today

ended up being a very good day.

bingo.

hot tortillas.

and a good movie with a good friend.

god is good.

even when i forget so easily.

sometimes i can be the biggest idiot.

but..

god is good.

christmas has ceased

well,

its over.

christmas will officially be past tense in 22 minutes.

it was a good day..in which i got to do a number of things.

which is ironic, considering i didnt leave the house once.

i got to..

1. take a long nap, which was very enjoyable

2. eat ALOT of good food, mostly after 5:30 p.m. ha (so much for watching the weight)

3. watch a magnificent movie ('arry potta and the order of the phoenix..GO GRYFFINDOR.)

4. get into a good book (something i haven't been able to get myself to do in awhile..)

5. sit by the warm FIRE.

6. play with pippin, my sister's adorable puppy. a feisty little creature, she is.

7. play guitar and piano for extensive amounts of time

8. watch golf with my pops. (you learn to like it)

9. manage to do all of this wearing scrub bottoms and a beowulf t-shirt.

and...10. well, i just thought i'd even things out by adding a tenth statement to the list. but the truth is, i really cant think of anything else to add. except maybe drinking half a gallon of milk throughout the day. three cheers for strong bones and teeth. no osteoporosis for me, oh no. i'll be pissed if that's the disease i end up dying from. i have milk every freakin' day. EVERY DAY. ha. i should be on a got milk ad. just spray me with mist to give me the appearance of a nice sweaty body, paint me a milk mustache with oil pastel or whatever they use these days, and dress me in all nike apparel, and i'd be fit for the role. and now that i've gone completely off subject, i should probably get some sleep. fifteen minutes until december 26th, and then we'll be on the road again to a brand new year. crazy how time flies.

i need to brush my teeth.

farewell, cyber community with nothing better to do but read my pathetic spurts of random thoughts, farewell.

virgin blogger

so. this is...my first blog. on blogspot.com, at least. its rather intriguing, really. yesterday was christmas eve, and now its christmas morning. it doesnt feel like christmas...at ALL. its very odd, and i dont like it. joe brooks is playing in the background of this hazy morning, and there's no snow outside. boo. i read the message for awhile after i woke up, and i'm hoping to carry what i've read throughout the day with me..(unlike yesterday's outcome)...

to live in the freedom of God is what I desire.

"Offer yourselves to sin, for instance, and its your LAST free act. But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom NEVER quits. All your lives you've let sin tell you what to do. but THANK GOD you've started listening to a new master, one whose commands set you free to live openly in HIS freedom!

...But now that you've found you don't have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is DEATH. But God's gift is REAL life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master."

...whew.

that's quite a lot right there to let sink in.

FREEDOM is available. 

the question is, can i get over my mountain of pride to receive it? 

i have to, i have no choice.

Lord, I pray for your strength, a softened heart, and a heavenly mindset today.