Dropping the Ball

You know that feeling…

Where you feel like you’ve been juggling a million things…but don’t remember which things exactly…

And you’re pretty sure you dropped the ball…

But you just aren’t sure which one…

Yeah. That feeling.

 

Hey, Monday…let’s do this.

love, elizabeth

The Privilege of Christmas

December really snuck up on us this year, didn’t it? I feel like I say that every year. Every year it feels it’s spinning a little faster than normal. Christmas is here, gone, and back again. I am startled by its abruptness every time. And I get sucked into the hurriedness, the busyness, the rushing around.
In the rush to buy the gifts and deck the halls and log the yule and hark the heralds, I always seem to forget what all the rushing around is really for. And I just need to slow down and smile. Because seriously, what an amazing thing we have in Christmas. An entire season dedicated to celebrating the sacrificial love and humility of God made human, to savoring memory and experience, to holding the people that love us closer than usual…wow. And I bulldoze right over it. I get cynical and irritated and self-righteous and I totally miss the big privilege of celebrating Christmas.



So this Christmas, I'm savoring the privilege of standing in long lines (more time to make new friends!), of singing Christmas carols (even the annoyingly bad covers of "Happy Xmas, War is Over"), of giving gifts, of hugging my friends a little tighter than necessary, of playing in the snow (and driving safely in it, too), and of knowing first-hand the great mercy of God.

What makes you excited for Christmas?

love, elizabeth

Calendar Girl

                                                           Source: google.com via Elizabeth on Pinterest

Things are really starting to get busy here. September is flying and as our schedules get more hectic with school and work, Kyle and I have started a new wall calendar system to keep track of each other’s whereabouts. I’m pretty proud of the end result which may look like a color-coded disaster area but I assure you, is a highly sophisticated organizational system…kinda. At least I got to use all of Kyle’s different Sharpie colors. Every box color represents a different thing – school, work, church, volunteering, and if you look closely you can see our date nights penned in.

Take a peek at our week below.



I just realized that if someone on the internet wanted to stalk me, it would probably be really easy as I have just provided you with a time and location for my entire month. Um. Please don’t stalk me. Unless you really want to take Avante-Garde Solo Performance with me. There may or may not be leotards involved.



What about you? What keeps you organized on your busiest days?

love, elizabeth

PS: Thank you so much, everyone, for your wonderful feedback and advice regarding the blog title! I think I’m going to stick with Love is the Adventure for awhile. I really appreciate everyone’s opinions and it definitely helped me make a decision.

Oh, and…one week from today, the giveaway. I’m a poet in case you didn’t…hear it.