Yes, I'm Alive
13 Aug 2008 3:03am GMT Wow! I haven't posted since July 15th! Time flies. So what have I been doing? 1) Harold & I hosted a worship leaders retreat in Kansas City. We had a great time. The retreat was technically only 2 days but for us it turned into 5. We got there on Wednesday to prepare for the next day and we didn't leave until Sunday afternoon. People had come from as far away as Fresno, CA and Raleigh, NC so some of them hung around and so we hung with them. It was nice to get some extra time with people...
Waking To Worship
15 Jul 2008 3:58pm GMT I woke up this morning (waaay too early!) thinking about worship. Maybe it was on my mind because Harold & I are getting ready to host a worship leaders retreat this week. But really the heart of what I was thinking about was all the times worship has gotten me through hard times. Here are a couple of those instances. I thought about the first night after Evan was born. We had found out that day that he had Down Syndrome. We had no clue what that meant except that our perfect little baby...
Hello, My Name is Lori and...
2 Jul 2008 9:53pm GMT I'm an alcoholic. Is that shocking? It shouldn't be. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism states that "nearly 20 percent of alcoholics are highly functional and well-educated with good incomes." Researchers at the NIAAA also say that "thirty percent of U.S. adults have experienced alcohol abuse or alcoholism." They also sadly observe that fewer alcoholics are entering into treatment these days. This isn't really intended to be a post about alcohol abuse but rather about...
Catching Up
24 Jun 2008 9:49pm GMT My lovely new laptop arrive Friday morning at 9am. It is a wonderful as I had hoped. Harold was away on a 5 day trip to Wyoming to work with a worship team there so I was able to spend lots of time loading software, tweaking my new machine and learning my way around Vista. I find Vista to be not nearly as complicated as I had heard. I had read a lot of tips and tricks beforehand so that probably helped ease my transition. Now the only hard thing is going between Vista on my personal laptop...
Anticipation
17 Jun 2008 7:19pm GMT I am taking a moment today to whine publicly. My wonderful hubby surprised me by letting me order a new laptop. I am beyond excited because I’ve so been wanting one and I’ve never had one. We got a great deal on it and it even has a built in webcam so I am going to work on putting up an occasional video post. Now I have to do the thing I hate and am not at all good at…wait. Sigh. I almost wish I didn’t know it was coming. I check the Dell site every day to see if it has...