The Only Time
Just 'cause I think their fairytale wedding deserves a small spot in my journal :) I love that they met during the Olympic Games here in Australia. That's just so cool. Also, take a real close look at the veil she's wearing. Isn't that just the prettiest lace? Apparently it's the same veil that the Prince's grandmother wore at her wedding, so it's like decades old!
In the latest Rich-Mullins-mad-CD-buy episode I lost the Pictures in the Sky album that I really, really, and really wanted *wails* Some nasty little toad came and bidded way above me in the last two minutes of the auction. So, even if I was willing to go higher than he bid (which I wasn't) I still wouldn't have had time to out bid him. Oh, well...to look on the good side of that morning, there was actually another rare Rich Mullins CD that the same guy was selling and I won it.
Problem was he only said he'd post within America. Naturally, our wonderful Kaycie had volunteered to have it sent to her house and then she'd send it on to me. Under the strong influence of my Mum I asked the guy if he wouldn't be willing to post to Oz. Nice fellow that he was, he agreed to do it.
Under even more influence from my Mum I then asked him whether he just happened to have any other Rich Mullins CDs that he'd be willing to sell. He said he had one. I didn't have that one, so I said I'd love to buy it too.
Now this is where things got interesting. On the end of one of his messages he just happened to ask whether I originally came from Austrlia and also how I'd come to know of Rich Mullins. We got into a lovely little discussion there for a few messages, and it turns out he's as much of a Rich Mullins obsessor as I am and to boot even comes from Rich's home town in Kansas!
Then he was like, "You know, I have two more Rich Mullins CDs that I'd be happy to sell to you for $6 bucks each. I know I can pick them back up around here again for the same price." Then on the very bottom there's a "P.S. I just remembered I have this CD by this other guy who's a lot like Rich Mullins. I wouldn't say as good as him, but if you'd like I'll sell you that CD as well for $3."
Just how nice is that? I couldn't belive it. This one stranger finds out you're an Aussie with a bent for Rich Mullins and suddenly they're bending over backwards to help you complete your Rich Mullins collection. I don't think there could possibly be a cooler ebayer anywhere ;)
It was so funny last night. It was around 1:30am and I was just coming out of the lounge room to go to bed, when looking down the back verandah I see Caleb (9) playing Age of Empires on the computer.
I'm like, "What on earth are you doing up?!"
Without taking his eyes off his game he replied, "It's the only time I can get the computer."
The only time... I burst out laughing.
Yes, we have a big family. Yes, we only have one computer with internet access. And yes, it's the little boys who usually miss out on their hour a day. But to compensate they get up real early in the morning to get their hour of Age of Empires in before Mum gets up and school starts. Because of the shorter days in winter they've lately been getting up when it's still been dark out. By some funny twist of fate Caleb had woken up at one o'clock and knowing no different had thought it was 6:00 in the morning! Talk about "the only time I can get the computer"... Mum and Dad thought is was hilarious when I told them. lol
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