THANKS, BRO!

I've been wanting a tuxedo t-shirt since Doug had one back in college. I finally found one at Threadless.

WHEN THE SAINTS
Sara Groves

Lord I have a heavy burden of all I've seen and know
It's more than I can handle
But your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones
and I cannot let it go

And when I'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars
And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them

Lord it's all that I can't carry and cannot leave behind
it often overwhelms me
but when I think of all who've gone before and lived the faithful life
their courage compells me
And when I'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars

I see the shepherd Moses in the Pharohs court
I hear his call for freedom for the people of the Lord

And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them

I see the long quiet walk along the Underground Railroad
I see the slave awakening to the value of her soul

I see the young missionary and the angry spear
I see his family returning with no trace of fear

I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights
I see the sisters standing by the dying man's side

I see the young girl huddled on the brothel floor
I see the man with a passion come and kicking down the door

I see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road
I see the world on his shoulders and my easy load

And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them

$4.63

Doug and I got out of the apartment today since it was warmer and sunnier than the past couple of weekends have been. We ventured out to some thriftstores, which we don't do often enough. Before Doug and I were dating, we used to go to the thriftstores all the time together. It was an excuse to hang out I guess.

We got these items at Unique for a total of $4.63. Boo-yah.


Earlier today, I was making earings and knocked over my bead container. What a mess. Puzi had fun pushing around the beads on the carpet.

$$$ FOR AFRICA

Last sunday i received a jar at church. The purpose of the jar is to collect money for the Africa mission trip. By giving up something for lent, i chose pop, we will save the money that would have been spent, and use it for the Africa mission. Pretty neat, eh?

Bye bye Coke with cherry grenadine.

FOR REAL!

I'm so excited, Maren let me riffle through her old digital photos. At last! I found the 80's pics from 2003. Let me share with you the awesomeness.

PRESIDENT'S DAY
Not everything on my "to-do" list got crossed off yesterday, but I did get a lot done. I even made my current blog header. Maren called it "emo", I call it artsy fartsy.

I managed to hit up Saver's 50% off sale and snag 4 great pairs of jeans for $23 total; went grocery shopping; cleaned the apartment; made Pot Roast (overcame my fear of touching uncooked meat); did 5 loads of laundry; printed photos; and scrapbooked quite a few pages. I'm kind of on a roll with designing simple pages for my "BFF" book.

I plan to design more pages after work today ;)

VALENTINES DAY

7:00 pm - left home
7:30 pm - shopped at Arch's Value Village for gifts. no such luck.
8:15 pm - shopped at another Arch's, no luck either
8:45 pm - ate at Tasty Pizza in Columbia Heights
9:45 pm - stopped at good old Target for gifts, with luck! and we ran into the same couple who were sitting at the next booth in Tasty Pizza! Ironic!
10:15 pm - watched Spaceballs and dozed off

FEBRUARY FAVS

CRAFT CORNER


My craft space is currently in upheaval. I have too many projects started & left unfinished. I did manage to finish the cd holder for my car, finally. It only has four slots for cds, but i plan to make more, possibly attach the backsides together. We'll see.

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Command Shift 3

SAD DAY

It was a sad day on Tuesday, when i finished the final episode of Gilmore Girls.

Now i'm going to have to find a new show to watch start to finish. I borrowed Everwood from Jen. I've seen a few of those shows from first season. I actually don't know how many seasons there are.

I think i get too attached to characters from books, movies, and television. They're not real, but i still think about them as if they were. Goodbye Lorelai, Rory and crazy townspeople.

NEWS MEANT TO SURPRISE!

One of my best friends, Becky, got engaged on Sunday February 3rd! The best part was that I got to be a part of it. Becky was visiting from out of state this weekend to do our Christmas exchange. I know, how lame that we had to wait until February to exchange gifts, this just happened to be the weekend that worked out best for all 5 of us.

Her fiance drove up on Sunday to surprise her. We had to keep our excitement, giggles, and our 'i-know-something-that-you-dont-know' looks to ourselves the entire weekend! We went out to eat lunch on Sunday and timed it so that when we got back we would have enough time to give her a small gift with a note inside. The note said "There is a surprise at the door". When she opened it He was standing there with roses and the ring! Such a great idea. It was fun because we got to photo document the process.

It's always fun seeing a friend happy and in love. I look forward to the fall wedding.