Wedding Updates and a Good Song

Invitations are basically done! (They look amazing, good thing I have a SuperMom) Guest list is currently in the whitteling (how do you spell that?!?) process... But a very good start. I have a really hard time cutting people off the reception list, but as Jason said, it's not like we're crossing friendships off our list... oh well it'll work out.

Good song this weekend at church, thought I would include it.

Is there anyone that fails
Is there anyone that falls
Am I the only one in church today feelin’ so small
Cause when I take a look around
Everybody seems so strong
I know they’ll soon discover
That I don’t belong
So I tuck it all away, like everything’s okay
If I make them all believe it, maybe I’ll believe it too
So with a painted grin, I play the heart again
So everyone will see me the way that I see them

Are we happy plastic people
Under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness
And smiles to hide our pain
But if the invitation’s open
To every heart that has been broken
Maybe then we close the curtain
On our stained glass masquerade

Is there anyone who’s been there
Are there any hands to raise
Am I the only one who’s traded
In the altar for a stage
The performance is convincing
And we know every line by heart
Only when no one is watching
Can we really fall apart
But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be
Would your arms be open
Or would you walk away
Would the love of Jesus
Be enough to make you stay

Here's to another fast week.... may the weekend be upon us quickly.

Battleship Beach

Thank goodness it's friday... It's been a long week, but at the same time it went fast. Nonetheless I'm glad it's the weekend. Exhausted as we were, Jason and I decided to go for a walk at our favourite wharf... I actually proposed to him there (after he had already proposed to me... it was actually that I gave him his Christmas present there which was a Titanium ring, and jokingly proposed to him...) anyways, so we were walking along and we found a little beach along the river! We began skipping rocks and watching the sun set behind the Port Mann bridge, and of course keeping an eye out for those flippy sturgeons who like to jump and do flips. (The main reason we love that wharf) When we spotted something drifting along in the water we decided to throw rocks at it.... it was really small though and even Jason with great aim couldn' t quite hit it... eventually it got away, much to our dismay. So Jason threw in a piece of driftwood. We referred to it as the "Battleship" and when a rock hit it we said "you sunk my battleship!" ... We decided Battleship Beach would be a good name for this beach. So if you are ever as bored as we were and feel the need to throw something like I did at the time, I think Battleship Beach would be a good idea.

Jason sure does know how to cheer me up. Good thing I have a bestest friend like him. :)

Gotta love it...

This one little boy at my daycare calls me "Miss Panda" ... the best part is he totally doesn't realize that's not my name.

Sorry People

So I have no computer at me new place ye hearties. yarr i'm a pirate.

I don't update with no computer. sorry.

anyways, Heather is obviously .... shall we say... "frustrated" as she recently asked if I would be interested in joining her "sex party"...

ok... maybe that's a stretch, it was supposed to be my sex party after all, but i don't think she understood the concept of lingerie "sex party" as opposed to the somewhat action related "sex party" she might have had in mind. I was a little disturbed as well, as we were sitting in my mother's room. Surrounded by God books. I think He might've been disturbed too... or laughing? you never know with Heather around.

Time for sun. Bye!

The world hates me

That was my slogan yesterday... and today too I suppose although Heather did just make me feel a lot better. Maybe only half the world hates me. Yesterday though, I fully believe that the world hated me. Saturday night I woke up at 3:00am feeling terrible... I spent the next hour and a half trying desperately to fall back asleep in hopes that the yucky feeling would disappear. It didn't. After my mad dash to the bathroom I did fall asleep again... I kinda had thought maybe it was something I ate, maybe from Frogstone? But alas, I woke up feeling kinda yucky... Thinking maybe I could make it through church I got up and got ready to go but apparently God didn't want me to sing that day, unless it was singing to the toilet. I'll spare you the details of course, but I must say that big props go out to my future husband who came over and stayed with me all day, even went and got me popsicles and made me chicken soup in the evening when I finally felt like I could keep some food down. He even told me how beautiful I was (and if you'd seen me you would know how unbelievable that was) He's a keeper.

Today I came home from work because I realized in the 2 hours I was there just how much energy it takes to work with children. I think I only really realize that when I have NO energy. So I think I'll spend the day packing up the rest of my room and organizing... and maybe later I'll have a nap...

PS. the highlight of my weekend was the walk-off during choir rehearsal, I'm glad I wasn't sick for that. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go to Heather's blog. OHh!! and my other highlight was what the Easter Bunny brought me! I got those wicked cheese graters from Ikea, with the grater lid over the container! :) Hooray for house stuff!

For Sara and Rachael

So I opened my fridge today and discovered a jar of kosher baby dills... Not sure where they came from, but I immediately thought of you two...

For those who like quotes...

There are a wealth of hilarious quotes that arise when you take a word that sounds dirty and then place it in sentences that sound even dirtier, all the while making complete sense... For example, it seems that today at school the word of the day was "Masticate" also known as: "To grind or crush with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, "to masticate food."

Here are some fine examples:

"I want to masticate right now"
"Everyone loves masticating"
"Hey! We all just masticated together didn't we?"
and the classic,
"I guess squirrels masticate their nuts don't they?"

oh dear, sketch-tastic. That's what happens when you put 6 girls together in a ridiculously boring class!

"Miss Amanda"

Well today marks the first day of an adventure. An adventure some people in the world call a "career". It was my first day being paid to work with children on a professional level. It was a crazy hectic day, and I'm utterly exhausted, but mostly because of all the information I had to take in and try to remember. The kids seem awesome, I'm really excited to get to know them. They call me "Miss Amanda" which is really cute. It's really strange not being a practicum student though. I'm so used to staying out of peoples' way, not knowing information about children, and asking permission to do things like create an aesthetic display. But as my boss told me today, this is mine and one other teacher's area. We can do what we like. I'm a staff member, I am involved in planning, and my opinions matter! It's a great feeling... Makes all this debt I'm in seem worthwhile!!