I get these dreams where the same motif appears when I'm stressed out. Stupid things like trying to drive the car sitting in the wrong place - like the back seat. Spending the whole dream looking for a clean bathroom. Getting on an elevator that shoots past the right floor.
Lately they are slightly different:
- helping some new refugees try to buy clothes - they don't know their size, are stymied by the cost and each get talked into a store credit card in order to get a discount. After the second one, I get the store manager who tells off the sales clerk for giving credit to someone who is going to drown with the interest in a few months. It is also Christmas Eve (a common theme in my stress dreams) and I am trying to finish up these transactions before the stores close.
- a bizarre dream of trying to figure out which "people" are really computers. Shooting them works at first, but then we realise that they have gotten smarter and have started booby trapping themselves to blow up if shot. For some reason I don't actually shoot anyone - but I travel with this person who does the shooting. The stress of not being the shooter is so much about me being a control freak
- lost at York University. My mom and brother come to see a lecture of a favourite professor. My brother goes upstairs to get gum but doesn't come back. I go to look for him and get lost - I know which building I'm supposed to be in but can't figure out how to get there. All the students I stop and ask are night students who have never been in the building I am looking for. I am in a total panic as hours have passed by, we are all separated and I have not taken my cell phone.
And today an afternoon nap has left me with this one (my sermon put me to sleep!). I drive to the church scheduled to preach. The church doesn't look quite the same but I see people I recognize. They give me a white robe to wear. I'm not happy about that - white looks ridiculous to preach in! I try to get the thing on but the arm holes are sewn shut. I curse the pageant director for sewing the sleeves shut in an effort to make angel costumes at Christmas (which makes total sense if you think about them as wings). Meanwhile, I realise I'm running a bit late, there are very few spots at the front to sit and I'm wedged in. I'm surprised to see we have gone the route of drama and sit through a bizarre African inspired offering. I realise at this point that my sermon is sitting on the passenger seat of the car. I try to decide which is worse, whinging it without my notes or leaving the packed church in the middle of service to retrieve my script.
- I also had a funeral home dream - the funeral home that my relatives pick is absolutley crammed with history but also the most chaotic combination of function and display. Old stained glass windows, sitting areas for tea, different rooms where people wait to go to the main chapel for the service. It is run by some old Scottish lady who is actually the cleaner for the church next door. The place is a nightmare and I can't remember why but I walk out of the funeral for some family reason refusing to attend.
- a hospital dream where I still work at the hospital sort of. I get interviewed by a new safety consultant who asks me questions about fire safety. The interview takes place in an open area and the lab techs behind me are whispering and not being very kind. I finally turn my chair sideways but they continue. I insist we move the interview somewhere else. In the new room we are in the interviewer starts clutching his chest. I ask him if he is having a heart attack and then ask if he wants me to call a Code Blue. I pick up the phone but for the life of me I can't remember the number for a Code Blue. I end up going out into the hallway screaming at nurses and techs that I have a Code. They laugh, the few that look like they are concerned at first then start to laugh. I freak out running down to ER to try to find a nurse. I then figure out that the whole thing was BS and it was actually a test to see whether employees felt comfortable in empowerment and confrontation. I promise to sue the b&&&#d for the mental anguish he has put me through - I spend the rest of the dream trying to figure out if it was really a test or if the guy actually died.
I am hoping that after I preach these dreams will go away, I don't normally have so many for so long - these have just been over the past week and they leave me feeling very unsettled - and tired!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Etsy
Oh no! I have been introduced to this website called Etsy. Its like ebay but you buy the goods without bidding. Saw some cool things and I have found I have a fondness for old syrupy greeting cards so I bought a few. They are practical because they can be used and they end up cheaper then store bought as long as you are careful with the shipping costs.
I spent so much time on their last night - but it didn't interupt my work because I was supposed to be sleeping!
I spent so much time on their last night - but it didn't interupt my work because I was supposed to be sleeping!
Where Have I Been?
I can't believe I haven't posted in so long. I had a great birthday, had lunch with a friend and the time flew. Another friend had a successful surgery. Ooh, I got a glass teapot with those flowers that "bloom" in the water. I have wanted one for a while.
Its been a fast few weeks. Preached and have another date this Sunday. Still have one easy peasy paper to do which really should have been done last week. I vow to have it finished soon!
Spent the afternoon working on my WillowdaleCares church network. Creating a registration form for churches who want to join. And I got business cards last night. I'm a bit worried that this will fizzle but I have back up plans and lots of ideas for community ministry in the fall!
Its been a fast few weeks. Preached and have another date this Sunday. Still have one easy peasy paper to do which really should have been done last week. I vow to have it finished soon!
Spent the afternoon working on my WillowdaleCares church network. Creating a registration form for churches who want to join. And I got business cards last night. I'm a bit worried that this will fizzle but I have back up plans and lots of ideas for community ministry in the fall!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
I'm only 42!!!!
I am so excited - I just gained a year of youth. I just figured out that I am only turning 42 this year. I don't know when it happened but at some point I started thinking I already was 42. I never used to care about this stuff until I turned 39. How does someone forget how old they are? - I guess when they get old they forget ;)
Sunday, June 08, 2008
revgalblogpals Five Questions
Grammatical Pet Peeve
I keep getting "passive voice consider revising" on my grammar check. Problem is my grammar is so bad that I don't know what that means. I asked a teacher and she didn't know either - though we both went to very good schools, grammar was not taught. So my pet peeve is more about me and what I can't do then what others do.
Household Pet Peeve
It drives me crazy that my husband puts dirty dishes in the sink. We have a dishwasher - if he put them in there right away I could actually use the sink for other things. On the other hand he does all the cooking so probably I should be putting everything away!
Arts and Entertainment Pet Peeve
I can not stand it when people talk during a movie. I even get uptight during the previews.
Liturgical Pet Peeve
It bugs me that we expect parishioners to understand the flow of the liturgy but we do nothing to educate them. I learned what I know from Bible college. Many of my fellow students don't even see the need for it and yet I think it forces us to do what is needed. Worship isn't about performance its about connecting with God and the saints and how can you do this without first acknowledging him, our sins, our need for grace and so on?
Wild Card
I sat in a church service where there was a lot of whispering going on. During the sermon. During the congregational prayer. Parents were present. I do not understand this - I have never experienced this before. If the children were young or if the family had never been to church before I could understand it. I had to move in the end which was embarassing for me because I tried to ignore it but found it hard to really take in the sermon. Why would anyone do this? Do they realise that the preacher is very aware of what people are doing in the pews?
Bonus - what do I do that would be a pet peeve for others?
I'm afraid to mention all of the annoying things because if they hadn't been obvious they will be now:
I talk to myself while I work. I am sure that this has driven people crazy in the past. I do it especially when I am concentrating.
I tend to interupt people. Its not that I mean too, I just get too excited. I love sharing ideas - but I guess its not really sharing if you aren't listening to the other person.
I get into rants. Drives my husband crazy - we had an encounter in Sears with two salespeople offering assistance in selling us a bed. I was so put off that I ranted all the way out of the parking lot. My husband rarely rants. He just pronounces - "That's stupid." No commentary.
When I change seats during a sermon :)
I keep getting "passive voice consider revising" on my grammar check. Problem is my grammar is so bad that I don't know what that means. I asked a teacher and she didn't know either - though we both went to very good schools, grammar was not taught. So my pet peeve is more about me and what I can't do then what others do.
Household Pet Peeve
It drives me crazy that my husband puts dirty dishes in the sink. We have a dishwasher - if he put them in there right away I could actually use the sink for other things. On the other hand he does all the cooking so probably I should be putting everything away!
Arts and Entertainment Pet Peeve
I can not stand it when people talk during a movie. I even get uptight during the previews.
Liturgical Pet Peeve
It bugs me that we expect parishioners to understand the flow of the liturgy but we do nothing to educate them. I learned what I know from Bible college. Many of my fellow students don't even see the need for it and yet I think it forces us to do what is needed. Worship isn't about performance its about connecting with God and the saints and how can you do this without first acknowledging him, our sins, our need for grace and so on?
Wild Card
I sat in a church service where there was a lot of whispering going on. During the sermon. During the congregational prayer. Parents were present. I do not understand this - I have never experienced this before. If the children were young or if the family had never been to church before I could understand it. I had to move in the end which was embarassing for me because I tried to ignore it but found it hard to really take in the sermon. Why would anyone do this? Do they realise that the preacher is very aware of what people are doing in the pews?
Bonus - what do I do that would be a pet peeve for others?
I'm afraid to mention all of the annoying things because if they hadn't been obvious they will be now:
I talk to myself while I work. I am sure that this has driven people crazy in the past. I do it especially when I am concentrating.
I tend to interupt people. Its not that I mean too, I just get too excited. I love sharing ideas - but I guess its not really sharing if you aren't listening to the other person.
I get into rants. Drives my husband crazy - we had an encounter in Sears with two salespeople offering assistance in selling us a bed. I was so put off that I ranted all the way out of the parking lot. My husband rarely rants. He just pronounces - "That's stupid." No commentary.
When I change seats during a sermon :)
Feast June 6th
Appetizer
When you drink soda/pop/coke, do you prefer to drink it from the bottle, a can, or after pouring it into a cup?
This is going to sound weird, at least I haven't found anyone else that experiences this.... I hate drinking from the bottle or the can or through a straw. I find the concentration of bubbles too breath taking. This is before my weight gain so its not related to being unhealthy, just a weird sensation that I can't catch my breath. So, I like my pop in a glass. I also think its cute but unnecessary when men want to pour my beer into a glass even though they are drinking from the bottle/can.
Soup
What television show are you willing to stay up late to watch?
I rarely tape shows so I either stay up or decide to miss them. There is no middle ground. There are a ton of shows I don't see very often and are hard to rent - Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous - the British sitcoms with the better writing.
Salad
Name one person, place, or thing you think of as brilliant.
Right now I am really taken with the North York Public Library. I'm going to use it somewhere in a sermon. You can do almost anything there -take classes - they have one on building a skateboard, watch a movie, practice your english, learn to read, rent rooms. They have lots of info on careers and local history. Right now they are holding seminars for seniors. They have a far larger mandate then lending books - it is really a place for different community members to connect and find resources for daily living. I think that this is brilliant.
Main Course
Would you be willing to work 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8-hour days in order to save gas?
Absolutely, but then I would do it to get the extra day off!
Dessert
If you were a superhero, what would you call yourself?
So far I haven't found a reason to change my name.
When you drink soda/pop/coke, do you prefer to drink it from the bottle, a can, or after pouring it into a cup?
This is going to sound weird, at least I haven't found anyone else that experiences this.... I hate drinking from the bottle or the can or through a straw. I find the concentration of bubbles too breath taking. This is before my weight gain so its not related to being unhealthy, just a weird sensation that I can't catch my breath. So, I like my pop in a glass. I also think its cute but unnecessary when men want to pour my beer into a glass even though they are drinking from the bottle/can.
Soup
What television show are you willing to stay up late to watch?
I rarely tape shows so I either stay up or decide to miss them. There is no middle ground. There are a ton of shows I don't see very often and are hard to rent - Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous - the British sitcoms with the better writing.
Salad
Name one person, place, or thing you think of as brilliant.
Right now I am really taken with the North York Public Library. I'm going to use it somewhere in a sermon. You can do almost anything there -take classes - they have one on building a skateboard, watch a movie, practice your english, learn to read, rent rooms. They have lots of info on careers and local history. Right now they are holding seminars for seniors. They have a far larger mandate then lending books - it is really a place for different community members to connect and find resources for daily living. I think that this is brilliant.
Main Course
Would you be willing to work 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8-hour days in order to save gas?
Absolutely, but then I would do it to get the extra day off!
Dessert
If you were a superhero, what would you call yourself?
So far I haven't found a reason to change my name.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
I love the stats.
I have a feeling that I have been slightly depressed for most of winter from January on. Lately, I seem to have a lot more energy to get things done. I have been working on a research paper looking at stats in North York and getting tons of ideas and I still have energy left to do other things. I don't seem to need the same number of naps either.
I love looking at stats and trying to make sense of them. The area around the church is very interesting in just how boring the stats are. We have a low teen pregnancy rate, lower obesity rate, smoking rate and less poverty then other areas just south and west of the church and when compared to the Toronto average. The rate of getting flu shots and vaccines and screening tests is higher than the Toronto average as well. Some of this has to be due to the higher income levels but even so I am surprised that the few area around us is so different then to the east or the south. Also, and this was really surprising,we have a higher number of youth 15-24 then compared to the Toronto average. Yet for years the church has said that there are no young people here because it is too expensive. The only areas that seem to stand out is a slightly higher average of mental health visits and a much higher incidence of heart problems. Perhaps the stress of trying to be too happy!?
Its going to be interesting to try to figure out what this means as a church. For one thing we can't ignore that the idea of serving the community through giving handouts is not going to be effective for the average person. As my prof explained to me, the people in this area can afford to buy what they need - including English classes. Instead our rather traditional churches in the area may just have to actually engage in a postmodern world where the church's role as soup kitchens and food banks no longer engages the majority of those we are meant to serve.
I did some canvassing for the Cancer Society in the neighbourhood and found that during the day and on Saturday mornings the place is a ghost town with the exception of a few grandparents caring for pre-school children. Evenings is when the community are actually at home. How do you create a sense of neighbourhood when everyone has communities outside of their street - schools, work, shopping, activities at clubs?
I am at a complete loss - maybe because I was never interested in my community myself - I don't know my neighbours and make connections in other places. I'm going to have to do a lot of praying and thinking about this.
I love looking at stats and trying to make sense of them. The area around the church is very interesting in just how boring the stats are. We have a low teen pregnancy rate, lower obesity rate, smoking rate and less poverty then other areas just south and west of the church and when compared to the Toronto average. The rate of getting flu shots and vaccines and screening tests is higher than the Toronto average as well. Some of this has to be due to the higher income levels but even so I am surprised that the few area around us is so different then to the east or the south. Also, and this was really surprising,we have a higher number of youth 15-24 then compared to the Toronto average. Yet for years the church has said that there are no young people here because it is too expensive. The only areas that seem to stand out is a slightly higher average of mental health visits and a much higher incidence of heart problems. Perhaps the stress of trying to be too happy!?
Its going to be interesting to try to figure out what this means as a church. For one thing we can't ignore that the idea of serving the community through giving handouts is not going to be effective for the average person. As my prof explained to me, the people in this area can afford to buy what they need - including English classes. Instead our rather traditional churches in the area may just have to actually engage in a postmodern world where the church's role as soup kitchens and food banks no longer engages the majority of those we are meant to serve.
I did some canvassing for the Cancer Society in the neighbourhood and found that during the day and on Saturday mornings the place is a ghost town with the exception of a few grandparents caring for pre-school children. Evenings is when the community are actually at home. How do you create a sense of neighbourhood when everyone has communities outside of their street - schools, work, shopping, activities at clubs?
I am at a complete loss - maybe because I was never interested in my community myself - I don't know my neighbours and make connections in other places. I'm going to have to do a lot of praying and thinking about this.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Grace - I don't have enough
Imagine taking someone you really have a hard time spending time with and bringing them to your place of peace. That's what's going on in my life right now!
I have elected to bring someone I know to church who I just don't get along with. I try to, and I do pray about it - but not enough. This person says a lot of careless things in public and if you try to set the record straight you end up going down a very convoluted garden path. At the end I am usually more frustrated then when I started and still nothing is acknowleged.
Today for instance. After asking this person many times if they wanted to go to church with us and being given reasons for not going she tells people today that she is so happy to be back and has missed coming for a long time. Since she can't get to church without us, this ends up sounding like we have been keeping her from coming. Later she tells one of the pastoral workers that she had a beautiful cross that she got years ago which she no longer has and that she has wanted a new cross for soooo long. The person winked at me and said that maybe for a birthday or Christmas a little bird will whisper this to someone. Okay, how about for the last 20 birthdays and Christmases and Mother's Days. I have never heard her wish for a cross, ever. Then she indicates how she has asked her daughter to take her to Chinatown but she can "ask and ask" but she still doesn't get to go. Chinatown? Since when? Apparently she wants to go to Chinatown to get the cross. I still have not determined why Chinatown and could see that I wasn't going to find out why. Maybe she wants a jade one. Anyhow, I suggested over lunch that perhaps Chinatown would not be that fun of a trip for her as there is no parking and getting around the street and in the tightly packed stores might be difficult with a walker. She has a hard time negotiating getting to and from the bathroom in the restaurant so I can't imagine us joslting around in the crowd. We offered to drive through Chinatown to see if she would like to try it out some time but she didn't want to bother.
So, it is impossible to meet her needs because she never tells you what she needs. I end up getting helpful advice from parishioners who think after talking to her that we need a little push to bring her to church or to take her to get groceries.
My husband has learned to ignore all of this. I still haven't learned how to and I noticed today he lost his cool before I did. As she is waiting for us in the car to get her walker out of the back seat she lit up a cigarette. I stared in disbelief. We have told her in no uncertain terms that we can not stand the smell of cigarette smoke. For the first time in a long time I couldn't think of what to say I was so dumbfounded. My husband told her that this was unacceptable and she claimed that since her legs are partway out of the car that she considered herself to be out of the car.
I'm at a loss. I can try to ignore her behaviour but am having a hard time doing this. It took 5 tries for the waiter to take her meal order because she couldn't decide. She wanted something with fries. We suggested about 10 options - she didn't want the fish and chips because it isn't made with shark like it is in Australia. I suggested to her that she has had fish and chips plenty of times in Canada since moving here and the lack of shark was never an issue at that time. See, I should not say anything. My husband blanks out during these conversations. But I am stubborn and want to have a relationship other than blanking out and ignoring. So I need to learn a lot of grace. I think this is probably the hardest person for me to get along with (it didn't help that her attitude towards me sucked when we first got engaged) and she isn't going to change. So I have to learn to stop caring what other people think of us when they talk to her. If she wants to tell the care worker that we are too busy to take her shopping then I just have to let it go. Somehow. Or figure out why she does that.
I have elected to bring someone I know to church who I just don't get along with. I try to, and I do pray about it - but not enough. This person says a lot of careless things in public and if you try to set the record straight you end up going down a very convoluted garden path. At the end I am usually more frustrated then when I started and still nothing is acknowleged.
Today for instance. After asking this person many times if they wanted to go to church with us and being given reasons for not going she tells people today that she is so happy to be back and has missed coming for a long time. Since she can't get to church without us, this ends up sounding like we have been keeping her from coming. Later she tells one of the pastoral workers that she had a beautiful cross that she got years ago which she no longer has and that she has wanted a new cross for soooo long. The person winked at me and said that maybe for a birthday or Christmas a little bird will whisper this to someone. Okay, how about for the last 20 birthdays and Christmases and Mother's Days. I have never heard her wish for a cross, ever. Then she indicates how she has asked her daughter to take her to Chinatown but she can "ask and ask" but she still doesn't get to go. Chinatown? Since when? Apparently she wants to go to Chinatown to get the cross. I still have not determined why Chinatown and could see that I wasn't going to find out why. Maybe she wants a jade one. Anyhow, I suggested over lunch that perhaps Chinatown would not be that fun of a trip for her as there is no parking and getting around the street and in the tightly packed stores might be difficult with a walker. She has a hard time negotiating getting to and from the bathroom in the restaurant so I can't imagine us joslting around in the crowd. We offered to drive through Chinatown to see if she would like to try it out some time but she didn't want to bother.
So, it is impossible to meet her needs because she never tells you what she needs. I end up getting helpful advice from parishioners who think after talking to her that we need a little push to bring her to church or to take her to get groceries.
My husband has learned to ignore all of this. I still haven't learned how to and I noticed today he lost his cool before I did. As she is waiting for us in the car to get her walker out of the back seat she lit up a cigarette. I stared in disbelief. We have told her in no uncertain terms that we can not stand the smell of cigarette smoke. For the first time in a long time I couldn't think of what to say I was so dumbfounded. My husband told her that this was unacceptable and she claimed that since her legs are partway out of the car that she considered herself to be out of the car.
I'm at a loss. I can try to ignore her behaviour but am having a hard time doing this. It took 5 tries for the waiter to take her meal order because she couldn't decide. She wanted something with fries. We suggested about 10 options - she didn't want the fish and chips because it isn't made with shark like it is in Australia. I suggested to her that she has had fish and chips plenty of times in Canada since moving here and the lack of shark was never an issue at that time. See, I should not say anything. My husband blanks out during these conversations. But I am stubborn and want to have a relationship other than blanking out and ignoring. So I need to learn a lot of grace. I think this is probably the hardest person for me to get along with (it didn't help that her attitude towards me sucked when we first got engaged) and she isn't going to change. So I have to learn to stop caring what other people think of us when they talk to her. If she wants to tell the care worker that we are too busy to take her shopping then I just have to let it go. Somehow. Or figure out why she does that.
Boasting
So after my boasting about how well my preaching went, don't we have a sermon about how we shouldn't boast. I've been processing that for a few weeks now because I have noticed that our church very down on compliments. I have received a few compliments which started out nice but ended with "but you are not perfect". I finally called this person on it because I would rather not get any compliment - I never remember anything nice that is said to me if it is followed up with a "but". To me the "but" is the real intended message. That's my sensitivity showing through. If you think about examples from life the "but" message is usually there for a reason. So it seems as thought there is a distaste for giving a compliment lest it makes us as humans think we can do anything good apart from God. The theologians out there probably note that this is an extreme reaction to Calvinism - that man can do not good on his own apart from God.
So after feeling very upset and down about the boasting I thought about the role of motivation. I don't get excited about preaching because of what I can or can not do. I do get excited about preaching because I believe it proclaims what God has to say to us. I am pleased that I communicated the text technically well - because if I don't communicate well then the Holy Spirit has to do a lot more work and I have to question whether I am in the right field. Anyhow, I have been thinking about this and feeling torn about it. It seems that if I do poorly then its my fault and if I do well, then its God's doing. I have been doing a lot of reading about Calvinism lately in order to ensure that my sermons for W are above reproach theologically. I think we can over apply the principles so that we become very neurotic, solemn people.
So after feeling very upset and down about the boasting I thought about the role of motivation. I don't get excited about preaching because of what I can or can not do. I do get excited about preaching because I believe it proclaims what God has to say to us. I am pleased that I communicated the text technically well - because if I don't communicate well then the Holy Spirit has to do a lot more work and I have to question whether I am in the right field. Anyhow, I have been thinking about this and feeling torn about it. It seems that if I do poorly then its my fault and if I do well, then its God's doing. I have been doing a lot of reading about Calvinism lately in order to ensure that my sermons for W are above reproach theologically. I think we can over apply the principles so that we become very neurotic, solemn people.
Friday's Feast
For those of you how are faithful to the Friday's Feast site you know that the chef is on vacation so yes, this is an entry from earlier in May that I never used.
Appetizer
When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?
It depends. Sometimes I'm walking along and someone smiles and I notice too late. I love smiling back at children, especially the young ones because they just expect you to.
Soup
Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?
The floor is hardwood. The parts you can see. We only have a rug under the dining room table. The living room needs to be redone, we did it when we moved it and I think we maybe should have done a few more coats of treatment. I don't really want to do it again - sanding the wood down requires a completely empty room and takes a few days if you want to let the layers dry properly.
Salad
Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.
The great thing about Friday's Feast unlike baby showers, lingerie parties and other uncomfortable settings is that I don't have to do things I don't want to.
Main Course
Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?
My husband and his siblings were all adopted - from different parents. My dad was adopted. My good friend in high school gave up her baby for adoption.
Dessert
Name 2 blue things.
The first thing that springs into my mind are blue Smarties. I have a friend who believes that there should not be any processed blue food in the world and the blue smarties cause her problems. I tend to concur - the blue is a bit too bright.
Another blue thing - hmm, I guess the next answer that comes to my mind is the sky.
Appetizer
When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?
It depends. Sometimes I'm walking along and someone smiles and I notice too late. I love smiling back at children, especially the young ones because they just expect you to.
Soup
Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?
The floor is hardwood. The parts you can see. We only have a rug under the dining room table. The living room needs to be redone, we did it when we moved it and I think we maybe should have done a few more coats of treatment. I don't really want to do it again - sanding the wood down requires a completely empty room and takes a few days if you want to let the layers dry properly.
Salad
Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.
The great thing about Friday's Feast unlike baby showers, lingerie parties and other uncomfortable settings is that I don't have to do things I don't want to.
Main Course
Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?
My husband and his siblings were all adopted - from different parents. My dad was adopted. My good friend in high school gave up her baby for adoption.
Dessert
Name 2 blue things.
The first thing that springs into my mind are blue Smarties. I have a friend who believes that there should not be any processed blue food in the world and the blue smarties cause her problems. I tend to concur - the blue is a bit too bright.
Another blue thing - hmm, I guess the next answer that comes to my mind is the sky.
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