http://mchavs.wordpress.com Learning to Live Abundantly Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:40:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Booking it from Atlanta we arrived in Savannah last night. It's only a 3 hour drive but it felt like forever. Maybe because we could feel the humidity creep up on us. Our air conditioner had to keep being turned up the closer we got. By the time we were ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/day-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil/ It's been four months since my last trip out of Canton. Only this time I'm not in California. I'm in Georgia. Atlanta to be specific. I was excited for the break. I was excited to see Debbie, who flew out from CA to hang with me. I was excited to ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/marti-in-the-city/ I was sorting through email today and realized there were three or four emails I never returned, from almost a month ago. These were emails from dear friends. People I love. People I want in my life. I feel awful. Then I remember there are also several unreturned phone calls ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/apology-to-my-peeps/ I've been in love with him, well his writing for almost three years. Yet, all I knew was his URL - www.waiterrant.net. I found him in Jan of 2006 and one night I was sick and had just broken up with my boyfriend. He distracted me all night long. I ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/blog-crush-unmasked/ Last night for lack of something to do in rainy NE Ohio we decided to go to the movies. My mom, aunt and cousin Sierra went to see Mamma Mia. Ben and I went see The Dark Knight. I didn't know much about the story other than it was Heath ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/the-dark-knight-2008/ Another lesson I've learned about kids is that while somedays are hard and you wish you could disown them, other days are full of joy and fun. It's always a mixed bag. Nothing is ever all good or all bad, it's a balance of both. We've had much better days ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/nephew-update/ Ok, I've realized that the biggest downside to parenting is the monotony. Your life is pretty much the same week in and week out - down to the arguments. I could script out the daily battles I have with my nephews - the first is over what kind of cereal ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/someone-will-die-it-might-be-me/ Looking for something lighthearted and a way out of the heat we decided to go see Mamma Mia tonight. The Broadway musical based on Abba songs, finally made it to the big screen with Merle Streep, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan. I knew I would see the movie ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/mamma-mia-2008/ I take my role as aunt very seriously. I firmly believe that it is my responsibility and duty to make sure they are educated well on all things of life. So last Friday I decided that since Mikey is 10, it is time for him to see Princess Bride. His ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/passing-the-torch/ Last week in church we talked about the importance of becoming new wineskins. Then I heard a conference session from Marcos Witt on how to prevent staleness in our lives as we create situations and circumstances (wineskins) to grow and change. Now I've heard the wineskin parable a million times ... http://mchavs.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/updating-my-wineskins/