new year ... new workout...

so i have been a usually at the gym here in God's Country... aka dacula for the past few months... sometimes hitting up a spin class or doing the pre-cor con revista o libro (with a magazine or book)...

BUT today on the kick of of TOUGH $#@*... i decided it would also be the day for BOOTCAMP. WOW... i currently cannot move my body because of EXHAUSTION... i think this is going to be a great class but it is definitly going to rocky at the start...

the instuctor said walking in the door was the hardest step... i beg to differ... the monkey drills... 400 + squats... and weight lifting are a sure contradiction to that statement.

here is to 2009.

The Green Version of My Christmas Card

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Psalm 16:5

When I look back at the last seven months it seems like a hurricane occurred but instead of leaving disaster, there has been growth. I definitely have landed in a new place. Often I feel striped of all I had, and yet God has met me with His faithfulness to provide, direct and protect. The LORD has been my portion. What has happened and will happen has been warranted by Him.

The Reason for our hope is God’s Faithfulness to His People. God is committed to save for himself a people of this own. He does this not by searching for perfect paragons of virtue, but rather by reaching down to rebellious sinners and transforming them from the inside out. This is usually a slow work… but god is not in a hurry. This slow work often involves painful paths, as God strips away the things in which we have placed our trust instead of him. All along the hard road to heaven, though, the love of God draws us and drives us to Himself and will not let us go. - Duguid

I hope your 2008 has been a blessing. I pray you find great JOY and greater HOPE in the Savior who was born on CHRISTMAS.

cHRisTmaS moViES

I love christmas movies... and as of tonight i want to give a great recommendation to each of you to watch THE CHRISTMAS CARD. So go check your ondemand... go online do what you have to inorder to take in a true HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTjcvGglmuE

Did you know?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nteiqLgZFOU&feature=related


inquire based learning or bust

For these things I am thankful...

I am thankful for...

family
friends
sushi
good news
recoveries
new beginnings
soup
scary things that are not so scary anymore
my job
christmas movies
BIG FULL hope that only the LORD can provide
champagne
love
christmas music
confrontation (but just the right amount)
newt
pecan pie
the peace that passes ALL understanding
good health
maggie
james
haynes
rowan
TBA...
my new/old friend Alison
the part of You've Got Mail that spurred on many giggles with Kelley... appy tanksgibing boc
church
skype
the Lord
honesty
hair cuts
stars
community
reces peanut butter cups
ray lamontagne
american idol for the Wii (becky i promise to return it next week)
elton john
the truth
freedom
christmas trees
a big kitchen table
art
grace
diversity
door busters
magazines
fresh air
and as Banks pointed out today electricity

basketball season is upon us

i have traded in my vandy season tickets for middle school basketball tickets.
fair ... well that is tbd in the season that is upon us.

meeting new friends but keeping the old

as i transition and this move continues to settle in i am in a place of peace and excitement... my dear friends in nashville have made visits and i can show them where this new life is .... and i have made a few trips back as well... and it just does not seem too far away.

this week i made a new friend who has ... well ... broadened my view one could say and shown me an even deeper vision of what it means to hope in the LORD.

i have dinner plans tomorrow night and a community group... i am so stinking excited about both that i cannot handle it. i had a great weekend with sweet courtney last weekend and i await the arrival of evie and reba this weekend.

dad is doing well... the leaves are changing... the holidays in this city are just around the corner... the magnolia tree outside my window even has a flower blooming.

i am even on track with working on the living situation... i looked at apartments last weekend and the options are exciting. i am thankful too that i don't have to make any quick choices... to rent ... to buy... to live alone ... to live with a roommate... only time will tell.

this week has been off the charts.

i am june and i am thankful.