Saturday, February 28, 2004
Alas, I am here to update ya'll (ya'll being me, and probably just Tonya) on life. Where things are. Well, as you can see by the date, today is nearing the end of February. Yes, the most dreaded month of the year is almost a thing of the past. Well, that is until 2005 is among us and we do it all over again! I'm in bed right now typing away on my laptop. I got my wireless network running yet again so I was just surfing the net waiting for Tonya to get out of bed. She stayed over last night as she often does. Yesterday, she worked, then we worked out legs (very carefully since her knee is at its worst ever) then we came home to make fajitas. UG and AP were over and they were displaying their pictures from Glenn Junior's wedding. After dinner we played a frustrating game of scrabble in which we were both getting the worst of worst letter combinations and most of my words were 3 letters long. We eventually gave up on, realizing our bad luck wasn't going to get any better, and we settled for some cuddle time.
So Tonya's birthday was this past Wednesday. She came over after the piano lesson I taught, and I presented her with her gift; a blue/silver bracelet, pink/blue/grey earings, a card and a dozen roses. Then we went out to Casey's for fajitas. Can you tell we really like fajitas?! :P Pastor John and Kate surprised us and dropped by to have dinner with us in between. After our dinner we went to church and watched the kids with Garrett and snacked on popcorn and I sorta got into the baby cookies and jube-jubies. That night there was a lot of excitement because Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" opened up that night. We all went to the 10 o'clock showing. We got first in line an hour before time. It payed off because we sat dead center at the back. I sat with Leon and Tonya. It was SO hot in the theatre. I stripped down to my t-shirt and I was still pouring sweat at times. Felt like 30C. It was brutal. But the movie was too much emotionally. I couldn't budge. I was stiff as a board. I cried a lot, and I cried even more after the movie. It's been only 3 days after seeing the movie, but I've been repenting in so many ways since the movie. I'm forever changed now. I see Christ's crucifiction so much differently. I see his sacrifice so differently and I value it more and I see I've taken for granted his efforts to take away my sins, giving me such a fortunate opportunity to repent and to chose his kingdom over my own cheap, selfish desires.
Well, Tonya is up and she's here with me so I cannot type any more. See you in a later blog!
So Tonya's birthday was this past Wednesday. She came over after the piano lesson I taught, and I presented her with her gift; a blue/silver bracelet, pink/blue/grey earings, a card and a dozen roses. Then we went out to Casey's for fajitas. Can you tell we really like fajitas?! :P Pastor John and Kate surprised us and dropped by to have dinner with us in between. After our dinner we went to church and watched the kids with Garrett and snacked on popcorn and I sorta got into the baby cookies and jube-jubies. That night there was a lot of excitement because Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" opened up that night. We all went to the 10 o'clock showing. We got first in line an hour before time. It payed off because we sat dead center at the back. I sat with Leon and Tonya. It was SO hot in the theatre. I stripped down to my t-shirt and I was still pouring sweat at times. Felt like 30C. It was brutal. But the movie was too much emotionally. I couldn't budge. I was stiff as a board. I cried a lot, and I cried even more after the movie. It's been only 3 days after seeing the movie, but I've been repenting in so many ways since the movie. I'm forever changed now. I see Christ's crucifiction so much differently. I see his sacrifice so differently and I value it more and I see I've taken for granted his efforts to take away my sins, giving me such a fortunate opportunity to repent and to chose his kingdom over my own cheap, selfish desires.
Well, Tonya is up and she's here with me so I cannot type any more. See you in a later blog!
