Playing Catch-Up!

Another Tell-All Tuesday and me, with nothing to tell!!!

Here's something not everyone knows....everyone who reads this does, but that's ok. Deal with it. :)

I own a clapper. I'm 31 years old, able-bodied, and I have a clapper. I didn't really buy the clapper because I was lazy. Well, maybe a little. I bought the clapper because I am cheap. You see, I have this TV in my bedroom. It's a special tv that came over with Noah on the ark. It is in fact so old that there are no buttons to push, only knobs to turn. There is not a remote , universal or otherwise, created that will work with this TV. But the TV works and is in good condition and I didn't want to buy a brand new tv just for the remote! It isn't a tv I use very much anyway.

I ONLY watch this TV when I am folding clothes in my bedroom or when I'm trying to fall asleep and don't have a book to read! The problem with that was by the time I got sleepy enough to turn the tv off and go to bed, I would have to get out of bed to turn it off...which would wake me up and then I'd need to watch more. Didn't work. So, I thought the clapper would be a perfect way to solve my problem. Well, the first time I used it, I watched tv until I got tired so I clapped....and then laughed for the next 45 minutes because all I could picture was that little old lady on TV who advertises the clapper. Well, laughing of course woke me up. I finally got used to the clapping and was able to use the clapper effectively......until I got bronchitis. Guess what happened everytime I coughed in my sleep? You got it! I would wake up to game show noises, gun shots, hysterical laughter and other random things. I have since discovered that you can control the sensitivity of your clapper device. That's a good thing.

So whether this post illustrates my laziness or my creativity, I'm not sure. But I told all! :)

Have a great day!

Oh! The twins are a year old today! What a good day! :)

Mad Music Monday 1.30.06

Well, a whole 24 hours after it was released, I finally got Avalon's newest. I then became ultimately depressed. You see, I used to be in the know. I used to KNOW CCM inside and out. It was my job to know. Well. I'm outta the loop now. I was shocked to see Greg AND Janna on the cover of Avalon. If it weren't for Jody, I'm not sure I'd recognize the group. At any rate, the CD is great - not their best, but still very good! The fact that Russ Taff makes an "appearance" scares me a little, but I like the song, so there ya go.

Aside from that, I've been listening to very little...except NOW, thanks to Brooke and Sarai, I hear Jesus Take the Wheel EVERYTIME I turn on the radio. WHAT THE HECK? I NEVER heard it before and now, it's even on iTunes!!! Geez!

Ok, would love to babble more - and believe me, I could do it - but it's time to teach some kids about Triangles. WoooHooo! Have a FABULOUS day!!!

Favorite Friend Friday

This is going to be hard! I feel so blessed to have the friends that I have. It will be hard to choose one! Can we have lots of Fridays in a row?

Ok, so, my favorite friend for this week is Sabrina Trantham. God SOOOOO blessed me when He sent her my way. Not only did He send me a friend that I trust completely, but He sent her in the form of a co-worker. So I get to see her everyday. We are passionate about the same things. We teach the same way...and the same thing...every minute...of every day. We sooo share a brain! I knew that I was blessed to have her as a friend, but God really reminded me of how great our situation is when He showed me that it was possible for us to not work together. It was a great opportunity to tell her how happy I am to be working with her. We've taught together for 6 years now. I can't imagine teaching with anyone else. (Although, there are a few people we'd like to add to our team!!) God is sooo cool about the friends He sends.

My Favorite Things Thursday

My favorite things today have to do with accomplishments. I love to see a stack of already graded and recorded papers. I love to see plans that are already made neatly waiting in their cubbies. I love to see Daily Powerpoints on disks waiting to be viewed. I love having all of this done for the next week by 3:00 on a Friday afternoon.

More FUN favorite things: I LOVE when it is warm enough to drive around with the windows down and the music blaring. (Although, I don't blare as much as I used to!) I love to sit with friends and eat cookies and laugh - even if we do have to check the calories on those cookies these days!

And one of my most favoritest things in all the world is to be with Spencer and Gavin when they start that belly laugh that only 1 year olds can have! NOTHING in the world beats that sound!

Tell All Tuesdays? Seriously?

My friends who have started the Themed Blog have decided that this is Tell All Tuesday. I wasn't consulted. :) Tell All. OK. So, what do I want to tell people that most people don't know, yet I don't mind posting on the internet where anyone in the world could see. . This should be simple, right? right

Well, here is something, and some people know this, but not most....MOST everyone knows that I was engaged before. MOST people don't know that I was proposed to in a graveyard! I realize now, in hindsight, that this should have been the first omen of the relationship's future, but then, I just thought it was a little weird, but pretty. You really had to be there...it was snowing, there was an angel. It wouldn't matter if I drew you a picture. It would still just be weird to everyone else.

That's not very exciting news...but there it is.

Seriously? I have to come up with something new every Tuesday?! Gosh. I hope my life gets more exciting between now and next Tuesday.

Ok, well, I'm off to teach a Sign Language Class and then home to crawl into bed in my unheated house and watch TWO HOURS of American Idol! WooooHooooo!

The One with the Beginning

So, I have succumbed to the peer pressure and created my own blog. What I have to say...I'm not really sure. And who wants to read it? I'm even LESS sure. But here I am, in all my spare time, typing random words for even more random people to read. Go figure! Maybe this is a good outlet. I talk all day long because I want my students to hear...they don't listen. So maybe I can get someone to pay attention to me here! :)

In reading my best friends' blogs, I have noticed a fun new trend - a trend that appeals to the AR/OCD part of me. A theme blog!! And today's theme, apparently, is music.

I woke up this morning singing, "Unadulterated Loathing" from the Wicked Soundtrack. Don't ask me what that meant about the beginning of my day, but it was in my head when I got out of bed. Go figure. I spent the rest of the day listening to K-Love Radio over my iTunes at school. And then the new FFH album, which I am still trying very hard to get into. Sometimes, I really like their sound. Other times...I really think they're whiney. Today was a whiney day! I do like the last "song" on the album although, it really isn't a song. It's a narration over the music, talking about how Jesus really connected to people by encouraging them and even just calling them by "name" - "brother" or "daughter" (which makes me think of one of my favorite stories, the story of the woman who touched the hem of his garment causing Him to turn and seek her out...the woman who had been "unclean" for so many years...untouched..unloved. I can only imagine how her heart leapt when HE searched for HER and then, when He found her, He called her DAUGHTER. THAT'S the amazing love we sing about!!) Anyway...the "song" goes on to talk about how God connected in the same way with Jesus- "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased"...and how it was JESUS that God was pleased with. This was before He had performed any miracles. It wasn't His action, but His being that pleased the Lord. It's just the kind of inspirational message that makes me want to connect more with my God and then to connect with others through Him. It's very cool and if you haven't listened to it...well, you should!

Ok. So apparently, I had something to say. :) Unfortunately, now I must stop. The oil man didn't come again today which means my house is still CRAZILY cold and this room is the coldest! And my fingers are frozen in keyboard position!! So I'm off! Can't wait to see the theme my friends have cooked up for tomorrow!!