The New Adventures of Caitlin and Christine

Tonight was an interesting night. Here's a little rundown.

Christine bakes pumpkin bread.

Caitlin is studying Pharmacology and gets bored. She decides it would be a good idea to fill the bathtub with water and attempt to float the rabbit in it on a cookie sheet. She begins to fill the tub with water.

The carbon monoxide detector goes off. Caitlin stands on chair and waves a cookie sheet at it. Christine calls resourceful boyfriend/house husband and opens windows and doors. Carbon monoxide detector continues to go off.

Christine calls Emergency Maintenance. No answer.

Christine calls the Fire Department. No answer.

Freak out and call house husband.

Christine calls 911.

911 operator tells us to go outside. Christine and Caitlin layer up and go outside, taking out the trash on their way. May as well kill two birds with one stone.

Christine and Caitlin freeze their butts off.

Christine realizes that bunny is still loose inside. Christine and Caitlin perform emergency rescue operation, with Caitlin holding her nose. Christine holds rabbit in her coat to keep her warm.

Maintenance calls back and is annoyed.

The fire truck arrives.

Maintenance arrives.

Maintenance informs us the detector is bad. The fire department leaves. Maintenance takes detector and leaves.

Christine and Caitlin come back inside.

Caitlin irons place mats in her zebra print pajama pants.

Maintenance man returns and installs a new carbon monoxide detector.

Christine feeds maintenance man pumpkin bread and he leaves.

Christine and Caitlin lament that none of them were even remotely hot.

Margarita Thursday

Caitlin: "$2 Margarita Wednesdays? I'm so there!"

Roommate to Caitlin: "It's a good thing I don't tell the boys how much you love margaritas. It'd be very easy to take advantage of you with that information."

Huruma at it's Best

Just a little quote from our former President Bill Clinton in his acceptance speech for an award from Africare. Clinton stressed that "you don't have to patronize poor people; you just have to empower them." Addressing the need for new attitudes towards African aid and development, he called for the United States to ask what we can do "with Africa, not for Africa." Ahh so refreshing that someone in this country is capable of intelligent foreign policy.

Christmas is Coming!

I know you all probably aren't think about Christmas yet, but I just found this little gem in my inbox. It came from one of my youth ministry newsletter thingies. Add another movie to my Christmas viewing list. The Nativity Story looks amazing! I haven't heard too much press on this one, so tell your friends.

NPR=Love

A friend just sent me this great NPR piece on Christianity. I've heard the idea of the southernization of Christianity before and experienced it myself in Tanzania. I'm sure many of you that have traveled below our lovely equator have experienced many similar things as Philip Jenkins discusses in this interview. I think we could all benefit from being aware of what's going on in the world, especially when it comes to our faith. Listen. Enjoy. Tell me what you think. Thanks Rob!