Not much new is going on around here, but it's Sunday afternoon and I have a few spare minutes on my hands so here is a super exciting post about nothing.
The weather here was really nice yesterday so I took Maya on a walk while Kolby was at the library. I hadn't used my nice camera in awhile, so I took it with me because I want to develop a "creative eye" or whatever it is that allows photographers to find great photo ops in everyday surroundings. I took a picture of a street sign and then a tree, and then I gave up because they didn't look cool at all and I just don't get how they do it. So I reverted to an old favorite.
As I mentioned awhile back, Kolby is having two of his poems published! They are being published in a literary journal that two of his SPU professors have published in recently, so it's a great step for him. The issue is on pre-sale for 20% off or you can get it on Amazon.com for $15 starting in February. If you want more details, shoot me an email: emily.[last name]@ymail.com.
The Bible study group that we host at our house kicked off a new season a few weeks ago and we had 14 people this past week. It's been really neat to see the group grow and develop a great sense of community, which is particularly important for a new church plant. We don't really have room for any more people (literally), but we hope our group continues to grow and feel like having more people than room will be a great problem to have. We'll cross the logistics bridge when we get there. I highly doubt that we'd ever seriously look into it, but Kolby and I did have a conversation the other day about whether we think the wall between our living room and kitchen is load-bearing. Because everyone knows we've been super successful with our home improvement projects around here! :)
Speaking of successful, I started cutting Kolby's hair. We decided it would save us some money. I save money by not bothering to get my haircut except for twice a year, but Kolby doesn't really have that option. So we used a Christmas gift card to get a kit, and I think I've done a pretty decent job. I was supposed to cut his hair yesterday but I wasn't feeling well and he got impatient. I walked back to our bedroom and found him shirtless in the bathroom well on his way to giving himself a chili bowl. I did what I could to save it, and I think it turned out OK. Like I've said before, we live an exciting life.
Maya has been rather mischievous lately. She's escaped from the yard three times in the past month. Thank goodness for kind people who take the time to call her over, get our number off her tag, and call us to let us know where she is. So here is my public service announcement: if you see a dog wandering the streets and it looks like it clearly belongs to someone, take a minute to help out. It's probably Maya. OK probably not, but we would have lost Maya a dozen times if it weren't for complete strangers going out of there way to help her get home. **Update, Feb. 1** Make that four times in the past month. We were really enjoying our snow day when I got a phone call from a guy who said, "Hey, are you guys looking for a dog?" Ha! Thank goodness he called because we would never have found her among all the dead grass and snow. If I had to describe the majority of Maya's fur color, I would probably have said a mix of dead grass and snow (see bottom picture above). Silly dog.
Alright, it's past time to wrap this up. Those last three paragraphs were really a stretch.
Speaking of successful, I started cutting Kolby's hair. We decided it would save us some money. I save money by not bothering to get my haircut except for twice a year, but Kolby doesn't really have that option. So we used a Christmas gift card to get a kit, and I think I've done a pretty decent job. I was supposed to cut his hair yesterday but I wasn't feeling well and he got impatient. I walked back to our bedroom and found him shirtless in the bathroom well on his way to giving himself a chili bowl. I did what I could to save it, and I think it turned out OK. Like I've said before, we live an exciting life.
Maya has been rather mischievous lately. She's escaped from the yard three times in the past month. Thank goodness for kind people who take the time to call her over, get our number off her tag, and call us to let us know where she is. So here is my public service announcement: if you see a dog wandering the streets and it looks like it clearly belongs to someone, take a minute to help out. It's probably Maya. OK probably not, but we would have lost Maya a dozen times if it weren't for complete strangers going out of there way to help her get home. **Update, Feb. 1** Make that four times in the past month. We were really enjoying our snow day when I got a phone call from a guy who said, "Hey, are you guys looking for a dog?" Ha! Thank goodness he called because we would never have found her among all the dead grass and snow. If I had to describe the majority of Maya's fur color, I would probably have said a mix of dead grass and snow (see bottom picture above). Silly dog.
Alright, it's past time to wrap this up. Those last three paragraphs were really a stretch.
