January 25, 2009

• Sunday

  

   

  Ok, I'm really trying to give it the ole Boy Scout try, giving President Obama a chance to prove himself, but, can anyone explain to me the urgency of lifting this ban?  Was this the most pressing thing facing our nation on Day 3 of his presidency?   Furthermore, I don't want to fund abortions in my own country, let alone other countries.  You do what you want with your body and your "fetus", to me a baby is a baby is a baby, from hour ONE, and to use a liberal word, I am offended to have to enable what I see as murder.  How 'bout we try feeding some kids instead of killing them?  

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  So John got home at 8 PM last night.  And called me at 8:03.  And picked me up at 8:50     We went to Wings, where we met my sister & brother in law for a late snack and a couple beers.  It was fun, as it mostly is when the four of us get together.  That is one nice thing about maybe dating John, a lot of people don't "get" my sister so it's not always fun to do things with them with someone who doesn't "get" her.  John has known her, I thought 15 yrs, but it came out last night to more like 20 years.  So he knows her and loves her anyhow.  Afterwards I went home with him and we attempted to watch a movie, but the roadtrip finally caught up with him and I tucked him in and watched the rest of the movie myself.  And another movie.  And another.  I'm finding that it's very hard for me to sleep in a strange place...but I am finding myself very comfortable with him.  I think I'm glad he accepted the no sex thing and is apparently wanting to try this my way.

  So today he'll be spending some time with his dad and his granddaughter and I'll be going to church here in a little while and then picking up some groceries and probably doing odds & ends around the house.  I need to sit down and figure out how life will be run in my household when I go on this afternoon shift.  I dunno, do you cook dinner in the morning and then warm it up at dinner time or what?  It will be weird for me for a while, having always worked 8-5 and then doing household things after work....Now it will be household things and then work.  I'll get it, just need to work out a program for myself.  Did I mention that John works 3-11? 

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  I've been reading (oh boy, this name is coming out of my fingers too many times!)  John in the New Testament.  I like this account of Jesus' birth and crucifixion because it goes into more detail than Matthew, Mark & Luke about the miracles that Jesus did and the things that He said.  I know a lot of my readers are christians so wanted to ask - when John refers to "and the disciple standing by, whom he loved", you know the one that from the cross he told his mother,  Mary, "Woman, Behold thy son" and to the disciple he said "Behold thy mother" ?  And during the Last Supper it says this disciple laid his head on Jesus' chest.  Is he talking about himself, John?  Because in the 2nd to last verse in this book John writes "this is the disciple which testifieth of these things".

  I think it's cool that every time you read the Bible you pick up something that you missed the other times.  I've read the entire Bible a few times and I'm always saying to myself  "I didn't know that!"  I like that...kind of like you see what you need to see when you need to see it.  At least thats how it seems to work out for me.

  Ok then.  I need to go eat some Whole Grain Cheerios with skim milk (hehehe) and put together a little grocery list and get ready for church.  You kids enjoy your day ~ You know I will!  

  PS:  I'm REALLY glad that I started to write again....didn't realize how much I had missed it.  Writing really helps me to figure things out... when I'm writing, the answers sometimes come with the questions...and your feedback always gives me another dimension to ponder.   Thanks for that!!

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