Hmmm.... it's been awhile. I'll hit the highlights:

*Work is crazy busy. By crazy busy, I mean absurdly crazy busy and lots of overtime and deadlines. Had a little Halloween fun last Thursday. More on that later. Maybe some pictures. Otherwise, it's nose to the grindstone. Impatiently awaiting HR to hurry up and decide how to make my position for real.

*Went to Boles Children's Home Sat/Sun with the Prestoncrest group. Brought back the days of dorm life as 25 of us were in one building - 4 rooms and 2 bathrooms. Weekend fun included lots of Disney karaoke, Spades, Henley's all but twin, a church of 39, and a costume parade.

*I hate time changes. Forget an extra hour of sleep for one night. I walked outta work at 6:10 tonight and by the time I drove home, it was pitch dark. This is not good for my running routine. I'm gonna have to attempt getting up early, too early. This does not make me happy.

*You should be able to get music from other people's ITunes library and put it into yours. I don't care if that's "stealing music" or not. You should be able to share. There is too much good stuff out there and too many hours in each day to listen to the same songs you have over and over.

*Finished yet another Dekker book. He continues to prove himself brilliant. Next is line is the autobiography of MLK, Jr.

*I have a nephew coming in 3 weeks-ish. Get excited!!!

I've recently run across some of the most creative artistic talent I've ever seen in the work of Peter Callesen. There's certainly some odd performance work and installations on his website, but check out what this guy can do with paper. Truly amazing.

Fantastic weekend. Great run. Amazing friends. Wonderful family. Good escape for a while... Apparently I like to post songs lately... So here's the current one after this weekend, though I'm afraid city lights, flat ground, and a thunderstorm had to substitute for the mountains this time.


Airplane -Bethany Dillon

In an airplane
I take the window seat
A thousand feet, and all I know shrinks in minutes
When the sky is gray
I want to believe
That when the sun is hiding it still exists

In an airplane
Are kings and common men
At the window side by side, their view is now the same
Some relax and rest their eyes
Some sit on the edge
As we all break through the clouds, into the light of day

Mountain tops peak through
This is where I see You
I've never seen a clearer blue
This is where I see You

Leave behind your busy life
All you have is who you are
Space like this is hard to find, so breathe it in
Someone will say, "Where are you heading?"
And it might be the first time you ever thought about it

A baby's talking two rows behind me
The sun just set for the second time today
You seem to use the smallest things around me
To get me to this place

Mountain tops peak through
This is where I see You
I've never seen a clearer blue
This is where I see You

I heard this song today and thought I'd share. Alison Krauss sings it, though I'm sure others have as well; I feel like I've heard it elsewhere.

"A Living Prayer"

In this world I walk alone with no place to call my home
But there's One who holds my hand
The rugged road through barren lands
The way is dark, the road is steep
But He's become my eyes to see
The strength to climb, my griefs to bear
This Savior lives inside me there

In Your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee

In these trials of life I find
Another Voice inside my mind
He comforts me and bids me live
Inside the love the Father gives

In your love I find release
A haven from my unbelief
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee
take my life and let me be
A living prayer my God to thee

Headed outta here for the weekend and couldn't be more excited about that! Blessings~

I ran across this the other day and thought it quite ridiculous, as I'm sure the rest of my family will agree. Here's part of the article:

6-pound Chihuahua is Tiny Drug-finding Dog

CHARDON, Ohio - Though she’s only a 6-pound Chihuahua-rat terrier mix who looks like she belongs in Paris Hilton’s purse, Midge has the will, skill and nose of a 100-pound German shepherd.

The newest recruit for the Geauga County Sheriff Department’s K-9 unit could very well be the nation’s smallest drug-sniffing pooch.

McClelland began training Midge for drug-detecting duties when she was just 3 months old, after reading about departments being sued by suspects whose cars or homes were damaged by larger dogs.

Like many police departments, Geauga County has had German shepherds and Labrador retrievers for years. In fact, visitors often ask, “Is the big dog out?” — referring to 125-pound Brutus, says Lt. Tom McCaffrey, Brutus’ handler.

As for a Chihuahua-rat terrier like Midge working as a K-9, well, the president of the North American Police Work Dog Association, H.D. Bennett, says he’s never heard of a police dog so small it nearly fits in an outstretched palm.

That’s not stopping McClelland, who bought Midge from a co-worker’s relative and takes her everywhere with him — she even has a pair of goggles for rides on the sheriff’s motorcycle. On a recent day, she was curled in his lap, sporting a black “sheriff” vest over her brown-spotted white fur.
“She is very calm. She is not yappy. She likes people a lot, really loves kids,” he says as he strokes the dog.

Midge has helped boost the department’s relationship with the community. The tiny dog was grand marshal for a Memorial Day parade, wearing an American flag scarf while perched atop a motorcycle.

Sometimes you just can't win. No matter how many times you step up to the plate, no matter how many times you swing the bat, put yourself out there, or patiently wait. No matter how many games you play, sometimes you just can't win. And that's ok. Not everyone can be a winner all the time. But it would be nice for once to at least not strike out.