Wednesday, February 16, 2011

February 7, 2011

My most treasured item.

Treasure is one of those things you want to be deep.  Relationships. Truth. Love.  Those things aren't items.  I decided to think of actual things that I possess and also treasure. 

My iPhone 4 is an item that I LOVE!! A LOT!  I can't tell you how many people give me a hard time and tell me that I am addicted.  You know what, I don't care.  My iPhone does everything for me!!

Oh, how I really love my Uggs.  I wore them for almost 3 straight weeks while I trekked my way through 5 countries.  I wear them to clean, or shop.  I know that I will be wearing these same Uggs in 12 years.

I really love my Downstream hoodie.  I haven't seen the guys play in way too long, but I still love them.  My memories of shows will stay with me forever.  My memories of beers and food with Matt and Wes will stay with me forever.  The overwhelming grief of loosing Matt will also stay with me.  You know what, I really treasure memories.  and relationships.  and truth.  and LOVE!!!

February 6, 2011

When asked who I would want to trade places with for a day I went through SO many possibilities, but I kept finding reasons that I wouldn't.  
Then I searched for "laying on a tropical beach."  DONE!

February 5, 2011

My favorite memory.

"Or didn't you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace - a new life in a new land! When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus" Romans 6:3-4

February 4, 2011

Day 4 was a picture of my night <3 

IT ROCKED!  
Great company.  Great music.  Great sushi.  and great dessert Saki!!


February 3, 2011

This challenge was easy.  Post a cast picture from your favorite TV show.
 
I also included some of my fave quotes.  ENJOY!
Meredith Grey:

We're adults. When did that happen and how do we make it stop?

At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.

You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales, that fantasy of what your life would be, white dress, prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill. You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close you could taste them, but eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true.

At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away.

A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.

Intimacy is a four syllable word for, "Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy." It's both desired, and feared. Difficult to live with, and impossible to live without. Intimacy also comes attached to the three R's... relatives, romance, and roommates. There are some things you can't escape. And other things you just don't want to know.

I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the line. It would be nice if you could see it coming, and I don't know how you fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it, and keep it as long as you can. And as for rules, maybe there are none. Maybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself.

Okay, here it is, your choice... it's simple, her or me, and I'm sure she is really great. But Derek, I love you, in a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you.

So pick me, choose me, love me.



February 2, 2011

Day 2 was to post a pic of yourself and the person you have been the closest to the longest.  

Vickie Lynn Sidowey Orr

Trickie Vickie

My MOMMA!!  LOVE HER SO MUCH!!

February 1, 2011


Day 1 in the 30 Day Challenge I did on FB was to post a pic of yourself with 10 facts.  My facts were:

1. I love to knit

2. I love to cook

3. I love to smell good and to smell good stuff

4. I love when a song can take me away

5. I love parties where games are played

6. I love to travel

7. I love to paint

8. I love my relationship with He who is Love

9. I LOVE being a mom

10. I love to laugh