Sitting: On my brand-spankin’-new furniture from Nebraska Furniture Mart… and loving it! We picked out a beautiful, comfortable Broyhill sofa (in a color and texture that’s like a brownish Weimaraner) and a gorgeous chocolate leather chair and cubed ottoman. Aside from two oak bookshelves, this is our first furniture purchase. For a little perspective… We’ve been married five and half years — for three of those years, our sofa was a daybed; for the past two it’s been hand-me-downs from my folks. (In other words, our dues have been paid and we know how blessed we are to have good stuff finally!)

Losing: The CNN home theatre. Darn that Ken Watanabe pick. I think a win for him would be a HUGE surprise on Sunday night. Ah well… I don’t have room for a home theatre anyways (that is, unless the Extreme Home Makeover folks come on over to our street).

Chewing: Necco’s Sweethearts… I’ve finished off the orange and yellows, and now in my craving for sugar, I’m working on the rest of the bag.

Driving: To Omaha tonight to pick up our friend Bryonie for the weekend! Charity and I met Bry about 10 years ago at Horn Creek Camp in Colorado… It should be a great weekend of catching up and showing her around Lincoln.

Believing: Despite the discouragment of swollen fingers and a very sore left heel, this truth: NOT crushed, NOT in despair, NOT forsaken, NOT destroyed (2 Cor 4.9).