San Fran Adventure

Yay! I FINALLY have some good quality time to post pictures from my San Fran Trip... so here is a little walk through my adventure....

Day 1
Leave nice and early from the South Bend Airport... I love flying west because it's like you get to fly back through time and get 3 "free" hours. I arrived with pleanty of time to do stuff all afternoon. Too bad I brough the bad weather with me. I was hoping for more sun!
Saturday night I had to stay in a hotel that I paid for out of my own pocket, so I went all out and found this sweet little hotel on expedia. It was a little hole in the wall with pleanty of charm. Perfect for the art "geek" in me.

It seriously was like staying in an art museum. Different sytles of art lined the hallways.

All the rooms were painted by different local artists with different "themes." Some of them were REALLY out there, and others were crazy fun.

My first room was SOOOO boring (it only had a few graphic pictures on the wall) so I nicely requested to see if I could move to a different room. (the guy across the cort-yard from me had this HUGE peacock on his wall, and I was jealous!) so they put me in this fun room with cartoons on the wall. haha. It made me smile.

Just down the street from my hotel was the entrance to China Town... so you can guess where I spent a lot my my afternoon. You got to love all the cheap and fun gifts you can get there, plus it was Chinese New Year... too much fun.

I asked the gal at the front desk of the hotel what spots I had to see while i was in town and she suggested Haight and Ashbury. This is the "hippie" section of town... a place where people like Jimmy Hendricks emerged from. Drank lots of coffee and meet some REALLY amazingly interesting people here. It was just nice to get out of the rain.

Day 2

Got up early. Yay for sunshine!! Off to Peir 39. Caught the first ferry to "the Rock." (aka Alkatraz Island) You have no idea how excited I was because many people told me that you had to buy your tickets early-- I guess that is the good thing about going during the "off" turist season!

AH! Somebody let me out of here! Oh wait.. I PAID to be here. *sheesh*
Phew.. I broke out of prison just in time...
After I got back to Peir 39 I went to check out the "mob" of sealions that have been living there since the big earthquake in 89. It was INSANE. (and smelled a lot like fish)

I wanted to sing the Rice-o-roni song. These things are a lot of fun.. especially when you are flying down a huge hill!!
Speaking of hills... uh, or something-- this is the "crooked-ist" street in the world. Lombard Street.
If you are in San Francisco, you HAVE to visit the Golden Gate Bridge... although it is definitely NOT golden. It's more of a redish color to be exact.
I was crazy and walked across the whole thing. Yeah, I did a LOT of walking while I was out there... It was sooo pretty.
I'm an arsty gal.. so you know I had some fun pics :)

Day 3

I moved into my new "posh" hotel. The beautiful Crown Royal. They supposedly didn't have enough single king sized beds, so I ended up in a room with two queens. Yeah, let me tell you that I had fun jumping on them BOTH~ haha!
Fun costum for a bell hop.

This is where the real WORK began... conference every day from 9-5:30. It was really interesting and I learned way too much. It's amazing that when you are doing something that you actually like, time just seems to fly by... in the evenings I still got to have fun though.
I really wanted to see the Pacific Ocean (I was in California afterall!!) so one evening after the conference I walked to the sea... I wish somebody would have told me the map wasn't really to scale and missing some roads before I walked TWENTY plus blocks!! lol.. yeah, the things you will do when you are desperate. :-D

Day 4

More conference stuff.
Went to go see the Oakland Bay Bridge. It was much prettier at night than the golden gate.

Day 5

Ok-- my camera started going crazy this night, so I only got one picture!! And that was of the yummy Ghirardelli square (where all the chocolate used to be made before they moved to a bigger location) I got to eat at a really nice resturant with my other designer friend that went with me and took the trolly the peir, walked through art galleries, and just enjoyed my last night in the city.

Day 6

Got up at 4am local time, and flew back to good ol South Bend. Yeah, total travel day. One highlight was flying into Detroit... they were all getting pumped up for the upcoming Super Bowl. woohoo. That was pretty crazy. It was one long day though.

All in all, great way to spend my first business trip. I learned a lot and had a great time! (bonus!) Life can just be too cool sometimes. Ok.. this post is FOREVER long enough... I'm out! Hope you enjoyed the pics... might post a few more later.

Looking for a few good books...

I went to the Chicago Auto show today with my brother. It was SWEET. Saw a lot of really cool cars.. and a few really ugly ones too! ha. More about that later... cause my brain still hurts from the car stimulation over-kill! (think one too many large screen tvs, bright flashy things, chrome wheels, rotating kiosks.. yeah, you get the idea)

I had a question though.. be for I sign off..

What, if anything, have you been reading these days? Or what have you read in the past few months that you really liked and would recommend?? Yeah.. I'm looking for a few good books-- as my "to read" list is getting short at the moment. Now that I am finally out of college where I was "forced" to read what they wanted us too, I am enjoying the freedom of exploring new books.. so any recommendations you have are appreciated!!

*Yawn*

Ok.. I am a podcast freak.. maybe it's because I am a computer geek, maybe I just love itunes, maybe because I'm always on the lookout for new music, or maybe it's because I just love that anyone can have their own "radio show". Yeah. Trust me, they are addicting. Anyway, I just wanted to feature one that I have really been enjoying. It's called The Bored Again Christian ad it plays a lot of different Christian music that you don't normally hear on any other christian radio stations around here (ug.. I could have some comments about that, but i'm going to let it go for now) Stuff from The Elms, Starflyer 59, The Danielson Famile, Kids in the Way, Pedro the Lion, Eisley, Sufjan Stevens, Pushstart Wagon plus lots more. Check it out!!

So yeah. I'm working on the computer all day, so podcasts are my friends. errr. or something like that.

My Jesus

The other day I heard this song on the radio and it really struck a chord with me.. let me share the lyrics with you...

My Jesus-- Todd Agnew

Which Jesus do you follow?
Which Jesus do you serve?
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ
Then why do you look so much like the world?

Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the arrogant
So which one do you want to be?

Blessed are the poor in spirit
Or do we pray to be blessed with the wealth of this land
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness
Or do we ache for another taste of this world of shifting sand

Cause my Jesus bled and died for my sins
He spent His time with thieves and sluts and liars
He loved the poor and accosted the rich
So which one do you want to be?

Who is this that you follow
This picture of the American dream
If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side
or fall down and worship at His holy feet

Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a clear complexion
Is how you see Him as He dies for Your sins
But the Word says He was battered and scarred
Or did you miss that part
Sometimes I doubt we'd recognize Him

Cause my Jesus bled and died
He spent His time with thieves and the least of these
He loved the poor and accosted the comfortable
So which one do you want to be?

Cause my Jesus would never be accepted in my church
The blood and dirt on His feet would stain the carpet
But He reaches for the hurting and despised the proud
I think He'd prefer Beale St. to the stained glass crowd
And I know that He can hear me if I cry out loud

I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!

Not a posterchild for American prosperity, but like my Jesus
You see I'm tired of living for success and popularity
I want to be like my Jesus but I'm not sure what that means
to be like You Jesus
Cause You said to live like You, love like You but then You died for me
Can I be like You Jesus?
I want to be like my Jesus

What does Jesus look like to YOU??
And what does following him REALLY look like?

ever have a night where you just can't sleep?!
to many thoughts running around in my brain....

boy, am I going to pay for this tomorrow.

*sigh*

Homelessness

They are everywhere... on the street corners, in the alley-ways, sleeping on a hill in the park. I know there is homelessness in SB, but maybe I don't notice it as much because it isn't to the magnitude as it is here. There is even homelessness in other big cities like Chicago, but maybe the weather is a lot less of a pain, so most of them thing San Fran is a better place to be. I guess I just have been really struggling this week with the in your face problem of homelessness and the fact that I just feel so helpless against it. Questions just keep hitting me-- like what can I personally do to make a difference? How can I love like Jesus? I guess what is hard for me is the massiveness of the problem-- even if I WERE to give ever homeless guy a quarter I wouldn't have enough!! They would just keep coming.... so what do you do? It is hard to just walk buy.... *sigh* So many questions.... life just seems to be full of them.

Ok.. back to my conference... catch ya later!

soooo... I didn't think I would get to post at ALL this week, and perhaps after this I won't be able to.. but I'm standing here in a most BEAUTIFUL Apple Store, typing away on a BEAUTIFUL Mac... and my world is good.
Just a few highlights to share with you so far
*China Town in San Fran is about 3 times as big as the one in Chicago.. but after awhile all the stores feel the same... still.. a great place to get cheap cute gifts for your family.
* I met a REAL hippie tonight when I ventured to Height and Ashbery (the place where Jimmy Hendrix and other of their kind originated from) and dude.. you can totally buy bong pipes here!
* The hotel that I am staying at tonight is practically an art mueseum! Every room is painted a different theme, and there are works of art hanging all through the halls. It is AMAZING!
* It's been raining all day. My shoes are squishy.
* Public Transportation CAN be amazing...
* I saw 4 monks today.
* There are a lot of homeless people. I pray for them when I see them. They are so in need of a savior. I even saw a guy with this huge hole in the side of his face. Sometimes this world breaks my heart.
* I need to learn how to tell DIRECTIONS!!!

Hopefully tomorrow will be nicer so that I can go to Alcatraz Island and Fisherman's Warf. I think that would be amazing.
Ok... time is limited, and my feet hurt (and are still squishy from the rain) so I think this is all for now. I may or may not have more time later to post or maybe not. Hey, at least now I know where I can find free internet. sweeeeeeet!

(ps, sorry for bad spelling.. for some reason the spell check tool is missing on my tool bar... weird)

I left My heart in San Francisco... or so the song goes

Well people.. it's official... by the time most of you read this I will either be in the air, or already in sunny San Francisco. Well, maybe it won't be sunny, but at least it will be about 20 degrees warmer than it is here, and that has GOT to count for SOMETHING! So yeah. It is going to be a lot of fun, and well, pretty sweet. Two fun days, three conference days, and one travel back home day. Craziness. I will take lots of pictures for you all, and I'm looking forward to catching up on all the blogs and myspaces when I get back.

Until then... cheerio.

The "new" Jen

So... this post is mostly for the people who don't live around here and haven't had a chance to see my new "do" :) I've been meaning to post these for awhile now... Yes, they really did cut about 12 inches off... and no, I really wasn't that sad to see it go. Sometimes change is good. Its cool to think that some little kid is going to be running around with MY hair-- Locks of Love is such a cool thing.

So... I've been thinking.. I still have all these pics from the Passion 06 Conference that I would like to put up here... and I still kinda want to blog about it, even though it happened a few weeks ago during my "no blog" period of life... do you think it would be ok and "cheat" and go back in time to make it up???

Wicked Wednesday-- DDR Resurrection

Yes... it's back.. and as bad as EVER! I know some of you out there have been missing my wacky/wicked Wednesday posts... so here is an exeptionally good one for you.

So, some of you may know that I am an avid Dance Dance Revolution fan. I have it for my PS, my xbox and now I even have it on my computer(over 600 songs buddy!) You would think I would be AMAZING at it now, but alas, I still have no cordination! ha! It's just a whole lot of fun, and really good exercise if you stick with it. It is great for parties and get-togethers.

Anyway... the site of the day.. a goofy satire site for my favorite video game... note, this IS a joke, and not real. I just HAD to share...

check it out HERE. (I especially like the "screenshots" of the results)

Blogger Blues

Ok.. so as many of you know, I haven't been around much in the "bloggisphere" since the beginning of this year. Now.. it's not like I've just had the most boring of life-- actually, quite the opposite. I guess I've just had a blogger "block". I want to blog, but I just CAN'T. It's like I'm stuck behind this wall. Weird. i know. Maybe it's the winter blahs- maybe I've just been working so hard at work and have had so many projects that I don't have time to mess around there, and by the time I get home at night the very LAST think I want to do is look at another computer (I'm with Jeanna on this one.. sometimes I just want to drop-kick the darn things, and I am supposed to LIKE them!) ahhhhhhhhhhh! ok there. I got it out. I'm feeling better. Time to get back in the groove.

oops. then I'm taking a trip and will be gone for a week. I guess this "grooviness" will have to start when I get back huh?

I really have missed you all. trust me.

The "Emergent" Church

So.. the other day on his blog, Stephen had a post about the "Emergant church"... well, I found a few articles a couple of months ago that I just thought I would put out there to see what you all think. So if you have a little extra time, and want to exercise some critical thinking, check these out and let me know what you think~

Getting Beyond 'Whatever': What the Church Can Learn from Emergents

But... Pitfalls the Emerging Church Needs to Avoid

House

Ok... so I'm just a LITTLE excited today... two of my favorite authors--Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti-- are teaming up to write a book AND it just happens to come out near my birthday! woohoo!! It's called House...

"In rural Alabama, two couples find themselves in a fight for survival. Running from a maniac bent on killing them, they flee deep into the woods and seek refuge in a house. They soon realize the killer has purposely lured them to this house and that they are now trapped. As they huddle around an old fireplace, a tin can falls through the chimney. Scrawled on its side is a message from the killer, establishing his House Rules. The rules call for their deaths unless they kill at least one of the four.

They have less than 12 hours to find a way to survive. At sunrise the game is over and everyone dies if the killer's demands aren't met. What they quickly learn is that the only way out . . . is in. But going further into this house--where unknown challenges await them--is equally deadly."

For any of you who are looking for a very interesting, well written, on the edge of your seat book-- I would highly suggest checking out any book written by Ted Dekker. Three, Blink and the Circle Trilogy(starting with the book Black) are a few of my favorites. I got really into this author a few years ago and have yet to be dissapointed by any of his books-- infact I like them enough that I personaly own about half of them-- and for me that is amazing since I don't usually buy a book unless I REALLY like it (to "feed" my book hunger I have my wonderful local library) I love books that can grab you and wisk you away to another place....

I could rant on and on... but really... you need to check these books out yourself.. and then tell me what you think.

PS- if you aren't a big reader-- I know that Ted Dekker's book Three is currently being made into a film, although honestly I'm not sure how great it is because most of the time when these sort of amazing book to movies come out I am let down... but I guess only time will tell.

Interesting site to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

dude... it's Friday the 13th!

Jen is a slacker... or just really really busy right now

so... random site of the day (until I have some quality time to actually POST something deep... sorry.. I have been swamped at work since I have gotten back from Nashville... and equally busy when I get home helping the gang get ready to go back to school... but more "real" Jen stuff coming soon) yeah.. random site.. What Would Jesus Blog? um... all I can say is "yeeaaaaaaah....." Crunch on that for awhile.

"The Safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."
-C.S. Lewis

an interesting quote I read on a friends away message... just thought I would share...

Holiday Party Excuse Generator

Ok.. I know it is after the holidays... but THIS is just tooooo cute not to show you. Maybe you can keep it in mind for next year!

TIP: Try all the different options just so you can see all the funny expressions/actions of the snowman!

Can somebody just put me out of my misery PLEASE!?!?! I feel like I've been run over by a semi or something.. head hurts, bones ache, and I think I am getting a fever-- but maybe I'm just imagining that part. I want to crawl in a black hole.... but I have 3 more hours left to work... and yeah.. I NEED to be here. *sigh* Thank goodness for the weekend. Seriously.. if I didn't have that sliver of hope I would run and jump over the balcony (not really...)

Hmmmmm... maybe I'm allergic to work?!



PS-- I got my hair cut!!!! 10 inches to Locks of Love-- yeah buddy. Nice way to start of the new year... with a new look! Will post pictures later perhaps

where is Jen?

Howdy folks... from the music capital of the world.. Nashville, TN. I'm sitting here at Rockettown. Started by I think Michael W. Smith, this is a cool place for people to just hang out and be real with eachother. A coffee bar, internet cafe, pool tables, and big comfy chairs are all over the place. Sorta like a hip Starbucks coffee feel to it. If you go out back you can follow the sidewalk to the sweet indoor skate park where they have Skate church ever Thursday nights and chicks skate for free (sweetness!)
I'm here for the Passion 06 convention... with about 18,000 other people my age. It is simply amazing. I have a lot of stuff that I have been taking in, and a lot I want to process... but when I get home I hope to share with you some of the stuff I've learned... and some of the stuff I want to change in my life...
Keeping this short. People are waiting in line to use the computer. Just wanted to say hi.... and let you all know that I miss you. :)

see ya soon.

I'm currently in St. Louis... then off to Nashville for the Passion06 conference with the siblings. Good times. Will miss you all.

Happy New Year! See you (well, MOST of you anyway) in 06!

Post Holiday Bling

Just in time for a little after the holiday FUN. (seriously.. this is awesome!)

Hope you all had a great Christmas! Mine was really busy, but good-- full of family, multiple table games and good old National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. *sigh* oh good times had by all.

What were some of the highlights from your Christmas weekend??

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

FIX YOU

So-- a guy who's blog I regularly frequent (hey, he updates like 3 times a day.. it is AMAZING!) is Corey Mann. He is the Director of High School Ministries at Granger Community Church. Anyway, a few weeks ago he had students write down on a 3x5 card what they are struggling with and had them turn those struggles over to Christ. He was overwhelmed at the response he got, and so in response to what the students shared he made this video.
I think it is amazing. It hits home that we all struggle with stuff in life. We aren't alone in this fact no matter what Satan tries to get us to believe otherwise. We can try lots of things to try and fix our problems, but ultimately, the only one that can truly fix us is Jesus. Yeah.. just watch the video..

Party hardy

This past weekend we had our company Christmas Party. Good times indeed. Just thought I would share some photos with you. Might elaborate more later..

Going back in time: The Beatles return.. just for us ;-)

My boss (left) and her daughter (who just happens to be dating one of my co-worker-designers!)

Me and my HOT date for the night! (my brother) He made a wonderful date... opened doors, good conversation--even with people he didn't know... and he even danced! (proof below)
My brother getting his "groove" on.

View of the party from above

caffeine buzzz

There are sometimes when little things can really make you happy..... like free coffee from the vending machines all day long. woohoo!! I am seriously OFF my rocker... and you thought I talked fast normaly... dude.. you should see me under the "influence" of coffee!! I will plow you over. I think they are trying to up production rates just before the holidays.... they know we are all draggin.

Random thought.. or maybe not so random...

So I was reading an article today on relivantmagazine.com (shameless plug here) and there was a quote on there that really hit me...
"Most of us focus our attention on finding the right one instead of becoming the right one. The fact is that God cares more about who I am and who I become than who I end up with."
Ok... so.. this is the time of our lives where many of us are looking for "the One" but maybe we need to change our priorities a little bit. Just a thought.

Monday Madness...

MERRY CHRISTMAS-- from my cubicle to yours.
(errr.. ok, so if you don't have a cubicle, count yourself blessed)

fun times ahead...

Getting ready to party all weekend long....

Yeah, it's gonna be that good.

Tonight- dinner and pouring into the lives of friends.
Saturday- Charissa and Karhim come home. Yeah, Dan came home last night. Our house is once again a hotel.
Saturday night- company Christmas Party. Can we say lots of sweet door prizes, free food and drinks and "mystery" entertainment anyone? YES PLEASE!
Sunday- church... and then a trek up to Mars Hill with a whole bunch of those "youngin" college kids... and my siblings. Good times.

Hope you have a good weekend too.

If you need a little cheering up today, go to this totally pointless site. Hey-- it made ME smile.

MI3

Something cool I just found out the other day.... In May they are coming out with not only another X-Men movie, but a 3rd installment of Mission Impossible. Ok, so I'm not really a big Tom Cruise guy, but I love a good action flick AND the coolest thing about this movie is it is directed by one of my favorite directors J.J. Abrams (the guy who is to "blame" for two of my favorite shows-- Alias & Lost) so hopefully it will have a decent story line.. or at least pleanty of sweet action. Check out the trailer here. Yeah.. it's just a little something to look forward to and perhaps get us through these cold winter months.

JJ Abrams(center-dark shirt & glasses) with some of the Alias crew. Is it just me, or does he sorta look like Rob Bell in this picture?!

It's a Wonderful Wednesday

One of the classic movies of this time of year is "It's a Wonderful Life." Ok.. so I know some of you may think this movie is sooo over-played, but I happen to love it, and could watch it every year just because it has such a great message and too often we forget how important and meaningful our lives really are-- even if they don't maybe turn out they way we had invisioned them when we were "young" and still had HUGE get-out-of-this-crummy-town dreams.

No matter what you think, or what lies Satan is wispering in your ear this Christmas Season-- you ARE important. YOU matter to people and to God. No, the world wouldn't be better off without you around. And if you already believe that, or are starting to wonder... give me a call... there is a warm cup of coffee someplace with your name written all over it and I'd be more than happy to sit down and enjoy it with you and let you know that you are someone worth spending time with.

PS- check out the 30 second Bunny version of It's a Wonderful Life here

Tunes Tuesday- Lifesong

If you haven't listened to this CD yet do it... NOW! I think it has to be one of the most amazing CDs I've heard in a long time. Maybe not rythm-wise, but lyric-wise this album hits a homerun. It totally has challanged my faith in so many ways.

Here are some of my favorite songs-- and a few lyrics from each of them:

My personal fav, I find it to be so true... especially in the Church today.. and unfortunatly sometimes even in my own life. This past Sunday night we watched one of Rob Bell's Nooma videos called "Sunday"
"Why do we do the things we do? Why do we go to church or give money away? Because we’re supposed to or because we think God needs it? Do we honestly put on our best clothes for an hour once a week, stand and sit at all the right times, and sing all the appropriate songs for God’s sake, or because it’ll make us look better to the world around us? We’re tired of all the empty rituals and routines. And so is God. God hates it when we call ourselves Christians but ignore all the things he really cares about. He hates it when we go through hollow religious routines out of some feeling of duty or obligation. God doesn’t want the meaningless rituals. God wants our hearts."
God wants us to stop "acting" on the church stage and start acting with our actions. Are you giving God your whole heart, or are you just putting on a show?

Stained glass masquerade-
Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin' so small

Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they'll soon discover
That I don't belong

So I tuck it all away, like everything's okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I'll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the heart again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them

Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation's open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade

Is there anyone who's been there
Are there any hands to raise
Am I the only one who's traded
In the altar for a stage

The performance is convincing
And we know every line by heart
Only when no one is watching
Can we really fall apart

But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be

Would your arms be open
Or would you walk away
Would the love of Jesus
Be enough to make you stay"
__________________________
People all around us are broken. What are we doing to help them see the REAL hope-- that's not found in money, material goods, or even mortal man. During the holidays, despite all the "cheer", parties and outer happiness, things can seem especially dismal & empty... especially for those who don't know what the real meaning of the season is.

Does Anybody Hear Her- (chorus)
"Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Or does anybody even knows she's going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me"
__________________________
Even though I am a Christ follower, there are times in my life where I try to push Christ off the thrown of my life and run it MY way. You know what? It doesn't work all to well. There are friends in my life that have turned away from God and decided that they could do things better alone. They want their "inheritance" now.. here on earth. So like the prodigal son they party and do everything in life that the world tells them will make them happy-- sex, drinking, fast cars, money-- and maybe it does make them feel happy for awhile... but many times(and I know not ALL the time because life isn't the same for everyone) they find themselves at the bottom of the heap eating pigs slop. I wish we didn't have to go through all the pain sometimes to see the truth, but unfortunatly sometimes that is the only way we humans learn. *sigh*

Prodigal
Living on my own, thinking for myself
Castles in sand, temporary wealth
Walls arefalling down, storms are closing in
Tears have filled my eyes, here I am again

And I've held out as long as I can
Now I'm letting go and holding out my hand

Chrous:
Daddy, here I am again, will you take me back tonight
I went and made the world my friend, and it left me high and dry
I drag Your name back through the mud
That You first found me in
Not worthy to be called Your son
Is this to be my end?
Daddy, here I am
Here I am again

Curse this morning sun, drags me in to one more day
Of reaping what I've sown, of living with my shame
Welcome to my world, and the life that I have made
Where one day you're a prince, the next day your a slave

Mondays....

Mondays are DEFINITELY Ellen Feiss (girl pictured above.. you can see here commercial if you click on the link) days... oh.. and by the way, can I just tell you how much I love Macs. I spent most of my weekend at home trying to fix my silly PC-- hence the reason for no weekend posts-- and Windows updates are STILL making it do the crazy- crash thing. *sigh* Have lots of fun pictures and stuff coming soon... well, as soon as I can find the cord that connects my camera to the computer that is! ;-) Hope everyone has a good week!


**Edit**
Ok... so.. something cool happened this morning that I didn't have time to share earlier that made today that helped alleviate my Monday "blahs" considerably... I won a 1 1/2 lbs. of Chocolate Charlie (basically a huge mass of chocolate, with other stuff thrown in to make it that much more yummy... only sold around here at Christmas). Yup, I was caller number 9 for our local Cat Country 99.9. woot! This time of year all they do is play Christmas music, so I enjoy listening and singing a long as I make my way through the snow to work. Anyway. They announced the contest, I called, and somebody picked up and wola! All I had to do was sing part of a Christmas song... um, I "tried" to sing "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" but forgot the words half way into the first verse! They still let me have the chocolate anyway. It was fun. I get to work and my boss Tammy starts telling me about this girl she heard on the radio whose voice didn't sound like me at all, but totally sounded like something I would say/do.. and I was like "um, yup! That was ME!" ha. What a fun morning. Now I have lots of chocolate... anybody want some?! ;-)

Fortune Cookies

My "fortune" for today (yay for Chinese take-out! Especially on days when you don't feel like driving on the snowy roads!)

"You are bright so give out that light!"

Yeah, I just thought that was cool on so many levels.

YAY!! Tonight I get to experience Narnia on the big screen!! I will have movie review sometime soon! Until then.. uh, enjoy the snow or something! ;-)