Funny conversation with Molly

Last night, amid all the sickness in our house (Paisley has the flu, too!) Molly and I were perusing the MS Magazine 2008 Wedding Register. I don't know anybody in there, but i spend my 7 bucks every year to be amazed at how elaborate weddings have gotten. Anyway, Molly began to tell me what she wanted in her wedding. She just turned 3 in November. She wants "a pink dress, and a big pink cake with 'spahkles'". She wants one big candle on the cake...and her bridesmaids can wear black, but some can wear white. She told me I look good in blue, so I can wear blue. She said that the song would be "Twinkle, twinkle little star," which is her favorite. I asked if we were going to dance and she said, "yes, mama, we're going to boogie down!" Then she said, "who's the prince?" and i told her i didn't know, but I was praying for God to bring her someone who would love her so much and want to get married God's way. She said, "what's God's way, mama?" i figure 3 is a little young for the abstinence talk, so I told her God's way was living the way God wants us to and trying to honor and please him in everything we do. She told me "I live God's way, but Aidan doesn't." Then she said she wanted to marry Aidan. I told her we don't marry our brothers. I explained how uncle John was my brother and I didn't marry him. I told her daddy was not my brother. She was very upset by this, and told me that Aidan was the only person she wanted to marry.

I changed the subject.

Paiz went back to the doc today. The antibiotics were not working on the ears, so she got a shot. Then they did a flu test...positive. And she's had the flu shot! But she just has been too exposed to it, I guess. So now we're waiting on Molly to get it. Molly's taking Tamiflu like Michael and I, but I think she'll get it anyway. Michael stayed home from work today, to help out and because his coworkers don't want him there! I think he'll be here again tomorrow. We're going to hang out at home all weekend and get over this yuckiness.

Michael and I have had NO date night in a long time. Since the end of December when we went to Memphis for a night...which was fun till he started running fever and getting chills. So the whole month of January, I've been nurse mom. I really could use a date with my husband. We even have a PF Changs gift card that's just collecting dust.

So much i could ramble on and on about. like how much I love my husband, and how good he is to us. or what colors i'm going to paint the inside of my house. or how much i could use a pair of brown dressy shoes. or how i'm really praying about where aidan will go to school next year. or worship. that's my favorite subject. we found out yesterday that the sanctuary renovation will not be finished for sunday. i know a lot of people are disappointed. and yes, it is a little sad, because we had planned a big to-do over it. i think God appreciates our efforts, but what he really wants is our hearts to be right. i don't think (and this is just my opinion...you can have your own) that he cares where we worship. i think he wants us to come together to worship him corporately, but that could be in the walmart parking lot. the state of our hearts is the issue here. i spent the last year at our "other" church spending my worship time in the choir room watching the service on a screen. or in a high school cafeteria, watching the service on a screen. God was there each and every time, because i looked for him to be. i'm so glad they renovated the sanctuary. it needed it! most folks in madison would never go that long without redoing their house...there's nothing wrong with wanting God's house to be the best it can be. but the church building is not the church. we learned that in elementary school. just like the pastor is not the church, either. the church is a body of believers that come together to worship and learn and serve. and we should be able to do that anywhere...with or without a pastor...with or without a music minister. our worship should be a direct result of what God has done in our lives and not something that we can only do under certain circumstances.

again...as i said in my first post on this blog...i'm sure i need a filter on my fingers telling me what to write and not to write...but i feel strongly about this. and i'm very okay if people don't agree with me. this is just how I feel.

i'd better stop...i'm only on the "B" section of the wedding register, and it's huge this year!