Yuk! I'm sick. Well I've been sick for a while but now I'm more sick.

Pray I'm better by tomorrow evening!

my ugly

This is my "ugly" but don't ask me why I call him that because I don't really know. His real name is Bailey but he responds to both.

He is a really good dog but he pouts when I make him leave his favorite places. Whenever I take him swimming or to the hill to go sledding he pouts and won't look at me the whole way home. I guess he doesn't want to leave.

But I love him. He's my boy.

THIS JUST IN

I got this off of the Medallion newsletter. I found it somewhat amusing:

Vancouver Court Ruling from the Province Newspaper Vancouver, Canada (AP) - a seven year old boy was at the center of a Vancouver courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with the child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity may be maintained to the degree possible. The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him. After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Vancouver Canucks, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

Poor Canucks!! They can always try again next year...

tada...

So I was talking to Jimmy last night and I was saying something about not knowing how to put pictures on my blog. He told me a really easy way to do it so I thought I'd give it a try.

Here is me attempting to rap the other week at street church. Next time we do this I need a backwards hat, a football jersey, and some "bling" so anyone who has some....

I'm so sick of biology! I can't do anymore.....I'm just gonna have to write my test using what I already know. I think I'll do pretty well...here's hoping...

please pray

Shannon's brother, Donny, has appendicitis and is going in for emergency surgery. I guess just pray for him and Sam and Shannon and the rest of the family.

I have no idea

It's been a while since I've written anything. I guess I just haven't felt much like writing. I still don't feel much like it but I fell asleep early and I just woke up. So being too tired to study and too awake to go to sleep and having no one on MSN to talk to I have started writing. You know when something is happening or is about to...but you have no idea what it is or how to go about figuring it out...well, that's kind of where I am. I don't know where I belong. Do I belong here? I'm not so sure about that anymore. I want to go away...far away...but I don't want to go alone. And I don't want to go away yet. I have things here that I need to finish first. I need to finish school for starters. Three more years left. I can't leave street church either. I belong there. I feel like I'm actually doing something worth while. I need to do some other things too...things I don't feel like writing about. For friends who are being confused by me once again...I'm sorry. I'm confusing even myself. Not that that's anything new. I'm sick of changing. I don't want to do it anymore. I wish I could decide who I am and that would be it. I'm not sad...I'm actually having an amazing month...maybe that's what has gotten me thinking. I guess I'm happy being where I am but I'm not content with it. I want more. Maybe one day I'll figure life out. My best friend and I like to sit and laugh about the crazy turns life takes...and it doesn't stop. I thank God for friends like that...one's that put up with me no matter what. I have a lot of friends...more than I ever thought I would have. Five years ago I had many friends but no best friends...not even any good friends. I would pray and pray for God to bring me a best friend. He did more than that...he gave me three of them. Through those three I have made many more best friends. When I look back at myself five years ago I don't even recognize myself. I see a very quiet girl who prefered to sit in the background and watch. I see a girl who never spoke her mind and who would never start a conversation with someone she didn't know very well. I see someone who was unsure of herself...someone who was extremely lacking in confidance. I still am that girl in some ways but maybe I've just grown up. It's amazing what a hard couple of years do for a person. I have changed a lot...something Shannon can attest to. Thanks for sticking up for me friends...even when I have made mistakes and have taken you along for the ride. I don't mean to. I think I need to stop what has turned into more of a rant. I have no idea what I have just written here. I don't know what conclusion I have come to...or if I have come to one at all. I guess I did feel like writing. Maybe one day I'll sort it all out.

grrr.....

Aaaaah......I slept over at Shannon's house, went straight from there to church and just got home now. I walked in the door and went to the living room and half of my carpet has been ripped off, my couch and chair are in the middle of the room, a fan is set up, the garbage is full of sopping wet paper towels, all of my towels are out drying on the railing. I'm sure my brother knows what happened but he's not home. I did not need this today.....

work

Well for starters let me say that I know I have nothing on Susy or Neil. They have both been working so hard. But I just finished two very long days at work and I am tired!!!! My feet hurt, my arms hurt, my back hurts, and the list goes on......But I don't really care. I don't work at Tradex very often but I love my work. I love what I have to do, I love working outside, I love the people I work with, and I love my bosses. Yes I'm sucking up but it's true!!

a funny story

My brother got home today and had a funny story for me. He was working on scaffolding about four stories up when we heard this horrible racket coming from a huge group of seagulls. He looked down and they were attacking his lunch, which he had left out in the open. Of course he couldn't chase them off because he was so far up. They ended up carrying off his sandwich and his chips......what a greedy bunch of birds!

You know how, in books, when it seems like nothing will ever be right again.....
But then it always turns out.
Is real life like that too?

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion: You have medium extroversion. You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party. Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences. But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time." Conscientiousness: You have high conscientiousness. Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life. Most things in your life are organized and planned well. But you borderline on being a total perfectionist. Agreeableness: You have medium agreeableness. You're generally a friendly and trusting person. But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism. You get along well with others, as long as they play fair. Neuroticism: You have low neuroticism. You are very emotionally stable and mentally together. Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly. Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure. Openness to experience: Your openness to new experiences is medium. You are generally broad minded when it come to new things. But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it. You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

The Five Factor Personality Test

turn table

I've been back in school for two weeks now. I have to do three oral presentations. YUK! At least I'm doing them all with Aaron. That makes me feel better about them. For psychology I don't even have a final exam, just 7 smaller tests (only six of which count). This morning we had to make a turn table. Our teacher gave us a pin, a paper clip, a fork, a pencil, a record, an apple, string, masking tape, and two pieces of paper. We had to get it so that music was coming off the record. My group did the best. One of the girls in my group and I put most of it together. We didn't even need to use all of the stuff (it turned out we weren't supposed to). I thought it was a neat excersise though.
It was supposed to teach us how we learn: by watching other people and by trial and error and by other stuff too. Also we learned that sometimes we pay to much attention to irrelevant stuff (the fork and the string). We do a lot of group work in that class. I like it. It's not just boring note taking for the whole time.

stuff

Ok, so I haven't been bored. There has been so much to do. On monday Jimmy and I went Christmas shopping. We got a bunch of stuff we needed to get. Then I spent the rest of the day at my parents house. We decorated the tree.....it looks really good. Then on Tuesday Aaron and I went over to my parents house. We watched a movie......the island....it's pretty good. We took my brother Caleb shopping too. I went to see King Kong with Aaron and Shannon and my sister Bethany and her boyfriend Travis. It's pretty good but way too long.......3 1/2 hours. I guess lots happens but it was late and I was really tired. I spent the night at my parents house. This morning Aaron and I did the grocery shopping. Bethany and Travis came too because there was a lot to get. We just hung out with my family for the rest of the day. I wrapped some presents.....finally. I still have a bunch more to do. Now I am finally home. I need to clean my house. I figured I would have lots of time once exams were finished and maybe I do but I don't really feel like it. Maybe tomorrow.....or the day after that. I also need to wrap more presents and work on a present or two that I'm making. Aaaah.....I love Christmas! I'm not going to be at church on Christmas eve....my brothers and my sister and I are going to my parents church. So for those of you that I won't see.....have a really great Christmas!

boredom

So the day I've been looking forward to for a couple of weeks now is finally here, actually more like over. Yesterday I wrote my last two exams. I think I should do well......I sure studied enough! Don't get me wrong.....I am stoked that I have a few weeks off.....but I am so bored. There is nothing to do and I am really bad at entertaining myself.....I like to be with people. I have a book to read but I can't do that all the time. And I have friends to hang out with and a family to visit but I can't do that all the time either. Today Aaron and I went grocery shopping but that's about all I've done. I'm not exactly whining I don't think.....just rambling....because......I'm bored. Ha Ha. So yeah.....I'll stop boring you all to death and go find something to do. It's not really all that bad.....I do have three weeks off! Now that's a brighter side!

You Are Dancer

Carefree and fun, you always find reasons to do a happy dance. Why You're Naughty: That dark stint you had as Santa's private dancer. Why You're Nice: You're friendly. Very friendly.

Which of Santa's Reindeer Are You?

DNA

At UCFV there is this black board in one of the hallways. People write things on it or draw pictures. It's basically just for fun. The other day I noticed that someone had writtten, "science proves that God doesn't exist." I thought that was kind of funny. The way I look at science proves that God does exist. The more I learn the more I realize that there is no way that we could have just happened by chance.....or that we evolved from snails. Did you know that a typical human cell has about 2 meters of DNA? This length is about 250,000 times greater than the cell's diameter. Before a cell divides all of this DNA must be copied (and still all fit into that same cell). Then the two copies of DNA have to be separated so that each of the two new cells is identical. Amazing. DNA is made out of bases.....A,T,G, and C. If you were to print the one letter symbols for these bases the size of the letters you are reading now, the information in one cell would fill 1200 of my biology text books.....and let me tell you that it is a huge book!!!! And that is only the information in one cell. There are billions of cells in our bodies. Imagine the coordiantion that would take. There is so much more out there to think about that it boggles my mind. How everything works and fits together....it is too much to just have happened. Something had to have created it. Someone has to tell the cells to divide. How would they know to do it otherwise. Something has to tell the geese to fly south every winter. God is in everything.....just look around.

finally...

So we finally have snow!!! On Monday nite when I went to sleep it was just barely snowing. When I woke up in the middle of the night I got out of bed to see if it was snowing. It was so beautiful....the snow flakes were so big and I could see the lights over in Abbotsford reflecting the snow....the world was completely white. It's kind of hard to put in words exactly what it looked like or exactly what I felt but those of you who love snow will understand. I was at the bus stop the other day and it was really snowing. There was a girl standing near me who was telling her friend that she gets like a little kid every time it snows. I understand what she means....I feel the same way. Like nothing matters anymore except the snow....that nothing bad can happen. The candle light parade is coming up. I've lived in Mission for over 17 years and I never remember it snowing for the parade. I've always wished it would and I think this year my wish just might come true.....

You Are "Wow"!

What Japanese Smiley Are You?

ok??

You Are a Little Scary

You've got a nice edge to you. Use it.

How Scary Are You?