stuck in the middle....and Lush....and other stuff....

Sitting in my car driving home I noticed that to my left there were storm clouds with lightening bouncing back and forth between the clouds. To my right was a clear sky and a waxing moon. It was really cool to see completely opposite things depending on which way I turned my head. Of course...I looked mostly in front of me so I didn't run into anything!

Christie and I went to the Lush store for a party last Saturday. We were entered into a drawing and I won!!! I never win anything! I'm very excited about it!!! I went to pick up my prize on Tuesday night and I got Almond and Coconut Smoothie (shower, I don't know....shower stuff... not gel, but you use it in the shower...did I mention it's for the shower? Actually, I used it to shave today...in the shower...and it worked very nicely) and some stuff called Big Calm (this is like a jellie and you keep it in the fridge or freezer and then use it in the shower... I'm a bit weirded out by it. Have not used it yet...not sure when I will.) and last but not least a bath melt called Candy Bar....it smells deliciuos and I'm excited to use it!! If you've never checked out Lush, you should...it's like a little piece of heaven full of delicious smelling, all natural, soaps, bath bombs/melts/bars/bubbles, shampoos, conditioners and lotions. It's definitely good times!
We also went to Build a Bear and built bears :) That is totally one of my favorite things to do!! I made my bear for Kelly to take to England with her and Christie helped me come up with the name "Loo" for him. He's dressed in a soccer uniform because it was the only thing that said USA on it in the whole store....also "football" is really big in England, so it will be a good in for her ;) Christie made a bear too and named him Mr. Bear....but I think she's changing it to Sparky. He's dressed in a Tiger uniform and can be seen this Sunday on the Creative Arts table helping us sell tickets to the game on September 10th! It was a very fun day!!! :)

I'm listening to a podcast Bible study on Song of Solomon right now and it's really good. I found out about it when we went to Willow and looked it up. If you're interested, you can find it on itunes by doing a search for church of Wrigleyville. I've never heard a teaching on that book, so I was fascinated to hear what they taught from it. It's really opened my eyes...I've read SOS before, but there's stuff that they've said that I've never known before. Like...did you know that some of it is a dream being described? Did you know that the woman in the story is insecure in her beauty? Did you know that back in the day saying a woman's hair flowed like a herd of goats coming down a mountain was a compliment? Anyway...it's good stuff...and I'm learning alot about the book, about myself, and about God. I mean...he speaks to us in our insecurities through this amazing love story.

That's all I have to say for now...