Why don't I? Because it takes time and dedication. Most days, those things are cherished gifts.
Most afternoons (Mon-Fri) you will find me sitting here at my desk and on a computer, but I spend a lot of that time working on church related stuff. I love being the AV/Techie person at church, but after working on that, updating my facebook, and then reading the blogs of all the other "good bloggers" that I follow I find that I haven't taken time to update my own blog. Awful of me...right?
Oh well... I've decided to re-dedicate myself to my blog even if that means I play Mahjong Titans a bit less (seriously, I can veg on that for a good long while).
This week has been an interesting one...
Sunday was a beautiful day... it started off early with me playing a VBS recruiting video in our first service, then whisking the computer off to praise team practice. Sunday School followed that...
Then the 11:00 service. We were singing one of my favorite songs this week called Distracted. This is a song that I, myself, brought to our group. Of course, I brought it on the day that a friend was subbing for our regular guitarist (who is a LEGEND in the Richmond Area: Danny Hughes). My friend KNOWS Distracted - as in plays and sings it without music and without hesitation. I am not that comfortable with the song and neither is the group. Well...our discomfort showed when we false-stared it TWICE...during the service...with visitors in the audience. So embarrassing!!!
Sunday night The Bean got sick after showing no evidence of it coming. That led to a sleepless night for me. She didn't get sick again, but I jumped up to check on her with every noise she made. Fun.
Monday brought more sickness (of the opposite end) from El, but only for four hours.
Tuesday was a nice day. We got together with some friends after Ella had been "sick-free" for more than 24 hours. They were willing to take the risk of exposure and (thankfully) no one in their clan got sick.
Wednesday we chilled at home and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. We even washed the dog. She was NOT happy...
But I was happy and the house smelled better so that is what counted. On a side note- Maggie turned 11 years old on Monday!!! She was my first "baby".
Wednesday night I went to church to facilitate a Bible Study (loving leading...a new experience for me! Will have to write about that tomorrow, maybe.) While enjoying conversation in our small group about the book of Revelation, I got a text from Jeff that El's dinner didn't stay down. Huh?
Anyway - still no fever or any other sign of illness and this time no "other" sick stuff. I did sleep better last night.
Today brought running errands this morning and then heading to church to run the bulletin. One of those errands was picking up toner for the big printer/copier at church only to find out once there that we didn't need toner...we needed a new imaging unit. So, we'll be back at church tomorrow to print the bulletin and such. Not like we could meet friends to play - not sure what is up with The Bean and whatever the "illness" is.
Even with all that - I still Love My Life that I'm living. (hence the new blog title)
We Love OUR Life because the life I blog about isn't just mine. First, it is God's and He is just letting me live it. I'm going to start doing my best just for that reason. Second, since Ella gets mentioned a lot I figure it is her life too.
I'm toying with paying the $10 to make my blog have its own site instead of having the .blogspot part. Trying to come up with a good permanent name (that isn't evieloucronin).
So there you have it... it is Thursday afternoon and I just realized I never ate lunch. Why do I do that? So busy feeding The Bean I forget to feed myself...
Oh - just because the pics are too cute not to share. We had BEAUTIFUL weather in Richmond on Friday. It beckoned us to Maymont to see the animals and enjoy the sun. We met Amy & Jackson and Melissa, Skyler, & Emerson there. Here are some pics:
Ella & Skyler watching the fox
Skyler, Jackson, & Ella in the eagle's nest
Ella stealing love from Amy during lunch
Okay...here's to me being a better blogger!
