what are you 'in'?

i know i know. super bad blogger. AGAIN. i guess it's my trend lately. :0) and it's okay. i'll continue to apologize for lacking in commenting. but know that i've been doing my best to keep up. :0)

we've been super busy. and it's been good. shaun's been working way too much as well. i know that i am very grateful that he HAS a job. i just wish he didn't have to work so much. on friday he worked his normal 12 hour day. then got called in at 11 at night because something broke. he didn't get home until 10 saturday morning. so it kind of shot our saturday. he slept most of the afternoon. which is good. sunday he made it home in time for church. but had to go in again after that. only for about an hour or so. but still. grrr. i guess what frustrates me the most is that he doesn't get paid overtime. because he works in 'agriculture' he doesn't have to be paid overtime. so it seems sometimes that it's a waste to work so much. you know? like take his last pay check. for TWO weeks of work: 136.75 hours. that's almost 69 hours per week. with no overtime pay. that kind of stinks. but oh well. like i said. i'm happy he HAS a job. and should learn to not complain. so i'm sorry.

at church on sunday i grabbed a couple CD sets of bob coy. he is a calvary chapel pastor in fort lauderdale. he's also very good. god totally spoke through him to me yesterday.

do you know how fast the fastest person can run? about 27 mph.
how fast can I go? well IN my car, even though i've never been THAT fast, i can go 120 mph.

how well can I fly? not very.
how well can I fly? well IN an airplane. i'd say pretty well.

how well can I go deep sea fishing? not very
how well can I go deep sea fishing? well IN a boat. i'd say pretty decent.

do you see a trend? it all matters what i am IN that makes me be able to do things.

how well of a mom am i? i'd say okay.
how well of a mom am i? well IN CHRIST i'm a great mom.

how well of a wife am i? okay.
how well of a wife am i? well IN CHRIST i'm a great wife.

how well of a friend am i? okay.
how well of a friend am i? well IN CHRIST i'm a great friend.

it's when i am 'out' of christ i'm not so good at things. that things seem harder. not as well accomplished. IN CHRIST. i can do ALL things. i can accomplish ALL things.

i just have to strive to stay IN him. it's a daily struggle for each one of us. we have the world temting and prodding us to do things 'their' way. it's a choice we have to follow and be IN christ.

so i ask you. what are you IN? i know it's a question i've been asking myself ALL day. and it's changed my attitude and my heart A LOT. and i've only been awake four hours!! (god totally blessed me with a late sleeping breigh today!!)

i have to keep this short, for me, today. i have a lot to get ready for my sister's wildtree party tonight!! she has for sure like EIGHT people coming. i'm totally stoked! if you're in our area and would like to come check it out just let me know and i can give you some directions. :0)

and i get to meet another blogger tomorrow!! i'm so excited!! jessica and her family have been on a road trip all summer (like 7000 miles round trip, road trip!!). well they just so happen to be coming through wisconsin tomorrow. so we're driving a few hours to meet up and play. i'm so stoked!!

and if anyone is interested in placing a wildtree order, you have til tomorrow to get FIVE DOLLARS OFF your order. just let me know through email. thanks much!!

have a great day guys. and i promise to try and comment during any free time i have this afternoon!! :0) love you guys!!