Ice Skating...

...was doubly fun!

~Fun because I love ice skating. It's great.
I did fall twice though, but I don't really care.
Just don't laugh.
Already got laughed at, don't need my pride hurt even more =P

and

~Fun because I got the chance to talk to some really neat guys I don't see very often.
Even though I did get insulted.
Well, my card playing skills were insulted.
I'll beat him next time. =)


Cheers!
Christine

PS~I had pasta for dinner =)

Sewing...

So, I forgot to post about this last night...

I'm making an uber cute skirt. For swing.


!!!!!!

I'll post pictures when I'm done. I need to find some contrasting fabric for a second layer.


Lots of Love!

PASTA!!!

Any guesses on what this post is about?

1) I LOVE pasta

2) I LOVE swimming

Put them together, and well, it's perfect.

Yup!

One of the moms on our team made a TON of pasta salad for the meet today(which was canceled).
So, she brought it to practice, and after we were finished swimming, we all ate PASTA!!!!!

It was great...

oh,yeah! So, we all went into the locker room, but I wasn't finished w/ my pasta(2nd helping), so I took it in the shower w/ us. It was a riot.


I'll post again later on the rest of the day...

Cheers!
Christine

aahhhhh!

[This post is for yesterday=)]

That was a happy sigh!

BUT, before I get started into my awesome night, I have something sad to say(I know, I know, but I'm gonna say it anyway).

My swim meet was canceled. whaaa! :pouting:

Ok, I feel better now.

Soo.

There is something about dancing that is just so freeing.
so...exhilarating...

We also did two Virginia Reels...loads of fun!

And there was a mouse. It was huge.
But don't tell anyone.

ANDANDAND.......... Robin Mark is coming to Mt. Zion!!!!!!! YIPPEEEE!!!


Cheers!
Christine

Friends...

hehe

So...fun stuff today...

Shakespearean insults are the best! =) We had heaps of fun insulting each other today. If you want a list of them, let me know =)


Also, I got yelled at today by my swim coach...

...for not smiling.

See, the past few days have been kinda rough, and I've been kinda down during practice.
So he came up to me after practice and was like,
"You!"
"Yeah?"
"You need to stop glaring during practice! Every time you come into the wall, you have this totally blank expression on your face, and you need to relax and loosen up a bit...you're usually pretty cheerful, but the past two days you look like you're about to kill someone."
"Yeah, well, the past few days have been, well, kinda rough."
"Swimming wise, or personal stuff?"
"Well, some of both, really..."
"Ok, well, if there's anything I can help you with, or you wanna talk about, let me know."

This made my day. Actually, it made my week. Knowing that someone cares and is there for me to talk to, and who knows what I'm talking about (as far as swimming goes; all of my goals, frustrations, ect..) is a nice thing, especially if you're around that person all the time :)

AND AND AND....
Erin's mime performance is June 11th.
The ACCS event is not that weekend.
SOo, my friend and I can plan our camping trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Cheers!
Christine

Ummm...

Let's see...
Today was just kinda bleh. Nothing really great happened, and, well, there's a lot going on in my life right now...:sigh:

BUT, what's making me smile is the idea of getting in my bed with some hot chocolate and not having to wake up early tomorrow...

'night!
Christine

"That was beautiful..."

Has anyone ever told you something you did was beautiful?

It just carries you right through the rest of the day, especially if you don't get compliments from that person very often.

So, y'all might think this is a little weird...

The set was a 1000 freestyle, negative split. (That means that the second 500 had to be faster than the first 500.)
My one friend and I were the only ones swimming this set, and we, well, lets just say we rocked that set.

TK is like," You girls did an incredible job with that set...that was beautiful...just awesome..."

=)

The feeling you get after doing a set like that, well, you feel like you can do anything...it's great!

Lots of love!
Christine

PS~ I'm also really happy that all my friends are home... =)

YIPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! *Bonus Post*

Okay, so this isn't my real post for the day but...

WE ARE GOING TO REGIONALS!!!!

Yay! I'm soooo psyched!

It's in SC, an 8 1/2 hour drive.....wahooo!

Tacos in Bag!!

Swim meet today in Ellicot City, at Howard County YMCA.

It was crazy awesome.

The 13&over medley relay. We rocked!

Umm...about, 4:30, I think it was...they postponed the meet.

Someone had thrown up in the pool. He had eaten three tacos in a bag, then swum his event.

Tacos in a Bag - A bag of Doritos, with chicken and beans and lettuce and cheese and salsa on top.

It was gross. They poured chlorine in the pool, to try and shock it.

But, they ended up canceling the meet.

It was hilarious! My one friend, when we told him that the meet was canceled, started jumping around. and we were are like,"Go Tacos in a Bag!!!!" and going all crazy.

Then, my friend bought a Taco in a Bag.
HAH!!!

EDIT: We finally figured out Twenty29! (After a long and hard investigation...thanks, Brett!)
Twenty29


Cheers!
Christine

Strategy...Point of Fatigue...zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I know.

The two things in the title are totally weird. But bear with me.

Strategy ~
My brother got a new Civil War game for Christmas called A House Divided
So, yeah.
For those of you who don't know us well, my brother was Union, and I was Confederate.
It was fun.
I won. By capturing Washington D.C.

Then, we played RISK. Actually, we are still in the middle of it, as I had to leave for swimming. But I'm winning.
With:
Europe,
North America,
Australia,
and most of Asia. =)

Point of Fatigue~
Well, TK gave us the HARDEST practice tonight.
He said, once you reach that point of fatigue, it's great. Nothing feels good, but nothing hurts anymore. You can go out and kill yourself(in the pool, he means), and you won't feel a thing.

But, until you push yourself, physically and mentally, through that point of fatigue, you won't know just how much pain you can handle.

No pain, no gain!

heh.

TK was like, "You guys hate me yet?" "Oh yeah" "Good. That's why I'm here."
This guy, he's like, 22, a senior in college. He can make you do anything...

I told TK,
"Can you bring the trashcan a little closer? I'm gonna need it after this set."He replied,
"I'll bring it over when you're done. If I get it now, it might look like I'm working you until you throw up. I'm not supposed to make you do that, but if it comes up as a byproduct, then, well, it means you're working hard enough...for now."

I never technically threw up, really, nothing came out.

But it was the BEST practice I've ever done.

But, though I am quite mentally awake...my muscles are screaming at me, so I'm going to bed.

'night!
Christine

Much Ado About Nothing

So, as you might guess, I saw Much Ado About Nothing this evening with a friend.

It was a riot.

They had some very talented actors and actresses, and we had a great time.

In case you don't know, Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by Shakespeare. I highly recommend you see it.

SOoOoOoOoO...

yeah.

that's all.

=)

Cheers!
Christine

Swimming =)

So...just to give you a peek at my swim life, here are a couple of funny quotes from tonite~

*(This is a swimmer talking to a lifeguard)"You better get that hairball at the bottom of the pool, cuz if I get it, it might choke me. You wouldn't want to do mouth-to-mouth on me cuz I have herpes."*

*"I feel like a platypus." "You look like a platypus"*

*"I'm asphyxiating on my Gatorade."*

*"My eyebrow is twitching. That means I need to go".*

*"Not that right side. Your other right side."*

*"Hey Paul, can I go to the bathroom?" "I don't know, can you?"* (groan, groan)

*"Can any of you count to five?" "Nope!"*

Sooo. yeah. fun times.

Cheers!
Christine

Customer Service and Grocery Shopping

Two especially funny things today.

1) Our Rosetta Stone was not working so my mom called customer service.

*Background Info - we have a huge joke about people in Customer Service...that they don't know what the are doing, and that, the majority of the time, they don't even live in the US(My grandfather says it's "Customer Circus").*

Anyways, so my mom was calling them, and it's a long story, but first there was this guy speaking Portuguese, and I was laughing so hard that I was crying, and mom couldn't hardly spell her name.

I guess it's kinda like you had to be there to really think it was funny. I'm weird like that.

2)So, we were doing one of those self-checkout things at the grocery store.
And, it kept blinking and telling my dad"The Bagging area is full. Please bag your items" over and over and over again.

It was hilarious. Everyone was staring. HAHA (Another one of those, you-have-to-be-there-to-really-get-type things)

It's a good thing I had those funny moments today - I feel awful right now. My shoulders are screaming and my knees and back and aching. Swimming is rough.

Cheers!
Christine

Summer!!

I started thinking about summer today...I'm so very excited for summer!

Summer is:

mission trip(s)
sailing camp
hanging out with friends
Civil War Re-enacting
planning a camping trip with friends
backpacking
CYMA
sailing
getting my license (July 2nd)
going on a cruise with my cousin, uncle, and grandparents (and driving an ATV!!)


So yeah.
I'm stoked.
Planning my summer is such fun!

Cheers!
Christine

LOL = Lots of Love

Today was an great ending to the best weekend.
I woke up
went to church
saw all of my awesome friends!
I LOVE them~ so much genuine friendship and love.

So, what made me happy today is love.
Love from God
Love from friends
Love from family

This evening I went to swim practice. Swimming was exhausting, but the steaming hot shower after made me smile =)

Until tomorrow,
Christine

EPIC part 3

So, I decided to finish off my spectacular(!) day with another epic post.

I am sooo blessed to have such fantastic friends! Love you guys!

So, after a indescribably awesome time at Katie's house,
I got home, and left again. =)

I went to my friends house, and we played an
strategic,
epic,
thrilling,
game of RISK.

on a homemade gameboard. (courtesy of Blake and David)

Then, when I got back home, we had a girls night! (My dad is out of town, and my bro is at a friends house).
We watched 1408
ate: popcorn
ice cream
and played games.

i'm sooo tired! going to bed soon!

Cheers!
Christine

EPIC part два

Last night (/this morning) was ___. you fill in the blank, I guess.

it was
White Fudge Chunky Chips Ahoy
popcorn
I almost fell out of the chair
...I didn't but I definitely screamed when it reclined and I didn't know it would do that.
the cat in the kitchen sink!! (see below)
talking... a LOT of talking
starting Phantom of the Opera at 2 AM
realizing that PotO is 2.5 hours long
realizing that Katie, at least, would not last that long
reluctantly turning it off around 4.
talking more
sleeping. for a while.

and then we woke up
ate bagels
(with cream cheese!)
(and apple cider!!)
created another blog on another site, merely for the purpose of commenting on all our friends' stuff.
it's all awfully fun stuff, eh?

now we're about to pounce on another friend to make HER start an Optimism Initiative.

yup.

Cheers!

Christine and Katie

EPIC.

I am writing this in the company of Katie. Katie has her OWN Optimism Initiative (yay!)

...and so should you!!

(*peeeerrrrrpresssuuuurrreeeeee!!!!*)

Where do we start.

um.

well, let's just say.... Swing is AWESOME.

and

we watched some friends play RISK (and one got pretty much demolished)

and

we daaaannnced!

and

we were the objects of a *certain bet*

made by *certain "well-meaning" friends*

about which of the two of us would dance more with

*certain unnamed parties*

...we tied.

(I COULD HAVE WON! HAH!)

just kidding.

now, we are going to

a) paint our faces blue,

b) eat fried hedgehog,

c) and watch Phantom of the Opera

(if you picked c, you might possibly have been correct)

we may post again later... sometime in the morning, most likely... whether it will be before or after sunrise is uncertain.

Christine (& Katie/Kathryne)

Quesadillas!

Okay, so my brother made quesadillas for dinner tonight. They were GREAT, by the way.

So, when I came home from swimming, I made myself a burrito out of the leftover veggies and chicken that go in the quesadilla. So, I'm loading up this tortilla with all this stuff, and I decide to use all the leftover veggies. (Bad idea #1)

So, after I microwave it, I attempt to roll it up. (Bad idea #2) The result was disastrous. There were vegetables and drippy stuff all over the table.

Of course, my sister just stood there and laughed at me. I have to admit, it was quite funny, to see me holding this tortilla that was split down the center, and veggies and chicken everywhere. =)

EDIT: Erin just found a piece of a tortilla in her hair! haha

Another funny thing ~ A piece of paper fell off the dining room table, and I leaned over in my chair as an attempt to retrieve it. My attempt failed. I ended up on the floor right next to the piece of paper...

Cheers!
Christine

Beginnings of the Optimism Intiative

So, my friend Katie convinced me to start an Optimism Initiative blog. She began this operation in July of 2009, as a way to brighten up her (and her friends') day. Every night, I will post something that made me smile or laugh during the day, and I hope it does the same for you.

Cheers!
Christine