An update

Overheard from the den as the scary movie music swells: "I just want to know, why would a little boy be out in the woods at night?" I love little girls.

Thank you for asking for an update. For the past several days I've been jonesin' to sit down at the computer and post something new, but life has been busy. Wedding planning is in full swing, friends came to visit, my to-do list has filled up all the allocated page lines and is now overflowing into the margins, and I am in the middle of a tsunami of laundry. But life is good. We've prepped the soil in the backyard for our spring vegetable garden, which I am most excited about, especially the corn. Don't ask me why, but corn is my favorite crop to grow. I think it's because my first experience with a vegetable garden produced the most delicious corn I've ever tasted and I'm trying to recreate the bliss of summer sweet corn on the cob.

Lately... I like lists, so I'll give it to you in list form:

I've been watching: LOST, Biggest Loser, American Idol, and ER. First of all, may I express my love for a little technology called DVR. I would never watch TV without it... namely because I am generally not home when my favorite programs are airing, and also that I abhor commercials. Biggest Loser has gotten smart about it and has started with product placement at least one time during each episode, through which I also cheerily fast forward. I promised that I would not give away anything about LOST because Jules is a bit behind over in England... but I can express my appreciation that at least the writers are keeping up the plot and not dragging us along endlessly as they did in the second season. I think one of the only reasons I still have patience with this show is because I know it is going to end after next season and so I have hope for a proper resolution. That and it's just so smart. I haven't much to say about Biggest Loser, except that I am happy that the contestants seem to be a lot nicer this season and genuinely concerned for one another and not just about winning $250,000. I watch American Idol on and off, and I still haven't made up my mind about the new judge. Randy Jackson seems to be getting testier by the day, and actually how old is Paula Abdul? This season is the last season of ER, which is the only reason I am watching it... primarily because they are bringing back old cast members to close out the show. Noah Wylie, a.k.a. Dr. Carter returned this week, I believe (haven't watched the DVR-ed episode yet), and I think he's staying until the season's end. Still holding out for George Clooney's return as well.

I've been reading: I just decided to re-read Francine River's Mark of the Lion trilogy, which if you have not read it you need to go buy it now. Absolutely the best fiction series I have ever read (followed closely by Ted Dekker's Circle trilogy). I just read a non-fiction work by Dekker entitled The Slumber of Christianity which really rocked my world. And I'm in the middle of a biography on George Mueller... challenging because it highlights how big God is and how little we usually believe Him at His word. Mueller did, and has an amazing life story as a result.

I've been pondering: Eternity and what it will be like; what font I'd like to use on my wedding invitations; Joseph Kony's child soldiers, who are branching out of Uganda and into surrounding African countries (I do not understand why the heck the ICC cannot send an international military force in to successfully arrest this ONE MAN who is responsible for the terrorizing and massacre of thousands of people and the abduction of thousands of children... if you know, please tell me); possible honeymoon destinations on limited funds; and humanitarian action that benefits the common good but does not share the Good News.

I love living in North Carolina, and I especially love the Rocky Bald River down by Chimney Rock, and as soon as the weather is in the sixties, I am headed out there for an ice cream cone and an extended afternoon of sunbathing on a boulder mid-river.