birthday!

So yesterday I turned 19.

I don't have any pictures to celebrate. But it was a really good day.

I so dislike it when it's someone's birthday and they don't have a good day. So I made mine good. I took pleasure in simple things and just thanked God that my mama had a baby nineteen years ago. The weather was pretty. There was fried okra in the dining hall. My bio class got out ten minutes early and didn't have a lab. We sang beautiful songs at BSM. Ashley baked me a cake for Whataburger night, and Ketcher paid for my taquito. Plus, Facebook lets everyone know it's your birthday, so I had oodles of blessings and happy notes each time I logged on. My best friend sent me a cute card and a magnet, all the way from Utah. My best friends that are roommates at UT Austin sang to me on the webcam and posted it to facebook. My dear friend Conner sent me the birthday song from The Emperor's New Groove. Holla, you don't get more awesome than that. All the messages on facebook provided an opportunity to catch up with people I haven't spoken to in a while, whether because they don't live near me or because school started or whatever.

It's sort of a new year. I'm a new age. And though, yeah, nothing especially special happens when you turn 19, it's older than 18. A new age of opportunities and things to pursue. I'm thankful for each day of my life; one that's dedicated to me is just something to be even more thankful for.

And I love sharing my birthday. Friends, Joy Joy and Rohnny. And fictional characters, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. Who better to share a birthday with for a nerd like me, eh?

So if it's your birthday, have a great day. (:

another trip to the DMA

this time, my roommate, Caroline, and public transportation were involved!

Sunday

Tonight at The Village, when Chandler started preaching, it struck me that he uses a music stand as a pulpit, and that spoke volumes to me about how it’s not about the building, the stuff, the material, worldly things, it’s about the Word of God that Chandler is preaching up there on stage/screen.

Now, I’m not saying that we don’t have nice things. Our building is lovely. Yes, we have microphones and instruments, and decorations, and a big screen (since Chandler is actually preaching from Flower Mound to the three campuses of The Village Church). We aren’t minimalists or very poor as a church, it doesn’t seem.

But he doesn’t preach from a fancy pulpit. He wears jeans and a short-sleeved button-down, untucked. There is no emphasis on what he looks like up there on that screen, or on the stage when it’s one of our campus pastors teaching. The focus is on the Bible, the lessons God is giving us through those preachers.

Just another reason I love my church.

Also, because tonight Chandler said “unsureity” because he couldn’t think of the word “doubt” quick enough. (:

taco night!

Well it isn't Thursday (which is taco night at my cousin's house back home), but it was taco night for Ketcher and me!



I put some Fiesta Sides Taco Rice in a pot to boil and cooked up some ground beef with Old El Paso taco seasoning. Microwaved a couple flour tortillas, spread on some sour cream, meat, rice, and cheese, and rolled it up. I also zapped some leftover queso from Sunday night's dinner at Fuzzy's Tacos to enjoy with chips.



Since neither Ketcher nor I put veggies on our tacos, there are only about half the number of necessary ingredients. (:



He enjoyed them and so did I!