It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go... :)
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So this year I got a real tree! I'm just hoping I don't kill it... So far, so good-- it's been 1 whole day! I've gotten a mini tree from Trader Joe's for the past 3 years, and every year I kill it. Just not enough light in my house. This year it didn't even make it until Christmas, I was so sad! I hate killing things! It was so cute too. I shall have to pray for my tree... :)
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I visited El Paso, TX last week and you know, it's a very friendly place. They had a Christmas tree set up, and snowflakes hanging from the ceiling in the airport-- my hotel room had Christmas music (which said the word "Christmas" in it) playing in the lobby. The fireplace was lit, and there was a tree with presents underneath by the door. There were books for borrowing on a bookshelf in the lobby, and the people at the counter were concerned about whether or not I had breakfast and told me how to take it on the go.
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I rode in the hotel shuttle--which didn't only go to the airport for a change--all around El Paso as the driver took some freight pilots to their hub. I had a lovely time hanging out with the driver and the pilots, chatting about what this world is coming to and how liberal California is! You can't even say "Merry Christmas" in California anymore without "offending someone". But in El Paso, it was all over (even though it was still commercialized). It was just a very friendly place, not impersonal or sterile like most places I go. Despite being a barren industrial wasteland that gets up to the 100's in the summer, I think it is quite lovely. I enjoyed myself completely!
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Fun stuff also, I got a little digital recorder for Christmas (early)! It also plays mp3 files, so now I have a music player as well. With this I can make impromptu/demo recordings and upload them onto my computer! So I can burn a CD or put music on the internet if I want. This shall replace my 1980's tape recorder as an awesome quick recording device. The sound quality is pretty amazing too! Yippee! Fun stuff.
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Well, I could write more, but lest I lose your attention (if I haven't already), I shall bid you adieu! Merry Christmas! Praise be to God for the gift of His wonderful Son-- for He is the reason for the season! :)

Yay! Time for "The Holidays"!

With Thanksgiving a week away, it is officially time for "the holidays"! My favorite time of year! The food, friends, family, and cool weather is just wonderful to me. I already have some scented pine cones and my pumpkin pie air freshener out! :D

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It's hard to believe it's here already though... Wasn't it just January '08 like... a couple months ago? It's strange how a year can fly by so quicky, and yet, when you stop to think of how much has actually happened in that year, it seems like an eternity has passed. Strange stuff. I wonder what it will be like in heaven for all eternity with no time? ;)

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Just some food for thought...!

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A Month Of Updates!

So it's been about a month since I've made an entry. Not a whole lot has happened since then, yet a lot has.

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I went up to San Francisco not too long before the Election. It was interesting as I visited the Castro district, apparently the gay capital of the world (or something like that!). There were rainbow flags hanging from every lamp post on the street, and the bank I went to had an enormous rainbow flag hanging prominently on its wall. Funny, I think if there was a giant cross hanging from the wall there would be a major issue...

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Aside from the prevelence of the homosexual community, I had a good time. Work was tough and challenging, but I got to visit Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf. I have visited San Francisco several times throughout my life, so it brought back memories. It was dark by the time I got off work each day so I didn't get to see the silver men or too many artist/musician people.
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My hotel in San Francisco was pretty neat; it was a '50s themed hotel right on the border of the ghetto of San Francisco (I'm not kidding, the hotel staff told me not to go down the street to the east past dark!). The bathroom colors reminded me a lot of my grandparents' kitchen-- their house was built in the '50s. My cousin saw a picture and said, "That is Grandma's kitchen!" Oh yes-- and I got to visit my cousin and her husband while up in the bay area. That was a blessing as well! I have a notion I will be up there again in the next 6-7 months, so perhaps I will visit again... (I'll keep you posted Em!)
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Other than that, I haven't done much. I had the flu prior to going to San Francisco, and I attended The Call for a few hours on November 1st to pray for our nation and the church. I am SOooo glad Prop 8 passed! It was interesting to me that Obama won and Prop 8 passed. And 2 days after the election, I had to drive up to West Hollywood for work-- but I took my "Yes on 8" sticker off my car first so the windows wouldn't get smashed in (have you heard about all the protests there? They actually closed the street next to the bank I was at for a protest!).

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So there you have it, a month of updates, briefly. I am traveling again next week, and the week after I am leading worship at church (yay!). God is good, and hopefully despite all my up and down emotions I will remember to praise Him for all He has done and is doing. (Amen!)

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Much love, peace out. --D