december in review...

• crafted like crazy. barely finished it all in time for the holiday.
  
• wasn't quite as prepared for christmas as last year. oh well, not every year can be a real winner.
  
• met mark driscoll from mars hill. cool guy. i've always admired his teaching. we don't see eye-to-eye on everything, but that's not what matters.
  
• blew up a bottle of soda in kids church. that makes for the best teaching ever.
  
• went to the ladies ornament exchange at church. quite fun.
  
• dabbled in mystery shopping. still not sure if i'll keep doing it or not... but was a good learning experience.
  
• cut about 4" of my hair off.
  
• continued working through E3, creekside's spiritual growth initiative. am learning a lot about God and myself.
  
• went to court to discuss a little traffic ticket i received. thank the Lord for deferrals, and the judge who struck fear of traffic laws right back into the hearts of every citizen in that room.
  
• celebrated the birth of my dear friends' first baby. they're single-handedly responsible for starting the "let's buy a house" trend which caught on with all the young marrieds' at our church, so let's hope they're the start of the next baby wave as well.
  
• spoke to the kids at the christmas eve services on the difference between joy and happiness, using flash paper and a candle as a visual. was fun, but the real highlight was that my mom, grandparents and even bob's mom came too.
  
• reorganized my craft room. yay.
  
• changed up our christmas celebration traditions - christmas eve dinner was at mom's, and we spent the night, our first christmas, in our own home.
  
• am currently thoroughly enjoying a week's vacation. have deep cleaned a few rooms, organized a few things, crafted quite alot, and read even more.
  
• am ensconced in a book called "the light and the glory", the history of God's plan for and hand in America. i love history, i love God. good combo.
  
• celebrated mom's birthday today by going to see the new penguin exhibit at the zoo, which included brunch before and afternoon tea afterwards. what a lovely day!
  
• rang in the new year with our dear friends. waaay past my bedtime. i'm afraid i'm just not any fun after 11pm.