I am so exhausted! I have had such a busy week! I babysat every single day this week, two of those days were full days from 7 am - 6:30 in the evening. Therefore causing me to be too tired to blog last night. Today I had the privilege of going to my friend and bible study leader's wedding. It was a really nice wedding and reception. And I am so glad that I got to go to their wedding and celebrate their special day with them. But all of the weeks events, I am so tired, and can barely keep my eyes open. There is so much I want to write about, but can't bring myself to do it tonight, as I am falling asleep at the computer. All of the idea's going around in my head will have to be saved until tomorrow and throughout the week.
I am going to crawl into bed now and think about nothing except for catching up on my sleep. For next week is another long week!
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Happy Moments
Sometimes you just need to stop, and enjoy life.
Today I did that. I had a great day babysitting, I took the kids to the fountains at an outdoor mall.
We had a great time, and it's those moments that make life worth living for me.
Today I did that. I had a great day babysitting, I took the kids to the fountains at an outdoor mall.
We had a great time, and it's those moments that make life worth living for me.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
A Few Thoughts
Ok, so I really don't even know what to blog about today. I have tossed ideas around in my mind all day, and now that it is 10:15 at night, I can't really bring myself to write about any of them.
At this point, I have already babysat 2 days this week, and still have 2 more days of babysitting to go. 2 more very long days, 7am-7pm about. Since this is my job, and I get good money, I can't really complain, but I am sure tired. I am not really looking forward to the next two days. Some days are really great for babysitting. I have a great time with the kids or we just have a lot of fun. But then there are other days where I wonder why I didn't just get a real job this summer. Like today, I had to deal with a sick child all day. Not much fun. Not much fun either when the kids fight and argue all day long. So hopefully these next two days will go smoothly.
There is something that I found out today that made me happy and excited. There is a new show starting up in July on NBC called "Singing Bee". A show where contestants are judged on how well they know the words to songs, not their singing ability. The show looks like it will be funny, but what is even more great is...guess who is hosting it?! Joey Fatone! The celebrity that I met in California a few weeks ago. I am so excited to tell and show people that I have met him!
Also, my brother, Jake, just planned last minute to go on a backpacking trip with his youth group. There are only a few kids going, and he is really looking forward to the trip. He wrote a very nice blog about his fears and expectations for the trip. And I have no doubt that God will provide, and not disappoint him. I hope he gets everything he wants from this trip, and so much more. Being alone in the wilderness for a full week with just him, a few kids, and God sounds like a great experience! I'm sure it will be an experience in which he will never forget.
That's all for tonight. I should be heading to bed soon since I have to wake up at the crack of dawn. Goodnight!
At this point, I have already babysat 2 days this week, and still have 2 more days of babysitting to go. 2 more very long days, 7am-7pm about. Since this is my job, and I get good money, I can't really complain, but I am sure tired. I am not really looking forward to the next two days. Some days are really great for babysitting. I have a great time with the kids or we just have a lot of fun. But then there are other days where I wonder why I didn't just get a real job this summer. Like today, I had to deal with a sick child all day. Not much fun. Not much fun either when the kids fight and argue all day long. So hopefully these next two days will go smoothly.
There is something that I found out today that made me happy and excited. There is a new show starting up in July on NBC called "Singing Bee". A show where contestants are judged on how well they know the words to songs, not their singing ability. The show looks like it will be funny, but what is even more great is...guess who is hosting it?! Joey Fatone! The celebrity that I met in California a few weeks ago. I am so excited to tell and show people that I have met him!
Also, my brother, Jake, just planned last minute to go on a backpacking trip with his youth group. There are only a few kids going, and he is really looking forward to the trip. He wrote a very nice blog about his fears and expectations for the trip. And I have no doubt that God will provide, and not disappoint him. I hope he gets everything he wants from this trip, and so much more. Being alone in the wilderness for a full week with just him, a few kids, and God sounds like a great experience! I'm sure it will be an experience in which he will never forget.
That's all for tonight. I should be heading to bed soon since I have to wake up at the crack of dawn. Goodnight!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Can You Say LAZY?
Ok, I admit that I am a pretty lazy person. But as I was watching my neighbor standing on his porch this morning with a cup of coffee in his hands watching a lawn mowing robot type thing cut his grass for him, I couldn't help but think, what is this world coming to??? If you have to stand outside and facilitate the machine cutting your grass anyway, why not just cut the freaking grass yourself? At least this way you could get some good exercise doing it!
My mom told me a story a while back that when her and Jake were driving home and saw somebody driving in our neighborhood with their arm out the window holding onto a leash that was attached to a dog. Somebody was walking their dog while driving?!?! I mean come on! What is this world coming to? If you want your dog to get out and be walked, either hire somebody to do it, or get off your butt and walk around the block yourself!
Technology has a big thing to do with all of this. In this day and age, you can do almost anything with technology. They have all these programs that I don't even know what the point of them is. Like photoshop. I hear it's really great and can do cool things, and since I am not really into that sort of thing I wouldn't know. All I know is that I could be photoshopped into a picture of the family that I was not even there for! The Internet is a great thing. You can do almost anything on the Internet. You can now buy all your music online. Buy movies online, and even rent movies online. You can even now shop and get all your groceries online! It's like nobody ever needs to leave their house anymore for anything!
Even though I am usually a lazy person, I hope I never get to this point. I think things need to change, and people need to start getting out of their houses, and into the world a little more! That's all I have to say about that. Thanks for reading.
My mom told me a story a while back that when her and Jake were driving home and saw somebody driving in our neighborhood with their arm out the window holding onto a leash that was attached to a dog. Somebody was walking their dog while driving?!?! I mean come on! What is this world coming to? If you want your dog to get out and be walked, either hire somebody to do it, or get off your butt and walk around the block yourself!
Technology has a big thing to do with all of this. In this day and age, you can do almost anything with technology. They have all these programs that I don't even know what the point of them is. Like photoshop. I hear it's really great and can do cool things, and since I am not really into that sort of thing I wouldn't know. All I know is that I could be photoshopped into a picture of the family that I was not even there for! The Internet is a great thing. You can do almost anything on the Internet. You can now buy all your music online. Buy movies online, and even rent movies online. You can even now shop and get all your groceries online! It's like nobody ever needs to leave their house anymore for anything!
Even though I am usually a lazy person, I hope I never get to this point. I think things need to change, and people need to start getting out of their houses, and into the world a little more! That's all I have to say about that. Thanks for reading.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Three GREAT Roommates!
I miss my roommates! I thought by the end of the year, I would want nothing more than to get out of the dorm rooms and come home for the summer. When the time finally came, I was excited. I was excited to leave the tiny dorm rooms, to come home and be with my family for the whole summer. But now a month and a half into summer, I wish I could be back in the 6112 dorm room, with the 3 most amazing roommates ever!I miss our Uno and Phase 10 tournaments. I miss the loud music and singing. I miss Kristen always coming into my room saying "how's life, Danielle?". I miss Sammie's expressive language toward anything, good or bad. And I miss Richelle's opinions on anything and everything that was going on in her life at the time. I miss coming back from class being greeted by the 3 people I considered family. That's kind of what we became over the past year, is a family. Living together, you get to know each other more than anybody else, and getting along as well as the four of us did, I considered us kind of like a family for the year. I miss everything about the year, including the food at the lodge. Ok, well maybe not everything.
I know we will all 4 remain friends next year, and we will visit each other a lot. But it will never be the same, like it was our freshmen year living together in the 6112. So thank you guys for a great freshmen year, I could not have asked for better roommates!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Smiles From Heaven
That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind, when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace - a new life in a new land! Romans 6:3 (The Message)
Today I went to the reservoir with the church that my parents go to. It was very hot, but nevertheless, a good time. The pastor of the church had the privilege of baptizing two adults from the church. It just hit home for me again, how special being baptized really is.
I was baptized when I was a little bit younger, along with my brother. We were baptized by the pastor of our church in the pool of the camp ground that our family, along with our church, went to every Labor Day weekend to camp. It was a special baptism, but at that age I know now that I did not know what it meant to be baptized. It was not until the beginning of my freshmen year in college that i really learned the meaning of baptism.
Seeing the people being baptized in the reservoir was such a great experience. It is so great that they want to walk with Jesus for the rest of their life, and make that dedication. And for all their friends and family to be there and witness and see them being brought out of the water into their "new life" was such a special experience.
I found this passage from the bible (beginning of blog) at the beginning of the year. It was from the version called The Message, and it made me think about baptism in a whole new way. Being baptized really does mean being brought into a new life, where you will walk with Jesus Christ the rest of that life. Leaving all the sin of your old life behind, and not having to worry about any of it, because you are filled with the love of Jesus.
God does wonderful things everyday, and I am thankful that I got to witness some of those experiences today at the reservoir.
Today I went to the reservoir with the church that my parents go to. It was very hot, but nevertheless, a good time. The pastor of the church had the privilege of baptizing two adults from the church. It just hit home for me again, how special being baptized really is.
I was baptized when I was a little bit younger, along with my brother. We were baptized by the pastor of our church in the pool of the camp ground that our family, along with our church, went to every Labor Day weekend to camp. It was a special baptism, but at that age I know now that I did not know what it meant to be baptized. It was not until the beginning of my freshmen year in college that i really learned the meaning of baptism.
Seeing the people being baptized in the reservoir was such a great experience. It is so great that they want to walk with Jesus for the rest of their life, and make that dedication. And for all their friends and family to be there and witness and see them being brought out of the water into their "new life" was such a special experience.
I found this passage from the bible (beginning of blog) at the beginning of the year. It was from the version called The Message, and it made me think about baptism in a whole new way. Being baptized really does mean being brought into a new life, where you will walk with Jesus Christ the rest of that life. Leaving all the sin of your old life behind, and not having to worry about any of it, because you are filled with the love of Jesus.
God does wonderful things everyday, and I am thankful that I got to witness some of those experiences today at the reservoir.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
A Story for Saturday?
Today, when my mom, dad and I were coming home from getting smoothies we saw a few of our neighbor boys selling lemonade. Since Jake and I used to do this all the time as kids, and being the nice people we are, we decided to buy some. Of course, the kids are always so pleased to see somebody drive or walk up to their lemonade stand. I'm not sure if they are happy because they are looking forward to having another quarter in their jar, or if they are just hot and bored and just want to pour another cup of lemonade.
It brings me back to the days when my brother, Jake, and I were little. My parents would always make us a pitcher (sometimes more) of Kool-Aid, and we would always sit out on the street with our nicely set up table, trying to sell our Kool-Aid. Of course, if it were up to us, we would have sold it for $1 per cup. But my parents always talked us out of that, convincing us that we would make more money if we sold it for cheaper, like .10 cents per cup. At the end of the day, splitting up the coins evenly between Jake and I, we always thought we were rich. Not realizing until later in life, that it was our parents all along who contributed most of the money for our Kool-Aid.
I remember that Kool-Aid was not the only thing Jake and I tried to sell. I remember most of the neighborhood kids taking out all of our pads of paper and markers to draw pretty pictures. When we were all finished we rolled them all up and put them in our red wagon, and walked door to door trying to sell them. Of course all of the parents of the kids in the neighborhood bought one of two, but I remember one lady in particular who just pretended to get so excited about our posters. We would sit there and show them all to her, and she would end up buying almost all of them. It brought a smile to all of our faces, including hers.
My mom tells me that Jake and I used to try and sell rocks also. We would take rocks from our yard and try to sell them to people. Now, even though I don't remember this, I wouldn't put it past us.
All these memories makes me realize how much fun kids can have with very little. And how much simpler life was back then when all we had to worry about was if we would have enough lemonade or Kool-Aid to sell. I wish I could go back to these days sometimes. When the stress of life was nothing compared to how it is now, 10 years later. But when I look back and remember these fun times, it's almost as if I were back there. Sitting on the street sidewalk selling my lemonade, without a care in the world.
It brings me back to the days when my brother, Jake, and I were little. My parents would always make us a pitcher (sometimes more) of Kool-Aid, and we would always sit out on the street with our nicely set up table, trying to sell our Kool-Aid. Of course, if it were up to us, we would have sold it for $1 per cup. But my parents always talked us out of that, convincing us that we would make more money if we sold it for cheaper, like .10 cents per cup. At the end of the day, splitting up the coins evenly between Jake and I, we always thought we were rich. Not realizing until later in life, that it was our parents all along who contributed most of the money for our Kool-Aid.
I remember that Kool-Aid was not the only thing Jake and I tried to sell. I remember most of the neighborhood kids taking out all of our pads of paper and markers to draw pretty pictures. When we were all finished we rolled them all up and put them in our red wagon, and walked door to door trying to sell them. Of course all of the parents of the kids in the neighborhood bought one of two, but I remember one lady in particular who just pretended to get so excited about our posters. We would sit there and show them all to her, and she would end up buying almost all of them. It brought a smile to all of our faces, including hers.
My mom tells me that Jake and I used to try and sell rocks also. We would take rocks from our yard and try to sell them to people. Now, even though I don't remember this, I wouldn't put it past us.
All these memories makes me realize how much fun kids can have with very little. And how much simpler life was back then when all we had to worry about was if we would have enough lemonade or Kool-Aid to sell. I wish I could go back to these days sometimes. When the stress of life was nothing compared to how it is now, 10 years later. But when I look back and remember these fun times, it's almost as if I were back there. Sitting on the street sidewalk selling my lemonade, without a care in the world.
Friday, June 22, 2007
I Heart California
This is all I have done today, set up a blogging account. I set it up in attempt to try and write a few times a week. Write about what? Oh, I don't know. My life, my friends, my family, movies, books, whatever I feel like that particular day. Hopefully I can keep myself motivated enough to keep it up. But I'm sure I will, since my mom blogs everyday, and she will be continuously reminding me to write everyday.
Supposedly, today is "show and tell Friday". But I really don't have anything to show and tell about. So I will briefly "tell" about my recent trip to California.
I was in California for almost 2 full weeks. I went out a week earlier to spend time with my grandma, and to work in her classroom (she is a pre-k teacher). It was nice working and helping out in a classroom. Since I want to be a teacher I thought it was a perfect opportunity to start getting involved in actual classrooms. Even though it was nice to get the experience, it was definitely not relaxing! Kids are not always sweet, cute, and innocent. There were a few challenging times during the week where I questioned if I really wanted to be a teacher. But even though it was hard, I think I am still up for the challenge! All together, it was a really great week, being alone with my grandma all week, but it went by too fast! Before I knew it, we were at the airport picking up the rest of the family.
The second week was fun as well. It always is when there are more people there. The rest of the family came out, along with my brother's (Jake) girlfriend. We got to meet up with my dad's siblings to take some family pictures, which came out really nice! My aunt and baby cousin got to come stay with my grandma and us for a few days after that. I had not seen her so grown up, so it was very enjoyable to see her at this new age! Visiting family is always great, especially if you live in Colorado like us, and the whole family lives in California. So it was nice for our family to see everybody and catch up. But nothing can beat family EXCEPT for...of course...DISNEYLAND!
I won't go into much detail, because I know it's already a long blog. But Disneyland was one of the highlights of my week! It was great to go on all those fun rides again, and be back in the Disney atmosphere! The only disappointing thing was that the new Finding Nemo submarine rides had just opened, and the wait was somewhere around 3 hours. Next time I go back to Disneyland, I will definitely make it a priority to go on that ride!
The beach was really great too. Being in Colorado, and then visiting California, the beach and ocean is always a marvelous thing to see. My grandma told me while I was out there that sometimes when she looks at the ocean, she wonders how it is that people don't believe in God. I have to agree with her. There are just some sights that you look at, and see God's beauty all around. The ocean definitely being one of them.
Just a quick final note. The whole week I was trying to find a celebrity. I didn't care who it was, I just wanted to see somebody famous! We even took a trip to Hollywood, but found nobody. I was REALLY wanting to find Adam Brody, but I guess he just wasn't ready to meet his soul mate yet. On the evening we were returning home, we were sitting at the airport waiting for our plane to board I saw somebody! I looked at him knowing he looked familiar, I later told my mom that I thought he was a member from N'sync. Sure enough, it was! It was Joey Fatone from N'sync and the previous runner up from Dancing with the Stars. Jake's girlfriend, Hollee, and I went over to meet him and get our picture with him! He was a nice guy, and I was sure ecstatic to finally have met a celebrity!
All together, it was a great vacation! I wish I could have stayed there all summer (I even tried talking my parents into it). But all vacations must come to an end. Besides the bad sunburn I got on the last day, there was nothing I would complain about!
Thanks for reading, and I will try to make them shorter blogs in the future!
Supposedly, today is "show and tell Friday". But I really don't have anything to show and tell about. So I will briefly "tell" about my recent trip to California.
I was in California for almost 2 full weeks. I went out a week earlier to spend time with my grandma, and to work in her classroom (she is a pre-k teacher). It was nice working and helping out in a classroom. Since I want to be a teacher I thought it was a perfect opportunity to start getting involved in actual classrooms. Even though it was nice to get the experience, it was definitely not relaxing! Kids are not always sweet, cute, and innocent. There were a few challenging times during the week where I questioned if I really wanted to be a teacher. But even though it was hard, I think I am still up for the challenge! All together, it was a really great week, being alone with my grandma all week, but it went by too fast! Before I knew it, we were at the airport picking up the rest of the family.
The second week was fun as well. It always is when there are more people there. The rest of the family came out, along with my brother's (Jake) girlfriend. We got to meet up with my dad's siblings to take some family pictures, which came out really nice! My aunt and baby cousin got to come stay with my grandma and us for a few days after that. I had not seen her so grown up, so it was very enjoyable to see her at this new age! Visiting family is always great, especially if you live in Colorado like us, and the whole family lives in California. So it was nice for our family to see everybody and catch up. But nothing can beat family EXCEPT for...of course...DISNEYLAND!
I won't go into much detail, because I know it's already a long blog. But Disneyland was one of the highlights of my week! It was great to go on all those fun rides again, and be back in the Disney atmosphere! The only disappointing thing was that the new Finding Nemo submarine rides had just opened, and the wait was somewhere around 3 hours. Next time I go back to Disneyland, I will definitely make it a priority to go on that ride!
The beach was really great too. Being in Colorado, and then visiting California, the beach and ocean is always a marvelous thing to see. My grandma told me while I was out there that sometimes when she looks at the ocean, she wonders how it is that people don't believe in God. I have to agree with her. There are just some sights that you look at, and see God's beauty all around. The ocean definitely being one of them.
Just a quick final note. The whole week I was trying to find a celebrity. I didn't care who it was, I just wanted to see somebody famous! We even took a trip to Hollywood, but found nobody. I was REALLY wanting to find Adam Brody, but I guess he just wasn't ready to meet his soul mate yet. On the evening we were returning home, we were sitting at the airport waiting for our plane to board I saw somebody! I looked at him knowing he looked familiar, I later told my mom that I thought he was a member from N'sync. Sure enough, it was! It was Joey Fatone from N'sync and the previous runner up from Dancing with the Stars. Jake's girlfriend, Hollee, and I went over to meet him and get our picture with him! He was a nice guy, and I was sure ecstatic to finally have met a celebrity!
All together, it was a great vacation! I wish I could have stayed there all summer (I even tried talking my parents into it). But all vacations must come to an end. Besides the bad sunburn I got on the last day, there was nothing I would complain about!
Thanks for reading, and I will try to make them shorter blogs in the future!
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