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Happy 15th Birthday Millicent!

I know you never read my blogs, Millie, but I just want you to know that I have had SO much fun with you these last 15 years, and I really am excited to see what God will do in your (and my :-)) life in the next 15 years! I love you Milzy!

I went through my CD "collection" today... (it's small, but growing...)
But it struck me as amusing the variety of music styles represented...

* Oklahoma! (1955 film soundtrack)- one of my prized possessions. :-) I really love this CD.
* Winter Wonderland (Point Of Grace) - Point of Grace's latest Christmas album... I love the harmonizing and the all-around pretty arrangements on this one.
* The Ultimate Bobby Darin - a singer from the late 50's/early 60's... lots of fun/silly songs on this, and since it's my newest CD, it's getting played constantly around here. :-)
* Casting Crowns (Casting Crowns) - I really love the lyrics to almost every song on this CD.
* By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Gordon MacRae and June Hutton)- Gordon MacRae is one of my favorite "old" singers, and this CD, has some fun songs... and also some depressing love songs.... lol...
* Without Condition (Ginny Owens)
* Heavenly Place (Jaci Velasquez)- I can't unreservedly recommend all Jaci Velasquez music, but this debut album has some good stuff. :-)
* Singin' in the Rain (film soundtrack, Deluxe version)- 2 cds full of Singin' in the Rain music, what's not to love? ;-)
* Jaci Velasquez (Jaci Velasquez)- more Jaci...
* Crystal Clear (Jaci Velasquez)- Technically I only own the cassette version of this and I got it for a $1... so it's not like I'm some half-crazed Jaci Velasquez fan or something. ;-)
* Christmas (Jaci Velasquez)- This is actually a really fun Christmas Cd...
* Uspoken (Jaci Velasquez)- Okay... this is seriously my last Jaci cd... I'm not even a fan, anymore... although I was...
* Worship (Michael W. Smith) - Much-listened to and beloved Cd.
* There is Joy in the Lord (Cheri Keaggy)
* Songs 4 Worship (Shout to the Lord)
* In Christ Alone - legally downloaded... ;-) I love this song!
* A Christmas Cd by a friend and her musical family...

Okay, that's it... for now... pretty eclectic, no?
Currently on my wishlist:

* Brave (Nichole Nordeman)

* Life on the Inside (Jadon Lavik)

* Pray (Rebecca St. James)

* Conversations (Sara Groves)

* A CD of Tchaikovsky music...

* So Far- The Best Of Susan Ashton Vol. 1

* More Gordon MacRae music

* Dean Martin

* Bells Are Ringing (film soundtrack AND the broadway version)

* New Hymns by Keith Getty

umm... and lots more! :-)
- dirgni1986

I had to work today, so I had to miss our church's Good Friday service... very disappointing... *sadness* But, I shall recover. :-)

I wanted to post the lyrics to one of my new favorite songs, which I think is very appropriate for Good Friday:

The Power Of The Cross

Oh to see the dawn
Of the darkest day;
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten then
Nailed to a cross of wood.

This the power of the cross:
Christ became sin for us,
Took the blame, bore the wrath -
We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Every bitter thought,
Every evil deed
Crowning Your stained brow.

This the power...

Now the daylight flees,
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as it's Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two;
Dead are raised to life;
Finished! the victory cry.

This the power...

Oh to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to ;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.

This the power of the cross:
Son of God, slain for us.
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross.

Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music

Millie told me abruptly this noon, "You know what? You're unreplaceable," I was a little surprised, since this was un-Millieish, so I said, "Why?" and she replied without missing a beat, "Because I don't even know *what* you are." That had me laughing for quite a while. Anyway... :-)

Happy 18th birthday to my favorite 18-year old sister!
It seems like just yesterday that I (only 2 years old) climbed up the giraffe step ladder at the hospital and peeked in the window to the nursery to see my baby sister for the first time...she was (and is) SO cute!! It's been 18 very interesting and fun years... ;-)

I LOVE YOU GRETA!!

I have been reading some really good books the last month or so... so I thought I'd post the titles and my opinions so far... :-)

Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America by Mark R. Levin; this book is a New York Times Bestseller, and a fascinating look at the judicial activism and our Constitution. As of half-way through ;-), I highly recommend it.

Agatha Christie And the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade; this is the true story behind the famous mystery-writer's 11-day disappearance in 1926... a real-life mystery, and very engrossing.

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien; This is my first time reading this... (I know, how did I not read this during my childhood?) and it's getting more fun... (I really enjoyed The Hobbit)...

A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse; Wodehouse is one of my favorite writers, his writing style and wit are simply delightful, and this novel was the basis for one my favorite childhood movies. So I HIGHLY recommend this one. :-)

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier; This 'adventure' novel is by the author of Rebecca and The Birds...it was written in 1935, and I love it so far. :-)

Benchley Or Else! by Robert Benchley; A humorist back in the thirties and forties, this is a collection of witty articles, some of the pieces are slightly "dated" but it's still a very funny book.

That's mainly all I'm reading... I read too many books at a time usually, but oh well. :-)
More later...