August 23, 2004

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  It was a busy but not notably eventful weekend. Mike’s mom’s family came in from out of town. Brenna spent the day at a friend’s house yesterday. Mike and I went and browsed through Pier One and Ikea to help narrow down ideas and prices for furniture. Ikea has really gotten cool stuff over the last few years. While I generally have liked much of what they have, it totally is not in a style that fits our house at all. Euro-modern, post-modern, ultra-chic…naw…can’t do that well in a 200+ year old farm house. Not to mention none of that feels comfortable to me. Now they have solid wood furniture, leanings towards cottage styles, basic country, pine furniture…they are moving towards more eclectic styles. I can hang with that…cool. I am 38 years old…aside from the honey colored pine bedroom set my mother bought me when I was 12 or so, whose dressers I still use because they match so well with our pine water bed, I have only ever had paste board, laminate crappy furniture. I am so over that. If it isn’t wood, I don’t want it. If it is hollow cast aluminum and not stock steel, forget it. Ok, that sounds snobby, but the cost isn’t that much greater and I am so over paste board bookcases it isn’t funny. From now on if I can’t afford to wait and save up for the “real” thing, I will buy used and redo, or build it.   Hey I think I said that on here there other day. Well, at least I am consistent.   The fact that Ikea now has solid pine furniture makes me happy. While it isn’t hardwoods, that is still cool. Pine and I hang out a lot together…it has definite country, Euro-country kitchen and craftsman leanings. That will fit around here.  So today we helped with worship at Living Hope (church plant from our church) again. It went well, though I goofed up on one song. “*slap* Ok…the Lord doesn’t care but I do. I totally was embarrassed. I am not confident enough in my singing that when I goof up I get over it quickly. *slap again* Its all part of keeping me humble.  I invited Scott and Tammy over to lunch today after church. I have only been meaning to do so for the almost 3 years we have lived here. The house was all cleaned, we were not promised to anyone or anything, and a quick trip to the grocer solved the need for making a meal. It was nice and we had a nice time. Did I mention Scott and Tammy are the pastors of the church plant? They also just bought a house and moved about 2 miles from us! FUN STUFF. They are good people and God has laid the two of them on my heart and mind repeatedly. I think they are going to be in our lives a lot in the coming future. I’ve known Scott for many years now, before he was a pastor, and was a plumber. Yet another one of my many friends who from years ago became pastors. My guy friends all, almost to a one, either became pastors or work with computers full time. I am trying to decide if I have some weird attraction to computer geeks and spiritual men. Weirdness.  On that note, I will leave you with some of my favorite quotes from movies:                              *** Miracle Max  : You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. (The Princess Bride)                              *** Inigo Montoya : Who are you? Westley : No one of consequence. Inigo Montoya : I must know… Westley : Get used to disappointment. Inigo Montoya : ‘kay. (The Princess Bride)                            *** Igor : You know, I’ll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him… the things he’d say to me. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : What did he say? Igor : “What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night? Why don’t you get out of there and give someone else a chance!” (Young Frankenstein)                          *** God : Every time I try to talk to someone it’s “sorry this” and “forgive me that” and “I’m not worthy”… (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)                       ***                            Blessings..                                                                                          Kathie

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