Living in a Sauna

I live in a sauna. I like to call it Oklahoma. Ever since I got here a month ago, it has not been below 80 degrees. Even when we had floods about a week ago, it was still in the 90's. Almost everyday, when I leave the house, the sun blazes down through my windshield and burns the steering wheel. I absolutely love going to the pool in the evenings because it is my time to relax and cool off! I think my arms are permanently tan for the summer (which I am not complaining about), but my legs are still as white as can be (maybe I should work on that)! What is your favorite thing to do when it is so hot outside? Swim? Go to the mall? Eat ice cream and snow cones?

Favorite Songs

These are 2 of my favorite songs. The first one is "You're My Little Girl" by Go Fish and it just lets me know that God is on my side when things are not going the way I want them to. The second one is "Mighty to Save" by The ZOE Group. My friend, Zachary, taught it to us in Chapel last semester and I instantly fell in love with it and then the Worship Minister at church taught it to us in our "Wonder of Worship" class last. It's just a very powerful song and it reminds that God is in control of everything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY6L0G3JdE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRe4AdmHoeE

A Member of the Huxtable Family

If you know me, then you know that one of my all-time favorite shows growing up was the Cosby Show. It has been one of my favorites probably since I was in middle school. Since I moved back to Edmond a couple weeks ago, I've been watching the Cosby Show every night before I go to sleep. It is just one of those shows where you forget about all of your problems while watching it. No matter how many times I've seen an episode, I end up laughing out loud to myself. Bill Cosby makes so many jokes and has so many different facial expressions, I can't help but be in a better mood when I go to bed. If you ever watch the show, there are messages behind his jokes and, sometimes, even good advice.

I had the opportunity to see Bill Cosby live about 6 years ago at the Detroit Opera House. It was a Christmas gift from my parents. I do not remember a lot of it, but I do remember him wearing a college sweatshirt from some university in Michigan and he did a lot of jokes that I had already seen on his show or in his stand up comedy. I really enjoyed seeing him in person and lately I have felt like a member of the Huxtable family!

The Man at Church

There is a blind man that attends the church that I go to in Edmond. He catches my eye every week. Every Sunday night he holds onto his wife's shoulder as she guides him into the auditorium and leads him into the same pew. I notice him because, no matter what we're singing, he has a huge smile on his face. Sometimes I wish I were like him, I could only hear what goes on in the world and do not have to see all of the bad. I think God made us hoping we would see the good in most people and help those who we see the bad in. This man helps me every week just seeing his facial expression. I wonder if it would change if he all of a sudden received his sight. Would you be thankful if you lost one of your senses or do you feel like you couldn't live without any of them?

Grocery Shopping

Food costs money. A lot of money when you add it all up. I don't like it. I don't mind grocery shopping at all because it gets me out of the house and it actually clears my head a little bit. But once I get into the check out line and start to kind of add the food up in my head, I start to panic and I begin to think if there is anything that I can put back that I don't absolutely need. Bad news is, I usually need it all! While I am looking at everything I am about to buy, I think, "this stuff is going to last me a long time!" Wrong again. A week later I find myself back at Wal-Mart buying some of the same stuff and I wonder how one person can go through so much in a week. I also find myself making another list once I get home of things I've forgotten on this trip...frustrating! Does anyone have ideas as to how to not spend so much money every week and still have enough food to last more than a week???