(blĕs'ĭng) n. Something promoting or contributing to happiness, well-being, or prosperity; a boon

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The depth

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
Romans 11:33

It never ceases to amaze me the wisdom and knowledge of God. The plans He had to bring me to this place in my life. Work, job, friends, family . . . AMAZING!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Storms

After work today, I went out to my grandparents house to do a couple things and they had their scanner on -- a receiver that picks up all radio traffic including emergency services, weather services, etc.

A tornado had touched down in a small town about 45 minutes away. (Near where I drove through last night.)

When driving back into town , I had to drive a little slower in some places because some the of the streets had an inch or two of water on them.

Then it started pouring.

And when I say pouring I mean water was dumping from the sky for about 15 minutes. I got soaked even with the umbrella.

The tornado warning sirens went off but there was no tornado in town, in fact it was only a little breezy not too bad.

But there are a couple more storms coming through tonight and tomorrow. We never know what may happen.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Sleepy

Mmm . . . I got home from Des Moines at about 8 pm tonight. It has been a very long day.

I didn't let that discourage the roommate's and my plan for walking though (we are trying to walk every other evening).

When we got back home we watched a little Veronica Mars (via Netflix) while I tried to catch up on all my e-mails and other things.

Now I am going to bed. So sleepy . . .

Friday, August 14, 2009

Sports fan?!?

I'm not athletic. At all.

I dislike running. I don't care for sweat all that much. I find watching most sports boring. A game of golf is naptime for me.

I do enjoy the occasional game of volleyball -- despite my painfully poor skill at it.

One sport I do enjoy watching is football.

The thing about me and football is I have no particular team or player I consistently root for. I think this tends to drive the brother and sister a little crazy, when they care. :-)

I root for the underdog sometimes; sometimes I root for someone I think needs a little rooting for that week.

I know I'm bizarre.

Fortunately, I found an outlet for my bizarre behavior -- fantasy football.

If you don't know anything about fantasy games. The are basically a way for participants to create their fantasy team. The team makes points based on the performance of the players each week in their respective games. So I can cheer for a two players who are playing against each other and NOT be considered bizarre. Validation!

The past couple years I have played in a fantasy football league. The first year I was in one with the brother & the sister and a bunch of people we didn't know. I can't even remember where I placed. But I know I accomplished my goal -- not to finish last.

Last year I was in a league with the brother and a bunch of people he knows. All guys. Sadly, I did very poorly (although I didn't finish last) -- I blame it all on Tom Brady, poor guy.

This year my goal is to finish in the middle of the field or better.

Much to my surprise, today this blog was the Blogger of Note. I learned more from this blog in 5 minutes than I have from the brother in three years! I think it is a male/female perspective thing.

Wish me luck!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

No excuses

Last Friday, I had a very good excuse for not posting.

My internet went out.

Yesterday, I had no excuse. I played a game and read instead.

I'm probably going to be doing the same thing tonight but I thought I would post. Otherwise I will get into the habit of NOT posting and I just don't want to do that yet.

Tomorrow is my day off -- technically speaking -- I have some things I need to do for work and some things I want to get done around here.

HA. We will see how that goes.