Weekends

It seems that the weekend is never long enough. I love to be at home with my family. Just about the only long period of time that I get to spend with them is the weekend. How and why did we ever come to the conclusion that only two days were sufficient time to get away from work and have the ability to relax? In my experience, Friday night is just about the only time during the weekend that relaxation actually happens. Saturdays are usually full of activities that can't be done during the week, such as lawn mowing, house cleaning, grocery shopping, and many other menial chores that take up most of the day. For us, church is Saturday night (No we're not Seventh Day Adventists), so we have to be out the door by 5:30 6:00 at the latest (which rarely happens). Now I know what you are thinking right now "If you go to church on Saturday, then you have a whole day off on Sunday!" It would appear that way to the untrained eye. Sunday is the day that is used to prepare for Monday. It is the day that all of the problems from work start to seep through the cracks in the dam that have formed from thinking that the weekend in coming to a close. Yeha yeah, I know I am just complaining to hear my own voice, but I think a push should be made to make the weekend last for three or four days. A three day work week sound perfect to me!

Singing

I embarrassed my self today at lunch. I was eating my delicious slice of Bravos pizza and was singing to myself. I guess I was a little loud, because this very nice older lady told me , in not the nicest language you could use, to close my yapper. Yes she said yapper, among other french words! I was really shocked. First of all, by this seemingly sweet blue haired woman profanely expressing herself, and second of all by the fact that she did not approve of my chortling. I thought that my rendition Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from the Tony Award winning musical Les Miserables was quite good. Now I know that type of music doesn't suit everyone's taste, but c'mon! That's a good song! And what is this phobia that people have about singing in public? I have started to sing aloud and I get looks from people like I have three heads or four legs! I believe, if you have a song to sing, belt it out! Of course there is the occasional place where propriety is needed, weddings, funerals, state dinners, public trials, but otherwise I think everyone needs to sing out loud at least once a day. My daughter thinks nothing of, at the top of her lungs, singing one of the many worships songs she hears at home, while out in public with us. And I say, more power to her. Let loose that happiness on an unsuspecting grump in the shampoo aisle! Bust out that fire hose of joy, and spray it all over the four cranky old people next to us at Bob Evans! I would rather hear someone singing than someone screaming in my ear! Maybe that's the answer. I will first scream my guts out in a crowded place. That way when I commence to singing, nobody will mind.

Sydney Gavan

I know that I said that this blog would be about me, but I feel like I need to do this for someone else first. The little girl to the left is Sydney Gavan. I went to highschool with her mom and dad, Casey and Scott. As a lot of people already know, Sydney was diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia in February. I have not really been in close contact with her parents for many years, but being a parent myself, I really have an ache in my heart for them. I know that they are both wishing that they could take their daughter's place and keep her from the pain and chaos that this type of illness can bring. Seeing child go through what Sydney is bravely facing is a heartbreaking ordeal. Please pray for this family and ask that the Lord would give them a peace and a strength in this time of need. Pray that the Lord will put his hand on them and comfort them and love them. I have been praying for a complete healing for Sydney and that Jesus will do a mighty work in her family. Pleas remeber them and keep them in your prayers. If you would like more info about Sydney, please go to Team Sydney on Facebook.

Here I Am, Finally

I have finally started a blog. Yep. I sure have. A good number of people I know have one of these, and do a good job of keeping up everyone's interest in what they are saying. I hope to do that also. I am not one for really being creative and witty. I have more of a sense that I would like to share some of the things that go on in this vast landscape of my mind. I have many different things going on at once, and i hope that I will be able to portray them to you in some semblence of order, so as to fill you in on the inner workings of me. The title, "Thoughts and Ponderings" really does explain wht this blog will be. Some times I may be humorous, and other times I may be a little angry or sad. I just pray that some of the things I say will be beneficial to those who read it. Happy reading!