miscellany monday

It's Monday and it's also 7.11.11. Wouldn't that be a fun birthday to have? And definitely easy to remember — your spouse would have no excuses.

1.where you go, i will go 

Patrick and I were so blessed to attend a wedding on Saturday of a sweet friend that we have known for quite some time. She is loved by many, and she is such a faithful friend. It was such a testament to her, when we arrived and saw so many familiar faces from the past, all gathering together to witness their union. It was also such an honor to be a part of her special day and to see her marry the man that she has waited so faithfully for. Part of their vows were from the book of Ruth, chapter 1:16, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." Her matron of honor said it best at the reception, "I want to thank you, Tania, because I am a better friend for knowing you." Amen! Tania, you are an amazing woman and Nick is so fortunate to marry you! Blessings to you both! We are so happy for y'all!

2.linky love

This was a really good post by Matt Chandler at the Resurgence blog about church membership. I really recommend reading it. It might just convict your pants off.

3.dirt bag take 2

I am doing another round of dirt bag boot camp, but this time it's 3 days a week. I like that I can still run while doing this one. It doesn't absolutely murder me since it's not everyday.

4.running

Speaking of running, on Saturday morning, I ran with an Ironman. Patrick and I went for a 4 mile run and he made it his mission to get me under 10 min/miles. I ran it in 38 minutes. Ha! Just barely made it. He said with stops and everything (stretching and blasted untied shoelaces), we averaged about 9:40. So I was pretty excited. Oh and he told me everything about my running form was all wrong. Yeah. That's right. Awesome. So all the running I've been doing since I was 13, was apparently done inefficiently and hard on my knees. So I've got some re-training to do. Although it was hard to adjust, I could definitely feel the difference.

5.ebay

Patrick has been selling literally everything but the kitchen sink on ebay. Last night he sold over $400 worth of OLD transformers that have been in our attic for years. Gotta love those crazy toy collectors giving us all their money. The reason this all started was because I want to get a new camera. So he sold all of our other cheaper cameras, and we are trying to decide on how professional we want to go. He's thinking the Canon 7D or the less fancy D60. We used to have nice cameras and I think I am ready to get back into it. What kind of camera do you have? Any opinions?

Happy Monday, y'all!