In the month of March, I...

Visited Hobby Airport 5 times.

Wrote the second chapter of my book and sent it out to friendly reviewers, who haven't responded, making me wonder if it was so boring they quit reading at paragraph two??

Worried about losing my job, being relocated, working in a new position-- all to find out that everything will be the same, God is good.

Finished my upstairs room and moved in, LOVING IT.

Read 4 books, waiting impatiently for Mockingjay to come out. August? That's a long time.

Bought New Moon... and watched it... twice. Not even ashamed.

Had 4 different people sleep in my guest bedroom, hostess of the mostest!

Offered my heart for Duke tickets, no takers, and instead watched them make it to the final four in the comfort of my own home. I would have painted myself blue and jumped up and down... there's always Indiana....?? Anyone?

Lost 8 pounds... I know. I hardly believe it myself.

Caught up on words with friends. Kandy, are you going to play? :)

Shaved my legs. Hey, it's been cold.

Have yet to cut my hair since last May, sort through my mail and pay bills, fix 3 necklaces I said I would fix... but, I guess that's what April is for!

Before and After

For the past several months, I have been exhausting all of my resources in order to give my upstairs room a new look. The furniture is 50 years old and belonged to my Gammie. I'm very happy with the results, and I'm praying they show up right on this thing. I don't ever post pictures! Some are sideways... oops!

Before:





After:

Christians Are Weird

Mission Lazarus posted this quote on their blog and I really liked it:

"Something is wrong with us when our lives make sense to unbelievers."

I have been coteaching a girls' bible class on Wednesday nights. My topic is friends and what a can of worms that is for teenage girls! Can you imagine what it would be like to live in a world where mean girls are on facebook and have picture texting cell phones? The horror. I didn't grow up in the cell phone/internet age and I'm really not THAT old. But, girls were bad enough then without it be broadcasted to everyone you know.

I think technology has linked us together, but that can be a negative thing in a lot of ways. It sells normalcy and lets us know just how much we don't fit in. And, that's just my point and the point of the quote: Christians are weird. Seriously. Have you ever been to a youth rally or church camp? We are a little bit out there. You fit in more in those places because in a sense, everyone there is a little strange.

But, out in the real world, on facebook, in our text messages, if we are true to who we follow, we are weird. And, that's the way it should be. By making a choice to follow Christ, we are making a choice to not be of this world... to be weird.

"Something is wrong with us when our lives make sense to unbelievers." I think this is very true. If an unbeliever doesn't think you are different, are you showing them Christ?

Top Ten Things Teaching Teaches Me...

10. If you mess up with a sharpie on laminated paper, all you have to do is use a dry erase marker and an eraser and it's MAGIC, I tell you.

9. I am a horrific speller. Chalk boards should come with spellcheck.

8. A visit to the nurse and a peppermint makes everyone feel better.

7. I think I am creating Dumbledore's Army by reading Harry Potter to these children.

6. You can't control everything in life.

5. Lunch is overrated, and chocolate goes a long way.

4. I really DO have eyes in the back of my head!

3. Adults are shaped while they are children.

2. Everyone wants to be loved.

1. We never stop learning.