{"id":336,"date":"2008-06-17T21:07:42","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T02:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2008-06-17T21:07:42","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T02:07:42","slug":"today-was-a-cool-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"Today was a cool day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a really cool day.\u00a0\u00a0 Did something really amazing happen?\u00a0 Did I win a prize?\u00a0 Did I find something I&#8217;ve been looking for a long time?\u00a0 Nope&#8230;none of those.\u00a0 It was actually kind of a regular day, but I am realizing more and more that most of my &#8220;regular&#8221; days are really quite amazing.\u00a0 God is teaching me to listen and to reflect a bit more&#8230;so here goes.<\/p>\n<p>Got up around 7:30 this morning&#8230;not all that early, but still later than normal.<\/p>\n<p>Packed my lunch and got ready for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Headed up to school for a Student Government meeting.\u00a0 We have a great crew lined up for 0809&#8230;I can tell already that we are going to have a blast together!<\/p>\n<p>From 11-12:30 went to a Creative Planning meeting with JR, Todd, and Corey to talk about this Sunday at Freedom Church.\u00a0 Good times&#8230;make plans to be there.\u00a0 We had a blast today.\u00a0 I love the creative process and it is always fun to brainstorm with some new folks.<\/p>\n<p>After that went back up to school for the rest of the SG planning.\u00a0 I spent an hour with them brainstorming for the retreat.\u00a0 I sat on a stool and wrote things on the whiteboard.\u00a0 They are a sharp bunch&#8230;great ideas, really challenging stuff!<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, hung out with some staff friends at school catching up on everyone&#8217;s summer.<\/p>\n<p>Wandered around Kohl&#8217;s for a little bit with Clint.\u00a0 We looked at some baby clothes&#8230;just a bit overwhelming.\u00a0 Friday we have a dr. appt and hopefully will find out if we are having a boy or a girl.\u00a0 That will make some of this looking around a little more real and manageable!<\/p>\n<p>We ate dinner at Shane&#8217;s Rib Shack.\u00a0 Clint and I started a new restaurant budget this month.\u00a0 He is so great with money and I am not.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t spend much, neither of us do, but we are both awful about eating out too much&#8230;and he has been tracking it.\u00a0 When he told me what we&#8217;ve spent at restaurants since the beginning of the year&#8230;I thought I was going to be sick!\u00a0 No wonder we are tired of eating out \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 However, we did have some free coupons to Shane&#8217;s&#8230;thus the splurge tonight.\u00a0 Other than that, we have both been packing our lunches and eating at home a lot more!\u00a0 I think I could definitely get used to this!\u00a0 Good news&#8230;for the first half of the month, we came in under budget on eating out!\u00a0 That even includes being out of town for 7 days.\u00a0 Thanks Mom for cooking most of the time we were in Memphis!\u00a0 Now&#8230;if we could just find someone to cook for us here!<\/p>\n<p>Clint had a late softball game tonight.\u00a0 We came home after dinner and bummed around the house.\u00a0 He took off about an hour ago.\u00a0 I have just been finishing up a few things and working on some stuff for our beach vacation with some good friends next week.<\/p>\n<p>For the past 2 hours, I&#8217;ve been sitting out on the deck of our house that I love&#8230;the deck and the house.\u00a0 I&#8217;m working on my MacBook Pro sitting next to my iPhone and a glorious bottle of Kroger water.\u00a0 Thank you Lord for a really amazing &#8220;regular&#8221; 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