Well, apparently God loves me after all, because I managed to fill the vital leadership roles for Vacation Bible School.
Next up? Telephone calls to beg people to be crew leaders.
After that? I’m going to turn refrigerator boxes into a Mexican village. Ha!
Not only am I distracted by VBS, but I have also fallen headfirst into a novel by John Irving and I spend all my supposed free time reading. I’m nearly done with it, though, so then I can focus my attention on the things that need my concentration. Like the disgusting kitchen floor. And the ironing. And reading all the neglected blogs on my Bloglines account.
I am being buried one detail at a time. If you emailed me recently, please note that I intend to answer my emails tomorrow, too. Right after I solve the problem of world hunger. (Can I just say that I think Warren Buffet and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation rock? Wow!)
One final note. My daughter, who is almost 4, occasionally says, “Mom, I am so boring!” She practically rolls her eyes from the fatigue of being just exactly that “boring.” She means, of course, “bored,” but I find her error charming and more exact than she could ever know. Aren’t those who claim to be bored just excruciatingly boring people at heart? (Have I just inadvertently offended someone? If so, let me hasten to add . . .except for you.)
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Which John Irving? I was wondering if I’d missed one somehow.
I was reading a post yesterday from a frustrated VBS leader who was trying to cut out seals from cardboard.
Glad it’s falling into place.
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So happy you filled those positions! That’s too funny about your daughter being “boring.” When I lived in Thailand, our Thai students were always messing that one up. I would crack up every time one of them said, “I’m boring.” hahaha
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what’s the novel!!
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Haha!
This whole experiencer/instigator adjective biz was a very common lesson back in my teaching English in Japan days. Verb+ed=used for people and animals that experiences an emotion (bored). Verb+ing=used for things that cause an emotion. I can’t believe I still remember that rule.
For some reason, the Japanese never had trouble with exciting/excited, interesting/interested, satisfied/satisfying…but for some reason they could never grasp bored/boring.
Later I suspected that, seeing as they’re a rather self-deprecating nation, perhaps they really do freely admit that they are boring.
Maybe your baby’s just trying to get in touch with her Asian roots? We all come from there somehow, don’t we? Or is that the wrong continent?
I could never get into John Irving, though my friend is obsessed with The World According to Garp. I once read somewhere that you’re either a John Irving person or a Tom Wolfe person….but I’m not a huge fan of either of them.
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As a child it was a very risky thing to say “I’m bored” out loud. It would immediately result in a loathed chore—I made my mistake only a few times and landed in the garden picking tomatos. My father’s garden spanned the back yards of our two adjacent neighbors and our tomatos fed the entire neighborhood. My dad said only boring people get bored and he didn’t want boring kids.
I showed him though, I went to college, learned the ASL sign for it and I say it ALL THE TIME.
Actually, these days I could fantasize about feeling just a glimmer of boredom.
Congrats on filling the positions. I think it’s safe to say God does love you after all.
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My daughter says “boring” too – she’s 5. And it never fails to amuse me! I also never fail to reply with, “I guess you are.” One day when she realizes what I’m saying, she’ll probably hate me for it – but, you know, it’s bound to happen anyway for one thing or another.
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I AM boring. I don’t even care.
But, I am NEVER bored.
When my kids were at home, I made a list called “100 Things to Do Before You Can Say You Are Bored”.
It worked pretty well. I’m sure they were still occasionally bored, but they certainly wouldn’t tell me about it. I could find them SOMETHING to do!
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I’m glad the VBS is coming together. You know, I’ve had to fight the urge to volunteer to come help you. That’s one of my patterns when someone is in need, big smile, and an “I can help!” Jennifer to the rescue, Isn’t she the greatest?! If I lived closer and we went to your church I’d be there. 🙂 (This is your cue to say, “Aw, you’re the greatest!” 😛 )
I used to say, “I’m so boring.” when I was little too. My aunts thought it was adorable and hilarious.
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glad you got it all worked out!!
and YOU’RE not boring, that’s for sure 😉
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Ah, my kids have learned not to tell me they are bored. I give them chores. Of course, it is something they each have had to learn in the growth in speaking always takes them to an eventual, “I’m Bored”. It took my now 6 yr-old a whole month of cleaning before she figured out not so tell me that anymore. LOL
You daughter sounds so cute about it, I might find it harder to give chores to her. Course she also isn’t mine. He he he
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Oh, I can SO relate with the VBS woes! Somehow I found myself in charge of it again this year, and I’m still in the calling-people-frantically stage just trying to find leaders! Sometimes I think it is harder to run a small VBS than a big one – at least in a big church there are lots of people to call. 😉 How big is your church? Are you in charge of ALL of VBS or just a part of it? I’m a new reader so sorry if I’ve just missed earlier posts on this topic. 🙂
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It’s so hard when we have 100 things begging for each and every moment of our lives. I’ve had to slow down on all my blogging which means falling days and days behind on my favorite people.
I think you’re right about bored people. If they can’t find some way to entertain themselves they usually are boring. My 6 year-old struggles with keeping herself entertained, except when I need her to hustle or do something for me, then the creative juices flow!
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Did you read my post “Only Boring People Get Bored”? Must’ve read my mind.
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