Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentines Day


Jake and I were lounging on the couch tonight, watching TV (Jeopardy with IBM's Watson) and some of our favorite shows, and eating strawberries in delicious chocolate sauce

and I said, "Good Valentines Day?"
"Yes, and you know why? Because we're doing what we love to do, and we're with the people we love."

Don't get me wrong, sweet husband took me out for a great dinner date on Friday. It was wonderful and romantic - but it's also nice to just relax. We don't need a reason to be in love. But apparently we do need a reason to dress up. teehee.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Phrases that a Kinesthetic learner hears a lot

Or at least, *this* Kinesthetic learner. And I am very much one. I can sometimes pick up things by hearing or reading, but if you really need me to understand it, i need to try it myself. Moreso, when I have experiences, I just get the feeling of the situation. This leads to the following conversations:


Is that really what he said?
The answer to this question is almost always "no". But I have no earthly idea what he actually said. I just remember how I felt about it when he said it and am trying to convey a similiar phrase to you. So yeah, it's unlikely that the police officer *actually* said, "And if you ever do this again I'll throw you into oncoming traffic." But he was really upset and making angry faces and talking in a gruff voice and warning me against repeating my offense. But for the sake of the story, my version is more interesting.


Was it really a thousand people?
Again, the answer to this is most likely "no". But there were definitely a lot of people. Maybe it was only a hundred. I don't really know what a thousand people looks like, but it felt like a lot of people.

I wasn't yelling, *You* were yelling!
Okay, fine, but it felt like you were really angry and an angry voice *feels* like yelling to me. And so I probably started actually raising my voice in return.

I told you that two months ago, but you didn't believe me.
Really, it's not that I didn't believe you, it's that I didn't really understand until I watched that tv show/ met that person/ had that same experience. I really did believe you as best as my feeble mind could, but that was so incomplete without the experience itself.


Any others that kinesthetic learners hear? Or phrases that you hear because you're an auditory or visual learner?

[Update: proof that I am a kinesthetic learner - do you see how many times I wrote "feel" in this post?]

Thursday, February 10, 2011

How to be a great Pastor's wife

Normally, I try to blog because I have some clever (at least I think it's clever) thought or funny story. I don't want my blog to just be a collection of links. However, this post was too great not to share.

It's a great article by Carl Trueman about the importance of being a down to earth wife and keeping our husband grounded titled Our Own Propoganda: Wives must not believe it.

It's a short and interesting read, and mostly, I'm just so thankful for someone to tell me I'm doing a good job encouraging my pastor husband, instead of telling me I really ought to smile more, produce more offspring, and learn to play piano. ;)

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Dear Website owners

For realzies... this is the truth.

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