Sursum Corda

Alex tagged me...

Ten things I am grateful for:

1) the mr
2) good colleagues at work
3) the cat
4) our home
5) laughter
6) words (great books, good poetry, good sermons, Scripture)
7) running water (which i don't have right now)
8) the gym
9) modern technology making it somewhat easier to keep in touch with friends and family
10) the women of tycwp

I tag Sarah, pastor peters, and erica, with no worries whatsoever if you're not in the mood.

I eat Lean Cuisine's "spa classics," which claim to have two servings of veggies (because, hey, a girl needs all the help she can get) at least twice a week. In other words, I am no stranger to the processed foodstuffs (shout out to my sister doing the local food thang). This did not prevent me from microwaving today's entree in the box (pause for applause).

This past weekend, I officiated at a wedding of two of the mr's freshmen dormmates. I made the prayerbook language more God-orientated and less Trinity-ish at their request. I'm still pondering how I feel about that.

Book #24: Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times. Two thumbs up, if you like biographies. I find myself increasingly unenthralled with the visual bookshelf on f@ceb00k. It recommends based on what I read, not on what I've said that I've liked that I've read. Grrr. Is goodre@ds actually, well, you know, good (or at least better than visual bookshelf)?

• there's an update on ridiculously stale work blog
  
• can i just say that i both want to lose at least some of the weight that i've gained and yet that i'm tired of being at war with my own body and thus with myself.
• my naval piercing is gone. the skin holding it in had worn really thin, and when i was trying to clean it really well, it gave. i think my body was rejecting it as the foreign object it is (took it a while, but whatever). it was so gross. my belly button feels very neked and looks lonely.
  

• One would think that living in the Carolinas is living in the Carolinas, that there aren't significant regional variations within this small region. I often find myself thinking the same thing. Then I see things like this, which feels much more like home to me than being below the fall line with the sandy soil and the flat land. Sigh.
• Some of you may not have had the opportunity to fill out this survey about what it's appropriate for clergy to wear.
  
• I heart Google Apps Calendar. Registered nonprofits, such as churches, can apply for the beefed up version (aka the educational version) for free.
  
• I got a water bottle that doesn't leak the stuff into the water. I can't help but wonder how this one is going to kill me.