James Taylor

A Quote by Plutarch

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Isn't it so true that a good friend is someone who you can be sure will be honest about their feelings? And better yet, they can agree to disagree?

Disheartened

I am very sad...
I cannot figure out how to put YouTube videos on my blog.

Right Now I...

I am not: alone
I hurt: when I think of all the evil in this world
I love: my friends and family
I hate: that everything I do is a choice
I hope: to be a Proverbs 31 woman
I hear: the hum of my computer
I crave: adventure
I cry: when I feel like I have to give up a dream
I always: trust too much
I long to: fix my mistakes
I feel alone: when I think that I wasn't not that long ago
I listen: to lots of different music
I hide: from myself
I drive: sometimes
I sing: because I can
I dance: once in a while
I search: for excitement
I feel: like calling you
I fail: miserably
I sleep: alone
I need: to be respected and loved
I am: a child of God
I think: too much
I exist:to glorify God

Baby Got Book

lol!! This is so funny!!!
Y'all have to check it out. ;)
I thought it was pretty sweet! =)

Wait and See

I was born in Tennessee, late July humidity doctors said I was lucky to be alive
I’ve Been troubled since the day that I got here, troubled to the day I disappear
That’ll be the day that I finally get it right

There is hope, for me yet, because God won’t forget, all the plans he’s made for me
I have to wait and see, he’s not finished with me yet, he’s not finished with me yet

I never really was that good in school. Talked to much, broke the rules
My teachers thought I was a hopeless fool all right.
I don’t know how but I made it through, it’s one of those things you gotta do
I always had a knack for telling the truth.

There is hope, for me yet, because God won’t forget, all the plans he’s made for me
I have to wait and see, he’s not finished with me yet, he’s not finished with me yet

[ Brandon Heath Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Still wonerin’ why I’m here. Still wrestling with my fear
But oh….He’s up to something,
And the farther out I go, I’ve seen enough to know that I’m not here for nothin’
He’s up to somethin’

So here’s my time to be a man, follow my heart as far as I can
No tellin’ where I’m ending up tonight
I never slow down or so it seems, but singing my heart is one of my dreams
All I gotta do is hold on tight.

There is hope, for me yet, because God won’t forget, all the plans he’s made for me
I have to wait and see, he’s not finished with me yet, he’s not finished with me yet
He’s not finished with me yet, He’s not finished with me yet.

Snow in October

This is to the South of our house. I believe it was on the 12th of October. I thought the contrast of the orange tree next to the green tree on the white snow was pretty amazing.

I'm Yours -Jason Mraz

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
And now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
I like peaceful melodys
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love love

So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
I like one big family (2nd time: I like happy family)
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love love love

I won't hesitate no more
Oh no more no more no more
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved, I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

No I won't hesitate no more, no more
This cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours, I'm yours

Hilltop Hoods

Right now I am all alone. In 30 minutes Sandy will be here to pick me up to go to E.C. We're going to go to Choir and then chill with Jae all afternoon. I think it's going to be a lot of fun... seeing we haven't really done anything with Jae in a really long time. Things are so different now and we're all growing up so I suppose it's understandable since we're all so busy with our own lives.
I think I've actually done something with Jae twice this year and that was because I was with Trent and we all went and did things. *sigh* ...good times.
Soooooo.... it feels like this time last year! (no duh?) But it makes me get that feel and so every now and then I just have to listen to Hilltop Hoods, Nosebleed Section and just imagine that I'm with Trent in his car cruising down the back roads to town... =)
But Anyway... enough reminiscing. ;)
I'll be back....

A Contradiction?

So I was looking up some words for a book Isaac is writing and I looked up hermitage.
This was the definition:

noun

1.
a. The habitation of a hermit or group of hermits.

b. A monastery or abbey.

2. A place where one can live in seclusion; a retreat.

3. The condition or way of life of a hermit.

What do they mean, a "group" of hermits!?!! lol It sounds like an oxymoron to me. =)

Apple Pie

Today I am going to bake an Apple pie!! Yay!
I love the Fall season!
...oh and btw the snow all melted. =)

Trenton

When I think of Trenton, I am reminded of...

-those two weeks in Aug. '08
-the hay shed ;)
-Third Day
-playing music together
-graham crackers and Ghirardelli 60% chocolate chips
-Vault
-"Old Hag"
-the guacamole dance
-bare footin' down G with all the friends in the middle of the night.
-"The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" (he never did like it, lol)
-braces.... hmmmm... lol
-A midnight walk to the top of Table Rock in the middle of Dec. with the full moon shining on the most sparkly snow (it was like millions of diamonds)!
-food fights w/ frosting, mashed potatoes, flour... and many other things. =)
-snow fights
-western belts with cool buckles
-hay wagon dances (the original one was the best)
-Lincoln Park
-tractor rides
-Red Robin
-Red Lobster
-his Corona hat
-most of the music he listened to... it was pretty sweet.
-Co. Rd. G... and summer rain
-Olive Garden and Walmart with Sandy and Matt
-"Chitty Oats"
-tag at the Meyer's
-cowboy boots & skater shoes/ flip flops and high heels
-swing dancing... sweet moves... showing off of course.
-his silver Mazda 6
-Perkins after dance practice with everyone
-his cool old Ford truck
-Viva La Vida (or anything by Cold Play)
-his "Light Up and Run" CD
-Akon
-hikes around the farm in the Fall and also the Spring
-his awesome song (it sounded like a movie score)... that he never played enough
-Steve... his best friend
-Dan the man... his partner in everything crazy (like running around in the cow yard on the day after X-mas with.. well, never mind)
-Math
-his sisters... oh yes.
-phone calls... long ones, short ones, ... in the middle of the night/early morning.
-hot chocolate or hot cocoa (what was the difference again?)
-raking leaves w/ snow on the ground and freezing to death.
-baseball
-milking cows... it was always more fun with him.
-chilling in E.C. with Trent, Ana, Nick, Jae.
-the cool tune we made up... which was kind of inspired by Canon in D.
-Jed and Kendra's cute kittens
-grandparents =)
-cornfields lol ;)
-Chinese fire drills... in the middle of nowhere.
-McD's, Jazz and wine way late at night
-Starfield, Revolution... yesss! ♥
-cooking dinner
-our trip to E.C. with my cousins and Isaac
-Hilltop Hoods, Nosebleed Section
-Casting Crowns
-The Gladiator, 007, The Night at the Museum 2, Transformers 2 ... and others.
-baking apple pies
-the apple pie analogy... I almost forgot.
-Dead and Gone, T.I. feat. Justine Timberlake
-sitting on the kitchen floor, talking and eating cereal
-Hogstad & Oak Grove road
-Wheaties and Cornflakes
-rolling down the hill in the rain on a Second Saturday and then messin around in the sand. Yuck! lol
-oats with peaches, milk and honey... the best ever
-the Black River Falls fair
-the camp fire in the cow pasture
-12/5/08 to 12-25-08
-8/9/08
-4/25/09 ..the night Kendra went into labor
-the Twix bar
-dark beer
-the tractor/truck pull
-the bathtub
-the sunflower row and rows of corn
-singing Psalms and Hymns all the time
-little trips into town for butter or powdered sugar
-talking Bible stuff
-always having something to talk about
-Unintended, Muse
-riding bikes with my brothers
-roasting a bull calf
-preparing veal
-milk testing, pizza and the park
-the country drive towards Fairchild, listening to crazy music and trying to learn to dive his car.
-jumping in the Meyer's swimming pool after Paddy's B-day party with Jordan, Isaac and Trent
-swell bonfires and good times at the Sieg's
-2006.... hehe
-when he came up every other weekend between Aug. and Oct. of '08
-sitting on a pew with Ella and Jax
-Jax, the bestest cat ever... who had 14 claws on each paw

well... the list goes on and on. I'd be here for days if I tried to dream everything up. Therefore I won't bore you any longer... that is if you made it all the way through without skipping to the bottom. ;) hehe
I'm sorry if this made no sense to you... some times I do crazy things like this though anyway.
Good times... all the way baby! Yeehaw! =)

* #+*"#*SNOW* +*#*+

It's snowing!!!
And it's going to keep snowing all day! ...it's a very wet snow, perfect for packing.
It feels a little too much like Christmas... scary. =P
lol... and it's only the 11th of October!!!!!
Hmmmm... we must be having a global cooling. Maybe we'll have another ice age. ???
*ponders the thought for a moment*
Yep... anyway... ;)
Let it snow, let it snow.

...I do hope we have some sort of Fall. *sigh*

Canning and Henry Drummond

Gee.... it's been a while.
But life is so busy that I haven't had much time for the computer. I guess that's a good thing, huh? :P
It snowed on Saturday morning. Of course it was gone as soon as the sun came up but that means, no more tomatoes. Which also means no more canning. YAY!
I think my mom and I have been canning things for the last two months straight! Luckily we had my Grammy, Jacqui (who made some of the best salsa ever that we also canned) and Emily help us now and then, which made things go much easier.
Our basement shelves look very pretty now with all the different jars of home grown canned goods, and it makes me feel very resourceful and prudent. Kind of like the Proverbs 31 woman. She is truly what every woman should aspire to be.
But... enough of that canning stuff. ;)
Now that the busy harvest season is over with, I have so many things I want to do. Some of them are just for fun and others are more of a necessity... so I am learning to prioritize and organize my time. *sigh* ...no I can't always do everything I want to. Shucks.
And life goes on. lol
If you don't want to be left behind in misery and self pity you have to keep busy I guess. That reminds me of a good quote by Henry Drummond;
"Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do."
He has a number of interesting quotes... and these days you can have all the information at your fingers tips and the click of a mouse. So there are no excuses: you should check Henry Drummond's quotes out. And who knows? you may be inspired. =)
Well... I uploaded a 30 day trial of Finale Note Pad 2010 (which is SOOO awesome btw) and I have a number of things I want to do with it before the trial ends so I'd better get busy.
Until next time... (and as Richard Jordan always says) maranatha.