I have to say I am amazed. I actually heard from you wondering why I haven't been blogging. That's amazing. Either you're completely bored out of your mind and need to get out more, or you need a referal for good a therapist.
Actually, I haven't had much time to think outside of my daily routine of to much to do and not enough time to do it.
This seems to have become a common problem with people. Over the years we've all thought we need more time in our day (unless you're in the state pen and are looking to shave a few hours off).
We've even produced terms in the English language to make us feel as though we can get around it such as, steal a moment of your time; living on borrowed time; buying time - and so on.
You'd think we'd learn to live in the 24 hours a day that God has given us. I mean how long have we been around? Have we not learned anything?
Let's not also forget to mention that this is the age of technology, right? (That or they've come up with a new name for advancement and I haven't caught up with the times yet. Kind of like taking the "Future" ride at Disney and realizing that most of their amazing gadgets are already outdated. (There's a bummer for your fifty dollar admission ticket.)
Seriously though. We are living in a time where things have been made to help us get more done in less time. Woo Hoo!
Let's get done faster so that we have time to... get more done?
I mean, this truy is what I'm thinking right?
I have so many things on my "To Do" list that I've run out of room.
I guess if we really thought about it, what we really want are some advances in life that allow us to do less. Huh... now there's a thought.
Going out on a limb would bring me to the conclusion that we should "Just say no!"
But that's not always easy is it? Not because of outside pressure, but because we really want to do more, I think.
It's how we're wired (or at least I am). In some ways I guess it depends on how we view the words: more and less.
Do we want to do more faster so that we can do more with our kids? -OR- Do we want to do less so that we can do more with our kids?
They sound a lot alike, but they really aren't.
I can't say which it is for me. Actually, I would vote for either one depending on the day or moment. It's no secret that I am ADD. Not the bouncing off the walls kind of ADD, just the mind always running, usually faster than I can keep up. This way, I'm never bored and can always find something that needs to be done. This works for me.
It's so much easier to stay busy than to slow down and figure out what to do next.
No matter what the answer is, it all comes back to the same result. We all have only 24 hours in a day. Time knows no gender, income status, nationality, etc.
The reality is that no matter how hard I try to get more done in a day, I really need to look at each task/activity and decide if I can do it faster so I can have more time, or if I should just say no and do less which will inevitably create more time.
Alrighty then. I'm done deep thinking. Which I should never do without at least two cups of caffiene in my system. I have myself so utterly confused I need to walk away, take two Tylenol and think through this once the migraine passes.
In Him,
Tammy
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Backaches, headaches, and other adventures in moving!
Hey you, how are ya?
Alrighty then, I guess it's past time for an entry.
What to write and do I have time... While the "what" remains to be seen, the time question is easy... No, I don't.
Let's start off with the obvious from the last time I blogged... time.
This last week has been fun, crazy and a little scary.
No, my children have not colored their hair magenta or cyan blue. This actually describes what it's like to move a fairly large church into a new building.
As you may or may not know, our last facility was a cool old synagoge. It sat next to a nursing home which owns the land. They decided it would be more prudent to tear it down and add more assisted living facilities. This is where our adventure begins...
Over the last few years God had led us to this really awesome property that is less than a mile from our house! Woo Hoo! (OK, we're happy so far about the distance thing. I'll update whether we're still thrilled in a few months.) But I digress...
The church was built in three disconnected sections. Sounds strange, but really cool.
The offices were done awhile ago, the kid's building just got its permit, and the auditorium will not be done until the beginning of February. I didn't get to tell you the fun part yet - We had to be out of the old place by last Monday at 12:00 PM.
To say the least, this has presented a few problems.
In times like this, even some of our skeptics can't help but see the facts that not only does God exist, it also proves He has a sense of humor.
At 2:00 PM last Sunday the madness began. The remaining loose ends were packed up and transfered to the new place. We've rented an extremely large climate controlled tent that will hold (I believe) up to 700 people. Great the adults are taken care of... now for the kids (needless to say, we are keeping four services for now).
All I can really tell you so far is that it's coming along. It will be incredible in a few weeks. For now... it will hold people and be... appropriate.
Sadly, this is the best entry I can give you. Right now we are living, eating, and breathing the move. It's now roughly 9:15 PM on Friday and still so much to do.
Call me crazy, but... I think it's only fitting that we won't have everything perfect for our first service (at least in the kid's building). We can get so caught up in what "we" did, that we forget who is really doing it and why we are there in the first place.
Alrighty then, I guess it's past time for an entry.
What to write and do I have time... While the "what" remains to be seen, the time question is easy... No, I don't.
Let's start off with the obvious from the last time I blogged... time.
This last week has been fun, crazy and a little scary.
No, my children have not colored their hair magenta or cyan blue. This actually describes what it's like to move a fairly large church into a new building.
As you may or may not know, our last facility was a cool old synagoge. It sat next to a nursing home which owns the land. They decided it would be more prudent to tear it down and add more assisted living facilities. This is where our adventure begins...
Over the last few years God had led us to this really awesome property that is less than a mile from our house! Woo Hoo! (OK, we're happy so far about the distance thing. I'll update whether we're still thrilled in a few months.) But I digress...
The church was built in three disconnected sections. Sounds strange, but really cool.
The offices were done awhile ago, the kid's building just got its permit, and the auditorium will not be done until the beginning of February. I didn't get to tell you the fun part yet - We had to be out of the old place by last Monday at 12:00 PM.
To say the least, this has presented a few problems.
In times like this, even some of our skeptics can't help but see the facts that not only does God exist, it also proves He has a sense of humor.
At 2:00 PM last Sunday the madness began. The remaining loose ends were packed up and transfered to the new place. We've rented an extremely large climate controlled tent that will hold (I believe) up to 700 people. Great the adults are taken care of... now for the kids (needless to say, we are keeping four services for now).
All I can really tell you so far is that it's coming along. It will be incredible in a few weeks. For now... it will hold people and be... appropriate.
Sadly, this is the best entry I can give you. Right now we are living, eating, and breathing the move. It's now roughly 9:15 PM on Friday and still so much to do.
Call me crazy, but... I think it's only fitting that we won't have everything perfect for our first service (at least in the kid's building). We can get so caught up in what "we" did, that we forget who is really doing it and why we are there in the first place.
Movin' on up...
Hey you, how are ya?
Alrighty then, I guess it's past time for an entry.
What to write and do I have time... While the "what" remains to be seen, the time question is easy... No, I don't.
Let's start off with the obvious from above... time.
This last week has been fun, crazy and a little scary.
No, my children have not colored their hair magenta or cyan blue. This actually describes what it's like to move a fairly large church into a new building.
As you may or may not know, our last facility was a cool old synagoge. It sat next to a nursing home which owns the land. They decided it would be more prudent to tear it down and add more assisted living facilities. This is where our adventure begins...
Over the last few years God had led us to this really awesome property that is less than a mile from our house! Woo Hoo! (OK, we're happy so far about the distance thing. I'll update whether we're still thrilled in a few months.) But I digress...
The church was built in three disconnected sections. Sounds strange, but really cool.
The offices were done awhile ago, the kid's building just got its permit, and the auditorium will not be done until the beginning of February. I didn't get to tell you the fun part yet - We had to be out of the old place by last Monday at 12:00 PM.
To say the least, this has presented a few problems.
In times like this, even some of our skeptics can't help but see the facts that not only does God exist, it also proves He has a sense of humor.
At 2:00 PM last Sunday the madness began. The remaining loose ends were packed up and transfered to the new place. We've rented an extremely large climate controlled tent that will hold (I believe) up to 700 people. Great the adults are taken care of... now for the kids (needless to say, we are keeping four services for now).
All I can really tell you so far is that it's coming along. It will be incredible in a few weeks. For now... it will hold people and be... appropriate.
Sadly, this is the best entry I can give you. Right now we are living, eating, and breathing the move. It's now roughly 9:15 PM on Friday and still so much to do.
Call me crazy, but... I think it's only fitting that we won't have everything perfect for our first service (at least in the kid's building). We can get so caught up in what "we" did, that we forget who is really doing it and why we are there in the first place.
In Him,
Tammy
Alrighty then, I guess it's past time for an entry.
What to write and do I have time... While the "what" remains to be seen, the time question is easy... No, I don't.
Let's start off with the obvious from above... time.
This last week has been fun, crazy and a little scary.
No, my children have not colored their hair magenta or cyan blue. This actually describes what it's like to move a fairly large church into a new building.
As you may or may not know, our last facility was a cool old synagoge. It sat next to a nursing home which owns the land. They decided it would be more prudent to tear it down and add more assisted living facilities. This is where our adventure begins...
Over the last few years God had led us to this really awesome property that is less than a mile from our house! Woo Hoo! (OK, we're happy so far about the distance thing. I'll update whether we're still thrilled in a few months.) But I digress...
The church was built in three disconnected sections. Sounds strange, but really cool.
The offices were done awhile ago, the kid's building just got its permit, and the auditorium will not be done until the beginning of February. I didn't get to tell you the fun part yet - We had to be out of the old place by last Monday at 12:00 PM.
To say the least, this has presented a few problems.
In times like this, even some of our skeptics can't help but see the facts that not only does God exist, it also proves He has a sense of humor.
At 2:00 PM last Sunday the madness began. The remaining loose ends were packed up and transfered to the new place. We've rented an extremely large climate controlled tent that will hold (I believe) up to 700 people. Great the adults are taken care of... now for the kids (needless to say, we are keeping four services for now).
All I can really tell you so far is that it's coming along. It will be incredible in a few weeks. For now... it will hold people and be... appropriate.
Sadly, this is the best entry I can give you. Right now we are living, eating, and breathing the move. It's now roughly 9:15 PM on Friday and still so much to do.
Call me crazy, but... I think it's only fitting that we won't have everything perfect for our first service (at least in the kid's building). We can get so caught up in what "we" did, that we forget who is really doing it and why we are there in the first place.
In Him,
Tammy
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Happy New Year!
Wow! I must be getting old.
Yesterday I had another reality check that my kids are growing up. First, there was not one single kid's toy on the Christmas list this year. Now, they didn't want to hang with us on New Year's Eve. Why not? I'm still cool! I'm young... ok, I'm not twenty, but I'm not like... really old. I mean, I still even used the word "like" in that last sentence!
So today starts out with the plan that two of my boys are going to a Youth group High School party. Ben, my baby... I don't care if he is thirteen, he'll be bringing grandkids over at 35 and still be my baby!
He decided he wanted to spend the night with a friend. They didn't want to be with us?!? Alright, I finally got over it and was looking forward to going to a friend's house to hang out, play some games, watch a movie, etc.
Matthew leaves to drop off the boys and suddenly a change of plans is in the works. It seems their party was canceled. Bummer for them... believe it or not, now bummer for us. As upset as I was that this would be the first year they would not be with us, I found that I was actually disappointed our date was off.
I finally had the reality check that life goes on. Obviously not for us yet, as our children sat in the living room watching the NY ball drop, but it will soon.
All in all it ended with Ben (our youngest) at his friend's house; Brandon and Alex at our home with two of their very good friends playing video games and being goofy (like all teenage boys); Matthew playing on his computer upstairs and I playing on mine in the kitchen. Still not how I envisioned it, but we were "together"... minus one.
Disclaimer:
We did all end up in the living room at midnight to see the ball re-drop from the east coast. Matthew and I even gave our yearly midnight kiss to the dismay and yucks of all the children present.
I realize that we did not spend every moment of this night in the same room with the boys like we used to. Since they had friends over, we gave them free reign in most of the house, including the living room. As much as I wish I could; I have to say that I cannot pull up the same excitment and enthusiasm they have about the latest edition of Star Wars Battlefront. Therefore, they can have the TV.
What did I learn?Even though my kids are growing up, I will survive and yes, maybe even thrive. I love my children so much, but they are also becoming cool adults. I've learned that while they may be on the fast track to adulthood, they are still not afraid to hug me in front of their friends and ask my opinion from time to time.
I've also learned that coolness is over rated. At this point though, I'd like to note that I used the words "bummer" and "hang out" in the second paragraph.
Happy New Year... you!
In His care, Tammy
Yesterday I had another reality check that my kids are growing up. First, there was not one single kid's toy on the Christmas list this year. Now, they didn't want to hang with us on New Year's Eve. Why not? I'm still cool! I'm young... ok, I'm not twenty, but I'm not like... really old. I mean, I still even used the word "like" in that last sentence!
So today starts out with the plan that two of my boys are going to a Youth group High School party. Ben, my baby... I don't care if he is thirteen, he'll be bringing grandkids over at 35 and still be my baby!
He decided he wanted to spend the night with a friend. They didn't want to be with us?!? Alright, I finally got over it and was looking forward to going to a friend's house to hang out, play some games, watch a movie, etc.
Matthew leaves to drop off the boys and suddenly a change of plans is in the works. It seems their party was canceled. Bummer for them... believe it or not, now bummer for us. As upset as I was that this would be the first year they would not be with us, I found that I was actually disappointed our date was off.
I finally had the reality check that life goes on. Obviously not for us yet, as our children sat in the living room watching the NY ball drop, but it will soon.
All in all it ended with Ben (our youngest) at his friend's house; Brandon and Alex at our home with two of their very good friends playing video games and being goofy (like all teenage boys); Matthew playing on his computer upstairs and I playing on mine in the kitchen. Still not how I envisioned it, but we were "together"... minus one.
Disclaimer:
We did all end up in the living room at midnight to see the ball re-drop from the east coast. Matthew and I even gave our yearly midnight kiss to the dismay and yucks of all the children present.
I realize that we did not spend every moment of this night in the same room with the boys like we used to. Since they had friends over, we gave them free reign in most of the house, including the living room. As much as I wish I could; I have to say that I cannot pull up the same excitment and enthusiasm they have about the latest edition of Star Wars Battlefront. Therefore, they can have the TV.
What did I learn?Even though my kids are growing up, I will survive and yes, maybe even thrive. I love my children so much, but they are also becoming cool adults. I've learned that while they may be on the fast track to adulthood, they are still not afraid to hug me in front of their friends and ask my opinion from time to time.
I've also learned that coolness is over rated. At this point though, I'd like to note that I used the words "bummer" and "hang out" in the second paragraph.
Happy New Year... you!
In His care, Tammy
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Cards! Lights! Toys! Oh My!
I did it! Finally, all the Christmas volunteer cards are out! The scary part... I know I missed someone. If that someone is reading this, I am so sorry. There were well over 200 and (obviously without thinking) I mailed them in three sets, so I never did a complete head count.
Christmas...
It's almost over. Usually, I'm a little more bummed about this fact, but for some reason it doesn't feel like we ever got started! Don't get me wrong, we've been doing the holiday thing. We went to the Trail of Lights at Zilker, bought a Gingerbread House kit (it's not together yet, but it's there), attended Christmas parties and decorated the inside and outside of the house. OK, OK, the outside only has two net lights over the bushes and one on the big tree that doesn't work yet, but again... it's there! It's totally the thought that counts, right?
Strangely enough there is one more thing that makes me sad about this Christmas... there were no toys on the boys' Christmas Lists this year. Gone are the days of Hot Wheels and Ninja Turtles. Have you any idea the difference in price between those little cars and a Pocket PC? Several hundred dollars, now multiply that by three... can you feel my pain?
Seriously, I have to say that they aren't greedy kids, it's just a reality of life.
Now the big test. I'm getting ready to sign out and post this. I have no idea if the spacebar is working yet. It looks fine on here, but then again, so did the other one and most of the wordsreadlikethis,howannoying.
Hope you are all having an amazing Christmas.
BTW That's Christmas, not holiday or just season.
No worries, you won't find me protesting in front of WalMart, I just think it's stupid to change it.
Christmas...
It's almost over. Usually, I'm a little more bummed about this fact, but for some reason it doesn't feel like we ever got started! Don't get me wrong, we've been doing the holiday thing. We went to the Trail of Lights at Zilker, bought a Gingerbread House kit (it's not together yet, but it's there), attended Christmas parties and decorated the inside and outside of the house. OK, OK, the outside only has two net lights over the bushes and one on the big tree that doesn't work yet, but again... it's there! It's totally the thought that counts, right?
Strangely enough there is one more thing that makes me sad about this Christmas... there were no toys on the boys' Christmas Lists this year. Gone are the days of Hot Wheels and Ninja Turtles. Have you any idea the difference in price between those little cars and a Pocket PC? Several hundred dollars, now multiply that by three... can you feel my pain?
Seriously, I have to say that they aren't greedy kids, it's just a reality of life.
Now the big test. I'm getting ready to sign out and post this. I have no idea if the spacebar is working yet. It looks fine on here, but then again, so did the other one and most of the wordsreadlikethis,howannoying.
Hope you are all having an amazing Christmas.
BTW That's Christmas, not holiday or just season.
No worries, you won't find me protesting in front of WalMart, I just think it's stupid to change it.
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