I had been given permission to ignore ... but what the heck ... here ya go ...
Numero Uno … When I was 9 years old (I think 9 … if not exactly 9 then some where around there … give or take a year) I hid a terrible secret from my parents. I was found out … eventually … as kids who keep secrets from their parents usually are. I was ratted out by a “PAST DUE” notice mailed to the house. Yep, the secret was out … I’d snuck out and got myself a library card from the Public Library that used to exist at Eastgate Square … up on the second floor … overlooking the food court. Apparently I’d failed to return my Little House on the Prairie book on time …
Dos … I originally went to school to become a History teacher. Did my four year degree at McMaster … decided somewhere around 2.75 years into the program I didn’t so much want to teach, but wanted to finish out the degree … perhaps I could translate it into something in Law … or museum work … or HEY why not go to do another 3 years at EPBC and do something ministry related … after that I began working “temporarily” in the office at the church on the mountain … needing to pay off those student loans. The first week of July I will have been at my temporary job for 15 years … yes indeedy that is correct. I’m expecting much fanfare and bro-ha-ha-ishness in celebration of that fact.
Tres … I lied about the last sentence in Numero Dos
Cuatro … I’m still seriously considering running away to get married … I can’t handle the pressure of the “who makes the invite list.” Glyn was asked by his mother this weekend if we were inviting church staff … she thought that we should … I think … “if I want a wedding with about 100 peops I really don’t want about 25% of them to be church on the mountain co-workers and their spouses … and if I don’t invite them all how do you decided WHICH ONES make the list?” … And the money that we are presently saving for THE DAY and the DAYS TO FOLLOW can be spent rather nicely on a house down payment … who knows … You may all one day read … “hey we ran away” …
Cinco … I’m incredibly nationalistic ... and eagerly looking forward to the Olympics in August. I can get weepy watching the Olympics and watching Canadian singing along as the anthem is played. Seriously … have you ever checked out Chandra Crawford and her singing during the national anthem … no timid little lip syncing with that girl!
Seis … I don’t speak Spanish … but I think it would be a sexy linguistic to pick up … or maybe I’ll just see if Glyn will learn to speak English with a Spanish accent … that would work too. :)
June 09, 2008
May 18, 2008
90 | 65
Those are two pretty significant numbers.
Tonight, at the church on the mountain,
we celebrated those two numbers.
They are a quick description of the life of a man.
Rev. George P. Tunks
He celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday.
Tonight we celebrated his retirement ...
from 65 years of ministry.
He was born 1 year before the official formation of the
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
The same year as another great preacher:
Billy Graham.
His first wife, Ruth, was the first women ordained by the PAOC.
At the age of 83 he was hired part-time, to pastor our Seniors,
he told our Senior Pastor:
"I can give you seven years!"
Can you imagine?
Almost 20 years past the time everyone else is looking to retire ...
I can't even begin to imagine the number of lives he has touched.
The souls that are in the kingdom because of his faithfulness to the Call.
A humble man.
An intelligent man.
A gentle man.
A man faithful to the Word.
A man who's appeal reached across generational lines.
A man with a snappy sense of humour.
"I woke up happy ...
and I'm happy i woke up."
I'm going to miss him around the office.
I'm glad I'll still see him in the pew.
May 13, 2008
May 12, 2008
VACATION - DAY 3
... Calvin was given a bath ...
... Glyn & I got passport pictures taken ...
... we looked at wedding bands ...
... we picked up the bikes from their spring tune ups ...
... we had dinner at Milestone's ...
... it was our 1 year anniversary since the first date ...
... and it was FREE ...
... he had a $100 gift card from Horton's ...
... something about a thank you for 7 year safety record ...
... i wonder if my employer could do something like that ...
... ok ...
... i've stopped laughing about that now ...
... here's the picture of the day ...
BLEEDING HEARTS from the back yard
they look a little like pink turtles to me
May 11, 2008
VACATION DAY 2
THANKS MOM!
my mom and the ginormous arrangement from my brother.
he's just finishing up a 3 year work term in Qatar for Exxon/Mobil
the first year he sent flowers, the delivery slip said:
"called in from Khandahar"
the arrangement was HUGE
bigger than the one's he typically sends
i'm thinking they misheard Qatar / Khandahar
and thought he was some Canadian soldier
sending his mamma flowers and made it HUGE for him
next year when the call comes in from Calgary
it will probably go back to normal
May 10, 2008
VACATION DAY 1
i'm going to do my best over the next 10 days
YES 10 DAYS!
i love it when a vacation week ties into a long weekend!
... as i was saying ...
i will do my best to submit a photo a day
but we all know about the best laid plans
of mice and men
here's number #1
my new neighbour
appears to be an only child
the nest is under the carport
it's really the perfect location for the home of a bird
out of wind, rain and the reach of critters that might do harm
April 03, 2008
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