Holly: Awake before 9am. That has to be a record for someone like me who is notorious for sleeping in.You can thank the gargantuan thunderstorm that rolled in this morning: lightning, thunder that shook the apartment, pounding rain. Yoda is playing with a ping-pong ball. Somebody call Forrest Gump! lol. It's actually still raining now....something we, and so many others, still desperately need. Kelly is perusing Facebook and marveling at how so many of our friends are moving on to new chapters in their lives, namely moving into their own places. It's crazy to think that not even that long ago we were still running around in college without a clue in the world as to where our lives were going. Even myself, 22 and living on my own, still has no clue what she wants to do when she "grows up". If I ever get to that point! haha. But plans change. They always do. I started college with a laundry list of bighearted dreams, and then I grew up, and they changed. But you have to be flexible. Hoping to see some of those dear friends this afternoon/evening. :)
I'm 2 chapters away from finishing "Return of the King." A brilliant piece of fiction if I do say so myself. I highly recommend it. But you should read the other two first or you'll find yourself a bit confused. Kelly is almost finished with "The Hobbit"...also a brilliant piece of fiction. Very cutely written. Can't wait to see the movie!!! *&#$#*^
My cats are going into queer fits so I think that's a perfect time to turn things over to my sis...
Kelly: Oh yes, The Hobbit is fantastic! It's taken me a bit longer than I had hoped to finish it but that's ok because it's summer. :] Unfortunately my summer is almost over as classes start back again on the 22nd. It's my last year of school and I could not be happier! I have run this race so long and it is so refreshing to hear that it is almost over!!!!!!! I think that will be my motivation to just get going and get things done. My goal is to make the Dean's list this upcoming semester and I think I can do it!
I have come to the also realization that having cats is also similar to having children. They wake us up in the morning, demand food, love you then hate you at the same time. We feed them, brush them, cuddle with them, fish their toys from under the shelf or under the table and break up fights that sometimes occur. And to think in the middle of May they hated each other. Now they are best friends....and fighting with each other on the table. Lovely. May have to break up another fight in a bit. Holly's reading Return of the King now and I heard thunder again, so another storm may be rolling in. Waiting for Catherine to get up so we can get this day started! Got grocery shopping to do.
Last night Holly and I finished the LOTR movies for a second time (we didn't watch them all in one day!) and I have fallen in love all over again! I am so looking forward to December 14 and my goodness it could not get here soon enough. I have my Treebeard shirt on, which is what I plan on wearing whenever we go to see it. In light of what happened in Aurora, Colorado, Holly and I have decided not to see it on opening night...and for other reasons too. We also do not want to see it in 3D either; 3D movies make me dizzy. We have also discussed possibly seeing it a second time when we go back to Ohio for the holidays and having a sister date! :D Stay tuned for that. Ok I'm going to stop rambling now. Places to go and things to do.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Praying for rain
Kelly: If you all have been watching 30 seconds of the news, it is story after story after story about the fact that rain has been needed. In more areas than ours, but still...rain has been needed. The first mini rain storm started on the first of this month; about 20 minutes of a good downpour. After that, nothing much. 90's, 100+ heat advisories for the last few weeks, and yeah. Before that I couldn't even remember the last time it rained. I'm fairly certain it did not rain the entire month of June unless somebody can jog my memory. Ok enough about that.
For the last few days it has rained a couple of times, but mostly just 20-30 minute downpours and the next day the grounds are completely dry again. This is due to the fact that even though the temperatures have been cooler the humidity is in the 80-90%. Well last night it stormed for quite a bit. Today we have gotten not only one, or 2 but 3 storms. The third one is en route as I type this. With RAIN!!!! Lots and lots of rain! As strange as it is there is a certain beauty behind these storms. It is an answer to prayers that many folks across the country have been yearning for. So yes. Very thankful. This recent rain storm has had me thinking about a silly analogy really. In life we go through "dry spells." A dry spell is defined in the book of Kelly as a moment or period of time in which extenuating circumstances get in the way and cause a wide variety of emotions. These emotions include but are not limited to doubt, fear, anger, worry, sadness, etc. In some of my friends I've noticed their dry spells have been with jobs, family, relationships or in my case health problems...or a health problem. I'm seeing a surgeon next Wednesday about my ankle. I don't know what the outcome will be. Maybe some rain (as in answers) will come my way.
Or maybe in my case it's a break from the storm I'm hoping for. Somebody who will listen and say "I hear you. Let's not cover the problem but try to figure out what's still causing it." So as I close, I will leave with this; take the time to figure out what your dry spells are, if you have any. Thank God for the rain He has sent, or maybe you still need prayers for rain to be sent.
Holly: Might I also remind everyone that like half of the country is in a drought. Hopefully this rain now will help that. Like Kelly, I can't even remember the last time it rained until tonight...I'm guessing April (20-30 minute bouts don't count...a WHOLE day of rain). And I've also noticed many people I care about going through dry spells. Perhaps the rain is a sign of better things to come.
Perhaps the rain is a sign of better things to come. That's what I'm choosing to believe. An old cliche I heard not too long ago is "I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow." Something I always joke around about life being short is that we just never know...I could step outside my door tomorrow and be hit by a bus. We just don't know. But what I do know is that many people have prayed for rain...and now it is here. That has to count for something. There's still hope. There always is.
Just now Kelly was saying she always thinks of a particular song whenever it rains. So I'll post some of the lyrics and also close with this: we all go through dry spells. But keep the faith that the rain will come. As I said before, there's always hope. It might not come when we want, or in a way that we expect. But God has been way too good to me and my sister for not having hope. The thunder and lightning are rolling...I believe things are changing. Have faith.
"It doesn't have to make sense. That's why it's called faith." -from an episode of "ER"
Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry
While on others Thou art calling
Do not pass me by
For the last few days it has rained a couple of times, but mostly just 20-30 minute downpours and the next day the grounds are completely dry again. This is due to the fact that even though the temperatures have been cooler the humidity is in the 80-90%. Well last night it stormed for quite a bit. Today we have gotten not only one, or 2 but 3 storms. The third one is en route as I type this. With RAIN!!!! Lots and lots of rain! As strange as it is there is a certain beauty behind these storms. It is an answer to prayers that many folks across the country have been yearning for. So yes. Very thankful. This recent rain storm has had me thinking about a silly analogy really. In life we go through "dry spells." A dry spell is defined in the book of Kelly as a moment or period of time in which extenuating circumstances get in the way and cause a wide variety of emotions. These emotions include but are not limited to doubt, fear, anger, worry, sadness, etc. In some of my friends I've noticed their dry spells have been with jobs, family, relationships or in my case health problems...or a health problem. I'm seeing a surgeon next Wednesday about my ankle. I don't know what the outcome will be. Maybe some rain (as in answers) will come my way.
Or maybe in my case it's a break from the storm I'm hoping for. Somebody who will listen and say "I hear you. Let's not cover the problem but try to figure out what's still causing it." So as I close, I will leave with this; take the time to figure out what your dry spells are, if you have any. Thank God for the rain He has sent, or maybe you still need prayers for rain to be sent.
Holly: Might I also remind everyone that like half of the country is in a drought. Hopefully this rain now will help that. Like Kelly, I can't even remember the last time it rained until tonight...I'm guessing April (20-30 minute bouts don't count...a WHOLE day of rain). And I've also noticed many people I care about going through dry spells. Perhaps the rain is a sign of better things to come.
Perhaps the rain is a sign of better things to come. That's what I'm choosing to believe. An old cliche I heard not too long ago is "I don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow." Something I always joke around about life being short is that we just never know...I could step outside my door tomorrow and be hit by a bus. We just don't know. But what I do know is that many people have prayed for rain...and now it is here. That has to count for something. There's still hope. There always is.
Just now Kelly was saying she always thinks of a particular song whenever it rains. So I'll post some of the lyrics and also close with this: we all go through dry spells. But keep the faith that the rain will come. As I said before, there's always hope. It might not come when we want, or in a way that we expect. But God has been way too good to me and my sister for not having hope. The thunder and lightning are rolling...I believe things are changing. Have faith.
"It doesn't have to make sense. That's why it's called faith." -from an episode of "ER"
Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry
While on others Thou art calling
Do not pass me by
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