Window Into My Reality

I just wanted to let everyone know, that the changed to my Avatar girl was done by the two kids that I babysat this night :) Everyone let them know how well they did because I promised to let them know! :)

Here's another one for all my girlfriends here :) Woman to Woman Encouragement Someone will always be smarter. Their house will be bigger. They will drive a better car. Their children will do better in school. And their partners will fix more things around the house. So let it go and love you and your circumstances. Think about it. The prettiest woman in the>world can have hell in her heart. And the most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children. The richest woman you know - she's got the car, the house, the clothes - might be heartbreakingly lonely. So, love you. Love who you are right now. Tell yourself, "I am too blessed to be stressed." Be blessed ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman. And guys...share this with the woman you love! ;) "To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world."

This is one of those email forwards that has made the rounds a few times. I once shared it with my bestest friend, and she came up with a scenario regarding this story with people from our church...of course, I can't share that with you, but this still oughta bring a few smiles. A minister decided to do something a little different one Sunday morning. He said "Today, in church, I am going to say a single word and you are going to help me preach. Whatever single word I say, I want you to sing whatever hymn that comes to your mind.The pastor shouted out "CROSS."Immediately the congregation started singing in unison, "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS." The pastor hollered out "GRACE" The congregation began to sing "AMAZING GRACE, how sweet the sound." The pastor said "POWER" The congregation sang "THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD." The Pastor said "SEX" The congregation fell into total silence. Everyone was in shock. They all ...

This comes from an email from one of my many sisters. Some are just toooo funny!!! PONDERISMS 1.) I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. 2.) Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. 3.) The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement. 4.) Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. 5.) There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead. 6.) Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. 7.) Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. 8.) The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. 9.) Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. 10.) Have you noticed since everyone has a ca...

Daydream Believer tagged me in her game of 6 Degrees...like how anyone in Hollywood can be connected to Kevin Bacon in 6 degrees or less. Her game just says to connect you to someone famous. So, I don't know if I can do six of them, but here's what I got. 1. My youth group once made a video that ended up being viewed by Mike Farrel, the dude who played BJ Hunnicut in M*A*S*H. 2. I once went to school with a girl who's uncle had been roommates with college with Jonathan Frakes, the dude who played Commnader Riker in Star Trek:The Next Generation 3. My church hosted Jackson Senyonga before he was "famous"...he now has a church of over 300,000 or so...and he was in the third Transformation videos. 4. The woman who wrote the hymn "His Eye is on the Sparrow" was the pastors wife at the same church years and years ago. 5. My counselor once got to meet one of our President's...I forget which one though. I can't think of a sixth. I'm not gonna tag an...

I've got a Frappr map! The link is posted to the right, just below the links for my other two blogs. I'm going to add another poem sometime this afternoon...I hope...depends on how busy the library gets. I love maps. I love to look at them, and I love to draw them. Must be the dreamer in me. :D

I remember back in January 1996 when the northeast first had a blizzard, and then it immediately warmed up and we had a flood! It's looking a lot like it did back then right now. We had half a day yesteday because someone panicked at the weather report---we never got the freezing rain until after 6PM. But it has since warmed up and it's flooding out. Not bad...small stream flooding and some low field flooding. I've made a few sprays with the bus going through the little bit of water that's running over the road...which, shh, was kind of fun. The water is poring off the rocks in one of the small towns south of mine....like little water falls...right next to the solid ice cycles hanging down...very pretty actually. Instead of griping about the idiots at church, gonna change gears and have a good laugh at Headstart. After the start of this year, we were supposed to have bus monitors start riding with us. They do come in handy in an emergency. But.....they advertised so poo...

What an odd day...completely messes up my regular routine...Headstart, whom I drive bus for does not have school today, but the regular school does. A snow make up day. So, since our library isn't open in the mornings, except for Friday's and Saturday's...I'm stepping out and am at a larger library for a few. Had a good time the other night at my nephews birthday party...well, I did get slimed with tomato sauce from the pizza from my finger tips to my elbow, but then he is only 4 years old - which would also account for why he enjoyed doing that so much!!! We watch a VeggieTales video afterwards...which I had never seen so I was the one laughing the hardest {Sumo of the Opera} I about died during the part where they were telling the story of St. Patrick and how he was sold as a slave and shipped off to Ireland "where they spoke a different language but we'll pretend that they all spoke English just like Star Trek". I loved it. My brother asked me if I was...

Y'all head on over to Jean-Luc's and wish him a happy birthday today!!! Happy Birthday Jean-Luc! :) Note: I am sooooo embarrassed. I just talked with my Mom....it's also my nephew Eric's birthday today! He's 4 years old. I had completely forgotten, even though this was the second time my Mom had to remind me this month. *blushing* Trying to see if I can't go out and join them for dinner tonight, even though it's beginning to storm.

I am filled with a certain dread about this afternoon...finding out for sure if I've been reading certain things the right way. Well, in for a penny in for a pound. On the bright side, I have a lunch with the headstart ladies later. And I just remembered that we're celebrating one of their birthdays, so now I have to find a b-day card for her! Thank God for the Dollar General Store and the $5 in my pocket so I can get her a nice one! My library boss just ranted on for about half an hour about...I dunno...something about the rapture and communion and Simon Peter...I haven't got a clue half of what he was saying [I was trying to type an email!!]...he did say one thing that caught my attention so I had him repeat it so I made sure I heard him right. "obediance without love is performance and love without obediance is deception". I thought that was interesting since a lot of what has been plaguing my church is performance and such, a lack of unconditional love ev...

Ok. I need to think out loud here for a bit while I wait on email. I have a situation going on that could become tough. A bit of background: About 2 years ago, a single man started coming to my church and showed an interest in me. It lasted about a month and a half, with him giving me mixed signals all the time...since I have been praying for a husband for a while now, at the time, it seemed like my prayers were being answered despite the confusion. It all came down one night about midnight in his parking lot and I haven't talked to him since. He only stayed around for another 7-8 months, and those were very hard months. He lied to me and mislead me, often. Like it was second nature for him. It was made even more traumatic by a discovery of mine on a website shortly after he left the area. In September 2005, I had a blind date that was far from fruitful. My singleness and desire to be married is known to all in church, and so... To the present: Yes, another single man has walked in...

Figment by: Myself Like a phantom you walk the corridors of my heart and mind Your kisses steal my breath Your touch brings a trembling My heart longs for your presence My ears long for the brush of your lips whispering your love My skin longs for the caress of your hands As a flower longs for the summer rain to wash over it Yet when I open my eyes, you are no longer there And I wonder if you are real, or a figment of my imagination

I am so bored. Yes, I had to repeat the title. Just had to. It's Friday, so I don't have to drive bus and I didn't have to work at the library today. And I sit here at the computer anyway...and no one is eamailing. No one at all. Not my bestest friend...I suppose her hubby might be home, or they went somewhere. Not the dorky P&W leader who made life a pain in the arse last night at prayer meeting. I mean, there's a five foot walkway behind me, but noooo he has to walk in front of me where there's a lot less room maknig me move my seat at least once. A little thing I know, but it's the second week in a row that he's sat near me at prayer and suspiscious woman that I am, I can't help but wonder if he's doing it on purpose. The mission team leader isn't emailing. Not the Winmiester. Not even ... Oh, no wait...I just got an email from my bestest friend...ooh...have to go look. Better than sitting around playing with the Yahoo Avatar [isn't...

Where does Fluke find these things? {{don't answer that Fluke}} Still....strangely enough, I can't seem to resist most of these blogthings.

Here are the events of this week: Sunday - emotional upset over the treatment of a friend. A prayer trip and meeting for a sick pastor's wife is called off. My pastor's mother-in-law is palced in the hospital on this day. Monday - A group of us visit "Grandma Rose" as I call her in the hospital and also visit the ill pastor's wife who is in the same hospital. Tuesday - 2 hour delay for school. Screw the entire day up. Since it was the first day back from Christmas break, it has screwed up my entire week. Learned this night that Grandma Rose died. Wednesday - Not only did Rose die on Tuesday, another woman from our church was hospitalized and this information was actually withheld the night before [curse pettiness]. So, homegroup being cancelled, we made another trip to the hospital this night. She is doing well, but it was a rather scary happenning. Something to do with her heart taking off and racing up above 200 while not doing anything . She's also...