...A Vapour...

I am amazed at how time evaporates.

What is it that makes a day seem to fly by, and what makes it seem to drag on? I suppose it depends on what you are filling each day with. Some days there are things that are pushing you and other days things that are holding you back. Some days you accomplish many things and other days you waste time and regret the empty time that is forever gone.

I work on Sundays and really have to be conscious of taking time for Sabbath rest through the week. Is it really Sabbath rest when I sit and read a book, or watch my son's basketball game, knowing I should be making phone calls, or folding laundry? When I take time to make cards, am I really justifying the way I indulge in paper craft? (someone said that to me once.... )Call it what you want, but I always find it time "well wasted" when I've made cards for people placed on my heart. Nothing else gets done, but my spirit is at rest, true rest.

I also happen to REALLY enjoy shoveling snow so could I classify that as "rest" because that never feels like work?

Either way, you can only spend a moment once...and when God is in it, it is never wasted.

Thank you Santa!!!!

I'm so excited to tell you what I'm doing when I'm not blogging these days!!!! After much research, advice, and shopping around...the DeBoers now own a

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS

It will be weeks before I have everything figured out but that's half the fun!

Non- Traditional

That kind of sums up our Christmas Eve celebrations and this year is no exception. We had such a fun day though!!! (Yesterday was awesome too, Craig got his G1, and had his first job interview!!)

Earlier in the day we were able to go see the Olympic Torch come through our town. It was so neat to see so many people downtown. It is fun to see everyone's Facebook status updates to say they were there. Afterward we came home, had some hot chocolate and got ready to go for a run. Ray, Blixie and I ran, and the boys went skating on the lagoons. Then home again, pop the lasagna in the oven and wait for supper. Write out a few cards..have a glass of wine. Joe made caesar salad. Yum!

We also had a fun movie night together, and watched "Field Of Dreams", one of our favourites. (The boys were skeptical that something on "tape" could actually be worth watching, but they ended up really liking it!)

It's hard to have traditions when there are so many "firsts" and "once in a lifetime" events occurring. Maybe our tradition will be to just continually embrace spontaneous situations as they arise, even during holidays. :)