tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165976412011-04-21T16:11:44.029-05:00My name is Christine, I read sometimes, and this is my blog.christinesfakebloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11102461199812635000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16597641.post-1159379932775201032006-09-27T12:48:00.000-05:002006-09-27T12:58:52.856-05:00

Dear everybody,It's official, I'm done with blogger (though apparently it's only been glitchy for me, so if you have a blogger account, don't fret).Of all the exciting options from the previous post, I chose the ever-creative http://christineone.wordpress.comIt's basically the same blog, but it gave me the chance to get rid of some links for blogs that haven't been updated recently (Ally, Amber,

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That last post took me an hour to post - and that was probably the last straw. Probably.So I might quit blogger and switch to wordpress (?) which I've never heard complaints about.What should my username be?so far I've got:

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This morning I drank coffee, it was pleasant because of the warmth."Somebody's cold" - my coworker in response to seeing me in my winter coat staring at my laptop.I can only drink water if my jacket's on. Unless I heat it up.Also, lunch, this apple is too cold.Tomorrow I will post pictures of the biggest apple any of you have ever seen in your life. 3/4 the size of my head.

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Let me tell you a little something about weekends.They start with Friday nights. Usually spent at church, eating brownies, drinking punch, and at a diner of some sort. This week I did all those things (except no brownies and no punch), and the diner we picked was the Uptown Diner.I have, literally, 30 pictures of Anna Leisa eating a sandwich.We told many an awkward story.My favorite went a little

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Imagine my dread putting in a dvd I knew would steal 200 minutes of my life away...Now imagine my joy when it ended in one hour and 17 minutes.1) I have no idea what those 77 minutes were about as I spent the entire time on facebook - eating wheat thins.2) Despite the possibility that maybe I just saw the last 77 minutes of this movie (and the other 123 minutes were on the other side), I selected

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I'm filling out this library thing, and when I was looking up Mooch the Messy (favorite childhood book of me and all three of my siblings) I saw that there is another Mooch book! Mooch the Messy meets Prudence NeatI've already ordered it!!

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Yesterday I got two pieces of valuable input. My boss told me that table is most likely to be called a "telephone table."And my mom emailed me (because she couldn't remember having a table like that) and I told her that ours only had one shelf. She informed me that it is just a typical old fashioned end table.So due to what my mom said and also due to the fact that telephones don't exist

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I was going to blog about one of two things today:1) The insanity of living next to a high school2) The greatness of Arrested DevelopmentBut I will forego both these topics so that I can make a request. I am looking for a piece of furniture. It is an end table, but it is also a bookcase. This is an artist's rendition:A) What would you call this thing? An endcase?B) I think my parents had

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Thanks for lunch today Ann, I'm sorry that I choked so hard on my sandwich that I began uncontrollably crying. Thanks for not making me feel bad about it!

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So as you know, I'm reading about Winston Churchy. It's great. But often, when reading, I feel I am not retaining much/any of the content (college anybody?). I thought this was true again with this book as I'm trying to get her done as quickly as possible, but now I am no longer sure. This is due to the conversation I just had with Ann in the stairwell. I got all excited about Winston

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I don't know how many of you heard my blood drive story of last spring...but long story short: I got roped in and then rejected.Well here it is again. I armed myself with a full breakfast this time (even skipped the coffee), I was ready to go! I go down there (with my friend Winny to keep me company). I sit with the woman, talk with her, and then she pricks my finger (ouch!) and puts it in

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This weekend I went to church. I saw an old friend I hadn't seen in a long time. I also got the chance to meet someone I'd never met before and who I took a liking to immediately (on the way to the bathroom of all places)! Afterwards, three of us went to Perkins, we laughed so hard we cried (to potty jokes, of course). Our waitress had a sense of humor of the dry kind. Every time she came

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It's been a great weekend! I may have even gotten a new favorite song out of the deal. Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold. Perhaps you've heard of it? Ohhh, oh what a lonely boy.

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Blunder of blunders. I posted my bible study post on the wrong blog. Sorry about that for the four or so people who visited in the last hour.

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I am now 36.9% done with the first volume of the two volume biography of Winston Churchill.It's a good thing I'm fascinated because I know even if I hated it I'd keep reading until I was done with all 1800+ pages. Good thing Winny, good thing.I also really like words that have a b followed by a p. skip-bo. skiPBo. Blog material is kind of running low this week...This is not true.This week I

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It's good to be an '82 Bordeaux. Happy birthday AL!!!Here's every picture of her that I could find: Watch out MN Daily employees:She's the president everybody! Wish her a happy birthday or she'll fire everybody!!

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In a narcissistic wikipedia search of my surname, I came across something that can only be described as "frightening & wonderful."An excerpt:It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue...> what is a grue The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has

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The new Kasey Chambers album comes out today! Yay!! I've been so excited since Valleyfair day (it was released in Australia that day) when I groggily wandered around Best Buy wondering where, oh where, it was...I'm going to go get it in 21 minutes!

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I'm trying to think of the least depressing thing I can blog about, and I think this is it:Several hours ago I had a breakfast fit for the Cracker Barrel: Frosted Mini Spooners, a sliced banana, and turkey sausage.Live the fight, America.

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So in case you don't have facebook, there has been a serious uproar on this college hotspot (by the way, this is the 7th most trafficked site on the internet, did you know?) this week.They introduced a new feature - the feed. Basically it just tells you every change that any one of your facebook friends makes. When I opened facebook I found out that Michael Hadady (The Miz) had become friends

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In the words of Anna Leisa Sauser: "They're just giving this stuff away!"The last couple days the gas station nearest my apartment has been fluctuating between $2.45/gal and $2.47/gal for unleaded. This is exciting! When I need petrol, I'm going to save myself at least 3-5 dollars!

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Guess who got mauled by a dog tonight!Me!!EXCLAMATION POINTS!Okay, I was running through the woods/marsh when I saw a large dog, approximately the size of a medium sized bear. Easily frightened by animals of great size (ask me about my fear of deers), I froze in my tracks as it came stampeding toward me barking ferociously. I screamed louder than I've ever screamed out loud before (except maybe

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Man, was I sad to come home last night...It's weekends like these that make me want to pack up and migrate south:These are my "I love my niece and nephew!!" pictures from the weekend: Asleep on Jene: Eric pouring freezing cold water over the kids:Concentrating on the ducks: So focused on their dad in the pool: Papa Vegas with Andrew. I love this picture: I may not look particularly happy in this

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We went to Ikea and bought a plant that we could grow together, and then got as much intestinal refreshment as we could for under $5: This is 5 of say 20 pictures of us trying to properly capture the moment and FAILING. After the one where we held the plant behind our heads I began crying. It was everything we could do to contain ourselves, then we found we actually could contain nothing.

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This morning after we got the Bearses from the airport, we went to one of my parent's favorite restaurants for breakfast.Jene, my mom, and I were walking Charlotte into the restaurant when this happened:"Charlotte, nana and papa love this place! This is our favorite bar." - Mom"Yeah, Charlotte, do you want to have breakfast at grandma and grandpa's favorite bar?" - MeJene and I look at each other

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I am checking out everybody!Thanks Sarah and Emily for surprising me this morning at coffee!! You made my morning!Thanks in advance to Anna Leisa for the incredible date we're about to have in 30 minutes. You ready for this, Jodi?Have a wonderfully laborious weekend, everybody!

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Happy Birthday to my oldest brother, Eric!! I'm so thankful to have you for a brother, and I can't wait to see you and Jene and the little guys tomorrow!Also happy birthday to Christine Two!! Chicago may not have any giant cowboy boots, but I hear you've got a normal-sized pair in your closet! Throw caution to the wind, Christine. Go line-dancing!

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Hello everyone,I spent some time on Google Earth today and, as always happens, I ended up wandering the streets of Australia and I couldn't help but remember lots of good times spent in these places with my friends.Where I lived:At the top you'll see the complex I lived in (College Square), untagged just above that is the Independent Grocer of Australia (IGA) where I had to make runs for milk and

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"Seeing that we have such a God to trust to, let us rest upon Him with all our weight; let us resolutely drive out all unbelief, and endeavorto get rid of doubts and fear, which so much mar our comfort; sincethere is no excuse for fear where God is the foundation of our trust.A loving parent would be sorely grieved if his child could not trusthim; and how ungenerous, how unkind is our conduct

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I've never been one to let my singleness take me away from a challenge - and neither has Anna Leisa. That is why we are the newest competitors in the $5 Date Challenge.The best part is we don't have to cater to those boy-girl-boundaries-in-not-hanging-out-late-at-night-alone-in-your-apartment rules. Booyah!Hey AL, how's about we share a blanket and watch a documentary sometime?Booyah!!

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After a late evening of Mafia and that blasted Apples to Apples game, I woke with the sun (9am) to venture to Valleyfair - with Ben and Joe.I just need to note that as we were approaching the fair, we all agreed to this: "We are definitely not going on the stupid antique cars due to their lameness." When we arrived we headed for the Enterprise. After the spinning and the screaming and the upside

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Ben seems to say lots of funny things. For instance, he just commented on Ann's blog, that he "loves short people more than regular people."This got me thinking about how often Ben says funny things. I might make this a regular feature on my blog. Here are a few off the top of my head that he's said recently (or maybe not so recently):"I'll meet you at Mount Ararat" (to anna leisa)"Sometimes I

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In the immortal words of the Eels, this is that fresh, that fresh feeling.This morning Emily and I met at 6:30 to spend a little time in the Bible. I even brought my Santa Biblia (that means I meant business)! Em had to go a little after 7, so I spent a good hour by myself journaling, praying, reading - it was great to have intentional, not squeezed in, extended time with mi Redentor...But now

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Winner of "Guess this Picture" game: I'm not sure, it's either Adam Ochuk or Jon Dordal. They were birs stuck to my sweatpants (I was running the other week, and there was this massive tree that had fallen into the path. I had to get around it through the woods and now my sweats are covered with those crazy birs). Jon Dordal pretty much had it, but Adam wished me a happy "bir-day" so I don't

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Oh man...what a day!! Yesterday it was a full time job just to keep up everything birthday-related. I've never had an August 23rd like it! Wow! What did I do to warrant such an immense showing? Nothing! I just have the most amazing friends that have ever existed!!Back in our livejournal days we used to recap how many phone calls, facebook messages, etc that we got on our birthdays. Let's bring

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I wish I'd brought my camera to work today! I just got back from lunch to find a package waiting for me of 36 baby roses! They're so pretty! I can't believe this!I am BLOWN AWAY. I don't think I've ever felt so cared for ever! It's a full time job just trying to keep up with all the love that's flowing. Thank you Anna Leisa, Rachel, Sarah and Emily! You guys are the sweetest girls in the

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Happy Birthday, everybody. In honor of this holiday, I am hosting a picture post.These are a few pictures of Rachel gorging herself on Buca's:This is a picture of Yuppie Trash:I was driving behind this car last week. It has been painted Red....but if you look closely on the left side of the bumper, you'll see that they chose to paint over a Minnesota Wild sticker instead of taking it off

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Hey, dreams.The other night I had one. Maren and I were trying to meet for Chipotle at 6:00 am. I told her there was one by the Perkins across 94 from campus (there isn't one). So we were walking along, climbing over cement blocks, and I felt really bad because it was 6:17 and she had to be at work by 6:30 and she's pregnant, so I didn't want her to get hurt with all the climbing we were doing

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A few minutes ago as I was spooning free taco fillings onto my paper plate in the lunch room I overheard this conversation:"He turned two yesterday" - Lady 1"The 20th was the big day, huh?" - Lady 2"Yep...he'll be 20 for his golden birthday. That's a good age" - Lady 1I was gleeful...and almost told them it would be my golden birthday on wednesday! Almost. I don't know them.This weekend was

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This is a story that may be better hearing it out loud - I get very excited explaining how all the hubbub seemed to continue spiraling more and more out of control.1:00 - I recieve an email from our boss asking cube-neighbor (CN) and I to stop by to talk about a project1:02 - CN and I walk in and catch our boss playing Sudoku. CN inquires what this game is. I am visibly gleeful and containing

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Day 1 was the NoodlegramYesterday I celebrated by having dinner with Laney-boo at Olive Garden (the genius is forcing yourself to eat as many breadsticks as possible so you can gorge yourself on baked ziti the next day for lunch - all for the low low price of 17 dollars after tip).I also celebrated yesterday by having coffee at a Cupcake joint with Anna Leisa.Tonight's festivities include a

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Last year I led the student small group with this dude Lee.Moments ago I had this google talk conversation with him:Lee: I'm baking a cake for your Golden Birthday.Christine: you are notLee: It includes: celery, pickles, peanut butter, butter, cranberry juice, flax seed, flour, yeast, sardines, and Salsa. You'll be impressed! It will be the BEST birthday cake ever!!!Christine: as long as there's

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Yesterday I was driving into Minneapolis from work and I felt peaceful, content, and filled with joy - and the best part was that I knew it wasn't fleeting.This world is full of darkness and pain. People are full of rage - violent fights are started on our University campus hospitalizing friends for months. Wars are raging in countries all over the world - friends are having to escape their

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Why didn't you tell me that the New Amsterdams were playing with Mae?????alsdkghlaskfhglaksdglsad.My birthday is going to be the greatest day of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(It's been, literally, 3 years since I've been this excited about a concert, nay about anything)

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Okay, so I've got a golden birthday coming up...and I'm in the market for a slogan. I've had only a few ideas so far:We'll Sleep when we Die!Ben or Bust!King Midas was the greatest man to ever live!Valley Fair! Yeah! Gold!That's really all I've got so far. I am in desperate need of more suggestions: make em now or forever hold your peace! And this is the schedule thus far (come one come all

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...can anyone say "finally" ?So sometime in January of 2005 I said something to Sarah S. to the effect of "You should date my friend Ben."She said "Okay!"I said "Okay! Let's go visit him in Madison!"And we did. The weekend of February 11th, 2005. All they really talked about was bananas or something.And then their agony began. 19 months of "I like him"s and "I like her"s and "not yet"s and "

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Despite Ben's shock, it's true that I went to a show this week, but he was right to be surprised that I knew who the band was (since I stopped discovering new music 2 years ago) - I didn't. As proof, I ran into one of AL's coworkers on the way, Dan, and I believe I said something to the effect of "I'm going to First Ave...some band called...On Georgia?"So anyway, I went to see Of Montreal

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...and already I'm pretty sure Annie Hall is the greatest movie I've ever seen.I'm watching it while typing on my ibook and eating carrot sticks in my Ikea-donned apartment.That's right everybody - I'm a living breathing stereotype. I think I'll reach over and take a sip from my diet coke.You know what else is great? Freshly ground coffee. Man, don't you just love coffee? Smells so good. And

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If you haven't heard, my brother is a pro-bridge player, and he's really really good at what he does. My brother, along with I think five other Americans, (Joey being the best of course, in my opine) recently went to Taiwan to represent our country in the National Juniors Event. It's sort of a strange phenomenon, how into bridge our family is...but it's really exciting!Without further ado, this

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Yesterday I ordered a few books on Amazon:Systematic Theology by Wayne GrudemThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferThe Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory by William Manchester (I'm just getting into biographies, but this one is closing in on 1000 pages so, uh, ida know, pray for me?)Till We Have Faces, A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis (This is one of my favorites - I

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I got three things today:1) My left Chaco fits me perfectly. My right one makes my big toe claustrophobic and caused a sacajawea sized bruise on my foottop.2) Last night I put my whites in the dryer, and then carefully placed 5 quarters in the dryer and pushed start - I did this so that my clothes would dry properly. I came back an hour later to see that someone had taken all my clothes out of

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Ahh, interval training.Interval Training day is a fun day - sprint for 60 seconds, walk for 60 seconds, repeat 3-5 times.It's fun because it's not much of a time commitment, and I get to listen to theme songs. Theme songs are a perfect soundtrack to interval training because the majority of the songs are approximately 60 seconds long.Still don't get it? Well, let me tell you about today's

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Two things have happened today:1) I forgot about a noon doctor's appointment.2) Leftover spaghetti in one of the conference rooms.They pretty much cancel each other out.

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I spent my entire weekend in 3 different pairs of sweatpants. And it was glorious.Maybe not because of the sweatpants.Mark's message Friday night was exactly what the doctor ordered. Anna Leisa and I have been pouring ourselves out in a sea of verbage going round and round about just what Mark shared - that what we're living for must be to please God.After the service, we both just looked at

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Just dropping in to note that Anna Leisa and I just completed the best run ever. 9 miles, baby!Woooooooooooo!It's not the 9 miles that's impressive, but the pace. Anna Leisa totally pushed me, and we went way faster than we did last week. I can't believe I was even physically capable of it! It was freakin' great.Freakin.Also, talking was ample - so much great.God is so good to give us running

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Did I know you two and a half years ago? If I did than this video is going to seem pretty familiar to you.This morning Emily and I were having coffee, and she started talking about the new mac ads, and I was reminded of all the time I spent on the olde english site in my Melbourne apartment watching this video on loop. Then blogging about it. Then giggling. Then watching it again.Even with a

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I'm in Austin all day Thursday making my SPAM dreams come true. So instead of a post, here's an email I just got from my sister:Hey there, family and friends, We heard the heartbeat today. Read more about it and hear it for yourself on our blog http://mallontastic.blogspot.com/ Love,Darrick and Melanie Notice: This email was sent unsolicited. Please let us know if you wish to be removed from our

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Women.Man alive...seriously, alive men. Some of the greatest women on earth are my friends, and I get to spend time with them all over the place! Here is my ode to four of them.Anna Leisa: Anna Leisa has a prestigious job title that I love to inform everyone of. I almost just said it, but thought she might get angry, but go ahead and ask me sometime. I'd love to tell you. It rhymes with

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1) My electricity went out last night. That is a brazenfaced lie. The electricity in my microwave went out last night. I don't know how, I don't know why, but the fact remains that I had to reset the clock this morning. Muffin???2) Ben has the best blog ever. It's official. It's better than everybody's. If you were to read Ben's blog, you would encounter thought-provoking conversations

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Many have wondered what it is I do. Sure, I blog, I go to church, I laugh sometimes. But there's so much more to me than a crisply colored blog, and a liking to other's senses of humors. Did you know that I listen to the Dixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces" on repeat sometimes? That pesto sauce and avocado are my two favorite foods? That I used to be a film major? That in my past I would

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I found out this morning in an email from my parents with the Subject Line "Bangkok Joe" that my brother is representing our fair country in the Junior [Bridge] Team Trials in Bangkok, Thailand. USA has taken home the world Junior title three years now, including last year (GO HOME POLAND!)If there's anything little league taught me, it's how to taunt the other teams. This is what I'm chanting

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Tyler's funeral was Saturday afternoon, and Mazvita wrote an excellent post about it yesterday.She writes:“Our hearts will sing, how great is our God...” In the arms of love. I saw the beauty of community come alive. Many felt as if the entire week was on pause, just waiting for Friday and Saturday to come. But, as we wait upon the Lord, He is our Deliverer. And through tear stained faces, I

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"We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the purpose, God calls the end." - Oswald ChambersAnd so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice - the kind he will find

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As I'm sure many of you would expect, I've been thinking a lot about Tyler this week. I could never begin to claim that this is impacting me like it is impacting the people who were a part of Tyler's everyday life...his family, his church family, his close friends. Christine and I knew him about on the same level, so it's been refreshing to email her back and forth a little about it. We've

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I talked to Jenna last night, she called having just heard about Tyler's accident. She told me that the news was up on the gcm website, so this morning I went there, but couldn't find anything. Then I went to google to see if I could find it there. I didn't find it, but I did run across a few other articles. If you're interested in reading a bit more about it, this is the article I would

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I was putsing around on gtalk when I saw something peculiar. My sister's away message - it stated that she was "taking a nap in the fridge."Taking a nap in the fridge??!As highly inviting as a refrigerator might be in the nasty Arizona heat, I must admit that I am highly concerned. Not so much for the risk she's taking of catching herself and her belly-baby a nasty cold (which is high), but she

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Hello friends and readers,Last night I spent a lovely evening at Rachel's watching The Producers with Anna Leisa, Rachel, and Beth. (Anna Leisa had a heckuva time picking out a movie - in the interest of her not having a heart attack, we will never give her this task again).I loved the consensus that we wanted a light hearted movie and Anna Leisa responding with "so do we all agree on The

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This weekend my friend Hoops called me (and I suspect many others) with the unfortune of having to be the bearer of some bad news. A friend of ours from LT, Tyler, was killed friday night by a drunk driver driving the wrong way on the interstate.I feel unqualified to even write a blog entry about Tyler or the impact that I know he made (and I'm confident will continue making) on God's Kingdom...

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"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"- Matthew 22:36-39"How often have we heard someone say, 'I've never liked myself.' or'She just can't love herself'? According to

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This past weekend I spent a good amount of my Sunday afternoon trying to jump on the Picasa bandwagon.For two reasons, I quit:1) All picture uploading internet sites are 100% incompatible with Macs. I can upload pictures one by one, but do you have any idea what a hassle that is? Mass uploading software is only available for PCs. Monkey-crap. I have a pc as a work computer, but would feel

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This is an epic tale of Dream Phone. The Monday Night Ladies came over for games tonight and of course we immediately decided on a game I've been playing for 17 years now - Dream Phone. Here's the deal: Somebody likes you...you call all the boys at your school (they all know who it is) for clues, and when you figure it out, you get a brand new boyfriend.We immediately began picking our

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Okay - I lent Mean Girls to somebody. I don't know when, and I don't know to who. I only know that I had it, and now I don't. It's in my nature to liberally lend out my dvds - so I am not angry at whoever has it, nor am I implying that someone has stolen it. I am merely confused that it is not in my movie shelf. Peter, is it you? I know you don't read my blog, Peter, nor check email, nor

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I saw Thanks for Smoking tonight - I had a popcorn and sprinkled sour cream & onion powder on top of it - stupidest idea I've ever had. It was disgusting.Anyway, I was driving home at about 9pm, feeling gross from that sc & o popcorn and also thinking about how I am supposed to run 6 miles this weekend and how insanely hot it would be the next day. I figured I would probably have to get up at 6

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My last entry was about golden birthdays - as a segue, Maren had her's when she was 15. Tomorrow is her birthday! Happy Birthday!!First she got married, then she got pregnant, and now she's having a birthday! This is a good time to be Maren! Thanks for being so great, Maren. I love you!

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Birthdays are usually no big whoop for me...but this year is different. This is a year I've been anticipating since even before little Muffin was born.My Golden Birthday.Oh, how I envisioned a birthday made entirely out of Gold!! How I coveted the birthday of my childhood best friend, Laura, whose birthday was conveniently placed on March 10th. In a cruel twist of fate, my own sister was able

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Actually I never promised that.He's been such a good boy.As a tyke of seven years old I craved a fluffy white girl cat that I could affectionately name "Muffin."At 8 I recall hanging out in my living room, my mom (a realtor at the time) on the phone with a client. She yelled from the kitchen, asking if I'd like a black fluffy boy cat...I told my mother no, no I would not like a black boy cat.She

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This is the disturbing music video to David "The Hoff" Hasselhoff's newest song "Jump in my car." In three short minutes I realized that the Hoff isA) Old and CreepyB) ManipulativeC) The DevilMy favorite part is the shooting stars, but I also enjoy the patriotism.

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10 of the ex-fta members met at Lake Pickerel, South Dakota this weekend.Highlights:Running five miles in the wind. I went for 30 minutes and then turned around, I found myself on a dirt road, and at 29 minutes I was quickly approaching someone's house. When 30 minutes came I was at the house, I felt awkward, but it was time to turn around anyway.Swimming in a lake!Going tubing, and finding

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I'm reading Cash, Johnny Cash's autobiography. I just read this passage from the 3rd chapter, it's right after his older brother was hospitalized from a smokehouse accident when Cash was a child:On Wednesday, four days after he'd been hurt, all the church congregations in town held a special service for him, and the following morning he had an amazing revival. He said he felt good, and he

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A few years ago I was describing So I Married an Axe Murderer to a friend of mine, and I said something along the lines of "if a family member died [i.e. the worst thing that could happen to me], I think the first 20 minutes of this movie would still make me laugh."So I'm at home right now, I am having one of those rotten days. Not work related at all, (work is great by the way! I'm feeling

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Here are some of the Colo/road trip pictures from Saturday through Monday.Stampie:Christine cleaning bug corpses off of my car: The Christines: Bison: We went from 80mph to 50mph in 3 seconds to get this picture. That's how excited we were to be done with Nebraska: Driving through the Canyon: In Case of Flood, Climb to Safety: As Ally would say, "It's an Ally Sandwich, with Christine bread:"

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I just got a message from our admin saying there was some lunch leftovers in the breakroom. I trudge down there expecting an array of pasta salad, potato salad, and turkey sandwiches, when...what's this???boxes upon boxes of Green Mill Chicago-style pizza stuffs?This may be the greatest thing that has ever happened in all of history.

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Home!After my last blog entry I went into the pondo to grab a handfull of little jelly packs when I saw Juan and Rafael from the laundry! Juan still doesn't speak a lot of english, but he looked so happy and we were able to have this verbose conversation:"Hola, como estas?" - me"Bien, y tu?" - Juan"Bien, tengo que ir, la otra Christine esta alla" - me (pointing far away)I talked to Rafael a bit

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Yesterday was a pretty chill day, we ate at the Pondo with the girls and quickly found ourselves with an old familiar feeling - the after Pondo feeling. Christine described it as a taste - a mixture of vegetables and cereal. Mine was described more as a shape - a big square. I felt like my middle section became a big brimming square.Ally, Christine and I played Skip-bo and then we headed down

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States emblamatized by way of license plates (in order of recognition):AlaskaWashingtonIowaTexasColoradoNebraskaWisconsinSouth DakotaKansasMissouriTennesseeOklahomaVirginiaMontanaIllinoisIndianaMinnesotaNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaArizonaMichiganNew YorkOhioCaliforniaWyomingFloridaUtahPennsylvaniaIdahoNew MexicoGeorgiaOregonLouisianaNew JerseySouth CarolinaMaineConnecticutNew

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Day FourMinutes after I wrote my last entry, Christine and I seriously considered leaving for Colorado right then and there, that night, knowing we would be kept up by the block party. After 20 minutes of preparation, however, we decided a few hours of sleep would still be better than none. So we got about 3 hours of sleep and then hit the road the next morning!We started our trip at 4:13, CST,

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Christine and I have got to get to sleep. We are getting up early tomorrow.Right now there is a block party going on in the parking lot. Loud bass. Loud music. Rock music. Unintelligible lyrics. Bad night for a block party.Earlier today we were driving through Anoka and saw that Anoka High School's mascot is the tornado. The Anoka tornadoes."Tornadoes are not a good mascot" -

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Today we saw the sights of Minneapolis - The spoon, caffetto, downtown, sebastian joe's, etc.We were tuckered out.I'm on vacation.

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Today I left work around noon-thirty to drive to Madison to pick up Christine at Starbucks.As I was approaching the exit in Madison that I had to take, I was to look for a giant Red Robin and then look for a strip mall and a little starbucks behind it. Shows where my priorities are...I saw the starbucks before I ever saw the Red Robin.The Red Robin, which is big (but you can't quite tell how bit

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It's come to my attention that there are at least three (and probably closer to hundreds of) people who come to my blog to browse the side links. I had no idea! So I must apologize for how unkempt they have been. They have been revamped.This ought to save, literally, seconds from your lives.Thanks!Your web guru,Christine

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My head is swimming today, maybe I'll post a little bit about that later...maybe.Today three things delighted me1) A lovely, and needed, phone conversation with Sarah over lunch2) These two pictures of my niece (both are reactions to Jene and Eric imploring her to "say cheese!"):3) I got a package from a really good friend of mine today - chocolate covered espresso bean chunks! One of my

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Yesterday was a strange day. No maggots actually live in my stomach. I'm sorry.Does anyone remember the Nintendo game, "Totally Rad." It hardly lived up to its name, kind of like Red Delicious Apples.And Ally and Bill are still getting hitched!

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1) Last Saturday I decided it would be fun to cook an entire chicken. Now I don't have roommates, I don't feed my cat human food (he has a sensitive tummy), and although I've been known to eat great amounts of food in single sittings, this gold 'n' plump chicken proved to be more than I could handle. I proceeded to eat chicken for every meal and every snack for days upon days. I'm 90% sure

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This story begins in January, it was a wednesday, I was at Caribou Coffee. I got a call from Bill Lautenschlager. I don't get many calls from Bill, however I do know a lot about him - he's been dating my good friend Ally for about two years now.He called to ask me for some help for a surprise for Ally. Sure thing!The surprise: He wanted to propose to AllySo he asked me "Has Ally ever told you

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On Sunday, Ben and I gave one of the homeless hombres, by the name of "Mr. Right," a ride to the American Indian Center. He likes the Dixie Chicks, and talking about shooting up some bullets at some picnickers...and laughing after saying really uncomfortable things. Ha!Speaking of, I picked out new glasses last week; with long hair they're great - you might've even described them as phenomenal.

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3 things have happened since Thursday.Thursday I went to AustinFriday it rainedSaturday Jessie L (aka Sica) cut my hair.On the way to Austin I stopped for a bathroom break and a malibu fill up at the McStop:On Friday, power went out all over the cities. On my way to church, half the stoplights (not exaggerating) weren't working - but it wasn't as though a bunch worked and then a bunch didn't...

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Tonight Jess' parents invited Jess and I over to spend time with her grandparents, so there we were - all of us hanging out on the snively patio. I noticed a swarm of ants were hanging out by some rice that must've fallen from Jess' plate.I pointed them out, and then Jess and I were both making note of them. Then Jess' grandma and mom began to check out the swarm of bugs. Then the one and only

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