Good morning star-shine

You know when you wake up a little too early in the morning, and are sleep-walking through the motions of getting yourself ready for the day? Every thought that goes through your head as you check and recheck the clock is, "Please let me have set my clock wrong; please let me be able to go back to sleep." Of course, it never happens because everyone is always so careful to set their alarm to the right time.

Au contraire. Yesterday I was completely ready and about to leave for the train at 7:15am when I looked at the computer which said 6:15am. At first it took me awhile to realize, but that night was the "fall back" time change. WAHOO!!! I jumped back into bed for an entire extra hour. That morning I woke up on the right side of the bed twice, and it was the best day ever!

I think I may....

Walking home from the train yesterday, a thought began to form in my head. The beautiful fall colors are all around the countryside. Friendly people have consistently been striking up conversations with me. Delicious new German-meals have found their way into our kitchen. The girls on my soccer team actually make me laugh, and enjoy going to soccer. There are a few ski trips in the works. Work is a challenge that pushes me to learn new things, and to become a better designer.

I may actually like Germany!

Think pink.

Apparently, in the design world, pink is in. Last year it was purple, so the only natural color to follow would be pink. I was subtly informed of this by a designer friend last weekend, and have been trying to think of ways to incorporate pink into my designs for customers. A pink toilette? A pink sink? Even as I think of these trendy possibilities, I cringe at the thought of plaguing one of my customers with a 1970's repeat of colored bathroom fixtures.

As we have been talking about worship at youth group this year, I have been answering questions about how I can worship God with my work. As a designer I want to improve people's lives through design. This may mean a pink toilette for someone who needs some color in their life to cheer them up, or it may mean a simplistic design of a kitchen to improve someone's efficiency and ease while cooking.

The worship comes in enriching peoples' lives through design; making their life easier and

hopefully reflecting God's design for joyful living.

(Thus, the creative and simple pink bathroom below.)

Trendir, laufen interiors, googleimages.com 2009

Just for the record...

I wanted to blog just now, but once again I don't have enough time to write anything of substance. Sorry.