I Think Out Loud…I Think?

I think my mind must feel something like processed meat does. I was at a conference on the weekend and I’m away again this weekend at another conference. I’m starting to feel like my world is whirring by like one of those crappy apple rides at the Fair. I’m having a really hard time processing all this information. I know I learned so much, but now what? I’m going to have to think of creative ways to use all of my knowledge.

Ive discovered that I think out loud. I have some friends that think out loud so much you cant really hold a conversation with them especially if you think out loud too because theres alot of talking going on. I think its worse for Morgan cause he thinks better when no ones talking and so a outside thinker and an inside thinker cant both think at the same time. Ive decided that part of the problem I’m having processing all my info is that there aren’t enough hours in the day to think that much out loud. Good thing I ordered the MP3’s and they’ll be here soon.

Emily took her fist three steps last week. It was the night before I left for the NWCEC conference. My grandparents were there and they even caught a picture of her in mid-first-step. I’m waiting until they email me the pic and then Ill post it. Today she took 6 steps by herself. She was trying to catch auntie Gracie-dog.

Well I’m off to join the circus. Ill be back next week. I’m really looking forward so some semblance of normalcy next week. I haven’t seen Lindsay and Olin or Lana and Gabe for ever and Its Gabe’s 1st birthday next week. I’m going to have to get my act together for the week after because Its Emily Birthday too. I’m going to bake a sweet action cake!

 

Driving Tunes 2 - The sequel

Is it true that sequels are never as good as the first movie? I’m pretty sure.

For Example:

Jurassic Park 2 “The Lost World” - Bites
The Lion King 2 “Simba’s Pride” - Lame
Aladin 2 “The return of Jafar” - Crappy
Batman Returns - Slit your wrists bad
Bring it on again - actually in this case I think number 1 sucked too.
Home Alone 2 - Need I even go there. Number 3 doesnt even have Macaulay.
Meet the Fockers - Again with the prequel sucked too thing.
Speed 2 - Big time suck…how can it be speedy on a cruise ship.
Star Wars Episode 2 - Biggest waste of time ever.
Dumb and Dummerer:When Harry Met Lloyd - Yawn
Ernest Saves Christmas - Oh Brother this was bad.
Shanghai Knights - What a letdown
The only Sequels that are better than the firsts

Toy Story 2
X-Men 2
The Mummy Returns
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Star Wars Return of the Jedi.

Don’t even get me started on Remakes.

Anyways. I was just thinking about my sequel CD and that got me thinking about these. Gotta burn a few more for the trip.

Crybabies’R'Us

Emily has been having a seriously rough crybaby day. I now know why they call them crybabies. I’m not sure what the problem is, but she’s been extremely emotional all day. She cried for the last half of church and everyone all the way from the front could hear her in the nursery at the back. She had a little nap and then was at it again. AHH. Ok I’m actually ok with it today. I think if I was headed to Kamloops as planned I might not have been as calm and cool about it. I really hasn’t been getting to me like it does sometimes. I’m just trying to be there for her. Who knows maybe she’s teething again and just not showing the same signs as the last time.

I’m trying to get my house all cleaned up before I go. I’d rather come home to a clean house than a messy one. So I’ve even resorted to setting the timer to help me remember to change the laundry over. I’m hoping that at least the main floor and the bathrooms will be cleaned up before I go. We’ll see. I’ll clean most things, but I’ve decided not to clean up Morgan’s salsa dish that he left downstairs and let grow stuff. It’s nasty. I don’t do nasty. So far thats the biggest problem with having moved the T.V. downstairs. I’m enjoying watching less T.V. and not having the T.V. clutter in my living room, but I’m really hating the dishes and pop cans and other crap that keeps getting left down there. I’m more ok with clutter than dirty stuff, and since I’m trying to de-clutter the dirty stuff frustrates me even more.

A bunch of my Youth left today for a week long hardcore discipleship school during spring break. I’m pretty excited for them. They are going to be challenged and learn so much. I’m hoping to see some great things come out of this experience. I think they are really going to love it.

My lungs have been alot better in the last few days. I think I finally kicked my cold. HA! It took a long time, but I’m glad its over. I like feeling like me and not like some lethargic snow beast who whines alot.

The 32’s dance.

I’m doing the 32’s dance all day today. My sister is home for a few days house sitting. So today while we were visiting I stole a bunch more of her clothes. I have nothing to wear right now. Typical girl statement hey? But I really don’t, all my clothes look either tacky(Ill admit it sometimes I have bad taste) or like drapes. So Yippy I borrowed some of Roxy’s Clothes. Its pretty much the best thing in the world because I borrowed a couple of pairs of jeans and they are both 32’s. I don’t think I’ve worn 32’s since high school. So that’s my dance of joy today.

Tonight we had these missionaries from Romania come to speak at our youth church. They are such interesting people. I love to chat with them. I have the hardest time at missionary updates because I want to drop everything and move to their country and save babies and fight off snakes and tell savages about Jesus. Ok well maybe not that extreme, but their presentations always make me cry and I just really get emotionally recked. I love it. I don’t ever feel like I’d rather not see it and live my extravagant life. I’d much rather be challenged to action. Heres my action today. Check out their Website. It’s pretty cool.

I’m getting all excited for my conference at the end of this week. I was supposed to be leaving tomorrow, but now I get to leave on Tuesday. I’m glad about that because I get an extra couple days in my own bed and Emily doesn’t have to travel as much. I’m a bit sad that I wont get as much time at the coast to see friends, but I don’t have to rush back on Sunday I could stay an extra day or 2 if I want to. I’m going bra shopping! (just a tidbit no one needed to know, but I’m excited about anyways.)I love gift certificates.

Oh and I invented a new drink. I call it an African Haze. It like a London Fog, but with rooibos (pronounced roy-bus) tea. Soo Good!

Road Trip Tunes

I’m trying to get everything all packed for my trip. I’m taking a break from the hustle and bustle of packing. I’m probably going to have to leave a couple days early and drive a couple of Youth to Kamloops for a spring break discipleship school. Rather than drive to Kamloops and back on Sunday and then leave again for kamloops on Tuesday I think Ill just carry on through to Richmond on Sunday night. I’d be more inclined to come home on Sunday if the highways weren’t all closed. I’m pretty sure I have to take the Coquihalla anyways.

I’m burning a bunch of CD’s for the trip. Morgan can’t come with me anymore so it’ll be my first trip down by myself and with Emily too. I’m going to be all nice and leave my iPod for Morgan while he is at work. I’m trying to decide what I’d like to listen to. I have a few audio books I could take or maybe just make some playlists of good driving tunes. I wonder if I Google driving music if Ill find any suggestion for the best road trip music.

I officially hate doing Laundry. ok maybe not as much as vacuuming or taking out the garbage, but I hate it all the same. I don’t mind all the first part, but I really don’t like folding it. Plus I never catch it when it’s done so everything is wrinkly. Some one in my house take serious issue to there being wrinkles in “his” clothes. Not that I get in trouble or something, but he still wont wear stuff with wrinkles.

Haha. This really awkward guy just phones to see if Morgan would take a survey. I said “Morgan Hates surveys, but if it’s important I could take it”. (Morgan always thinks I’m crazy for talking to telemarketers).Lately I’ve been getting alot better at saying “No Thank you” and interrupting there schpeel. But this guy sounded so awkward I just didn’t want to hurt his poor(probably Emo) feelings. Turns out I cant take his dumb survey because I’m not 25. Stupid regulations. haha.

Well…Emily is waking up so time to get back to this whole packing/laundry/craziness experience.