too much.

i've got a lot swimming around in my head, lately.
like why do i still think the picture i chose for my banner at the top of this page is funny? (or at all endearing.)
or... the hundreds of challenging (and sobering) things i read in shane claiborne's book "the irresistible revolution". things i didn't really plan on coming into and interrupting my pleasant, comfortable little life. but things that will certainly make it harder, more adventurous, and most definitely more fulfilling.
or i'm thinking about... hard things. dark things that i wish... just weren't a part of the broken, messed up world we live in.
or... about how what we reap what we sow. how i'm glad i've worked hard and not gossiped at work... and how thankful i am God is giving me favor through that... but how just because i work hard and try to stay out of trouble doesn't mean trouble won't find me... or there won't be people who -really- really -really- hate me.
i believe i am overwhelmed with too many thoughts right now to make a good, coherent post. i think i'll have to process a little more and maybe make several posts that are more focused.
these things always help me process, so i hope i'll actually come back and do it later when i've got a little more time.
for now :) i need to get up in only 8 short hours, so i'm going to sign off for now.

Punkin!

so... we adopted a dog on Saturday, and I attempted to photo-document the event. however, i got kind of excited at a few pivitol points, so it's not MUCH of a documentary... but for those of you who haven't met her yet (or probly won't get to meet her for a while...) here she is! our little Punkin.








i didn't want to get up at first. darn charlie for being such a morning person.


destination: sulfur, louisiana. four paws on the bayou pet rescue and hotel. i forgot to document the part with our actual destination. but here she is! i was going to sit next to her in the backseat since she was nervous... but she kept crawling into my lap... so i just let her sit on my lap in the front seat. (ps... she's HUGE. her little bunnybutt was hanging over into the console.



i let her sit with me until she tried to eat my chicken sandwich, the little fatty.



she was stinky, hairy, and sticky. so we gave her a goooood brushing (she's quite hairy.) and then we gave her a b-a-t-h. she handled it pretty well.. and now she smells much better. she also hid under charlie's bed for a while...? not sure if she was scared of the flash on my camera...? or just nervous about the whole situation...? well. we're pretty sure she's nervous since she keeps doing number 2 inside the house, poor poochie. well... maybe poor charlie. :)



sorry the pictures are a little out of order. i'm still getting use to this whole blogspot thing.

but here she is! poodleflufffluff dolli punkin!

ouch.

"The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly. Take any words in the New Testament and forget everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. My God, you will say, if I do that my whole life will be ruined. How would I ever get on in the world? Herein lies the real place of Christian scholarship. Christian scholarship is the Church's prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be good Christians without the Bible coming too close. Oh, priceless scholarship, what would we do without you? Dreadful it is to fall into the hands of a living God. Yes, it is even dreadful to be alone with the New Testament."
--Soren Kierkegaard

bye-bye xanga.

through the encouragement of Charlie... i have decided to pass over to the dark side of blogspot. i'm trying to figure out if there is a way to export all of my xanga's onto this one... (i'd kind of like to keep them a cohesive piece...) but i guess i shall have to experiment with that on another day.
i may actually just post a better post on another day. but here i am.
yay.