my favorite snack...mmm...i am currently eating them out of a little tuperware container and drinking oregon chai at the speranza, my new favorite place.
i am going to see my family in ohio tomorrow! can't wait! not that i am excited about my grandma's memorial service, but i am excited about seeing the fam and having coffee in the mornings with my mom, aunt, and sister. my aunt deb called me last night and the awareness of missing those girl mornings set heavily in. there is no replacement for family!
i am going to try to get pics up lata today or tomorrow morning of the house..i had to call the hubby last night and get him to explain some camera things to me so i can take pics...i should just wait for him to get home and do it, he's such a good photographer, but i am too anxious (he calls it 'impatient' *grin*) to wait.
speaking of the husband...when we were dating and engaged, our pattern was:spend a whole week together 24/7 and then don't see each other for a month or so... SO being married and having the 24/7 without the month-long breaks has been...well, a challenge. the point: i have missed him TERRIBLY the last 5 or so days, but it was good to have the opporunity to miss him again and remember how much i love him. i think one of the challenges of marriage, esp. when you work together too and have only one car, is finding a balance in time alone and time together...(married people with suggesions or thoughts, PLEASE COMMENT)
well i am reading a new book...its called 'anna karenina' by leo tolstoy a famous russian writer...he also wrote 'war and peace'...sometimes its just good to pick up a classic! honestly, its so well written it makes me wonder about the novels of today! i always say i don't like fiction, but the truth is, i really like WELL WRITTEN fiction..this one is around a thousand pages and its captivated me...anyway...that is the totality of my thoughts on today's novels :)
anyway, kathy, commented and asked me to tell a little about myself. i just take for granted that mostly people i know are reading this....so if you know me, you might want to skip this part so you're not bored...but if not, well..here you go:
- my name is kate mcdonald (formerly adelsberger) i am the oldest in a family of 5 kids...i have a brother, aaron, who is 22 and now road managing my sister, beth...then i have my only sister beth, who is 16 and a recording artist...i have two adopted brothers, matt, who is 17 and ben who is 14. my parents have worked in the social work field since i was little ...from running a group home for troubled teenage girls to doing counseling for families in crisis to helping mentally handicapped adults. they are currently trying to adopt to other little boys joe (3) and josh (1)..they are the light of our lives! i met little joe when he was 6 months old..my job was helping his mom learn to take care of him..along the way i fell in love with that little guy and started keeping him on a regular basis until i started traveling with my sister on the road and then my parents began to take over joe's care... i graduated from HS in 99 and from wright state university in 04 with a degree in psychology. my goal was to move to chicago and to go to seminary... but God had other plans! i decided instead to road manager my sis, beth, who at 14 had just signed a record deal. i didn't want to do it, but i knew it was the right thing..i remember thinking 'God this isn't me! why am i doing this?!?!' then last may we went on a promo tour with mr. shawn mcdonald and all the sudden the 'why' became clear. i knew within a week i was going to marry this man...we started dating shortly after the tour, long distance from seattle to ohio, were engaged within 4 months and married 7 months later... so now i road manage for him, doing work similar to what i did for my sister. i love music, writing, reading , PEOPLE, good conversations and being outside. when /if i ever grow up, i would love to somehow write for a living, take a seminary class from mars hill in seattle every semester to keep learning new things, and start speaking again. someday shawn and i hope to have a big family of our own, complete with vizsla dogs (grin)-i want a big family because i come from one and he wants one because he didn't-but for now we are trying to just make our house a home and learn to be married- okay that's a little abou me-
a couple of other thoughts:
i drove past a community hope center last night here in west seattle...i am going to go and find out if they have volunteer positions...please pray God will help me find a place to give my time when i am home...somewhere that i can be of help and give light to people...
shawn's in dallas...he called me last night and said that our friends there said they thought they were pregnant every month of the first year of their marriage...at least we are not the only ones! its funny how if you wait til marriage, then all the sudden the possibility of pregnancy becomes a real thing to you! i find myself praying every month "please God, don't let us be..." (its hard to even say the word!) whew! so far so good...do any of you married people relate to this newly-married-paranoia?
okay my soy nuts have run out and i have a gazillion errands to run today before i leave tomorrow...
have a blessed day! looking forward to hearing from you!
kate
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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Kate, Thanks for the update! I love this blog. My daughter and I saw Shawn with Dave Crowder in Pella, then at simpson college. We try to keep current with his music. I wrote a long comment a few minutes ago then lost it all. so I will redo a short version. The long one told you a little about me. If you are interested I can do that again at another time.
Have a safe flight. You and Shawn will be in my prayers.
Kathy
It is so cool to read how you waited till marriage for sex. I wish teens and young adults would realize that not "everyone" is doing it!!!
God Bless
Kate - I can sooo relate to your comments about marriage.
First, we are still trying to figure out the right combination of "alone time". I was super independent - and had a PERFECT apartment when I lived alone. I had my own place of meditation, solitude and neurotic cleanliness. Now, God is using my marriage to show me what true dependence is all about. Also, it was sooo much easier when it was just me to pick up after! Jeff and I still haven't found the perfect balance to our "alone time" - but, I've come to be okay with that. Instead, I have learned there are some days when all I want is to be with him ALL the time - and other days I would prefer he out of town on business. In the end, it is all about communication - I tell him when I need to get out and walk Nash by myself or when I just need some time to read and meditate without interruption. He is super understanding and takes no offense - I, in return, do the same for him. I guess I have to be "balanced" in my own needs before I can expect a perfect balance of together/alone time to occur.
Secondly, I know EXACTLY what you mean about fear of the "p" word. We have gone through sooo many stages of unnecessary, but absolute fear. I have prayed the very words you spoke of - "please God, do not let it be...". Then, I worry that I am asking God to function on my timing as I say "not now... later, maybe... but not NOW!!". I am glad to hear that I am not alone in this as well. I've even called my mom a time or two to find out what the exact symptoms may be!
I'll stop rambling before I admit any additional craziness in my life ;)!
kate...yes, i've been paranoid of the "p" word...but when you see a gazillion married seminary students with no money havin' babies and makin' it, it makes the "p" word not quite as scary knowing God sustains them and would sustain us if we had one. but aside from the financial part, i always wonder if i'm ready to be a mama...if our marriage is ready for us to be parents...but i suppose those are things God in His sweet love would prepare us for too. but i feel ya on that point.
one time i even freaked out and spent a couple hours on the internet looking for "symptoms" of pregnancy...and i went and bought a pregnancy test...i was SO embarassed even though i'm married! garsh.
now that court's back we need to have a canoeing outing if you're in OH and i can come visit. love ya!
I so enjoy reading your post. I happened across it after buying Shawn's CD, visitng his site, and reading the message boards. I truly love reading your words.
And yes, you're totally normal with the fears of pregnancy. I'm going on 4.5 years of marriage, and still have an occasional, "oh my gosh...what if I'm..." moment every now and then. Hang in there. It gets less scary as time goes on.
Kate!
Whats up! Look at you all married and everything. I think a belated congrats is in order. Its good to see everythings going well for ya. I just wanted to say hey...and... How's married life? How's Shawn's music going...and your sisters? I'm sure all is well. Have a great week!
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In Him,
Jesse
kate...are you going to be in ohio for a while? i'm perusing the house pictures and smiling at your thoughts. i hope we can find each other over a cup of tea before you head back west.
By the sounds of things it is unanimous, we thing you have found the perfect house!!
just got married 2 weeks ago.
seriously not 4 days later (I waited till marriage too) I felt nautious in the morning and about freaked out. (especially since one of my best friends was telling me how she knew that she was pregnant)
But we're being uber careful to not get pregnant for a while. Just not ready, ya know. So I can relate.
you're a terribly good writer by the way. Enjoy reading your stuff here and there.
referred by angela Hines.
Jenn Burris
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