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My brother the rebel

If I Die Before You Wake

Remember our troops and keep them in your prayers

A little about me and a meme

I got this in an email from Brenda, and thought that I would put it up on here, rather than email it out. Feel free to fill it out on your blog as well :)

Who are You?

Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not. Answer the 30 questions at the end and send it to your friends (including me).

This for your Entire life!


[ ] Gone on a blind date
[X] Skipped school
[X]Watched someone die
[X] Been to Canada
[X] Been to Mexico
[X] Been to Florida
[X] Been on a plane
[X] Been lost
[X] Been on the opposite side of the country
[X] Gone to Washington DC
[X] Swam in the ocean
[X]Cried yourself to sleep
[X]Played cops and robbers
[X]Recently colored with crayons
[X]Sang Karaoke
[ ] Paid for a meal with coins only?
[X] Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?
[X] Made prank phone calls
[X] Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
[X] Caught a snowflake on your tongue
[ ] Written a letter to Santa Claus
[ ] Been kissed under the mistletoe
[ ] Watched the sunrise with someone you care about
[X] Blown bubbles
[X] Gone ice-skating
[ ] Been skinny dipping outdoors
[ ] Gone to an outdoor movie?


1. Any nicknames? Mel is a
2. Mother's name? Elizabeth
3. Favorite drink? Sokata
4. Tattoo? Nope
5. Body Piercing? Yes
6. How much do you love your job? It's a job...therefore I like it
7. Birthplace? Ruidoso, New Mexico
8.Favorite vacation spot? Kentucky
9. Ever been to Africa? No
10. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? Yes :)
11. Ever been on TV? Yes
12. Ever steal any traffic sign? No
13. Ever been in a car accident? No
14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4
15. Favorite salad dressing? Fat free Italian
16. Favorite pie? Peach
17. Favorite number? 11
18. Favorite movie? Too many to choose from: 300, Transformers, Remember the Titans, The Longest Yard...oh there's so many!!!
19. Favorite holiday? Christmas
21. Favorite food? Chinese, Most anything with chicken
22. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
23. Favorite brand of body wash? Avon...peach
24. Favorite toothpaste? Colgate
25. Favorite smell? Either chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven, or Ralph Lauren perfume
26. What do you do to relax? Watch movies, surf the web, read
27. Favorite gift ever given? Jesus (I love this answer)
28. How do you see yourself in 10 years? How? I really don't know. I like Brenda's answer, Only God knows this.
29. Furthest place you will send this message? Well, I'm not really sending it anywhere, but if Jennifer is reading, Japan.
30. Who will respond to this the fastest? see the above answer :)

I also got tagged for reading this on another blog. Feel free to do this one too if you want:

3 places I go all the time: Grand Rapids Community College (well, until yesterday I did...now I'm free!!!), Mike's house, my house...maybe that one doesn't count because I live there, in that case I'll add in church

3 people who e-mail me: my cousin Brandi, Brenda, Jennifer

3 favorite places to eat: I seriously had trouble limiting this to 3...Applebee's, Red Robin, Main Street Pub

3 places I would rather be right now: oh...there's so many! Romania, at the beach, hanging out with Mike and other friends

3 people who will do this: Probably Jennifer, Brenda, and Mari

3 TV shows I could watch over and over: Fresh Prince of BelAir, Bones, Home Improvement.

YAY!!!

It's time to party!!!!!!!

As of 11:08 this morning, I have successfully completed my first year of college! I had one presentation and one test this morning. Both went very well, and now I'm done!

I can't believe how quickly this year went by...but now it's time to relax...and find something other than homework to occupy my days.

Now where's that warm weather? :)

Pictures

Last night, we had a pig roast and missions auction at church. A small group from the youth group is going to Guatemala this summer, so this auction was done as a fundraiser for them.
I didn't think there were as many people as usual, but there were a lot of good things up for bid.
I bid on quite a few things...here is what I ended up with...


I saw this and fell in love with it. I have this written on my bathroom mirror, and I like this quote. It doesn't match my room, but like Tori said, I have to move out someday!








Another favorite quote. When I saw this, again I knew I "had" to have it. I was bidding up against my friend for it, and I ended up getting it. I was pretty happy :)







Even though the signs/paintings don't really match, I figured I'd display them anyway.









Then I saw this set of 3 paintings. It reminded me of Romania because of the fields of red poppies.













It's not actually Romania though, it's the Tuscan Valley in Italy.











Which is cool because I've been to Italy and I love Italy











Here's the whole set of 3. Again, they really don't match my room, but I fell in love with them. Eventually I'll have a place that they will match. In the mean time, I might just hang them up anyway :)


I also bought a Mary Higgins Clark (one of my favorite authors) book and a planter for my mom. The only other thing I wanted but didn't get was tickets to a Tiger's game. They sold for over $100! I would have like to have won...but I'm not made of money ;) I like going to the auction and finding this cool stuff...plus all the proceeds go to a very good cause!

Random...

I washed my car yesterday
So of course, it rained :)
Funny how that works out? Oh well, the rain didn't leave much residue so my car is still pretty clean.
I realized last night that I got sunburned when I washed my car yesterday...check it out!

Haha...wierd angle...but you try taking a picture of your back!!! :)
It's pretty much faded now, so I'm almost tan!
My face kinda feels like it got burnt, but it's not red, and I have sunscreen in my moisturizer, so it shouldn't have. I think next time I'll put on some SPF!







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I have a new babysitting job. I don't like calling it babysitting though, because the boys are 8 and 12. Not babies!!! But nanny just sounds wierd...and kinda old fashioned. So I don't really know what to call it...except babysitting :)
Anyway, when I got there yesterday, Mitchell had his snake Georgianna (I think that's her name) out of her cage. Here are some pictures...


I'm touching the snake here :) Seriously, snakes don't bother me at all...but spiders on the other hand...!!!!!















She's a pretty big snake and she's getting ready to shed her skin. Her eyes are all glazed over and they're kinda a blue color and her skin is getting cloudy. Maybe I'll have some pictures of that to share in the near future.

Anyone else having trouble uploading pictures?
I'll update later when I can upload :)

Beautiful day!

It's so beautiful out today, after I got home from class, I thought I'd take advantage of the weather before it cools down this weekend. So I decided to wash and wax my car....if you're gonna do it, you might as well do it all. My car wasn't terribly dirty because I haven't been driving on many dirt roads, but it still needed to be washed. I put on shorts and a cut off t-shirt, cuz I figured I might as well take advantage of the sun while I'm out :) Anyway, it took me just over 30 minutes to wash it all to my satisfaction. Then I dried it off. And sprayed some foam stuff on the tires to make them nice and shiny. Then I put some Rain-X on the windows...this stuff is amazing! Then I started on the wax. It took over an hour to do my whole car, because I do it section by section. My arm is sore from making circular motions all over my car, but it was worth it!!! But let me tell you....my car is looking good!

Cheri suggested that I put up some pictures, so I ran outside and here they are...



Nice and clean!!!!!











Check out those shiny tires!!!!








I love my car...especially when it's behaving itself and nice and clean!

Am I normal?!?!?!

I saw this quiz on Cheri's site and I thought I'd see how normal I am... 60%, I'm not sure what that says about me :)

You Are Fairly Normal

You scored 60% normal on this quiz Like most people you are normal in some ways... But you aren't a completely normal person. You're a little weird too! Why You Are Normal: You are still with your first love You rather be screwed over than screw someone else over You think fishnet stockings are trashy You would eat meat from a cloned animal You prefer your friends to your family Why You Aren't Normal: You find the Chicken Dance to be the more embarrassing dance You don't keep up with your horoscope You would rather be tan than pale You would rather be a movie star than an astronaut You know a little about many subjects

What's Normal About You... And What's Not?

Sold for a Quarter

My friend sent this email to me today and I thought I would share it with you:

Several years ago, a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to a church in Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change.
As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, "You'd better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it."
Then he thought, "Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about this little amount?
Anyway, the bus company gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from God' and keep quiet."
When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, and then he handed the quarter to the driver and said, "Here, you gave me too much change."
The driver, with a smile, replied, "Aren't you the new preacher in town? I have been thinking a lot lately about going somewhere to worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change. I'll see you at church on Sunday."
When the preacher stepped off of the bus, he literally grabbed the nearest light pole, held on, and said, Oh God, I almost sold your Son for a quarter."
Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read.
This is a really scary example of how much people watch us as Christians and will put us to the test! Always be on guard -- and remember -- You carry the name of Christ on your shoulders when you call yourself "Christian."
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.