Of Bulletins and Bible Studies
Wednesday is a full day for me. We usually have several errands to run and between those, BFL putting the songs in the program that we use for the overhead projector, BFL helping out with the Youth Group, me doing the church bulletin, and Bible study, we have a very full evening!
Tonight we started a new series in Bible study on John 3:16. Now I owe $8 for the book that goes with the series, but it’s well worth it because at least then I know what on earth is going on! So far the series has been good although I really wish the person who teaches the class would let us have a bit more than 5 minutes for discussion time. It would do us a lot better and we’d learn more, at least I think we would, and we’d have everyone’s perspective on what’s being taught. But alas, we don’t get that option.
In any case, with all the stuff I do on Wednesdays, it’s a miracle I don’t fall into a deep sleep as soon as I’m home!
Desire to Travel
I can remember when I was little, my mom and dad used to tell me about their plans to retire and travel the US in an RV. I came along, which ended that particular dream – not that they minded – so they never got to do the traveling that they originally wanted to.
Sometimes I think it would be nice to be able to do that – just travel at will. One of the places I’ve been wanting to see because I’ve heard so much about it, is the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I can just imagine booking one of the Outer Banks vacation rentals that are right there just a couple hundred feet from the beach. Just going out on the beach, laying in the sun on the sand, going out to splash in the water for a while.
It would be so great to just get away and have some sand, sun, surf, and fun on the Outer Banks of NC!!!! 
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce = Love
A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine gave me a very basic spaghetti sauce recipe. All the recipe included was the tomato ingredients. She said anything else that goes into it is up to me. She also said not to cook it in the crock pot as it wouldn’t thicken up.
So what did I do? I sauteed onions & garlic, put them in the italian seasoned crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and tomato paste, put it all in the crock pot and turned it on low. A couple of hours later I tasted it, put in some oregano, basil, chili powder, and a bay leaf. A couple of hours after that I checked again, added a bit more of the seasonings, and then went to bed. When I got up, I tasted it again, then added a jar of sliced mushrooms. When I put the water on to boil for the spaghetti noodles, I added some three cheese blend and let it simmer in the sauce while the noodles boiled.
The sauce was delicious – absolutely delicious and it thickened up just fine. Of course it was in the crock pot, on low, for 16 and a half hours, but it was well worth the time spent on it! I’ll definitely be making that for dinner again!
Making Up
You know, I don’t understand the way some people make up. As in, when a couple gets upset with each other and then they make up. Someone I know made up with their significant other by the two of them screaming at each other. Other friends of mine do things like order gifts from Pro Flowers in San Diego California to get back into their significant other’s good graces. Gifts usually worked for me and my ex, but I know it doesn’t work for everyone.
One of my friends and her boyfriend just fight and don’t actually make up, they just act like it never happened. Of course, to me that leaves an elephant in the room, but that’s how they prefer to deal with it, so I suppose it’s all right. But I can’t understand the ones who do things like scream at each other until they make up. It makes no sense – to me if you have to scream at each other to make up, you shouldn’t bother making up!
I Don’t FEEL Like Talking
By nature, for whatever reason, I am a talker. Considering that BFL is not that much of a talker, she has learned to either tune me out or give me subtle signals such as eye rolling when I’m rambling on and on about something she doesn’t care about. But as a general rule, I talk a mile a minute.
So why is it that online I barely say anything? I don’t tweet a lot, I don’t chat on Facebook, MySpace, or instant messengers much. I’m just not a talking when I’m online. Well, for one thing, I usually don’t feel like talking when I’m online. I’m not a big fan of talking without it being face to face. Sure, I *do* talk online to a few people, but I’m not a big fan of talking via electronic means – if I can’t hear a voice, I’m not particularly interested.
But more than that, I just don’t FEEL like talking. I don’t have anything to say and I’ve usually blogged it if I do have something to say, so I don’t want to get all up on the instant messengers or chat boxes and be yakking away. Heck, it’s hard enough to get me to participate in forums! I guess I’m just not a cyber-talker.
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