through thy free goodness: January 2007

the gospel + the fruit of the spirit at it's finest!

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

like a vitamin packed bundle of jesus!

shouston sistas!!

dinner in st. martin...

banana rum in st. martin...

more banana rum in st. martin!

(ps-we weren't that intoxicated...one of us is holding the camera...can't remember who, but one of us!)

(pps- banana rum is "dith-cuth-din")

an artist worth noticing

this is an artist introduced to me (not literally) by ryan at MOMA. i was reminded of her tonight in a magazine article. she has a drawing retrospect coming up at the Hammer Museum @ UCLA.

i couldn't resist sharing some of her work. much is lost on a computer screen.
please! if you have the opportunity to see it in person...do so!

*title linked to the hammer museum

getting me through the morning...

working on a Saturday (again) :(

(and how great is that album art?!)

while at work this week, i discovered the door to the a&f musical wonderland...

apparently we have local bands within the company, and this chick (who is now in s. cali) kicks some prepster ass! i mean come ON! she graduated from yale and played rugby for crying out loud!

(title linked to her myspace)

ps- gotz me a new music pimp at work (below on the right)... his name is mike and he has stacks and stacks of cd's behind his desk (sounds like someone else i know). creative director for hollister by day...rockstar by night. plays in lori, kola koca death squad, daredevil lover, and his solo act the sportsman's club.
OHIO = GOOD MUSIC

http://myspace.com/thesportsmansclub

oooooh no!

as i turned off my car last night "sabotage" by the beastie boys was playing on the radio.

as i turned on my car this morning...

"i'm tellin' y'all it's a Sabotage..."

yes we fight!

the fighting huston sisters...

i know, i know! it's hard to believe!!

*thank you cait for cleaning the house while i was gone this weekend and offering to pack me a lunch when i over slept on tues morning, and listening to me complain about "things", and praying for me, and letting katy d. in (even though she has a key) to host small group at my house while i was stuck at work for the second week in a row! you are appreciated and valued...now could you please go stay at dad's house while he's in florida??

(side note: we were crying b/c we got yelled at for fighting...go figure!)

view from the what?

shopping for work...

just some of
the samples we bought this weekend
at the rose bowl flee market!

reading...

"...empty mailbox, empty chair, wrong voice on the phone have no particular magic in themselves that will make a mature character out of a lonely heart. they will never produce a steady hope. not at all. the effect of my troubles depend not on the nature of the troubles themselves but on how i receive them. i can receive them with both hands in faith and acceptance, or i can rebel and reject. what they produce if i rebel and reject will be something very different from mature character. something nobody is going to like..."

"even the endurance of separation and silence and that hardest thing of all uncertainty can build in us a steady hope."

excerpts from the book: passion and purity (chapter 16)
by: elisabeth elliot

this particular chapter really resonated with me and thought i would share it. the feeling of loneliness or of being uncomfortable for a time is never welcome. but, it can be embraced with acceptance and trust because these contribute to the maturing of character - drawing us closer and closer to the one who is in control and knows us best.

once again, his grace gives me fear and his grace draws me near...