Words Like Silent Raindrops Fell

Abandoned (almost)

2010-05-21T21:16:00.002-04:00

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted. I've really missed it. I've been feeling the itch to write again lately. I have just been so busy with wedding planning. All I can say is I am so glad I am only going to do this once! :-P

Wedding planning

2010-03-05T13:14:00.002-05:00

Just over three months until the wedding. Wow. I'm still blow away by the fact that I'm getting married. The wedding planning is going okay. Shawne (Dave's mother) has been wonderful by offering to search around and help find a church. We seriously considered my sister's beautiful church for two reasons: one, they weren't going to charge us anything (maybe request a donation but that was it. How amazing is that?!) and two: it is an absolutely beautiful church. I loved it. However, it is about two hours away. Much too far for planning your own wedding. If I had a wedding planner and vendors and all that jazz, I might, but my budget just does not cover those.

On that note, I have been looking at websites and blogs and books that claim to help brides on budgets plan their dream weddings without going over budget. However, what they consider to be a "shoe string budget" is typically twice my annual salary. Not exactly what I would call a small, shoe string budget. My mom has encouraged me to write my own book chronicling my adventures in serious budget wedding planning. At first I laughed it off. Me? Write a book? Haha! You're funny. However, I am now seriously considering it. There are so many brides out there who are planning weddings on "nothing budgets" like I am. My wedding dress is costing me very little. I was given a dress (Praise God!) that I am going to have slightly altered to fit me better and make it more "me". The only alteration I am actually paying for will be the addition of a zipper by a friend of the family who is a very good seamstress, the rest, we are doing ourselves. I am probably going to end up making my own veil and I'm making the guy's boutonnieres and probably doing all of the flowers and decorations as well. Lots of work? Yes, it is, but so is marriage. And like marriage, totally worth it.

I keep seeing all these wedding blogs and things of girls so happy that they were able to find their favorite designer dress for only $2,000 on sale!!! Oh. Em. Gee. That's like, so totally over my total wedding budget. Like, totally. (I think I threw up a little in my mouth, I apologize, both for the valley-girl display and of my own reaction) Seriously, though, that's not budget. If you think that is budget, you have another thing coming. That is extravagant. And when you're a bride on a nothing budget, reading things like that is really discouraging. You start thinking, oh no, I can't get a nice wedding dress for under $2000? What about flowers? And decorations? Food? Wedding party gifts? Photographer? Location fees? Officiant fees?

Next thing you know, you've spiraled into a pit of despair and discouragement because you just watched your entire budget go to someone's designer wedding dress or caviar hor d'oeuvres and cocktails (not to mention their caterer's bill, YIKES.)

I've been there, and since I am still not done with my wedding, I'm sure I will be there again. However, I think that will some help (oooh, I get by with a little help from my friends), I could maybe write a nothing budget wedding book.

Thoughts?

Cooking

2010-01-16T14:06:00.002-05:00

I am one of those people who tends to get noticeably down and depressed in the winter. And oddly enough, I LOVE winter. I just love to curl up by the fire with a good book and a big mug of hot cocoa, tea, soup, etc. Or sit by the window wrapped in a blanket during a snow storm. I just love getting snowed in. One thing I have found helps me a lot with my depression is cooking and baking. When I'm in the kitchen, I feel so much better. There are very few things that can get me down in the kitchen. Invading my kitchen while I'm cooking, however, is usually one of them. :-P I love cooking and trying new recipes but when recipes don't have pictures, I'm usually not very inclined to try them. Just reading a recipe will make it sound good, but I would much rather have a picture to look at. That is why two of my favorite cooking sites are The Pioneer Woman and FoodGawker, Tastespotting is another good one, too. While browsing on Pioneer Woman today, I came across her recipe for Pico de Gallo. You must try this now. When I make PW's Pico de Gallo I used gloves when handling the jalapenos and chop them into really tiny pieces. I remove most of the membrane and seeds because as much as I like the heat, it gives me cartoon-like hiccups that can be quite embarrassing, and slice it into very thin slices, rotate and slice again to make very small pieces. I usually use whatever tomatoes look the best at the supermarket and I never seed them. I think seeding tomatoes, unless absolutely necessary, is a waste. I also use the juice of a whole lime instead of half, it brings out a better flavor in my opinion.
Today, my dad came home with a big tub of fruit cake fruits. I just about gagged and demanded an explanation. He and my oldest brother both admitted that they like a nice, well done fruit cake. I personally have never eaten fruit cake. All I know about it is what I have heard from your typical fruit cake haters claiming fruit cake is nasty crap(watch to the end and enjoy :]) and that all they are good for are doorstops. So willing to try something that I have actually made and have gotten the recipe from somewhere I trust, I promptly hopped on FG and TS and hopped around. The best looking recipe I found that actually called for the stuff in the fruitcake tub was a link from TS to this blog. The recipe didn't look to bad so I have decided to give it a whirl. I will go out later today to pick up the brandy before work then set the fruit to soakin'! In the meantime, I will continue to browse foodgawker and other good blogs. :-)

In The Light

2010-01-11T23:29:00.002-05:00

Just about anytime I feel distant from God or anything, somehow, I end up hearing In The Light by DC Talk. That song is one that just speaks to me. I feel like I am the one singing it. The two different "voices" singing, the part singing about about how he's the king of excuses and then the other singing wondering what's going inside of him, I can relate to that. I feel like I start to do something, maybe get into the habit and then suddenly something inside me wakes up and then there's the other voice wondering what I'm doing and how I got to be like this, so far away from Him. I always found this song rather creepy and convicting when I was younger. I enjoyed the feel of the music but the line: "it's a cancer fatal to my soul." Scared the living daylights out of me. One of my biggest fears is getting cancer and the thought of a cancer that I already have, that everyone has that I cannot get rid of, understandably, freaked me out.

I keep trying to find a life
On my own, apart from You
I am the king of excuses
I've got one for every selfish thing I do

What's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a Savior

(chorus)
I wanna be in the Light
As You are in the Light
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
Oh, Lord be my Light and be my salvation
Cause all I want is to be in the Light
All I want is to be in the Light

The disease of self runs through my blood
It's a cancer fatal to my soul
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
To bring this sickness under control

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a Savior

(repeat chorus)

Honesty becomes me
[There's nothing left to lose]
The secrets that did run me
[In Your presence are defused]
Pride has no position
[And riches have no worth]
The fame that once did cover me
[Has been sentenced to this Earth]
Has been sentenced to this Earth

2010 New Year Resolution

2009-12-28T12:39:00.004-05:00

I don't often make New Year resolutions as I have seen too many people make resolutions such as: I am going to go to the gym 4-5 times a week. When they haven't been to the gym in 4 years. I'm sorry, but a little unrealistic there.

My one (or one publicly stated) resolution for 2010 is to eat healthier. I eat really unhealthy (unhealthily?). Seriously. I have a major sweet tooth, love butter, and I am a carnivore. (I almost typed carnival) Not that meat is unhealthy, but when you eat sweets or just general "unhealthies" and then eat meat to eat something healthy, there is no real balance and it isn't that healthy. I am not giving up sweets or butter or meat. I am simply going to try to eat healthy. And, that can, I believe, be accomplished without giving up sweets, butter and/or meat.

I was on my favorite site, foodgawker.com, when I came across a blogger who ate raw. This blogger claimed that she has felt healthier and just generally better since switching to raw foods. Reading that and her breakdown of how raw foods are better for you, got me thinking about how unhealthy my food habits are and how I often cook my food to mush (not literally - you know what I mean) and that maybe I should be eating more raw foods. And so, starting now (I'm not going to wait for the new year and try to get as much unhealthy food in as I can), I am going to try to eat healthier and raw-er. And by raw-er, I just mean eating more fresh vegetables instead of eating maybe, heated, canned corn or heated frozen green beans.

Christmas Season and an Update

2009-11-25T12:56:00.003-05:00

Four weeks (and two posts) ago, I was feeling quite depressed and wrote a post listing several things I wanted in life. Praise God, I have achieved or acquired some of those things.

I have a laptop thanks to a wonderful pre-Black Friday Sale at Walmart.

I have a horizontal license (apparently, in NH when you renew your license two days before your 21st birthday, they will give you a vertical [under 21] temp license but when they send you the real thing, it is horizontal [over 21])*

I now have the new Star Trek movie on DVD (such a great movie!)

While I am not exactly healthy, I am getting help and am doing better. And contentment, working on that too.

Oh, and the depression, doing better with that too.

The holidays help a lot. Lately I have been hearing a lot of negative stuff about Christmas and the Christmas season. People complain how commercialized Christmas has gotten and how they now hate Christmas. I don't repute that Christmas is crazy commercialized, it very much is. However, I absolutely LOVE Christmas. If it was up to me, I would probably move Thanksgiving to September, and OFFICIALLY extend the Christmas season all through November and actually have the 12 days of Christmas. The Christmas season for me means family and friends. I love having everyone together just hanging out and enjoying each other's company and the great food. The whole family together with nothing to do except enjoy the fellowship. No one has to rush off to work or an appointment. Everyone is together and having fun. Random board or card games will break out at random times. People aren't all off in their own corners on the internet or playing single-player video games. In fact, I believe all the wonderful things about Christmas and the Christmas season, the atmosphere, the family, friends, the simple wonderfulness of it all, are all going to be part of Heaven.

*this one has actually made me ashamed of my pathetic, shallow wishes.

My Last Amen by Downhere

2009-11-07T15:07:00.000-05:00

From the corner of my eye
There's a tear I'm trying to cry
But the feeling can't be found
Like a note thrills in a song
When I play it again, it's gone
Cuz it was never in the sound

And it keeps me wanting
That mysterious thing
Like a night is waiting for a dawn

Every prayer I say (a little closer)
To my resting place (a little closer)
Where my final breath is the beginning
To never needing
And I will find my last Amen

I could swear I have two hearts
One to stay, one to depart
This sad, tragic kingdom
And it burns me down to the core
Because I know there's so much more
It's just a pale reflection
And it keeps me wanting
That mysterious thing
Like an outcast waiting to belong

And while the thrills are fading
The joy is in the waiting
Somewhere in the grand design
It's good be unsatisfied
It keeps the faith and hope a little more alive

I want Wednesday

2009-10-28T16:07:00.003-04:00

I know, I know, it's been a while. But a lot has happened since I got home almost two months ago. However, instead of filling you in on the boring details of what I've done since I got home, work, school, lots of dr's appointments, etc. I'm going to write out a wish list. Now, this is not a very realistic wish list and will contain some well, whining and complaining, but it is, after all, my blog. :-P

I want a Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens in black. I want the skills to be able to operate said Canon Digital Rebel XSi. I want the photoshop skills to be able to edit pictures from said Canon Digital Rebel XSi.
I want a Kitchen Aid mixer.
I want the new Battlestar Galactica complete series on DVD.
I want the discipline and wit to continue a regular blog that people will actually read and enjoy.
I want the boldness and comfort with myself to be able to wear some of the more daring (but modest) clothes and clothing styles that I like.
I want a job that I actually enjoy and don't dread going to every day.
I want to make a little more money so I don't feel like I have to put somethings off until my next paycheck comes.
I want to know what sort of job I would actually enjoy and not get sick of after 6 months and go bonkers.
I want you to know that I love that word, bonkers.
I want to write but can't for the life of me write a plausible plot line.
I want to do forensics but am terrified I won't be able to handle the death that surrounds it.
I want to be a baker but I'm afraid if I make something I love my job, I'll hate it.
I want to travel but don't have the money.
I want a horizontal license. Two days. Two stinkin' days!
I want the new Star Trek movie on DVD.
I want a laptop.
I want a car (working on that one.)
I want to be healthy again.
I want to be content.

So cute!

2009-08-03T09:50:00.002-04:00

I wasn't going to update this until after I got back but I was looking through the fashion blogs I follow and one led me to ModCloth where I found this dress and I had to share. So very cute! But I don't have anywhere to wear it to and there is no way I can justify buying a $50 dress just because I like the cut and pattern. *sigh* Life goes on :]

New blog!

2009-07-28T14:14:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone! I started a new blog to chronicle my adventures in New Zealand next month. I probably will not be posting here during that time so check my new site for updates and pictures! :-)

In The Light

2009-06-30T11:15:00.001-04:00

I keep trying to find a life
On my own, apart from you
I am the king of excuses
I've got one for every selfish thing I do

Whats going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a savior

(chorus)
I wanna be in the light
As you are in the light
I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens
Oh, lord be my light and be my salvation
Cause all I want is to be in the light
All I want is to be in the light

The disease of self runs through my blood
Its a cancer fatal to my soul
Every attempt on my behalf has failed
To bring this sickness under control

Tell me, whats going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus)

Honesty becomes me
[theres nothing left to lose]
The secrets that did run me
[in your presence are defused]
Pride has no position
[and riches have no worth]
The fame that once did cover me
[has been sentenced to this earth]
Has been sentenced to this earth

Tell me, whats going on inside of me?
I despise my own behavior
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a savior

(repeat chorus 2x)

[theres no other place that I want to be]
[no other place that I can see]
[a place to be thats just right]
[someday Im gonna be in the light]
[you are in the light]
[thats where I need to be]
[thats right where I need to be]

My timing is way off...

2009-06-20T18:58:00.003-04:00

Mom had to work this evening so I was given dinner duty. After working a five hour floor (that means lots of running back and forth) shift this morning in the wrong shoes after waking up at 5:30 am. The last thing I wanted to do was slave over the stove either heating up left-over cream of broccoli soup (bleh) or cooking garlic pork-chops. I'm not a big fan of cream of broccoli, I'll eat it the first day if it is set in front of me, but second day C.O.B. is gross, just gross. And garlic pork chops, they're good, don't get me wrong, but I'm rather sick of pork and it sometimes makes me sick.

Anyways, I didn't really want to do either so I hopped onto allrecipes and found this. Awesome. Looks great, I've got everything. I can use the pork chops but not have to feel like I've had it a million times. I can make garlic mashed potatoes to go with it and we have sugar snap peas. Perfect. Suddenly, my dinner duty didn't seem too dismal. I put my country music mix on and got started.

I peeled potatoes and chopped them up kinda small because I wanted them to cook quickly. I sauteed some mushrooms and onions, then browned the pork. I threw the mushroom stuff, pork and two cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup into a pan and threw it in the oven. The original recipe called for you to bake it for 45 minutes but I had thin-sliced chops so I put the timer on for 20 minutes because I can always put them back in. About half-way through the 20 minutes I started getting worried because the potatoes weren't even boiling much less mushy enough to mash. While I was waiting for the stuff to cook, I was able to set the table very nicely though. Fortunately, the taters boiled right after that and I was able to mash them and every thing right when the timer went off for the pork. Perfect! Everything is coming together!

*buzzer* WRONG!

The pork was NOT done. *deep breath, sigh* The potatoes are done to a perfection but the pork...not so much. Now the potatoes are getting cold and icky.

At least the table looks nice.

Whaddya Think?

2009-06-07T22:02:00.002-04:00

Just found this cute background online and customized my colors to match it. Now I just need a new banner. Although I was really proud of the one I made, I just couldn't find a background to match it and I kinda wanted to update the colors. So what do you think?

Lord Have Mercy on a Country Girl

2009-06-07T20:59:00.006-04:00

I'm sorry about the lack of post on Friday. It didn't feel polite to be sitting on the computer blogging with company even though they weren't strictly my company. Friday night I had to work and then I went pretty much straight to bed because I had to work at 7:30 Saturday morning. When I got out of work, I ran home, ate lunch, watched two episodes of Barney Miller with Nenu and then had to go to my first company softball game in Wolfeboro. That game was a little embarrassing. We lost 30-4 in only 7 1/2 or 8 innings. We switched up the teams a little (we got two of their best players they got one so-so player of ours) and played a 3 inning game. We lost 5-3. Not too bad. Better than before but one of our best players pulled his hamstring halfway through the second game and had to sit the rest out. After the game I was totally wiped so I took a nice long shower and got right in my pj's. There is nothing like that feeling. You're tired, sore, sweaty, grimy, and just generally icky, you take a nice hot, hot shower and totally pamper yourself. I almost soaked my feet but I was too lazy and relaxed to do anything after my shower.
I didn't sleep too well last night. I got hit just below my knee, in that kinda funky place between your kneecap and your shin, with a softball that was coming pretty fast. I didn't bruise but by bedtime it hurt to walk so I put a rice sock on it when I went to bed and it hasn't hurt since (although I think that is the only part of my body that doesn't hurt!)

This morning was the second Sunday in a row in which I have woken up with the distinct feeling that it was Monday and was very surprised when Dad woke me up. Not sure what's up with that but if it happens again, I'll start getting worried about my mental health. :P

Currently in the freezer are two wonderful frozen yogurt pies. They are an awesome concoction that I think my mum made up but I could be mistaken. They're wicked easy. You just mix up two containers of yogurt with one container of cool whip, pour it into a graham cracker crust and freeze it. Easy as...well...pie! This time I made a graham cracker crust pie with blueberry yogurt and then one with an Oreo crust, black cherry yogurt and chocolate squiggles on top. Mmmmm! I can't wait until they finish freezing. They've only been in for three-quarters of an hour or so but I think we'll take them out a little early.

There is something about cooking and country music. When I'm in the kitchen, country music is the perfect thing. I think it makes my cooking better. In fact, I'm pretty darn sure it does. I can't go wrong when Josh Turner is crooning in the background. :]

Oops

2009-06-05T12:43:00.001-04:00

I was just about to sit down and write a nice long blog entry but I just realized that we have company expected in fifteen minutes and I need a shower. Update later. I promise :-)

Baking, Blogging, and...Singing...yeah

2009-05-31T19:38:00.004-04:00

Right now I am enjoying a seriously awesome lazy Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoons have come to be probably my favorite time. Sunday afternoons are the time when everyone just chills. There's no running off to get to work or school or softball practice or book group. Dad has Truth Project in the evening but other than that, there isn't usually anything set.
Today, after church, we had lunch and then everyone except Joel went to go see Pixar's Up. I won't say much about it except that it is very good and I'm recommending it to everyone I know. We went to the 2:40 showing so Dad could get out in time to go to TP so the sun was still shining when we got out. A weird phenomenon, I gotta tell you. When you get out of a movie theater, in my opinion (I refuse to stoop to the texting/IMing jargon IMO), it should be dark out. However, when going as a family, especially when you are a large family, it is best to take advantage of matinees. So when we got home, Nenu flopped down on the lawn in the sunshine and I quickly followed suit. There are few things in life more satisfying than lying on a nice green lawn in the sunshine. I almost fell asleep but it was a tad too cold with the wind blowing.
Since there is nothing that says summer like iced tea, I made some, however, it was rather weak and just kind of blah. The iced tea put me in a baking mood though so I got on my absolute favorite site in the world, Foodgawker. However nothing really caught my eye as easily makable. In a flash of genius I thought shortbread and honey. Honey Shortbread. I googled it and got this. I know, shortbread is rather Christmas-y but it's nummy and I've been on a wicked honey kick lately. The shortbread just came out of the oven and cooled a bit. Verdict: Pretty good. Not amazing. If it wasn't for the honey, the shortbread would just be so-so. The actual shortbread part is weird and when I was pressing it into the pan I got a little worried because it was really floury and crumbly and it was rather difficult to prick it with a fork without completely ruining the top. This was my first attempt at the recent fad of kosher salt on top of a sweet and I gotta say I rather like it but I only used about half the amount of salt the recipe called for and I think I would reduce it still further. I think I may have over-baked the shortbread too. That being said, I have already eaten two of the sixteen pieces and I really should leave some for my family. I know for a fact that Dad will want some, he loves all things shortbread.
I found two of our Classic Disney cds earlier, imported them to itunes and have been listening to them for the last couple hours. Classic Disney makes me so happy, it makes me feel like a little kid again. I want to go to Disney World and see the Main Street Electrical Parade now and watch all of the classic Disney movies. However, I think I will just settle for the old Hayley Mills version. However, I will leave you with this: The Power of Suggestion.

Friday Mood

2009-05-15T13:36:00.002-04:00

I made scones again today. Barefoot. With country music on in the background. I just love that feeling. There is just something about cooking and baking barefoot while listening to country music. It makes me feel so old-fashioned and house-wifey. Especially when the house is quiet and there's no screaming children running through or obnoxious teenagers stealing ingredients and demanding you make them breakfast.
Since my new-found freedom began, I have been feeling more and more in baking/cooking moods. Not sure if that sentence made any sense but I'm sticking to it. If I had the quietness and lack of little ones running around, I would probably keep this house in pretty constant supply of scones and other yummy baked goodies.
The hospital messed up somehow and is charging me some crazy amount in lab fees. I'm not supposed to pay anything because I have Healthlink but apparently, they didn't get the memo. I'm off to write a rather annoyed letter telling them in polite but no uncertain tones that there is no way in heck-fire I'm paying that bill.

Summer!

2009-05-13T17:01:00.002-04:00

Today, I am totally and completely enjoying my summer. The first summer I've had off in a very very long time. Because while homeschooling, I was a total slacker who ended up doing my school through the summer. Actually, I usually didn't but I was constantly reminded to do my school through the summer and so I wasn't really able to fully enjoy the summer. This summer, however, I have finished my two courses, applied for next fall, applied for FAFSA, and am working a part time job that I've been at for four years, so I'm not worried about that. I have my passport, ticket and everything (I think. I hope.) for New Zealand in a couple months.
I slept in til ten or eleven today. *contented sigh* Worked on a little project I'm attempting. I have a few pretty awful books that mum bought for ten cents at a book sale. So I am attempting to dye the paper and then fade it to use as stationary. However, the paper doesn't like the dye I'm using (although my fingers do :P) and the only way of fading I can think of is putting it in the sun which is highly obnoxious and I would only able to fade on sunny days. I was hoping to make a fair amount and sell them on etsy. Because etsy is one of the coolest sites ever.
Oopsies. I just got lost on etsy for a half-hour or so. I gotta make dinner. :-P
Hopefully more posts soon!

Twitter

2009-03-17T18:47:00.004-04:00

I just got a Twitter account and added it to my blog. Hopefully due to the ease of updating Twitter I will update it fairly often. Can't really post much here now. Got a first draft of a paper due Thursday, a midterm and a paper due Monday and 12 pages of my journal due next Thursday. And I have to watch dinner. And I have to book a flight pretty darn soon. Yikes! :-)

Updates will come

2009-02-20T21:45:00.002-05:00

I've been busy and when I actually have time to write here, I usually don't feel like it or I have nothing to write about. However, I will be making more of an effort to write more (HA! We'll see how long that lasts :-P ) One thing I've done to aid in updating is I have activated blogger mobile. So I will be able to at least add little tidbits now and then depending on how my phone is acting. For those of you who don't know, my phone decided to only work when it feels like working. I'm not sure why, it was working fine until Sunday during Sunday school when I decided to clean it. I shut it off, took out the battery, cleaned out the dust, put the battery back in and turned it on. A couple minutes later, I shut it off again, pulled out the battery and the memory card, really cleaned out everything put them both back in and turned my phone back on. Since then, it has been really slow and freezes quite often. It will work okay if I shut it off and turn it back on while pressing on the back of the battery but it doesn't recognize the memory card. I'm just hoping it will hold up til May when I'm up for a new phone.

Homework

2009-01-21T17:04:00.002-05:00

Last Thursday, I had my first College Composition class. I have my second one tomorrow. I just started my homework. I know, I'm horrible but I was busy and trying to get my stupid Psych homework done. And this homework is fairly easy and isn't going to be handed in. Except for one little thing that I completely forgot about. I know you're wondering why I am still on here and not off doing my homework but, this IS my homework. One of my assignments is a keep a journal, write about specific things, and to try to write at least 1200 words a week. Before tomorrow I have to write approximately 1200 words about myself and the book I picked out and started to read for my book report due in a couple weeks. Oh wait, I lied, I already wrote some about myself that will count towards my journal. I started a letter to a friend of mine and I wrote a nice long email to my cousin. I wasn't meaning them to be towards my journal but Mr. Plyler said things like that will count towards it. I didn't have a Psych class this week because of MLK day. I did have homework for it though, I was supposed to take an online quiz of the first chapter in the book. I took the quiz today and got an 85. I really hope that it won't considered late or anything. I didn't realize that he would post more homework for this week. I figured I would have all of this week to work on it too. I logged on to take week one's quiz and he had added week two's quiz and assignments two days ago. *Gulp* I don't think I will take vacations for granted anymore. Or at least not for a long time.
The book I chose for my book report is Pride and Prejudice. I have read it before and aren't book reports generally supposed to be to get you to read books you haven't read before and maybe wouldn't usually read? But I haven't read P&P in a while and I wanted something that I would enjoy, haven't read a million times (yet), but still knew the story of. Sometimes when you're reading a new book (especially one you have to read) you can get really bogged down at times and it can get really difficult to finish reading it before a set time. Pride and Prejudice, I knew for a fact, I wouldn't get bogged down in. I started reading P&P just last night. I am supposed to read the first 50 pages before tomorrow's class. Easy. I'm almost done. With the first 50 pages that is. Not with the whole book. I am a little worried about the book report though. I have never actually written a book report. I was homeschooled and never had to. It isn't due for a few weeks yet though and I'll have mum to help me with the basics.
This hasn't even hit the half-way mark in what I should write each week but I'm going to stop here and get off. We have the Truth Project tonight and I really need to get ready.

Clothes Part 2

2009-01-15T16:16:00.003-05:00

I am such a horrible updater. I've been meaning for the last week or so to give you an update on my clothing/fashion progress but I've been busy what with classes starting and work hours picking up 'n' all.
I think I unleashed a monster. Now that I feeling a little more bold towards my clothing choices, I am raring to try new things. Not every style, however, is on the menu. I do not like the uber slouchy, baggy, gypsy/bird-lady look.
The downside is now I feel the need to majorly renovate my wardrobe. If I had the means, I would spend muchomoula on clothes. Clothes, shoes, accessories, they are my weakness. My wardrobe does truthfully need help, however, in the shoe category. The shoes that I wear are flipflops, black ballet flats, and sandal heels. I don't really have anything else. I have a pair of near-stiletto black boots whose heels are worn down to the nail, a pair of brown faux suede wedge boots that I cannot wear in winter, and a pair of pink Timberlands.
The black boots are unwearable at the present moment, the brown faux suede are missing and not winter proof, and the pink Timberlands are well, pink Timberlands.
See? My shoe collection is lacking. I will be taking off pretty soon, however to remedy that.
Update on skinny jeans and vest project. Mission status: COMPLETED!
I found the skinny jeans fairly quickly at Goodwill. The jeans looked brand new. My guess is that someone bought them, ripped the tags off, didn't like them or they didn't fit and either the store wouldn't take them back or left them in their drawer for a while before donating them.
The vest took a bit more effort. There was nothing at Goodwill that I liked. I could have sworn Walmart carried vests but nnnoooooo. Fortunately, in a flash of brilliance, I checked out Fashion Bug and lo and behold, they had them on CLEARANCE! I bought two. First a cute cropped, brown halter number that fit perfectly and I fell in love with right away. And secondly, a longer, more 'vesty' black pinstripe that was only in large but I bought anyway with the view of taking it in. That part of the mission I have yet to complete because my sewing machine needle broke and I haven't replaced it yet. :-P
One thing I have picked up from all of my fashion blog browsing is I need more closet space. Apparently, you feels more inclined to wear more of your clothes and make different combinations with them if you can see them all at once. My closet, however, is tiny. And I don't have anywhere to expand my hanging space without some major renovations. :-(

More better updatingly updates later hopefully.

Clothes

2009-01-02T13:28:00.003-05:00

I love clothes. I absolutely love them. I have always liked fashion but thought that one could not be modest and Godly while being fashionable. So fashion was stuffed in the closet as it were. And it was not until recently that I realized that one could be both modest and fashionable! And so I began some subtle experiments with my clothes. Nothing too daring because both my mother and one of my closest friends would've probably freaked. I do believe that the turning point for me, was when I wore leggings.
Under a skirt.
And I LIKED IT! So there!
That was last...May? Yes, May. An acquaintance's birthday party. The skirt was a knee-length denim skirt I'd had for a while but rolled it up a little to show a little contrast. The leggings were my younger sister's. I think that outfit subconsciously scared me a little because I didn't wear anything out of the ordinary and 'fashionable' until September when I wore the leggings again with a cute tunic that until then I'd only worn over jeans. And I liked it. And I got lots of compliments. :-)
Yesterday, I came to the conclusion that I need a cropped vest like this one. And skinny jeans. I've been putting off the skinny jeans thing because I've never been a fan. Until now. Not that I'm really a fan now. I've just come to the conclusion that I really like a lot of styles with skinny jeans so I would like to try a pair. I'm thinking Target.
The vest I decided I could make at home. It would be a lot cheaper, tailored, and I could make more varied colors and styles than I may find in my area (Central NH doesn't really lend it self to fashion). While searching for a good pattern online I came across this blog. Some of her stuff is a little too eccentric for me but I do like a lot of it. This post, for example, the first outfit is okay, not really me and a little too, rag-muffin-on-the-streets-of-London. I really like the second outfit. The pants, are niiiice and I LOVE the jacket. Very very nice. The third outfit is my favorite. I LOVE it. The layers, the argyle, the subtle plaid skirt, the tights, the vest. I absolutely LOVE. The only thing I would change is the boots. Knee-high boots work really really well with this outfit, however, the clunky-ness of those particular boots just messes with the outfit a bit, I would've chosen something a little sleeker. Other than that, I have no complaints. None. At. All. In fact, that post, and that post alone, is the reason I am updating today. So you should all thank Audi and her super awesome blog.
I have found that I associate music with different fashion styles. Rap is 'gangsta', ripped jeans and holey t-shirts with enough eyeliner to supply Marilyn Manson for a year with rock 'n' roll, etc. The sort of style I am striving towards strikes me as sort of Sixpence None the Richer/Simon and Garfunkel, with a touch of Enya but not much. Enya is more for those fantasy-type who buy faery wings and dress up as their favorite Amy Brown picture.

A pet peeve and a revelation.

2008-12-30T16:35:00.005-05:00

Auto-play music on websites, especially blogs. Kill me. You load a site, sometimes more than one, and start reading when suddenly your least favorite song comes blasting through the speakers. You scramble for the mouse and quickly search each open tab for the offending music player. Those little buggers are small! I searched all three sites several times before finding it on the page I had been reading. That chick has weird music tastes. In the same playlist she has Kenny G, Celine Dion's version of Ave Maria (WHY!?), Keiko Matsui (I have no idea who this is, the name just sounded like a video game programmer), Acoustic Alchemy, David Benoit, Mannheim Steamroller, Dido and Enya. Seriously. The only ones I would listen to are Mannheim Steamroller and Enya.
Enya is amazing. Beautiful, soothing, quiet. Enya is one of my favorite musical artists.

I was typing my title when I had a revelation. A pathetic, obvious revelation, but a revelation nonetheless. Peeves the Poltergeist in Harry Potter is named Peeves because he annoys you, he peeves you. *Runs around the table* I am slow. I am slow. I am slow.

For a long time, my family had (and maybe still has) a set of Rook cards. We never played the original game 'Rook' but always one of the side games in the included book, usually 'Donkey.' I don't remember how Donkey was played but in the end, the last person to lay down their cards was forced to run around the table saying 'I am slow. I am slow. I am slow.'

Prayer Request

2008-12-23T00:16:00.002-05:00

Please pray for my knee. For those of you who don't know, two years ago last month, I slammed it into a tree while playing paintball in the rain. It gave me some pretty bad trouble for about a year, and then some mild trouble off and on for this past year. But today, after I got home from work around 10, I ran up the stairs and when I tried to walk in the hallway, it spazzed and pain just shot through it. It is also red and possibly swollen. The pain has faded enough for me to walk a few times but right now it is killing me. I have my brace on and I'm going to use a hot compress before bed but please please pray. The last thing I want is to end up in the hospital right before or during Christmas.

My two favorite blogs ever!

2008-12-19T11:06:00.002-05:00

Since it is the season of giving and all that happy joyness. I have decided to share with you my two favorite blogs in all the world. Actually one is technically not a blog but a site that links to blogs but who's counting?

Blog number one:
Pioneer Woman
To get started on Pioneerwoman, I strongly suggest doing one of two things (both of which I did when I discovered the site but then again, I think I was up all night reading): first, browse her recipes. Unlike most food blogs out there, Ree (the Pioneerwoman) has good down-to-earth recipes with normal ingredients. Nothing fancy-smancy that you have to mail order from a tiny little country somewhere in Europe that charges $600 for a little half ounce jar and you need two ounces. 8-0
Secondly, check out the Black Heels To Tractor Wheels section of her site, but only if you have several hours to burn.
About once a week or so, Ree will have giveaways. She will give away anything from the latest copy of Photoshop to a brand new you-pick-the-color Kitchen Aid Mixer. I want. I really want. I have entered several giveaways for various items but a Kitchen Aid mixer...I salivate. I'm really hoping I'll win one from her latest Kitchen Aid mixer giveaway.

Blog Number two:
Foodgawker (WARNING! FOOD PORN! ;-) )
I could be on this site for hours! Literally hours. I should clarify that this is not technically a blog. It is a super awesome site that links to food blogs. There are over 200 pages chock full of recipes with mouth-water pictures. Some of the sites that are linked are in a foreign language, use European measurements and or crazy weird ingredients. Most, however, can be made with ingredients you have on hand or maybe only one or two special ones. Also, you can use an online converter to convert the European measurements into American.

Busy Busy

2008-12-17T18:23:00.003-05:00

I'm in such a hurry today, that I'm updating with a slice of pizza in my left hand which makes for very interesting typing. :-P
It's a Wonderful Life performances are finally over! The cast party was Sunday after the last performance and strike. It was pretty good. I brought two different kinds of homemade fudge. Raspberry chocolate and peppermint chocolate. Not much was eaten by the time I left an hour or so into the party but there was also lots of other stuff that people had brought. So I took most of it home but left a few pieces for the few die hards who were still there. The recipes made a LOT. Approximately five pounds each batch and I made two. That being said, there is nothing left.
I have to make more later this week for Christmas presents. I bought the cutest little boxes at Ocean State Job Lots in Ossipee yesterday when I went to help Natalie get ready for the holidays. The smaller boxes will hold 8 pieces of fudge each and the larger probably 18 pieces each. It appears that I will make four different kinds of fudge, Raspberry chocolate, eggnog, white chocolate peppermint and semi-sweet chocolate peppermint.
Gotta run, I'm off to bible study at the Whittemore's.

Apologies!

2008-12-08T23:24:00.002-05:00

I'm sorry everyone! (I.E. all two of my readers :-P) I've been busy with It's a Wonderful Life and work and the lappy broke. :-(
So here's a boring quizzy thingy for you that I was tagged in on facebook.

40 Secrets About Yourself.
If your tagged do this then tag 10 of your friends.
Be honest no matter what.

[One] Have you ever been asked out?
yes
[two] Where was your default picture taken?
Emily's house
[Three] What's your middle name?
Ellen
[Four] Your current relationship status?
taken
[Five] what is your current mood?
tired but that's not really a mood. disgusted.
[six] what is your current mood?
Look above...?
[seven] what color underwear are you wearing?
*checks* blue
[eight] what color shirt are you wearing?
black and grey
[nine] do you have any pets?
nope
[ten] if you could go back in time and change something, would you?
yes
[eleven] if you must be an animal for one day, what?
a moose
[twelve] ever had a near death experience?
no...but I have been to the ER twice
[thirteen] something you do a lot?
read. say stupid things
[fourteen] the song stuck in your head?
none
[fifteen] do you want or have tattoos?
nope
[sixteen] name someone with the same birthday as YOU?
Mr Broughton and Dave Colbath
[seventeen] when was the last time you cried?
yesterday
[eighteen] have you ever sung in front of a large audience
yup
[nineteen] if you could have one super power what would it be?
i dunno...never really thought about it
[twenty] what's the first thing ..you notice about the opposite sex?
basic build
[twenty-one] have you ever been in love?
i dunno
[twenty-two] if so are you still in love?
I dunno
[twenty-three] favorite color?
black
[twenty-five] do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
sometimes
[twenty-six] what are you eating or drinking at the moment?
peppermint drinking chocolate. NOT peppermint hot chocolate. Peppermint drinking chocolate. look it up
[twenty-seven] do you speak any other language?
do pig latin, gibberish and ubby-dubby count?
[twenty-eight] what's your favorite smell?
i have many. peppermint, orange, chocolate, roses, clean laundry to name a few
[twenty-nine] if you could describe your life in three words what would it be?
blessed, confusing, difficult
[thirty] when was the last time you gave/received a hug?
when hannah went to bed a few hours ago
[thirty-one] have you ever been kissed in the rain?
no, but snow, yes
[thirty-two] what are you thinking about right now?
three very special kisses in my life (hey, you asked)
[thirty-three] what should you be doing?
going to bed
[thirty-four] who was the last person that made you upset/angry?
Randy
[thirty-five] how often do you pray?
Not enough
[thirty-six] do you like working in the yard?
sometimes
[thirty-seven] if you could have any last name in the world, what would you want?
Pitt? Clooney? They're good ones. Oh, no, no, Tatum.
[thirty-eight] do you act differently around the person you like?
a little i guess
[thirty-nine] what is your natural hair color?
mousy brown
[forty] who was the last person to make you cry?
i cried in church because Pastor Dave and all the deacons prayed over me for healing.

And I tag...uh...anyone who reads this. Lemme know if you actually do it though. Thanks!

You threw off my groove!

2008-12-02T11:38:00.002-05:00

Last Saturday, we were given two six-packs of Squamscot Beverages in Mistletoe Mist flavor, for employee samples. I was a little apprehensive about the new soda. I had tried Squamscot sodas before and wasn't impressed. They tended to be flat and boring. However, the Mistletoe Mist flavor had me intrigued so I grabbed a bottle on my way out. I promptly forgot about it and it sat in the fridge until this morning when headed for the milk to wash down leftovers of Mom's amazing Hawaiian pizza, I spotted it. Because I had no idea what Mistletoe Mist tastes like, I had nothing for comparison. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Mistletoe Mist is quite good. The initial taste is sort of subtle grapefruity and cherry-y. There is also another flavor in there that I'm not quite sure what it is. The after taste is strange. It's almost like the initial taste but more watery, if you will, which sounds unappetizing but works. While I was sitting here debating the complicated inner-workings of this wonderous new soda, my mom takes a sip and declares it tastes like one of those gingerale and fruitpunch punchs you make for informal parties. Well. There goes my groove. Excuse me while I sit in the corner and drink my gingerale and fruitpunch soda.

Yaaaaaayyyyyyyy-meh.

2008-11-28T21:58:00.004-05:00

Yay! People read! I mean, people read my blog!
I was so pumped about my brand new plan of updating more and just writing writing writing on this thing, that I started composing a post in my head at work today. Too bad I don't have internet in my Batcave. No, good thing I don't have internet in the Batcave, otherwise I'd be posting and reading and wasting so much time it isn't funny. Or maybe it is. Anyways, I was concentrating so hard on my post that I forgot it. I remember planning on starting another blog. I know, I think I just may be getting a little too ambitious here, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. My other blog would be where I'd review books and movies. Movies mostly. In fact, just movies. I don't know where the books part came from. I think my sub-conscious threw that in in an attempt to add some depth to my shallow idea.
I don't understand my manager, HH, she hardly ever schedules me for morning shifts but when she does, it is always the morning after a long closing shift. It's not like I close every night or anything. I usually close two or three times a week sometimes four but that's it. Tomorrow, the morning after enduring a horrible, 4 hour long closing shift with the whole day's worth of work to do in the Batcave, while working with Andy and Grumpy, I have to work tomorrow 7:30-3, again working with Grumpy. MJ, the woman who has to do all the work I left last night, is going to kill me. I'm not going to be her number one anymore.
I think I'll go to bed now. Or maybe I will after I eat all the chocolate in my secret candy stash and watch a feel-good chick flick.

Who the heck needs groceries the day after Thanksgiving?!?

2008-11-28T16:12:00.003-05:00

I have decided that even though nobody reads my blog, NOBODY. I shall still continue (HA! HA! I crack myself up) to post and may even write a little freer than I would if I knew for sure that many people read this.
That being said, I have to end this post or risk being late for work. Yippy. Work. The day after Thanksgiving. When everyone is still digesting and "filling up the corners" like hobbits. Today is not the a day to go out and work, or shop at a little small-town grocery store. What could one possibly need to buy to eat the day after Thanksgiving?!? And if no one needs to buy anything, then the little small-town grocery store doesn't need to be open and if the small-town grocery store doesn't need to be open, then this lazy small-town hobbit doesn't need to go and work at said small-town grocery store. Alas, it is not so. The world is upsidedown.
*pout*

I'm in the middle (literally) of my annual Lord of the Rings re-read. Can you tell?

Wand'ring Poet by d.e.watson

2008-11-27T00:21:00.001-05:00

I am a wand'ring poet.
The last of my kind, the rest have faded and are forgotten.
I am quite old for a wanderer. I am fast approaching my 47th summer. I have never married. Wanderers were not permitted to marry in the olden days and my old tudor was set in his ways. He believed it impossible for any woman to be content with wand'ring. "She would want a house." he argued, "She would want children!" And so I made myself content with wandering while some of the other poets took to their freedom and married, but my tudor was right. Their wives weren't content with wandering. They wanted homes and farms and children. One by one, they all laid aside their parchment, quills, and lutes to take up instead shovels, plows, and hoes. Pretty soon, I was the last of them all.
By the time I began to doubt my tudor's words and arguments, I was too old to settle down and start a family but that never stopped me from wondering what it would have been like. To have a home, a real home. A wife and children to come home to. When I would walk in the door after a hard day's work, being swarmed by my sons and daughters all wanted to tell me what special thing they did today or what amazing discovery they made. My wife would quiet them and give them all something to do to finish dinner, then sit and ask me how my plowing went and talk a little. She would then pick up a basket of laundry to be folded and put away if it was wash day or take the last few loaves of bread out of the oven if it was baking day. She would never be idle. Even when we'd have our evening talks before dinner, she would pick up her sewing or knitting.
After dinner, we would both put the children to bed. Then I would take my whittling out and work on a new axe handle or a little doll or trinket to be hidden away for a birthday that was drawing near. My wife would bring out her sewing or knitting again and work while singing quietly to the baby, while gently rocking the wooden cradle with her foot.
My wonderings varied slightly. Sometimes my wife was a fiery redhead with a temper, then our children would have red and auburn hair. Sometimes my wife was a gentle blond with clear blue eyes, then our children would have light, sometimes blond, sometimes light brown hair. Sometimes my wife would have raven coloured hair and violet eyes, then we'd only have black haired children. Most often though, my wife would have dark brown hair, deep green eyes with a mild temper and gentle ways. Those children were always my favorite; the girls, gentle and beautiful like their mama; the boys, strong and handsome like their papa.
Our farm would be large with fields and meadows. A big barn full of cows and horses. The house would be large enough for our big family but cozy and snug. A little school house would be a few miles away down the road for the boys to go to in the winter to learn their letters and arithmetic.
Alas, there is no such place, not for me anyway. I have seen the farm many times. I have seen the wife. I have seen the blond wife, the red-haired wife, the black-haired wife, the brown-haired wife, but they are never mine. I have seen the children, but they are never mine.
And so I wander.
I wander until I can wander no more.

Whoa, Weird

2008-10-03T23:28:00.001-04:00

In the course of only a half an hour, I listened to UB40, DeBussy, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, and The Beach Boys. In that order.
Now on to my 80's/90's playlist which includes, but is not limited to, Dead or Alive, David Bowie, Spin Doctors, Jesse's Girl, Too Sexy, and OK Go.

Can I turn off my nose?

2008-09-30T14:28:00.000-04:00

Ugh. Saturday I woke up with a sore throat and other ickynesses that contribute to a cold. I got up, went to work at 7:30, and by 10 was going nuts. I was tired, had no energy and just general I-have-a-cold-I-don't-feel-well-ness. To make matters worse, my replacement was 10 minutes late and said he would probably be another 20 minutes finishing up what he was doing. I must've looked really sick, desperate or about ready to throttle him because he said he'd take over and finish what he was doing when my manager got back from lunch. For the rest of Saturday I did just about nothing. I watched an episode of something (I can't even remember what show it was) and fell asleep several times. I would wake up just long enough to pee, blow my nose or text someone. Sunday wasn't much better. I woke up and immediately realized I was in no condition to go to church. I tried to go back to bed was couldn't sleep so I finished a book Dave had lent me about a forensic entomologist. Talked with Nenu for a while, watched some rifftrax samples and riffed political ads. By that point I was feeling quite a bit better and even considered going to the Randlett's to watch some football. But once I started moving around, *BAM* exhaustion hit and I realized I might still be contagious. So I slept some more, and watched Star Wars A New Hope, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and half of Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. I think my brain is mush.
Monday dawned and with it brought hope of a better day. My sore throat was gone gone gone. My nose almost stopped dripping. I had some energy. Life was good! I got stuff done. I got to hang out with Dave and watch the first half of the Steelers game.
So you would think that today I would be even better. *buzzer* WRONG! Today my sore throat came back, my nose is driving me up the wall(!) and my eyes are all itchy and red and obnoxious.
I hate being sick.
Oh, and I have to work later. Lucky me.

I'm Bored

2008-09-19T10:45:00.000-04:00

I can't even begin to count the amount of times I have said that in my lifetime. They were probably the first words I said as a baby. Counting from then all the way up to no less than a few days ago, I've probably said it 8,247,672,896 times. Give or take.
Today, while listening to country music (Kenny Chesney's When The Sun Goes Down with Uncle Kracker, to be exact) I realized something about the phrase "I'm bored." It is not said when there is nothing to be done. It is not said when every other activity has been exhausted. It's not even said when you maybe don't want to color or play legos but still want something to do. It is said when there is something you should be doing, and aren't. It is said when you want an excuse to get out of cleaning your room. It is said when you know you should be emptying the dishwasher or researching that paper due Friday, and instead you're trying to read a book or make your Halloween costume early, but just can't concentrate on ANYTHING. Your messy room, unmade bed, over-grown lawn, whatever, is tugging at the corners of your mind. Reminding, reminding, reminding, spoiling whatever activity you're using to distract yourself.
Speaking of distracting oneself, a half-written essay on the peoples of Pakistan and Bangladesh is tugging on the corners of my mind.

Thoughts

2008-09-19T00:05:00.000-04:00

"Come on...lose your life just so you can find it."
My friend Kat's away message jumped out at me just now. I really shouldn't be up. I was putting up an away message when I noticed my friend Mike online. Mike's at college so I haven't talked to him in a while. We ended up talking for a while (still are actually), about a very thought provoking (for me at least anyway) subject, long enough for Kat to change her away message from a tongue-twister to the above quote.
God works in mysterious ways. Just when I was feeling like my life was falling apart. I have so many things to do this fall. I'm working part time. I'm organizing a fundraiser that is supposed to happen October 24th. I'm Jan's intern this year so I have to be at PI every Wednesday. I have a small part in a community play that I was an idiot to even try out for this fall. My bedroom is a mess and Natalie is spending the weekend here. Natalie's baby is due in one month, within a week of the fundraiser, a three-day conference my parents are attending and something else that I can't remember. Just when I feel my life is falling apart. Just when I start to think of telling people heck with this I can't do it and running away to Europe to live on the streets of London, God, through Kat's away message, subtly reminds me how one must lose their life to find it.

Matthew 10:39 "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."

Matthew 16:25, Mark 8:35, Luke 9:24, and Luke 17:33 also all say essentially the same thing. One thing the Bible does is repeat things that really matter. Not that anything in the Bible is unimportant, but rather some things are more -for lack of a better word- relevant than others.

I'm dumb

2008-09-17T22:43:00.000-04:00

After the day I just had, I really should be asleep already. In fact, while waiting for a ride from work (mom forgot me, lovely, eh?), I decided that I was going to get home, eat something, be in bed by 10, and get a nice long night of sleep. Unfortunately, the eating part took a little longer than planned and then the lappy was just sitting there on the table calling my name reminding me that I hadn't seen the cast list for my self, hadn't checked my email lately, hadn't checked my blogs, hadn't posted today. So here I am, writing a pointless blog entry while my uber dry, contact-deprived eyes* are watering and getting all red, making me look like I just lost my grandma.
I'm sure I looked horrible at work today. I went almost all-out today with dressing up a little and makeup, etc. because it was the first day of PI, the first fundraiser meeting, and work after. So I was wearing eyeshadow and liner. At work, my eyes decided to be stupid and get all dry and itchy, so I was putting drops in my eyes every ten minutes or so. No joke. I must've looked well, like I just lost my grandma. :-P
I have decided that one thing I will do to keep this blog a little more updated than my xanga was is I will forgo most of my editing. I have found that when I try to edit my stuff beyond simple grammar and spelling errors, I often edit it out of existence. So if I miss a few here and there, or you can't understand my sentence structure for the life of you, don't worry. You're not alone. I probably can't understand it either.
Two more things I will try to do: one, dramatically reduce the amount of sentences I write that start with "So,"; two, try, try, try not to say 'like' anymore than is absolutely necessary. Ya know, like? *shudder*

*More on why my eyes are contact-deprived later.

Getting Started

2008-09-16T22:08:00.000-04:00

After much deliberation, I finally took the plunge and started a blog. And, after only a little less deliberation, I settled on the title: "Words, Like Silent Raindrops Fell." Alas, though, for it is not of my own creation, but from the brilliant minds of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, and their song "Sounds of Silence."
I haven't really listened to Simon and Garfunkel much at all lately. I saw a list of 5 of Pioneerwoman's favorite S&G songs on her site. One of which was Sounds of Silence, with the lines: "In restless dreams I walked alone...narrow streets of cobblestone." I almost went with Narrow Streets of Cobblestone, but it didn't 'speak' to me like I expected the perfect title to, so I looked up the lyrics and found the perfect gem that 'spoke' volumes to me. Actually, I just really liked it and no matter what anyone said, I was using it. Muahaha.
Now I've been listening to S&G for the past hour or so.
I am going to go and finish customizing my site because that's the funnest part of anything new - customizing.

Words Like Silent Raindrops Fell

Abandoned (almost)

Wedding planning

Cooking

In The Light

2010 New Year Resolution

Christmas Season and an Update

My Last Amen by Downhere

I want Wednesday

So cute!

New blog!

In The Light

My timing is way off...

Whaddya Think?

Lord Have Mercy on a Country Girl

Oops

Baking, Blogging, and...Singing...yeah

Friday Mood

Summer!

Twitter

Updates will come

Homework

Clothes Part 2

Clothes

A pet peeve and a revelation.

Prayer Request

My two favorite blogs ever!

Busy Busy

Apologies!

You threw off my groove!

Yaaaaaayyyyyyyy-meh.

Who the *heck* needs groceries the day after Thanksgiving?!?

Wand'ring Poet by d.e.watson

Whoa, Weird

Can I turn off my nose?

I'm Bored

Thoughts

I'm dumb

Getting Started

Who the heck needs groceries the day after Thanksgiving?!?