at the church Friday night - Saturday morning. We had 13 kids from kindergarten to fifth grade. We had a good time and five of them even stayed up all night. I napped for about two hours while sitting with the group of kids who fell asleep during Veggie Tale's "Jonah."

And today, I went to school and watched while one of my students was baptized. It has been such a blessing to watch this 14 year old girl learn more about Jesus and decide to give her life to Him! I will enjoy watching her grow. I was 13 years old when I was baptized. I remember the joy of knowing my sins were forgiven. It's hard, sometimes, to recapture that joy. But I'm working on it.

For my thousands of fans out there who don't know - I teach at a private Christian school that is actually a ministry of a church here in town. So school is church and church is school and it all gets confusing at times! LOL

We actually attend a church in West Virginia (about a 25 minute drive north from here.) We started going up there because I interpret on Sunday mornings.

I gave the scarf I made to my friend at church. She really liked it. I also made this pink hat last week. I gave it to one of my students at school. She liked it.

The Quiet of the Evening

Okay, it's not really quiet around here. But J is studying Bible Bowl, R is working on tax papers, and D is chatting to a GIRL on the phone. (Yes, a girl - don't panic.)

I got most of the stuff done today for a creative writing festival at school. I HATE taking care of something new - there's always something you forget to do or somehow you mess up. Oh well, it will be better next year if they let me do it again!

Most everyone around here in the city has broken out of the ice. Some people have taken chainsaws and pick axes to their ice blocks. I was very thankful to have R around to do the dirty work for me! :)

Our kid overnighter at the church had to be rescheduled. The parking lot was still covered with ice. Our theme was "Beach Blast," so it would have been fun in all this winter weather. We might do it next weekend.

Not much else to say today. I'm going to look to see if I can find some bulk eyelash yarn on the internet. I love the scarves that I can make from that. It doesn't take long to crochet them.

I wish it were warmer or at least not so much snow. I wanted to go geocaching this weekend. Oh well!

Waiting...

Waiting for the phone call to cancel school. It probably won't come until tomorrow morning. We are supposed to get a nice wintry mix of snow/sleet/freezing rain/ice starting somtime around 1:00 AM. Meanwhile, I'm catching up on some reading here online, and posting - of course.

Tonight was our ladies' Bible study. We go to Books a Million and invade their coffee shop for an hour (or hour and a half.) We are doing a study on "Becoming a Vessel God can Use." Tonight we did the week one study and the thing that struck me most was "not doing great things for God" but letting God use you to do great things. The first way we are using our own vision and strength to accomplish what WE THINK God wants us to do. The second way, we are open to HIS leading and limited by nothing - with His power behind us.

Ephesians 3:20, 21
"Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to HIS POWER that is at work IN US, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen!"

I really am enjoying our discussions!

On a fun note, I bought some eyelash yarn and made a little scarf for my coworker's little girl. I really should have taken a picture of it. It was lilac and very pretty. She came over to show it to me before they left for home. She gave me some of her colored school pictures to thank me. So cute!

Well, that should keep you satisfied until tomorrow.

Later!

The President, The Hat, and The Chicken

We just finished watching the President's State of the Union address. While I have respect for the office and for the man, I think there is no "solution" that will bring peace to Iraq. The country is in turmoil because the people are in turmoil, and no amount of outside interference - short of invading and occupying Iraq as conquerors - will resolve the situation.

It saddens my heart, because of the men and women in danger's way. My own son is talking of joining the armed services. I have great respect for these men and women - and I know I owe my freedom of blogging to the sacrifice of many. But there is no solution here - there will be no peace. As the Bible tells us, there will be wars and rumors of war. It has been so since the beginning and will be until the end.

I am teaching two history classes now and the more I teach, the more I think about how young our country actually is. Compared to the time the earth has revolved around the sun, the United States of America is a relative newcomer. We can't be the playground monitor for everyone - it's time to define our role and work on our own country.

Okay, that's probably the deepest thing I've written in a while. Hope it didn't scare anyone off.

And now - the Hat. I cannot find a good pattern to crochet a stocking hat for a young man from our church! I have started three and taken them apart. I'm not happy...

The Chicken - put it in the crockpot this morning with a little seasoning. It was nice to come home to the smell of chicken!

Oh, and the Van - it actualy passed inspection!! Whoo hoo! Okay, the ticket will cost a total of $86 but that's life.

Until tomorrow...

Snow Day, Snow Day, Time to Clean the House Day!

Hi, everyone!

I was really looking forward to this snow day! It may sound crazy, but my house has been a mess for quite a while. So now I have an opportunity to clean, and I'm taking it. The boys are even helping (somewhat reluctantly.) But I have promised them breaks and right now we're on one.

I will post my success at the end of the day. I am looking forward to getting into my closet again and seeing the yarns I have. One young man from church who is in the service just requested a crocheted cap, so I need to get on that!