Happy Purim

Did I take part? No. Thursday night (Purim proper) I went to baby Jam/Puree/Youth group with Becca. The Youth version of “The Story” is so much more fun and interesting than the Adult version. Randy Stazee is too much of a glove puppet, and the book feels like a Reader’s Digest edition.

Friday night (the second night of Purim) we went out to a ‘thank you’ dinner by a church friend David had helped move house. It was actually a lot more fun than we expected, with good food, good fellowship and a good atmosphere.
Of course, I couldn’t not help – no, sorry Gloria, I can’t not serve, or stay out of the kitchen – a girl has to have somewhere to hide! Same at Church today; although I was on audio/visual, I also helped clean up the kitchen – couldn’t leave Louise alone in there with ALL the dishes. The 80/20 rule strikes again.

This past Saturday morning I attended a ‘Morning Coffee with God Retreat’ (at least, that’s what I think it was called). The theme was about filling, or letting ourselves be filled, by God. The analogy used was that of a candle in a cup, where one is the cup, and you let the candle – representing God/Jesus, fill you up. We were each given a little ‘reflective’ brochure of prayers, scripture, quotes and poetry. This was the first Christian retreat I’d ever been to, and I was very unsure of what to expect. Ok. I was bored. It got to the point where both my left and right brain agreed that if we sat still any longer reflecting, we’d turn into a mushroom. (Not helped by the decor – absolutely beautiful ‘show-home’ in various shades of ... mushroom. No sign of any pets, everything perfectly in its place) I was also sore – I am so sick and tired of the nerve pinch in my left hip. And frustrated – scripture out of context, from, maybe, the NLT.

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ARTWISE – what have I done?

Started Art Journalling – 1 and a bit pages. (Pictures may follow, when I've taken some)

Started and finished an Altered Book as a birthday present for my girlfriend Debbi.

Done another couple of mini-books. Here's the link to my photo album - hopefully it will work. There are also pictures of my altered book.

No acrylic painting. Maybe next weekend? I need to watch the video lesson thru again.

Avoiding the Painting Friends website. I need to go back and 'resign'. Just too many posts to read, it was feeling very overwhelming.

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College started back up last week. First lecture of Introduction to the New Testament. The lecturer (Mark Keown – who I’ve heard previously on Rhema) is a hoot, and passionate about the NT. I've emailed him with a list of errors in his manuscript - hope it's not a case of 'open mouth, insert feet'.

NO EXAM!!!! Hooray! Just lots of assignments – including 2 or is it 3 ‘Reflections’ – I think they’re going to turn into art pieces. Oh, and after dinner at Gloria’s on Friday, I feel the need to do a piece for her – something about her burden of being God's tool, hammer, something ... metallic, textured, mixed media ....