...that the dang alarm clock would, in fact, work this morning. I have three requirements for an alarm clock.
1) Keep accurate time.
2) Make noise when it's supposed to.
3) SHUT UP when I tell it to.
My alarm clock had an EPIC FAIL this morning in Task #3.
It started buzzing at the correct time (4:30 am, for those of you playing along at home). I turned it off...only it decided it would really prefer NOT to stop buzzing.
So I hit the snooze button.
Which didn't work.
I hit the "OK, shut up for today but leave the alarm on for tomorrow" button.
Which also didn't work.
So I unplugged it, and threw it away.
I don't keep a clock that can't perform its 3 functions properly. So now I need a new alarm clock.
I hate Mondays.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Going Home
Y'know, it's tough to realize how much of a luxury "going home" is until you can't do it. I have Stuff To Do at home - and I can't do it till Thursday, at the earliest. That's frustrating, and annoying.
Kev's fighting with a new program I put on the computer, that he doesn't understand (because he's never seen it before) that I should be dealing with, not him - but he's the one stuck with it. He's frustrated because it's just One More Thing To Do That He Shouldn't Have To Deal With (and that isn't self-explanatory, isn't intuitive, and isn't fast. And that he really doesn't have the time or the inclination to deal with.) I'm frustrated because I forgot to deal with it over the weekend, and I can't just say "eh, well, don't worry about it, I'll do it tonight".
I also can't say "I'll do it Thursday", because it's something Kev needs to be able to get ready for a gaming session on Friday.
I just want to be able to say "don't worry about it; I'll do it when I get home tonight", any night of the week. Is that too much to ask?
I want to swear. A lot. Loudly, extensively, and with great fervor.
Kev's fighting with a new program I put on the computer, that he doesn't understand (because he's never seen it before) that I should be dealing with, not him - but he's the one stuck with it. He's frustrated because it's just One More Thing To Do That He Shouldn't Have To Deal With (and that isn't self-explanatory, isn't intuitive, and isn't fast. And that he really doesn't have the time or the inclination to deal with.) I'm frustrated because I forgot to deal with it over the weekend, and I can't just say "eh, well, don't worry about it, I'll do it tonight".
I also can't say "I'll do it Thursday", because it's something Kev needs to be able to get ready for a gaming session on Friday.
I just want to be able to say "don't worry about it; I'll do it when I get home tonight", any night of the week. Is that too much to ask?
I want to swear. A lot. Loudly, extensively, and with great fervor.
Monday, March 31, 2008
The Stick-prints of a...giant hound?
A while ago I posted about a simply gorgeous walking stick a very special person made for me. This past weekend, the Stick of the Baskervilles went on its maiden voyage, so to speak. We went caching.
We'd been asked to sort of "beta test" a cache that has been placed for an Indiana DNR Geocaching contest called "Spring into Geocaching" (and no, we didn't take along the Game Piece, nor did we take anything from the cache itself. Left our signatures, though), details of which can be found here.
So, even though we had plenty to do at home this weekend, Friday and Saturday were such gorgeous days we decided to go geocaching - and benchmark hunting. Friday was our day at Pokagon State Park. We loved the cache location...but...the trails were still covered in snow. Slick, wet, heavy snow.
I was never more grateful in my life to have a hiking stick than I was Friday! The dog wanted to go, go, GO!!!, and I didn't want to slip and fall. So all along the trail, I left little circular marks where my new hiking stick got planted, to keep me relatively vertical.
We did find the cache, and then it was off to the Pokagon Nature Center to talk to the Land Manager, and to get OUR cache in the park re-permitted. We went to check on our cache, and the stick helped me so much that the dog was sliding around more than I was! (Of course, HE didn't have the benefit of an ATMouse Original Stick, either.) I can safely say that this is the FIRST time I've walked on a Pokagon State Park boardwalk while it was wet and I wasn't afraid I was going to fall on my kiester.
Yup, that stick got a great "maiden voyage", and I predict I'll be using it for years to come. (Especially if I can find an Eye of Sauron that'll fit in the top of the stick. Then I'll have an Eye of Sauron....on a steeck.)
We'd been asked to sort of "beta test" a cache that has been placed for an Indiana DNR Geocaching contest called "Spring into Geocaching" (and no, we didn't take along the Game Piece, nor did we take anything from the cache itself. Left our signatures, though), details of which can be found here.
So, even though we had plenty to do at home this weekend, Friday and Saturday were such gorgeous days we decided to go geocaching - and benchmark hunting. Friday was our day at Pokagon State Park. We loved the cache location...but...the trails were still covered in snow. Slick, wet, heavy snow.
I was never more grateful in my life to have a hiking stick than I was Friday! The dog wanted to go, go, GO!!!, and I didn't want to slip and fall. So all along the trail, I left little circular marks where my new hiking stick got planted, to keep me relatively vertical.
We did find the cache, and then it was off to the Pokagon Nature Center to talk to the Land Manager, and to get OUR cache in the park re-permitted. We went to check on our cache, and the stick helped me so much that the dog was sliding around more than I was! (Of course, HE didn't have the benefit of an ATMouse Original Stick, either.) I can safely say that this is the FIRST time I've walked on a Pokagon State Park boardwalk while it was wet and I wasn't afraid I was going to fall on my kiester.
Yup, that stick got a great "maiden voyage", and I predict I'll be using it for years to come. (Especially if I can find an Eye of Sauron that'll fit in the top of the stick. Then I'll have an Eye of Sauron....on a steeck.)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Comfort. Easter. No idea what to call this.
Easter's over. The day has passed, we've gone to church, come home, had a nice dinner, and now we're back to "real life" - whatever that may be. So, Easter's over. Right?
WRONG!
As long as Christ is still risen, Easter continues! We celebrate Easter every single Sunday - the Eighth Day of Creation! HE IS RISEN! We still rejoice, we still celebrate, we STILL live for Christ every day.
OK, fine, I know what people mean when they say "Easter's over". This year's occurrence of Easter Day is now several days ago, and we're on with our lives.
What does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that....wait. Sorry. Habit. :D
Although I am going back to Luther.
Look at my previous post. That one down there, called "Martin Luther's Prayers". Go ahead, I'll wait.
I want to focus on just a few words from his prayers. You'll notice the second half of each of them is identical, and I think it's because they say something so very important. First, how many times have we prayed these, and just recited the words without thinking? It's easy to do - repeating it at night, or at our evening devotion, or at the beginning of the day, or our Sunday School opening or whatever. But really look at those words for a second.
They're incredibly powerful.
Take a look at just this ONE little bit:
"For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things."
Wow.
Think about that.
With this prayer, we are telling God that we trust Him to take care of every single thing and be in charge of every single second of every single day. Leave off worrying about...well, anything, really. God will take care of it!
Granted, He doesn't always act the way we would like Him to, but then again, we're not praying for that, are we? We don't say, "for into your hands I commend myself - and make sure you do it my way," are we? No we are not.
We hear the Good News of Christ's resurrection every week, so it's (sadly) rather easy for us to forget exactly how Good this News really is! And exactly WHAT it means to us. We get distracted by the world, and our personal problems, and forget the incredible wonder of Easter. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. If I can trust God to care for my eternal life, which is the biggest and most important thing EVER, then surely I can trust Him with the small things, all the "what-ifs" and "what happens whens" and the daily needs of my life!
And that's what I'm telling him with that prayer! I'm saying, "God, I trust you to care for me - for ALL my needs, not just the big ones. I trust you to order my life the way it should be ordered, in accordance with YOUR plan for my life. I trust that anything you give me will be far superior to that which I may have had in mind to take for myself, or that I could have achieved BY myself."
That's a powerful statement. Whenever I start to worry, or fuss about the future, or what will happen when / if this or that happens, I remember "...my body and soul AND ALL THINGS." Right. ALL things.
And, while I have no idea what that means for me, nor where I'm going (even though I'd very much like some ADVANCE NOTICE sometimes), and it can be incredibly frustrating, stressful and (occasionally) depressing to be in situations where the ONLY thing I can say is "God must have a plan," where the ONLY way I can get through it at all is to say, "Well, God, I trust that YOU, at least, can see some good in this, and I trust that YOU have a reason for this," I know that I can always trust that I will eventually see the good that God is working through me, and in me - often despite me.
My body, my soul, and all things belong to Him.
And I am comforted.
WRONG!
As long as Christ is still risen, Easter continues! We celebrate Easter every single Sunday - the Eighth Day of Creation! HE IS RISEN! We still rejoice, we still celebrate, we STILL live for Christ every day.
OK, fine, I know what people mean when they say "Easter's over". This year's occurrence of Easter Day is now several days ago, and we're on with our lives.
What does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that....wait. Sorry. Habit. :D
Although I am going back to Luther.
Look at my previous post. That one down there, called "Martin Luther's Prayers". Go ahead, I'll wait.
I want to focus on just a few words from his prayers. You'll notice the second half of each of them is identical, and I think it's because they say something so very important. First, how many times have we prayed these, and just recited the words without thinking? It's easy to do - repeating it at night, or at our evening devotion, or at the beginning of the day, or our Sunday School opening or whatever. But really look at those words for a second.
They're incredibly powerful.
Take a look at just this ONE little bit:
"For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things."
Wow.
Think about that.
With this prayer, we are telling God that we trust Him to take care of every single thing and be in charge of every single second of every single day. Leave off worrying about...well, anything, really. God will take care of it!
Granted, He doesn't always act the way we would like Him to, but then again, we're not praying for that, are we? We don't say, "for into your hands I commend myself - and make sure you do it my way," are we? No we are not.
We hear the Good News of Christ's resurrection every week, so it's (sadly) rather easy for us to forget exactly how Good this News really is! And exactly WHAT it means to us. We get distracted by the world, and our personal problems, and forget the incredible wonder of Easter. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. If I can trust God to care for my eternal life, which is the biggest and most important thing EVER, then surely I can trust Him with the small things, all the "what-ifs" and "what happens whens" and the daily needs of my life!
And that's what I'm telling him with that prayer! I'm saying, "God, I trust you to care for me - for ALL my needs, not just the big ones. I trust you to order my life the way it should be ordered, in accordance with YOUR plan for my life. I trust that anything you give me will be far superior to that which I may have had in mind to take for myself, or that I could have achieved BY myself."
That's a powerful statement. Whenever I start to worry, or fuss about the future, or what will happen when / if this or that happens, I remember "...my body and soul AND ALL THINGS." Right. ALL things.
And, while I have no idea what that means for me, nor where I'm going (even though I'd very much like some ADVANCE NOTICE sometimes), and it can be incredibly frustrating, stressful and (occasionally) depressing to be in situations where the ONLY thing I can say is "God must have a plan," where the ONLY way I can get through it at all is to say, "Well, God, I trust that YOU, at least, can see some good in this, and I trust that YOU have a reason for this," I know that I can always trust that I will eventually see the good that God is working through me, and in me - often despite me.
My body, my soul, and all things belong to Him.
And I am comforted.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Martin Luther's prayers
Morning Prayer:
I thank you, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger. I pray that you would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please you. For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me that the evil foe may have no power over me.
Amen.
Evening Prayer:
I thank you my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have graciously kept me this day. I pray that you would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me.
Amen.
I thank you, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger. I pray that you would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please you. For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me that the evil foe may have no power over me.
Amen.
Evening Prayer:
I thank you my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have graciously kept me this day. I pray that you would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me.
Amen.
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