spring has sprung! thank the Lord. i love this time of year. 80 degrees and sunny = HEAVEN. i believe that the weather in heaven will be just like spring time in sc. and yes. there will be weather in heaven.
not much to blog about today. i worked til 9:30 last night, so i didn't come in until 1:00 today. let me tell you, i could get used to this. i woke up at 9, laid in bed and watched 2 episodes of will and grace, went to the car wash, cleaned out my car, went to wal-mart, worked out, then took a shower and got ready for work. splendid.
also fun today: lindsey came to visit me at work. shout out to her, because i know she's reading this. we were talking about "collaboration between my program and the free clinic." hahaha. yeahhh. or we were talking about things that have been going on this week and what we're going to do tonight (make pizza i think). we actually did sort some of my training evaluations, though. that was real work.
i got my cup dress today (ordered on line at nordstrom.com). oh. my. goodness. it is perfect. fits like a glove, and it's probably my favorite dress i've ever gotten for the cup. very me. i can't wait to wear it. it will also make an appearance and erin and clint's wedding.
in other news, i miss my friend, aaron. he up and joined the army, and he's at boot camp/officer's school right now. he's been gone for a month, and i'm not adjusting. is it september yet? i'm ready for him to come home. i write him random letters about every other day. haha. i know he loves that.
working a 4 day week next week. awesome. 4 days are so much easier than 5. i'm going home thursday night so that i can go get my hair done friday morning and then spend all day with my mom helping her get ready for all the company we're having for the weekend. i'm excited. one of my favorite weekends of the whole year. wish my brother would be there. : (
serious topic of the day: girls are so competitive with each other, even though they would never admit it. myself included. i hate it.
lyric of the day:
cause you can't jump the track
we're like cars on a cable
life's like an hourglass
glued to the table
and no one can find the rewind button, girl
so cradle your head in your hands
and breathe
just breathe
-anna nalick
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
kids say the darndest things
a few of my favorites from teaching and babysitting...
jimmy (1st grader): missuuus gardeeeneeerrrr!
me: yes, jimmy?
jimmy: i have a head ache.
me: i'm sorry. me too. why don't you get some water and put your head down on your desk for a minute.
jimmy: i don't think so. because that you are so beeeyoootiful to me, i think you should let me go home.
me: jimmy, you go home in 30 minutes. i think you can make it.
jimmy: but i can't, because the little man inside my head said i have to change my head. and he is talking very loudly.
me: umm. okay. what did he say?
jimmy: that i have to change my name.
me: well, jimmy, what do you have to change your name to?
jimmy: beef wellington.
jimmy: if i could be a girl, i'd want to be just like you, missuss gardener.
elise (4 years old): ashaley! ashaley! ashaley! look at me! ASHALEY! LOOK AT ME!
me (trying to have a conversation): elise, i need you to hush for 2 seconds.
elise: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS, MA'AM!
me: what animal do you know that walks close to the ground on the beach like that?
child: a ghost.
lindsey (5 years old): ashley, i have to pee NOW!
me: okay. hang on 2 seconds. we'll be home in just a minute.
lindsey: ASH, IF I DON'T GO TO THE BATHROOM NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE AN EXPLOSION IN MY PANTS!!!
lindsey (flicking off everybody in la fiesta while standing on his seat): I LOVE MY MIDDLE FINGERS!!!!!
jimmy (1st grader): missuuus gardeeeneeerrrr!
me: yes, jimmy?
jimmy: i have a head ache.
me: i'm sorry. me too. why don't you get some water and put your head down on your desk for a minute.
jimmy: i don't think so. because that you are so beeeyoootiful to me, i think you should let me go home.
me: jimmy, you go home in 30 minutes. i think you can make it.
jimmy: but i can't, because the little man inside my head said i have to change my head. and he is talking very loudly.
me: umm. okay. what did he say?
jimmy: that i have to change my name.
me: well, jimmy, what do you have to change your name to?
jimmy: beef wellington.
jimmy: if i could be a girl, i'd want to be just like you, missuss gardener.
elise (4 years old): ashaley! ashaley! ashaley! look at me! ASHALEY! LOOK AT ME!
me (trying to have a conversation): elise, i need you to hush for 2 seconds.
elise: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS, MA'AM!
me: what animal do you know that walks close to the ground on the beach like that?
child: a ghost.
lindsey (5 years old): ashley, i have to pee NOW!
me: okay. hang on 2 seconds. we'll be home in just a minute.
lindsey: ASH, IF I DON'T GO TO THE BATHROOM NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE AN EXPLOSION IN MY PANTS!!!
lindsey (flicking off everybody in la fiesta while standing on his seat): I LOVE MY MIDDLE FINGERS!!!!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
feels like today
Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all your so called problems
Better put 'em in quotations
Say what you need to say
Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you'd be better off instead
If you could only
Say what you need to say
Have no fear for giving in
Have no fearfor giving over
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Then never to say what you need to say again
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to
Say what you need to
Say what you need to say
-JM
this song feels like today; or today feels like this song. happy and content. and i was PUMPED to find "say" as an added track on the new version of "continuum."
Every little past frustration
Take all your so called problems
Better put 'em in quotations
Say what you need to say
Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you'd be better off instead
If you could only
Say what you need to say
Have no fear for giving in
Have no fearfor giving over
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Then never to say what you need to say again
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Say what you need to say
Say what you need to
Say what you need to
Say what you need to say
-JM
this song feels like today; or today feels like this song. happy and content. and i was PUMPED to find "say" as an added track on the new version of "continuum."
so much sacred in the month of june
so i'm studying exodus with my accountability partner (shout out to sara) right now. we're on chapter 4. here's what i've learned from the second half of the chapter thus far:
well first let me give you a quick recap of exodus thus far: pharoah is nuts and tries to kill the hebrew baby boys. moses' mom floats him down the river to save his life, and ultimately pharoah's daughter finds and saves him. he grows up in pharoah's house, and when he is older sees an egyptian beating a hebrew. moses kills the egyptian for hurting one of his brothers. moses runs away, because the egyptians are seeking his life, and becomes a shepherd in midian and marries the priest of midian's daughter. god appears to him in a burning bush and tells him to go back to egypt to rescue the hebrews. moses comes up with a lot of reasons why he shouldn't, but for every excuse he offers, god offers reassurance that he's got it under control.
so: god's providence rules in my life. he always goes before me. always. when he asks me to do something, he's gone before and prepared everything/everybody for me. i've never gone - nor will i ever go - somewhere he hasn't already been. i'll never take a single step alone. just as he guarded moses' life, brought him up in pharoah's house to have a relationship with the very people he would have to demand to release the hebrews, brought him back to a relationship with his brother, aaron who would later be his mouth, provided signs and wonders for him to use to prove that god was in this, etc. etc. etc., he is always in the midst of my life. and not only that, but he sees the whole big picture - start to finish. he knows every detail of what's to come. he knows the ending.
lisa coles led worship at d-now over the weekend, and one of her songs says: "i have you, hold on to me like i'm holding on to you, i have you." teach me to hold on to you like that, jesus.
quote of the day: "this heart didn't come with instructions." -john mayer
well first let me give you a quick recap of exodus thus far: pharoah is nuts and tries to kill the hebrew baby boys. moses' mom floats him down the river to save his life, and ultimately pharoah's daughter finds and saves him. he grows up in pharoah's house, and when he is older sees an egyptian beating a hebrew. moses kills the egyptian for hurting one of his brothers. moses runs away, because the egyptians are seeking his life, and becomes a shepherd in midian and marries the priest of midian's daughter. god appears to him in a burning bush and tells him to go back to egypt to rescue the hebrews. moses comes up with a lot of reasons why he shouldn't, but for every excuse he offers, god offers reassurance that he's got it under control.
so: god's providence rules in my life. he always goes before me. always. when he asks me to do something, he's gone before and prepared everything/everybody for me. i've never gone - nor will i ever go - somewhere he hasn't already been. i'll never take a single step alone. just as he guarded moses' life, brought him up in pharoah's house to have a relationship with the very people he would have to demand to release the hebrews, brought him back to a relationship with his brother, aaron who would later be his mouth, provided signs and wonders for him to use to prove that god was in this, etc. etc. etc., he is always in the midst of my life. and not only that, but he sees the whole big picture - start to finish. he knows every detail of what's to come. he knows the ending.
lisa coles led worship at d-now over the weekend, and one of her songs says: "i have you, hold on to me like i'm holding on to you, i have you." teach me to hold on to you like that, jesus.
quote of the day: "this heart didn't come with instructions." -john mayer
Monday, March 16, 2009
monday morning confessions
1. i detest this weather. cold and wet. i don't like cold, wet things. except for snow. and this is definitely NOT snow.
2. i took a 2 hour nap yesterday, and i slept through my alarm for 1 1/2 hours this morning.
3. i really want to live in nashville. all of a sudden saturday night i just got this overwhelming feeling that i wanted to move. which is ridiculous, because i'm so happy where i am. but someday, i want to live in nashville.
4. i need $1900 ASAP to go to tokyo on a mission trip this summer. i have no idea where it's going to come from.
5. yesterday i ate a hamburger for the first time in a year. it was good. now i don't need to eat another one until 2010 sometime.
6. i love my apartment. i mean seriously, it's the cutest little home.
7. i am learning a lot right now. mostly about how i don't need to compare my life to anybody else's (credit mrs. krause for reminding me of this a while back); god's timing is completely perfect (for everything - not just big things); and i can absolutely trust him (read exodus 4 and then see number 4). i feel like these are lessons he has to teach me over and over. i'm just a sheep, though. thank goodness he's a patient shepherd.
8. i like the number 8. i also like 4 and 10.
9. i am going to see duke play in the second round of the ncaa basketball tournament on saturday. i am PUMPED. i love basketball.
10. twilight comes out on dvd on saturday. i will own it as soon as i return from greensboro on sunday. and elizabeth and i will be hosting a twilight viewing party sunday night.
11. seventh grade is an interesting age. fun and sweet in it's own way, but tough.
12. i cannot stand it when people don't pay attention when i'm talking to them. not that what i am saying is that important, but be respectful people.
13. i thouroughly enjoy eating out. and it's totally cheaper for one person to eat out than it is to buy groceries for a bunch of meals i don't eat enough to get my money's worth of.
14. i spent $60 on john mayer cd's over the weekend.
15. because my skin is basically see-through right now, i will be going to get a spray tan next week before the cup.
16. i tried liquid eye liner this morning for the first time in my life. oh dear. this is going to take some practice.
17. my room is a complete and utter disaster area right now. perhaps because i have been gone for the past 4 weekends and will also be gone for the next 2.
18. i love cereal. right now there are 10 boxes in my pantry. no lie.
19. i've enjoyed my short hair, but i'm ready for it to grow out again. hopefully it will be super long by the time katie's wedding rolls around.
20. i genuinely love to sleep. it doesn't matter if i'm tired or not. i could nap all day.
21. my car is also a complete and utter disaster area right now. see 17b.
22. i have not talked to my brother in a week.
23. i burned off my cowlick with my straightener. yeahhh.
24. i have a problem with plain band-aids. right now i have disney princess tatoo ones.
25. i love gingerale.
2. i took a 2 hour nap yesterday, and i slept through my alarm for 1 1/2 hours this morning.
3. i really want to live in nashville. all of a sudden saturday night i just got this overwhelming feeling that i wanted to move. which is ridiculous, because i'm so happy where i am. but someday, i want to live in nashville.
4. i need $1900 ASAP to go to tokyo on a mission trip this summer. i have no idea where it's going to come from.
5. yesterday i ate a hamburger for the first time in a year. it was good. now i don't need to eat another one until 2010 sometime.
6. i love my apartment. i mean seriously, it's the cutest little home.
7. i am learning a lot right now. mostly about how i don't need to compare my life to anybody else's (credit mrs. krause for reminding me of this a while back); god's timing is completely perfect (for everything - not just big things); and i can absolutely trust him (read exodus 4 and then see number 4). i feel like these are lessons he has to teach me over and over. i'm just a sheep, though. thank goodness he's a patient shepherd.
8. i like the number 8. i also like 4 and 10.
9. i am going to see duke play in the second round of the ncaa basketball tournament on saturday. i am PUMPED. i love basketball.
10. twilight comes out on dvd on saturday. i will own it as soon as i return from greensboro on sunday. and elizabeth and i will be hosting a twilight viewing party sunday night.
11. seventh grade is an interesting age. fun and sweet in it's own way, but tough.
12. i cannot stand it when people don't pay attention when i'm talking to them. not that what i am saying is that important, but be respectful people.
13. i thouroughly enjoy eating out. and it's totally cheaper for one person to eat out than it is to buy groceries for a bunch of meals i don't eat enough to get my money's worth of.
14. i spent $60 on john mayer cd's over the weekend.
15. because my skin is basically see-through right now, i will be going to get a spray tan next week before the cup.
16. i tried liquid eye liner this morning for the first time in my life. oh dear. this is going to take some practice.
17. my room is a complete and utter disaster area right now. perhaps because i have been gone for the past 4 weekends and will also be gone for the next 2.
18. i love cereal. right now there are 10 boxes in my pantry. no lie.
19. i've enjoyed my short hair, but i'm ready for it to grow out again. hopefully it will be super long by the time katie's wedding rolls around.
20. i genuinely love to sleep. it doesn't matter if i'm tired or not. i could nap all day.
21. my car is also a complete and utter disaster area right now. see 17b.
22. i have not talked to my brother in a week.
23. i burned off my cowlick with my straightener. yeahhh.
24. i have a problem with plain band-aids. right now i have disney princess tatoo ones.
25. i love gingerale.
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