Is it summer yet?

I'm not sure what the weather is like where you are today, but I am getting really tired of the cold, wet, gloomy weather here in East Texas.

Where are you, Mr. Sun??

Not only does this weather make you want to stay inside, but I started working out with a friend a couple of weeks ago, and the cold rain is really cramping my two-mile run on the track.

I'm also getting a little stir-crazy these days, which has a little to do with the weather and a lot to do with the fact that I need something to do. (And my prayers have been veeery specific lately, as I realize God could give me plenty to do.)

I'd love to be a novelist, though I sit and stare at a blank screen with nothing to say. I want a job, but the one that was looking hopeful from home is taking much longer to start than I had hoped. I can only clean my house and do laundry so much during a day before it starts to really get old.

(And honestly, if you came by right now you'd probably tell me I really shouldn't be bored. The clothes on the couch are clean, I promise!)

I sound like I'm complaining, and I really shouldn't be. I am more blessed than I deserve, and I'm very, very thankful for everything the Lord has done in my life.

Just one of those blah, rainy kind-of days.

Hope yours is more exciting than mine. :)

What song makes you think of me?

One thing I love to do on my cell phone is set up specific ringers for specific people. I like using songs that remind me of that person. For example...


My husband's ringtone is the UT fight song. (If you knew him, that would be an obvious choice.)


My mom's is Give Me A Ticket For An Aeroplane. (Yes, I switched it, Mom.) This song was one she used to teach aerobics to a million years ago. I always think of her when I hear it.


One of my brother's is Blackbird by the Beatles. The other brother's is Heartlight by Neil Diamond.


My bff's is Don't Stop Believing.


What song would make you think of me?

The Blind Side

If you haven't already seen this movie, I am sure you have at least heard about it. And when I tell you that it was incredible and very moving, I'm sure you would tell me that that's what everybody's saying about it.

Well that's because it's true!!


I won't spoil the story, but I will tell you that your heart will be changed when you watch it and that you need to bring your tissues with you to the theater. You will use them.


For those who have seen it already, I will tell you what really touched me out of the whole thing. Several years ago I read a book in a book club called Finding Anna. I've probably blogged about it before, but it's about the story of the man who wrote the hymn It Is Well With My Soul, Horatio Gates Spafford.


(It's an excellent book that I highly recommend.)


Anyway, after I read the book, I googled him and his story and found photographs of many of the things they talked about in the book. Photos of him and his family, an important telegraph, the lyrics he actually wrote for the hymn. Though I knew the story was true, seeing those things made it very real for me and the significance of it all really hit me.


That's what happened when I watched The Blind Side last night. Though I knew it was a true story, seeing the real Michel Oher and all the photographs of him and his family during the credits made me weep. This really happened to this boy, and this family really did change his life. Any I wonder how many other millions of kids out there are just waiting to be saved the same way?


I will buy this movie when it comes out on video, and I wouldn't mind going to watch it in the theater again. It's THAT good.