Not much damage from Hurricane Sandy here in Jamaica Plain. NYC and NJ and so many other places can't say same. Praying for those displaced. Check out Church World Service if you want to make a donation. Already had a conversation about atonement this morning. Phew.

Getting stuff ready for the newsletter today. late. as usual! we didn't have any storm damage here. praying for all those who are enduring power outages, flooding etc... i am thinking that perhaps if i begin to write the mundane things down i can get past this blockage about writing. it drives me crazy that some folks can have no unpublished thought and i can't seem to get my thoughts down at all sometimes. anybody else ever feel that way? surely it can't be just me...intimidated by the prolific writers. hmm. Dishwasher guy is here now...oh and he is the oven guy as well. why do appliances always seem to break in pairs or groups even? i'm tempted to say that at least the fridge is working (despite the cricket who has made a home behind said appliance) but i am worried that if i get too happy about it, fridge will be next on dead appliance list. if only the appliances could apply themselves and keep working. another item on my agenda today is to come up with a stewardship theme. How about: "give your money" or "defeat the deficit"... no, probably not. I do have some real ideas though. only problem is that i can't find the piece of paper on which i wrote them. Figures. Tomorrow is Halloween. Am doing my first Halloween wedding. Rumor is that the bride will dress in black. it is a classic color. Was considering wearing my own Elvira dress, but have decided against it. :) Guess the black preacher robe will have to suffice. Okay, i am done writing now.

What if i used this blog to just write anything. nothing profound or interesting. just stuff? would i write more then? hmm. who knows. today i have the cold that won't die. really just won't. had it for about three weeks now. killer headache comes with. really attractive cold sore too. :) so much fun. and now i get to be the taxi driver for my kids all afternoon!! zoom zoom.