Regroups 2010

...Tonight was the first night of this years first Regroup term. Sunday's are always usually pretty crazy days in general and today was no exception lol. Even though we were runnin' late Kristina and I pulled it off--we didn't wing-it we pulled it off....(just for the record lol). With how things went last term I was anxious to see how tonight would go. They weren't BAD last time I was just curious to see if tonight would be the same as last....


Well, tonight definitely wasn't like last term. In my opinion, it was better! There were some things that were the same as last time. We were running late....like last term, we were "still" cooking hahaha....like last term, and we still stalled because we were still cooking...like last term, lol. But tonight there was a difference. Two new people came....this term, people raised their hands before they spoke...this term, and our girls--even the "new ones"--actually sort of opened up, and talked....this term!


We learned about James 1:2-4....being joyful about the stuff that we face because it has a purpose...it matures us and tests our faith. We talked about how we're kind of like butterflies. A cocoon of God's word is forming around us. But we can't stay in our cocoon because no one will see what we've become, no one will know that we're butterflies. All people will see is a little brown worm lookin'-thing......like small animal poop HAHAHA!--I was thinkin' it which means I had to say it :). My prayer is that to others, we won't look like poop but show God's beauty everywhere we go. A million kudos to Regroups--it's truely transforming lives one heart at a time.

la Bum ba Becca

...tonight Jason stopped by for a bit waiting on Ling-Ling to get off work. Some people might be offended by him just "hangin' out" until he could hang out with someone else but he was honest about his actions from the get-go and he's always funny so, regardless, it's cool to be around him :)...







Jason gets the "i'm close to my house" call from Ling-Ling and proceeds to head out. He asks: "So whatcha got planned for tonight?" thinking I might say somethin' interesting lol. My reply was simply "This!" and I laughed just sitting on the couch. "I'm a bum!" I said "this is what bums do".


A bum, by Dictionary.com's definition, is a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler. I wouldn't say that I'm necessarily "avoiding" work and if I were I wouldn't be doing it AND proceeding to sponge off of people. Now I do loaf but that's only when I'm home and that doesn't count 'cause that's what a home's for. I wasn't quite sure what the exact definition for idler was so I looked it up and I so do not pass time in a lazy or unproductive way!



I guess I just throw the word "bum" around. Kind of like how people throw around the word "addicted". To be honest I use the term bum to keep from hearing it come out of the mouths of others. I mean...besides lazy what do you call someone who isn't in school who isn't working and who has no direction?! I may not be in school.....I may not have a REAL job--although what I do do (yeah I said it lol) I get paid for....and I have no idea what "I'm going to do" with my life it doesn't mean I'm a bum! It just means that I...need to pray more, hahaha, and be mindful that all of this is just temporary.....like the weather. Right now my forecast is saying a lazy, below freezing, "stay indoors" type deal BUT I'm hopin' the future's forecast will be a nice 75 degrees with a 100% chance of "insert occupation here, marriage & three kids (before I'm 25), and serving God in whatever way I'm supposed to". --I may wanna grab an umbrella :)

Foxy Banana Pudding

...Tonight Mrs. Joy pressured me into attending a scrapbooking thing at church. If you know me then you know that I'm not at all creative--I think my sister got those genes! It's always fun hanging out with Mrs. Joy though and I didn't have any other plans--especially since I've become a bum--so I decided to go; my spot was covered and everything...which, now that I think of it, I owe a lil lady some cash ;)....

I'm definitely not Martha Stewart but I did okay for my first scrapbooking experience--maybe because we worked with reciepes instead of photos....that I could ruin lol. I actually had a good time! It was just a good group of ladies, hangin' out, eatin' food, cuttin' stuff, punchin' things out, talkin' 'bout our day and whatever...and wow!...all that sounds really girlie to me now!!....BUT...I'm okay with that; it's a new year and I guess I'm doing some new things :).

As Christian as this is going to sound, I really liked the fellowship aspect of tonight. I mean, I see most of these people every Sunday but I feel like I'm gonna have another connection with 'em, ya know. I'm already, like, picturing myself sayin' hey to Mrs. Karen at church and then striking up a conversation about recipes we've been thinkin' of and "the coolest paper" we found at, like, Hobby Lobby or somewhere and how we're dying to use it at the next meeting...hahaha...