It seems like one of the biggest lessons I learned growing up was never, and I mean never to say I'm bored. The truth is bored don't mean I am tired of doing nothing and I would take anything right now but that is always how it is interpreted, at least that was true as a kid. I would say it and then be given a half a dozen things I could do anywhere from homework to housework. Nothing was more frustrating then to wish you had something fun to do, express that, and then be given chores instead. Because of this I too this day catch myself before saying those two little words, two words that can ruin an already bad day.
As I have gotten older I have found that the same can be true within our parent, child relationship with God. I have always heard that if you'd best not pray for patience unless you are ready for God to give you a situation in which you will need it. God teaches through experiences. The lessons we learn in life are not the kind you can learn by sitting in a class room listening to a teacher tell you how it works. Sure we have some of that in church but none of that talking means anything unless we take it out into the world with us and apply it too our lives. God uses his word and those he has called into the ministry to verbalize his lessons but He doesn't just stop there. He has complete control over what happens in our lives and if He feels there is a message or lesson that we just haven't really gotten He steps in and make sure we have got it. Man if only teachers had the time and resources to do that no child would ever be left behind.
So back to being bored. It may sound mainly like a kid thing, I mean we have more responsibilities now, more freedom to go out if we want, but lets face it, we all still have out moment of being bored. But now when I catch myself thinking, man I wish I had something to do, I stop myself and think about the fact that just because Mom isn't going to hear my thoughts and come hand me a list of stuff that needs washed or picked up doesn't mean there still isn't someone listening. Before I start (mentally) whining about having nothing to do I need to consider the fact that I am really being blessed right now and that soon enough I may be begging for this time to chill.
All that said, I have been sitting here thinking about what I should do, I know that no matter how much my mind wants me to think there is nothing to do right now, realistically I have a room that is a mess (not to mention a house) and sewing projects I have been putting off because they just aren't as interesting as I might like (mending pants and the like), or about 3 loads of laundry that I could be doing. Its interesting that instead of catching myself from saying I'm bored so that Mom wont give me a list of things to do, I myself and giving myself that list. A sign, of growing up I assume, what a bummer.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
How about too much to say.
So I have been wanting to post again so as not to let myself get completely out of the habit. My problem this time is that I have so much going on that I haven't been able to focus it in on one thing to talk about.
I have always had a tendency to be a little long winded but today I actually go told by facebook while in a chat session that my message was too long. How dare they. That in mind my goal here is to hit on 10 things but keep it as short and sweet as possible.
So here we go.
1. Grandma is nuts. That may sound mean but trust me it isn't intended that way. We love her and are doing our best to do the best for her as this crappy disease takes its course. I described it as I did for two reasons. First I could spend ages going on and on about the specifics and this thing would be 3 pages long which is what I am trying to avoid, and two, one of the best ways we have found to coupe with this is humor.
2. I love magnets. Not to much explanation needed there, I think there cool and I just got a new magnetic dry erase board and a set of cute little magnets that look like push pins which is really neat.I literally spent an hour the other day playing with writing and erasing stuff and attaching the magnets to the board and to each other. Lame, maybe, fun, defiantly.
3. I sewed (that doesn't seem right) two bed skirt pockets together and it only took me 3 hours! Ok, so I hope you got that sarcasm there. To explain briefly, I had these two bed pocket things that were held in place by this 2 foot peace of fabric placed between the mattress and the box springs. They were always falling out so I got the idea to attach them to each other. Seemed simple, cut a piece of fabric to the size needed to make them go all the way across the bed and sew both sides together. Well, lets just say I had to cut the piece out twice and then I decided to get fancy and press and hem the edges under, why I don't know, and because of that almost had to cut a third piece.
4. I got a new hair cut. Nothing crazy, just my norm for the summer, just a little later then normal. I keep meaning to try to get a pic to post but I want to style it up cute and I haven't had the chance yet.
5. My room is about to drive me crazy. I have been trying to clean my room and get it organized ever since I had it painted and it is sad really but I think its getting worse. I am going crazy trying to figure out where all the pictures are going and so in the mean time they are just sitting all around the room. On top of that I now have a folding table acting as a sewing table plus the ironing board set up in there which isn't helping anything.
6. I bought a book on making window treatments the other day. I would like to start on something small and see where we get but at this rate I am afraid I will be married and no longer living here by the time I am able to make my curtians. I have confidence in my ability to use the sewing machine, its the stupid cutting in a straight line that keeps messing me up. Not to mention that old carpenters adage, measure twice cut once, well, for me it is more like measure 10 times and then still cut 2 or 3. Oh well, if practice makes perfect I should be friken awesome soon!
7. I have been looking for a new laptop for, oh, I'd say going on a year now (I wish I were joking) and I am about to go nuts. All I want is a 14" jobber with a cd/dvd drive, at least 3 GB of ram and no less then 5 hours of battery life for around 400 bucks, 500 if it had just slightly more then that on the ram and or battery life. I have found a 15.6 that has all that for 449 but I really wanted something that would be easier to tote around. Sadly most of those are going for between 700 to 1000. That is just not an option so I am starting to think is might be time to settle.
8. I am loving our new french door fridge and even though the freezer is taking some getting used to I would not go back for anything. I love just for once not having to worry about something getting shoved to the back on the bottom out of sight and turning into some weird experiment. I also love having an ice maker again. I missed it so much. Plus now the ice is made with filtered water and I can add it to my drink with out getting some weird flavor.
9. I am loving our newest gadgets. If you don't know this about me already and am a gadget person. Don't always like that about me but what can I say. I love em. Any how past experience has made me research a bit more before taking the plunge. I did cheat on that rule by going ahead and buy the new Hamilton beach half pint ice cream maker. You put these bowls in the freezer (each holds 12 oz and it comes with two), then you just mix up the ice cream and the paddle top churns it for about 10 to 15 mins and u get a pretty good bowl of soft serve consistency ice cream. I also got a HB Snowman ice shaver which while not quite the same is the closest to a sno biz I have had since we moved. Finally the Redi set go, a cool little cooker, not perfect but fun to play with now and again.
10. I wish I could say I have a big grand final for 10 but I don't. In fact this may be the shortest one yet. The thing I like best about blogging and all these different forms of online communication we have is that I can just tell my friends and or family the same little things that I would if I saw them every day. So here it is, I picked up a cute apron (I'm so sick of ruining clothes while cooking) the other day and I just had to share. It has a picture of a grill stitched onto it with the words "You go Grill" on it. Its a cheap little guy I picked up for 5 bucks at a dollar store up here but I love it. Broke it in for the first time the other night while I made my big dinner which I will post about another time.
Ok, so that was still pretty long, maybe the FB error message was right about me, then again, who cares! Love yall
I have always had a tendency to be a little long winded but today I actually go told by facebook while in a chat session that my message was too long. How dare they. That in mind my goal here is to hit on 10 things but keep it as short and sweet as possible.
So here we go.
1. Grandma is nuts. That may sound mean but trust me it isn't intended that way. We love her and are doing our best to do the best for her as this crappy disease takes its course. I described it as I did for two reasons. First I could spend ages going on and on about the specifics and this thing would be 3 pages long which is what I am trying to avoid, and two, one of the best ways we have found to coupe with this is humor.
2. I love magnets. Not to much explanation needed there, I think there cool and I just got a new magnetic dry erase board and a set of cute little magnets that look like push pins which is really neat.I literally spent an hour the other day playing with writing and erasing stuff and attaching the magnets to the board and to each other. Lame, maybe, fun, defiantly.
3. I sewed (that doesn't seem right) two bed skirt pockets together and it only took me 3 hours! Ok, so I hope you got that sarcasm there. To explain briefly, I had these two bed pocket things that were held in place by this 2 foot peace of fabric placed between the mattress and the box springs. They were always falling out so I got the idea to attach them to each other. Seemed simple, cut a piece of fabric to the size needed to make them go all the way across the bed and sew both sides together. Well, lets just say I had to cut the piece out twice and then I decided to get fancy and press and hem the edges under, why I don't know, and because of that almost had to cut a third piece.
4. I got a new hair cut. Nothing crazy, just my norm for the summer, just a little later then normal. I keep meaning to try to get a pic to post but I want to style it up cute and I haven't had the chance yet.
5. My room is about to drive me crazy. I have been trying to clean my room and get it organized ever since I had it painted and it is sad really but I think its getting worse. I am going crazy trying to figure out where all the pictures are going and so in the mean time they are just sitting all around the room. On top of that I now have a folding table acting as a sewing table plus the ironing board set up in there which isn't helping anything.
6. I bought a book on making window treatments the other day. I would like to start on something small and see where we get but at this rate I am afraid I will be married and no longer living here by the time I am able to make my curtians. I have confidence in my ability to use the sewing machine, its the stupid cutting in a straight line that keeps messing me up. Not to mention that old carpenters adage, measure twice cut once, well, for me it is more like measure 10 times and then still cut 2 or 3. Oh well, if practice makes perfect I should be friken awesome soon!
7. I have been looking for a new laptop for, oh, I'd say going on a year now (I wish I were joking) and I am about to go nuts. All I want is a 14" jobber with a cd/dvd drive, at least 3 GB of ram and no less then 5 hours of battery life for around 400 bucks, 500 if it had just slightly more then that on the ram and or battery life. I have found a 15.6 that has all that for 449 but I really wanted something that would be easier to tote around. Sadly most of those are going for between 700 to 1000. That is just not an option so I am starting to think is might be time to settle.
8. I am loving our new french door fridge and even though the freezer is taking some getting used to I would not go back for anything. I love just for once not having to worry about something getting shoved to the back on the bottom out of sight and turning into some weird experiment. I also love having an ice maker again. I missed it so much. Plus now the ice is made with filtered water and I can add it to my drink with out getting some weird flavor.
9. I am loving our newest gadgets. If you don't know this about me already and am a gadget person. Don't always like that about me but what can I say. I love em. Any how past experience has made me research a bit more before taking the plunge. I did cheat on that rule by going ahead and buy the new Hamilton beach half pint ice cream maker. You put these bowls in the freezer (each holds 12 oz and it comes with two), then you just mix up the ice cream and the paddle top churns it for about 10 to 15 mins and u get a pretty good bowl of soft serve consistency ice cream. I also got a HB Snowman ice shaver which while not quite the same is the closest to a sno biz I have had since we moved. Finally the Redi set go, a cool little cooker, not perfect but fun to play with now and again.
10. I wish I could say I have a big grand final for 10 but I don't. In fact this may be the shortest one yet. The thing I like best about blogging and all these different forms of online communication we have is that I can just tell my friends and or family the same little things that I would if I saw them every day. So here it is, I picked up a cute apron (I'm so sick of ruining clothes while cooking) the other day and I just had to share. It has a picture of a grill stitched onto it with the words "You go Grill" on it. Its a cheap little guy I picked up for 5 bucks at a dollar store up here but I love it. Broke it in for the first time the other night while I made my big dinner which I will post about another time.
Ok, so that was still pretty long, maybe the FB error message was right about me, then again, who cares! Love yall
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