Me gusta leer!

For those Spanish impaired people (myself included), I said I love to read. Not only to read but to find books. Probably one of the biggest highlights of my year is to go to the Bowling Green Library's book sale twice a year, with my dearest companion, none other than Jo!

Today began the first day of the book sale, you can bet that Jo and I were up before the dawn preparing for our big day. Which included, throwing on many layers, scarfs, funky head wear, and gloves. We arrived at 6:30, got out of our cars at 6:40 (there was already a line forming!), and stood in the cold to get our treasures! I entertained others by doing a jig and some swift jog movements, and then finally at 6:59 the doors were opened. Jo and I fled to the children's books and the non-fiction room.

Was all this worth it? Oh yes, I finished my Shel Silverstein collection, found Eric Carles, No, Davids!, and many other young adult books. I also added to my classics section. Oh and I found Miah Luther's Catechisms.If you have been to Jeremiah's and my apartment, you have seen the book collection. It's so funny Jeremiah has all of his commentaries, greek mythologies, and other hoopla! My bookshelves are filled with cookbooks, children's novels, and the classics.

I just love books, honestly, I rather have a good/interesting book than almost anything. Whether I am reading God's word or The Tale of Peter Rabbit, I really just love getting lost in a book. I hope that you do too, if you ever have dry spot of reading let me know, I can help!
Till I blog again,

Jessie

A LONG TIME COMING!

Psalm 25:1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in
perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long
ago.


PRO 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;

1 Peter6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift
you up in due time.

Psalm 33:21 In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.

It has been over fifteen years that Phillip Lee Montgomery (aka dad) has been waiting patiently for a kidney, the Lord has been kind to my dad and given him the opportunity for a new kidney. Praise the Lord!

Dad was diagnosed with PKD (polycystic kidney disease) fifteen years ago. My family and I have known and waited for fifteen years for a kidney transplant for dad. Dad has an amazing story to tell and proves the Lord's faithfulness and grace to our entire family. I am so proud of my dad; he has been through brain surgery, kidney removal, dialysis, and will now finally face a transplant. Through the Lord's gracious hand dad has overcome all of these obstacles. If you know my dad, you know he always has a smile on his face and something funny to say. He has always brightened my days. My dad is amazing and is a wonderful example of trusting the Lord fully.


I would also like to thank Tony; who is graciously donating a kidney to dad. He has never looked back once he made the decision and has given my dad a chance for a longer, healthier life. We will be forever grateful to you.

The date will be set for the transplant on Monday. Please continue to pray for dad and my entire family. When I know more, I will post again.

On That Cold and Wintry Day...

Quote of the Day...
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
- Mignon McLaughlin

Today was a very cold day on the hill of Western. I had class this morning at 8, Jeremiah dropped me off at Tate Page (Elementary Education majors you know this is our home) and it was snowing dogs and cats outside. I choose a seat by the window, which was a poor choice for me because I do not recall anything my teacher said! So after class, I decided to let Jeremiah take the car home and I would ride the bus to the commuter lot and walk home. Bad idea, after waiting for the bus for thirty minutes it finally came, my nose was a fountain of water, my ears were purple, and I was wheezing (for those who have heard my wheeze think how unpleasant it was for others :). Thats not all...

So I hop off the bus and start tootin back home through the forest of Cameron Park, luckily I had my rain boots on (thank you Amanda) but I somehow still managed to get slushy snow on my jeans. Once I got home, even thought we had electricity, I proceeded to turn on our gas stove and toast my entire body. Needless to say, I had a small humbling experience today, it's good for me. Till I blog again...

Jessie

Quote of the Day...

I don't promise to always have a quote of the day but I like quotes. Actually its more of a post now!

Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV)

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

Might seem depressing but I don't think so. This quote had me thinking about the little debacle concerning Coldplay and plagiarism... oh and the umm Ice Ice Baby guy copying Queen's song. The both of them really messed up, but I don't really care, it's all been done before. I think the Beatles, actually, Lennon/McCartney said it best when they wrote
"There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy."

There you go. Coldplay I will still listen, Ice Ice Baby guy I never did, okay maybe once.

So I was thinking...

I had been thinking about creating a blog for a long time, so I finally did. I plan on putting whatever I want on this thing, because it's mine. So welcome, I am glad you are here. 

Some things I promise to blog about are:

My Savior.

Books I am currently reading.

My life.

The world.

Recipes. 

Random thoughts. 

Things I find funny (which will be highly unlikely funny for you).