holiday ramblings

I'm getting just as bad as the guys thinking explosions are cool. :) Here is yet another video of a bridge blowing up from cnn.com.

The rush is on! Counting down the days till Christmas. We've had quite the packed December so far. We had our church staff dinner at the English Inn earlier this month and had a fantastic time talking to our waiter for almost an hour. He heard us talking about "church stuff" and struck up a conversation. It was pretty awesome. We've also had Jill's baby shower (photos here). She is having a little boy in February, about two months before our girl is due. Tonight we're having our church Christmas party, and Sunday evening we're off to Connecticut for the week. After that, we're home for another week and then heading to Oklahoma. Then I'm not traveling for a good long time!

I'm on week 24 of my pregnancy.. 6 months along now. Last night Justin felt the baby move for the first time. She's finally starting to kick hard enough to feel on the outside. I've felt her doing gymnastics in there for about a month now. She likes to act up when I lie down for bed at night. I also had my first "preg-nesia" experience this morning. I couldn't find my glasses on my night table when I got up, and went stumbling into the bathroom when it dawned on me that I could see. I completely forgot to take my contacts out before I went to bed last night. Oy vey.

Things at church are great. I am enjoying worship so much and am so thankful that the Cobbs have come. God is already blessing us a ton through their ministry and it's so exciting to see Him working. I have been in and out of jaded-ness for far too long and it's great to have a fresh reminder of His working and to see our formerly stagnant church growing and transforming. Also, if you remember, please pray for Kadee whose grandmother passed away this weekend. It's been a tough one.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone.

a flight of fancy?

Sorry I just had to post this one... from abcnews.com

Flatulence Forces Plane to Land
Plane Forced to Land After Passenger Passes Gas, Lights Match to Cover Scent

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec 6, 2006 (AP) - An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.

The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.

The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odor," Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.

"It's humorous in a way but you feel sorry for the individual, as well," she said. "It's unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up."

The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.