today.

i'm just sitting here, watching ellen while 'my' kid has quiet time in his room, watching ellen brand her name into a block of cheese, and i'm going to finish knitting my blanket, and read my book. it's a nice day today.
i picked out color samples the other day for when i move out and get to paint. dark brown for my room, a medium brown for the living room and an undecided color for the kitchen seeing as how we need to match it to the hideous blue counter tops (and i refuse to paint blue). so maybe another shade of brown (slightly lighter than the living room) unless somebody else has a suggestion.

car batteries.

i have come to the conclusion that i will never call car batteries my friends. my experience with them in the past week have cemented that decision. sorry batteries, but our relationship is over. granted, battery one, it's not your fault since you were old and corroded and therefore ready to pass on. so really, i forgive you for dying. new battery, however, you had no reason for not working... and trying to pass the blame on to starter... not nice. now had you actually had a problem, maybe we could get past it, but you just chose not to start until having been jumped and then left running for an hour and a half. that's not acceptable. i now expect you to run for a long time without a peep. and that will be the extent of our relationship.

the photos.

photo time... du nu nu nu, nu nu, nu nu... can't touch these



hanging out at the fuch's












a little haiku heaven




















mr and mrs fuchs






















shauna & ashley @ gg's














cute little isabel

winnipeg

oh winnipeg. how i had fun in you. this past week was a blast... hanging out with great friends, doing great things and laughing at great jokes...
the wedding was good (or will be good this sunday... whoops). care was pretty and jodan looked good too... awkward...
i want to move to winnipeg... will it ever happen? who knows. i do like my job and might be offed by my boss if i leave... that wouldn't go over too well for anyone...
oh well, for now i'll have to be content with visiting there every once in a while.
i'll post pics when i get them developed... i'm excited to see what they'll look like... it's been a while since i've taken pics...
i think we're alone now...

ps. i took the sun with me last week and apparently i left it there as it's pouring rain right now. shoot.

i'm in shock.

who's crazy stupid? oh that would be me... the person who's supposed to sing at a friend's wedding in winnipeg this weekend... yet she is planning to go there the week AFTER the wedding... figure that one out...
oh God, work out the details...

humbled and in awe.

i just got home from a staff meeting...
i'm humbled by what God does... how He does it and who He does it through...
one thing we talked about was the current projects we are working on and what God has done...
this past weekend there was a silent auction fundraiser in cranbrook which raised a whole whack of cash for an orphanage of currently 12 children in haiti... 200-300 people getting together to give of themselves for a little home, in a tiny village with only a few children, in a seldom heard of place. cranbrook has already done amazing things in haiti... they built and started that orphanage... they make semi-annual trips down there... and they want to do more. they want to build a trade school so that the kids can develop skills which will affect their surrounding communities in the future. they are doing God's work down there... yet only a couple are christians...
i was going to write about how i feel about christians not doing what they're supposed to be doing... but really i'm just humbled to see that people are getting it done and doing it well. God uses the willing and then blesses them.
i'm really looking forward to seeing what will become of me as i get more involved in my role... as i see more and more what i'm going to be doing, i am in awe that God would allow me to experience and do the things i'm going to be working on. why little me? why has he chosen me to be a part of this grand work? i only hope i can rise to the challenge...

the sun.

it's shaping up to be a good week. today, 25 degrees. tomorrow and tues, 30. wed 29. and on and on. oh man. looks like summer is here for a while. now if only i worked a shift job so i could be outside more... darn the office and those fair skinned children... is it abuse to subject children to extensive UV rays resulting in sunburns?

what were they thinking?

shocked and rediculously outraged am i.
i know that i should be ashamed and embarassed to admit that i have jumped on the mainstream pop bandwagon that is american idol... but i'm not.
i am, however, sad that the only contestant worthy of any record deal has been voted off. america... i shake my head at you. i now could care less if i miss the next couple of weeks. american idol? what's that?
i know that after not writing for some time, this seems like the least important thing to write about... but these are my thoughts tonight.
and happy birthday lydia. who is truly and totally 3.
sorry chris, america doesn't deserve you.

ps. writing that line 'the least important thing to think about' reminded me of a commercial where this woman is jogging through a forest and the announcer says "the furthest thing from her mind is her yeast infection..." and everytime i see it i think 'that can't be the furthest thing from her mind' and then i sit there and think of what could be the furthest thing from her mind right then... and then i link the things i think of back to her and how she may be thinking of them for some reason. it's a fun game.