Friday, January 28, 2011

Friday Quick 5

Eliza was up at 5:00, and is now laying down in her crib again.  I don't have much hope of her actually going back to sleep just yet (though she looked like a zombie on the living room floor just a minute ago), so instead of going back to bed myself or hopping in the shower, I though I'd do the Quick 5.

1. BEST OF THE BEST first!  Yesterday was a busy day: cleaning and getting dinner in the fridge to chill before heading to an afternoon of Bible study.  The plan was to stick dinner in the oven when I got home and go on what I call a binge-clean before one of our high school girls come over for "d-group"  (discipleship group without the group).  My plans got derailed for the ultimate, best reason!  Standing on my sidewalk by my door with both Mel and Kala.  Yes, friends.  Mel and Kala.  (Mel, you might not know lives in Germany right now.  Kala's up in North Platte.  I don't see either of them often.)  Nick told me this morning that my face was priceless.  I thought my brain was having a serious malfunction.  I think I might have said something like, "You're here!" but I don't really know.  So the evening was spent in their august company, laughing and talking and loving the fact that my friends came to visit me as a surprise.  They don't leave until Saturday afternoon sometime, so I'm pretty stoked to have a few days with them.

2. My sister-in-law Winter supplied me with a tote of leftover boy clothes that she had and I couldn't be more grateful!  I plowed into them at 5:30 this morning to take stock and organize.  It's wonderful, because the tote filled in most of the gaps I was feeling in our wardrobe for Simon and wasn't too excessive on the areas where we've got a good supply.  She's got good taste, that Winter, so all the clothes are cute and classy.  The only gap I have for my little guy are some pants/shorts for the 0-3 month range and an Easter outfit (but then, Eliza needs an Easter dress, too).  But I'm feeling much better about where we're at, clothes-wise.  Now I'm just ready to get that second bar into their closet and possibly another dresser, and get it all put away and organized.  Yes, I must be nesting!  But, THANK YOU, Winter!  I'm so incredibly blessed by you!

3. We've started the Beth Moore study on Daniel in our Bible study.  I'm interested to see what she has to say and how much I will learn.  I'm no expert on Daniel, that's for sure, but it make up at least 1/3 of my first prophetics class, and it made quite an impression on me.  How much farther will Beth Moore go in a lay study, I don't know, but I'm very interested to find out.  We are covering chapter two in our homework this week, which is always fascinating as the dream Nebuchadnezzar had about the statue and how it's played out in history.  Good stuff.

4.  I may have a writing project on the horizon.  I don't want to say much about it, not knowing any of the specs or constraints, but I think it will be good exercise.  I look forward to the idea of writing and reading and studying for it.  We'll see how things pan out.

5.  I actually started this post at 6:30, hoping Eliza would want to go back down, and she didn't.  In the interim time, I have washed dishes, half-tidied the living room (it still needs Simon's new clothes to be picked up and put away), taken a shower, dressed, entertained my daughter, and put her back down for a nap.  Not all in that order.  It sounds like a far more productive morning than our apartment looks.  I should really go get on getting those clothes at least taken up so I can vacuum the floors.  Maybe I'll feel better then.

I'm sure I have lots more I could write about, but everything seems so insignificant in comparison with the fact that Mel and Kala will be here in a few minutes to hang out for the day!  Can it really get any better than that?  Well, yes: being in the presence of Christ.  But they are definitely towards the top of the "short list!"  Hope you all have a good day too!

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