At the onset of another freak snowstorm expecting 6-10 inches today, in the last few days of March, Carl and I are staying encouraged by sipping hot cocoa and listening to Christmas music while wrapping ourselves in fleece blankets. We’re trying not to think about the fact that it is snowing and almost April… After braving the [...]
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A Snowman’s Perspective
Posted: March 23, 2011 by mematice in Life in NY, More than you wanted to know, The Daily Post0
The Christmas Tree Farm
Posted: February 20, 2011 by mematice in Life in NY, Marriage, The Daily PostGoing to a Christmas tree farm is one of my most favorite holiday moments. Living in GA most of my life, I haven’t had that pleasure very often. This year, Carl and I got to go for the first time in our marriage. The weather was perfect: a nice drizzling rain with overcast clouds. Just [...]
Bible Study Begins Tonight
Posted: February 13, 2011 by mematice in Church Planting, Spiritual Life, The Daily PostSo, as the title proclaims, we begin our first bible study tonight!! We are anticipating between 5-9 total attendance. For this first study, Carl will share our values and vision for what we are doing here in this community. He will also give an overview of the book of Ephesians. This will start a 5-7 [...]
Meet Laura. Her private information including her name is kept confidential. Laura is a beautiful, accomplished woman who has been in America for just about a year now. I met her at the beginning of fall. She was having some health complications and I have been thinking about her a lot. She lives close to me and I have [...]
I can’t believe it is November already! It is starting to get really cold around here. No snow yet. That surprises me.. and saddens me. Everyone around here is saying how thankful we should be though. I’m sure they are right… I’ll get plenty of snow soon enough. I am looking forward to it though. [...]
So I had a week off last week. I had all sorts of plans for it. All sorts of projects to accomplish, people to meet up with. I got some of that worked in but all in all it ended up being a week that was just a little off. The monday following the end [...]
Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk Yuk…. Yuk. That’s what I have to say about the last two weeks of our lives! It started with Carl working the overnight shift for 3 days in a row. He returned on night 1 (Morning 2) with a sore throat and sniffles. A couple days later [...]
We are down to our last 3 1/2 months, but who’s counting? As much as we are so excited, we are racing towards the finish line faster than we feel we can handle sometimes! I imagine a cartoon character whose legs are spinning so fast underneath that it just looks like a continuous circle. That’s us. [...]
So I just cannot help myself: I packed the first box tonight. It was just cookbooks I cannot use because we are so busy now, but still! Box one: complete! I know, I know, at the very least I have four months to go. But I cannot contain it! I love new adventures, new trips. [...]
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