WHEN BUSY IS JUST BUSY

Out of personal conviction I have found myself trying to create a livable schedule. Now I am faced with the quality/quantity life equation. There are so many things I want to do but now I have to look at all my activities and put them through the filter of "Do these things have more worth than the things that I am not doing?" YIKES. Like tonight, I was invited to have dinner with a couple of friends from my singles group. It would have been great fun but I chose time with J, returning a over-priced sweater to the store, eating out in a restaurant and perusing the mall." Don't get me wrong.. that will be fun as well so now I am faced with a other set of quality qualifiers. Is that even mentally comprehensible? I am exhausted. ch-

Hungry Mongrels

So I work in a family run business. Dad is the boss, son is the supervisor, and son-in-law is a sub-supervisor. It creates interesting dynamics. So, boss brings in some brownies his wife made. Very thoughtful and generous. Now, missing from this office, in addition to an Employee's Handbook, is the Employee's Treat Etiquette. Within minutes of the plate arriving this morning I saw two of my co-workers make 5 trips to the snack room, one with his mouth still full, making his way to grab another. Is there no common decency? If someone takes the time to bake a treat and bring it in - it is for everyone. Snacks will disappear within minutes. It happens over and over again around here. People shoving things into their mouths before everyone in the office (all seven of us) even knows there is something special. I myself, made a treat on Valentine's Day with French cocoa, I purchased in Paris...scarfed - in moments, without anyone ever tasting that rich quality chocolate...it's a shame. It reminds me of my childhood, on the rare occassion my mom brought a treat from the grocery store, the standard house rule, was grab as many as you can now, or you won't get any and you can only blame yourself. But we're all adults now - professional co-workers, at that, right?
I feel like the offical Treat Police, well, and the Potty Patrol, too - my office is next to the breakroom and bathroom. I keep my on eye the happenings - "Oh wow, he's going back for another, " as I hear the tinfoil crinkle. "He's been in there a while, " the toilet flushes. "Roger, Officer 251, I'm going to need some back up and some air sanitizer, we've got a double flusher...over."
-J

Easter Sunday

Easter was an incredible time this year. Earlier in the month, our singles group prepared ourselves through a Messianic Seder event. A gentleman from Focus on the Family led us in a time of reflection and praise through the Process of Haggedah (sp?). He also played clips of The Prince of Egypt in order to put the ritual into something we could wrap our minds around. It helps when you are yelling Lice, lice, lice... cattle disease, cattle disease, cattle disease and you (unfortunately) have forgotten the plagues in Egypt. Anyhoo, when you realize the beauty of how Christ was that Passover Lamb and see it in the bigger story of God's plan for redemption.. wow, how could you NOT be amazed and humbled concerning God's love for us.

Today was lunch at my parent's place, we met together and had yummy ham, sweet vinegar green beans (brought by my Southern Friend) and these dreamy creamy hashbrown potatoes.

Tonight we might be capping off our evening with a little pool downtown and cleaning the apt.
=-( Not the pool but the apt. Yuck. - ch

The Beginning

Well, this is Christina's idea - a place for three sisters to keep up with each other in a busy and spread out world... two are roomates with very busy lives and one that lives in the "wilds" of Alaska! The goal is to create a place to reconnect, save memories in written format and to give others an opportunity to be brought into our little circle.. Each of us special, each of us unique, each of us with a story.

I don't know about all of this...it seems so advanced and worldly. Exposing myself to whomever...dangerous - daring - exciting. Welcome to my world.