***Breaking News Interruption***

I'm one of those weird people that actually enjoys the Breaking News interruptions on TV. I know many find them quite annoying but there's something about them that is exciting to me. There's an element of suspense and anticipation that gets me every time.  I know, it's weird.

Anyway, as my creativity month continues and I engage in all sorts of new things, I find myself thinking, obsessing, and dreaming about the upcoming half marathon in Lincoln. Since the race is only a week away, I am making an executive blogger decision to execute a Breaking News Interruption to my April resolution that will last until the end of the month. I will still engage in my creative projects, I just won't write about it.

My breaking news is that for the next week, I will start my race countdown and blog about it each day. I figure if that's what I'm thinking about all the time, I might as well share some of my thoughts with the rest of you. I realize that you may not all be running freaks but at least you will temporarily enter my running world and see what makes me excited about running.

Before I go into my "interruption" week,  I will share what I've been up to the last few days in regards to my creativity.  But after that, I'm out.

Day 19-21: Garden Love: I am not a gardener. I have never been and probably will never be. I love flowers and people who garden but it's really not my thing. We currently live in the parsonage which has a beautiful back yard. The previous pastor's wife kept an amazing garden with a variety of flowers, ferns, and other plants that I can't identify. When I first saw the beautiful cared for garden, I was amazed and sad at the same time. I knew in my heart that it would probably never look that great again. Needless to say, a year and a half later, my fears were confirmed. The once amazing garden is...well, let's just say..no longer amazing. As part of my creativity month, I decided to tackle the project of restoring some dignity to this garden. After several days of pulling weeds and probably some non weeds too, (I'm still working on figuring out which are the good and bad plants. I know, it's pretty pathetic!) the garden is looking SO much better. Here are some pics of my progress so far.

I know this is still a pretty sad looking flower bed but it was so much worse several days ago.

Those tree branches in the background, yeah, our trees needed some help too.

The yard behind ours is a constant reminder of what our yard is not.

So there it is, our garden in progress :) 


Day 22-24: Musical expression:  I like to sing but am not very fond of the whole special music thing at church.  Although, I am asked to do it from time to time, I always politely decline.  I know I can carry a tune and overall don't have a bad voice BUT that still does not give me the golden ticket to do special music.  I reserve that privilege for the ones who actually have above average talent in that area. In the last several months, I have become a fan of Kari Jobe.  If you've never heard her sing, check her out on YouTube.  She's amazing.  There's a song she sings called 'Beautiful' that my husband loves and plays over and over again in the car.  Yes, this is one of his annoying traits.   Anyway, I decided to offer my services for the church service this last weekend.  My creative gift to him and the church was to learn the song in sign language and throw in a little dramatic expression into it as well.    I figured I could do that and save myself the embarrassment of attempting to sing the song.  I wish I had a video of it because it rocked!  It goes without saying that the credit goes straight to the Lord.  I was just blessed to have showed up at the same time the Holy Spirit graced our church with His presence and anointed that space in time.   The people were incredibly blessed as well.  I praise God for that! 

So there it is, my creative process so far this month.  It's been quite a ride!  Now, for the week of running filled blogs!  Stay tuned....