swimming hole

i love the water... a pool... puddle... lake... ocean... sea... bathtub... swimming hole...

the summer of 2009 has officially been the summer of l the lake and swimming hole. with noodle under arm and granny's beach blanket in hand it quenches the desire that occurs daily but can only be satisfied fully on a summer afternoon.

just another reason i love chip... he loves the water too... so i don't have to go alone any more.

GOD DOES ANSWER PRAYERS!

a tribute to chips birth!

i would like to take a moment and thank Sandra and Earl for bringing my Chip into this world.

it is a crazy world and i am blessed to have sweet manly(and handsome) chip by my side.

happy birthday CHIP!

(chanukah style)

Presents for the birthday boy...

original miscellany

flip flops

bass pro gift card

beef jerky

Pre-birthday date

A birthday date to the aquarium and dinner at park tavern.

Oh the places you go... the people you see...

Atlanta has got to be in the top 10 cities for people watching.

summer schedule established... is is possible

is it possible to establish a schedule during the summer... do i even want to... would it bring me peace of mind. for this week yes. this week there are some MUST DOs on my TO DO list. so i am currently in the office until 1:00pm when i go to the dermatologist. i will be working to complete my research paper entitled UNDERSTANDING TEACHING AND ASSESSING REASONING. it is going to be pulitzer prize winning... possibly caldecott material...

one more day...

when the school bell rings tomorrow and the kids run out... papers flying behind them... with their hands waving in the air... it will be official. SUMMER 2009 will COMMENCE!

BRING IT! i am soooo ready for the break that is hours away... two months of bliss... birds chirping... coffee drinking... freedom... art class... friends... travel... the beach...REST!

this also means more time with chip. all of the things above will be enhanced... highlighted... sweetened... added to... because GOD is just that GOOD and the blessing and addition of CHIP makes everything a new experience.

thankful

as the a year of many tornados and blessings comes to a close....

(i mark the calendar by school year as i am a school teacher)

i am thankful...

thankful for the students that the LORD entrusted to me for the year...

thankful for the LORDS guidance and provisions...

(dad got another clear PET scan... )

thankful that he has given me a man who knows how to love me because he has been he has known the love of the LORD.

thankful for the church home and community that GOD has given me...

thankful for EWAN'S message of FINDING REST IN THE LORD...

(i pray that i will see how this should play out...)

I WILL FIND REST IN GOD ALONE. HE IS THE ONE WHO GIVES ME HOPE.

psalm 62.5

truth

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything,

but only God, who makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 3:7

i'm in love i'm in love and i don't care who knows...

in true buddy the elf fashion i must confess that it is true...

i am in love and i don't care who knows!

more to follow but it is a full time experience... so many details may one day be told in retrospect....