Merry Christmas to All!

Merry Christmas!!  I hope you all have a great holiday spent with friends and family.  I am looking forward to our family celebrations and worship at church.

God’s peace to you in this season of wonder!

Uh, thanks anyway

Next year, when I’m trying to remember back to Thanksgiving 2010 and not coming up with anything, I may need to be reminded that Thanksgiving was a “no go” for me this year.  I felt like I was coming down with something on Wednesday, and it materialized into a fever, nasty sore throat, and general achiness on Thursday.  Some kind of weird hybrid of a cold and flu — fever was too high for a cold and I don’t have much nasal junk going on either, but it wasn’t quite as dramatic as flu.

So, I haven’t moved my car since Thanksgiving Eve worship on Wednesday evening.  Three days at home, resting.  I’ve watched 13 episodes of Everwood on DVD and a few movies.  I got some stuff done for the class I’m taking and will need to focus on lesson prep tomorrow (my dual role as instructor and student puts me in a weird place on weekends when I’m doing work for both!).

And so it goes.  Being sick over a holiday break is the pits, but being sick at times that interfere with work is much harder for me, so I am oddly grateful for the timing of this bout of illness.  Hopefully I’ll be fully operational again by Monday and will get through the rest of the semester without having to cancel class at all.

Alleluia!

Happy Easter!  Christ is Risen!  Alleluia!  I hope you all are having a wonderful day — it is a beautiful day here.

I photographed part of our Easter worship service this morning, so I had a camera on hand to capture the perfect lighting of this lily in the window at our church.

Happy Pi Day!

If ever there was a day that a math geek should abandon all work and just have fun, it is certainly Pi Day!  And I plan to do just that.  No work today — no teaching prep, no grading.  Just fun!  And I’ve invited a small boy to come play with me, so that will make the day infinitely more fun too!

Happy Pi Day!  Enjoy!  Eat some pi(e) – everyone else does! 

01.01.10

Happy New Year!

I have a good feeling about this year.  I think life is shifting for me, perhaps toward a more love and family oriented life that I’ve wanted for a long time.  My heart is joyful and light as this new year begins.  It’s a good feeling.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!  I hope your day is filled with hope and moments that make good memories!

Gratitudes

I am grateful…

…for the support of friends and family through all the ups and downs and changes in my life, especially this year.

…for babies and children who remind us all that life is precious and joyful.

…for doctors who work with me and who fight harder on my behalf when I grow weary.

…for medicine that is improving my health this very minute.

…for teaching, for students who challenge me and push my buttons and for students who whisper to me that they are glad to be in my class.

…for new job opportunities on the horizon.

…for wonderful adventures in travel and opportunities to meet friends.

…for the roof over my head and the food in the cupboards.

…and for the security of knowing that there is a most gracious God who walks with me every step of the way, to the end of the age.

Happy Thanksgiving to my dear friends and family!

11.10.9

Earlier this year, on some random Tuesday (maybe in March?), I was inundated with greetings from people wishing me…umm…Happy Prime Number Day!  Or something like that.  I don’t even remember anymore.  It was apparently announced on both national and local radio that it was a special day for some math related reason.  I just remember thinking that someone just made that up.  Unlike Pi Day (3.14), which is a real holiday.  *giggles*

So, in response to someone else’s made up holiday, I’m declaring today as Countdown Day!  11.10.9.  We’ll celebrate it next year on 12.11.10 too, and then we won’t be able to celebrate it again until 2101.

So there!

Pics or Treats!

My cousins trick-or-treated at my place yesterday with their little boys.

Baby Ben (now 5 months old) arrived as an adorable little pumpkin.

His cousin Lucas (age 4) came as a dinosaur.  Rahr!

And then Ben magically changed into a penguin!

Happy 4th!

Happy Independence Day to everyone!

My family (Dad’s side) will celebrate tomorrow after one of my cousins arrives from out west today.  So, my day today will consist of a little cleaning (along with a little music, which is the best part of cleaning!), a book (currently reading “The Teaching Gap”), and a nice long walk.