Day 3:

1. Listened to Christmas Carols with Amanda on the way to work :)
2. I became extraordinarily caught up with everything at work.
3. Sang a little too loudly and with a little bit too much enthusiasm to Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas."
4. Exchanged early Christmas presents and got Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" on CD as well as a book ( Read more... )

1. I'm thankful for good friends who post responses to good memes posted by other good friends ( Read more... )

I like Jenn's meme.  I will see her challenge to list 1 thing that made me happy for 8 days and will raise her one and list 8 things that made me happy for 8 days.  I heard once that prayer is supposed to be 80% thanksgiving and 20% supplication.  On to the gratitude ( Read more... )

Give me a quiet and discerning heart,

The courage to will and to persevere,

A spirit to love,

And the gift of joy and wonder.

Also, I stole this from little_teacup .  Man. If someone sent me these gifts I think it would be just about the best Christmas EVER.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

According to CNN: First Images of New Planets Captured


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I love this song.

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For the first time since I've been afforded the right to vote I have actually been excited about the outcome of the election (at least the projected outcome).  While I disagreed with some of the amendments passed and some of the candidates elected in previous years I never attacked the politics, faith, ethics, morality, or character of anyone who ( Read more... )

One of my favorite quotes says "It takes 3 seconds to say 'I love you,' it takes 3 hours to explain it, and it takes a lifetime to prove it." What do you think it is?  How would you define it?  How much of it is choice and how much of it is emotion?  What does it mean to love others?  To love God?  To love yourself?  Soooo curious on people's

I went for a walk this afternoon at the Environmental Learning Center to bask in the richness of Fall and the beauty of the Creator.  As I was walking down the trail a blinding light caught my eye and I traveled further through the brush to see what it was.  It was the light reflecting off the stream.  I stood there for a good long time watching ( Read more... )

I thought this was really wise ( Read more... )