a life beyond running shoes.

my final post for the year....... my last reads: welcoming justice by charles march and john perkins. short but excellent. post civil rights movement toward racial reconciliation through the amazing work god is doing. "a new conviction that christian love could not rest content until it found space for the neighbor and the enemy." (28) "to be a public disciple means finding a place in the world where the kingdom of god is taking shape and getting yourself there." (32) "our biggest problem as christians is that we want the miracle without the love. we want to see the kind of healing jesus brought, but we don't want to learn jesus' way of loving broken people." (77) the girl who kicked the hornet's nest . by steig larsson. total money makeover . by dave ramsey. agaat . by Marlene van Niekerk (i didnt' finish and barely felt like i started but it was my last book club book so i felt like listing it). great house . by nicole krauss. happy re...

christmas in the city. our annual lessons and carols. christmas eve. our first trip to train exhibit at new york botanic gardens. thank you nanee and big for this fun adventure! christmas morning. reading the luke story.....just a bit blurry without my flash. (still hadn't had my coffee) sweet pea's first baby doll. christmas sweatshirts.

our first real snow..... a white christmas 48 late. i'll post christmas pics later but here is what we did before breakfast. played in the middle of the street. 22 degrees. not sure how many inches but central park got 13 inches.... that is plenty for a good snowball. of course, in the middle of the night the wind got up to 50 mph. that would not be fun to play in.......snow has stopped but wind should die down this afternoon. happy winter to all our family in much warmer places!!!

full of bowling, cake and fun presents. hard to believe he is 4. wow!!!

well, glad tidings all around..... mom ran off to hawaii and got married. hooray!!! we love mr. denny! now both my parents have remarried wonderful people!

spiderman on broadway. it was fabulous.... and it doesn't hurt that i have a little bit of a crush on the lead. peter parker played by reeve carney. friend, steve, came from LA to do the east coast thing. he hit some football games, some hockey games, but i got to tag along for this. it was awesome!!! we hung out after and said hi. steve knows reeve.....a little. reeve is a little dreamy. okay, the show is excellent. the music by bono & the edge.....rocks. sitting next to some guys, i realized my first major concert was U2..... fall 1992 dodger stadium....zoo tv tour. choreography was stellar. there were a few weird things about the spider (arachne) mythology.... okay, really weird... on the verge of creepy....but i still loved it!

our first time to go and engage the macy's day parade..... we saw them blowing up the balloons. done and done. my family thinks we can mark it off our "new york to do" list. i vote we try again in about five years. turkey trot. my fastest race ever!!!! 5 miles - 47:10 stef and i rocked it!!! turkeys fried. table set. napkins sewed. wine poured. tiramisu eaten. advent begun: three days ago we celebrated the beginning of advent. tree decorated wreath made. charlie brown christmas soundtrack playing. as with every year, i try and figure out how to make this season more theological than material... more about the what....or actually the who. in the church calendar this season is marked by the color purple. (and this year g'ma sewed the church vestments.... all weekend) we have a christmas tree with purple lights and purple ornaments. we light the purple candle this week. we will take down the purple ornaments the week before christmas and put up all of our ...