Blonde+Sanguine=Funny

Quote of the week:

Amy, as we're pulling into the driveway last night after the Staff Christmas Party, in a shocked, panicked voice: "Oh!!! My car is at the dorms!!!!"

Holly, in a calm voice: "Amy, you're driving your car."

Amy in a still shocked, and now confused, voice: "YOUR car is at the dorms!!!!"

Holly, in still calmer voice: "My car is parked right there" (pointing to the car next to Amy's)

That is funny. I love you Amy! I couldn't resist! :)

Crumpy or Kevin?????

I need your help. Crumpy just got a blog. Why is this a problem, you may ask? Well, Crumpy's name is actually Kevin Crumpler, and if you look at my contacts, I have them arranged alphabetically by first name followed by last name. If I add Crumpy as Kevin Crumpler, it just feels wrong. Yet, to have one nickname and everyone else as "First Name, Last Name" also feels wrong.

What do you think I should do? Why?
(a) Just add him as Kevin Crumpler
(b) Add him as Crumpy and leave the rest
(c) Add him as Crumpy and update all the records to reflect nicknames.

I've never been more homesick than now....

I'm so ready to go home and get away for a while. My last month has been horrible, and if I don't get some down time I will explode. It doesn't help that home can be just a crazy and stressful, but at least I can stop.

Christmas used to be a calming time. All the old carols about "peace on earth and good will toward men" and "silent night" have been replaced with "rockin' around the Christmas tree" and "grandma got run over by a reindeer." Apparently, even reindeer are in a hurry these days.

In our rushed and pushed society, I can see why so many people get the Christmas blues. Instead of forgiveness and the benefit of the doubt, we hold grudges, accuse, and look out for number one. How sad are we--caught up in the here and now? It makes me ashamed of myself, yet I keep giving into the tyranny of the urgent. I am yearning for a calming of the soul.

I’ve been yearning for Jesus to come more and more as I get older. This year, I must admit, I have prayed more than once that He would not terry. There is a song by MercyMe called “Homesick.” If you’ve never heard it, please listen to it. I can hear the strings and the music right now, It calms me.

Part of the chorus explains exactly what I have been feeling: “Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow. I've never been more homesick than now.”

I feel so undeserving of anything good from the Lord. It is hard for me to accept His grace and gifts. It’s humbling because I know there is nothing in me that deserves it at all. But that’s grace--unmerited favor. I realize, I can only display the measure of grace to others that I have experienced myself. Hmm. The way I am feeling, it seems, I need to experience much more of God's grace.

By the way, Emily, I don't score well at all:

Random

Update on the dog: I took him home and he wouldn't go near my dad......So the Compound now has a dog. And he hates other boys. I hear he bit Dan's ankle when he came over last night. And he would growl at Alex and David when they got up or near me. So all boys that come over, be warned. He is very protective of the girls and doesn't like boys at all. I wouldn't offer him a hand to sniff if I were you. We hope to calm him down with time and he'll be used to boys.

Oh my....Jade actually wrote a comment on my blog! I am so proud! I hope you know we will still love you and Carrie even when we win the National Championship. :)

Hey Emily, I found a Hillary Duff Quiz you need to take. Let me know how you score! I still use the magical Hillary Duff Stuff Lip Balm you gave me this summer.

I am so behind! I need to do Christmas shopping at some point. I am cooking diner for the Kelseys tonight and maybe squeeze some shopping in some after that. Tomorrow night we have our staff Christmas party, and we have to cook food for it. I also need to get a gift for my person and a white elephant gift as well. I get stressed when I think about it. To displace the stress, I just look at Josiah's picture *Sign* Much better. How can you be stressed looking at a kid so cute? He makes me miss my nephews and niece.

Well, I don't know a whole lot. Sorry, Amy, I am not very entertaining today.

What is the answer?

The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end
The end of every space