Needless to say...

I've not posted in awhile. And I've decided that, while this has been fun, I'm no longer going to be posting on this blog. I am just too busy, and my life is so insanely awesome... I don't need a blog to remind me that.

So, fare thee well! I may be back again... in the not-so-near future... or maybe not. We shall see.


~Christine

for katie. =)

yes, I am buying into peer pressure. and posting just because katie said to.

Smilely stuff (that has happened since the last time I posted, 9-25):

• SWING!! 
• hanging out with friends
• watching the sunrise at Rocks
• Going to the Aquarium, and being a shark-stalker. As well as taking lots of fun PICTURES!
• HANNAH!!!!!!!!!!! at the Aquarium. SO MUCH FUN! 
• I love my friends. They are there for me 24/7. And always willing to talk. or listen. y'all mean the world to me. =)

AND.

In case I don't get around to posting much in the near future (school, cleaning out our house, moving on to our boat, ect.)... 
Smilely stuff that is going to happen:

• Sarah's house-tomorrow! eep! we're watching Come What May! =D
• Next weekend (15th-18th) we are going backpacking at Mt. Rogers. 
• The next day I'm going up to visit my grandparents, and getting back in time to leave for
• CONFIRMATION RETREAT!!! YIPPPEEEEE!!! I'm being a peer. And I'm SO STOKED.
• Costume Swing!!!!!!!!! (and all the preceding preparations. ;))

Do Hard Things... !

Okay. Hi. This is Kathryne, hijacking Christine's blog... but she's here too, so not really :P We are going to map out our day.

5:30 AM- "My Savior" by Aaron Shust playing way too loud in our sleepy ears
6:15 AM- Leave for DO HARD THINGS!!!!!!!!11!!!!1!!
7:00 AM- Katie reluctantly begins Government homework because the sun is now out.
8:00 AM- DO HARD THINGS AHHHHAETOIUHVEOSIYHBS
8:20 AM- Motivational Red Wall Paint makes the shoutout board!
9:00 AM- Pure awesome.
5:00 PM- Fangirl time :) Brett Harris signed the MRWP. Then Joel Harris signed it, and he got to sign it next to Robin Mark so he took a picture :) THENTHENTHEN Shannon Harris, Josh's wife, who happens to sing for Sovereign Grace music including The Precious Blood, (and Christine really has no idea what all this is, so, yes, it is Katie hijacking) signed it too.
6:00 PM- Wendy's for dinner! sitting outside, and then this random old man came up to us and talked to us about Mennonite clothing and asked us if we were Mennonites and rambled some odd thing about modern women's clothing... o.0
7:15 PM- Leave for home. Katie attempts to do more Government. Snakes in the car. hehe.
9:05 PM- We both do homework. And talk. And Christine thinks she distracts Katie. But really Katie is just as distracting. Katie gets hungry.
10:00 PM- Sign on to Blogger.

OH. Bad thing with silver lining. No mime performance tomorrow. Major miscommunication. And so that's a bummer. BUT. We get to sleep in. Relatively. Like, 7:30 instead of 5:30. But it's still nice. And we still get to see all of our favorite people (read: mimes) at church tomorrow.

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello!
 <3 Christine & Kathryne/Katie

What could be more awesome??

Katie is spending the weekend at my house! Well, more like, she is sleeping at my house. She's coming tonight after mime. We are leaving at 5:30 to go to the DHT conference in DC. We will be getting home around 8ish, then leaving the next morning at 5:30 again.
So yeah. Pretty epic, ehh?

eating mac and cheese while sitting on the mizzen boom...

muusicc!!!

EEEEP!!!!

We played in church this morning for the school mass = fun.

THEN.

This evening we played at the youth kick-off/ rally for St. Stephens = AMAZINGLY AWESOME.
It was such a great night. We had a sound guy who kinda set all the technical stuff up for us, and we were all really, really loud and it was so much fun!

I wanna do this stuff forever. It is so amazing to be able to lead people in worship of Jesus. It's an incredible blessing that I'm able to be in a band like this. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!


Cheers!

long day...

yeah. it really was.
it was:
EDGE
church
running errands in Bel Air
cooking at the Olenicks (among other things, such as jumping in the quite cold pool)
church
running more errands in HdG
and then, roughly twelve hours after I leave, we get home. =)

but it was oh so much fun. i got to see all of my favorite people. so that was pretty awesome.

cheers!

random thought....

it's a bummer that you can't tell who has 'liked' one of your posts... =\ it would be fun to know...

**end random thought**

life is awesome

Wednesday thru Friday morning we were out on our boat. It was an adventure. nuff said.

Friday was... so much fun. I've never laughed so much in one day. =P
two things especially...

we had our first youth group meeting for this year. it was crazy fun. Paulina was there! and Nate forgot all his notes at home. so we really got nothing done. between reminiscing about our confirmation, and making fun of Nate, Paulina and I were busting up the whole night.

and...

SWING!!! ohmy. between Doug and Rachel and Katie and Blake and Sarah and Drew I don't think I went 5 minutes without laughing. I love these guys. =)

So, yeah. To sum everything up, my life is pretty much awesome.

♥ christine

On the road...

My first trip was to the library. (gotta start small for my parents sake) At 8:45. With Erin and Michael. Twas very fun. =)


EEEP!

umm.. yeah.

I LOVE my pajamas. No, seriously. I do. I have this t-shirt with a butterfly on it and my screaming monkey pajama pants. and it's awesome.

**end random thought**

anyhoo....
Saturday we went up to PA. Reminisced about the cruise. and APPLE PIE!!! I <3 my grandma's apple pie. =D Sunday... ~~Mission Trip Services! We had a blast. It was great.
FUDRUCKERS!!!
and
"If you're following me, you're lost too." (bumper sticker we put on Mr. Jerry's car)
and
WE ARE GOING TO DIE!

Sunday was also the Black and White party. Posted on buzz about this. So go read it there. I'm to lazy to copy it. =P

Cheerio!

lots of fun today...

and yesterday. Andee came over... and we walked the Lafayette trail... and talked. and talked.

today, Daniela came over. We are learning Spanish. We had a really fun time; laughed so much.

we had music practice for the 21st today... and Pat was there! and he played electric guitar.
yay! It's always lots of fun to have everything turned wayyyy up and just jam. and not have to worry about being too loud for anyone. =)

going up to PA tomorrow...
then...

MISSION SERVICES!!!
and
BLACK AND WHITE PARTY!!!

so stoked.

39 kt winds?

Oh yes. Fortunately though, that was only a gust. The wind stayed constant at about 25-30 kts the whole time we were out. It was a little more wind than we've ever had before. Make that a lot more wind. But, it was a good experience. And we are learning to trust our boat, which is also good.

and hehe.... life is awesome. and fun. and full of spontaneity and surprises.


PEACE!
and
LOVE!
and
JESUS!

~Christine

Catch-up

Ok, so yeah. Haven't posted in a few days. But hey, school started; I have a legit excuse.

Sunday~ we went sailing!! and it was very pleasant. Sunday evening, we went biking around for a bit

Monday~ First day of school. Went pretty well. Planning for Sunday! =)

Today..... school; fine. went to Rocks. Awesome. Lots of fun. Beautiful day.

Cheers!

heehee

Did lots of fun and secret stuff today... muahahaha.

Still on a spiritual high from the concert last night. =)

OH. and I saw Madison, and her family, in Bel Air!! That was pretty awesome. =) We passed them twice while we were driving... =D


Cheers!

ohmy!!

Today was awesome.

Went SHOPPING for fabric with Erin, Katie and Kristen. And we were crazy. We walked down to Peir 1 to try on some masks. So that was fun too.

THEN. We took lots of fun pictures on the computer. Using photobooth =)

AND!! I SAW BRITTANY AT THE ROBIN MARK CONCERT!!!

which was, by the way...
One word:
AMAZING.
and
UPLIFTING. (I guess that's two.)

God was there with us tonight, and it was spectacular.
I'm so, so blessed by:
My God who is small enough to hear my every cry, and catch my every tear.
My friends and family who are bold enough to lift their hands and voices and hearts in praise and adoration of the God of the universe.
and the love I'm given. From God, from my family, and from my friends.

I love you guys to death.

bahamalamamama

yeah.
We went tubing today. My mom, sister, brother, and I went tubing.
and Michael and I got a little crazy....
including, but not limited to:

zoos
shotguns
tanks
killing little children (we really thought they were monkeys)
harpooning seals
great white sharks
Davy Jones' Locker
Bahamalamamamas

yes. true story. we have many crazy ideas... and it's always lots of fun.

PEACE! and LOVE!
~Christine

friends...

I talked with Katie yesterday... and planned some fun stuff.
Then I went to pick up Erin and Danielle from small group, and I saw Blake and Colin and Mark and Livi and Pat and the Peace Moose!

Cheers!
Christine

yum!

Frozen Hazelnut Cappuccino.... yum yum yum. =)

the corrupted chairs

yes. there are two. and they were coined by Andrew. and they corrupted (not corroded) Sarah and me. we couldn't look at each other, or else we'd bust up laughing. people thought we were crazy. it was awesome.

swing in general was awesome too. danced a lot. talked a lot. missed Katie. laughed a lot. smiled a lot. love these people.

CHEERS!

We're home... had a great trip. Lots of fun. Made lots of memories. BUDDIES!!!!! =)

4th Day...

Was awesome. I'm so glad I went. I love, love, LOVE these people. =)

=D

Got an email from Alan today. The subject line was: Hey All You Beautiful Butterflies!!!!!!!!
It made me smile. And get those warm fuzzy feelings.
I love him....
agape love, people. =P

shorts!

I got a new pair of shorts today... and a swimsuit top.
=)

FWC,
Christine

CHRYSALIS!!!

I'm only gonna say one thing:

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN YET!!!


YaY for GODand LOVE and HUGS and CRYING and LAUGHING and DANCING and SINGING and PRAYING and SMILES and MY NEW FAMILY and AWESOME PEOPLE and FRIENDS and I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!


FLY WITH CHRIST!!!

(okay, that was actually three things. whatever.)

CHRYSALIS!!!

leavin today at 4.... I'll be back Sunday evening!

Biking and PotO

Yep! At the same time.

My mom set up her old bike on this thingy she has so that you can ride it indoors and it won't go anywhere. So yeah. I set a laptop up and biked while I watched Phantom of the Opera.

Cheers!
Christine

laugh :)

a couple of things things today...

CYMA leader's debrief meeting... nuff said. (too many things to list. =P)


Chatting with Cleverbot ... in Spanish. With frozen peas on my knee. (It was hilarious. In a very strange sense... but, whatever. It was beastly awesome.)


PS. my week coming up = amazingness.
PPS. only 4.5 hrs of driving to go... and it has to be at night.
PPPS. My brother is at camp. nuff said. =)
PPPPS. CHRYSALIS is on Thursday! =D

:sigh: I'm behind... again.

SWING was yesterday. It was AWESOME. SO MUCH FUN!!!

Today... met Heather. Very cool. =)


It's been a great couple days... lots of fun.

Cheers!
Christine

PS- CHRYSALIS!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

QSG etc

:D

KATIE is here!

We have done many fun things this evening.

Like making devious plans for tomorrow, which may or may not involve going to Rita's in 1860s clothing complete with hoop skirts.

Or, like making surprising observations about tomorrow, which may or may not involve the fact that it will be the 1 year anniversary of the first time we ever actually talked to each other.

Or, like making other interesting things, which may or may not involve yet another blog and/or a certain doofus.

Or, like making silly reading errors, which may or may not involve thinking a friend said "the chances of us breaking up get higher when we're dating."

Or, like making even more nefarious plans, which may or may not involve guilt-tripping a certain owner of a certain beloved car who may want to sell said certain beloved car... into not selling said certain beloved car.

BPAC :)


Christine & Kathryne

Sailing! (yes, again)

So, Blake came over today, and he, Michael and I went sailing.
We had a really good time, there was a decent amount of wind, and, once we got going, it was really smooth sailing.

Coming home, however, was a different story all together.
It was:

seaweed
and
algae
and
mud
and
wind & current in the worst direction
and
sand
and
2 inches of water
and
no water (pushing the boat over sand)
and
paddling
and
pushing
and
pulling.

To sum up, it was comic. Hilarious, in fact. We had quite an amusing time out there.

I'M STOKED FOR TOMORROW... AND WEDNESDAY... AND FRIDAY!!!

yay for fun plans. =)

Cheers!
Christine

PS- I'm learning The Lovers Waltz on guitar. And Erin is learning it on the piano. Very, very pretty song.

FRIENDS!!!

love them.

Last night I slept over at the Skaggs. Andee, Daniela and I had a great time... (iced tea pitcher, cats, loca...)

Then I went to church with them this morning, and yay! My friends make me smile. and make me happy. and I'm so blessed by them.

Came home, Michael and I cleaned (more fun, I'm not kidding :))

Then, I watched TV. :gasp: I almost never watch TV. BUT. A Deadliest Catch marathon is going on. So. yeah. end of story. =) great show. very awesome.

cheers!
Christine

guitar...

I'm teaching (with help from my mom) myself to play guitar. It's lots of fun. =)

Also,

I went driving tonight during mime. 8 hours to go!!!

Peace!
Christine

Sailing!

Mom, Michael, Mitchell and I went sailing yesterday... paddled for a bit. We had a good time, and actually, when there was enough wind, we were going at a good clip.

I also made cookies yesterday. yum!

yay!!!

Totally spontaneous... we went sailing this evening. Lots of fun... cept for when we had to pull our 14ft boat thru seaweed. But we had a good time. =)

recovery week =)

Well... Sunday was great. all of it. very good day.

Monday.... my recovery day. Talked on the phone... my friends are the best. hands down. THE best. EVER.
God has definitely given them to me to help me out... I don't know what I'd do without them. =)


Tuesday... again... didn't do much. Drove some... need about 11 more hrs. Sheesh, its taking me awhile to get all of them.

Wednesday... well, today's not over yet... going through old pictures made me smile... and reading good books!


Cheers!

CYMA OUTREACH!!!

Part one was today.
and it was spectacular.

All the kids were amazing. and it was great!

And I got to hang with some awesome people... and see some awesome presentations... and sing some awesome songs... and worship an Awesome God.

and I had freeze pops. and wore a very fun skirt. and I'm, like, deliriously happy/hyper right now (12 hrs sleep)!!

and I only need 13 more hours of driving for my license... yay?

and more awesome stuff for tomorrow(church, outreach part two, RISK, etc.)

:exhale:

CYMA is over. For the most part, anyways. We still have the outreach today, and the services on Sunday. But the camp is done.

We had a great week. Loooooonnnnnnnng week. Very long. But it was good.

and I got 12 hours of sleep last night. :) So, I feel much better now.

I'm gonna miss seeing all the campers (and LiT's and Leaders) everyday... we had so much fun.

CYMADAYONEANDEVERYTHINGAAAHHHHH!!!!

Lovely day for the quad-souled goddess :)

- CYMA went swimmingly.

- grapefruit and milk!

- RAIN! and SPINNING! and SKIRTS! and KATIE!

- ...and AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS! and INSANITY!

- ...and CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE (dough)! and MINT! and FOOD DYE!

- ...and SURPRISES! for TOMORROW!!!!

Christine & Katie

PS- doofus.

smile :)

several things made me smile today:

sleep
friends
movies
spontaneity :)
friends
RISK
potatoes
rain
cool weather
friends
Chrysalis!
music
CT. :P
....
and...
....

CYMA!!!!! YAY!!! I get to see all my favorite people all week long!! and... CYMA is awesome. In case you couldn't tell. like, THE best week of the summer kind of awesome. =)

Cheers!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

I love it when happy awesome God-things happen to my friends.


yayayayayayay!!!!!!


:D :D :D

Hello Seattle (Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-15Pe1f3UI


This was our theme song, if you will, at our mission trip. Chapel every night began with everyone fist pumping and dancing to this song.

Puts a smile on my face, and brings back so many memories. <3

Swing tomorrow!!!

I can go, because I'm not sick anymore!! :)

and, I'm going to watch The Lazarus Project tonight. Anyone ever seen it before?

and... yay for fun girly stuff. Like staying up late talking, doing nails (boy are they wild!) and inside jokes.

and yay for friends who will always be there. love you guys!

I'm still alive.....

I really, truly am. I just haven't been here in awhile. Last week, (June 27-July 3) was my mission trip. It was incredible. We all had an amazing time. It was epic.

Legit.
Sketchy.
WE ARE GOING TO DIE!!.
Teddy-creepin'.


I went to the carnival on the 3rd. Then we had some people on our boat to watch fireworks on the 4th. Yesterday, we went up to PA to celebrate my sister's and grandmother's birthday. Today is Erin's birthday, and tomorrow we are gonna go see Toy Story 3. yay!

Movies!

Today was great.

Highlights:

~watching a trailer for The Shadow of the Bear

~watching the trailer for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader !!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

~ordering Come What May from Amazon... next Film Theology, totally watch it. It's a great movie.

~watched veggie tales tonight. I was feeling very much like a kid tonight... no apparent reason. just was feeling silly. ;)

And... oh my.
driving in circles
and
walking in circles
and
water
and
mud
and
inside jokes.
like EQUINES!! =P

and happy emails. <3

as always,
~Christine

Epic.

Yesterday was epic. It was so great.

There is something totally fantastic about being in a pool, at ten o'clock at night, watching a bonfire.

I also got to see some of my favorite people, and made some yummy food. and laughed. a lot. =)

And I didn't know I was going till we left for home that morning.
I like spontaneity=)

Cheers!
Christine

Sailing!

We are all having a grand time so far on our trip....
I'll be updating periodically here ... so go check it out!


Cheers!

FRIENDS and MIMES and PHOTOS!!!

Yesterday was aMAZing! We had so much fun.

Lindsey and Katie and the Yergers all came over.... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

Had a blast taking pictures down at the dock... will post some of them when I get them. =)

Then, we went to the mime concert. AWESOME. Everyone did a GREAT job. and I got to see all of my friends. After the concert, a bunch of us went to Cold Stone. That was... emm... hilarious. For lack of a better word. Tons of fun.

Today, I am packing. Tomorrow we are leaving for NC, and three days (ish) after we get back, I'm leaving for my mission trip.


YAY! I'm soo happy. I LOVE my friends.

I'm not going to be home 'til July!!

well, not really.

See, I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon to go backpacking... arriving home in time for...

Lindsey and Hannah and Jonathan and Katie... and we are all going to the...

Silent Witness in Concert... which will be preceded by a fun afternoon, and lots of pictures!

Saturday will find me frantically packing for...

Sunday; another mime performance and immediately following, we will be leaving for...

North Carolina! We are bringing our boat up to the Chesapeake Bay. Barely arriving home in time for...

Altoona... playing at a mass up there (4hrs away(at a baseball stadium)), sooo excited, but we can't stay for the baseball ball game, because at 5:30 the next morning, I leave for...

South Carolina, for a week long mission trip. This is going to be AWESOME!! I LOVE the people I'm going with... we're gonna have a great week...

Arriving home on the 3rd of July!

I'm STOKED for all of my adventures this month... and looking forward to being able to hang out/ catch up with my friends in July! =)

Cheers!
Christine

PS- this weekend was pretty fantastic too.

today was fun...

I didn't do much this morning... that was nice. Just kinda bumming around.

Smilely things-

eating soft pretzels
and eating Ramen
talking with Hannah - can't wait to see you!
sorting mime gloves (and talking) with Katie... lol.

and
I have fun plans for this weekend that include:

Prince of Persia
cookie dough
spending the night at Andee's
... and undecided plans for Sunday. =)


God is awesome.

ummm...

the bike ride this morning was not fun. it hurts. everything hurts. I hadn't been on a serious bike ride for about a year and a half, because of my knees. So, 20 miles wasn't really fun. =\

Happy thing - I have a new favorite song. My Wish- Rascal Flatts. The 8th grade SJA class did this song for their graduation today... I like it very muchly. =)

Fun plans for this weekend too! =)

Cheers!
Christine

Rollerblading!

This evening, Erin and I biked and roller-bladed to the library to get a movie.
Erin biked, and I roller-bladed.
But then I got tired. And got towed. I held on to the bottom of Erin's bike seat, and she pulled me along. We got lots of weird looks from people. It was awesome. =)

We watched Sense & Sensibility... cute movie, but not one of my favorites.

I'm getting up at 6:30-7 ish tomorrow to go biking. And that time was changed from 6. =P

Cheers!
Christine

swimming!!!

I went swimming yesterday... for the first time since MARCH!!!!!!! O.0

twas lots of fun. =)


Cheers!

So, this weekend we had my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party.

Lots of good food.
Lots of fun people.
Lots of fun memories.

=)

100th post!!!

Yup! this is number 100.

Swing last night was... pretty much perfect.

Some highlights from last night were:

~talking... and more talking. I love my friends. =)

~making signs to hang on the doors.

~ hanging out with some of my favorite people.

~watching the Chair Skit. (performed in skirts and heels. they did a great job, of course!)

~God. and God-things. and friends who love to talk about God-things. =)

This morning, bright and early(for some of us), I went to our mission trip's flapjack breakfast fundraiser. TONS of fun! I'm really looking forward to spending a week with all these people, they're lots of fun!

... and I'm still effervescent. Swing generally makes me effervescent, but it carried over till today this time.

Peace and Love,
Christine

Gettysburg

Began watching Gettysburg this evening.
Definitely one of my all time favorites!

Chatted with some friends today... fun, fun.

Swing tomorrow night. I'm stoked.

Cheers!

"Wonder of wonders... Miracle of miracles"

:stops singing Fiddler on the Roof:

Well, the great news. I bought a swim suit today! :gasp: (not just any swim suit, a non-swim team swim suit. The last one I had was from, like, 4 years ago. =P)

And... you'll never guess where I bought it. The only reason I looked was because we were in the area, and I wanted to give it a shot.
...
Target.
yup.

Never would've thought that I could find a decent swim suit there... but I did! And it's really cute too.

so.... I'm very happy. =)

Les Miserables...

Watched Les Miserables tonight... I really, really enjoyed that movie.

<3 the sun! and the warm weather!

I'm home. . .

Safe and sound and slightly sunburnt.
and I'm not totally thrilled to be back. I could've stayed another week.

My favorite part of the trip, probably... (along with seeing the Edwards- Nicole is 13, and Alexis is 12; the dinghy rides- very fast and wild; and The Bean- very yummy) were the Sunfish.

Sunfish, in case you don't know, are small sailboats for one or two people. Alexis and I took one out, and Michael took out another.

(this is not the sunfish we took out. it's just a random pic of one I found online.)
While sailing in the Sunfish was lots of fun... there was an activity far more exciting and fun... capsizing!

Michael capsized once, and Alexis had to jump in to help him right it.
Then, Alexis and I capsized three times, and I was dumped overboard once with her, and then once when I got in the Sunfish by myself (don't ask. :P).

All in all, we had a great time. And there are lots of more fun stories, but I don't feel like typing it all out. So maybe you might get to hear some in person. =)

umm... no school?

no school
no stress
no (more) rain :P
no sister.... kidding, kidding.... =P, <3 ya dearie!


and

today was fun
my life is awesome
my friends are great
we are leaving to go sailing tomorrow!!

yippeeee!!


Cheers!

BAH!! I forgot to post yesterday. But, I was busy. Studying Chem. blargh.

Anyhoo. We went to the Medieval Festival yesterday at Stepping Stone museum. It was great. Andee and I couldn't get henna, but we still had fun. Blake showed up, some time later, and Daniel showed up after that. So we had a great time. And the car ride home was... umm... interesting too. :P

AAAHHHH!!!! EEEEEP!!

We leave WEDNESDAY!!!! To go SAILING!!!!!! In NORTH CAROLINA!!!!! For a WEEK!!!!!!!!


(hehe)

Cheers!

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

We politely pardoned the party pooper in purple pajama pants, and she partook of the pile of patiently prepared perfectly pretty particularly petite (racist) papery pale puffy pancakes.

Thus, our morning.

TADA!

(and we didn't make up any of that. tis all true.)


Christine & Kathryne

BPAC

Okay so.... Katie arrived at the Coffee House at.... 6-ish.

And, we ate. things. (Like the mozzarella sticks, that kinda exploded in the oven, so they were more like inside out mozzarella sticks.)

Then we went to Rita's, and got Gelatis. (My computer doesn't like that word.) We started walking home... and it rained. So, we hitch-hiked. Sort of.

We admired the awesome thunderstorm. Twas really cool. :P

Then we watched The Hunt for Red October... ate cookies... and popcorn.

And guess what else we did?? It's four letters, rhymes with walk... I bet you'll never guess... :P

As of now the four ... er ... TWO of us are having lots of fun. More of that secret business that you will never guess.

And fun chats... and quad-souled goddesses.

(we can't think of a clever way to sign off. so we shall leave you with... BPAC!)
Christine & Kathryne

Macbeth...

Tonight was the first performance of Macbeth. It was great!
Thanks to all those who came, and there is a second performance at St. Paul's Saturday night.


I also got to see some awesome people tonight too!

<3

lots of random things...

We had music practice tonight for next Sunday... twas fun.

and

a fun surprise... arriving home to see a friend in our driveway... unexpectedly, but fun nonetheless.

and

I'm going shopping tomorrow!!

and

I found my favorite pair of socks. They're black, with hot pink heels and toes, and have rainbow peace signs on them. Yay!!

Cheers!

Christine

Happy Day :)

Today was so much fun.

~seeing everybody at church this morning

~Katie's face, when she saw me. =) (LLOL)

~praising God with two of my bestest friends.

~taking a walk with Mom and Taz

~getting a really really cute necklace and earrings from my grandmother.

~planning fun stuff for this week!

~realizing that, in a week from Wednesday, we are headed down to NC!!!!

Night y'all!

Christine

Confirmation & Cookout

Yesterday evening was our Confirmation. Had lots of fun hanging out before the ceremony with Paulina, Cat and Nate. Afterwards, a bunch of friends came over for a cookout. But, it was really, really, windy, so we mostly stayed inside.

The two highlights of the evening, for me, was

eating cookie dough


and playing CatchPhrase... I was laughing so hard... Oh my. It was awesome.

Love to y'all!
Christine

yay!

It's not gonna rain today. =)

=)

I absolutely love this weather. I was walking home from the library today... it was really nice.


not much else to say, cept that I'm happy.


Cheers!

Today was awesome. =)

yay.

I love this weather. Yesterday... was funn.

I went canoeing with Michael and mom and Taz... and Michael and I dropped mom and Taz off at an island... then he jumped off... proceeded to splash me... until I got it too. (we were both in our clothes, well, he had taken his shirt off, then I threw it in the water, then at him. =P) It was realllllly nice. We had been all hot and sweaty from working outside all day... So we swam around... had a mud fight... and then, instead of getting the inside of the car all wet, cuz we both were dripping... we decided to walk home. Barefoot. It was awesome. =)

AMAZINGNESS!!!

Okay, so last night was great. TONS of fun!! Swing is awesome.

Today was awesome too. Rachel was beautiful... and her dress was gorgeous. And I saw lots of my favorite people. And we danced (A very swingy waltz. lol) but it was FUNNNN!!!!

=)

got free ice cream yesterday.

drove up to PA. And home (most of the way).

Ya know how, sometimes you see deer on the road, running across?
Well, I didn't see deer. I encountered horses. Two of them. Running free along the road.
SCARY!

This weekend....

I was planning on posting this last night, so it wouldn't seem as late.
But, after our Confirmation potluck I came home and went to bed. =P

Anyways.

Saturday - Andee's Party. Was. Awesome!!! Then, her spending the night at my house, tattooing each other with Sharpies... =) lotsa funn!

Sunday - went to Mt.Zion.... hung out with friends...

Confirmation prayer service and potluck...
Cat taught us some sign language.

"Look at the scary tree."
"Bacon!!!"

Paulina and Cat and I being peers next year, along with Nate... gonna have oh so many inside jokes.

Retreat is gonna ROCK!!!!
I'm stoked.

=)

PS- Just in case you couldn't tell... I had a SPECTACULAR weekend. =)

hahahaha

I had lots of fun today at Chapel UMC.

Ashlyn, Shelby, Eric and I bagged pasta! Yup!

Lots of fun &
Lots of laughs =)

Friends!!!

Last night, I caught up with a few of my friends... =)

...actually, now that I think about it... it was more than a few... =P

Andee

Colin

Sarah

Brian

Hannah (<-the only one I actually talked on the phone with.)

Lindsey

Katie

(and if I chatted with you yesterday, and forgot to put you up there, so sorry! lemme know, and I'll fix it ;D)

so that made me very happy!

love y'all!

AACK!!!

I'm bad. I haven't posted since Sunday. :sheepish grin:

I Tuesday. Chemistry. 'The big M'


Wednesday... plotting and planning for this weekend!!

Today... I LOVE

the sun

emails =)

my friends

(ps - TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!!! YIPEEE)

Just Dance! lol

Okay, so this part is gonna be for yesterday...

I went to Nicole's birthday party... she rented her school gym, and had a DJ. It was AWESOME!!!! My feet were soo sore from dancing afterwards. We started dancing at like 6:30... and danced until my dad picked us up at 10. It was soo much fun!!!

And today... I went to Mt. Zion, and saw all my awesome friends!!! And then Blake and Mitch and Michael and I hung out and then Erin got home and we taught (ish) Blake how to play Pinochle and we walked down to the park.


FUN FUN FUN!!! and I <3 music!!

Last night....!!!!!!

Swing was fun!!!! Lots of fun!!!

... and if you were there... and saw an abundance of purple lights... Katie and I helped David set them up. =)

I saw lots of fun people (I was gonna try and make a list, but there are too many of you guys <3 )... got to talk with most of them too!!! And met some of Katie's awesome friends from school!!

Right now, my brother and I are home alone for the day, so we have the music realllllly loud =P

Cheers!

=)

I got the BESTEST birthday presents for one of my friends. Yay!

and... SWING tomorrow. Still have no idea what I'm gonna wear tho. :/

Go Fish... and Drivers Ed

Okay, first off, I'm too lazy to re-type everything Colin wrote. So go read his post here.

And... Today was Michael's 13th birthday!

And... Drivers Ed was HILARIOUS!!!! We have some of the funniest kids in our class. I was, seriously, laughin so hard I was crying.

And... I'm STOKED for this weekend. EEEEP!


Cheers!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!

I LOVE this weather!!!

and

I LOVE my friends

and

I LOVE music

and

I LOVE making fun plans.

Friends!!

I had tons of fun with Katie and Colin today... and SRT was awesome... and seeing all my friends... and seeing swimming buddies. and the promise of a great week to come:

Sunday - not sure yet. Hopeful plans to hang with friends.
Monday - Drivers Ed? that could be fun (get to see my girl Andee) depending on the instructor.
Tuesday- School, and Drivers Ed.
Wednesday.... LAST DAY OF DRIVERS ED = PIZZA PARTY!!!
Thursday - probably go shopping for a b-day present for Nicole
Friday - SWING DANCING!!!!! YAYS!!!
Saturday - Nicole's B-Day Party!!! WooooT!!! hehe


((hugs))

EEEEP!!!!

Today was awesome.
Pretty much sums it up.
I got to hang out with some fun people (AndeeKatieBlakeColin).

I'm going to be away from the PC for most of the next two days... Silver Ring Thing Saturday night!!!!

Drivers Ed Quotes

(At a flashing yellow light)

"It's not turning green! It's not turning green! It's not turning green! :panic attack:"

(Referring to the 'No Zone')

"What do you stay out of? :silence: What do you stay out of?"
"Public Access Videos"

lol

I posted on my other blog...

Go look at it and give me your ideas!!!


Free to Be Me

=)

Finished at 1:45 this morning. =)

But it cleared my head, so I could (finally) go to sleep!!
!!!!!!!

I am feeling effervescent today. It must be because of the weather. And I'm wearing a skirt.


Cheers!

Smiles

I was baby-sitting these two kids tonight... and their smiles made me happy!!

Also, walking and talking with Katie was fun too!

Cheers!
Christine

Talking

I talked on the phone with Hannah today... for like 6 min. But I was cracking up the whole time =)

Love you girl!

Cheers!
Christine

EDIT: I also talked to Katie... yay! she's back =)

Friday....

Had a great time at Andee's last night!!!! Love you girly!

Then... I came home... and left 20 min later for the crosswalk.
And I saw
JoeandAliandNateandRosalieandKatieandHannah.

lots of fun!
And I chatted with Colin today.... he reaaallllyyyy needs to make an OI!!!

And I got four emails from Katie!!

Cheers!

EDIT: I now officially have 20 followers on my blog. Yipeee!

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happy birthday to ANDEE!!!

soooo..........

Today is Andee's birthday!!! Happy Sweet Sixteen!!

soo...... Chem class was fun! Well, as fun as it can be =) (oh, and I got sunburn :/)

Then.... Andees house!
we
played music
made brownies
and went to drivers ed!! fun fun !
BUT,
Mr. Scott was back, along with Fluffy and Duke!!

Cheers!
Christine

Drivers Ed

Is BORING and PAINFUL and NOT AT ALL INTERESTING >.<

but fun stuff was -

designing invitations for Andee's party (yes, during drivers ed)
candy =)
Fluffy and Duke (don't ask)

and we get to endure the same thing tomorrow, and the next day, and the
NEXT day!

Cheers!!

Christine

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Look at the bottom of the page... DO IT!!!

Or don't, I don't really care. I mean, it's not like there's anything FUN or ENTERTAINING down there or anything....

So you can do whatever you want.

This weekend...

was awesome!!!
See, I was kinda disappointed not to be going up to PA with the mimes... but I had a great weekend anyway. =)

Saturday was -
sleeping in till almost 11 (friday night was rough)
doing nothing all day =)
going to a dress rehearsal for the Palm Sunday program at our church.
Golden Corral for dinner!! (huge buffet, in case you don't know...)

Sunday was -
~waking up 30 minutes later than I wanted... but only was 2 minutes late to church. But since I just had to be downstairs by nine, it didn't really matter for me.
~getting downstairs to find a hot breakfast(which was nice, cuz I didn't eat earlier.)
~hanging out with Nate and Paulina and Rosalie and Ali and Joe (and lotsa other people) before the program.
~the actual program, which was us kinda posing and acting out what this woman was narrating... but it was sooo fun ny.
~afterwards..... surprising Paulina with a card and balloon for her birthday
~ ((hugs)) i <3 hugs. they make me smile.
~going to the Cheesecake Factory with Andee and Michael(Cooper) and all of Andee's family.
~ having waaaayyyyy too much fun.
~talking with Andee.
~regretting our decision to let the boys sit next to each other.
~and pretty much just having a great time.
~ ooh! and I got fettuccine alfredo for dinner!!! and a peach smoothie for dessert!! yum!

Cheers!
Christine

Swim Team Banquet

... It was awesome. I wouldn't have traded it for the world.
The funniest things were -

Reminiscing.... we've had some fun times over the past six years
Prank calls =P
Truth or Dare
Food fight! Well, more like an icing fight between Abby and Nicole
Me convincing them to smear icing on TK.
TK's reaction and his icing-ed cheeks.

and pretty much laughing till you cry type stuff =)

But there was also sad stuff. I hate saying goodbyes. I cried. =(

So, that's about it....

Cheers!

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fun fun fun...

So, so, so...

My grandmother came down today, and we went SHOPPING!!! yayayay!!

and I got lotsa fun, summer-y stuff! and I have some pics for y'all! So,
we went to DEB, and I tried on two gorgeous dresses, but I didn't get
them, only took pictures.

And And - I got three adorable skirts. and I have pictures!!!

Cheerio!
Christine

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HAHA!!!

I got the most HILARIOUS thing in the mail today.
It begins, " Dear Christine, You have been referred to me as a possible
candidate who may enjoy modeling, acting, or learning stage techniques..."
I make it that far before I burst out laughing... then I look at who
it's from, and totally lose it.
The National American Miss Maryland State Pageant.
that is the funniest thing that has happened all week. I'm still
laughing about it.
Cheers!
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ehh...

So, today wasn't really that great. I'm feeling a lack of socialization. (gasp! I know, coming from an introvert, that's really weird, but I would have liked to at least gone out of the house.)

But, smiley stuff was:

reading War and Peace. I'm really liking it, as long as I can keep all the characters straight!

watching (or more like, finished watching) Emma. Close to four hours long, but I didn't watch it all tonight. I'm wanting to read it again, but it's going to have to wait until I'm finished with War and Peace. (check back in, like, six months=))

I'm hoping to go up to PA Saturday night, spend the night at my grandparents and see the mime on Sunday... then, I'ma going out with Andee!! yay!

...and... anyone know where the Rigmarole is?

Cheers!
Christine

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bleh...

Rain. I don't particularly care for rain, especially after such a beautiful weekend.

So, I didn't really do much today. But I went thrift store hunting and found a cute pair of jean shorts.

ehh... fun emails?

and I'm looking forward to Thursday... my grandmother is coming down and we are going shopping.... yay!

So, email me/comment... maybe I'll talk about you tomorrow =P

Cheers!

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hi y'all =)

Today was fun, in a surprising sort of way. I hadn't planned on doing much, but my day was quite filled with unplanned fun stuff.

This morning, Nate and I were doing music for the kids at the thing at our church, and the dvd player short-circuited or something, and it wouldn't play. SO, Nate and I got up on stage and improvised. We had to do some type of easy song with hand motions so we sang 'Lord I Lift Your Name On High'. We had a blast! The kids kept wanting us to do it faster and faster, so it was quite amusing.

And, Blake stopped by at church today. Funny how it always happens when we go to the early service, but I went again (can't hurt, right?) and we had a fun time hanging out and stuff.

And and... I <3 emails... specially those that make you really happy!

And and and... I'm writing a letter to Hannah. HI HANNAH!!! I haven't seen her in forEVER!!!

And and and and... my life is just sooo great right now. It's totally everything I want it to be!

Love you all!
Christine

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Family time...

(This is for yesterday. Today is not over yet, so I shall post later this evening in regards to today)

So, after Katie left... Erin and I watched The Pink Panther. In our slightly sleep-deprived stage, we found the movie hilarious.

Then, we all (well, not my brother, he was at scout camp) went to Panera's(the new one that just recently opened in Beards Hill).

YUM YUM YUM!!

Cheers!

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talkathon!

hi all =)

sorry we didn't write earlier; the internet was out. all. night.

rundown of yesterday:
6:30- talked.
7:30- ate pizza.
7:45- talked.
10:00- watched Horton Hears a Who. (and talked)
11:30- talked.

rundown of today:
12:00- talked.
3:00- feel asleep.
9:20- talked.
9:45- ate bagels & cream cheese; typed this.

TOTAL:
eating- 40 minutes
watching a movie: 1 hour 30 minutes
sleeping: 6 hours 20 minutes
talking: 7 hours 35 minutes... so far =)

Smiley stuff:
Kristen after mime... hahahaahaha =P
Christine met the Savannah cats (google it)
Tag stole said Savannah cats' catnip toy
Katie's emails ...hehe

(and we might walk down to the creek!)
(and we might go see the puppies!)
(and we might talk!)

:sigh:

Okay, so I didn't post yesterday... but it was fun. As in, like, God-things fun and good friends fun and yeah. =)
'nuff said.

Today.... Chem test went well... (as well as any test can go =P) and so now I'm off for spring break!! Made lotsa fun plans with Katie for tomorrow... and then Erin and I watched a movie, and now she's making crepes! yum!

So, tomorrow night, Katie and I shall make a fun post for all of you to read!

Lots of love,
Christine

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Happiness is...

a blue sky
warm sun
good food (read: pasta!)
awesome music (Francesca Battistelli )
healing friendships
time with God
time with friends
time with family
cute puppies
a clean room (finally!)
good books
long walks
... and fun plans for the rest of the week!

Cheerio!
Love in Him,
Christine

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It's been a week...

exactly since I last posted. I can offer no excuse, except for the fact that I've been busy. But it's been an incredible, awesome, smilely, effervescent week.

Tuesday
was class at HCC. fun. After swimming, I can home to find a friend whom I had not seen in a while. She and her mom came down from PA for a meeting my mom was hosting. And fun emails.

Wednesday
Swim practice was a blast. We were on our taper, and it was just SO much fun. It was probably one of my favorite practices. =)

Thursday
went shopping with my mom. and got a soft pretzel and an icee! Also, I practiced parallel parking. It was my very last swim practice. :sob: I'm gonna miss those kids. hehe... Also, we found out at that practice that TK listened to Cascada before he swam. lol.

Friday
... I was going crazy. Had waaaayyy too much energy. One look at me would show you that. I had my hair is two messy buns on the top of my head, and had big hot pink earrings in. It was sweet! Also, Friday night was a shave-down night.
hehe.

Saturday
Wake up at 5:30. SWIM MEET!!!!! Had soooooooooooooooo much fun. Went back to the hotel to chill. Mom and I watched Get Smart. THE funniest movie. Then went to The Olive Garden, and went and cheered on everyone at finals. More fun than I can express in words.

Sunday
Repeat saturday. x 100. yeah. that much fun. We got home and I had more fun and then we went to the Celtic Concert..... and I saw Katie and Andee and Blake and Livi and Colin and Mark and Andrea and Sarah and had fun. and was blessed. and was super happy. and ecstatic. and
effervescent. =)))))))))

Monday(Today)
Got an invitation to a wedding today. Talked on the phone with Katie for about an hour and a half. =) and I'm still sooo happy. And I <3 fun emails. and I bought about 10 new songs on iTunes today. yay!

Cheers!
Christine

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SUNNNNN!!!

Yeah, I like snow. It's pretty and fun to play in.

But NOTHING beats standing outside, with the warmth of the sun beating down on your face.

To quote Andee yesterday, "The best kind of warmth is sun-warmth"

Cheers!
Christine

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Blessed

Last night was incredible.

I feel so blessed.

I've been blessed with an amazing group of friends... I love you guys to death.((hugs and love to Katie and Blake and Erin and Livi and Mark)) last night was awesome =)

Seriously, there is nothing more awesome than worshiping and awesome God with awesome people.

What could be more awe-inspiring than being with your best of friends, praising a God who is mighty enough to deserve all the praise in the universe, yet small enough to know your every feeling and desire?

Last week was a tough week, physically and emotionally, and last night was just, so perfect!

And, we played in church today... Blake and the Skaggs came (!!) then we went out for muffins w/ the Skaggs... and our grandparents are here now... swimming this evening...

Lots of love to y'all!
Christine

"... and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home."

Yeah. I watched The Hunt for Red October today. THE best movie. Hands down. EVER. (Warning - Check with your parents before you watch it. Yeah, yeah, I know it's PG, but there is a LOT of language for a PG movie.)

Then I went to swimming... hehe. I was doing this set of 10x50's. sub 35 seconds. At the end of practice. I touch the wall after the last 50, and TK shouts'Holy Crap! That was AWESOME' :smile: that made me pretty happy. (NB -My apologies if the word crap offends you. I just had to quote him directly)

Then, we went and picked Erin up from mime. Well, Erin, Andee, Danielle and Mitch.
And I saw Katie and Blake and Sarah and Livi and Sandy and Mark... but didn't have nearly as much time with them as I would have liked. =)

Cheers!
Christine

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"Laugh your heart out, Dance in the Rain.
Cherish the moment, ignore the pain.
Live, Laugh, Love, forgive and forget.
Life is too short to live with regrets."

I'm a Daughter of God. Not a perfect person, but changed by the love of God and restored to perfect beauty by the blood of Jesus Christ!

YIPPEEE!!!

Okay, so today we started our taper at swimming. We cut practice by about 1500 yards. So I have TONS of energy right now, and it's only going to get worse. =P

Earlier today...
Chem quiz went TONS better then the last one...
Played one game of Poker...
Then we got sick of card playing...

OH! Yeah! I remember. I was laughing sooo hard... Emily and Colin having a discussion over whether smoking cigarettes could make you high. Then getting into a argument over the definition of high. It was really funny =P

Then, Colin and I were talking about personalities, types and stuff.

Swim practice was great, cept for the drama...GRRRR.

Then we went to pick Michael up from Scouts, got their early, so I got to hang out a bit with some people.

:grin:

yay for fluffy feelings!! lol. I told you, I'm in a weird mood.

Cheers and LOVE!!
Christine

fuuunnnn

Today was a day for card playing.
Poker; Big Boss, Little Boss; Rummy...
Also, we had a lot of fun in class. "I want a green electron" "I have
neon electrons, and I'm not sharing" and "Sub Shell Notation" fun stuff,
lol =)

Don't ask about swim practice... grrr... =(

I'm still soooooo tight. ugh.

PASTA for dinner!!! :smile:

Cheers!
Christine

Emails!

I know, I know... the day's not over yet... But something I did earlier was funny.

I cleaned out my email. Now, I bet you're thinking, no big deal, right?
Well, see, I haven't cleaned out my email in, oh, four years.

So far, I've just deleted all the forwards and emails from school assignments and such.

2027.

In case you were curious.

I still have 4533 to read through and decide whether or not I really need them.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I still want you all to email me. This is just showing me that I don't need to keep all those random forwards and emails that are over four years old.

Wish me luck!

Cheers!
Christine

SMILE!!

Oh boy... I had an effervescent day!!!

So, it started at 8:15 when we left for church. After the first service there is this discipleship program that is from 9:30 -11:00. I help out with the K-5th grades, and Erin is actually in one of the small groups.

Fun stuff today was. . .

Nate. Oh my. He was trying to get his disciple tunic on. It was made for a 12 year old. He's 18. So it was quite amusing. Then, he found this silver, shimmery tunic and tied the sleeves around his neck, and was 'superhero disciple John.'

We had an unexpected visitor at church. He came for the 11:15 service. We were planning on getting picked up at 11, because we had already been to church. So, Erin and I stayed for the second service.

Then, when we got home, we showed off the puppies for about 30 seconds, then had to leave for a party. One of my mom's kids that she works with was turning three, and we were all invited to go. He and his two older brothers (four year old twins) have to be the CUTEST boys ever. So, that was lots of fun.

SWIMMING!!!
Nicole made me smile (actually, jump up and down) because she had seen Arthur on Saturday at Delaware States
Ian. Was. Hilarious.

I HATE MY BEST FRIEND!!! IT IS THE MOST AWFUL PIECE OF SWIM EQUIPMENT
EVER EVER!!!

Oh, and my dad got me a salad from Pat's on the way home. Perfect way to end a great weekend. (Well, not really end. I still have to work on this stupid rigmarole... grr... and yes, I'm late, but this is the first I've been home all day for more than 30 minutes.)

Cheers!
Christine

:happy sigh:

Fun stuff last night / early this morning...
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playing Go Fish before mime started

hanging out before Isaiah 61 (no, thanks, I don't need contact fluid for my sore legs... lol)

talking to Andrea... haven't seen her in forever!

SWIINNGG!! (didn't dance much... nobody really did)

talking about Bo, VK, and VK's friend from the Casting Crowns concert

Katie's effervescence!!!!

Blake's exuberance over spelling effervescence correctly the first time =)

I met Oscar =P

Pat and Colin's bet... Pat would dance with two girls (simultaneously) if Colin would dip the trash can... didn't happen though.

Just being around all those awesome people makes me feel so happy and blessed and well... effervescent!

Plotting and planning... to stay late at swing... week long sleepovers... going shopping...

Erin, Katie and I eating biscotti. Lots of it! (Anyone know how to spell that?)

Watching Phantom of the Opera. LOVE LOVE LOVE that music!!!

Going to sleep. Welll, actually, the movie ended at 2:30... somehow, we managed to force ourselves to stop talking at 4:30, so we might possibly be able to get the required (not really..lol) 6 hours of sleep.

In the morning, (and yes, we did get 6 hrs of sleep) calculating that we spent 12 hours together (not including sleeping) and STILL didn't get to finish talking about everything.

Swim practice. Need I say more?

Going shopping at a thrift store in Elkton. Got two skirts and three tops(!!!)

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So, that's been the past 24 hours. More fun to come tonight!

Cheers!
Christine

I can't really think of anything...

but swim tonight was fun. Well, let me clarify. It was as fun as it
could be when every single muscle in your body hurts and you can't
hardly move your shoulders and you have to pull fast.

umm... yeah. I can't really think of anything else...

Cheers!
Christine

Cards... =)

So, today after class, we played cards. Like, Hearts and Pinochle(that was reeaally hard to explain =P) and other games too. We had a good time, just hanging out and joking around and talking and stuff.

AND...I listened to 'More Beautiful You' like, 15 times today. LOVE LOVE LOVE that song.

Going to swing Friday night, and Andee's play Saturday night...anyone else?

Cheers!
Christine

Dem, Rep, or Southerner?

A fun email I got from a friend yesterday...Enjoy!

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Southerner?

Here is a little test that will help you decide.

The answer can be found by posing the following question:

You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.

Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you...

You are carrying a Kimber 1911 cal. 45 ACP, and you are an expert shot.
You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
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THINK CAREFULLY AND THEN SCROLL DOWN:

Democrat's Answer :


Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the pistol have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind
of message does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior..
This is all so confusing!
I need to debate this with some friends for few days and try to come to a consensus...

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Republican's Answer:

BANG!

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Southerner's Answer:

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Daughter: 'Nice grouping, Daddy!
Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Hollow Points?! '

Son: 'Can I shoot the next one?!'

Wife: 'You ain't taking that to the Taxidermist!

Swimming and Sleepovers!

So....
swim practice today was awesome! There were only three of us there, and we each had our own workout...Maddie and Ian had to leave early, so I did the bungee at the end of practice....with paddles and a pull buoy. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's a long bungee chord tied around your waist, and you have to swim to the other end of the pool. In my case, however TK(who's real name is Taggart something...lolz) made me pull it. So it was hard. But lots of fun.

AND AND...We're going over to Katie's house tonite...plan to watch Pirates 3! Yay! AND AND, I'm going to JoAnn's tomorrow.

Ooh! Also, yesterday, I figured out how to turn off Google Buzz!!! Yay! It was really getting annoying with all the emails it kept sending me....lolz.

Funny quote:

"Don't worry -- your Prince will come someday. Mine just took a wrong turn, got lost, and is too stubborn to ask for directions."

hehe...

Cheers!
Christine

PS-I LOVE emails.... =)

Casting Crowns and Kutless concert!!!

It was sooo awesome! They both did an incredible job, and had a great combination of rocking upbeat songs, and (slightly) slower, really powerful, moving songs.

I'm posting this today for yesterday, cause we didn't get back to Katie's house until 11:40 (after much fun in the car with gps and noons and evenings..lol) and pretty much(hehe) went right to bed.

Anyways, had a great time with all of my indescribably awesome friends!

<3 LoVe YoU fOrEvEr AnD aLwAyS. <3

Cheers!
Christine

got milk?

So.

Our coach took us off dairy today. TODAY!!! With, like THREE weeks until our meet!

Yeah. No milk, cheese, ice cream, ect.

Why? you might ask? Well, he believes that dairy will create mucus and clog up your lungs, making it harder for you to breathe. We go with that. It's also a team building thing. We all complain and whine and make a huge deal out of it, and just have a lot of fun. AND we have hats!

AND AND AND....
Some other stuff made me smile too. Like when your (negative) opinions of people are totally wrong, and, well, yeah. love love love!

Cheers!
Christine

lotsa things today... =)

(I like making lists =P)

sooo, today was:
swim meet!
watching charlie the unicorn
serenading people on the ukulele at the swim meet

my name is NOT Christina!!

bumbling stuff that carried over from yesterday...(I HATE drama!!!)
TK (need I say more?=P)
Paul asking me about our boat trip (It's not like I was trying to hide it from him, it just never came up in conversation=))

getting free soft pretzels and root beer

making a root beer float when I got home

getting flowers from my dad(love love)

watching the winter olympics

eating Bomboy's chocolate (yay Erin!)

painting my nails PURPLE!

umm...yeah, that's it so far. =)

Cheers! and...comment...I really don't like lurkers...lol =)

Christine

swim meets

Swim meet today...my times weren't great(actually, they were awful) but we had a good time.

And
some crazy stuff and
some funny stuff and
some bumbling stuff and
some sad stuff and
some just plain weird stuff
happened


Another meet tomorrow
Cheers!
Christine

movie!

Annabeth Chase: I definitely have strong feelings for you. I just haven't decided if they're positive or negative yet.

Yeah, I went to see Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightening Thief today w/ Andee, Mitch, Michael and Erin.

It was actually a good movie. I mean, I didn't have high expectations for it, cuz the main characters in the book are twelve years old. In the movie, however, they are 16/17 years old, and all in all, we had a good time.

I would totally recommend it, even if/especially if you haven't read the books.

Cheers!
Christine

awww....

The best time of your life is, When you say . . .
"Yes I am Fine"
And
Someone looks into your eyes & says . . .
"Enough! Now tell me the Truth"

- Unknown

ohh my

I know I'm tired when some of these made me cry laughing...but, hey, it was 4:oo am...



My homework is like a juicy steak -- rarely done.

I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead. - Woody Allen

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. - Mel Brooks

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. - Robert Bloch

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. - Jerry Garcia

Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.~Mae West quotes

Roses are red, Violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Oscar Levant

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Fred Allen

"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. "

"A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station."

News Headline: Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say.

skirt!

I bought this really pretty fabric at JoAnns a few months ago (on sale!)

I was planning on making a dress

but

I'm making a skirt instead. I'm kinda half-way done...I still need to get to JoAnns to buy an underskirt fabric and trim...


A close up of the fabric


The underskirt will be of a contrasting color, and I'm looking to get satin trim to match the underskirt.

I'm also playing RISK w/ Michael
I also love fun emails and straight hair...LOL

EDIT: HCC is closed tomorrow....I'm going to the mall....WAHOOOOO!! (can you tell I can't wait to get out of the house?)

Cheers!
Christine

Bread!

Our neighbor just stopped by to give us some bread.
He has a relation that works at Panero's, so he gets lots of free bread.

He gave some to us.

6 bags of bread! bagels, loaves, and rolls.....yum!

Now we have more bread than we could ever want!


Cheers! (implying eating, not drinking=P)
Christine

SNOW!!!

Most of you know that we have a side porch and steps on our house, right?

Well, with almost 2 ft of snow on those steps...

Michael and I made a ramp.

down the steps.

it was crazy.

The only thing we had to worry about was not smashing into the concrete wall, but it was easy to bail out before we hit it. =)

We also had a massive snowball fight. See, when the snowplows come and plow our street, they leave these huge piles of snow.
and it is semi-frozen.
semi-frozen chunks of snow = huge, awesome snowballs.

Lots of fun!

Cheers!
Christine

stuff

Sorry, I didn't post yesterday...puppies keep you veeerrrryy busy!

Yesterday, my dad and I went to the church to practice some music with another guy for church on Sunday. =)

and

it SNOWED!!! and snowed and snowed and snowed and snowed....

and

Even though I didn't get to bed until 2am last night...I slept until 1pm!!! yay!


Hopefully, I'll post later...but, in the meantime...you can look at puppy pictures!

Cheers!
Christine

um?

so, I couldn't really think of a title.

Today was:

going to class after three hrs of sleep

getting out of lab 1.5 hrs early

Emily, Steve, Colin and Daniel and I playing cards at the student center (and eating cookies!)

not taking a nap

swim practice...was great! who knew that you could feel so good after only three hours of sleep?

putting a gallon of milk on the side porch because our fridge is full =P

chatting with a good friend I haven't seen/talked to in a while

and, now, I'm going to bed.

'night!
Christine

Puppies!!

10:07pm
We have 1(female) puppy so far ~~12oz

10:49pm
Another pup came out stillborn....

11:23
Two pups came out at the same time...only one (female) made it.~~12oz

11:49
Another pup (male) was just delivered...outside!~~9oz

12:07am
another female puppy is here!~~8oz

1:06am
number 5 is here....but only 6.5 oz...

1:29am
our second male is here~~15oz

1:35
another big male pup~~12oz

2:21am
female pup~~9.5oz

2:45
male puppy~~ 12oz

3:00am
final pup - male ~~10oz

Ok, so we have 10 healthy puppies...it was a LONG night! For those of you who had seen her, I bet you'd never guess she had 13 little ones in there.

For pics and videos...
http://picasaweb.google.com/ctswimmer/Puppies#


Cheers!

to all my friends...

Love you guys!

If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback

Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride

If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past?
Donate every dime you had, if today was your last day?
What if, what if, if today was your last day?

Against the grain should be a way of life
What's worth the price is always worth the fight
Every second counts 'cause there's no second try
So live like you're never living twice
Don't take the free ride in your own life

If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past?
Donate every dime you had?

And would you call those friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories?
Would you forgive your enemies?
And would you find that one you're dreaming of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you'd finally fall in love if today was your last day?

If today was your last day
Would you make your mark by mending a broken heart?
You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars
Regardless of who you are

So do whatever it takes
'Cause you can't rewind a moment in this life
Let nothing stand in your way
'Cause the hands of time are never on your side

If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past?
Donate every dime you had?

And would you call those friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories?
Would you forgive your enemies?
And would you find that one you're dreaming of
Swear up and down to God above
That you'd finally fall in love if today was your last day?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is such an awesome song...so inspiring!


Cheers!
Christine

Music and Quotes

If you haven't already, go read my sister's post for the day: http://an-optimism-initiative.blogspot.com/2010/02/shocked.html

Wow. Yeah, when she called me, I was in shock. I won't go into my reaction. =P

But, we had music practice tonight.
That is always such fun.
BUT, I do need to practice more often...my fingers are sore =(

And, any of you on gchat will notice my new status...and I found a few more:

When you wish upon a falling star, Your dreams can come true. Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the earth which will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor.

Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.

Perseverance - The courage to ignore the obvious wisdom of turning back.



Cheers!
Christine

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