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!

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

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.)

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. =)

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

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.

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

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

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. =)

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. =)

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!

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))

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

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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: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

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