cross-eyed

one of the ladies i work with just walked down the hallway,looked at me and said,"you look cross-eyed."

now, if i was a Christian non-fiction writer i would tell you how the phrase "cross-eyed" really got me thinking about what it means to always have the cross of Christ as my focus in everything i do. and how from that point on i determined to always keep the love of Christ in my heart and His sacrifice always in my focus...or if you will... keep myself cross-eyed.

but, not being a Christian non-fiction writer, i was unable to find the depth and beauty in what she said.

what kind of woman tells someone else they are cross-eyed?

my guess is that she was commentating on the fact my eyes looked tired from staring at the computer all day. i'll just pretend that is what she meant.

this is a funny little office.

a festivus for the rest of us

i watch too much tv. too much.

i tried stopping...but tv is fun. candy for the soul...it rots it away, but boy it tastes good going in.

i'm still loving my time with jaden at home and my new job. if i ever get whiney about it, i just remember what life was like before. it has also been awesome having our friends jr and tricia live across the street from us. they have motivated me to do yardwork. its actually fun when you do it with friends. so now...the yard is ready for winter to come. it is deleafed and mowed. which is a huge accomplishment because last year i raked the leaves in december. they were frozen and covered in snow. we lost a little bit of grass as a result. okay...we lost a lot of grass. these are the kind of things people don't tell you when you move into a house. rake the leaves or you will destroy your lawn.

we are going to indiana next week. my cousin (the most wonderful beautiful friend in the whole world) and her husband (also a wonderful beautiful friend from college) are going to be visiting my aunt and uncle (her mom and dad) in indiana who live just down the street from my parents. currently scott and tami live in vancouver (thats in canada) so we decided to make a trip to indiana (which is closer than vancouver) next week to see them. i'm so excited.

thats all. you are all officially caught up on my life. i raked leaves and we are driving to indiana.

the flu is among us...be afraid...be very

at least it isn't the knock down vomit till you die flu. its the "i can't move or stop hallucinating from my fever" flu. dan has it, i just got over it, and melissa just got over it. jaden, on the other hand, has avoided the flu. he has an ear infection. ahhh, the good ole' ear infection is back. i almost missed it because it had been since july since jaden went to the doctor for the last ear infection. good times in the price home.

oh, by the way...melissa (afore mentioned) is a friend who is living with us (and got lucky enough to get the flu from us. its been working out really well. but i'll let you know if it stops working out well because she faithfully checks my blog, so instead of having to confront her directly, i'll just write about it behind her back...so she'll find out that way.

just kidding melissa. i'll leave the blogosphere out of our personal life...not that it will matter because we won't have any problems. :)

every once in awhile i get this fear when i think about all my old friends. my fear is that they all hate me. not because we didn't have a good friendship, but because i'm terrible at keeping up with that friendship. i hate that feeling. i know that i love them, and i know that i think about them and talk about them, but they don't know. i've made improvements here and there, but nothing major. honestly, it kind of scares me away from deeper friendships now...or more specifically...friendships with people who may not be around in the future. not because i don't like them or want to be their friend, but because my track record sucks at long distance friendship. its not good. i know that. every once in awhile i get a message from someone who says, "you suck at being a friend (or something like that)" and they are probably right. i do suck at being a friend sometimes.

but do i always suck? i'd like to think i don't, because i honestly truly do love these people in my life. but does it count if they don't know that i love them? probably not and that sucks.

suck (the word of the day).

suck suck suck suck suck

suck...what a funny word to say over and over again. try it. i bet it will make you giggle. it did me and now i'm happy even though i suck (giggle) as a friend.