Make my life a Prayer to You,
I want to do what You want me to.
No empty words and no white lies,
No token Prayers, No Compromise.
I want to shine the light You gave,
through Your Son, You Sent to Save us
from ourselves and our despair.
It comforts me
to know You're really there.
Chorus:
Well, I want to Thank You Now, for being patient with me,
Oh it's so hard to see, when my eyes are on me.
I guess I'll have to trust and just believe what You say...
Oh You're coming again, coming to take me away.
Verse 2:
I want to die, and let you give,
Your life to me, that I might live.
and share the hope You gave to me,
the Love that's set me Free.
I want to tell the world out there,
You're not some fable or fairy tale,
that I've made up, inside my head,
You're God the Son,
You've Risen from the Dead.
©1978 Sparrow Records, Inc.All rights reserved. International copyright secured.
*A song I've been thinking about - GOOD GRIEF has it really been 28 years??? YIKES.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
STACIA SITS
Big news first! Stacia SITS!!! A new trick that we all applaud. Happened just a few minutes ago as we made lunch and Jared rested her on the counter…NO, this is not where we usually leave our baby. {grin}
5 Months old yesterday! She sometimes sleeps through the night. She still spits terribly and is trying another new formula this week.
Monday, Monday (can you hear the music?)
We got a slow start to the week.
Mike went into the office after chapel on Sunday and didn’t get home until 4:30 a.m. as in Monday. He does report that he made progress on his work load with no interruptions. I still think a sign saying “DO NOT DISTURB” is a better solution. {grin}
Mike arrived home about the time that Stacia and Zander were waking up. I let everyone else sleep in. Obviously, this meant a slow start on the school week. We are determined to “do it right” on Tuesday.
The kids and I have been working on little Shrinky Dink signature items that we can leave in caches. I’ve learned that there is some trick to this that we haven’t discovered. They curl up and fly all over the oven…our end product is not FLAT and I’ve still got work to do to get the colors (which intensify) and the size right. We’ll get it. I do believe we’ll have to make another trip to Hobby Lobby. We’ve got two designs at this point. I found Shrinky Dink film that you can PRINT on. This is GREAT (well ok right now it is cool it will be great when I get it to work right! {grin}). The one logo is a dark blue shape of the state of AK with the big dipper and north star across it and the planes from Elmendorf flying off in all directions…..I typed Not2Many…Found It! on these. The other is a family picture with the same words across the top. We’ll keep working.
I FINISHED reading my first book of the year today. “In This Mountain” by Jan Karon. I had tried to read this series years ago and found it dry and boring. I began it again a year ago and really enjoy it. Go figure! I’ve got lots of books in various stages of reading and am trying to finish them all this month. I’m not sure I will succeed.
Thus ends another Monday. Not a great start to the week…but you have to start somewhere.
Mike went into the office after chapel on Sunday and didn’t get home until 4:30 a.m. as in Monday. He does report that he made progress on his work load with no interruptions. I still think a sign saying “DO NOT DISTURB” is a better solution. {grin}
Mike arrived home about the time that Stacia and Zander were waking up. I let everyone else sleep in. Obviously, this meant a slow start on the school week. We are determined to “do it right” on Tuesday.
The kids and I have been working on little Shrinky Dink signature items that we can leave in caches. I’ve learned that there is some trick to this that we haven’t discovered. They curl up and fly all over the oven…our end product is not FLAT and I’ve still got work to do to get the colors (which intensify) and the size right. We’ll get it. I do believe we’ll have to make another trip to Hobby Lobby. We’ve got two designs at this point. I found Shrinky Dink film that you can PRINT on. This is GREAT (well ok right now it is cool it will be great when I get it to work right! {grin}). The one logo is a dark blue shape of the state of AK with the big dipper and north star across it and the planes from Elmendorf flying off in all directions…..I typed Not2Many…Found It! on these. The other is a family picture with the same words across the top. We’ll keep working.
I FINISHED reading my first book of the year today. “In This Mountain” by Jan Karon. I had tried to read this series years ago and found it dry and boring. I began it again a year ago and really enjoy it. Go figure! I’ve got lots of books in various stages of reading and am trying to finish them all this month. I’m not sure I will succeed.
Thus ends another Monday. Not a great start to the week…but you have to start somewhere.
Nolan's Thoughts
I've been reading "Third Culture Kids" and this comment from Nolan (6) struck me as incredibly funny. We were hiking through cactus and thorn bush laden land at the state park.
Nolan: "Mom, you know what I'm going to do as soon as I grow up and leave the house?"
Mom: slightly surprised to be discussing goodbyes of this sort with a 6 yo "No, what?"
Nolan: "There is no telling WHERE I'm going to grow up, but when I get out of the house the first thing I'm going to do is get back to TEXAS as fast as I can!"
I would say that Texas has won at least one of us over. {grin} I was surprised to find how much he enjoyed the area (we'll see what he thinks during the hot summer - he commented that TX was perfect not to cold and not to hot....78* in January!).
I found it telling that at 6 years old he would already realize that his growing up years are a bit different than many children's and that no location is likely to last "until he's grown up". Consider that he was born in MT, moved to San Antonio, then Anchorage and now back to TX ...all in 6 years.
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