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2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 10,June,2004 | hey all guessewhat i did likewednsday that i forgot to tell about...me adn travis started a slow clap which was good times...yup...thats my entry for today |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 09,June,2004 | ALL YOU GUYS KICK ASS! i was so depressed yesterday but your comments cheered me up...thanks! :) i decided that soon i will do one of those say peoples names and whats good about them...you know what i mean. only my links people though cuz i have alotof people. so ya im in a good mood today. poor emily's neck hurt :(...i think she has...umm whats it called...starts with a 'T'...cant remmeber. damn...my mom told me and i forgot. but ima go get started on my history project so ill bbl...O I REMEMBER! tourtecolis...thats not spelled right oh well ONCE AGAIN THANKS YOU GUYS! |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 08,June,2004 | i havent updated in a while... this entry contains alot of bitching...im just forewarning you im in one of those depressed moods again where i question my own existance. and everytime i do i get the same result. im not happy with myself. what i want to do above all else is help people, make a difference in their life and have them know that i care about them. but have i? do i help any of you guys? not really. everytime i 'help' it just makes more problems....have i affected any of your lives? if i died would any of you care? what would you say? i doubt ud say that i was a caring loving nurturing person like i want to be. all you would say was that i was funny...but i want to help and i dont think i am. after highschool i want you guys to think of me as a person who if u were ever sad or down, you could come to me and talk and i could help you almost/every time. but have i? no. maybe its cuz i care for everyone of you guys and want to help you and i feel like im not...i just want to help. thats all... |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 03,June,2004 | hey recital tonight...sucked...as usual. emily was there...made me :). i enjoyed her presence. yes...thats all |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 01,June,2004 | hey all well i just got back from arts encore night, and how spectacular was it. emily got three awards and joe got...two even though he shoulda gotten like 455637347. hmmm lets see...mike got one and so did rachael i beleive. and thats who i was sitting with. most of the people who got awards deserved it, i have an argument with one that in my opinion should have gone to mr. kazim qutab but thats another story. umm so ya congrats everyone who got awards! umm today was fine. nothing real exciting happened cept we watched a boring movie in history. well i thought it was...and i had lunch with emily...yay! |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 22,July,2004 | seriously who wants to start a reggae band? im completly serious. ima need a drummer...another guitarist, and some more percussionist people. itd be a good time...a bunch of white dudes singing reggae. i was thinkin about getting dreds anyway haha. AND WE CAN GET THOSE HATS! we'd be huge. so whos in? |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 21,July,2004 | but i need other guys opinions so i was reading my sisters Glamour (i was bored and there was notihng else to read) and there was this arcticle about why girls shouldnt get plastic surgery and stuff. and i agree. dont you guys (males leave comments). what girls dont realize is that guys like normal, natural girls. girls are the only ones that think they hafta be perfect. guys like girls who arnt fake and are themselves. arnt i right fellas? what makes women so beautifull is the fact that they arnt all blonde and big boobed. variety is the spice of life right? i for one think emily is the most beautiful, perfect girl in the world. and guesse what...shes not what hollywood said is beautiful. guys like normal girls. its the fact that they are normal that makes them so beautiful and perfect? thats my opinion |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 20,July,2004 | yay for me well i got my ap scores and i got a 4. iwas more worried about being the first to get a 2 or 1 than actaully getting one. yay for all of us AP world history kids...the AP us history who werent in world history arnt as kool or sexy as us. |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 19,July,2004 | wtf so heres me being pissed because everyone has gotten their AP scores and i havent...wtf? so now im freaking out that if u got a two they dont bother sending it to u cuz ur stupid. im thinkin i got a two. but in good news i got my braces off. w00t. sexyness |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 18,July,2004 | but honestly dont feel like it so lets see. i am indeed quite bored. i just read some of my history stuff and its not that bad. i mean it could be worse but meh. notihng is worse than guns germs andsteel. anyway im mildly bored out of my mind so im going to think outloud. ive been thinking about my future career and im thinkin about physciatrist. i dont like jobs because they ruin everyones fun ;) blueberrys suck theres no good music anymore and its sad. anchorman is a funny movie. ya im THAT bored.... |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 12,July,2004 | so much so we bought a new cell phone thing today and i got my sweet new cell phone. im trying to leave a message thing on my voice mail and it isnt letting me. so my sister calls me cell phone, but the thing is, it doesnt get my cell phone. it gets some woman named curra. so now my phone is all screwed up cuz of the whore curra. i hate her...so much. i was so happy but she had to ruin EVERYTHING! i hate her...so so much |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 09,July,2004 | seriously so we have NOTHING to eat at my house so my snacking diet over the past 2 days has consited of saltines and cheese. oh yes. my moms going shopping today. i thought ud all like to know.... so i havent updated in awhile...whats happened. xbox crapped out. then it came back...yay! ive been starving. had realms practice. funness. so...how ru guys? I GOT MY SHOES TODAY! YAY! they rule. yay. emily came over yesterday. fun times. emily is kool. i like her...alot. going kayaking on sunday with pete. realized im not using full sentences. w00t. im out |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 05,July,2004 | who is the anti-christ? no, its not pete. all you women love him, men hate him but they dont have a choice cuz their wives listen to anything he says. thats right, Dr. Phil. hes def. the anti-christ. why? because people are supposed to love him, check. comes out of nowhere, check. is an influential person, check. sure hes supposed to be from like eastern europe but still, thats like 3/4. hes def. the anti-christ. dont listen to anything he says! HE'LL KILL US ALL! |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 02,July,2004 | feel the vibes... i just ordered myself a new pair of chucks for my birthday. what colour? ill give u hints! not pink (unfortunetly) but ive wanted them for awhile. GO! hehe. first one to answer correctly wins a free hug! in further news drivers ed is over and i got a 98 on the test...it was real tough *rolls eyes*. ive been in a good mood lately...cuz its summer and ive been spening time with emily alot. hehe i would like to thank brendan for his comments. look back and in like almost all of his comments he asks a question to me, like he cares about what im saying and wants to know more. its kewl. so props to brendan. u can have a free hug too ;) |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 03,August,2004 | you know, those stupid kind so i was watching family guy today and they made this joke about how this guy with a hare lip was really disgusting and really weird. and they used to call cleft lips harelips cuz it looks like a hare's lip. and in case u dont know, i have/had one. and u know, i wasnt offended. i found it funny, cuz in all honesty, ya its hella nasty haha. people need to learn to lighten up and joke about themselves. i mean if u cant laugh about yourself and your imperfections than u need to look around at the world and find theres comedy in almost anything. and if u can joke about urself, than u can joke about anything and things will be alot better. like me with the deformity, or bartman with the jewish. or pete with the gay. guys like us can find the humour in it all. and were better people for it. so all you people out there who get offended by jokes about yourself...loosen up. stereotypes are funny cuz its not really about the people, but the stereotype itself that u laugh at. least thats how it is with me. and most people. so 'dont make fun of me cuz im ________'...get over yourself...its not you, its the stereotype. |
2,102,033 | male | 16 | indUnk | Cancer | 01,August,2004 | im home w00t. ive been camping for the past week and it was fun. emily came for awhile and that was the best part. i enjoyed seeing her for 4 days straight :-D. it was fun then i came home to good news. esteban loiza is a yankee, not randy johnson but thats okay. loiza is pretty good. then we got some funny news. nomar is gone *tear*...now we dont hafta watch his glove and stepping...YAY! and heres something for you redsox fans..... |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 20,July,2004 | This is the man who recorded the song wish upon a star/wonderful world. I used this track at my wedding. Turns out this track is the most downloaded song on iTunes in front of major label acts. its a great song. I just found out he died in 1997. what a voice I am keen to find out more and listen to some new tunes urlLink In Loving Memory - Israel Kamakawiwo`ole |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 14,July,2004 | Check this out. Every thing old is new again! I wonder if they will re issue galaga? I wish...but probably not as good as on a table top! urlLink Game Companies Reissue Classics |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 14,July,2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 not realeased in australia yet. 3 weeks into realease and its still at number 4 in the US box office. It wont be realeased in Australia til end of july. I got to watch it from a screener...using bit torrent. This is an important film. If it assists in changing the US prez. Then great because any country that has stood shoulder to shoulder with Bush has been given a shit sandwich. I must say that although Michael Moore is excellent at presenting an alternative to the world media that it is still one mans voice. The world needs a diverse range of media easily available... I guess that is why blogs are taking off Check Out Mikes Blog urlLink Here |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | I find that the media/movies/tv shows have this stock version of the 60s that is trudged out. Hippies free love and a like. avoiding the stereo type is hard, but taking another look at the music and art that exploded at the time....WOW! Here is a link to urlLink Yayoi Kusama And her polka dot obsession. see how she progressed from 60s flower child to today! |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | This would have to be one of my favorite movies at the moment. I can watch it every now and again with out getting bored. Its not the greatest movie nor the greatest story..but I must say it is still a favorite. |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | well thursday has rolled around and I am again at my desk. eating breakfast and trying to be busy. The gym cained last night. I have discovered what 10 years being an IT geek can do for you...bad back etc |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | test |
3,922,351 | male | 26 | Technology | Scorpio | 28,July,2004 | This is a blog dedicated to call centre technology its use and misuse. I hope to spread my views of call centre technology and how it affects clients and end users. |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 20,July,2004 | Ok so i got dropped on my head this time..sucks..but i am still alive! The girl..hmmm... well..she is not strong enough to put me in a full so half of my body is in a full and the other in a pre...yeah ok..duh..I am going to fall....but we finally hit is so I was happy! Anyways more important then that I was the first one finished when we ran today...I added more weight to everything today...so I am really happy about that! But my jumps still kinda suck...gain muscle takes a way from flexabilty so i seriously need to strech..and i need to learn the Fight Song...i feel so lost when we do that...and i hate yelling...I guess i am not 100% cheerleader! Now i am sore as all hell.... So on with the non cheer life...I went to the Branding Iron last night...which could be why i was so sore today..dancing all night...but i saw these really cute guys and then they came and daned with us..at the end of the night me and my friend... went to go talk to them and they were gone...sucked...but we are goign back on monday so i hope they will be there! I met some guy there from myspace...umm he got there like 10 45 and it closed at 11...so we saw eachother talked for about 3 seconds and then....we left...o well no love match there...ha ha So update on the boy..hmm..i dunno when this feeling will ever go away...this love shit...i am tired of missing him...but i dunno what else to do...we talked and i was happy to hear from him...but i still miss him...I dunno...hopefully i come to some solid conclusion!...SOON!!! well until another time.... |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 17,July,2004 | So i am doing this whole meeting new people thing adn ti is kinda akward..I dunno how everything is going to go...I am glad to get a move on with my life....there is so much that I didn't know about life becuase i was stuck with one boy...maybe stuck is not the right word.. becuase i did love this boy...but i was only able to see life through the eyes of a person in love...no that that was so bad just diffrent you know...I get to experience the fullness of life...ya know i am going to beleive that in all thing there is a purpose...so this boy needing his time must be for a reason....maybe he was holding me back....ha ha...which is funny...i dunno..o well....babysitting...and hoping to find a genuine person out there some where...not a boy driven by his little head...if you get my drift...well here is to the luck of a new life...waiting to be comfortable |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 13,July,2004 | So let's start off with the most recent events...Cheer...I love stunting...It is so much fun!! I fell 4 times nut it was fine...I had to stunt with a girl i didn't really like and she kept naggign at me about eveything..but whatever...i didn't kick he in the head and she didn't drop me..so o well...I just hope for a diffrent base next time! My body hurts again...sore and now i feel like i need to go work out today! Ok so let's see I joined the thing on myspace..it is so crazy..like a million new people and i can not even keep track of them...dirty old men..horney lil boys...and guys who think that just cause they say i am beautiful they are going to get laided!! I dunno....well i mean i guess it is a good palce to meet new people! And the boy...oh he made out with the dirty whore...and ok i am over it...he was a lying lil boy anyway and will one day realise he let the best thing go that he will ever have...but high school love never lasts..boys just care about their little head....and are lacking an important organ..a heart..o well pish posh!! Ha ha BOO!! over done wiht can't change the mistakes in the past just got to learn not to make them again! No news on my grandpa...still just waiting..then i wonder is worse knowin someone is going to die or for them just to die?? Well i can tell you both hurt a hell of lot...and all i cna wish for is the best...he stays with us happliy..for as long as he can.... until later |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 12,July,2004 | Well this i think over rules the drama in my life...the boys trying to break me heart and the girls trying to ruin everything i have worked for...My gradpa has heart faliure...and basically there is nothing he can do but to sit and wait to die. At the age of 17 i have delt with a lot of death and i think it just makes me realise that a childish heartbreak should be the least of my worries...self-centered young girl...could descirbe my self to the core... too worried about my own sorrows to feel for others...I think i have a new plan...volunteering...I dunno where but maybe it will take up some times...and get me to not be so self centered! Well I think I have made a mistake in something i did last night....but it made me feel alot better...happier...for the moment, becuase i think it can only end much worse then it started.....i guess the only way i will see is in the unfolding of life...dedication to those who have passed: Matt Clark and pj lugo... |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 11,July,2004 | ok so now i know he likes her and i think that it set my lil heart free....so here is and add for me.....Jessica is a wonderful, smart, highly emotional girl..searching a stable loving, muscular, handsome, smart, rich(or not but preferably so) guy! Ha ha Well San Diego helped out a lot..time way...freedom...I got sun burned... but it is turning into a tan! So the single life is supposed to be more fun anyway...rihgt girls!! Well at least i am happy now right! Well till the next drama occurs....good luck wishes! |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 09,July,2004 | no idea where to start...broken heart is a fact! Ok so i ask the world this question is it love or the brain that moves people? If I am so logical...it should be logical that i am a dumb girl..who needs no boys...they fuck everything up!... HArd time i have been in much harder tiems but wiht the same boy and i wonder will it ever get old. Do boys enjoy the satisfaction they get out of hurting a girl who loves them so...maybe it is the whoel ahve the cake and eat ti to...make you bed a lay in it...I dunno...one girl doesn't satisfy all that a biy needs. I wonder to myself is it really nessicary to have ever created the male race..my conclusion...NO! They just play games and walk all over the brokem pecies and then i wonder...when i sence enjoyment in the voice....the male race gains exstacy from the ones the have hurt! The one thing i have to do is be strong...ya knwo not give in to tematation...you think after everythign i have been through it would be easy to walk away from all the maddness....but oddly not! It tears me to peices and i hurt even more watching myself make the dumb choice.....there is this thing me and karen once figured out....when we experience pain it hurts us then but after wehave healed we run back to whatever hurt us...putting your hand in fair and then doing it again...you knew it hurt the first tiem why do it again??? If only i could understand all these things in my mind.....Basically Jessica don't talk to the 'fire', don't think about the 'fire' and you won't get hurt!! Yet i countine to love and yern for that pain....well not the pain...but in all reality...I set myself up for it.......maybe on a better note...I saw anchorman...ok no so good but kiled 2 hours...going away tommorow get me away from all the craziness that is the teenag years....GOSH OH GEE i am looking foward to college...tired of the terror of high school drama...adn the girls who are out of high school still wanting to be in the drama....But one lesson learned...never fight over a boy...you just night find out he likes the other 'whore' better! Until later days... |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 08,July,2004 | I wish i could be a movie star..broken heart...take a trip across the world...ha ha! I am so confused at this moment in time...someone help!! Bring me a cute nice boy.. who cares! And someone kill all the bitches, hores, and skanks...they polute the world...Damn! Well who knows maybe i will find myself a nice person in San Diego. I hope this weekend helps me out hopefully...I just need i break from all of this! Well the good thing now is that Karen is happy so maybe she will help me out here! We can't both be sad...we would go crazy. My body hurts so bad from cheer....hopefully it means muscle growth and fat loss! Ha ha well i need to get in to shower do laundry and pack..until next time! |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 08,July,2004 | For breakfast i had a left over pancake form last night...yummm! I got a call which i can't really determine if it is going to turn out to be something good or bad...i guess the rest of the day will have to pan out before I make any assumtions. but I found out this intresting info...I hate hores...ha ha....I never used to get along with girls becuase they are so catty... but when i went to high school it turned out i developed many 'girlfriends'....ha ha...but today I realised that are still hores out there. This girl..well...we will just call her the hore...well she wirtes all this stuff about diante...how he is a sexy porn star and dumb shit.. and then they go out to the movies yesterday...ok me and this hore were supposed to be cool and everything...me and diante were trying to work things out and she and her horeness try and move in on him...come on you know that is horeish??? Or maybe i am over reacting but...I am still calling her a hore! What kind of girl does that to another girl they know and knows that there are still feeling between me and diante...I dunno...a hore!! O well i am over it she is a hore....So cheer is today and my body could hurt more...weight lifting, running, conditiong....I am going to die!! Going out to dinner though so at least there is food to look foward to! Oh and i got to thank my best friend karen...I love you...my lil rock...I would be in the middle of the ocean drownding if not for you....Hey there is this thing..a house party flyer we got last ngiht...we want to go...but you have to be 18...anyone got fake ids??? ha ha |
3,869,898 | female | 17 | Student | Capricorn | 07,July,2004 | ok first off this 'blog' is called in cursive because i used to have a book i wrote potery and stuff in and one day my best friend, Karen, noticed when i really felt deeply about my subject/topic I wrote in cursive...so that is that! moving along. Today..well to really know me you would have to know this boy named diante...whom i am unforteantly utterly in love with...for about two years. There has been an unbelievable amount of drama, crying, broken hearts and so on between the two years of us. Well so we had evrything going great and then all the sudden thign hit a brick wall..like a million mile brick wall, for nothing in this world can blow down that wall...I cried to him last night telling him how much i cared for him and wanted things to work out....his responce...I am tired! WTF!!!! I was so pissed so i hung up..talked to him today on the internet and he says he needs time..i am nto the girl to sit around and wait...hey it has been two years..don't you think he would know by now if he cares about me and wants to be with me....i think ashlee simpson put it best ' these are times when i realise i am 19 and a girl' well i am not 19 but i feel that way! Hey i am just a dumb girl what do i know! Well i have a million urges to call this boy but i am not going to..i will be strong! My best friend is helping me out and we are not going to get down..cause we are wonderful girls and no need for boys right.....Hey there is always the option of being a nun!!Well i have high hopes for tommorow....cheer and working out...everythign should be great |
4,201,848 | male | 45 | HumanResources | Aquarius | 20,August,2004 | OK, sorry for abandoning all of you out there wondering hOWL in the hell I'm going to work nights when: a. I don't really want to work nights. b. My life happens when the lights are on. c. I don't want to work nights. I can sympathize with you because I feel the same way. When life (your job) demands a nocturnal existence you have to adapt. Thus, these suggestions that have worked for me: a. If you have a night shift coming up, the evening before on your last day off, go to bed at your usual time, maybe a little later and sleep for 1 to 3 hours. Get up, drink coffee and or tea and stay up for 6 or more hours. Go back to bed and sleep for 6 or more hours. When you get up you are more or less ready to stay up all night. b. When you go to sleep in the am. for your daylight sleep think about doing the following: Take Melatonin and or Valerian before you hit the bed. Melatonin 2 mg. to 6 mg. (for adults) depending on your sensitivity, is a natural hormone produced in your pineal gland that influences your daily rhythm's and sleep cycle. That is, it makes you drowsy. It is also an antioxidant (good for you) and most people find it has no side affects. You can get it at most grocery stores and vitamin shops. Read the instructions. Valerian is an herb that has been used for centuries to help folks get drowsy before bed. It comes in 400-500 mg. capsules and I find it more sedating that Melatonin. BTW, it stinks. It has a funky odor but once it is down the hatch it is very helpful in smoothing out the melon so it can sleep. As in all vitamins and herbs or medicines, read the instructions. Use heavy curtains or shades over your bedroom windows so very little light gets in your sleeping area. Light has a way of waking you up more easily during the daytime than darkness. It also interferes with time shifting which is predicated on fooling your body into thinking it is sleeping at night. More on this later. What did you expect, a 15 page term paper? =B^o |
4,201,848 | male | 45 | HumanResources | Aquarius | 11,August,2004 | OK, what is time shifting? It is the key to transition from the world of the day walkers to the night life and back again. You would think I would tell you about it now but truth is, its time for me to become unconscious. Pardon the tease, it is not intentional. I will be back with some suggestions that do work. In the mean time think and read up on Melatonin and I'll be back with my time proven technique to alter your waking and sleeping rhythms. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 31,May,2004 | Excerpt from the official GWB re-election site: 'Kerry Voted For Authorization To Use Force In Iraq. (H.J. Res. 114, CQ Vote #237: Passed 77-23: R 48-1; D 29-21; I 0-1, 10/11/02, Kerry Voted Yea.) In First Dem Debate, Kerry Strongly Supported President’s Action In Iraq. KERRY: “George, I said at the time I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.” (ABC News, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Columbia, SC, 5/4/03) Kerry Later Claimed He Voted “To Threaten” Use Of Force In Iraq. “I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Announcement Of Presidential Candidacy, Mount Pleasant, SC, 9/2/03) Now, Kerry Says He Is Anti-War Candidate. CHRIS MATTHEWS: “Do you think you belong to that category of candidates who more or less are unhappy with this war, the way it’s been fought, along with General Clark, along with Howard Dean and not necessarily in companionship politically on the issue of the war with people like Lieberman, Edwards and Gephardt? Are you one of the anti-war candidates?” KERRY: “I am -- Yes, in the sense that I don’t believe the president took us to war as he should have, yes, absolutely.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 1/6/04)' Let me get this straight... > He votes for the war > He says he supports the President > Then he says he voted to 'threaten the use of force' > Now he is anti-war (like he never voted for it.) HUH? Do you want a guy who doesn't know what HE thinks leading our country? |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 24,May,2004 | 'How many times can this 'flop' flip? |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 21,May,2004 | 'I believe that the president's leadership and the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment, and experience,' Pelosi told reporters gathered to hear her remarks. Some Dems Just Don’t Get It! 'The results of his (President Bush) action are what undermine his leadership, not my statements. The emperor has no clothes. When are people going to face the reality?' 'Bush is an incompetent leader. In fact, he's not a leader. He's a person who has no judgment, no experience and no knowledge of the subjects that he has to decide upon.' '… the president's capacity to lead has never been there.' 'In order to lead, you have to have judgment. In order to have judgment, you have to have knowledge and experience. He (Bush) has none.' In a time of war, these kinds of public remarks only provide encouragement and comfort to the enemy. We are at war and our servicemen and women, day in and day out, put their lives on the line to stop evil tyranny and their terrorist activity. Remarks like these only give more reason for the enemy to continue their attacks on our troops and freedom. These are not remarks made by an “enemy” of the United States….or are they? Who really is responsible for these words? None other than Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the House of Representatives. Are these the kind of statements we would expect from leaders of our government? Even though Pelosi voted against the war, she promised that Democrats would stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with Bush in the war on terror. Is this what shoulder-to-shoulder looks like? At a time of war when America needs to come together, no matter what our political views may be, we find a leader in the Democratic Party, trying to pickup votes for a visionless party and presidential nominee. Why is it so hard to understand that tyranny and evil will have to be confronted sometime and some place? On our shores, in our cities, with far more casualties, or right where the enemy lives. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 19,May,2004 | Kerry makes a gesture displaying the size of his vision for America. John Kerry is running a whole campaign without an original idea. He has laid out his platform which basically says: 'Anyone, but Bush;' 'I'll do everything better;' 'If I was President everything would be better.' Did I miss something? If it was a one man race John Kerry would have no platform...no one to help him define himself...no one to verbally one up...no one to be criticize for being courageous... John Kerry is crippled by his need to be accepted by everyone. This race comes down to a man who has no vision and no spine vs. a President who chooses to do what is right even if it costs him politically. I choose the guy with a spine and a moral compass. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 17,May,2004 | President Bush took the advice of the intelligence community and the United Nations that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons. He chose to trust information from the world and our best and brightest rather than that of a mass murderer. Since our invasion we have not found what we had been led to believe... Until now - could we be seeing evidence of these weapons? Check the link to see this breaking story. urlLink WMD news |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 15,May,2004 | Catch a great American on George W. Bush's media page. Check out the latest commercials! urlLink George W. Bush Media |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 14,May,2004 | As I looked at the photos of the tragic and inhumane killing of Nicholas Berg I was horrified. I was confronting the images of our enemy - the people who would kill our families in the same way. After observing these photos I want to ask you... Who would you rather lead our country? John Kerry? A flip flopping people pleaser who changes his tune... A man who would treat this as a law enforcement issue rather than a matter of war.. A man who blames us first and our enemies second... A man who would rather appease instead of taking the hard path of confrontation... What about George Bush? He has proven he backs up his words with action. He calls us time and time again to remember that we are in a war. This is not a law enforcement issue - we must see this issue differently. He goes after those responsible and calls the best out of America. He is a man of conviction who chooses a path he believes in rather than the politically rewarding and safe path. In this time of terror I will choose the man who has principle, honesty, strength and believes in America. I encourage you to think of your security and to vote for Bush. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 17,June,2004 | Get registered to vote: urlLink Register to Vote! At this crossroads in history, where freedom is on the line, choose steady and courageous leadership. George W. Bush. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 08,June,2004 | As Kerry stood looking stoic before the body of Ronald Reagan what was he thinking? In 1984 campaign literature John Kerry writes: “We are continuing a defense buildup that is consuming our resources with weapons systems that we don’t need and can’t use. “The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a presumed ‘window of vulnerability,’ which we now know not to exist. “And Congress, rather than having the moral courage to challenge the Reagan Administration, has given Ronald Reagan almost every military request he has made, no matter how wasteful, no matter how useless, no matter how dangerous. “The biggest defense buildup since World War II has not given us a better defense. Americans feel more threatened by the prospect of war, not less so. And our national priorities become more and more distorted as the share of our country’s resources devoted to human needs diminishes.” As we look at the accomplishments of Ronald Reagan and remember that it was his policies that helped tear down the wall of communism, you have to wonder if Kerry will always be on the wrong side of history. Mr. Kerry - keep the photo ops coming, but we know how you really feel. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 05,June,2004 | To the man who made us proud to be Americans... Thank you. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 28,July,2004 | What if that person was John Kerry? What if now he was backing off that stance because hindsight is 20/20? What if he is now pretending to be above the intelligence that pointed to the IRAQ threat? What if? BUT - John in his own words states his case for the war in a little documentary found at the GOP site: urlLink Kerry Documentary Check it out - be informed - don't let the spin masters get away with their garbage! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 21,July,2004 | With John Kerry attacking the President and his record, we find it interesting that he and his buddies used to sing a different tune. It is interesting that hindsight is truly 20/20, but check out this site that uses their own words against them. urlLink Scary John Kerry |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 31,January,2004 | As we sat along the roadside for the THIRD time today we both kinda lost it. Well not, kinda, we did for a moment lose it. Two weeks ago as we were headed to Sarasota to help my grandma with some projects around the house the car randomly died! So we coasted along the side of the road from 70 miles an hour to a complete stop. We looked at each other in complete surprise. The car has run great for the year and a half we’ve had it and this was the first sign of any trouble. We called a tow truck and then called my grandma and she and a friend came to meet us at the shop in Bradenton. Fortunately, we weren’t too far from Sarasota. We could definitely see God’s provision in the fact that the car didn’t break down while I was driving it by myself (I’m sure I would be ok, but being in a big city now, I’m not thrilled about breaking down!) and Grandma’s friend was just getting to walk out the door when we called and he knew exactly where we were and was happy to come with her to pick us up. Naturally, as soon as we get to the shop the car starts right up, even though we’d tried to start it for over an hour alongside the road. Two weeks and two shops later, it’s running fine and no one can find anything wrong with it. So, we head to Sarasota again to help my Grandma with the projects we didn’t get to finish two weeks ago. With two bathroom ventilation fans in our trunk we get almost to Sarasota and boom! The car dies again. Now we can’t believe it. Again, God was with us and we were able to make it off an exit ramp. Ked called the tow truck and I called Grandma. She can’t believe it. So I walk across the street to McDonald’s and Ked stays with the car. Just as the tow truck shows up the car starts! Now we’re getting annoyed. Grandma shows up, we all shake our heads and head to her place for breakfast. We had a great day with her as Ked and I replaced the fans in her bathroom. Ked was covered in dust and his arms were tired from being above his head, but we successfully replaced the fans in both her bathrooms. Unfortunately, the holes from the old fans are bigger than the hole for the new fans, so Ked will be making some trim and taking it back down to cover the hole. That is, if we can ever make it back down there. It was a cold and rainy day, but we decided to head back to our place. What should have been an hour trip took us four hours. The car broke down halfway and we sat alongside the road for at least an hour. We called a tow truck, but true to form, it started again before the tow truck arrived. We drive twenty minutes more and it stops again. This time we decide NOT to call a tow truck and wait it out. Obviously, something is overheating and it just needs to cool down and it starts again. By now, we are tired, dirty and frustrated. And we start to doubt God. It’s amazing how something like this can make you question your foundation. And so we talk. Why does this always happen to us? In our seven year marriage we’ve been stranded alongside the road more times than I can count, and it’s not like we drive junker cars. And we start to doubt all kinds of things, like God’s faithfulness to us, why He hasn’t blessed us more in the area of finances, and so on and so on. We’ve been sitting there an hour and the car still won’t start. This time we’re afraid it’s not going to start again. But in that time as we’ve talked we’ve realized where our faith is weak. If something really so silly and stupid as a car breaking down (fact of life, they just aren’t reliable) we need to re-evaluate where we stand in our faith. So we prayed together, not for the car to be healed, but for our faith to be healed. We desire so desperately to be used by God. To do something marvelous for Him, to use all of our potential, and to hear “well done, good and faithful servant!” And so our time in the car gave us time to reflect and ask God not to hide His plan for us, and to help us live our lives to the fullest for Him, even when we’re broken down alongside the road. Finally after an hour, I have to go to the bathroom REALLY bad. Actually, I’ve had to go for quite awhile. So we call for help and arrange for a tow truck to come and get us. And would you believe it? Ked hangs up the phone and tries the car one more time, and it starts right up. We look at each other in amazement. Was God just trying to tell us to ask for help? I don’t know if He works in ways like that, but it seems to be a good illustration. Just pick up the phone – get on your knees and ask Me for help! If we learned anything by our three hours by the roadside, it’s that we aren’t alone, even when we feel like it, and sometimes we just need to reach out and ask for help. We finally made it home, exhausted, drained and ready for bed. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 27,February,2004 | I love it when a plan comes together! Don't you love it when God answers a prayer right away? That doesn't always happen, because our timing isn't always His timing. But now and then our timings match up and when we whisper a 'please, God' Boom! We see the answer not much later. I love that about God. He's so big and awesome. Ked's sister Karon has been looking forward to coming to visit with us in the sunshine for awhile. Plans here and there kept falling through and then a seemingly perfect plan for her to catch a ride with a cousin was all in place. It was going to work out great! Ked and I were a little bummed though because this particular plan meant we wouldn't get to see her as much as we would have liked, but nonetheless we knew how desperately she needed a vacation and we were excited to see her no matter how short it would be. She called us this morning and said now that plan had fallen through too and the cousin wasn't going to be able to come. We were all disappointed. She had already taken the time off work, and she needed to get away. Frankly, we needed the company too. All day long we all thought about it. We chatted again earlier this evening and she was checking for plane tickets online, but everything was so expensive and to get a good price she'd have to drive a few hours. I pulled out my laptop and whispered a 'please, God, you know how much she needs a vacation. Can you please help us to find an amazing price on a ticket?' I searched a few of my usual spots and nothing too great came up unless she was willing to drive over 2 hours to an airport. So I called her again later and told her what I did find. In the meantime she was about ready to throw her computer out the window. She had found a good price and was willing to drive the couple hours. Just as she was going to book the ticket she got booted off the internet and had to restart. As she was rebooting I kept checking. I said 'hey, have you checked the Grand Rapids airport?' (only 45 minutes away). She replied that she hadn't even checked them because they are usually so much more expensive. Figuring we had nothing to lose I checked the flights from GR. 'Karon, you are NOT going to believe what I just found!!' I found tickets out of Grand Rapids for way less than anything else we had found today. When I told her the dates and the price she squealed, 'BOOK IT!! Here's the credit card number!!' That is just like God. She now has a better vacation planned than any of her previous options. The price was right, out of the most convenient airport, and she gets to spend more time here than any of her other options provided, thanks to the good flight schedules. Thank you, God for listening to our heart's desires and knowing what we need. And thank You for Hotwire.com!! Can't wait to see you Tuesday, sis!!!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 26,February,2004 | Alright, already! I'm here! Wow! I miss one day and I get scolded for being lazy! You know who you are, big dog!! =) Just teasin ya. It's nice to know you're reading. Ok, so I'm back. I'm still sniffling and coughing, but I'm on the mend! In fact yesterday I thought I was all better, but this morning I woke up miserable again. It's crazy. Due to my lovely sniffles I've been taking it fairly easy this week. My current writing assignment is to write vivid observations using each of my five senses. Yesterday after a nice cool rain, I decided to sit on the porch and describe the fresh, after-rain smell. Well, I walked onto the porch and realized, 'what am I thinking? I can't smell anything!!' I guess that assignment will have to wait until next week! Sometimes honesty costs. I went in today to get my address corrected on my driver's license. When we first moved here I was getting the numbers in our address all mixed up. By the time I got myself unconfused, I realized the address on my license was wrong. I went in today to get it corrected and when I told the gentleman at the counter the correct address, he asked, 'was this just a typo or did you move?' I thought for half a second that if I told him it was a typo I could probably save myself the cost of getting it changed ($10!!). But I knew that I had given it to them wrong the first time, but they would never know. But I would know. So I told him 'When we first moved I kept getting the numbers mixed up, and I'm sure I gave it to you wrong.' He just peered at me over his glasses with funny look and then said 'that will be $10.' I suppose that $10 is worth having a clean conscience and a good night's sleep. While I've been nursing my sniffles the past couple days, I've indulged myself by scrapbooking. I'm working on finishing up the pictures from our urlLink Alaska trip last August. That trip seems like such a long time ago! We came back from that trip, turned in our two weeks notices and moved three weeks later. With all that flurry of activity, we really didn't have time to reflect much on our trip after we returned. It's been so much fun to relive those memories as I've scrapbooked the pictures. It makes me want to go on another adventure!! Ked and I LOVE traveling together. There's nothing like bonding as you end up in all these fun and unusual circumstances together. You just never know what or who you'll encounter, like the time we stood up in 2 complete strangers' wedding in South Dakota. Ahh... I'll save that one for another day...to keep you coming back for more!!! =) Later! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 24,February,2004 | Oh I Love a Rainy Night! I love the sound of rain. There's something soothing about the sound of the earth being refreshed. It's almost as if while the earth soaks up the life-giving water my own soul participates in the watering. The wind starts whistling in the windows and the rain then begins slowly pelting on the roof. I hear the “ting-ting-ting” as each raindrop hits the top of the chimney. The speed of the rain picks up until you can’t identify a single raindrop, but it’s a continual sheet of rain. A car drives by and I hear the splash of the tires running through the puddles collected in the parking lot. What is it about rain that causes us to desire to slow down and want to curl up under a blanket with a book? Could it be that God created rain not just to refresh the earth and keep it green but also to refresh us from our hectic lives and give ourselves permission to slow down? |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 23,February,2004 | Froggie Went a Courtin' Well, I still kinda sound like a frog today, but I feel much better than yesterday! I took it as easy today as a Type A personality driven person can when they're sick (that means the house still got cleaned and dinner made before Ked got home!) Last night Ked's cousin Kristin called to let us know that she had a basketball game nearby tonight. Ked was able to get off work a little early and the two of us headed over to the game. It was in a small gym with a concrete floor and reminded us of a gym you might see at a camp. Every time a girl fell and we heard that screech of skin on the floor we cringed with sympathy pain! We were about the only fans there for Kristin's Lions and we had a blast cheering them on. She scored 5 points and her team won by 20. Well, the game ended pre-maturely in the 4th quarter with about 6 minutes to go. The opposing team had three girls get hurt on that unforgiving concrete, and they were forced to finish play since they only had three girls left! We were glad Kristin invited us, and we think it meant a lot to her that we could come. After all, this is the type of stuff that counts in life - being there for people that you love. If it means taking off work a little early to show someone that they are important enough for you to take time to show up, it's worth it. Go Lions! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 22,February,2004 | A Heart's Desire I thought I'd share something with you that I wrote for my writing course. The assignment asked me to describe my heart's desire for my inner spiritual life. Have you ever been to a natural spring? Ked and I discovered one not far from here. It was absolutely beautiful and the inspiration for my answer. I step up to the edge of my soul and look into a deep spring. The water is crystal clear, and full of life. I step in and experience the spring's refreshment that comes from years of discipline to keep the spring pure and unpolluted. The water is the perfect temperature and surrounds me with joy and hope. Others also come to the spring for refreshment and relaxation. Whether they spend a day or just a few minutes, all leave renewed and ready to take on the world. Everything that surrounds the spring is lush and green with deep roots that can withstand the storms of life. When the rains come, others run and hide, but the spring stands firm allowing the rains to make it deeper and stronger with more life-giving water to offer to its surroundings. In other news, I woke up this morning and sounded like a frog!! Last night my throat was feeling scratchy. It was a real bummer. Ked and I had planned a picnic and rollerblading at a state park nearby this afternoon, but instead I spent the day on the couch! Win some, lose some. Do ya like the look of the blog? Ked designed it for me this afternoon. Thanks, sweetie. You're awesome!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 21,February,2004 | A Day in the Life of Best Friends I can't believe after 6 1/2 years of marriage how much fun Ked and I still have together. It was a fun lazy day. As we skipped arm in arm through the grocery store tonight, I commented to Ked about how much fun we have together. He responded 'We've been best friends for almost ten years!' Wow. This afternoon we took a walk to enjoy the sunshine and then sat by the pool for awhile. (Just had to mention that for all our ohioans and michiganders. We love you!) We dipped our toes in the water, but chose not to get in. The heated pool was closed for repairs, and although we're still Northerners at heart, the unheated pool was just too cold for us! These lazy days together are what make life so enjoyable, just enjoying each other's presence and laughing together. Later, we hit the town in search of some new shoes for Ked. We found the most amazing discovery since we moved here - MJM Designer Shoes - a.k.a. Shoe Heaven!! With unbelievable prices on brand name shoes, Ked had a hard time choosing, and I had a hard time resisting! We petted the nice leather Kenneth Coles and oohed and ahhed over others. It's not only shoe heaven, but sale heaven! Just walking down the aisles and aisles of shoes marked retail for $109 and on sale for $39.99 produced enough endorphins to count for hours of working out! Vowing to return, we were quite proud of ourselves that we walked out with only what we walked in for! On the way home we swung by Hollywood Video for their $9.99 package of 2 rentals, 2 popcorns, 1 candy and one soda. After paying $8 a pop for a movie ticket a couple weeks ago, we decided that snuggling on the couch munching popcorn through two movies was not only more comfortable, but better bang for the buck. We'll save the big screen prices for must-see experiences. Ahhh....I love Saturdays! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 20,February,2004 | I really should be in bed already since I have an early morning. Tomorrow we are having a brunch for the women's ministry at church. I'm co-chairing the event, which so far has just meant showing up at 7:45 tomorrow morning and proof reading some stuff. I'm looking forward to getting to know some more ladies and hearing the message that Bernadette has prepared. She is one of the pastor's wives at church that I have gotten to know over the past few months. She's become kind of like an older sister which is cool. She's been very encouraging and we are enjoying being in Bible study together on Thursday mornings. Ked is once again practicing his C and E chords. Only this time he tuned the guitar and it sounds so much better. I gave it a try tonight too. Now that was interesting. I think my fingers need to grow a couple inches. Ked said I'll have to clip my nails cuz they're getting in the way. Dog gone it! For once I actually have nails and now they're in the way. I really think we should take lessons rather than trying to learn on our own. As much as we love music, it would be really fun to learn together and play together. So far the new car is working out great. It sure is a fun ride! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 19,February,2004 | I must say that I am quite proud of myself!! I just added a couple new sections to the left of my blog - adding links to other blogs I like, and books I'm reading! I figured out how to code all this new stuff in all by myself! I didn't even have to ask Ked to help me. Of course if I had royally screwed it up I would have yelled 'Keeeeeeeeeeeeedddd!!' =) I've made a commitment to read 24 books this year. It may be a little ambitious, but hey, shoot for the stars and if you hit the moon you've still made progress! I've finished two so far and I'm cooking on the third. I remember those lazy summer days as I kid when I would just read and read and read. That's probably why I had to get glasses in second grade and my eyes are so bad now! When I first got my glasses the eye doctor told my Mom to tell me to go outside more often. My Mom said 'she does, she sits outside and reads!' I'd read on the porch, in the tree (and spy on the neighbor boys while peering over my book!) and late at night in my bed with a flashlight! I just couldn't get enough. I'd see how many times I could finish the library reading program in the summer, cooking through it at least twice if not three times. Somewhere during high school and adulthood some of the joy of reading was lost. Maybe it was the Business Law book that I just couldn't stay awake through, maybe it was Statistics or just the fact that I was being forced to read. But I just didn't enjoy it as much. And then, when I did enjoy it, I felt guilty for sitting curled up under a blanket for hours on end with a book I just couldn't put down. Part of me said, 'read, read faster and just get through it! You can't stop now!' And two hours later the laundry still needed folded, the dishes were in a pile, and the dirty bathrooms calling my name. Maybe reading wasn't as pleasurable because in the back of my mind there was always something else to do. I remember a comment one of my professors in college made my freshman year. He said, 'whether or not you finish college, keep reading. As long as you are reading you'll continue learning and growing.' So I've decided to recapture that joy of reading this year. Now that I'm finally done with school maybe I can appreciate it more. Yes, there will always be the responsibilities calling my name, but a half hour, an hour, or occasionally that sweet dessert of a few hours, won't hurt. As for now, my bed is calling my name. Actually, Ked is calling my name first. He's asking, 'What's a chord?' as he strums on the guitar we inherited from my Dad. Ked is a singer, musician, and rockstar at heart. He wants so badly to learn to play the guitar this year. He found some internet site tonight, and learned 2 chords, but he doesn't know what a chord is. He's telling me, 'this is E, and this is C.' But the guitar is so out of tune they sound the same!! Needless to say, he's strumming away on C and E, well we think anyway. I suppose that's better than just randomly strumming away imagining he's a star like he used to do. Let's see if I can remember enough of my music training to teach him how to read music and what a chord is. Oh, if this blog only had audio, you would truly enjoy this bed time concert!! He's got the Johnny Cash look down, wearing all black tonight. Let's hope the talent follows! ROCK ON KED!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 18,February,2004 | Tonight we retired our faithful, rusty, blue Michigan license plate. *sigh* If that plate could talk... For seven years it served us faithfully through two vehicles and 200,000 miles. From getting lost in New York city to climbing the Smokies to camping out in the Black Hills, we've had some great times with that blue plate! Big blue also sat alongside the roadside with us every time we broke down, which throughout our travels have been too many times to count! Our first license plate, with so many memories attached to it. Now we will hang you on our wall as a reminder of all our fun times together! It was a long day today, and we're both really tired! Tonight we drove home a newer car. We feel like we got a good deal, and it has 60,000 less miles than our previous car. Ah, time will tell. We both stopped caring about cars through this whole process. We got to the point where we're like 'just find something reliable and safe with good gas mileage!' Well, goodnight world! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 17,February,2004 | Last night Ked and I sat down together to watch Diane Sawyer's interview with Mel Gibson. Like many churches across the country, ours has purchased advanced tickets to 'The Passion of the Christ' and is encouraging people to take their neighbors and friends and then have dessert or coffee afterward to talk about the movie. What impressed me most about Mel's interview was his unwavering belief in this dream come true. He's been run through the mill of the press over the past year, and it was nice to see someone standing firm in the face of criticism for something they believe in. No matter where you stand on the spectrum of the movie, give Mel some credit. He took a huge risk, not only financially, but personally and professionally. He told the actor playing Jesus 'you realize you may never work again.' It was also nice to hear him say to Diane 'I am a believer, by the way, in case you hadn't figured that out.' It's like he was tired of playing the game and just laid all his cards on the table and told it the way he believed it. For that I give him credit. Such courage and passion in the face of fire is commendable. Ked and I also discussed how this is probably one of the most meaningful works to ever come out of Hollywood. This movie is sparking conversations in households, with neighbors, and among different faiths. We are talking about something so important, but it took a movie for us to bring it up. Ked and I haven't decided yet if we will go see the movie. We both have soft hearts and sensitive stomachs. I remember sitting in high school Bible class while the teacher read a medical description of what Jesus suffered during those 12 hours. I was nauseous and weak. I'm also the kind of person that if you tell me about your broken arm, my arm hurts. To watch such pain and anguish and to imagine that's what I put my savior through, I just don't know if my body can handle it. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 16,February,2004 | I caught Oprah this afternoon and the final round of her Pop Star competition. This is her mini version of American Idol, but for older people. It was very interesting to watch these final three sing their hearts out for their dream. Each one of them had a vision from the time they were young to sing and record. Now they are in their 30's and 40's and felt their time was running out, since most of your stars gain their recognition in their late teens and twenties. These moms and dads had a sparkle in their eye and passion in their voices as they spoke about their dream of a recording contract. Simon Cowell from American Idol was one of the judges and he made an interesting comment. He said he believed that these hopefuls sang better and with more passion than the young people on American Idol. 'These people want it more,' he commented. LaShell especially spoke to my heart. She kept saying that she was so 'blessed' to have this opportunity. This mother of FIVE from Motown clung to her dream despite the odds. She sang her heart out and won my vote. You go, girl! Even Simon told her she did fabulous and should win. This lady made me stop and consider my dreams. Do I have the fortitude to stick with my dreams against all odds? If it takes years longer than I anticipate, can I hang in there and keep believing, dreaming and hoping? If I truly believe God has called me to do something (for example, write) will I keep the faith even if it takes years and years for it to happen? I tend to become so impatient. We waited for three years to move to Florida, and at times, I have to admit I never thought the dream would be fulfilled. God's timing is not ours, but it certainly is perfect. I can look back over my life and see that, but when I'm in the middle of it, it's altogether too easy to feel forgotten and give up hope. LaShell, girl, I hope you win! Thanks for inspiring all of us to stand by our dreams even if it takes years longer than we anticipated. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 14,February,2004 | Today was a long and tiring day! We started out early and helped some friends move into their new house. It was a beautiful day for their move, and not even the drizzle later in the day could dampen their excitement to get into their newly built house. I have to say, I did pretty good about not coveting. Ever since we moved here I've wanted our own house so badly. I'm starting to get the itch to nest and I can't wait to be able to paint and decorate our own place. God's been working on me about not coveting since it seems like everyone else we know has their own house. We've helped so many people move into and paint their houses. It's been a big issue for me and many times I feel like we'll never own our own place. It just seems impossible. I have to keep giving it up to God over and over again. So I can honestly say I am excited for our friends and their new house, and when those twinges of jealousy started to creep up, I stomped them out and ignored them. After we left their place we drove to a car dealership to look at some cars. It's still frustrating, and we're not excited to be looking for a car. We're thankful that our current one is still running and we're praying it will continue to do so until we find another one. We kind of walk around the lot despondently looking at the cars. We found one that might work yesterday, but it's a little out of our price range. So we keep looking. We came home just exhausted and watched some mindless tv before heading to bed. Whenever a car commercial came on I made Ked change the channel. I'm tired of looking at cars and trying to be lured into something nice that we can't afford! I think I have to agree with one of our friends who recently was having car trouble with BOTH his cars - cars are from the devil!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 13,February,2004 | The past couple days have been fun! Last night we had a Valentine's potluck and party with our Life Group. We held it at our leader's new home and there were eight couples that came. It's always enjoyable to socialize (especially over food!). Our leaders announced that they are expecting and due in August. It seems like lately there's been one announcement a week! Ked and I moderated a group game of 'Newlyweds' where the guys and the gals answered questions about their likes and favorites and the spouses had to guess the correct answer. Everyone did pretty well! Afterward we were sitting around talking about how long each couple has been married. It shocked everyone to realize that we had been married the longest (almost 7 years, my how time flies!) and that we're some of the youngest in the group! One guy asked if we had gotten married in Junior High! We can honestly say it's been the best 7 years of our lives. It hasn't always been easy and we don't expect it to be, but it's so worth it. The joy far outweighs the work. We never really do much for Valentine's Day. I've always considered it more of a Hallmark holiday. Flowers and cards mean more to me when they're given out of spontaneity rather than duty because the calendar says you have to. We usually just use it as a good reason to out to eat and see a movie. Last year, we tried to go out on Valentine's and every place we went to was a 2-3 hour wait. We were so hungry we couldn't wait so I think we ended up at Steak and Shake! This year we decided to avoid the madness and go out the day before. We went to the Macaroni Grill and our Valentine's treat was splitting a yum-a-licious tiramisu! After dinner we went and saw the movie 50 First Dates. We both agreed that this was the best Adam Sandler movie ever, and Drew Berrymore was precious. It's always fun to go to a movie that can make you laugh and cry at the same time. The theme of the movie is his unconditional love for her even though he knows she'll never be able to fully return that love since she won't remember him the next day! It was worth our $8 ticket. I think Ked just put up the new onPO!NT Media Group site. Check it out at urlLink www.onpointmediagroup.com . It's a sweet site and gives a good picture of what Ked is capable of designing. If you ever need or know of someone who needs web design or graphic design work, please point them to onPO!NT media group! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 10,February,2004 | It's amazing how quickly the days fly by, the sun in your face, the wind in your hair... o.k. enough of the gloating! =) Ked stayed home from work again today. He went to the Dr. this morning and when he walked in the door I asked what the verdict was. He grins and said 'I'm a big wussy!' Apparently he has a virus of some kind and not strep throat. He spent most of the day on the couch. I was a good wifey and went to the store to re-stock on chicken noodle soup and crackers. I've been having fun with my new sewing machine. Ked thinks it's so funny and amazing that I can do something so domesticated as sew! I've been working on a nice denim jacket and I must say, I'm quite proud of it! I got two free lessons with my new machine and today was the second class. The first class was quite eventful. A lady came in and sat down next to me. When she took the case off her machine a BIG, at least 5 inch cockroach scurried out of her machine. That was quite a thrill! We spent the first few minutes squealing and looking for something to kill it with. Today was rather uneventful though, and there were no more cockroaches, thankfully! So, now I know how to use my machine and Ked wants a pair of dress pants. Hmmm...this will be interesting! Good thing my mama taught me well! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 02,February,2004 | This past week has been a different one since Ked has been sick. I don't like it when he's sick; I wish there was more I could do to help him get better. There's only so much chicken soup and Nyquil you can administer. My brother just can't believe that we would get sick down here. He thinks that our bodies just assume they are supposed to be sick because it's winter, even though it's warm and sunny! Ked's finally starting to feel better. Hopefully in the next couple days he will be all better. No news on the car yet. Ked went out looking on Saturday. It's been driving ok back and forth to work. The unpredictability is frustrating. You just never know when you might not make it to your destination! Well, I guess that's all for tonight! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 02,February,2004 | Ked took the car to the dealership today and the prognosis was not good. It appears that the engine is burning oil. Ked added 2 quarts yesterday and it seems that the car was turning off due to lack of oil. The dealership advised us that the car needs a new engine which would cost about $7500. At this point putting a new engine in would cost more than the car is worth. This is frustrating beyond words especially since we only bought the car a year ago and it has less than 100,000 miles on it. But what can you do? We know that all we can do is control our attitudes and not let our testimony down. Ked had a non-Christian co-worker today comment on Ked’s positive outlook through all of this. Wouldn’t it be awesome if God would use something as frustrating as this as a chance for us to share the reason for our positive outlook? We know that cars are a temporary thing, and we seek to live in view of what matters most in eternity, and it doesn’t include our car! So it looks like we will be in the market for a different car over the next few weeks. It’s certainly not something we were planning on doing for a couple more years. We hope we can trade it in and not be set back too far financially. In other news today, I have decided to fast from internet surfing. I have spent way too many hours just browsing and surfing. I don’t know, I think I was trying to find the end of the internet or something! This morning as I was reflecting on my values and my goals I decided that keeping up on all the latest celebrity gossip and reality tv show news didn’t fit my priorities. And so for the month of February, I will only surf the internet as it becomes necessary to research and read for my correspondence writing course. Ked asked me what I was going to do with my newfound freedom. I thought for a second and said “Read and write more!' |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 01,February,2004 | We spent the day pretty much hanging around home today. After yesterday’s incidents with the car we were afraid to go anywhere. We slept in after the exhausting evening of just trying to get home. Later in the afternoon we really needed groceries, so we drove just a couple miles to Sam’s and Wal-Mart. Not being football fans we completely forgot that today was the SuperBowl! It was a total zoo out there with everyone buying all kinds of unhealthy snack foods for the big game. Ked managed to find a good line and we were out of there in no time. This was a break through for him because he is known for always picking the slowest line in the store. If someone is going to have a problem checking out they will be in front of him! So he was rather proud of himself and hopes this starts a winning streak! But the adventure wasn’t over. We load our groceries in the car and then we can’t get it to start. Oh, but this time it’s because the key won’t turn. We’ve had this trouble before, and it has something to do with the steering wheel being locked up. Ked fiddled with the key and the steering wheel for over ten minutes. We even pulled out the manual for the car. Desperate times call for desperate measures! Finally the key turned and we rushed home, never to go out again! We just hope Ked can make it to work ok tomorrow and that the dealership in town can look at it, and this time find what’s wrong with it! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 31,March,2004 | You Can't Fake That Hey a big shout out and welcome to the blogging world, urlLink Karon ! Looking forward to reading your stuff! Check out her link to the right under 'Discussing the Point.' Tonight Ked shared with me a conversation he had today with someone we've been bringing before the Throne. It was one of those conversations that sent chills down my spine. This person is truly seeking. Two months ago he claimed to be agnostic and possibly even atheist. Today he said he's no longer either. He believes there is a God. He's just trying to figure out where he fits into the God story. What sent chills down my spine was the realization that we can have influence and not even realize it. He informed Ked today that he's 'researched' Ked's family and come to the conclusion that we're for real. Apparently by 'research' he looked up all he could find about us on the internet. Somehow he came across our urlLink Alaska site and I'm guessing urlLink Jest Kidding's as well. He told Ked that what we did in Alaska and how we live our lives - in his words - 'you can't fake that $!##$.' I never dreamed when we put together the Alaska site that it would help someone see real faith in action. It's so cool to watch this journey. Sometimes after being a believer for so long and surrounded by so many other believers we forget what that journey is like. Humbled, |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 30,March,2004 | Why can't I just jump in? Today was another beautiful day, and I decided I could wait until a cloudy day to clean the bathrooms. I lathered up with sunscreen, loaded a bag full of books and headed to the pool. It was a perfect day to recline in the sun and catch up on some reading. While I lounged in my chair reading and intermittently taking phone calls for urlLink OPMG , it occurred to me that I was starting to live the life I had always dreamed of. Finally, I am able to do what I enjoy most – manage projects, study, read, and run our household – and all while working for my favorite boss of all time – Ked! As I sat pondering this thought, a scene unfolded before me that caused me to realize that, although I’m heading in the right direction, something is holding me back from a truly full life. A couple of adorable kids came and started playing in the pool. The two were strangers to each other, but seemed like old friends as they splashed around together. The girl, a cute brunette about 9 years old, stepped into the pool. She proclaimed to her dad “it’s not that bad!!” threw her neon yellow ring into the pool and jumped in after it. She started squealing and splashing and enjoying the refreshing water. After splashing around for awhile, the little boy proclaimed to all of us on the sidelines “watch me flip into the pool!” He hurled himself in, a little too close to the edge. When he came up, we asked him if he was o.k. He didn’t want to admit that he was hurt, but he slightly rubbed his head and then buried his face in his mom’s lap. She comforted him for awhile and then they headed home. He never jumped back into the pool. I smiled as I watched these two play so fearlessly and uninhibited. My mind drifted back 18 years. I remember being like the girl and spending my summers at the city pool. I was fearless. There wasn’t a stranger I didn’t know, and I loved the water. I’d cannonball, belly flop, and even occasionally get brave enough to jump off the high dive. I could spend all day in the water without a care for what the people sitting along the edge were thinking of me. I long for those childhood days of passionate living, free from fear. Although I’m starting to live the life God has designed for me, I’ve been avoiding something. I’ve felt God call me to a certain task for years. Occasionally, I’ll dip my toes in the water, but soon I head back to my chair by the poolside. I feel a pull to jump in and really swim. But it’s easier to sit by the edge, unnoticed, and peer over my book at everyone else enjoying the water. I’d like to play and enjoy the refreshment like that little girl, but today I’m more like the little boy. It’s not that I hit my head once, but it’s the fear of hitting my head that keeps me on the edge. What if I jump in, look like a fool, and get hurt? What if I think I know how to swim, but really I don’t? Gradually, everyone left and I was the only one sitting by the pool. My book now sat on the table next to me. I decided I can’t spend the rest of my life watching what’s happening in the pool. I have to jump in. Even though I know it won’t be all play, there’s still certain refreshment from swimming laps. I technically know how to do what I feel God has called me to do. I’ve had the lessons, I’ve got the talent, and I’ve read the books. I think it’s time to just jump in and start swimming. I may flail around, and I may just float for awhile, but eventually I’ll start swimming like God intended me to. But that will never happen unless I first jump in. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 29,March,2004 | Death by Taxes It's been said that there are two things in life that are certain - death and taxes. Tonight, I think it's death by taxes!! Ked and I figured our federal taxes, and started on the MI state. Fortunately there is no FL state income taxes (a factor in moving here!) Our office looks like a tornado hit with multiple W-2's and moving receipts scattered all over the room. It wasn't pretty. It never is. Our taxes are never simple. I can't even imagine how bad it would have been if it weren't for good ole George W's tax breaks and then all our moving expenses (which we added up the grand total for the first time - ouch!). Needless to say, it was a depressing evening. Ked just headed back to work. Yes, it's been a weird day. They're finally going live with UT's website at midnight, when it has the least amount of traffic. Hopefully it won't take too long. Well, all my mental energy has been sapped out of me. Good night! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 28,March,2004 | Beach Hair Today was another beautiful day, as you can see by the weather box I have added to my site in the upper right corner. You see, the object is to keep you all as jealous as I possibly can so that you will come and visit often and that some of you will even move here eventually! Ked and I took to the beach this afternoon. We headed down to Ft DeSoto where Karon and I hung out since Ked had never been there before. Talk about traffic! Wow! The spring breakers are here in full force. In just a small section of the parking lot, I counted plates from 10 different states from Maine to Quebec (although I guess technically Quebec isn't a state). Even though the beach was packed, we managed to find a small piece of real estate to claim as our own for a few hours. We jumped right into the Gulf with our masks and snorkels and scoured the gulf floor for sand dollars and treasures. We didn't find anything though because the water was too choppy and it looked rather picked over. Still it was fun and we left with fantastic beach hair do's! While laying on the beach I gave Jay-bird a call and chatted with him and his lady. I deviously waited for them to ask what we were up to today and then casually replied 'oh, nothin much, just laying on the beach!' I think my plan is working!! (evil laugh, ha ha ha!!) Anyway, a few of you have asked to see a picture of the car we recently bought. We washed it yesterday and she looks all pretty! Except, now we have to vacuum it again because we tracked sand in it today. Awww, you feel sorry for us I'm sure! So here's the pic! Well, as soon as I finish my pizza I need to take a shower to get rid of the sand. Later |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 27,March,2004 | Torrid \TOR-id\ adjective 1: parched with heat especially of the sun : hot *2 : ardent, passionate Part of my current assignment through my Christian Writers Guild course is to begin finding new and interesting words. So I signed up for urlLink Merriam-Websters word of the day e-mail list. Today's word evoked some torrid emotions within me as I thought that I could still be in Michigan suffering the misery of March instead of enjoying the torrid Florida weather. Anyway, be on the lookout. I'll probably start using some of my fun, new words of the day on you! Ked and I decided to catch a matinee of Starsky & Hutch this afternoon and it turned out to be quite the adventure! First I check online and see there's a showing at 1:40 p.m. We cruise on over to the theater to discover the times online were wrong and there is no 1:40 showing, it's not until 5:05!! So we chowed down some Chinese and then strolled through the shops in the complex looking at all the things we can't buy at Family Christian Stores, Michaels and Best Buy. (Speaking of the Family Christian store, our store down here is horrible! We would spend hours browsing the books and listening to the sample cd's at the store on CU's campus. This store's music is soooo old they couldn't give it away! It's like stepping back in time!) Finally we head back to see the movie. After it was too late, we realized we had picked bad seats. A few seats down sat an older couple who started commentating the previews. Yes, and that continued through the ending credits! Although it was quite annoying, at the same time their out of touch comments were at times pretty funny. 'They got the wrong house, oh, they got the wrong house!' When the original Starsky & Hutch made a cameo near the end, the lady felt the whole theater wouldn't catch the fact that 'Those two are the originals!!' Oh, my. We got a little more than we bargained for with our $6 tickets. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 25,March,2004 | A wakeup call that came WAY to early! Thursdays are always a fun day. I usually have Bible studies with the ladies in the morning, but it's spring break week so we're takin the week off. Then in the evenings we have Life Group, which is always a blast. But this morning began WAY to early! If you remember I mentioned a couple blogs ago about Sadie and her shiny, fuzzy balls that she kicks around like soccer balls and is ALWAYS losing under the t.v., behind the bookcase, under the couch. Well very early this morning she apparently lost one behind the metal filing cabinet in our bedroom. It's 4:45 a.m. and we are rudely awakened by 'thud, thud, thud' as she begins to paw at the filing cabinet in an attempt to get the ball out. And on and on it went until I dragged myself out of bed and sprayed her with the handy squirt bottle we keep nearby for such occasions. Five minutes later just as I'm drifting off to sleep again 'thud, thud, thud.' I spray her again and this went on several times until we somehow in our sleepy state managed to kick her out of the room and shut the door. Then she pawed at the door to get back in until she realized that wasn't going to happen! I tell ya, she wasn't so cute anymore! So tonight we had Life Group and we're going through a six week marriage study on conflict. I confess, for a variety of reasons, Ked and I were really dragging our feet into this study, (and we were facilitating tonight!) It's not that we're perfect, but conflict has never really been a big issue for us. We both have always put a lot of effort into communicating with each other and over the years we've developed a very transparent relationship. Transparency (our topic for tonight) is something we both value and it flows rather freely in our relationship. We also have trouble with studies (such as this one) that list 'these are the four steps to be transparent!' That's a discussion for another time. So, although this study isn't where we're at and was kind of a lot of 'blah, blah, blah' for us, we prayed that we wouldn't let that show and that God might somehow use us. We know that it will most likely meet others in the group where they are and we want to be a helpful part of that process, not a hindrance. As always, the evening was enjoyable, full of stimulating conversation and thoughtful input, and I can honestly say we thoroughly enjoyed the lesson and gained insight from the others in the group. We have a great group of couples who always inject humor and honesty into the discussions. So, despite the dragging of our own feet, I think it turned out well, and we are looking forward to the rest of the study. Wise, insightful, poetic...not necessarily true, but I like it, oh mighty Falcon! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 24,March,2004 | Welcome to the world of blogging, urlLink Chris R ! Ked told me about yours today. We'll look forward to seeing those engagement pics! You ask 'How can it be?' on all those occasions at work where something isn't working out and at the last minute it pulls together?? Well, that's just the way it goes at RBC, from my experience!! Today was pretty uneventful. I had a nice chat with my Mom on the phone. She's the coolest. She never ceases to amaze me at her wealth of knowledge when it comes to wifely duties and sewing. She's rattling stuff away and I'm scrambling for a pen and paper. 'Wait, back up. How does that work again?' I finally feel like I'm falling into a routine. It's taken 6 months, but I think I'm getting into the swing of things. It's helped that business is really picking up for urlLink OPMG , praise Jesus! So, I think that's it for today! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 23,March,2004 | We were meant to live Well, I see that the Falcon has finally responded! Although, you still didn't answer my question as to where you came up with Gladriel. While Dear Abby is o.k. it sounds a little old... I think I'll stick with Gladriel! O.K. enough of the code talk! Mondays are always a busy cleaning day for me. It never ceases to amaze me how two people can totally trash a place over a weekend. We always start out Friday evening with a clean and orderly home, and by Sunday afternoon it looks like a tornado hit!! Crusty pots and pans, paper all over the floor, beds unmade...I suppose it has to do with the fact that I refuse to clean on the weekends. So on Mondays I whirlwind through the house throwing laundry in and out of the washer and cleaning like a maniac. I always stand in the middle of the living room and sigh when I'm done. The world is at peace again, well at least my little slice of the world! Monday night I had dinner at Bernadette's house with her and Sarah, the other gal in my ladies small group. We had a great time of fellowship over dinner chatting about marriage and our womanly struggles. We're going through the book Do You Think I'm Beautiful? and it's bringing up more insecurities than I'd like to admit. It's wonderful to have a safe place to go where other women are working through the same issues. They are all so beautiful!! Speaking of beautiful, I had a nice chat with Jenn today. Ked and I miss her and Nate like crazy. It's amazing how it can feel like we've known them our whole lives and it's really only been a year and a half. God knew we would all need each other during that past year and a half too. We often wonder what if we hadn't walked into that new church and Nate hadn't been standing there to greet us? Scary! We're all going through some of the same stuff as we are establishing ourselves in new communities and making new friends. A simple phone call makes 1,200 miles feel like 12, that is until I realize I can't get in my car and drive there to see them today. July can't come soon enough. Sadie has been crazy the past couple days! Ked thought she was bored so he had me buy a bag of her favorite fuzzy shiny balls last weekend. She plays with them constantly! There's half a dozen hidden under the tv and couch and behind the bookcase. She loses them every five minutes and then bugs you to death until you pull them out for her. What a cutie pie! How is it that we can have such a soft spot for our animals? Well, I'm off to do my Pilates tape. Karon and I have this accountability thing going on. We're going to be new women by the time we see each other in July! And I have to do better this week than I did last week! for so much more! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 21,March,2004 | Oh Happy Day! Today was a happy day and so I wore my happy outfit! My happy outfit is bright red, black and pink striped skirt and a bright red shirt. It always makes me happy to wear it because it's a nice lightweight material in fun bright colors that has a very slimming effect on me! So you ask, 'Why was today a happy day?' I'm not really sure! I think it's just the combination of the sunshine, the temperatures warming up, and everything blooming! Last night when we were at the Carr's the air was filled with a beautiful, overwhelming smell of blooms. Dan said it was probably the citrus trees. It was intoxicating! I didn't expect to see a change of seasons down here, but you really do. It's definitely spring and everything is coming alive and blooming. After church today we packed a couple sandwiches and drove a few miles north to an 11 mile trail on a preserve that we found a couple weeks ago. It was a gorgeous scene through pines and palms, but a mile and half into it, my ankle started to hurt. I told Ked that it felt like my rollerblades were rubbing the skin off my left ankle. I stopped and adjusted them, bladed a little further, stopped again, sat down, took it off, and sure enough a nice layer of skin had rubbed off. OUCH! It was a combination of thin socks and cheap rollerblades. So we turned around and headed back, and I was limping along. (Yes, you can limp on rollerblades!) Ked got behind me and started pushing me. He ended up getting a really good workout! We were almost back to the car and he's huffing, 'well at least you have something to blog about!' Next time I'll have to remember to wear thicker socks. After all that, we drove home and jumped in the pool to cool off. Despite the debacle with my rollerblades it was a very refreshing afternoon. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 19,March,2004 | Friday night we went to our first class for the Public Access TV station.Well, actually it was an orientation. We thought last week was orientation, but apparently that was pre-orientation! We're still not sure what we'll do for a t.v. program, but we're praying about it and starting to toss some ideas around in our heads. It really struck me when the instructor told us that we had a possible audience of 500,000. There's a lot of weight and responsibility there. Ked and I had prayed that we would move to a community that needed some of the Light and that we would be able to impact the community for Christ. We're definitely in an area in desperate need of Light and well, this just could be a medium to do some good with! The station is on the local basic cable on channels 19 and 20, which is awesome to be in the lower numbers - there's a better chance more people will stop on your program. The next class isn't until early May and that will be t.v. graphics. Ked is really excited about that one, naturally. In the meantime we've signed up to help with the Community Desk which means we can get hands on training while helping other producers with various community events such as parades, sports, religious events. We think it will be a great way to get involved in the community and get a feel for this public t.v. thing. Tonight (Saturday) we went over to the Carrs in Winter Haven. Ked's Grandma and Grandpa have been visiting from Michigan and we made the 45 minute drive to hang out with them. We had a yummy KFC (which is Kitchen Fresh, not Kentucky Fried now!) dinner and a great time visiting with the fam. It's nice to have family close by! It's definitely made the transition easier for us. One last bit of news. The site Ked did for his Uncle Ben is now live. Please, please, go visit urlLink www.bencarrfamily.com and tell other people about the site. Pray with us that this will be a tool God will use to generate prayer and financial support for this very special family. The site will give you Ben's story as well as ways that you can get involved including current prayer requests, a link to send a message of encouragement, and how to make a financial donation. Thank you! Good night (or is it morning!!) |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 19,March,2004 | Thursdays are always a busy day for me. I spend all morning at the church for a Bible study. It's always enjoyable to worship and fellowship with the women there. I'm enjoying the book my group is going through 'Do You Think I'm Beautiful?' Then in the afternoons I usually go to the grocery store and run various errands. Then by the time I pick up Ked and we make it home we have time to grab a quick bite to eat and head to Life Group. But we didn't make it to Life Group tonight and we were supposed to lead tonight! Oh well. Ked is still feeling sick and he wasn't feeling good at all when he got home from work. He crashed on the couch and I called us in sick. Anyway, not much to say tonight. My brain is pretty fried. I've spent the last few hours scrapbooking our Alaska pictures and I think I've hit my wall! I'm almost done with them which is absolutely amazing considering there were over 200 pictures to scrapbook! I'm pretty pleased with the album. It's so much fun to scrapbook all these amazing pictures that Ked took and remember what a great time we had. That feels like so long ago...so much has happened since then. That's what scrapbooks are for. To preserve all those memories. Night y'all |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 17,March,2004 | I'm back in the saddle! Today was exhilarating! As Ked and I continue to figure out the processes for urlLink onPO!NT Media Group I am becoming more and more involved. It's neat to see how well we complement each other (you look so great, oh and so do you!). Where one of us is weak, the other is strong. So we are learning to maximize those strengths and minimize our weaknesses as we develop this business. Ked is turning over project management to me and I couldn't be more thrilled!! I spent the morning responding to e-mails and calling a couple clients, making some text changes and e-mailing files. It felt sooo good. This is an area where I THRIVE! I love managing projects and working through the details. I'm learning more about the software Ked uses and I'm getting pretty good at making the changes a client requests after Ked sends the initial design. It's good to be back. After dinner we realized it's St Patrick's Day today, and we hadn't had a Shamrock Shake yet from McDonald's!! Oh nooo!!! It's tradition!! So we drove through the drive through at McDonald's for a Shamrock Shake, and it was yummy! Of course we always get a medium and every time remind ourselves that a small is plenty! Ked posted a picture of our yummy pleasure over at urlLink What's the Po!nt? ahhh....and as we were headed to McDonald's we saw a huge orange fireball setting into the horizon. It was gorgeous. Wish you were here. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 16,March,2004 | Phase 2 So I'm feeling a little thoughtful today. I suppose that's what happens when I spend a couple days by myself and it's raining. Ked and I are at a new place in our life, and I don't just mean our move to Florida. For the past six and a half years, it's like we've been moving through Phase 1. We grew into adulthood together, developed an unbelievably sound marriage relationship, worked through bitterness toward God and church, and learned to love and experience God 'outside the box.' We discovered and honed the skills for our career paths, finished our degrees, and searched our hearts for what role ministry would play in our lives. Through it all, we were searching, searching, searching. What plan does God have for our lives? What if we miss it? We've often been told what a dynamic team we are, and that haunted us. We don't want to be viewed, especially by God, as people who have so much potential. We want to LIVE to our fullest potential. At times we felt as if God was hiding, or maybe our faith wasn't big enough, or sometimes that He just wasn't listening. We prayed, we cried, we vented, and always searched to know God's plan, His truth and His wisdom. And then all the sudden, it happened. Phase 1 closed with a bang. We graduated, took a missions trip and fulfilled a three year dream to move here. It was a time that was so big, only God could have done it. As we transitioned into Phase 2 we learned how weak our faith was. Along the way the questions continued to haunt us, but slowly, we continued to grow and God began to answer. Dreams started to be fulfilled, and God continued to give us glimpses of Him. It's amazing. It's scary. The responsibility sometimes frightens me. But the fears began to wash away and the tide dropped peace onto the shore. Today as I was thinking through all of this again, I hopped onto the website of our friends at urlLink RBC Ministries. The reading for urlLink today's Daily Bread confirmed what I have begun to realize. God doesn't hide from those who truly seek Him. They quoted from urlLink Proverbs 2:1-6 3 if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. We've been crying, even pleading. God WANTS to give understanding and knowledge of Him and His plan for us. He doesn't play games. It will come with time, and there’s no rush. I’ve come to realize it will take my whole life to figure out all that God has in store, and for once I’m just enjoying the journey as He reveals a little bit more each day. It’s a nice place to be. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 15,March,2004 | All the Things I Hate Today I got to do all the things I hate! At least I got them all out of the way on a Monday so I can enjoy the rest of the week! I've got this weird paranoia about Dr. offices, hospitals, needles and x-rays, and today I got to go to the Doctor AND get my blood drawn (all just routine stuff). I have no idea how, when or why my paranoia began, but I remember almost passing out during x-rays in the 6th grade. Then in high school I DID pass out after some shots. I remember telling the nurse I felt queasy and next thing I knew I was staring at Barney on the ceiling. If you ever want to get me worse than running your fingers on a chalkboard, just tell me about your recent ailment. Be warned though, I might throw up! Whenever I go to a hospital or nursing home to visit someone as I approach the parking lot, my chest starts to tighten. I have to take slow, deep breaths to slow my heart down and control that nauseous knot in my stomach. So this afternoon I went through the whole routine as I pulled into the parking lot and sat in the waiting room. THEN she said she was going to draw some blood. I've learned to just flat out tell them I'm a sissy and that I should lay down. They're always quite happy to oblige since they don't want to have to pick me up off the floor! When I picked Ked up from work this afternoon, I proudly showed off the cotton ball taped to my arm...'and I didn't even pass out!!' |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 14,March,2004 | We like it hot, hot, hot!! ahhh! What a beautiful day! Unfortunately, Ked woke up feeling rather yucky. I think he has what I had a couple weeks ago. That and there's enough pollen in the air down here to make everyone sneeze and sniffle. We had a wonderful visit catching up with my Great Aunt Jean and Uncle Lowell over lunch. They spend their winters not far from here. They treated us to lunch at Chili's, and we enjoyed getting to know them better. It's always fun to talk to people who knew your parents as kids and babysat them. They told some good stories about my Mom that we'd never heard before! Like shoplifting a candy bar? And cutting Uncle Lowell's hair? We're planning to visit them again at their place before they head north in a month. As we were driving home we got a voicemail from Ked's Dad asking if we had gotten snow like they had this morning. Ked smirked and rolled the windows all the way down for our ride home! In further defiance of the cold and misery of March that our fine friends of the north are facing, we decided to walk down the street for an ice cream treat! There's nothing quite so nice as a stroll in the sun with a nice breeze and one hand in your best friend's hand and the other wrapped around ice cream. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 13,March,2004 | I love Saturdays! Ked worked on some freelance jobs off and on all day long, and I just hung around. I have these days every now and then when I'm restless. Nothing sounds interesting to do and so I flit from activity to activity not really accomplishing anything nor having the mental focus to accomplish anything if I tried. Today was one of those days! Jason called last night and it was good to catch up with him. Ked and I continually count our blessings when it comes to our siblings and their other halves. It's one thing to have good relationships with all our siblings. It's quite another thing to consider them great friends and people we want to hang out with and live our lives with. We are truly blessed. Speaking of blessed with good friendships, the Falcon has given me the code name of Gladriel on his blog (nxgnn8). He says we should all understand where our code names came from, but this is a complete mystery to me. The thought of being a tall, slender, blonde elf is quite appealing though! Or maybe he chose it realizing what a graceful and qualified leader I am. HA!! Anywho, we are continually thankful for the friendship there, as well as with all our friends across the country. It's most delightful to look over the map of our lives and recognize that were it not for a pitt stop or a detour here and there we might not have some of the most precious friendships in our lives. It may be through a chance meeting (like Chancel camp freshman year at CU, I miss you Jennifer!), or through the friendship of our parents and their common hobbies (where are you Karen, I miss you too!), or a lifetime bond begun in kindergarten Sunday School (I can't wait to see you in July, Shelley!), but there is no doubt that the golden threads of friendship woven into my life enrich the beauty of life on this earth. No matter the time and distance that separates us, you are precious gems. In blogging news, Ked helped me add a comments section to my blog! You can now post a reply, comment or thought to my posts! So, we are still looking for ideas for a tv show to produce for Public Access (see my previous post). If you have any suggestions, post a reply! Ked's coworker Brian thought we could do a David Blaine spoof. With Ked growing his hair out long, Brian says Ked looks like a magician and thought we could go around the University campus and do magic tricks. Oh my. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 11,March,2004 | In a Fog I was pretty tired yesterday and felt like my head was in a fog all day!! So I indulged myself with a couple hundred pages of a novel that I borrowed from Karon. I was jealous of her reading and realized it had been quite awhile since I had read one. Ked and I did something interesting last night. We went with his coworker Brian to an orientation for our local Public Access television station. We go back next week and will probably take a 12 week course which will certify us to produce our own show. We really don't have any idea what we would do with it yet. It sounded like something fun and with as creative as we try to be we thought it might be a cool adventure. So if you have any ideas of what kind of show we should do, e-mail me!! Hollywood here we come! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 11,March,2004 | And That's Why They Call it the Blues I am sad to report that the Adventures of the Tropical Sister Chicks ended today. We dropped Ked off at work and then Karon and I headed to McDonald's for breakfast (shhh!! Don't tell Ked --that's twice we went without him!). After we finished eating it was about 9:15 and she needed to be at the airport at 9:30. She didn't have any trouble checking in and called us when she got to Grand Rapids. Her flight was smooth and fortunately it wasn't horribly cold when she arrived! We miss her terribly already! We had such a great time with her and I really enjoyed having company during the day. And thus began my blues. After I dropped her off reality set in that my vacation was over too, and I was back to my routine of being alone all day. Now don't get me wrong, it's not too often that I get bored. It took me awhile to adjust from working full time and being in school full time to staying at home and helping Ked with onPO!NT Media Group, but I did eventually get into a routine. Unfortunately, it's not very exciting and a lot of my human contact day in and day out is over e-mail, instant messaging, and a few phone calls. It's just not near as exciting as laying next to Karon on a beach and giggling over sea gulls stealing her food or just giggling for no reason other than it's 80 degrees and beautiful. I realized how much I was going to miss that company of having someone around during the day and that lump in my throat wouldn't go away. So before I headed home I decided to give myself therapy and I headed to JoAnn's etc. Ked had asked me to pick up a couple pieces of foam board that were on sale, and well you know I had to browse. And there just so happened to be a big rack of clearance scrapbooking paper and so I picked up a few sheets and felt better about myself and my life. After I picked up Ked from work I shared my blues with him and he had me feeling better in no time. He showed me how to use my new Adobe Photoshop Elements software to create an online photo album and now I think I'm the coolest thing since sliced bread. (And now you're thinking, what a looney on a rollercoaster today!!!) Anyway, I'm like super duper excited about this photo album, so humor me and click urlLink here , or under photos on the menu to your right, no your other right! Click on Tropical Sister Chicks and check out pictures from all the adventures you've read about! You can click on a picture and it will show you a bigger one and you can flip through them that way. Don't you just love the coconuts?? |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 10,March,2004 | In for the home stretch Yesterday and today were another couple of great days as we rounded the home stretch of Karon's trip. Yesterday she and I did the morning routine of dropping off Ked and then we headed to Sarasota to see Grandma Louise and hit the shops and beach of Venice. We visited with Grandma for a little while and she showed off her new digs to Karon. Grandma is the shell queen and she lives in castle of shells. Those of you who know her know what I mean! Grandma has picked up shells on the Gulf coast of Florida for over 20 years and she has a collection that belongs in the Guiness Book of World Records! Karon has had quite a blast picking up shells over the past week and she was in awe of Grandma's collection. Karon was wondering what all she could do with her shells once she got home and now she has plenty of ideas!! Karon has told me a couple times she doesn't understand why I don't go to the beach every day because she sure would if she lived here! Grandma drove us down to Venice and we toured the shops on the cool little strip. I took Karon to our family's all time favorite - Sea Pleasures and Treasures. We spent quite a bit of time in there and Karon found some real winning treasures. You can never go wrong in that store. You want cool jewelry? Want to make your own jewelry out of your finds? They have it all. Karon also found an awesome turtle necklace that she says I made her buy, but I promise I didn't!! She thought it was cool and didn't know if she had anything to wear it with and so I suggested she try it on. It just so happened to look awesome with the shirt she was wearing!! After the shops we hit Casperson Beach, another one of my all time favorites and Grandma's second home. Or maybe the beach is really her home and her home is her second home. Hmmm. Grandma has three shoe boxes full of shark's teeth that she's picked up at Casperson over the years. Yesterday wasn't a good day to find teeth though. The wind was really blowing again and the waves were moving too quickly to find anything. We did sift through quite a few shells and Karon found some good ones that we hadn't found at Fort DeSoto, and we did find two little shark's teeth that Karon can put in her scrapbook. We only stayed at the beach a little while and even though we rolled them up above our knees, I still managed to get my jeans soaked! Brrr!! It was cold! It's been funny to hear Karon talk about how it's been chilly the past few days. Before she came to visit she thought I was crazy when I would tell her that 65 felt cold. But after being spoiled in the 80's for a few days last week she understands what I mean now!! We ate a late lunch at Grandma's and visited some more before heading back to pick up Ked. For supper we treated Karon to some awesome pizza at Buca DiBeppo's and raced home to watch the Wild Card episode of American Idol! Today we kind of wound things down and tied up loose ends. We dropped Ked off at work and headed to Wal-Mart for a few things and Karon got her two rolls of film developed and then found a book at Borders to read on the flight home. We then headed to Rosemary Tea Cottage for tea at 11:30. This is a great little spot that my friend April told me about when we first moved here. I took Ked's Mom there in November and we had a blast! They serve the yummiest sandwiches and scones and today topped it off with a moist peanut butter brownie and lemon sorbet. We had a wonderful time just chatting and relaxing as we recapped our trip and talked about dreams for the future and where we feel God leading us over the next couple years. It was a wonderful, refreshing time. Next we headed back to our apartment and Karon packed up and we made cd's of the pictures off our digital camera and I copied the cd's of the pictures she just developed and we washed her shells and bleached the sand dollars and just had a good time getting her ready to go home. After Ked got home we were all so tired we just kind of hung around, Ked finished a few projects, and we watched the verdict of last night's American Idol. We all hit the hay early tonight. Except for me. Why am I still up? Oh yeah, because I'm addicted to blogging and I didn't want to let all two of my regular readers down!!! =) Good night all. This Tropical Sister Chicks asleep already! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 09,March,2004 | The adventures of Tropical Sister Chicks and da brother Well, well. Where do I begin? What an awesome weekend! Friday - A Spa Treatment, A Writing Victory & Concert #1 Karon and I dropped Ked off at work on Friday and headed back to Fort DeSoto for another day at the beach. As we were walking toward the beach an older gentleman wearing a ballcap sitting at a picnic table waved at us. I did a double take as I realized a squirrel was sitting on his head eating the corn the gentleman was setting on the bill of his hat! It turned out to be a very windy day and Karon decided it would be fun to ride the waves. The water was so cold it felt like a tub full of ice! The waves made it hard to find many sand dollars. We found a couple then headed back to our towels. The wind was blowing the sand and it wasn't long before we were covered head to toe in a thin layer of sand. All we needed to do was scrub in some water and we had a full body spa exfoliating treatment! Karon managed to eat all of her sandwich too. There were a couple birds hovering over us while we ate, but I kept flailing my arms and yelling at them calling them all sorts of names. Finally they flew away and I was sure I heard one of them squawk 'stupid tourists!' We didn't stay at the beach long and headed back to the apartment and jumped in the pool to get rid of that gritty feeling. That afternoon I was under pressure to finish a project for Ked. He needed content for a website he is doing for his Uncle Ben. Ben was diagnosed with a brain tumor several years ago. If you haven't been reading Ked's blog, check out his entry for urlLink February 17 , he sums this project up well. It's been a tough one for us to work on because it is so personal and painful. Ked had asked me to work up some text for the site and I wrestled with it for weeks. Friday was the deadline and I knew Ked wanted it Saturday morning. I took a shower after Karon and I went swimming and I was praying asking God for help. I had no idea what to say or how to present Ben's story. Suddenly, the words just started flowing. I jumped out of the shower, dressed and headed straight to my computer. Fifteen minutes later what I had been wrestling with for several weeks was on the screen. I was so thankful and knew that God had helped me. As I relayed the story to Ked over dinner he said, 'Now you're starting to sound like a professional writer. You just had your first story come to you in the shower!' Keep your eyes on urlLink www.bencarrfamily.com . The site should be up in the next week. Ben and his family are very dear to us, and they could use your prayers. Friday night ended with Ked and I going to the Linkin Park P.O.D. concert. We had a great time and came home with raspy voices. Karon insisted that she did not want to go and spent the evening at our place with Sadie and some good movies. Saturday - Concert #2 Saturday we spent the morning tying up some responsibilities around the house. Karon and I headed to JoAnn's etc. to fuel our obsession of scrapbooking. They were having a BIG sale and Karon found some great stickers for all the pictures she's taken while down here. We headed over to Winter Haven to pick up Kristen for the urlLink See Spot Rock concert in Orlando. We had a couple hours to hang out with the family and Karon, Ked, Kristen, Uncle Dan, Molly and I played a short round of RISK. None of us really knew what we were doing at first, but it was a lot of fun! Paul and Molly begged us to come back next week and play again, but they said we can't come until next Saturday. They're grounded from RISK until then. Apparently after we left for the concert a nuclear explosion happened and game pieces were all over the house in a Paul/Molly explosion! We had an absolute BLAST at the concert at the Last Wave Club. The club is a ministry that was started as a safe and fun place for teens to hang out in the Orlando area and as an alternative to the secular club scene. Before heading in, we three girls used some of Karon's red hair paste gave ourselves some red streaks and glittered our faces. Ked had these glow sticks and we each put one in our mouths and it was so cool because the club was dark and we were glowing. People kept asking us if it was our gum and where we had gotten them. After a while though they started to taste funny and we realized they were leaking! So we threw them out. But Ked's actually exploded in his mouth and it was really funny because his mouth was all speckled and glowing!! The club was packed and it wasn't long before it was hot and sweaty. Our favorites of the evening were urlLink GRITS , Pillar, and Skillet. Karon and I had seen Skillet in concert last year and WOW have they changed up their sound! Their new album is incredible and they sound so much bigger and better! We didn't care as much for 12 Stones. The other three bands were purposeful in their testimony and music without being preachy. 12 Stones had a lead singer who was sometimes just plain strange and there wasn't much point really to their performance other than to just sing. During the show there was a group of Jr. High boys that had way too much testosterone and they decided to mosh. We got quite the kick out of watching Ked throw elbows every time they came too close to 'his girls'! Afterwards we got to meet and have our pictures taken with GRITS, Skillet and Pillar. All those guys and gals were just so awesome. They were friendly and personable and I just can't describe how cool they were. It was an awesome evening and once again we had scratchy voices!! We headed back to the Carrs place and got a few hours sleep before getting up and heading to Sea World!! Sunday - dolphins, Sting Rays, and Whales, Oh my! Sunday we headed to Sea World Orlando. It had been at least 20 years since I had been to a Sea World and over 10 since Karon and Ked had been. We had such a great time! The weather was beautiful, but we still decided to avoid the splash zones at the shows. We loved seeing the dolphins and killer whales show off their skills and interact with the trainers. What a rush that has to be for them to be launched in the air by a killer whale! We got to pet some dolphins and sting rays and get a peek at some adorable baby dolphins. The sea otter show was hilarious! Those animals are so much fun! And we also enjoyed the Pets Ahoy show where they train various animals from a rat to cats, dogs, geese, and a pig that they rescue from shelters. I would love to know how they trained those cats. We can't get Sadie to do anything! We left the park not long before they closed and headed over towards Downtown Disney. We had some great Chicago style pizza at Pizzeria Uno and then walked the shops at Downtown Disney. That place was CRAZY shoulder to shoulder people! Spring Break is definitely in session! Karon and I hit, can you believe it, the scrapbook shop!! She picked up some cute Mickey shaped eyelets and some Disney stickers. We then walked through a couple more shops where you can find just about anything with a Disney label and theme that you could ever imagine. Finally we headed to our hotel with aching feet and burning eyes. We caught a few hours sleep before getting up early and heading to meet Uncle Dan at Disney World on Monday! Monday - Lions, Tigers and Winne the Pooh, Oh my! We met Uncle Dan at the entrance to the Animal Kingdom bright and early at 8 a.m. sharp! He let us in the gate and suggested that we go on the safari first thing. He walked us back and rode the safari with us. Uncle Dan is hilarious and we love hearing him tell us the inside stuff at Disney. We'd be riding along and the safari guy driving the bus would excitedly shout 'look at those ostrich eggs!' We'd look and Dan would smirk. I'd ask 'hmm...I bet those eggs have taken three years to hatch!' Disney is quite amazing at putting together an experience. Yes, the animals are live, but those termite hills that are as hard as concrete that the animals scratch their heads on really are as hard as concrete because...um, they are concrete!! After the safari Dan said adios and we headed out exploring more of the Kingdom. We did all we could do in Animal Kingdom then headed to MGM for screams and thrills on the Tower of Terror and Rock'n RollerCoaster. I love those 2 rides. Tower of Terror is my favorite because they have like 12 variations so it's different every time. It's just so cool to not know when you're going to drop or how many times. I'm not sure what's more thrilling -- the suspense of when you're going to drop or the actual drop!! Then we headed to the madness of the Magic Kingdom and finished out the day there. We decided not to stay for the fireworks and left a little early to save $20 and catch dinner outside the park. Our feet were aching and our eyes burning, but we were exhausted and happy. What a fun weekend! It was a blast to share all that fun with Karon. She's so cool and a riot to hang out with. Sometimes we get to laughing until we cry. It's so cool because we're all friends and we've been friends for so long and have shared so many memories. I guess that's the cool thing about knowing your husband's family for sooo long. I feel like I've been part of the family forever (I mean we're going on 10 years of being together). Thanks!! So, Friday was Kurt and Ken's birthdays. We tried to send out a Happy Birthday Yo, but we didn't catch either of them. I guess the siblings don't matter as much now that they have the ladies. =) We left messages to let them know we were thinking of them. Then the Mama's birthday was Saturday, and we did catch her to send a Happy Birthday song. Hope you all had great birthdays! We were thinking of you as we sung our lungs out at our concerts. Well, I'm sure I missed some of the details, but you're probably tired of reading by now, and I really need to go to bed. Karon and I have one last day of fun planned before she heads back!! Maybe I'll post a picture tomorrow, but for now Ked posted one at urlLink www.onpointmediagroup.com/blog . Tropical Sister out! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 08,March,2004 | Wow!! What a fun, extended weekend! We had an absolute blast at our concerts on Friday and Saturday and then Sea World on Sunday and Disney today!! Whew! We had all the fun our feet could take! And some very cool pictures! Unfortunately, you will have to wait one more day to hear about it because I'm whipped and going to bed! Just wanted to let you all know it was great and I'll share our stories with you tomorrow! Sleepy but Happy Ameliou!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 06,March,2004 | To Be Continued... Just a quick note to let you know I'll be away for a few days....I'll have to catch you up on yesterday because it was one of the best Fridays ever!! We are walking out the door right now to head towards Orlando. We're picking up Kristen and then heading to See Spot Rock with Skillet, 12 Stones, Pillar, Grits and Big Dismal!! Then it's on to Sea World tomorrow and Disney on Monday! It's going to be an AWESOME weekend!! Rock on! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 04,March,2004 | Today was for the birds! Literally! Tropical Sister Chicks Day 3. Karon and I headed out to Clearwater beach for another day of sand and surf. We arrived at the beach at 9:30 a.m. and decided to hit the tourist shops while waiting for the sun to warm up. After browsing through rows of alligator heads, sharks in a jar, and shark tooth necklaces we headed for the beach. By this time it was getting close to 11 a.m. and we decided we were hungry. So, after we staked our claim of beach for the day we pulled out our packed sandwiches. Karon took two bites of her sandwich and was raising her sandwich to her mouth for another bite and we heard this SQUAWK, SQUAWK, SWOOSH, and a scream!!! Next thing I see is turkey flying to the left, a piece of bread flying to the right, and a very brave seagull flying away with Karon's sandwich!! This CRAZY bird flew in from behind her right over her shoulder and in one smooth swoop stole her sandwich right from her hands!! Karon is sitting there with her empty hands in position to take a bite from her sandwich and we just started laughing our heads off!!! Within milliseconds a swarm of seagulls had snatched up the rest of the sandwich. Everyone at the beach was staring at us! Not long after that we saw the seagulls perform their sting again, only this time the sandwich hadn't even made it out of the plastic bag!! A little later we headed to the concession stand so Karon could get some lunch! We think that it might be a secret operation where the concession people teach the seagulls to steal people's food so that they have to buy from their stand. Anyway, Karon finally has another sandwich in hand and she heads to the condiment stand to put some mayo on her sandwich. They had the mayo, ketchup and mustard in these fountains like what bars use to dispense beer. She pulls on the handle and this runny mayo EXPLODES all over her shirt and the wall! Again, we just busted up laughing. This was not her day to eat!! As if that wasn't enough after we finished eating we headed back to our stake of the beach and a bird had pooped on our blanket, right where Karon's head had been laying!! It was hilariously insane! So we decided that tomorrow we will head back to Fort DeSoto where the birds don't steal your sandwich. Bronzed Tropical Sister Chick out!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 03,March,2004 | Everything's Just Beachy Tropical Sister Chicks Day 2!! This morning Karon and I dropped Ked off at work and with picnic lunches and sunscreen in tow we headed for the beach! We went to Fort DeSoto beach rated by someone nicknamed 'Mr. Beach' as the 2nd best beach in the U.S. for 2003 right behind a beach in Hawaii. It was a beautiful day in the low 80's with the perfect mix of sunshine, clouds, and light breeze. The beach was sandy white and well maintained. The water was chilly at first, feeling like Lake Michigan in July. We arrived around 10 a.m. and had the beach mostly to ourselves. By noon the area had started to fill up but was far from crowded. We started to walk the beach and in addition to seeing a tiny 1/2 inch crab we saw various shells and lots of sand dollar pieces. I said to Karon, I bet if we walk out there a little we'd find whole sand dollars. Not long after that we saw a lady walking with a handful of sand dollars and she said people were finding them out where I thought we would. So Karon and I waded out about thigh deep and started walking. We ended up getting totally drenched thanks to the waves and bending over to pickup our treasures. We walked away with 15 very cool sand dollars and some of the largest shells I've ever picked up on a beach. I found one sweet shell and was all excited until I pulled it out of the water and realized it was still alive!! Some black squishy mussel was opening and closing his mouth in protest to being picked up. I tossed him back. We had a great time relaxing and enjoying the great outdoors. We came home after picking up Ked and decided to finish what we started last night. Karon added a few more blonde chunks to her hair and then Amelia got her blonde highlights. So much sun & fun!! Tomorrow we're going to check out another beach!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 02,March,2004 | Tropical Sister Chicks! Today began the tropical adventure of two sister-in-laws who are more like sisters. The weather was good to Karon today and she had a great flight in and even arrived early!! Ked and I picked her up and the warm 80 degree weather greeted her as she walked out of the airport. She and Ked stood watching the baggage carousel go round and round few times before Karon recognized her suitcase. The suitcase was upside down and she didn't recognize the backside of it! Thus began a day full of chatter and laughs. The sister chicks dropped Ked off at work and headed out to see what the day might hold. Since we had to pick Ked up again in a few hours we decided to stay in town. We began to plot our week of adventure. And we started out as we quite often do with a change of hair color!! After searching Target and Wal-Mart for just the right shades we were armed to begin our adventures in style. We were laughing as we discussed all our hair escapades. 'Now was that the time you went for blonde and red chunks, or was that the subtle blonde time?' After dinner we started with Karon. I pulled her hair through the cap while we watched American Idol and discussed who was out of tune and whether or not we agreed with Simon's comments. Karon decided on blonde and red highlights. We only made it through the blonde highlights tonight. Her red highlights and Amelia's blonde highlights will have to wait until tomorrow night. By 10:30 we were all pretty tired. We packed lunches for tomorrow and grabbed a stash of magazines and books to take with us to the beach tomorrow. It will be another fun day!! So now I must head to bed as I am tired and my fingers aren't finfing the rigjt keuyrs. Yeah. I had like four hours sleep last night, partly because I was really excited for Karon to come today and partly because I just have sleep issues. I'm a night owl and my body is just wired differently. So often I lay in bed for HOURS before I fall asleep. Last night the last time I looked at the clock it was 1:30 a.m. and I still wasn't tired. So I decided I'd tough it out today and force myself to be really tired tonight, and I think it worked!! Tropical Sister Chick out! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 01,March,2004 | The weekend was pretty uneventful, except for Ked's episode washing the car. If you haven't read it, check it out at urlLink www.onpointmediagroup.com/blog . It's hilarious!! I slept a lot in an attempt to kick this cold that's been haunting me for a week. Every now and then we look back on our decision to move here and have a fleeting thought of wondering if we did the right thing. Ked had been super stressed at his previous job. He was so overworked and underpaid. Now everyone says that they're overworked and underpaid, but in Ked's case he knew he was doing the work of three people. Daily he faced the sinking feeling of knowing there was more work than he could ever possibly get done. When he left we were curious to see what they would do to replace him. Just last week we heard that in fact, they are hiring their THIRD full time employee to replace him. Yes, we were right. He was doing the work of three people. They hired a graphic designer, a web programmer, and now are hiring a web manager who will handle the design aspects. We just laughed. It's self-gratifying to know it really did take three people to replace him. Today was a beautiful day. When Ked got home from work we hit the trail for a 2 mile jog/walk. It was cloudy and breezy and the perfect temperature to sweat a little but not overheat. Our senses were confronted with the smell of freshly cut grass bringing back all the nostalgia of spring. Along the way we saw a few trees and bushes just starting to bloom again. The birds were gathering and chirping in full force. I think they were making their travel arrangements to head back north. I love seeing everything come alive in the spring. It's going to be a busy and fun week with Karon arriving tomorrow! I'll keep you posted on our adventures. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 30,April,2004 | Singin in the Rain! It's been a busy couple of days! I was commenting to Ked on Wednesday night how sometimes I feel like I live in Florida, but I don't live in Florida. How's that for confusing?? What I mean is day in and day out 99% of the people I communicate with are in Ohio and Michigan. It's a wonderful thing that technology enables me to stay in touch with our family, friends, and clients back north. But sometimes I feel like I don't have much of a life here in Florida other than on Thursdays and Sundays. As if in a direct answer to my discussion on Wednesday night, Thursday was awesome. I had my ladies Bible study in the morning. I had missed two weeks and didn't realize how much I had missed it until we were worshipping together. After Bible study I was invited to a lunch meeting to help plan some upcoming women's events for the church. I was sitting around the table with some incredible, Godly women and I just breathed a prayer of thanks. I felt so connected and so in Florida. Speaking of the great women around that table, one is the wife of one of our pastors and I just love being around her, because every time she opens her mouth unbelievable wisdom comes out. She and her husband are the elders's elders, not just because of their age, but because they have so much experience, grace, and wisdom. I hope when I'm her age that I'm as graceful and wise as she is. In the few times I've been around her I've gleaned so much just by listening to her. After Bible study and the meeting I came home and whipped up a salad for our Life Group social. We had a great time hanging out at a potluck at one couple's apartment. We call ourselves the 'junk food' lifegroup because every week have some form of chocolate, pizza, chips, or candy (some weeks all of the above!). We're not too big on the fruits and vegetables - although last night we did have my salad and a veggie tray, along with two forms of brownies and a bowl of Skittles. Actually, I think everyone eats pretty well the rest of the week and we all just decided that Thursdays nights is the time to cut loose, or something! We have two new couples in the group and it was great to get to know them better. We played several rounds of 'catch phrase' and just had a blast. Today I took Ked into work and did some serious shopping. I had a $10 coupon to Famous Footwear that was about to expire, and I decided to use it to buy shoes for Shelley's wedding. I like shoe shopping; it's so much fun to try on new shoes and imagine what they'll look like with various outfits. Anyway, I found the perfect pair for the wedding - they are cute and comfortable! Such an unlikely match! After the victory there I headed to Target and scored a couple cool T-shirts for $4 each. Gotta love that! Then I headed to JoAnn's to use my 40% off coupon to pick up a scrapbook to put all my pages in I've been finishing lately. The funny thing is I actually had a dream about JoAnn's last night. I was in the store with someone (I don't remember who) and I was droning on and on about how awesome it was to have a JoAnn's etc. in town and how sweet it is that JoAnn's now has their own line of scrapbook products. What a nerd, I even dream about JoAnn's! That's scary. Anyway, I made it home with everything on the list and didn't pay full retail price for a single item! That's a good day. Then tonight Ked and I had another great Tampa experience. I discovered that the city has a free Friday concert series through the end of May in a city park. I packed a dinner and surprised Ked with the news when I picked him up. We got this really cool picnic set for Christmas from Aunt Nancy and Uncle Alan, and we put it to good use tonight. We arrived at the park at 5:30 and set up our picnic table with the table cloth and had a great relaxing dinner together enjoying the music that was playing while the crews set up. We put our dinner stuff back in the car and Ked grabbed a book and I grabbed a newspaper (vital to the upcoming story) and we sat in our camp chairs waiting for the concert to start. The crowd started to gather and so did the rain clouds overhead. There were two local bands on the lineup tonight - Blues and light rock 60's era style. The first band was a lot of fun. I love watching the little boys and the little old ladies in the audience get their groove on. The rest of us can only hope to be as cool as them. About a half hour into the concert, the clouds started to spit on us. We all thought for sure it would blow over and the band kept playing. Most people whipped out their umbrellas, and I put the newspaper on my head because SOMEONE left our cool big umbrella at work! =) After about ten minutes it started to downpour and they called the concert off. Half the fun really was getting rained out and drenched as we raced to our car. We were laughing and giggling the whole way home. It was such a fun evening and so much better than sitting at home or in a movie theater. They announced that they'll bring these two bands back in early June. We think we'll check them out again then. |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 28,April,2004 | If you haven't checked out the comments posted on my April 26 blog, please do so. My Uncle John wrote a beautiful note that day. Also big congratulations to my cousin on the birth of his baby! He is absolutely adorable!! This week has been rather uneventful around here. Last night I was scrapbooking away (still working on catching up last year's photos) and suddenly I think to myself, 'I bet it's REALLY late!' I got up to check the clock and it was 3 am!! I decided if I wanted to get anything done the next day I should head to bed! I was surprised when I got up at 10 am today and was awake!! I made a scrapbooker's resolution at the start of the new year. I decided I wouldn't buy any new paper until I had used up what I already have. For those of you who have seen my paper collection, you know that's quite a feat!! Most scrapbookers have 2 hobbies - scrapbooking and collecting scrapbooking supplies, and for me - paper is my thing. I've always loved paper, which is why I think I took to scrapbooking like a fish to water. Whenever fall came I would go through the stores and smell the school supplies. There's nothing like a fresh notebook - it holds so much potential!! I feel the same way when I sort through my scrapbook paper - there's so much potential!! I've enjoyed using up my supply of paper and have gotten quite creative in using up my scraps as well. I need to buy a new blender (I broke my last one, it fell out of the cabinet) and start making handmade paper out of my scraps. Well, no 3 am stunts tonight! I have Bible study in the morning! Amelia out!! (oh, that reminds me, George Huff survived another week on A.I. which I was so excited about since I couldn't get through to vote last night!! whew!!) |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 27,April,2004 | Ten on Tuesdays 1. Sister K. - It's been 19 days since you updated your blog! What's the deal-io?? It's not like you're working 2 jobs!! =) 2. Robertson - you need to get a comments section on your blog! I've got lots of thoughts about faith! 3. Kederoni - 24 Rocks!! 4. Mom P. - it's really weird to think of you as a great aunt. You're too young!! 5. Falcon - talkin 'bout snow on April 27 isn't a convincing argument to move back! 6. D.Q. (please pass it along, falcon!) - I appreciate your friendship and wish you were closer! Why'd you move so far away?? =) 7. Little bigger brother - I miss you...where are you?? You didn't call.... 8. My Washington Pal - it was so good to hear from you! I think you need to take a Florida vacation. 9. Kurdled Spilk - do we have a rock sighting yet? 10. K v.2.0 - So when are you and the lady gonna come see us? Pack up the blazer and head on down! She needs a vacation after fighting CU for 4 years! Not much going on today. I spent quite awhile on the phone and the internet researching some stuff. I got a call today about my student loans and looks like I'm eligible to consolidate which is great news. I don't have much debt, but this will help us pay it off even faster. It was pretty cool! Oh and I made a new recipe today - Boston Baked Beans. They cooked all day and turned out pretty good! I've never made baked beans from scratch before. Anyway... Well I need to go vote for American Idol. After the disaster of last week with Jennifer Hudson getting voted off, I need to make sure I get my votes in this week!! ok bbye! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 26,April,2004 | Dear Aunt Jan, I can't believe it's been a year since your smile faded into eternity. It seems like I haven't talked to you on the phone in awhile, until I realize that you wouldn't be there to answer if I called. You would probably be surprised at how often your name has come up in conversation over the past year. Little things here and there continue to remind me of you. It seems just like yesterday I was five years old twirling in Grandma's kitchen showing off my new Easter dress to you. You told 'the boys' to treat me nicely because I was a princess. In the blink of an eye, I was in elementary school and you bought me my first cross stitch kit. I was never as good as you were; your pieces were works of art. When I was learning how to sew in junior high, you once told me that a professional seamstress always pays close attention to the finishing of a garment making sure there are no threads hanging. I always think of you whenever I clip the threads on a recently finished project. You were the model of a graceful hostess and one of the warmest and kindest women I've ever known. I miss you terribly, but I'm thankful you are no longer in pain. Jesus has finally healed you. I heard that your first grandchild was born today. I smiled and thought to myself that it's just like God to bring such a joy to your family on a day of grieving. I'm sure if God allowed, you sent kisses to baby John from heaven. I miss you. Love, Amelia Amelia's High School Graduation |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 25,April,2004 | Cherished Friends We had a wonderful time hanging out with Dennis, Hilary and Grant this weekend! We first met them four years ago while in a small group at Ada Bible Church. The four of us hit it off right away and did a lot of life together until they moved to northern Michigan about a year and a half ago. They even drove down (3 hours) to help us pack up when we moved to Florida. We've missed hanging out with them and it was so good to reconnect. They're the kind of people you can pick right up with as if no time has passed. We headed over to Kissimmee Wednesday evening and spent the night at the beautiful 6 bedroom house Dennis, Hilary and her parents had rented for their vacation. Early Thursday we headed to Disney World and met up with Uncle Dan who let us in! I had forgotten that Dennis and Hilary had met Dan's wife Beth along with Paul, Molly and Kristen just a few days before Grant was born. Hilary mentioned that to Dan and I reminded her that Paul had sat right next to her at lunch that day and prepared her for having a boy. He had chatted away, and I think he even burped in her ear! It was so funny! We spent most of the day at MGM Studios. Ked and Dennis rode the Rockin' Rollercoaster 3 times (twice in a row). Hilary and I sat the last 2 out and rested on a bench. We had just eaten and decided we didn't want to see our lunch again. Ked and Dennis were like little boys all day long. It was all Hilary and I could do to keep up with them as they raced from one ride to the next! Our feet were so tired by the end of the day! After we did all we wanted at MGM we headed to the Magic Kingdom to catch a few favorite rides and then ended the day at Epcot with dinner and a walk around the nations. We headed back to the house around 10 pm and soaked our feet in the hot tub before heading to bed. We all slept so good that night!! Friday we slept in and then decided to head to the east coast for the day. We were going to check out the Kennedy Space Center but later decided that might not be such a great idea with a two year old. Instead we headed down to Cocoa Beach to catch some rays, which there were plenty of on this steamy 90 degree day! The beach itself wasn't much to speak of. Ked called it the burn out beach, where everyone has spent too much time in the sun, too much time at the gym, and too much time drinking and smoking! The water, however, was awesome. Everyone on the west coast has told us that the east coast beaches are nicer because the water is warmer and clearer and there are waves. They were right! The water was just perfect and the waves were rolling in. Dennis Ked and I headed out to body surf a few. I think more of them crashed over my head than what I actually surfed, but it was fun nonetheless! Grant was such a cutie at the beach! He LOVED the water. He played and played at the edge and when Dennis tried to get him to go back to the towels he refused. He kept plopping down in the water and laughing. He even made friends with another little guy who had a ball. After a few hours we started to head back to Kissimmee, but first stopped at the Ron Jon Surf Shop. That place was awesome!! Ked and I determined that we will definitely have to head back there again sometime. Later that evening we all jumped in the pool to rinse off the saltwater. It was another fun day! Saturday we hung around the house and played with Grant and made good use of the pool. Grant is one of the happiest and cutest kids we've ever known. He is totally fascinated with hockey. Everything is hockey, hockey! He even thought the buttons on my pants were pucks. After we arrived on Wednesday night, I look out on the patio and Ked has a plastic basket over his head and is playing goalie against Grant. I wish you could have seen him with that basket on his head. I tried to take a picture but it was too dark. That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Ked told me later that Grant had grabbed his hand and made him put the basket on his head (it's his hockey mask) and play goalie. I laughed til I cried, it was such a funny sight! Grant loved Ked (I think because Ked was always game to play hockey!). When we were leaving on Saturday he gave Ked a sweet little hug. Be sure to check out our urlLink pictures ! Under Living the Po!nt, click on Adventures with the Klepadlos Grant shows Ked his picture! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 20,April,2004 | Say What?? I knew it was going to be interesting when I woke up at 7:30 this morning, especially since I didn't go to bed until 2 a.m. I made the mistake of having a cup of urlLink Ked's coffee at 8 p.m. last night and that was it. I was doomed from sleep. Apparently the caffeine was still working at 7:30 this morning, so I didn't fight it and got up and had a surprisingly productive morning. I crashed pretty hard this afternoon though for a little while. I finished another writing lesson today and turned it in. My mentor sent it back right away with great comments. My blogging has been a tremendous help in finishing the assignments. Many times, I'm able to snatch a piece of the blog and edit it for the assignment. I have a feeling a couple of them will eventually turn into full articles that I will submit somewhere. I have a few ideas. I'm still trying to figure out where God wants to take all of this, but I'm not in a rush. Tomorrow evening we're heading to Orlando to see Dennis, Hilary, and Grant and visit with Mickey on Thursday. I'll probably be off for a few days, but hopefully when I return I will have lots of great stories and pictures to share!! TTFN!! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 19,April,2004 | Chillin in the Sun (can you chill in the sun?? Hmmm...) Our weekend shaped up rather nicely. Ked spent Saturday working on his portfolio and resume and some OPMG projects. He and his skills are absolutely amazing. I was reviewing his new and improved PDF portfolio tonight and man!! I married an amazingly talented man. Speaking of portfolio and resume stuff, please pray for us over the next few weeks. Ked is getting ready to send a blitz of resumes out, and sent one tonight that would be a sweet opportunity. We would covet your prayers - that God would lead Ked exactly where He wants him and open doors of opportunity that no man can shut. So while Ked was working on that Saturday, I spent the day scrapbooking!! I am the scrapbooking queen!! I get such an emotional lift from completing pages and finishing scrapbooks. I'm well on my way to wrapping up 2003. I have the goal of getting completely caught up this year. (I think it's every scrapbooker's never ending goal.) The way I've been booking it lately I just might make it. Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous day and we try to make it a po!nt to get out and enjoy our Sunday afternoons. After church we came home and lounged by the pool for a couple hours. Ked (who has a perma-tan but always complains about how pale he is) got a nice jumpstart on his tan. In fact, today he is slightly pink!! After veggin by the pool we decided to go for a rollerblade. After my last incident, I made sure to wear thicker socks this time. We determined that we are going to need new rollerblades soon. Our current ones are six years old and have seen a lot of use. Mine were squeaking and groaning and making all kinds of noise. Actually, I was groaning and making noise too! Ked's just coasting along, but his extra pounds make it a lot of work for me to keep up with him! We finished out our Sunday by having a cookout at Dave and April's place. They are in our Life Group, and we had a blast visiting with them. Dave grilled some delicious cajun grouper! They live on a lake and are serious wakeboarders. They took us for a spin on their boat and gave us the jungle tour of the lake. We're planning on trying to wakeboard sometime soon with them! That should be interesting. I've never been waterskiing or boarding before!! Today was my whirlwind cleaning day and I got quite a bit accomplished. This week is going to be extra special. Our Michigan friends Dennis and Hilary are in Orlando with their little guy Grant for a couple weeks. Ked took Thursday and Friday off work and we're planning on hanging out with them at Disney (for our 3rd time this year - thank you Uncle Dan!) on Thursday and then chillin the rest of the weekend with them. They left Grand Rapids 6 months before we did and we've dearly missed doing life with them. Ta-ta for now! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 17,April,2004 | More than Meets the Eye! oooohhhh my! We had an interesting evening. This afternoon I found out about an event that just totally geeked Ked out. Most of you know his total fascination with Transformers Generation 1. There was a 20th anniversary gathering for Transformers at our local Toys 'R Us tonight. With prizes, displays, and lots of transformer geeks, Ked was in heaven (Ked's not a geek by the way)! When he found out about it he was prancing around the house 'can we go yet? can we go yet?' He cracks me up! I can't believe I hung around Toys 'R Us for 2 hours looking at Transformers! After that I dragged Ked to Super Wal-Mart to go grocery shopping. I hate grocery shopping and going by myself makes it even worse. So I made him go with me. He's the super cart driver. He doesn't let me drive it because I don't pay attention! Anyway, that was about it fer today! |
2,844,168 | female | 27 | Marketing | Aquarius | 16,April,2004 | Cat Time Well, I didn't make it to Bible study this morning and my day has been all mixed up. My body just doesn't operate on normal time. In my ideal world I would always go to bed at 2 am and get up at 10 am. I've always had trouble falling asleep when normal people do and I seem to get this burst of energy at 10 pm that lasts for a few hours. Even when I was working a normal job and did get a normal 8 hours between 10:30 pm and 6:30 am, I was never really awake until after 10 am.*sigh* Such was the case last night. I went to bed anyway and tossed and turned until well after 2 am. Needless to say when that alarm went off at 7 am, I just couldn't get up. I tried, but I was miserable. So I went back to bed. One of these days I'm going to have to get my sleeping schedule adjusted, but I just haven't figured out how yet. I was going to take Ked to work tomorrow so I could have the car and run errands, but I have decided to wait until Saturday. One of the major roadways into town urlLink collapsed this week because of a sinkhole and traffic has just been MISERABLE as a result. It has taken Ked an hour to 90 minutes to get to work every day this week. I'm just not sure I want to spent over 4 hours in the car driving back and forth just so I can go to the grocery. I'll wait til Saturday. We had another great time at Life Group tonight. We'll be wrapping up our marriage series next week and then we're going to dive into Romans. Life Group is a bright spot in our week. We always laugh a lot, and it really is amazing what a good medicine that is. By Thursday we're typically tired and ready for the weekend and the stressors of the week are weighing down on us. But Life Group gives us a boost going into Friday and rejuvenate us for the weekend. What a great group of people! Tonight Ked led worship and I found it quite inspirational (no, he didn't take his guitar!). He did a 'soak' which he learned from Nate last summer on the NYC trip. We listened to a Jeremy Camp song twice and the second time around we wrote down lyrics that spoke to us. We had a great dialogue as a group and it was interesting to hear the common thread of struggles that we all face. Then we played another song in the background and we each wrote an attribute of God on a 3x5 card and then passed the cards around the group adding our attribute to everyone's card. By the time we were done we each had a card with 14 different attributes of God that we can carry throughout the week to remind us of how Great and Wonderful He is. I found it to be a refreshing change of pace from our typical singing worship. It was neat to interact together and praise God in a different sort of way. We're on a journey together as we make our faith real and learn to apply it to our daily lives. Well, it's 1:30 and I'm going to try to go to bed. Hey, I think I just figured it out!! I'm operating on CAT TIME!! Sadie is racing all over the living room with a poofy tail chasing her shiny balls. She's obviously wide awake. That's it. I'm operating on cat time. 1:30 C.T (cat time) = 6:00 P.M. Oh my. Ok now I'm rambling. Time to shut it down for the night. |
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