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!

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

swimming!!!

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

twas lots of fun. =)


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. =)

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. =)

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. =)

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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<3 LoVe YoU fOrEvEr AnD aLwAyS. <3

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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"... 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

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

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.... =)

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

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

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