This has been a very busy week, I must say. I've had busier, certainly, but this comes close.
I finished Nehemiah and Esther, meeting my Bible reading goal for 2012 to get from 1 Samuel to Esther! Since I'm not sure where to go next I've just been reading in the Psalms. I think my next goal will be to go through Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Then Isaiah and Jeremiah. Maybe I'll look into the New Testament for a change, but honestly I think the Old Testament is so much more fun to read.
Anyway, aside from my busy-ness in the Bible, I've also been busy preparing for our huge trip-of-a-lifetime vacation! I don't really like to advertise or show off my big adventures, but since I'm going tomorrow and don't have very many followers of this blog, I think it's probably fine.
So here's our general itinerary: We are flying to Los Angeles tomorrow morning, then an hour and a half later boarding our flight to Paris. We'll get to Paris about one in the afternoon local time, and then sight see for the next three days. Then we'll fly to Rome, board a cruise ship, the beautiful and familiar Norwegian Jade. (We took this cruise ship around the Western Mediterranean two years ago, now to travel on it around the Eastern Mediterranean.) Our cruise ship will be stopping in Greece, then Ephesus, then Istanbul for two days, then Naples. This will take eleven days. We will get off the cruise ship in Rome, spend the day there (yes I know you can't do Rome in a day but technically we are, so whatever), spend the night there, and fly to Amsterdam to Vancouver to Sea-Tac.
It's gonna be so much fun! I cannot wait. Have a good Thanksgiving, everybody! Thanks for reading! : )
11/16/12
11/12/12
And a very happy birthday it was.
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| Sleeping Beauty's Castle has snow! |
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| The Matterhorn. I love it, but my dad's back hates it. |
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| Uncle Jeff, always the jokester. |
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| "How." |
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| Space Mountain. Corina's face is pretty intense right here. |
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| Our picture after Screamin on California Screamin. |
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| Splash Mountain is my favorite ride in Disneyland. I think my face could tell you that without the help of this caption. |
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| "Not ready? Too late! 5...4...3...2...1.. ScuhhREAM!!!" |
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| Corina in front of the beautiful Sleeping Beauty Castle. |
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| Corina is ready to breave the Matterhorn! Woohoo! |
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| We found a little flower patch in front of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. |
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| One of the Main Street Trollies. I've never been onone but maybe I will someday. |
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| Paradise Pier. I think I like it more at night. |
11/5/12
The Redskins Rule
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11/3/12
Oh hey there...
Well. It's been a while since I've blogged. I guess it isn't that I haven't had time. I mean, it's not like I have had a ton of time. But I haven't really had a chance to lately.
It's like...
Anyways, during my time of blogging silence, quite a bit has happened.
My birthday party was last Saturday. That was a ton of fun. We went on the "Night on a Dark Trail." It's a haunted trail (in honor of Halloween, which was three days afterwards) on the Ridge. Fun stuff.
My wonderful friends at MyCakes, Cynthia and Claudette Golpe, made me this amazing cake for my party!
We finished our volleyball season on a high note. This is us after our last and best game.
I went to a Sounders FC playoff game last night. Pretty awesome to hang out with some great gals!
And, this hasn't exactly happened yet, but my birthday is in four days! Woohoo!!
So, I finished 2 Kings a week ago. Then I tried reading 1 Chronicles but I got bored so I skipped 1 and 2 Chronicles and landed on Ezra. I finished that today, and hopefully I will be able to finish Nehemiah in the next week or two.
What I'd really like to blog about tonight is something that happened about two weekends ago. My family and I went to the King Tut exhibit at the Seattle Science Center, which was incredible. I loved it! I would highly recommend going - it's open through January 6 and if you go the last weekend I'll bet a lot of the merchandise will be on sale since it's the last time the exhibit will be in the United States before it goes back to Egypt.
But back to my point. While we were at that exhibit, lots of artifacts found in pyramids were in display. It occured to me that when these pharaohs were alive, all they did was plan their life after their death. They spent practically all their money, time, and energy on their tombs.
Why don't we do that? Granted for the Egyptian kings, it was for the wrong reasons. But I think that we as Christians should do that. What does this life mean to us in terms of the rest of eternity? After we die, it's really not going to matter, is it? All the money we spend on clothes. Food. Shelter. Obviously we need those things to survive and we thank God for them, but what about all the extra stuff we store up for ourselves like extravagant homes, the newest iPhone, or our designer handbags and jewelry?
There's a new Toby Mac CD out there. One of the tracks, my favorite of the album, says, "I'd be packing my bags when I need to stay, I'd be chasing every breeze that comes my way, I'd be building my kingdom just to watch it fade away."
I'm just as guilty of building my own kingdom as the next person, but I really believe that we need to be more like the Pharaohs. We need to do what Jesus says in Matthew 6:19-20: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
Share Jesus, grow in your faith, and remind yourself to live for eternity and not for today. Let's build His kingdom this week.
Have a great week! Thanks for reading! : )
It's like...
Anyways, during my time of blogging silence, quite a bit has happened.
My birthday party was last Saturday. That was a ton of fun. We went on the "Night on a Dark Trail." It's a haunted trail (in honor of Halloween, which was three days afterwards) on the Ridge. Fun stuff.
My wonderful friends at MyCakes, Cynthia and Claudette Golpe, made me this amazing cake for my party!
We finished our volleyball season on a high note. This is us after our last and best game.
And, this hasn't exactly happened yet, but my birthday is in four days! Woohoo!!
So, I finished 2 Kings a week ago. Then I tried reading 1 Chronicles but I got bored so I skipped 1 and 2 Chronicles and landed on Ezra. I finished that today, and hopefully I will be able to finish Nehemiah in the next week or two.
What I'd really like to blog about tonight is something that happened about two weekends ago. My family and I went to the King Tut exhibit at the Seattle Science Center, which was incredible. I loved it! I would highly recommend going - it's open through January 6 and if you go the last weekend I'll bet a lot of the merchandise will be on sale since it's the last time the exhibit will be in the United States before it goes back to Egypt.
But back to my point. While we were at that exhibit, lots of artifacts found in pyramids were in display. It occured to me that when these pharaohs were alive, all they did was plan their life after their death. They spent practically all their money, time, and energy on their tombs.
Why don't we do that? Granted for the Egyptian kings, it was for the wrong reasons. But I think that we as Christians should do that. What does this life mean to us in terms of the rest of eternity? After we die, it's really not going to matter, is it? All the money we spend on clothes. Food. Shelter. Obviously we need those things to survive and we thank God for them, but what about all the extra stuff we store up for ourselves like extravagant homes, the newest iPhone, or our designer handbags and jewelry?
There's a new Toby Mac CD out there. One of the tracks, my favorite of the album, says, "I'd be packing my bags when I need to stay, I'd be chasing every breeze that comes my way, I'd be building my kingdom just to watch it fade away."
I'm just as guilty of building my own kingdom as the next person, but I really believe that we need to be more like the Pharaohs. We need to do what Jesus says in Matthew 6:19-20: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
Share Jesus, grow in your faith, and remind yourself to live for eternity and not for today. Let's build His kingdom this week.
Have a great week! Thanks for reading! : )
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