Wednesday Wandomness, doc!

What I'm listening to now...

I'm at work, which is a corporate office attached to my parents' home.  So to help circulate the lovely fall air through said house and office, I keep the french doors open.  Doing this lets in the sound of my 9 and 7-year-old siblings watching Looney Tunes--one of my all-time favorite cartoons (hence the funny accented blog title). They just don't make cartoons like Bugs anymore, do they?  It's cracking me up and I'm not even watching. :)

What I've been reading...
I recently finished One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp and John Piper's Don't Waste Your Life.  They were a combo I didn't plan on, but I'm thankful that I ended up reading them at the same time.  Both brought me two challenging perspectives on the joy of our life in Christ, thankfulness and servant-heartedness that will find me lost in their pages again, I'm sure. :)

A Woman After God's Own Heart - Elizabeth George

North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Lies Young Women Believe - Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Dannah Gresh

Now, in addition to trying to keep myself in the Word, I've started THREE books. -gasp-  It was kind of an accident, and I thought "pregnancy brain" would cause me to quit one of them (or two, or three...), but I've been surprised and thankful!  I'm pressing on, absorbing some wonderful things and hoping I can tackle them even with a newborn.  Heh heh, we'll see!

What is up with baby...
(38wk 4d)  Monday, our Doctor's appointment revealed that we're already 80% effaced and 2 cm dialated!  While the Dr. said that could mean delivery in 2 days or 2 weeks, in light of other symptoms, I'm hoping for a baby within the next week. :)
It's been neat to follow blogs of other Mama's due around the same time as me.  A big congrats to Steph and her sweet family, Mr. and Mrs. Lukie--and a very soon congrats to Anna! :)

I should not...
...browse Pinterest on an empty stomach.  Noooo, sir.

I really need to...
...clean the house.
...finish packing the hospital bag and diaper bag.
...stock the fridge so hubby needn't make avoidable runs to the store after baby's born.
...clean.muah.casa.
...finish the next wave of baby gift thank-yous!
...cweanhowse.
...blog all those posts waiting to be posted.
...did I mention I need to clean my house???

I really, really love...
...my sweet husband.
...this growing darling who will make her appearance soon.
...FRUIT SNACKS!
...and you, friend, for stopping by.

I hope your Wednesday, or whatever day it is, is blessed with the goodness of God.  So much that you can't contain it--even if it's not very evident at the moment, I still hope you know it's there. :)

Workday thoughts...

"...whatever you do, in word or deed,

do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through him."

~Colossians 3:17

"Christ has lifted the curse of work. 

He has replaced anxious toil with TRUST in God's promise

to supply our needs (Philippians 4:19)

and has thus awakened in us a different passion in our work.

We turn with joy to the call of Jesus: 

Seek the kingdom of God first and his righteousness

and the food that perishes will be added to you.

Labor to love people and honor God.

Think of new ways that your work can bless people.

Stop thinking mainly of profitablility,

and think mainly of how helpful your service can become."

~John Piper

Don't Waste Your Life

On the Menu...blogarily speaking :)

I'm kinda of excited.

Once upon a time, when husband was a bachelor, he had a laptop.

A beautiful, quality, apple-red laptop.

Alas, said laptop was sick, broken, and thought beyond repair.

This is why it's been difficult for me to blog and stay in-the-loop on Facebook.

(my work computer loathes networking sites, blah)

But yay, we were able to put it in the shop and get it fixed for 1/8th of what it costs!  We would have had to wait a bit if it had cost more to fix than buying a new one.  It took over a month, but we finally have it back. :)

I'm not only excited about having a computer now, but also because I actually have 4+ blog posts I've been working on that are pending in my drafts.  Yike, I don't think I've EVER done that before. :)

Here is what will be served on the Jen menu soon, Lord willing:

• I've been wanting to share our courtship/dating/engagement story for a long while, and since tomorrow marks a special anniversary, it's inspired me to clack out the craziness that made up last summer's romantic developments. :)  God is good.
• Except for small mentionings, most of you have no idea what my "house" looks like.  I've been working on cleaning it extensively this week--once it's done, I will post pictures of our little home.
• With our love story, I hope to share some details of my singleness season.  During that time, I wrote a journal entry in the form of a letter called "Dear Miss Single Lady...".  Lately, with some prodding of some dear single sisters in Christ, I'm hoping to share that. :)
• The term "yearn" has come up alot in everyday life lately, and I recently attended an event that caused some super provoking thoughts on how humanity is constantly yearning for something.

Not only I'm I anxious to share all these things, but also to stay caught up with my blog friends too.  There's many a night when I've done all my reading, cleaning, etc and I've wanted to catch up on here.  It's not only networking fun; I also receive lots of fellowship visiting your hearts, families, homes and thoughts via your blogs. :)

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Please remember Beka at hold on, love... and her family in your prayers.  Her sister Anna is one of my dearest sister-friends, and she called me this morning with the news that Grammy had gone home to be with Jesus.  Grammy lived with their family for extensive care, and I'd been blessed to witness it on visits to their home.  Though caring for a loved one can be tiresome and frusterating, their family did it together with so much love and compassion, in spite of any difficulties.  Lots of changes will take place in their home now, so they will need our sincere prayers.  But we rejoice because Gram is no longer hurting, but at peace--and rejoice in the reminder that this world isn't our home. :)

My sis Phelisha with sweet Grammy during our visit in May.

Sit a Spell to Spell a Bit

A is for adoption, something I really hope I get to do one day, Lord willing.

(I agree with Ash, who tagged me for this cool ABC thingamabob, and also begins with A)

B is for blog friends.  I've thought about blog friends ALOT lately and how I appreciate getting to know you amazing people.  Blogging allows me to know things about someone's heart that could take months/years of a friendship to know.  It's pretty cool.

C is for CNA, which I now AM.  My test results and certificate came in the mail last week--thank you for your prayers!

D is for Daniel.  I've had many Daniels leave footprints in my life.  Some good and some notsomuch.  This name seriously follows me around.  But I've been blessed with a couple of brothers-in-Christ that are stuck with their snippy sister: (L: Finney, my adopted lil bro, and me at Passion 2010 and R: "Skyguy", my partner in crime student ministry and fellow StarWars nerd.)

E is for experiencing the body of Christ outside of a church service.  Outside of a denomination.  Outside of a belief system.  Experiencing the love and fellowship of Christ, the joy of the Word and very little else: on the phone, in a coffeeshop, Facebook, blog, or workplace.

F is for funny pictures I find on my $800 camera that I, myself, didn't take.  Suspects under the age of 12 have taken these (can you say self-portait-queen?  There was about 100 of these on my Canon when I got back from Kenya)...

G is for [the] God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.  Recently I read a comment from an athiest on a Christian article, saying something along the lines of never being able to worship a god like the One in the Old Testament because He was about nothing but wrath.  Journeying with the Bible Retreat, and going through the OT at about 3 books a week...I wish this person took the chance to know this God for themselves.

H is for happinessssss....there's Grace enough for us and the whole human race...ohhhh happinessss....Thankfully, Lady Gaga has nothin' on this catchy David Crowder Band song that has been stuck. in. my. head!

I is for imagination.  Or lack thereof for this Interesting letter. [skuh-Ip]

J is for Jen moments.  My friends have them.  They usually consist of forgetting items in their hand, taking 6.7 seconds to receive information that has been spoken, lack of sarcasm sending and receiving, and things of that nature.  Do YOU have Jen moments?

K is for Kenya. Its crazy how you can continue to learn from a place/experience you're no longer in the middle of. I can't wait to relive a little as I share pieces of Kenya with you soon.

L is for lengthy posts and church meetings...the reason there will be a PART 2 to Jen's ABC thingamabob.

Love, Jen :)