Archive for October, 2009

 

31 October 2009 | 03:27 PM

Update from Ian

~~~Day’s Verse: ~~~ Quick update from Ian: Katie and my dad are a few miles outside of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Nothing much has happened. Which is good. If they stay at a place with wifi tonight she may update her blog.



30 October 2009 | 04:20 AM

Farewell to Massachusetts

~~~Day’s Verse:There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time [...]



29 October 2009 | 02:33 PM

Packing the U-Haul

~~~Day’s Verse:And that’s it. Eventually God will bring everything that we do out into the open and judge it according to its hidden intent, whether it’s good or evil.Ecclesiastes 12:14~~~ Today we packed the U-Haul. That statement also means that we: Obtained the U-Haul (after I walked Gary over to the nearest Starbucks so he [...]



28 October 2009 | 03:08 PM

Letter to Self

~~~Day’s Verse:Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.Matthew 23:12~~~ Dear Katie’s Subconscious, Please start accepting and internalizing that Katie is moving to Seattle. Since Gary is here and everything is boxed up, it’s clear that on Friday morning Katie will be leaving. Please start believing it now. Thanks,Katie’s Conscious [...]



27 October 2009 | 02:37 PM

Our Living Room Today

~~~Day’s Verse:Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. Ecclesiastes 9:7~~~ This is what our living room looked like this afternoon. Those of you who have visited know it was arranged nothing like this when we actually lived here, and it [...]



27 October 2009 | 06:19 AM

Definition of Frustration

~~~Day’s Verse:Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him; the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.Ecclesiastes 10:12-13~~~ Despite the unemployment hotline receiving an “unusually high volume of calls,” last Thursday evening I actually did get to talk [...]



26 October 2009 | 04:19 AM

Saying Goodbye

~~~Day’s Verse:For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him. Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come? Ecclesiastes 8:6-7~~~ Since I got the internship in September and Ian and I made solid plans to really leave Massachusetts, I [...]