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Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Let's Play the QUIET game

I was reading my old journals today and this story from 2003 caught my attention...perhaps you may pull something out of the story as well.

"WELL 2' x 6' of laundry is now put away. I was watching the kids while mom and dad were pretending they were newlyweds again.This afternoon my charming, attentive, sweet little brother and I were working on his AWANA project when his hammer slipped and slammed into my poor thumb. I yelled, beating back the urge to kill my brother. BUT in his "sorry-ness" he kept zealously trying to "make it all better." With a few seconds to get over the really sharp pain and I would have said, "It's ok" and took up the nail and let him try again being more careful.

"Unfortunately, he pushed me and found out just how angry I was that the hammer hit my hand and that he was the one holding the hammer. Ug. Poor kid. He kinda stood there puffed up and bravely said he would finish it alone...and at first that sounded pretty good...but what fun would that be? I grabbed the box of nails, said I was sorry, and we finished the project together. AHHHH Becca just spit up all over this page...now my journal is going to smell like mutilated peas!"

Monday, 23 November 2009

The Sweet Life of the American Hamster

Hamsters in the US are kept.

Have you recently considered the complexity of the modern hamster cage?
Let me fill you in.

The initial brainstorming of the said cage originated from a heated Pictionary game with Charles Houdini. After his death the winning sketch changed hands from Evil Kenevil, to Bill Gates, to a parent comedian club- then some exterminator found it and thought:
“Revenge!

It is a technicolor wonderland- have you ever tried to CLEAN a wonderland?

Not easy my friend, not easy.

Tonight, I attempted to reassemble a modern hamster cage after it had been cleaned. (Insert ironic chuckle) My littlest angel stood by, reminding me I had a college degree as I struggled to wrap my mind around how a tube could fit into a grate. I actually figured that one out, as the wire wall popped out. As I gingerly eased the walls into place, the roof flew off. It was like trying to fit a sumo wrestling team into a mini cooper. I got the all the pieces on only to be informed that the entire thing was backwards…I convinced Rebecca that change is a sign of a healthy mind and we moved onto:

Giving the hamsters a bath…in china these things are sold on street corners with sweet and sour sauce…here we have Hamster shampoos WITH conditioner. I could barely comprehend the magnitude of American corpulence as I massaged “Sharkbait’s” scalp this evening.
I could go on, but it just amazed me how much care we give to these little rodents that give us joy. Guess God is kinda like that to…Taking special care of each sparrow, because it gives him joy.

Sunday, 08 November 2009

Final Painfully Learned Lesson

We have so much free will...

but we give it away for Hope.

Monday, 02 November 2009

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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

How do I say it?

Today I was in Dr. McCray's office when my eyes were beckoned past the page we were editing, past the window pane, past the curtains, and out to the magnificent tree right outside his window. The sun had broken free of the grey clouds for a few moments and each beam was sprinting up and down the rims of every leaf until the whole tree looked like it was ablaze. Then a small breeze, caught up in the beauty, got to close.The breeze shattered the top of the tree and the air was filled with little pieces of the broken tree still sparkling with the sunlight. I was so enthralled it was like I have never seen the sky before... It really was just that beautiful.
I love Autum...guess that is why I was born in it. My birthday is in less than a month- I cannot believe I am going to be twenty-two. Time really does fly when you are having fun, and when you are working hard.