It has been a while since I've updated my blog. You might think that means that there is nothing new here in sunny, cloudy, rainy, cold, muggy (and that was just yesterday!) Minnesota. The truth is that I'm a lazy blogger. Since my last post Dana and I celebrated our 10yr anniversary, we went to Florida for the Ligonier Conference, Dana passed her first level Sommelier exam and I performed my constitutional duties as a delegate to the 1st Congressional District.
First off, our anniversary was awesome. Not so much because it was a milestone, but because I was reminded of how happy I am to have married Dana. We've done the thick, we've done the thin (I hope) and I feel like we've resisted the temptation to hit the cruise control button. We are an adventure, still.
Ligonier was better than I had expected, and I had high expectations. For the 9 years previous Dana had returned from Orlando raving about the conference and this year I found out why. I still haven't decided which talk was my favorite. Godfrey's exposition on intellectualism in church history, Lawson's biographical presentation of Spurgeon, RC's final talk on loving God with all your mind...yeah, probably RC. The richness of each lecture is humbling. These are truly the great theologians of our age.
Dana is legit! I knew she was certifiable about wine and now she has the documentation to prove it. It is fun to listen to her explain the regions, history and even the controversies within the wine world. She has learned so much in such a short period of time it proves that she is smarter than me (most of you knew that). It has also opened up a whole new world of tasting and experimenting with wines that we probably never would have tried. What a shame that would have been! Now she is taking time to enjoy her accomplishments...and our overstocked wine cellar.
This past weekend I attended my 3rd convention where I voted to send 3 delegates from our district to the national convention in Tampa, Fl. Amazingly 2 of the 3 were Ron Paul supporters as were 2 of the 3 alternates. There is a rumor that Paul got all 3 delegates from the 2nd Congressional District as well and his website is reporting 40-45% of the delegates overall. The experience was crazy...again. I was there for 12hrs and we voted on all sorts of things (MNGOP constitution, endorsement of a congressional Rep., etc.). I still feel worn out. The election results made the day worth it. Perhaps a surprise is brewing???
That's about it. Until next time...
