I love how an ordinary day can quickly be interrupted with a good laugh!
Places like the Dollar General are often sources of interesting people and fun laughs.
So I was on a hunt for some really cheap earbuds to keep in my car for those random times like today that I was going to the library and wanted some earbuds to use with my computer or ipod.
On the way out I hold the door for an older African American man. As we are walking towards our cars, I barely hear him say, "You been to da beach yet?"
I say, "Excuse me?"
He repeats himself and I answer as I'm almost to my car, "No, I actually haven't been out there yet"
He then tells me "Oh well you look like you need to go to da beach."
I casually laugh wondering where in the world this is leading as I'm about to get into my car.
As I'm laughing I say, "Yeah, I know, I'm pretty white!"
He then perks up and says, "oh no no, You got it goin' on. You're hotter than the beach."
I answer with a innocent smile on my face, "oh...well, thanks for the compliment, sir"
And then I got fully into my car, had a good laugh, and left.
The man was not threatening or creepy in anyway, just nicely decided to tell me that I'm "hotter than the beach." haha. I guess he just feels better giving women the age of his children compliments for how he thinks they'll look at the beach.
hmm, guess it's better than cat calls.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Ridiculous
Sometimes I really wonder if certain people will EVER be teachable and desire to change.
I know past hurts and struggles always effect us and influence who we are and how we feel, but there comes a point as a Christian when we have to take responsibility for our lives. If that means realizing we can't to do it alone, get some help, and if we can get over it with just us and God....take action. Stop justifying, stop projecting on others, and stop twisting God's principles to make yourself feel your lack of control is comparable to Jesus' righteous anger.
I honestly praise the Lord for His amazing GRACE, because it has to be only through Him that I am not a bitter, low self-esteem, and angry person.
Praise the Almighty God.
I know past hurts and struggles always effect us and influence who we are and how we feel, but there comes a point as a Christian when we have to take responsibility for our lives. If that means realizing we can't to do it alone, get some help, and if we can get over it with just us and God....take action. Stop justifying, stop projecting on others, and stop twisting God's principles to make yourself feel your lack of control is comparable to Jesus' righteous anger.
I honestly praise the Lord for His amazing GRACE, because it has to be only through Him that I am not a bitter, low self-esteem, and angry person.
Praise the Almighty God.
Friday, May 28, 2010
The 3-legged hamster
Ladies and Gents,
This is for the sake of a dear friend of mine.
My lovely friend dropped off her 3 legged hamster for me to watch for the week. Each morning as I wake up to feed and tend to this hamster, it hobbles over to the edge of the cage and always ends up on the right side of the cage since it's front left leg was amputated after the accident.
This poor hamster was posing for Rodents Quarterly and slipped on some dry ice....
Long story short.....
Surgery, after surgery...ended in amputation.
This small fuzzy rodent has a sweet side.... that's for sure, but it's poop straight up STANKS!
The rodent wakes me up with his wolf impersonation every morning at about 4:30 am. My friends are night workers and actually have been training their 3-legged hamster for the "Animal's Got Talent" coming to Greenville next year. So I'm waking up to this hamster howling and I'm thinking...hmm...is this friendship really worth this?? haha wow. It's been pretty intense is all I have to say. It is cruelly funny though when he ends up stuck in the far right corner of the room in his rolly ball...hehehe
Memories have been made and sacrifices have been forced!
Now that this month (that was supposed to be a week) is coming to an end....maybe I can sleep past 4:30 again! yipee
Love you friend!
ps. this cracks me up! I hope SOMEONE gets this!
This is for the sake of a dear friend of mine.
My lovely friend dropped off her 3 legged hamster for me to watch for the week. Each morning as I wake up to feed and tend to this hamster, it hobbles over to the edge of the cage and always ends up on the right side of the cage since it's front left leg was amputated after the accident.
This poor hamster was posing for Rodents Quarterly and slipped on some dry ice....
Long story short.....
Surgery, after surgery...ended in amputation.
This small fuzzy rodent has a sweet side.... that's for sure, but it's poop straight up STANKS!
The rodent wakes me up with his wolf impersonation every morning at about 4:30 am. My friends are night workers and actually have been training their 3-legged hamster for the "Animal's Got Talent" coming to Greenville next year. So I'm waking up to this hamster howling and I'm thinking...hmm...is this friendship really worth this?? haha wow. It's been pretty intense is all I have to say. It is cruelly funny though when he ends up stuck in the far right corner of the room in his rolly ball...hehehe
Memories have been made and sacrifices have been forced!
Now that this month (that was supposed to be a week) is coming to an end....maybe I can sleep past 4:30 again! yipee
Love you friend!
ps. this cracks me up! I hope SOMEONE gets this!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
2 down, 4 to go!
Hey ladies and gents,
this is going to a boring post, but I just HAVE to declare that I am officially 1/3 of the way DONE with GRAD school!! :) As of tonight, I took my last final!!
Two semesters under my belt....not really sure what the phrase actually means or where it came from, bc it's kinda strange when you really start to think of it...but anyway,
I'm ready to keep going and be done!
btw, this is me below saying... YES!!!
excited,
accomplished,
energetic,
happy,
cheerful,
hopeful,
...you get the point :)
this is going to a boring post, but I just HAVE to declare that I am officially 1/3 of the way DONE with GRAD school!! :) As of tonight, I took my last final!!
Two semesters under my belt....not really sure what the phrase actually means or where it came from, bc it's kinda strange when you really start to think of it...but anyway,
I'm ready to keep going and be done!
btw, this is me below saying... YES!!!
excited,
accomplished,
energetic,
happy,
cheerful,
hopeful,
...you get the point :)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
It's a bird, It's a plane, No...it's Batman Kite! :)
The windy days lately got me really thinking about kite flying!
what better outdoor therapy than kite-flying?
impulse control, exercise, determination, if first you don't suceed -try and try again, etc! :) love it!
So for the past 2 days I have taken my clients out for a little flying of the ol' 2 dollar batman kite! It totally broke the first day, so for today I had to safety pin and tape it back together. Now it's practically good as new.
Just to keep my client anonymous,
I've "smiley-faced" his/her face :)
what better outdoor therapy than kite-flying?
impulse control, exercise, determination, if first you don't suceed -try and try again, etc! :) love it!
So for the past 2 days I have taken my clients out for a little flying of the ol' 2 dollar batman kite! It totally broke the first day, so for today I had to safety pin and tape it back together. Now it's practically good as new.
Just to keep my client anonymous,
I've "smiley-faced" his/her face :)
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Baxter!!!
No, this isn't a blog about the lovable dog on Anchorman...
I have been reading Karen Kingsbury's Baxter family series. I am in the Firstborn series right now, so I have read 8 of the series so far...and I have 6 more to go! Then I'm gonna move on to another related series after that!
I met Karen Kingsbury on friday at Ewomen conference. She was very down-to-earth and seemed like such a sweet person. She has to be to write about life the way she does.
I'm kinda inspired by her books to want to write short stories or something. hm...just a thought.
I have been reading Karen Kingsbury's Baxter family series. I am in the Firstborn series right now, so I have read 8 of the series so far...and I have 6 more to go! Then I'm gonna move on to another related series after that!
I met Karen Kingsbury on friday at Ewomen conference. She was very down-to-earth and seemed like such a sweet person. She has to be to write about life the way she does.
I'm kinda inspired by her books to want to write short stories or something. hm...just a thought.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
sillyness
Ok, I want everyone to know that I am currently ahead of Alanna Andes on watching LOST!
...She's such a slacking fan! haha. no one else will really understand this...but as long as I can bless her life with this, I'm happy :) haha
...She's such a slacking fan! haha. no one else will really understand this...but as long as I can bless her life with this, I'm happy :) haha
Aquarium!
Jeff, 8 others from biology at NGU, and I all went to the GA Aquarium this past saturday!It was a blast!
I did the free audio tour download off the website and ended up learning tons! such a nerd, i know.
I really like this picture because I love seeing little children fascinated by God's amazing creations!
What a magnificent God we have!
Did you know that many fish, especially coral fish change sex whenever they need too. For instance there are several that are in harems with several females and one leader male. If that leader male dies, the dominant female of the group will change to male!!
There was one type that the male was bright purple and the females were orange, and I saw a couple that were crossing and their color was somewhat mixed! It was so crazy!
Also...did you know that you say "fishes" when you are talking about fish of several
species??
Well... you do now!
species??
Well... you do now!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Running Away
So fellow bloggers, I now am a runner.
Not really a good one, but I have been trying to run more and more.
This week my goal is 15 miles. It's thursday night and I've run 11.8 miles since Monday...think I can make it? :)
I've found that I need to begin toning my legs and other muscles if I expect to be able to endure longer distances. I have trained my breathing now to endure much more than what my muscular body can handle....and if you are curious about what I mean by muscular body just look below at a pic I took last night!!
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oh my...........I crack myself up
I have been trying to use running also to help in my weight loss goal and overall "in shape" goal. I'm only hitting one problem, the more I run, the more I desire to eat! ugh! haha Well, I guess I knew that would happen, but I was kinda hoping I could just burn the calories and move on, ya know?
Oh, random but I did origami with a client the other day. I made a dog, cat, and a crane. It was pretty cool, but I think it frustrated me inside more than my client. Probably means I should do some therapy on myself....hmm....
Not really a good one, but I have been trying to run more and more.
This week my goal is 15 miles. It's thursday night and I've run 11.8 miles since Monday...think I can make it? :)
I've found that I need to begin toning my legs and other muscles if I expect to be able to endure longer distances. I have trained my breathing now to endure much more than what my muscular body can handle....and if you are curious about what I mean by muscular body just look below at a pic I took last night!!
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oh my...........I crack myself up
I have been trying to use running also to help in my weight loss goal and overall "in shape" goal. I'm only hitting one problem, the more I run, the more I desire to eat! ugh! haha Well, I guess I knew that would happen, but I was kinda hoping I could just burn the calories and move on, ya know?
Oh, random but I did origami with a client the other day. I made a dog, cat, and a crane. It was pretty cool, but I think it frustrated me inside more than my client. Probably means I should do some therapy on myself....hmm....
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Love...actually
Hey there ladies and gents,
Today I was reminded of something very important that I knew, but I feel I had lost the importance of it.
My devotional is about Becoming a Woman who Loves, and today was about the source of true love and how we can express love to the Lord and to others the best.
The key points revolved around the Holy Spirit and Obedience. So many verses in scripture tell us this main point from Jesus and the Father, "if you love me, then obey me."
As I read more of the verses, I came across the ones that said those who do not obey, really do not love the Father, and that only once we love our Father can we truly learn to love others. Wow. What basic concept, yet so true and refreshing.
It reminds me of memories of my childhood when my earthly father would always tell me if I loved him then I would obey him. When I was a small kid I had the hardest time verbally saying "i love you" to my parents. In my little 7, 8, 9 year old mind, I felt like how could I say something so huge like that when I know sometimes I would fail them.
"Love" was such a precious and powerful word to me then, and it almost makes me laugh to think how deeply and better I understood God's truths as child than I even do now. But then again, the Bible does say we can only come to him with faith of a child...so maybe that's why.
These memories also make me so thankful for my parents because as a child I did see them as worthy to tell me that they loved me even with having such a strict and even somewhat "perfect" idea of what love is (never doing someone wrong). In my eyes my parents were always there for me and did what was best for me, even when I didn't like it.
Thankfully now I understand that of course they failed me too, just as we all fail each other.
But wouldn't it be nice if we all thought more about trying to always be "worthy" to say we loved someone....being more concern on whether our actions backed up our words. I hope I never forget my childlike view of love.
1 John 5:1-3
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome
Today I was reminded of something very important that I knew, but I feel I had lost the importance of it.
My devotional is about Becoming a Woman who Loves, and today was about the source of true love and how we can express love to the Lord and to others the best.
The key points revolved around the Holy Spirit and Obedience. So many verses in scripture tell us this main point from Jesus and the Father, "if you love me, then obey me."
As I read more of the verses, I came across the ones that said those who do not obey, really do not love the Father, and that only once we love our Father can we truly learn to love others. Wow. What basic concept, yet so true and refreshing.
It reminds me of memories of my childhood when my earthly father would always tell me if I loved him then I would obey him. When I was a small kid I had the hardest time verbally saying "i love you" to my parents. In my little 7, 8, 9 year old mind, I felt like how could I say something so huge like that when I know sometimes I would fail them.
"Love" was such a precious and powerful word to me then, and it almost makes me laugh to think how deeply and better I understood God's truths as child than I even do now. But then again, the Bible does say we can only come to him with faith of a child...so maybe that's why.
These memories also make me so thankful for my parents because as a child I did see them as worthy to tell me that they loved me even with having such a strict and even somewhat "perfect" idea of what love is (never doing someone wrong). In my eyes my parents were always there for me and did what was best for me, even when I didn't like it.
Thankfully now I understand that of course they failed me too, just as we all fail each other.
But wouldn't it be nice if we all thought more about trying to always be "worthy" to say we loved someone....being more concern on whether our actions backed up our words. I hope I never forget my childlike view of love.
1 John 5:1-3
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Long time no blog...
It's been a really long time since I've blogged.
I guess I was starting to feel it was kinda a waste of time since the main people that actually saw my blog, talked with me on a regular basis, but I've decided to take a stab at it again.
Since I have last blogged I have:
I guess I was starting to feel it was kinda a waste of time since the main people that actually saw my blog, talked with me on a regular basis, but I've decided to take a stab at it again.
Since I have last blogged I have:
- Gotten a new Job
- Gained patience and stellar paperwork skills
- Lost 20 lbs
- Become Engaged!!
- Ran my first 5k
- Found out I'm having a nephew in June!! and and "it" (nephew or neice or both?) in August!
- Watched every episode of lost up to the current season in about a month (sad but true)
- Started cooking and baking random homemade things on a whim
- Picked up reading some again after a sabbatical
- Enjoyed class less and less as I enjoy my time and job more
- Fallen more in love with Jesus
- Missed being around "friends" all through the day
- Made new friends at my job and rekindled old friendships!
- Learned to love my "alone time"
- Become better at admitting I'm wrong....sometimes. haha
- Overall...just enjoyed life even through it's ups and downs!!
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