evaluation.

Time is Ticking.

STILL HAVE TO DO.

• Make Mom's pumpkin bread (this is going to the November List)
  
• Rake leaves and JUMP in them
  
• Take a nature walk and document with photographs
  
• Learn to make pie *
• Learn to make Katie's apple cookies*
• Go canoeing/kayaking* (dil and I tried, but it was POURING)
  
• Drive up to Grand Haven and watch the sunset over Lake Michigan*
• Pick my own apples (not just Meijers, haven't done this since I was 5)*
• Go to a Corn maze* (never done this...crazy I know!)
  
• tall nonfat no whip Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks :]

PLANNED.

• See some Trick-or-Treaters (haven't done this in a few years) with HAZEL and MIGGS!

DONE.

• Get in a 10+ miler (okay it was 7.5.... but still :))
• Enjoy the homecoming festivities of the Bath Community
• Tailgate at a MSU football game
• Carve pumpkins
• Bonfire and Apple cider
• Drive to the top of the Shaw Ramp at MSU and look at all the trees
  
• Press the first three leaves I find (orange, yellow, red)
• Candy corn on the first day of Autumn

So beyond excited.

a community.

The mature Christians I have met along the way are those who have failed and have learned to live gracefully with their failure. Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout out lives. [b.m.]

Community. People. Friends. Live a life of love.

things that matter.

Sometimes he lets that boss get in his head
He can’t past that mountain of deadlines on his desk
5oclock he’s that last one out of the gate
And he gets cut off flipped off ticked off out on the interstate
And he wonders why this world won’t leave him alone
Till he hears that little voice “daddy’s home”
Things that matter
Things that don’t

She’s held on to that grudge all her life
And thirty years of anger
Since her dad walked out that night
She thinks of all the moments that he's missed
All the birthdays ballets first date
That seems too much to forget
She gets that call that said he don’t have long
She walks in
He starts crying
The past is gone
[ Rascal Flatts Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Things that matter
Things that don’t

Time ain’t on my side
Don’t want to leave this world
With why didn’t I?
Why didn’t I?
Yeah why didn’t I?

Sometimes I take on this world by myself
Thinking I got all the answers
Don’t need anybody’s help
Well god was right there waiting for me all along
To fall down on my knees surrender all
Things that matter
Things that don’t
Things that matter
Things that don’t

4 minutes and thirty seconds.


we miss you joe.

the hazel & lorden show.

hazel: push the buddon? lorden. push the buddon?

mental notes to self.

notes from the weekend
- catching up on odds and ends is great
- claire finished her 2nd marathon, and qualified for boston, UNBELIEVABLE!
- saying yes to fun is good for the heart
- remember that west side deli is good
- deleting phone numbers is not an effective way to stop communicating
- mom's birthday is tomorrow
- family first always
- want a ride to the chicago area this weekend?
- marathons are amazing
- i sure hope my future spouse understands why i love to run
- look at that beautiful fall painting outside, oh wait...that is real
- i vote Millenium Park as the next best date spot on the west side of the state
- no i do not know how to mobile upload pictures
- Hazel and I have discovered photo booth on my computer (see next post)

goosebumps.

yes, it's all for you.

donovan colours and pumpkin spice coffee.

deciding that taking a late grade on an assignment so I could be with friends, spending time in the peace of God's beautiful fall morning, spoiling my CC runners rotten with breakfast at school, taking my time to get to class, blogging a little bit, day dreaming about what this weekend will bring.

that is what i need in my mind right now.

not all these adult things. all these future things. all these what ifs and thoughts.

just me. here. in the bliss of God's warmth and the tightness of his strength and the glory of his righteousness.

nothing more. nothing less.

peace be with you on this friday friends. keep psalm 139 on your heart.

it really is all for you Lord.

chisel chisel.

Popcorn, IN

My mom works at Meijer and they just started carrying this new gourmet, handcrafted, simply DELICIOUS, melts in your mouth, heaven in a bag Kettle corn Popcorn.

http://www.popcornindiana.com/

It is now my new dream to visit Popcorn, IN.

Go get your bag today. It's a bit pricey, but SO worth it. ($3.29)

i love gone wired.

I love Gone Wired.

They find my Mac charger and save it under the counter with a personalized sticky note. They make me a special sandwich that is all my own. They know me as the Tuesday/Thursday girl.

When I came here freshman year with Mark Brown... I thought it was the weirdest place I had ever been. They only had drinks and I still didn't trust public Wi-Fi on my brand spankin' new Compaq college laptop. Coffee shop studying was a weird concept and the fact that I was down town Lansing made me even more creeped out.

I've grown out of that judgmental stage. This is a sweet spot. The only way it could get a little bit better would be with different lighting, real chocolate milk, a turkey sandwich, and a popcorn machine.

Anywho, I am thankful for the quirkiness of the locals, the simplicity of recycling and reusing, and the fact that when you walk in this place you can't help but feel like you are walking into a atmosphere that embraces good conversation, comfortable living, and the spirit of friends.

I am greatful for this place, and that is my speal.

Now onto work so I can hopefully see the marriage of Pam and Jim tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!

ticket

I got pulled over tonight. Less then an hour ago.

Praise God for no ticket.

I am so deserving of one, but my good looks and honesty provided the loop hole :]

I need to stop speeding and rolling through stop signs, and not just in my car, but in life to.

Pray for a continued lesson to be learned, because that ticket would have been the best way to nip this speeding issue in the you know what.

Otherwise, I am off to make a CD for tomorrow. I start "Cha Cha" training in Health and Fitness, I've taken the dance and made it into a cardio workout! Come visit class if you want to watch!

nine. twenty seven.

Rob Bell.
9/27
Mars Hill Sermon.

BLESSED ARE THE MEEK.

What does meekness mean in your life? Do you look at it from a legalistic point of view?

"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth."

The Gospel is Jesus's announcement to YOU that you are not behind, that you are not inferior, and that you ARE deserving of God's favor, love, grace and blessing.

"God ordered the world in a different way then we ordered the world."

rainbow reminders

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth." Genesis 9: 12-13

That hope in the cross, the grace and peace of this covenant, and the outstanding blessing of Jesus Christ has me trembling at the sound of those singing seraphim's.


My hope is only a fraction of the hope God has in us. And the hopes I hold onto are not going to go anywhere. DECLARE hope, LIVE in hope, and FIGHT for hope. Whatever your hope may be.

"Hope is not naive desire but calculated risk that declares whatever the loss, it is better than remaining where we are." [Dan B. Allender]