In continuing with the theme of late: Harry Potter! Tomorrow's the big day! We find out everything. What will happen? I can't watch the news or look at papers because everyone is trying to ruin the book. How rude!
I'll be in Billings tomorrow. There is nothing around my hotel. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get the book. I can't remember if there are bookstores at the airport there or not. I want it before my 2 hour flight. So much time to read. I know that some places in SeaTac are giving out free gifts when you buy it! I totally want one. But getting it sooner is more important I suppose.
So exciting!
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Today's random thoughts
Things I Do Not Like:- Super hot days
- Not having air conditioning
- A sore back
- Noisy neighbors
- Shaving
- Being bored at home while everyone's at work
- Feeling lonesome
- Stupid useless technicalities that mess up my vacation time
- The fact that the wireless router won't work
Things I Do Like:
Otter pops
- Sunshine
- A cool breeze
- Spending time with friends
- Laughing
- Chacos
- Finding a geocache
- Thunder and lightning storms
- "Planet Earth", and the fact that we haven't completely screwed the whole thing up yet
- Harry Potter (I admit I'm a bit obsessed)
(Finished rereading Order of the Phoenix yesterday. Saw the movie today. I think they did a fair job cramming that huge book into a film. Kudos. Now it's on to the Half Blood Prince for the next few days....and then.....The Deathly Hallows!)
What are your random likes and dislikes of the moment? And thoughts on new HP movie?
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Do something!
Well, I just got home from a week counseling at Delano Bay, and a few days of work. Camp was 
good, and I had fun. The theme of the week was "GO." The text for the week was all of Luke 10. We talked about how belonging to God and being a new creation changes us. We talked about listening to God, going where He sends us, and being a disciple. We talked about selflessness, the talents God has given us and using those to serve, and looking at the world as God does. We talked about God being the center of our lives, and how that will change us. I thought it was a good theme and something we all needed to hear. There is so much to be done in the world, and it was a reminder to get out there and start working on something!
good, and I had fun. The theme of the week was "GO." The text for the week was all of Luke 10. We talked about how belonging to God and being a new creation changes us. We talked about listening to God, going where He sends us, and being a disciple. We talked about selflessness, the talents God has given us and using those to serve, and looking at the world as God does. We talked about God being the center of our lives, and how that will change us. I thought it was a good theme and something we all needed to hear. There is so much to be done in the world, and it was a reminder to get out there and start working on something! One day we left camp to go out and do some nice things for other people. It was really simple 
things - like washing car windows and getting some food and donations for a food bank. I was at a window washing station. I was surprised at how thankful people were just to have their windows washed. A lot of people expected us to ask for money, but we weren't taking any. It was something so small, but people appreciated it and I think some small seeds may have even been planted.
things - like washing car windows and getting some food and donations for a food bank. I was at a window washing station. I was surprised at how thankful people were just to have their windows washed. A lot of people expected us to ask for money, but we weren't taking any. It was something so small, but people appreciated it and I think some small seeds may have even been planted.So, find your thing. Figure out what you can do to help others, and help make the world the way God wants it to be. The way it was meant to be. It doesn't have to be anything big. Small adds up. Just get out there and do something. Go.
Being at camp was good for me. It was like meeting an old friend there. (Jesus!) It was just nice to be around encouraging people who have similar beliefs and to be in an environment that is spiritual. My soul feels renewed.
One more thing: I almost died! Ok, maybe I wasn't that close to dying, but for a minute it certainly felt like it! I went rafting down the Wenatchee River for the 9th time this year. I fell out of the raft for the first time. Ok, maybe I got pushed out. We were going through our last rapid, the biggest one. The kind that bends the boat in half. A big wave came over us and I saw 
it coming so I leaned into the boat. I also had my feet shoved under the thwarts, but I still went over, despite my efforts to stay in. The waves pushed me way under the water, and I was TERRIFIED. I seriously thought that I would be stuck under the water because it would continually push me down and that I was going to drown. So I just kicked my little feet and swam with my little arms - which probably didn't do anything, but I popped back up. I was probably under the water 5 seconds, maybe 10. But it felt like a looong time, and I couldn't breathe. I came up behind the raft, totally bewildered. Then I remembered that my feet were supposed to be downstream to bounce off obstacles, but for a moment I wasn't sure which way that was. I turned around and there was the raft not too far way and they were waiting to save me. They pulled me back in and I coughed for a while cause I swallowed an awful lot of water. I hit my shoulder on something, maybe the raft? and I had an instant bruise. What an adventure! I'd prefer not to do that again.
it coming so I leaned into the boat. I also had my feet shoved under the thwarts, but I still went over, despite my efforts to stay in. The waves pushed me way under the water, and I was TERRIFIED. I seriously thought that I would be stuck under the water because it would continually push me down and that I was going to drown. So I just kicked my little feet and swam with my little arms - which probably didn't do anything, but I popped back up. I was probably under the water 5 seconds, maybe 10. But it felt like a looong time, and I couldn't breathe. I came up behind the raft, totally bewildered. Then I remembered that my feet were supposed to be downstream to bounce off obstacles, but for a moment I wasn't sure which way that was. I turned around and there was the raft not too far way and they were waiting to save me. They pulled me back in and I coughed for a while cause I swallowed an awful lot of water. I hit my shoulder on something, maybe the raft? and I had an instant bruise. What an adventure! I'd prefer not to do that again.
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