Victoria Day Monday!

I have to wonder why anyone would believe Harold Camping and his bogus end of the world prediction.

First off. The "math" used to determine the date is RIDICULOUS. It's basically the equivalent of me going "2x2 is 4!? That's how long it's been since I stood up! We're doomed!"

This is the math he used

"The date of the crucifixion is itself somewhat uncertain, but Camping takes it to be April 1 in 33 AD. Come May 21, 2011, Camping says, 722,500 days will have elapsed since that occurrence. And 722,500 is (5 x 10 x 17) x (5 x 10 x 17). Those numbers are important, according to Camping, because 5 symbolizes atonement, 10 represents completeness, and 17 is for heaven. "

What...?  Does that make any sense to anyone else? No? Thought so. (more break down of the maniac math here)

So why on earth would ANYONE believe and follow a man who was wrong in 1994, and clearly had a vivid imagination about mathematics? I know these people feel so foolish now for giving up everything they had to parade around the USA proclaiming the end of days...here's a newsflash for you people...don't follow a crazy old man claiming to know when the end is. Why are you believing in some plain old earthly man? You are supposed to follow and believe in God. That is IT. By believing Captain Coot over there, you're going against everything you're supposed to beleive in. And giving the rest of us a really bad name. Get your priorities in order.


Time for some levity

The weather is being bipolar again...It was amazing Thursday and Friday, then terrible Saturday and mild yesterday...who knows what today will bring. JUST PICK ONE! It's impossible to put away the winter wardrobe! Long sleeves and pants on the end side of May!? Unacceptable.


It's a holiday Monday today. Not that that means anything to me. Apparently people still watch the news on a holiday? (No...they sleep in..but whatever) I don't think I'll ever have a job where a holiday means a day off for me! Oh well...I'll take the extra pay!

When I was growing up they used to have fireworks on Victoria day...they don't do that here :( I love fireworks! So much fun and so pretty! There are not enough fireworks in a year.
I managed to sneak off to IKEA this weekend...I love IKEA..I love it more when I go shopping there by myself! Teehee!


Wrapping up today's post is!

My Monday Faves!

IKEA • Holidays (the bus is cheaper!) • My pillow • biking around town • eating from my own garden! • Scrabble type games (even though I'm awful) • Canucks Team store staff (SO AMAZING) • Having friends in good places • Dairy Queen • Drinking Happy Birds • More hockey games! • discovering new areas of the city • crisp clear days that let me see the mountains • going skiing in May/June •

I leave you with what is basically me when it comes to drinking birds. I love them...they are up there with lava lamps.

What is the best use of your time

This was a question posed to us today by our new pastor (I guess that's what he is now)

We've found a fantastic new church
www.churchonthewestside.com

It's so much like The Place and so much not at the same time....all the boring stuff I didn't like about The Place is cut out..YAY. and more about the Jesus and the lessons. It's only 5 years old and AWESOME. The morning services are in a movie theatre, and the evening on is on Granville Island... I'm really excited about joining this community! Lots of young people like us!

Anyway, back to my title.

What is the best use of my time...I know I spend WAY too much time online...it's been curbed recently due to my having no internet of my own and thus being uncomfy stealing internet for privacy sake. However, now that I live in Vancouver I would like to spend more time exploring and less time sitting here. I do want to focus more of my online time to keeping in touch with family and friends, and now I have the blogs for that too. But what IS the best use of my time.

I should pray more. Take some time away from everything to read my bible and give time to God. ...I DO NOT do that enough. I try, or want to try and fail.

I also think that with this time should come some of the pre-marital stuff we have to work on...and planning the wedding. augh....stupid wedding....I could not want to plan this thing LESS.

I would also really really like to spend more time on my crafts and knitting projects. I have so many on the go! And since they are all presents this year....I really have to get a move on.

Excercise is also on my use of time list. I run 3 times a week, and we definitely bike to church every Sunday, over a bridge with a nice hill both ways lol.

But above all.....my time should be spent doing less for myself, and much more for others, for God...and spent evaluating my mind...I definitely do not have the kind of mind God would be proud of (not that it's a gutter mind! I know you were thinking that) I just, don't care sometimes. I say things and do things that do not honour Jesus, and it's something I desperately want to work on.....and I have a lot to work on with David....He deserves someone a lot nicer than me....so I have a long way to go.

My question for YOU the internet world.

What is the best use of YOUR time?



This month's good read?

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

I LOVE this book....It's so hard to explain why. It's got it all. Romance, adventure, action, mystery. It's fantastic. I got David reading it and he loves it too. Everyone should check it out.