June 1, 2008
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Stuff
After a week full of late nights doing work, the work on the house continues. My brother and I dropped by P.C. Richards in Jersey City (3.5% sales tax, baby!) to pick up 3 air-conditioner units to replace all our units in the condo. I opened up the old units this past week to check on their condition, and it was simply the grossest things I’ve ever seen. All 3 definitely needed replacement, and with temperatures into the 80s this past week, we needed them immediately.
We were back at our church this Sunday. As usual, there was another great in-your-face sermon by Pastor Andy.
It was nice to see all the college students back for the summer. It sounds like they’re going to do some great things this summer. This group is amazing, from the time they were high-school students in Youth Group and through their freshman and sophomore years in college (when they’ve given up their summers for our church), it’s been a blessing to know them and see them grow.
Simone and I had a quick and delicious lunch at Noodle Chu with G and Koichi, talking about the last 2 weeks and their taking over leadership of our small group when we go on “familial sabbatical.”
On the way home, we stopped by a brand-new gelato place in Palisades Park (sorry, it’s so new, there’s no website yet). Being the chef that she is, Simone immediately commented that the gelato can’t be that good because all the flavors looked hard and chunky while being scooped: that is NOT the texture of gelato. Dessert-time was saved, though! Simone ordered the frozen yogurt, which was from a soft-serve machine. It was the perfect texture of soft-serve and the lite yogurt flavor for a summer afternoon.
Hope all is well with everyone out there! And, thanks for those who’ve left some kind and encouraging comments. I found some new friends on Xanga this week. There is a wonderful Christian world out there and God is doing His work everywhere. Booyah!
As I continue with some work-work now, Simone is busy cooking up some of her
best burgers. Psst…last night was “Meditteranean nite” with Andy, Elaine,
Eden and my brother over. We had olives, tortilla Española, proscuito, bread, other cured meats and salad [plus corn and white anchovies: thanks for the reminder, Elaine]. Mmmmm. In the immortal words of Kenny
Kim, “good times!”
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eden especially loved the tortilla espanola, it put her right to sleep on andy’s lap.
can’t forget the corn and the white anchovies! delicious. unfortunately i took some
home on the lap of my pants!
There is definitely an amazing Christian world out there. And I thank the Lord daily for a place like Xanga, where I have made some awesome friends – people I can be real with and who don’t judge me. It’s amazing how much love can be felt, even through the pages of the internet.
I am sitting here shivering at the aircon units thought. You do realise I live in South Africa and we are in Winter now – LOL! It is a particularly cold day today and so I have been shivering mildly the whole day – LOL!
Have a wonderful week – many blessings and prayers.
(((HUGS)))
i need a wife that can cook
what a busy yet blessed weekend of work (on the house) and fellowship.
i didn’t realize G and K are taking over the small group. cool!
hearing about the birthday parties with the little ones and occasional get togethers with the adults – i miss you all so much…fellowship isn’t quite the same out here as it is in jersey. c and i have been extremely blessed in all aspects of our lives,, but one thing - if i could just ask for - is a fellowship group like the one we had in cccnj. as many flaws as it had, it was still a place where tremendous growth occurred for so many, yours truly included. this might as well have been a blog on its own, but your posts often bring such nostalgia.