normaility

today i was sitting outside, drinking tea, and enjoying the suns rays that were warming up my skin. its these kind of moments that i really have time to think, and reflect.

this particular afternoon i was thinking to myself that after a few months of non-stop drama and tragedies.... i think that my life has gotten to a brief point of rest. a time for me to catch my breath before the next waves of events. whatever they may be.

now i pretty much know who reads my blog, but just for the sake of privacy and unwanted attention i will be vague when it comes to names....
one of my closest freinds, probably best freind, my brother, is finally (i hope) getting over a hard season of life where he rejected his faith and tried to find satisfaction in the world. i have been encouraged talking with him and praying with him, and just seeing God starting to answer prayer!! its amazing...

thats just one example... there is so many more dramas though that i feel are starting to wind down.... and even though most of them aren't completely over, i feel like i can deal with it. this probably has to do with the fact that our house is starting to feel like OUR house. boxes are dissappearing and furniture and homely things are stating to appear.

i realize that no life is perfect and struggle free, and i am assured that there will be hardships to come... but at this moment i am at peace. and drinking tea. and avoiding math homework......the main sourse of stress in my life right now =/

but anyways
those are my thoughts for today.
i thank God for you guys

Michael

so today was the father daughter tea. every year we transform the commons and fellowship hall of our church into a Medival City. there are decorations, games, shops, roaming minstrels, venders, and all sorts of other niffty little things like that that gives the whole place a middle ages feel.

my family was the royal family. all i did for 4 hours was sit and eat food and drink mass quantity's of tea. and wear tights. and a purple outfit. wow. yeah so that was my day... it was hard though i wanted to go out and enjoy the 80 degree weather, and frolic in the grass... or go for a walk, or go swimming (those costumes got HOT!). but even though i would've rather been outside, i was able to find joy in taking part in an event that ove 200 fathers and daughters were able to enjoy. but now i am exhausted. so i am going to go sleep.

Cheers! (ha ha sorry i've been a medival prince all day :-P)
Michael

New layouts... :-)

old cars.. :-(

so yes yesterday as i was driving to piano lessons i heard a funny noise at the front of my car... i desregarded it because it went away after a while... then a few miles down the road the temperature gauge spikes all the hazard lights went on and i FREAKED OUT!! so i exit... and go to a gas station (convienently across the street from the North Campus) and i open the hood....PSSSSSSSSSS.... smoke. yeah some random belt broke... so now i am carless until sometinme today this afternon. apparently its an easy repair... but still... after waiting around for more than 2 hours... i missed piano lessons and couldn't go anywhere for 24... :-( it was actually a good day though...

Finally. our home is starting to feel like home. i have a bed with sheets. my room is painted! (brown and blue :-) )




bad picture...but whatever. i took it with my phone. i just like having pictures with my posts...i think it adds something... i am getting sidetracked..

anyways! we have actually painted all the bedrooms.... we have moved in most of the furniture. we can see the back of our garage. we found our teapot ( which some of you can appreciate :-P) AND we got our cool new high efficency washing and drying machine!!

soon i will post some pictures up... maybe when our house isn't so messy....

but our house still seems far away... it has been encouraging though! Ian and Aaron and Kate i think have all drove out here numerous times! Our house is ALWAYS open for anyone. no joke. we feel as if this is the lords house and will be used for ministry and just a place where people will want to come... so, anytime just give me a call and come on over :-) or just show up spontaneously... either way.

So....yes...we are semi-moving into our house today!!!!! i am super excited!!!!! we have not been in a house for approaching 8 monnths. so today we are taking all of our belongings from my grandparents house and moving them into our new house. we will be sleeping on matresses on the floor for a few days while we paint and put in flooring etc. AHHHH! i am ecstatic! wow. well i need to pack this computer now... so i thought i'd write this really quick because we won't have internet for a while... bummer... i'll write more at school though!
til then

Michael

wow all i can say, is i have amazing friends.
yesterday at the mall of america, during "Mall Madness", i was hungry...of course... so i decided to get some chineese. it sure tasted good at the time but i am almost positive i got food poisioning from it...later that evening it came back to haunt me.

i was driving kaija to Grace church for the easter play. I felt awful. apparently i was swerving quite a bit. kaija told me

"Michael, if gabby was here she would be freaking out!!"

thats when you know i am driving crazy :-P

no, but its probably true considering tha when we got to grace i almost collapsed in the parking lot... and almost passed out in the commons.

all this to say, after complicating Kaija's evening sitting backstage grace for an hour sleeping/being cold. she persisted on taking care of me even though i was being a pill and not wanting any help. even more, after everyone telling me i couldm't drive Aaron brought me home in my own car, while Erin (a girl from grace) followed, and the brought Aaron back to grace for his car... thats about 2 hours of driving... i thank God for Friends that care!!

Michael