not my backyard any more...

new chapter... house hunting. oh so much fun. quick on-line poll, what are your thoughts on my getting married this summer (say end of July? date requests anyone?) and moving to colorado to finish up school there.

this is an exciting time. pray for me =)

mel

I promised to post some pictures of the back yard make over. To start off, here's a mystery flower that just sprung up around a dead tree against the back fence... 

pear blossoms 

apple blossoms 

from the little porch 

the back porch 

The Shining in 30 seconds with bunnies.

The Shining in 30 seconds with bunnies.
this is fantastic. thanks insound. you have to watch this.

plush grass 

full stands 

pastor badges at checkin 

feet 

the pd team on the angel stadium big screen 

hey tom, how do you really feel? 

the first clue that the day is going to be great 

fixing the back porch

I should have thought to take pictures of our renovation of the back porch today. bummer. we finally covered the picnic table benches... that was fun... then we hosed down everything. that was also fun. we went major shopping at ikea (end of tax season sale!) and target and goodwill and bought a bunch of lights and lanterns and plants. and somewhere in there we went to anaheim stadium to walk around on the field and practice for tomorrow's big shindig. still not really looking forward to it, but luckily everyone will (finally) be in my half of the oc, and we can have everyone over for bbq. yummy.

i think i actually read five pages of burke today. i feel amazingly productive, considering....

benches at the uci med center 

we went on a photoshoot at downtown disney last night for banners... it was great fun. this is my favorite pic of the night 

brand new

brand new
sadly, it's very much a brand new kind of day. i wish it was over. wish i could pinpoint where it went so wrong...

I so don't miss high school

Reading over certain things has made me realize that I'm really glad I'm not in high school anymore. And, even though it may pain me to say it, I'm glad I finished up high school in Colorado. If I hadn't, I might still be the same person I was in tenth grade: upset at most everything, and way too driven by academics. Not to mention stuck in the same mind set forever. Not that I hated high school or all the people I knew then, actually some of them remain my very best friends (Beverly, this means you), but really, I've lost touch with almost everyone except Beverly, and perhaps that is for very good reason. I don't know, I'm beginning to ramble now in the hopes of forgetting just how much I have to get done before Monday.

The thing is, I may not be engaged at university - everything that everyone says they miss about college (read: social life or skipping class to go to the beach) I don't have. And even though my renewed commitment to actually finishing things up is a good one, it certainly doesn't entail uci taking over my life. (actually, that's kind of funny now that I think about it). I used to be so sure that I was in another place in my life, and now that I'm in limbo again, it kind of makes me identify more with my peers, who neither know what they want to do with their lives nor, too often, really care. A part of me envies that... The not caring part. Just because I've resolved not to be worried doesn't mean I don't care.

back from hiatus

so i know i haven't posted in a while... i've been crazy busy... school started yesterday (do we feel enthused yet?) ... I got my grades from last quarter (thank you to all who prayed... it worked)... I'm on deadline for work (still don't have an implementing, but I know that seven will come through)... Other things are happening at work (which do not warrent space here)... things with tom are ... being redefined (it's a good thing, i'm pretty sure)... I formally quit esl (did I already post that?)... what else?

I realized last Friday just how much I enjoy living alone. I was actually composing a post about this subject in my head for much of Friday morning but got distracted by one of the zillion other things happening in my life, and never did. But I was going to say that I really liked being able to take two hours getting ready for work, not having to worry about getting the hot water or disturbing someone else with my music while I'm in the shower, or doing quiet time... and that's another thing that I really liked, I got to have as long as I liked for quiet time, although most of that had to do with not having to go to class, and not necessarily living alone.

Now I have to go do homework. I'll be up forever. Now that I don't have a paper to complain about for Silver (yet.... I do have her for another course this term) I'll probably end up complaining about Bio. But I've (kind of) resolved to be more positive in this blog, and not so mopy all the time. for I know the plans I have for you says the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not for harm. Plans to give you a hope and a future I just have to remember that event though I don't know the plans, God does. They are, after all, his.

Jesus who?

and I quote "the catholic church has lost its shepherd"

no wonder 90% of svcc members are recovering catholics. Or, alternitavely, no wonder so many people have a problem with bush.

the pope died today.

Teaching The Indie Kids to Dance Again: A Fake Jamaican Took Every Last Dime....

Teaching The Indie Kids to Dance Again: A Fake Jamaican Took Every Last Dime....

be warned... this is kind of scarry... in a very comical, "that yeah! doesn't go there" kind of way... I sure hope we can still think of modest mouse as indie... it would be sad if they're not...