i'm currently at home waiting to hear from the mechanic. my muffler is shot. it was only mildly shot as of saturday, but then on the way to work today it became completely shot and i just couldn't drive it like that. so i turned around was arrived just as the garage opened for business. i've called work saying that i'm hoping it'll just be the morning and i'll make up the time.
i wanted to write on friday and tell you about the end of an era. i finally closed the joint bank account with my mom. as i left the bank and got into the car it really truly hit me that i'm married. the only bank account i know have is joined with b. we made the decision to join our account for a lot of reasons but primarily because of something we learned on my favourite show "til debt do us part". gail vos-oxlade always tells her clients that in order to overcome financial challenges a couple has to approach their finances as a team. she takes it further and says that you can't be at team if you have separate accounts. that may not be true for everyone. if you and your partner have separate accounts i'm not saying you're not a team, but we could understand the logic behind what gail said and decided to take that approach. we also do our banking together so we have a shared understanding of what our situation is.
yesterday i preached for the second time. it was fun. i learned things yet again about how to present a talk and how to do a few things differently. everyone's feedback was very helpful and encouraging. for a number of people what i said really hit home and they appreciated it - and i appreciated that. i was concerned that what i had to say would not translate well thru my mouth. i'm pretty comfortable standing in front of a crowd speaking, but i don't believe myself to be as articulate as i am in the written word. preparing a sermon is a great learning experience. i remember hearing years ago that you learn 70% of what you teach, so it's a good opportunity for personal development for me too.
after it was over i felt so elated. it was like i was walking on sunshine, like i was beginning a permanent vacation. it took some time for me to remember i had to get up and go to work in the morning.
it was a nice weekend. on saturday we had the chance to connect with rach, jase, joanne, meg, bethany, sarah k, our neighbour ben, tim and tracy at the gertrudes show. on saturday we had dinner with nancy and gerry, then had a visit with mike and bren. on sunday i got to see melissa and michelle at church, then my mom came for lunch and we hung out with andrew and shannon in the evening. the whole weekend was very lovely.
hm, it's now quarter to 9 and i haven't heard from the mechanic yet. i hope it's not too much longer.
don't let it bring you down.
i wanted to write on friday and tell you about the end of an era. i finally closed the joint bank account with my mom. as i left the bank and got into the car it really truly hit me that i'm married. the only bank account i know have is joined with b. we made the decision to join our account for a lot of reasons but primarily because of something we learned on my favourite show "til debt do us part". gail vos-oxlade always tells her clients that in order to overcome financial challenges a couple has to approach their finances as a team. she takes it further and says that you can't be at team if you have separate accounts. that may not be true for everyone. if you and your partner have separate accounts i'm not saying you're not a team, but we could understand the logic behind what gail said and decided to take that approach. we also do our banking together so we have a shared understanding of what our situation is.
yesterday i preached for the second time. it was fun. i learned things yet again about how to present a talk and how to do a few things differently. everyone's feedback was very helpful and encouraging. for a number of people what i said really hit home and they appreciated it - and i appreciated that. i was concerned that what i had to say would not translate well thru my mouth. i'm pretty comfortable standing in front of a crowd speaking, but i don't believe myself to be as articulate as i am in the written word. preparing a sermon is a great learning experience. i remember hearing years ago that you learn 70% of what you teach, so it's a good opportunity for personal development for me too.
after it was over i felt so elated. it was like i was walking on sunshine, like i was beginning a permanent vacation. it took some time for me to remember i had to get up and go to work in the morning.
it was a nice weekend. on saturday we had the chance to connect with rach, jase, joanne, meg, bethany, sarah k, our neighbour ben, tim and tracy at the gertrudes show. on saturday we had dinner with nancy and gerry, then had a visit with mike and bren. on sunday i got to see melissa and michelle at church, then my mom came for lunch and we hung out with andrew and shannon in the evening. the whole weekend was very lovely.
hm, it's now quarter to 9 and i haven't heard from the mechanic yet. i hope it's not too much longer.
don't let it bring you down.
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