Hey everybody!! It's been a while, I know. :/ Sorry 'bout that. But I guess now is as good a time as any to get back into this blogging thing. :)
Hannah-banana just came and spent the night with us!! The weekend included yummy food, exploratory walks, picture sharing, and lots of laughs!! Thank-you Hannah, for a wonderful time!!!
She left for Haiti this morning. :( Anyone who knows her can imagine how difficult it was to find a picture. :) I'm gonna miss her. At least she won't be gone for too long...she comes back on Tuesday.
Sarah got back yesterday! I'm glad they weren't gone at the same time. I need at least one of them!
"The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."
- Bilbo Baggins
"Make me to know your ways, O LORD;
teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long."
- David (Psalm 25:4-5)
Mary's driving was quite wonderful, and overall everyone else was going cautiously as well, but the lightning and rain made for a very high adrenaline ride. :) Now we're safe at home enjoying the storm...from inside our cozy house. :)
Actually, this is my 101st post, because I posted a happy birthday salutation for Peter. I was going to post yesterday about Sarah leaving and have my 100th post moment then, but the power went out. :(
Won't see her again for two weeks. I'm required to be sad about it. *sob*.
It's Sunday. June 19th. Happy Father's Day!!! I do feel kinda bad that it's been two weeks since I posted, but I'm doing it today!!! I don't really remember too much about the week before last, so I'm gonna just do a recap of this last week.
Sunday night - Kevin came down to celebrate his birthday (yes, it was a month late. Poor guy) and go to Riverbend with Dad. We had a delicious chocolate cake and everything!!!!
Monday night - we had a swim meet. we lost. :)
Tuesday night - We went to Riverbend and saw Casting Crowns!!! They were AMAZING!!! We went with a friend and picked another one up somewhere along the way. :) Kevin came down again with a friend and sat with us.
Wednesday - Kevin stayed overnight and on Wednesday he beat us at Scrabble. :P He went back to Riverbend that night and then went home. Mary and Sarah went to a movie with a friend.
Thursday night - We had another swim meet...and lost again.
Friday - I played Ultimate frisbee and got my nose busted.
Saturday - we celebrated Peter's birthday!!! Sarah will be in Uganda on his actual birthday, so we celebrated early. He got clothes, a book, a magazine subscription, a "hydro calculator" (it runs on water batteries?), and Lord of the Rings Risk...which is what I think will become our "Sunday" - playing Risk all day long. :)
Sunday - Actually, today we have secret Father's Day plans. But after them, maybe some Risk will be in order...
Sorry I haven't posted in so long. :) I really was going to a few days ago (after Riverbend), but then I tried (to no avail) to fix the date, and that used up all my post-writing time and energy. I'll try to do better. Really. Happy Father's Day!!! Have a great week!!!!
Okay, I still can't figure out how to fix the date thingy, so just ignore it. And if you really don't know what day it is, it's Sunday, June 5th, 2011. Now that that's out of the way, I will tell you what I was doing this morning.
It was actually a continuation of something I was doing last night. It was a celebration - that spanned two days!!! So, yesterday, we celebrated Sarah's graduation with a special meal which (of course) included APPLE PIE!!! It was yummy. :)
For the post-dinner festivities, we had decided to go to the drive-in movie theater in Trenton, GA. Last night/this morning, they were playing X-Men First Class (which Sarah has been dying to see ever since the first trailer came out) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The gates opened at 7:30 and the first feature was supposed to start at 9:15.
We got in line at 7:20, waited for it to open, paid admission, claimed our spot, parked the car, bought popcorn, and opened our Sour Dots (another of Sarah's favorite indulgences). We got situated and then the waiting began.
All in all, 2 hours isn't that long to wait, but when you know all you're waiting for is for it to get dark, it seems like the sun takes FOREVER to set. Dad, Kathy, and I threw the frisbee some and I don't really know what Sarah and Mary did. Knowing Sarah, she was probably reading. Oh, by the way, Peter and Mom decided not to go...they value their shut-eye more than we do, I think. :) It was the four girls and Dad out on an adventure!!!!
Actually, let me back up for a second. When we got there, there were two lines we could wait in before they opened the gates and let people in. We got in the shorter line. Then Dad started thinking "maybe one line goes to one screen and one line goes to the other. Wait a second, what if we're in the wrong line?" He voiced his opinion, and no one knew for sure if it mattered. I offered that I didn't think it mattered, but I wasn't positive, so my advice was overlooked. No one was behind us in line. We had no way of finding out if we were in the wrong place until we got up to the gate, and then it might be too late. so, what did we do? We pulled a James Bond move and reversed the car all the way back to the entrance to see if the sign there told us.
It didn't. We did, however, find two workers driving a golf cart, and Dad asked them. They assured him it made no difference which line he was in. That's what I had said to begin with.
Then we put the car back in drive and drove right up the line again. All we really accomplished was gaining the incredulous stares of all the people in the cars next to us.
Fast-forward to where I left off before. The sun had just set, and the announcer came on over the speakers and told us our first feature was about to begin. It was 9:36, and we were excited to finally get started!!! After being fans of the other X-Men movies (for the most part, anyway), we had high expectations for this, the newest installment. It did not disappoint. It was well thought through, and it carried the storyline that began so many years ago with the first movie really well.
After the first movie ended, there was a 15 (that turned into 20) minute intermission. People who had just come to see the first movie left, but not us. Oh, no. Not us.
It was 12:15 a.m. when Pirates started. Our expectations weren't quite as high for this movie. After the first Pirates of the Caribbean, the next two moved downhill steadily. In the third one, they kill one of the main characters. Not exactly the best way to set up for a stellar fourth blockbuster. But, in it's defense, On Stranger Tides did seem to have more thought and depth to it than the others - even the first one, which was always a favorite for me. :) Of course, it still had it's not-so-great moments and overall, I wouldn't really recommend it, but it was nice that the creators at least seem to have tried harder to make it a worthwhile film.
The second movie ended at 2:25-ish. We then drove home and went to bed around 3. We went to the late service at church. Go figure. And everyone stayed awake!!! Poor Sarah has to work a 7-hour shift today. Plus, tomorrow she has freshman orientation at UTC. That dear, exhausted, girl. But we had a blast!!!!
I might post more thorough reviews of the movies, but not right now.
yeah. I haven't posted in a while. Unfortunately, I haven't really wanted to, either. I don't feel like I have anything worth saying to the whole wide world. Plus, it takes pretty much time and effort. Not that that's a bad thing, but sometimes (read: usually) I'm lazy about it and even if I do have something to say, I wait too long before saying it and it becomes irrelevant. So, I think I might close this blog down. I might start another one (or just redo this one) that has a clearer purpose. Maybe later in the summer when things settle down.
Summer is almost over! I can't believe it went by so quickly, and I'm totally not ready for school to start on Monday!! AHHH!!!! Actually, I am ready in the sense that I have collected and previewed my books for this year, and feel fairly confident about the year...I just don't want to use the books or the year to start already! Oh, well. Summer has been great, but now it's time to keep on learning. Fun.
The last picture is how Sarah left her room when she flew to Maine on Sunday. The first three pictures are what I did this morning. I decided to rent out her space in my - I mean our bedroom. Any takers?
I do realize how long it has been since I posted, and I apologize. However, many people do not realize how long it has been since I posted, because they don't check my blog that often. Which I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, by the way. It's summer, and people are super crazy, and some are out of town and don't have internet half the time, or just don't have time to go on the computer, or just don't check my blog because it's not a top priority when they do. I completely understand, I myself don't have as much time to post. So, whenever something happens that warrants the time and effort to post, but is not important enough that everyone needs to know, (since they aren't reading this, anyway) I'll post. Until then, I hope you all are having a great summer!!!!
