...I'm bored and Monica has me addicted.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Love Language
I feel loved when...
The Five Love Languages
My Primary Love Languages are probably Quality Time and Words of Affirmation
| My Detailed Results: | |
|---|---|
| Quality Time: | 9 |
| Words of Affirmation: | 9 |
| Acts of Service: | 7 |
| Physical Touch: | 4 |
| Receiving Gifts: | 1 |
About this quiz
Unhappiness in relationships is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. It can be helpful to know what language you speak and what language those around you speak.
Tag 3 people so they can find out what their love language is.
What's your love language?
Tag: Ashley, Monica, April (since she already did it!) :-P
Disease of the mind
BOREDOME!!
I can't stand it. Ok - when you were little, you got bored when you had to sit still for 15 minutes (yes that can happen to me at times, but I've gotten better!), but there HAS to be a limit.
Sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING other than answering phones?! You've GOT to be kidding me!! I've never had a more boring, effortless, meaningless, directionless job in my LIFE!!
This is dumb. Thank GOODNESS I have a wonderful husband. He's pushing me to look into the kind of things I've always dreamed of doing. So that gives me something to look forward to and even something to do during the day (research, and what not).
Am I the only one suffering in this way? It's ridiculous. I was created for WAY more than answering dadgum phones once every 2 hours!!
*sigh*
Sorry - apparently one vacation wasn't enough. ha ha ha
Monday, July 7, 2008
Living Room Decor
SO we're finally at the point where I can start buying decor type stuff for our house - and I'm starting with the room that drives me the MOST nuts!!
And the winner is..... THE LIVING ROOM!!!
Of course! I think this is where most people start.... or in the kitchen, but the kitchen is fine, so here we are in the Living Room - the room that everyone sees (Next will probably be the bathroom!).
This is what I'm thinking for the color scheme:
(please ignore the scary girl in the last picture)
But really, though - these are the colors I want. My couch is a light sage-ish green, and I have wood accents... I need some splashes of a nice red color, and then some more color accents: so I was thinking of going with the light grey/blue color int he first picture, or some oranges which would be PERFECT!!
What do you think?!
AND I need help finding stuff so GO!!! Help a sister out, will ya?! FYI - the living room/entryway are all kind've the same room, so the entryway is included in this color scheme. Also - some of my outdoor wedding pictures go with the color scheme as well (check out my profile picture), so I plan to blow a few up to bigger sizes to hang).
Feedback is MUCH appreciated!!!
And I also have a question for you ladies out there: how involved, if at all, was your hubby/man/boy toy (ha ha) in the decorating of your home? Kyle puts in opinions here and there, and I'm pretty convinced that he really won't care of I hang a little 5" by 10" accent picture on a wall, but he was like "Nope - I don't like it", to which I replied (of course) : "But I do - and I bet you will once I put everything together!" Am I the only one with this problem?
Afternoon Delight
Today - I get to have an awesome snack after lunch. Check it out:
Well, she's a pretty cool lady, and she brought us all back little surprises: Kinder Eggs!!
If you don't know what these are, they are like the Cracker Jacks of the 21st century!! Okay maybe not, but they're awesome! See the picture on the right? Yeah - that's what they look like when you get them. And little foil-wrapped egg shape.
So you open it, and there unfolds the 1st surprise - it's CHOCOLATE!! And not just like "whatever" chocolate, I mean like YUMM-O chocolate!! And it's like two layers - milk chocolate, followed by white-chocolatey goodness. Hmm Hmm Good!
BUT WAIT - there's more!!
Upon biting into the egg (don't take a big bite - you may get hurt), you discover the 2nd surprise: There's a THING inside!!! See next picture below:
Yep - it's pretty awesome! So you continue eating the chocolatey goodness while you inspect your "thing", and come to find out - it OPENS! And I don't just mean it opens and closes - I mean it opens your eyes to a whole new WORLD of endless possibilities!!
Here is a safe way of "disecting" your Kinder Egg...
Okay - now there could be any NUMBER of thinds inside of your Kinder Egg - figurines, puzzles, etc - but be sure to check them out, when you get the chance.
The only hurdle: they come from Germany. And IF you find them for sale here in the US, they are usually kind've expensive. But I PROMISE they will provide at LEAST 15 good SOLID minutes of entertainment!!
HOLD, Please
Okay - so I was on vacation for a week and a half, and then there was the 4th, and a nice long weekend... so sue me!
I PROMISE I have LOTS of pictures and loads of stories for you, but until we get our charging cord in the mail for our laptop at home, you ain't getting nothing!!
Becuase I can't load pictures without a computer, and I can't use a computer without power - and right now... I can't sing "I've got the power" without being a liar. And rather than beginning the spiralling descent into a raunchy case of lairrhea, I'll just tell you the truth - you get nothing... nada... zip... zilch... zero until the problem is remedied.
So there you have it. After weeks of nothing - you get even MORE nothing.
But if I can wake up enough at some point this afternoon, I may post a rivetting list of "Tynan-isms: Hilarious sayings of 7 year old boy", compliments of McStudly's little brother, Tynan... and yes - they're good times.
Later, skaters!
Oh - and PS: I got some awesome pictures of the DC fireworks from the 4th, so keep an eye out for those as well!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
"And HOPE does not disappoint us..."
Last Saturday, 7-yr-old Hope Upton passed away.
She was a firecracker! That little girl was FULL of energy and was nicknamed Pickle because she loved pickles; and then there's the fact that when she was sweet, she was REALLY sweet, but when she was sour, BOY was she sour!
Such a fun girl, though, I had the privilege of teacher her in Sunday School for about a year. Her and her older sister, Andrea (or Faith, as some people called her) were always so genuine and eager to be at church.
But last Saturday, it was Hope's bounding energy that got in the way. Her parents and older sister were inside, cleaning up from the yard sale they had just finished, in order to raise money for their move to Oklahoma originally scheduled for a few week away, and Hope dashed outside to go see a friend. She jumped on her bike, and took off down the driveway, leaving her cares and a helmet behind.
Unfortunately, she didn't see a van coming down the street, and she pulled out of her driveway right as it passed. The driver had no time to react, and so... that's how it happened.
Andrea saw her through the window and yelled for her parents to call an ambulance - always a good big sister. But unfortunately, Hope didn't make it.
The driver stood seemingly paralyzed by what had happened, and through it all - Hope's father, Drew, comforted him, telling him he wasn't at fault and he'd pray for him to have peace. That's not something many parents could do.
This all happened on Saturday - and the hardest part? Hope and Andrea had been looking forward to their baptisms for weeks, and she died the day before it was scheduled to happen. So the next morning - her big sister Andrea was baptised, as planned, but carried with her something of Hope's. Today at her funeral, there sat a certificate of baptism with Hope's name on it.
Well, the funeral was today, and I missed it. Due to being out of town, and not getting word of the time until after it had started. But I did read somewhere that the parents requested the the guests not wear black - only bright colors. That's so awesome, to me.
She was only 7 years old. Too young for black. Instead - she deserved the brightest colors you can imagine. I didn't make it to the funeral, but I am dressed in bright red, today. And I would've gladly shown up as the only one in bright red, had I had the chance.
Be sure to tell the ones you love, and hug them every chance you get. Leave nothing unsettled, because you may never have the chance to settle it. And remember this verse:
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God, through out Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the HOPE of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance character; and character, HOPE. And HOPE does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given." Romans 5:1-5 (NIV)
She was a firecracker! That little girl was FULL of energy and was nicknamed Pickle because she loved pickles; and then there's the fact that when she was sweet, she was REALLY sweet, but when she was sour, BOY was she sour!
Such a fun girl, though, I had the privilege of teacher her in Sunday School for about a year. Her and her older sister, Andrea (or Faith, as some people called her) were always so genuine and eager to be at church.
But last Saturday, it was Hope's bounding energy that got in the way. Her parents and older sister were inside, cleaning up from the yard sale they had just finished, in order to raise money for their move to Oklahoma originally scheduled for a few week away, and Hope dashed outside to go see a friend. She jumped on her bike, and took off down the driveway, leaving her cares and a helmet behind.
Unfortunately, she didn't see a van coming down the street, and she pulled out of her driveway right as it passed. The driver had no time to react, and so... that's how it happened.
Andrea saw her through the window and yelled for her parents to call an ambulance - always a good big sister. But unfortunately, Hope didn't make it.
The driver stood seemingly paralyzed by what had happened, and through it all - Hope's father, Drew, comforted him, telling him he wasn't at fault and he'd pray for him to have peace. That's not something many parents could do.
This all happened on Saturday - and the hardest part? Hope and Andrea had been looking forward to their baptisms for weeks, and she died the day before it was scheduled to happen. So the next morning - her big sister Andrea was baptised, as planned, but carried with her something of Hope's. Today at her funeral, there sat a certificate of baptism with Hope's name on it.
Well, the funeral was today, and I missed it. Due to being out of town, and not getting word of the time until after it had started. But I did read somewhere that the parents requested the the guests not wear black - only bright colors. That's so awesome, to me.
She was only 7 years old. Too young for black. Instead - she deserved the brightest colors you can imagine. I didn't make it to the funeral, but I am dressed in bright red, today. And I would've gladly shown up as the only one in bright red, had I had the chance.
Be sure to tell the ones you love, and hug them every chance you get. Leave nothing unsettled, because you may never have the chance to settle it. And remember this verse:
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God, through out Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the HOPE of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance character; and character, HOPE. And HOPE does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given." Romans 5:1-5 (NIV)
We love you, Hope, and we'll see you soon!
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