So I have started writing this blog a couple times and haven't finished. . . I am going to ask a simple question and people might not like it but then again I have been wondering A LOT lately about the answer.
The question: What is the purpose of facebook?
I use facebook because it allows me to keep up with friends- high school and college- that I don't see anymore or talk to on the phone but I still can know what is going on in their lives. I use it because it is a fun way to communicate and wish people happy birthday, and congratulations on a wedding or a baby.
There are a lot of people that use facebook in other ways and share things that just shouldn't be shared or write something on a status or someone's wall that should be said in person or behind closed doors and not for the world to see.
I know I can delete people and I have been but friends and readers help me out here. . . Why do you use facebook? Am I crazy for being annoyed when I see people so desperate for attention that they resort to airing their (or other people's) dirty laundry on facebook?
Just looking for help here. . . I like facebook for the reasons I use it and don't want to offend people by deleting them either yet that is where I am heading with the things people are posting these days.
Make any sense?
Friday, July 29, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
WATCH OUT
She'll steal your chair. . .
She'll steal your finger. . .
She'll steal your heart. . . and the attention of everyone in the room. . .
We spent last weekend in the cities with Katie, Bret, and Mollie (and Aimee, Chris & Fran). We had a BLAST! We went to lunch with my dad, shopped a little, combined phone plans, babysat Mollie, got puked on, changed diapers, fed Mollie, gave baths, snuggled, and taught Mollie a really cool smile in which you MUST wrinkle your nose. So stinkin fun being Uncle Ran & Aunt Lan!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Have you ever
Procrastinated?
Even though you know you shouldn't?
Even though you know you will feel better when it is done?
Even though it is your last homework assignment for the semester and then you have a month off?
Here I am trying not to procrastinate. . .
I am working. . .
Believe it or not. . .
I am just taking frequent breaks. . .
Because I have run out of motivation. . .
Maybe my sister could borrow me one of her pills. . .
(a joke. . . but still. . . maybe)
Even though you know you shouldn't?
Even though you know you will feel better when it is done?
Even though it is your last homework assignment for the semester and then you have a month off?
Here I am trying not to procrastinate. . .
I am working. . .
Believe it or not. . .
I am just taking frequent breaks. . .
Because I have run out of motivation. . .
Maybe my sister could borrow me one of her pills. . .
(a joke. . . but still. . . maybe)
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Blessed
We are blessed with some amazing family members! One of the things that Ryan and I are extremely thankful for is the wonderful examples we have in our lives. We have lots of family members that celebrate anniversaries in the summer and we just wanted to say thank you to them for being such wonderful examples. We love you, we appreciate you, and we pray that God will continue to bless you for many, many, many more happy years!
Thank you for showing us that " Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails" 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. We love you! Happy Anniversary!
Ryan's "Blue" Grandma and Grandpa Who live in a Yellow House
My brother Tim and his wife Danielle
My sister Katie and her husband Bret
Ryan's parents Don and Deb
My parents Chris and Fran
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sometimes. . .
Sometimes I get wrapped up in dreaming and thinking about the future. . . While I know it is okay to think about things like this and I get excited, it invariably ends with me feeling anxious and frustrated. You see I am a planner. I like to know things ahead of time and know what is coming and let me tell you, the last two years have been anything but planned out and predictable. Every time I feel comfortable with where we are there is a little curveball sent our way whether it be a job that didn't pan out, a place to live that isn't what we thought it would be or another day spent in the car driving to and from work. . .
Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining! We are so blessed to have jobs (and good jobs!), a place to live, cars that run, food on our table and clothes on our backs.
As we sat and talked about buying a house someday and other things in our future I was just getting frustrated because I want to do some of those things now. I lack patience (thanks dad) because I have worked for everything all my life and have grown to know that if I work hard enough, I can get what I want. Well, I was reminded in Jeremiah that someone else has a different idea:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11
I want to be like Paul in Philippians chapter 4 when he says "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
Being content like this is hard for me because I always have a next goal and something else I want to accomplish. We were singing a song at church on Sunday and it just hit me that this needs to be my prayer. I get frustrated with myself because I believe in a BIG God, whom I have seen do great and mighty things that noone else could ever take credit for. He died for me and I did not deserve that and I get so wrapped up in my little things that I lose sight of how BIG God is and how many things he has done and will continue to do. I need to trust God that he has a plan for us and he will lead us to the perfect place he has chosen for us when he is ready and provide exactly what we need because as the song said (and I truly, truly, truly believe this) "I will remain confident in this I will see the goodness of the Lord!"
Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining! We are so blessed to have jobs (and good jobs!), a place to live, cars that run, food on our table and clothes on our backs.
As we sat and talked about buying a house someday and other things in our future I was just getting frustrated because I want to do some of those things now. I lack patience (thanks dad) because I have worked for everything all my life and have grown to know that if I work hard enough, I can get what I want. Well, I was reminded in Jeremiah that someone else has a different idea:
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." -Jeremiah 29:11
I want to be like Paul in Philippians chapter 4 when he says "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
Being content like this is hard for me because I always have a next goal and something else I want to accomplish. We were singing a song at church on Sunday and it just hit me that this needs to be my prayer. I get frustrated with myself because I believe in a BIG God, whom I have seen do great and mighty things that noone else could ever take credit for. He died for me and I did not deserve that and I get so wrapped up in my little things that I lose sight of how BIG God is and how many things he has done and will continue to do. I need to trust God that he has a plan for us and he will lead us to the perfect place he has chosen for us when he is ready and provide exactly what we need because as the song said (and I truly, truly, truly believe this) "I will remain confident in this I will see the goodness of the Lord!"
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Being Tall =$
Get it? Huh? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?
Yeah, neither do I! I don't understand why being tall means that you have to spend millions of dollars on clothes. (okay, maybe not millions but a pretty penny for sure) Just to find clothes that fit right and look nice. We are not talking designer clothes here, simply pants that are long enough and shirts that don't end four inches above your wrists!
If you are not tall, you probably don't understand, let me lay it out for you. So you go into a store and you tell them the inseam you need or the arm length on a dress shirt. They have one of two responses for you: 1. They laugh and say wow we sure don't have that here. . . or 2. They tell you to go to another store (to which you have already been and they also had one of the two above mentioned responses). . . Sooooooo you take to your computer knowing that there has to be something out there for tall people and after 24 days of searching and looking at terrible internet pictures of shirts where you can't see the pattern or the color real well, you choose one and say a prayer that it will work as you hit "add to cart." After realizing that the shirt is more expensive than the smaller version of the same shirt and that they don't sell this one in the store, you realize you are stuck and continue with the purchase. You add tax to the purchase because it is not from Minnesota and then pay your right arm and left foot in shipping. Fast forward 15 days and a little box comes to your door. You send up another prayer that this shirt will work only to find that it looks nothing like the picture and the fit is not exactly right and the cycle described above begins again.
I may have exaggerated a bit but you get the point. . . If you are tall, clothing is hard to find and you are going to spend a heck of a lot more money on clothes. I am lucky enough to have one store where I can buy quality dress pants and hopefully they NEVER go out of business. Jeans are a whole different story and if you have ever shopped with me for pants, you will understand how hard and frustrating the process is.
I have found something that puts me shopping for pants to shame. . .Shopping for the big man! They tell you to go to the big & tall section and all you find is big, not tall. Then they laugh at you, make a comment about his size and send you to the internet. . .
Yeah, neither do I! I don't understand why being tall means that you have to spend millions of dollars on clothes. (okay, maybe not millions but a pretty penny for sure) Just to find clothes that fit right and look nice. We are not talking designer clothes here, simply pants that are long enough and shirts that don't end four inches above your wrists!
If you are not tall, you probably don't understand, let me lay it out for you. So you go into a store and you tell them the inseam you need or the arm length on a dress shirt. They have one of two responses for you: 1. They laugh and say wow we sure don't have that here. . . or 2. They tell you to go to another store (to which you have already been and they also had one of the two above mentioned responses). . . Sooooooo you take to your computer knowing that there has to be something out there for tall people and after 24 days of searching and looking at terrible internet pictures of shirts where you can't see the pattern or the color real well, you choose one and say a prayer that it will work as you hit "add to cart." After realizing that the shirt is more expensive than the smaller version of the same shirt and that they don't sell this one in the store, you realize you are stuck and continue with the purchase. You add tax to the purchase because it is not from Minnesota and then pay your right arm and left foot in shipping. Fast forward 15 days and a little box comes to your door. You send up another prayer that this shirt will work only to find that it looks nothing like the picture and the fit is not exactly right and the cycle described above begins again.
I may have exaggerated a bit but you get the point. . . If you are tall, clothing is hard to find and you are going to spend a heck of a lot more money on clothes. I am lucky enough to have one store where I can buy quality dress pants and hopefully they NEVER go out of business. Jeans are a whole different story and if you have ever shopped with me for pants, you will understand how hard and frustrating the process is.
I have found something that puts me shopping for pants to shame. . .Shopping for the big man! They tell you to go to the big & tall section and all you find is big, not tall. Then they laugh at you, make a comment about his size and send you to the internet. . .
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