Apparently the annual Girl Scout “Fatten Up America” campaign is coming soon, and this year they’re armed to the teeth. They’ve got a new “2 Boxes or Die” strategy that sounds effective. Rambo had a red bandana, these girls have a green sash and a ‘never say pie’ attitude. I just wish that the cookie blocker on my browser worked on their little cute faces.
Resting in Him,
Randy “Health Nut” Peterman
Yesterday proved to be an overall fruitful day, as did today.
I got a lot of good work done at Alt-N, and then played a good game of Empire Earth with Tony and Doug.
Today I got more stuff done at work as well as having shipped out some pictures to various family members.
I also sent my Mom (and Dad) directions on how to convert tapes to MP3 files.
I’m hoping that they’ll get that figured out shortly so I can listen to some of the older messages from their church.
Plus, if I get some gear together, I might be able to serve the file here from home, which would mean others could get the MP3’s and listen as well.
Congratulations are in order to Jeremy and Robin Thomas who have been called (church speak for accepted) to have Jeremy co-elder a church here in Texas.
Robin is due any moment now, and so then I’ll congratulate them some more 🙂
Resting in Him,
Randy Peterman
I love mixed nuts.
I think that is one of the singular reasons why I go to family reunions.
Just kidding, I go to family reunions so that I can show off my daughter.
But I do love mixed nuts.
I love grabbing a handful of tasty treats throwing them in my mouth and tasting the flavor of my favorite nut.
I’m talking about salt of course.
I love that in mixed nuts you get some almonds, pecans, cashews, peanuts, brazil nuts and about 5 pounds of salt.
Salted nuts are the bane of my existence.
Like a famous brand of chips, I cannot eat just one handful of salted, mixed nuts.
I love the salt.
Sure the nuts get little bits stuck in my teeth and I may spend the next 20 minutes running my tongue around my molars trying to dislodge little bits of nut, but the salt makes it all worth while.
And you can’t brush your teeth after eating mixed nuts, at least no right away, or else you get that minty fresh toothpaste rubbing nutbutter all over your molars.
And so you get a peanut butter and mint flavored brushing experience.
That is why they sell carbonated beverages.
The carbonation, along with removing a portion of your tooth, helps clean out your mouth, removing the bits of nut, other snacks and that piece of popcorn from three nights ago that seemed like it was never coming out.
So, in short, I love mixed nuts and then some soda (Diet Coke, usually) and then, some water followed by a good tooth brushing.
Don’t forget to floss.
I’m a goober.
Last night I thought I’d play a simple game of Empire Earth by myself.
Dumb me.
I was up until after 2:00 AM.
I finally went to bed and just shut off the game.
I’m pooped this morning and now I’m going to go to church tired.
I have a shot immune system, a little bit of energy and a higher electricity bill.
Should have stopped playing earlier.
That is all
This evening, whilst paying for some clothes for Abigail at Mervyn’s I overheard something funny on the overhead music system.
It was an advertisement for Mervyn’s trying to tell me why they were the best clothing store, it went something like this:
Mervyn’s is open from 9 AM-10 PM Monday through….
And do you know why we’re open from those hours?
Because we know that you’ve got something called a life.
I thought to myself, “I’m important, and I have a life. However, the employees here don’t have a life.”
Being a smarty pants I thought I’d ask the clerk (a college age gal) if she was important and had a life.
Humorously she told me that she was thinking exactly the same thing, but said that after she was done with college the Mervyn’s ‘lifelessness’ would be all over.
What a weird thing for Mervyn’s to say to the public!
This site is not dedicated to employer/employee relations, but I can’t imagine that hearing that several times a day (since most of the overhead music is looped) will keep workforce morale high!
C’est la vie.
I guess that if you want to please the public oppressive, condescending statements towards your employees isn’t going too far.
Also, speaking of not having a life, Jessica watched the entire first season of Alias on DVD this week.
That would be 22 episodes and a bonus DVD with behind the scenes footage of faux espionage.
Or, to put it in pragmatic terms: (40 X 22) + 60 = approximately 16 hours of Alias.
Granted some junior high and high schoolers watch that much TV in one day during Christmas break, but come on, a stay at home mom?
I will testify that she wasn’t eating bon-bon’s while watching the shows 🙂
Resting in Him,
Randy “Spy Guy” Pete
In what has to be one of the coolest things for an older brother, my sister became engaged last night.
While I was apprehensive when I heard that my sister was seeing this hooligan (a blind assumption on my part, erroneous for sure), I figured that it wouldn’t last after she moved to Denver.
Instead it fanned the flames of love (sorry for the sappy references here, but that seems like a literary way to put that).
So, last night Kurt proposed to Becky.
I don’t know if it was Kurt or Bonnie’s idea (Bonnie is Kurt’s older sister,
or at least one of them, he’s got an older sister Jenny I’ve known since
5th grade), but his method or proposing was romantic and ‘slicker than
snot in spandex’ [line borrowed from Five Iron Frenzy].
He so out-romanced me that he’s fired.
In fact, I think that he’s got more romance in one pinky than I do in all of
my body.
I suppose by now you’d like to know what he did to propose, so I’ll tell you.
Kurt, having an excess of money, flew he and Becky to the English Isles and proposed to Becky in a castle overlooking a dreamy sunset.
Becky was swept off her feet by his gesture, and then they promptly raced back to the airport where they had to fly back home.
They’re not married, so they couldn’t stay together in England.
OK, that was a lie.
I totally made that up to throw you for a loop.
You didn’t believe it anyway.
What really happened is that Kurt and Becky were putting the Benson kids to bed (Bonnie’s kids) and reading them stories.
Apparently the kids kept wanting one more story, but at the end of the time Kurt pulled out I Love You This Much.
That story is one of the cutest kids stories and it reflects how I feel about Abigail.
However, at the very end of the book, an extra page had been added.
In it Kurt said that he loved Becky to the moon and back, and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
A ring was neatly tied to the page.
I nearly cried listening to Becky tell me this morning.
I am so blessed to have such a cool future-brother-in-law.
Hopefully all of this will pass quickly for them since I know that engagement is like purgatory.
You wait and wait and wait and wait, each second lasts twice as long, each minute triples, just for effect and hours become like years.
However, while you’re in the company of your ‘sweetie’, it becomes only partially more bearable.
In the end I understand that they’ve chosen July 3rd as their wedding date, which is cool, because Kurt will never have to remember his anniversary date, he can think, “One day less than July 4th.”
Me, I have to remember that my anniversary is 8 days past my birthday 😉
Anyway, I should get back to work.
Hope this finds you well!
Resting in Him,
Randy “Super Stoked Brother” Peterman
Well, just a bit ago I finished reading Genesis chapters one through 4.
What a powerful book Genesis is!
In this book you have the creation of the universe, the creation of the inhabitants of the earth, the first man and woman included, and the fall of mankind from its original relationship with God.
One thing that intrigued me this time was at the end of chapter four.
There we see that after Seth was born and had his first child that mankind then turned their hearts back to God.
Adam and Eve’s first run at kids (Cain and Able and their descendents) failed to live up to what God wanted from man at that time: relationship.
The kicker in all of this is that God still wants a relationship with us, and it is still simple to gain access to that relationship: at that time it was relationship with God through turning your heart to Him, today we turn our hearts over to Christ, who then gives us a relationship with God.
The simplicity of the gospel is that mankind is to seek a relationship with God, through the means that God chooses.
How could a fallen creation choose the means of salvation?
How could a fallen creation tell the creator what is true?
Instead God declared what was required.
That requirement was not difficult, it did not require sacrifices (as would later be added in the Law to show that sin must be dealt with, the sacrifices did not bring salvation).
The requirement has always been to have faith in God, and recognize our need for Him due to our sin.
Sin is a critical stumbling block for the world.
They cannot see the savior because the savior requires them to address their sin in a real way: confession.
When God approached Adam and Eve in the garden they both immediately blame-shifted, they would not confess their sins.
We ourselves as human beings must confess that to see the need for a savior.
However, once we have confessed our sins to Christ, recognized Him as Lord, Savior and God, our sins are forgiven, past, present, and future sins.
A clean record that is not because of us, but is clean due to the free gift of Christ’s righteousness that is placed on our account (imputed righteousness)!
I’m excited to study through Genesis again, I hope you’ll join Jessica and I as we read through the Bible.
Today we read four chapters, tomorrow we’ll read another four, it’s not too late to join in.
I’d like to know if anyone is reading this and going to join me so please email me if you are, I’d love to hear from you.
Resting in Him,
Randy Peterman
It’s hear!
I put up a new recipe.
I’m going to go spend some time with my family.
If you’re going to read through the Bible with me this year, I’d like to invite you to read the first four chapters of Genesis with Jessica and I.
Resting in Him,
Randy Peterman
This recipe was passed down from the ancient cooks of middle earth until it got to my sister-in-law Shari, who passed it on to us.
I like them, they’re a tasty treat.
Jessica will probably get tired of making them before I’ll get tired of eating them 😉
Actually, they’re so easy I could make them for myself.
The following ingredients are for one pancake.
If you want 5 pancakes you’ll need to repeat this 5 times.
The pancakes are pretty large in diameter, I usually eat 2-3.
Beat all ingredients in a small bowl.
Melt butter in hot pan, and pour in batter.
Flip when needed.
Serve with butter, cinnamon and sugar, fresh fruit, powdered sugar, jam, or anything yummy!
These are like thick crepes.
I would like to recommend that you try these with almond butter and real maple syrup.
The combination of the two is something like pure, sweet taste bud ecstasy.
It’s nearing midnight…I hope that my neighbors aren’t too loud at 12:00, because I’m going to sleep. I’m tired and quite frankly, I’m exhausted.
We went to the Henebury’s tonight, which was good. We’ve not been there for some time.
Their friends the Hamblets were there as well (they may very well become our friends if we’re not careful[that’s a joke]).
Finally, after a long evening, Abby couldn’t take any more and so we’ve come home.
2003 has been a cool year, and has yielded a lot of fruit, but the best fruit of all is that it brings us closer to the return of the Lord, Jesus Christ.
I’m excited to be with my Savior, even though now I’m presently seated with Him (Colossians 3).
I look forward to 2004 because Abby will be getting older, we might have more children (or at least try, Lord willing), and any moment could be yet another exciting story, moment, or maybe, just maybe I’ll be using Microsoft Office and my co-workers will come dump water on my head, just like in the commercials.
Actually, those commercials cause me concern.
The reason they do is that 1) The people are all just a little too happy and 2) if you got your computer wet like that you’d lose all of that valuable data that just got you dumped on.
But I digress.
May the Lord bless you in 2004, may He be glorified in my life, your life, and in the content of this web site.
Resting in Him,
Randy Peterman