Feeling bittersweet is something new this Christmas. I have some friends who are just dealing with some really tough stuff. A best friend is carrying the weight of the world at her job in more ways than one. It will probably be impossible to leave her troubles behind as she boards a plane for Indy… Continue reading Bittersweet Christmas Eve

Well, I made it. Shopping on Saturday actually wasn’t so bad. I mean…it took me six hours with the traffic and sardine-esque parking lots and check-out lines resembling the Great Wall of China. But it all worked out! I got everything except for Cody’s gift…which I got last night. So I am ready to settle… Continue reading Whew

I had today all planned out. Cody and I would sleep in…make some coffee…have some breakfast…and go finish our Christmas shopping. We would laugh and pick out the perfect gifts and top it all off with a peppermint twist mocha whatevertheyrenamedit at Starbucks. We’d skip happily back home, wrap all our amazing gifts in front… Continue reading to the dark side

I just re-adjusted my blog so that I didn’t have so much personal information thrown out there…you know how it is these days. Can’t trust anyone. 😉 But I found this draft that I never finished or published, and it really resonated with me. Thought I would share and exand on my thoughts…. I think… Continue reading Grow up

On Sunday, Jeff threw out a challenge to us. He said this: Wouldn’t it be great if the church (and by that I mean Christ followers) was recession proof? What a powerful witness we could be in this time if we were not in the same boat as everyone else. The kingdom economy, when it… Continue reading alive…only not

God gave me a song today. I was driving to work. I had shaken off the headache I woke up with by going for a short jog with my dog and pouring myself some hot coffee. I had had a rough night, feeling sad and crying for what seemed like no reason. Even Cody couldn’t… Continue reading speak

I have been GONE. And I mean that in more ways than one. I was away from the office for a few days. Plus I’ve been uber busy in the office so computer-face time is slim to none (unless you’re one of the lucky ones that catches me on gmail chat…Julie…). I operate on lists. I… Continue reading Here…and…gone.

My husband knows what’s doing. And I highly suggest all men everywhere take notes on this post. I called Cody yesterday on my way home from work. He had the day off so I asked him how his day was. He watched lots of episodes of Dexter thanks to Netflix, played around on the computer,… Continue reading Attention men everywhere!!

I cannot sleep to save my life. Cody and I went to a beautiful wedding tonight…the Precioussssssssss got married!!! 🙂 CONGRATS LAURA AND AARON! It was a gorgeous country wedding with pumpkin luminaries and fall leaves and deep orange and red and yellow flowers…and two beautiful people all aglow. I met some wonderful people as… Continue reading Oh, Mr. Sandman…