Sean & Shey

Sunday, January 11, 2009

This is so exciting! I LOVE Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In fact, being one of their community planners/organizers for the show is one of my all-time dream jobs! Well, Ty and the gang have decended upon Fresno this morning! Rumor has it the extreme build will be in NW Fresno-- that's my neck of the woods!!! I'm hoping its a close enough location that I can walk to it to watch the progress, as I"m sure it will be crazy for the next 106 hours. (That's how long it takes them to tear down and rebuild one of their amazing dream homes!) I've been checking the De Young EM:HE website all morning... no word yet on who the lucky family is, but I'll keep you posted! And if I get to go by the site, I'll post pics!!

Since I found out the show was coming to town, I've played multiple scenarios over and over in my head and I just can't figure out a way to get Ty and the other designers and producers to realize just how much they need me on their team! :-) Those pesky security teams seem to always foil my dreams of introducing myself and handing them a resume. (OK, so I am TOTALLY kidding... I could never do that!) I wonder how those people got their jobs anyway.... I'm always interested in what degrees and experiences people who have my "dream jobs" have had... I love coordinating things and getting people together for good stuff.... hence, my work at LifeChoices. I LOVED that... being a part of something that was never about me, but about making people and our community better. I still have a passion to do that and know/pray that some day I'll be able to have a job like that again. *sigh* someday. :-) Do'nt get me wrong tho, I am blessed with a wonderful job now for which I am so greatful... it was truly a God thing the way it all came about. I've just been feeling the 'itch' as always to get back in and get my hands dirty the way it was at LC.... so we'll see.... :-)

So..... I'll keep you updated and hopefully will have some pics! You can see the SCHEDULE FOR THE BUILD... it looks like there are no spectators allowed for the first 3 days so it may be a bit before anything is up!

**EDIT**

Well, as I was typing that post, they announced the family!! You can read about them HERE. This isn't anywhere even close to my house, but it is kinda close to where I work... so maybe I can sneak by next week on my lunch break or something!! Congratulations, Mary Ann & Family!

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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Listening Online

Sunday, January 04, 2009

This may sound kinda weird to some people, but I love listening to sermons online. While I don't do it as much as I would like to(I don't have my own office at work, and I'm usually watching TV while I'm checking my email at home), I do enjoy. Maybe its because I'm married to a pastor who is deeply passionate about preaching, or maybe its because I went to an awesome Bible College that had week after week of meaty, nitty-gritty, in your face chapel services. My longing to hear challenging, straight-from-the-Bible sermons sends me on a quest, week after week, and I have found some interesting and incredible sermons on these online adventures... and let me tell you it is fun! I kinda feel like one of those back-pew members or visitors... I just kinda eavesdrop on churches all over the country... all from my living room! Usually I listen/watch sermons from churches where a friend or relative goes like North Point Community Church. I really really liked the series (which I think now has a website dedicated to this idea) about 5 Things God Uses to Grow Your Faith. Every Sunday morning, I tuned in to that and was very challenged... you can tell in his preaching that he puts into practice those principles, and that the church as a whole is unified in that. Very cool... you should go listen to those... its the symbol at the top with the colorful tree.

Just a while ago, I found this church, Elevation Church... they have some wonderful sermon series on there too. I'm a very organized person, and so naturally, when thoughts and sermons are organized into series, I really like that... its nothing biblical at all... its just my personal preference! And I really like the series these churches have had. (OK, and I'm a sucker for a great website and graphic design, too... that's the marketing side of me.) So, if you find yourself at home, needing something to listen to while you clean, bake or organize files... check out one of these websites and try listening to a sermon online while you do that! :-)