As 2009 dawns upon us (in just a few hours!), I thought I'd do this little year in review survey everyone has been doing.
01. Where did you begin 2008?
At the Feller's house.
02. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Started teaching full-time, moved into an apt.
03. What was your status by Valentine’s Day?
The same as every other V-Day. :-p
04. Were you in school (anytime this year)?
Yes-I taught at 4 different schools in 2008.
05. How did you earn your money?
Teaching, vocal directing shows, working at church, teaching lessons, Thomas the Crap-tank announcing, working at the park.
06. Did you have to go to the hospital?
For an ear infection once.
07. Did you have any encounters with the police?
Um...I got pulled over for a headlight. And, I ALMOST did a few weeks ago because I didn't have any cash w/me when I went to the gas station, so they were going to let me go back and pay the next day, but I didn't get there by early afternoon, so they called the cops! HAH! Obviously I was going to pay it, but yeesh!
08. Where did you go on holidays?
Um...Easter was church & home, 4th of July was work and Feller's & fireworks, Christmas was home and g'rents.
09. What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Lots of furniture.
10. Did you know anybody who got married?
Stacey & Justin, Jessica & Paul, Miranda & Ron, Derek & Laura, Anna & Alberto...I know there were others but I can't think of them right now.
11. Did you know anyone that passed away?
Yes, my pastor's husband passed away a week ago today on Christmas Eve.
12. Did you know anyone who had a baby?
Justin & Amy, one of my cousins, bunches of other people. Lots of babies to come very soon...like little LEAH, Tim & Kim's baby in a couple of weeks! :-D
13. Did you move?
Yes, I did.
14. What concerts/shows did you go to?
Oh gosh, too many to count! Favorites: Pride & Prejudice the Musical, Wicked, Legally Blond, and a gazillion others.
15. Are you registered to vote?
Absolutely
16. Who did you want to win Big Brother?
I don't know who was on Big Brother.
17. Where do you live now?
an apt.
18. Describe your birthday.
I was in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and we had a performance that night. Lots of friends & relatives came. After it some of the people in the show went out to Chili's and got food.
19. What’s one thing you thought you’d never do, but did in 2008?
I have no idea...I don't think I did anything that outrageous.
20. What has been your favorite moment?
I can't think of a favorite. There were lots of good ones though. Maybe seeing Houghton people back in March.
21. What’s something you learned about yourself?
I'm much more of a perfectionist than I ever thought I was.
22. Any new additions to your family?
Ashley-Robert's girlfriend...I guess you could say she's an addition.
23. What was your best month?
I loved December :o)
24. What was your worst month?
Ugh...probably August or something. That was a crazy month.
25. What music will you remember 2008 by?
Viva La Vida
26. Who has been your best drinking buddy?
Lol...I certainly don't have any drinking buddies. Katie drink water and lemonade when we hang out. Does that count?
27. Made new friends?
I don't think so. I made new acquaintances though.
28. Lost friends?
No
29. Favorite night out?
Anytime out w/the BFF's...to shows and then dinner/Friendly's, etc.!
30. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Probably happier
ii. thinner or fatter? A bit thinner
iii. richer or poorer? "Richer"
31. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Well, September 20th was my birthday...I don't think I'll forget my own birthday. :-p
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
stuff
I just heard this song for the first time yesterday, but it's my new favorite already. In fact, I looked up their website today (Tenth Avenue North) and they had streaming mp3, so I listened to them for a while at work. :-p If the auditors come to get me for listening to Christian music on my work computer, oh well! ;o)
In other news, I'm in the middle of the 3rd of the Twilight books, Eclipse. I had put off reading them for about 2 or 3 years now and I'm so sorry that I did! They're so not what I expected...so much better. I LOVE Edward Cullen. :-p Bethany, her best friend Erica, and I all went to see Twilight on Saturday. I might take myself again this weekend. And the next. And maybe even again. Continuously until it comes out on DVD. ;o) Yes, I loved it that much. Very intense. Very romantic.
My mom, Ashley (Robert's girlfriend) and I also went to see Australia on Black Friday after shopping all day. It was very long, but oh so good! I loved that one too. I'm sure it'll get some Oscar nods, though I've also heard that it got some poor reviews. Sadness!
I got a tree and decorated it for my apt. It's not done quite yet. I think I still need some ornaments. I also might want a tree skirt even though it's in a pot. The floor around it looks weird though, so I have to figure something out.
Apt. is getting closer to being done every other week (haha-when the paycheck comes!). As soon as it's finished, I'll post some pics. Until then, I don't dare show my bare walls on here! ;o) For now though, you may all settle with these poor representations of my Christmas Tree (I hate how it looks in the picture! :-p).
*I should add that I should have edited these pics before posting them. The tree is not really leaning. The pics are just lopsided. :-p
And now, I'm off to read more about dear Edward (:-D) and wait for Robert and Ashley to arrive for dinner. :o)
In other news, I'm in the middle of the 3rd of the Twilight books, Eclipse. I had put off reading them for about 2 or 3 years now and I'm so sorry that I did! They're so not what I expected...so much better. I LOVE Edward Cullen. :-p Bethany, her best friend Erica, and I all went to see Twilight on Saturday. I might take myself again this weekend. And the next. And maybe even again. Continuously until it comes out on DVD. ;o) Yes, I loved it that much. Very intense. Very romantic.
My mom, Ashley (Robert's girlfriend) and I also went to see Australia on Black Friday after shopping all day. It was very long, but oh so good! I loved that one too. I'm sure it'll get some Oscar nods, though I've also heard that it got some poor reviews. Sadness!
I got a tree and decorated it for my apt. It's not done quite yet. I think I still need some ornaments. I also might want a tree skirt even though it's in a pot. The floor around it looks weird though, so I have to figure something out.
Apt. is getting closer to being done every other week (haha-when the paycheck comes!). As soon as it's finished, I'll post some pics. Until then, I don't dare show my bare walls on here! ;o) For now though, you may all settle with these poor representations of my Christmas Tree (I hate how it looks in the picture! :-p).
*I should add that I should have edited these pics before posting them. The tree is not really leaning. The pics are just lopsided. :-p
And now, I'm off to read more about dear Edward (:-D) and wait for Robert and Ashley to arrive for dinner. :o)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
What a week...
and it's not even over yet!
Things were great coming back to school on Monday. I finally had most of my voice back. I was speechless last week...literally, as I had acute laryngitis and couldn't make a sound for a couple of days. So my voice was back, my choirs were sounding pretty good in prep for our concerts coming up, and my general music classes were having fun working on their commercial and Stomp projects.
Then came Wednesday. Wednesday was the day I woke up late, only to find an inch of snow on my car. So, I rushed trying to get it cleared off so that I would still have extra time for my drive to work in case the roads were icy. However, as I got in my car and pressed the brake and clutch to start the car, the brake went ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. Ugh. I thought that maybe it was just snow or ice on my brakes and they just needed to warm up, so I pumped them and drove. And they didn't work. And I coasted into the gas station around the corner from my apt. Thank God I drive a stick. So, after the brake fluid that I poured into the reservoir did nothing, and after I called the school to tall them I wouldn't quite make it to teach first period (or at all-ugh), and after calling my parents to get my dad's advice and my mom's help w/a ride, I walked back to my apt.
After coasting my car through town to the shop, waiting all day and missing a day of work, and shelling out lots and lots of dollar bills, I had Betsy back almost as good as new. Or so I thought.
And of course there was other crap that went on, which I'll refrain from mentioning. And I had to spend a ridiculous amount of money on stupid bills of various types.
But today, I left school excited because I'm going to Fredonia for the weekend to take some students to Area All-State, which should be fun!
Then this afternoon, as I was driving, my speedometer quit on me. From 60 to 0 in .5 seconds.
The end.
Things were great coming back to school on Monday. I finally had most of my voice back. I was speechless last week...literally, as I had acute laryngitis and couldn't make a sound for a couple of days. So my voice was back, my choirs were sounding pretty good in prep for our concerts coming up, and my general music classes were having fun working on their commercial and Stomp projects.
Then came Wednesday. Wednesday was the day I woke up late, only to find an inch of snow on my car. So, I rushed trying to get it cleared off so that I would still have extra time for my drive to work in case the roads were icy. However, as I got in my car and pressed the brake and clutch to start the car, the brake went ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. Ugh. I thought that maybe it was just snow or ice on my brakes and they just needed to warm up, so I pumped them and drove. And they didn't work. And I coasted into the gas station around the corner from my apt. Thank God I drive a stick. So, after the brake fluid that I poured into the reservoir did nothing, and after I called the school to tall them I wouldn't quite make it to teach first period (or at all-ugh), and after calling my parents to get my dad's advice and my mom's help w/a ride, I walked back to my apt.
After coasting my car through town to the shop, waiting all day and missing a day of work, and shelling out lots and lots of dollar bills, I had Betsy back almost as good as new. Or so I thought.
And of course there was other crap that went on, which I'll refrain from mentioning. And I had to spend a ridiculous amount of money on stupid bills of various types.
But today, I left school excited because I'm going to Fredonia for the weekend to take some students to Area All-State, which should be fun!
Then this afternoon, as I was driving, my speedometer quit on me. From 60 to 0 in .5 seconds.
The end.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Procrastination
I am procrastinating. I should have left already to head to Rochester, but I haven't. Instead, I'm reading blogs and now posting this fun little survey thing that Em did. :-p Oh well...I'll leave in a few minutes!
10 years ago I was:
1. 17 years old and a senior in high school
2. playing in the pit for Fiddler on The Roof for Lake Plains Players (I wasn't "in" it either Em! ;o))
3. Getting ready to audition for The Music Man-I wanted Marion and got Mrs. Paroo, but it was a fun part anyway.
4. Usually busy with babysitting, rehearsals, hanging out w/Tim, and youth group/church stuff.
5. Procrastinating on my college applications.
5 things on today’s to-do list:
1. mail out some bills
2. Go to the Glu Factory to buy the awesome painting that I saw the other day which I will hang over my kitchen table
3. Pick up a birthday card for Joe
4. go to Joe's birthday party
5. clean up my kitchen from the nasty dinner I just made (I burned the rice because I turned the wrong burner down...DUH!).
5 snacks I enjoy:
1. ice cream
2. various crackers like cheezits and triscuits
3. granola bars
4. cereal
5. SOME chocolate
5 things I would do if I were a millionaire (or billionaire):
1. pay off all of my student loand
2. pay off my family's debts
3. buy everyone in my family big beautiful houses (or barns/garages if they so desired)
4. buy all of us awesome cars (like the black fusion w/black leather interior that I want...or the fleet of Ford Escorts I'd love to have).
5. Buy up properties/buildings/homes to transform into businesses and homes and give them to people for free.
5 places I have lived:
1. Rochester, NY
2. Lyndonville, NY
3. Houghton, NY-Lambein
4. Houghton-Garden Apts :-D
5. Houghton-Yorkwood
AND, I just moved to Medina, so I'm adding a 6th. I haven't actually lived anywhere else. :-p
5 jobs I have had:
1. summer drama teacher
2. Professional singer (for real!)
3. Library clerk
4. Choir director
5. Music teacher
Alright, I need to get out of here. Maybe once this apt. doesn't like like a big expanse of potentiality and actually has some stuff on the walls and looks decent, I'll post pictures! ;o)
10 years ago I was:
1. 17 years old and a senior in high school
2. playing in the pit for Fiddler on The Roof for Lake Plains Players (I wasn't "in" it either Em! ;o))
3. Getting ready to audition for The Music Man-I wanted Marion and got Mrs. Paroo, but it was a fun part anyway.
4. Usually busy with babysitting, rehearsals, hanging out w/Tim, and youth group/church stuff.
5. Procrastinating on my college applications.
5 things on today’s to-do list:
1. mail out some bills
2. Go to the Glu Factory to buy the awesome painting that I saw the other day which I will hang over my kitchen table
3. Pick up a birthday card for Joe
4. go to Joe's birthday party
5. clean up my kitchen from the nasty dinner I just made (I burned the rice because I turned the wrong burner down...DUH!).
5 snacks I enjoy:
1. ice cream
2. various crackers like cheezits and triscuits
3. granola bars
4. cereal
5. SOME chocolate
5 things I would do if I were a millionaire (or billionaire):
1. pay off all of my student loand
2. pay off my family's debts
3. buy everyone in my family big beautiful houses (or barns/garages if they so desired)
4. buy all of us awesome cars (like the black fusion w/black leather interior that I want...or the fleet of Ford Escorts I'd love to have).
5. Buy up properties/buildings/homes to transform into businesses and homes and give them to people for free.
5 places I have lived:
1. Rochester, NY
2. Lyndonville, NY
3. Houghton, NY-Lambein
4. Houghton-Garden Apts :-D
5. Houghton-Yorkwood
AND, I just moved to Medina, so I'm adding a 6th. I haven't actually lived anywhere else. :-p
5 jobs I have had:
1. summer drama teacher
2. Professional singer (for real!)
3. Library clerk
4. Choir director
5. Music teacher
Alright, I need to get out of here. Maybe once this apt. doesn't like like a big expanse of potentiality and actually has some stuff on the walls and looks decent, I'll post pictures! ;o)
Monday, November 3, 2008
Why vote?
It seems that many people are "donating their statuses" and blog entries to voting, so I thought, why not me too? That's for the blog post, not the facebook status. I should warn that this entire post is coming from someone who is very right-wing. While I am willing to listen to the opinions of others, I am not inviting an argument here. This is my blog, and I will post my personal opinions freely. You can post yours on your own blog. ;o)
Anyway, I keep hearing a lot from people who thinks that Christians only vote one way because of abortion, or about the Christians who are going against the "mainstream" Christianity and voting on social issues...voting their "conscience." Well, being a Christian, I would like to defend myself and my reasons for voting the way that I do.
Neither of the candidates running for this election are people who I actually like or want to see running this country. However, because I feel that it is my duty as an American (and because I LOVE voting, as I've blogged about before :-p), I have made a choice and will vote for that person for the following reasons.
Yes, I feel that abortion is a huge issue. Are there other more important things going on right now? Some people say yes, but I'm not so sure. The democratic candidate stated that "Nobody likes abortion." I do hope this is the case. A lot of people feel, including that democratic candidate, that regardless of how horrible abortion may be, overturning Roe vs. Wade is not the answer. Instead, they need to educate and provide services and family planning to people, because it's people who live in economic hardships who get abortions the most. Ok, this might be true. We do need a lot more education and family planning. We need abstinence initiatives in schools. I wish that people like Pam Stenzel could go into every Middle & High School in America and speak. DESPITE ALL OF THAT, I 100% believe that abortion is wrong. I 100% believe that nobody has the right to choose to kill a baby inside of them, whether it's their body or not. Are their grey areas where mothers might be taking a fatal risk by carrying their baby to term? Yes. However, those cases are few and far between. The fact that thousands of unborn babies are killed every week is so very sad. Of course people bring up the "How can you be against abortion and support war?" question. My answer is this. While I wish we had no war, and it's HORRIBLE when civilians particularly are killed, I believe that wars are fought for a reason. Our soldiers fight to protect our country, to protect our property and assets (and yes, I know oil is one of those assets), and to further DEMOCRACY in this world. Is it right that people lose their lives because of war? No. However, is war necessary? Absolutely. Is abortion? Absolutely not.
When thousands of babies are dieing weekly (even daily), I'd say it's a pretty huge issue. However, that is not the ONLY reason I will vote for the candidate I plan to vote for. Piggybacking on the abortion is stem-cell research, both of which can fall under the Sanctity of Life umbrella. Life is precious. No one should be able to take a life away-not for war, not by abortion, murder, for scientific research (I believe that stem-cell research should be done, but with adult stem cells, and not embryos), etc. Now, lets move on to the topic of gay marriage and shove that under the same umbrella (because I do believe that it belongs there). I am not homophobic. I do not hate gay people. In fact, some of my very best friends are homosexual. And, I love them very much. Do I agree with their lifestyle? Absolutely not. Do I love them anyway? Absolutely! How can you not love a person just because of the sin in their life? I love a lot of sinners. In fact, I don't love anyone who is not a sinner (besides Jesus of course :o)). Anyway, I truly, truly, truly believe that the sanctity of marriage is so important. I believe that God meant for a man and woman to be joined as one. God is not for homosexuality. However, he is for marriage. Marriage should be a protected holy union. I fully believe that one of the greatest break-downs of this country is due to the breakdown of the nuclear family and the sanctity of marriage. I am against gay marriage. Would I support civil unions and same-sex couples receiving tax breaks and joint health insurance, etc.? I would support that if the same were granted to my best friend and I if we were unmarried, yet chose to be roommates and share a household. Obviously in no way would we be in a committed romantic relationship, but if we committed to live together because we were both unmarried, for the purpose of sharing expenses, and it was a long-term commitment, then we should be afforded the same options.
Moving on, I am going to jump back a bit to the abortion issue, but this time in terms of Supreme Court Judicial nominations. The next president will have the honor of nominating new justices for the Supreme Court. Depending on who fills those positions will depend on whether or not Roe vs. Wade is overturned. This is obviously important to me. I was very alarmed however, when I heard an interview recently between a television journalist and the democratic candidate. The candidate was asked if they would nominate a judge who firmly holds to the Constitution, and in a round-about way, that candidate said no. He wants the Constitution to be stretched in a way that would support the Marxist ideology of the redistribution of wealth. I have always been against socialism. I am a staunch capitalist. I do believe that our capitalist system has enumerable flaws. I do not believe that the answer to our problems, however, is to "tax the rich," which will not amount to enough money to give the tax breaks that this candidate is talking about. "Tax the rich" is going to turn into "tax everyone who isn't already on welfare" and then expand the welfare system to include everyone! I know that I'm being extreme, but I already pay a ridiculous amount of taxes. I have no doubt that my taxes will go up regardless of who is put in office. I believe that the redistribution of wealth is not the answer though. Especially when (even though he says it's not true) my bank account is going to hurt even more than it does now.
I'm going on and on and I'm suddenly tired of writing anymore. I just feel very strongly about holding to the constitution and keeping people's freedoms in tact. I should have a right to spend my money the way I want to. I am not a Libertarian. I don't believe that there should be no taxes. In fact, I don't mind paying taxes. I don't think the answer is to create additional taxes though. I don't think the answer is to have more federal government control than we have now. More power should be given to state governments.
Why do I support one candidate above the other? I am anti-abortion. I am pro-life. I am pro-marriage. I am pro-stem-cell research on adult stem-cells. I am a Capitalist. I am pro-liberty. I am pro-spending my own money and not having state-mandated programs. I am anti-welfare. I am pro-guns (I support the right to bear arms). I am pro-capital punishment. I am pro-freedom of speech. I am pro-Democracy. I 100% support the Constitution of the United States of America. And yes, I have read it.
For me, it comes down to ideologies. I know that I only touched on a few areas. I left out so many other issues, and there is so much gray area, especially when it comes to provisioning for the poor. I think that more state aid should be given to religious and private organizations and they should be the ones to take care of the poor. Like I said, I really don't like either candidate. However, I must vote. I will be voting my conscience, my morals, my values, and my ideologies. Maybe I sound like your typical conservative Christian, but I am making an educated decision. I've watched a million interviews, the various debates, and read umpteen articles. I do not only vote my party line. I have voted for the opposite party before. I will step into that voting booth tomorrow and know that I made the right decision. I'm not telling anyone else what to do. This is my decision...and my blog! :-p
Thanks for reading this. Sorry it was so long and scatter-brained! Hopefully those of you who disagree won't go crazy on me. ;o)
Anyway, I keep hearing a lot from people who thinks that Christians only vote one way because of abortion, or about the Christians who are going against the "mainstream" Christianity and voting on social issues...voting their "conscience." Well, being a Christian, I would like to defend myself and my reasons for voting the way that I do.
Neither of the candidates running for this election are people who I actually like or want to see running this country. However, because I feel that it is my duty as an American (and because I LOVE voting, as I've blogged about before :-p), I have made a choice and will vote for that person for the following reasons.
Yes, I feel that abortion is a huge issue. Are there other more important things going on right now? Some people say yes, but I'm not so sure. The democratic candidate stated that "Nobody likes abortion." I do hope this is the case. A lot of people feel, including that democratic candidate, that regardless of how horrible abortion may be, overturning Roe vs. Wade is not the answer. Instead, they need to educate and provide services and family planning to people, because it's people who live in economic hardships who get abortions the most. Ok, this might be true. We do need a lot more education and family planning. We need abstinence initiatives in schools. I wish that people like Pam Stenzel could go into every Middle & High School in America and speak. DESPITE ALL OF THAT, I 100% believe that abortion is wrong. I 100% believe that nobody has the right to choose to kill a baby inside of them, whether it's their body or not. Are their grey areas where mothers might be taking a fatal risk by carrying their baby to term? Yes. However, those cases are few and far between. The fact that thousands of unborn babies are killed every week is so very sad. Of course people bring up the "How can you be against abortion and support war?" question. My answer is this. While I wish we had no war, and it's HORRIBLE when civilians particularly are killed, I believe that wars are fought for a reason. Our soldiers fight to protect our country, to protect our property and assets (and yes, I know oil is one of those assets), and to further DEMOCRACY in this world. Is it right that people lose their lives because of war? No. However, is war necessary? Absolutely. Is abortion? Absolutely not.
When thousands of babies are dieing weekly (even daily), I'd say it's a pretty huge issue. However, that is not the ONLY reason I will vote for the candidate I plan to vote for. Piggybacking on the abortion is stem-cell research, both of which can fall under the Sanctity of Life umbrella. Life is precious. No one should be able to take a life away-not for war, not by abortion, murder, for scientific research (I believe that stem-cell research should be done, but with adult stem cells, and not embryos), etc. Now, lets move on to the topic of gay marriage and shove that under the same umbrella (because I do believe that it belongs there). I am not homophobic. I do not hate gay people. In fact, some of my very best friends are homosexual. And, I love them very much. Do I agree with their lifestyle? Absolutely not. Do I love them anyway? Absolutely! How can you not love a person just because of the sin in their life? I love a lot of sinners. In fact, I don't love anyone who is not a sinner (besides Jesus of course :o)). Anyway, I truly, truly, truly believe that the sanctity of marriage is so important. I believe that God meant for a man and woman to be joined as one. God is not for homosexuality. However, he is for marriage. Marriage should be a protected holy union. I fully believe that one of the greatest break-downs of this country is due to the breakdown of the nuclear family and the sanctity of marriage. I am against gay marriage. Would I support civil unions and same-sex couples receiving tax breaks and joint health insurance, etc.? I would support that if the same were granted to my best friend and I if we were unmarried, yet chose to be roommates and share a household. Obviously in no way would we be in a committed romantic relationship, but if we committed to live together because we were both unmarried, for the purpose of sharing expenses, and it was a long-term commitment, then we should be afforded the same options.
Moving on, I am going to jump back a bit to the abortion issue, but this time in terms of Supreme Court Judicial nominations. The next president will have the honor of nominating new justices for the Supreme Court. Depending on who fills those positions will depend on whether or not Roe vs. Wade is overturned. This is obviously important to me. I was very alarmed however, when I heard an interview recently between a television journalist and the democratic candidate. The candidate was asked if they would nominate a judge who firmly holds to the Constitution, and in a round-about way, that candidate said no. He wants the Constitution to be stretched in a way that would support the Marxist ideology of the redistribution of wealth. I have always been against socialism. I am a staunch capitalist. I do believe that our capitalist system has enumerable flaws. I do not believe that the answer to our problems, however, is to "tax the rich," which will not amount to enough money to give the tax breaks that this candidate is talking about. "Tax the rich" is going to turn into "tax everyone who isn't already on welfare" and then expand the welfare system to include everyone! I know that I'm being extreme, but I already pay a ridiculous amount of taxes. I have no doubt that my taxes will go up regardless of who is put in office. I believe that the redistribution of wealth is not the answer though. Especially when (even though he says it's not true) my bank account is going to hurt even more than it does now.
I'm going on and on and I'm suddenly tired of writing anymore. I just feel very strongly about holding to the constitution and keeping people's freedoms in tact. I should have a right to spend my money the way I want to. I am not a Libertarian. I don't believe that there should be no taxes. In fact, I don't mind paying taxes. I don't think the answer is to create additional taxes though. I don't think the answer is to have more federal government control than we have now. More power should be given to state governments.
Why do I support one candidate above the other? I am anti-abortion. I am pro-life. I am pro-marriage. I am pro-stem-cell research on adult stem-cells. I am a Capitalist. I am pro-liberty. I am pro-spending my own money and not having state-mandated programs. I am anti-welfare. I am pro-guns (I support the right to bear arms). I am pro-capital punishment. I am pro-freedom of speech. I am pro-Democracy. I 100% support the Constitution of the United States of America. And yes, I have read it.
For me, it comes down to ideologies. I know that I only touched on a few areas. I left out so many other issues, and there is so much gray area, especially when it comes to provisioning for the poor. I think that more state aid should be given to religious and private organizations and they should be the ones to take care of the poor. Like I said, I really don't like either candidate. However, I must vote. I will be voting my conscience, my morals, my values, and my ideologies. Maybe I sound like your typical conservative Christian, but I am making an educated decision. I've watched a million interviews, the various debates, and read umpteen articles. I do not only vote my party line. I have voted for the opposite party before. I will step into that voting booth tomorrow and know that I made the right decision. I'm not telling anyone else what to do. This is my decision...and my blog! :-p
Thanks for reading this. Sorry it was so long and scatter-brained! Hopefully those of you who disagree won't go crazy on me. ;o)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A post!
This is mostly for my sister because she requested that I update.
Anyway, I do love Christians...dearly. Sometimes they make me laugh a little bit though. Especially the following.
This song is near and dear to my heart. We were first introduced to it in our Music and Christian Perspectives class freshman year at Houghton. So very funny. :-p
This one is also quite funny. It was sent to me by a friend, and I felt the need to share it with the world. You know that just like me, even though you're laughing, deep down, you want to sing and dance this song. ;o)
Religious Dudes Can Break Dance - Watch more free videos
In other news, life is good. School is busy, but going extremely well. I'm trying to get students ready for All County auditions right now, which are all in a few weeks. I've also begun a select choir and a men's quartet, not to mention all of the other things that are going on. We also have finally picked our musical, but aren't telling any of the students until December...hahahaha!
I also was just cast as Winnefred the Woebegone, the lead in Once Upon a Mattress! I'm very excited about it, however, if we don't get any guys to come be in it, no show! :o( Hopefully by the end of the week we'll get some more. I've already brought in 2 more guys (not to mention the fact that I got 2 of the leads to try out as well!). Hopefully we can get about 4 more!
Anyway, that's about all I feel like writing about...hope you're happy that I've updated, BETHANY!
Anyway, I do love Christians...dearly. Sometimes they make me laugh a little bit though. Especially the following.
This song is near and dear to my heart. We were first introduced to it in our Music and Christian Perspectives class freshman year at Houghton. So very funny. :-p
This one is also quite funny. It was sent to me by a friend, and I felt the need to share it with the world. You know that just like me, even though you're laughing, deep down, you want to sing and dance this song. ;o)
Religious Dudes Can Break Dance - Watch more free videos
In other news, life is good. School is busy, but going extremely well. I'm trying to get students ready for All County auditions right now, which are all in a few weeks. I've also begun a select choir and a men's quartet, not to mention all of the other things that are going on. We also have finally picked our musical, but aren't telling any of the students until December...hahahaha!
I also was just cast as Winnefred the Woebegone, the lead in Once Upon a Mattress! I'm very excited about it, however, if we don't get any guys to come be in it, no show! :o( Hopefully by the end of the week we'll get some more. I've already brought in 2 more guys (not to mention the fact that I got 2 of the leads to try out as well!). Hopefully we can get about 4 more!
Anyway, that's about all I feel like writing about...hope you're happy that I've updated, BETHANY!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wreckage
Shane & Shane...it's no secret. My all time favorites.
Completely adore.
This song kills you...
As does this one.
It just wrecks you.
(the girl is Shane Barnard's wife, Bethany Dillon).
And just because I LOVE this hymn:
Completely adore.
This song kills you...
As does this one.
It just wrecks you.
(the girl is Shane Barnard's wife, Bethany Dillon).
And just because I LOVE this hymn:
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Unproductive productivity
Well, school officially begins one week from today. I have spent a lot of time preparing what I can at home, but there is still so much to do. My biggest obstacle right now is that my classroom is being remodeled and won't be finished until possibly Friday. "If not by Friday, than definitely by Tuesday morning" is what the head of buildings and grounds told me. I am the kind of person who takes a long time to think things through as I'm planning, and I really feel like I need to be able to just be in the room with all of my stuff to decide where things should go and how I want things to happen. Since this is obviously not a possibility, I took pictures of my classroom so that I could get some idea of where I might like to place things. Of course, it's not only one room that I have to situate, there are actually 4: the classroom, my new office, the new storage room, and a practice room. I might just stay overnight on Tuesday. Then I can just be there all night getting situated and be ready for school Wednesday morning. ;o)
Another wrench that got thrown in the mix yesterday was the lovely little illness that decided to take over my body. Ugh! I had been running a fever until late this afternoon, but thankfully that finally broke. I think it's just bad cold. Thankfully, though I don't feel great, I'm feeling much better. Hopefully (well, maybe not hopefully :-p), I'll feel well enough to go to work at the park tomorrow. If I don't I think my boss will have a fit, as I didn't go yesterday because I was sick.
In the midst of my sickness yesterday, I had a Creative Memories party last night, which was a lot of fun! I'm excited about the stuff that I'm planning to get and for everyone else's orders. I think the people who came had fun. I felt bad though, because my mom did a lot of the leg work for me since I wasn't feeling well.
We need a young-adult, 20-something, Christian group around here. Desperately. I think is something something I won't be able to sit on and think about anymore (after months of doing just that). It's time to act and get things started. Yikes. Prayers please! :-p
Anyway, I'm off to bed...again (because I only spent my entire day in bed). I'll leave you with these lovely pictures of the mess that is my classroom. After it's all put together, I'll have to post the after pictures of the room in all its finery. :-p
Here's the office and storage room:
And here's the classroom:
Another wrench that got thrown in the mix yesterday was the lovely little illness that decided to take over my body. Ugh! I had been running a fever until late this afternoon, but thankfully that finally broke. I think it's just bad cold. Thankfully, though I don't feel great, I'm feeling much better. Hopefully (well, maybe not hopefully :-p), I'll feel well enough to go to work at the park tomorrow. If I don't I think my boss will have a fit, as I didn't go yesterday because I was sick.
In the midst of my sickness yesterday, I had a Creative Memories party last night, which was a lot of fun! I'm excited about the stuff that I'm planning to get and for everyone else's orders. I think the people who came had fun. I felt bad though, because my mom did a lot of the leg work for me since I wasn't feeling well.
We need a young-adult, 20-something, Christian group around here. Desperately. I think is something something I won't be able to sit on and think about anymore (after months of doing just that). It's time to act and get things started. Yikes. Prayers please! :-p
Anyway, I'm off to bed...again (because I only spent my entire day in bed). I'll leave you with these lovely pictures of the mess that is my classroom. After it's all put together, I'll have to post the after pictures of the room in all its finery. :-p
Here's the office and storage room:
And here's the classroom:
Monday, August 18, 2008
Terrorist readiness
I received this a long time ago and just came across it today. I thought this information could be extremely helpful for all of you in case you ever come across one of these symbols. It's important for all of us to know how to properly respond. :-p
*You might have to click on the pics to make them bigger so you can read the captions.
*You might have to click on the pics to make them bigger so you can read the captions.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Not much to say...
I don't have a whole lot to blog about right now. I'm pretty busy between work, rehearsals for Charlie Brown, and now lesson planning, and preparing for the school year!
Charlie Brown is going to be really fabulous. I hope everyone who lives in the area is able to come!!! So far the vocals are awesome, and the choreography has been a lot of fun. We'll finally begin blocking next week.
I'll leave you with this video of Kristin Chenoweth as Sally Brown, singing "My New Philosophy," which is one of the songs I'll be singing as the same part in the same show. My friend Joe is playing the part of Schroeder.
Charlie Brown is going to be really fabulous. I hope everyone who lives in the area is able to come!!! So far the vocals are awesome, and the choreography has been a lot of fun. We'll finally begin blocking next week.
I'll leave you with this video of Kristin Chenoweth as Sally Brown, singing "My New Philosophy," which is one of the songs I'll be singing as the same part in the same show. My friend Joe is playing the part of Schroeder.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
New photoshop
I made this blog banner for my mom. She asked me to make her one that was "beachy and vintagey." :-p I hope that this suffices!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
P&P love
I have posted before about all of the wonderful things I get to do at work: read, scrapbook, watch moveis, etc. :-p Don't get me wrong, these days are long, and it gets very boring and tiring at times. However, I mostly don't mind being here (yes, I'm at work right now :-p).
One of the nice things about working long hours here is having the opportunity to watch long movies. As I'm sure everyone is aware, I'm quite enamored with all things Jane Austen, and have multiple film adaptations of every one of her novels. Each novel has at least one adaptation that's been shortened to under two hours, and then at least one that is four-plus hours. I used to watch these movies every night before I went to bed, a half-hour at a time which took at least a week or so to get through one movie. When I'm at work, I can watch an entire movie in one shift, which is very nice indeed.
So, yesterday I watched my favorite Pride & Prejudice, the A&E/BBC adaptation w/Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
Most people I know prefer this version to any other, myself included. However, I do also love the newer version that came out in 2005 with Kiera Knightly and Matthew MacFadyen...a lot!
I don't mind that they've shortened the story a great deal or changed parts of it around. And, though I don't like her as much as Jennifer Ehle, I don't mind Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Bennett. I do LOVE the Jane in this film, as well as the cinematography, setting, and sound track (which is to-die-for!).
I am watching this version of P&P this afternoon. :-D
When I am finished with this one, I will watch the 1980 BBC version.
This version is older, the camera work is not nearly as nice, the actors not as pretty, and the music not as good as the first two adaptations I wrote about. What I like about this version though (and all of the other BBC Jane Austen's I have) is that they stick extremely close to the novel.
I will begin watching that version either later this afternoon, or tomorrow morning I'm sure.
Once I finish with the 3 Pride & Prejudices I have (there are others as well, but I don't currently own them), I will probably go back and watch my other Jane movies. I like to watch them in alphabetical order (even though P&P comes after four of them :-p), so when I'm done w/P&P, I'll move on to my 3 Emma adaptations (and possibly Clueless, because that is a modern-day Emma and I love it!), then 3 Mansfield Parks, 2 Northanger Abby's (though I may skip these, as I really don't like them :o)), 3 Persuasions (my favorite!!!), and finally 3 Sense & Sensabilities! If that doesn't take me through the end of the summer, I'll throw in some Jane Eyre's and possible Anne of Green Gables. I love that I can watch these movies from beginning to end in a day!
Alright, I must get back to my P&P viewing. Everyone reading this probably now thinks that I am lazy and is shocked that one person could watch this much television! Trust me though, if you worked here, you'd do the same (though probably with other movies. ;o)).
One of the nice things about working long hours here is having the opportunity to watch long movies. As I'm sure everyone is aware, I'm quite enamored with all things Jane Austen, and have multiple film adaptations of every one of her novels. Each novel has at least one adaptation that's been shortened to under two hours, and then at least one that is four-plus hours. I used to watch these movies every night before I went to bed, a half-hour at a time which took at least a week or so to get through one movie. When I'm at work, I can watch an entire movie in one shift, which is very nice indeed.
So, yesterday I watched my favorite Pride & Prejudice, the A&E/BBC adaptation w/Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
Most people I know prefer this version to any other, myself included. However, I do also love the newer version that came out in 2005 with Kiera Knightly and Matthew MacFadyen...a lot!
I don't mind that they've shortened the story a great deal or changed parts of it around. And, though I don't like her as much as Jennifer Ehle, I don't mind Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Bennett. I do LOVE the Jane in this film, as well as the cinematography, setting, and sound track (which is to-die-for!).
I am watching this version of P&P this afternoon. :-D
When I am finished with this one, I will watch the 1980 BBC version.
This version is older, the camera work is not nearly as nice, the actors not as pretty, and the music not as good as the first two adaptations I wrote about. What I like about this version though (and all of the other BBC Jane Austen's I have) is that they stick extremely close to the novel.
I will begin watching that version either later this afternoon, or tomorrow morning I'm sure.
Once I finish with the 3 Pride & Prejudices I have (there are others as well, but I don't currently own them), I will probably go back and watch my other Jane movies. I like to watch them in alphabetical order (even though P&P comes after four of them :-p), so when I'm done w/P&P, I'll move on to my 3 Emma adaptations (and possibly Clueless, because that is a modern-day Emma and I love it!), then 3 Mansfield Parks, 2 Northanger Abby's (though I may skip these, as I really don't like them :o)), 3 Persuasions (my favorite!!!), and finally 3 Sense & Sensabilities! If that doesn't take me through the end of the summer, I'll throw in some Jane Eyre's and possible Anne of Green Gables. I love that I can watch these movies from beginning to end in a day!
Alright, I must get back to my P&P viewing. Everyone reading this probably now thinks that I am lazy and is shocked that one person could watch this much television! Trust me though, if you worked here, you'd do the same (though probably with other movies. ;o)).
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Bee & Tom's wedding
In my quest to get caught up on scrapbooking, I made this layout today of Bee & Tom's wedding, which was over 4 years ago. That's ok though, because I'm sure if I'd scrapped it then, it wouldn't have turned out nearly as well! I must admit, I'm pretty happy with this one! I didn't think I was going to like it at first...at all. None of my colors matched and it didn't look a bit wedding-ish. However, I sanded off the brighter colors of the scalloped paper around the photos and made some other alterations, added my embellishments, then printed all of my writing (which I had originally hand-written, but hated), and here it is!
Yes, I do like this one. It's nice to like what I make for a change! :-p
I should also add these pics of the altered Altoid tin I made. It's for a swap that my mom signed me up for on flickr. I had never made one before, so I wasn't sure how they would turn out, but I didn't think I did too badly for my first time! :o)
Yes, I do like this one. It's nice to like what I make for a change! :-p
I should also add these pics of the altered Altoid tin I made. It's for a swap that my mom signed me up for on flickr. I had never made one before, so I wasn't sure how they would turn out, but I didn't think I did too badly for my first time! :o)
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Fabulous weekend of favorites!
Friday night after work I rushed off to Buffalo to meet some favorites. Matt, Laurel, and Rachel Moran were in town for the weekend, so I met up w/them, as well as their friend Jonathan, and our friend Emily. It was nice to hang out and catch up...when we could hear each other speaking that is. They have a new jazz combo playing there now (for a while they've had Latin Jazz on the weekends, which began after the legendary DoDo died a couple of years ago.), and lets just say that they don't hold back! Anyway, I don't think I've seen any of the Morans since Matt & Laurel's wedding a couple of summers ago, so it was especially nice to hang out with them.
Here are some pics from all of our excitement at the AB.
Last night I went to see the Music Man in Spencerport with some friends. This is the production that I was originally going to be in, but dropped out of because I couldn't afford to travel an hour each way every night of the week.
Anyway, the show was a lot better than I thought it would be! There were some really strong parts, particularly the quartet and Marcellus, as well as the Pick-a-Little Ladies. My friend Mary was one of the directors and my friends Joe and Lance were in the show, as were a number of other people I know.
Here are some pics from after the show w/Bridget, me, Mary Kate, Mary, and Joe:
I'm at work now...I haven't had a single person come in to pay today, and I've had 3 cars come through and stay since I arrived here at noon. I was going to call and see if I could leave early, but what's one more hour? I might as well just stick it out!
PS....HI LAUREL! ;o)
Here are some pics from all of our excitement at the AB.
Last night I went to see the Music Man in Spencerport with some friends. This is the production that I was originally going to be in, but dropped out of because I couldn't afford to travel an hour each way every night of the week.
Anyway, the show was a lot better than I thought it would be! There were some really strong parts, particularly the quartet and Marcellus, as well as the Pick-a-Little Ladies. My friend Mary was one of the directors and my friends Joe and Lance were in the show, as were a number of other people I know.
Here are some pics from after the show w/Bridget, me, Mary Kate, Mary, and Joe:
I'm at work now...I haven't had a single person come in to pay today, and I've had 3 cars come through and stay since I arrived here at noon. I was going to call and see if I could leave early, but what's one more hour? I might as well just stick it out!
PS....HI LAUREL! ;o)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Amazing
I know that I just posted this morning, but I received this e-mail a little bit ago I thought that other people might like to see. It's really quite amazing:
This is the most amazing story... the perfect example of a parent's unconditional love for their child...
True story.
The son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'. The father who, despite having a heart condition, said 'Yes'.
They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too.
For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island . Father and son went on to complete the race together.
View the race.....
This is the most amazing story... the perfect example of a parent's unconditional love for their child...
True story.
The son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'. The father who, despite having a heart condition, said 'Yes'.
They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too.
For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island . Father and son went on to complete the race together.
View the race.....
Posting...for posting's sake
I have a very nice summer job. It doesn't pay a lot, but I don't do a lot, so I guess the trade-off is fairly even. In fact, I am at work right now typing this very blog post on my laptop. No, my place of employment doesn't have wi-fi, but the person who lives in the giant lake house next door does, so I get to "borrow" it from them. of course the signal goes in and out if I close the door to my box (booth), large trucks w/boats pull through, or it gets super windy or rainy. The house is a good distance away. I'm surprise their signal reaches this far at all!
Anyway, I work at the boat launch of a state park. I worked at this park all through college and after, every summer except for last. Why would I work such a low-paying job every summer when I could make more money doing something else? Well, basically I don't want to work during my summer. I want to enjoy it! The money is really not bad. It's well over minimum wage, so it pays a lot more than some other jobs do. And what do I do at work all day? Well, I sit here and play on my computer, I read books, I watch movies, I scrapbook, I talk on my phone, I paint my nails, I clean my car, etc, etc, etc. It's great because I have a lot of study time (for whatever I might like to study at the time), and a lot of time to do the things I would have wanted to do all summer anyway. Occasionally I do get customers...a few a day (I think yesterday I had 6...in 10 hours). It's nice to have them come through, as they break up the monotony of the day for me. ;o)
So needless to say I'm not complaining about my job! Sure I've had to work an insane amount of hours the past few days (12 on Sun, 10 yesterday and 10 today), but at least it's not hard work and generally goes by pretty quickly!
And now in closing, I will post this video of me and Joe singing "Summer Lovin'" from Grease a few months back at karaoke. We make me laugh, so I thought you might like to laugh as well! :-p And, it is summertime! :-D
Anyway, I work at the boat launch of a state park. I worked at this park all through college and after, every summer except for last. Why would I work such a low-paying job every summer when I could make more money doing something else? Well, basically I don't want to work during my summer. I want to enjoy it! The money is really not bad. It's well over minimum wage, so it pays a lot more than some other jobs do. And what do I do at work all day? Well, I sit here and play on my computer, I read books, I watch movies, I scrapbook, I talk on my phone, I paint my nails, I clean my car, etc, etc, etc. It's great because I have a lot of study time (for whatever I might like to study at the time), and a lot of time to do the things I would have wanted to do all summer anyway. Occasionally I do get customers...a few a day (I think yesterday I had 6...in 10 hours). It's nice to have them come through, as they break up the monotony of the day for me. ;o)
So needless to say I'm not complaining about my job! Sure I've had to work an insane amount of hours the past few days (12 on Sun, 10 yesterday and 10 today), but at least it's not hard work and generally goes by pretty quickly!
And now in closing, I will post this video of me and Joe singing "Summer Lovin'" from Grease a few months back at karaoke. We make me laugh, so I thought you might like to laugh as well! :-p And, it is summertime! :-D
Friday, July 11, 2008
Pictures and more
I realized that I had never posted any pictures from Anna's wedding like I said that I would, as well as none a while back from Stacey's or Jessica's, so here are some photo only posts.
Anna (Drake) & Alberto Ayala:
The next pics are of dinner at the Anchor Bar w/high school friends and their spouses: Jerod, Derek & his fiance Laura, Amber, me, Whitney & Jesse, and Brian (minus Stacy who couldn't come).
Then we have Stacey & Justin's wedding, followed by Jessica's wedding (I do write a lot about weddings, don't I??? :-p).
Anna (Drake) & Alberto Ayala:
The next pics are of dinner at the Anchor Bar w/high school friends and their spouses: Jerod, Derek & his fiance Laura, Amber, me, Whitney & Jesse, and Brian (minus Stacy who couldn't come).
Then we have Stacey & Justin's wedding, followed by Jessica's wedding (I do write a lot about weddings, don't I??? :-p).
Monday, July 7, 2008
Tim & Kim's wedding page
I decided yesterday that I really need to try to get caught up on at least some of my scrapbooking. I think the easiest way for me to do that is organize things by which album they'll go in and do one album project at a time. I have a bunch of different albums that have many pages that need to be made: weddings, shows, family, me, college, friends, etc.
I thought that the easiest album to start with would be the wedding one. I already have a number of pages in that one, and I love creating wedding layouts because I try to make them as beautiful as possible. I decided a while back that I would do a page/layout for every one of my friends weddings (at least the ones I attend). As of today, I'm down to 12 that I need to complete. I think I have close to that many in the album already.
This is the layout I created today. It's of my friend Tim's wedding 4 years ago. Better late than never, right? :-p I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, though the photos were taken on a fairly crappy camera from far away, so they definitely leave much to be desired, but I think the page still has the effect I wanted it to. Because I made and photographed the layout at work, it's hard to really see all of the details, so I plan to take another pic later when I can set it up on an easel and use my tripod.
I thought that the easiest album to start with would be the wedding one. I already have a number of pages in that one, and I love creating wedding layouts because I try to make them as beautiful as possible. I decided a while back that I would do a page/layout for every one of my friends weddings (at least the ones I attend). As of today, I'm down to 12 that I need to complete. I think I have close to that many in the album already.
This is the layout I created today. It's of my friend Tim's wedding 4 years ago. Better late than never, right? :-p I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, though the photos were taken on a fairly crappy camera from far away, so they definitely leave much to be desired, but I think the page still has the effect I wanted it to. Because I made and photographed the layout at work, it's hard to really see all of the details, so I plan to take another pic later when I can set it up on an easel and use my tripod.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
why not, write?
My most typical reason for not writing/posting to this here (we)blog is time. My time is consumed with other things that I deem more important at that time. Sometimes those other things might actually be reading other blogs, but that is far more important than me taking the time to write on here myself.
Another reason I don't write though is that I write it in my head all day long. Does that sound weird? Do other people do the same? I've always been the kind of person who sort of lives in my own imagination. I practice conversations in my head over and over...never do my real life convos even remotely compare to the perfect ones I make up where I am the most witty or intellectual or eloquent. I'm a day dreamer, so I'm constantly making up stories in my head...what-ifs about other people, real or imaginary who I know or don't. I know that some people are too realistic for day dreaming. I've heard "get your head out of the clouds" more than once in my life.
Anyway, my whole point for writing all of this is that as I experience my daily life, I often "blog" in my head as I go along. I think about what I'd like to share and exactly how I'd say it. However, by the time I go to write about it (as is happening at this very moment), something gets lost in translation and what I write out doesn't compare to what I've already written in my mind. Either that, or because I already wrote it, I just don't feel like going through it again. :-p
Does that all sound really weird? I'm not even going to go through and edit this now, so hopefully it makes sense! :-p
Another reason I don't write though is that I write it in my head all day long. Does that sound weird? Do other people do the same? I've always been the kind of person who sort of lives in my own imagination. I practice conversations in my head over and over...never do my real life convos even remotely compare to the perfect ones I make up where I am the most witty or intellectual or eloquent. I'm a day dreamer, so I'm constantly making up stories in my head...what-ifs about other people, real or imaginary who I know or don't. I know that some people are too realistic for day dreaming. I've heard "get your head out of the clouds" more than once in my life.
Anyway, my whole point for writing all of this is that as I experience my daily life, I often "blog" in my head as I go along. I think about what I'd like to share and exactly how I'd say it. However, by the time I go to write about it (as is happening at this very moment), something gets lost in translation and what I write out doesn't compare to what I've already written in my mind. Either that, or because I already wrote it, I just don't feel like going through it again. :-p
Does that all sound really weird? I'm not even going to go through and edit this now, so hopefully it makes sense! :-p
Monday, June 23, 2008
Wedding weekend
My dear friend Miranda got married on Saturday...I sang and my sister was a bridesmaid. It was a very lovely wedding and fun reception! My friends Beck, Jess, Rob and Amber were there, as well as my brothers, so it was great to have the opportunity to hang out with them. Amber and I have decided that we are perpetual wedding dates. :-p
Anyway, rather than writing much about the wedding, I thought I'd post a few pics to share!
The reception was at the golf course that's around the corner/behind my house. They just added a beautiful new outdoor room. It's really quite nice. If I ever get married some day, I may want to have my reception there! :-p
Next week is my friend Anna's wedding! I'm a bridesmaid & singing in this one. After that, I won't have any more until August...I think. I do love weddings!
Anyway, rather than writing much about the wedding, I thought I'd post a few pics to share!
The reception was at the golf course that's around the corner/behind my house. They just added a beautiful new outdoor room. It's really quite nice. If I ever get married some day, I may want to have my reception there! :-p
Next week is my friend Anna's wedding! I'm a bridesmaid & singing in this one. After that, I won't have any more until August...I think. I do love weddings!
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