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Name: Tom & Missi
Interests: spending time together with husband, Tom ~
drinking & learning about coffee ~
spending time with students and friends ~
reading & journaling
Expertise: making chinese food ~
baking anything chocolate ~
sunday afternoon naps (no less than 3 hours)
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Member Since:
4/8/2004
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| It's been a long time since I did anything on xanga...too many other things took precedence over reading and posting. Last time I wrote anything it was the beginning of the semester and now here it is, the end.
To all the students I know and love...I'm praying for you as you take finals. I don't want to say 'good luck' because Jesus being with you is way more than good luck!
My parents were here from Maine for Thanksgiving week and Tom and I went to Springfield for the week to be with all of them. It was great but definitely not relaxing. I'm looking forward to going back next week and having time to spend with family and friends.
Time is precious and God is working with me to take time to do the important thing of life... | | |
| I just got home from the Northern Missouri District Women's Retreat and I had an incredible time. It's the smallest and shortest (16 hours) retreat I've been to but one of the most amazing. Going into it I asked God to really show up in my life quickly because there wasn't much time and He definitely came through for me. He spoke to me as a daughter of God and a campus pastor. I love the fact that God chooses to use people to speak into our lives to communicate His heart...He is an unbelievable God!!! | | |
| Yesterday afternoon my amazing husband took me out for coffee while we talked about Chi Alpha stuff. We've started intentionally setting aside an hour to specifically talk about things coming up in our week instead of trying to fit it in casually. It's working out great and we're able to get more accomplished in that hour than we used to while sitting at home. The thing that's so cool about Tom is that he does really sweet things for me while we're working like buying coffee. Bragging on Tom is fun and everyone needs to know how happy he makes me.
that's all for now.... | | |
| Question of the day: When does constructive criticism just become criticism?
It's a slippery slope that I've gone skiing down many a time. When you are really trying to figure out how to make something better (really benefical) and it just becomes a time to slam on things and people that we don't like. It can be so easy to focus on details of stuff that really just don't matter. Because we always know what is best (I know I do), we begin to look down on others, becoming self-righteous, and then less like Christ. If your way is the best prove it. Results/actions always have more influence than rhetoric.
You got to have a sense of humor about your situations and what you do. If you don't you'll never make it in this world. But it's a short step from criticism to gossip and rumors. If I remember right those are people we should avoid. Man, keeping our sinful desires and our tongues in check is hard. Being critical is so much easier than being encouraging. What does this world really need more of criticism or encouragement? Human nature sucks.
Theory of the day: Counterculture (whatever that really means anymore) never really wants to become the culture because if they do they won't be cool anymore. Being cool give influence. If its not cool, then all the books won't sell.
--The thoughts and opinions written are not necessarily those of my wife Missi. Although she might agree with some of it... | | |
| The weekend was great! We went down to the lake and Nevaeh walked right in and began to swim...we weren't sure if she could swim. Anyway, we decided to bring her on the boat. She cried to get in the water with me but then wouldn't jump the 2 1/2 feet from boat to water. I grabbed her collar and Tom gave her a little push from behind...she jumped over my head, went under the water and came up a little freaked out. She swam to the boat but couldn't hold on because she doesn't have opposable thumbs. All of a sudden her back legs sank and then she put her front paws by her face and started going under. I grabbed her and my brother-in-law and I hoisted from behind while Tom pulled her up by the collar. She was so exhausted from the long run Tom's brother Brad took her on that morning and the trauma of the afternoon that she slept for 4 hours on the way back to Columbia. She then slept the rest of the evening on our couch and it took a day and a half for her to be back to her perky self...poor girl!!! My dog rocks and I love her! | | |
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