Feel like it's been forever...

I honestly feel like it's been forever since I have blogged...my recent posts have been quick snippets and not really typical Angie.  Sooo in the spirit of Angie and total randomness....

On Sunday, I picked up a CD that contains all the messages our youth group heard up at Northland.  The evangelist:  Steve Petit.  The second message on the CD was about embracing God's plan, His perfect will, and His provision.  In that message - the speaker (and I say "speaker" because I do not believe that it was Steve...I think it might've been Aaron Coffey) said that so many of us wake-up ticked that God is not on-board with our plans.   After listening to that message, I realized...that although I am not "ticked" at God...I'm sad.  I'm sad that His plan doesn't line up with my expectation.  When it should be reversed...my expectations should be to do His perfect will each and every day.  The whole entire message is one that I hope and pray I will take to heart daily.

Sunday night was the derby car race which concluded our Vacation Bible School week.  What a fun night!  The kids were soo excited to be there and watch their cars go soaring past the finish line.  Two fine, young gentlemen had to lose...TO GIRLS.  I did feel bad.  That cannot be a fun feeling!  Secretly I thought the girls did a fabulous job on their cars...and let's face it, sometimes you have to lose to members of the opposite sex.  And after losing, you have to put on your big girl panties and go about your day as if nothing is amok.  It's called maturing and growing up.  It ain't fun, but it should happen.

Monday brought about a reprieve and some sense of normalness - despite the fact that I am still house-sitting.  It was nice working all day, spending time with the dogs, hitting the gym for a shortened work-out, and then returning to said dogs.  I love it that the dogs like (and are allowed) to sit on the couch with me.  It's nice having them beside me.  With Maggie - sitting by me is on HER terms.  Well, you know how that goes with cats... :)

Tuesday - again more normalness.  Work, dogs, knitted, worked-out, knitted, slumber...

I love, love, love, love my quiet little life.  I know that some people crave to be busy and have things penciled in everyday...I don't.  I'm the kind of girl that is perfectly content to sit on the porch, wearing my slippers, knitting, occasionally throwing a mangled tennis ball, laughing, taking a call from a friend, knitting, so on and so forth...  I'm that kind of girl.

Today -- Wednesday.  The middle of the week.  Two more wake-ups and then it's Home Sweet Cottage.  Can you tell that I am slightly excited?  I am.  Not that I won't miss the dogs...because I do like them.  But I am glad that my mini-vacation is almost ova.  Truth be told - I've literally been treating this like a vacation and staying up way too late...thus my coffee consumption in the morning.  I'm sure the home-owners are going to appreciate the fact that I took their "Help yourself to any food, coffee, etc." very literally...as they are only going to be left with a container of decaf.  "Decaf coffee is like sleep."  ~ Author Unknown

Tomorrow is Thursday...I wonder what kind of craziness tomorrow will hold.  Off the top of my head, it doesn't appear like there is any potential for nonsense...but one can never tell when the curly haired girl is involved.  And tomorrow -- the curls shall rule!

Happy Thursday-Almost-Friday!