Today is Halloween.
Do you think it's wrong to celebrate Halloween?
Tell me, why or why not? The pros and cons.
I mean, who wouldn't want to get dressed up in some ridiculous costume and ask strangers for free candy?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I Cry at Weddings
But I bet you already knew that.
Here's the weird part...even if I don't know the bride and groom, I still cry.
When I was in high school, my then boyfriend had a hot season of marriage in his family and in the year and a half that we dated we probably went to about 5 weddings in his family.
I cried at every single one...and had never even met half the couples and barely knew the rest.
I haven't been to a wedding in a long time (my sister's was the last), but last night I cried again.
I saw Giuliana Rancic's (Depandi) "Married Away" wedding special on the Style Network. She married Apprentice Season 1 winner Bill Rancic in Capri (Italy).
Everything was so beautiful, to see their love for each other, the commitment they were both making to one another, the excitement and joy in their families, with their friends...just brought me to tears...not once, but several times.
I figure...if I'm a wreck now...what will I do when my day comes?
Here's the weird part...even if I don't know the bride and groom, I still cry.
When I was in high school, my then boyfriend had a hot season of marriage in his family and in the year and a half that we dated we probably went to about 5 weddings in his family.
I cried at every single one...and had never even met half the couples and barely knew the rest.
I haven't been to a wedding in a long time (my sister's was the last), but last night I cried again.
I saw Giuliana Rancic's (Depandi) "Married Away" wedding special on the Style Network. She married Apprentice Season 1 winner Bill Rancic in Capri (Italy).
Everything was so beautiful, to see their love for each other, the commitment they were both making to one another, the excitement and joy in their families, with their friends...just brought me to tears...not once, but several times.
I figure...if I'm a wreck now...what will I do when my day comes?
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tag!
You're it!
If I tag you, that means you gotta do what I asked!
Like how I tagged German, Bibi and Howard to do the 3 words challenge...do it!
If I tag you, that means you gotta do what I asked!
Like how I tagged German, Bibi and Howard to do the 3 words challenge...do it!
From one birthday to the next...
Baby Don celebrated his first birthday yesterday!
Here are some of the pictures:
Such a cutie!
Here are some of the pictures:
Such a cutie!
ESPN-rique
Last Saturday night we took German out to the ESPN Zone for his birthday dinner.
Red Sox took the Rockies!
So much fun...but one regret: ordering the Roasted Chicken. Yuck!
Here are the pictures:
Our modeling poses
Happy Birthday German!
Red Sox took the Rockies!
So much fun...but one regret: ordering the Roasted Chicken. Yuck!
Here are the pictures:
Our modeling poses
Happy Birthday German!Thursday, October 25, 2007
Old People
I used to think that old people were somewhat creepy.
They smelled different, looked different, and said weird things.
My perception of old people has changed in the last couple of weeks.
My mom recovering from surgery got me to share my room with my grandma while she stayed with us to help my mom feel better. She was my roommate...and I LOVED it. She had tons of stories...lots of jokes...and was just all around non-stop entertainment.
The other day I took a friend's mother-in-law to run an errand. This lady was 69. This lady was SO cool. A little off, super sweet and funny as heck.
Yes, they still smell sometimes and act strange, but there's method to their madness.
AND, they have tons of life lessons we can learn from :)
They smelled different, looked different, and said weird things.
My perception of old people has changed in the last couple of weeks.
My mom recovering from surgery got me to share my room with my grandma while she stayed with us to help my mom feel better. She was my roommate...and I LOVED it. She had tons of stories...lots of jokes...and was just all around non-stop entertainment.
The other day I took a friend's mother-in-law to run an errand. This lady was 69. This lady was SO cool. A little off, super sweet and funny as heck.
Yes, they still smell sometimes and act strange, but there's method to their madness.
AND, they have tons of life lessons we can learn from :)
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
In 3 Words...
Use three words only...no more, no less.
Where is your cell phone? By my bed
Where is one of your parents? At home resting
Cheesecake? My favorite dessert
Your favorite thing to do? TV on DVD
Your dream last night? Involved a fight
Your favorite drink? Ice cold coke
The room you're in? Little back office
George Bush? Is my president
What you're good at? Making people laugh
One of your wish list items? A new laptop
Where did you grow up? In ghetto fabulosity
The last thing you did? Read peoples' blogs
What are you wearing? Pink and brown
Who stole your sunglasses? Still have them
Ketchup? On my fries!
Your computer? Acting up lately
Your life? Such a gift
Your mood? Kind of sleepy
Your next blog? Wait and see
Your car is? Sort of old
Your summer? Way too short
Your favorite color? Nothing beats blue
When is the last time you laughed? I'm always laughing
I tag Bibi, German and Howard.
Where is your cell phone? By my bed
Where is one of your parents? At home resting
Cheesecake? My favorite dessert
Your favorite thing to do? TV on DVD
Your dream last night? Involved a fight
Your favorite drink? Ice cold coke
The room you're in? Little back office
George Bush? Is my president
What you're good at? Making people laugh
One of your wish list items? A new laptop
Where did you grow up? In ghetto fabulosity
The last thing you did? Read peoples' blogs
What are you wearing? Pink and brown
Who stole your sunglasses? Still have them
Ketchup? On my fries!
Your computer? Acting up lately
Your life? Such a gift
Your mood? Kind of sleepy
Your next blog? Wait and see
Your car is? Sort of old
Your summer? Way too short
Your favorite color? Nothing beats blue
When is the last time you laughed? I'm always laughing
I tag Bibi, German and Howard.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Tonight
The other night I was watching TBN (yes, I realize how embarrassing that sounds).
T-Bone was on playing music videos.
The video for the song "Tonight" came on. I had heard this song on Air1 a couple of times and never imagined that the artist would have been Jeremy Camp. If you've heard the song...you know it's rock and the vocal is really strong...how could that voice come out of this guy?
I'm baffled.
T-Bone was on playing music videos.
The video for the song "Tonight" came on. I had heard this song on Air1 a couple of times and never imagined that the artist would have been Jeremy Camp. If you've heard the song...you know it's rock and the vocal is really strong...how could that voice come out of this guy?
I'm baffled.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Too Much TV
I've been watching too much TV lately (that's what happens when you have too many house guests).
But last night I'm glad I did...
a couple of weeks ago some of us had a conversation about nature vs. nurture in gender identity and Janette brought up the story of twin boys who, because of a horrible accident, were raised as a girl and a boy.
As I flipped channels I caught a documentary about these twins on The Learning Channel.
The Reimer twins, Bruce and Brian, lived such a sad and tragic life as a result of the choices a doctor convinced their parents to make. And all to prove a theory that never resulted to be true.
Imagine, to first be Bruce, then Brenda and then David.
You can read more about him HERE.
But last night I'm glad I did...
a couple of weeks ago some of us had a conversation about nature vs. nurture in gender identity and Janette brought up the story of twin boys who, because of a horrible accident, were raised as a girl and a boy.
As I flipped channels I caught a documentary about these twins on The Learning Channel.
The Reimer twins, Bruce and Brian, lived such a sad and tragic life as a result of the choices a doctor convinced their parents to make. And all to prove a theory that never resulted to be true.
Imagine, to first be Bruce, then Brenda and then David.
You can read more about him HERE.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
100% Behind Me
After our Norm's run on Saturday night I asked Howard to take the Firestone route to the freeway, so that he could drive behind me (I've been having car trouble and was scared that I'd be left stranded on Firestone, on a Saturday night, at 1am).
When I realized how late it was I changed my mind...I didn't want him to stay up even later.
As I drove down the street I saw him behind me...I thought, "Aw, Howard is so sweet...although I asked him not to, he's still taking the Firestone entrance to the freeway...just to back me up!".
The entrance came and went, but Howard stayed behind me.
He followed me all the way home...
as I parked, he rolled down his window and said "good night"...
he drove off.
What a cool way to symbolize that you're behind your friends...I love Howard for this and so many more reasons, he's awesome.
When I realized how late it was I changed my mind...I didn't want him to stay up even later.
As I drove down the street I saw him behind me...I thought, "Aw, Howard is so sweet...although I asked him not to, he's still taking the Firestone entrance to the freeway...just to back me up!".
The entrance came and went, but Howard stayed behind me.
He followed me all the way home...
as I parked, he rolled down his window and said "good night"...
he drove off.
What a cool way to symbolize that you're behind your friends...I love Howard for this and so many more reasons, he's awesome.
I said I wouldn't blog about this...
but I think it's worth thinking about.
Last week I had a bit of a falling out with a "friend".
I write "friend" because, after last week's incident, I don't think they were ever truly my friend.
Our falling out came from the idea that our friendship wasn't deep...I didn't feel like we were really friends and well...I just felt like I was willing to be a friend and that person wasn't.
I just want to note that usually I don't care about these sorts of things...or at least my friends have been so great that I never felt the need to face a situation such as this one.
As I spoke to this person I came to realize that in the past few years our "friendship" has been completely superficial, fake, vague, flat, almost non-existent. This person never knew me...and I never knew them. I feel like I tried but in the end they were happy that way and I wasn't. I also wasn't willing to settle, just to keep the "friend" around.
Losing this person doesn't hurt me because I never felt I had them in my life...they were just there...in the outskirts. But, it has made me think:
JOHN 15:13 says: Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
and
PHILIPPIANS 2:3 says: Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Is it okay to leave a friendship because that person isn't on an equal playing field as you?
The bible says that we need to humble ourselves, "lay down" our own desires, lift people up as "better than" ourselves...
When someone stops serving what I think I deserve in a friendship, is that when I leave? or is that when I should serve them and be a living example? is it selfish to leave when my needs aren't met? or am I just standing up for myself?
For lack of a better phrase: WWJD? :)
Last week I had a bit of a falling out with a "friend".
I write "friend" because, after last week's incident, I don't think they were ever truly my friend.
Our falling out came from the idea that our friendship wasn't deep...I didn't feel like we were really friends and well...I just felt like I was willing to be a friend and that person wasn't.
I just want to note that usually I don't care about these sorts of things...or at least my friends have been so great that I never felt the need to face a situation such as this one.
As I spoke to this person I came to realize that in the past few years our "friendship" has been completely superficial, fake, vague, flat, almost non-existent. This person never knew me...and I never knew them. I feel like I tried but in the end they were happy that way and I wasn't. I also wasn't willing to settle, just to keep the "friend" around.
Losing this person doesn't hurt me because I never felt I had them in my life...they were just there...in the outskirts. But, it has made me think:
JOHN 15:13 says: Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
and
PHILIPPIANS 2:3 says: Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Is it okay to leave a friendship because that person isn't on an equal playing field as you?
The bible says that we need to humble ourselves, "lay down" our own desires, lift people up as "better than" ourselves...
When someone stops serving what I think I deserve in a friendship, is that when I leave? or is that when I should serve them and be a living example? is it selfish to leave when my needs aren't met? or am I just standing up for myself?
For lack of a better phrase: WWJD? :)
Small Groups: Changing One Life at a Time
Last night small group was great...
German taught, great...as usual...
we ragged on each other...
laughed a lot...
prayer for one another...
and took more sweet pictures.
Here's what Peter did at small group:
German taught, great...as usual...
we ragged on each other...
laughed a lot...
prayer for one another...
and took more sweet pictures.
Here's what Peter did at small group:
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
THE glasses
The glasses were my "costume" for Mickey's Halloween Treat last Thursday night.
We had fun with them over the weekend:
We had fun with them over the weekend:
Can you PHIL it?
Saturday night...Hollywood...The Wiltern.
Bibi, Howard, Janette (in the loge) and I saw The Myriad, Phil Wickam and David Crowder Band.
The show was great and all three performances had us happy!
We found out that Janette is such a Phil Wickam groupie! She and one of her friends even went downstairs to meet him during the intermission. Phil is 23, single and very cute...so Janette was more intrigued than ever. All night we made "PHIL" comments...like, "I'm PHILing good", "The show was PHILabulous!" and "I PHIL like I want to see Phil again". It never got old.
Here was Bibi's view at the beginning of the show:
and once the music started her hair bounced like no other.
David Crowder Band
Yes, we gave in to Norms
Crowder did almost ever song from their new CD...it was good.
Bibi, Howard, Janette (in the loge) and I saw The Myriad, Phil Wickam and David Crowder Band.The show was great and all three performances had us happy!
We found out that Janette is such a Phil Wickam groupie! She and one of her friends even went downstairs to meet him during the intermission. Phil is 23, single and very cute...so Janette was more intrigued than ever. All night we made "PHIL" comments...like, "I'm PHILing good", "The show was PHILabulous!" and "I PHIL like I want to see Phil again". It never got old.
Here was Bibi's view at the beginning of the show:
and once the music started her hair bounced like no other.
David Crowder Band
Yes, we gave in to Norms
Crowder did almost ever song from their new CD...it was good.
I Was Sick...
and kind of still am.
It DID get me a day off work though...so it wasn't completely awful.
Please refrain from any hugs or kisses (which I know will be difficult)...as I wish to not make anyone else as miserable as I've been.
It DID get me a day off work though...so it wasn't completely awful.
Please refrain from any hugs or kisses (which I know will be difficult)...as I wish to not make anyone else as miserable as I've been.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Two loves
Today I will be forsaking one of my loves: Grey's Anatomy, for one of my other loves: Disneyland.
I'll be enjoying Mickey's Halloween Treat with some of my favorite people: Marlen, Don, Lillian, Jeremy, Alora and Jeff.
Many pictures will be taken!
I'll be enjoying Mickey's Halloween Treat with some of my favorite people: Marlen, Don, Lillian, Jeremy, Alora and Jeff.
Many pictures will be taken!
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