Sunday morning is my favorite.
I vaguely remember, about a decade ago, I made a Livejournal entry about how much I loved Sunday mornings. I described how every Sunday morning, I'd wake up to my mom singing and ruining all of the lyrics. And how my family would go together to Catholic Mass, and then we'd go to Cerritos and eat some DJ Bibingkahan or Pinoy-Pinay. Those are still some fond memories I hold.
And then I became Christian, and those memories remained as they were: memories from the past, never again to happen in the future.
But now, as a married woman, I love Sunday mornings still, if not more. I wake up to an empty bed, because Kevin wakes up earlier than me. And I go downstairs and he's up and talking with my brother-in-law Michael, making omelettes. Michael's omelettes are always so pretty and fluffy, with yummy vegetables and other fancy-shmancy stuff in it. Kevin's omelettes usually look like they went through a car crash, with hot dogs and spam scattered everywhere. Michael slowly eats his with a fork. Kevin devours his quickly and without mercy, with me having to clean up everything that falls out of his mouth and onto the floor. Okay, so I may be over-exaggerating. Or so I wish!!!!!
I clean up a bit, do some laundry, and Kevin leaves for worship practice. Then we go to church, and see our church family, hear some Word or teach some Sunday School. It's always nice to hear some preaching from our Pastor or other leaders. Kevin and I are like half of the teachers doing Sunday School for the kids, so half of the month we aren't able to hear the preaching at church because we are helping each other. During the week we listen to sermons on our own through the computer or other broadcasting, but it isn't the same. Afterwards, we are open to doing whatever we want. Just me and my husband. It's such a nice relaxing break from a week full of work and chores and ministry. Not that I don't enjoy those things, but it's tiring. I sometimes find it hard to even imagine having children because of how things are now. The weekends are great for catching up on things or hanging out with friends and taking a breather.
I'm already making a list of things to do for the rest of today and the rest of this week. I think that's just the way I'm hay-wired. Always making plans, needing to know what's ahead. But Kevin is the opposite-always going with the flow, moving slowly, bopping his head to some unheard song and making some drumming motions and rhythms with his hands against his legs.
Every Sunday, I always listened to Maroon 5's old album (I think it's called "Songs about Jane") and would listen to the song "Sunday Morning." I think one of their songs was also the background song for my Xanga! And now I'm listening to them again but this time with my husband next to me. He's watching a video on R.C. Sproul talking with some other dude about being a Young Earth vs. Old Earth supporter. We're gonna get ready for church and also for a baby shower happening later.
What a wonderful Sunday morning :)
I vaguely remember, about a decade ago, I made a Livejournal entry about how much I loved Sunday mornings. I described how every Sunday morning, I'd wake up to my mom singing and ruining all of the lyrics. And how my family would go together to Catholic Mass, and then we'd go to Cerritos and eat some DJ Bibingkahan or Pinoy-Pinay. Those are still some fond memories I hold.
And then I became Christian, and those memories remained as they were: memories from the past, never again to happen in the future.
But now, as a married woman, I love Sunday mornings still, if not more. I wake up to an empty bed, because Kevin wakes up earlier than me. And I go downstairs and he's up and talking with my brother-in-law Michael, making omelettes. Michael's omelettes are always so pretty and fluffy, with yummy vegetables and other fancy-shmancy stuff in it. Kevin's omelettes usually look like they went through a car crash, with hot dogs and spam scattered everywhere. Michael slowly eats his with a fork. Kevin devours his quickly and without mercy, with me having to clean up everything that falls out of his mouth and onto the floor. Okay, so I may be over-exaggerating. Or so I wish!!!!!
I clean up a bit, do some laundry, and Kevin leaves for worship practice. Then we go to church, and see our church family, hear some Word or teach some Sunday School. It's always nice to hear some preaching from our Pastor or other leaders. Kevin and I are like half of the teachers doing Sunday School for the kids, so half of the month we aren't able to hear the preaching at church because we are helping each other. During the week we listen to sermons on our own through the computer or other broadcasting, but it isn't the same. Afterwards, we are open to doing whatever we want. Just me and my husband. It's such a nice relaxing break from a week full of work and chores and ministry. Not that I don't enjoy those things, but it's tiring. I sometimes find it hard to even imagine having children because of how things are now. The weekends are great for catching up on things or hanging out with friends and taking a breather.
I'm already making a list of things to do for the rest of today and the rest of this week. I think that's just the way I'm hay-wired. Always making plans, needing to know what's ahead. But Kevin is the opposite-always going with the flow, moving slowly, bopping his head to some unheard song and making some drumming motions and rhythms with his hands against his legs.
Every Sunday, I always listened to Maroon 5's old album (I think it's called "Songs about Jane") and would listen to the song "Sunday Morning." I think one of their songs was also the background song for my Xanga! And now I'm listening to them again but this time with my husband next to me. He's watching a video on R.C. Sproul talking with some other dude about being a Young Earth vs. Old Earth supporter. We're gonna get ready for church and also for a baby shower happening later.
What a wonderful Sunday morning :)
We are all busy aren't we hehe. And I too like to make schedules (knowing what to do, knowing what to cook for future days etc). It's fun though isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree buying veggies and how they go bad early frustrates me. That's why I have to do groceries twice a week.
And I too am the only one saved in my family. It is lonely as well. But God is good and after many years (8 yrs) I am now reading the book of John with my mom. I continue to pray that He would reveal Himself to my mom and family and that He would choose them to know Him and to love Him just as He has chosen me. Will add your family onto my prayer list.
Keep up the blogging I enjoy reading it. =)
Say Hi to Kev for me.
Stace
Stacey! What a surprise, how did you find my blog?? Haha! What an encouragement to hear from you. I know that you have a lot I can learn from because you've been a wife longer than me :) I'll tell Kevin you say hi! And thanks so much for praying for my family, it means a lot. When are we going to see you next??
DeleteHey Leigh Ann!
ReplyDeleteI think I found your blog linked to someone elses so I just bookmarked it =) lol
We're going to Resolved this year staying until maybe the 2nd session on Monday then headed back since Lester has work. Pretty stoked to go. So I guess that will most likely be the next time we see you two.
I'd be glad to pass on some wifely knowledge to you. We'll be married for 4yrs on 9/13/12 and we are still learning a lot. But its a fun. You can get my number from Bethany or Mariel if you want. I don't want to type my email addy here in case a spambot gets a hold of it ;)
Best advice I can give right now is:
Costco is good for bulk supplies (toiler paper, paper towels, boneless skinless chicken breast packs, cereal cheerios- lowers cholesterol). Sometimes there are even coupons for those items which make them even cheaper
Sometimes albertsons is cheaper than other grocery stores
Check your free standing inserts (aka ads that come in the mail for grocery stores). There are always sales and coupons there.
If you have a grower's direct and are buying lots of veggies you should buy your veggies there. It is a store that sells just veggies. We have one here in Costa Mesa
Currently, we are using an app on our iphone which tracks our spending. We are able to see if we are within budget. Sometimes it changes because we may have bought an item that was onsale that we did not account for etc. We review the total spending at the end of each month to go over any discrepancies
What Lester also does is if we are in a store he takes a picture of the item with its sales price (like lysol or baking soda for the fridge) so that we know if we go to another store we know which one is a better deal. There is also an app that you take a picture of the barcode and it will tell you how much it cost in different locations. Doesn't work all the time.
=)