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Saturday, November 15, 2008
9:50 am
I just finished writing out my comment on the “let’s play favorites” post… Wondering why I ask random blog questions and then face the ramifications of having to answer them!
Wearing my favorite shirt today.
I slept late this morning. 9am is really really late for me. Drew and I were up talking last night, again, about our future… Instead of knocking possibilities off our list, we’ve added two more. Now we have like 6 possibilities. Some that we are really excited about. Some that only one is excited about. Some that neither are excited about… But they are all on the list right now.
Wishing we could just flip a coin and make this decision.
It’s been rainy and “warm-ish” for the past few days.
I’m hoping to go to Starbucks today, drag my computer away from wi-fi to work through some of my songs. I’m doing a ton of re-writing because, well… (can you keep a secret?) I’m seriously considering recording a new Album in the next little while. But need to re-work some stuff first.
The leaves outside are still changing colors. Still… wow.
I put my tiny bit of hair in a pony tail this morning, and Drew said: “did your pony tail pop out?” I said “What?!” He laughed and said, “Did your pony tail pop out? It’s so short that if you think too hard, it might pop out…” Then he left for the library. Then I took it out of a ponytail, just to be safe. Don’t wanna embarrass myself in StBux today.
I have yet to figure out how to properly type out dialogs (see paragraph above) and I’m too lazy to figure it out today.
Ok.
That’s me. What about you?
Write Now. Or come back later and Write Then. Or Write Both! 
20 responses so far ↓
alece // November 16, 2008 at 8:48 am
my brother used to hold up my ponytail and ask, “you know what’s under a pony’s tail, don’t you?!”
alece // November 16, 2008 at 8:52 am
write now:
i’m sitting on my couch; my amers kitty is laptoping it next to me. niel is lounging on the big easy. we’re all talking about what we SHOULD be doing and NEED to be doing. but we’re all still doing whatever it is we ARE doing.
maybe i feel my productive morning gives me license to chill for a few minutes. yeah, that’s it.
i am glad to have finished the copy for the our year-end “newsletter” (it’s called “rearview mirror” this year. sssssh. don’t tell anyone.) and i had a mentoring meeting with one of our interns that was really great. i cannot believe we leave tomorrow for debriefing. i cannot believe how quickly the year’s come to an end.
i’m sitting here wondering if my response to “write now” should actually just be in email form since it’s so long and it’s catching up on things that i’d want to tell you in an email anyway. hmmm…
i’m extremely hot. it’s 73 degrees out and my laptop is roasting my lap. i’m thirsty but too lazy to go to the kitchen to grab my sparkling water.
i’m sucking on my lips (as always). and…
i think that’s it.
i love you, manders!
alece // November 16, 2008 at 8:58 am
as for your 6 possibilities (are you tired of me yet???):
my unsolicited two cents is that i believe callings are equal portions of passion (vision-based excitement) and fear (enough challenge that God is definitely needed).
Heidi // November 16, 2008 at 9:02 am
It’s Sunday morning about 5:51 Am, Our church cafe has it’s grand opening in about 2 hours.
I am full of butterflies. The human part of me is stressing out and I am MAXED out
. Will there be enough coffee?
What if the frothing machine doesn’t work? etc.
then my holier side
Says God’s in control .. no worries.
I am confident because I have an incredible team of volunteers, THEY are simply amazing.
I just don’t want them to see their leader nervous before the coffee battle.
I love ministry…
melissa irwin // November 16, 2008 at 9:24 am
I’m sitting at my laptop watching my children do their morning thing. One talks way too much…never quiet. The other cannot speak at all, but so sweetly just walked over to me and did the sign language for “please”. He wanted another cracker. I’m amazed, so blown away by him.
I’m drinking my first cup of coffee for the day, gearing up to review the Daniel bible study (Beth Moore) that I did 2 years ago….
Asher…the non-stop talker from above, just told me I’m his BEST friend. I’m so happy that he never stops talking.
love to you Mandy
kristiapplesauce // November 16, 2008 at 9:35 am
Wow…some of my blog peeps in one place. Fabulous. Hi Alece . Hi Heidi. Hi Mandy. Totally thinking/praying for you guys today. Okay…thinking and then praying…or praying and then wondering about what I prayed for. Or about what you are up to. Whatever. It always gets jumbled in my brain. Maybe I need a ponytail. Daniel says I am cute when I put my hair up. I think he just likes it now that it is long enough to put up. What is it with men and long hair? Don’t answer that. So anyways…today I think is the day we are done with jet-lag. We aren’t taking random naps randomly. Like for the past however many days we have been back Mr. Fair and I have been narcoleptic-like falling asleep at all these crazy times. I seriously am not a big fan of jet-lag and since the time/space continuum (day lights savings) we are now 8 hours different then where we left in the States. So like I was saying…we are now awake in the day time which I guess is a good thing, right? Right. So we have internet today for the first time since we have been back. That is also a good thing. So yeah. I like good things.
alece // November 16, 2008 at 9:41 am
hi rockstar.
Louise // November 16, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hmn. Reading Mandy’s blog. Thinking about Alece and agreeing that it’s cookin’. Just LOVE summer. Not really. I think Christmas in the snow is great. Miss that.
Then thinking about her newsletter and that I need to remind hubby to tidy ours up so that we can send it out. It was meant to go out in Sept but now will go out with our Christmas cards.
And still basking in the glow from only our second cafe style church service where hubby preached. And he was smokin’ baby! Smokin’! And I get to take him to bed after that…whoooooohoooooo! There ARE benefits to being the preacher’s wife AFTER all!
And doing a little thinking about the Willow Creek GLS and a great big question: Is this church?! Tonight, it was church. But some of the time, I don’t know if what we are doing is church. Some serious thoughts to ponder.
Not only reading Mandy’s blog but Nancy Beach’s, the Gifted for Leadership blog and the Worship Together blog. It’s a woman thing. Multi-tasking.
Oh - and Facebookin’. Deleting some junk that’s been sent to me…some people have way too much time.
Louise // November 16, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I know. TMI.
Marisa // November 16, 2008 at 3:16 pm
12:02 pm PST
I slept in until nearly 11 today. It was so great not to have to set my alarm last night. I had a busy day yesterday, along with a really bad sinus headache, so nyquil and sleeping in was perfect.
I have a bit of a sinus headache again today. The smoke from the fires is getting closer and closer.
Yesterday, I drove to L.A. with some friends for a taping of Family Feud. Driving back, we finally made it out of all of the smoke right around Disneyland and Angel Stadium. There was clear sky in front of us. Then I looked in my rear view mirror and was horrified by the smoke behind us.
Just a few miles later, we were engulfed in smoke once again.
While driving through the smoke, we passed a lady who was driving while holding a towel over her face. She looked terrified for her life. It was so incredibly sad.
I need to run some errands today, but I’m not too keen on walking a mile to my car since the shuttles don’t run on weekends.
For now, I’m just enjoying that there is nothing that absolutely has to be done for tomorrow, now that I am finally through all of my midterms.
mandythompson // November 16, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Sunday Nov. 16, 2008 3:48
Sitting on my couch catching up on the umpteen comments on my blog this weekend. WHEW! Y’all have been BUSY over here.
But happy - oh so happy - to hear from some of you that have been quiet lately.
Speaking of: Alece. girl… No. Never tired of you. N.E.V.E.R
Drew is on his Sunday walk. It’s a famous thing he does… Well, just famous on campus. He takes a Sunday afternoon walk. People see him. Then they tell me they see him. That’s about as famous as it gets.
He just walked in the door. I should probably tuck the little nosering hook back in my nostril, before he tugs on it or something.
I have two hours before I need to pick up a friend from the airport… Looking forward to the drive, and catch up time.
But for now, I need to work on some songwriting notes I took this past week. Just finished reading “Writing Better Lyrics” - I felt like somebody was finally speaking my language. It was so refreshing… I’m not a crazy person when it comes to writing. I understand myself and my mind better now.
But first: Gonna go kiss my husband.
~Robin // November 16, 2008 at 4:32 pm
me…baking an oatmeal pecan pie, watching it snow, reading the paper, and trying to figure out how to grow a backbone to face someone who hurt me terribly last week.
hugs~
Jenni Catron // November 16, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Just need to say “hi”… I’ve been a poor commenter lately… lurking but not commenting because my world is more full than it ought to be and I have a cold and I get crabby when I’m sick. Hope you had a great day!
Heidi // November 16, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Hi Kristi… Love you girlie!!
mandythompson // November 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Robin: ouch.
Jenni: HI!
Heidi // November 17, 2008 at 1:28 am
It’s 10:26 pst…
Not feeling well at all. I describe it as a Mac truck X4. I have a heavy duty in the morning so I am dousing myself with some tea and off to bed. Iceman (Isaac) is finishing up his cursive writing homework.
Why do kids wait until the last moment to do their homework??? UGHH
kristiapplesauce // November 17, 2008 at 3:25 am
Your mom is a lurker.
cathi stegall // November 17, 2008 at 9:41 am
24 hours after you initially posted this…
this stegall is watching a video on feminist theories
i just took off my watch b/c it sits funny on my wrist while i type
sitting cross-legged, slightly kicking my foot
chewing gum [and realizing how much i hate the way i chew it...ruminatingly...ugh]
still thinking about your most recent post…
mandythompson // November 17, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Monday, November 17, 2008. 2:58 pm
At work. But flipping through this for a minute. I love that y’all are still coming back to WRITE. NOW.
Cheri Mosgrove // November 17, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Hey Mandy! Okay, WRITE. NOW. or really truly WRITE. THEN. which was when I read your post and thought about it. . . I had just gotten my munchkins off to school, the house was quiet (ahhhhh. . . ) and I got a chance to sit down by the roaring fire my husband built before he took off for work. I knew I should have been doing my homework for the Beth Moore Bible study I’m doing but you know when you just HAVE to sit quietly and stare out the window. . . at the last of the fall leaves, the beautiful fog and the tiny little strip of blue sky that is popping through promising a beautiful NW day. And as has been stuck in my mind for the last week or so: This IS the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad! Hope your day is blessed as well!