We also have a Graco travel system and we love it. We also have a Bjorn and love that too.
Which reminds me, I have to call Graco. Our swing motor is kaput.
Yes, we've changed the batteries.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Aims - Apr 25, 2005 7:07:39 am PDT #5543 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Gudanov - Apr 25, 2005 7:40:24 am PDT #5544 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Rechargable batteries are a parent's friend.
Is it just me or does it make sense that I might feel awkward in a chruch group studying "The Purpose Driven Life" when I don't believe? My wife seems to find it strange that I would feel awkward.
Hil R. - Apr 25, 2005 7:45:06 am PDT #5545 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Is it just me or does it make sense that I might feel awkward in a chruch group studying "The Purpose Driven Life" when I don't believe? My wife seems to find it strange that I would feel awkward.
I think that really depends on what kind of studying it is. If it's studying as in "What does this mean?" then it probably wouldn't be too awkward. But if it's studying as in "What's the best way to apply this to my life?" then I can see there being some awkwardness.
Calli - Apr 25, 2005 7:48:07 am PDT #5546 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I might feel awkward in a chruch group studying "The Purpose Driven Life" when I don't believe?
I would feel awkward in such a situation. I could study "The Purpose Driven Life" in a non-church setting, just to take it apart and see what makes it tick, but in a church I'd feel a certain critical restraint.
Betsy HP - Apr 25, 2005 7:50:03 am PDT #5547 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Since "The Purpose-Driven Life" is a devotional, its lessons may well be irrelevant to a non-believer.
"By the end of this journey you will know God's purpose for your life and will understand the big picture -- how all the pieces of your life fit together."
I don't see how that can have much relevance to somebody who doesn't believe in an external purpose.
Stephanie - Apr 25, 2005 7:50:25 am PDT #5548 of 10001
Trust my rage
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I've marked the posts for when it's time to buy.
Also, apologies to those not interested in baby stuff for continously hijacking the thread. However, since I know so few people here with little kids, I really appreciate the input.
Gud, I can see why ou would feel awkward - you've mentioned feeling uncomfortable with church/religion before and my guess is that the book discussion would in reality be very much like a Bible study. Perfect for some, but not all.
juliana - Apr 25, 2005 8:01:20 am PDT #5549 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Gud, I would feel awkward as well.
Susan W. - Apr 25, 2005 8:02:20 am PDT #5550 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Gud, it makes perfect sense to me that you'd feel awkward/uncomfortable in that situation. I've been avoiding Bible studies for five years or so now, even though I am a believer, because it's tiresome being the heretic who always questions everyone's basic assumptions and argues with the text.
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2005 8:03:05 am PDT #5551 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
What. Susan. Said. Every word.
Lysana - Apr 25, 2005 8:11:20 am PDT #5552 of 10001
Hellbound Equal-Opportunity Nookie Hog
Is it just me or does it make sense that I might feel awkward in a chruch group studying "The Purpose Driven Life" when I don't believe?
Nope, not just you.
I got sent it as a sneak attack on my beliefs by a reseller I work with. It struck me as something I'd have found shallow when I was a Christian. As a pagan, it was pointless.