I love Katrina. If you don't know Katrina Briggman, you're missing out. So glad to consider her one of my dearest friends.
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A couple of my new favorite things:
1 - The Granite Run Mall: Dairy Queen, Chick-Fil-A, Boscovs. All of these places were just minutes from me when I lived in Conshohocken and worked in Blue Bell. I missed them when I left. None are close to me. But while looking for the closest Spencers, I found them all at the Granite Run Mall. Awesome!!! True, further away from home, but just minutes from "work" aka the church. Woo Hoo.
2 - Panera's bowl of soup and french baguette. Ah man, such goodness. And inexpensive. Great lunch.
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I love my wedding dress. True. I only wore it once. And I will most likely never wear it again. And it was the most expensive purchase from the wedding. In fact, it was about a third of the wedding. But you know what, I love my dress. I look at the pictures and think, "yeah, that was 'the dress'"
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I don't love my stomach. I've been sick to my stomach for the last week. I'm tired of feeling icky. I'm tired of being scared of eating.
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Serious thoughts of the last couple of weeks:
From Blue Like Jazz:
1. "Peter and Paul changed the world by starting small churches in godless towns."
2. "If you believe something, passionately, people will follow you."
3. "what I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do."
From Mark Tindall, pastor
4. The two rules for being on staff at BRV: Have fun and Do work that matters.
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Genesis 2: 18-24
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him." So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
"This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
This passage grabs me. It's so graphic. And it makes so much sense to my heart. It's beautiful. Some people don't like it. That whole "rib thing." But I think it's true and beautiful and awe-inspiring. I'm so happy it was the passage read at our wedding.
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Gotta get to bed. Work in the morning. Another thought: I still don't like waking up early. Once I get settled into the job, I'll start coming in in the afternoon and evenings sometimes, Timmy's schedule pending.
Have I mentioned yet in this blog entry that I love Timmy. I do. I think he's awesome. I mean, he sucks, but for being a guy who sucks, I think he's cool. I think I'll keep him :)
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My only question is who will be the first person to cleverly suggest that maybe you've had an upset stomach because you're pregnant. There's always Luke, but I think maybe Ashlie could be a dark horse winner. Hmmm. We'll see.
Rachel Tolentino made the suggestion yesterday afternoon. I asked her if everytime I'm sick to my stomach will someone ask if I'm pregnant. I hope not; I get sick often.
Tim beat me to it.
But I only thought it because yes, people will ask you that EVERY time you are sick, its like a reflex or something. Bridget will attest.
I think we could beat that instinct out of people with some careful planning. When they say, "Maybe you're pregnant." just answer them with, "Nah, I think it's just the HIV medication." Or is that not appropriate?
Or you could just start crying.
Dang, baguettes, man. My friend and I once toured the entirety of Aston for 2 hours trying to find an open bakery -- midnight badguette cravings, you know? Rough stuff. You don't ignore those kind of sensations.
Ever see a grown man strangled by his own hunger? Not pretty.
When they said, "treat your body like a temple", that was a warning.
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