Monday, February 9, 2009

Cake of 8


So - Peyton turned 8 last Friday. As part of the family tradition, she also got to choose the type of cake she wanted for her birthday. Her request? She wanted an 8. Yes, an 8. So her Aunt Gail complied! The cake showed up at the birthday party in the shape of an 8 - and lime green to boot!


Maybe next year the cake will be whittled down to 'normal' cake size. A cakes just a little too big when it's as big as the 6 month old baby of the family!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Restless

Restless
Time slips by
Thoughts meander
Wondering why
Wondering how
Wishing for more
Waiting for answers
Unknown outcomes
Unspoken desires
Memories disjointed
Silence beckons
Dreams await
Quietness looms…

and still
Restless.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

25 Random Things

The few of you who read this blog probably have facebook and have already read this - but here it is again. If you've read this and haven't yet done your own list - consider yourself tagged...

1. I am an introvert. (Yes – really)
2. I have been collecting postcards since I was 7 years old.
3. My favorite types of food are Sushi, Thai, and Moroccan.
4. Most people think I am younger than both of my sisters. I am actually the middle child. Explains a lot, huh?
5. I love baseball. I can watch it in person or on t.v. – I’ll even listen to it on the radio. Let me reiterate – I love baseball.
6. It’s not that I don’t like salad – I like all the stuff that goes in salad – I just don’t like lettuce.
7. I believe every country should have a siesta time in the afternoon.
8. Car rule #1 got broken a long time ago (with this car and the last one).
9. I would prefer to have double-crust peach cobbler for my birthday every year rather than cake.
10. I believe that taking out the trash and mowing the lawn should be a man’s job.
11. I have had 72 stitches (or staples) in my lifetime.
12. I had a benign brain tumor removed in 1994. As a result I am missing about 30% of my peripheral vision in both eyes.
13. I should change dentists so that the office would be closer to my house – but I don’t - because my dentist is cute.
14. If I had a choice of doing anything I wanted with 2 or 3 hours of free time, I would sit and read a book. Well – maybe I’d go to a movie.
15. I have been on one blind date – a blind date I didn’t know I was going on until he showed up at the door (as set up by a ‘secret sister’ at church).
16. I am very allergic to cats.
17. I teach bible class for the 4 year olds through Kindergarten on Sunday mornings with my brother-in-law. On Sunday evenings I teach a high school girls’ church small group. Therefore – I have not been to an adult bible class in at least 11 years.
18. I would choose a SuDoKu puzzle any day over a cross-word puzzle.
19. My friend, Stacey, and I compete to see who can get the most points on their ‘Regal’ points card.
20. I am not a morning person - Best not to talk to me until I’ve showered.
21. I have 4 classes remaining to complete a Paralegal certificate. I’ve learned I’m a much better student now than when I was originally in college.
22. I love McDonald’s sausage burritos for breakfast.
23. I have white-water rafted down the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge in Colorado (with Class 4 and 5 rapids).
24. My beverage of choice is generally a Diet Coke – unless I happen to be in Baker City, Oregon – then I want a Chai Tea Latte from the “Little Pig.”
25. I am the favorite aunt.