Uncommon

The other night Mal and I commented on how uncourteous drivers have become.  I said that there is no such thing as common courtesy so we must be uncommonly courteous.  Mal said that also applies to common sense.  The sense that seems common these days is not the sense that I would have my children use.  So now I must teach my children to use their uncommon sense.....

Vacation

Dear Readers,

Thank you for sticking with my blog even though I haven't posted for a while.  I have been on vacation and just arrived home today.  The attached photo was one of the highlights.  The 4th of July fireworks (actually held on the 3rd) at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota were spectacular.  I told Mal that I would never need to see fireworks again.  I am not sure any will top it.  The day was glorious - good thing too because we got there about 9 am and the show was not until 9:15 pm.  We were early because the parking fills up by 10 am and the closest parking additional parking means a 2 mile jaunt up the mountain.  There were activities all day and we had a group of people.  Mal's daughter and family came from Florida, friends from Washington state, my brother and family from Florida and of course my family including my daughter's and their partners were amongst the gathered.  

The best part of the holiday though was all the people that we caught up with.  While there was fireworks of the spectacular kind; the trip really was about people who are very important to me.  I love them so and now that I am home in Brisbane, I wish the trip had been a bit longer (usually, I am ready to come home).  This trip was many people and too little time.  I pray that I will get to see them all soon again.   

But since the semester is starting again, I imagine I will blog more frequently.

"I killed a bird with two stones"*

Sometimes we all miss our mark. Two birds with one stone is a special event and perhaps even one bird with one stone. But I think many times to get to what we are aiming at we need to “throw” several “stones”. I believe that it is okay to keep trying to achieve good goals. The idea would be to make sure the bird that we are aiming at is truly the one we want. After that, fire away. Otherwise, you simply join the ranks of people who throw stones.

*Mia, 2 September 2007

When you don’t know what to blog

Well since this is a weekly journal and it has been a week, I need to blog something. I don’t know if it is because I am tired or because there is a holiday this week or because I have too much to say or not enough but I don’t know what to say so may just log a few random thoughts like:

Why do people never say what they mean or think? Me included. For example, instead of telling my daughter I am proud of her college/uni grades. I say great you’re catching up with me. I should probably just have said I am proud. (Hi Mia, I am proud of you!) That is just one of many examples that I have come across this week.

Why do you just get to the cruise stage of something then it changes? Yeah, yeah, “Rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope and hope does not put us to shame…” (Rom 5:3-5a ESV) But do we need to remain in that cycle so much of the time?

Why does time go so fast? I am halfway through my Guam time and I don’t want to be halfway a quarter way would be fine. I am just catching on, see the paragraph above. Of course the reverse applies, if it were not fulfilling and educational, time would probably be dragging. Age old modern question, huh?

Well this will have to be enough rambling. I feel like I am just being silly and killing time.