http://www.pleonast.com/user/lastoflakewood recent pleonast.com entries by user lastoflakewood en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/lastoflakewood?l=5&entryID=597958 Life consists of a lot of "little" moments...some which seem insignificant. But put them all together and those little moments shape who we are or will become. Let me give you some examples of my little moments from the past 2 months or so, to catch up from my last post. A couple of months ago, I took a short road trip by myself to visit some family and spend a day hiking. While I like to be with others and have some company, there are times when I really just like to be alone. I usually end up stopping along the way and doing something random or new, and that night it was all about fried chicken. Don't ask me why, but I had this craving for some fried chicken. So I went somewhere that I had never been before...cue the music...Church's Chicken. They gave me my chicken along with a honey coated biscuit (sweet genius). I might never visit a Church's again, but I have to say, as my fingers slid off the steering wheel, it was a moment of satisfaction. Now, sometimes t... 2008-11-10 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lastoflakewood?l=5&entryID=572187 I finally got pictures downloaded and posted from the Montana trip. Check them out here: http://picasaweb.google.com/rachcope/Montana# 2008-09-06 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lastoflakewood?l=5&entryID=476116 I heard a talk tonight largely about the influence that we have on people simply through the way we conduct ourselves in daily interactions. That kind of went along with some other things I had been thinking about. Last year, I think, about this time I heard a lesson about being a Barnabas. Unfortunately, being an encourager isn't always an easy thing to do. And I think it just comes more naturally for some people than others. But for everyone to some extent, it means really getting out of our comfort zone and saying or doing things that don't always come easily. Criticizing on the other hand seems to come pretty easily, for me at least. But God calls us to be people who build up, not tear down. Someone once pointed out to me in Colossians 3, as it's talking about putting to death the old man and all his characteristics and putting on the new man...it's not enough to just clean out the fleshly traits; we have to replace them with something. If we just leave that space empty i... 2008-01-03 http://www.pleonast.com/user/lastoflakewood?l=5&entryID=415335 I don't think I have said anything on here yet. But I have left my job in Cullman, where I've been for the past two years. And starting tommorrow, I officially start working for Jefferson County schools. I haven't had any school experience in the field of speech therapy; so it's time to get some along with saving a lot of time and gas money by working much closer to home. I'm a little nervous, as the world of school requirements and IEPs are still pretty unfamiliar to me. But I'm excited about the change too. I'll be working 3 days a week at a K-2 elementary school and 2 days/week at a school for children ages 3-21 with severe disabilities or multi-handicaps. I can't believe school is starting for the kids on Thursday; summer has flown by. But there are good things about fall - football season is coming. Hopefully I can go to a good Auburn game this year. Unfortunately, last year the only game I went to was the Georgia game, and it was a very sad day in the rain. I have ha... 2007-08-06