Mmm...chicken...
Not much bloggin' lately...been a farily busy weekend. Spent Saturday cleaning up some, then started on my first attempt at building Stacey's PC. I've never done that before, so it was a little challenging, but once I figured out where all the plugs went (esp. those wacked case front USB plugs), it was pretty easy. I closed the case, turned it on...WOOHOO! It worked! Until...(yes, with me, there's always an "until")...my Windows XP installation CD product key wouldn't work... -A BIG SIGH- "Not again," I thought...
Oh, well...I let go of my worries and jumped online with J-mo for a little B1942 action. First game, I was getting slaughtered. Second game, though, I played more up to par (though I've done better).
Church this morning went great! We played "Open Up Your Eyes," by Tonic. It was rockin'. I watched the video of the service this afternoon, at it looked a lot better, too. We were definitely a little more "animated" as a band onstage. Anyway - back to the service...Dave preached well, we had a decent crowd, and there were no technology glitches this week. I really hope God used the program to touch people's hearts...however they needed to be touched.
I spent ALL afternoon cleaning my house prepping for our gathering tonight. But, wow - it looks great now. Clean kitchen, clean living room, clean dining room, clean bonus room - it's nice to feel "clean." Now, onto the bedrooms and the garage...yikes.
Tonight was a LOT of fun. Had a big crowd over to the house for a little cooking out and hanging out: Me, Stacey, Elizabeth, Danielle (Eli's friend from Montgomery), Amber, Brian, and all our "young-uns." Cooking out was fun...feel like I did a pretty good job. Elizabeth brought potatoes au gratin...we had barbeque chicken and marinated chicken...brown rice casserole...grilled veggies...and cookies and caramel cake for dessert. Mmmm....caramel cake.
Seriously, it was great to have everyone over. There's nothing like hanging out with a group of friends, especially when you're still really in a "get to know" phase with some of them. I felt like we all loosened up pretty well... We watched some TV...one funny moment was watching Eli and Danielle practically LEAP off the couch during a scary scene from "Signs." Wow, they're jumpy. I could go on and on about the night, but...I'll stop...there's just too much good stuff...
Now, I'm thinking...About tonight, isn't that one dimension of what it's all about? ("It" being our driving purpose as Christians). Connecting with other people? On that note, I really want this sunday night to become a regular thing...and we can be as playful (cards, PC games) or as serious (guitars/music or - cough - prayer/Bible study...whatever) as WE want to be. Right now, it's just fun to hang out and see where the group leads.
Well, it's now 12:30 a.m. I'm still kinda wired after tonight, since everyone (but J-mo) stayed relatively late (Eli and Danielle just left). So, off to bed...
KEY PHRASES: "I thought Logan was sick." "He is." (D'OH!). "Yada, yada, yada." "Here comes Emma...quick...hide the cats." "Is Emma 'hitting on' Noah?" "NO! I said, Emma's HITTING Noah." "You see? The Simpsons DON'T suck." "Why, do you have webcam?" "Jonathan, do you know how to flip chicken on the grill?" "WHAT????" "I'll just play online when Amber's not home." "Get behind me Satan..." Satan (hypothetical response): "But I can't see around him." (hehe, you had to be there).
Oh, well...I let go of my worries and jumped online with J-mo for a little B1942 action. First game, I was getting slaughtered. Second game, though, I played more up to par (though I've done better).
Church this morning went great! We played "Open Up Your Eyes," by Tonic. It was rockin'. I watched the video of the service this afternoon, at it looked a lot better, too. We were definitely a little more "animated" as a band onstage. Anyway - back to the service...Dave preached well, we had a decent crowd, and there were no technology glitches this week. I really hope God used the program to touch people's hearts...however they needed to be touched.
I spent ALL afternoon cleaning my house prepping for our gathering tonight. But, wow - it looks great now. Clean kitchen, clean living room, clean dining room, clean bonus room - it's nice to feel "clean." Now, onto the bedrooms and the garage...yikes.
Tonight was a LOT of fun. Had a big crowd over to the house for a little cooking out and hanging out: Me, Stacey, Elizabeth, Danielle (Eli's friend from Montgomery), Amber, Brian, and all our "young-uns." Cooking out was fun...feel like I did a pretty good job. Elizabeth brought potatoes au gratin...we had barbeque chicken and marinated chicken...brown rice casserole...grilled veggies...and cookies and caramel cake for dessert. Mmmm....caramel cake.
Seriously, it was great to have everyone over. There's nothing like hanging out with a group of friends, especially when you're still really in a "get to know" phase with some of them. I felt like we all loosened up pretty well... We watched some TV...one funny moment was watching Eli and Danielle practically LEAP off the couch during a scary scene from "Signs." Wow, they're jumpy. I could go on and on about the night, but...I'll stop...there's just too much good stuff...
Now, I'm thinking...About tonight, isn't that one dimension of what it's all about? ("It" being our driving purpose as Christians). Connecting with other people? On that note, I really want this sunday night to become a regular thing...and we can be as playful (cards, PC games) or as serious (guitars/music or - cough - prayer/Bible study...whatever) as WE want to be. Right now, it's just fun to hang out and see where the group leads.
Well, it's now 12:30 a.m. I'm still kinda wired after tonight, since everyone (but J-mo) stayed relatively late (Eli and Danielle just left). So, off to bed...
KEY PHRASES: "I thought Logan was sick." "He is." (D'OH!). "Yada, yada, yada." "Here comes Emma...quick...hide the cats." "Is Emma 'hitting on' Noah?" "NO! I said, Emma's HITTING Noah." "You see? The Simpsons DON'T suck." "Why, do you have webcam?" "Jonathan, do you know how to flip chicken on the grill?" "WHAT????" "I'll just play online when Amber's not home." "Get behind me Satan..." Satan (hypothetical response): "But I can't see around him." (hehe, you had to be there).
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