go ahead, i dare you...

1. First, recommend to me:
* a movie
* a book:
* a musical artist, song, or album:
2. Ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.
3. Paste this into your journal, allowing your friends to ask you anything.

side note

for whatever interesting and well-founded reasoning there may be, i cannot comment on xanga sites from home. i noticed this awhile back, but contributed it to my then-freaking-out computer. tonight i noticed it is still an issue after having wiped the silly machine clean and starting over.

just so everyone's aware.

and so i'll have to put my comment here on my own site - i don't think it's fair to grr at the snow. it's just following God's commands to fall. :)

cheers!

here's to hoping today was about so much more than turkey & stuffing.

top ten tuesday!

top ten thankful fors:

- God's grace & sufficience.
- a family i'm simply in love with.
- a healthy mother who doubles as the most wonderful friend.
- friends who get excited when the sun comes out from behind the clouds.
- people who make the days at work smoother and more enjoyable.
- the opportunity to learn new things.
- digital cameras & e-mails that bring me photos of people too far away to hug.
- holidays that bring the family together.
- messy, chaotic craftiness.
- dashing green jackets and chocolate brown pants.

sew it's monday night

i know i posted a pic of my first drink pouch bag, but i'm a huge fan of the colors on this one. people should drink more jammers and give me the empty pouches.

monday music video

turn up the volume, folks, and let's all celebrate eggs!

happy birthday, jeff!

handmade, with love

i'm challenging myself to make my christmas presents this year. i can't go into any more detail than that... but you can all see what i made once the people i make them for see what i made them. i'll be taking photos along the way. :)

no socks, no shoes, no problem

i think i may boycott socks until january 1st.

top ten tuesday!

top ten adjectives to describe my feelings today:

- excited
- nervous
- grown-up
- joyous
- grateful
- prayerful
- giddy
- hopeful
- overwhelmed
- answered


how about you?

q&a

it's hard to get the answers you're looking for when you're not sure you're asking the right questions.

halloween sunday

so while sunday was actually the halloween holiday itself - it was also the one day of the weekend that didn't find me donning my pirate costume. instead, it found me turning 4 batches of chocolate cookie dough into cookies the size of your head. :) that takes awhile. longer than i was expecting, really. but rumor has it they were good enough to make it worthwhile.

so why was i making so many head-sized cookies? the youth group had a bonfire on sunday night. and, as only mark can manage, it was a fire beyond most folks' imagination. i've seen a lot of fires before. i've even seen a lot of mark's fires before. but i think sunday night was the first bonfire i've actually seen explode. yes, i said explode. and unless there's a better word to describe a large boom followed by the fire pile dispersing itself about 25 feet in every direction, i'm pretty sure "explode" is accurate.

it was cool.

no, no one was hurt. had someone gotten hurt, it would not have been cool.

and it was cool.

and yes, mark, i think jonathan would have been proud.

halloween saturday

every few months my sister and i get together with a bunch of gals for "girls night". we hang out at my house, eat lots of food, and play silly games. this time, in the spirit of the season, we had "ghoul's night"... costumes required. (see the photo on my last post) most notable - chrissy for making her own snow white dress.

of course the goodies had to be festive as well, right? so we had rice krispie treat bats, dipped in chocolate with red m&m eyes. and a bowl full of gumball eyes (that had blood inside) and gummy skull & crossbones - plus the hershey's halloween mix (peppermint battys!) and other random sugary goodness. AND ghoul's night happened to fall the day after jonah's birthday, so we had a little frankenstein cake for him. plus taffy apple salad. and i tried packing a cheese ball in my brain jell-o mold, but it didn't hold the shape. but it still tasted really good. :) and jessica brought this fantastic pumpkin dip. and becca (not me, the dead prom queen becca) had made popcorn balls. and chrissy brought chocolate chip cookies. and april brought her chili cheese dip with the good chips. mmmm...

and i learned i don't like ginger snaps. but i like gingerbread cookies. curious.

computer's back

i felt the need to post & say my computer is functioning again. i decided to wipe the whole thing clean and start over. so i have about 3 useful programs installed right now. just enough to post this photo. :) more to come.

top ten... wednesday?

alright, so the second week into my "top ten tuesdays" kick, i missed it. my computer's been acting goofy lately, and i haven't had time to post from the office. work's been super busy, and by the time i get home the last thing i want to do is wrestle another computer. plus, i've been super tired lately, and i'm not sure why. i've also been preoccupied with wanting to post about my halloween saturday. and halloween night itself, for that matter. granted, i haven't posted about either of them yet... but first i need my computer to be normal so i can post the photos from saturday, and then i can post about sunday. they have to be in order to avoid confusion. i could post a top ten now, but it's not tuesday, and that could get super confusing. and coming up with 10 cohesive thoughts just hasn't been my forte lately.

and that, my friends, is my top ten reasons why there was no "top ten tuesday" this week ;)

hello, november

november:
family stories month
peanut butter lover's month
national fun with fondue month

november 3 - sandwich day
november 6 - saxophone day
november 13 - world kindness day, solar eclipse
november 21 - world hello day
november 24 - what do you love about america day