happy birfday!

it's after 11:30 and i should really be sleeping. but i wanted to put a little something on here because today is a very special day. today is my dot's birfday. he turned 36. now we're the same age. [for another 9 months, that is].

we've been very excited about the house selling. our closing date was supposed to be tomorrow, but it got pushed back to this friday. minor in the long-run, so i'm not worried, just a littl extra money to come up with.

but it will soon be behind us and we will be able to recup it in money we aren't pouring into another mortgage. yay.

our church is doing a study on the book of joshua right now. we've got people on staff that actually write study guides for the different series our pastor preaches on. my dot and i are doing our studies independent of a lifegroup this time around and are using our lifegroups for (tue married couples) studying kay arthur's marriage without regrets and (fri do something) get together with people (mostly mis-fits who don't really fit into a lifegroup anywhere for one reason or another) and just 'do something'. we watch conference videos and discuss them, pray, and usually stay up chatting until around 2a or 3a. we've been having a great time getting to know this very special group of new friends.

the joshua study is called 'courageous faith'. very fitting since just in the first week we've read "be strong and courageous" four times in the first chapter. everyone has blue wristbands to wear that says courageous faith on them. in REVO we call ourselves the blue bracelet brigade. i can't wear them because my wrists are just too tiny. poop. i hate that. such an outsider sometimes.

i can fix it up if i wanna, but it would essentially turn a free bracelet into something costing me time and money to try and get it to fit. not sure if i want to go to all the trouble.

mm.. my feet are toasty warm under our electric blanket (with dual controls, i might add!!). shall snuggle in further and go nonnies.

happy birfday, my heart!