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Friday Five – Dog Day Afternoons

Posted on August 8, 20084 Comments

1. What is your sweetest summer memory from childhood? Did it involve watermelon or hand cranked ice cream? Or perhaps a teen summer romance. Which stands out for you?

Hmm, I think the closest thing I came to a sweet teen summer romance was on a camping trip my family took around the Wisconsin dells when I was in probably 8th grade. I can’t remember his name, but I do remember how much fun we had in the water park at the campground!!

2. Describe your all time favorite piece of summer clothing. The one thing you could put on in the summer that would seem to insure a cooler, more excellent day.

I guess probably just lazing around in a bikini and one of my sarongs from hawaii would have to be on the top of that list. I also have a great new pair of mesh shorts with the heat wicking technology that I love to wear when I disc golf – that and a white tank top totally keeps me cool. But NOT a ribbed tank. I didn’t realize how much that extra ribbing traps in heat until I almost died of heat stroke the other day (okay, I just felt like I was going to die)

3. What summer food fills your mouth with delight and whose flavor stays happily with you long after eaten?

Sweet corn. I LOVE sweet corn. And it stays with you because it gets stuck in your teeth!!!! I also love a great glass of sangria. I have a friend who made white sangria and it was to die for.

4. Tell us about the summer vacation or holiday that holds your dearest memory.

I would have to say the first time we went up to raft on the Menominee and Peshtigo Rivers in Wisconsin. This last time was fun, too, but I love playing cards and being outside and it seemed like that was all we did that first trip. That and drinking wine.

5. Have you had any experience(s) this summer that has drawn you closer to God or perhaps shown you His wonder in a new way?

I think getting myself back into my devotional life has been really good – and I did it on vacation while i could sit outside and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation.

Bonus question: When it is really hot, humid and uncomfortable, what do you do to refresh and renew body and spirit?

When i was a kid, the sprinkler would be running. Now as an adult, I just head for the nearest air conditioning… how boring is that?

Friday Five (backdated… because I had to play!!!)

Posted on July 26, 2008Leave a comment

what are the five things you simply must have when you are away from home? And why? Any history or goofy things, or stories?

I thought this was absolutely apropo (or however you spell that) because I was just ON vacation! So… here goes!

1. My Phone & Charger

I inevitably always forget my phone charger… and then my phone dies. Luckily, I remembered this time, and didn’t miss any important phone calls!!! PLUS – since I got facebook mobile – i got all of my birthday wishes posts right on my phone – the whole drive home!!! It was fantastic!

2. My Keeper!

Ladies… if you don’t know about the keeper – you should! It is a woman’s best friend. Never again will you or your significant other have to make midnight runs to the store for tampons or pads. Never again will you shell out tons of money for overpriced products. Never again will you clog up dumps with all that waste… It is simple, easy, affordable, and the absolute most wonderful thing you can have when you are out in the backwoods of northern wisconsin… or traveling across Europe. any questions – feel free to ask me about it!!!!!

3. A Guide to Prayer for All God’s People

(see the next post for more details)

4. My Camera

a must have for all of those amazing pictures and video clips to remember it all by. What I love about this particular camera is that it is small (about the size of a deck of cards), it takes pretty good pictures, but that it also has a 2g memory card! And I like the fact I can take short video clips on the same camera that I’m shooting pictures with – it’s always there when I need it… like to capture my neice singing “who stole the cookie from the cookie jar” for 20 minutes straight…

5. A Deck of Cards

My family (well, both mine and my husband’s) LOVE to play cards. Pinochle, Cribbage, Hearts, 500, Garbage, Golf, Mao, Crap on Your Neighbor… you name it, we probably play it. All time favorites of mine are pinochle and cribbage. The image included here is the double run with double pinochle that my brother-in-law recently got that helped us to win the game!

sigh of relief!!!

Posted on July 20, 2008Leave a comment

it’s 7:30… and i’m about to get dressed for church… and then put a few more things into my suitcase… and then i’m off! Off to preach and THEN OFF ON VACATION!!!

I am SO excited to be getting away for a few days. So ready for a break. So desperate for a few days of rest and relaxation. I’ll post pictures from the trip when we get back!!!

Friday Five

Posted on June 20, 20083 Comments

So, i’ve been hanging out a lot at RevGalBlogPals.blogspot.com when I work on my sermons and prepare for worship and what not. and they have this thing called friday five where there are five things to blog about… so i’m going to start doing it.

This week: Free word association with the following words

1. rooftop

for some reason, I am thinking of my kindergarten christmas music program and doing a little song and dance to “up on the rooftop, reindeer paws, out jumps good old santa claus”

2. gritty

there is sand everywhere. gritty gritty sand. and much of it is because of the flooding we have been experiencing. i helped fill sandbags twice and it was good, hard, fun work. so that part was good. but then, having to see all the awful, stinky, sopping wet mucky sandbags left behind after the flood waters on wednesday – didn’t seem so fun anymore.

3. hot town (yeah, I know, it’s two words)

thinking again of children’s songs – and climbing volcanos! my family has made several trips to hawaii – oahu more specifically – and always make a trek up Diamond Head. there is a great trail leading up the inside of the crater and into the military bunker. we always take the kids and sometimes they need a little bit extra push to make it all the way up. so we sing camp songs the whole way. one of which is about the great chicago fire “it’s gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight.. FIRE FIRE FIRE”

4. night

I just read “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time” it was such a great book! it is written from the perspective of a young boy with autism and it was just so engaging… it really had the ability to get me out of my own state of mind and point of view and into his world – i felt very connected to what he was going through, what he was afraid of, and when i finished, really wanted to know more about autism and programs to help children find their voice. it really felt like i walked a mile in his shoes… i highly recommend it!

5. dance

wow – i haven’t been dancing for a long time. Probably since my brother’s wedding last September, and then my own in August. Either I need a girls night out, or i’m just going to have to hold out until the next slew of weddings comes along this August. I have three weddings back to back! eep!