Merry Christmas

Love only at Christmas time?

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"It was almost Christmas time, there I stood in another line

Tryin' to buy that last gift or two, not really in the Christmas mood

Standing right in front of me was a little boy waiting anxiously

Pacing 'round like little boys do

And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

His clothes were worn and old, he was dirty from head to toe

And when it came his time to pay

I couldn't believe what I heard him say;

Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please

It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size

Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time

You see she's been sick for quite a while

And I know these shoes would make her smile

And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight.

He counted pennies for what seemed like years

Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here"

He searched his pockets frantically

Then he turned and he looked at me

He said Mama made Christmas good at our house

Though most years she just did without

Tell me Sir, what am I going to do,

Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes

So I laid the money down,

I just had to help him out I'll never forget the look on his face when he said

Mama's gonna look so great

I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love

As he thanked me and ran out

I knew that God had sent that little boy

To remind me just what Christmas is all about."

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Alright, so we don't all have touching little stories such as this to remind us what Christmas is all about... But I'll tell you for certain, it has nothing to do with candy canes(I have nothing against them though, they're amazing!), or Santa Claus... It's the day our savior was born! And I beleive with all my heart, that if Jesus were here on earth, for his birthday gift, he would want us to share His love. So that's exactly what I'm going to do this Christmas season, share Christ's love with as many people as I can! ..And guess what! I just had a major epiphany! He wants it all year 'round!(What am I talking about epiphany..?? I already knew that...) ..And since I'm living for Jesus... That's just it, exactly what I'm going to do. Share His love as much as possible all year 'round! ...So my challenge, if you choose to accept, is to do the same. Try your very best to not be greedy, or worship objects...as hard as it is, Christmas presents are soooo super awsome!!... but worship Christ instead, and do it by sharing His love!

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Hey by the way... Santa Claus.. Did you ever think that maybe he was created to mimic Jesus?

-Giving of himself to strangers?

-Doing the impossible..(flying) ..

-Knowing wether you've been bad or good without physically seeing you?

-Knowing what you want for Christmas without you having to tell him?

Maybe he was created to mimic Jesus so that people..once a year..could physically see him?? ..Just a thought.

Taking Back My Brave!

"*I'm taking back my brave!

I kinda lost it for a while,

I had to force myself to smile.

And I quit going that extra mile.

Abandoned my belief.

And I spent hours on the phone,

Crawlin' back to my comfort zone.

Then I woke up one day;

And said I've gotta go home.

Even though it's not like me.

'Cause I like a challenge and I like to fly.

I'm not always perfect, and I'm not always right."

*Taken from a song by Carolyn Dawn Johnson and altered.

I'm gonna take back MY brave!

Wishing About The Past...

It's been a while since my last post, I suppose, if you consider 8 days a long time.... But either way, I guess it's time for a new one! So, this post is going to be all about feedback. Just because I love it! ..Well, not exactly, I'm just curious as to what you have to say....

When it comes to guilt, is it just a useless emotion? I mean, there's not really anything you can do about the past, right? What's done is done, and all the wishing and hoping and praying in the world is not going to change that, so is there any use in worrying about it?

"Never waste another day wonderin' what you threw away"

...I suppose I could try that...

So, sometimes life seems a little bit impossible... like I'm trying to built this...

Hmm...care to try it?

"Friendly" Competition?

So it's almost Christmas time now eh!? It's amazing! Lights everywhere! I'm a little disappointed in my own house however, we don't have as much as we usually do, but being the first year in this house I think we did alright. We blew a breaker when putting up the lights though.. It was kinda of funny because even thought my dad plugged all the lights in, the breaker didn't blow until my mom used the microwave.. therefor it's her fault..right? haha..right....





So I had about a million things that I was going to talk about, and now I can't remember.. So.. I shall go do something else and come back.

*PAUSE*

Alright, I'm back and my topic for this post is going to bEeEeEeEeEe....

*!*COMPETITION*!*

Is it good all the time? Should we limit competition? A quote that I've heard about a hundred times, that nobody seems to know where it came from is; "A little competition'll do you good." Will it really? Or do we just fool ourselves with egos? Of course, I think some is good...such as in games...erm..card games.. hehe, some of you(Sarah..Matt..) know what I'm talking about!! But really, where does it end? When does it get to be more than just friendly competition? Ever heard of those soccer moms/dads(or since we're Canadian(eh?)..Hockey moms/dads..) that freak out when their sons or daughters teams aren't the best, or don't win? Does that have anything to do with competition, or is that just underlying issues? I'm definately guilty of winning something, maybe more than once, and just getting super cocky about it..yes, ego trip..I have been known. Comments! ...Once again I say... LOVE 'EM!

Hmm...Just Blabber?

This may end up being somewhat pointless... Maybe I'll decide not to publish this, who knows.. I'll tell you who doesn't know. Me. I have absolutely no clue what I'm about to talk about, I have so much in my brain right now, not one thing is going to come out. Well.. Let's try. Well, I've been reading many other blogs for the last...whoa!, I just looked at the clock, I've been on this freaking computer for over an hour already!! Well.. At least I'm reading, ...right? Anyhow. I've realized how good some of you are at blogging! It's amazing. I really liked one that I just read, it was about empty "how are yous." I guess that one really got to me because that's something that's always bothered me, and what bothers me even more than someone saying "How are you?" and not meaning it, is me asking someone else how they are and having them say fine, and lie about it. If you're doing crappy and someone asks how you are. Say you're crappy!! .. Yes I understand sometimes we don't want to discuss what's going on, but you don't have to, just say, "not so good, but I'll be fine" or something along those lines..yes?? Opinions!! - That would be what the comment function is for, right? And a tip? Don't ask if you don't want to know! (And that goes for more things that just how are yous!) But, not that I've completely stolen someone else's rant, let's keep moving on.

Alright. Now that I'm trying to move on, nothing's comming to me. I don't have a whole lot of my own thoughts today that are worth blogging about.

Family... They're a pretty wonderful thing right? Or maybe they're completely horrible!! Like the time when I was really little, well, not just one time, but many... My lovely cousin Nate decided he would tell me he was a ghost or demon posessed and chase me around the house, and lock me in the cold cupboard..(In case you don't know what that is, it's a cold, damp, dark closet-ish, almost room but really tiny, like a cellar I guess.) It's not a pleasant thing to be locked in! Since I was 6, I wouldn't go in there...I've since moved out of that house, but up until I was about 15, I wouldn't set foot in there for fear of being locked in!! Got any family horror stories?? Feel like sharing!? Hope so!! See you guys soon!

Yummy?

So...Creativity... It's a wonderful thing isn't it? Well... Just recently my wonderful friend Sarah and I decided to get super creative...WITH SNOW! ...Since she couldn't go outside... We brought the snow inside! ..Strange, I know! What did we do with it??...

Ready for it??

SNOW SLUSHIES!!

Yeah we did!! ...See for yourself! ...

Glasses of snow...

...Coke INTO the snow...

And there you have it!!

Yummy snow slushies!!

Well...These slushies pretty much rocked...however, we did try something else first... You know that maple candy? Well.. ..we tried it.. I won't show all the pictures of that one.. but the tasting looked kind of interesting. See for yourself.

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I had to try it...

Okay, little missy, you have to try it too!

Okay..Not so much... It was pretty nasty!

Anyways.. That was our snow fun. ..It really was fun! You're awsome Sarah!!

Choices? ..What? ..More Choices?

Well thanks to those of you who left comments on my last post, that was super!! As someone said, "Follow truth and you won't go wrong. It may hurt sometimes but in the end it is the best."-Guess what! You're quotable!! And right. It did hurt, but it was for the best.. I didn't really let it go right away, and that proved to me that it really was for the best. But as of now life is good, I'm pretty well healthy..for ONCE in my life!! It's amazing!!

This snow, however.. Not so amazing anymore.. I love snow, and it was awsome when it got here...I loved the whole "snow day" idea...but it's getting old. Let's get back to good old west coast rain shall we?(This cold is NOT doing nice things to my hair!! lol)

So many of you have been telling me in the last little while,(or some of you, a long while..)to follow what God is showing me to do. Well.. I've realized.. with someone special's help, that yes, I am incredibly stubborn, and make stupid mistakes over and over again, but it's because I CHOOSE to be stubborn, and I CHOOSE to make these mistakes, then I blame it on stubbornness, because I don't take the responsibility for my actions..because it's tough to realize that you've done something incredibly stupid(maybe more than once), and say; I just wanted to. You know? I guess, yeah, blaming my mistakes on a human characteristic works wonders...but in reality, IT WON'T WORK! We.. (yeah, not just me, you too!) ..Need to make better choices!! What a concept!! -CHOICES!..I've just kind of realized..we have them!! Yahoo..this is awsome!

So.. I'm pretty well done.. But I've decided to give a special mention; Werner! Your working my "word of the day" into your comments? Incredibly cool!! As for today's?? ...

Todays' Word is.... Hyperborean [hahy-per-bawr-ee-uhn, -bohr-, -buh-ree-]

1. Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2. An inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

..I could handle living in a land of perpetual sunshine right about now :P

Disappearing Act? ...not so cool...

Alright, it's been a while since my last post, and not to make excuses or anything, but I did acctually come on and write up some stuff...clicked on the button to publish...and it DISAPPEARED!! -Let me tell you - I was NOT a happy girl! So here I am...back...typing, and let's hope the site doesn't crap out on me again.

Okay. So I'm in a bit of a tough situation right now. I don't exactly what to do...but when do I ever know what to do? I don't know wether to follow my head or my heart...they're both telling me complete opposites...or so I thought. Now my head is leaning a little towards my heart's decision...but is that because I want it to? Hhmmm.... I know what the "smart" thing to do would be.. But do I always need to do the smart thing? I mean, I'm not saying I never do anything stupid..I do plenty of stupid things, but for the big decisions, I usually stick to the safe, or smart thing. Time to change that? Who knows.

Lately I've become pretty materialistic...as we all are - don't try and tell me you're not materialistic..come on, live without your cell phone? or even home phone? Computer!? I mean honestly...who needs like 15 pairs of shoes...and STILL wants more!?(*erm**Not talking about myself**erm*)





Anyhow... I think that's all for now.
I SHALL RETURN!

TODAY'S WORD: dematerialize [dee-muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz]
To deprive of or lose apparent physical substance; make or become immaterial: Mirrors have the effect of dematerializing a wall. The dry ice seemed to dematerialize as it sublimated.

A Bit of Nothingness-ish...

Alright, well it seemed like it was time for a new post! However, there's not a whole lot new with me right now, I haven't left my house...or my bed/couch for that matter, in quite a while!-Well other than to come to the computer the odd time.

So...since I've been sick, I've been watching a lot of TV...so I'd like to know...what is your favorite TV show?? (Yes, I want everyone's answer via comment!!) Mine? Well most of you know, I'm pretty well obsessed with CSI!!

Thanks to all of you who have sent me pictures for Sarah. They're all going in a collage so she can see that we're thinking about her.

Today's Word: Solace (sol-is)
1.comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
2.something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief: The minister's visit was the dying man's only solace. –verb (used with object)
3.to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.).
4.to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.).

First Complaint? What!?

Okay, so I got my first complaint! ..."It's been the same for too long." ...Subtle hint to add a post? Okay, here goes...My immune system seems to be in hibernation lately.<- I wonder if I spelled that right...but today, I don't really care. Anyways, back to the origional statement...hibernations...I'd like to go into one...sleep for a whole freaking season!? That would be amazing!! Could you imagine? Think of all the dreaming you could do...but then again you'd probably be a little disapointed that you missed out on a good chunk of the year. Maybe I don't want to hibernate...at least not for as long as bears do. Sometimes I think it would be nice just to go to sleep for a really long time, then when I wake up everything will be peachy. ....Unfortunately that won't happen because I've tried that theory. Not exactly sleeping for a long time...just staying away from everything and everyone...nothing goes away...it stays, and people don't forget very easily. As for my immune system trying it out? AAAAARRGGHH!! Seriously! ...There's always something wrong with me lately...Maybe sicknesses should go into hibernation!! Yes...like...FOREVER!?
TODAY'S WORD: torpidity [tawr-pid]
1. inactive or sluggish.
2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
3.dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.

It's Already Tomorrow!!

So it's November 1st! Hope everyone's Halloween rocked!! I love getting dressed up!! It's so much fun!! I never end up getting a costume until last minute though, so next year I've decided...at LEAST a week early I'm gonna have it all set!! No more last minute throw-togethers! Onto a completely different topic, I was just sitting here, thinking about what was going to come out of my fingers and onto the screen next, and my screensaver came on. It's just one of those normal ones, you know, with all the lines that just kinda move everywhere? It's kind of mesmerising. Oh! And back to Halloween! I've always had this fear of fireworks..not the ones that you go to at Sidney Days and stuff...not the big ones, but the type that people set off in their back yards. I've always been absolutely terrified. Last new years a guy I know decided to show me how to set a tiny little one off...and I just about lost it! But this year...oh yes, this year, I was hanging out with some friends and we set off big ones!! It was super fun!! ...Unfortunately the police didn't think they were so fun so we lost 'em, but whatever, it was fun while it lasted. Well...that's going to have to be all for now, sorry this was a little pointless...but there's not a whole lot for me to write about right now. See ya!

There won't be a word today, it will be a quote...

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
-Charles Schultz

Computers? The End or Beginning?

Well thanks for all you guys who have responded, that was super fast!! I definately doubt I'll write as much as a certain wonderful guy I know...But I'll try not to leave it for too long! So...how often do you think people should update a blog? Once a week? A couple of times a week? Every day?? Couple of times a day? I mean, I'm all for this thing, but when does it become too much of someone's everyday life? There's no possible way of getting away from computers these days, and I'm sure none of us would want to...but when is it too much? Do we really let it rule our lives?? ..Just something to think about!

Oh, and on that topic! What's this MSN thing? Is it easier for you to talk to someone over the internet than to acctually talk to them face to face? Or are you like me and like to talk to someone in person? I think even phones are a little better...then at least you can hear the person's tone of voice.... Take sarcasm for example. I'm sure you've all had some sort of misunderstanding because of sarcasm on MSN, or some other instant messaging service. I'm not gonna come right out and say that our society is doomed because we can't even talk to poeple face to face anymore...but again, just something to think about. Next time you have something to say to someone, are you gonna take the easy way out and send and e-mail or instant message...or txt message...or are you gonna take the time to talk to the person, give them a call and meet up?

PS: All our vocabularies could use some enhancment...so from now on, with every post there will be a new word to add!

TODAY'S WORD: convivial [kuhn-viv-ee-uhl]

What does it mean?

1.friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
2.fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial.
3.of or befitting a feast; festive.

Have No Fear!!

Okay, so I think I was probably one of only a few people who didn’t have a blog, so I decided I’d start one. So let’s see how I do on this. I was thinking just how boring this might be for you to read, but well, you can stop reading at any time, so it doesn’t really matter, right? It’s not like I’m telling you that you have to sit there and read my blog.

So I guess it's only fair to explain what "Yellow Streak of Aversion" means, and why I chose it. Well...yellow is my favorite colour, and "Yellow Streak" is a term used for being...scared, or cowardice, and "Aversion" means to strongly dislike. Now, that's something I've always really struggled with, being scared of people not liking me. And well...I figured it just kind of went well together...and besides, everyone else has some super-amazing names for their blogs!

I'm just trying to figure this whole thing out. It's really not that hard, so I'll be back soon! And by the way, I have a feeling I'm gonna really love your comments! ...So leave them!