did you ever finish the shack, shlell? I wondered your thoughts on it... I just now finished "Eat Love Pray"-- which, I know you've read it molly, is going to be a movie with Julia Roberts and Havier Bardem (or however you spell it. of No Country for OLD Men fame. ah, memories.). Its good, it took me forever to read though because I thought the India part of it was painfully boring (probably the part Molls liked the best). Currently reading a John Piper book that's great, but intense-- I can only read a little a night because its a lot to digest.
in other news, as if the Schulzke family didn't have enough going on (with mom's oral surgery, g-parents are coming down next week, we're going to my Aunt MaryBeths in AL--with the dogs, kill me now--next weekend, and then I am finally moving into Charlie the next week...), we found out a couple of days ago my Aunt Joan (Maggie and Sara's mother, the cousins that live down the street from me) has skin cancer. I know. But its "basal skin cancer" (??) not melanoma, which apparently if you're going to get skin cancer is the best kind to get. She went in to have a few of her moles looked at, and they were all fine but the doctor was concerned about a couple of her patches of skin. Anyway, they did a skin graph (? I think? Or something of that nature) and the results came back as basal cancer. She's got to have a couple of operations-- I think both outpatient. Anyway, if you guys could say a couple of words to the big guy for her, that would be awesome.
Shell, I can totally relate to your church experiences-- did you go to a different one this Sunday? I too went to church alone this weekend and it was so WEIRD. I went with my mom to our usual service Saturday night, but with my home church I am just feeling unfulfilled worship-wise-- so eventually I'm going to get up enough courage to try a different, younger, crazier one alone, but this weekend I figured I would go again on Sunday night because that's when they do "the Stirring" which is aimed at 20-somethings and is loud, and more familiar music/more similar to Midtown feel. It was good, but I just need to be surrounded by younger people...I really hate to feel "held back" spiritually during worship because of my surroundings, and I know it shouldn't matter, but I end up conforming to the conservative, barely above a whisper singing of my Presbyterian church, and its not satisfying to me... I need to find a Midtown Community church in Memphis. It was weird being alone just because its something I have never done before-- I didn't know how to act. Even though there were lots of others that were there alone, I felt like the spotlight was on me...I've just never been to church without friends or family. It was definitely weird. And the thing is, it shouldn't matter because you're not there to socialize, you're there to worship and be fed, which you should be able to do even better alone. I don't know...it's something I'm going to work on.
That's about it folks. This weekend we're going to paint my room at home-- steps towards creating a new guest room. I got a new bed spread for my room at
Charlie, and new sheets (bamboo! They are AWESOME!). Here's the bedspread....I don't know if you care but I feel closer to you guys when you know the little boring details in my life.... ;)I love you so, so, so much!
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