I AM AN AUNTIE for the 32nd TIME ! (two of those Eileen's kids which are greats, but still)
We played paintball today at my Brother Dino's house. As always it was great fun. I actually remembered to bring my camera this time.
I woke up this morning to find that my eye has gotten worse. All I can think is, what if I had gotten my brows done the day before my wedding or something. I think I am going to go and ask for my money back.
It stings and is puffy when I look straight forward. What do you think? Money back? Today, I went to get my eyebrows "cleaned up". Why? because they have been neglected for the last week and were looking pretty hairy. (No pun intended)(actually it was). I did not go to my regular eye brow cleaner upper, I went to the first spa-ish looking place I could find. BIG MISTAKE. When I walked in to, Nail and Spa, it looked just like every other "nail and spa" organization. I walked up to the counter, told the worker what I needed done, and waited for my turn. Soon enough, I am called to the back where they do the "clean ups". I sit down and the process begins. One big problem happened while I sat in that chair of torture, it hurt. I mean bad. The woman doing my eye brows was totally killing me. When she was finally done my entire face hurt and my eye brows were glowing red. I paid the woman and gave her a tip and walked out. When I got home I inspected my face and found that the lady had somehow burned by eye brow. Goodness. My Dad says it is the Lord's judgment for me plucking my eyebrows, my Mom corrected him and said "it is o.k. for us to pluck our eyes out".
Thanks to the stomach flu I have lost three pounds so far. Yea ! This is one of the most effective diets I have ever been on.
It is amazing how, after a little over three years of marriage, Caleb is still my hero. That is not to say that after a couple of years husbands usually wear on their wives. I mean, Caleb can still surprise me. Today, I was so sick I thought I was going to die, (in fact, I hoped I would). I was lying on the floor, because I was on the edge of passing out, wondering how I would drive myself to the hospital. I knew Caleb would be home any minute, but I was so worried something was bad wrong with me. When Caleb got home, he didn't know I was sick, so I tried my best to call him to our room. My call for help sounded more like a kittens meow. He heard me and walked in. When he realized what was going on, he went into full "care taker" mode. Helping me to the bed, tucking me in, making me take some nasty medicine. Than he sat with me until I went to sleep. I woke up feeling slightly better in my body, but my heart was so full of love for my husband that it made everything else not feel so bad. I don't know why the things Caleb did for me today have made my heart so tender to him. It is a wonderful feeling and I hope it stays a while.
Caleb and I have found a great way to lose weight after the holidays, acquire the stomach flu. I am sure that after today, I have lost a pound, at least. Along with being unable to eat, I should be on my way to loseing any extra weight gained this holiday season. Caleb is on his way to my level of sickness, hopefully he doesn't get as far as I am. (although, he has gained 8 pounds in the last three weeks) This is totally horrible. I only remember being this sick two other times in my life. Good thing I am on winter break.
It is 4 in the morning. I had a good time with my family this Christmas Eve. My mom's house was packed to the point that it was pretty much standing room only, and if you did get a seat, you lost it if you got up for any reason other than my Mom calling you. Good to revisit some old rules.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Don't Tase Me, Bro," a phrase that swept the nation after a college student used it seeking to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John Kerry, was named on Wednesday as the most memorable quote of 2007.
Fred R. Shapiro, the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, said the plea made by University of Florida student Andrew Meyer on September 17, accompanied by Meyer's screams as he was tased, beat out the racial slur that cost shock jock Don Imus his job and the Iranian president's declaration that his country does not have homosexuals.
Shapiro said Meyer's quote was a symbol of pop culture success. Within two days it was one of the most popular phrases on Google and one of the most viewed videos. It also showed up on ringtones and T-shirts.
Second on Shapiro's list was this tortuous answer by Lauren Upton, the South Carolina contestant in the Miss Teen USA contest in August:
"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us."
Upton had been asked why one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a map and later apologized for her answer not making a lot of sense.
Third was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's October comment at Columbia University in New York, "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
Shock jock Don Imus comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team: "That's some nappy-headed hos there," was fourth.
Imus created a national outcry and lost his job at CBS radio in April, but returned to the airwaves in December with Citadel Broadcasting.
Other phrases on the list:
5. "I don't recall." -- Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional hearing about the firing of U.S. attorneys.
6. "There's only three things he (Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." -- Sen. Joseph Biden, speaking at a Democratic presidential debate.
7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody (Vice President Dick Cheney) who has a 9 percent approval rating." -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.
8. "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom." -- Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's explanation of why his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's room.
9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -- Biden describing rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." -- Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.
(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Eric Beech)
Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29.Where is the remaining dollar?
I'll give the answer tomorrow
THE TRICK IS TO FIND THE MAN IN THE COFFEE BEANS: This is bizarre - after you find the guy - it's so obvious. Once you find him - it's embarrassing, and you think, why didn't I see him immediately?
Doctors have concluded that if you find the m an in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein. If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!! And, yes, the man is really there!!!
Friday we had our annul youth Christmas scavenger hunt. It was pretty fun, even though my team came in second place, we had a good time. Unfortunately my camera died so I only have one picture to share.
Saturday was just another Saturday, we had play practice till about 2, then Caleb and I just pretty much wasted the day. It was nice.
Sunday was so awesome. We preformed our Christmas program (directed by Sarah Booker) in the morning and evening service. During alter call one woman received the Holy Ghost for the first time. Then, during the evening alter call two younger adults who had been coming to church with different friends decided it they wanted to be baptized. One of the boys, Armando, received the Holy Ghost as he came up out of the water. It was so so beautiful. I was in one of the back rooms when they announced that Armando was going to be baptized, so I go to watch from the back baptistery door. It was such a special moment.
Last night we went to see the 99th annual boat parade in Newport Beach. It was such a great trip. Caleb and I really had a lot of fun just hangin' out. It is nice to be in the company of a different crowd once in a while.
So I had a slide show on here but it is not working. I'll mess with it later.
So I was debating weather or not to add some clips from my camera, but I thought they were funny so I am posting them. If anything Valerie and I will appreciate them; possibly Taryn too. I think you would have just had to have been there to understand why the random goings on of Valerie and I were so much more fun than watching the ladies across from us argue about who said "baby".
What a weekend ! The ladies progressive went over well, thanks to both of my moms. LOL My mom had been loaning me Christmas lights and a few odds and ends all week. On Saturday morning we decided that we needed to add some decorations to the porch so I went to my moms to borrow some more stuff, but she was asleep so Caleb and I just took what we wanted. LOL she didn't even notice the stuff was gone until she saw it on my porch.
I must give a HUGE thank you to my mother in law. She was such a big help and a calming force this weekend. Thanks a bunch. I think I would have been really stressed without you.
I also attended a baby shower right after my guest left. It was pretty cool. I met a girl that had grown up in the same church as some people that currently attend our church. It is amazing to think that so many people have ties to the truth. You just never know how many people we see everyday that may have, at one time, attended a pentecostal church.
The last month as been so crazy. Slowly but surely, things are beginning to slow back down. I guess this is what I get for complaining that my life had been so dull.
A few of the big events that have been pending for so long are now completed. Those events are the youth Laugh-o-Rama and my persuasive speech. The LOR was great. The kids really put their all into the skits and I think that the parents found it quite humorous. We also raised a good amount of money for the youth fund which is wonderful. I am so proud of our youth group, we have so many great great kids in our group and I feel privileged to be apart of their lives.
I gave my persuasive speech yesterday afternoon. I almost did not make it to class because my keys have disappeared off of the face of the Earth. Poor caleb had drive home from Menifee to give me his spare key. (thanks to the power of tears) I feel like my speech went over well. My goal was : to persuade the listeners to throw out their television. Surprisingly I did not have too many people oppose my proposal during the Q&A period. I tried to address my topic from an academic stand and I believe that is what help my argument. There are tons and tons of studies on the negative affects of TV. Beyond religious reasons, people would be amazed at the harm TV can cause in a household. It also helped that the class was in shock when I told them I did not have a TV in my home. I became a national wonder in their eyes. LOL the teacher said he commends me for not watching TV LOL. OK?.
Hopefully, I will remember to take pics of this Sat. Ladies Luncheon. I meant to take pics of last weekend when we played paintball, but I had forgotten my memory chip for the camera, so I could only take two pics.
