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29 de dezembro sick SaturdayI've been looking forward to going dancing tonight at the Legion; we were expecting a larger-then-normal crowd due to University students being home (mostly from Ontario) for Christmas. But I'm still sick. Had to cancel our plans last night too. <sigh> 2007 is nearly over...  24 de dezembro we need a savior referring to advent, Michael Spencer writes: Advent’s darkness includes the failure of religion to bring any light
to this fallen and dying world. The religious take themselves seriously, but
the world hears the hollowness of it all. I need Christ!We light candles and wait because, after looking around and taking stock, there should be no doubt that we need a savior. Ironically, after 2,000 years of offering our Savior to others, we - Christians - need one more than ever. When we mark ourselves has “having” Christ more than “needing” Christ, we miss the Spirit of the Advent season. The mood of Advent is that we are all lost. Advent isn’t about the “saved” telling the “lost” to “get saved.” Advent is a light that dawns in all of our darknesses. The key to Advent is not living as if we are the people of God and always have been. The key is to live as if we need a Savior, and he has come to us, found us, saved us and is there for everyone in the world. Read the whole entry. 23 de dezembro stuffOur enormously productive economy... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption... we need things consumed, burned up, replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate. - Victor Lebow What's most alarming is that it is so normal to us that we don't see it.The movie is long, but get a cup of coffee/tea and watch it anyway. You can restart at any chapter if that helps. Thanks to Heather for directing me to the site. 18 de dezembro ...and you thought that *I* overplan! Wow, John Maxell doesn't leave a lot of room for spontaneity. Or laziness. At the beginning of every month, I spend a half day working on my calendar for the next forty days. Forty days works for me rather than just thirty. That way, I get a jump on the next month and don't get surprised. I begin by reviewing my travel schedule and planning activities with my family. Then I review what projects, lessons, and other objectives I want to accomplish during those five to six weeks. Then I start blocking out days and times for thinking, writing, working, meeting with people, etc. I set times to do fun things, such as seeing a show, watching a ball game, or playing golf. I also set aside small blocks of time to compensate for the unexpected. By the time I'm done, I can tell you nearly everything I'll be doing, almost hour by hour, during the coming weeks. This strategy is one of the reasons I have been able to accomplish so much. 17 de dezembro props to Eric Proud of Eric! He didn't know enough about the game of Survivor to have strategy to go far, but he has the courage to publicly say that he's a virgin.  15 de dezembro nice quote from 'Pushing Daisies' In the Bitter Sweets episode, Emerson is planning to confront a suspect but Chuck suggests that this suspect actually believes in his claim - that maybe it is his truth, even if it is different from their truth. Emerson responds: The truth ain't like puppies - a bunch of them running around and you pick your favourite! One truth! 14 de dezembro regressionYesterday was one step forward; today is four steps back. If there was any way that I could just get into bed now and stay there for the weekend, I would do that. But that would leave Cliff-Mike and the youth out in the cold. Literally. Wow, my rope is short today. I've tied a knot. Hopefully it won't slip, and I can hang on. 13 de dezembro consumer consequences
http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences An interesting activity... it shows that I am not living in a way that is very environmentally friendly. If everyone lived like I do, it would take 3.4 earths to sustain us. (The bigger number that is generally used in the media is that if everyone worldwide lived as North Americans live, it would take five earths.) But PLEASE don't ask me to give up eating pineapple! And my stubbornness about having only one car is not rewarded in these questions. 06 de dezembro are you nuts?05 de dezembro introduce yourself!Hello, I'm Bailey, and I'm a lindyholic.
I homeschool our son. Currently that means that grade 12 looms never-ending before me... again. I'm an avid reader, and prefer a sedentary life; DDR and dancing are my only forms of 'exercise.' And snow shoveling when it can't be avoided. Even though I've lived in Manitoba my whole life, I am geographically misplaced. I belong somewhere warmer and less flat! I play Settlers of Catan, and often win (unless Nathan is in the game). I play Texas Hold'em, and might as well just give my chips away. My accent is prairie Canadian, if that's an accent. The chores I hate are vacuuming, dusting, drying dishes, weeding, ironing, trimming meat... maybe it would be shorter to list unhated chores. I don't mind washing dishes if they've not been stockpiled. I don't mind laundry or sweeping or grocery shopping. I don't even mind cleaning the bathroom. My distinguishing physical features include freckles, curly hair, and an unusually wrinkled forehead. Also, my two front teeth are not friendly with each other. I am afraid of spiders. I am also intermittently and unpredictably afraid of heights. I've done my part - your turn! I think that I have about a dozen regular readers, so please leave a comment with one interesting fact about yourself. Thanks! 04 de dezembro a moment of brightnessYesterday I had about an hour of feeling good. It was a very bright spot in this month of depression.
I didn't want to go to Kinetic practice (I don't want to do much of anything) but once we started reviewing routines for our gig next week, suddenly my head cleared and I felt good. I was dancing and thinking "hey, I'm, um... happy... yeah, I think that's what that is."
Take note that we went to a dance on Saturday night and this phenomenon did not occur!
I was thinking about it and I wonder if that feeling-good was because I was doing something at which I felt I could succeed and was indeed was succeeding.
And I should also mention that on Sunday evening I'd had a weird ache in my upper jaw all evening and it persisted after bedtime. I was lying there and whining to God that if I got up to take ibuprofen, I'd have to eat something (pills don't just slide down my gullet) and then brush my teeth again, and it is so hard to go back to bed once I'm up at night... then suddenly the ache just vanished. A much-appreciated mini-miracle! (although I'm not sure that He wants to start rewarding me for whining...)
note to self: don't blog with Explorer - it always eats your posts and you have to attempt to recreate your brilliant wording; use Firefox instead even though Messenger and WindowLive default to Explorer
01 de dezembro note to selfDear self, Quit being so optimistic about the wonderful trousers in the Mark's Work Wearhouse flyers. No pair of pants from Mark's has ever fit you before, so don't go back and get disgusted again. It just puts you in a bad mood. Sincerely, Bailey |
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