December 2008
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top 5 memories of 2008.
last night was a great, stay up eating & talking until 5am, girls night. it was a sunny day so i wore my moccasin slippers. today i woke up at jaclyn’s and there’s a blizzard out. i’m really sad thinking about how cold and wet my feet are going to be very soon. burrrrrughghugh.
at the end of every year i like to reflect & do a little vh1 “best year ever” action.
soo im currently choosing pictures to show 2008: the best year ever! i made a little list of all of my fondest memories and decided to wordle it. (below). i like how it turned out. judging by the word size, i guess i learned a lot this year.
the day after christmas always brings this weird sadness with it.
& basically everything in my life is really weird right now. i kind of wish jaclyn were home.
mom: we're going to grace church on christmas eve.
me: noo we have to go to the chapel!
erik: yeah, why do we have to go to gray's church?
mom: not gray's church. grace church.
erik: gray's?
me: GGRRAACCEE. the blessing!
only those familiar with the movie christmas vacation can appreciate the greatness of this conversation .
“nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who are in distress. in the...”
– isaiah 9:1-7.
i know it’s ridiculously long. but i couldn’t shorten it. i absolutely love it. merry christmas! :)
davis jones? →
tonight my brother & i are going to see his long time bff & my friend who lets me stay at his house in san fran for free, davis jones! that didn’t really make sense? anyways. i was looking for his myspace and only found this little guy. hahaha i love it.
soo i just finished reading divine nobodies by jim palmer & would definitely recommend it. 2 thumbs up.
Watchi was going to wait to until christmas to post this. but i just couldn’t wait any longer.
sooo merry christmas!
so i got really excessive with photos in this one. sooo just to warn you. there’s just been so much going on that i want to make known to the world.
including: for the first time ever the fam and i went & cut down a tree for christmas! life long dream: check!
“oh im not here with these fellas. ive got a pig in competition over at the...”
– haha im just having a big craving to watch that thing you do.
does mrs. claus have a name?
just a few key things:
today was the last day at arabica for jac & i and we just milked it for all it was worth. our fav customers were like crying and leaving us mad tips. probably because we made a little sign and put it on the tip jar that said: it’s april & jaclyn’s last day! :( merry christmas! needless to say, that little number sure did work in our favor.
3rd annual...
i dont know what’s going on. but i dont like it.
yesterday was my last day of classes/exams and my computer couldnt have picked a more perfect time to die. sooo i prob wont have a computer over break. but im actually really glad i wont have it to distract me. i have soo much to do. like reading the books on my list, organizing my lesson plans, freaking out about teaching 3rd graders (who i met today. who happen to be bigger than me. who also...
“i only know the names of two angels, hark and harold.”
– a 5 year old little boy. haha my brother emailed it to me.
lalia comes home in exactly one week. she is reaaaallly bummed about this. but i could not be happier.
i keep forgetting christmas is sooo soon. so far ive bought nooo presents. i want to make them all i think. homemade presents are way more meaningful. and im brokey.
i think today is going to be a day that i post approximately 18 times.
important news:
in august im 110% going on the world race. which means. ireland. romania. israel. jordan. egypt. kenya. uganda. vagabonding around africa. vietnam. cambodia. thailand. o.m.g.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
babysitting & being accepted to the world race.
me: mya i just got great news!
mya: who was on the phone?
me: my friend telling me that i get to go on a trip around the world!
mya: can i come?
me: well. arent you going to disney world soon?
mya: yeah.
me: livi! i get to go on a trip all around the world.
olivia: oh.
me: do you want to hear about all the countries i get to go to?
olivia: florida?
oh my gosh. as if christmas couldnt get any...
today i think i’ll spend my day in sweatpants, reading and drinking tea. tonight i think i’ll paint. christmas break isnt even officially here but life is already looking up.
“I am currently living on a pseudo christian farm where i wear hippie clothes...”
– still loving to get emails from lalia. cant wait until my life is this crazy/adventurous again.
lately 90% of my time has been spent laughing. and the other 10% smiling over what i was laughing about. life is really good. right now i really like living in a place where i know everyone. where i go to school and see people i know everywhere and sit down to study and have at least 4 friends drop by my table. i love knowing everyone who comes into the coffee shop and feeling like i live in this...
“i just dont have the time and energy to waste anymore on reveling in...”
– jim palmer - divine nobodies. book #1 on my list of books to read over christmas break.
yeah. im "that girl."
im in the student union starbucks frantically writing a paper and i just saw 2 girls from my class in the distance. well, they started smiling and waving a lot and at first i was like, hm. that’s weird. we’re not even really friends and they seem really excited to see me. so of course i smiled and waved. and then they just came into the starbucks, walked past me still smiling and...
“i dont think ive ever seen you with make up on. you look like a beauty queen.”
– aaron. most awesome compliment of the day. haha
matt: so you know how im student teaching in australia?
me: yeah!
matt: well i was looking online for places to stay while i'm there and i mixed up brothels & hostels.
me: oh no...
matt: yeah. i googled "australian brothels" and then realized i had it all wrong.
“i need to do one of those spacebooks.”
– dad.
haha i bet all of these digital social networks can get confusing to parents. myspace+facebook=spacebook.