3 days

well, finally, i think i can say i am relaxed. after a 2 week christmas vacation in which i relaxed very little if at all, it feels good that i had another little break this week (i missed you guys, but really, i always do enjoy stepping away from the computer).

highlights of the time spent, you ask? well, really only one highlight that matters. spent the whole time with my phillip, we just have so much fun together. i am amazed at how God pairs people up. we have many things in common, but the differences are interesting too. he is just such a unique man. i still cannot quite believe that someone exists who can love jackie chan (crap!) and kahlil gibran (cool!) at the same time. thankfully he loves flea markets and lowes and home cooking as well.

anyway, back to the semi real world today, as phillip went back to work, and i cleaned house. i am sometimes amazed at the joy in the regular stuff. we got a book at the thrift store (actually HE found it and bought it, but i quickly stole it) called "peace with God" by billy graham. i just started it, but he talks in the beginning about America being a culture of more boredom than any other on earth, measured by the volume of "artificial amusements" that we indulge in. hhhhhmmmmm. there is something to that, eh? how many of us can just "be" and be okay? i think that might be a good thing to meditate on with the Lord, and see if He has anything to say on the topic :)) will let you know what He says.

we DID also go see 3 movies in 3 days, not because of boredom, but because we have had a serious lack of such entertainment for a very long time. we saw (in order of enjoyment, probably) "michael clayton," "the bucket list," and "dan in real life." they were all good, but i did fend off seeing "i am legend," which was phillip's first choice. i am too afraid of that one!! i may succomb at some point, we'll see.

oh. and we did pick out the wedding rings (still no wedding date, but hey, you gotta start somewhere, right?) and ended up going with Saundra Messinger as the artist. her stuff is really better in person than in the pics, but these pics give you an idea. we haven't ordered them yet, waiting on pricing, but they are oh-so-cool. luckily, we agreed on that point as well. now if some magic wedding fairy could just come and do the rest of the stuff, and i could just show up and be as happy as i am right now, all would be well......