Twitter Updates for 2008-08-27

• Heading home. Very tired. Need to pack. Early flight tomorrow. #
• 6 am and I’m ready to head out the door and off to the airport. Not entirely looking forward to the very long flight from FL to WA. #
• Airport security was a breeze. That’s a good way to start the trip. Would really like some coffee now. #
• Attempts to get a first class upgrade have failed. I watched a show once that said you should always ask for an upgrade. #
• Looking at the teenage girl listening to her iPod next to her mom over there reminds me that grace will one day be that teenager. #
• People are so funny about boarding the plane. They haven’t called a single row and there is already a mob near the gate. #
• Ha! Gate agent just got onto the mob about not following her instructions. #
• On the plane. Good thing - bulkhead with extra leg room. Bad thing - middle seat. #
• Flying over the Rockies without a window seat is killing me. Also, wonder if twittering in the air a violation of FAA rules? #
• http://twitpic.com/984b - Beautiful. #
• Spent over an hour in a holding pattern. 15 minutes on the tarmac. Sprinting across airport. Breathing hard. Heart about to explode. #
• I’m here. Time to grab rental car and run over to my hotel. That was a lot of flying. #
• You might be at a small town airport if cars are parked unattended at the terminal. As in 8 cars unattended. #
• Nicest best western 3lve ever seen. Very surprised. #
• http://twitpic.com/98np - It is go time. #

Burgeoning Prayers

Grace has started praying more lately. Actually she’s been praying for some time, i’ve just never known what she says (just folded her hands, closed her eyes & babbled). 9 times out of 10 it’s, “God, thank-you, Amen”. Short & sweet. There have been variations on that as well.

Ryan is in Washington State until Friday on business. We prayed for him a few times today, and much to Grace’s delight she did get to say hello to him on the phone when she got up from naptime. Tonight at our bedtime prayers she strayed from the usual night-time prayer that we’ve been teaching her (thus far it’s mostly unintelligible). She said, “God, thank-you, Momma, Dad, ahshingson, Amen”. She says Asher very clearly these days, so it was definitely not Asher. 99.9% sure that last bit was Washington. sweet gal.

In related news she said her first very clear, even-strangers-could-understand-it sentence this past weekend, “hurt my toe momma”. This morning she was a bit under the weather & was saying, “tummy hurts momma”. Tonight after being poked in the eye by a diplodocus in the bathtub it was, “hurt my eye momma” (i fully expect a black eye in the morning it was a forceful poke). Sure would be nice to hear some sentences not revolving around her pain.

Hiccup Cures

I was just going to post this in the comment section under my previous post, but seeing as how 1) i don’t want that post to have a zillion comments (thus causing people to read it more) b/c i think my sarcasm in the post was lost in typing & thus makes the whole thing weird and 2) there was enough hiccup discussion cropping up it warranted being ‘moved’ to it’s own location.

i mentioned in there that when ryan and I were first getting to know each other he taught me his “zen hiccup cure”. Basically just involves relaxing your chest & throat & breathing slowly & swallowing. it’s weird. doesn’t have 100% success for me but i’d say as much as 95%. I think he gives credit to his dad for teaching him. Asher has started his own hiccup stopping technique that he’s become quite successful with:

It comes from the book, “Hiccup Snickup” which we borrowed from the library a few weeks ago. In the book the grandmother offers this rhyme as a hiccup cure, & the book goes through a variety of “cures” ending w/the rhyme & crazy dancing. the rhyme in the book is as follows:

hiccup snickup, rear right straight up, 2 drops in the teacup will cure the hiccups.

Asher’s variation:

hiccup snickup rear right straight up. 2 drops in the teapot will clear the hiccups.

it only works for him though when he says the rhyme while crazy dancing. It also helps if others join the dance, though it can be effective on your own as he has reported hiccup cures during roomtime.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-26

• Going out of town Wednesday and I already miss my family. #
• Breakfast with my bro. #
• There is apparently a plot by pant manufacturers to rid the world of tall skinny people and replace them with short fat people. #
• Off to grab dinner with Brian and then heading to class with Dr. K. Then home to pack for the big trip tomorrow. #
• Simon Kistemaker is the man! http://tinyurl.com/6zfvdr #

Overzealous

In theory i’m supposed to be running a 10k on sunday morning (via Nike+, the “human race“). However, currently I am kinda stuck in a spot where i can only comfortably finish 4miles. Which means I will be able to FINISH 6…uh…6-point-whatever miles on sunday, however it won’t be comfortable & thus it would be ill advised to try to up my pace (i don’t want to get hurt & mess up my training for the half marathon in December). Add to that the fact that I chose to stay up late & sleep in this past weekend & run zero. I’m much too competitive to just go out & jog what is technically a race.

Mostly i just fell for the bait in that i got a free itunes workout for signing up for it. I suppose I could just not run it, but well….that would be akin to not finishing a book. I occasionally give up on a book, but it’s REALLY rare, & it does haunt me. Like forcing yourself to stop hiccuping (yes, it’s possible, Ryan taught me how). it works, but you feel kind of…unfulfilled for some strange reason. Besides, I like the workout program i got, the least i can do is get through 2 extra miles.

Ok, so thanks for the advice (re: being a sounding board for my verbal processing brain). I suppose i will move forward with the plan, but i will not pursue beating my current 10k PR (personal record). It’ll be good for the ego. Besides i will technically be running by myself, so that will make it easier not to push myself too hard.

The Day Was Against Me

• It began by getting a crummy night sleep.
• I woke up and went to get my coffee.
• After filling my coffee mug I heard a very loud crash.
• A different coffee mug had randomly fallen out of the cabinet and shattered everywhere.
• I sat at the computer preparing to work on two essays and one exam that was due today for one of my summer classes.
• I thought it was due by 5 p.m.
• At 9:00 a.m. I realized it was due in the school office at 12 noon.
• I wrote two crappy essays and rushed through the exam.
• I dropped the exam off at 11:50.
• I was bitten on the foot by a fire ant, twice.
• I got home and made a list of things I needed to do.
• I then got very stressed.
• I decided to take the family out for dinner and the bookstore.
• I then discovered that someone had accidentally “stolen” the account I use to host all my domains.
• I proceeded to FREAK out.
• Hosting company was no help.
• Decided to take family out despite my horrible mood brought on by the hosting issue.
• Couldn’t get the mini-van out of park.
• Everyone back in the house.
• Domain account “thief” returned my many text messages with a call.
• Domain issue resolved.
• Attempt the van again and it works.
• Dinner with family very nice.
• Bookstore very nice.

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-24

• Beautiful day at the beach. Sadly double red flags flying. Going to hang out, clean, grab lunch, then back on the road home. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-23

• Got to sleep until 8. That was nice. Kids under 4 are loud in the morning. That is not as fun. #
• http://twitpic.com/8q1u - Tropical storm, schmopical storm. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-22

• http://twitpic.com/8j9i - After driving 3 hours in a tropical storm, this is a happy sight. #
• http://twitpic.com/8j9x - Driving into the sunset. #
• http://twitpic.com/8jb7 - 167 miles to go… Sheesh #
• At the beach house. Good nights sleep. Breakfast and beach before weather turns bad. #
• http://twitpic.com/8lb3 - Ahhhhh. Oh yeah. That’s nice. #
• http://twitpic.com/8lf9 - Twitter vote. Is red good or bad? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-21

• Talking on Skype with lead pastor of http://www.redemptionhill.org #
• LOTS of rain and wind last night. Fay is camping out on us right now. #
• Just spent over an hour trying to decide on what flights I want between orlando and seattle. #
• … and finally booked the hotel… currently debating on getting a rental car. #
• ok… will try priceline again an a day or two and see if I can’t get a better deal on a rental car. They didn’t take my $20 a day bid. #
• Office max, bank, target, library, gas station, home, then off to destin for the weekend. #
• Just installed twitterberry on my phone. Getting cds from library for road trip. #
• ok… packing up office then and loading the van… then off to drive through the remains of a tropical storm for the next 6 hours. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-20

• Slept crazy hard last night. Stress is wearing me down big time. Oh, Fay left a giant tree limb in our yard. The boom It woke me at 11p.m. #
• @jakebelder Campus closed today. Email in your inbox. #
• @stevekmccoy @joethorn Will you two actually talk on the trip or just twitter back and forth the whole way? #
• Apparently drinking 98 cups of coffee would kill me: http://tinyurl.com/8kp8w #
• I’m listening to Christmas music while working. #
• @jakebelder think it is in one sitting… unless you’re already dead… #
• @johndyer Nice! I could see it integrating into the site nicely… linking to titles available in logos. could be helpful to logos users. #
• Trying to force myself to relax. Listening to the blues, having a Stella, and watching the rain. #
• I don’t think it is possible to relax when you have two kids under 4 awake. #

Merciless Semantic pet-peeves

Another fun little burns’ trivia nugget for you. One of ryan’s pet peeves (you know, besides the all-encompassing, “things that don’t work the way they should”…but i digress..) is when people incorrectly interchange the words “Mercy” & “Grace”. It’s possible that this isn’t quite the pet-peeve for him that it used to be, however, it’s something that rubbed off on me & for me it does still remain.

The example that sticks out in my mind most vividly is once when i was helping out in a church office. I managed to ruin a stack of wallet-sized invitation cards (not an inexpensive mistake). I was pretty upset/worried about it. A person came in & was consoling me saying, “don’t worry, there’s grace here, you have grace with us.” I didn’t say anything, after all, this person was simply trying to encourage me. Not to mention that the confusion between the two is confounded by the non-theological use of the term in our language, which in all honesty should cause me to drop this soap box entirely, as that’s probably what people mean…. But i do remember thinking, “can you really offer me that? Pretty sure you mean mercy…”

Really I almost never say anything as i’m not always able to wrap my head around what the differences are (& unlike when i was in elementary school I don’t like walking around correcting people’s grammar/word usage). There are moments of clarity & it’s fairly easy for me to articulate ‘mercy’, but grace tends to elude me (ironic seeing as how we named our daughter for it….i get the ‘main idea’, but getting nit-picky i get confused).

Anyhow, this morning in my Hebrews study I pondered on the following verse:

Hebrews 4:16
let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

now this from the study notes in my bible:

mercy addresses our need for forgiveness when we have succumbed to temptation, and grace brings timely support to sustain us in the midst of temptation.

just got me thinking on an illustration that ryan gave me once a long time ago (but then immediately said it didn’t work, but i didn’t understand why or how so i kept using it): you’re speeding, get pulled over by a police officer. he doesn’t give you a ticket = mercy. he then gives you $100 = grace. i think i finally get why that’s not right. the first part is correct: he doesn’t give you a ticket = mercy. grace would be more like….(this is tricky, not sure if i’ll get it): he so changes your heart/mind so as to enable you to no longer speed…to no longer succumb to the temptation to speed. which of course doesn’t work in the analogy b/c only God can do that, but i think that makes the point (?).

Feel free to correct me if need be….i’m not sure i’ll ever REALLY understand this….

Twitter Updates for 2008-08-19

• Stay up to date with tropical storm Fay news: http://thedailyburns.com/ #
• @jakebelder just wait… squalls are coming: http://thedailyburns.com/squalls/ #
• @jakebelder no rain over here… #
• @johndyer and http://tinyurl.com/5qrqgz #
• I seriously dislike networksolutions.com and can not recommend them to anyone! PAIN IN THE NECK. #
• @jakebelder any squalls over there yet? #
• @jakebelder This storm is so boring that I’m listening to an MP3 of a thunderstom. #

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