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September 30 Be proud, be VERY VERY proudSo, I went to bed BEFORE 10 pm last night. HUGE feat for me. However, I couldn't sleep. I tried a couple of usual tricks and when they didn't work, I used my last resort. I laid down on my couch and put in a movie. For some reason that works almost every time. So, about quarter after ten I laid down on the couch with a movie in and fell asleep almost immediately. I woke up around 1230 after the movie had finished and went back to my own bed. I thought, yeah! great! I'll be great all day tomorrow having a full night's sleep and way more than I'm used to. BUt, NO . . . I can't get that, can I. (insert sarcasm there) I woke up at 6 am with a hot poker running up the back of my neck headache. I could tell somehow I had pinched a nerve or something and had this headache running up my neck into the base of my skull. So, I laid there and prayed for awhile asking God to take care of it, begging, pleading, bargaining with him and finally arguing. All to no avail. So, I got up took some tylenol with milk, ate a couple of cookies to make sure my system would digest the tylenol and laid back down. About 15-20 minutes later I must have fallen asleep. Unfortunately, I can still feel the tension in my back and neck where the headache was coming from so I know I'm not over it or anything. What's worse is that I still feel tired, my eyes are "grainy," and I could seriously go right back home and go right back to bed. At least, I feel like I could. I probably wouldn't sleep, but I feel like I could. That SUCKS!! I was so happy and proud of myself last night for ignoring the tv and the call of my computer (sorry foxey) and then it was all to no avail. OH, well. Guess, I should just learn to deal with today instead of complaining about last night. It's just so frustrating. I try to do right and live well soemtimes and it never seems to do me any good. i'm just as cranky and irritable today as I have been all week. Which is a whole different paragraph of whining I just don't want to get into. Well . . . I do want to get into it, but I also don't want an entire entry to be just me whining. I seldom get much sympathy anyway, so why bother. I'm just tired. I'm a little bit sad and a lot tired. Unfortunately for me, tired=irritable and that means I want to scream at people. I get a little bit of that out by yelling at people that can't hear me while I'm driving, but it's not nearly the same thing as having a full out fight with someone. Then again, a full out fight with someone else is never very relieving. I guess that's the word I want. Anyway, at least Survivor and CSI were good last night. And, I got to watch Wednesday's episode of Lost, which I thought was a repeat and in fact, was NOT. Ohhhhhhh, I'd have been SOOOO mad if I had missed that. But I didn't. I got to watch it. Good for me! Kinda. Anyway, I'm going to stop ranting and get some work done. I may be back though. You'll have to come back and see. September 28 (Insert frustrated screaming here)Oh, my GOD!!! I am SO sick and tired of hearing about these constant debates between Darwinistic Evolution and Intelligent Design. I could JUST SCREAM!!!
 Here is what gets me, Evolutionists argue that Intelligent Design is a religiously based theory that should not be presented to school children for fear of confusing them. WHAT?!? When did that become our goal in schools? Shouldn't our goal be to educate the children so that they CAN think for themselves later? AND, in addition, EVOLUTION IS A THEORY!!!
I mean seriously people, didn't anyone else pay attention in grade school science? A Theory is a series of beliefs that cannot be proved. If it were provable it would be a Proof. Maybe I'm just smarter than the average bear. No one is saying we should teach Intelligent Design in place of Evolution, I'd be happy and wouldn't mind a bit, but I don't honestly think that will ever happen. So, I would be content if we offered another option. You want to know what my problem with Evolution is? Right here. DUCKBILL PLATYPUS!!! Explain that to me and I'll take a look at evolution. Until you can explain that to me, don't bother.
In addition, I could just punch someone every time I hear "the constitutional separation of church and state." THIS DOES NOT EXIST!!! If you had ever read the Constitution you would know that this phrase is NOT in there anywhere. Check it out for yourself. What it does say is this: Amendment I-Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. All that is saying is that the government cannot tell us which religion is right and which is wrong, nor prohibit us from worshipping or adhere to one or another. THAT'S IT!!! Nothing more, nothing less. Educate yourselves people!!! 1001 Hits!!!! WAHOOOO!!!!Hello all my faithful and not so faithful readers!! I just hit 1001 hits today!!! I had thought I might announce when I'm getting close etc and let you all be excited for me, but it came and went too fast! Oh, well. Somebody must be checking this out since there is no way my 5 friends who check it religiously could possibly hit 1001 without hitting it every hour on the hour every day since I started this. Celebrate with me!! And, celebrate that it is National Singles week! Leave me a comment, what are you celebrating? September 26 Facts about current IraqDid you know . . . ? Check out Catalino's Space and see his entries on current day Iraq. It will certainly make you think twice about protesting this War in Iraq. My afternoonWell, I didn't do terribly much today. I decided to be a heathen (Thanks for the good word, Kelly) and skip church this morning. So, I slept until noon, which felt GREAT. I got up got going and took off to Lake Geneva to see my friend Michelle. We used to sell PartyLite together, but I quit and then she quit and now she's starting again. I'm excited for her. I hope it goes well and that she gets a bunch of parties right away. If you're in southern Wisconsin and you've been looking for a great partylite lady, leave me a comment and i'll let her know so you can get in touch with each other. So, we hung out in Lake Geneva for like 3 hours and just talked and caught up on life. It was nice. Then I came home and talked to my mom for a bit and looked at the classifieds for a new job and then the exciting part of my night. I gave myself a pedicure. I've decided to start treating myself to a home pedicure once a week. I've done it 3 weeks in a row and it just feels great. I'm attaching a picture of my pretty pink toes. No one will probably really enjoy it except someone with a foot fetish, but I felt like including it anyway. So, then I got online and I've been talking to "foxey" for those ofyou that know about him. but, now it's 1 a.m . and I think he's in his bathroom getting sick. So, I'm going to post that picture and publish this entry. Probably the most boring and pointless entry I have ever posted on this website. BUT, I felt like sharing my pedicure and cute toes with everyone. And, don't forget my cute freckle on my foot. I love that freckle. Anyway . . . here goes nothing.
Hey, have you ever gotten or given a pedicure? September 24 NATIONAL SINGLES WEEKOkay, so apparently this week is National Singles week. This may be my only attempt to official celebrate my singleness. But, I'm okay with that. I try to celebrate it in the little occasions as they happen. Like celebrating the fact that I can spend the night in the hospital with a scared friend because she's sick and doesn't know what's going on. Or, the fact that I can run away and dog sit for my friend, Charity, at a moment's notice for weeks at a time without answering to anyone AND enjoying the Tivo!! But, apparently we have a "National week" for us singles, so I'm going to try celebrating. I found this article on MSN even though I had already read about this week elsewhere. So, check out these sites and see what you think.
Top ten things every single girl must own - although I do think 8 is a little too much, at least for me and 10 is completely unnecessary considering I'm a virgin and will be until I'm married. I don't have an Eminem CD; but I do have a fair variety of music so "chick tunes" shouldn't freak any guy out. I hope
 Top ten things every single guy needs - Again, I think 7 and 8 are COMPLETE CRAP!!! If a guy actually had those it woudl probably freak me out!! He'd be better dressed than I am. But there is truth to be had in the rest.
Single neurotic girl - I posted this once before, but it's worth posting again.
So, are you single? What are you celebrating this week? HmmmmmmAlthough there are easily a half dozen things I could write about, somehow I don't want to write about any of them. I am very moody today and maybe will be more upbeat and ready to post stuff later. I just haven't written in a few days and feel like I need to. I applied for like 6 jobs this week because I'm tired of being broke. I like my job, but 25 hours a week is just NOT cutting it anymore. I still have hope that certain situations will happen that could put me to full-time. That would be GREAT, but I don't even hear any grumblings that those situations are in the near enough future for me to wait it out. But, wait it out I will, at least as long as I don't get another job I will. I'm applying for weird kind of jobs too. Jobs I wouldn't think I'm qualified for or would even like or enjoy, but I figure, hey, I don't know what's out there. I don't know what God wants to do in my immediate future . . . let's see what happens here. I still have 2 jobs, I think, that I want to apply for. But it's 115 a.m. and I can't remember where they're at or what they're for. I do remember that they involve filling out applications, which I HATE and didn't want to do. Anyway, hoping to go see Flightplan tomorrow starring Jodie Foster. I might be going with Staci or my friend Katie or maybe even both. Then I'm supposed to meet Michelle to hang out and get some PartyLite stuff back to her that I took to sell on eBay. I may try to change that though. I had planned to do our church potluck on Sunday, but we're not doing it, so that makes my Sunday afternoon free. So, now it's almost 2 and I have been playing with my Avatar on Yahoo and talking to my friend "foxy/Boxey" online for awhile and just basically screwing around on the internet. I am just startign to get sleepy so I am going to finish this and post it and then say good night to foxey before I head off to my tv. Hmmm, which movie to watch tonight. . . . Maybe I'll let you know later.
What was the last movie you watched? September 20 I stand in AWEWell, I am in AWE. I went to a church ladies thing tonight and was SO blessed. There was such a variety and diversity in the group. So many women from so many different backgrounds struggling with so many different things. I think what blew me away the most was this: We all have perceptions and ideas about each other. I certainly did. But, as these women shared from their hearts, I was so blessed to find that they are not so different. To find that they have struggled with the same things are struggling with the same things I have struggled with. It blessed me so much to see the realness in each of us. I really want to keep typing, but I also need to maintain the strictest of confidentialities and I'm afraid that if I keep typing I will let something wrong slip. So, just let it be said that God is GREAT and is doing a mighty work, expecially among His Princesses. September 17 Speaking of PatheticI realized yesterday that I have not posted anything in like 4 days. SO Sorry my loyal viewers! All 3 of you
 he he. Anyway, I thought I should at least get something up if for no other reason than to start moving the last post about my pathetic-ness at work down the screen and into the archives. So, last night I watched Fever Pitch and Crash with Charity. Both were good. Fever Pitch is much more "feel good" but i enjoyed both movies. We chatted about our usual schtuff and I told her about this guy I've been talking to online. Hi, Paul. I showed her the pictures he sent me and we laughed about some of the stories he's told me. Then it was 1230 (or 0030 for you military folk) and I had to go home. So, I went home and as much as I wanted to get on the internet or watch TV I made a good decision for myself and tried to go straight to bed. I was asleep almost immediately. Which was particularly good since I had to get up at 830, a horrifying time for this girl who usually sleeps until at LEAST 11 usually 12 or even 1 on a Saturday morning. I got up and got ready to come out to my friend Kelly's house to keep and eye on her two daughters, Emma and Abi. They are ADORABLE!!! So, now it's 3 o'clock and I told Emma we could look at books if she "rested" for half an hour and the half hour is up. So, I'm going to post this and go read books with emma and then hopefully I'll post more tomorrow afternoon.Seen any good movies lately? September 12 Patriot's DayWhere were you when you heard?
I was sleeping. My best friend at the time called me, woke me up and told me to turn on the TV. I went into my living room, sat down, turned on the TV and did not move for at least 45 minutes. I watched the second plane hit and the buildings fall. I cried, a lot. I remember thinking it was going to start World War III and wondering if it was the Apocalypse beginnings. I went to work that night and left the TV's on in the prison all night, unlike most nights when they are only on for an hour or two. I remember being in shock and wondering what it meant and how many were lost and how many got out and what in the world was going to happen and being SO thankful that I didn't know anyone in New York city. Tell me your story, leave me a comment. Rebecca St. James, Alive Street TeamSo, I've joined the Rebecca St. James Street Team, which means I run around promoting her new album, If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something , which releases Nov 22. Yeah! Also, they need/want more people on the street team to promote the album. So, if you go to the link at the end here you can join me and tell people to listen, request, and maybe even buy her new album!! Join me!!! It'll be GREAT!!! (Can you tell I like Exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) If you want to check out more about her music and who she is, check out her website. You’re probably wondering just why we need more peeps on this street team. Well, here’s the thing. Bec's new album will be coming out at on November 22 and to really get the word out about it (and how amazing it is!) we need tons of people willing to hit the streets to talk about it. We have some really really great projects that I’m dying to tell you about, but I have to keep under wraps until it’s time! But trust me, you’re gonna love them. And for anyone that’s a real fan anyway, they’ll want to be the first to know, b/c yall will be the first to hear the new music, the first to see pics (including the cover, which is being worked on as we speak!), the first for everything Rebecca. So start telling everyone. And you can direct them to this website to sign up… www.AliveCrew.com September 09 Neurotic Single WomanOkay, so I saw this article, read it and Gosh darn it am I glad I'm not alone!!! I don't have many close girlfriends who are still single and the ones I have don't think like me. At least not that they've ever told me. Read it, you'll laugh. It made me laugh. September 08 Google me!!Oh, how exciting!!! I decided to see if my site would come up on a search engine and although MSN doesn't notice me at all, google does!! Check it out!!! How exciting, totally made me SMILE!!!  September 06 Katrina Relief - Third DaySo, this evening I got an e-mail from Third Day, one of my favorite Christian bands. I looked on their website to see if I could find a copy of it you could link and click to; but I can't find one. So, I'm going to include it here. Hopefully the links work. It looks like the links work. If they don't, leave me a comment and I'll try to fix it.
All of the members of Third Day have been deeply impacted by the events on the Gulf Coast in this last week. As the true scale of the devastation sunk in with us over the course of the week, we were convinced that we needed to respond, and quickly. Based upon the strong reaction to the initial listeners to the song, our entire team rallied to rush out our new single, "Cry Out to Jesus." The song was written as a song of hope and encouragement for all of the struggles we all go through in life. In the context of hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, everyone felt that this song needed to be heard now. Because our entire team believes in the message of this song, we have made the song available as a free download on www.ThirdDay.com By Friday afternoon, the band was already starting to get numerous offers for various benefit concerts. We're sure those will happen in the right time. But, we felt a great sense of urgency to respond quickly. This last weekend, we had concerts scheduled for Kansas City, Missouri and Souix Fall, South Dakota. We decided to expedite the long process of putting together a benefit concert, and just go ahead and make these performances benefit concerts. We are very thankful to the organizers of Rock the Light and LifeLight festivals for allowing us to shake up the schedule. At each show, we issued a challenge to the audience. The band committed $10,000 at each show to World Vision's Gulf Coast relief fund. We then literally passed the buckets and asked our fans to match our challenge. We were blown away. In Kansas City, Third Day fans donated over $13,500. In South Dakota, the gathered masses donated over $28,000. We're still counting the several thousand dollars of change. We are so thankful to see this response from Third Day fans that we have decided to go ahead and match what the fans donated. So, over the weekend, the Third Day community has raised over $82,000 for Hurricane relief! What an incredible testimony to Third Day fans' generosity. But, you know what, it's not enough. We can do more. Today, we would like to issue the same challenge to the larger online Third Day community. The band will start it off with a minimum $10,000 donation. But, we will match your donations to World Vision up to $50,000. World Vision will use every penny to expeditiously deliver supplies and care to those suffering in the Gulf Coast in the name of Jesus Christ. If you decide to donate money, Third Day will affectively double your contribution! In addition, we believe that God can really use the message of hope, the message of the gospel found in our new song, "Cry Out to Jesus." So, we have decided to not just give away the song for free. For the next 50,000 unique downloads of the song, Third Day will donate an additional $1 to World Vision's Gulf Coast relief fund. We are convinced that all of us need to focus on this message of hope and encouragement through these difficult times. As we turn on the news, we see pictures of devastation, hear commentaries of blame and finger pointing, and feel the suffering that so many are experiencing. These events, these times in which we live are calling for a response from us. The time has come for us as the church, as the body of Christ, to rise up and be the hands and feet of Jesus to this hurting world. Let's do it together! Tai Anderson, Third Day Click here for download information and links
FishFest PicsIf you don't know what you're looking at as the pics go by, then click on Photos at the top and watch the slideshow there. The photo page will include the titles and give you a slightly better idea what you're looking at. I hope to get a few posts up explaining what exactly the pictures are. Comment if you have any questions!
 September 01 Irony is always funnyIrony in everyday life is ALWAYS amusing to me. ALWAYS! So, I'm driving to Beloit to hang with a friend tonight. The same friend I have been dog sitting for over the last week and a half. I go past this strip club, the Isabella Queen on Highway 51 every time I come or go from her house. (side note: I can hardly believe that they actually have a website. I know everyone has a website for everything nowadays, BUT it still threw me to see that they actually have one. I do not suggest checking it out unless you truly are into that kind of thing. I pray that God would shut it down every time I drive past it, but that's just me.) So, I drove by it today on my way to my friend's house. They have a sign out front that says "Katrina donations of clothes welcome trucks leaving next week." It specified clothes. So, who exactly is getting the clothes? Other strippers? Do they need many clothes? And if they're just sending clothes to whomever can use them, then how ironic is it that STRIPPERS are sending clothes to victims of Katrina! The irony of strippers taking clothes donations to give away just cracked me up! I had to share. Have an amusingly ironic day!! Katrina, Looters, New OrleansMake sure as you see the coverage and news pieces about Katrina that you are praying. Pray for supplies to be provided. Pray for those supplies to get EVERYWHERE they are needed. Pray for grace and patience for people as they deal with these most traumatic and horrifying of circumstances. And, do NOT forget to pray against all the idiotic looters running around. |
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