Thursday, April 27, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
Oh yeah
I really do remember how to do this. I just don't know how to do this AND school AND company AND twins AND travel (yeah for cruises!) AND cleaning AND all that other fun stuff! But things should be falling back into a routine - one that includes the twins again, so I'm super excited and a little exhausted thinking about that - but that routine should help me get back to blogging again! I've missed it...there's just NO time! Anyway, all of that rambling to say - don't give up on me! I'll be back on Monday!! Promise! (I hope!)
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Wacky Wednesday Tag
It's silly how much I love stuff like this, but I do!!
The top 5 must haves(for today at least):
In My Fridge:
1. Coke
2. Half-n-Half
3. Pickles
4. Water
5. Sweet Tea
In my closet:
1. baby clothes - go figure
2. jeans
3. capris, capris, and more capris!!!
4. hoodies
5. A grand assortment of Old Navy Tees
In My Purse:
1. Burts Bees
2. Mints of one kind or another
3. Sunglasses
4. Cell Phone
5. Calendar
In My Car:
1. CDs
2. a Bible
3. lots of change
4. a plethora of napkins
5. pillow. . .in case I get tired while driving?? I'm not sure!
On my TiVo:
1. American idol
2. Will and Grace (The last season!!:( )
3. Two and a Half Men
4. What Not to Wear
5. House
I don't know if there is anyone left to Pass This On too...but you should do it! BINA! Have you?! Tag - you're it!
The top 5 must haves(for today at least):
In My Fridge:
1. Coke
2. Half-n-Half
3. Pickles
4. Water
5. Sweet Tea
In my closet:
1. baby clothes - go figure
2. jeans
3. capris, capris, and more capris!!!
4. hoodies
5. A grand assortment of Old Navy Tees
In My Purse:
1. Burts Bees
2. Mints of one kind or another
3. Sunglasses
4. Cell Phone
5. Calendar
In My Car:
1. CDs
2. a Bible
3. lots of change
4. a plethora of napkins
5. pillow. . .in case I get tired while driving?? I'm not sure!
On my TiVo:
1. American idol
2. Will and Grace (The last season!!:( )
3. Two and a Half Men
4. What Not to Wear
5. House
I don't know if there is anyone left to Pass This On too...but you should do it! BINA! Have you?! Tag - you're it!
Monday, April 03, 2006
Tell-All Tuesday
My Tell-All Tuesday is this: I heart Storms. :) I do! The house I am living in now is the only one of the last three without a sunroom and I miss it. I never sat in the sunroom when it was sunny, but it was an incredible place to be when it stormed! To be able to see the lightning from all angles was AMAZING! And to FEEL the thunder in that glass room was just indescribable. I like how powerful storms are and how little they make me feel! Sometimes I need to be knocked down a peg or two when considering my own importance in this world. Storms don't care a bit about me. And I'm ok with that. I think they are BEAUTIFUL! Lightning is so awesome. Thunder is really cool too. I just like how different it is everytime. I don't always like it when it wakes me up, but once I'm awake, I really do enjoy listening to it! Oh. I will say this for my current home. It doesn't have a sunroom, but it DOES have a metal roof and the rain is SO AMPLIFIED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE HEARING IMPAIRED TO NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS RAINING!!! And I like that too. So there ya go. It's random. But now, you know. (I'm thinking all this because, even though this is Tell-All TUESDAY, it is Monday morning, 5:15 and I'm writing this listening to the rain and hail and thunder. Brilliant time to be on the computer, I know. I AM blonde ya know.)
Catch-up? Are you kidding?
Yeah, my first thought is to play catch-up. (That's like: have burgers and CATCH UP not: have burgers and ketchup!)
My second thought is, are you kidding? I would NEVER catch-up from all I've missed. You all know that my life has been insane this month, so you'll just have to forgive me!
On to Mad Music Monday -
I woke up singing the "So Long, Farewell" song from Sound of Music. I think I really just wanted to go back to sleep and I could still just picture little Maggie singing, "The sun. . . has gone. . . to bed and so must I". What a fun time we had friends! It makes me laugh to think about it! Anyway, the time change has made me sleepy. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this time change because I LOVE that it stays light later. BUT I HATE losing an hour in order for that to happen! NOT FAIR! There is too much to do already and now we have less time to do it!!!! Oh well!!
My other fav song of the day is off of the Newsong Worship album, "Before the Day." Especially this week while we get used to the time change, its going to be hard to get that Quiet Time in every morning. I HATE that when I am rushed or get up late, THAT is the thing that gets cut. (My students like that I don't cut out the shower or brush my teeth part!) I always think, well, I can have my quiet time this afternoon or when the kids are in PE or something. 80% of the time, it just doesn't happen at all if I don't get it in first thing. It's not intentional. I don't MEAN to skip it, it just keeps getting pushed back and back until there is nowhere to push it anymore and it's time to do the next day's quiet time! So, "before the day slips away, I just wanna stop, and say I LOVE YOU." Of all things to leave out of the day, this should not be it. LOVE this song!!!
My second thought is, are you kidding? I would NEVER catch-up from all I've missed. You all know that my life has been insane this month, so you'll just have to forgive me!
On to Mad Music Monday -
I woke up singing the "So Long, Farewell" song from Sound of Music. I think I really just wanted to go back to sleep and I could still just picture little Maggie singing, "The sun. . . has gone. . . to bed and so must I". What a fun time we had friends! It makes me laugh to think about it! Anyway, the time change has made me sleepy. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this time change because I LOVE that it stays light later. BUT I HATE losing an hour in order for that to happen! NOT FAIR! There is too much to do already and now we have less time to do it!!!! Oh well!!
My other fav song of the day is off of the Newsong Worship album, "Before the Day." Especially this week while we get used to the time change, its going to be hard to get that Quiet Time in every morning. I HATE that when I am rushed or get up late, THAT is the thing that gets cut. (My students like that I don't cut out the shower or brush my teeth part!) I always think, well, I can have my quiet time this afternoon or when the kids are in PE or something. 80% of the time, it just doesn't happen at all if I don't get it in first thing. It's not intentional. I don't MEAN to skip it, it just keeps getting pushed back and back until there is nowhere to push it anymore and it's time to do the next day's quiet time! So, "before the day slips away, I just wanna stop, and say I LOVE YOU." Of all things to leave out of the day, this should not be it. LOVE this song!!!
Monday, March 20, 2006
Mad Music Monday
Oh! I bought soooo much music over the weekend that I am very excited about. I'll have to spread it out though!
My music for today is the new (and final) Watermark album. This album revisits a lot of their older stuff, but it is fabulous. One of the best parts is that it is a live album and has special guests such as Chris Tomlin and Shane & Shane. It is wonderful. I think the reason that I'm choosing this album as my choice for Mad Music Monday is less because of the music and more because of the reasoning behind this being the last Watermark album. Christy and Nathan Nockles (I hope I have those names right) have two beautiful children. They have discussed how it seems that too often their children get what is left of them instead of the best of them. They've realized that they only get one shot at being parents to these kids. They can make more music later. Nathan will continue to produce albums, but Christy is devoting all of her time to the ministry of being mom. I can't think of a higher calling. I love that this is a couple with a heart for Jesus and that they want to continue to serve Him. I also love that they can see that by being the best parents they can be to their children, they ARE serving Him.
My music for today is the new (and final) Watermark album. This album revisits a lot of their older stuff, but it is fabulous. One of the best parts is that it is a live album and has special guests such as Chris Tomlin and Shane & Shane. It is wonderful. I think the reason that I'm choosing this album as my choice for Mad Music Monday is less because of the music and more because of the reasoning behind this being the last Watermark album. Christy and Nathan Nockles (I hope I have those names right) have two beautiful children. They have discussed how it seems that too often their children get what is left of them instead of the best of them. They've realized that they only get one shot at being parents to these kids. They can make more music later. Nathan will continue to produce albums, but Christy is devoting all of her time to the ministry of being mom. I can't think of a higher calling. I love that this is a couple with a heart for Jesus and that they want to continue to serve Him. I also love that they can see that by being the best parents they can be to their children, they ARE serving Him.
Favorite Friend Friday
Nope. I cannot post my Favorite Friend Friday on Friday. It just doesn't work. It has to be Monday for some reason!!!
My friend of the week this week is Jessica Simpson. I haven't flaunted that I know Jessica because of all the paparazzi. And I really didn't want to be a name dropper...but because of the divorce and all she's been through, I just think it's time for some good press so I am choosing to highlight Jessica as my friend of the week.
What the heck. My friend of the week is Jessica BROOKE Simpson!! :) Brooke and I haven't known each other very long, but I'm so thankful to Sarai for bringing us together. We have tons of stuff in common and already find ourselves sharing a brain much of the time. We don't have lots of stories to share about memories of our friendship, but we are making new ones all the time. Between camp meetings and camp itself and game nights and IMs and emails and text messages and however else we choose to communicate, those memories are being formed and it seems much of those memories involve laughter. I am all for that! Brooke has reminded me of some things about friendship that I had forgotten or had taken for granted. I feel blessed to have a friend with whom I can laugh and vent and pray and just talk about nothing or everything! I'm excited to have Brooke in my life and I can't wait to see where this crazy life takes us.
Thanks for everything Brooke...especially for knowing that Chicken of the Sea is not really chicken. :)
My friend of the week this week is Jessica Simpson. I haven't flaunted that I know Jessica because of all the paparazzi. And I really didn't want to be a name dropper...but because of the divorce and all she's been through, I just think it's time for some good press so I am choosing to highlight Jessica as my friend of the week.
What the heck. My friend of the week is Jessica BROOKE Simpson!! :) Brooke and I haven't known each other very long, but I'm so thankful to Sarai for bringing us together. We have tons of stuff in common and already find ourselves sharing a brain much of the time. We don't have lots of stories to share about memories of our friendship, but we are making new ones all the time. Between camp meetings and camp itself and game nights and IMs and emails and text messages and however else we choose to communicate, those memories are being formed and it seems much of those memories involve laughter. I am all for that! Brooke has reminded me of some things about friendship that I had forgotten or had taken for granted. I feel blessed to have a friend with whom I can laugh and vent and pray and just talk about nothing or everything! I'm excited to have Brooke in my life and I can't wait to see where this crazy life takes us.
Thanks for everything Brooke...especially for knowing that Chicken of the Sea is not really chicken. :)
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Thing I Love Thursday
Thursdays.
I love that right after Thursday, comes Friday.
I love friendship.
I love trust.
I love honesty.
I love opening up. Well, no, opening up is scary. I love the feeling right after you've opened up and it all turned out ok.
I love to laugh.
I love tags!!! Which is why, I'm going to do Maleah's! (And Sabrina, you need to do this one too!)
Now, you must remember that I graduated from high school during the same year that these wonderful songs were in the Billboards Top 100 songs of the year:
Baby Got Back
I'm Too Sexy
Achy Breaky Heart
2 Legit 2 Quit
Bohemian Rhapsody
What a great year - culturally I mean.
There were a few good songs too though! And really, more than 5 that we listened to ALL THE BLESSED TIME! So here are just a few:
What graduation party in 1992 didn't play It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday by Boyz II Men?
Amy Grant even made the top 100 multiple times that year with Good For Me and I Will Remember You and That's What Love is For.
Richard Marx (and all his hair) was still going strong with Take This Heart and Keep Coming Back
My man, Michael Bolton, was singing When a Man Loves a Woman andl Missing You Now and even Paula Abdul was Blowing Kisses in the Wind during my senior year.
Genesis described my friends and I and why we decorated for prom, but then went and had our own party instead when they came out with I Can't Dance :)
How Do you Talk to An Angel was HUGE that year as was No Tears in Heaven.
Guns-N-Roses had November Rain which will always remind me of Phil Zinser
Life is a Highway was pretty big that year too but not as big as our hair as Sarah and I would sing along!
We had tons of tunes and loved them all. It was a good time.
Fun wacky tag Maleah! Thanks!
I love that right after Thursday, comes Friday.
I love friendship.
I love trust.
I love honesty.
I love opening up. Well, no, opening up is scary. I love the feeling right after you've opened up and it all turned out ok.
I love to laugh.
I love tags!!! Which is why, I'm going to do Maleah's! (And Sabrina, you need to do this one too!)
Now, you must remember that I graduated from high school during the same year that these wonderful songs were in the Billboards Top 100 songs of the year:
Baby Got Back
I'm Too Sexy
Achy Breaky Heart
2 Legit 2 Quit
Bohemian Rhapsody
What a great year - culturally I mean.
There were a few good songs too though! And really, more than 5 that we listened to ALL THE BLESSED TIME! So here are just a few:
What graduation party in 1992 didn't play It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday by Boyz II Men?
Amy Grant even made the top 100 multiple times that year with Good For Me and I Will Remember You and That's What Love is For.
Richard Marx (and all his hair) was still going strong with Take This Heart and Keep Coming Back
My man, Michael Bolton, was singing When a Man Loves a Woman andl Missing You Now and even Paula Abdul was Blowing Kisses in the Wind during my senior year.
Genesis described my friends and I and why we decorated for prom, but then went and had our own party instead when they came out with I Can't Dance :)
How Do you Talk to An Angel was HUGE that year as was No Tears in Heaven.
Guns-N-Roses had November Rain which will always remind me of Phil Zinser
Life is a Highway was pretty big that year too but not as big as our hair as Sarah and I would sing along!
We had tons of tunes and loved them all. It was a good time.
Fun wacky tag Maleah! Thanks!
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tell All Tuesday
Hmmm. I get stuck here EVERYTIME!
I guess my Tell All Tuesday will be that I almost never ever ever iron anything. I'm sure you're thinking - we know that, we see how wrinkled you are. And maybe that is the case...and if it is, I think I'm ok with it. I HATE TO IRON! I always lay out what I am going to wear the night before so that when I get up in the morning, if necessary, I can throw those clothes in the dryer with a damp washcloth and then presto! By the time I get out of the shower, my clothes are warm, smelling clean linen fresh, and wrinkle free. In the winter, this works out great. Now, summers are a little less fun! I don't find the need to get out of a shower and into warm clothes. But it is still better than ironing!
I guess my Tell All Tuesday will be that I almost never ever ever iron anything. I'm sure you're thinking - we know that, we see how wrinkled you are. And maybe that is the case...and if it is, I think I'm ok with it. I HATE TO IRON! I always lay out what I am going to wear the night before so that when I get up in the morning, if necessary, I can throw those clothes in the dryer with a damp washcloth and then presto! By the time I get out of the shower, my clothes are warm, smelling clean linen fresh, and wrinkle free. In the winter, this works out great. Now, summers are a little less fun! I don't find the need to get out of a shower and into warm clothes. But it is still better than ironing!
Mad Music Monday
And the week begins with the most super short blog entries ever!
Today, I am walking through my house singing "I am Woman, hear me roar. . ." simply because I just fixed my toilet without the help of anyone!!
The problem was easy to diagnose. The toilet kept running and running and running after I flushed it yesterday morning....so I lifted the lid (because after a gazillion years of living in this house and a gazillion more working on camp Truett toilets, I know a thing or two about the toilet tank) and there, floating in the tank water, was the ball. For those of you who don't know, the ball isn't supposed to just float around in your tank. It should be attached to the stick that helps control the water level in your tank. (I'm quite certain that ball and stick ARE the technical plumber's terms for these items.) Anyhow, I stopped at Wal-Mart, bought a replacement ball, and replaced it my own self.
So, the music in my head at this point is, "I am Woman, hear me roar. . ." Sing along girls!
Today, I am walking through my house singing "I am Woman, hear me roar. . ." simply because I just fixed my toilet without the help of anyone!!
The problem was easy to diagnose. The toilet kept running and running and running after I flushed it yesterday morning....so I lifted the lid (because after a gazillion years of living in this house and a gazillion more working on camp Truett toilets, I know a thing or two about the toilet tank) and there, floating in the tank water, was the ball. For those of you who don't know, the ball isn't supposed to just float around in your tank. It should be attached to the stick that helps control the water level in your tank. (I'm quite certain that ball and stick ARE the technical plumber's terms for these items.) Anyhow, I stopped at Wal-Mart, bought a replacement ball, and replaced it my own self.
So, the music in my head at this point is, "I am Woman, hear me roar. . ." Sing along girls!
Friday, March 10, 2006
Favorite Friend Friday
Ok, I wanted to hold out even longer on this post - I don't know why I was trying to wait, but I was. And now I'm not.
My friend of the week is Sarai Gilbert. :) Cool last name, huh? The best gift my brother ever gave me was to marry one of my very best friends in the world. (Although, I'm pretty sure he didn't marry her just for me!) What a priceless treasure to know that we are going to be linked forever and to just have that assurance that this person isn't going anywhere!!!
Sarai and I have had a strange past together. I will never forget her in her overalls and pigtails singing Reba songs at camp when Wendy and I were camp directors. Nor will I forget Wendy and I taking her to the basement of the dining hall to ask her if she would come back to camp the next week and work as a Jr. Counselor. I don't really know what we were going for when we did that. Wendy and I just liked to do weird stuff like that! :)
How blessed I have been to work with her at camp ever since then! And then we had our fun Thursday night camp staff get-togethers at my house. Finally, for some strange reason, Sarai started hanging out a little more...oh yes. She started dating my brother! :) And that was great! Marty was living in Durham, but Sarai and I were both here so we bonded over lots of meals and FRIENDS and movies and just fun stuff. We've been through so much mess together. We've vented and cried and laughed and screamed together. I cannot imagine my life without her. The entire Gilbert family has been blessed by her marriage to Marty. In the past week, Sarai has once again come through for me. I know that regardless of what kind of mess is going on, she is always going to be there for me and she is always going to be on my side...well, unless I'm being stupid and then she'll just tell me that and I need that too! It is so great to know that she loves me no matter what and will have my back on any occasion!
Sometimes we go for days without talking. Other times, we talk 45 times during the day. It just depends on what is going on and what kinds of moods we are in!
I love that we share a brain and don't even have to talk most of the time.
I love that we can see something or read something and have the exact same reaction.
I love that she is ULTRA Organized! :)
I just love her!!!!
Poopie! I'm so blessed to know you!!! Thank you for being a friend......
Traveling down the road and back again.....
Ok. Sorry. I'm going now.
My friend of the week is Sarai Gilbert. :) Cool last name, huh? The best gift my brother ever gave me was to marry one of my very best friends in the world. (Although, I'm pretty sure he didn't marry her just for me!) What a priceless treasure to know that we are going to be linked forever and to just have that assurance that this person isn't going anywhere!!!
Sarai and I have had a strange past together. I will never forget her in her overalls and pigtails singing Reba songs at camp when Wendy and I were camp directors. Nor will I forget Wendy and I taking her to the basement of the dining hall to ask her if she would come back to camp the next week and work as a Jr. Counselor. I don't really know what we were going for when we did that. Wendy and I just liked to do weird stuff like that! :)
How blessed I have been to work with her at camp ever since then! And then we had our fun Thursday night camp staff get-togethers at my house. Finally, for some strange reason, Sarai started hanging out a little more...oh yes. She started dating my brother! :) And that was great! Marty was living in Durham, but Sarai and I were both here so we bonded over lots of meals and FRIENDS and movies and just fun stuff. We've been through so much mess together. We've vented and cried and laughed and screamed together. I cannot imagine my life without her. The entire Gilbert family has been blessed by her marriage to Marty. In the past week, Sarai has once again come through for me. I know that regardless of what kind of mess is going on, she is always going to be there for me and she is always going to be on my side...well, unless I'm being stupid and then she'll just tell me that and I need that too! It is so great to know that she loves me no matter what and will have my back on any occasion!
Sometimes we go for days without talking. Other times, we talk 45 times during the day. It just depends on what is going on and what kinds of moods we are in!
I love that we share a brain and don't even have to talk most of the time.
I love that we can see something or read something and have the exact same reaction.
I love that she is ULTRA Organized! :)
I just love her!!!!
Poopie! I'm so blessed to know you!!! Thank you for being a friend......
Traveling down the road and back again.....
Ok. Sorry. I'm going now.
Thing I Love Thursday
Butterflies. I love butterflies. This is not a new thing. It's just becoming more and more consuming as time goes on. In fact, on Wednesday we took our kids to the Colburn Science Museum which is on the ground floor of Pack Place BUT on the next level there is another museum/gallery that I MUST go back to because it was ALL BUTTERFLIES! Girls, we must have this cultural experience together, don't you think? I do!!! I'm going to call and see how long it will be there!
The first summer we became new creations at girls camp it was almost impossible to find butterfly things. And believe me, I looked EVERYWHERE!!!! But ever since then, butterflies have been everywhere and I love it!!
Here's a random thought...for one of my high school piano recitals I got to play a simple, but lovely German piece entitled The Schmeterling. It means, THE BUTTERFLY! How great is that? Just thought of that. Thought I would share.
Wow. I'm ADD today....and the fun part is - I still have another entry to go! :)
The first summer we became new creations at girls camp it was almost impossible to find butterfly things. And believe me, I looked EVERYWHERE!!!! But ever since then, butterflies have been everywhere and I love it!!
Here's a random thought...for one of my high school piano recitals I got to play a simple, but lovely German piece entitled The Schmeterling. It means, THE BUTTERFLY! How great is that? Just thought of that. Thought I would share.
Wow. I'm ADD today....and the fun part is - I still have another entry to go! :)
Tell All Tuesday
Friday. Tuesday. Ah. Whatever!
I don't have much to tell these days. In fact, I've been sitting here for a few minutes and still have nothing very good to share...so, instead of making up some drivel that will entertain no one...I think I'll move on to the next post on which I am also behind!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
I don't have much to tell these days. In fact, I've been sitting here for a few minutes and still have nothing very good to share...so, instead of making up some drivel that will entertain no one...I think I'll move on to the next post on which I am also behind!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Monday, March 06, 2006
Mad Music Monday
The song stuck in my head today is Sara Groves' Less Like Scars. She wrote this song for me, ya know?
This song had just come out during a particularly hard time in my life and it was perfect:
It's been a hard year • But I'm climbing out of the rubble • These lessons are hard • Healing changes are subtle • But every day it's... • Less like tearing more like building • Less like captive more like willing • Less like breakdown more like surrender • Less like haunting more like remember • And I feel you here • And you're picking up the pieces • Forever faithful • It seemed out of my hands a bad situation • But you are able • And in your hands the pain and hurt • look less like scars and more like character • •
I'm proud to say that I was the first among many to discover Sara Groves. :) And because I love her SOOOOO much, I've shared her with many!!! But none of them can say they actually have a coffee house version of Past The Wishing, before she actually signed with a production company! I'm telling ya, I'm the winner here! :) (And only Beth and I can say that we went to see her in concert (with like 15 other people in the audience) and ended up feeding a disabled man pizza! Friend Beth, we have such strange stories together!!!)
I'll also say this: She really wrote the entire album All Right Here just for me. I know this because it exactly chronicles my life the year that I felt like my best friend decided to not be my best friend anymore. Which at the time was the most painful thing I had ever been through and has now turned into a magnificent blessing. (There are no hard feelings here - just an understanding of how God uses the painful to produce the spendid!) God is cool like that. And Sara knew it too, because she said it for me: "I'm not God I'm a girl I confess that I don't have sea of forgetfulness • No, it's all right here • It makes me stronger and makes me wince • It makes me think twice when I pick my friends • Oh, it's all right here it's all right here" And it IS all right AND alright!!! I have the best friends I have ever had or could ever imagine having now!!!! I haven't lost anything, God has blessed me with more than I thought I could handle! (Girls. sometimes you are more than ANYONE can handle!!)
Ha! Anyway, my kids are gone to PE, Sara and I are just relaxing. It's a good good time!
This song had just come out during a particularly hard time in my life and it was perfect:
It's been a hard year • But I'm climbing out of the rubble • These lessons are hard • Healing changes are subtle • But every day it's... • Less like tearing more like building • Less like captive more like willing • Less like breakdown more like surrender • Less like haunting more like remember • And I feel you here • And you're picking up the pieces • Forever faithful • It seemed out of my hands a bad situation • But you are able • And in your hands the pain and hurt • look less like scars and more like character • •
I'm proud to say that I was the first among many to discover Sara Groves. :) And because I love her SOOOOO much, I've shared her with many!!! But none of them can say they actually have a coffee house version of Past The Wishing, before she actually signed with a production company! I'm telling ya, I'm the winner here! :) (And only Beth and I can say that we went to see her in concert (with like 15 other people in the audience) and ended up feeding a disabled man pizza! Friend Beth, we have such strange stories together!!!)
I'll also say this: She really wrote the entire album All Right Here just for me. I know this because it exactly chronicles my life the year that I felt like my best friend decided to not be my best friend anymore. Which at the time was the most painful thing I had ever been through and has now turned into a magnificent blessing. (There are no hard feelings here - just an understanding of how God uses the painful to produce the spendid!) God is cool like that. And Sara knew it too, because she said it for me: "I'm not God I'm a girl I confess that I don't have sea of forgetfulness • No, it's all right here • It makes me stronger and makes me wince • It makes me think twice when I pick my friends • Oh, it's all right here it's all right here" And it IS all right AND alright!!! I have the best friends I have ever had or could ever imagine having now!!!! I haven't lost anything, God has blessed me with more than I thought I could handle! (Girls. sometimes you are more than ANYONE can handle!!)
Ha! Anyway, my kids are gone to PE, Sara and I are just relaxing. It's a good good time!
Favorite Friend Friday
Someday, I'm actually going to write this post on FRIDAY like it was intended. Whew. Someday.
My friend of the week this week is Sarah James, well, now she is Sarah Caniano, but when we were such great buddies, she was Sarah James. We met in high school for the first time and were inseparable from that first meeting. She and I were both trying to make it as children of ministers and teachers. We both cared little about what other people thought and a LOT about how much fun we could have. We had too many fun times to even begin to mention them, but I will say this: I've never spent more time singing with one person in my entire life. Oh. And this must be said - I will never forget the day we drove back from Wal-Mart in Waynesville (this was in the Pre-Sylva-Wal-Mart-Era) with our heads stuck out of the windows of the truck and getting pelted with a bug in the center of the forehead. It was fun to explain that welt later on!! Sarah and I had a blast and shared secerets and shopping and laughter and yearbook pages! :) We kind of lost touch after she left me here alone to begin her exciting married life across the U.S., but we have recently reconnected and I am sooooo thankful for that. I would love to live in the same area again and get to do all those fun things we used to. Sometimes, this growing up thing really stinks!
Love you Sadie!!!!!!
My friend of the week this week is Sarah James, well, now she is Sarah Caniano, but when we were such great buddies, she was Sarah James. We met in high school for the first time and were inseparable from that first meeting. She and I were both trying to make it as children of ministers and teachers. We both cared little about what other people thought and a LOT about how much fun we could have. We had too many fun times to even begin to mention them, but I will say this: I've never spent more time singing with one person in my entire life. Oh. And this must be said - I will never forget the day we drove back from Wal-Mart in Waynesville (this was in the Pre-Sylva-Wal-Mart-Era) with our heads stuck out of the windows of the truck and getting pelted with a bug in the center of the forehead. It was fun to explain that welt later on!! Sarah and I had a blast and shared secerets and shopping and laughter and yearbook pages! :) We kind of lost touch after she left me here alone to begin her exciting married life across the U.S., but we have recently reconnected and I am sooooo thankful for that. I would love to live in the same area again and get to do all those fun things we used to. Sometimes, this growing up thing really stinks!
Love you Sadie!!!!!!
Things I Love Thursday
I love:
Time to catch up with myself.
Laughing with friends.
Having inside jokes (Go Big Ashe!)
Having that special song (Jesus, Take the Wheel)
Unexpected visits with friends (all ages) at Wal-Mart
Sharing an umbrella with my favorite 4-year old
Seeing the bottom of my "papers to be graded" basket
The purple/pink link
Friends with numbers
Friends who live on my couch
Having a week with few prior commitments
Seeing lights at the ends of tunnels
Learning new ways to serve onion rings
Feeling blessed like I am
Catching up on blogs...even if it IS just a list and no complete sentences!!! :)
Time to catch up with myself.
Laughing with friends.
Having inside jokes (Go Big Ashe!)
Having that special song (Jesus, Take the Wheel)
Unexpected visits with friends (all ages) at Wal-Mart
Sharing an umbrella with my favorite 4-year old
Seeing the bottom of my "papers to be graded" basket
The purple/pink link
Friends with numbers
Friends who live on my couch
Having a week with few prior commitments
Seeing lights at the ends of tunnels
Learning new ways to serve onion rings
Feeling blessed like I am
Catching up on blogs...even if it IS just a list and no complete sentences!!! :)
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Tell All Tuesday
Well, it has been quite a day. There is much to tell, but not much worth telling. But, I need to vent and I need to blog so I'm going to kill two birds with one stone and use this time to just get this off my chest:
I am overwhelmed! I am exhausted! I am frustrated. And I'm hungry. (That last one is not really a big deal, but it's true!)
It seems that everyone in my life (real friends excluded) are asking me to do things right now and they all want it done yesterday. Being the person that I am and not wanting to let anyone down or rock any boats, I say that I will do "it" - whatever IT is. This would be ok if people wanted me to pick up milk or dry cleaning on my way home, but everything right now just seems HUGE! The most frustrating part of all is that I can't do the things I actually WANT to work on (ie: camp!) because I have too much stuff that I HAVE to work on. The BEST part of all of this is that because I have so much stuff running around in my brain it is impossible to sleep. Which then makes it impossible to do anything during the day because I am soooo tired from having been up all night the night before.
So, now that I've turned this in to "cry me a river, Tuesday" - how are you?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
I have a midterm to give tonight. As long as I'm done before American Idol, at least I'll have that today! :) And Maleah and I get to hang out so that is good too. Really, I just need to world to slow down and let me off for about 48 hours and then I would be great! Honest!!
I hope you are all having a completely stress free day!!! :)
Love you guys!
I am overwhelmed! I am exhausted! I am frustrated. And I'm hungry. (That last one is not really a big deal, but it's true!)
It seems that everyone in my life (real friends excluded) are asking me to do things right now and they all want it done yesterday. Being the person that I am and not wanting to let anyone down or rock any boats, I say that I will do "it" - whatever IT is. This would be ok if people wanted me to pick up milk or dry cleaning on my way home, but everything right now just seems HUGE! The most frustrating part of all is that I can't do the things I actually WANT to work on (ie: camp!) because I have too much stuff that I HAVE to work on. The BEST part of all of this is that because I have so much stuff running around in my brain it is impossible to sleep. Which then makes it impossible to do anything during the day because I am soooo tired from having been up all night the night before.
So, now that I've turned this in to "cry me a river, Tuesday" - how are you?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
I have a midterm to give tonight. As long as I'm done before American Idol, at least I'll have that today! :) And Maleah and I get to hang out so that is good too. Really, I just need to world to slow down and let me off for about 48 hours and then I would be great! Honest!!
I hope you are all having a completely stress free day!!! :)
Love you guys!
Monday, February 27, 2006
Mad Music Monday
Another Mad Music Monday. I'm trying to stop listening to the Wicked soundtrack. I don't want to hate it before we ever even get to the theater!! All day yesterday I listened to Rent as well as Psalm 40 by Newsong. We sang/signed it (Psalm 40, not Rent) in church yesterday so it's the only song on this CD and I just let it play forever. It was good times. I don't really have much to say today. My head hurts, I feel like I spent the night here, and my list of things to do today continues to grow. So far, all I've managed to do today is get up, take a shower, get here, and catch up on blogging! Not exactly all things at the top of my to do list - but at least I'm clean! I hope everyone has a great Monday!! I'm planning on it! :) Looking forward to Friday girls!
Favorite Friend Friday - Yes, I know it's Monday.
OK, this weekend has been CRAZY! It definitely had some fun times, but there were some not fun times too. And regardless of the label of the times, it was BUSY!
On Saturday night Maleah and I went to see a play at WCU entitled Extremities. This is a tough play that tackles the issues of sexual assault and rights of women. It also makes you pay attention to the way victims/survivors are treated after the fact. And in a bizarre way, it makes you think a little about the story of the attacker. This play did that for me more than it probably did for other audience members for one simple reason. The rapist is my friend of the week: Anthony Giordano. (And that's a sentence I never thought I would write.)
I've known Anthony forever it seems. Anthony was a camper as well as a member of my youth group at First Baptist. As he grew up, our relationship changed. He became a camp counselor. He also became my friend who would come and visit me at school every Tuesday and Thursday between classes! These were the highlights of my work week! Anthony is an amazing guy with a wonderful sense of humor. He loves to be on stage. And we love for him to be there. Most of what I have seen Anthony do on stage has been strictly comedy. He is soooo good at making us laugh and the anticipation when he is on stage is almost overwhelming. In the last couple of weeks I have been able to see him in a couple of different roles. He was a little more serious in The Tempest, but it was still a fun role. His role in Extremities was neither fun nor funny. Maleah and I were talking about how much we would love to sit down and talk with Anthony and his co-stars about their preparation for these roles, the understandings the actors had to have with each other, how they are able to decompress after a performance like that, how doing this play has changed their view on things or at least their awareness...and so much more. I left this play feeling physically and emotionally drained and completely amazed. I am so proud of Anthony for doing such a hard role, for not backing down because of the topic of this show, and for showing us that he is capable of so much more than comedy. He was spectacular. My respect for him as an actor is through the roof. I've always known he was good, but I think I made the mistake of boxing him into one type of role. I'm glad he broke through that box.
I expect great things from Anthony. I think he will go far in his career. I also think he will use his charismatic spirit and his love for God and rock the world in other ways. All I have to say is: Everybody, hang on!!! :)
My life is better and a little crazier for knowing Anthony Giordano.
On Saturday night Maleah and I went to see a play at WCU entitled Extremities. This is a tough play that tackles the issues of sexual assault and rights of women. It also makes you pay attention to the way victims/survivors are treated after the fact. And in a bizarre way, it makes you think a little about the story of the attacker. This play did that for me more than it probably did for other audience members for one simple reason. The rapist is my friend of the week: Anthony Giordano. (And that's a sentence I never thought I would write.)
I've known Anthony forever it seems. Anthony was a camper as well as a member of my youth group at First Baptist. As he grew up, our relationship changed. He became a camp counselor. He also became my friend who would come and visit me at school every Tuesday and Thursday between classes! These were the highlights of my work week! Anthony is an amazing guy with a wonderful sense of humor. He loves to be on stage. And we love for him to be there. Most of what I have seen Anthony do on stage has been strictly comedy. He is soooo good at making us laugh and the anticipation when he is on stage is almost overwhelming. In the last couple of weeks I have been able to see him in a couple of different roles. He was a little more serious in The Tempest, but it was still a fun role. His role in Extremities was neither fun nor funny. Maleah and I were talking about how much we would love to sit down and talk with Anthony and his co-stars about their preparation for these roles, the understandings the actors had to have with each other, how they are able to decompress after a performance like that, how doing this play has changed their view on things or at least their awareness...and so much more. I left this play feeling physically and emotionally drained and completely amazed. I am so proud of Anthony for doing such a hard role, for not backing down because of the topic of this show, and for showing us that he is capable of so much more than comedy. He was spectacular. My respect for him as an actor is through the roof. I've always known he was good, but I think I made the mistake of boxing him into one type of role. I'm glad he broke through that box.
I expect great things from Anthony. I think he will go far in his career. I also think he will use his charismatic spirit and his love for God and rock the world in other ways. All I have to say is: Everybody, hang on!!! :)
My life is better and a little crazier for knowing Anthony Giordano.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Favorite Things Thursday
I didn't get to post yesterday. Honestly? Because I was just frustrated with so many things - most of them having to do with the computer. It's hard to write about your favorite things when you are frustrated. BUT today is a new day and aside from my broken tooth throbbing in my head, I'm ok today! So, here is my favorite thing for yesterday!
I have made a new discovery this past week - with the help of one of my coolest friends, Maleah! :) I decided on Friday to gather up all the change in my desk drawer. Now, I have a place in my desk where I just throw change for drinks or whatever, just for me. Then I also have zip-loc bags of change where the kids have purchased drinks from me on Friday. I then use that change to go buy more drinks for the next week - well, I'm supposed to. It was always just a hassle to get all that change together so I usually just paid for the drinks myself and let the change wallow around in the bottom of my drawer. Well, I got tired of looking at it so, on our way to Mars Hill for game night last Friday, Maleah and I stopped at the Credit Union and used the fun new Fat Cat Coin Counter. You'll never believe how much money I had in my DESK DRAWERS! $73.00!!!! Can you believe it?!!! This inspired me, so I went home and threw the money from my change jar into a bag. On Monday, I went back to the change machine. I really thought I didn't have as much change this time because instead of all the quarters from my desk drawer, I also had TONS of pennies and nickels. But Surprise, Surprise!! $158.00 later I was a very happy person!!! WoooooHoooo. I can't decide if I just like having a little extra money or if using the machine is just fun! Either way, it was a good time.
You know what else is a good time? Blogging with your best friends. I tell ya, this is what keeps me going, girls. I love learning more about you and exchanging comments. I spend too much time checking for comments on my blog and on yours!! But if you have to have an addiction, this is a relatively healthy one! It makes me laugh that I can see Sabrina everyday and still learn stuff by reading her blog. It also makes me laugh that we are sitting 3 feet from each other when we comment on each other's blog! Sarai and I can talk ALMOST everyday and still leave messages for each other! Too funny! Brooke and I are AIM sisters. We can be chatting WHILE we are posting a new entry and still learn something! I see Maleah at least once a week, usually twice or more, and still have a blast reading and posting comments on her blog, or seeing what she posts on mine. So, aside from blogging, I guess another of my favorite things is having you 4 girls as my closest friends - friends that I can depend on, laugh with, grow with! I love you guys!
I have made a new discovery this past week - with the help of one of my coolest friends, Maleah! :) I decided on Friday to gather up all the change in my desk drawer. Now, I have a place in my desk where I just throw change for drinks or whatever, just for me. Then I also have zip-loc bags of change where the kids have purchased drinks from me on Friday. I then use that change to go buy more drinks for the next week - well, I'm supposed to. It was always just a hassle to get all that change together so I usually just paid for the drinks myself and let the change wallow around in the bottom of my drawer. Well, I got tired of looking at it so, on our way to Mars Hill for game night last Friday, Maleah and I stopped at the Credit Union and used the fun new Fat Cat Coin Counter. You'll never believe how much money I had in my DESK DRAWERS! $73.00!!!! Can you believe it?!!! This inspired me, so I went home and threw the money from my change jar into a bag. On Monday, I went back to the change machine. I really thought I didn't have as much change this time because instead of all the quarters from my desk drawer, I also had TONS of pennies and nickels. But Surprise, Surprise!! $158.00 later I was a very happy person!!! WoooooHoooo. I can't decide if I just like having a little extra money or if using the machine is just fun! Either way, it was a good time.
You know what else is a good time? Blogging with your best friends. I tell ya, this is what keeps me going, girls. I love learning more about you and exchanging comments. I spend too much time checking for comments on my blog and on yours!! But if you have to have an addiction, this is a relatively healthy one! It makes me laugh that I can see Sabrina everyday and still learn stuff by reading her blog. It also makes me laugh that we are sitting 3 feet from each other when we comment on each other's blog! Sarai and I can talk ALMOST everyday and still leave messages for each other! Too funny! Brooke and I are AIM sisters. We can be chatting WHILE we are posting a new entry and still learn something! I see Maleah at least once a week, usually twice or more, and still have a blast reading and posting comments on her blog, or seeing what she posts on mine. So, aside from blogging, I guess another of my favorite things is having you 4 girls as my closest friends - friends that I can depend on, laugh with, grow with! I love you guys!
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