Nocturnal supplication August 30, 2006
The Latest , 1 comment by Maria.So this morning I have to wake up at 5:30 to get to the office. I must’ve really really psyched myself up for it last night subconciously or something, because I bolt out of bed thinking its time to wake up, don’t bother to check the clock, shower, get dressed, get my purse and briefcase and THEN happen to glance over at the clock and see that it’s 1:30 a.m. This is weird because I NEVER wake up without an alarm clock.
I think it was in that GN about China that if you ever woke up in the middle of the night, that was the Lord telling you to pray for China. So I prayed for China and fell back asleep.
I do it again at 3:00 a.m.
I prayed for China. Again.
itsnotfairitsnotfairitsnotfairitsnotfairitsnotfair!!! August 26, 2006
The Latest , 7 comments by Miss B, Ambie, Niki, FYI, Steph, Marieanne, and Ruthie.
Well its not….
And…sniff…I’ve always wanted to see Germany…..and..sniff….the beautiful round French man is there….and…sniff…he doesn’t even know I exist….and…sniff sniff….I can’t sing…and sniff…they’ll all too short…and…
I’m going to go find someone to hug now, and maybe eat some cookie dough or something.
What manner of man? August 22, 2006
Foolishness , 10 comments by Link, Mike, Maria, Theprincesses, Steph, Woozers, Sonita, Michelle lavigne, and ZERO.Rain was pouring down in morbid torrents. Memphis Gray sat behind her favorite bay window and she stared down her long, beak-shaped nose, watching her eccentric neighbor dance around his attic in skin tight green silk pants. He was singing, it seemed, about the multiplication table. Colored by flashing lights, reminiscent of the early eighties, and dancing with him, his oversized sheepdog and glasses clad rabbit. If this wasn’t enough to satisfy his need for abnormality, he was joined by none other than a frolicking sheep wearing a bell. It was a strange sight indeed.
“Why,” she wondered “is he singing into a fake microphone?” Then she wondered why that thought had even crossed her mind, this being the least abnormal element to the scene before her. This scene, and ones similar, had become all too familiar to Memphis Gray, ever since her neighbor had introduced himself and his animals to her, and expected her to converse with them. Only the night before, she had seen him singing and dancing again, this time clad in Biblical garb, playing a harp, after emerging with a shout and jump from a shaking closet with a soccer ball perched precariously on top of it. The thought had occurred to her that night, “Why doesn’t the soccer ball fall off when the closet shakes?” Again, it scared her that the only queries she had about the scene before her were so trivial in comparison to the shocking events which had now become a nightly occurrence.
In observing her neighbor, she had become aware of certain patterns in his behavior. He was always speaking to ‘the kids’. This occurred to her as strange, as she had observed no children ever in the man’s house. He also seemed to frequently consult a large chest, often staring at it for long periods of time with childlike expressions of joy on his face. Never seeing anything unusual about this chest, it again struck her as odd. But tonight, after staring and talking to this chest for quite some time, she noticed the lamb that was now performing the multiplication song, emerge. Her first reaction was to reach over and call the animal rights protection organization to complain about this strange holding place for an animal. But was then distracted by the next activity he seemed to have up his sleeve. He brought a flute, and traipsed around the room, followed by the sheep, the dog, and the rabbit. They seemed quite amused by this simple activity. Memphis Gray was perplexed.
Brought back from her musings, Memphis Gray took one last look at the dancing cavaliers, before she turned to her bed, and climbed in. The flashing neon lights that seeped through her blindfold, perturbed her beyond all reason. What kind of man was this? Thoughts of terror began to caress her fevered imagination. Surely, this neighbor of hers was not a victim of eccentricy alone. There had to be something sinister to his behavior. Any man capable of keeping a pair of glasses on a rabbit, was surely capable of much more imaginative and perhaps even heinous feats. This thought terrified Memphis Gray.
She would not sleep tonight.
Not a wink.
The secret blog of Hobbyns August 17, 2006
The Latest , 4 comments by Foobar, Joan, Hobbyns, and FYI.You know Hobbyns, that cool web guy that everyone links to even if they don’t know him just cause he’s so cool? Well, I’ve discovered a treasure today…..wait for it, wait for it….
Yay me! I found Hobbyn’s secret blog! You’ve been holding out on us, man. I’ll be visiting this one often to catch the extra pearls that fall from your table. You’ll have to update it more often now that I’ve given you the public exposure, Jus. You don’t have to thank me. I know you’re grateful.
Two signs that make me happy! August 15, 2006
The Latest , 6 comments by Joan, Ambie, Woozers, Angie, and Sonita.There really should be a Family-wide contest for the best communal signs that have ever been taped to walls, fridge doors, bedroom doors, bathroom doors, next to toilets, shoe racks, sinks, pantries, those three shelves in the fridge dedicated to the PG moms, written on milk cartons, ice cream cartons, containers of leftover lasagna, “special health juice” made of God knows what and all those other places that warrant a sign. Some of those signs were pure works of literary art. Like the one on Paula’s favorite chair when she was pregnant: “Please do not rob my fetus of this chair.”
Anyway, here are two that cause me to chuckle. This one I put next to my alarm clock and it actually worked to get me up at 6:00 for extra Word time. I would highly recommend it if you are at all the type of personality that’s inclined to guilt complexes.
This one is just too brilliant not to share. Keith is a genius and a born diplomat. I cleaned up my mess extra in the kitchen today because its just too good of a sign to not be heeded.
What’s attractive August 14, 2006
The Latest , 5 comments by Hobbyns, FYI, and ZERO.Stud muffins who don’t know they’re studly…
To someone short and sweet August 11, 2006
The Latest , 2 comments by Steph and Maria.Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
Slightly cracked August 7, 2006
The Latest , 6 comments by Brandon, Steph, Charlock, MOm, and Michelle lavigne.Some good clean fun we had a coupla weekends ago.
Twins August 2, 2006
The Latest , 1 comment by Me.Heidi’s visiting and she came over last night for the Getting Stronger meeting. We’ve been meaning to take this photo for about two years just cuz its so cool how like, she’s so short and I’m so tall. Funny though, how we can be so different and yet so on the same level is a lot of ways. She’s a downright cool fellow Scorp.
Yes!
The Good Stuff , add a comment“For each seeming impossibility there is a spiritual law put into effect by the keys, which renders that impossibility void.” (#3599)