I sit here and eat a toostie roll and a banana...

I took yesterday off to sit home and do puzzles and watch movies all day with the siblings. I'm a bum sometimes. It was very nice to do nothing. I would get bored of it after a while.

*grin*

I randomly decided to listen to my internet radio station today and it just started playing Majesty by Delirious!!! How cool is that?!?!

enough boring posts

Psalm 146
Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal men, who cannot save.
When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free,
the LORD gives sight to the blind,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
The LORD reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the LORD.

Coffee

My relationship to coffee is a rather odd one. I always forget how much I like it until I am drinking it. But I think nothing of it all day long otherwise. Now that I am discovered how easy it is to get coffee from the Presidents Office, I may be making return trips. Haha. I think it will come in handy when school rolls around.
Now if anyone wants to buy me a iced coffee (I am sorry, frappachino--haha) I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. And hey if you go to Starbucks, check out the air ducts.

Church

Man, it was cold in church yesterday. They should hand out blankets at the door or I should bring a sweatshirt or something. I guess it is to keep everyone awake. :) Haha.
Nothing exciting happened at all this weekend. I am so glad my parents are coming home today!! *does the happy dance around her office--looks funnier then usual because she is doing it one handed* Oh and I might get to go shopping with Steffers tomorrow! Woohoo. That thought makes me happy too. I need a cup of coffee. Maybe the Presidents Office has some brewed this morning. I think I shall take a stroll down to the coffee pot and see if I can make myself a cup without dumping it all over something. I am hopeless and helpless with only one hand. Heh. I need a Jeeves to follow me around and help me (which reminds me-- I watched one of the funniest Jeeves and Wooster scenes ever yesterday -- the epidsode itself wasn't grand -- but yeah, it was great... I can't really say anything about it because it would ruin the shock value -- haha, but it was great. I laughed and laughed and laughed).

patsy cline! midnight! walking!

We ended up playing a thrilling game of Celebrity and eating all the cream puffs and oyster crackers. Yay for good food and friends (who don't always play volleyball all day and come inside and entertain the poor one armed girl). Haha. Yeah, so sorry for complaining earlier. I do that a lot. :) God help me. I'm going to go get some sleep. Rock on!!!

saturday oh saturday...

I am really beginning to dislike not being able to drive. Anna had a bunch of people over to play volleyball and that is all they seem to be doing. Man, I am complaining again. I just talked to Sarah on the phone for 46 minutes. I'm actually glad she is babysitting right now. It gives me someone to talk to.
In other news, my hair has curled itself into Southern style ringlets. It was better this morning, but now I have been laying around on them for a while. But it is still pretty cool. It is weird how it does that somedays and not others. Haha.
Ben left for college tonight and I didn't really get to say goodbye. :\ Ben is like the bestest older brother that I never had for me. I shall miss him even though I didn't even seee him this much this summer. Ben's a great guy ("but master what should we do" "it doesn't matter now, just let them come" -- hopefully that made Linnea laugh). Haha. I miss spending time at Chickfila with Linnea. I hated being there. But I loved goofing off with Linnea, Matt, and Sarah.
Anyhow, the volleyballers are inside. So I think I may go actually talk to someone. What fun! I am so happy. People are inside and around to talk to. YAY!!

Bonfire Blues

Well, I don't know where my energy came from last week, but this week I am so blasted tired all the time. Maybe it is because I have been working. I am fine all day at work (I even worked a full day today). Something happens as soon as I get home. I am seriously worn out and need like two weeks of straight sleep. Haha.
Rachel is having a bonfire tonight and it is unlike me to not want to go to a fun activity on Friday night, but I would have been no fun tonight. So I hope you are all having a wonderful time. Thanks for the invite and I am sorry that I can't come. :) I shall be alive enough to do fun things again some day. And maybe I will have two arms then too! Woohoo.
I'm going to go eat a big bowl of Lime sherbet and watch either Wind in the Willows again or Indiana Jones. Probably I will end up watching Indiana Jones because I doubt Luke wants to watch something so incredibly jolly and happy with me. Hardy har.
Oh and my parents are gone again until Monday. So Sarah is the only driver and she is babysitting all day tomorrow and Sunday (and was babysitting today and yesterday too - along with working at dear old Chick-fil-A). My parents won't let me drive until at least three weeks after surgery because then I am allowed to move my shoulder to a 90 degree angle (thrilling isn't it -- well I will be thrilled -- I feel stuck without having my car around -- as much as I hate driving around Salisbury, I would rather have my freedom).

Mango Gelati

A lady at work brought me a Mango Gelati today!!! How cool is that!?!?! And I had one yesterday on the way home from work. What a wonderful day.

I get to go home and take care of my siblings soon. May the thought of Mango Gelatis be with you always.

Photogen and Nycteris

I think it would be really neat to have a black cat and name it Nycteris and either a white cat or dog and name it Photogen. Then it would be the day dog and the night cat. Haha. :) Yeah, so that is my lastest pet names, if I ever need one anytime soon.

Pink no more

Haha, I can only tolerate pink for so long. I am not sure it I like this template, but I don't feel like messing around with it anymore. Haha, so if you want to leave comments you may... I'll keep playing around with it when I have time.

I have this song running through my head... It is opinionated to be "ridiculously jolly". Haha, but I thoroughly enjoy it.

When Toad came home!!
The clever men at Oxford know all there is to be knowed,
But none of them know one half as much as intelligent Mister Toad.
As intelligent Mister Toad.

The animals sat in the ark and cried, their tears in torrents flowed.
Who was it said, "There's land ahead?" Encouraging Mister Toad.

The army all saluted as they marched along the road.
Was it the king or Kitchener? No, it was Mister Toad.

The queen and her ladies in waiting sat at the window and sewed.
She cried, "Look, who's that handsome man?"
They answered Mister Toad

Praise

Praise the Lord for my incredible church family (especially Hannah) and their goal of encouraging me at every possible moment. It makes my day just to think about them. They all have done such a wonderful job. Thank you for all the love, concern, visits, and cards. :) What a great bunch of people.

And also praise God for my family who continually makes me laugh and smile on even the roughest of days. Even though they all stay in my room until one in the morning (when I have to get up early for work), I love them dearly.

so sleepy

I blame the lack of drugs in my body. It doesn't seem to know what to do (it wake up many times in the night for no reason and to refuse to fall asleep when it is time, but tries to fall asleep in the middle of the day). BHAH!! Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

I forgot to post this... Jared told me on Sunday that the praise team is going to be singing Majesty by Delirious. I adore that song. That positively makes my day. Forget that I am tired. That is a great happy thought darkened slightly by the fact that someone in my family misplaced the cd that song is on and so I think I am going to have to break down and buy another copy. We will find it as soon as I buy it. That has happened with so many things that get lost for years and then oddly enough turn up when copies are bought. However, here are the lyrics to the awesome song. I think it means so much to me because it came out during the Fall or my freshman year and I listened to it all the time. The song just lifts my spirits. :)

Here I am humbled by your Majesty
Covered by your grace so free
Here I am, knowing I'm a sinful man
Covered by the blood of the Lamb
Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

Majesty, Majesty
Your grace has found me just as I am
Empty handed, but alive in your hands
Majesty, Majesty
Forever I am changed by your love
In the presence of your Majesty

Here I am humbled by the love that you give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice

work

I'm back at work.

my laptop

So, my laptop decided to not connect to the internet (which is really weird and slighty annoying since I have all my photos on there...grrr). But today has been a pretty decent day. I went to the Doctors for my post-op appointment today and somehow mysteriously am an inch taller then last time I was there. Funny. I think it is very amusing. But no one else seems to think it is that funny. I know for a fact there is no way I am 5'7'' and a half. That is crazy. Anyhow... the Doctor tore off my sterie strips today. That was rather painful. But overall it wasn't a bad visit. I came home from my appointment and took a two hour nap, watched Jeeves and Wooster, and then tagged along with Stef to get gas, walk around Pemberton (until we were soaked to the bone..haha... it was pretty crazy), visit Mrs. Hornor at the peach stand, and watch Beauty and the Beast. Yep yep. Now I am home and eagerly awaiting dinner. I am seriously hungery. Well that has been my day. Pretty boring.

well

It seems that other people have written about March of the Penguins so I will just say that I went to see it and it was good. If you have nothing to do, go see it some day. Heh. Hannah and I wanted Milkshakes afterwards and Jared said he would drive us anywhere... haha, anywhere happens to be two hardies and no further. So we went home without our milkshakes. He made up for it by taking us to breakfast at Golden Corral this morning. I have never eaten so much for breakfast before. It was crazy how much food was there. Then we just drove around trying to decide what to do. It was too hot to walk in the zoo. I guess we will have to save that for another day. But we did get code red icees and crash at my house to watch Mystic River. What a depressing movie. Depressing depressing movie. We can thank Noah for lending me that one. Haha. Now I am off to a bonfire that Rachel is having at the beach. What fun. I am running off some serious energy right now. I don't know where it is coming from. But hey, live it up while you are young. School is going to start soon and then no one will be around to do anything with. :)

Hey Hannah I have more than one chapstick. haha. Thanks for returning the "melon medley". haha. Love you too.

thanks

Thanks to Hannah S for getting a group of people to bring joy to my day. Thanks for the Icee and the chapstick. It was so thoughtful of you. Hannah rocks! And then Hannah T came over and brought me an Icee and sweedish fish. I was seriously about to cry. I did this morning when I was thnking about the past few days. The drugs have me super emotional, but really people have thought of the most thoughtful little presents to make me smile. Dear little Hannie! I hope we get to go to Creation again together. That was a blast. :) Thank you so much for the sweedish fish and Icee. I don't need to say it again, but I will, God has blessed us with such a great church family.

Wind in the Willows

Hannah visited on Tuesday. It was very nice of her to spend the time with me. :) She's so awesome.
Jared and Mrs. Shelton came by to see me on Tuesday evening and brought me Wind in the Willows and Zorro the movies and an Icee. Woohoo. Thank you Hannah for suggesting the Icee. I am most appreciative!
Wednesday morning, I stayed awake for all of Wind in the Willows to fall asleep during the theme song of Zorro (which I will try to watch again after I finish this). Then it was pretty much pain all day. We had to tear off these foamish like bandages all over my shoulder. Praise be to God that I will never experience that again. It was like pealing duct tape off of a bruise. It was terrible. But now it is off! Woohoo. Jared's card was the first brightspot in the day. Linnea calling me was the second. and Linnea watching Man on Fire with me was great too. Ben came to pick up Linnea and I almost cried when he told me he was going back to college soon. This medicine is making me so blasted emotional.
I don't know what Noah was thinking when he bought me the candy, made me the cd, and brought me his whole dvd collection. But it was really sweet of him. I am still in amazement. The cd is really a bunch of great songs to relax to. And I have been practically living off the Mr. Goodbars. :) It is seriously all I have felt like eating. The whole thing is just really sweet because I wasn't expecting it. And there are a few detailed things, that you would have had to thought about to plan it right, that turned out into great little inside jokes. Blessed be the name of the Lord for the wonderful friends He has blessed me with.
Well this was very scatterbrained. It is sort of how I feel right now. Thanks for listening. My mother is great too. I need to throw that in there. She is putting up with a lot from me. I start crying every so often because of the strangest things.

drifting in and out of consciousness

I look absolutely ridiculous. When I say my right arm is in a sling, I mean that it is in the ULTRASTING II. This thing is huge and awkward. It even comes with its own stress ball. Woohoo. The stress ball has its own little elastic holder sticking off the front. Brilliant design, just brilliant. I’ll show it to you all. It isn’t like I will be able to hide it or anything. Yesterday the nurses put it on under my shirt, which was miserable. Today I was determined to put my clothes on first and then the sling over that. It doesn’t look as stupid. Haha, right… To top off the uncomfortable set-up, I also have an ice-pack velcroed around my shoulder, which decides to slip out of place every time I move. Overall, I was expecting to feel a lot more miserable then I do. So, praise the Lord. I am probably too drugged up to realize how poor I feel. My shoulder just aches and itches. :)

Noah and Greg surprised me with a visit yesterday. They also brought me candy (Mr. Goodbars!!!, Movies, and a cd (Noah burned me a “Feel Better, Faith” album. I’ve had it on repeat since he gave it to me yesterday. It is great music to fall asleep to. I wouldn’t try to run to it, but it is wonderful for such a time as this ). It was perfect timing when they came because I had just woken up again and was complaining how bored I was. It is extremely dull around here. I just sit around, sleep, drink lots of water, and eat cheese soup and goldfish. So, thanks to Noah and Greg for that awesome surprise! What great kids.

Well, I am sick of typing left-handed. I need to close my eyes for awhile. See you around. If you are up in North Salisbury, drop by and see me.

Camping

I love camping with our church. It was a absolute blast. Thursday we just played volleyball (after making a short run to Walmart to buy it) and ran around the campground and chased each other around with bikes in the dark (while tripping over hills...haha). Then we hopped from campsite to campsite and ate as many sweet things that we could. :) It rained really hard Thursday night and we all got a little damp. Praise the Lord I wasn't one of the folks that were floating in there tents on inches of rain.

It is really weird being one of the oldest and having parents think you are going to be responscible for their children. That's what I did friday. I took countless children to walk around Williamsburg (and I will post pictures of them and more when I get back from surgery later this week). It was really fun though. We took a little longer getting back because I wanted to see where a road went and then when we got to the end of it I wasn't quite sure what roads to take back, but I figured it out and we made it safety (woohoo and had a good laugh at the same time). I took a nap, ate dinner, and various other things for the rest of the afternoon. We all met that evening to play games. I played a crazy game of spoons with Luke Downes, Greta Downes, Hope, Hayley, Sarah, Anna, Erin Price, Emily Price, and Luke (my brother). We did this while eating more candy and cookies. What fun.

Saturday we sat around and finished our ugly 1000 piece puzzle. Sarah, Anna, Hayley, and I then went to the outlets (J. Crew and Gap were awesome!!! ). We found this great little kitchen store with crazy samples and kept eating and eating and eating ("I must have had two whole bites..." haha). It started to rain again (no surprise) and we went to Williamsburg to buy my Whithe Candy (they have the best dark chocolate... yum). We first went to the toy shoppe and then it started to pour. So we decided to make a run for it to Whithe (which is across the road). It was really a lot of fun. We were completely soaked when we made it over there, well all but me, I had the umbrella. Haha. We came back and did a 750 piece puzzle in an hour and a half and we sang the whole time. Heehee. That was a lot of fun too. It was Sarah, Hayley, Anna, Dad, and I in the beginning and then Emily and Elizabeth and Greta and Erin joined in.

Sunday we went to Richmond and saw the Confederate White House and other fun stuff. The city was really neat and I want to go back again. We also went to Machipongo for church last night, which was also a great time. I want to go back some time soon. Anyhow, I need to go take a shower. Picture will be coming from both camping trips once I feel a little better. :) See you.