it's so hot today! i'm really sticky. elly said that the temp outside was close to 90 degrees, but joel checked his g1 and said it's 84 degrees. well, i'm right. i just stepped outside and my body guaged the heat to round up somewhere close to 100.9.
momma d and i are about to go shopping for burgers and brats and hot dog buns for a cookout. she asked poppa d if he could grill tonight, but he just said no. then joel said no. and then when she asked kyle, i'm not sure what he said, although it could have been yes, since he got really excited about brats.
i'm talking about stuff that doesn't really matter because i have a feeling that at any moment, momma d might be done puttering in the kitchen and doing the dishes and leave for the grocery store without me! type faster! let's see....
this morning, as i was driving down the damon's street, i was speeding. going about 35 in a 25 mph zone...i've gotten a ticket down this street before - and let me just say that it was a better cop experience than the last one i had in oregon! (the one where i wasn't doing anything wrong and the cop pulled me over for no apparent reason! then he found out i didn't have my license with me...and then he yelled at me and said he would take my car away if i tried to drive it again without a license with me). anyway, down this street, there usually are cops, but they pick on you only on certain times of the day, and i didn't suppose this was one of them. i wasn't paying attention.
suddenly, i noticed two cars chugging along slowly on the opposite lane, floating by me bumper to bumper. the second car was a clunky old lincoln. i peered through the front windshield, trying to catch a glimpse of the driver, who seemed to be motioning something at me. i could barely see a white, fuzzy little head perched over the steering wheel. two knobby old hands were waving in a semi-frantic warning to slow down. a little old man was telling me to pay attention to the cop sidled up along the road behind them! he was parked, lying in wait for drivers like me - but a tiny, wrinkled stranger saved my life! i didn't get a ticket!
ah, i have to go!
love.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
jelly beans!
nothing spectacular happened to-day.
i slept in too late, finished a movie i was watching last night, went shopping at target for food and clothes, lifted weights a bit, talked with mum and buttercup (becca :), took a shower, tidied up my house, bought too many things at borders (a book about the ocean was one item; i had to add it to my collection because i've been pining for the sea all day!), and now i'm at the damon's, having been stuffed to the brim with taco bell.
poppa d is in the dining room on his computer, smacking on something while he does pastorly things, and momma d is on the phone with grandad, catching up. when joel gets home, we're going to go to the store to get some nummy candies! then we'll come back home and watch fool's gold! i've already seen it, but i really really want to see it again! i saw it with mum and dad around my birthday last year - that's why i liked it so much; we saw it in the heavenly house they rent in san jose. mmmm!!!
oh! joel's back! we have to go get candy! i'll write a lovely piece about what i learned in the Bible today. i spent just enough time to catch on something beautiful. love love love!
i slept in too late, finished a movie i was watching last night, went shopping at target for food and clothes, lifted weights a bit, talked with mum and buttercup (becca :), took a shower, tidied up my house, bought too many things at borders (a book about the ocean was one item; i had to add it to my collection because i've been pining for the sea all day!), and now i'm at the damon's, having been stuffed to the brim with taco bell.
poppa d is in the dining room on his computer, smacking on something while he does pastorly things, and momma d is on the phone with grandad, catching up. when joel gets home, we're going to go to the store to get some nummy candies! then we'll come back home and watch fool's gold! i've already seen it, but i really really want to see it again! i saw it with mum and dad around my birthday last year - that's why i liked it so much; we saw it in the heavenly house they rent in san jose. mmmm!!!
oh! joel's back! we have to go get candy! i'll write a lovely piece about what i learned in the Bible today. i spent just enough time to catch on something beautiful. love love love!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
little bit late tonight
all day today i thought about starting a blog - i've been toddling around with the thought of cancelling my facebook/myspace just because i don't have very much time in my hands to consistently check in on it.
blogs are nice because you can spit out some words and they'll stick to the internet - no one has to be your friend to see them! no obligations, just little parts of my thoughts scrawled into life on the web.
i like blogging because not only is it a "say it when you want to, when you have the time," without all the distractions of an ad-cluttered "friend-place," but after a long day of work, i like to spread out all my collected wonderings and look at them. and let other people look at them! i like input, advice, and opinions.
one last lovely catalyst has spun me in this direction, and that is my new job. in it, everything i type down must be abbreviated, and i'm terrified of forgetting how to spell a whole word - whether it be involuntary or determined by the power of my will. for instance: i've worked at this new place of employment for approximately three days where typing was involved. in those three short days, i have already trained myself to think like this:
1 lst lvly ctlyst hs spn me in ths drctn; tht is my nw jb. evrthng i wrt mst be abb, and im trfd of frgtng hw to spll (wll cll spll...i think like this, now! it saddens me greatly) a whl wrd - wthr it b invlntry or dtrmnd by the pwr of my wll....
oh, it's horrific! i am not a fan! i like it, to some degree, but i LOVE whole words! no offense, short words, but i LOVE a word as it stands - vowels and everything! i'm determined to keep from falling into this pit of lopping out beautiful, vital sounds; my typing time won't slow down, either. i have decided these things: to maintain the integrity of my vocabulary by honoring their entire state of lettering, and also continue typing a lot faster than i do at work. i don't want to be a slowpoke writer!
see, now. i am quite happy to have this blog going. i feel better already; my spelling is no longer in jeapordy, and i have some place to spew when i need to.
THANK YOU FOR THE EASTER BASKET, MOM AND DAD!!!!!!!!!!!
i ate a bunch of jelly beans before i had mac and cheese and peas, tonight! i'm about to sink my teeth into the chocolate easter bunny :) i wish i could give you guys the ears!
when the ups man came today to make the final attempt to drop off your package to me, i had surprised him by leaving a note at the bottom of my door with my signature on it. he, in turn, graciously gifted me with the brown box filled with treats from you both :) the one thing that threw me off guard was the fact that he had lain my bright blue lawn chair across the top of it, guarding it from potential thieves, i suppose. however, if i were a thief and spotted a bright blue lawn chair crookedly propped up against the metal bottom of a door, i might inspect it further, and decide to take the present AND the chair.
although, maybe it was a very wise attempt to disguise the box, making it look junky, because that was the second thought that popcorned in my brain: i'm such a messy homeowner! i'm becoming one of those people who throw garbage out their windows into the trees outside - one of those who let grass and trees root themselves in their rusted, downtrodden tomato trucks! (or worse: couches and mattresses!) so, if that were the case, i suppose i would not have investigated the box, because it just looked peculiar in its sloppiness.
oh, man. i gotta go away from this screen now. LOVE YOU.
blogs are nice because you can spit out some words and they'll stick to the internet - no one has to be your friend to see them! no obligations, just little parts of my thoughts scrawled into life on the web.
i like blogging because not only is it a "say it when you want to, when you have the time," without all the distractions of an ad-cluttered "friend-place," but after a long day of work, i like to spread out all my collected wonderings and look at them. and let other people look at them! i like input, advice, and opinions.
one last lovely catalyst has spun me in this direction, and that is my new job. in it, everything i type down must be abbreviated, and i'm terrified of forgetting how to spell a whole word - whether it be involuntary or determined by the power of my will. for instance: i've worked at this new place of employment for approximately three days where typing was involved. in those three short days, i have already trained myself to think like this:
1 lst lvly ctlyst hs spn me in ths drctn; tht is my nw jb. evrthng i wrt mst be abb, and im trfd of frgtng hw to spll (wll cll spll...i think like this, now! it saddens me greatly) a whl wrd - wthr it b invlntry or dtrmnd by the pwr of my wll....
oh, it's horrific! i am not a fan! i like it, to some degree, but i LOVE whole words! no offense, short words, but i LOVE a word as it stands - vowels and everything! i'm determined to keep from falling into this pit of lopping out beautiful, vital sounds; my typing time won't slow down, either. i have decided these things: to maintain the integrity of my vocabulary by honoring their entire state of lettering, and also continue typing a lot faster than i do at work. i don't want to be a slowpoke writer!
see, now. i am quite happy to have this blog going. i feel better already; my spelling is no longer in jeapordy, and i have some place to spew when i need to.
THANK YOU FOR THE EASTER BASKET, MOM AND DAD!!!!!!!!!!!
i ate a bunch of jelly beans before i had mac and cheese and peas, tonight! i'm about to sink my teeth into the chocolate easter bunny :) i wish i could give you guys the ears!
when the ups man came today to make the final attempt to drop off your package to me, i had surprised him by leaving a note at the bottom of my door with my signature on it. he, in turn, graciously gifted me with the brown box filled with treats from you both :) the one thing that threw me off guard was the fact that he had lain my bright blue lawn chair across the top of it, guarding it from potential thieves, i suppose. however, if i were a thief and spotted a bright blue lawn chair crookedly propped up against the metal bottom of a door, i might inspect it further, and decide to take the present AND the chair.
although, maybe it was a very wise attempt to disguise the box, making it look junky, because that was the second thought that popcorned in my brain: i'm such a messy homeowner! i'm becoming one of those people who throw garbage out their windows into the trees outside - one of those who let grass and trees root themselves in their rusted, downtrodden tomato trucks! (or worse: couches and mattresses!) so, if that were the case, i suppose i would not have investigated the box, because it just looked peculiar in its sloppiness.
oh, man. i gotta go away from this screen now. LOVE YOU.
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