And We're Off to a Fantastic Start...

And if you can't smell the sarcasm in that title...I'll explain to you so there are no questions...

We bit the bullet, and BB went down to our Target and snagged the last available Wii known to our fair City...He also bought some accessories, sending our "don't spend too much" total to a little over $400...however, I love it...I cannot stress enough how absolutely incredible it is to be able to literally play tennis, get the activity in, get my heart rate up...all in the comfort of my living room, and therefore, in the comfort of my pj's...

We had the dryer repairman in Friday - he cleaned and "greased up" the dryer, told us we had a "passable" drum bearing, and that we should rethink our decision for a snazzy new unit, and instead go with one just like that which we already own, only new. We therefore decided to wait through the weekend, and instead of having a nice, quiet, new dryer, I now have a clean, old, LOUD one...that's right...just 3 loads later, it is screeching and squeaking up a storm...

I am, needless to say, not happy that we spent $100 to have the guy out, tear apart my dryer, leave lint, dust, dirt, debris and parts all over my laundry room floor...thus delaying the finishing of my laundry by several hours.

BB is now, currently, as I type this, down at the store ordering a brand-spankin' new washer and dryer...that won't be delivered until the 20th of this month at the earliest.

I am now going on a laundry spree, making sure that all things that need to be washed and dried are done.

We are going to hope our old one makes it 2 more weeks...and that I don't have any laundry emergencies that come up if they don't.

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All despair and disgruntlement aside...I have allowed myself a shift in perspective...if you go to my church, you know what I mean, if you went this weekend...

We started out yesterday, running errands, and discussing some things with which I've been struggling...talking about how our beliefs have been challenged in the last 2 1/2 years since Capt Chaos was born...and how I've gone from that unshakable faith that God is in control and will provide to seriously considering myself a fool for being snowed into that "religious mumbo jumbo" to just sort of feeling adrift...not knowing who I am, where I am, or what I'm supposed to be doing...

And then, in the way that only God can do...

We went to Church for Saturday night service (easier with the kids' nap schedule these days), and the new sermon series to start out 2009 is "Shift Your Perspective"...and last night was about Moses, and how when he was ready to take on Egypt in God's name, God didn't use him..instead it was 40 years later when God lit up a bush in the wilderness, and called Moses to return and use his knowledge and education...Moses stepped out of his routine to look at the bush, and listen...he stepped aside from his own doubts about himself, and said, "Ok God...I guess I'll do what You're telling me"...

The music was all about being God's, and it really struck me that I am His...

I'm still struggling, and will for awhile...but I know that I'm in the right place, and heading in the right direction...

Now, I'm off to do as many loads of laundry as I possibly can before my old dryer poops out completely...