Celibate and Sane: Our Home: Full to Overflowing

June 18, 2011

Our Home: Full to Overflowing

Last weekend we had a very full house with two of my friends staying over two nights, and one of JD's staying one night. We barely had enough blankets and quilts to go around, and despite the more crowded home, it was lovely to have everyone here.

Ana stayed for a couple of nights and brought over her mother's dog which she was babysitting while her mother was away. The dog "Manu" is a schitzu and Ana says he reminds her of the "Luck Dragon" in the "Neverending Story" movies.

Does Manu look like the Luck Dragon from the
"Neverending Story" movies?

While Manu has met most of our furry family before, he hadn't met our newest addition Genevieve, the long-haired chihuahua x pomeranian. At first there was a wary stand-off between the two, and before long the two developed a deep affection for each other and would play till they were exhausted. Mock-fighting with play growls and pretend nips, the two are now fast friends. We suspect though that each may have developed puppy love.

Manu and Genevieve play fighting with each other.

"Your growling is hardly enough to scare a fly," says Manu.

"I am bigger than you!" insists Genevieve still trying to
scare Manu, who looks less than convinced.

It was also during the weekend that my flatmate JayCee fell asleep on the lounge with our lovely black and white cat Stanley one afternoon. Stanley made himself right at home, resting and eventually falling asleep on the same pillow as JayCee.

Stanley the cat shared JayCee's pillow on the lounge.

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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

"The silent treatment and sulking are simply two other weapons in the arsenal of the manipulator."

"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”