JennyAnn629's Xanga

Monday, March 26, 2007

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:26:27 GMT

I am joining the growing crowd of people who are leaving xanga and myspace for other blog sites. I may still post here from time to time, but the bulk of my posting will be here:

http://jenniferherrick.wordpress.com/

One great thing about it is that it will allow those that don't have xanga or myspace accounts to leave comments. (I'm looking at you, April!!!!)

Check it out!

UPDATE: I have added a subscribe by email feature to my wordpress blog for those who would like to receive posts via email or RSS feed

Spreadsheet humor!

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:19:59 GMT

Maybe it's only funny to those who have an odd and obsessive-like hobby of making spreadsheets for any and every purpose you can think of?

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:10:24 GMT

Changes are coming, and maybe it's just the really nice weather today, but I'm finding myself kind of excited about it! This is a really weird feeling...

words (or lack thereof)... thoughts on worship

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:12:03 GMT

Yesterday I started coming down with a cold. It seems like I've been getting one a month since October or maybe November. This month's cold settled directly in my throat, which means I can't sing. Not a note. It hurts to even try.

So it was strange being in church this morning, unable to sing. I found that I had a really hard time entering in to worship because I couldn't sing. That really surprised me, because I know that worship is about more than just singing a song. I've heard tons of teaching on worship and read tons of books on the subject, and they all agree that worship is not about singing. So why, then, was it hard for me to worship without singing? Singing, after all, is just words and notes.

Words exsist for the purpose of communication. Words enable us to take thoughts, ideas and emotions and convey them to each other. Without words, we wouldn't be able to communicate with each other, because, last time I checked, no one I know can read my mind or know my thoughts or emotions unless I use words to communicate them.

But there is a level of communicating with God that transcends words. And example of this would be praying in the Spirit. When we pray in the Spirit, our spirits engage directly with God. And I think that even when we are not praying in the Spirit, we can engage God without our spirits. I think that's part of what Jesus meant when he talked about worshiping in spirit and truth in John 4. Worshiping in truth involves words. It involves our minds and our intellects. Worshiping in spirit, though, is connecting to God through your spirit. It's allowing the Holy Spirit to minister to your heart on a level that you may not always understand or be able to explain.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:24:57 GMT

April: (talking about baby Noah) Oh my gosh, you have no teeth!

JP: I hope I'm either raptured or dead before I have to wear depends.

Shelby's back in town!

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:36:13 GMT

And to celebrate, here's a little snapshot of our evening:

Shelby: I just put the baby down. I mean down to sleep, not down like you put animals down.

Shelby: I hope American Idol comes on at 9, not 8, because I don’t know how to reprogram the VCR.
Alison: You could just press record…
Shelby: Oh…yeah… (laughs)

I hate change.

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:41:45 GMT

That's always been a given in my life. I like knowing what's happening, when it's happening, how it's happening, and why it's happening. Guess how often that works out?

Right...not very often.

This has been an interesting season for me. It's all about growing, being stretched, and CHANGING! Here's something funny: in the last week, I have had 5 different people either directly or indirectly state that they enjoy stretching me and watching me squirm. (Ok, maybe I added the squirming part!) Most of them are probably reading this, too, and they're laughing. I know they are.

i've been learning to "go with the flow" or "roll with the punches" lately. As much as I can get frustrated in the moment (Sunday night @ IHOP!), I have to say that, overall, it's not actually the scary, life-threatening, horrible thing I'd always imagined it to be. I think I will always prefer having a plan, but not having one is maybe starting to grow on me. A little. Just a little!

I'm not supposed to say that I hate change anymore. I'm supposed to say that change is hard for me or something like that. Someone told me that if I keep talking about how much I hate change, then maybe God will respect that and not bring any to my life. That would mean that the things in life I really DO want to change (i.e. job, marriage) will stay the same. Yikes!

So I don't hate change anymore. It's just hard for me.

UPDATE: It's 11:04 pm, and I'm going to bed without having completed the outline for my IHOP set tomorrow. Those who are or have been on my team know that's pretty huge!

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:23:01 GMT

Erik: A real man doesn't pretend to be gay just to get women.

Evan: If I had enough pillows, I would make my bed a fort.....yeah.

Evan: I wish I was a dog! Then I could build forts for myself all the time.

Thought for the day

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:58:42 GMT

The scariest things are usually the most rewarding.

Agree? Disagree?

Thank goodness for friends...

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:18:40 GMT

...who will follow you to the mechanic's when you're afraid your brakes are going out, and then drive all the way to the other side of town to take you home!

It could have been worse, though...it could have happened during rush hour and not at 10 pm. That would have been bad.

Cars can be so annoying sometimes. But you know what would be even more annoying? Being without one all weekend. So here's hoping they can fix it in one day. (Please, please, PLEASE Jesus!) Why do things always seem to go wrong with my car on Fridays?

Have you ever been so annoyed that you just laughed at yourself?