Adventures in La La Land

I just finished Forgotten God  by Francis Chan . . . and I loved it. Can you believe after my experience with the last Francis Chan book I read that I would enjoy a subsequent one so much?? [Sidenote: I didn't really hate Crazy Love  that much. It just terrified me. But it was actually a good thing. It was that book that has spurred me to study and search so much since then.] Anyway, I started reading through the New Testament a while ago as an attempt to fall more in love with Jesus. I got to Acts a few months ago and have just been stuck. I'm dumbfounded by the way the Spirit worked in the first believers, and don't understand why we don't experience Him that way anymore. (At least I don't!) When I heard about Forgotten God , I knew I wanted to read it. I was telling Niki that I think she should read this book because it addresses so many of our questions. She asked if it gave any answers. Haha. Really, I'm not sure it does. But it was reassuring to have ...

1. I had a great time last weekend on our little mini-retreat. Lots of good food, laughter, games and spiritual discussion - about sin, grace, heaven, and everything else! We were staying in Muskegon, and in the 3 days we were there, we got 14 inches of snow. It was crazy! Thank goodness for Niki and her sweet driving skills. 2. Good news: we made it an entire week without puking!! I'm really hoping that means we're done with it, and the doctor was right. 3. I bought Lucy some Elmo underwear and we did a little trial run of potty training this week. She wanted to wear the undies, and I wanted to see if she has any concept of what it means to "go potty." I really don't think she does. Haha. I'm not rushing it. I think she needs to be a little bit more verbal before she'll really be ready. I just wanted to see what would happen if we tried it this week. 4. I read a couple more chapters of Forgotten God  this week. Chan talked about how we tend to have ...

1. This is my 100th post. I think it's been less than a year since I started this blog. Go me. :-) 2. I only worked 2 days again this week. I think that's going to be my new normal. It's amazing to be a mostly stay-at-home mom, but our bank account is severely suffering as a result. We have to live in this house for 3 years since we took the $8,000 first time home buyer's tax credit when we bought it. It'll be 3 years in June, and I'm seriously considering buying a much  cheaper house. If we could cut our house payment in half, I might be able to stay at home full time. That said, Justin isn't totally  on board with selling our house. So we'll see . . . 3. Lucy had 2 random puking episodes this week. I think it's been almost a month since she had the flu, so I don't understand what this puking is about. The first time was at Niki's house for my extended family Christmas. It was crowded and hot, and she had eaten a lot. So I figured it was ...