Ain't No Sunshine

I decided to compile a list of cds I wish to acquire. So here we go:

98 degrees (haha!)
Kris Allen
Jon McLaughlin - Indiana
All-American Rejects

More later.

Quality Time In Front of the Idiot Box

Is it weird that I'm a 20 year-old female and only own one "chick flick"? haha. I bought 27 Dresses yesterday. And watched it tonight with my ten year-old cousin...because I only have movies like the 300 or Jaws. haha.

it's now 2352 and i'm wide awake. why? i have no clue. but i am. so here i am. babbling on about nothing of any consequence.

my contacts are drying up. and it's getting uncomfortable. so i'm gonna go upstairs and hit the sack. nite y'all.

Lock Down

I was going through my phone and deleting some of my "locked" texts b/c I needed more room for Christmas well wishes. Here are some of my favorites:

Received: May 26, 08 06:36 p - i don't like u. U smell like poop. when u see me hit me. Ill probably act like i dont no y but whatever.

Received: Mar. 30, 09 12:51 p - shut up! no way i wanna see! (haha not sure why, but i LOVE this one!)

Received: Apr. 29, 09 12:37 p - i forgot we switched to the attractive boy with the hugs and thought you meant the nonmusician smoker smelled good. hahaha.

Received: May 24, 09 09:03 a - Yup my little guys swam their hearts out and won hooray

Received: Jul. 15, 09 09:52 a - Have they been released

Received: Aug. 12, 09 08:01 p - ! Really? Awesome! Is he a jerk though? Cause that would suck. If He's nice I'll be complimented.

Received: Aug. 19, 09 11:50 a - jason has the best butt and legs combo ever. holy cow.

Received: Oct. 12, 09 07:31 a - i had this dream last night that we were totally bff's with gro and kevin hammond...o wait. that actually happened. (:

Received: Nov. 24, 09 04:02 p - If my skin starts burning I'm gonna have to leave fast haha

Received: Nov. 25, 09 02:44 p - I will be there with bells on! Well not literally with bells on :)

Received: Dec. 16, 09 09:51 p - What me sucking? (TWSS!!!)

Received: Dec. 22, 09 08:31 p - ...she grabbed your face last year in applied (THAT was AWKWARD!)

Received: Dec. 24, 09 08:29 a - <3

that's all folks. now i'm off to kick my brother's butt in wii resort fencing! :)

Christmas is the time for free music...

Hiya friends!

So apparently Christmas is the time for free music! Check out the following links for some cool (and free!) tunes:

Matthew Mayfield - Not sure how I got on his mailing list...but who cares with free music! :-P
The Fray - 1 free song, 4 more when you sign up. Not a bad deal. :-P
25 Days of Christmas - free song each day of December, there are some really good ones! :-P
Nora Jones - Free song on iTunes :)
Tenth Avenue North - sweet version of "Go Tell It On The Mountain" :)

Enjoy!

I Need This.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/

Thanks Caleb.

A man was driving through town, when he saw the flash of a traffic camera.
He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the speed limit, even though he knew that he was not speeding. Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed.
Now he began to think that this was quite funny, so he drove even slower as he passed the area again, but the traffic camera again flashed.
He tried a fourth time with the same result.
He did this a fifth time and was now laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past, this time at a snail's pace.
Two weeks later, he got five tickets in the mail for driving without a seat belt.
You can't fix stupid.

I'm back. Given in to the peer pressure (and ease of reading other peoples blog since a ton of people restarted their blogspots...).

Just thought I'd let you know.

OH. And Ironman 2 is coming out soon. YAY!

Check it.

I've decided I need a new start.
And Word Press has a more visually appealing set up.
So to read go to:
www.caleamy.wordpress.com
Peace.

I Miss Guatemala

This morning as I was on my way home after dropping Caity off at work, this woman flipped me off.
Twice.
And seriously, there was absolutely no reason for her to do it.
The first time she did it. I wasn't sure that she had...and the second time I was positive. And she did it with such a malicious sneer.
I was so unsettled and sad that I wanted to bawl my eyes out [but clearly I refrained since I was driving].
Seriously, when did it become okay to do that?
And why do we continue to let it be okay?
Why don't we stand up for what we believe (not just about flipping the bird)?
My song for this post? Stitches by Haste the Day

Both Corey and Anne have an 'E'

So it's a lovely summer day.
But I'm inside the house.
With the air conditioning, which I am not a big fan of.

This morning I went out to the range with Pop, Jake, and Drew G. Fun times. :) I brought my target home...it's soon to be posted on my bedroom wall. :)

Yesterday was a surprise birthday/graduation party for Ryan M. There's always fun to be had with that bunch! We played volleyball for awhile...my hand is currently sore...but I don't want to fold laundry...so I'm typing. No pain, no gain, eh?

Right now my church (
) is going through a series entitled "Answers for the Stress and Strain of Life." It's following Psalm 23. A great series. This weeks topic was busyness. I know for myself, I'm almost always busy. And sometimes it seems justifyable because I'm doing it for the church. But who really suffers? Me? My family? My friends? Pastor Sean mentioned that no preacher has even had someone [on their deathbed] say, "I wish I had spent more time at the office." No it's always, I wish I had spent more time with God, my family, et cetera. What is it gonna take to make all of us (myself included) realize that we aren't promised tomorrow? I think we all have the head knowledge...but do we really apply it? Life throws tradegies our way and we think, oh my goodness we need to change our lifestyle. To love more. To forgive more. To show God's love more. And for a time, we might succeed. But then we fall into the same habits time and time again. Yes, God wants us to work. Yes, He wants us to succeed. But He also wants us to rest. Rest our bodies, rest our spirits. If you do that, you'd be amazed at the changes you'll notice in yourself.

I'm pretty sure I'm rambling on...sorry.

So awhile ago, I wanted to include some things in every post...then that post got deleted or something. So here we go.

Blessings: Coming back from Guatemala really gives you some perspective changes. One thing that very clearly stands out is that we live in very blessed nation. Most of use could choose between two to five different places to go buy groceries. Prepackaged, ready to eat food. In Guatemala, one day, a job we had to accomplish was killing/cleaning chicken. Like seriously. We never ever think about how the chicken came into that packaging...we just buy it, cook it, and eat it.

Ugh. The laundry is calling me. Peace.

Caity Joy. This if for you.

So I realize that I haven't been very faithful in keeping this updated. But seriously, the only people that read this should already be updated on my incredible life! haha. :-P Right now I feel like I'm in the eye of the storm...you know what I mean? The time in your life where there's nothing crazy happening. And I feel it's quite apropos since last week I was in NH for camp and next week I'm heading to Guatemala for a missions trip!

So I'll start off with my camp experiences. Seriously, if you've never gone (as a camper or staff), go. It will literally change your life. For me, I start to count the days til camp from the day I leave it. Camp has definitely helped to shape and mold my life and send me off into the right directions. As much as I enjoyed camp as a student who participated, I enjoy it so much more as staff. There's definitely a different perspective and approach/expectation that you bring to camp as staff. You leave your house thinking, I'm gonna help change someone's life. But in reality, while you probably accomplish that, you end up getting changed as well. I can't even describe to you the camp experience. One week to completely and wholly immerse yourself in God without any outside distractions (well, I guess if you tried hard enough you could find some distractions...but if you aren't looking for it, you're golden.)

People often say that New England is cold spiritually, but clearly they've never been to a SNED camp. To see students from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts congregate with one goal in mind is an amazing thing. There are always the kids who hold back a little, unsure of just how "undone" they should become. But then there are the students who just dive in head first, not caring about who's watching. Before that first chord is strummed, or the first note is sung, there are students at the altar praying and seeking after God. It's undescribably encouraging to see students thirsting for His presence. Sometimes in service I tend to hold myself back from fully giving worship my all. But then I always remember the words of the song "Here in Your Presence." It says Here in Your presence, we are undone. I'm sure different people look at that line with alternate thoughts and perspectives, but here are my thoughts. In God's presence, we are wholly His. Nothing that this world has to offer can compare to Him. So consequently all the masks and facades that we wear for the world are erased. We don't have to look pretty or put together. We can bring Him the pieces of our lives and let Him make us into His perfect creation. I've always loved that song, but when 57:7 played it at camp, I just completely lost it. Like bawled my eyes out. We come undone in His presence and He renews us and reminds us just how amazing He is. At least that's what it's like for me! haha.

So aside from outstanding worship and sermons, we also had tons of fun!! First day we had Primal...we had kids on tarps, giant inner tubes, plungers, and Rec Staff combined for an insane day! Just picture it now. haha. Second day we had Man Hunt. There were leaders and Rec Staff in trees, swimming into the lake, hiding in bushes, "hiding" in plain sight...you name it. It was crazy fun...especially since I was the Point Princess, I got to stay in the chapel and do virtually nothing the whole time!! : ) Third day we had a huge Relay Race, in which I had kids voluntarily flipping their canoes and kayaks in the middle of the pond for points! Mad funny. Especially when it was a bunch of girly girls!! Fourth day was clean-up and departure...it went by mad fast. : (

On the second day, I went River Tubing...which was ridiculously relaxing! But of course, I had all the crazy kids floating by me! But it was quite the experience....Rock the boat! : ) On the fourth day...that was (for me) one of the most memorable moments. I was "supervising" the kids that were using the canoes and kayaks on the pond. Even went out with some girls once or twice. Then I happend to be on shore. And I saw this girl sitting in a canoe waiting for one of her friends...when two boys yanked her out of the canoe and shoved off into the pond! (not quite so quickly, we definitely fought to get them out of the canoe...). So being the wonderful Point Princess that I am, I yelled to the boys and asked if they had any electronics on their persons. They answered negative. So I asked on of the girls to watch everyone, then ran upstairs to my room, put on my bathing suit and some grungy clothes and ran back outside. By this point, the guys were closer to shore and attempting to bash their canoe into one of the girls canoes. So I promptly jumped into the pond and flipped the guys canoe! The look on their face as they realized my intent was priceless!! They were good sports about it. And what insued was one of the top five highlights of my week! All around were flipped canoes and foul smelling, soaking wet teenagers! It was awesome. We probably spent between half an hour to an hour in the pond. Which let me tell you, has the nastiest feeling floor! You think you're on "solid" ground, then step and sink half a foot into the nastiest muck ever!

So now that have written y'all a mini novel, I must get to work.

NH Madness

Senior High camp is finally here!! I've only been waiting since I boarded the bus to return last year! lol. I'll be sure to blog when I get home! : )

2-0 That's right!

So I realized that I haven't blogged in forever. Not necessarily because I have nothing to say...because I probably have too much to say. But because I just don't have the time or inclination to do it.

I'm kinda bummed, because today was supposed to be my day off (when you only get 24 hours in a week...you only work 3 days...), but yesterday I had to go to a family funeral...so that means I have to work today. I was quite looking forward to riding my bike or doing something outside today. Doesn't look like that's gonna happen. Boo.

On a brighter note, US BEAT SPAIN!!!! I really wish I could have seen the game. How does the US team (like seriously? futbol is NOT our sport...) beat the NUMBER ONE team in the world? Mindblowing. The highlights just doesn't cut it. I'm sure I can find it on ESPN somewhere. : )

AND even better, last night I got to hang out with Melissa and Pheonix!! I was on the start of some serious withdrawal symptons. :-P

I had intentions of going for a run this morning...but then the bed just wouldn't let me go. SERIOUSLY! haha. I'm gonna go later (hopefully...).

On the subject of my bed...I got a new one.

It's GINORMOUS. For real. I need steps to get into it. If this helps at all...I could comfortably sleep UNDER the frame. Then we have a box spring and a mattress (that has one of the pillow top things...so comfortable...but it adds like 2 inches). So yea.

I need to go get some work done. :-P

I missed you by a moment

Life is FINALLY starting to slow down. Lots of things have been removed from my metaphorical plate. And I'd love to say that I haven't added more to replace it...but I have. Just not as much. : )

I'm bored...so I'm gonna create a format of things that I'll always list or comment on in a post. They are as follows:

• Blessings: Sometimes I think that we forget just how blessed we are. As individuals, as a family, as a church, as a nation, et cetera. We get so caught up in our own fish bowls that we forget there's a whole ocean of people out there around us. I'm just gonna comment on how blessed I am to have my family. I was notified (via Facebook status) that one of my classmates father died yesterday, and I'm reminded that we aren't promised tomorrow. One of my classmates (unrelated to afore mentioned classmate) gave a speech on how we need to embrace life. To love our friends and family and not let petty (or not so petty) squabbles block us from showing that love. I always remember the mother in Little Women telling Jo (I think it was her...) "don't let the sun go down on your anger." Feelings like anger, bitterness...they only hurt us...and prevent us from truly enjoying the relationships we have.

Anyone Know How to Disappear??

Right now I have a MAD amount of homework to take care of. 

But I'm still at the office.

Because I have a MAD amount of work to get done...because I won't be there this weekend.

But it's all good.

Because Caity and I are gonna go shopping.

But I really shouldn't be spending money.

Because I have expenses like gasoline, insurance, missions trips, etc.

But rainy days call for shopping.

Because you need new outfits on the sunny days.

But now I really need to get back to work.

Because I want to have it all finished for tomorrow.

I know that my Redeemer lives

Oof. I totally just said that out loud...then felt the need to type it out. : )

Recap on recent events:

Passion of the King is over. : ( It was a fantastic experience, and although I will miss seeing everyone...I'm kinda sorta happy it's over. My life was just waaayyyy too hectic for my tastes.

I don't have to work until Thursday!!! How great is that? One of the perks of being a church employee. : )

My cousin Noelle came down to visit during her spring break [which is awesome!]

However...she, Caity, and Jake all got that nasty stomach virus Friday night (to various degrees), so that kind of put a damper on things. But praise God they are all better now!

Noelle and I are watching first season Dean-ness. So I'm gonna sign off.

Love is having a Special Song

For the Lord is good.

His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation

Psalm 100

If He came down from Heaven...

So apparently I don't blog enough for Miss Squires taste.

So here I am. 

Blogging.

When I should be sleeping.

Today was the first day after Spring Break. Which automatically makes it a crummy day. 

And to top it off...it was raining. Yep. Sounds like a stupendous day, eh?

BUT...it ended well. : )

After school, I gave blood [I actually got out of World Religions early which is a plus!...and I'm getting extra credit for another class!!] And got mad light-headed afterwards...but the people in the van where cool. AND I got extra drinks and snacks! Whoot!

So I drove home (after the dizziness had passed)...finished watching the finale of BSG [still not sure how I feel about how it ended...], did a little cleaning, kissed my parents goodbye when they came home and booked to church for PotK practice!

So I want to write about practice...but I need sleep.

G'nite y'all.

Greece City

I'm sitting here in my cubicle. Waiting for some postcards to finish printing.

I've been here at church since 9:30ish. It was a very lonnngg and slightly tedious practice. But I do understand why it was needed. I think I'm finally starting to get tired...yesterday started out was a pretty average Friday (though I did get out of work early!). Around 5pm, I went with my cousin to get the dress she got married in (I'm assuming she's married now...it was sometime this morning). Then I booked out to Hebron for Amy's surprise party!! (and oh my gosh was she surprised! lol. I'm not sure I ever want to be in that position).

The party was great. :) We ate some amazing food and played lots of games! (in which we discovered that I am definitely NOT the artist in the Leamy family!) I was definitely on some good teams. : )

After it started to dwindle down (and we all realized we needed to get up in a few hours for practice...), and I got home...I wish I could say I got some rest. haha. But nope. I had to write a paper for World Religions class...because my teacher is a psycho who hands out a ton of work over Spring Break. Who does that? Like seriously? But I will say that I did catch up on most of the Lost episodes that I've missed. [LaFluer...so great! Sarah - we should get together and watch it from Season One...]

So I got approximately 3 hours of rest. So I feel like I was extra bubbly this morning, because I was still riding the second wind from last night. lol. : )

I think the printing just finished. So I'm gonna grab em, stop at the Post Office and drop them off, then head home for one more (maybe two...do I really want the extra credit??) paper, bathroom cleaning, and TV show catching up. : )

Then sleep.

5 days til PotK begins!!!

Bored

I'm here sitting in a meeting.

And I'm bored.

It's weird.

I have a lot of burning questions.

But they are all for another time.

Spring Break

so spring break is rather boring. just wanted to throw that out there.

seriously.

one of these days i'll write something actually interesting on here.

but for now...i'm too tired/lazy.

but i've been accused of never updating.

so i'm updating.

life is the usual.

end of story.

:-P

27 Dresses

I had forgotten how much I love that movie.

Seriously.

"Get over here."

"What color is that? Vomit?"

"I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich."

"I think you should just admit that you're a big softy, that this whole cynical thing is just an act so that you can seem wounded and mysterious and sexy...

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What was the last one?

What?

Did you say 'sexy?'

What?

You think I'm sexy?

No.

It's okay if you do.

I don't!"

Just a few good quotes. I'm not quite sure why I like it so much. Considering it's a chick flick. But I do. So whatever. :-P

Night.

For Sarah

This is for you. : )

Waiting

...no I don't mean the movie. *coughcaitcough*

I'm actually sitting in the MCC library...because that's what cool kids do right? I could be doing other things...but nope. I'm sitting here drinking my Fanta and posting on my blog.

Some of the other things I could be doing?

1) Reading one of the two books I have in my purse
2) Completing the Participating Members manual that's in my purse
3) Starting to look at the handout for World Religions that's in my purse
4) Browsing MCC's current cd collection.

But clearly I'm not in the mood to do those right now.

Random thought that won't mean anything to those of you who have never used an MCC library computer. 1)The keys are LOUD. Seriously. There's no way to go about typing quietly. 2) There isn't enough room to comfortably rest my forearms. Awkward.

We had a quiz in Public Speaking today (which I didn't study for until last night...I had a I legitimate reason though...I was studying for my World Religions test that I also had today). And we had to spell extemporaneous. And she was gonna take points off if we spelled it wrong. Seriously? It's a speech class. Not an English class.

Now as I end. Let's take a look at my week.

Tuesday:
Work / 8:30-5:00
Home / Rest of night

Wednesday:
Work / 8:30-10:30
Class /11:00-3:20
Work / 3:30-4:45
Home / 5:00-5:45
Class / 6:00-9:50

Thursday
Work / 9:30-5:00
Class / 5:30-6:30
Home / Rest of night (Dinner with Pastor Eliezer, Casey & Manny)

Friday
Work / 9:30-5:00
Shell & Tiff's Birthday Celebration

Saturday
POTK / 10:00-2:00
Church / 4:00-6:30

Sunday
Church / 8:00-1:30
POTK / 2:00-4:00
Youth / 4:00-8:00

Whoo-hoo.

Later y'all.

Heart Shaped Post-its

I have a confession to make (I'm your fool...ahaha). I'm addicted to Post-Its.

No lie.

I use them for EVERYTHING. (total side note, I want this cold weather to go away, granted I love it, simply because it dries my hands out!!! arg.)

I use different color Posties for different things. I try to use the smaller ones if I don't have a lot to say (I try to save trees...). Seriously, whoever invented Post-its was a genius.

Isn't there some chick flick where the girl says she invented the Post-It? Someone's reunion or something. (don't ask me how I know that...)

Anyway. I really have no need to be posting here, but I got here at 8:30 and I'll be here (at the office) until like 7. Which is fine. But I don't have too much work.

So here I am. (Rock me like a hurricane....)

My life is a musical. 

This I swear to you. (this I swear to me...)

Without Make-Up

Sarah, when I read this...I thought of you. : )

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you' re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, thats her... - Anonymous

Mi Corazon

Cait, Linds, and Josh are watching Once Upon a Time in Mexico...and I'm "doing" homework...

!But I am 50% through what I need to do. :)

The day went by pretty swiftly...and now it's slowing down. Which is pretty nice...but I'm getting sick. Not flu-ey sick. But asthmaticstupidbarometricpressurechanges sick. :(

Buuuuttttttttt. Worship went VERY well. At least for me. :) There comes a time during worship when you're just so completely surrounded by the Holy Spirit. And you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is moving in your life. And tears just spring forth. Which...when you're leading worship and start choking up...isn't always the best. But when the Spirit moves...it all works out. :)

World Religions rules my life

For real. I have a lot of homework due monday. And will I get any of it done before Sunday night? Probably not.

Which isn't smart...because here's my Sunday schedule.

6:30am - Wake up

6:45am - Shower

8:00am - Leave for church

8:30am - Practice

9:00am - 1st Service starts

9:45am - Practice for next week on

11:00am - Run around to try and talk to people

11:15am - 2nd Service starts

1:30pm - 2nd Service ends

2:00pm - Practice for PotK

3:45pm - Run to Community Center to start band practice

5:00pm - iMpact begins

7:00pm - iMpact ends

8:00pm - Leave iMpact

9:00pm - ???

:-P

MCC Memories

As I enter my fouth (and final) semester at MCC, I’ve noticed a few things about college students. One being our tendency to try and fool our stomachs into thinking we’ve eaten by drinking a TON of water(or soda, or vitamin water, whatever). However, this doesn’t help our cause at ALL, because we constantly need to use the loo in between classes. Which depending if you want a sanitary stall…could result in you being late for class. Legit. I truly only “trust” one bathroom in this school…and even then it’s hit or miss. haha.

Now there’s another thing about college life. Maybe it’s only a problem at MCC, but I’m thinking it has to be a problem at other colleges as well. What is this problem you ask? Well it’s simple, the girl’s bathrooms are DISGUSTING! I really want to know how you can leave a stall like that. Honestly. A human body should NOT require THAT much toilet paper. And if for some reason you do…go see a doctor. People always say that guys are pigs…I think to a certain degree the same can be said of girls. Only grosser (if that’s possible….).

On the topic of gross…making out in the hall? Not something I want to see. Like honestly? We aren’t in high school anymore (thankfully I was never witness to any of that…).

And peeves? When people don’t respect the fact that someone else is performing or giving a presentation. I know you love to play your guitar…but seriously STOP PLAYING! Even if you aren’t “plugged in,” if we can still hear you strumming your strings….AAAAHHHHHH!!!!

I had thought of something else…then I was eavesdropping on someone’s conversation and lost it. lol.

And yes, I fully realize that I have a lot of fragmented sentences. And considering I’m so nit-picky about people’s use of the English language…should not happen. But I honestly don’t care right now. :-P

I’m currently listening to “upright bass 101.” haha. I love these guys.

Another thing. Why press the handicap button and waste electricity when you are perfectly able to do it yourself?

Oh and let’s not forget smoking! No smoking means NO smoking. I want to kick everyone that breaks that rule.

The Pink Planner

So I'm sure you are wondering why yours truly voluntarily bought a PINK planner. I originally was going to buy a blue one. But then I couldn't find one that didn't have gross junk on it. So I was like, how about the purple one? But then the more I looked at it, I thought it was kind of a pukey color. So then I looked for a totally different one. And I actually found some I liked. But they all were missing stuff. (what can you expect....it was Ocean State Big Lots).

So I had to buy the pink one.

There you go. : )

Let Your Beat Go On

So I woke up this morning sorer (is that a word?) than yesterday...but still not to the extent that I was figuring on. Honestly, the car hit my door, and all I am is a little stiff. Whoot for God, right? Seriously, that could have turned out much much worse than it did.

But I need to get ready for work. Bye Sarah. and Cait. My faithful blog readers. :-P

Abbraccio = Embrace a.k.a. hug

I find it interesting that CT has such a bad rep compared to other states. We have bad drivers (clearly seen by yesterday's episode), we're rude. And there's nothing to do on the weekends if you don't drink, smoke, etc. 

So I've decided to change that for my circle of influence. My drivings okay, so there's not much I can do about that...but I have decided to refrain from using my horn unless absolutely neccesary. (I never use it...so when I want to use it...I have to think about where it is...lol).

I'm working on being even more polite than normal. Small compliments can go a long way. I feel like I'm always smiling (b/c when I don't, I look mean...real story), but I'm gonna work on sharing genuine smiles with everyone. Not just the people I like.

And I'm gonna work on getting people connected. I know it's impossible for me to keep a million healthy friendships, but if I have my healthy circle of friends and I introduce an acquaintance to someone in that circle...maybe they can join my friends circle. (If that made any sense...it does in my head...lol).

But if I share that with everyone...exactly what makes my close friends special? What sets them apart? I'm a big fan of hugs. So if I consider you a close friend, I'll hug you on a regular basis.

So there's my schpeel for the day. : )

War Wagon

Bye bye War Wagon.

This morning we were T-boned on the way to church. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. But my van is totaled. : (

Events like this bring into sharp focus just how fragile life is. It's a reminder to not take anything for granted. We aren't promised tomorrow. So "don't let the sun go down on your anger." Remember to smile. To love. To laugh. To freely give hugs. Don't assume people know you love them. Don't assume people know you care. You know what happens when you assume...

Thinking

Hi there.

I've been itching to write stuff, but I'm too lazy/tired to hand write in my journal. (and Sarah inspired me to start my blog again).

So I've been doing alot of thinking lately. I'm not sure I'll write too much of it on here. It's mostly just reflection on what makes us who we are. What makes us happy. What makes us sad. What makes us decide to be a joyous person. What attracts us to others. What attracts other to us. (Chad said girls have spaghetti brains, so most of my thoughts are all over the place.)

Why do we call ourselves Christians is all we do it stand for worship and hear (there a difference between hearing and listening) a man speak? How can we justify claiming His name when we don't put any effort into His body, His works? Why is there that barrier that stops us from just letting loose? Why do we think a person is "out there" or "missing a few links" for expressing love to their Creator? Why do we automatically assume something that is different is something bad or untouchable? Why do we form cliches when "opposites attract?"

Why is it that we let others pull us down versus pulling them up? What dictates whether or not we will be "great?" Why, when we know the truth, do we fall for lies?

I'm going to bed now. PotK in the morning. But I'm still thinking....