Monday, November 13, 2006

Rolling into the holidays...

Christmas stuff is everywhere and it's sorta ridiculous, I have to say. It's not just holiday stuff this year, but Christmas stuff. Just a quick little rant. It's like Thanksgiving - a time to reflect and be thankful, and pause from buying stuff - just got wiped off the radar.

I haven't posted in a while, so I do apologize to all my faithful readers! (all 3 of you!). I've been on the road quite a bit lately - in San Diego for a UUA Round Table presentation on Young Adult and Campus Ministry, and then in Chicago for an Internship Conference, and then at Pere Marquette, in Southern Illinois, for a minister's study group. The internship is half over and has been great so far. I had the chance to preach a short homily on Nov. 5 and that went well and I'm really enjoying all that I'm learning, too.

Partly because of all the traveling, I've had the chance to do some reading and I can recommend: Appetites, by Caroline Knapp, Stiff, by Mary Roach, and Lincoln at Gettysburg, by Gary Wills. I bonded with Laurel over Stiff, when I visited her and Freddy in Chicago. I also got to see Band Geeks, which was shockingly disgusting and funny all at the same time. I just saw Borat which gets about the same review: shockingly disgusting and funny. It was really good to see Laurel and Freddy and their digs. I liked hanging out with my sis. And of course, the time with the grandparents was really good, too.

Laurel and I got to talking about finances while I was out there, so I want share some of the websites that I find very helpful/informative:

www.mymoneyblog.com
www.fool.com.

I'm off to pick up JJ who's coming back from a long weekend of visiting her sister.

love,
j