Wednesday, October 18, 2006
21. i love pineapple upside down cake. my mom's best friend used to bring one over hot out of the oven every other month or so when i was younger. and it wasn't one with those big rings of pineapples either. it had crushed pineapple so there was pineapple in every bite.
22. today is my last day at my receptionist job. i am sad. i love these people. and i kinda think they love me too. i'm going to miss them. i will not miss people yelling at me nor will i miss being treated like i'm an idiot (by the patients not the people i work with).
23. i love newsies. it's a disney musical movie about some newsboys in nyc around the turn of the century. if you haven't seen it, you've missed out. it was a critical part of my childhood. i taped it once when we got one of those free preview weeks of the disney channel. the tape only got part of it and i cried. so i knew the first half of the movie by heart before i ever saw the end. i own the soundtrack too. it was also the movie that first bonded me to rebecca & christin. we would walk around camp singing the songs. christin took it one step further and learned the one of the dances.
24. speaking of camp (awana camp that is) - two songs come to mind. You are my Sunshine and Happy Trails. i don't know how Happy Trails came about, just that toby & mikey used to sing it. I'm pretty sure that You Are My Sunshine came from 2 main things: 1) my constant wearing of sunflowers perfume during those years of my life and 2) the fact that i would always sign my letters (and i wrote quite a few to the camp folk) 'love-n-sonshine'. cheesy. yes. still touched by the fact that the two of them sang it to me over the loud speaker the last night we were there. yes.
25. don't roll your eyes about awana camp. we rocked that place.
22. today is my last day at my receptionist job. i am sad. i love these people. and i kinda think they love me too. i'm going to miss them. i will not miss people yelling at me nor will i miss being treated like i'm an idiot (by the patients not the people i work with).
23. i love newsies. it's a disney musical movie about some newsboys in nyc around the turn of the century. if you haven't seen it, you've missed out. it was a critical part of my childhood. i taped it once when we got one of those free preview weeks of the disney channel. the tape only got part of it and i cried. so i knew the first half of the movie by heart before i ever saw the end. i own the soundtrack too. it was also the movie that first bonded me to rebecca & christin. we would walk around camp singing the songs. christin took it one step further and learned the one of the dances.
24. speaking of camp (awana camp that is) - two songs come to mind. You are my Sunshine and Happy Trails. i don't know how Happy Trails came about, just that toby & mikey used to sing it. I'm pretty sure that You Are My Sunshine came from 2 main things: 1) my constant wearing of sunflowers perfume during those years of my life and 2) the fact that i would always sign my letters (and i wrote quite a few to the camp folk) 'love-n-sonshine'. cheesy. yes. still touched by the fact that the two of them sang it to me over the loud speaker the last night we were there. yes.
25. don't roll your eyes about awana camp. we rocked that place.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
The Next 5....
16. my mom used to make some of my clothes. this only went on until i was around 8 or 9. i'm not sure if she got tired of sewing or if i refused to wear what she was able to come up with. she mostly made me dresses. or jumpers (definition: sundress type garment worn over a shirt or blouse). i swear i spent the greater part of my childhood in a jumper. once she even made me a bubble suit (definition: one piece garment with very poofy legs & sleeves) out of what i now consider to be hideous flower-print fabric.
17. sometimes i feel like i'm just existing...like i'm not really living
18. i used to have a cat named tom.
19. i can say all of the books of the bible in one breath.
20. my roommate always refers to me by one of two names: bruiser or muffin.
16. my mom used to make some of my clothes. this only went on until i was around 8 or 9. i'm not sure if she got tired of sewing or if i refused to wear what she was able to come up with. she mostly made me dresses. or jumpers (definition: sundress type garment worn over a shirt or blouse). i swear i spent the greater part of my childhood in a jumper. once she even made me a bubble suit (definition: one piece garment with very poofy legs & sleeves) out of what i now consider to be hideous flower-print fabric.
17. sometimes i feel like i'm just existing...like i'm not really living
18. i used to have a cat named tom.
19. i can say all of the books of the bible in one breath.
20. my roommate always refers to me by one of two names: bruiser or muffin.
Friday, October 13, 2006
ok so i haven't blogged in 2 weeks whitney tells me. it is not for a lack of things to blog about...just lack of motivation to type about it all. maybe i'll get around to it one of these days. but until then, i have been inspired to do what my dear pal betty gail is doing on her blog. 100 things about me. as if the 3 people who read this blog don't know all there is to know. i'm going to try to make it random. oh well i think it's fun. so i will follow in betty gail's footsteps. from what people tell me, i'm going to turn into her eventually anyway :) today you get 15...
1. the house i lived in until i was 11 had green carpet in the front of the house and a yellowish shag carpet in the back.
2. i learned my first curse word from kim while we were sitting on top of a shed my dad built in our backyard.
3. my favorite place to hide when i was little was the dirty clothes closet we had. it wasn't a hamper. it did not have one of those nifty little fold down doors. it opened like a normal cabinet or closet would.
4. i talk to myself. i like to think it's a result of growing up as the only child in my house. chances are, i'm just nuts.
5. i really want to purchase a punching bag.
6. i don't make a habit out of stepping on lines or cracks in sidewalks. the whole "step on a crack, break your mama's back" thing really stuck with me. i've gotten better about it, but sometimes i still catch myself staring at the ground as i walk and walking so that i avoid the lines & cracks.
7. i love planners. a drug rep brought some into the office the other day and i got one. i usually get the urge to buy one when walmart breaks out the school supplies around back-to-school time. it's kind of stupid for me to have a planner seeing as i have nothing to plan. but i love my new planner. if you can think of anything for me to write in it, let me know.
8. i once owned a popple and a pogo ball.
9. i hate the sound of my own voice. but you'd never know it because i still use it often.
10. i've always wanted to live in a house with a window seat where i could sit & read. i would also like for my house to have a real front porch - preferably with a swing.
11. i am annoyed by suburbs.
12. my favorite books are memoirs.
13. every day that goes by i am more and more uncomfortable around the opposite sex.
14. "I prefer to not be an emotional basketcase." (direct quote from me at lunch today)
15. when i was younger, my dad had a garden in our backyard (even though it was in the middle of the city). i learned early on how to shuck corn, shell peas, & snap beans. even when we moved away from that house, mom & dad would buy fresh peas/beans/corn from people so the shucking/shelling/snapping continued. i kind of miss that.
1. the house i lived in until i was 11 had green carpet in the front of the house and a yellowish shag carpet in the back.
2. i learned my first curse word from kim while we were sitting on top of a shed my dad built in our backyard.
3. my favorite place to hide when i was little was the dirty clothes closet we had. it wasn't a hamper. it did not have one of those nifty little fold down doors. it opened like a normal cabinet or closet would.
4. i talk to myself. i like to think it's a result of growing up as the only child in my house. chances are, i'm just nuts.
5. i really want to purchase a punching bag.
6. i don't make a habit out of stepping on lines or cracks in sidewalks. the whole "step on a crack, break your mama's back" thing really stuck with me. i've gotten better about it, but sometimes i still catch myself staring at the ground as i walk and walking so that i avoid the lines & cracks.
7. i love planners. a drug rep brought some into the office the other day and i got one. i usually get the urge to buy one when walmart breaks out the school supplies around back-to-school time. it's kind of stupid for me to have a planner seeing as i have nothing to plan. but i love my new planner. if you can think of anything for me to write in it, let me know.
8. i once owned a popple and a pogo ball.
9. i hate the sound of my own voice. but you'd never know it because i still use it often.
10. i've always wanted to live in a house with a window seat where i could sit & read. i would also like for my house to have a real front porch - preferably with a swing.
11. i am annoyed by suburbs.
12. my favorite books are memoirs.
13. every day that goes by i am more and more uncomfortable around the opposite sex.
14. "I prefer to not be an emotional basketcase." (direct quote from me at lunch today)
15. when i was younger, my dad had a garden in our backyard (even though it was in the middle of the city). i learned early on how to shuck corn, shell peas, & snap beans. even when we moved away from that house, mom & dad would buy fresh peas/beans/corn from people so the shucking/shelling/snapping continued. i kind of miss that.
