Hmmm. Well, it looks like I have not exactly blogged every day for the past few weeks...And there has been so much that has happened that I do not think there is anyway to catch up...

I have not been running for the past 2 weeks because I have a ridiculous shin splint that will not go away...I have heard those can turn into stress fractures if you keep pushing it...that is an idea I am NOT excited about...So, while I have not been running I have been playing tennis...but I have even stopped doing that this past week because it should not hurt just to exist and that is the way my shins have been feeling...

Our puppy, whom we named Whidbey, has been taking up a lot of my time. Even though it is not even close to being a parent I now understand why parents often do not get all of their to do lists taken care of...I am constantly having to look out for my adorable fluff ball as I am trying to potty train him, teach him what is OK to bark at, and teach him what is OK to chew on...Sigh...one day this will all be over and I won't even remember these days of cleaning up puppy pee frustration...All in all I am totally thankful for my little guy and am excited for the day when he "gets it."

Jon is working nights these next two weeks so we have time during the day to hang out. It is a nice change but a little hard on the mind as Jon says. He has started leaving the toilet seat up the past few days, which he has never done before, and tonight I fell in!! GROSS!

Jon and I went on a Deception Pass Boat tour today. I actually bought the tickets for over half off using Groupon a few months back and it was an awesome deal. We got to learn some history of the area and see some cool wildlife.

I ran out to get a pizza for dinner because the meat for the meat loaf just would not thaw out the way it needed to be in order for the meal to be done at a decent hour. All I can say is that while the sign SAYS hot and fresh NOW it has not been hot and fresh NOW the past few times I have been there to get a pizza...more like hot and fresh in TEN minutes...ha ha. Oh well. At least it is only 5 bucks!

As far as my Bible reading I have come to realize that I have some how matured over the last few years...it was probably my time in Seminary that did it...but I realized while reading in Isaiah this week that often times in the past I would just take any verse I read in the Bible and claim that verse for my life...now I realize that we must make sure we take all verses in context and realize that in some points God was talking to a specific people when he was promising things...I did realize for the first time in my Christian life, because I am very poor in OT knowledge, that God did say in Isaiah that the gentiles would also be saved. It is pretty amazing to see how the books of the Bible foretold the future. Reading about how God promised salvation not only to the Hebrews/Jews but to the gentiles in the OT really hit home with me. Gentile salvation was not a new concept in NT times...it was a concept from the beginning of time and I have lived in ignorance of this scripture my whole walk...