Deb Needs...

(The picture has nothing to do with this post.)

Since our cats blog, I find out all kinds of interesting things about what goes on around here... you never know what they will tell you! Anyway, Tiria did a "needs meme" and I thought it would be fun to try it.

Besides, classes are done for a few weeks and I have a time to BURN!

DIRECTIONS:
Google your name and the word needs after it. Put the text string in quotes to limit your search. (i.e. "Deb needs") List the first 10 items where your text string shows up in a complete sentence (assuming of course that they are G-rated...) and see what you get!!

I got 2,500 hits!

1) Deb needs HAL removed.
(I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that!)

2) Deb needs to be uploaded.
(errmmm... not yet. I hope.)

3) Deb needs Facebook.
(Of course! Doesn't everyone?)

4) Deb needs help with whole words.
(Someone has been reading my papers!)

5) Deb needs help PLEASE!
(Geez. I know, I know!)

6) Deb needs a desktop file.
(Believe it or not, I don't. Just today I cleaned up my desk!)

7) Deb needs helpers!
(I won't turn you down!)

8) Deb needs more time to look at the menu.
(I confess that often happens.)

9) Deb needs "faction music input".
(Have NO clue what that means...)

10) Deb needs a revelation when a grisly ax murderer kills a man & demolishes his car.
(Niiice.)

OK. Talk amongst yaselves and then try it.

Deb

Feeling thin skinned...

I need to get a grip. Or a thicker hide. Or change ponds. Or just float away and let it go. Or maybe all of the above. Like this gal...



Man. There are times that estrogen really, really SUCKS!

Just sayin.
Deb

Friday Five - HOT HOT HOT

Presbyterian Gal of RevGals writes:

It’s August. An oppressively hot and humid month where many of us live.

I remember the Al Pacino movie though not much about the plot. Just that it was very, very hot. And he had giant sweat stains on his shirt.

As I pass through this year’s dog days in my felon ridden neighborhood (OK, just two housefuls. But isn’t that enough?), I am trying to focus on the blessings apparent around me, past and present, that I might not notice, necessarily. In that spirit, this week’s Friday Five goes thusly:

1. What is your sweetest summer memory from childhood? Did it involve watermelon or hand cranked ice cream? Or perhaps a teen summer romance. Which stands out for you?
Summers at the pool. Running in the sprinkler. Summer camp. And home-made Popsicles.

2. Describe your all time favorite piece of summer clothing. The one thing you could put on in the summer that would seem to insure a cooler, more excellent day.
My broomstick skirt and a tank top. Birkies, too.

3. What summer food fills your mouth with delight and whose flavor stays happily with you long after eaten?
The fruits of the season.... peaches. tomatoes. berries. Yuuuuummmmm. (Wait. Tomatoes ARE fruits, right??)

4. Tell us about the summer vacation or holiday that holds your dearest memory. Probably the way we end our summers - taking a week at the beach. It's coming up next week... can't wait!!!

5. Have you had any experience(s) this summer that has drawn you closer to God or perhaps shown you His wonder in a new way?
I would have to say being ordained this summer, surprisingly, spoke to my vision and my dreams, and reminded me that indeed God is in the middle of this thing called "life"! I had been told it was "just a piece of paper." It is SO much more...

Bonus question: When it is really hot, humid and uncomfortable, what do you do to refresh and renew body and spirit? A nice tall glass of iced tea with mint and Splenda. And the sports section to read about college football! Fall will be here before we know it...

Deb
who says (for the first time this season...) HEY! QP!! O-H!

The Big Read - part 2

The last time I posted about a reading challenge, I was corrected on the existence of the "real" one called "The Big Read" by a blog commenter. The list I posted was a mish-mash of two challenges. Whatever.

ANYWAY... You can read about the real "Big Read" HERE! Whoopin' Divinity School is a participant and all of us Whoopers are encouraged to squeeze in a non-Divinity book... I am going to try and read a few of them that I either hated the first time, or would like to try as a new one this time... Besides, I have a week coming up at the beach and I need something to read!

Here's the list...
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
My Antonia by Willa Cather
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Shawl by Cynthina Ozick
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Yours for better beach reading...

Deb
...who is already at the beach in her mind...

HOME

The Mexico team is HOME! Despite all odds, everyone got a ticket (including a change of planes in Houston less than 24 hours after Edouard!

The Harpist is enjoying her first hot shower in a week, and shortly, will soon be snoozing in her own bed...

Thanks for praying her, and the rest of the team, HOME!

Deb

P.S. Yes. She will do a guest blog in the next week!

Maybe tomorrow

Our friend, ED, has closed the Houston airport for several hours today... Their flight never left Mexico because of the storm's projected landfall. ...So our girl and the rest of the team are delayed. Pray for good flights, hopefully tomorrow... and safety.

Thanks...
Deb

UPDATE: (3:45 p.m. EDT)
They are on stand-by for Wednesday... there's only 2 flights out of San Luis Potosi each day. Then IF that works, they are on stand-by to get out of Houston....

Keep praying...

Feminist Kitteh

Somehow, this one seems appropriate since my Feminist Theology paper is done...


more cat pictures

...by the way...

Gad, I am an idiot.
200 pages into my day this all becomes quite clear to me...

It is NEVER a good sign when your prof says (after reading your proposal for a paper topic) "well THAT will be a very interesting and challenging paper!")

It would be much better for them to say, "your paper will bore my socks off and will be a piece of cake for you. Here's your A+."

RriiiiiiigghhhhTTT!

NEWS FLASH

Today The Harpist is spending her last (planned) day at Casa Hogar in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. However, we have been watching the Gulf of Mexico and this lil ol' storm named Eduardo. Projected to be making landfall in the next 24 hours... and while I don't wish it on my RevGal friends in the Katrina affected area, I don't want it to hit Houston, either. (That's where the team changes planes and goes through Customs...)

So pray for a fast, safe uncomplicated return.

thanks...
deb

sufficient

In the midst of being overwhelmed yesterday to the point of tears... Naomi and Bill sang this as part of the morning worship. And peace descended...

And God is more than enough for whatever I look at trying to accomplish today. That is, if I remember as I try it, that God is in the midst of doing it with me...

oh. yeah. that.