One for the West Wing fans

I know you are out there! Byron over at nothing new under the sun had a link to Aaron Sorkin's account of what happened when Barack met Jed. Come on, what are you waiting for? don't worry about me, click on over straight away.

Enchanted forest

Isn't this gorgeous? I wish I could justify buying it. You know how partial I am to owls! Don't even ask how much it costs. It is from a website called cocoon couture. They have other smaller less pricey things too - some gorgeous cushions and santa sacks - do you realise it is only 3 months to Chrstmas?

hope

Hello! Yes I still exist. I have been busy preparing to speak at Revive08 - the conference I mentioned earlier. Oh, and my husband went away last week, which always makes things more hectic! I spoke on Saturday at Revive - I was asked to speak on transformation and I ended up speaking about hope as key to transformation. It went well - thanks to God, and lots of prayer and support from people. My prayer is that my words will make a difference.

My favourite bit of praise? Sparky (who is turning 4 in about 9 days time) came up to me a couple of days later and said "Mummy, I am so proud of you". I'm not sure he really understood what I had been doing, but he had heard my parents and his Dad talking to me about it. Quite a bit recently, he has been making encouraging comments of this kind. So what I liked most about it is that he is starting to see that he can make a difference to others through his words to them.

What a boy can do

I thought I would share an interesting moment with my almost 4 year old - Sparky. If you have read my profile you would know I am a pastor. I was talking to him about a couple I am marrying. After we got past his concern that I was somehow getting another family, and he had worked out what I meant, he asked who married us.

Me: "Grandpa! "(My father is a minister as well. )

Sparky: "Can boy pastors marry people as well? I thought only girl pastors could."

Me: "Yes boy pastors are allowed to " (exchanging a smile with my husband at this)

Sparky: "Well I guess it wouldn't be fair if only girls could".

Goes to show you judge by what you know.

Further Font nerdiness

Well after last week's dipping of the toe into fonts and typography, I went and did some more reading on the subject (I know - thats just the kinda gal I am). I agree about the yuckiness of comic sans (see comments on post below) and after investigation, have discovered I am partial to a whole family of type/font called either old face or old style. Garamond would be one famous example. Have a read about type families here and work out what you like.