tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41348662011-04-21T20:27:06.658-05:00Who am I? a woman.brokenoreply@blogger.comBlogger4231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-22330113859822697802009-03-11T09:11:00.002-05:002009-03-11T09:12:15.561-05:00

I am a Painter and a Dancer. I have painted and danced in worship settings for almost 10 years now. I have to be honest I have been avoiding this question all week. Using Creative Arts in worship, as worship is so close to my heart. In fact it IS my heart.As creatures created by The Creator I feel we are all creative beings. If we have the Creator of ALL things living in us then there is

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A common thought of corporate worship is to focus on Jesus, close our eyes, raise our hands and sing to the Lord, pray to the Lord, find that secret place to meet with God. I have often found this as a little silly. We are together, we have come together to meet and be with each other. To see each other worship and be encouraged. I say OPEN YOUR EYES see what the painter is doing it just might

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I was probably about 5 or 6. I remember looking up and seeing my fathers working hands holding the Hymnal so that I could see the words. I remember his low voice singing along with all the others. This is a happy memory for me. It was a good feeling to be all together as a family in the same place doing something that brought us into unity with each other. It wouldn't be until almost 20 years

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My sisters and I all had a book called Schools Days. Each page had a slot that you could put a school picture or memento in. A few years ago I found my book. Being the youngest of 5 girls my book didn’t have much in it. On the page from grade 2 I found some words I had written. There was a line that read, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up.’ I wrote dancer. In the place I grew up there was

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So here we are in the final countdown. We have been living with no money, no family (close by), very little emotional support, no spare time for anything including for our selfs and piles of stress for 6 years. three weeks left. three weeks to go, three weeks that feel like 3 years. I find myself wanting to scream out of frustration. I have been reflecting on the past 6 years and all that we

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again another amazing video

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This video is amazing.

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I used to know exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. A police officer or a dancer. I always keep the dancer part a secret because I never thought in a million years I would ever do anything with dance. Well those dreams have come to pass and I am truly blessed. But I am at a strange place in my life. With Ryan almost done school we now have a whole world open to us. Literally. We want to

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This is song is so awesome. I found this singer on youtube. She's a Canadian and totally awesome!

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Here I am blogging again. I use to love this thing and then just got too busy to keep up with it. I've been loving Facebook like everyone else, but now I'm ready to get blogging again. I'm not sure how often I will actually do it but at least once a week i hope.Trinity's 4th birthday is coming up next weekend. When I started blogging I was still pregnant with her and now she's turning 4! WOW!

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So I have finally made a myspace page. That's where I've been. Any time that I've had to be on line I have been on myspace. I actually just posted a new blog entry there. Perhaps I will post it here as well.Remember way back when on this blog I said the first five people who reply to this will receive some original art from me???? Well I finally gave the first one away yesterday. Thanks

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Hello. Life has taken some crazy turns this past week. I will write more about it later but if you have the time please pray for us. We are trying to buy a house.My job at the mission is going really great. I can't even explain what a blessing it is to me. I know that God has given me this job. What a good faithful guy he is :)Ryan and the kids have all been very sick this week. We took the kids

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Here is a new blog I created for our family. It will contain up dates on the kids, our jobs, etc. I will still be writing on this blog but it will be a little different in content. Here is the link to the new blog. Our new blog

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I created a new blog for family and friends to keep informed with our family. I will still be posting here as well. Here is the link to the new place .

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Well I thought I should post something. I have started my job at the Siloam Mission as art coordinator. Right now we are running an art drop in Thursday and Friday mornings where people can come in, sign up and work on art projects. We have all the supplies for painting and drawing (pencils, charcoal, pastels etc.). It has been amazing so far. I have met some awesome people. If anyone who is

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Hey you should check out the link I have for Sunday Night Sex Blog. There is some really good stuff on there.

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So I start my job at the Siloam Mission next week. I'm really nervious about it, not the job but the childcare. Trinity will be with a lady fromthe church for 3 hours Thursday and Friday mornings. Silver will be at school and then hopefully going to a friends place for lunch for an hour. When all is said and done I will be spending more on childcare then I will be making. But it's only for 4

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So one of my friends put this on her blog and I thought it was a cool idea so I will put it on mine. The first 5 people to comment on this blog will receive some kind of art from me. It will take about a month depending on what I feel inspired to make. Just comment and then email me your address and I will send it on. If you have a blog then try this out yourself...pass it on. :)

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We are off to Regina tomorrow morning. I am so glad that it's only 5 hours away. I am starting to really not like long road trips. We are going to work with a church there. We will be doing some teaching on the arts in worship (surprise surprise). I'm really looking forward to it!

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WOW it's been awhile again! So lots going on. I have been working on the arts stuff for the Mission the past few weeks as well as a few other projects. I almost went to B.C. to be with my good friend Sheri for a conference but alas no money to get there (I'm totally bummed).Ruth I will take your challenge of writing my list out but it may take a few more days. For anyone who cares (Cindy) I am

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I am very happy. Life is good, hard but good. Amen.

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Well my awesome husband has been able to retrieve some more videos and pictures from our crashed computer. He spent some time on the phone with Dell and they walked him through some stuff. Our hard drive is still garbage but at least we where able to get some more files!On another subject. I have been very torn lately about dance (and other arts). I have never been so blessed to be asked to

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So our computer totally crashed over two weeks ago. LOOOOONG story short the hard drive is trash which means we lost a bunch of information. The most important being pictures and video. I am so sad when I think about it I start to tear. It's the video I care most about. I was always taking short videos of the kids dancing or singing or whatever. They where able to retrieve some of the pictures

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I'm not dead but our computer is. It crashed a week ago and I have felt so totally out of touch. All our schedule stuff was on it. We should be able to get it all fixed up soon. So if anyone is emailing me don'e expect a reply for a few days more. Does anyone know anyone who is selling a fairly new Apple computer? We want to buy one?

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I saw some leaves falling today. What does that mean? Is it that time already? No I don't think so. Just some premature leaves.Today I have cleaned my fridge, bathroom and am still in the process of cleaning the oven. It's all been long over due. I will be home with the kids mon-fri in the day times while Ryan is at school. He has a pretty crazy schedule this year. We are both trying to keep our

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So our family has been gearing up for school to start. For us that means taking some time out for each other. We have been spending as much time with the kids as possible. We won't really be able to do any major school shopping until the student loan comes in. I'm looking forward to that :) Both of the kids have grown out of most of there clothes.Yesterday and today Ryan has been working as an

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Trinity turned 3 yesterday. She was excited from the minute she woke up. We told her a few days before that she was going to have a party. She was so cute and excited. I can hardly believe that she's 3 already! WOW, next year at this time she will be getting ready to go to nursery school. Speaking of school Silver is starting kindergarten this year. This is so crazy. My kids really aren't babies

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I've just had a very frustrating experience. I was watching a show about dance. More specifically a show about a few women dancers who where pushing forward their visions and dreams and seeing them come to life. They where using dance to not only express or entertain but to tell stories and communicate deep thoughts and feelings along with music and theatre. So why am I frustrated? Because that's

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WOW it's been awhile. I keep wanting to post pictures but our camera is broken and I don't think I have any newer pictures downloaded.Street Invaders was a great time. We where super busy, there where some fun times, amazing worship times, awesome prayer times, and frustrating moments. I hope we can do it all again next year:) Here is a list of some of the highlights-seeing Sheri, chatting,

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Here we are in Eston Sask. We are working with Street Invaders, which is .... well just check out the website and it will tell you. We are teaching drama and dance as well as doing some other creative arts. So far so good. We are tired and feeling a little drained already but that is just causing me to let God take over more and more. On that note I'm going to sleep.

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You Are KermitHi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know.You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems.Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green.Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies!The Muppet Personality Test

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Hey I have a friend who is in a one man Fringe show. If any of you are Fringe goers then check this show out. It's called The Top Ten Thousand of All Time. Here's the website www.toptenthousand.ca We are going to see it on Saturday night. I might even go see it on Thursday night (opening night) as well.

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Here I am. I have been helping out with a kids dance/art camp this week and I am dead tired. I've also been working at the toy store a few nights. My body is just totally done. My ankle has taken a bit of a beating as well. I really want to see the physiotherapist but I need to wait a bit until we can afford it.Ryan is off camping with a few friends. I owed him big time for doing all the

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Well we have a van! It's very cool. God totally worked it all out and we ended up with an amazing find. It's a 2000 dark purple Dodge Caravan. It's really clean and cozy. The kids really love all the extra space and so do I. It will be more for gas but we will just have to work out using it a little less than we did the car.This has been a crazy stressful week. I can tell mostly because my neck

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So the last week has been interesting. The children's service went well, I've been working a lot, my sister Shawne and her family came to visit, and we hung out with some good people. Yesterday Silver hit his head on the railing at the book store and cut his head open. We took him to the hospital and they where able to avoid stiches and used some kind of glue instead. He handled it all very well

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Hey everyone. Here is a website that Ruth (friend, awesome dancer and dance teacher) just put out. She will be running dance classes this summer for kids and adults. Check it out and sign up! Really she's amazing! She came to California with me the first time I went. We used some of her chorography for the David Ruis recording.www.ruahdance.ca

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We got it fixed again!

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Our car isn't working AGAIN!

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Life is getting a bit complicated these days. I have tried to keep my life fairly simple and comfortable but that's just not working anymore. There are so many things I need to really think about. I need to have some strong solid answers and good reasons for them. Sometimes I forget my past experiences and the things I have learned and taught to others. There are many people in my life right now

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Sometimes things happen in life that just don't totally add up. Those moments where you just want to shake people until they come to their senses. I am feeling a bit...well actually more than a bit crazy today. People can be so self serving it's terrible.

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We got it fixed.

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Our muffler just fell off our car.

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I just had to post today. I don't really have anything I want to write about on here but today is 06/06/06 so I HAD to post just to see the date.Things I did today-worked (my ankle hurts)-got shat on by a flying rodent (bird)-worked some more-came home and had a picnic in our awesome green backyard-got the kids to bed and began to blogPretty exciting hey? Actually speaking of 'excitement' I

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I didn't get many pictures this time but here are some that I really like. It was yet again a great experience!Melissa, Crystal and I. This was a fun dance!I love these skirts!Jen, me and Crystal. This dance that we did together was so relaxing I loved it!This is our DANCE ZONE! David taped this section off for us so that no one would take our space.Here are two of the painting that where done

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Two little girls from Silver's class lost their mommies in the past month. They both battled cancer and both where taken by the disease. How tragic. One woman left a husband and two children the other a husband and three children. I have wanted to do or say something to the husbands but what? What could I possibly say that would be of any help or comfort? My heart is so broken for them. Silver

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I leave tomorrow for California again. I am so conflicted. I am looking forward to dancing and taking in this awesome experience but I am also so sad that Ryan isn't coming with me. Actually I'm really really bummed about that. I have been suggesting we move to L.A. for years (before anyone I knew was there). I think it would be fun to live there for a year at least so Ryan could do some acting.

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So if you haven't heard I sprained my ankle. It's a second degree sprain on two of my ligaments. This is really not a good thing. I am still heading off to California to do some dance on Monday. I have been icing it, exercise it (with the exercise my physio therapist gave me), and keeping it wrapped up. It seems that this will take quite a long time to properly and totally heal but for now I need

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check out the video on my last post. Just click on it to play. This is my first attempt at posting a video.

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We're back from Vancouver. It was a good trip. There where some long days which was hard on the kids. They did really good though. The wedding was nice, the bride was beautiful, and the wine was good.The flight there was alright. I took one gravol and it worked great. On the way home I didn't take a gravol on the first flight and that was a major mistake! It was the worst turbulence I've ever

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Silver's first soccer game was Monday. Oh my gosh it was so cute. He is on a team with a bunch of his friends from school. They ran back and forth and had a blast. At first Silver was just chasing his friends and even linked arms with Owen for a while as they ran around. One time when Silver was running after the group chasing the ball he yelled out "Mommie I need rocket shoes!" It was hillarious

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Here is a list of the things I am thinking about or doing- still recouping from my trip- trying to remember the dances- creating an arts program for the siloam mission (this is very exciting and fun)- how much I love my family, I missed them when I was awayDo you want to know what I have been thinking about quite a bit the past week? It's a little crazy but I've been thinking about a hair

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I got back from California Saturday afternoon tired and hungry but excited and happy. I had such a great time with Sheri, Ruth, Crystal, and a bunch of other people. I am still recuperating from the lack of sleep and too much Mexican food. Today I am finally feeling a bit like myself again. I really don't think I can blog about my trip. There's really just too much to say so I will post some

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I keep trying to up date but I don't seem to have the time to really organize my thoughts enough to write them down. I probably won't update until I get back next weekend. I've noticed that most of the blogs I read haven't been updated in a while. I wonder if it has something to do with the weather? It's so awesome outside. I still can't believe that it's not winter anymore....Thank goodness.

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It's so crazy how week to week things can change so drastically. Finances for instance. We got our tax return paid a whack load of bills (including a speeding ticket from about a year ago) and then bam it's gone. Thank goodness for GST which should be coming sometime this week.My Dad was just here visiting. He flew in on Saturday morning and flew out Sunday evening. We went and saw the vinyl Cafe

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The kids are still sick so I'm home from church today. I thought I would post some pictures taken over the past few months.This is a birthday cake my sister Erinn and I made for her husband. It's a coffee, and cookies on a plate. It's all cake and pudding and icing. It was so fun to make.Here is one of my kids with there cousins having a dance party.The cousins again having their cake. It was a

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Some pretty crazy and exciting stuff going on. I just talked to my boss yesterday about this summer and how Ryan and I are planning on going away for a lot of it. Of course she's totally cool and supportive about it. I will work when I can and come back in the fall.On the subject of summer It's going to be really different this year. I'm a bit scared but more excited really. I really want to

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Here is a break down of my last 24 hours or so.Last night I resized 5 skirts for a dance. Which meant cutting and sewing. Finally I got to bed, kinda late. Then about 4am I woke up to Trinity yelling "MOMMIE". I got up to find her sitting up in bed with a pillow full of vomit. So I cleaned her up changed her clothes, gave her some juice and took her to bed with me. About 2 seconds after laying

brokenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1142747342081539412006-03-18T23:16:00.000-06:002006-03-19T22:05:34.743-06:00

O.K so I'm tired and feeling totally insecure today. I have been realizing just how 'safe' I have lived in certain areas of life. Well I am being challenged quite often lately and mostly I don't like it but I know it's all good for me. I just need to keep pressing on.On a totally different note, Ryan and I are very excited about building something cool with the arts at WCV. I'm looking forward to

brokenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1142346438173255842006-03-14T07:50:00.000-06:002006-03-14T08:27:18.186-06:00

Humans can make life so complicated. This includes myself. Things that should be so easy can become incredibly difficult. I'm not trying to sound negative this is just how I am feeling this morning.I have spent a lot of my life pushing people away and now I have opportunity for great friendships and meeting/working with all kinds of wonderful people. It's going to be a new season for me. I need

brokenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1141794019354690232006-03-07T22:47:00.000-06:002006-03-07T23:00:19.383-06:00

I saw the ballet tonight. It was really great. The costumes and set where simple and the dancing was inspiring. Tonight was the dress rehearsal and the tickets where cheaper, that's why we where able to go.I had a great time. There where so many cool lifts I tried to remember them all. But now I can only remember 1. Anyway I'm very inspired. I'm sorry my blogging has sucked lately. I have been

brokenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1141107973730902042006-02-28T00:20:00.000-06:002006-02-28T00:26:13.746-06:00

So in the last week and a half we have had a whack load of visitors. It's funny because we have gone so long with no guests then all of a sudden they all come at once.First my sister, her husband, and two kids came for 5 days. We had a ton of fun and I will download pictures sometime this week.Second my mother came on Wednesday and is staying for two weeks. It's going to be a good time. I love

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Good time. I had such a great time last night getting to know some people from the church. It was really really great. There's something so awesome about meeting real quality people. There where times when I know I talked way too much but sometimes I get so passionate about stuff I just can't shut up. I need to work on that :)When I was on LifeForce I had a few opportunities to preach and it was

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I have been trying to post for a week. There just hasn't been a good time. But finally here I am on Friday my day off :) It feels pretty good so far seeing as Ryan has let me sleep in.We are starting to schedule our summer and so far it's looking very different from any other summer we've had. We are coming into some changes and need to make some serious decisions about jobs. We really need to do

brokenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1138912325470371362006-02-02T14:26:00.000-06:002006-02-02T14:32:05.483-06:00

I had another test today. This time I had to drink some seriously sick fluid (which made me gag) then I had an x-ray every 10-15 minutes for about 2 hours. It wasn't bad. But then I got lost in the Heath Sciences Centre. I had to ask for directions twice. I suppose I will get the results of that in a few weeks.Well off to work.

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Today is my sick day. I had to stay home from work today. Luckily someone could cover my shift. I haven't called into to work in so long it felt strange. But seriously I am ill. It feels like a bit of a flu. I just ate some cereal and now I want to chuck. Perhaps I will go lay down.

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I was so exhausted on Saturday night that I crashed on the couch at 8:30. As soon as the kids went to bed I was out. It was a weird feeling. I couldn't keep my eyes open. I had things I needed to do but I just couldn't stay awake. My body wouldn't let me do anything but sleep. I am going to try to get to bed earlier.There has been very little time around our place to just relax. I haven't had a

brokenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1137982726992052762006-01-22T20:05:00.000-06:002006-01-22T20:18:47.006-06:00

We took the kids skating today. It felt nice to not be in a hurry to get somewhere. After I got off work we stayed at the Forks and the kids tried skating for the first time. Silver tried really hard and probably could have kept skating for hours. Trinity needed quite a bit of help and our backs where aching. Then we had a nice little snack and some hot chocolate of course.I am starting to think

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It's been a good week. After my yuckie day on Wednesday things started to look up. Here's what I'm thinking about today.-I am terribly out of shape, my muscles are weak-there are a few things I need to start studying-I've got to get to the post office-I'm not really into blogging lately

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I had such a weird day on Wednesday. It was busy, stressful, fun, exciting, and tiring. It's been awhile since I had a day where I just felt like a total failure. It was like I could hardly do anything right or good. I freakin hated it.Most often when I have these weird moments God gives me the ability to see the positive. To see that he is sharpening me and my character is being strengthened,

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Do I have to? I really don't have much to say. Actually nothing.

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I have no idea what to write about today. I am in this freakin crazy mood. I am somewhat pissed at the world, I think I'm just tired and sick of being so. I guess the holidays can take a lot out of a person without them even noticing.I wonder if I should actually post this.I just wrote two paragraphs and deleted it. I like to make lists. It helps me relax. Here is a listDreams-become a master

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How much stuff do you need? I am always thinking about what I need and don't need. There is a huge difference between 'need' and 'want'. I am always tiring to separate those in my mind. There are plenty of things I want and really very little that I need. Here's my list.Need-Jesus-food-water-place to live-clothes to cover my bodyLet's just leave it that basic.Want-Jesus-good food-cold water-nice

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Silver's gingerbread houseTrinity's houseThe kids just getting started.Daddie helping Trinity out with some sticky paper.Me in my new penguin pj's :)

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Christmas at our house was so wonderful. This year was so much fun. Both of the kids really enjoyed it. Here's a quick rundown of the things we did to make Christmas special.-made a bunch of different cookies-made gingerbread houses from freshly baked gingerbread (oh it smells great)-Ryan and I actually bought each other presents this year-went to church-left cookies,milk, carrots and a letter

brokenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1135174337087678232005-12-21T08:04:00.000-06:002005-12-21T08:12:17.100-06:00

Well here we are just a few days left before Christmas and people are getting crazy. I love how people get really excited and crazy before Christmas but at the same time it's funny to me that all this time, money, and energy goes into one day.We saw Narnia last friday and it was awesome. For some reason I totally forgot about St. Nick. You see it's been winter in Narnia for a hundred years but

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I did it. Finally. I went to Ryan's work Christmas party. I don't really enjoy parties. I mean I don't hate them but when it's a room full of people I don't even know it's tuff. I am glad I went but I almost didn't make it. It was very last minute that I decided to go. Anyway all was good and I'm glad to be home now and going to bed. Today was nuts. Ryan worked I worked, we went to the church

brokenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1134712734120375832005-12-15T23:48:00.000-06:002005-12-15T23:58:54.133-06:00

I'm getting my hair done tomorrow. In the past I have always put getting my hair cut or dyed last on the list. But I am just so sick of looking yuckie with grey brown roots. We really shouldn't afford it but that's what I always say which is why I end up cutting my own hair and getting my husband to streak it for me (but don't tell anyone that, he might be embarrassed:) I feel almost giddy. I

brokenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1134588839693205802005-12-14T13:21:00.000-06:002005-12-14T13:33:59.706-06:00

Today I was thinking how awesome it would be to sit around with some people (trust worthy people) and talk about our weaknesses. For most people there strengths are obvious. Like, Sally is a great speaker, Mary can fix anything or Paul makes a great pie. But what about the weaknesses we all have. I have no problem talking about most of mine. In the right conversation I am willing to talk about

brokenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1134197226715085902005-12-10T00:21:00.000-06:002005-12-10T00:58:25.140-06:00

I Love God. He is so amazing. As I look back on my 10 years of loving him I am in awe. I can't believe how much I am changed. In some ways it was an over night change. I m not going to tell that story right now but it was amazing (I mean the night I finally allowed God to have me).Here are some of the cornerstone lessons God has taught me over the years.- He loves me like crazy and shows it

brokenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1133835732690710402005-12-05T20:05:00.000-06:002005-12-05T20:22:12.703-06:00

We had the car fixed. Yippie! Borrowed money of course. I was on my way to the store with Silver when the noise got about 10 times louder and the car got about 10 times slower too. I was glad I made it home. Hurray for a fixed car!Silver's birthday party was great! It was really fun. We played some games that I made up about 10 minutes before the party. The kids actually really seemed to have a

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Our car is making a strange noise. It sounds more like a Harley than a Honda. This sucks. No money to fix any problems until January. So I hope it's nothing major.Sickness has yet again attacked our family. I just got over yet another cold and now I have the flu. I caught it from Trinity who caught it from Ryan who caught it from Silver. Silver threw up all over the kitchen floor, and Trinity all

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My Dearest ReaderIt's been a few days since I have written and a few things have happened. First, the kids Gramma and Great Gramma (on Ryan's side) sent us a box FULL of new clothes for the kids! It was so amazing. The kids have new snow suits and all kinds of clothes. What a huge blessing.Next I went to the Doc for my results. It seems they found some markings on parts of my bowels. Also there

brokenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1132777598204536932005-11-23T13:29:00.000-06:002005-11-23T14:26:38.236-06:00

Our car was broken into again. This sucks for many reasons but at least the car wasn't stolen. We had to borrow some money to get the window fixed (which is a bummer), but at least we have people we can borrow from. Wednesday is our busiest day of the week and having the use of our car is very important. So this makes today quite a bit harder on all of us but we will survive. Our window will be

brokenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1132636771368170842005-11-21T14:14:00.000-06:002005-11-21T23:19:31.433-06:00

We got to see Silver in his creative movement class last week. Trinity was there too and does also take the class but that day she was not interested in joining. Here are some cool pictures we got. I also got some really cute video. Too bad I can't post that.

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I was just spending some relaxing time checking out some blogs. I almost commented on about 4 blogs. But everytime I started to comment I just couldn't Finish. Subjects like, how to inspire Christian youth, parenting techniques, and books. There where more but I don't remember right now. I have learned to be very careful when commenting on blogs. So much can be misunderstood. It's almost

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I need to buy some boots. I haven't owned a pair of boots for years and years and years. Probably 15 years.......even more. Anyway, after my crap snow day experience I decided that I require some hardcore boots. Ryan has boots, Silver and Trinity too. It's my turn.I actually have a hard time buying stuff for myself. I love to shop for the kids and Ryan. I love to buy stuff that I know people will

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Because of the crazy snow fall I had to take the bus to work this morning. I haven't taken a bus by myself since I was like 18. I walked through 2 feet of snow down my street and got very wet. Two things I dislike most in this world are, being wet, and being cold. So today was pretty crap. I had to walk from Portage Place to the Forks in the blowing knee deep snow. Oh yah and I have another cold.

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Thank you Shane for taking some great pictures!

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So Saturday night was a great time! The dance/drama we did went really well. We all knew our parts pretty good and we had a chance to practice just before we went on stage. I had a great time working with "the girls" and "the guys". There is something very cool about getting a group of people together who all work toward the same thing. Everyone had amazing ideas. Thanks Jason for bringing the

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www.http://crystalmm.blogspot.com/This is a blog that I have been going to for about 6 months or so. She has stopped writing and only been taking pictures of the sky for about 2 months now. The images and colours are amazing. Some of the photos made my mouth hang open from the beauty. You should do yourself a favor and check it out. It makes me think about how crazy life can get down here on the

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Here are some pictures of the kids in there costumes.Silver as Anakin Skywalker (just before he comes Darth Vader)Anakin without cape.Trinity as a butterfly.Silver as a bat for school (NO he is NOT a vampire)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My cuttie.

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Everything went well yesterday. I actually got in about an hour earlier than I thought and felt much better after than I thought I would. There was no throwing up this time.I was pretty nervous. Being put under and cut open (even if they are only small cuts) is scary. I shut out most of the world for the past day or so. I just needed to think of nothing but me, no dance, no laundry, no work.....

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big test today, totally freaking out, trying to remain relaxed, don't want to be put out.Thanks for praying for me last night Kendra! It was great.Well here I go.

brokenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1130788655980282092005-10-31T13:10:00.000-06:002005-10-31T13:57:36.010-06:00

I actually have a lot to say. There are so many things going on in my world right now. Here is a short list.1. My test tomorrow (a HUGE deal for me)2. The 10th anniversary at the church this coming weekend.3. Halloween4. The Grace of God...I love it!5. My sore body6. Being Brave7. Inspiration8. CreationWe had a cool little party with some kids last night. I didn't get any pictures but it was

brokenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134866.post-1130287418072985842005-10-25T19:36:00.000-05:002005-10-25T19:43:38.080-05:00

So While I was at work today I got a call from Ryan saying that my doctor's office wanted me to call them right away. So of course I did. The receptionist apologized! She realized that it was her fault and rescheduled me as soon as she could. So now my appointment is November the 1st. Now this is a little scary for me considering I have two major dance pieces to do at the church on the 5th and

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So yet again I woke up this morning feeling worse. My throat was super sore and nose stuffy. My head was also throbbing. Ryan had to go to church early for practice so I couldn't sleep in:( I was determined to get to church though so I just kept moving. Made the kids breakfast, got myself together, got the kids dressed and finally out the door. We where about an hour late for church. I wanted to

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To hear you say "I love you" wouldn't mean a thing.I know it in my heart.This is why I sing.You're my father, the one I adore.You're my father, {how can I show you more (this part needs to change a bit)}You're my father.I couldn't love.........................I couldn't love you anymore.

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Sneeze.........sneeze.........cough............cough............COUGH...............COUGH. Blow nose, rub sore throat and try not to swallow (it hurts too much). Cough.........COUGH. Boil water to make hot lemon juice and honey. Lay my aching body down on the couch to watch Robots for the 10th time this week. I thought my little cold was getting better yesterday but I woke up this morning feeling

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