December is here!

Although I love the holidays, I find that the Christmas holidays can be a bit stressful at times. The Christmas parties that I feel obliged to attend start this week on Friday! I have been able to slow down a bit in the last few years and not be involved in too many things. But there are still things that keep us too busy.
I guess I just have a longing to get back to some simple kind of Christmas, where we are not concerned with parties, presents, cantatas and such but are concerned about remembering the reason we celebrate in the first place-God incarnate sent down to man to redeem him. I know we remember that is the reason, but how much time do we spend pondering that thought and try to grasp the vastness of it.
The grace of God is truly amazing and I am trying to experience it everyday.

Getting Sentimental

It seems that in the last few weeks I have reconnected with several people from my past, and God has brought to remembrance how He led me to places throughout my life where I would learn and grow.
Some folks are bitter about how life worked out, some are stronger in their faith than I ever imagined they would be. Some have never grown at all and have stayed stuck in a very narrow spiritual mindset. There is so much more to the Grace of God than they will ever realize!
I am reminded where in scripture we are reminded not to remove the ancient landmarks as they will mark the way for those who will follow after we aren't to camp out in the past but we are told to remember. Remember how good God has been, remember from where we came and remember where we are going. We are headed to a greater future than we can ever imagine because eye hath not seen nor ear heard what our heavenly Father has prepared for us.

Finding time for what is important

I thought technology was going to make my life easier, right. Well I'm sure you chuckled as you read that.  I absolutely love spending time on the computer, but sometimes it is not the way to best spend my time.  Facebook has become a recent technological obsession and I have to make myself walk away from the laptop so as to not spend too much time there. 

But it has given me the opportunity to reconnect with people that I thought had left my life for good because of where they live and time passing.  That has been a real blessing.  It has been good to know that some folks have "stayed by the stuff" so to speak.  

It has been a while

I haven't written much on this page in a long time. I actually log in and blog more on my MySpace page. I have also become a facebook addict as well. I am sure I will get tired of that as well after a while, but if you check out this blog then you can check out the My Space page at www.myspace.com/rmrdba and My facebook page is under my name as Robyn Rumsey Alexander at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=550918132

First Day of November

Well the last two weeks have been eventful. First my beloved Sugar Baby, the dog who is "a people" as David says had to have emergency surgery . This was all at the same time that my new school had to shut down all the computers because of a computer virus. They all had to be reimaged, we are still not finished getting everything back up and running.
David will be going deer hunting this week since it is opening week of deer season. I will be glad because he becomes quite obsessed this time of year. I will go hunting with him the week of Thanksgiving. We are going to visit Fredricksburg that week as well. It was his idea not mine.
Well things have calmed down finally and things are going OK at work-that is a whole other story but things are beginning to smoothe over.
The year goes by so much faster when I am not in the classroom, I really was burning out in the classroom. I love the new job but I hope that a few of the kinks will be worked out next year.

Things that are different now that I am married...

I have to wash 3 times as many clothes even though there is just one more person there.
I don't get as much sleep as used to.
I wash more spoons than I ever knew I had. I have yet to figure out why my husband uses so many spoons.
I have a bird.
Jeep rides at midnight are a regular occurence.
My mother calls to talk to someone else.
My dad gets jealous if he doesn't get to mow the yard.
The cell phone has taken on more importance.
I take out the trash 3 times a week. I used to make it the whole week without a trip to the dumpster.
I have someone who seranades me in the mornings when he is home.
My bathroom is never clean.
Someone fixes my lunch on Mondays.
I have to fight over the remote.
I watch the Outdoor channel and movies more often.
I have cooked more meals in 6 months than I probably have in the last 5 years.
I've learned to bend.
I have someone who loves me with all his heart and he does too!

This is a time for 6's

I've now survived six months of being married, which some have said is the hardest time to adjust especially after being single for 44 years! I've survived six weeks of my new job, which when you work in education that is 1/6th of your year because everything is on a schedule like that.

It has been difficult adjusting to some new people, and personalities on both fronts, easier in the marriage because I love the person I married. LOL. Anyway it is Friday and the work day is now over and I am ready for the weekend. I'm not going to hang around here and write anymore that is for sure...