finally, after 7 months of living in colorado - i am going to take a trip over to the western slope and visit my grandma. since october, at least once a month i have planned a trip, but for some reason or another - it's been canceled.
well this time, it is actually happening. halen and i are going to get in the new elantra and jet over the mountain for a quick weekend visit. i always get excited about trips, even if they are only 5 hours each direction...there's something about driving with a friend into the open. i suppose that technically we won't be driving into an open road, rather a string of mountain passes.
hopefully the snow will decide not to engulf the mountains and we will have a safe and easy drive. i knew i shouldn't invested in chains.....i'm still trying to decide if we should bring jaxon or not. i guess if we got stuck he could sniff out help. ;)
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
disgust.
i am continually baffled by ignorance. i am continually shocked at how isolated people make themselves.
it is estimated that 45,000 people die every month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - since 1998 over 5,000,000 people have been killed, many from preventable conditions that have been brought on because of the war. that staggering number is the largest amount of people to be killed since the second world war. yet, where is everyone? why does no one know...and worse yet, why does no one care?
we cried for justice when 9/11 occured. we were horrified by the effects of katrina.
thousands of women, children, families, and innocent men die everyday because of greed, selfishness, and hatred....yet the world stands by and does nothing.
isn't it about time we all raised a collective voice of change? it makes me sick.
http://mediastorm.org/0022.htm
it is estimated that 45,000 people die every month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - since 1998 over 5,000,000 people have been killed, many from preventable conditions that have been brought on because of the war. that staggering number is the largest amount of people to be killed since the second world war. yet, where is everyone? why does no one know...and worse yet, why does no one care?
we cried for justice when 9/11 occured. we were horrified by the effects of katrina.
thousands of women, children, families, and innocent men die everyday because of greed, selfishness, and hatred....yet the world stands by and does nothing.
isn't it about time we all raised a collective voice of change? it makes me sick.
http://mediastorm.org/0022.htm
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
a. to z.
just because there's nothing better to do at this very moment.
A] - available?
for tea?
B] - birthday?
november 23
C] - crushing?
only on my hubby
D] - drink?
a microbrew
E] - easiest person to talk on the phone with?
dovon
F] - favorite color[s]?
olive green
G] - gummy bears or gummy worms?
sour patch kids
H] homework?
oh the days without a life
I] ice cream?
french silk (they don't sell it in colorado....that's strike 1)
J] A word/phrase u say very often
freak of nature!!!
K] Killed some one?
that would be...a negative.
L] - Lime or lemonade?
lime and logger.
M] - Love or Money?
loverly.
N] - number?
7
O] - One wish?
that i would be able to raise all of the money needed for cambodia.
P]- person you last texted?
dovon and liz
Q] - Quiet?
sometimes very. i'm usually way to quiet or way to talkative - i very rarely land somewhere in the middle.
R] - Reason you smile?
stefan.
S] - song you last heard?
Wish I by Jem
T] Time you woke up today?
6:56
U] - up or down
both
V] - favorite Veggy?
asparagus or artichokes...can't decide.
W] - worst habbit?
speaking my mind before thinking about it
X] - ever had X-RAYS?
yes
Y] - your number of friends on myspace?
somewhere around...alot.
Z]- zodiac sign?
sagitarius (is that how it's spelled)
A] - available?
for tea?
B] - birthday?
november 23
C] - crushing?
only on my hubby
D] - drink?
a microbrew
E] - easiest person to talk on the phone with?
dovon
F] - favorite color[s]?
olive green
G] - gummy bears or gummy worms?
sour patch kids
H] homework?
oh the days without a life
I] ice cream?
french silk (they don't sell it in colorado....that's strike 1)
J] A word/phrase u say very often
freak of nature!!!
K] Killed some one?
that would be...a negative.
L] - Lime or lemonade?
lime and logger.
M] - Love or Money?
loverly.
N] - number?
7
O] - One wish?
that i would be able to raise all of the money needed for cambodia.
P]- person you last texted?
dovon and liz
Q] - Quiet?
sometimes very. i'm usually way to quiet or way to talkative - i very rarely land somewhere in the middle.
R] - Reason you smile?
stefan.
S] - song you last heard?
Wish I by Jem
T] Time you woke up today?
6:56
U] - up or down
both
V] - favorite Veggy?
asparagus or artichokes...can't decide.
W] - worst habbit?
speaking my mind before thinking about it
X] - ever had X-RAYS?
yes
Y] - your number of friends on myspace?
somewhere around...alot.
Z]- zodiac sign?
sagitarius (is that how it's spelled)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Home.
it's amazing how fast time goes by. lately i have often found myself wondering where the hours, days, and weeks go. at times it seems they are over as quickly as they begin. yesterday was our six month anniversary from our wedding....and one year ago today, we were leaving Middleburg for Paris to get engaged. sometimes i think that it has to be more than that due to the amount of events that have happened over the last 12 months....but other times i wonder how it has already been another year.
a friend asked me on saturday what my hopes or goals were for 2008....i didn't know how to respond simply because, at this moment, i have given up "planning" life. if anyone would have told me 2 years ago where i would be now - i probably would have laughed in their face, yet here i am....so this year, i won't even try to imagine all the things to come.
sunday was stefan and i's 2nd oikos meeting. as i sat and looked at the faces around the room, i realized how familiar they each were. not only did i recognize the faces, but i knew stories behind them. i knew who people were and why they were in that room.....we were home. when did that happen? when did strangers become acquaintances and acquaintances become friends?
we're finally home.
a friend asked me on saturday what my hopes or goals were for 2008....i didn't know how to respond simply because, at this moment, i have given up "planning" life. if anyone would have told me 2 years ago where i would be now - i probably would have laughed in their face, yet here i am....so this year, i won't even try to imagine all the things to come.
sunday was stefan and i's 2nd oikos meeting. as i sat and looked at the faces around the room, i realized how familiar they each were. not only did i recognize the faces, but i knew stories behind them. i knew who people were and why they were in that room.....we were home. when did that happen? when did strangers become acquaintances and acquaintances become friends?
we're finally home.
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