Merry Christmas from the Urban Family!
I only sent this card to a few people because my rule is to send it only to people who know 3 of the 4 households really well or else its just weird. Oh, and immediate family just because. So I am posting our family photo here for a Christmas Blog (instead of Card). Know that I adore all of you (well, those of you who I KNOW). And I wish you a blessed holiday season!
P.S. If you live far away, come to visit sometime. Portland is cool.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Madrigals Christmas
I'm sitting in my apartment, paying bills and listening to Christmas music. My Madrigals CD has been on for a bit. I have two, and I love them for different reasons, both having to do with the people singing. I am getting sappy and homesick, and listening to my fab friends' voices makes me look forward to possibly seeing a couple of them when I come home in a week. A week! Yes, 1 week from Tuesday I fly to Minneapolis. I'm excited to be home. I have a lot to do first, but I'm excited. I think I finished all my shopping this weekend, so now I can focus on packing and cleaning because Brad is staying with me right before I leave.
This enneagram 9 is pretty proud of her motivation and progress this weekend. I have been very busy. Bill & Joy and I visited another church today and it was nice. I'm not sure where I'll end up, but it has been good to do a little searching. It's hard to go to church alone. I'm glad they've let me tag along.
I spent this morning doing some reflection and sending good vibes to the southwest. My work friend Emily from San Fran was in Hawaii running in an AIDS marathon this morning and several of us in P-town signed up to do something for an hour to honor her and encourage her from afar. I signed up for an hour I thought I'd be in church but then ended up going earlier, so I devoted my whole morning to thinking of her. In church, the focus of advent was joy, so I was thinking of the joy of finishing, accomplishing, helping, and the joy of the people whose lives will be touched by her efforts. I also thought of cleansing and washing and healing (words in the songs we sang) and thought of those with AIDS. We all could do more to help this issue. I am drawn to my former student Jena's work with Blood Water Mission, but I also wonder what we can be doing here at home. I guess the key is "Do Something."
Well, those were some random thoughts on my Sunday. :)
This enneagram 9 is pretty proud of her motivation and progress this weekend. I have been very busy. Bill & Joy and I visited another church today and it was nice. I'm not sure where I'll end up, but it has been good to do a little searching. It's hard to go to church alone. I'm glad they've let me tag along.
I spent this morning doing some reflection and sending good vibes to the southwest. My work friend Emily from San Fran was in Hawaii running in an AIDS marathon this morning and several of us in P-town signed up to do something for an hour to honor her and encourage her from afar. I signed up for an hour I thought I'd be in church but then ended up going earlier, so I devoted my whole morning to thinking of her. In church, the focus of advent was joy, so I was thinking of the joy of finishing, accomplishing, helping, and the joy of the people whose lives will be touched by her efforts. I also thought of cleansing and washing and healing (words in the songs we sang) and thought of those with AIDS. We all could do more to help this issue. I am drawn to my former student Jena's work with Blood Water Mission, but I also wonder what we can be doing here at home. I guess the key is "Do Something."
Well, those were some random thoughts on my Sunday. :)
Monday, December 04, 2006
coolest quote ever
Got this quote from my manager today. I wanted to share:
“I honestly believe that the future is going to be millions of little things saving us. I imagine a big seesaw, and one end of this seesaw is on the ground with a basket half-full of rocks on it. The other end of the seesaw is up in the air; it’s got a basket one-quarter full of sand. And some of us got teaspoons, and we’re trying to fill up sand.
A lot of people are laughing at us, and they say, “Ah, people like you have been trying to do that for thousands of years, and it’s leaking out as fast as you’re putting it in.” But we’re saying, “We’re getting more people with teaspoons all the time” and we think, “One of these years, you’ll see that whole seesaw go Zooop! in the other direction.” And people will say, “Gee, how did it happen so suddenly?” Us and all our little teaspoons.”
-Folksinger/activist Pete Seeger 7/3/06
“I honestly believe that the future is going to be millions of little things saving us. I imagine a big seesaw, and one end of this seesaw is on the ground with a basket half-full of rocks on it. The other end of the seesaw is up in the air; it’s got a basket one-quarter full of sand. And some of us got teaspoons, and we’re trying to fill up sand.
A lot of people are laughing at us, and they say, “Ah, people like you have been trying to do that for thousands of years, and it’s leaking out as fast as you’re putting it in.” But we’re saying, “We’re getting more people with teaspoons all the time” and we think, “One of these years, you’ll see that whole seesaw go Zooop! in the other direction.” And people will say, “Gee, how did it happen so suddenly?” Us and all our little teaspoons.”
-Folksinger/activist Pete Seeger 7/3/06
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