Lisa Notes: A day in November 2012

I am thinking...about how exhilarating the Unity Concert was Sunday night with the Auburn Gospel Choir and the Alabama Afro-American Choir. Two huge rival universities in one voice for God.

I am wondering...why some churches are so much more enthusiastic in their worship than other churches

I am hearing...this song “Valor” from our last sermon series “Valor” and realizing the vocalist is my Verizon guy (who also plays guitar in the worship band, which is very enthusiastic)

I am finishing...the last of 15 days of antibiotics for my dog Kandie’s ear infection (well, technically Jeff is finishing giving them to her; I failed)

I am happy...that Hurricane Sandy only inconvenienced my niece Danielle in Staten Island instead of majorly damaging her neighborhood, and that my niece Whitney is pregnant!

In the kitchen...is a cleaned-out junk drawer. From this to this:

I am reading...The Twisted Scriptures by Carl Ketcherside, Erasing Hell by Francis Chan, and Jesus:A Theography by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola

I am picking up...The Hobbit audiobook today from my library so I can be ready (maybe) when the movie comes out in December

I am hoping...for a good Arkansas duck hunting season for Jeff and his family

I am appreciating...my sweet cousins who organized a Coleman/Lauderdale family reunion in Mississippi last Saturday [this is our branch of 3 that were there]

I am realizing...what a blessing it is to continue to grow closer to relatives I hardly knew a few years back, including my cousin AND blogging friend AND awesome photographer Brenda here with her sister Susan

I am studying...about God hearing our prayers for tomorrow at Do Not Depart

I am praying...about my daughter’s decision on a job offer this morning

Around the house...are boxes of books from shelves I’m clearing off; next month—get them out of the house!

A picture to share...all these I came across of my girls through the years, as I clean off more shelves

I am looking forward to...an Auburn basketball game, football game, and Jenna’s Fall Choral Concert—“The Cry of Jeremiah”—this weekend, and seeing both my girls and my son-in-law

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Barbara H. · 649 weeks ago

Isn't it fun to come across things like those pictures while cleaning/sorting/organizing? I came across so many things like than when we moved. I am hoping to organize them...some day. But at least for now I have them together.

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Lisa notes 103p · 649 weeks ago

Yes, it has been fun. I loved seeing all those pictures again (although it also made me a little sad to see how quickly they grew up!).

I'm experiencing the same mixed emotions as I come across special books that we read through the years. Letting go of some, but keeping quite a few. Maybe my future grandkids will love books? :-) Fingers crossed.
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fsamons 60p · 649 weeks ago

I like the name on the chalkboard... Just kidding. Thanks for the upbeat attitude today.... I needed it.
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Maybe we're connected somewhere back in the gene pool. ha. Floyd Coleman was my great grandfather. I don't remember him but I definitely remember Bertha his wife. She lived to be over 100 years old and was an amazing woman. Not sure I want to make it that long myself though!
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fancyhorse 20p · 649 weeks ago

Beautiful daughters!

I hope Auburn does better in basketball than they did in football this year!

Amen to a better basketball season! Can't do much worse, right? Well, actually I guess it is possible, but let's hope not. :-)
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Rie · 649 weeks ago

Lisa, those pics of the girls - they could be my girls. The hair, the clothes!! Sorry I've been away so long. Have missed you.

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Signs of the times. My girls laugh the hardest at their blue jean jumpers. I finally had to get rid of mine too (and yeah, I had more than one). :-)

Hope you're doing well.
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Brenda · 649 weeks ago

Well Lisa, you have a way of making someone feel special. I got a feeling most of your friends and family would say this also. It has been so neat meeting you and your sisters. It is also amazing to know you more through reading your blog. Love reading about your work with the less fortunate whether out of the country or near you. Enjoyed reading about you and your daughter's conversation with the homeless. Love in action. Got to admit my favorite story was the one where the stranger took you and your daughter on a ride to take pictures of cows. Loved that one. I am not in the same ballpark with you on your reading material or memorizing. Give me a Christian fiction book and I am a happy person. Thankful God has given me cousins like this and allowing me to meet and be friends with them. Take Care, Love Brenda

Oh, this is so sweet, Brenda. I just love, love, love that God has connected me with a long-lost cousin that I really never knew growing up. If I could go back, I'd pay more attention to my older cousins at those family reunions instead of complaining about being hot and mainly playing with just my own sisters. :-) I am thankful for your encouragement and your friendship now though. Better late than never.

Jenna and I riding that 4-wheeler with a man we didn't even know ranks pretty high on my list of super-fun adventures. :-) (Guess that reveals I'm not very adventurous, huh?)
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