Hello to all you out there in Cyberspace!  Hope you are staying cool in this heatwave that we have going on right now. 
I just have to say it: I love my life.  Even when things start to go rough like they are getting riight now, I still love my life.  I look around me and all I see is how God has blessed me.  I have breath in my lungs, four beautiful and healthy children, family and friends that love me dearly, as I love them, and a church that helps me to grow in my faith and walk my talk.  I am blessed beyond measure because I am one of the chosen ones.  One that God picked before the foundations of the earth.  One that He sent His Son to bear the punishment for.  One who has been forgiven, redeemed, and adopted.  Yep, I am blessed.
I am in the middle of a little Bible study.  I was driving earlier and my mind was wandering (as so often happens), and I don't want to give anymore away until I am done with this study, but I will say that this has been a very interesting topic thusfar and I believe that it may open some of your eyes out there in Cyberspace. (okay, so that last sentence was a major run-on...and on and on...) I'm totally psyched about this though and I can't wait to share with you all the things that I learn so we can grow in our walk together.  Woot Woot!
I got my hair cut the other day.  I went from having hair down to about the middle of my back to now being able to spike it in the back.  Now, some of you may be thinking that I am crazy, but I have had it this short many times before, and am actually more comfortable with short hair than I am with long hair.  You know how people will say that a certain hairstyle or look makes them feel more confident?  Well, having my hair like this makes me feel sassy.  I guess you can say that it makes me feel more confident.
So...I have been reading these books that come very highly recommended by my aunt.  They are the Sookie Stackhouse novels.  The show True Blood on HBO is based on them.  I like them so far.  I have found that I like almost any vampire book that I read.  There is only one problem with this, though.  I keep having dreams about vampires.  Not necessarily a bad thing, but definitely wierd.
My 10 year class reunion is coming up.  I am actually looking forward to it, though.  I wasn't very popular with the popular crowd, though I was popular within my group of friends.  I just want to go and have a good time.  I would like to hope that we have all grown up since our high school days, but you never know.  Don't get me wrong, my high school wasn't super-cliquey, but there were the obvious groups.  You know: the jocks, the "stoners", the artsy ones, etc.  There was a lot of overlap in them though, and for the most part, everyone got along with everyone else.  I don't remember having any really big conflicts with anyone in high school.  I look at some of the yearbooks that I have from back then, though and think to myself "Man, we were just babies back then!"  How time flies...
I had a dream last night that I went to my HS reunion and all of my former classmates were all vampires.  I wonder if that is a subconscious sign that I may be reading too many vampire books, lol. 
I am volunteering tomorrow at the River of Life booth at the CCF.  I am actually looking forward to it although I am not really good at facepainting and my balloon animal-making skills kind of suck.  I can do temp tattoos with the best of them though.  I wonder if I will be seeing a particular tall dark handsome not-a-stranger there.  Would be nice...I know that I keep saying that I am not looking to date right now, but it would still be nice to be asked, you know what I mean?  If this certain tall dark handsome not-a-stranger (talk about carpal tunnel, lol) were to, idk, ask me out for, say, a cup of coffee or lunch, or some other such thing, I surely would not turn him down.
Well, I am tired, so I will be heading off to la-la land.  Hopefully to not dream about vampires...

Lovingly yours,
A