Father's Day Weekend

So I had a full weekend. A lot happened, a lot didn't happen. Parts of the weekend dragged on forever, and parts of it sped by quickly?

On Friday, my friend, Alyssa, and I went to my house and relaxed and watched Clean House for a few hours. She went home and Brooke, my roommate, and I had dinner at Pounders. It was fun hanging out with her. We don't get to hang out as much now that she works in Flower Mound. We came home, and started karaoke-ing to some burned CDs that had our favorite songs on it. I must admit, we can harmonize incredibly at times. We soon got tired and went to sleep.

I was woken by my phone ringing on Saturday morning. It was my dad. He invited me over to biscuits and gravy. Scott, Becky, and Sarah Beth had arrived late Friday night. So, I went over to hang out with them. We had a great breakfast. After breakfast and the girls got ready, we went to Frisco and shopped at Half Priced Books, Sam Moon's, Wal-Mart, and Mardels. I got some new sheet music, a Nicole Nordeman CD, and a lot of cleaning supplies and stuff. I had a nice visit with my mom. We hadn't really spoken for a while. When we got back from shopping, dinner was ready. My dad has smoked a brisket and bologna. We had a great "Father's Day" celebration. After eating and visiting for a while, I went home. I then got a call from my old roommate. She wanted to know if I wanted to come play farkel. So I went over and played farkel til about 10. I was asked to be a groomsman in their wedding. It seems like all my friends are getting married this year. It will be fun. It is kinda like a country wedding. I will be wearing a tuxedo jacket and tie, but I will also be wearing wranglers and a cowboy hat. It will be fun.

I woke up Sunday morning to go to the church where my parents attend. I got up early to go to the early service. I didn't want it to seem that I was just going to church for my parents. I rode with a lady I work with. Anyway, got to church, and my parents were there. ha ha ha. My brother James was preaching at his church and they were gonna go to hear him speak, but didn't want to miss their church either. I am glad that I went. I am not sure if I will go again. I appreciated the kind spirit of everyone I met. But I have reservations when it comes to being busy in Christian work. I don't believe that one should keep himself so busy that he doesn't have "time" to acknowledge issues in his own life. What happens when there is "down-time"? Does that mean the Christian man suddenly faces reality and backslides? I don't know exactly how express this area of concern. I know that there is a serious side of God and that He is powerful, but I also believe that we often miss out on the loving affectionate side of Him too. I don't like the "me + self denial(self hate) = God is glorified" stance on God's true identity. Yes, we are to fear him, but we are also supposed to love Him. I have never been able to love someone completely if I am always living in fear of him. There has to be a happy median. The service reminded me a lot of my high school youth group days. Although I have extremely fond memories of those times, I also see that I have matured as a person. We can't live life without acknowledging certain aspects of who we are. God calls us as we are, with all that we are ... he doesn't wait until we have one "struggle" mastered. I don't know.... I am very glad that I went to church yesterday, but I left a little confused. I got home from church at 10:30, so I had the whole day, pretty much, to get my laundry and stuff done. And I did!!! Laundry is all caught up.
I have a down comforter, but I haven't been using it since it is white and it is dirty. The care instructions say that it needs to be dry cleaned. It costs $35 to get it dry cleaned; I only paid $40 for it. See my issue? So I put it in the washer. I used a lot of oxy-clean. After it came out of the dryer, I was so pleased to find that it is as white as when I first purchased it. And, it is just a fluffy and warm. I am not saying to wash it every week, but I am so happy to know that it doesn't have to go to the cleaners.

Today seems to be a great day so far. Everyone is back from their weekend trips, and the office is full again. Anyway, I hope everyone has a great day! Talk with you soon!