Hey! Well, so far, there are some AWESOME family stories!!! Y'all, this is EXACTLY what I had in mind! You guys are freaking amazing! :D I laughed out loud. Your families are pretty awesome XD
For any sad souls who don't know what I'm talking about, I'm having a crazy family stories contest. Read this post for details!
Today the sermon was cool. Our pastor compared the different styles of faith, to the way we play in the pool!
Are you the kind of person who jumps right in?
Or are you one of those people who steps in one step at a time?
Or maybe you're someone who just sits on the edge and dangles their feet in the water?
That's how it is with faith and God. Some people just want to dive right in! They want all of God, more of God, they're so excited!
Some people are more slow-moving. They don't take things all at once, they like to ease in and explore God little by little. They're more cautious.
Then there are some people who only want a very little bit of God. Just enough to keep them headed to Heaven and away from Hell. They don't necessarily want God all up in their business, but he's a good hobby. They just want to feel the cool pool water, but not much else.
The first and second styles are just different, I think, but there's something to watch out for in the third. We don't want to be those people who want "just enough" of God. We should want to dive in, or at least eventually be surrounded by God's power!
After all, when you look around the pool, who's having the most fun? The jumper-inners, or the foot-danglers? XD
~Kendra
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 11, 2009
That's Just the Way I Write
I can't post for very long; my mom said as soon as she comes back from visiting my grandpa in the lobby, I have to get off. Grrr.
It's been a fun day mostly. The parents went to a one day practicum, so Lizzy and I had the motel room to ourselves all day. We went to breakfast with Pawpaw and then went by Wal-Mart to get something for him. When we got back, the maid still hadn't come to clean up our room and stuff, and we didn't want to be in her way, so we just put on bathing suits and went out to sit by the pool (well, Lizzy swam. I...can't right now).
That was at 10:45. The maid didn't come until 1:00. Yeah, we were sitting by the pool waiting and ROASTING for over two hours. Lol, it was okay, though. Really, really, hot, but hopefully I got tanner or something...HAHAHA, I WISH. Lol :)
I wrote a scene of "Creepy" (I mean, "The Mirror". I still mess that up sometimes), but I have no idea what it is or where it goes. Yeah, I know, that's weird, but I do that sometimes. Er, I mean, it just happens. I'll get an idea that has nothing to do with what's going on in the book, and I just have to write it.
The scene I wrote is of Darren and Paige and they're in a beautiful field near a cottage. They're staying at the cottage with...some person that's taking care of them. I didn't think about that yet. Paige thinks the view is gorgeous, and Darren whole-heartedly agrees. Then, he starts up a deep converstation about where they want to spend their future, Sorayoni, or Earth.
I haven't finished writing it yet, so I don't know how it turns out. I usually don't know that kind of stuff until the character says it. It's kind of an inefficient way of writing, I guess, but it feels more real to me when the characters do the talking and I just write it down.
That's pretty much all that's happened today except me FREEZING in the motel room. My mom and Lizzy like it FREEZING, so that's how it is. If I suddenly stop typing, it's because my fingers have frozen and fallen off.
Well, today is Carpe Noctem day, and if I were home, I'd be typing out a post on Evolution right now. Unfortunately, I left my notes at home. (Yes, I outline my "Carpe Noctem: Evolution" posts. Yes, I am that nerdy.)
So, without further ado, I will just say CARPE DIEM and let you go do that. TTYL!
~Kendra
P.S. Ooh, also, I'm trying to think of what Darren should want to be when he grows up. So, any people reading this of the male persuasion, give me your ideas. You don't have to know Darren to think of them, just say all the stuff you've ever wanted to be so I can take it into consideration. Also, you have until midnight tonight to memorize the theme song to a kid's TV show. Get busy.
It's been a fun day mostly. The parents went to a one day practicum, so Lizzy and I had the motel room to ourselves all day. We went to breakfast with Pawpaw and then went by Wal-Mart to get something for him. When we got back, the maid still hadn't come to clean up our room and stuff, and we didn't want to be in her way, so we just put on bathing suits and went out to sit by the pool (well, Lizzy swam. I...can't right now).
That was at 10:45. The maid didn't come until 1:00. Yeah, we were sitting by the pool waiting and ROASTING for over two hours. Lol, it was okay, though. Really, really, hot, but hopefully I got tanner or something...HAHAHA, I WISH. Lol :)
I wrote a scene of "Creepy" (I mean, "The Mirror". I still mess that up sometimes), but I have no idea what it is or where it goes. Yeah, I know, that's weird, but I do that sometimes. Er, I mean, it just happens. I'll get an idea that has nothing to do with what's going on in the book, and I just have to write it.
The scene I wrote is of Darren and Paige and they're in a beautiful field near a cottage. They're staying at the cottage with...some person that's taking care of them. I didn't think about that yet. Paige thinks the view is gorgeous, and Darren whole-heartedly agrees. Then, he starts up a deep converstation about where they want to spend their future, Sorayoni, or Earth.
I haven't finished writing it yet, so I don't know how it turns out. I usually don't know that kind of stuff until the character says it. It's kind of an inefficient way of writing, I guess, but it feels more real to me when the characters do the talking and I just write it down.
That's pretty much all that's happened today except me FREEZING in the motel room. My mom and Lizzy like it FREEZING, so that's how it is. If I suddenly stop typing, it's because my fingers have frozen and fallen off.
Well, today is Carpe Noctem day, and if I were home, I'd be typing out a post on Evolution right now. Unfortunately, I left my notes at home. (Yes, I outline my "Carpe Noctem: Evolution" posts. Yes, I am that nerdy.)
So, without further ado, I will just say CARPE DIEM and let you go do that. TTYL!
~Kendra
P.S. Ooh, also, I'm trying to think of what Darren should want to be when he grows up. So, any people reading this of the male persuasion, give me your ideas. You don't have to know Darren to think of them, just say all the stuff you've ever wanted to be so I can take it into consideration. Also, you have until midnight tonight to memorize the theme song to a kid's TV show. Get busy.
Friday, July 10, 2009
CHALLENGE! And Vacation-ness
Hola! This is Kendra Logan live from a motel on vacation!
The drive was like five hours yesterday, so that wasn't too fun, but I've had a pretty good time so far. My grandpa is awesome. We got here at around eight last night and went to eat at Elizabeth's Pizza.
Okay, I have some things to say about THAT :) You know those books that I've been talking about lately ("The Mortal Instruments" trilogy)? Well, the Elizabeth's looked just like this little diner from the books, and the hostess looked EXACTLY!!!! like the main character! We found out her name, but it wasn't Clarissa/Clary, it was Ashley.
Also, when I was craning my neck for a look at the hostess, a busboy saw me and was like, "Oh, are you looking for your server?" It was really sweet. *blink* Nevermind. He was just sweet. And kind of cute :)
After dinner, we came home and watched some TV. The hilarious movie "Get Smart" was on, so we watched that until a little after 11:30pm. Then I turned it off and went to sleep. I woke up and was wide awake at 2:30am, though, so that was annoying. I went back to sleep at 3:03am. (I remember these things, lol.)
I didn't eat breakfast this morning...no, yeah, I did. I ate a piece of my mom's zucchini bread that we brought. It's really good. We hung around the room until 11:30 and then we went out to eat with my grandpa 'cause it's his birthday. We went to the K&W Cafeteria and one of the waitress ladies told him "happy birthday" in Chinese. It was cool.
Then, we went to Great Outdoor Provision because my dad is interesting in buying a kyak that you can paddle with your feet. (They're cool.) Then we bought him a belt at Stein Mart because he forgot his at home.
Then we came back to the motel and did the pool until like 4:30pm. Then I came in and got on the computer and checked email, facebook, and read all the blog posts people have written since Wednesday. Then, we went to eat dinner. It was at a really good seafood place, but I wasn't hungry so I just got a baked potatoe, which was really good! Then, we went to Baskin Robbins and got ice cream. I got lemon sorbet and it was REALLY GOOD.
Then, my pocketbook strap broke on me -_-
We decided to go to the mall. So we poked around for a little while, and got some stuff at Bath & Body Works. Then, my mom went with Lizzy to look in Claire's, while Daddy offered to take me to Belk to see if we could find me a new pocketbook. (He can be so sweet and thoughtful sometimes.) Pawpaw (my grandpa, obviously, lol) opted to go with us.
On the way to Belk, I saw this little store called Ping's Tibet. The clothes in the window were really...weird. One looked like a wedding dress with weird ruffles and a fur cape. A shirt looked like a Japanese kimono. I turned to Daddy and was like, "Can we go in there just really quick? If we don't have time that's okay, I don't really think I'm gonna buy anything." Daddy said it was okay, though, so we went into the store.
It was so cool! All the stuff was handmade and Ping (the owner of the store) goes to Tibet and brings back all the stuff. The Tibetians have this thing with yaks the store guy (Matt; leave it to my dad to befriend the salesguy ;)) said. He showed us pictures of Tibet and Tibetians and a yak that Ping brought back (the pictures, not the yak, lol). I ended up buying this cool silver ring with a little black jewel.
Just in case you didn't know, rings are my thing. Now you know what to get me for my birthday! :D Just kidding.
We DID actually end up going to Belk to look for a pocketbook. I ended up getting one!!! It's awesome, and I'm pretty sure it's, like, a really in-style brand. Can you believe it? I bought something FASHIONABLE! I'm so bad at that. Anyway, I don't remember the brand and I'm too lazy to get up and look (lol), but it's got like a giraffe print and the strap and trim are pink and it's leather. It's big, but it doesn't LOOK big. I can EASILY fit all my junk in it, and I have TONS of room left over!! There's a pocke down the middle that I can perfectly fit, get this, A BOOK! How great is that?
So, this brings us to where I am now, watching Phineas and Ferb and typing this. So far, vacation is pretty good. Thanks for reading this ridiculously long and rambling post.
Oh, wait, a Challenge! AND, I have a proposition:
No one does my challenges, so maybe let's try some incentive. Every time you complete a challenge, you get an award to put on your blog. Get five awards and I'll...advertise your blog on my blog super convincingly for a week.
*sigh* I'm not good at this. Just do the challenge and tell me about it.
CHALLENGE: Memorize the lyrics to a kid's show theme song. Arthur, Phineas and Ferb, Dora Explorer, you get the idea.
So, carpe diem! DO THE CHALLENGE.
~Kendra
P.S. I'm typing on Daddy's laptop and he doesn't have my signature code saved on here, so you have to put up with that boring thing.
The drive was like five hours yesterday, so that wasn't too fun, but I've had a pretty good time so far. My grandpa is awesome. We got here at around eight last night and went to eat at Elizabeth's Pizza.
Okay, I have some things to say about THAT :) You know those books that I've been talking about lately ("The Mortal Instruments" trilogy)? Well, the Elizabeth's looked just like this little diner from the books, and the hostess looked EXACTLY!!!! like the main character! We found out her name, but it wasn't Clarissa/Clary, it was Ashley.
Also, when I was craning my neck for a look at the hostess, a busboy saw me and was like, "Oh, are you looking for your server?" It was really sweet. *blink* Nevermind. He was just sweet. And kind of cute :)
After dinner, we came home and watched some TV. The hilarious movie "Get Smart" was on, so we watched that until a little after 11:30pm. Then I turned it off and went to sleep. I woke up and was wide awake at 2:30am, though, so that was annoying. I went back to sleep at 3:03am. (I remember these things, lol.)
I didn't eat breakfast this morning...no, yeah, I did. I ate a piece of my mom's zucchini bread that we brought. It's really good. We hung around the room until 11:30 and then we went out to eat with my grandpa 'cause it's his birthday. We went to the K&W Cafeteria and one of the waitress ladies told him "happy birthday" in Chinese. It was cool.
Then, we went to Great Outdoor Provision because my dad is interesting in buying a kyak that you can paddle with your feet. (They're cool.) Then we bought him a belt at Stein Mart because he forgot his at home.
Then we came back to the motel and did the pool until like 4:30pm. Then I came in and got on the computer and checked email, facebook, and read all the blog posts people have written since Wednesday. Then, we went to eat dinner. It was at a really good seafood place, but I wasn't hungry so I just got a baked potatoe, which was really good! Then, we went to Baskin Robbins and got ice cream. I got lemon sorbet and it was REALLY GOOD.
Then, my pocketbook strap broke on me -_-
We decided to go to the mall. So we poked around for a little while, and got some stuff at Bath & Body Works. Then, my mom went with Lizzy to look in Claire's, while Daddy offered to take me to Belk to see if we could find me a new pocketbook. (He can be so sweet and thoughtful sometimes.) Pawpaw (my grandpa, obviously, lol) opted to go with us.
On the way to Belk, I saw this little store called Ping's Tibet. The clothes in the window were really...weird. One looked like a wedding dress with weird ruffles and a fur cape. A shirt looked like a Japanese kimono. I turned to Daddy and was like, "Can we go in there just really quick? If we don't have time that's okay, I don't really think I'm gonna buy anything." Daddy said it was okay, though, so we went into the store.
It was so cool! All the stuff was handmade and Ping (the owner of the store) goes to Tibet and brings back all the stuff. The Tibetians have this thing with yaks the store guy (Matt; leave it to my dad to befriend the salesguy ;)) said. He showed us pictures of Tibet and Tibetians and a yak that Ping brought back (the pictures, not the yak, lol). I ended up buying this cool silver ring with a little black jewel.
Just in case you didn't know, rings are my thing. Now you know what to get me for my birthday! :D Just kidding.
We DID actually end up going to Belk to look for a pocketbook. I ended up getting one!!! It's awesome, and I'm pretty sure it's, like, a really in-style brand. Can you believe it? I bought something FASHIONABLE! I'm so bad at that. Anyway, I don't remember the brand and I'm too lazy to get up and look (lol), but it's got like a giraffe print and the strap and trim are pink and it's leather. It's big, but it doesn't LOOK big. I can EASILY fit all my junk in it, and I have TONS of room left over!! There's a pocke down the middle that I can perfectly fit, get this, A BOOK! How great is that?
So, this brings us to where I am now, watching Phineas and Ferb and typing this. So far, vacation is pretty good. Thanks for reading this ridiculously long and rambling post.
Oh, wait, a Challenge! AND, I have a proposition:
No one does my challenges, so maybe let's try some incentive. Every time you complete a challenge, you get an award to put on your blog. Get five awards and I'll...advertise your blog on my blog super convincingly for a week.
*sigh* I'm not good at this. Just do the challenge and tell me about it.
CHALLENGE: Memorize the lyrics to a kid's show theme song. Arthur, Phineas and Ferb, Dora Explorer, you get the idea.
So, carpe diem! DO THE CHALLENGE.
~Kendra
P.S. I'm typing on Daddy's laptop and he doesn't have my signature code saved on here, so you have to put up with that boring thing.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
A Quick Run-Down, Food for Thought, and Another Fill-Out
Another fun day! VBS, talk to some girl about doing Classical next year, swim in her pool, come home, swim in the gorgeous, crystal-clear green lake, take a shower with my CD player blasting, eat pizza, read an article on names in Reader's Digest, catch up on blogs, and that's about it.
Today is QUOTE DAY, my current second favorite day (first place goes to names, of course).
Quote: "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there." - E. H. Gombrich
Isn't that awesome and profound? At the very least it's some food for thought. Who in your life is making you see a thread that isn't there?
LOTR vs. Narnia fill-out:
Gimli vs. Trumpkin?
Gimli
Gandalf vs. Professor Cornelius?
Gandalf
The White Witch vs. Saruman?
Saruman
Gandalf vs. Aslan?
Aslan
Aragorn vs. Aslan?
Aragorn
Narnia vs. Middle Earth?
Ooh, that's so hard!! Maybe Narnia, though...
Prince Caspian vs. Frodo?
Prince Caspian...no, Frodo.
Susan vs. Arwen?
Susan. Never liked Arwen. I don't really know why. She's growing on me, though.
Edmund vs. Merry?
Edmund
Lucy vs. Pippin?
Pippin, he's hilarious. But Lucy is awesome, too.
Peter vs. Haldir?
Peter!
The Dancing Lawn vs. Lothlorien?
Lothlorien
Centaurs vs. elves?
Elves!
Peter's sword vs. Anduril?
Anduril
Susan's magic bow and arrows vs. Legolas's bow of Galadrim?
Susan's magic bow and arrows
Wargs vs. Werewolves?
Werewolves
The Witch's castle vs. The Tower of Barad-dur?
Tough one...Barad-dur
Gryphons vs. Eagles?.
Psh, gryphons!
Uruk-hai vs. Telemarines?
Uruk-hai
Catapults vs. Oliphaunts?
Oliphaunts
Cair Paravel vs. Rivendell?
Rivendell
Do it if you want to, but I don't care. I just felt like doing it myself :)
Today has been great! Carpe diem!
Today is QUOTE DAY, my current second favorite day (first place goes to names, of course).
Quote: "Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there." - E. H. Gombrich
Isn't that awesome and profound? At the very least it's some food for thought. Who in your life is making you see a thread that isn't there?
LOTR vs. Narnia fill-out:
Gimli vs. Trumpkin?
Gimli
Gandalf vs. Professor Cornelius?
Gandalf
The White Witch vs. Saruman?
Saruman
Gandalf vs. Aslan?
Aslan
Aragorn vs. Aslan?
Aragorn
Narnia vs. Middle Earth?
Ooh, that's so hard!! Maybe Narnia, though...
Prince Caspian vs. Frodo?
Prince Caspian...no, Frodo.
Susan vs. Arwen?
Susan. Never liked Arwen. I don't really know why. She's growing on me, though.
Edmund vs. Merry?
Edmund
Lucy vs. Pippin?
Pippin, he's hilarious. But Lucy is awesome, too.
Peter vs. Haldir?
Peter!
The Dancing Lawn vs. Lothlorien?
Lothlorien
Centaurs vs. elves?
Elves!
Peter's sword vs. Anduril?
Anduril
Susan's magic bow and arrows vs. Legolas's bow of Galadrim?
Susan's magic bow and arrows
Wargs vs. Werewolves?
Werewolves
The Witch's castle vs. The Tower of Barad-dur?
Tough one...Barad-dur
Gryphons vs. Eagles?.
Psh, gryphons!
Uruk-hai vs. Telemarines?
Uruk-hai
Catapults vs. Oliphaunts?
Oliphaunts
Cair Paravel vs. Rivendell?
Rivendell
Do it if you want to, but I don't care. I just felt like doing it myself :)
Today has been great! Carpe diem!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Happy!
I'm so happy right now. Really. I can't even describe the feeling of joy and peace and a day well spent that I feel. Nothing particularly amazing happened, I'm just feeling really good.
We went to the pool today with David (age fourteen) and Daniel (age almost-sixteen). I wore my new bathing suit, and I hated it at first. It's kind of low, especially for me, and I felt so self-conscious it wasn't even funny. I didn't have any fun at all for the first couple of hours. Then, I started to get used to the suit, and realized that I COULD actually do stuff in it without it totally flying off. That's when the fun began. After I got over myself, things were just like old times, only better because we all trust each other even more than we did last year. We did all kinds of fun and slightly WEIRD stuff. We made a human pyramid (sort of...lol), held each other (I held Lizzy, Daniel held me, and then David held Daniel), and the boys threw me and Lizzy. I go pretty far :D
It was just a total blast. It was like having brothers for a day, which is always awesome. I'm totally comfortable around the Ds. They're like family. It was just such a fun day!!
We probably would have all gone over to someone's house, but D 'n' D's dad had something planned or something. Lizzy and I are going to watch the Disney channel premier of "Princess Protection Program" tonight :) We're also having frozen pizzas and goldfish. This day just keeps getting better and better.
I really must be the luckiest girl in the world.
Thanks for listening to all that ridiculously happy stuff :) Now, carpe diem! No looking back, only forward. It doesn't matter what happened yesterday or last year, there is only today, only now. This is the only June 26th 2009 you're ever going to get, so make the best of it.
[Weird fact: did you know Michael Jackson invented the dance "the robot"? I didn't know that. Cool, huh?]
We went to the pool today with David (age fourteen) and Daniel (age almost-sixteen). I wore my new bathing suit, and I hated it at first. It's kind of low, especially for me, and I felt so self-conscious it wasn't even funny. I didn't have any fun at all for the first couple of hours. Then, I started to get used to the suit, and realized that I COULD actually do stuff in it without it totally flying off. That's when the fun began. After I got over myself, things were just like old times, only better because we all trust each other even more than we did last year. We did all kinds of fun and slightly WEIRD stuff. We made a human pyramid (sort of...lol), held each other (I held Lizzy, Daniel held me, and then David held Daniel), and the boys threw me and Lizzy. I go pretty far :D
It was just a total blast. It was like having brothers for a day, which is always awesome. I'm totally comfortable around the Ds. They're like family. It was just such a fun day!!
We probably would have all gone over to someone's house, but D 'n' D's dad had something planned or something. Lizzy and I are going to watch the Disney channel premier of "Princess Protection Program" tonight :) We're also having frozen pizzas and goldfish. This day just keeps getting better and better.
I really must be the luckiest girl in the world.
Thanks for listening to all that ridiculously happy stuff :) Now, carpe diem! No looking back, only forward. It doesn't matter what happened yesterday or last year, there is only today, only now. This is the only June 26th 2009 you're ever going to get, so make the best of it.
[Weird fact: did you know Michael Jackson invented the dance "the robot"? I didn't know that. Cool, huh?]
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