Congrats Daniel and Amy!

My beloved little sister Amy and her wonderful husband Daniel celebrated 9 years of marriage today. It is hard for me to believe that they have been married for so long:-D They inspire me continually with their faithfulness and love for each other. They give commitment a good name! God has been so gracious to them and I can see His Spirit at work in their lives in so many ways. Check out Amy's blog and see some fun pics from this last year.

I love you, DnA!

Happy Birthday Johnny Cash!

Today would be Johnny Cash's 77th birthday. In honor of that, I encourage you to check out this music video of his cover of the song Hurt written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. I am not sure when I first saw this, but it moved me then and it still moves me now. I love reality in art, and this definitely is redemptive reality.

Latest computer update

This week the RAM and the external hard drive were delivered. My ever-available techie friend said he could probably come by on Friday or Saturday to install the RAM, so I am hopeful that picture-editing will be happening soon! Not that I have many pictures to edit, mind you, but I do have some that have been sitting on my hard drive for a L-O-N-G time waiting to be posted and blogged about.

Good computer news!

Thanks be to God! My computer did not crash as originally believed. Rather, my ipod had interfered with the boot-up and it was only temporary. When the possibility was brought to my attention, I shut it down, started it up and all was well. I still need to upgrade my RAM and add an external hard drive, but I don't have any need to fear for the moment. Now if only I could remember to save toward a new computer so I am not taken by surprise when it finally does kick the bucket.

Bad computer news:-(

Earlier this week, right as I was planning to upgrade the RAM on my laptop, it quit working. Nothing. Just a black screen and the fan humming along. Because there was no great grinding or other scary noises I am hoping that the hard drive is OK. Not only that, but my best techie pal went out of town the next day and is not expected back until mid-week next week! So, this means I only have internet access at work. Sorry for the delay... although I wasn't getting things up here too quickly anyway.

Thanks for your patience!

Sorry for the delay #2

Life has been very intense since the new year rolled in. Jon and I are doing much praying and seeking the will of God for the future, so it is difficult to write our story right now. Your prayers are appreciated and what I said earlier still stands: the pain of trying to have your own way is always far worse than the pain necessitated by following hard after Jesus.

Will try to get some other random posts up this week.

Sorry for the delay

heading back to the farm for Christmas, so my internet connection will be very limited at best. I will try to pick up this story as soon as I can!