Guess what! Guess what! I am going to teen camp. That's right all you Fresnoites, My niece Valerie and I are going to be in Fresno this Wednesday. I am really excited about going, Bro. Joel Booker from our church is preaching and Sis Erica said she is going with him (thats the last I heard anyway) So, I am glad there will be a few people up there that I know well (aside from my in laws). I think it is going to be so so so much fun.
I am usually a little nervous around teenagers because ahh well they can be a little mischievous, but I know that Fresno's teens are nothing like that. All in all I have great expectations of having a wonderful time next week. (I can teach everyone how to make grass whistles!) If nothing else just hanging around Valerie is always a good time.
LOL I am so bored and this is so weird. I was reading the comments on Katie's last post and one of the comments was from a seemingly total stranger. I want strangers to leave me comments. LOL. I don't know why, I guess I think it is cool that random people read other random people's blogs. So, yeah that's it. I just wanted to share a random moment of honest with you (who ever you are)
This past Saturday we had a picnic in the park with our youth group. It was so much fun! The park we went to is call Ferguson Park. It is very nice. I tried my hand at tennis for the first time in like eight years. Needless to say I was horrible, but I am sure I burned off 5 million calories just standing the the 105 degree heat. The very brave among us played a wild game of softball. I would have played, except I did not want to commit to standing the the 105 degree heat, so I just took pics. Later on in the day when it was too hot to take pictures, I sat with Celeste under an old oak tree. (OK I don't know what kind of tree it was, but that sounds nice and picnic-ie) It was there that my life was forever changed. Celeste taught me how to make a grass whistle. It is one of the coolest and most annoying sounds I have ever heard. It is hard to believe how hard it is to make a grass whistle, but it is totally worth the trouble. So for the rest of the afternoon I spent all of my free time (about 20mins) trying to make a piece of grass squeak.
FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT: How to make a grass whistle
Blowing over a blade of grass stretched between your thumbs makes a high-pitched squealing noise that often attracts predators. Done long enough, it can lure animals such as mountain lions, coyotes and lynx close. It can also keep bored kids busy in the back yard for quite a while. [edit] Steps Select a blade of grass. Thin blades of grass work best, but they need to be flat, not round. Very wide blades of grass that have a crease don't work as well either. In other words, bermuda grass works great, but be sure to use the blades, not the stems. Hold one end of the blade of grass between the tips of your thumbs. With your thumbs slightly bent, press the bases of both thumbs together, catching the other end of the grass between them. Carefully straighten your thumbs out to pull the blade of grass taut. If you pull it too taut, it will snap and you'll have to start over. Purse your lips slightly, put them right up against your thumbs and blow so that the air goes between your thumbs and over the blade of grass. It should make a high-pitched whistle sound.
Last night when Caleb and I got home from church, I went to the backdoor and let the dogs in. Whoot came shooting into the house and was really hyper. I thought Whoot was just excited to see Caleb, because lately Caleb has been really busy so he has not spent too much time with Whoot. I told Caleb that I had not fed the dogs, so he went outside to get their bowls. I began walking to our bedroom when I heard, what I thought was, Caleb yelling at Whoot for destroying something. I made a U-turn and walked back to the backdoor. When I got their I was met by one soaking wet Joey and Caleb laughing. Caleb said when he went to get the bowls he heard a little whimper. He looked around only to find poor Joey in the pool! He was sitting on the side step in the deep end because he could not jump out. (he is like 7 yrs old). Who knows how long my poor dog had been in the pool. I mean it was 80 degrees outside and he was freezing cold. I felt so bad. BUT I am sure somehow it is all Whoot the Devil Dog's fault. That is why he was so happy when he came in the house that night, cause he thought he had offed his competition. Did I ever tell you that the other day I saw Whoot dragging Joey around the yard by his tail. Yeah, so I think he pushed poor old Joey into the pool. But little did he know that Joey is a survivor. He has Gloria Gaynor's "I will survive" playing in his head 24/7 in stereo. LOL
Have you ever heard of the Scary Maze? It is a maze that can be found on the Internet by googling "Scary Maze". The way this maze works is the player moves a cursor through a simple maze. The maze is set up so that it takes about five minutes to complete. By the time the player has completed all three levels of the maze he/she will be very "into" the game. The great part is the prize you receive. A picture of a scary screaming face pops up to horrify the player.
OK, so now that you know the game this is what happened. Caleb and I had all the kids spend the night at our house a couple of weeks ago. The next day we were short on things to do so we thought it would be fun to scare Valerie by making her play the Scary Maze while we recorded the event. The joke was on us when the screaming face popped up and we all ran out of the room leaving poor Valerie alone with her tears.
Ok, so I came home yesterday afternoon and Caleb had a great surprise for me. I am not sure if he wanted to scare me or not, but he walked out of the kitchen proudly holding a large glass cup with a red math folder on top. Inside that cup was a fiveish inch long lizard. When I asked where he found this lizard he said it was in the tub. LOL, in fact it startled him, he said he almost stepped on it! I thought it was kinda cool that he caught it, but I was weirded out by the fact that a lizard had not only gotten into our house but had the time to walk to our bathroom (which is at the end of the hall) undetected. Caleb liked the lizard and said he would let lizards run around our house if we lived somewhere where things like that were acceptable, say the amazon jungle. (weird! for all I know he probably let it in) Be that as it may, we named him Freddy (I think) and let it go in our bushes with the hopes that he will eat the snails, I hate snails.
I have known some really weird people in my lifetime, in fact one day I will tell you about the midget Renaissance guy who stocked ((is that the right word? ) lol I dont know))me for a while (my mom doesn't know) A few reasons why you may have done this act: a) how did you get my mailbox address in the first place? b) did you kill the bird ? c) it died horribly, that much was clear. d) you're psycho. e) do I know you? f) if I do know you I don't want to know you. g) if I don't know you, what did I do to inspire you to put a dead bird in my mailbox h) I don't know how to disinfect a mailbox from a dead bird, I'm worried about diseases and have used five different kinds of cleaner but still feel like the bird's still in there still and like my bills, my catalogues and my coupons have dead bird on them i) it was a hummingbird, I looked it up - this is so crazy psycho, I can't believe this j) are you the mailman? cause if you are, I will stop parking in front of the box if that is what you want. k) I'm always nice to the mailman l) You must know I live by my pareants if you know me, and they are totally freaking out. m) my Dad owns many guns. n) do you have some kind of problem with birds? o) don't put anything else in my mailbox! p) unless it's an apology. q) no, I take that back, I don't even want an apology. r) what am I supposed to do with this bird - it's in bubblewrap in a bag in a shoebox in the freezer right now - am I supposed to bury it - where? how? in a construction site where they've jackhammered through the concrete - where is a person supposed to bury dead humming birds in this city? s) I could drop it in the water at lytal creek, but that seems undignified t) I could drop it in the ocean, but the ocean is so big and it is such a small bird u) I could drop it in the toilet but it would probably get stuck v) I hear this whirring around my ears every time I go to the mailbox and I'm pretty sure it's ghost bird, and I'm all like "it wasn't me that killed you, bird!" but still the whirring doesn't go away until I get inside my house. w) am I supposed to eat it - maybe you were trying to feed me - don't you know I'm on a diet x) if this was T.J., This was so not cool, I know you are off work, but please find something better to do with your time. y) if this was ANDY!!!, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, how many times I gotta say I'm sorry z) I guess could drop it off the roof, maybe it will reincarnate while falling and I can start reading my mail again
this story is true it just did not happen to me. The names and places have been changed for comedic effect.
This was sent to me from my sister in law. So true, yet so funny. :)
You might remember when this accident happened 8 years ago this March.
This Southwest Airlines flight from Vegas overshot the runway at Burbank . The plane smashed past the airport fence, careened across the street and ended up with a collapsed landing gear, right next to a gas station.But that's not the amazing part!!!
I just got home from my Graduation. It was a total blast. I am so glad my family talked me into walking for my degree. (Thank you to everyone that showed up, and to those that cheered from the comfort of their homes) More details in the morning, right now my soft cushion top bed is calling.
So, today is my big day, again. I have decided to walk, again, for my A.A. degree tonight. My ceremony is at 6pm, so Caleb and I will have to miss church. I kinda feel bad about missing service, but as I have been told, "you don't graduate everyday." LOL but technically I just did this last month. :) So, we will see how it goes. I hope Caleb takes lots of pic.
Send me out, to the field that's ready Send me out, for the laborers are few Send me out, cause my soul is hungry Send me out, to do a work for You
There are souls outside these doors that have never heard Your Word, They've never felt the warmth of your embrace, but if we could only be Your working hands and feet and altogether rise up and say...
Send me out, to the field that's ready Send me out, for the laborers are few Send me out, cause my soul is hungry send me out and I will work for You.
This song reminds me of an awesome message that was just preached at our church called Give me the Body. You can listen to it on our church website http://www.inlandlighthouse.com/
So Katie tagged me to expose five random facts about myself.
#5. Today was the first time in three years that I actually earned my own money. My yard sale was great, I made $51 and some change, not bad for a bunch of junk. My Mom told me that I can really treat Caleb to dinner instead of buying him dinner with money that he gives me as allowance.
#4. I knew I would fall in love with Caleb Dillon the moment I met him. So, I went inside of the church and prayed that God would give me the wisdom not to do anything stupid.
#3. I am an athlete. In my heart of hearts that is. I really am not too athletic, but I know that if I just had the right trainer I could be great. I could be a contender.
#2. I pride myself in knowing small snippets of the top ten love songs through out the decades. You want The Carpenters, I got it. You want Earth Wind and Fire, covered. Lol Kenny G, Gorge Michael, Shania Twain, Ray Charles, The guy that sings, Sarah Smile. Done. Thanks to my Dad for the strange musical knowledge. Love on the Coast FM103.5 ain't got nothing on me.
#1. I am obsessive when it comes to new things. Like reading books. I will stay up all night until I am done, I don't have a choice, I cant sleep, cause I stay up wondering what will happen next. New games for my XBOX, play until they are beat, and sometimes Caleb will help me on the hard parts. I think I am just nosey more than obsessive. I just cant stand not knowing what will happen at the end. This could be my BIG break.
Our 4th anniversary is coming up (Aug. 7th, I know you knew that, I am really just reminding Caleb and trying to get ideas for him). We are not exactly sure where to go. Caleb wants to do something special and really make a vacation out of it because we have not gone on a good vacation in a while.
Do you have any suggestions of places to go, or places you would like to recommend?
I wish I would have taken a before picture of our garage. It was so bad neither Caleb nor I could walk any more than three feet into it. All this morning I have been cleaning, trashing things, and organizing our garage; in an effort to surprise Caleb with a random act of kindness. I did not see any live spiders, but I did place my hand on a dead one and totally freaked out. LOL I also scared my self when I was breaking down a box and I saw a glittery star on the bottom (of course it could have been a gaudy tarantula) . That one made me laugh out loud and than I felt even dumber for laughing out loud at myself because I had been scared by a piece of glitter.
I am having a yard sale this Saturday in an effort to get rid of all of the junk we have accumulated over the last year. Mainly I want to make a quick buck by selling some of the clothing we no longer ware (8 trash bags of it). Whatever does not sell will be dropped off at the salvation army for a tax credit or whatever it is called.
