my boredom blog

Hey guys... today is my last office day... and i have nothing to do... enjoy this lovely survey!



1. Where were you 1 hour ago?
the same place i am now... on the computer... being bored! there's nothing to do!

2. When is the last time you filled up your gas tank?
filled? i have no clue... maybe like in october... i did come close to filling it two weeks ago when i went to brandon

3. What is the most amount of money you spent in one store?
surridges... i spent about $1500 there a few weeks ago

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
there's a pink piece of paper on the wall with 1 john 4:9 on it

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?
i went on tuesday with mollie, because i was craving arby's and i needed to pick up the last part of felicia's gift

6. Are you wearing socks right now?
and shoes! it's FREEZING in this church!

7. Do you have a car worth over $5,000?
i paid more than $5000 for it... but i doubt it's worth that much anymore.. cars don't keep their value well!

8. When was the last time you drove out of town?
I went to brandon on the 2nd to go to brett's christmas party! it was so much fun! i even got to dress up!

9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
nope... watched some grey's anatomy with felicia though

10. Are you popular?
oh yes, very poopular

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
i think it was pepsi last night. i havent had my caffeine fix yet today! (yet)

12. What was the last thing you mailed in the mail?
probably student loan forms... they're always wanting things...

13. Do you wash your car?
not unless i feel like going through one of those drive thru car washes... but really, it's winnipeg, and it's melting.. kind of stupid to wash your car, right?

14. Last fast food you ate.
nachos and cheese from sev last night

15. Where were you last week at this time?
here, getting ready for friday night.

16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
nope, i think i'm done buying clothes for a while

17. What bank do you use?
virden credit onion

18. Do you own any land?
nope. i haven't stayed in a place long enough to own it!

19. What do you want to be when you "grow up"?
i don't know. all i know is that i want kids, and a house. and freedom to bake and watch dr phil.

20. Your dream vacation?
hmmm who knows... i think hawaii would be cool to see... somewhere exotic... i basically want to see the whole world anyway..

21. Last boat ride you went on?
summertime at Calvary temple youth camp. i went kneeboarding! i can still get up no problem!

22. How old are your parents?
older... but not too old

23. Are you in love?
mmmhm

24. Do you have any single friends?
of course. i have a lot of youth as friends too!

25. Last play you saw?
i saw "assassins" with felicia in like august... and i saw some weird cabaret thing at brett's thinger

26. Have you been to New York?
no. apparently too many people are murdered there anyway... so i'm sure it's a good thing i've never been there!

27. What are your plans for tonight?
well, doing the play, and that's about it. see... i'm in a play this weekend!

28. Last concert you went to?
geez i don't even know... probably franklin graham, i saw newsboys last there i believe.

29. Next trip you are going to take?
going home on monday for christmas holidays, then back to saskatoon for semester #2

30. Ever go to camp?
yep, camp is fun

31. Were you an honor roll student in school?
not in highschool.. i missed it by like 3%

32. What is your current GPA?
i dunno.... 3. something

33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?
never

34. Are you hungry?
STARVING

37. Do you have a tan?
i'm as white as they come, even with a tan!

38. How old do you want to be when you have kids?
old enough to be married.

39. Do you collect anything?
not especially. i try not to keep "stuff" with having to move so frequently. i do keep cards that my friends give me though!

40. Is this quiz annoying?
no. that question is though.

41. Last time you got pulled over?
never! but i've gotten a ticket before!

42. Ever been arrested?
nope. very good little girl over here! *Bats eyelashes*

43. Been to Mexico for Spring Break?
nope. never even been that far south!

44. Do you like hot sauce
LURVE it! hot sauce, hot sauce, hot sauce!!!!!!!!

45. Do you need to do laundry?
I'm sure I could use a clean load or two. but i'm doing alright for laundry, thanks.

47. How many friends do you have?
1.

48. Are you someone's best friend?
BFF!!!!

49. Are you rich?
not especially.

50. What are you thinking right this minute?
going to starbucks and then walking across the parking lot to mcdonald's because i'm STARVING

My Christmas Wish

screw ipods and zune (though i really would love to get either!)

for christmas, this is what i want:

I Want To Be In The Light

Romans 7: For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

I so wish that I hadn't grown up a Christian. Not because of some horrible experience in the church, not because I had awful parents (and I didn't), not because I was teased because of my faith, or felt like an outcast.

It's because I wish I had never learned how to act like a perfect Christian, even when my actions and thoughts and inclinations pointed in a different direction.

I love Paul's honesty with his struggle with sin in Romans 7. I love how Paul had the attitude to persevere, even when he didn't feel like much of a Christian. I was pumpin some old dc Talk tunes tonight, and "In the Light" came blasting through my sad excuse for a car stereo, and something struck me theologically. Sure, it's one thing to say that we want to be in the light, as He is in the light... but what steps are we taking towards it? Are our actions pointing to our wishes, or are we just being those "nice" Christians that we learned how to be at such a young and eager age. Yes, it's admirable to say that you want one thing, but eventually, you're going to have to be mature enough to take that step. Otherwise, you'll never grow.

I had an awesome coffee with my good friend Mollie tonight, and of the many things we talked about, she said something that alarmed me in my spirit. We were talking about life in general, and she says to me "Terrin, I don't see you struggle with anything, I don't see you questioning things in the Bible or with God, and I don't see you struggle with sin."

Wow. Do I have people snowed or what? The thing is that I've learned very well how to hide my emotions and struggles, and everything else. I have things perfected to a "T"... even to the point that people I'm good friends with don't think I have any shortcomings or fears or anxieties. If I'm not leaning on my friends and using them to keep me accountable and have a support in my walk through life... how much am I really leaning on Jesus to help me through my life?

I honestly wish I could be more like a Mollie, new in her faith, questioning everything, and wearing her heart on her sleeve, problems, sin, vulnerability and all. Things aren't always perfect... but they're dealt with, you know? So candid and raw... it's so encouraging to have that breath of fresh air in your life.

Now, don't get me wrong, this is not the part of the blog where I spill my deepest darkest secret with the lot of you, but there's just a few thoughts that go running through my head... if I desire to be more like Jesus, (and I really do), what steps am I taking to be in the light, as He is in the light? What steps am I taking to be so honest with myself that I can admit that I do have struggles with sin, and shortcomings/flaws in my life, and things that I can't deal with on my own strength?

And I blog about this to ask you the very same questions... Are you presenting yourself as the perfect Christian who has no problems, or are you being honest and accountable to mentors and friends you've surrounded yourself with? What steps are you taking to become more Christlike? What are you struggling with that you can get your friends to pray for you about?

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight"

/end rant

Any prayer requests?

My New Babies!!!!

So, about a week ago I mentioned that my guitars were stolen from the church, and it was a very sad occasion for us all (except for Jennie, who said 'i told you so'... ouch...).

But today, I'm happy to announce that last Saturday the church's insurance came through and I was set to go shopping for some new babies...

and though I know Alexis and Mister can never be replaced, I do like the idea of having new guitars to stand in the gap and form new memories in the absence of my missing ones.

so without any further adieu, here are my brand spankin new babies.



the acoustic guitar is a yamaha apx 900, it has a thin body and is made of mahogany, and it has some pretty sweet electronics in it! His name is Thaddeus and he's not black, he's a mocha brown color, and he looks really cool under a bright light. And our resident Greek Geek Matthew will tell us all what "Thaddeus" means in Greek!

the bass is the same as alexis, but he's black now. and once you go black, you apparently never go back. His name is Clyde. Clyde has no special meaning, but it's a really beefy name, for such a hunk of a bass ;)

Anyway, here is their warm welcome into my world of music. Now, show some love!

-Peace out!

Terrin

My Last Week in Point Form

So here is my week in point form:

-I read a lot of the Thomas Holdcroft book for our History of Israel class. I really like it!
-Wrote exam for Hisotry of Israel class... it was ok
-Started the wrong assignment for History of Israel class, but managed to finish on time

-The church was broken into. My two favorite guitars were stolen. Waiting on insurance.
-We had an all nighter on Friday, didn't get to bed until 11:30am saturday morning
-Kids exploded a blue bingo dabber ALL over the floor in the foyer
-spent two hours steam cleaning the carpet until 11:30 am saturday morning

-my two cousins have given birth. one on my mom's birthday named Marissa, and one yesterday named Aran. yay!
-grey cup partay!
-Mollie and I become very interested in the concept of a 'team'
-Brett comforts Terrin re: stolen guitars via telephone on thursday
-Terrin sleeps for eternity, could use another eternity's sleep
-play practise tonight. I am playing Meredith, the emo teenager!

sorry so short, but i have homework to tend to... it NEVER endS!

My Rant of the Week

I'm hungry.

How do I know that I'm hungry? A few things will tell me this.

1- I haven't eaten a proper meal today. I had some coffee from Tim's and a bagel

2- My head hurts, I feel dizzy

3- I don't have any energy

4- my stomach is going crazy!

Now really, the only thing I can do to curb this hunger is to eat. I can drink coffee and have the caffeine and subside it for a while, but I'm only going to be able to ride that for a while.

I can do something to distract myself until lunchtime, and cover up the blatantly loud noises my stomach is making, but I am still going to have a headache and feel dizzy.

Let's face it. The world has made a big deal about food.

From birth our life schedule revolves around food:

We have a right to food. We have a right to eat good food. We have a right to have food RIGHT NOW!

We are taught to recognize our hunger and to fulfill it immediately.

From childhood, we are driven by the necessity to eat food, and our desire to eat it. We know when we're hungry. We're taught how to recognize when we are hungry- we feel the effects of hunger. We're taught how to remedy that hunger by eating. We are equipped to quench that hunger by going through the McDonald's drive-thru.

We know exactly how to pinpoint, recognize and cure our hunger precisely and accurately. There's a science to it.

So the science of hunger tells us to 'fill'er up' when we feel these warning signs.

But how do we know when our souls are running on empty? What are the hunger pangs that our Spirit makes when it's hungry? What are the 'warning signs' that tell us to go and 'eat'?

I think the church has failed in teaching us to recognize this hunger. In the book of Matthew when Jesus was fasting in the desert, (you know... fasting... going without food for a very long and excruciatingly hungry time) and was approached by the devil, who basically said “cmon, Jesus! You're the son of God! You can turn rocks into bread! Just go ahead and do it!”

But Jesus understood something more important.

He responded with the pithy, but punchy quote from Deuteronomy: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Jesus understood that there was a hunger that existed in him which was larger than his hunger for food.

We have that same hunger embedded in us- we are experiencing the pangs in our spirit! We cannot live on food alone, but every word that comes from the mouth of God!

But we are feeding ourselves with garbage. We only recognize that we have unquenchable zest for life. We can never get enough. We can't find that God-shaped peg for the God-shaped hole, so we make quick fixes.

We patch up our hunger, distract ourselves from the noises in our spirit- oh what's some more tv, video games, time with our friends. Anything to fill up that time.

We deny the fact that we are weak and dizzy- we have no spiritual energy and find everything exhausting in life. Don't be mistaken, God set it up like this for a reason! We aren't meant to run entirely on our own steam!

We deny that our empty spirit is going crazy! We, in a North American culture are so unsatisfied with everything. We can't get enough of money, possessions, sex, drugs, rock'n'roll (pick your poison)... all because our spirits are flipping out because they're starved virtually to death!

Do you know what this really is?

It's Spiritual Anorexia. We are refusing to eat of what God has to offer to us!

But I want to say this to you right now.....

PERSON, FEED THYSELF!

Do you know how I can tell that I'm getting a little hungry in my soul?

I get depressed. I can't think of one time in my life where I was depressed and feeding my soul at the same time.

I get judgmental. I focus on what everyone around me is doing wrong. Suddenly I'm holier than everyone.

I get defensive. No one dares question me!!!!

I get unaware of my sin. In the bad way. I think there's nothing wrong with doing things in my own strength. I think there's nothing wrong with what I do that isn't helping God out. I make compromises in my character because I think I have better judgment than God does. I am no longer in need of his grace...

BUT.....

Once I have filled up on my word daily, prayed, worshiped God, been encouraged by my surrounding Christian community, I can make it through the day. I have fed myself. I no longer am depressed, judgmental, defensive, and unaware of how impossibly hopeless I am without my God! I am quenched. I am full. Belt undone, thanksgiving dinner “FULL”.

So eat up, kids!

Here's my proposal to you!

I would like to start a campaign against Spiritual Anorexia.

A campaign where we say no to feeding our souls with garbage!

A campaign where we say yes to the word of God, to worship, serving and giving!

A campaign where we encourage one another!

Will you join the fight?

Will you feed that hunger?

What will you look like if you do it?

My Second Week of Modules!

Hey guys!

So this week I took "Leadership and Administration" which was a wickedly awesome class! I learned so much about myself and how I operate on a team, how to deal with other types, how to lead from my strengths. I know now that I have a ton of books and such to sift through to really apply it to my life! I'm so excited about it!

Yesterday I went to see Lisa Bevere (John Bevere's wife) preach at a women's conference. Holy Cow. I so want to have what she has! If any of you have heard Trevor Meier preach about this, you know what I mean! She was just a phenomenal person, an exciting preacher, and wise... so very wise. She made me come to the realization that being called to be a pastor as a woman is by no means a lesser calling! In fact, I really feel that churches should have more female pastors... we have a different perspective and approach than men do!

But enough "gurl power". I would just like to say that seeing my school friends has definitely been fun! I love these guys to death! I've been staying at Nic and Jennie's, which has been pretty sweet, although it kinda sucks without a car, and being so far away from school and stuff.

Today I'm going out to Prince Albert to drum with the Ensemble, which will rule! I just love getting to play with Pipes! Man I miss that guy!

Anyway, I'm going to get going, as it's very hard to type quietly!

Ta!

Franklin Graham

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd let you know that Franklin Graham is in town tonight and tomorrow night at the MTS center for FREE!

if you need a ride, give the old cell phone a call, ok?

Tree 63 and Newsboys are playing tonight
Casting Crowns and Michael W. Smith tomorrow!

Hope to see you there!

Survey Time!

Who was the last person you...

1. You hung out with?
Shawna and I hung out today at the church

I hung out with Daylene and Carter last night

I hung out with Lish, Glo, Tyler, Scott, Jordan and Billy on Sunday night

Boy. I'm popular lately...

2. Rode in a car with?
Lots by myself recently, but Felicia and Gloria after said hanging out on Sunday night

3. Went to the movies with?:
Jana and Nicole (NIC YOU OWE ME AN EMAIL STILL!!!!)

4. You went to the mall with?
Nicole

6. You talked on the phone/IMed to?
Shawna called this afternoon. I think I'll call Brett Bretterson tonight. I feel like we haven't had a good chance to talk in weeks! Wait... it HAS been weeks! I miss you baby!

7. Made you laugh?:
Daylene and Carter and I probably had a good laugh last night.

W O U L D . Y O U . R A T H E R?

1. Pierce your nose or tongue?
nose

2. Be serious or be funny?
Vewwy vewwy sewious

3. Drink whole or skim milk?:
skim- but if I had the right to choose nothing, I'd choose that...

4. Die in a fire or drown?
Fire. I think it would go faster. It also depends on how hot the fire is too I guess...

5. Spend time with your parents or enemies?:
Parents. I love my parents! They're so much fun to hang out with!

A N S W E R. T R U T H F U L L Y.

1. Do you like anyone?
giggles

D O . Y O U . P R E F E R.

1. Sun or moon?:
Sun. I like sunshine!

2. Winter or Fall?
Fall... but then again, it's the least of two evils.

3. left or right?
Right?

4. 10 acquaintances or two best friends?
Two best friends, of course. I'm not that big on the whole 'acquaintances' thing.

5. Sunny or rain
Sunny, again, I like sunshine! But a good thunderspanker is good too!

6. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream?
Meh. Not a gigantic ice cream fanatic.

A B O U T . Y O U.

1. What time is it?:
6:45 pm

2. First Name?:
Terrin

3. What do you want to do?:
April- Graduate

May- come back to Winnipeg

Sometime in the next while- eat something salty or sweet

Sometime in the future- get married!

4. Where do you wanna live?:
Like I said.. I wanna live here in the ghetto!

5. How many kids do you want?
At least 3

6. Do you want to get married?
Yes. I have it all planned out in my head too!

7. what do you like on your pizza?
Lots and lots and lots of pineapple!

8. Can you cross your eyes?
Yes. I can also keep one of them still while the other one rolls around in my head!

9. Do you make your bed daily?
At school I try to to keep some sanity to my room. Here, I'm not home all that often, so there's not really any point in making my bed.

R A N D O M.

1. Which shoe goes on first?
Both, if possible!

2. Ever thrown a shoe at someone?'
It's my signature move!

3. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
Twirl, but i always split it in two when it's dry, and i use a spoon to curl it on.

4. Have you ever eaten Spam
no. But when I delete my spam mail, it gives me lovely recipes for spam caseroles and such

3. Favorite ice cream?:
Vermonty Python by Ben & Jerry's (ditto fleesh... and the chocolate brownie explosion is deadly too!)

4. How many kinds of cereal are in your cabinet?
Not sure. I haven't eaten cereal here since summer.

5. Current mood?
Full, not really wanting to leave the house.

---- IN . THE. LAST. 48 HOURS. HAVE. YOU.

1. kissed some one?
Uh huh... well, somewhere in there. I don't know exactly.

2. Sang?
Of course.

3. Been hugged:
Every morning at prayer

4. Felt stupid:
Yes. That's a given.

5. Missed Someone:
That's a given too!

6. Danced Crazy?
Not much of a dancer over here...

7. Gotten your hair cut?
No, could use one though.

8. Cried:
I think I cried on Sunday night when I saw a sad episode of Full House.

. S T U F F .

1. do you have a Dog?
No, not much of a dog person.

2. When's the last time you've been sledding?
Who knows... maybe grade 10 or so?

3. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
Not sure. Haven't really experienced the former... I'm sure another person would come in handy on a cold night though.

4. Do you believe in ghosts?
Umm no.

5. Do you consider yourself creative?
Probably to some degree

Name it & Claim it

In Jesus' name....

she will be mine
oh yes
she will be mine!!!!!!
(who can't resist heated leather seats????)

now... who wants to buy this, so i can buy that pretty little thing up there???

Are The Rumors True???

I don't know why I came up with that title all of the sudden....

let's see.

YES- I am graduating from CPC this year, which forfeits my competition with the delightful Matthew Erickson for Valedictorian. Congratulations, Matthew, I always knew you were smarter than me.

YES- I am coming back to Saskatoon on October 29. I need a ride for the first few days of the module though. Either that, or I am renting a car...

YES- It looks as though I am returning to Winnipeg at the end of April to Weston Gospel Church to help out with neXus youth... whether that's a paid position or not, I really don't care, really, I'd likely camp in the parking lot if I couldn't find a place to live. This church rocks!

NO- I am not engaged... (but thanks to whoever's been spreading that one around!)

YES- Mollie got a job!!!! Hurray for Mollie! Check out her blog at http://morickson.blogspot.com

YES- MATT GOT A GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!

YES- Baxter, my 1998 Cavalier Z24 is for sale! I just sank $350 into her for new tires too! If you're interested in this sexy little number, give me a call ;)

YES- I am writing a blog to procrastinate writing my paper for History of Missions class... even when you're away from school, old habits die hard!

YES- The FRANKLIN GRAHAM FESTIVAL IS NEXT WEEKEND! CASTING CROWNS IS PLAYING SUNDAY NIGHT!!!! Youth- invite a nonChristian- Franklin Graham can't save Christians OR empty seats!

YES- Norah, I am specifically writing this line so that you will comment again on my blog. Haven't got to updating my template yet though...

YES- you've reached the end!

HAVE A GREEEEEEEAT DAY!

My Mood For Today

Low on Motivation... High on Life!


YOUTH:
Bring people to the gym riot

200+ people: winning team shaves Dennis's head
300+ people: winning team shaves FELICIA'S head

GET AT IT!!!!

(i'm going to put my money on the underdogs: go team yellow!!!!)

My Boredom During Class...

1. Where were you 1 hour ago?
In the car, either on the way to pick up Nicole or Ashley

2. When is the last time you filled up your gas tank?
Filled, or just put some gas in?

Because I filled up on Sunday, but I put 20 bucks in on Tuesday...

3. What is the most amount of money you spent in one store?
I don't think I personally have spent more than $120 at one time on clothing. Other than that I would probably say that the 200 I spent on my monitor like 3 years ago... unless you count the 900 i dropped on my laptop...

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
Jana and Wendy are wearing pink shirts. Not sure about underwear.... i'm in class right now

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?
Hmmm........ probably like a month ago to get a key cut for Daylene

6. Are you wearing socks right now?
Yeah, white ones!

7. Do you have a car worth over $5,000?
I used to. It was worth $7,000 when I bought it... it's probably only worth about 4,000 once i get it all fixed to be safetied

8. When was the last time you drove out of town?
I am actually currently out of town... or back in town... i haven't been home in virden since september, and i haven't been back here in saskatoon since last april, and i was in winnipeg last week... don't even get me started on brandon! WHICH ONE IS HOME?!

9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Hmm... nope. Nic and I considered a cheap movie on tuesday, but it didn't happen

10. Are you popular?
Popluar... you're gonna be pop-u-lar, you're gonna be good at sports, find the right cohorts.. lol... wicked is such an awesome musical!

I think i'm popular among my friends. And if they disagree, my mom thinks i'm cool!

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Organic coffee with a scoop of hot chocolate!

12. What was the last thing you mailed in the mail?
I think i mailed out a student loan paper at the beginning of September

13. Do you wash your car?
Every once and a while. I usually clean the inside of it before i go to school too, so my car will be clean for the year. This time around, i cleaned it the day before i left for modules...

14. Last fast food you ate.
Hmm..... little debbie's oatmeal cookies!!! YUM!

15. Where were you last week at this time?
Hmmm thursday last week I was probably in the photocopy room or the A/V room either photocopying music, invites to the gym riot, or else I was working on my sermon for Friday night

16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Yes. Yesterday nicole and I went shopping!

17. What bank do you use?
Credit Union, but I have an RBC Visa

18. Do you own any land?
I wish!

19. What do you want to be when you "grow up"?
Doing something in a church. And a mommy.

20. Your dream vacation?
I would love to travel anywhere, really. Australia is a preference, but i would take anywhere! I've never even seen the ocean :(

21. Last boat ride you went on?
At CT camp in August! I went kneeboarding!

22. How old are your parents?
51 and 52

23. Are you in love?
yes

24. Do you have any single friends?
yes

25. Last play you saw?
Assassins with Felicia in June

26. Have you been to New York?
I wish!

27. What are your plans for tonight?
Working on my book report for History of Missions, maybe go see a movie if I can find someone who is up for it...

28. Last concert you went to?
Hmmm i actually can't remember :S i did go to an nhl game a month ago... i would say the last concert would have been Third Day

29. Next trip you are going to take?
Back to Winnipeg on Saturday, then back to Saskatoon at the end of the month!

30. Ever go to camp?
You betcha! Went in august to visit Kali, then we had a retreat a couple of weeks ago

31. Were you an honor roll student in school?
Grade 11 in highschool, and every year so far in college

32. What is your current GPA?
I believe my report card at christmas was 82, but i haven't seen my one from april yet, as i just paid my bill off at school...

33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?
No, i prefer to have nice smelling hair :)

34. Are you hungry?
I could probably go for something to eat. I had coffee, and i have some cookies in my locker.

37. Do you have a tan?
No, but i did get a little bit of color this summer!

38. How old do you want to be when you have kids?
When i start, or when i finish? I wouldn't mind having kids by like 27 or 28... be married for a while before you have the kids though...

39. Do you collect anything?
Not especially. I always try my darndest not to be a pack rat.

40. Is this quiz annoying?
No, this class however, is very annoying

41. Last time you got pulled over?
Never! I did get a camera ticket in the summer though..

42. Ever been arrested?
no

43. Been to Mexico for Spring Break?
No desire to really... spring break vacations are to skanky

44. Do you like hot sauce
love hot sauce!

45. Last time you had sex?
Never! Jennie and I were talking last night that it was so nice to never have to worry about getting std's lol.

46. Do you need to do laundry?
Ummm, not especially. I did all my laundry before i left winnipeg. I'll have to do some when i get back though.

47. How many friends do you have?
Do i have to count? I've made tons of new friends in winnipeg, plus i have my college friends, then my brandon friends, and those from oak lake and virden. I don't want to count!

48. Are you someone's best friend?
yep!

49. Are you rich?
I get by.

50. What are you thinking right this minute?
Zambia, my book report, and a topic for my paper in this class... i'm thinking Zinzendorf....

God IS following me!

I was reading Nic's post, but I've noticed that God's been following me in a bit of a different way.


You see, I try to make it to church here on weekday mornings for the 6am prayer that they have. When I'm stressed, people can tell, because I am noticably absent from prayer, desperately trying to catch up on sleep.

But the flawed logic with that is that I am relying more on my sleep than I am on God!

Proverbs 3:5-6 says "trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight"

So, I'm going to trust that if I depend on God and am a responsible steward of my bedtime, he will make my paths straight!

So God, I'm surrendering my sleep to you! I will dilligently try to do my best to be in bed at a good hour, but I am depending on you to be my strength when things are getting stressful!
Amen!

Youth Retreat at Red Rock

Wow.

I just spent a couple of days with the youth and young adults from my church at Calvary Temple youth camp....

just... wow.

Dennis and I have been saying for weeks now that big things are about to happen this year with the youth. It was just awesome. We had pastor Alan come out for a bit, and he preached on Friday night about being a friend of God. Then he talked a bit about what happens when we say no to God.

I was superblessed with the rowdiest girls at the entire camp (I was sort of half camp staff/half counsellor, so they stuck me in a cabin for Friday night... I smartened up Saturday night and slept in the very warm and cozy staff cabin!). Mollie and I had our hands full till about 4 am with girls (such as Ainsley) saying "Terrin, Mollie, I have to go to the bathroom! There's bears outside! I'm afraid!" and our reply "go in twos and split up, the bear will only catch one of you!"

Saturday morning I preached on Nehemiah and compassion, preparedness and servanthood. It was good. The evening was the main event though. Dennis preached on "Destiny", then after that, we had a WICKED time at the altar (I got to minister on my guitar) and we just had a Holy Ghost time right there at the altar, and a lot of our kids got filled with the Holy Spirit.

I did worship for all the chapel times, it was fun. I have just come to realize that I really haven't lead worship all that much in my life, I'm usually the girl on another instrument. But lately, I've just sort of been drawn to doing it. So it was so much fun to do it acoustic and unplugged this weekend!

Anyway, I would share more, but i'm POOPED!

I'm leaving for saskatoon on next Sunday and Calvary is coming with. So I guess I'll see you all later!

until Mollie admits that I'm the gangster-est of all white bread gangsters,

Terrin

My Weekend!

So, about 3 months ago, while bored at work one day, Felicia and I decided to make our "100 things to do before I die" list. Now, there are some questionable endeavors on the list, but yesterday, get this...

I totally destroyed #81!

What was #81, you ask?

Well, of course, I have always wanted to see an NHL game.

So when I heard the Oilers and the Coyotes were playing exhibition at the MTS center, I immediately went to ticketmaster.ca and ordered up some tickets! It was awesome! Of course, my guest of honor for ticket number 2 was the endearing Brett Ramsey, who was happy to accompany me!

Here we are as a darlin couple at the game:


Brett is always so serious about hockey though. When the game's on, you shouldn't say much!

here's Brett telling me to put the camera down and watch the game:

...so serious about his hockey!

Here's an extra perk of the night as well:


THAT my friends, is Wayne Gretzky!

Don't believe me???

Check out a better pic!



So that's pretty awesome!

By the way, the Oilers won 5-0!

Here is another pic....



some people are very obsessed with the Jets coming back to Winnipeg.... throughout the night, people were yelling 'go jets, go!' and 'bring back the jets!!!'

i have no idea whether it will happen or not... i guess we'll see!

Later dudes!

(see you cpc people in a couple of weeks!)

My Friend Kalandra

Well, my dear friend Kali left this morning for Australia, and I have one thing to say...

LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!! (in napoleon voice, of course!)

we had a very tearful goodbye this morning with a whole group of people, but i think now that the saddness of her being gone is over, we can switch over into jealousy mode, because when her flight lands in like 2 days, she'll have nothing but fun in the sun!

i'll miss you sweetie, see you in six months!

My, My, Hey, Hey

Well, back from holidays, it seems!

COULD THIS WEEK GET ANY BUSIER!!! ACK!

But it's tres excitement! This beats going back to school any day! Though I do miss my dear friends very dearly. You all know who you are! and if you're looking for an internship in January, talk to me, because my intern church would love to have more interns (aren't you glad I've paved the way for you??????)

Anyway... not a lot to say, just a lot to get finished

OH i quit biting my nails... yay for me!

My Week Off

Hey dudes and dudettes,

unlike most of my college friends, this next week will be a week of relaxation! yes, it's true, i won't be at cpc this fall, except for the modular classes! instead, i'll be continuing my wonderful internship here at WGC. things are just cra-zazy around here. we're twinning our services in two weeks, we just had a youth staff meeting, and school starts for our kidlets next week! AHH!

so i get a nice week of holidays to forget about my troubles. I'm going to Brett's tonight to watch some Rockstar: Supernova, where I'll be cheering my heart out for Ryan and Magni. Good times, i swear! Then I'm headed to my sister's house on thursday/friday to see the kiddies and of course, the main event, my sister. Who knows, maybe I'll see matt and the gang too if i'm lucky! Then the weekend i'm sure will be exciting, and i'll probably head to the dwelling place on sunday to see my old church friends whom i haven't seen since may. then, back to winnipeg for tuesday evening's PREMEIRE OF HOUSE!!!!!! (we're having a house party... get it?)

so yeah. things have been a little stressful around here. i was a little down on sunday, and my dearest mommy away from home called me on monday just to let me know that she loves me and that she was thinking about me and praying for me! how encouraging! i also spent an awesome night in worship again at the link yesterday, which was just so nice to be able to worship without having to worry about my responsibility. i could come and go as i pleased, and i was just refreshed by the word and stuff.

anyway..... not a whole lot else to say. have fun at school, suckers!

oh, and matt, sheldon and brett, you still owe me a survey!

3 Things that scare me:

The Future

Failure

Success


3 People who make me laugh:

Brett

The Dueck Boys

Matt

(there's more of you out there, those were just the three i came up with)

3 Things I Love:

Drums

My Job

Shoes


3 Things I Hate:

Church Politics

People who don't try when they ought to

Fighting

3 Things I don't Understand:

Calculus

People who live two lives

why my keyboard won't capitalize anymore.. :(


3 Things on my Floor:

Rug

Shoes (hey the caps work now!!!)

7-eleven bag


3 Things I'm doing right now:

Writing this post

Relaxing after a successful day of worship practise

Talking to Brett


3 Things I want to do before I die:

Go to an NHL Game (check, on september 17)

see another country

get married


3 Things I can do:

Cook

Play Drums

Argue for no apparent reasons


3 Ways to describe my personality:

rational/irrational

mellow/crazy

smart/blonde


3 Things I Think you should listen to:

"There is nothing like" by united

your gut feeling

Jesus


3 Things I Don't think you should listen to:

Temptation

Your Wallet

Society


3 Favorite Foods:

Chinese

Sloppy Joes

Perogies


3 Beverages I drink regularly:

Double-double

Pepsi

Lemonade


3 Shows I watch:

24

Lost

House


3 People you want to tag:

Matt

Sheldon

Brett

Missing My Old Friends

*Disclaimer: this is an emo post*

Wow

summer is almost over.
My internship is almost half over.

I went to Sobey's before I came to the church today for spinach dip, and it reminded me of Nicole.
I received an email from my dear friend Jana today, and it caused me to miss her.
I saw Rebecca last week at a wedding, and the very short time that we had to have a deep conversation made me realize that I miss her.
Brett was in for a few days this week, and hanging out with him makes me miss him more when he's not here.

I saw Andew Plett as well (aka, uncle clarence), and he commented that i looked more grown up. little may he realize, but it almost made me a little sad. I miss those times where rebecca and i got away with pranking his house because we were the 'rowdy youth'. i miss staying up until four in the morning and having to be at work in a couple of hours....

but growing up does have its advantages. i don't really feel like listing them right now though...


But I went to the Willow Creek Summit this week, and it caused me to ask myself questions...
like why i want to be in ministry... do i really believe that there is no higher calling? do i believe that Jesus can use me to minister to the world around me? do i really believe that there is a difference between hoping for revival and inviting my neighbor to church?

what would be the difference between living an ok life and the one God has called me to?
would it be so bad to have an average existence? would the white picket fence ever be satisfying?

blah... don't worry, this isn't a meltdown. i know that God has called me, I know exactly what I am doing. But sometimes i just have to pinch myself to make sure it's all real.

My Weekend

well, brett, you can come out of hiding.... my sister has gone back to weyburn :(

we had a blast shopping, but now my feet are killing me after 3 solid days of shopping!

we hit osborne, the forks and polo park hard!

in other news, my car was broken into... just the change and an old wallet in my console were missing though, so i'm thankful!

hmmm... not much else. vbs is finally finished, prase the lord! we had a great time with the kids though! vbs is a big thing to pull off though!

anyway, i'm at work, so i best be doing that instead of this!

My News....

MY SISTER IS COMING TO VISIT ME THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My VBS-tastic Week

Howdy folks!

Today is officially day two of bonfire day camp, a VBS that the church is putting on.

I'm in charge of singing time, and I also help out in the acting department for story time.
Last night is going to be very hard to top. I dressed up as the innkeeper in the birth story! The scene is that these kids wake me up in the middle of the night, so I got to play a crotchety old man! I used House as my inspiration, and walked with a cane, shaking it in kids faces (no vicodin addiction though....). It was great fun! Gloria also did an amazing job telling the story of Jesus' birth and using the point that Jesus is the Light of the world!

Tonight is Zacchaeus, and I hope it will be just as good! Gloria and I are dressing up in one of those things where my feet are made from my hands, and my hands are Gloria's hands... I don't know... I'm sure you all remember gags like that from VBS's or Sunday Schools....

Anyway, I have some lines to memorize and a trailor to trash... and by trailor... i mean my office, and by trash, I mean clean... because it's been filled with messy messy things in order to prep for this VBS!

See ya!

My New Favorite Show

Guys, if you haven't seen this show... WATCH IT!



who couldn't fall in love with an abrasive vicodin addict????

My 12th week

Hey guys,

this week is officially weeks 12 of my internship here at Weston.

Week 11 was a very, very, very busy one.

Monday was my birthday, so I spent the day at home hanging with the family, which was very nice. I missed my sister and her family by like a day, which is kind of a bummer, since I haven't seen her since probably the week after Easter. The kids have forgotten who uncle Brett is! Hopefully I'll see them before the end of summer. Who knows, maybe I'll take a week so I can go and visit them.

Then, I spent some very long and labourous days getting ready for our garage sale fundraiser...
I'm pretty sure I inhaled about 9 pounds of dust. But... 60 hours of work later, we made over $2000 to fund some of our youth ministry, so I would say it was well worth it.

On Friday, we had a quiet night at youth and watched 8 Below. I was so emotionally and physically drained that I gushed tears at the end. The only person who had enough stones to say anything about it though was Gloria, so I didn't mind it all that much.

Hmmm... OH! congrats to Andrew and Starla. I must say, I was quite jealous when I heard the news!

But, you still have to admit, no one is cuter than this couple



(awwwwwwwwww!)

Anyway, enough self-glorification!

Next week Felicia and I are putting on a VBS here at the church. Week after that is Go-Carts night on Friday, and a Third Day concert the following monday.

What else... I dunno
Today has been fairly lax, as I am recovering from last week still.

TA!

My Happy Birthday!

Well...

I fortunately didn't have to endure the birthday bumps this year... and boy am I glad! That would have been a long ride!

Kids, just yesterday, I turned 22.

Yes. 22. I know, it's incredibly old.

I would say the best present I got was the company of my main man, and my family... plus, the ultimately cool book by postsecret from Brett! GO POSTSECRET!

Thanks for the wonderful phonecalls from Nicole and Mollie!

And for my birthday porkchops!!!!!!

Anyway, is that enough of an update for you???

My Album of the Summer

Please,

Go out and buy Billy Talent II.

I got a bum copy from my brother last week, and went and bought my very own copy today.

It's awesome!

myspace stuff...

hey, my myspace is http://www.myspace.com/nexus_space

here's a survey i did for my myspace!

HERE IS A SURVEY ABOUT YOUR TOP 8 ON YOUR FRIEND'S LIST. FILL IT OUT AND REPOST AS "100 QUESTIONS ABOUT MY TOP 8."

Number 1: Brett
Number 2: Felicia
Number 3: Tessa

Number 4: Jeremy
Number 5: Matt

Number 6: Sheldon

Number 7: Brodie

Number 8: Joe

Number 8: Joe

1. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN 8?

met him my first year of Bible College.

2. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING MOST WITH 8?
definitely stars with him and nic and jord... special was pretty wicked too

3. HAVE YOU EVER DATED 8?
nope

4. HAVE YOU EVER KISSED 8?
nope

5. NAME ONE MEMORY YOU HAVE WITH 8.
going to cypress hills when we went to maple creek for special. We saw a moose!

6. WHAT IS 8's MIDDLE NAME?
andrew

7. WHERE DOES 8 LIVE?

in the maples

8. WOULD YOU TAKE A ROAD TRIP WITH 8?
yeah

9. DOES 8 DATE ANYONE ELSE ON YOUR TOP 12?
not really sure. Joe's a pretty quiet guy when it comes to stuff like that

10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 8?
always fun to talk to, gets excited about stuff all the time!

NUMBER 7: Brodie

11. HOW DID YOU MEET 7?
well, technically, he would have met me first, since i don't remember our first meeting. You see, brodie is my brother

12. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEX WITH 7?
uhh no... that would be very wrong, and illegal

13. NAME ONE INTERESTING THING ABOUT 7.
brodie would be dr house if he became a doctor. He is the house of computer stuff

14. WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR 7?
yeah. He's my brother.

15. NAME SOMETHING 7 IS GOOD AT?

Excellent guitar player, can tell you the truth if someone is bs-ing you, fun to hang with, fun to jam with, would give his left shoe to you if you were shoeless in a doggy park

16. ARE YOU OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN 7?

younger, by four years!

17. HAVE YOU EVER HUGGED 7?

i would imagine so!

18. EVER DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL WITH 7?
maybe speeding, or burning hazardous material

19. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY WITH 7?

hmmm probably playing shows or jamming in the studio together

20. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 7?

he is persistant in his beliefs, and doesn't waiver for anyone's convenience if what they're doing is wrong

NUMBER 6: sheldon!

21. WHERE DOES 6 LIVE?
Neepawa

22. DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS WITH 6?
not really

23. DO YOU KNOW 6'S MIDDLE NAME?
I'm going to go with sheldon 'clarke kent' farough, because i forget his real middle name

24. ARE YOU RELATED TO 6?
nope

25. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN 6?

2 years of bible college!

26. ARE YOU IN 6's TOP 8?
no, but i'm top 12!

27. EVER LAUGHED WITH 6?
yeah... sheldon and laughing belong in the same sentence, as long as “at” isn't in that sentence as well

28. WOULD 6 BE THERE FOR YOU?
we don't hang all the time but i think he would be if i needed his kidney or something

29. WOULD YOU BE THERE FOR 6?
i'd give him my kidney, a lung and a peice of my liver

30. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT 6?
sheldon is a superhero to the max.

NUMBER 5: Matt

31. HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW 5?

pretty good... i dunno...

32. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW 5?

grad... sniff...

33. HAVE YOU EVER KISSED 5?

sorry matt... you are equally unattractive

34. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE WITH 5?
go watch movies, make fun of josh

35. HOW DID YOU MEET 5?
college!

36. EVER TOLD 5 A SECRET?
Nothing overly significant

37. HAVE YOU EVER DATED 5?
nope

38. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY WITH 5?
hmmm... probably the cafeteria, and laughing when i called dwayne a jackass

39. WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR 5?
i would do anything for matt, but i won't do that

40. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 5?
he's freakin hilarious. Seriously, i bet you $20 that you can't be in a room with matt for like 20 minutes and not laugh

Number 4: Jeremy
1. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN 4?
not really sure how long... maybe like 3 years or so

2. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING MOST WITH 4?

i dunno... i usually just see him at church and read his blog

3. HAVE YOU EVER DATED 4?
nope

4. HAVE YOU EVER KISSED 4?
nope

5. NAME ONE MEMORY YOU HAVE WITH 4.

him taking off his clothes to preach a sermon point about somethingorother. AWKWARD...

6. WHAT IS 4's MIDDLE NAME?
Jeremy “godzilla” Sawatzky

7. WHERE DOES 4 LIVE?

In brandon

8. WOULD YOU TAKE A ROAD TRIP WITH 4?
i dunno... if we did, there'd likely be a lot of awkward silence, and a lot of music that i didn't like...

9. DOES 4 DATE ANYONE ELSE ON YOUR TOP 8?
no, he's dating jaelyn, a beautiful girl who is also from brandon

10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 4?
he is the king of analogies. Seriously, his analogies are like a river that floweth into a fountain... okay, i'm not as good at analogies as jeremy

NUMBER 3: Tessa

11. HOW DID YOU MEET 3?
grade 10 precal. I thought she was dating travis burke

12. HAVE YOU EVER HAD SEX WITH 3?
uhh that would be awkward... we're both girls, you see...

13. NAME ONE INTERESTING THING ABOUT 3.
she has a little girl named jenny, and she lives in brandon on the east side! I don't get to see her much though. I do get a lot of baby pictures of her adorable little girl!

14. WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR 3?
yes, and i would do that for tessa... whatever it is...

15. NAME SOMETHING 3 IS GOOD AT?
She's a good singer!

16. ARE YOU OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN 3?
i'm younger, but not by a whole lot

17. HAVE YOU EVER HUGGED 3?
all the time!

18. EVER DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL WITH 3?
i've seen her do illegal things... but was never involved in them! Unless you count fixing her dad's car after she ditched it!

19. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY WITH 3?
too many to name, but i do remember right after we met, i went to a party at her house, and she spanked me with a spatula while she was making quesidillas.... it was an odd evening!

20. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 3?

she's always a good person to talk to if i'm having a rough time with things...

NUMBER 2: FELICIA!

21. WHERE DOES 2 LIVE?
About 4 feet away from me.

22. DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS WITH 2?
yeah, that one time, at band camp....

23. DO YOU KNOW 2'S MIDDLE NAME?
This is one i know!!!! but i don't think i should tell you. I'll cherish this memory for myself... ok, it's kathleen.

24. ARE YOU RELATED TO 2?
no, but we may as well be. She's part of my number 2 family!

25. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN 2?

since junior high

26. ARE YOU IN 2's TOP 8?

i'm number one!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Sucker!

27. EVER LAUGHED WITH 2?

i'm laughing at her right now... she's trying to assalt me with a spoon.

28. WOULD 2 BE THERE FOR YOU?
Like the friends theme song!

29. WOULD YOU BE THERE FOR 2?
oh heck, i feel generous today... sure!

30. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT 2?
we have an unspoken bond....... we get each other's inside jokes, and can usually finish each other's sentences! We say things at the same time too!

NUMBER 1: BWETT BWETTERSON (the president.... of my HEART!)

31. HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW 1?
i hope pretty well.

32. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW 1?
sunday! He came in to the church picnic! He's pretty good at ultimate, i must say!

33. HAVE YOU EVER KISSED 1?
..............................in the bushes!

34. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE WITH 1?
...... in the bushes? We usually hang out, watch tv, go rollerblading, talk, do anything... really. We don't see each other all the time!

35. HOW DID YOU MEET 1?
well, we were neighbors for a while, and i think we met once at the gathering, and we both go to the same church and went to VCF... so pick one!

36. EVER TOLD 1 A SECRET?

He knows all my secrets... except the ones i keep about him!

37. HAVE YOU EVER DATED 1?
yes! We're dating right now!

38. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY WITH 1?
oh dear... so many... our first date, our previous date, and all the time in between

39. WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR 1?
yeah pretty much. I have that damn meatloaf song stuck in my head now!!!!!!

40. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 1?
he's really genuine

75. ARE YOU NUMBER 1 ON 1'S TOP 8?
yessir.

76. HAVE YOU EVER FOUGHT WITH 1?

are you serious? That's what we do best!

77. WHY IS 1 THE TOP PERSON ON YOUR TOP 8?
be that as is may......

78. WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR 1?
this is a repeat.... i think you're testing me!

79. DO YOU LOVE 1?

no....... YES!!!!!!!

80. WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT 1?
see, you're testing me again!

IN YOUR TOP 8:

81. WHICH ONE DID YOU SEE LAST?
Felicia

82. WHICH ONE WILL YOU SEE NEXT?
Felicia

83. WHICH ONE DID YOU LAST TALK TO ON THE PHONE?
Felicia

84. WHICH ONE DID YOU LAST COMMENT?
....... i dunno

85. WHICH ONE DID YOU LAST TEXT?
Brodie

86. WHICH ONE DID YOU LAST EMAIL?

Brett

87. WHICH ONE IS THE EASIEST TO TALK TO?

Tessa

88. WHICH ONE DO YOU TRUST THE MOST?
Brodie, because blood is thicker than water! Ooooh knee slapper!

KNOWS YOU BEST?
Hmmmmm hard to say... probably brett, felicia, tess and

MOST IN COMMON WITH?
Not really sure.... i'm a different individual you see

WHICH ONE DO YOU MISS RIGHT NOW?
Bwett

93. WHICH ONE HAVE YOU SPENT THE MOST TIME WITH?
Probably a tie between felicia and tessa bcause i live with felicia, and tessa and i used to work full time together

95. WHICH ONE LISTENS THE BEST?
Brett, he should be a certified listener

96. WHICH ONE HAS BEEN THERE FOR YOU THE MOST?
Tessa

97. WHICH ONE IS THE FUNNIEST?
Matt

98. WHICH ONE LAUGHS THE MOST?
Sheldon... at SCOTT!

99. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CRY WITH?
Felicia, Brett

100. WHICH ONE WILL REPOST THIS?

Who gives a rip????? KELLY RIPPA!!!!!

My Kind Curry

Hey all!

summer is so close, i can taste it!

I love summer so much! my two favorite holidays are in the summertime!
1. my birthday
2. canada day!

woo hoo!

this past week has been pretty good, i must say! i've now been in winnipeg for 8 weeks. hard to imagine that all that time has gone by already! i'm 1/4 of the way through my internship!

Thursday night was my last night of having to babysit for addictions class! don't get me wrong, i enjoyed it a lot, and the kids were always a riot, but it was just another thing i had to do for the week! all the kids marina and i babysat are coming to vbs though, and they were all at the church picnic on sunday, so it's all good!

Friday was our bonfire night, were the kids burned all of their books. we had a good time playing at assiniboine park... iwas really tempted to go watch the cricket that was going on, but i refrained to build a bonfire, watch ultimate, and play touch the tree as well as red rover! i love doin stuff like that. especialy since i can now dress like youth again! huzzah for jeans and value village tshirts!!!!!!!

i didn't do much on saturday, but we had A WICKED hail storm come up out of nowhere. it was INSANITY. the streets were flooded!

sunday was the church picnic and sunday school graduation! it was so much fun! brett came for the day, and i got sunstroke. never again will i skip putting on sunscreen! I was deathly ill yesterday while trying to recover from it!

but to be nice, Shawna bought me a bottle of curry to cook with... i could have cried! me likey curry!

today is tuesday, the least eventful day on my schedule. so i'm filling it by going out for coffee with some youth! woo hoo! felicia and i also got our hands on the board room to make it into our office/drop in room for the summer, since sunday school ended last week! so we have some decorating to do! and couch buying to do!

this friday is watergames, and then on saturday and sunday is the grad camping trip. although the camping part may be tricky, since we can't camp at oak lake, because they cancelled our reservation because i wasn't willing to camp the whole weekend.... hey brothers... woudl you mind us setting up a campsite in your yard? PRETTY PLEASE???

anyway, enough whining. i am going for coffee with my buddy mollie

Peace out!

My 100 things about me post

100 Things about me

1. I pick my nose without shame
2. I am interning at Weston Gospel Church in Winnipeg, and I must say, I'm falling in love with the place...
3. I love learning how to play new instruments, but I usually hit a wall of boredom and frustration, and try to master a new one
4. I probably listen to music less than 1% of my day.
5. I'm probably physically active less than 1% of my day, but that's changing now that I rollerblade more
6. I love cooking anything. I would rather cook than do dishes.
7. I love doing my laundry.
8. I love worshipping God. I'd say it's probably the healthiest part of my relationship with God. I'm growing a lot in prayer and reading too.
9. I am not so much a big fan of large group friendships, I usually only have a couple of really close friends at a time
10. Before Brett and I started dating, my best friend Rebecca referred to me as a 'crush whore'
11. I make friends easier with guys than I do girls. Luckily, I have a very understanding boyfriend who doesn't get easily jealous.
12. I am not a vegetarian by any means
13. I am bothered by people who are fake or have large egos.
14. I am really close to my family, but don't talk to them all that often lately.
15. The only reason I started playing bass is because my brothers are all bigger than me
16. The only reason I started playing drums is because playing bass in the studio all by myself was really boring.
17. I hate being late for ANYTHING. In fact, if you're responsible for making me less than five minutes early for something, I will probably be very angry with you.
18. I am realizing more and more how annoying and selfish I must have been as a teenager.
19. I am still annoying and selfish sometimes.
20. I usually prefer to spend time alone than with people, unless I can hang with someone one on one
21. I am very apathetic regarding my 4th year of Bible College
22. Brett tells me that I ask too many questions
23. I usually have a moment of weakness about every 6 months where I question what I am doing with my life and start making plans for an escape route. But God always wins out I discovered about a year ago!
24. My desire for doing ministry outweighs any of my other desires in life right now
25. I fortunately have a very understanding and patient boyfriend, who keeps me sane in tough spots like this!
26. I have two nieces and two nephews, and one more on the way!
27. After Jorgia was born, I felt guilty because I didn't get to spend as much time with her as I did with Taelin, and it made me sad
28. I believe tattoos are cool for no logical reasoning
29. I like to think I am very practical
30. I am always looking for a new and perfect pair of shoes, whether I can afford it or not
31. I hate decorating.
32. I am not color coordinated
33. Fear is usually what holds me back from doing something
34. I have three brothers, and I can't for the life of me figure out why all three of them are not married yet. They're awesome guys who love to give and serve!
35. I love my sister! I wish we lived a little closer!
36. I am fairly sure that my sister will be an indespensible resource when I get married and have kids
37. My parents are weird. Seriously, meeting them will explain all of my oddities
38. I want to travel the world
39. I'm not big into mushy romantics, but in moments of weakness, I bawl my eyes out if I see it in the movies or on TV (when I watched lost, I BAWLED during Jack's wedding)
40. I have no interest in becoming a rockstar
41. I only get frustrated when I try to write a song
42. I miss my college friends, especially Matt, Nicole and Jana
43. I thought I would hate living in Winnipeg, but it turns out to not be so bad
44. I am a jeans and tshirt kind of girl. I tried to cover it up, but I'm now starting to embrace it
45. I am glad I'm working with youth, because it gives me an excuse to dress like them!
46. I wish I had stuck to piano instead of quitting when I was 15
47. I am incredibly lazy at doing things if I don't believe in them
48. I probably would have ended up a failure if I didn't turn to Jesus when I was 16
49. I get lonely really easily, but have never told a soul when I was lonely
50. I despise people who poke me
51. I will be 22 this year, but I always consider myself older than I actually am.
52. I will avoid anything that causes trauma or pain in my life.
53. I need encouragement in my life
54. I don't miss going to high school even a little
55. When I was in grade 4, even the geeks teased me and called me 'scarecrow' because of my curly and frizzy hair. Thinking about it over 10 years later still hurts my feelings.
56. In high school, I lost some of my best friends because they said hurtful things about other friends I had, and I don't regret it for a second.
57. You can usually tell if I'm having a bad day
58. I've never been past Winnipeg going east
59. Concerts are fun, but I wear earplugs to them!
60. I only have about 15% of my hearing left in my left ear because of surgery I went through when I was 14
61. Not such a big fan of chocolate... I mean... I like it, but what's the big deal?
62. I think God protected me during the times when I hung out with not-so-good people. Even though they did drugs and smoked and drank, I never gained the desire to copy them.
63. I'm not a big fan of my extended family, but I feel called to be a witness to them. Oh the irony... God is so funny
64. I could care less about my family history.
65. I try to be organized, but I usually get really busy and let it go
66. I am pretty traditional in my opinions about family roles. When the kids start comin, I'll be staying home to raise them!
67. I think my love language is physical touch and words of affirmation
68. A lot of that love language book was pure quackery
69. I was a tomboy when I was young, and I still rarely wear makeup or a skirt to this day!
70. I was raised in the Pentecostal Church- but I didn't really get to know Jesus until a few years ago
71. I can sometimes be abrasive and sarcastic with people who are being stupid about their lives
72. Calan and I are the same age for 18 days starting tomorrow. I used to hate it, but now it seems kind of special! Happy 21st Birthday, Cal!
73. I am convinced that I am going to have a large family
74. I loved my english literature class more than anything else I took at Bible College last year
75. I'm not a fan of small talk, and I am obviously terrible at it
76. Rain is the coolest thing ever
77. The best things in life aren't things.
78. My sister and I could probably spend a full week in the mall sans children and have a blast together. We'd probably stop by the Value Village on the way home after that week
79. I am addicted to Coffee.
80. I think that paying more than $30 for jeans is a ripoff
81. I don't prioritize fixing my car ever.
82. I miss living in Brandon, mostly because of my church and Brett
83. If I could change one thing in my life, it would be to open my mouth when the Holy Spirit told me to tell someone about Jesus
84. I often feel like I'm not good with kids, but they seem to like me. I must be doing something right.
85. I have naturally curly hair.
86. Nothing gives me a greater feeling than to look out from the stage and see people worshipping in abandonment
87. When I meet new musicians, I size them up to see if I am as good as them or not
88. I have started saying "I get to go to work" instead of "I have to go" because I love what I am doing right now
89. I play hockey and golf as a lefty, but I am right handed
90. I have only had 2 boyfriends in my life. The first one was a little weird and creepy, and I don't think I will be getting rid of the second one anytime soon
91. When I was in grade 7, I had the world's biggest crush on Todd Armstrong. It brings shame just to think about it these days.
92. I think I have a lot of vision
93. My brother Tyler was a pastor for a while, and my biggest fear in ministry is finding out that it's not for me, because it wasn't for him.
94. I look up to each of my siblings and wish I had the gifts that they have
95. If I am busy, I don't notice that I am hungry, and won't sleep unless I absolutely have to
96. I try so hard not to say hurtful things to people because of what people have said to me in the past
97. I got a speeding ticket earlier this month and felt terrible about it
98. I wish I could see my nonChristian friends come to know God, but it's an extremely scary thought. What's even scarier is that most of them don't believe what will happen when they die.
99. I don't like goodbyes, and bawled every time I had to leave Brett and go back to school for the first semester of my first year. I still cry sometimes.
100. Grace flows down and covers me

my mini update

hey guys!

it's been superbusy around here, so here's the reader's digest version!

yesterday, brett and i celebrated 2 years together! woo hoo!

happy 20th birthday to my best gal nicole! hopefully you're enjoying saskatoon and jordan!

JULY FIRST! becca and i are throwing our annual bash at oak lake! if you're in teh area, come on down to the lake at 3pm for food and fun! (bring your own meat, and either chips or a drink to share with the rest of the crew!)

I got my guitars back yesterday!!! WEEEEE!

anyway, youth starts in a couple of hours, so i need to get home and eat me some dinner!

Go Tec Voc!

Here is Kali's dance troup that danced at WSD's "take note". they were awesome!!!!

Love Winnipeg!!!

I forgot to tell you guys that we did a "love winnipeg" walk! we picked up over 50 bags of trash in our neighborhood! here's some pictures from the day!

half of our fearless leader team, shane!

(new haircut, new attitude!)


Denny and Janet enjoying an ice cream cone afterwards (Awwwww!)


Dennis with his cream slush... or whatever it is...

is that Georel? I don't rememember... but he's hard at work!

DJ... get back to work!



I guess there really aren't words to describe this one...

the other half of our fearless leader team.. PAM! she looks very happy with her ice cream

awww!

nope... THIS is Georel... i don't know who i was photographing!

more awwww!


Alyssa (aka JIMBOB) was a big help!



Family photo!

i bet you're wondering if i actually did some work... (the answer is yes!)

Jimbob and DJ


yet again...

Marilyn enjoying the airconditioning while she drives around and gives us water... it was probably 27 degrees or something....

back at it

rex in his lovely hawaiin shorts





Team photo!