No Time Wasted

Today was great. I love it when I have a day off, and I get a ton of stuff done ( quite literally this time :) I like to have something to show for my days off, or I feel like I've wasted something that doesn't come around too often. I had a lot planned for today, but number one on the list was to get some sleep. Didn't turn out that way.

Mom called at 7:50 AM to say that Dusty needed someone to drive him on his paper route, so that he could make it to the quiz meet by 9. So I grabbed a Kit Kat, hopped on my bike, and drove him around on his route. We finished just in time for him to have a shower. He was soo excited ;)

As I rode up my driveway, I realized I had left my keys at mom & dad's, and was therefore locked out of my house. Luckily I had my cell phone on me, so I was able to ask mom to bring them. While I was waiting for the keys I decided I'd better do something to keep warm...it was nice out, but my biking shoes are not exactly meant for winter. So I began to shovel the snow off of my deck. I still hadn't cleared any of the snow from the last two storms, so there was well over a foot of snow on the deck. As I was tossing it over the railing, it occurred to me that there was a massive amount of snow in my yard, and that massive amounts of snow are well suited to making quincys. So I decided to make the most super huge ginormously large quincy ever. I shoveled for exactly an hour. I discovered I can move a lot of snow in one hour. In fact, I am a Canadian-snow-moving-machine! Then I discovered, once I was done, that I am now a very sore Canadian-snow-moving-machine. My spindly little arms are not quite used to that.

Anywhoos, the pile is really, really big. Bigger than any quincy I've ever made before anyway. Now the hard part will be digging it out. It may take quite some time. But it should be spacious enough for a small party inside! Yee haw. I'll let you all know when it's ready :)

The rest of my afternoon was spent having short naps, and cleaning my house. It was a rather busy week, and the place had become a bit of a pig sty. And I bought a bamboo stalk! It's really neat-o! I had to put something in the space that my Christmas tree previously occupied, and I remembered Nat and Candice had a bamboo plant, and it was really cool. And I figured the probably don't die too easily. On the way home from the florist I was reminded of the House Plant Song by Audio Adrenaline. I'll post the lyrics tomorrow. I hope my bamboo likes loud music :)

For supper I was treated to a turkey dinner along with all the quiz teams that came to our church. It was nice to not have to make supper. Speaking of not making supper...can't remember if I already posted it or not, but on thursday Liane and I went to Heinrich & Irene's place for supper, and we had barbecued steak. Boy was it good. Made me feel all summery.

After supper I was in charge of organizing the outdoor games for the quizzers. It was a lot of fun. There's a rather large hill of snow on the parking lot, so we had a fort building competition. There were also snow ball fights, King of the Hill matches, and much snow-frolicking in general.

Then the worship team lead a time of praise & worship. It was great to play with everybody again. Nat came out, and Bruce played bass this time 'cause Keith was gone for the weekend. Dusty filled in for Tim on the drums, and I think he did a pretty darn good job. I lost my voice by the end of the first set, but thankfully God allowed me to make it through the second set (albeit rather raspilly) set. Sheldon spoke for a while about giving our burdens to God. He used Matthew 11 where Jesus said:

"Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light".

It was definitely something I needed to hear. Not because I feel overly burdened, but just because when I am feeling heavy, the last thing on my mind is allowing God to help me with it. Anyone who knows me knows I like to do things on my own, without the help of others. I guess you could call it pride. Something to work on :)

Anywhoos, it's late, and I should hit the sack. Later!