another day, another dollar

It is another day, but I still have only one dollar. Sometimes I only type just what pops into my head at the moment. It's more fun that way. Keeps things fresh.

I'm about to go back to bed for the day. I'm feeling the kidney stone pain. Sadness. It's not comfortable.

I think I'll watch a movie. I forgot I was getting on the computer to do that anyway.

WCA Soccer Champs!

This photo was taken April 18. The Lady Wildcats dominated Grace 3-0 for the State championship! So proud of the girls! My daughter is standing in the back next to the girl with the long-sleeved black shirt under her uniform.

This photo was taken April 25 at the Tri-State Tournament. The Lady Wildcats played Grace again and won 3-1! They are not only the state champs, but the Tri-State champs! Awesome job by the Lady Wildcats! My daughter is kneeling and the third from the left.

Here is my daughter, Holly, with her Tri-State champ medal!

excited!

I'm so excited about what God is doing in my life! I'm so excited about what God is going to do in my life! I'm so excited about the place I'm at in my life! It's really an exciting time. It's been a good couple of weeks...learning, praying, talking, listening. Really good.

I'm not excited about cleaning my room or the kitchen today or folding laundry. I want to sew. All day. I want to get a mocha or vanilla caramel latte, put a movie on and just sew. I even have a new sewing machine I got for Christmas! I just got it out of the box last week. Still don't know how to use it yet. I've got to make time for that. Sewing is awesome.

I'm excited about getting a break from my kids playing sports. We'll have a break for a few weeks before they start back for the summer and fall.

I'm excited about spending more time with my friends. I'm going to start making more time for my friends.

I'm excited.

friends

I'm so thankful for honest, supportive friends. Friends who pray for you. Seriously. Friends who are honest with you. Friends who aren't afraid to be honest with you. Friends who aren't afraid to be themselves. Friends who encourage you to be your true self. Friends who will cry with you...or let you cry. Friends who will scream with you! Friends who will be happy with you!

I think have some friends like that in my life. I want to be a friend like that to other people.

life is a highway

and I do not want to ride it all night long. Sometimes life gets confusing, I guess. At least I'm confused right now. Nothing really makes sense. I'm just having a weird time. I'm awaiting some answers on some things in my life. I keep listening. I keep looking at my phone to see if an email came. I keep talking to some people hoping to hear the answer I'm looking for. I've been waiting in a room all morning with my son at a health clinic. It is no fun waiting. I played with my phone. I watched the video they were showing. I napped. I stared. I listened to everyone talking around me. I prayed. I made annoying noises with my water bottle. I almost cried a few times...from waiting for so long! Waiting isnt' fun. I guess waiting is what you have to do sometimes to get what you want. I was starting to think the doctors made us wait to be called last on purpose. Or maybe they forgot we were even there. What if God forgets I'm waiting? I guess He and I aren't working on the same time table, so maybe there's no danger there. What do you do while you wait? Do you sit patiently in your chair until your name is called? Or, do you bother the receptionist every 10 minutes to see if you're next?

no water

On our way home last night at about midnight, Sean and I noticed our neighborhood streets were soaked. I said, "Wow, it only rained in our neighborhood?" Well, as we got closer to our cul-de-sac we saw the big hole in the ground and barricades. A water main busted somehow for some reason. The city people are working on it. I keep hearing lots of noise and banging sounds. But, every time I check the faucet, there is no water coming out. My mom and dad-in-law are coming tonight. I need to wash some bedding. I may have to venture out and take my chances at a laundry mat. At least I have my 100-pound son to take with me. He will surely defend me if necessary.

pharisee

I should have edited a note to add to my last post. But I guess I'm on a somewhat new line of thinking. Well. I wish I had a book here with me called Extreme Righteousness: Seeing Ourselves in the Pharisees. I read that book in college for my Matthew class. I think I need to read it again. I wonder if I am a Pharisee. So legalistic. So pious. So self-righteous. So self-consumed.

How can I have a true relationship with God living like that? It seems like my attitude would get in the way. My excuses would get in the way. It seems like that type of relationship would be all about control. Does a Pharisee think they can control their righteousness by what they do?

Over the past couple of weeks, I've realized how much of Pharisee I've become and have been. I can't believe how free I feel, how liberated I feel to know I can have a relationship with Christ based on just having a relationship!!! I feel like I've discovered something brand new!